montana is an outdoors mans paradise.e have incredible activities all over the place, and i'm glad you got a chance to take advantage of them. >> it was great. i covered the primaries as part of my job, and we moved through iowa, florida, ohio -- didn't get to ohio. a lot of these states, there's a flood of nasty negative ads paid for by who knows what, no name attached to it, it doesn't say carl rove or the coke brothers, hugely negative ads, you can't escape them. how will you deal with that? >> they're already doing it, they spent about $2 million trying to define me as something i'm not and that's the key, that's no surprise. that's what we figured they would do. we have a great record, great things done, we still farm, run the place, and do our work in the u.s. senate. they're trying to paint me as something i'm not. and the challenge is, chris, and this is with all of this money, can montana voters be bought by all this untruthful advertising out there right now. one ad even gave me five fingers on my left hand and

i've learned more about montana. i think i could tell every member of the committee about how montana has bigger -- has a bigger counties than michigan. i now understand that. and the differences. and all seriousness, it's part of the challenge. and i very much appreciate your advocating. nobody could fight harder for montana. and we appreciate your advocacy. and leadership. >> well, thank you madam chairwoman. if possible, i would like to return the compliments that other senators have given to you. and i say if possible, because i don't know if i can compliment you even more. but they have complimented you so well. i just want to associate myself with their compliments. you have worked so hard to get us here. all of the -- the numeral telephone calls i've received from you, which i deeply appreciate. the calls i've made to you. i hope you appreciate. as we try to work all this out. i mean, you're always there. i don't know anyone who works harder than you. and is more receptive than you. you've been just terrific i

another one is personhood in montana. they've tried to put personhood on montana three times. the coalition partners there have always done a very successful decline to sign campaign. they do this around the primary, because in montana, that's usually around the time people are collecting signatures. they can go to polls, talk to people as they're going in and out. so that's always been a strategy that's worked in the past. this year, though, cal zastrow, the co-founder of personhood usa, moved to montana last year and has made it his mission to make sure that personhood gets on the ballot in montana. and he actually sometimes is the only person collecting signatures in some places in the state. so we have an eye on that. personhood in nevada, and i'm sure everyone here has seen some press about this, so in the span of months, five separate titles by two separate groups were filed and four were withdrawn in the state of nevada. so what they would be doing -- and first of all, may i back up. the two groups weren't getting along. so one would put out a press release saying we're

a lot of people were interested in montana's senate race.reds of thousands of dollars into the race going after incumbent senator john tester. he's been run against, and there's a new ad. >> john tester always brings his montana roots. in washington, he's standing up for montana rights, the deficit, making sure kids can go to college, protecting social security, and medicare. protecting the second amendment and making the u.s. senate look a little more like montana. >> i'm john tester and i approve this message. i approve charlotte's cooking, too. >> carl rove and other outside groups in the area are much less positive. senator tester joins us now. senator tester, i want to thank you that my daughter and i both have a montana fishing license. we were there this summer. it was fantastic. thanks for joining us. >> it's great to be here, chris. you're exactly right, montana is an outdoors paradise, and we have incredible fishing, hunting and outdoor activities all over the place. i'm glad you got a chance to take advantage of them. >> it was gr

into montana. of course we fought back.y general, steve bullock, he led the charge and we won at the montana supreme court. well, now, it gets back out there to washington, d.c. and, of course, it looks like they are going to roll over like fat dogs and get scratched on the belly. we cannot allow corporate money to own our politics. jennifer, i have to -- i have to get a big laugh out of this wal-mart, apparently is in big trouble because they are down in mexico. and apparently wal-mart has given some money to some political figures in hopes of getting some special treatment. really? and so now they have violated the american corrupt practices act. apparently you can bribe politicians in the united states but no place else in the world. what kind of a system is that? >> i totally agree. huge money. do you think we need a constitutional convention? do you think we need an amendment through a constitutional convention? >> well either -- either we do that -- either we reaffirm in our constitution that you can't buy elections o

in montana, can't plant other -- soybeans, for example, in montana. those options are available to farmers in other states. they're not available in our state. so we've got to make sure the farm bill makes sense. we all want a safety net that makes sense. enough of a safety net but not toosm, you know, trying to find the right balance. in each sate that balance is a little different than it is in other states. and i'm so thankful to you working out a way to recognize the sensitives in our part of the country, including north dakota. i want to thank senator conrad, too, aswy try to work out something that makes sense for our part of the country. we want to be part of the solution here. we don't want to be part of the problem. we want to be part of the solution and work with you to help get there. and this is a first step. there will be other steps along the way to keep make improvements, as is the case with cotton and some other commodities. deeply thank you for that. you mentioned the livestock program, and thank you so much for that to make that perm

and then we'll talk montana. >> this is montana. >> right.has a nonstop flight from newark to boozman. and so to kick this off, we have a company, a trucking company, named watt kins and shepherd, and they have a dozen big rigs with the murals. they are delivering in new york city. i rode in a truck yesterday and i went down to times square and i was giving these things away. these are mountain goats from glacier national park. cokie, this is yours. we have some huckleberry jam. >> i'll take that. >> taffy. >> that's not healthy, barnicle. >> look what we have here. montana jerky. >> wait. >> the best. >> is that red meat? >> yeah. >> let me see it. >> no, no. you can have the -- >> buffalo meat? >> you can have the tea. there you go. >> there you go. >> cokie, you can have some tea. >> i like the basket. >> we were giving these things away in times square. and people were very suspicious. when you show up and say, hi, i'm the governor of montana. would you like something of nothing? >> oh, sure you are. >> they walked on. and then there was

senate race from montana.t what i've accomplished for veterans and infrastructure and homeland security and native americans and the list goes organization the banking industry. so some people want to make it about the president. this is really about jon test errands te errands the u.s. senate seat. >> thank you for being with us today. >> thank you. >>> up next, the political company briefing, roger simon is here. who let the dogs out? taurants. and i get my financing from ge capital. but i also get stuff that goes way beyond banking. we not only lend people money, we help them save it. [ junior ] ge engineers found ways to cut my energy use. [ cheryl ] more efficient lighting helps junior stay open later... [ junior ] and serve more customers. so you're not just getting financial capital... [ cheryl ] you're also getting human capital. not just money. knowledge. [ junior ] ge capital. they're not just bankers... we're builders. [ junior ] ...and they've helped build my business. >>> in today's politico brief

a winter storm warning in montana. friends in wyoming? but while the winter weather 38 degrees right now with a wind chill of 30. there is the storm, some places have had at 6-12 inches of snow in montana. meanwhile, around us overnight through the day tomorrow, a lot of sunshine, delightful weather tomorrow, and also easter sunday. the next chance, and we really could use raindrops, will be the dying cool front that may bring high clouds, maybe by the time we get into monday, may be rain showers. overnight tonight, during the day tomorrow, sunny cool, sunrise at 6:44, chile in the morning. as it will be for the easter sunrise services, about 39 in town. some suburbs and the 20's. breezy and cool, the temperatures in the mid-60s. easter sunday, the temperatures in the afternoon, after the cool beginning, in the 60's. next week will be a little on the cool side. unfortunately, just a chance of passing showers. still in the dry pattern. if we have more of that as you come to the weather on line. we have a new blog about

. >>> and then the view from out there with two governors, montana governor brian schweitzer and virginia republican bob mcdonnell. >>> plus, the president's club with "time" magazine's nancy gibbs and michael duffy and our exclusive guest, house speaker john boehner. i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> mr. speaker, primo view, great digs. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> how many days have you thought, did i actually want this job? >> a lot. >> big headaches. mr. speaker, thank you for joining us. let me start right out with the week's story, which is the student loans. the president has issued a veto threat and said if this keeping the student loan rates low comes to me with money paid for by money that comes out of the health care bill, i'm going to veto it. your move. >> this problem was created by a democrat congress in 2007, and democrats and republicans for months have been working together to try to figure out a way to resolve the problem. and for the president to politicize this for his own re-election is picking a fight where one doesn't exist. >> so

also, montana, very cruel day in montana from monsula and this is i fula full-fledged one. difficult and cruel as we head into easter weekend. northwards in new england, just like yesterday morning, you definitely need the winter coat so as far as going home today, should be a beautiful good friday across so many areas with lots of sunshine out there. the southeast, the mid-atlantic, all the way through the north, the only problem spot, some showers in the northwest and that snow there in areas of montana. but, lynn, the weekend forecast shaping up to be a beauty, those details coming up. >> thanks so much. >>> also coming up, expectations on jobs. warm weather equals sunny sales. and a run on encyclopedias? your early morning business headlines straight ahead. >>> the inland playoff picture gets clearer. the magic self-destruct and the longest opening day baseball game ever. [ barking ] i'm your dog, holding down the fort while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me, your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your h

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professor at the university of montana and writer, authoring two novels and two books of nonfiction and two screenplays. and i think ambassador punk' serves, as i mentioned, a lot of credit for pressing the wto to acknowledge at the december ministerial that it was at an impasse with respect to the dda and that he was able to begin to shift the organization towards a more productive discussion about the next steps in the multilateral trade agenda. so ambassador punk, thank you for joining us, thank you for your efforts, and we look forward to your remarks. [ applause ] well, thanks, ralph, very much, for that kind spin on my resume. i will say that over the years, i've heard less charitable interpretations. including from my current boss, ambassador kirk. the very first conversation that i had with ambassador kirk, i had never met him before, and i was on the telephone in my office in montana, he said to me, i'm sit hearing and i'm looking at your resume, and you have done some interesting work in washington, but i also notice that you've gone off to montana to live for six years by you

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and you have done some interesting work in washington, but i also notice that you've gone off to montana to live for six years by yourself in the woods with a typewriter. he said i can't tell if you're just the person i need for the job, or if you're the una bomber. so ralph, thanks for taking the kinder spin on my professional background. before i get started today, i wanted to do one thing very quickly. and that is to acknowledge my colleague chris wilson. chris as you all know very well is the trade representative for multi lateral affairs. he follows in a very long tradition of distinguished people holding that job. one of his predecessors is dorothy duwaskin. we have very blessed at ustr with a fantastic qadry of career professionals and chris is certainly in the great tradition of usgo. let me start my remarks by saying thanks to the chamber for the invitation to speak here today. this morning's discussions have stimulated some terrific thinking about where do we want to take the wto. it's been -- its especially gratifying and important that this exploration of future directions fo

first things first, montana, western montana, northern idaho, not fun. temperatures are cold in a late to middle of the spring storm system coming through with snow and we're actually going to see the snow really increasing over the last two hours and it'll continue to spread on 94 up 15. bute, bozeman, those areas have a chance to get 6 to 12 inches of snow. incredible stuff. as far as west coast, high pressure trying to build in. instability showers left over here in a few spots right along the coastline of washington state but we're not seeing anything too bad. hy high pressure is going to keep it cool. what has my interest for the weekend is the storm that's off the coast, you could see it spinning here. you can see a little perception, a little break and here's the next storm system as it moves its way in. highlight it here, two days away, looks like saturday night into sunday is when this storm will move on to the west coast so we're thinking unfortunately for easter sunday morning damp weather from northern california up the coast. today looks lik

this starts in montana on the issue of debt and deficit. there's only one person in the race who has been washington, d.c. and has voted to increase the debt ceiling more than john tester and that is his republican opponents. we're on the offense and there are five states, actually, where we are going after republican seats certainly in massachusetts or have gone from a 19-point deficit to 2-point deficit in two months. the m r s c has already reserved over $3.5 million of television time in montana. after a seat in arizona and indiana and in maine, two months ago, the republicans had 100% chance of winning the maine senate seat until the far right wing of their party continued to push out the last handful of moderates that actually served in the united states, and chris. congress. i think they have less than 25% now. this is a great opportunity for us. >> who is the single most vulnerable republican? who is not coming back in january, 2013? >> scott brown. >> why? >> he is out of touch with the voters of massachusetts. i understand he will

they're not just showing up in the wilds of maine and montana. they may live a lot closer to you than you think. our report from nbc's kevin tibbles. >> some new neighbors are raising a family in st. paul, minnesota, in the 150 years stan's lived in this house, he's seen many come and go, but never any like these. >> this is a gift of nature. >> reporter: the bald eagle is returning to areas urban sprawl and pollution forced it to abandon decades ago. >> ddt was a problem for the bald eagles. they were not able to form appropriate shells, since they were not able to reproduce, their numbers plummeted. >> once on the endangered species list, this majestic symbol of of american pride is spreading its wings. and many can see them in a

saying bison wreak havoc on the cattle industry in montana.r says the conflict is over blown. >> in 100-years it will grow to a few thousand and we have 3 million cattle in montana. >> they feared the initial relocation is just the beginning. biggs conservation groups are raising money and buying from ranchers in hopes of having a 3 and a half million acre wildlife preserve with buffalo loep and other animals. a north american sarn getty. they are classified as livestock. these pure buffalo could be a protected species. it may have competition going for the prime grazing land. >> how much damage are they going to cause? opponents got a judgment temporarily blocked until all of the issues can be worked out in court. ainsley, heather back to you. >> sthooiveng-- thanks so much. we will tell you what sparked this massive brawl at a soccer match. >> answer the question of the day. tell us insane ways you get yourself out of bed in the morning. we will read some of the e-mails coming up next. >> first let's check in with brian kilmeade. >> get in y

montana wyoming colorado new mexico utah the boom is happening all over the country there is oil and gas operations in thirty two states right now but the rocky mountain states are really seeing the vast majority of the expansion. and it's overflowing into communities where people are seeing this right in their backyards. but i'll show you her they wanted to put this location one of the first places that they wanted to put it right from the surprise you say we have to put it well out there you don't have in city. a splitter state situation is when somebody who the surface of their land does not own the resources that are underneath it really for example oil and gas or other minerals a private person could own a house with land and the federal government or another private individual might on the resources under it the person who owns that oil and gas has rights to access at oil and gas which means that whoever owns the surface probably can't control what

the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. tester: i ask that the quorum call be viscerated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. tester: i rise too talk about an issue that affects every american community. it is hard to imagine right now but some of the people we serve fear for their own lives, not because of a terrorist attack or a natural disaster. they're afraid that somebody who is supposed to love them or support them will hurt or even kill them. madam president, this is an upsetting issue but one that we need to face head-on, and i'm glad we're addressing it today. domestic violence and sexual assault are harsh realities. they know no class, race, or economic limitations. although we've made good progress curbing domestic and sexual value violence over the t decade, we still have work tosmed the lels before us takes another step towards our goal of ending domestic and sexual violence. it might not go far enough but it is progress and i will proud to appellate court it. over the years the violence against wom

esas montañas son la cordillera central.asa ahora? vamos, nos falta mucho para llegar a san germán. ¿qué tiene el carro, titi? no tengo idea. perdone. algo le pasó al carro. el carro está muy mal. no creo que lo pueda arreglar hoy. ¿qué? estará listo mañana por la mañana. ioh! y ahora, ¿qué hacemos? tendrán que pasar la noche aquí. ¿y cree ud. que podríamos conseguir un hotel? claro. hay varios. busquen cerca del parque de bombas. no fue hasta el día siguiente que llegamos a san germán. bueno, ya hemos llegado. la casa es muy bonita. ahora podremos hablar con tu abuela acerca de ese viaje a méxico. ¿y yo las puedo acompañar a méxico? cuando estés más grande, laurita. por ahora, lo más lejos que puedas viajar conmigo es aquí a san germán. ¿abuela? iabuela, ya llegamos! hola. idolores! ¿cómo estás? bien. quiero presentarte a raquel rodríguez. dolores acevedo. mucho gusto. el gusto es mío. ¿y la abuela? fue a la iglesia. debe estar por llegar. vamos a buscarla entonces. en el nombre del padre, del hijo y del espíritu santo. amé

so he vetoed and now we have parental notification in montana. so those are the three that are going to be printed on the ballot. here's what we think is probably likely in november. i'm sure h you heard personhood is back in colorado. it is. as you know, in 2008 it was defeated, overwhelmingly. in 2010 they gained three points. still, defeated over wheelingly. after the victory, keith mason put out a press statement comparing himself to susan b. anthony in her campaign for women's suffrage in south dakota. he will come back and fight for the unborn. and anyone who does this work is very familiar that colorado, it's kind of easy to get a ballot initiative on. very thrlow threshold. life begins at conception, life begins at fertilization, and what they found themselves, because colorado is a little h bit more pro-choice than mississippi, so what they found themselves in mississippi, they were not prepared for was talking about ivf and birth control. so they decide they had would start making these hybrids, so they did one and it wasn't actually on

health centers in montana and i believe that -- i may be out of date by a couple years since we did it a couple years ago, but there was an organization of community mental health centers and by allowing veterans to go to those mental health centers which were usually staffed by skolss and social quorkers and usually not by physicians, they were able to dramatically inprove the access time to get folks to talk to competent people in their neighborhood in their center to get some care. i think in order to make that care cohesive, as mrs. tolentino said, you've got to be able to get medical records back and forth so that there's a coordination of care and so i think the all hands on deck idea is one that i whole little endorse and one where if i look at some of the cases, tragic cases we've looked at in the past, it was not infrequent for veterans to show up at a community mental health center in their town and because they were veterans they were then sent to the va and there was not a link. they were not accepted or there was no payment mechanism or there was no authority and so i t

cut costs at headquarters instead of cutting costs in montana. >> we're talking with etd o'keefe live on capitol hill. he writes for the "washington post." turning to another issue you were writing about earlier on your blog, the president in this case supporting republicans and reed nominating a republican member of the nuclear regulatory commission. what's this story about? >> this is a very interesting story. you may recall back in december that some disagreements between the five members of the nuclear regulatory commission boiled to the surface when they had gone to the white house chief of staff to complain about the democratic chairman, gresry jazzco-and said he miss treated female employees and kept them out of the loop on policy decisions and including decisions related to yucca mountain. he so happens to be a former aid to harry reid, another democratic lawmaker and has the majority leader's full support. there was a dramatic house oversight and government reform hearing in mid-december where the five commissioners were called before the committee and said what the heck is g

>>trace: and the comments from montana's governor of romney's ability to court latinos?: you are talking the governor of montana who was yesterday talking to a reporter from the "daily beast," brog thinking it would be difficult to quote what attends because the father came from a communist commune in mexico and he was born in mexico but i talked with romney about the discussion by the governor of montana on his ability to court latinos would be hampered by the mormon faith and romney said his dad's dad was not a polygamist and he things it is inappropriate to be discussing things that happened in the 1990's which he says are not true so he took a pass on going after the governor of montana although there are a lot of people with their eyebrows raised. >>trace: thank you, carl cameron. the controversial oil pipeline slated to run through the middle of the country is causing political headaches for the president and now he is losing support for his stand in his own support for his stand in his own party. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settle

again, i thank my colleague from montana. the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: i just want to compliment the senator from massachusetts for taking so much time to praise a person who clearly deserves praise, who has worked so hard for him and for the people of massachusetts and for her country. clearly mary is an incredible lady. mr. president, my mary is maureen. maureen, too, was someone who started working for me when she was very young, 17 years old, 1974, 1975, i don't know exactly when. i was hiring people, this little young girl came to my office. i could tell this young girl knows the meaning of work. she is catholic, irish catholic and this lady knows the meaning of hard work. i hired her on the spot. she is my office manager. she is with me even to this date. she is tough, she's smart, she organizes, she's the glue. she's a super, super lady. we all have our marys and our maureens and i just want this moment to just praise mary and maureen but all those who work so hard for us in so many different capacities. mr. president, the renownsd poet --

we're looking at the snowfall in livingston montana ...growth is running between four and six weeks early this year ... we may also get some patchy frost tonight. we have a northerly flow bringing in cool air but it will warm up for the weekend. there will be another big canadian high pressure system brimming cool air into chicago early next week. it's 49 degrees here in chicago right now. here's a good look at the local temperatures away from the lake we've made it into the 50s. the wind is east at 11 and the water temperature is 50 degrees in lake michigan there are moderate values of tree and we've pawn in the metropolitan areaweed pollens in the metropolitan area where looking at the rain in the next two weeks the week after next week's back to be a wet one we are completely cloud free today 100 percent sunshine afternoon i will be 55 degrees that's right on track for this time of year ... it will be clear and cool tonight but some frost patches and land it will be about 41 degrees here in the city the high will be 64 tomorrow with a n

a big snow is headed for the mountains of montana. 32 at woodstock. as you move away from the lake and also the city's warmth, it is going to be cool and that is where the frost and freeze is coming out night. we warm up to the '60s as we go into the weekend. not only was it cool in the city, look at some highs of around the area today. the warmest year was in eastern montana. at this hour is still warmer in rapid city. there's a plot of our temperatures an hour winds are still blowing and dusting. these are peak wind gust within our producing wind chills it is a chilly night. the dew point give you an idea where the bottom temperature may wind up. yet high tree in which paula around the area today as we continue this 2012 season. it will be mild for the white sox opener. >> this line of showers come through saturday night. the winds will be blowing northwest on sunday and will get another 60 predate before the cool off comes. we could be in worse shape. the mountains near yellowstone park montana will see snow. maybe a foot and had a

congress a little bit more montana, right?etts. senator scott brown is going to need potentially a half a million voter es that voted for obama on the top of the ticket to turn around and vote for him if he wants to win re-election and he is airing ads about the red sox that have nothing to do with the politics. that is going the decide this. >> i want to pause on massachusetts for a second, because it is one of these non-presidential races that people are nonetheless paying attention to, and you are right, he is running the boston red sox as his commercial. we have that sound, don't we? okay. let's take a quick listen. >> hello. this is scott brown. well, it is spring training again and while it is fun to look forward to a new season of red sox baseball, i want to take you back a moment because two of my favorite players are retiring, people who meant a lot to us over the years. >> that is all politics. i don't care what anybody says. >> hello. >> that is all politics and very, very smart and here is why, because it is speaki

blizzard warnings posted for much of montana and warnings will be in effect into saturday morning. so until then upwards of 60 centimeters of snow is expected here. but back behind it getting dryer in seattle with a high of 12 degrees, and out towards the east, returning to more seasonal levels in new york with 15 degrees and 14 in washington, d.c. down towards the south, coming in at 32 in miami. finally, let's go over to europe. unstable weather is still continuing across much of the southern continent. those stormy conditions will likely continue over the weekend. however, the iberian peninsula will see dry conditions on saturday. up towards the north, a line of wintry mix is sagging southward, and the lowcountry, northern germany into northwestern russia in the next 24 hours. as the system moves in, temperatures will drop significantly, cooling to 2 degrees in stockholm. berlin, friday, high of 10, cooling to single digits on saturday, and warsaw, 8 degrees on friday. but we are expecting snow showers on sunday. here is your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour. nort

when flooding hit montana last spring, montana gnarl guard troops were some of the -- national guardtroops were some of the first folks to respond with a helping hand. when highway 12 was washed out, the tidal roundup basically became an island and the monday machine guard was their bridge, carrying supplies back and forth. so it's an understatement to say these guys are busy. they're volunteers and they're balancing their military service with their civilian careers at home. we can't thank them enough for what they're doing. it's hard to really capture the nature of the service unless you've seen it firsthand. during my visit to afghanistan, i was so impressed by the service and the professionalism of our troops serving there, they were just remarkable. one brief story from a guardsman serving in iraq in 2011 captures this spirit of those men and women who serve. montana specialist civilek was serving as a medic in a convoy near balat. his convoy hit an i.e.d. which cut s.b.c.'s civilek's arm with shrapnel, cut his ears up too. instead of tending to his own wounds, the specialist im

the other trouble spot, montana, snow is beginning to move in. this is a blizzard and winter storm here from butte to missoula to bozeman. feel bad for you. the rest of the country's chilly but looking at a fantastic afternoon. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. nice day today in many areas. it's going to be a cold start today and tomorrow in areas of the great lakes, new england and the ohio valley. but the afternoon with the april sun is strong. temperatures really warming up. should be very enjoyable. i'm not going to give it an a-plus, but this weekend, make an "a." >> a-minus, even. >>> also coming up, expectations on jobs. warm weather equals sunny sales arer and a run on encyclopedias? your early morning business headlines straight ahead. >>> 13 years after "american pie," will interest in their high school reunion knock "the hunger games" off its perch? >>> the nhl playoff picture gets a little clearer. the magic self-destruct. and the longest opening day baseball game ever. >>>

winter storm warnings in central portions of montana will plague you during the day into tonight. a low over near areas of spokane. it's bringing you into areas of seattle southward. that's bringing instability, showers, not a lot of snow on map out there. salem has rain showers, portland, you've been dry lately but rain showers approaching. the higher elevations scattered snow showers. as far as the snow goes, central idaho into central montana, possibly 6 to 12 inches there, some of the higher elevations. boise, you like like you're just fine. temperature 49. notice how cool it stays today during the day today in the northwest. even chilly san francisco to skies. tucson, one of the warmer spots in the west. >>> still holding out hope for the weekend, lynn. >> let's keep doing that. bill, thanks. >>> stocks tumble, the dollar jumps and the economic solution based on pizza. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a report that some of "saturday night live's" favorites won't be returning. >>> coming up, opening night in baseball, a possible nba finals pr