now, the extension is largely because of an ongoing litigation in the state of nebraska and the nebraskareme court which could ultimately affect the pipeline's route. or even construction. conservatives are criticizing the delay and stirred up the controversy. >> i'm all for alternative energy, but until we come up with something that actually works and is efficient, we have to live in the real world. we're not to the point where we can have a car that runs on unicorn tears and hopes and dreams. >> and we all know those big money backers can't wait to go green, right? many residents in nebraska and people who live along the proposed route, they're not happy -- they're happy about the extension. but they know that they must stay vigilant if they're going to win this thing. the cowboy and indian alliance is a group claiming the pipeline poses tremendous risk to their land and water. it also breaks long-held treaties with native-americans. they are beginning a week's worth of activities in washington, d.c. today. they're setting up a tepee camp at the national mall and will stay there until

>> you know, i think what forced this was the nebraska route issue.an't move forward with the rejection or an approval of the pipeline, if the nebraska route is still in question. and then you know, we still have now this lingering issue of the south dakota permit is about to expire and they'll be without a route in south dakota. i think the project is going to collapse on its own weight. the only people to blame are the republicans who pushed all these false deadlines on the president, which forced him to reject it the first time and then the other people to blame are transcanada for being so arrogant with their bullying of land owners that made people stand up to them. so in the end, it will get rejected and we will win. >> all right, jane kleeb, bold nebraska with us tonight on the ed show. thanks so much for your time. tune in next week for more on our special series, "divided heartland." coming up, stossel rhymes with fossil. fox news host, john stossel makes a bold claim about fossil fuels and clean energy. pretenders is next. it's back, but not

. ♪ >>> a wonderful and noise i celebration of spring is drawing to a close in nebraska.six weeks from late february to early april, a half a million sandhill cranes take over the platte river. dean reynolds witnessed this amazing ritual. >> reporter: along the platte river in the chilly moments before dawn the silence is broken by a morning call. the chorus builds as the sun rises, and there they are. hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes awaiting some signal from their sentinels that it's time to wake up and face the day. suddenly they stir and lift off all together, resuming a ritual of one of the world's great natural migrations. >> i describe it as the sounds of a chorus of angels, none of whom can sing on key but all trying as hard as they can. >> reporter: paul johnsgard is a retired professor from the university of nebraska who has been coming here as a witness for almost 52 years. >> it's almost like watching a ballet in slow movement. they move in an elegant way both on the air and on the ground. there's nothing awkward about them. it's just poetic. >> report

>> we live north of neely, nebraska. we are right on the pipeline route.art of our farm is on the trail of tears, back in the 1870's. chief sandy baer and his people were driven to oklahoma. cindy.nted to go to she is a senior manager of the refining and oil sands program. she defends the program. she was on her show earlier this year. >> we spent five years reviewing the impact time and time again. despite the investment, which is transparent and thorough -- we have seen the same conclusions. minimal impact, negligible impact. the climate answer, the environmental answer and concerns have been addressed. this is one factor among several. it is time to determine that the project is in the nation's interest. >> what is your response? >> i would like to say that we cannot fall asleep on this one. a delay is not a rejection. so many people came together to show continuing solidarity and support for rejection of the keystone pipeline. there is a lot of misinformation out there. a good amount of american citizens still believe that keystone has something to do

and this migration has been going on far longer than there was a nebraska. >> oh, by far. don't know when it started. they stop where their parents and grandparents and great- grandparents stopped. >> reporter: as dusk approaches, the cranes are stuffed and ready for the riverbed. on cue, back they come, settling in for another night in nebraska. >> you can't help but love a crane. you really can't. >> reporter: you really can't. dean reynolds, cbs news, gibbon, nebraska. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. we begin with breaking new rge earthquake rocks the south >>> good evening. i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm allen martin in for ken bastida. a large earthquake rocked chile. right now, tsunami warnings posted for that country. linda yee is in the newsroom p with more. >> reporter: this is a significant earthquake and it could have catastrophic consequences. not just for chile but several other nations. the earthquake struck off the coast of northern chile about an hour 15 minutes ago. the epicent

that's a myth perpetrated by bold nebraska. that comes in from alberta sands will completely offset the oil in venezuela. venezuela is near a civil war right now. they're an unreliable trading partner. there's no doubt that prices will stabilize, the gas that will be produced by that oil will be cheaper as it comes into the market. and there are some people in the northeast that provides heating oil. this will provide that level of security and keep the oil prices down. economic studies show that. >> there's lots of economic studies out there. what about the purity of the oil. senator mary landrieu says this is going to be the cleanest barrel of oil in north america. do you agree with that? >> it's a heavy crude. if we were talking heavy crude versus sweet crude, there's no doubt about that. >> so compared to venezuelan oil. >> they would be equal in essence. in fact, the refineries buying this oil are the ones that are using venezuelan oil right now. so they're already engineered for the heavier crude. >> okay. now, you said t

for more, let me bring in gary from the tribe in in nebraska. farm owner megan hammon. ft i know if the pipeline is approved it's going to be going over your land, but the media has given cliven bundy way more attention than what you folks are doing in washington. . he doesn't even own his land, and you do. your reaction to all of this? >> oh my. we pay our property taxes. and it is very interesting that conservatives will stand up for someone who tries to use the second amendment, but they won't come to our rescue when a foreign corporation is shoving a pipeline down our throat. >> is that what is happening? is there a foreign corporation doing that to you and your family? >> yeah, definitely. it's been going on for five and a half years. on the first route, didn't have any options. we took the word that they had every permit they needed and we signed. we are again on the second route, and yeah, that's what they're doing. they're trying to force a pipeline on us. >> do you think you have an imminent domain issue? do you wonder what the conversation is in nevada about p

he will have to get from billings montana to lincoln nebraska. he is not allowed to drive because he drinks. let's take a look. sheriff you're walking to nebraska. >> that's right, to get my million dollars. >> this is would grant. >> we are now authorized to pay $1 million to woodrow t grant. >> this is his son. >> it's a complete scam. out of time.g >> this is his wife. >> i never knew the son of a even wanted to be a millionaire. >> the movie is in black-and-white, which is unusual. >> you don't see a lot of black and white. it is absolutely the perfect medium in which to render these faces under the american great plains. brought to the chicago international film festival, he actually grew up in an affluent family that looked down on acting. playing am about colorful character and a black-and-white movie and also an example of a certain brand of american. >> they are the stoics left in america because there is a lot of it that is gone. the farmers our attendance on their own farms, looking for big corporations. despite the bleakness and every

i mean, nebraska essentially has stopped now the keystone xl pipeline twice. this is the second time. we're very proud in nebraska, and we hope that our fight continues to stop the pipeline. the president's decision and the state department's decision to delay the essentially the process was a welcome sign for this event. we know that the president will consider our voices and our faces when rejecting this pipeline, and the process in nebraska, it's not about politics at all. in fact, the supreme court's schedule is going to hear the case sometime late this fall and won't make a decision until early next year. trans-canada is also facing an expired permit in south dakota, so republicans if they really cared about state rights would be standing with farmers, ranchers, and tribes in defending their state rights right now. >> let's talk about your specific opposition to the pipeline. this is something that is overall popular. maybe when people don't get into the specifics of it, maybe that's the reason. 61% in the latest pew poll favor building the keystone pipel

this was not an an exercise nebraska or anywhere else. nebraska had drought conditions, historic flooding conditions and experienced both of those things not that far apart. when senator bear hooks put forward his idea to study climate change in the state, conservatives in the nebraska state government blocked what he wanted to do. they said they would only let that climate change study go ahead if it did not study the fact that the climate was changing. one republican state senator said, "i don't subscribe to global warming." he wrote an amendment to the legislation insisting it not study anything that might have been caused by humans. so the nebraska legislature voted that the study of the climate change problem should not really study the problem and all the state's major scientists said they wanted nothing to do with it so the whole thing got canceled in nebraska. this is called the see no evil, hear no evil approach to scary public policy problems. it's a little like what we described with republicans denying the obamacare signup num

nevada was actually a state three years before nebraska. nebraska goes from a little more than 30% public lands down to 1%. while nevada goes from 86% to 81%. utah has the same operative language for extinguishing title hood of public lands as north dakota, south dakota, nebraska, louisiana, alabama. they simply have not honored that promise with the states in the west. that's what is happening now. because that have frustration, the complex patchwork that the professor called it is creating environmental and economic urgency throughout the west. you have forest that are sitting as tinderboxes and you have record fire conditions that are killing millions of animals, destroying water shed and habitat for decades. you've got wild horses issues where under their own plans, their own regulations the federal government is showed to limit the wild horse population in a particular southern utah area 300 wild horses yet there are 2,000 wild horse there is, and their population is doubling every four to five years. destroying the ecosystem, and thei

the state department needs more time to assess the route in nebraska.o to hear comments, a couple million of them in the state department. senator barbara boxer says given the unprecedented number of comments from public on the key stone pipeline proposal, the state department was entirely correct to delay a decision on the pipeline. it's been delayed numerous times. when you look at public perception of the pipeline, take a look at the most poll. 61% favor, oppose 27 percent. mary landrieu, up for re-election in louisiana, released this statement. the decision is irresponsible, unnecessary and unacceptable by making it clear that they will not move the process forward until there is a resolution in a lawsuit in nebraska the administration is sending a signal that the small minority who oppose the pipeline can tie up the in court forever. >>> jason riley, elise vee back, and charles krauthammer. >> this is not about delay. it's about trying to kill the project. it also demonstrates to me how how driven the president is. you've got democrats senator land

one of them is across areas from the plains in places like nebraska. you can see the upper level winds. this is the strongest part where the upper level disturbance is causing one section of big problems for us, but then right here, you notice all of these clouds that are going in, this right here is the jet stream and then we have these southeast wardly winds. >> so they are colliding. >> this area as we move forward over the next couple of hours, we have our biggest concern. >> i'm going to step out of the picture. last night we are telling people from south dakota on down, why so far north on this storm? >> that's a good question. you can see the rotation, this is the main piece of energy for this. it's pulling off to the north, it's pulling off this long area. it is absolutely a lot of people that are under the gun. look at all of these tornado warnings here. there's that nebraska site i talked about but then go down here little bit further across the south, this one here, across the southern part of arkansas, that tornado watch is called a particu

when you say the nebraska lawsuit?ntially change the route. the governor had come out. now this is caught up in the courts. this is going, the first time they changed the rout through nebraska had to do with environmentally sensitive areas. they thought they had rerouted it. there were landowner problems here. so the state department says that makes their case that they have to hold and see if there is another court decision to move this route. david: have the canadians chimed in at all? >> they have been very respectful of the u.s.'s, of the u.s.'s process here. they are our friends. they don't want to say anything to anger us. they do want to get this built. they pointed out, some in the company, this oil continues to move to the united states through rail which is not as safe. there have been problems with moving it through on rail. david: the patience of jobe on this biblical weekend. that is the what the canadians have. they put up with a lot. liz: thank you, rich, very much. david: with the farmers almanac predic

nebraska-western iowa health care system. our hospital for 170,000 area veterans is in serious disrepair. boilers, hvac, emergency generators, just a very suer and water pipes are literally duct taped together. we have heard that it's the second worst hospital infrastructure in all of their ospital inventory. now, even last march, the operating rooms had to be closed down to failing humidifiers, and we're talking about the basic functioning of this hospital, that's out of date. without replacement soon the hospital could face additional shutdowns for costly replacements of this infrastructure. now, currently we are on the list to be built. somewhere around 18 to 20, but the reality is for years now the list hasn't moved. and now our v.a. employees are being told that it would be somewhere in the 2021 to 2022 range. i fear it will be later than that before the new in-patient tower could be built. now, why do we need to talk to the general or the secretary shinseki about this hospital is that there are alternatives available in

joining me now tom jennen, a nebraska land owner and the rosebud sioux tribe.d, i want your response to this "rolling stone" report and how encouraged are you that they're reporting that the administration, two officials in the administration is saying that the president, it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. how does that set with you tonight? >> well, obviously, we're very pleased to hear a statement like that. of course, we have to wait for an official decision, and we're going to keep up the pressure. we're going to keep educating the federal government. educating the administration and educating the americans about how bad the k xl pipeline is. it's an encouraging statement, we hope when all set and done, and a final decision made that the pipeline is rejected. >> and wizipan" will sacred sites be affected if this pipeline is constructed? >> yes, it's going to pass over a large portion of our ancestral land. and it's going to be land that we hold in trust. and all land is sacred to us. and we're very concerned about the proposed pipeline and the

nebraska. i'm sorry. the senator from nebraska, i'm sorry. mrs. fischer: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i strongly affirm the principle of equal pay for equal work. both the equal pay act and title 7 of the civil rights act, which were passed on a bipartisan basis, have helped increase career opportunities for women and ensure they receive equal pay for equal work. that's a principle that we strongly support. women have made progress. they now hold more than half of all managerial and professional jobs, more than double the number of women in 1980. and women comprise the majority in the five fastest-growing jobs fields. according to the department of education, women receive 57% of all college degrees, 33% more than in 1970. we believe the reports prepared for the u.s. department of labor recognize that commonly used wage gap statistics don't tell the full story. factors, including differences in occupation, education, fields of study, type of work, hours worked and other personal choices, shape career paths and they shape earning potential. moreover, salaries alone don't

it's just a slow down to wait and see what happens in nebras nebraska. >> libby casey for us. thank you. the wars have begun in the congressional midterm campaigns. >> tony, the big spenders are out of the gate including outside political groups known as super pacs. they're usually associated with brutal negative attack ads. but for the first time they're also running a few positive ads here is one for steve sutherland. >> americans for prosperity, the conservative group behind that spot is spotted by the billionaire koch brothers. the pac has run positive ads 16% of the time. in 2012 the group did not run one single positive ad. across the political spectrum, negative ads still dominate. this ad is against her opponent. >> he was caught on camera and resigned. one week later another sexual relationship with a lobbyist. >> reporter: they say go negative. go early. democrats are spending $1 million to run that ad in north carolina for the next three weeks. across the country television viewers are beginning to see creative ads. many tea party republicans believe the federal gov

the big difference between bundy and the keystone opponents in nebraska is bundy's breaking the law. another difference is bundy is using guns instead of peacefully protesting. people on food stamps or unemployed folks across america, you know what they're called, they're called takers and free loaders. cliven bundy, holy smokes, this guy's a hero, because he's been stealing from the federal government for 20 years and he's now backed up by fox news who's blaming the government for collecting what's rightfully theirs. republicans, you know what they do, along with fox news, they pick and choose who they want to fight for and they make the case. ask yourself the question, is that consistent? i really want to see sean hannity out on the front lines with an ak-47 defying a court order and standing with those folks. listening to some of those sound bites, folks, go back and watch this on dvr. you know what these guys are? there's posse commatitus. there's been shooting matches in this country before. in north dakota where two u.s. marshals were shot and killed. this is dangerous stuff. i

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we have talked about nebraska in this segment.'s go to omaha, nebraska on the line for republicans. dave, good morning. caller: this is for ben. if you have been to nebraska, you would know the majority of people strongly support keystone xl. we are embarrassed by the stunts that these people are pulling. what i want to ask about his tom stier. about his green investments, but we just recently learned that he has invest bentz in a competing pipeline company. he is responsible for coal mines in asia that have produced the equivalent of 28% of the carbon dioxide that the united states produces. given his hypocrisy, will you return his money that friends of the earth has received? guest: we do not receive any tom stier money. we have been fighting this pipeline way before tom stier was involved in this campaign. there is nothing to return. is notid, key is -- he the merits of this. how do we ensure that two thirds of the world's fossil fuels remain in the ground? we cannot do that if we continue to build infrastructure like this pipe

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that's now going to the nebraska supreme court. you can't approve -- the federal government cannot approve a route that the state of nebraska hasn't approved. the same people, by the way, who argue about bundy ranch, that the feds are coming in -- >> let's not bring that into this discussion. tony, respond to that, please. >> the point joe and a lot of other opponents of the keystone pipeline are citing at this state-level case in nebraska that's been ongoing for months, even after the state department -- before the state department issued the positive environmental impact study. this is a small-ball thing that doesn't impact the greater project. this is why you have people like perry o'sullivan supporting the president twice, called the administration gutless for making the same claims joe just made. >> that was the nicest thing he said in that statement he gave a couple of days ago. guys, i have to run. >>> let's move on to the ukraine now. new bloodshed to tell you about. gunfire breaking out at a checkpoint set up by pro-russia

we have the aquifer in nebraska. they're upset. texas is upset. still need time to look at the keystone pipeline. >> tammy, mitch mcconnell describes it quite differently. he says the keystone pipeline project is the single greatest shovel ready project. and there are reports 42,000 jobs could be created. so what is keeping the president from approving the plan? >> well, everyone acknowledges that there are tens of thousands of jobs right away. and if you're out of work right now, even if they say it's temporary, it's better than nothing. congress is always talking about cutting off unemployment insurance. so 45,000 jobs is nothing to sneer at. but look, this is a symptom of the obama presidency. nothing we're unfamiliar with. this is a man who doesn't want to govern, isn't interested in making difficult decisions for the country. and what does it tell you about the senators of the democratic senators that wrote to him? they're all weak in the upcoming midterms. and one of their arguments is that they're influential because of their imconsume beku

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. >> i tell you what, huckabee, rick perry, ted cruz, you guys got to go to nebraska. i got to stay for you. republicans are flat out wrong. they held this guy up as a patriot and example of government overreach, collecting grazing fees that have been around for 80 years is not government overreach. so bundy, what is he doing? well, he's out having a sympathy tour. . earlier today bundy held up a dead calf. how is that for a prop? held up a dead calf on tv and tried to blame the federal government. >> this dead calf died this morning. he's been without his mother two weeks. and we found him -- actually the fish and wildlife people down in overton, nevada, found this calf and called us. we picked him up last night and tried to save his life. he had been too long without a mother. he's been badly abused. >> you're leaving out something, mr. bundy. if you had paid your fees, your calf would still be alive. this is not an issue of government overreach. this is not an issue of imminent domain. this is a guy free loading on the american system. he's a free loading lawbreaker

across the center of the country from texas to nebraska you have a chance to see storms today yesterday and this evening could produce large hail damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. it has been well below average severe weather season in terms of tornado county specially for the month of april. it does look like it could be changing. we expect more severe weather as well across the center of the country as we head into this weekend. temperature wise across parts of the east it has been beautiful as you mentioned, but take a look at the kurr p rent temperatures 36 in chicago. low 40's in minneapolis and cleveland. you will see a little on the cool side as we head into the afternoon as well. 50 from minneapolis to new york city. let's head over to you. >> all right maria. thank you. >> thanks very much. >> while you were sleeping florida businessman kurt falkman takes one step closer to congress. he won a special gop primary in the 19th district. he is now the favorite in the general election to replace former congressman kra raid el. he will face april freeman in the june election. he

there is even a facebook page about this batman in lincoln, nebraska. >> this is awesome. why go to the concert? just go hang out with the crowd as people leave the concert, a better show and it is free. >> the thing is, no one knows who he is. the big news, we're about to fiend out right now. we have speedo batman joining us right this minute. i imagine from the bat condo. do you want to tell us who you really are? >> i think i'm ready to unveil myself. are you ready? how's it going? >> what's up? >> so who are you? >> my name is tyler shilbert, a senior from the university. >> how did this begin in. >> there were a couple of concerts before the bon jovi one. we would have people over, people would wave at us and i thought we're not close to the potential that we could get. it was a good time. >> what do you think of all the attention you're getting. >> it was trying to be funny at first. within a couple of hours, i was getting test after test after test. don't you live in that south corner apartment. then i decided to make a facebook page and that's when it blew up. >> w

but you see, president obama really can't act on this until nebraska acts because the only reason thatma to move is because it crosses an international boundary. if seestone didn't cross an international boundary there is no role for washington, d.c. now we're asking the state department and president obama to act on permitting this pipeline, but it hasn't been permitted in nebraska yet. and so until nebraska gets their act together and either decides to allow this pipeline to come through or not, i don't see how the state department can move. and so these republicans that are stirring the water, the senate isn't going to be able to bypass the state department. that's not the law. you shouldn't ask the state department to approve of a pipeline until it has a legitimate route. >> you make a good point about the individual states having their own decisions to make on the pipeline and there is obviously a very strong opposition to it as well by environmentalists but also within nebraska, that is the opinion that actually ruled. talk to us a little bit about this tussle between the states

from eastern nebraska, illinois you could be looking at strong to severe storms.ay the severe weather risk continues from louisiana up into illinois with the same derns in place. this one will be producing a little bit of a chance for severe storms across the carolinas. this system could bring rain to the state of new jersey and we need moisture out there. kir rent temperature chilly out there from parts of minnesota and dakotas. the high temperatures as we head into this afternoon rebounding nicely. upper 60s in chicago. take a look at texas, heather, ainsley, temperatures in the 80s, 90s. that is what will help fuel the thunderstorms coming up for this weekend. >> maria molina. thank you. have a great weekend. >>> listen to this. most fisherman maybe lie a little bit about their catches but three 6th graders are not making up this fish tale. a group of three 6th graders were on spring break when they made a catch of a lifetime. a nearly 700 pound mako shark. they caught the shark off the coast of california while fishing with their dad after having no luck they

some maintain abany pipeline spill would deb state nebraska's environment.thers say americans need to wean themselves from fossil fuels. >> for most nebraskians, the vice president is a very secondary issue. >> and there's the question of money. >> we have 1.million people in nebraska. we have 50 people in steele city. >> so you do the math. >> dave be is a lawyer fighting keystone on behalf of farmers who want a better compensation package. >> a good neighbor would not say to you, you take this deal or you're out. >> you're suggesting a little bit of bullying has gone on. >> and it has. >> the ones that's fighting this, i think it's more political than anything. >> do you ever worry in a couple of years, steele city may be no more. >> oh, yeah, i am. >> reporter: it is the future that fuels the uncertainty in this part of the country. there's plenty of past to go around. >> black smithing was a way of life. >> we can get that white hot. >> reporter: so as local men breathe new life into this old stone building, keeping their craft alive, they look ahead. >>

they put off approval until this nebraska court, the administration -- >> i'm a pro business guy so i'mobs we can here. >> i think you made the point about infrastructure being an important one. i think another thing that has been looked at is the federal deficit is going down very, very rap rapidly. unless you get a counter available growth. >> just to highlight the president's japan trip, one of the key things is free trade in this country and we can't pass the transpacific trade. >> reports out of mouse cscow t putin is refusing to talk to president obama under pressure. if he is feeling pressure does that mean the sanctions are working or not working? i will ask that question as we move ahead. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 hours. spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva.

there's even a facebook page about this batman in lincoln, nebraska. >> this is awesome.go to the concert? just go hang out with the crowd as people leave the concert. you get a better show, and it's free. >> the thing is no one knows who he is. the big news, we're about to find out right now because we have speedo batman with us on "right this minute." from the bat -- do you want to tell us who you really are? >> i think i'm ready to unveil myself. you guys ready? >> yes. >> how is it going? >> what's up? >> who are you? tell us who you are. >> my name is tyler schoberg, and i'm a senior here at the university, and i'm originally from minnesota. >> how did this begin? >> there was a couple of concerts before the bon jovi one, and we would have a couple of people over, and people -- i'm, like, all right, we're not even close to the potential that we could get. next thing you know i'm dancing in a speedo and a cape dancing in the bat cave. >> what do you think about all this attention? >> it was kind of to be funny at first, and literally within a couple of hours i was get

. >>> and a mid-april snowstorm in nebraska. traffic ground to a halt in the central part of the state. several flights out of grand island were canceled. police say two trucks jackknifed on the interstate and blocked traffic in both directions. eric fisher, chief meteorologist at wbz in boston takes a look at what's happening today. >> we saw a lot of severe weather during the day on sunday. now the storms are focusing more toward the gulf coast as we start the week. heavy rain, a chance for isolated tornadoes, certainly damaging wind gusts and large hail. birmingham, jackson, over toward shreveport watching the skies today. the storm tracking eastward. lots of heavy rain across the east. we could see pockets of flooding. then as we head toward tuesday, this heavy rain is right along the east coast. could be disruptive to travel here from boston down toward d.c. that is snow on the map. the storm system bringing in enough cold area the back edge should feature in some spot as few inches of snowfall. look at the temperatures by

>> senator from nebraska. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i strongly affirm the principle of equal pay for equal work. both equal pay agent and title vii of the civil rights agent passed on by partisan basis in connection withed career opportunities for women and ensure they receive equal faye for equal work. that's a principle we strongly sport. women made progress, holing more than half of all manager and professional jobs. more than double the number of women in 1980. women compromised majority in the five fastest growing jobs field. according to the department of education, women receive 57% of all college degrees, 33% more than in 1970. we believe the reports prepared for the u.s. department of of labor recognize that these wage gaps statistics do not tell the full story. factors in differences in occupation, education, the fields of story type of work, hours worked, and other personal choices shape career pallets and earning potential. salaries alone do not count for total company sages. still, some women continue to struggl

the nebraska case is a serious issue. it is going to the nebraska supreme court. it has to be settled before we have a clear thoroughfare for this to happen. but on the other side of this -- and jobs aside -- and jobs are important. i think this is -- mitch mcconnell called this a shovel-ready project. jobs aside, the risks are extraordinary high with moving a pipeline through the heart of this country. you're going to have leaks, you're going to have spills and environmental impacts so we have to measure what those impacts are on the other side of this thing. the actual direct jobs to building the pipeline aren't nearly as many as some of the proponents would say that they are. will there be more subway jobs? will there be more? you have to figure that into the equation. i'm glad it's been punted down the road so there is more time to study this but mary landrieu and others should be so lucky. >> mitch mcconnell says, well this is the shovel-ready project. does he only like dirty shovel-ready projects? the american jobs act which the republicans defeated, there a

bloomberg is reporting officials have long said the nebraska case wouldn't impact its view. the court's decision isn't likely until the mid term election. depending on this outcome, the final decision could be pushed back until 2015. this is angering conservatives and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said in a statement, i guess he wasn't serious about having a pen and a phone. >>> in kansas, high school students and their families are protesting michelle obama's involvement in their graduation. listen to this, the first lady is slotted to speak at a joint ceremony for five of topeka's high schools, however, there are now concerns that the first lady's participation will steal the spotlight from the kids. others fear her attendance will limit the number of seats available. this is tied to the 69th anniversary of brown versus board of education. an online to return graduation back to normal has been signed by more than 2100 people. so far the white house is referring all questions about the first lady's involvement to a spokesman to the topeka kansas school district. >>

nebraska, iowa, right on the border of kansas city and missouri. this line here, this was the main event as we went through this evening. last night, that was. it was one super cell thunderstorm that produced all of this tornado damage. one storm. a very strong storm that produced it appears about a 2 1/2 hour tornado. a large wedge tornado. that's the tornado that goes all the way to the ground. the damage i've seen so far, i'd say probably about an ef-3 or greater. 150-mile-an-hour winds plus and that damage path was 100 miles long. there's a lot of small towns, little houses out in the rural areas we haven't seen yet because we haven't gotten helicopters over the area. as far as the storm goes, it's cranking over nebraska. it will be with us two to three days. as far as today goes in yellow, slight risk. about 28 million people. this area of red, potential for more tornadoes. a line from nashville to jackson, mississippi. >> tough morning. >> when we see the pictures, it will be sad. >> nbc meteorologist bill karins. thank you. >>> also developi

supreme court makes a decision on the path of the proposed pipeline in nebraska. the delay could conveniently push a decision on issue until after the midterm elections. i suppose that is coincidence, don't you? >> on wall street, markets closed on observance of the good friday holiday. funding for startup companies in this country surging 67% in the first quarter to the highest level since 2001. software and biotech receiving most of the money out of the nearly $9.5 billion that vcs put forward. >>> microsoft reporting it sold more than 5 million of its xbox one consoles since the launch in november. rival sony, however, sold seven million of its playstation consoles. >>> sales of videogames at retail stores down 28% last month but games delivered over the internet, a 21% increase in sales. so the industry, pretty healthy. >>> stay with us. we're coming right back. it appears that deal between the united states and russia on ukraine is a no deal. former kissinger senior advisor, goldman sachs vice chairman, robert hormats, next. what about jobs? no? now try your

nebraska, lois on the democrats line. caller: yeah, nebraska. i'm trying to get my thoughts together. i appreciated the previous call with the information about refineries. host: what do you think when he says it is a capacity issue, as far as refiners being built along the gulf coast? caller: there seems to be another alternative. it just might take some time. but it might also just get past this -- everything needs to be hurried up, because of the degree -- i don't know if it is keystone or the entire oil industry. i kind of think the latter. at any rate, nebraska republicans were being sold on the idea of all the jobs it would bring here. i don't know if it is just in nebraska or in the total expansion of your blue line, but that would have 34 permanent employees. host: that is lois from nebraska. if you go to the "wall street journal" this morning a large profile about senator ted cruz of texas. you can read that online. mrs. cruise, 41, had arrived in town and unhappily spied his favorite bachelor meal, campbell's chunky soup. she is trying