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we have some light snow in north texas and oklahoma. be careful driving in those areas. it's very cold. it will not melt, even treated road also probably remain snow packed. 10 degrees in oklahoma city with snow. it's a cold winter day. there's oklahoma city. light, fluffy snow. snow-covered roads. if it's not a winter storm, it's bone chilling cold. >> then we have the weather and the rock salt demand in new york city. that's a mess. thank you very much. >>> coming up on "morning joe," framing the impact of the owe became obamacare situation. when we come back, we will huddle around the water cooler with axl rose as he gets poetic during his reaction to the red hot chili peppers live performance. [ male announcer ] legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reality. start your business today with legalzoom. ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good around ♪ ♪ t

that push of late february brr brings the sub-freezing wind chills as far south as north texas and northern alabama. the thaw-freeze effect forcing ice jams from illinois to indiana and pennsylvania, bulldozing the swollen river's edge. >> chunks of ice out here are a foot thick. they're just destroying whatever they cross. >> reporter: there are wind chill advisories tonight through early tomorrow from montana to ohio, so, let's bring back that polar map and show you the wind chill in chicago, just one of the many cities that are concerned about the dangerous wind chill. by tomorrow morning, it will feel like 20 below in chicago. other cities like milwaukee, des moines, detroit, anyone surrounding the great lakes there, going to be very uncomfortable and close to dangerous. diane? >> all right, thank you so much, ginger zee, reporting in. >>> and next tonight, we turn to the big surprises today in that culture war under way in arizona. the one that pits religious liberty against equal rights for gay americans. well, today, some big american companies warned the governor of the state, jan b

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. >>> hundreds of students at a north texas high school are sick with a mysterious stomach bug. rdson texas students taking every precaution including getting the bug. this after 26 staff members and 239 students got sick on monday. last week was even worse. 600 out of the 2500 students on campus called out sick on friday. >>> we are the high contract surfaces are cleaned more regularly than they were and they were already being stepped up because it is flu season. >> they are trying to figure out what is causing the stomach bug. >> the texas teen injured in a skydiving accident is walking after surviving a 3500 foot fall just over a week ago. mckenzie walked about 80 feet with the help of a walker despite suffering pleading on her brain, fractures on her vertebrae, ribs, pelvis and hips. doctors anticipate she will be recovering at the hospital for several weeks, though, but they expect her to make a full recovery. does he think he can solve the problems or is it up to the individual? >> i think you are much more friendly to a nanny state than i am. i am more of a self reliance

around fairfield, north texas at travis, headed east along 12. it will move up toward uc davis. in, in the afternoon, we ramp up to 30 to 45 miles per hour and five o'clock we will be that fast at 35 miles per hour and then a tapering overnight with the strong storms moving away. light rain and drizzle this morning and most of us are dry. by noon we will be wet with showers containing thunder and brief, heavy rain that will taper to moderate and light rain when the storm moves off. temperatures in the low 60's today. >> we have clear conditions despite the fact we had the rain brushing through the bay area so we have mostly dry conditions and as we move into san jose, a look at a dry san jose at 66 miles per hour along 101 headed beyond the san jose airport and 280 is if go shape making the drive to cupertino and highway 85 with no delay as we move through and up to cupertino and sunnyvale you are in go shape. along the peninsula, to the north, 101 through redwood city 72 miles per hour. 66 miles per hour on 280 approaching highway 92. in san francisco we had the green that has

northeast; but the one that we are monitoring is the one in the south bringing more heavy snow to north texasnd oklahoma and mississippi river valley. and philadelphia and new jersey and new york, heavy snow. this is a forecast model and we are waiting for the national weather service to jump on board and issue the watches and warnings. this computer model has 6- 12 inches up from philadelphia to boston. we'll fine-tune this forecast and a lot of folks may not get out monday morning who are in for the super bowl. >> that is serious. some people took off from work just to be here early and may not get home to their jobs. thank you very much. >> you got. it >> right now the search is on for a pair of bank robbers. they have the nickname, trash- talking bandits. and the legal saga surrounding an american convicted of murder initily. amanda knox. the italian judge speaking out about the recent guilty verdict. stay close. this is for you. ♪ [ male announcer ] bob's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. i

so, let's watch this as this system develops bringing snow to north texas, arkansas, mid mississippi river valley and then what happens on monday morning. 6:00 a.m., moving in towards philadelphia, pittsburgh, new york city, long island, new jersey. going to get that game in. fortunately, but just hours after wards, we're going to be dealing with this storm system making a mess for the drive in on monday. and then you look at the precipitation. a lot of rain, heavy rain, but we could see on order of 6 to 12 inches of snow where you see that blue shaded area and that includes the new york city area. so we're going to continue to really fine tune this forecast. and we will get that super bowl game in tomorrow, but people have to be prepared. if you're traveling monday, there's going to be airport delays and closures. >> i thought you were going to say that, but at least the game is going to be okay for the game. we want everyone to be safe, but at least the game's okay and they can stay put if they have to. >> absolutely. we'll get everybody home safe. >> eventually. >> everybody's goi

. >>> already four people have died on slick roads in north texas.ate camp while working at an accident scene. a car skidded and knocked him off the overpass. and a high school basketball player was killed when a pickup truck lost control on a rural road and struck her car. >>> traveling long distance almost anywhere in the country today will be a nightmare. more than 2500 flights today have been cancelled so far on top of the 1300 cancelled yesterday. amtrak is suspending most of its trains south of washington today which will disrupt service further north. even before the storm arrives there. >>> the storm dumping ice and snow on the south is merging with another system, forming a dangerous nor'easter. >> more than a foot of snow may fall and accuweather meteorologist jim dickey has the latest. good morning, jim. >> good morning. ingredients coming together for a historic winter storm here. we'll start with significant ice across the southeast here today. watching a couple features again. northern brain system moving its way across the plains. sout

it will take its time dropping snow across north texas.las as we get through the day tomorrow and tomorrow night, watch out for the icy mix. it will move across louisiana and the northern portion of alabama, too. the forecast for monday, a lot of mountain snow for the west. again great news for our water year. we will stay icy in the central areas. jonathan. >> the storms keep coming. thanks. >>> 50 years ago today, the beatles put on a show that changed america. ♪ oh, yeah. >> fans relived the moment there at the ed sullivan theater tonight. kimberly duke hart was there. >> patty touchy came to relive beatlemanian. it was 50 years ago when she saw her first look at the beatles. >> i was with my sister on the floor getting all excited and watching them come on t.v. in the first two minutes, i completely fell in love with paul mccartney and i have been in love with him for 50 years today. >> a record number of millions watched john, paul, george and ringo perform live on the sullivan show. their first appearance on u.s. television. >>> i re

by sunday morning looking at snow across north texas. maybe a wintry mix through dallas. moving into arkansas. the mid mississippi valley, ohio valley, south of that mainly a rain event. look at this. all snow overnight sunday night into monday. we could get a swath of 6-12 inches heavy snow from philadelphia to new york up to boston. quick mover, but it could bring up some snow. temperatures are going to be warm for super bowl sunday. then it's going to drop like a rock and that system is going to move through. i can't tell you how fortunate it's going to be for those super bowl goers in new jersey because this storm is going to come like 1:00 a.m., 2:00 a.m. into monday and cause a lot of problems on the roads monday morning. >> if i hear you correctly, they are going to watch the super bowl then they are going to high tail it out of here to try to beat that storm. >> at this point, yes. we've got to get people home after midnight because we have another snowstorm to watch monday morning. incredible. incredible. >> janice dean, thank you. i think. >> be careful out ther

around south white road, gurnville road, montgomery drive, as we head toward the fairfield area, north texasoing to be a little bit dicy for the evening drive. take a look at san francisco, brisbane, south city, heading down toward the south bay, around san jose, where we are seeing around willow glenn, park avenue, very light rainfall. moderate to the east. now, here's a look at the storm. we have a long fetch of moisture that extends way beyond hawaii. we call it the pineapple express. storm risks, moderate for urban flooding, creek flooding, mudslide, rock slide, slight possibility, river flooding expected to be low, up to nine inches in the wettest spots there is a wind advisory four the carquinez strait and delta until tomorrow morning. gusts to 45 could knock down power lines and trees. rainfall totals look impressive when all is said and done. the snow in the sierra will pile up. a look at your weekend in a few minutes. >>> unfortunately for drive, the latest storm hit in time for the evening commute. >> a live picture now of the san francisco skyway. if is slow and go, particularly b

it is socking north texas hard, towns like austin, dallas fort worth, santangelo, they are all experiencingow. remember what happened in atlanta last month. it is not looking good in dallas right now. a lot of schools are closing, traffic is crawling on the roads. they are trying to dump sand, but they don't get a lot of snow and they are not having a good time right now. jenna: they have this year. >> i wanted to present you with a little gift, which represents what president obama and vice president biden and i have been saying. that is we want to reset a relationship. jon: so much that he was in russia hitting the reset button as vladimir putin welcomes the world to the olympics in sochi. is this the start of a new cold war? and the best of times over the worst of times for democrats heading into the midterm elections. our political panel with a debate coming up. check it out. i can't believe your mom has a mom cave! today i have new campbell's chuy spicy chicken quesadilla soup. she gives me chunky before every game. i'm very souperstitious. haha, that's a good one! haha! [ male announc

. >>> facilities in colorado, louisiana, pennsylvania, north dakota, texas and wyoming had toxic releasessurpassing 10,000 pounds in one year. >> reporter: the study calls the current rules arbitrary and confusing. facilities are required to report toxic releases so people who lives nearby know exactly what is going in their air. but for gas and oil facilities, it's a mystery. >> i think they've been escaping that loophole erroneous for many years. >> reporter: oil and gas facilities are expanding almost everywhere. while they did not return our calls or comments, they said they would be supporting lower emissions. >> they should do it automatically. i don't see why they opportunity. >> all that russell anselmo can do is whittle wood and wait. >> heavy flooding in peru are peruvian authorities have declared a state of emergency. the flooding has destroyed 46 homes and 15 buildings. >>> then in neighboring bolivia no relief for flooding communities. 42 people are dead, and some 54,000 families have been affected by the severe weather. >>> and the rain may have stopped, but the rivers are s

financially i own the team but all of north texas owns the dallas mavericks.eing in business, you have a great quarter no one throws you a parade. you get an article in the "wall street journal" great job. when you win a championship the whole city's on fire. when you're losing everybody hates you. but in business i've never got an e-mail from somebody saying my son has cancer or my daughter's sick and she really looks up to the mavericks. would you meet them, spend time with them. even worse my son just died. you met him and took a picture of him. we're going to bury him in his jersey. would you send a note we can put in a coffin. so different than anything you find in traditional business. so you really have to learn very quickly you're a steward much more than a business owner like you are in traditional business. >> lots of issues bubbling around big professional sport in america right now. probably the leading one is this issue of gay players both in basketball, in football, and it will happen to every sport obviously. you know jason collins, obviously a

so, let's take a look at it right now across portions of north texas, and oklahoma, where they could see up to 12 inches in some cases. and then this system is going to continue to move, grab a lot of moisture from the gulf of mexico, across the ohio river valley. nashville mainly a rain event. 6:00 a.m. monday, creeping in on philadelphia, d.c. certainly. we think mainly rain but you could see a wintry mix and there's new york, long island, up towards connecticut and massachusetts. that's 12:00 p.m. monday, kind of sticks around here throughout the day. it's going to make for a very tricky drive in on monday. and if people are trying to get out the airports, of course, we could see some cancellations and delays. so keep that in mind. there's your forecast precipitation, as i mentioned, 6 to 12 inches for parts of northern texas in towards oklahoma. and then some areas could see 6 to 12 inches we're thinking around new york city 2 to 4. philadelphia you're right on the cusp here but you could get easily four to five inches. so a quick mover but it's going to cause some problems certa

environmental integrity project shows 395 facilities in colorado, louisiana, pennsylvania, north dakota, texas and wyoming had toxic releases surpassing 10,000 pounds in one year. >> the study i has called the rules arbitrary and confusing. people who live in homes like this just a few feet away should know exactly what is in their air. but for gas facilities air quality could be a mystery. >> i think they've been escaping attention through that loophole erroneously over several years. >> the louisiana oil and gas association did not return our calls for comment the epa said it will consider requiring oil and gas plants to report emissions. >> it shouldn't even be a question about that. they should automatically do it. i don't see why they wouldn't. >> for now all russell can do is wait. al jazeera, louisiana. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. live from new york city. in just the last few hours the chief mediator at the geneva 2 peace talks announced that both sides have now agreed on a third round of negotiations. the workers at a tennessee volkswagen plant dialing a

. >>> near dallas, some school districts closed today after snow fell again on north texas and temperatures plunged, meaning icy, slippery roads, cancellations at dfw airport, one of the nation's busiest air hubs. >>> and near philadelphia, hundreds of thousands of customers are waking up in the dark again. >> whoa! >> this morning still without power after wednesday's snow and ice storm. the power company is promising most of them should be back on by tonight. >>> so, chad myers, how's it looking for them? track the forecast for us. what are we expecting today? >> you know, they're still in the 20s right now. and if you don't have power, all of a sudden, 20 degrees outside gets inside your house pretty quickly. this is the region we're talking about. that's where it got hit so hard with the ice, and a lot of power lines are still down here, a lot of trees are still down as well. but better than albany. albany, new york, right now -- this is not a windchill. that's the air temperature. it's 1 below there in your valley. 29 in atlanta, cold for them, 17 in nashville and 20 in memphis. not as

environmental integrity project shows that 395 facilities in colorado, pennsylvania, louisiana, north dakota, texas wyoming released over 10,000 pounds of toxins in a year. >> ththe people who live by oil and gas facilities air quality could be a mystery. >> i think they've been escaping attention through that loophole erroneously for many years. >> with the nationwide energy boom is underway, oil and gas is expanding everywhere, while the louisiana oil and gas association did not return our calls for comment the epa said it will consider requiring oil and gas plants report emissions. >> it should not even be a question. just automatically do it. >> for now all russell anselmo can do is whittle wood and wait. al jazeera, al jazeera america. >> tech giant google is taking over one of the most historic landmarks in silicon valley. it's a restoration process that seems, well, almost larger than life. >> reporter: federal officials have chosen google to restore movmoffat field, and they may ga small building an as part of the deal. did i say small building? i mean one of the largest free standing struc

records by the environment i integrity project show that 395 facilities in colorado, penn, north dakota, texas had taxiing releases surpassing 10,000 pounds in one year. the study calls the current rules arbitrary and refusing. refineries like this are required to report toxic release sews that people who live in homes like this a few feed away. know exactly what is going in to their air. but for the people who live by similar oil and gas facilities, air quality could be a mystery. >> i think that they have been escaping attention through the loophole for many years. >> reporter: with a nationwide energy boom underway, oil and gas facilities are expanding almost everywhere. while the louisiana oil and gas association didn't return our calls for comment. the epa has said it will consider requiring oil and gas plants to report emissions. >> there shouldn't be a question, they should automatically do it. i don't see why they wouldn't. >> reporter: for all all russell can do is whittle wood and wait. >> after several years of declining federal officials say carbon dioxide-y minutes row miy about 2

it will continue through monday, we are seeing rain to the north, but for texas you have been warmed out. san antonio 82. dallas 86 degrees, slowly rising. >> emotional reunions for koreans separated after the war, preparing to meet family they have not seen in decades, and in some cases relatives they have never met. the cold winter causing a hortage of delicacy. a 20-year-old college student chose scientific breakthrough could change the way some cancers are diagnosed. >> welcome back. three al jazeera journalists have been detained in egypt over 50 days. fit ner reports from london where protesters rallied outside the egyptian embassy demanding release. >> germans, politicians and other concerned citizens gathered outside an embassy before a trial, some including al jazeera journalists, begins. >> mohamed fadel fahmy, mohammed badr and peter greste are into the second month without being charged. al jazeera network arabic journalist abdullah al-shami has been in custody six months. they are accused of supporting a terrorist organization after interviewing members of the outward mu

texas? i don't know but naturally if the wind is blowing in north dakota, not blowing in oklahoma maybe something will leave that out. >> i was public information director at the texas general land dagestan 90s, the inception of the state involvement in wind farms in west texas, delaware mountains, governor ann richards and land commissioner gerry marron. i have a question. i talked a couple weeks ago about an incident out there in the inception of the wind farm, delaware mountains, you might tell about the big enemy of wind farming is no wind. but the question i have is to the wind power companies have the power of eminent domain? >> thank you for the question. let me just address the episode ron brings up which we write about in the book. the first major commercial windfarm was in the delaware mountains which is in far west texas north of i can and if you were to more or less go north of the big bend of the above i can, you get to the delaware mountains it is , you get to the delaware mountains it isten , you get to the delaware mountains it is a very windy place. when they had the christening

and now that it's staring us in the face then states like north dakota and texas are being transformed economically, it gives you a sense of what's possible not only domestically or regionally but globally. >> rose: we conclude then with a conversation of gravity with its director alfonso cuaron and its star sandra bullock. >> if you are all awake enough to feel the reasoning behind something, the human being is such an amazing creature in that it wants to fight. it can't not fight for survival. most of the time. we talked about that a lot. you know, what is that thing that happens when you've given up that ignites just the slightest amount of passion to at least try one more time before you truly give up. and sometimes letting go is what you need to do. >> rose: james jones, alfonso cuaron and sandra bullock when we continue. >> they're not afraid to question the path they're on because the one question they don't want to ask is how did i end up here. people who want to take ownership of their investments like they do in every other aspects of their lives. captioning sponsored by rose

david maxwell was accepted into the oldest and most exclusive law enforcement agency in north america, the texaste group with only 134 members. >> i thought about it a great deal, that if i became in law enforcement, if i was able to eventually get into the texas rangers and it remained unsolved, that i would be able to reopen the case and eventually solve it. >> and by this time, the houston police department had recently purchased an afis system, the automated fingerprint identification system which can instantaneously compare unknown prints to those in the houston database. david asked the department to run the unidentified prints found in his sister's car. at the time, they actually had to be traced. >> we don't do that anymore. but years ago, the traced image we just had better luck with the tracing than the direct -- the image just wasn't as clear as it is now. >> unfortunately, there was no match. >> i began to think that maybe he was dead, because i couldn't imagine that you would commit that type of crime, which was probably random, and never commit it again. >> and the case turned cold

. >> she reportedly confessed to killing more people in alaska, texas, north carolina, and california. all part of a satanic cult she joined when she was young. she insists she only did this to people who did bad things and didn't deserve to be here any more. >> i said miranda, as you sit here do you have any remorse whatsoever? she said, none. >> reporter: so far none of her claims have been condition firmed by police but she told the local newspapers she could pinpoint the bodies on a map. the fbi said it's now working with local law enforcement to investigate. erica pits, al jazeera, new yo new york. >> the venezuelan president expels three american diplomats as venezuelans continue protest against its government demanding real change. al jazeera america. we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond the headline, pass the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capital. >> we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is

in alaska, texas, north carolina, and california. saying, quote, i can pinpoint on a map where you can find them. when i hit 22, i stopped counting. miranda said she would lure her victims in, study them, befriend them and only went after bad people. the majority of her murders took place in alaska where she joined a satanic cult at age 13, shooting and murdering her first man with the help of the leader of the cult. the police are reviewing the report of the jail house interview and taking her claims very seriously. they're working with investigators from other states and the fbi. miranda told the newspaper she doesn't want to get out of jail because if she was released, she would continue to kill. miranda and her husband will be evaluated by forensic psychiatrists. the prosecution is seeking the death penalty in the case. >> what a story. brian, thanks very much. >>> prosecutors in the so-called loud music trial say they may retry the gunman, michael dunn, on first-degree murder charges. dunn was found guilty on four out of the fiv

continue to see that torrent, so if you are traveling along, i 35, perhaps down into portions of north and central texas, will have to deal with the rain out there, and even the freezing rain, so we want you to be careful if you are traveling, morgan back to you. >> thank you. >> after living in the u.s. for year as mexican man returns to his homeland. only to get caught up in the drug wars why he decided to stay. plus, the controversy surrounding chris kristy, flaring up right before tonight's big game right there in the garden state. >> east rutherford new jersey where we are predicting the results of this evenings super bowl. >> denver. >> and daniel. >> denver. >> join us back here for the super bowl party, near the stadium, in a couple ofn't manies. lap welcome back to al jazeera america. going back to our top story, award winning actor phillip seymour hoffman has been found dead in new york. he was found in his manhattan apartment, as saying medical officials have not yet excepted on the exact cause of his death. he lived in america for almost two decades but his heart remains just south of the bo

they took place in north carolina, alaska, texas, and california. the local police and the fbi are trying to see if the confession is a bid for attention or the real deal. >>> florida prosecutors plan to retry a man after killing a teenager after an argument over loud music. the jury did convict michael dunn on four charges, including three of attempted murder. the jury deadlocked on a first-degree murder charge. >> and that verdict comes just six months after another florida case that raised issues of race and self-defense. george zimmerman's shooting of trayvon martin. in a new interview in spanish with univision, zimmer pman say he's homeless, jobless, and has post traumatic stress disorder. >>> a man reportedly trying to carry an explosive device on a plane caused a brief shutdown in anchorage, alaska. police found what is described as a pipe bomb. in his carry on. he claimed the explosive was an avalanche device. police say the bomb lacked a trigger and the public was never in danger. >>> and check this out, from baltimore, a push-back tractor

region there has been a couple reports of a little bit of ice in southern parts of oklahoma into north texasfor that as this ban comes along. this is how it forms. later in today still a moist boundary through the south. tomorrow a better chance that some of that spins up and could become areas of freezing rain as the temperature drops and you see atlanta is kind of on the cusp of that and we will have to watch that. could be on the rain side but freezing rain would definitely make things slick and snow to the north of that that is why we have so many watches and warnings up that last for the next couple of days because of the region. as we get to the forecast the temperatures drop off and that is why tuesday and wednesday we could see some of that freezing precipitation. getting in the northwest we had the pineapple express coming in the region that brought beneficial rain to california. but some even lower elevations of snow to parts of the northwest, needed for the snow pack and really created some mess on the roads. so you can see what the snow pack did just from last week to this week,

that push of late february burr brings sub freezing wind chills as far south as north texas and northernand pennsylvania. bulldozing the swollen river's edge. >> chunks of ice in the area. a foot thick. they are just destroying whatever they cross. >> windchill advisory from montana to ohio. surrounding the great lakes that core of the cold air really settles in wednesday and thursday morning. some wind chills could go as low as 20 or even 30 below. remember, it only takes 30 minutes then to get frostbite. ginger zee, abc news, new york. >> as the snow starts falling and temperatures continue to plunge, keep it here on abc news for the latest. we will have an update from accuweather in the next half hour. >> now to the tense debate in arizona where the governor is considering a controversial bill that would allow businesses to refuse service to gay people. governor jan brewer is expected to make a decision by saturday. people across the country are weighing in. supporters of the bill say it would protect religious freedom but opponents are calling it sanctioned discrimination. american a

even a busted door monument at the university of north texas, quinn's alma mater.er quintessentialally sochi moment. he gets stuck in an elevator. i was like, he's staging this. this is a joke. this is a prank. >> you know, these are two situations that truly could happen to anyone anywhere. it just happened to me at the olympics in a short time frame. >> reporter: even the incredible hulk of bobsledding couldn't get that one open. i learned in my tutorial if you're stuck in a bathroom do not use your fist, use the flat part of your hand, now tomorrow out on the bobsled course we'll get to see him do something other than busting through doors, he's going to be coarsing through that 80 -- that icy tube at 80 miles an hour. should be just as exciting. now, just to redeem myself i actually brought a second bag. >> go, go, go. >> oh. >> oh. >> these russian chips are made very strong. >> oh. >> there's no seam here. >> yeah, right. >> sure, matt. >> our own johnny quinn. >> thanks, matt. >> no gold medal for me. >> put yourself in a position to succeed. give yourself a

. >>> time again for the weather and is that north texas?as and i know their landscaping probably doesn't fit necessarily but this is what was happening yesterday. tweeting me and saying, snow miracle. they love seeing that little bit as long as you don't have to slip and slide on it. also a pretty rare snowstorm in portland, oregon, they'll get more here and we see that river of moisture pouring in. i take you through friday night into saturday. you see all of that rain. this is what will happen. my goodness, crescent city, eureka all going to get in there and some places could pick up 5 inches of rain. still not a drought buster. not even close but it'll help a lot. that's for sure and milder south. that's what we wanted to focus in on, brownsville, 46 today but by t >>> good morning, we're going to have intermittent light rain through the morning hours and becoming more steady through the latter parts of the afternoon into the evening hours. temperatures mild in the 50s today. heavy, possibly flooding rain this weekend in your accuweather

highway 75 in north texas as the sam johnson highway. mr. neugebauer: after my friend and your colleague, representative sam johnson. this monday over 200 gathered to attend the public sign unveiling ceremony in collin county, texas. this highway is a major artery in north texas area, and -- but the recognition it now provides is fitting but can never repay our congressman. mr. marchant lon --: for his sacrifice and service to our country. first in the u.s. air force during the korean and vietnam war, including seven years as a prisoner of war. after returning and being reunited with his family, he put years of hard work being a entrepreneurial home builder in his community. he went on to serve in the state legislature, and now serves as the u.s. representative to collin county, which he calls home. i'm honored to work with him in this congress and on the ways and means committee. i would like to thank my friend, sam johnson, for his years of service to our communities and our nation, and thank you. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the ge

and a chilling scene in north texas, a police deputy and three bystanders helping a driver from one icyident were hit by a sliding 18-wheeler killing one person and injuring the others. >> the roadway was very icy and once he saw the crash he applied his brakes but was unable to stop. >> reporter: all these back-to-back snowstorms and many towns are now running low on salt. in burton, michigan, that shortage means skyrocketing prices. >> just yesterday the price doubled actually, so if it cost $300 to fill a truck up now it's $600. >> reporter: let's get into the timing. everybody wants to know when does this get out of here? that mix moves north. through the afternoon hours, really drying from south to north, but it will pull away and leave a lot of cold air behind. new england, finally snow free by late tonight. it is messy beforehand. anything you're looking at today, look for that 6 to 12 inch swath. western pennsylvania, parts of western new york too. we want to check with in lisa. she is with our affiliate. >> good morning, ginger. monday, connecticut got more than 7 inches of sno

yesterday snow and ice fell from texas to north carolina. many of these places will see more bad weather today. omar villafranca, cbs news, atlanta. >>> meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz is following the severe weather. >> well, this is major winter storm that's under way. even at this early hour looking at the ice moving in, we already had wintry weather during the day on tuesday. now, this is all on top of what we've already had to deal with. heading through the day, a huge area of freezing rain here. this will be coming down at very quick rates, adding up, creating downed limbs and lines. this will continue through the afternoon, through the evening. some snow will come in on top of it. the snow is creeping up toward washington, d.c., as we head toward this evening where there, too, it could be quite significant. in terms of ice, this could be catastrophic. we're talking the potential for hundreds of thousands to lose power, put a lot of information out on this. the worst, south of atlanta near i-20 to augusta, over to c

does she really not know the body put in the car she is driving with it from north carolina to texas?he issues you legibly told her sister she was part of the killings. lot of evidence that undermines the event. it seems emotionally powerful but you have to look at the totality of the evidence here. jon: there are nine women on this jury, they may sympathize for another woman who is under the thumb of a pretty manipulative defendant. listen. >> another time he said that did not shut her up, he was going to throw her out of the car. [crying] jon: talking about her newborn baby at that time. with the women be willing to overlook whatever role she may have played in this crime due to the effect of grant hayes? >> women are less inclined to want to put women as accountable. the state has charge this woman with first degree murder. if we connect the dots to the actual murder itself, also has a charge of accessory after the fact. now to dan's point the footage showing her possibly be involved with that cleanup, i think the prosecutors will have a tough time connecting her to the actual murd

from georgia, north carolina, texas, and ohio, to kentucky, arkansas, pennsylvania, hawaii, and far beyond, reinvestment and serious reform are improving public safety and saving precious resources. and i believe that the changes that have led to these remarkable results should be carefully studied and emulated. that's why, last august in a speech before the american bar association in san francisco, i announced a new smart on crime initiative that's allowing the justice department to expand on the innovations that so many states have led; to become both smarter and more efficient when battling crime, and the conditions and choices that breed it; and to develop and implement commonsense reforms to the federal criminal justice system. under this initiative, we're ensuring that stringent mandatory minimum sentences for certain federal, drug-related crimes will now be reserved for the most serious criminals. we're taking steps to advance proven reentry policies and diversion programs that can serve as alternatives to incarceration in some cases. and as we look toward the future of this work,

we could end up with about six to 12 inches of snow in parts of north central texas through oklahoma. but most areas about three to six inches as this storm system moves through. then another one develops across the northeast as we go into monday. we could end up with about two to four inches of snow in the new york city area. and then another storm redevelops on tuesday. so storm after storm, but today, temperatures look pretty good up and down the east coast, temps around 48 degrees for a high. we will be in the lower 40s for game time. >> sure is a lot better than we thought it was going to be, so not too bad. >> go figure. >> we always thank you for that, dylan dreyer. >>> the huge effort to fight what could be one of the biggest menaces to come with the super bowl, sex trafficking. that's next. how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going to have to rethink this thing. it's hard to imagine how muc

there's some good news, towards the north and even into texas, we are seeing the temperatures slowlyn a rise. not back to average, but it is getting there. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. >> a new round of peace talks on syria are underway. they come after 10 days after the first round that achieved little more than getting both the regime and the opposition in the same room. swiss voters backed a proposal in favor of quotas for immigrants. france and the european union called the narrowly-past move worrying. barack obama and francois hollande write about their model relationship in an op-ed piece published today ahead of the state visit to the white house.

in a jail house interview she says her killing spree extended from alaska to california to texas and north carolina and began when she was just 13 years old. she can pinpoint on a map where you can find the bodies of her victims. >>> a florida man could face 60 years or more in prison for opening fire on teenagers in an suv after arguing about the volume of their music. although michael dunn was found guilty of attempted second degree murder, the jury deadlocked on the murder charge for the death of jordan davis who was hit by three of dunn's bullets. he says he only used his handgun because the teens threatened him with a shotgun but police never found that alleged weapon. the mixed verdict will allow a recharge on the murder charge. >>> second of state john kerry is pointing the finger to president bashar al assad for the lack of peace talks. the situation is difficult to watch but impossible to disregard. with more on that, nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. >> reporter: he appears to be 5, perhaps 6 years old. he cries, my brothers died, my brothers, my brother

she says the victims are in california, alaska, texas and north carolina.ur and her husband are charged with killing man they lured through craigslist ad. the f.b.i. is investigating. >> people looking to sign up for health insurance will find themselves out of luck for now. the website cannot process elections. the social security administration is running an annual systems maintenance. they rely on the social security administration to verify data. the system maintenance began on saturday spends tomorrow morning. >> the city council is trying to help battling of drought approve giving treated wastewater to rangers and grape growers like this one in addition to saying the water is safe the mayor ads that the state needs to get their act together for water. >> we don't have in california a comprehensive ground water policy. that is something we need to work on. there needs to be consistency that the boards are working together on the same page. i don't think that is happening. that is a problem. >> critics say another problem is the city council assuming re

the first major commercial windfarm was in the delaware mountains which is in far west texas north of i can and if you were to more or less go north of the big bend of the above i can, you get to the delaware mountains it is , you get to the delaware mountains it isten , you get to the delaware mountains it is a very windy place. when they had the christening of the wind farm there was no wind that day. >> they tried to find the windiest site in texas and when they had the opening ceremony -- and six months later, too much wind. >> there is a great bit of reporting where the people setting of christening ceremony wanted tablecloths to make it seem fancy and it is so remote out there, they had to search four counties to look for tablecloths. the question about eminent domain. not something i thought about. i think they have to go through the public utility commission which made decisions about the transmission lines, those who have been contentious because if you are a whole country landowner you might not want a transmission line going through your view. so as a reporter that is an in

claims of killing dozens of people starting when she was just 13 years old with victims in alaska, texas, northina. >> as you sit here do you have any remorse whatsoever. and she said none. reporter: now the 19 year old before about and her husband have entered not guilty pleas in a separate case. the newlyweds wanted to kill someone together they found 42 year old through a companionship ad on craigslist, his body was found in the packard of a home in sun bury, he had been strangled and stabbed 20 times. the last number on his cell found led less to the before abouts. only killed those she considered bad people. the self proclaimed satisfied anist killed fewer than 100 having stopped counting at 22. >> you can take all of everything else that she said in the interview and you can take all of the numbers a that she through around, the more surprising thing to me would be the fact that she said if she got out she would do it again. reporter: goss killing dosses of people are actually true, police say they are looking into it. >>> and the body of a famous fashion designer has been found floating

the south and leaving at least eight people dead in weather-related traffic accidents in texas, mississippi, north carolina, and south carolina. more than 350,000 customers do not have power in georgia, south carolina and louisiana as well. that storm is going to head up the coast into new england, dumping more than a foot of snow in some places. right now in atlanta, where a storm two weeks ago took that region by surprise and stranded thousands in vehicles, roads are slick, but with schools and most businesses closed, traffic is quite light. here's the governor who had trouble with the last storm. >> our biggest thing is that people continue to heed the warnings and that they say home and stay out of the way of emergency agencies and power companies. especially the power companies. >> there's georgia governor. others are bracing for the worst. this is charlotte, north carolina, in the past hour. traffic is snarled as heavy snow falls. here's that governor earlier today. >> storm is very unpredictable. it's one of the toughest storms we're going to see in our history. most likely do the common se

that's actually supporting some snow in parts of north texas and oklahoma, and a brutal one degree in minneapolis. want to point out the northeast, because 29 in new york, 36 in washington and the next couple of days below average. that's significant, because so many are without power, it's a dangerous situation not to have the heat in these temperatures. >> we are looking at breaking news at this hour from general motors, profits for the last three months of 2013 missing estimates, earnings falling 22%, g.m. blaming weaker than expected sales. this is the company's first quarterly results since it appointed the new chief executive. some tough news about job cuts, a new report finding that layoffs by companies were 47% last month. outplacement firm saying most layoffs were in retail, stores slashing jobs after a weak holiday season. >> dow futures are up at this hour. in asia, markets ending the day mixed. european markets are higher after the european central bank and bank of england left interesting rights unchanged. >> sony making changes to turn around its business, the company se

the fbi in alaska, north carolina, california, and texas are taking her seriously. >> do you have anyorse. she said none. >> she wants to spend the rest of her life behind bars or she will keep on killing. >> you can take the numbers out. the surprising thing is if she got out she would do it again. >> the police department photographed her and fingerprinted her he didn't see if he believes her. >>> a woman in her 40s has been discovered in redwood regional park connected to a park trail. >>> justice for andy lopez, 100 people organized a demonstration. they want the sonoma county to bring charges against the sheriff for the fatal shooting. they want the santa rosa police department to release the report of the shooting. she he had a replica ak47 at the time. >>> someone claimed to be law enforcement. the calling told the victim an arrest warrant was issued and they needed money through a wire transfer. law enforcement doesn't make calls like that nor request money. >>> after a rash of break-ins, a dozen cars were broken into last week. some residents say this still needs attention. >

the fbi and agencies in north carolina, texas, california, and others are taking her seriously. >> id, do you have any remorse? she said, none. >> reporter: miranda barbour says she wants to spend the rest of her life in bars or she would keep killing. >> the more surprising thing is that she said she would do it again. >> reporter: that reporter said, you know when i print this, you'll have zero fans out there. she said, i could care less. >>> a snake handling reality show preacher died this weekend from a snake bite. pastor jamie cook was the star of snake salvation. you see him here. he was bitten during a service at his church on saturday. >> he was standing i seen him drop the snakes. >> reporter: that was the minister's son speaking. he says his father had been bitten before but never as severely. he refused medical treatment. >>> 2 cousins are recovering after an explosion. it happened sunday at this home. they were working on a science project and may have used rocket fuel from the school work to start a fire in the fire place. it sent some debris even into the back yard. the