. >> did it help that huntsville was an educated city that there was in northern alabama. did that make a difference? >> what helped i think more than anything is that huntsville tied itself to the industry and there were coming you know, there were a lot of people, a lot of engineers and scientists descended on alabama, and the city wanted to diaz's seagate itself and that helped them to negotiate this quietly. so yes, from the beginning -- my parents were civil rights activists and after the voting civil rights act passes then they turn to politics. i grew up licking stamps from the national democratic party. i have memories my father ran for governor against george wallace in 1970 and i have th

alabama south of montgomery. doesn't mean montgomery you may not be in this because you're on the northern edge, but if we can hang in there another 20 minutes the threat will leave mississippi and it will be with alabama for a while. some of the thunderstorm cells, we're losing the heat of the day, the sun is going down, they will have to rain themselves out. we may not have as many tornado as we would have a few hours ago, but we have one i'm a little concerned about and it's moving if we can see it here, just on the last edge of your screen here as it makes its way into the south. some of these thunderstorms again south of montgomery are starting to fire up here as well. so we're going to have to wait a couple hours for that. again, the watches may be extended to include, of course, eastern areas of southern alabama into areas of southwestern georgia. but, again, this is at least good news we'll see possibly the threat come to an end because the tail end of this band of thunderstorms seems to be losing any of its grandiose development which is good news because we want to see this kind of rain themselves out. u

thunderstorms moving to alabama and northern florida, and we are seeing heavy rain into the carolinas and virginia as well. here is an estimate of snowfall over the next 2 4 8 hours, over the course of today, especially tonight and on sunday, but still only about 3 to 6 inches and elsewhere across coastal massachusetts, about one to three inches of snow. dry in kansas city today, high of 32 degrees. another big storm is making its way into the pacific northwest that will start to spread eastward and by early next week, there is the chance the midwest could pick up 6 to 12 inches of snow on top of the big storm they had last week. >> they sure don't need that. yikes. >>> the company says only a small number of microsoft computers were infected with malware and no customer data has been affected. these hacks are similar to the ones reported by facebook and apple. >> less than a week until pope benedict 16 steps down. those who will choose the next pope are coming under scrutiny. we have the unfolding drama from anne thompson in rome. >> reporter: good morning, alex. pope benedict is bac

northern half of florida tonight. >> alisyn: yikes. >> southern alabama. >> clayton: join us for the after the show show. more weather in the after the show show foxnews.com. >> tucker: coming up. >> . >> the pushing the president clinton mum to the max. president obama repeating calls today for a 24% hike in the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. some folks here say don't raise it, get rid of it and that will really help jobs. are they right? hi, everyone, i'm brenda buttner, this is bulls and bears. let's get right to it. here they are the bulls and bears this week, gary b smith. john layfield. jonas max ferris along with larry glazier and caroline. gary b, forget hiking the minimum wage, you say scrapping it altogether is how to get better paying jobs. >> states with the highest minimum wage in many cases, higher than the current minimum wage that the fed, federal government outlines has higher unemployment than those states with lower minimum wage. look, it's simple economics, something which this current administration doesn't understand. when you raise the cost of labor, you have a surplus of labo

moving into southern alabama and northern florida. we will also see some thunderstorms, too. perhaps several inches of rainfall. winter weather advisories are in effect across the northeast. it's interior new england that will see most of the snow, especially with the highest elevations. could see sleet mixed in in northwestern new jersey. but six to nine inches would be isolated to interior areas moving up into new hampshire. and again, the highest elevations, most of southern new england would see about three to six inches with right on the border of one to three, along the coast in boston. out in the northwest, we are seeing another storm system move through idaho into nevada. this is going to be another major storm for the midwest. and in earl -- an early look at what computer models are saying for early next week, we could see another six to 12 inches of snow in the midwest on top of the major storm they are digging out from right now. erica? >> just what they want to see. all right. thank you. >>> we're going to get more of the national forecast coming up in a few minut

just south of atlanta, moving this to southern alabama, and northern florida, we will also see some thunderstorms perhaps several inches of rainfall. winter weather advisories are in effect. it's interior new england that will see most of the snow. could see sleet mixed in in northwestern new jersey. but 6 to 9 inches would be isolated to interior areas moving up into new hampshire and again the highest elevations, most of southern new england would see about 3 to 6 inches, right on the border of 1 to 3 along coast of boston. in the northwest, another storm system moving through idaho into nevada, this is going to be another major storm for the midwest. and an early look at what some of the computer models are saying for early next week, we could see another 6 to 12 inches of snow in the midwest, that's on p top of the major storm they are digging out from right now. >> all right, can till pldylan,. >>> want to head to south africa where oscar pistorius is spending his first full day out on bail. michelle kosinski is in pretoria with more. >> reporter: oscar pistorius went to his uncle's house, b

alabama. and today, it gets into northern florida. >>> i got a tweet from john. he's from chicago. but went to tucson to get a little warmth. and this is what he went through. it will get warmer. afterward, nebraska. we didn't talk enough about nebraska, i felt like with that. more than eight inches in some places. and the drifting got even larger. something to note, you guys, i do have a big, oh, my goodness moment coming up in the next half hour. and eastern pennsylvania, northwest new jersey, freezing rain advisory this morning. >>> it is oscar weekend. and you're in the right place right now for all of the pregame action. team "gma" is covering the oscars as never before, from red carpet press, to the secret rehearsals for host seth macfarlane. here's abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: the red carpet is out. the statues delivered. the champagne chilled. there's nothing left to do but the final touches for the oscars. >> and the oscar goes to -- >> reporter: that and to hand out all of the statues. >> hi. i'm seth macfarlane. join me at the oscars. >> reporter: host seth macfarlan

alabama, into texas. this morning, there was snow into the northern section of texas. and portions of oklahoma picked up several inches. most of that is gone now, as it moved in some warmer air. this precipitation is going to head across the south. low pressure off the virginia coast. right about here. we'll quickly move offshore. but as it moves offshore, the winds go back to the northwest. that allows the colder air to move in. any cold are air will at least for a time, turn back to wet snow. there's the storm. by late tomorrow night, after midnight or so. things will quickly clear out by thursday, sunshine returns for the weekend. another cold front. and pretty cold air expected by the second half of the weekend. east winds, 10 to 15 knots. and the bay temp now is up to 39 degrees. so tonight, look for partly cloudy skies. down around the freezing mark by morning. tomorrow, it will recover about 41. clouds, rain in the afternoon. by evening, look for wet snow. it will continue for a while into tomorrow night. in the city, maybe as much as an inch. maybe on the lawn

south carolina or georgia, alabama, mississippi or louisiana, you need to bring the umbrella with you today. soaking rains from montgomery now. atlanta, you're on the northern fringe of this lighter rain up here. savannah is getting rain, too. now as far as the snow is going to go, today's travel trouble spot is in a spot that doesn't let a lot of know. this is amarillo, texas. north texas into oklahoma. oklahoma city is right on the edge. doesn't look like you're going to be in the heavier band of snow. oklahoma city could get three, four inches of snow later on today and tonight. one of the stories is going to be this big trough of cold air kicking off the east coast. there is a storm on the eastern seaboard. it looks now it's trending more off shore. so that means we could possibly avoid another big snowstorm on the east coast. again, we'll track that throughout the rest of the week. things are looking better. today's forecast, northeast is good. rockies are just fine. we'll watch new orleans down there. i think they'll be okay. just hit and miss periods of rain. >> thanks so much, bill. >>> good news, home prices rising 10% year over year. >>> condition

another storm is brewing across the northern plains, bringing more snow and high winds. a series of tornadoes has hit areas of alabama and mississippi, injuring at least 10 people and badly damaging hundreds of homes and buildings. syria's capital of damascus is seeing its heaviest violence and months. the fighting in damascus comes as rebels have launched offenses in several syrian areas. activists with the local coordination committee set out the 77 people were killed nationwide sunday. a spokesperson at the u.n. said 5000 syrians are fleeing the country each day. >> 5000 people now crossing the border of syria and other countries every single day. this is really a fool on crisis right at the moment. today's figure, 787,000 syrians are registered were being assisted as refugees. if you go back to 1957 -- december 19 when we issue our region response plan, the figures were 515,000 rid there is a huge increase in january alone. we're talking of a 25% increase in registered refugee numbers every single month. >> a marine general has assumed control of the as led nato occupation force in afghanistan replacing john alle

alabama very soon. tonight we're learning more about the horrific conditions on board. >> plus a murder mystery in northern virginia, the victim 94 years old. tonight his widow speaks to fox 5 as we learn more about the on >> and the wild weather roller coaster continues, the changes on the way that could affect your weekend plans. >>> but we begin tonight with breaking news, that crippled accuse ship listening towards land is expected to reach -- limping towards land is expected to reach the u.s. shore in an hour and a half. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm brian bolter. it's the end to a nightmare vacation for thousands of passengers on board talk nothing power, no working bathrooms for many. >> the horrible heat and smell forced some passengers to sleep outside on the top deck. fox 5's will thomas is following the story for us. >> the cruise ship is pulling up to the dock right now and for the 4,200 passengers and crew aboard they cannot get off that ship soon enough. let's take another live shot of the cruise ship. it's already been cleared by customs, so we expect to see the firs

flood threat over alabama panhandle and portions of mississippi even a severe threat tornadoes damaging wind gusts and large hail will be possible across cities like jacksonville northern portions of florida and over the state of georgia could be looking at severe weather. otherwise i want to get the timing in on the storm system because as we head into this evening dc, philadelphia you are looking at areas of rain where the cold air wraps around and we will see the transition to snow as we head through the overnight hours. >>> the time is 13 after the top of the hour. coming up, suing over a bad grade. well it's happening one student taking her college to court because her teacher gave her a c plus. does she have a case? >> that store rye still ahead. then are you in the mood for love? how about sending cash. some may be expressing their love for less this valentine's day. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark

northern side you have the blizzard warnings. on the southern side the severe weather potential from east texas all the way through alabama, louisianap to 5 inches possible in some places and there are already flood watches and warnings for eight states. i'll leave you with a look across the nation going from the whole coast, the woes coast behind. los angeles on the cold side west to east and then the big picture. let's now get a check a little closer to home. >> this weather report brought to you by discover card and, bianna, i cannot wait to see this mt. washington climb. >> i know, i gist wish you were here to hold my hand through it. >> you got some explaining to do for doing those yoga poses while she was crying. we'll talk about that after the break. >>> coming up on "gma," living on the edge going along with ginger and bianna as they climb the coldest and highest mountain in the northeast. >> michael phelps, he's not as we go for cold coming up in "fixation." ♪ yeah yeah yeah ; it's excitin! wow! what exactly is a cashback concierge? well there's lots of ways you can get cash back - i'm here to help you get the most bang-for

. -- also northern states as well, and in a better world i suppose you'd extend section five, you certainly wouldn't cut it back. alabamaas a point in one sense when it says, hey, we're not the only ones. i don't know if they're the worst. this is something -- and sadly it is something that's become really a partisan thing because we all remember that while lbj and jfk were democrats, they were new democrats. the democratic party had a shameful history in terms of voting rights suppression, and they were fighting democratic governors in the south, and they also relied on the votes of republican senators and congress people in the north. so the party sort of switched sides. now you have north and south republican governors, not democratic governors, republican state legislators working hard to disenfranchise black voters but also sort of the obama coalition. so not only african-americans, but latinos, younger voters, poorer voters, and in states like florida where older people vote democratic, you know, older people, too. it's really a pervasive and pernicious new crusade. >> joan, to make your point, here is mike turzai

northern side you have the blizzard warnings. on the southern side the severe weather potential from east texas all the way through alabama, louisianay heavy rain up to places, and there are already flood watches and warnings for eight states. i'll leave you with a >> sunshine this morning. some clouds this afternoon. light wednesday, 44-48. no frozen precipitation. >> this weather report brought to you by discover card, and, bianna, i cannot wait to see this mt. washington climb. >> i know, i just wish you were here to hold my hand through it. >> yeah, you've got some explaining to do for doing those yoga poses while she was crying. we'll talk about that after the break. >>> coming up on "gma," living on the edge going along with ginger and bianna as they climb the coldest and highest mountain in the northeast. >>> also ahead, michael phelps, he's not. instead of going for gold we'll show you a swimmer going for cold. that's coming up in "fixation." ♪ yeah yeah yeah can get cash back -you i'm here to help you get the most bang-for-your-buck. it's a personalized thing from discover. it's easy, we won't try and sell you anything, and

alabama. fortunately for today we are not expecting as big of a tornado threat across portions of the southeast. heavy rain continuing early this morning expected to see delays on the roadways. on the northern side of the storm system we had blizzard conditions across north central. blizzard warnings in effect up to 16 inches of gusts. with the nor' easter we are talking about freezing rain additional snow and rain on top of the snow that is firmly on the ground. temperatures good nugs for you in the northeast will be very mild. >> maria molina in the weather channel. thanks. >> now it's time for your 5@5:00. the top five stories making news for you at this early hour. a lowe's store evacuated after someone thought they spotted christopher dorner. tops kefrned the store but found no sign of christopher dorner. it was one of several tips that came in after the city announced a $1 million reward for information leading to doerner's capture. >> this is an act and make no mistake about it of domestic tearrism. this is a man who has targeted those that we had trusted to protect the public. >> they identified michael crane as the veteran officer that dorner was accused of killing. he was in an am

alabama is over. a 5-year-old boy is home safe. >> very special child been through a lot. >> mystery surrounds a murder of a 13-year-old girl in northern human being. >> president obama is pushing congress to act on his gun control proposals. >> we don't have to agree on everything to agree it's time to do something. >> i pleaded with her urgently and said please wait, please wait, this isn't right. >> volunteers in a bay area animal shelter say dogs are unfairly being sent to their deaths. >> wonders what's the rush? why not give these dogs a chance? >> fans give the 49ers a homecoming fit for champions. >> they were happy to stand around for seven hours to get a glimpse of the team. >> we'll get it next time. >> from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on eyewitness news this morning. >> good morning. it is tuesday, february 5. i'm elizabeth wenger. michelle is off. >> i'm frank mallicoat. >>> a mother and child are victims of a hit-and-run drive in pittsburg in an intersection. they are all in the hospital. kpix reporter elissa harrington has more on the search for the driver who hit them. >> reporter: a sad

alabama. on wednesday the judge will also hear arguments from the news media that those private bench conferences be unsealed. in the fox 5 newsroom i'm paul wagner. >>> a northernirginia man facing terrorism charges for shooting a security guard this summer is still negotiating a plea deal. floyd corkins is due in court tomorrow. last august police say he walked into the family research council headquarters in northwest d.c. and shot the guard on duty. the guard survived, but before the shooting witnesses say corkins yelled at the guard i hate your politics. >>> baltimore jurors resume deliberations tomorrow in the death of a north carolina teen. phylicia barnes was visiting relatives in baltimore when she disappeared in 2010. her body was found months later in the susquehanna river. michael johnson is accused of killing her. according to the baltimore sun the jury rewatched a video prosecutors say shows barnes, johnson and two others engaged in sexual behavior and they also rewatched video of johnson buying a plastic tub at wal- mart around the time of the victim's death. >>> parenting is hard enough, but add the internet and smartphones, you may feel like a p

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bass and the fourth alabama national guard who with task force centurion prime has done wonderful work supporting this in not only northern afghanistan and elsewhere in the country. even they are limited by the security bubble. no, it even their rear finding we can always get the protection we need to conduct their work. although it is clearly within the oval, the embassy regional security officer has informed us that because of limited resources it is already becoming increasingly difficult to support all of the requests for movement by u.s. personnel in the area. now, despite these restrictions they're committed to forging ahead, even under the most severe conditions. i'm very happy to give, as an example, just recently i learned that two of my agents went out into the field to inspect a particularly dangerous stretch of road as part of there criminal investigation into a contractor's failure to build systems designed to prevent insurgents from placing explosives and co routes along the road. my agents were surrounded by heavily-armed u.s. military units who protected them as the agents literally ran down the road from

northern plains. cold air is diving to the south. we will be dealing with. so a hard freeze warnings in effect panhandle and much of georgia and alabama. one of those nights you have a tough time protecting a lot of the plants out there. temps are going to get into the mid 20's and stay that way for a number of hours. that's going to be all the way down past daytona beach. cold one tonight and tomorrow night. two nights of very cold air across much of florida. take a look at your first alert forecast for the day across the northeast. we have had a little bit of a front move through. brought a little bit of rain and snow in towards the northeast. we will watch for next system down across mid-atlantic bringing snow to the carolinas today and tonight. that doesn't happen very often. that's how cold it is across that area as well. all right. back to you inside. >> thank you, mr. menace to society. >> thank you, rick. good luck with your texting. more u.s. troops may be deployed to afghanistan or may have to be gone from home longer than usual. if the sequestration happens. >> peter doocy is live in washington this morning with more details