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. >>> northern arizona, it needs to thaw out before it can actually ring in the spring. hard to believe spring is just in two days. this does not look like spring in flagstaff, arizona. so much snow has fallen already. how much more is expected? we'll give you an idea. >>> also, a daughter pulled from the jaws of death during spring break in florida. >> my worst nightmare to see an animal that could kill my daughter, pulling her underwater. >> you've got to hear what this mother had to say and what she did next and what was just one of three shark attacks in florida last week. ♪ oh! [ baby crying ] ♪ what started as a whisper ♪ every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. ♪ slowly turned to a scream ♪ there's an insurance company that does that, too. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? ♪ amen, omen i'm going to own my own restaurant. i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i want to write a novel. i want to go on a road trip. when i grow up, i'm going to go there. i want to fix up old houses. [ female announcer ] at a

a couple of inches in the northern parts of arizona.art of interstate i-40 that has been shut down at times today. we'll continue to monitor that. you can see the snow continuing to come down very heavy in the flagstaff area. by the way, for those of you that maybe don't know have had a few people going, what, snow in arizona, yes, it is snows in flagstaff all the time. not that unusual. the other issue we're dealing with on the other side of the storm and the warm sector is the threat of severe weather. tornado watch, fredricka, just issued for parts of texas and western oklahoma. things are starting to fire up on the dry line. no warnings right now. but we'll continue to monitor this situation. we'll talk about what you can expect in the days ahead with this storm. that's coming up before the end of the hour. >> good. look forward to that. thanks so much. >>> we're in the midst of spring break now. i know those pictures of snow make it hard to believe, but just in time for the annual trek to the beach, something else is happening. a r

interstate 40 and northern arizona are closed until further notice.hey are seeing storms in the best conditions so far. they are reporting 6 to 8 feet of snow in the last week. alpine meadows, seeing nearly seven feet of new snow this past week. my goodness. 4:55, speaking of snow, chain requirements? >> yes, make sure you've got them. let's take a live look, cars on the bottom portion of your screen as you make your way towards couldn't covered. no delays to speak of near the san rafael split and headed downtown and towards the bay bridge we have a high wind advisory in effect so make sure you drive slowly this morning. it is 455, let's check in with rose mary. >>> that high wind event, it looks pretty isolated and the high winds, waking up with calm conditions, we have high mid- level clouds and that will actually help to offset the cooling we get before we see the sunrise. today will be a dry day, and we will be partly to mostly cloudy this ahead of a weak system, it is brushing the area, the better chance will be for the north bay, for the rest of

. -- in northern arizona. this can lead on the back porch of a home over seven hours, nearly two feet of snow. then the shutdown major interstates in arizona and mexico. the time lapse, and just like you like it. >> it's beautiful. i love how the branch from the pine tree sags down under the weight of the snow. that's great. i am enjoying the '70s, but that looks like fun. >> after a day or so maybe. >> that's right. we have a lot to talk about. unsettled weather coming our way. it will not be overly stormy but the little gray at times. we will get to that. but let's start with another time lapse. this is the sunrise this morning at 7:19 a.m. a beautiful get the sun rise over the nation's capital. showers off to the west. where is locally and up and down 95 we were bright and sunny. great time lapse. i showed you the 1 over the bay earlier. we had the moon rising and the sunrise. this is a live look from our other camera at the tidal basin. those are the cherry blossoms. you can see all the vehicles and crowds

snow will fall in the central rockies from wyoming to northern arizona. >>> in sports this morning, it'sen rumored for months. today they'll make it official. peyton manning is out as quarterback of the indianapolis colts. manning had little to say late last night as he and the colts owner arrived at the indianapolis airport. the team scheduled a noon news conference. cbs news armen keteyian confirms manning will be released one day before a $28 million bonus is due. manning led the colts to 150 wins over 13 seasons including the 2006 super bowl and was named league mvp a record four times. he missed last season because of a damaged neck or nerve in his neck. and the colts collapsed going 2-14. >>> college tournament basketball now to connecticut. in round one of the big east here in new york, jeremy lin led the attack. the huskies win 81-67. it was yukon coach jim calhoun's 34th big east tournament win, just eight days after he had back surgery. >>> when it comes to sports, talking about fair play, take a look at this, though. that's a 100 meter champion. in jamaica with prince harry ge

in january the department withdrew approximately a million acres in northern arizona from uranium production. the department withdrew this la land, even though both senators and the governor opposed the withdrawal. the department is limiting coal production, even though members of congress from coal producing states oppose the regulations. we get to the pain at the pump. on friday the headline was "most ever could get hit by $5 gasoline." the president said he's focused on production but department policy seems to speak otherwises, as does the 2013 budget, which includes millions of new taxes on energy. the president can't have it both wa ways. a couple of questions. following up specifically with the release the president did last year from the stra totegic petroleum reserve. has the administration doning in to tap the reserve? >> all options are on the table. >> d prices last year following the president's decision to tap the strategic reserve? >> i would say all options are on the table and i would disagree as you expect i would with you in terms of your characterization of the president'

in january, the department with withdrew approximately 1 million acres in northern arizona from uranium production, the department withdrew this land even though both senators and the governor of arizona opposed the withdrawal, and the department continues to pursue new stream protection regulations which will limit american coal production. the department is taking this step even though members of congress and officials from coal-producing statsz oppose the new regulations. we get to the specific pain at the pump. on friday the front page of "usa today" read "most ever could get hit by $5 gasoline." the president said he's focused on production but the department policies speak otherwise as does the fiscal 2013 budget which includes tens of billions on new taxes and fees on energy. the president can't pursuit an all-out all of the above energy strategy and at the same time block or tax new energy production. couple of questions, following up specifically with the release the president did last year from the strategic petroleum reserve, has this administration begun any planning to tap

head out to northern arizona. montana.ing now between glasgow and northwest montana that way. northwest of butte, pretty good snow. here we have one little thundershower. just south of gettysburg. that shower moving up toward york and adams county. it may just clear up a little bit for baltimore county and maybe get down to finksburg, the next 30 to 40 minutes. but it's generally moving north of the city at this point. so there is a slight, slight chance of a shower. still a little activity out there. but not all that. 72 degrees now. now, remember, the high only in the 50s. if it ever gets back to normal, can you freeze. east winds at 14. humidity up there a bit. a little more humid today. dew point is up. barometer holding steady. 30.15 inches. 76 in washington. 61 with a bit of a breeze off the ocean. or ocean city. and there may be more fog forming again tonight. particularly on the eastern shore. some patchy fog. still 70, and 68 out in far western maryland. 69 in hagerstown. with light sprinkle activity. by the way,

as tough as it is for travelers to deal in northern arizona, people across the rockies were thrilled all. it started off as a slow snow season but they're finishing up in grand fashion. some of the heavy spots, its arizona snowball, 36 inches of snow, big bear added 27, well over a foot in bellemont, 22 inches, flagstaff airport, nearly 20 inches. twin cities look at the video from yesterday in minneapolis along the mississippi river, just a beautiful spring day, families getting out, making the most of the wonderful weather. looks like the trend may continue for the rest of the day today. it was not only places like minneapolis had the great weather with the high of 79 degrees. look at other temperatures that really had a beautiful time. tupelo, mississippi, 83 degrees. st. louis, missouri, 82 degrees. 79 in inyap police and fargo with 78. we might see storms develop across the southern and central plains today. we'll touch upon that during our next weather update. back to you in new york. >> minneapolis, 79? >> it's a beautiful thing. >> are you sure you weren't fudging those numbe

we'll talk a little bit about what is going on out west now, a rare avalanche warning in northern arizona after heavy snowfall there. a little bit of everything today maria. >> reporter: that is exactly right. we have everything covered, extreme warmth across the east will continue, temperatures up to 40 degrees above average in the midwest. a lot of weather to talk about. we want to start off with snow across parts of arizona. it's still coming down across arizona, parts of the central rockies,. martha: of montana. we are expecting another storm system from the pacific northwest as we head into this evening and wednesday because that system will continue to dump very heavy snow for the cascades and onto parts of the northern rockies. over a foot possible. road closures will be very likely. further off to the east the same storm system is actually producing a risk for severe storms yet again today. it will be a greater risk than it was last night. thunderstorms are over texas. severe watch shaded in yellow until noon today, the conditions are favorable for thunderstorms to develop that co

in january, the department which drew 1 million acres in northern arizona for uranium production. even though both senators and the governor of arizona opposed to the withdrawal. the department continues to pursue new strain protection regulations that will limit american coal production. the department is taking this position even though coal producing states oppose the new regulations. now we get to the pain at the pump. on friday, the front page of the usa today newspaper read, most could get hit by $5 a gallon gasoline. the president says he is focused on production. the department speaks otherwise as the fiscal 2013 budget, which includes new taxes on american energy -- the president cannot have it both ways. he did not pursue an all out, all the above in policy and tax new production. a couple of questions. all it up specifically on the release the president did last year from the strategic petroleum reserve, has the administration done anything to tap the strategic fraternal them reserve? -- strategic petroleum reserve? >> all options are on the table. what i would say is a

. >>> look at today's waerts, more snow in arizona and the northern rockies, hail, gusty winds and tornadoesm texas to oklahoma city and kansas city. >>> well most of us can't remember what it was like before gps. >> as amazing at that technology can be, that voice inside your dashboard is not always correct. a lesson can be learned the hard way. here's dan kloeffler. >> reporter: they were headed here thursday. three japanese tourists to the beautiful sappeddy beaches of stadbroke island. it seemed simple enough. what their gps didn't show was the nine miles of water between the mainland and the island. >> continue driving ahead. >> reporter: so they kept on driving and driving. >> continue driving 14.5 kilometers. >> reporter: they made it across some of the water before they decided it was a bad idea. were they the victims of gps confusion of trying to replicate what happened on "the office." >> it can't mean that. there's a lake there. >> the machine nose. >> it's a like. >> stop yelling at me. >> reporter: maybe some units have a thing for water. in washington state last year, instead o

they have seen a lot of snow out toward northern portions of arizona during the year, this year. one of the few areas that have seen an excess of snow. 76 degrees the high temperature today. low this morning of 56. this is a typical day for late may. this has been fantastic and so far this month we have seen eight days at 70 degrees or higher. that is just how nice it has been out there. temperatures right now still sitting at 74 degrees with winds out of the southeast at about 10 miles an hour. you can see the camera shaking in the wind starting to see some gusts upwards of 20 miles an hour but the wind aren't going to be a factor for the rest of the evening. the rain may be a factor for some of you and you folks in martinsburg, maybe around winchest winchester, culpepper, high and dry, temperature near 80 degrees right now. 75 fredericksburg. out toward the eastern shore a couple showers and thunderstorms out that way, too. we'll take a look at the wider view, satellite and radar showing this little spin in the atmosphere. notice this little guy right in here. that's helping to

we see snow in areas in the las vegas mountains, northern portions of arizona and in the san juan mounden en mountains . out west is where we have the troublesome weather. it looks like that storm will linger and ruin a lot of people's weekend out there in southern california. we have the los angeles marathon this weekend, too. >> all right. thank you very much, bill karins. after the verdict in the college webcam spy case, a look at what the wider implications of this decision could be. and in office politics, john heilemann, the co-author of the "game change" book tells us whether he wanted it to become a movie. we'll talk about it here on "weekends with alex witt." this one's for all us lawnsmiths. grass gurus. doers. here's to more saturdays in the sun. and budgets better spent. here's to turning rookies - into experts, and shoppers into savers. here's to picking up. trading up. mixing it up. to well-earned muddy boots. and a lot more - spring per dollar. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. lay down a new look - with earthgro mulch, now 3 bags for just 10 buck

enjoy a dry day today in mentioned in northern california and oregon. ayers aishz, you'rizon arizona, you're lucking out, not bad, 74. we'll talk about tomorrow's are rainy forecast. >> i'm sure people are looking forward to that, bill. >>> bernanke speaks. more pain at the pump. >> and the heavy hitter at the ballpark that does a number on your bottom line. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, "the hunger games" eats up the rife as at the box office. >>> tiger is back on the prowl. the final four is set. and guquadruple overtime in atlanta. you're watching "early today." >>> a very good morning to you. welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> at a nuclear security summit in south korea, president obama warned north korea that its pursuit of nuclear weapons is undermining its security. seoul says if the north launches a long-range rocket next month and it strays over south korean territory, they might shoot it down. >>> the u.s. is paying about $50,000 to families for each of the 17 af

in january the department with the approximate 1 million acres in northern arizona from uranium production and the governor of arizona opposed the withdrawal. and the department continues to pursue new stream protection regulations which will limit american coal production. the department is taking the step even though members of congress and officials from coal producing states oppose the new regulations. now we get to the specific pain at the pub. on friday the front page of the "usa today" read most ever could get hit by $5 gasoline. the president said he is focused on production. but the department policy seems to speak otherwise, as does the fiscal 2013 budget which includes tens of names of dollars in new taxes and fees on american energy. the president can't have it both ways. it can't pursue a quote all out all of the above energy strategy, and at the same time block or tax new energy production. a couple of questions. following up specifically with the release the president did last year from the strategic petroleum reserve. as this administration begin any planning to tap the res

it's raining this morning, many areas, northern california, oregon and washington, coastline, we're dry in southern california. getting warm in arizona. 90 today possible in phoenix. as we go through the weekend, a new storm system will come onshore. this one with a cold front could spark a few scattered afternoon thunderstorms. it's not going to be a big deal but we'll see another slug of moisture coming on. by the time we get to sunday, scattered rain and shower activity up there from portland northward. at least we will get dry weather to the medford, eureka, redding area. if you're watching on kcra 3, sacramento, california, see photos of pioneering african-american men and women who broke areas in aviation inequality at the california museum. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines and entertainment. at the box office "the hunger games" will still dominate. two new films will also do well. last week's record breaker will take the top spot again. the only question is by how much. 70 million is not out of the question but hard-core fans going back for a second look could drive that total even

. >>> a hero's homecoming in northern virginia, marine pilot captain michael quinn was killed in a helicopter crash in arizona last month. tonight his remains were flown to reagan national airport. a long procession of police, firefighters and supporters escorted him home to percyville one last time. fox 5's bob barnard brings us the story of. >> reporter: they stood together by the thousands along main street in the heart of percyville and on north maple where a giant american flag was draped between two fire trucks. most here didn't know michael quinn, but one former teacher describes the 2002 graduate of loudoun valley high school this way. >> outstanding, brilliant, but most of all he was a man's man all the way. >> reporter: at 10 minutes till 9:00 the hearse carrying the fallen marine's remains began making its way through town headed to a nearby funeral home. >> captain quinn was my brother since he's a marine. we're all brothers and it's just the way we feel about the military in my family. we want to be there to support them as much as we can. >> reporter: the quinn family moved to purr is iville fro

arizona. very heavy snow falling in the northern country. aff, look at this picture sent in to me from flagstaff, arizona on my twitter page. all of that, though, since 3:00 a.m. this morning. right now it's getting a foot of snow in a seven-hour period. incredible snowfall rates there. you're going to get more snow there later this afternoon. that's kind of the snowy side of what we have going on. take a look at these temperatures today across much of the central plains and east. these same story of all these temperatures that are much more like june than they are of march. that's going to continue. as this storm here ejects its way out towards the plains, it hits all that hot air and it's a very vigorous, strong storm. we have the threat for severe weather firing throughout parts of nebraska, in towards texas throughout the afternoon. we could see a tornado or two. i think the best spot would be parts of oklahoma, western oklahoma, and texas. tomorrow it inches to the east and the big important story with this is a slow mover. some areas wi

northern montana. snow is falling all the way down into the mountains of arizona and new mexico. unsettled and stormy and the western half and spring getting a start early in the eastern half. temperatures in the '30's and '40's the western part of the nation and a summerlike warmth and parts of the ohio valley and southeast. winter storm warnings of a letdown to the new mexico border. that blizzard morning -- blizzard warning in montana. fog in the morning and clouds with an isolated thunderstorm tomorrow. another mile bay for the first day of spring. went on the day to stay out of the east at 5 to 10 knots and waves averaging 1 foot. your seven-to forecast -- spring at 1:14 in the morning. fog in the morning and afternoon sunshine with highs in the '70s and close to 80 degrees by friday. >> thank you. a family who lost their daughter when struck by distractive driver is looking at changing the culture of the road. >> white teens will be a driving force in making that happen. >> a 4-year-old parents got a scare when he drank an entire bottle of children's motrin. bottle of child

northern portions of idaho. pretty significant storm system coming onshore. good news for the desert southwest, your temperatures are finally going to warm up after another cold across the front. arizona into southern california, still chilly. warmer air heading your way soon. looks good. nice warm-up for the southwest, but washington state and oregon -- >> not so much. >> -- not so pretty to start spring. >>> apple keeps shining. oil keeps climbing. and a new number two in burgers. your "early morning" business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, we'll tell you about ashton kutcher's new out-of-this-world plan. >>> coming up, bad news for the north carolina tar heels. the devils and rangers duke it out. and peyton manning has traded out his colt for a bronco. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your headlines this morning. >>> police in france are conducting a massive manhunt for the person who shot and killed three children and a teacher yesterday at a jewish school in southwest france. authorities say the same gun was also used in two other shootings. local police who normally don't carry weapons have

arizona, flag staff is digging out of its second largest snowstorm in march. nearly 20 inches. >> we never drove in snow before. this is the first time. >> in northern california, skiers have been waiting a long time for this snow. >> there's no bad timing for snow for us here in the mountains. we love it, we crave it, and we're stoked it's here. >> what is causing these extremes? its the jet stream reaching into northern canada, blocking cold air from moving south, leaving much of the country seeing red with many of the states hitting at least 70 while all of the west is colder than average. adding to the weather drama, high pollen counts in atlanta. 35% higher than the previous record. also wildfires in colorado, and tornadoes in oklahoma and nebraska. downing power lines and damaging property as residents start the le cleanup. and there is a tornado watch this evening in central texas stretching from del rio to the dla/ft. worth area. these are slow moving storms which will drop heavy rain. >> what is this doing to the cycle of nature? all of the flowers that have come up and out already that may still see some snow on them? >> yeah, that could h

still another nice day across parts of the far northern plains and 54 in minneapolis well above average. this is the same storm that brought the snow to arizona last week, a week later and we still have the same storm. rain and thunderstorms will be with us all day long and, again, tomorrow, because it is a slow mover and the next storm ready to hit northern california today and tonight and by tomorrow into southern california and that storm is not a snow maker again for arizona like the last one. today we have a threat for severe weather. from illinois, this is jackson county, illinois, a funnel cloud looks like a twitter is touching the ground in jefferson county, illinois, a neighboring county, to the north of it, a trailer rolled with a man in it and he passed away and a couple of other injuries and 16 reports of tornadoes yesterday today we could see a few more in the carolinas and far eastern georgia but not a horrible outbreak. guys? >>dave: thank you. >> you never get tired of looking at that. >>dave: more news ahead on rising gas prices. [ male announcer ] montgomery and abiil haggins had a tree that bore the most rare and magical fr

northern mexico and right back up here. see that cold air. look at that. snow in montana. snow in portions of the central rockies. they had quite a bit of snow. even phoenix, arizonaoon. but yesterday, had snow shower activity. very, very rare for phoenix in the end of march. yeah, the normal highs in the 80s there. for our part of the world here. brief light sprinkles and showers. in a couple of areas of thundershowers. very widely scattered. most of them to the north. but we may see another happening tomorrow afternoon. not a great chance. but all in all, it's going to stay on the warm side. temperatures by the middle or end of the week, could be in the upper 70s to maybe 80 degrees. by friday. so well above normal once again. east winds on the bay. 5 to 10 knots. bay temp, now up to 53. tonight, a brief shower or thundershower. mainly west to north. then fog again overnight. 53, 73 tomorrow. maybe 75, since we got to 74 today. maybe another brief chance of a shower or a brief little thundershower in the afternoon, very typical spring-type conditions. >> all right. thank you, bob. >>> still ahead at 5:00. a big announcement from apple. why the company has decide

northern plains where we sent records across the nation. chicago has sent several records. their normal highs are in the upper 40's this time of year. we have heavy snow pushing into the mountains of arizonall. temperatures in the blue, only in the 30's and 40's now. a couple 60's out there. 59 in st. louis. temperatures will get warmer into the afternoon. we have 50's around the metro area. 48 in salisbury. 46 in ocean city. temperatures today, expect them to be in the upper 60's just about everywhere except for ocean city. much cooler with that continued on-shore flow. that should be clearing out at midday point. seven-day forecast. . we had a chance for showers. day of spring on tuesday. beautiful 73 with some sunshine. we'll see more sunshine mid week. temperatures into the mid 70's. >> thanks, ava. speck tailter's sported green yesterday this an annual -- spectators sported green yesterday in this annual tradition. green as people wound through the streets of dundalk. parade goers watched along the dundalk avenue route for the annual celebration of the community's irish heritage. >> i love it. they are awesome. >> irish heritage is a hard thing to say, by the way. the brayed was firs

should be across the northern plains and cooler across california and, tomorrow, the heat stays on across were of the east but we build colder air across parts of the west, toward arizonae you should be is sticking on, it look like for the week. and the forecast for today, the notes, you are looking great with plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the 60's and 70's and 71 in syracuse and in the southeast, we will see a few scattered thunderstorms and looking good. guys? back to you inside where it is safer. >>alisyn: we are happy you survived that. i was in a fear of death where motorcycles raced around your head you are if like a cage and i came home and my husband says "don't do that again." >>dave: governor huckabee would do it. >>alisyn: but, first, the headlines the nypd is on high alert over the threat of a possible terrorist attack. tensions are at high after the master of 15 afghan villagers and the president obama trying to ease the continues calling president karzai and agreed to further discuss his request to remove all u.s. soldiers from the nation's rural areas in the next few days. in california, poised to be the largest city to file for bankruptcy becau