we have tornado watches that continue across the mississippi and northern arkansas in a tornado watch along with northern mississippi where the storms will head next. the whole northern half of the great lakes in new england you're in that winter mess on the cold side of that storm. if you're watching us on news channel 2, charleston, south carolina, see a glowing collection of neon light cultures at the ecstasy knowing museum. that is your "early today" event of the today. >>> here is an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. reports that whitney houston's death will likely be ruled accidental. a likely source tells e. news investigators finds nothing suspicious that connect other people to the singer's death and that the inquiry is nearly completed. >>> jennifer garner and ben affleck welcomed third child into the world. no word yet on the baby's name. court documents obtained by tmz says kelsey grammer and ex-wife have settled their child custody dispute, agreeing to joint custody of their young daughter mason and son jude. a 41-year-old brazilian man was arrested

the storm center itself is in missouri and northern arkansas. be tracking toward the ohio river valley, then just to the south of us over the next 24 to 36 hours. so this high pressure that's giving us the nice weather now will be moving out of the way so that this can come into the picture. we won't be getting the heavy snows they have been getting out in the plains. just a hit and miss thing. increasing clouds in today. developing showers. off to our north, a little snow showers mixes in with it. 45 to 50 the high today. east to northeast winds. our futurecast shows by 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon, moisture will be to the west of us. snow will be too the higher elevations to our west. by evening, as temperatures drop to our north, snow could mix in. by sunday morning, most moisture off to our south and east. lingering snows out in the mountains to the west of us. then we look pretty dry. monday something passes to our south. we pick up a few clouds but it does not look like it will substantially affect our weather. how much snow? more signifi

here comes the snow as far south as northern arkansas. 37 in kansas city with snow showers.95 on monday. still dry over new england for tuesday. this next snow event staying a little more towards the south. so around cincinnati, north georgia on valentine's day, there would be a little snow for you. wednesday, wet weather in the southern plains into texas. snow for denver with a high of 31. and there's your look at your thursday. snow in chicago over towards detroit. you can tune into the weather channel weekdays for "wake up with al" 6:00 a.m. eastern time. [ male announcer ] when do you take 5-hour energy? when i'm on the night shift. when they have more energy than i do. when i don't feel like working out. when there isn't enough of me to go around. ♪ when i have school. and work. every morning. it's faster and easier than coffee. every afternoon when that 2:30 feeling hits. -every day. -every day. every day is a 5-hour energy day. [ male announcer ] 5-hour energy. every day. ♪ >>> a gentleman in the audience is disappointed. he said you haven't called her hoda woman yet.

when we get after dark, we'll see the chance for severe weather, especially in northern arkansas andi, your best chance for some of in a severe weather. setting the stage for that will be the very mild temperatures. close to 60 degrees in kansas city, 70 in parts of the south and florida looking great. we're going to see 80. that severe weather threat moves to the east on wednesday. we have a chance for some severe storms all the way up into ohio. still looking at noon for minnesota, some of the lower elevations in the northwest may see a little bit. nothing to get too excited about. and then the temperatures steady. and a chance for severe weather on thursday. thursday we're looking at know, the i-95 corridor a little too mild for that. on friday, a another chance at first inor land owe 88 degrees. and on saturday, temperatures still looking mild throughout a huge portion of theteni ud uni states. and then on weekdays you can wake up with al. when they have more energy than i do. when i don't feel like working out. when there isn't enough of me to go around. ♪ when i have school. an

big thunderstorms there and snow into northern arkansas and missouri. nothing really organized.more clouds than anything on tuesday. i think you would want to leave your umbrella at home. get ready to have it handy on thursday. you can skip it tomorrow. temperatures mid 50s. 45 in great falls. down 95, still upper 40s in fort belvoir. not as cold tonight. more clouds than showers on tuesday. mild and nice on wednesday. a great middle of the week and grab your umbrella for thursday. a stronger storm comes at us on thursday. 9:30 tonight, clouds thickening up. notice there's no green blobs anywhere. but as you get into the early morning hours west of frederick and hagerstown, and cumberland, a little bit of blue. not a big deal, but if you're trying to come in from work down to d.c., you might have to drive through snow before you make it. by evening, everything goes to the showers. a little bit of shower activity in hagerstown. manassas, prince georges county, never has any precipitation. more clouds than anything with this system as far as we're concerned. so for tonight, increa

the vicksburg guns to ram the arkansas while the fleet would bombard the vicksburg batteries to keep down their fire. this union attacked occurred on july 22nd. the two northern vessels hit the arkansas glancing blows which appeared to not do significant damage. they cracked the engine's connecting rods deranging the arkansas's weak and unreliable engin engines. two weeks later the connecting rods broke and the arkansas's crew blew her up to prevent her capture by union gun boats. the arkansas had been able to get that far downriver because the navy department sent the welcome orders to take his fleet down to new orleans and then with part of it out into the gulf of mexico to avoid being stranded in the river as the water continued to drop. just so that we are on salt water i shall be satisfied and hope not to grumble at the fates that will take me out of the freshwater river. the failure to take vicksburg in july 1862 was part of a succession of union failures in the second half of that year which arrested the union momentum that had crested with the capture of new orleans and the river navy's capture of memphis. for the time being, the confederates owned th

vicksburg guns to ram the arkansas while farragut's fleet would bombard the vicksburg battery toss keep down their fire. this union attack occurred on july 22nd. the two northern vessels hit the arkansas glancing blows which at first appeared not to have done significant damage. but they evidently cracked the engine's connecting rods, potentially deranging the arkansas's weak and unreliable engines. two weeks later when the arkansas steamed down river to support a confederate infantry attack on the garrison at baton rouge, the connecting rods broke and the arkansas's crew blew her up to prevent her capture by union gun boats. the arkansas had been able to get that far down river as baton rouge because the navy department had finally sent farragut the welcome orders to take his fleet down to new orleans and then with part of it out into the gulf of mexico to avoid being stranded in the river as the water continued to drop. we don't know where we will be next, farragut informed his wife, but just so that we are on salt water i shall be satisfied and hope not to grumble at the face that will take me out of a fresh water river. the failure to take vicksburg in jul

indicating where we're looking at a wintry mix, some sleet and freezing rain possibly for the northern parts of arkansasnessee, even north georgia, by tomorrow night, we could actually see a dusting if not more on the ground over the north georgia mountains and eventually we'll see the system wind up in the northeast by tuesday with snow from buffalo, back towards albany and a mix across the ohio valley and there is your snow forecast, 2 to 4 inches around springfield, missouri. back to you. >> kelly, thank you. >>> when "nbc nightly news" continues, record prices at the gas pump. just how high will they go? and later, an nbc news investigation, is an innocent man locked away for murder? savings. savings. savings? progressive was the first to offer online quoting. you can do better. first to show comparison rates. ding! the "name your price" tool. oh! gosh, don't mind if i do. who was the first to offer pet injury coverage? we were. and when did you know you wanted to sell insurance? i said i wouldn't cry. um... whee! it's flo time. now, that's progressive. call or click today. [ sighs ] i can't wait ti

there are actually winter storm warnings in northern portions of arkansas.hat moisture is moving our way and it will get here over night and into early tomorrow morning. most of it is simply going to fall apart once it hits the mountains. this storm not meaning much for us at all. nice weather. we saw it today with plenty of sunshine. here comes the next storm system. watch how it lines up here on the mountains. once again the mountains will get some snow and see rain back toward charleston, west virginia but watch the storm. it literally evaporates, completely dies out. so i expect a couple flurries early tomorrow morning. maybe a couple sprinkles late tomorrow afternoon. that's really going to be about it. then on wednesday, our next storm system is going to come in and bring us some rain during the day on thursday. maybe some heavy rain at times. it's going to be a mild rain but this next storm could set the stage for the one that we're talking about this weekend. increasing clouds and rather chilly this evening. 37 to about 41 degrees. sunset at 5:43 ton

a little snow stretching from nebraska all the way down into arkansas and almost clipping northern louisianair is all the way in the deep south. this little of upper level energy will track east, lose a little of its punch, but will make it here in throughout the day tomorrow. gray skies tomorrow and a few areas of light snow. isolated snow showers possible to route the day tomorrow. accumulating to maybe a dusting, west of the blue ridge. 45 degrees today. in the 40's again tomorrow. clearing on wednesday. thursday, moderate chance of rain could move into town. that's the way it looks right now. we will keep a close eye on it. >> it's a beautiful more and n ing. green lights around the beltway this morning, looks fabulous in college park and near fedex field and andrews air force base and across the wilson bridge. a good run in virginia through alexandria. headed into springfield and up to tysons as well. overnight construction barrels moved aside. everything moving in our favor. metro rail, marc rail, and virginia railway express moving in our favor. back to you. >> thank you. 5:21, 24 deg

snow falling already from iowa down into arkansas and almost brushing northern louisiana.far south of the cold air has infiltrated. the upper level energy will push our way and will lose some of its sixkick. megabus tomorrow west of the blue ridge. 45 this afternoon with increasing clouds later on. the average high is 47. in the 40's again tomorrow with a few snow showers throughout the day here and they're especially west of the blue ridge where we could see a gusting -- dusting. clearing wednesday with sunshine. it will break degrees. pretty good chance of rain by thursday. that looks like rain on thursday. >> thank you so much. 6:19 right now. >> coming up next, grammy a claim. we will look back at adele and some of the best performances as well from last night's show. the grammy recap. >> next "anderson" -- teen moms. you guys have to deal with a lot of criticism.>> people don't understand [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ ♪ an old man sred some fish stories... ♪ ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ ♪ she was in paris but we talked for

this system will bring snow to northern new york and new england with a wintry mix farther south. thunderstorms will move east from texas and arkansasnas. rain and snow will extend from the pacific northwest to the northern rockies. >>> in sports, the l.a. lakers could be without kobe bryant's services for a while. he was diagnosed with a concussion suffered in sunday night's nba allstar game. bryant was struck in the face, his nose broken by dwyane wade. his status officially day-to-day. he'll be re-examined today. >>> now to last night's game action. timberwolves at clippers in l.a. derrick williams scoring early and often for minnesota. the fourth quarter, beasley put on a scoring show, including seven three-pointers between them without a miss. william and beasley each had 27 points. as the t-wolves won it 109-97. >>> in college ball, fifth ranked michigan state and number 18 indiana, the hoosiers cody zeller led the way with a big jam en route victor oladipo drove down the lane for a slam as indiana scored a big ten upset 70-55. it was the hoosiers' third win over a top five team this season. >>> finally, the nfl season will ki

really northern alabama right along the border of tennessee and thunderstorms in areas of arkansas. 70-degree temperatures possible in areas like washington, d.c. tomorrow. >> it is so crazy! >> it is. >> it doesn't get old. i like it. bill, thanks so much. >>> coming up, the dow soars and netflix has arrival and the consumer watch dog has your back. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, after publicly blasting his sitcom successor, charlie sheen has a rare stroke of conscience. >>> coming up a pair of big upsets in college basketball but was kentucky one of them and was the spurs hit with a 40-point loss? you're watching "early today." charlie sheen has a rare stroke >>> good morning. welcome back. i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> the u.s. embassy in kabul, afghanistan, is on lockdown as hundreds have taken to the streets again to protest the u.s. burning of a caron. the u.s. has apologized for the burning. the carons were burned from a detention center after they were found to be marked with extremist language. >>> u.

northern mexico. it is pumping moisture through much of texas, arkansas, tennessee, light showers. heavier rain on the texas gulf coast. this is the moisture soars, again. now we need cold air to combine with that. all of this purple and blue, james bay, port hudson bay, that is cold air starting to move south. the upper bubble jet stream is streaking towards the land. looks like it will be drawn that cold air south. saturday, saturday night, the cold air arrives, the butcher coming up from the gulf coast. -- the moisture is coming up from the gulf coast, especially right here on the west virginia- virginia line. that is over 12 inches forecast late in the evening sun. into monday morning. late sunday night into monday morning, from eastern kentucky into southwestern virginia may have over a foot of snow. the darker blue area as the three-6 inch range. that is what we are thinking. north into southern pennsylvania, an inch or two. south of d.c., more and the 6 inch range. light to moderate snow fall expected for us. this has been all over the maps. some of the computer models to th

arkansas to oklahoma. some roads kefred in up to 5 inches. >>> for a look at this morning's road conditions, rain on i-5 from seattle to northern california. icy on i-70 from pittsburgh to indianapolis. and i. 80 from buffalo to cleveland. wet on i. 75 from atlanta to knoxville. >>> if you're flying today, a few airport delays possible in atlanta and detroit. >>> well, the grisly search continues today in northern california for more human remains left behind by pair of serial killers. >> investigators combing through a well have found over 300 bones. a bounty hunter paid death row inmate leslie shermantine where to find the bodies. >> in this particular well, i don't know that there's any more than a couple i do believe in the other well further east there's as many as a dozen. >> shermantine and lauren herzog were convicted. >>> former penn state a sis tant coach jerry sandusky is relieved and pleased he'll be able to spend time with his grandchildren. a pennsylvania judge granted his request for supervised visits. the judge denied the request that jurors be brought in from outside the penn state area. the judge did allow him to step out

northern third of cape gerardo county in missouri. they are asking nobody to enter the area. there's been at least one injury. in fact, in buffalo, arkansas, there's been one fatality. you're looking now at duluth, minnesota, where the northern part of the storm is affecting that area. this storm is going to bring snow into new england. we'll have details on that. you can see now we've got a wide swath of watches, tornado watches from memphis to louisville until 12:00 noon. this is a very fast-moving system and a changeable system. we're going to continue to update it for you. matt? >> we'll get your local forecasts in a little while. thank you very much. >>> now to the presidential race. a big night for mitt romney. he edged out rick santorum after a hard fought battle in his home state of michigan. romney had an easier time in arizona. crucial victories into next week's super tuesday contest. peter alexander is in detroit with the latest. hi, peter. >> reporter: good morning to you. it was another late night for the romney campaign. they got a clean sweep. they expected the sizable victory in arizona but it was the win here in his nativ

arkansas to oklahoma. some areas covered in up to five inches. much of it is already melted away. >>> for a look at this morning's road conditions, rain on i-5 from seattle to northern california. snow on parts of i-25, in the rockies. icy on i-70 from pittsburgh to indianapolis. and i-80 from buffalo to cleveland. wet on i-75 from atlanta to knoxville. >>> if you're flying today, a few airport delays possible in atlanta and detroit. >>> well, the grisly search continues today in northern california for more human remains left behind by pair of serial killers. >> investigators combing through a well have found over 300 human bones, clothing, even jewelry. it was a dumping ground for the so-called speed freak killers. convicted of a meth-fueled killing spree. a bounty hunter paid death row inmate leslie shermantine where to find the bodies. >> in this particular well, i don't know that there's any more than a couple. i do believe in the other well further east there's as many as a dozen. >> shermantine and loren herczog were convicted. herczog was paroled and committed suicide when he heard that his was g accomplice was go give information. >>> former penn state assi

northern new england. obviously, ashleigh, the tornado threat is the immediate concern right now. >> i was trying to write as fast as i could as you were listing the states. nebraska, kentucky, arkansas any? >> a lot of that shifted off to the east and moving rapidly. along the confluence of ohio and mississippi river. with that, it strches all of the way down to the mid south. it's a huge swath of real estate effected. >> keep an eye on it for us, sflob. >> you bet. >>> also breaking this morning. search for three people after a coast guard chopper went down in alabama. the coast guard says one crew member who was rescued has now died. they're searching the waters of mobile bay, alabama, where that chopper went down. this is video that we just got in of the search. the helicopter that went down, an mh-65 dolphin, it is a search and rescue chopper. it was on a training mission when it crashed. we talked to captain dan rose earlier today, and he said he's not quite sure what happened there. there is fog in the area now which is hampering their search and rescue operations. as soon as we get more details, we'll share those with you. >>> five minutes past 6:00. another big story we're f