parts of texas and oklahoma, northern louisiana could see strong to severe thunderstorms tomorrow at the southern end of that front marching toward the gulf coast. southerly breezes and a few clouds tomorrow with temperatures trying to get close to 70 before the rain slides into baltimore. behind the front, it will get chile. if you like spring, we have a lot of it this winter. soak it up for one more day. a small craft advisory on the bay with winds gusting up to 30 knots. the seven-day forecast, big changes in the temperature regime. only 48 on saturday. then we go back to daylight savings time. look for clouds and son next on sunday. >> johnny unitas finished his career with the charters. joe montana with the chiefs and now peyton manning will finesse and his career somewhere other than indianapolis. that happens. the colts officially announced their intentions today at a press conference to start a new era with one top draft pick. they would have to pay $28 million salary bonus if the state. his series of surgeries making a long-term question. that is the business and of life in

the ohio valley, arkansas and northern louisiana.and thunderstorms will develop from vermont to mid-atlantic with isolated thunderstorms in the carolinas. it will be windy from montana to new mexico. with snow in the rockies and high plains. >>> in sports this morning, it's sweet 16 time in the ncaa tournament. it was a third round, mostly won by the favorites. let's take a look. purdue took the early lead against kansas. robby hummel 26 points and 9 rebounds. jayhawks' johnson kept them close in the final minute. he stole the ball and sank the go-ahead layup. purdue's desperation shot at the buzzer would miss and that does it for kansas. they get the win, 63-60. >>> dixon's led the way against florida state. a back and forth cemented with 1:32 left. dixon stole the ball and slammed it home. the bear cats beat the seminoles 62-56. >>> it was all in the wrist as north carolina took on creighton. tar heels henson came back from a sprained wrist, 13 points, 10 rebounds, 4 blocked shots. carolina point guard marshall scored 18. he fell a

he alberto z arkansas, missouri, northern, louisiana, and the i understand territory. now he took his army across the river. you have to think of it in larger terms. he took the entire confederate war effort in the trans-mississippi with him. he took all the troops, all the animals he could lay his hands on, all the wag gons and carts, all the weapons, all the equipment, stores, machinery, anything of military value. miles and miles of rope, empty barrels, enormous amounts of canvas, anything that could be used for packing or storing. even the most ordinary things, all of it was packed up, put on steamboats, and sent down to the arkansas and the mississippi up and up to memphis sxr from memphis to corinth. he denewted the upper trans mississippi. only in south louisiana and texas where he could not -- the tentacles of his command did not quite reach that far. only though portions of trans-mississippi were unaffected by this -- what do you call this anyway? this -- it's almost like a hit and run burglary except that van doran was burglarizing his own war effort. okay? n

thursday, that heavy rain gets going here in northeast texas, arkansas, northern louisiana.day, three or more inches of rain. flash flood willing be a concern. still, very mild, if not warm from d.c. to new york. the south with readings into the 70s and relatively mild in the northern plains and the great lakes. another system in the northwest, but friday dealing with that heavy rain throughout a huge portion of the south. the gulf coast states still on saturday, dealing with that rain. highs coming down a little bit, but 60s and you head up into the northeast, upper 30s and lower 40s. so still pretty warm for this time of year. then on sunday, we'll see that rain stretch from the gulf coast states to the great lake states. mild in the northeast with highs for boston in the 50s. 2:30 in the afternoon, a lot to do, and you've hit the wall. but you got to get stuff done. so take 5-hour energy. just open it up, knock it back, and roll up your sleeves. 5-hour energy is faster and easier than coffee. man, does it work. you'll get that alert, energized feeling you need to get stuf

northern louisiana including shreveport.lly, an area we saw severe weather just over the past couple of days. it's going to come right in the same pattern once again. elsewhere across the country, it looks pretty good. we're finally getting high pressure in the east. temperatures warm up as a result. pretty mild out there and all of a sudden much colder. getting back up to normal. the nice weather. highs in new york, 60 degrees in atlanta. 67. something else, i want to mention important for tomorrow, i don't want you to be late. oversleep. >> da, da, da, daylight saving time and no s on saving. just saving. >> not something you'll do if you're in -- excuse me, alaska or hawaii doesn't do this. important to note. 2:00 a.m. sunday, spring forward. if you have an early start monday morning, especially good to double check you've done this. you don't want to be late, i mentioned. >> i want my hour back and i want it now. >> to get more daylight during evening hours. >> appreciate it. thank you, bonnie. >>> we're right at the hal

large hail, damaging begin gusts and isolated tornadoes possible the state of arkansas, northern louisiana and also northeastern, texas. of course, we live in the zone -- if you live in the zone stay alert as we head into tomorrow if any warnings are are issued for your area. temperature wise a shift into tomorrow for some area of the country including us in the northeast. while today was a cool day out here. we will be seeing some of the warmer air across the midwest pushing eastward and we will be enjoying nice weather as we head into sunday. here in new york city could see a high tomorrow at 60 degrees and some of that nice weather will continue in place as well for parts of the rest of the northeast. down into the carolinas in the mid sick. 67 the high in rapid city 62 minneapolis. rick, a taste of spring a little early. >> we are ready for this. thanks. >>> we are ready for spring because you know what that means. longer days. the beginning of daylight saving time at 2:00 a.m. turn your clocks forward one hour in most parts of the country which means you will lose an hour of sleep but

, tomorrow, especially east texas, oklahoma, arkansas, memphis area, and down through northern portions of louisiana. and this is the piece of information that gives me confidence about the lack of cold air. this is the map that shows where all the cold air is. it's up in areas of the hudson bay, eastern canada and as we go through the upcoming weekend into next week, the cold air retreats all the way practically to the arctic. even canada will be warm next week. it's looking good, lynn. we are -- looks like we're going to get through st. paddy's day nice and warm. >> thanks so much. >>> whitney's will, snooki's announcement and justin bieber's mom make hers own deal. indications things are mellowing out between brad, angelina and jennifer aniston. your first look at entertainment is ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and ou

some of the rainfall could come in the form of severe thunderstorms including arkansas, northern louisianaortheastern, texas, with large hill, tajing wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. this is something that we want to take seriously. aside from flooding could be looking at severe weather. head is up if you live in shreveport and little rock. heading into your sunday it will be stormy out there. another big story how mild it has been this winter across the lower 48. spring like conditions across parts of the northeast and temperatures well above average across the upper midwest. the warm air across the dakotas and minnesota. here in new york city while we saw a chilly day today, tomorrow will be warmer with our high temperature reaching 60 degrees and guys that is the way it is going to stay for the next several days. get out and enjoy it. beautiful weather with some sunshine in store forus. westward some of the warm temperatures as well for chicago, mississippi. 67 degrees the high temperature tomorrow in rapid city. >> 82 tampa. look at that. >> as long as it sticks around for a little b

heavy showers in northern louisiana parishes, into oklahoma and eastern kansas as well. another storm into the west. that will affect us later into the week. temperatures across the nation, you can see them starting to bounce back with that storm system. 51 in dallas. 55 in new orleans. still only 41 up north. 32 degrees right now back across the mid-atlantic. we have 30's, and colder than that across parts of the metro area. 31 in parkton. 32 in edgewood. 39 downtown. 27 in frederick. the forecast for today, plenty of sunshine. we'll have mild winds. overall it will be a pleasant day. temperatures warmer than what we saw over the past couple days. 60 for the high around baltimore. 62 down in southern maryland and 57 the high temperature in ocean city. basically everywhere you look today, you will see full sunshine. you will see a few clouds push in late tonight and clear skies. it is not as cold. we are dipping below freezing. i think tomorrow morning we will stay above freezing. here is the futurecast image. you can see the high temperature in through much as monday as

wants to organize at least some of that portion, the northern portion or central and northern portion of the louisiana purchase territory. he wants to organize that. why is he so interested in organizing it? variety of explanations here. and i think one shouldn't necessarily zero in on just one. douglas was a devoted unionist and he'd been a champion of western development for some time. in his hopes to provide a kind of balance between the north/south conflict that had characterized politics for decades. so definitely douglas is a committed unionist, of course, his unionism, his commitment to the union dove-tails rather nicely and neatly with his own ambitions, interested in getting the democratic nomination for the presidency. and he recognizes that as a northern democrat, he needs southern support, but, of course, the -- it's a tricky balancing act, right? how do i be a successful -- how can i be a successful national politician given the sectional realignment that's occurring in american politics in the mid-1850s? how do i do that? how do i pull that off? how do i pull off that magic trick? dougla

northern california to seattle. snow on i-84 and 90 in the cascades. wet on i-80 from omaha to chicago, and i-10 and 20 in texas and louisiana. on i-95 in northern maine. >>> air travelers, a smooth ride out there. delays expected only in kansas city. >>> winds are picking up yet again today as cruise struggle with the deadly wild fire near denver. >> the governor of colorado suspended controlled burns as the fire spread now the more than 4,000 acres. the blaze has killed at least two people and burned down more than two dozen homes. one frightened family barely made it out. capturing the escape on camera. >> where's mom? what's she stopping for? daddy. >> we're going the make it. we're going to be fine. there it is, right here, right here. >> oh, my gosh. >> look at that, the family of five made it to safety by following a neighbor out of the fire. the fire is just about 15% contained. >>> a have the is the couple is under arrest accused of strangled a single mom, dousing her with bleach, and tossing her body into the river. police say allen and patricia prue lured jenkins from her home by saying they need help. they found he

louisiana in through m. but as mentioned, we do have a tornado warning for the city of new orleans. that's northernfferson parish and southeastern louisiana. also just north of that, another tornado warning for north western st. bernard parish, and the system is moving to the northwest around 50 miles per hour, rather north and east, and this was supposed by the national weather service's meteorologists, so spotting some strong rotation on doppler radar. this tornado warning good for the next several minutes. if you live in the area, you want to make sure you're taking shelter immediately. now, megyn, we've seen this tornado watch in effect throughout the morning and the afternoon, so people are on alert. this is a very slow-moving system, this is the same system that brought tornado warnings to parts of texas in through louisiana and now mississippi, and there's your severe weather threat. again, including new orleans throughout the afternoon and the evening hours and not only are we dealing with severe weather in terms of hail, damaging winds and tornadoes, but incredible amounts of rain that in

new york and northern states and louisiana and other states, different regions of the country. got a tweet earlier, 100% of santorum votes will not go to newt and 100% of newt votes will not go to santorum. it is a mix. >> it would raise santorum to make him competitive with romney. it might not change the delegate math. once you get to proportional, if you start to get about half the delegates instead of a third, you begin to have a shot at this. there's. >> many states romney is advantaged in that are winner take all which gives him even more delegates. it definitely would give santorum a shot. >> we don't know but here's something we do know. it's been consistent. in all but santorum's trifecta, those caucuses, electability has beat purity. in every one of those cases whether or not they voted for him, voters said they thought romney would get the nomination and thought romney was stronger against obama. was the strongest against obama. that showed up again in these exit polls by 2-1. santorum would have to sh show -- he'd have to make gains in electability. there's a differ

cushing, oklahoma, which we have the keystone being built from oklahoma down to louisiana and what we really need is the northern end of it which reaches up into canada. a lot of them are not unique. believe me, we have a lot of them in oklahoma and they've been exporting gas to the rest of the country and beyond for over 100 years. we don't think this is an unusual technology or unusual thing to do. we need to get about doing it so i couldn't agree more. sadly, the president has chosen not to expedite this, but to wait until after the election on the northern end, and it's costing us jobs and it's costing us time and it's sending the wrong message. as you suggest to the people around the world that we're not serious about producing all of the energy we can for ourselves. >> republican line, roy in boulder, colorado. good morning. >> good morning, c-span. representative cole, thank you very much for exposing yourself to the public. >> only rhetorically. >> yes. true. i really dislike defeat and the former republican that called in earlier is a low-level political operative out of colorado springs and she's one o

louisiana to the florida panhandle. rain and showers will fall in the northern plains.ore rain and snow will fall in the northwest and northern rockies. and record warmth continues in the northeast. >>> in sports, the new york jets nailed down their trade for quarterback tim tebow last night eight hours after prematurely announcing the deal was complete. last season's most talked about player goes to new york from denver for two future draft picks. tebow will be the backup to mark sanchez, who just got a $40 million contract extension. tebow mania comes to new york even as knicks winning streak revives linsanity. last night in philadelphia amar'e stoudemire's big jam helped big an early lead over the sixers. late in the game, jeremy lin drove for a lateup. the knicks won their fifth straight, 82-79. >>> in dallas, the lakers kobe bryant spun toward the basket, took an alley-oop pass and flipped it over his shoulder for a score. bryant had 30 points leading the lakers with a win over the mavericks 109-93. >>> when we come back, armen keteyian confronts a man whose compan

will slide through all of the great lakes, northern portion of the ohio valley during the day today, also some thunderstorms popping up, hit and miss from louisiana all the way through atlanta. as we go through saturday, heavy rain early in the day will move through new york city, but north of there up in the higher terrain of connecticut and also the catskills, maybe the poconos, we'll mix in some welt snow. in the middle of the country, you're going to enjoy a nice, warm toasty sunday. sunday, 90s in texas and oklahoma, near 90 in kansas city. incredible heat in the middle of the country so far this spring. if you're watching us on wlwt news 5 in cincinnati, ohio. explore the midwest through photos taken through the windshield of a 1960 buick la saber. that drive-by at the weston art gallery. >>> now here's an early look at some this morning's headlines in entertainment. this weekend "the hunger games" will still dominate, but two dame new films will do well. the only question is, how much will it take the top spot? 70 million is not out of the question, but are hard-core fans going back for a second look, could drive that total higher. such a

louisiana and texas. heavy snow in the northern rockies, the sierra range and the cascade. >> 50 in seattle and the twin citiesetroit. 70s in omaha and hotlanta. >> if we win the megaball, power ball, whatever it is, we could buy the dodgers. >> amen to that. >>> those of us who work overnight know e's metho c & th's exctlt haed h was wipt day of skiing he fell asleep standing there -- standing up. he managed to keep his balance, though, for some time and then, boom, down he goes. >> his folks want everyone to know he was not hurt when he fell, and they tried getting him to take a nap several times but he pitched a fit several times. they tried removing his ski boots and down the little fellow went. >> nice attempt at timing, paula. >> and i'm a little off. and he still hasn't fallen. >> reminds me of me during mardi gras. we'll be back with more "world news now" right after this. ♪ i'm so sleepy >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by the scooter store. ♪ luck be a lady tonigh ♪ luck be a lady tonight >>> chairman of the board. >> everyone around here is still where they belong which confirms

louisiana into tennessee. and the carolinas. flurries in northern new england. rain and mountain snow in the northwest. and in northern california. >> 48 in seattle. 66 in billings. 75 in colorado springs. 60 in minneapolis. 50s in chicago and boston. 80s from dallas to hotlanta. >> that's it. >>> everybody likes a little alone time, certainly. so it shouldn't have been too much of a surprise when a 2 1/2-ton circus elephant broke away from his handlers. >> if this happened in the confines of a zoo, no problem. but this pachyderm named baby took off in the town of blackpool in ireland where she was supposed to be the star of the parade. >> nobody puts baby in a corner. of course, now animal rights activists are outraged and calling for a ban on animals in circuses. >> they get fed well, though in circuses. >> peta, please address your e-mails to paula.faris@abcnuss.com. >>> we'll be right back with more after this. ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by fe breeze air effects. we asked real people if they'd help us with an experiment for febreze fabric refresher, they agreed. [ exper

louisiana today. the severe weather threat again is going to be around new orleans tomorrow afternoon. you see the sharp contrast. 60's and 30's in the northern rocky mountain states. again, changes on the way it. it will just take a while to get their. light east wins. -- winds. waves about a foot. on the eastern shore, the fog break saw. -- breaks off. an isolated storm cannot be ruled out of the next couple of days. seven-day forecast -- temperatures will be close to 80 by friday. showers and thunderstorms will become more numerous and temperatures will cool off a little bit over the weekend. >> this is 11 sports. >> you get the impression that in denver, they have begun to try on the super bowl ring they believe peyton manning will help them win. he will begin saturday as a denver bronco. the former colts quarterback said all the right things, including talking about having as a teammate tim tebow. that probably will not happen. the broncos will retool again, this time around manning. he brings flare to the mile high city. they did not give him a five- year $95 million contract so he could follow. the expected to lead. >> i am not going t

we have the keystone pipeline from oklahoma to louisiana, and we really need the northern end, which reaches up into canada. a lot of jobs here are not unique. we have been exporting oil and gas to the rest of the country for over 100 years. we do not think this is done -- an unusual technology. we need to get about doing it. i could not agree more. sadly, the president has chosen to wait until after the election of the northern end. that is costing us jobs, time, and is sending the wrong message that we are not serious about producing all the energy we can for ourselves. host: republican line. roy, boulder, colorado. caller: in good morning, -- good morning, congressman. thank you for exposing yourself to the public. [laughter] guest: only rhetorically. caller: the former republican that called in is a low-level a operative. she calls him often as a former republican. it is irritating. my question is is there any chance ever of us having a tax program that is equitable so let everyone pays? it is an absurd that the poor, as we hear so often, pay no taxes, receive all of the benefits

louisiana to mississippi. a lot of small towns down there. even this morning we're dealing with thunderstorms there. even a cool rain over wisconsin and northern minnesota. on the west coast, you're nice today, saturday into sunday, the storm system will kick down into southern california and bring you rain. as far as right now, the worst weather, a good thunderstorm complex north of biloxi and a strong thunderstorm heading towards greenville. portions of alabama. we'll watch the storms, isolated tornado possible early today. as far as the forecast, the storms will work towards atlanta if you're in georgia, carry the umbrella. same for chicago, indianapolis, st. louis, kansas city. a nice day in dallas. and look at new england, temperatures once again today, not quite as warm as yesterday. but still beautiful. from 80 to 70 degrees. veronica, it continues on, but comes to a crash this weekend. >>> i'm celebrating spring in the meantime. wherever is your spring outfit, bill? >>> overseas job blues, your "first look" at business headlines is straight ahead. >>> four teams have moved onto the elite ate and a number one seed will not be joining th

northern parts of wisconsin. all of that rain spread further off to the south down into the tennessee valley and louisiana into the orleans area. take it easy on the roadways. backside is drawing out across sex at thats and oklahoma. we picked up much needed rain over the weekend. some of this precipitation will come in the form of severe weather. keep an eye on that in chicago and parts of grand rapids. central portions of michigan. we are looking at seeing large hail damaging wind gusts and isolated tornados possible. it is not a major outbreak but be on alert living in the areas. i want to show you these temperatures. upper 60s for the i 95 corridor. light showers across northeast. otherwise across the southeast looking good, too. new orleans 71 in atlanta. didn't get the cool down in the 80s for texas. 41 degrees in far go. so many temperatures are up to 25 degrees above what is typical for this time of the year. if you head west ward we will have travel problems as well across portions of the pacific northwest. 44 for a high in seattle. continuing heavy snows drive safely, guys. >> tlhank you very much maria.

louisiana, arkansas and western missouri will get more flood-producing rain and possible tornadoes today. the thunderstorms are also likely in the southeast, the southern mid-atlantic and the northernins. there will be more record high temperatures from the western great lakes to the northeast. rain and mountain snow will continue in the northwest. >>> in sports, peyton manning got an early birthday present, an orange denver broncos jersey. manning, who turns 37 on saturday, is the bronco's new quarterback. manning will wear his familiar 18, the number brought out of retirement with the blessing of the bronco's first quarterback. >> i'm thrilled to be here. looking forward to meeting my new teammates and doing everything i can to help this franchise win another super bowl. >> manning's new contract will pay him a whopping $96 million over five years. broncos' vp, john elway, says his toughest job was telling quarterback tim tebow he was out of a job. >> the things he did last year was tremendous, helped turn this organization around from a 4-12 team to a playoff team and winning the division. >> elway called tebow a great kid and said he'd be happy to have him marry his daughter, b

northern parts of wisconsin. all of that rain spread further off to the south down into the tennessee valley and louisiana into the orleans area. take it easy on the roadways. backside is drawing out across sex at thats and oklahoma. we picked up much needed rain over the weekend. some of this precipitation will come in the form of severe weather. keep an eye on that in chicago and parts of grand rapids. central portions of michigan. we are looking at seeing large hail damaging wind gusts and isolated tornados possible. it is not a major outbreak but be on alert living in the areas. i want to show you these temperatures. upper 60s for the i 95 corridor. light showers across northeast. otherwise across the southeast looking good, too. new orleans 71 in atlanta. didn't get the cool down in the 80s for texas. 41 degrees in far go. so many temperatures are up to 25 degrees above what is typical for this time of the year. if you head west ward we will have travel problems as well across portions of the pacific northwest. 44 for a high in seattle. continuing heavy snows drive safely, guys. >> tlhank you very much maria.

northern neck. more in southeastern virginia. a whole lot of storms. in fact, likely to see more tornadoes arkansas, louisiana today.hat was the case yesterday west. and some flash flooding possible here. they've seen between three and six inches of rain in louisiana based on radar. we could see an inch and a half by the weekend. that storm system arrives here and will be cooling us down. 74 to 79. showers, partly sunny. breaks in the cloud cover. warming up nicely for the evening. 61 to 66 with a light wind. so an isolated shower today. slightly higher chance tomorrow. and we push it up to near 80 degrees thursday. around 80 friday. it's looking nice friday. then not so nice for saturday. especially on sunday with that rain moving in. and our highs dropping to the 60s. >>> i'm checking a couple of problems in montgomery county. first, if you're traveling old georgetown road, this is at rockville pike. all of your lanes are blocked by the crash there. fire department is on the scene. heading over this time, westbound university boulevard at amherst avenue, fire department also on the scene of that crash, as well. le

he's got mississippi, alabama and louisiana voting during march. the only northernillinois and based on his performance in south carolina and georgia, you figure that he might do well in those states and santorum might do well in kansas. he just carried oklahoma. but those victories would come at quite a price. >> sure. >> because they would mean that we -- that if those guys developed momentum, they can only deadlock the convention. they can't win it in advance. and the result is that it may complete complete completely eviscerate our chances of winning against obama. >> you're you're saying mathematically, it's pretty much over. let's all say, republicans would say romney is our guy and now let's take aim at barack obama. >> it's not quite that simple. if you believe that it's crucial that santorum or gingrich win this nomination and you're willing to imperil our chances of beating obama by delaying this election until convention time, in the last week of august, then go ahead. that's up to you. it's up to each individual. >> right. >> but if your top priority is

louisiana. governor romney actually for example netted nine delegates out of northern mariannas.u want to compare the impact of the two elections that gives you some sense. >> shannon: let's talk about the other two in the race and vow they are staying in until the convention. newt gingrich and ron paul. ron paul clear early knows he hasn't won a single state. he picks up delegates in some small measure in come places. is it simply because they want a voice? is there a reason they are staying in rol until the end? >> i think they are having fun. there is a lot of gratification in having the press cover them. i think it is in rick santorum's hands that the point. the aright ma tech and delegate count is getting clear. you had guys like jeb bush and senator demint come out strongly will good comments about governor romney. most of the folks in the republican party that understand how the process work recognize this is over. it is just rick's ego that has to come to that conclusion. >> shannon: you have said that rick santorum is a republican version of president obama. what did you