a storm spinning to the west producing rain showers for northern missouri, across illinois come into the ohio river valley. it is beginning to take this form where the storm is having a hard time, kind of spending itself out of existence almost. it will not totally do that, but it looks like it is threatening us but it really is not. at least it is not as big a threat as it would appear. let's look at what is going on outside. with the sun burning through the cloud cover, we are warming up nice. parton, 53. westminster, 55. the sun is doing its job today. high-temperature typically this time of year is around 60 degrees and we are in the neighborhood at this stage of the game. all the green shaded areas, the relatively mild temperatures right now, close to normal for the season. we have inland areas of new england that higher elevation that have chillier temperatures in the 40's right now. behind that weather system, spinning off illinois and missouri, the temperatures are quite a bit cooler with temperatures in the 30's and 40's right now. here is the satellite image. a few thin clo

that heavy rain is moving through southern illinois, northern missouri. in indiana, you're about to get drenched. an umbrella day in indianapolis. it's going to pour there. working into ohio and pennsylvania this afternoon. here's how it looks. let me track this for you. here's the clock. this is 8:00 this morning. let's fast forward to the evening when everyone is coming home from work. the heaviest rains in the yellow and the red. that's all of indiana, ohio, pennsylvania. that's who will be getting the heaviest rain. it's also into d.c. and baltimore and approaching philadelphia. be prepared on i-95 for the heavier rain late in the day. as far as the thunderstorms go, along the front at 5:00 p.m. in areas of mississippi, alabama and louisiana, that's where we'll track it. let's fast forward again to tomorrow morning at this time. this is the busiest travel day of the year. much of it is clearing out. it's still along i-95. that's the worst commute if you don't have travel tomorrow morning, it's going to be difficult with heavy rain through virginia thr

system wanted to highlight the fact there's been a very intense circulation working through northern missouri. love this perspective. this is all snow central iowa clipping pourings of minnesota and into wisconsin rain on the east side and now to give youperspective of where we are in railings to the -- relation to the storm. most of it will raid into the north and west. and we are getting the squeeze play between that system on off the southeast coast and that is what we introduce you to yesterdaych it was the subtropical storm and now a full fledged tropical storm. 50-mile-per-hour sustained wind me andering along the southeast coast. 600 miles away from miami. working near bermuda and work its way into the open atlantic. you can thank that storm system and the associated front helping to sweep things away from the east coast. no threat to us. we get the squeeze play between both systems. this morning it's about the thick fog and we have dense fog advisory to the south. we will wind up with sunshine before we get the return clouds with this system that will bring us showers tomorrow afterno

some big thunderstorms in southeastern sections of missouri and northern arkansas. it looks impressive. that's the same front that will get here. it's not going to have much punch in terms of moisture. this is tropical storm shawn, which is in the atlantic. it will pass to the west of bermuda, but not affecting us. clear tonight. for us, we're in great shape. 56 in bethesda. 60 in arlington. 59 downtown. 55 in springfield and 52 out toward reston. so here's the deal. big changes on the way. chilly tonight. wednesday still mild. you'll need your sunglasses and showers by thursday. but again, in the a lot of moisture. for tonight, clear and chilly. we'll call it a one blanket night with light winds. not as cold as it has been. in fact, inside the belt wail, you're going to hold in the 40s. there will be 30s. 39 in reston and 39 in college park. tomorrow morning, sunny. rapid warmup. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. by afternoon, another fantastic day. maybe a few clouds, but still mild. high temperatures around 65 degrees. all right, next seven days. thursday the fron

encountered an identical boundary conflict he had in ohio between the southern border of iowa and northern border of missouri. the only difference was he was now territorial governor opposing the governor of the state and opposing the way boundary had been surveyed compared to the way it had been stipulated. i will quit the details of that. the point is lucas on it. he played his cards differently. that was much more and ultimately iowa won that conflict. lucas also wanted a different weather order for iowa. designed expensing away. they follow the mississippi river at mesa street lane in the northwest takes to the big sioux river to the missouri river. and can it stay in a in comparison to other states in the northwest territory. it's our iowa he would not comment further. what i okemah for statehood the scene you'll didn't make ohio opposed it. what is important is that hermione congress about jefferson's original vision in 1784 canal congress in 1787 street from that vision. the tin went on to say this. what is the effect of this change? the vast and fertile region from ohio, lakes and mississippi, despit

snow toward missouri, kentucky, tennessee, northern portions of mississippi and alabama.ll reporting snow. amazing what's going on for them. for us, a rain event. look at the overnight temperatures. 58 in washington, 56 in leesburg. tomorrow, temperatures on the warm side early. temperatures around 63 early around noon with heavy rain likely. now, this weekend is beautiful. a lot of you put up your holiday lights. we want to see them. send pictures to weather@nbcwashington.com. >> thank you, doug. it doesn't feel like christmas, yet. too many children don't have the vaccines they are required to have to attend public school nowadays. an associated press finds one in 20 kindergarteners are skipping the vaccines. parns are seeking vaccine exemptions. states with the highest rate are in the west and midwest. officials are worried about outbreaks of diseases that were once all but stamped out. >>> as we all know, when a baby is ready to be born, that's it. he or she is coming. it's what happened at bwi airport the other day. a woman stepped off the plane and went into labor.

producing some now in northern portions of missouri up through iowa where the roads were a little treacherousboston all the way down to d.c. someone's going to have a chance at 70 degrees and near record warmth. west coast, no the bad, slight chance of showers in seattle. and dallas, much cooler and windy, temperatures there upper 50s to low 60s. you're watching "morning joe." one more day of beautiful warmth in new york city. we're brewed by starbucks. the employee of the month is... spark card from capital one. spark cash gives me the most rewards of any small business credit card. it's hard for my crew to keep up with 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. 2% cash back. that's setting the bar pretty high. thanks to spark, owning my own business has never been more rewarding. [ male announcer ] introducing spark the small business credit cards from capital one. get more by choosing unlimited double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. what's in your wallet? this guy's amazing. >>> all right. welcome back, 22 past the hour. joining us now from rochester, michigan, the mode

above normal temperatures for most of the southeast from southern missouri through texas, below normal. new england, great lakes, northernin to the northwest and into the inner mountain area. precipitation, great lakes, down to the tennessee valley as well as the northern rockies, the drought areas, texas on up into the kansas, southeast new mexico more than likely below normal. now out the 90 days, my winter outlook. below normal temperatures from eastern montana all the way down to northern portions of florida and right up through the great lakes in the northeast. i think it'll be a fairly cold winter. above normal from the southern and western text exinto the southwest. precipitation for the next 90 days above normal, the great lakes, northern mississippi valley in to the tennessee valley below normal florida, texas and the desert southwest. that forecast a little different than some of the official ones out there but i do think another la n," na year will lead to a cold erwin interest. >> another interesting spring. >> yes. >> spirit of the heart land is next. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ♪ behind the wheel, there is no

missouri, 14 hours after the tornado went through there. and i was in tuscaloosa, alabama, smithville. mississippi. northern georgia, all affected by the tornadoes. and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side mentioned we've really done a good job and haven't lost any lives and working hard, and we saved the school and did this and did that.

missouri, 14 hours after the tornado went through there. and i was in tuscaloosa, alabama, smithville. mississippi. northern georgia, all affected by the tornadoes. and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying

missouri, 14 hours after the tornado went through there. and i was in tuscaloosa, alabama, smithville. mississippi. northern georgia, all affected by the tornadoes. and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side mentioned we've really done a good job and haven't lost any lives and working hard, and we saved the school and did this and did that. later i went and talked to the mayor and governor and police, fire, e.m.s. folks and chiefs and command staffs and a lot of people that had been working on fighting the flood in north dakota for literally -- much longer, but this part of it for two weeks. and sometimes i think we miss things and we forget things. but for total devastation, they did not lose one life. that is incredible. if you can view the damage that happened there. and the reason that is, is because they prepared. they took the time. they

northern indiana had ten inches of snow from the system. same system that brought the snow to tennessee, mississippi and even parts of missouri. so, yeah, we missed it. we got the rain and the warmth from it. now, the cold has moved in as well. let's show you the day planner for the rest of this afternoon. variably cloudy skies. temperatures, they may stay in the 40s the rest of the afternoon. to near 50. better chance you'll see 50 along the bay and southeast of town. where there is a little bit more sunshine. north and west with the clouds now, low sun angle this time of year. we're stuck in the 40s. with a west to northwest wind, that will feel even worse than that. some of the wind chills staying in the 30s. want to show you what's been going on. we've been watching the clouds here. watch how they march eastward and southeastward over the last few hours. this is expected in the mountains, to come out to 95 and now into southern maryland headed toward the lower parts of the northern neck. temperatures have actually dropped since last hour. we were 50 at 11:00. we're now 48. 43 in hagerstown. 28 in garrett county. lots of 40

missouri and southern illinois. some of it mixes with rain over northern alabama. closer to home, we've had passing showers moving through overnight. now it's settled down, just cloudy over northern virginia, the district, and much of maryland. a few sprinkles in calvert county and northern neck. the heavier rain associated with that storm is now moving into the central and southern shenandoah valley. light rain in the northern shenandoah valley and northern west virginia. that's eventually heading toward the metro area. it's a mild morning. right now it's near 60 from the mountains to the beaches and near 60 in the district of columbia and the nearby suburbs. we'll stay on the mild side through the morning hours to midday. with some lighter rain moving in this morning. by noontime through the middle of the afternoon, some of that moderate rain is coming through from time to time, getting chillier at sunset. sunset at 4:47. then the 40s by midnight. a lot of rain should have ended by then. chillier by dawn tomorrow. we'll look at that and the rest of the week and t

northerners and efforts by southerners. and one of those people was senator thomas benton of missouri.senator thomas benton was the great uncle of thomas been, the great painter. but senator bitten painted a very different picture. he thought stephen douglas is kansas-nebraska act as part of a conspiracy. i want to retrieve what he said on the floor of the senate when they were debating the kansas-nebraska act. as he's describing the conspiracy. i must now look for the real object, the particular purpose for which it was manufactured, the kansas-nebraska act, and the grand movement of which is the basis. first, the mission of mr. katz to santa ana, we'll talk about him in a moment, it must have convinced about the time of this bill, it must've been conceived about the time of this bill. $50 million for as much mexican territory on our southern border as would make five or six states. secondly, the mission of ambassadors to madrid, $250 million for cuba. we will talk about cuba in a minute. this nebraska bill is only an entering wedge to future enterprises, i think manufactured for a pa

missouri, but most of this is rain now. it looks pretty impressive. but the energy with this storm is actually going to dive south of us. we'll just get clipped by the northern end tv with maybe a couple of showers during the day tomorrow. today, as it approaches, a mix of sun and clouds. high temperatures about the same as yesterday, upper 50's and low 60's t. just won't be as sunny as it was yesterday, but still call it nice. sunrise at 7:36. overnight tonight, no rain, temperatures will drop back into the upper 30's and low 40's. sun sets this evening at three isn't after 6:00. the weather map today shows a storm diving down through the carolinas. there's going to be a trailing cold front that's going to come through, so even though most of the storm is going to miss us, we're going to keep a slight chance of rain in the forecast. it's going to be on the breezy side as the wind shifts from the southwest to the north behind the front. the forecast going into the weekend, 30% chance for rain tomorrow, 58. sunshine on saturday and sunday. a little chilly on saturday, but nice, here near 55. we'll be in the mid 60's early next week. the time is 6:15. let's se

northern portions of california. >> my college roommate is in town today here in new york going back to jefferson city, missouri, will back today, steven? >> she's leaving from laguardia? >> newark. >> could be a travel delay. >> she's getting on my nerves. good to see her at first. i have to make sure she's on a plane. >> that's not true. she wasn't even staying with me. >> she's been here since saturday. >> you're sick of her! >> totally sick of her! fed up! you want your freedom back. i get it. >> she's starting to bug you. >> i love you. >> what's wrong with you? >> who knows? >> she hit me harder than she did you. >> i don't know. >> now to the rest of your headlines. come to your tv screen this moment. you got to see this video. >> the chopper pilot somehow walked away from the crash with minor scrapes. he was helping put up a christmas tree in new zealand when the chopper blades spun him out of control, no one on the ground was hurt. >> that's the amazing thing. people were standing around there. >> what were they thinking with all those wires? >> those people are lucky to be alive. >> yeah, it's only -- ok. j

to the mississippi and missouri valley and a little bit of snow showing up on the doppler right now in portions of southern minnesota and northernouthern california. current temperatures as you head out the door on this awfully short work week, it's only 21 in caribou, maine. 10 right now in rapid city. it's three dozen in kansas city and if you're lucky enough to be down in tampa right now, 69. meanwhile, take a look at your television and there you have the daytime highs for this monday. >> of course, on monday as we talk about sunday football and for that, mr. kilmeade. >> and more than just football, steve, nascar and soccer. with no michael vick in the line-up, giants fans thought they might have their way with the philadelphia eagles. after all, the eagles are struggling and vince young hasn't played since the early 60's. while he played and he played very well. eagles up 10-3 in the fourth. eli manning, victor cruz, end zone. tie game. then i nodded off to only wake up to find out this! eagles on a drive, third and goal. a little over two minutes left, young to riley cooper. they get the big win, 17-10 and the giants are