think the gentleman would agree that over the last several years, in arkansas, there's been a phenomenal rate of growth in the northwest part of our state. the area that i happen to represent, the great third district of arkansas. it's known for its incredible growth over the last several years. now it is home to some pretty well-known companies, companies like wal-mart and j.b. hunt trucking and tyson foods. and if you look at northwest arkansas, there's really no compelling reason why prior to the establishment of those major companies that northwest arkansas would be an area where you would have this unprecedented growth. but because of the entrepreneurial spirit and drive of guys like sam walton and don tyson and j.b. hunt and i could go down another list of people that have provided jobs and expanded, created and expanded businesses and made a meaningful impact on the greater mid south and the entire nation, but for their entrepreneurial spirit, northwest arkansas would be kind of an average area. no great infrastructure until recently there. no real compelling reason why it would be anything special. but we're fi

the system in the texas panhandle is pushing precipitation for northwest arkansas. it will be here pretty quickly over the course of the next 24 hours or so. the futurecast shows a sunny sark -- sunday start to our friday. rain and snow showers will develop by early evening. it will be mild during the day so we do not anticipate any rush-hour problems tomorrow. light rain and snow showers may bring a coating of rain in early saturday morning and more substantial snow showers saturday evening. we could pick up a couple of inches of snow in the colder areas on brassier surfaces. we will see some sunshine and snow continues in the mountains on sunday. it will be the coldest we have seen in a while. developing in the nighttime hours at low pressure system passes to the south. a good weekend for skiing, but a cold one. the high in the mountains saturday only 19. by evening, the chance for rain showers, and later friday night a snow shower. down around ocean city, cloudy tomorrow but a mild day before scattered rain and snow showers move across the beach on saturday. the

ride right along this front and be just south of baltimore in this area of low pressure in northwest arkansasride along the front and bring all the messy whether that is in the middle of the country. that is why we are talking potential wintry weather. right now it is mostly producing rain from st. louis into parts of western tennessee, western kentucky. a little like so tricking toward -- streaking toward chicago. this will be mainly a rainmaker to the south and a narrow band of snow on the northern edge of it. you can see it developing as begin to the midday hours tomorrow. anytime after 11:00 in the morning into early afternoon. temperatures will be above freezing when it begins. the initial snow will probably melt on contact. as we get toward sunset and beyond tomorrow, during the evening rush hour, that is when sunlight accumulations may occur. we could see some rain mixing in with the system is out of baltimore. it lingers into the evening hours. tomorrow's rush hour may be impacted by this. it will taper off late tomorrow night and by thursday the skies are clearing. sunshine back in y

arkansas to the carolinas. rain and snow will extend from the pacific northwest to the northern rockies. >>> in sports, the l.a.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 -- 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 kick off a day early this year and you can thank president obama for it. the league has moved the season's opening game to wednesday,

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northwest ohio at this stage. that's temperature-related. farther south along our latitude out in parts of the ohio river valley it is rain. some thunderstorms moving through in parts of arkansas overnight as well. we'll talk about how this storm will affect our weather this weekend coming up. >> our big story this morning. the clash between women's health. >> kai reed has more. >> the susan g. komen foundation to cut off funding for planned parenthood set off a big reaction. >> we are hearing from men, from women, everyone. the idea that funding would be cut from breast care programs did not make sense. >> in contrast, the maryland coalition for life applauded komen's plan to end support of planned parenthood. friday the nation announced it changed its mind. the founder said it will continue to fund existing grants, including planned parenthood. she said that there is a presumption that changes were made for political reasons. it was not. komen said it was the investigation, not planned parnede parenthood's pro-choice stance that prompted it to withdraw funding. >> 80% of what we do is preventative. so sex education in the schools, s.t.d. testing and treatment, information, t

one moving into the pacific northwest and the one moving into the plains will be mainly rain, but a threat for severe storms throughout portions of the south and into arkansaseastern texas. and to the north, could see a little bit of a wintry mess there. mild temperatures around the gulf coast states. the orange and the red showing the mildest reading, 60s and 70s. the blues showing the cold, but still only in the 40s. thursday, a chance for snow around the great lakes. that next system moving into the northeast. some of the higher elevations could see a wintry mix, maybe some sleet or snow. otherwise just rain along the eastern seaboard with mild temperatures. forts to the northeast, to 50 degrees in d.c. 60s and lower 70s throughout the southeast. friday, a chance of rain in the pacific northwest, the southwest and southeast and some of those lingering snow showers in the northeast. mainly northern new england, upstate new york and we'll see a calm day for a huge portion of the country on saturday. that's going to be the good news from the northern plains all the way down almost to the southern plains. however, around the gulf coast and parts of the panha

northwest. clouds and snow shown in white along the front. that will drop our way later tonight and early tomorrow morning. we have a weak system down to the stock causing rainfall in arkansasrently. that will slide our way. those two systems will combine over the. that will give us like precipitations' later this evening and into and early tomorrow morning. -- those two systems will combine over the washington acordia. grain developing around dinner time tonight than mixing with snowflakes in the metro area by tomorrow morning with no accumulation. tin-tin to all snow north west of town through the nighttime -- changing to all snow. four degrees tomorrow with a brief snow showers tomorrow afternoon with not much stimulation. gusty air through the weekend and colder. trace amounts of snow possible to request of washington. up to and it's possible in frederick,, charlestown hancock, maryland could seal to an inch by midday tomorrow. back to the seven-day forecast. by monday we will start sunday at 34 -- 44 degrees. >> trace amounts of traffic is what we find. take you through the mixing bowl in maryland, this is rockville. i love this camera. it looks like a starfish. 33 is

northwest of bowling green we have tornado warnings in effect. watches now stretching just to the north of little rock, arkansas into extreme southern ohio.til 12 this afternoon. as we look now, branson, missouri, live as the sun has come up, you can see the damage there. just horrific. luckily, no deaths in branson. that's the good news. then to the north of there, let's go to duluth, minnesota, where the weather channel's mike seidel is. mike, it's looking grim there. you've got a lot of wind and snow to talk about. >> we do. it's taken all year for it to snow like this in duluth. the biggest storm was saturday with 3.2 inches. lake superior crashing over the sea wall. we have had wind gusts to 54 miles per hour. it's only 30 degrees. it could be colder but blowing snow, drifting snow and warnings continue through this evening. some spots with as much as a foot of snow already, al. you get the sense that it's finally looking like winter in the north land. al? >> thank you, mike. the storm system making it to new england. parts of new england looking at 6 to 12 inches of snow in the next 24 hours. ." >> good morning. the rain will arrive

folks in arkansas are getting a winter blast as well, snow, freezing rain and sleet blanketing parts of that state, making roadways slick. 1-4 inches accumulating in the northwest that state. jon: what's in store for the place where you are? meteorologist janice dean, live in the extreme weather center, all decked out in her valentine's day pink! >> reporter: happy valentine's day to you and jenna. full disclosure, jon scott's nickname up in the hair and makeup department is johnny love! so every day is valentine's day for johnny love! >> jon: there's a story behind that but we can't share it. >> reporter: darn it! got to save time for that stuff. jon: goes back to the first year of fox news channel. >> reporter: i can't wait! that's a tease. valentine's day. we got to find out, johnny! >> jon: okay. get on with the wherever, would you! >> >> reporter: snugly weather across the ohio valley where we're getting snow and rain across the southeast. our next big system across the four corner, that's the storm we're talking about the rest of the work week, we've got winter advisories for the four corners and the southwest, and watch this storm quickly move across the

northwest of bowling green, tornado warnings in effect. tornado watches now stretching from little rock, just to the north of little rock, arkansas, all the ohio. these go in effect until 12:00 this afternoon. again, as we look now brandon, missouri, live as the sun comes up. you can see the damage there. just horrific. and luckily no deaths to branson. that's the good news. to the north of there, let's go now to duluth, minnesota. that's where the weather channel's mike seidel is. and mike, it is looking pretty grim there. you've got a lot of wind and lot of snow to talk about. >> yeah. we do. it has taken all we are for it to snow like this up here in duluth. biggest storm was saturday with 3.2 inches. looking at 6 to 10. lake superior crashing over the sea wall. we had wind gusts to 54 miles an hour. it is only 30 degrees. it could be a lot colder. but winds, drifting snow, and warnings continue through this evening. sunsome spots had as much as a foot of snow already, al. you get a sense it is finally looking like winter in north land. >> thanks so much, mike. that storm system making its way to new england. parts of new england will