they had a foot of snow through oklahoma. it will continue to track to newfoundland towards the end-- new england--oklahoma city they could see records today. they had some broken with the amount of snowfall that has come down already. during the average week oklahoma city gets over soaring over an average winter they get 19 in. of snow. they are the f- 14.already have 14 ft. on the ground. here you can see the snow coming down and wind blowing just miserable conditions in oklahoma. texas as well. in texas we had 120 cancellations. we will keep are eye on that. six 06 a.m., back with more moment. ♪ [ male announcer ] not all steel is created equal. not all manufacturing processes are created equal. not all engineering standards are created equal. which is why not all luxury vehicles are created equal. the hard way means never taking short cuts. the hard way is how lexus inspires absolute confidence. this is the pursuit of perfection. see what it takes at lexus.com/thehardway. [ female announcer ] starbucks via is planted the

in oklahoma, fear of the snow gave birth to the nickname smoke oklahoma phobia, 2011.someone called it the blizzard of oz. others are calling it tie ran nas snow rex. but our favorite came from jetblue airlines. they were leaning calling it snostradamus. it had to hurt. dealing with all of the bad weather. but perhaps by sharing our misery, our boredom, our creativity, online with the rest of the country, we can all help each other deal with the snowmageddon or the snowpocalypse or whatever name you've come up with for this storm. i'm jeremy hubbard, in new york.

they expect 8 to 10 inches here in oklahoma city.more than a foot in the northern half of the state. this comes on the heels of blizzard conditions last week across the southern plains. kansas getting pounded yesterday. today it's oklahoma. texas and arkansas will also be affected. underneath this snow is a thin layer of ice, which is making things very slick. of course, businesses have been closed for more than a week now. school has been out in the oklahoma area for seven days. that's a record. things will warm up by the end of the debut the 20s, perhaps the 30s, but. , that's still 25 to 30 degrees below normal here. lynn, back to you. >> all right, jay. stay warm. get back in the truck. thank you for that report. >> thanks. >>> first, after a weekend lull, and 16 days into egypt's political crisis, passionate crowds have returned to cairo's main square with anti-government protesters staging one of their biggest demonstrations yet. helping to ignite hundreds of thousands yesterday was a young google executive who claims to have h

smashing the all-time record for snowfall in oklahoma city. it fell so fast, more than two inches an hour, plows couldn't keep up. ferocious winds made it worse. according to abc's ryan owens. >> across so much of the country it's not just the snow but the howling winds. here in oklahoma city, winds have gusted in excess of 60 miles an hour. creating near whiteout conditions and a miserable windchill of up to 30 degrees below zero. >> reporter: in tulsa, the heaviest snowfall in history. more than 13 inches. so bad, the local newspaper, "the tulsa world," announced for the first time ever it would not print tomorrow. by tonight, the monster had roared into the midwest, challenging even the hardy souls of chicago. >> when you live up north you have to expect weather like this on occasion. good and bad. it's kind of a fun challenge, don't you think? >> right now it's really biting. it's kind of making me numb. i kind of have a hard time talking right now. my lips route now are numb. >> reporter: the leading edge of the blizzard arrived just in t

this is what you see if you live in oklahoma city, this is live there. got to head out for work. aren't you glad you don't face that. the snow is coming down. the roads are covered. they say that in parts of even texas and kansas they got a lot of snow and forecasters expect as much as a foot in that region later on. people are still digging out from the massive storm last week. if you are out and about, i know oklahoma city too, if you get outside of there you are in rural areas. you don't want to be out there in this. >> oklahoma not okay this morning. >> last they had airports and businesses closed, a lot of schools. they may have to look at that again. >> i'm feeling guilty saying it was cold here. >> i know. i know. we're kind of whiners here. quite a contrast from the dust bowl years for oklahoma. 47 degrees in napa, 37 in santa rosa and 50 in san francisco. our temperatures are going to drop for the next couple of hours. maybe 5 degrees of dipping. so all the heat from yesterday was able to escape back out into the atmosphere. one thing we are pic

downtown oklahoma city looks a bit like a frozen ghost town. snowplows still haven't come through, most of the city after one of the biggest single day snowfalls in this city's history. more than a foot of snow here, 18 inches in parts of oklahoma from this massive winter storm. across oklahoma, just venturing outside was treacherous. >> the way it is, i don't know, the whole place is going to be shut down, the whole city. >> reporter: with the furiously falling snow came bitter cold temperatures in single digits and whiteout conditions from 50 mile per hour winds. >> my feet are like numb as well as my hands and the rest of my extremities. >> reporter: meteorologists are already calling this the great blizzard of 2011. milwaukee is expecting 16 inches of snow, 13 inches in st. louis and 14 inches in indianapolis. a quarter inch of freezing rain can down power lines. forecasters say at least that much could accumulate in cities like indianapolis, columbus, cleveland, and new york city by wednesday. >> this is probably going to be one of the mor

well it's time for tonight's tool time award and we're giving it to lawmakers in oklahoma under a new law that's being discussed teachers would be forced to openly question in class the theory of evolution to the legislation is called h.b. fifteen fifty one and it's titled the scientific education and academic freedom act and it singled out biological evolution the chemical origins of life global warming and human cloning as the topics that are controversial and for that reason need to be questioned now this isn't the first time the oklahoma has tried to pass this law and in fact it failed several times after being introduced by republican sally current and most political circles she is considered to be a bit of a when she said homosexuality is a greater threat to the u.s. than terrorism and apparently science is also now a huge threat according to sally kohn now oklahoma's for excellence in science education have basically made fun of this bill saying that well if this august ad is just a way to discredit anybody who believes in evolution but since lawmakers there still want to quest

the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. lucas: thank you, i yield to the gentlelady from missouri for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. hart ler: my family has been involved in farming for generations. like today's farmers, they worked hard investing their lives and resources to make a living for thems and to feed the world. they would be shocked today by the amount of government interference. the e.p.a. is proposing numerous proposals that are harmful to agriculture. one wants to regulate dust on the farm. they call it air quality. where i'm from it's called living in the country. in case they haven't heard, drive on a gravel road and planting seeds in dirt makes dust. we don't need washington to regulate dust, we need common sense. e.p.a. wants to do more. they are reviewing, again, the registration of a common, useful herbside that's been used safely for -- herbicide that's been used safely for years. it's time to get government out of agriculture and preserve the farmi

ryan owens is in oklahoma tonight. >> reporter: three people were killed in oklahoma this morning whenuck slid off the interstate and plunged 80 feet into the icy river below. >> personnel have been recovered. >> reporter: two days after the storm moved through, much of oklahoma and texas remain paralyzed. we left oklahoma city this morning headed to dallas. that's normally a three-hour trip. we've been on the road more than four hours and haven't made it halfway there. we're rarely above 25 miles an hour, and everywhere you look are reminders of what happens if you try to go faster. what awaits us in texas isn't much better. with the super bowl just days away, dallas is encased in ice. texas power companies are warning customers to conserve. one day after rolling blackouts across the state shut off power for 10 to 45 minutes at a time, even at many hospitals. notoriously prideful texas had to go so far as to buy electricity from mexico, just to keep the lights and the heat on. >> they should have been better prepared for this. >> reporter: in chicago, where the blizzard stranded 1,000

jim in oklahoma city. we want to tell you about the bay area airports because airports across the country have definitely been effected. here's a live look at san jose airport. it is reporting one departure cancellation right now. that was a flight to dallas where that airport just reopened within the last few minutes after being closed due to the ice storm. oakland airport is reporting a couple of delays on departing flights to the midwest. we do have a photo journalist at sfo this morning. take a look. here's some new video. several flights to new york, chicago and boston have all been canceled at sfo. flights scheduled to depart for sfo if you're expecting someone in they're delayed an average of 48 minutes right now. not too bad considering. but please check with your airline if you are traveling to an area effected by this very big storm. >>> time now 6:48. in his first state of the state speech of his new add m governor jerry brown urged lawmakers to let voters decide how to deal with california's $2

you're driving conditions around oklahoma city. talks winter driving from the midwest down to dallas, up towards new england. oklahoma is showing the state of emergency. >> the latest as we monitor what's happening to the flights in san francisco, in fact because of the store. especially now that the dallas-fort worth airport is closed. will tran is live at sfo. >> they added another cancellation from the last time you saw me. this is that lana, everybody is staring at the departure board. dallas to flights have been canceled, in fact three flights they added another flight in the past 10 seconds. 720 fightflights are rd time. they could be in the air, they pack enough you'll just in case dallas does not dig itself out from the snow. in that case it or circle dallas. if they get a word that they can't land and dallas, then diversion as a last option. that could happen. so even though you might be allowed to take off from sfo, some of those places are sought in with snow. is far from over one juror in the air anything could happen.

of snow in oklahoma.timate conditions develop. >> reporter: more snow, a frigid temperatures, the planes and parts of the mid set are bracing for a powerful weather system forecast for eight states. bringing several feet of snow to the mountain west. been >> i've had enough for a while. >> reporter: people of stocking up on groceries. >> it is my first time out and buying for other families. >> reporter: for those two brave enough to venture out the avenue lemberg commerce. >> we learned our lesson in 2009 vehicles doorstep, they couldn't stop it will. we responded to lots of calls. we had no one getting stuck in the weather. >> reporter: parts of texas see 2-4 in. of snow and sleet. bringing rain, snow to the deep south later that week. >> we hope come up with a the next run of be as bad. >> reporter: many schools are closed to get the day airports are slowly coming back on as the snow is starting to taper off. dulles airports turning to reopen. they say they will reopen and slowly into the afternoon. >>

right after the oklahoma city bombing in one thousand nine hundred five the f.b.i. in fact hired about five hundred new agents and they were largely tasked to domestic terrorism the american radical right and there were a lot of people arrested and rightly arrested as a result this wasn't some railroading into prison of a bunch of people who merely had noxious ideas these were people who were involved in criminal plots but since nine eleven we've become concerned that the federal government really to stop seem to be paying much attention at least high political levels and we've tried very hard to kind of remind law enforcement officials not that al qaeda isn't that important obviously it's a threat and a serious threat but boy we have to remember there's a very serious movement here in the united states and it produced a lot of. sort of the johnny appleseed of the racist movement i plant my seeds in. many of them have now become pretty good trees they're out there and the most important people that i have influenced nobody knows. i don't even know. so i can't tell a

over oklahoma and missouri, ready to really bear down on the midwest in the coming hours. here we go again. millions of americans will need scrapers and shovels through tomorrow as blizzard warnings are up in seven states. the head of knee ma is treating the storm as if it were an approaching hurricane. >> i want toal people like with a hurricane, you see the storm coming, now is the time to get ready. >> that's what cities have been doing, oklahoma city's fleet of snowplows standing by. in chicago, they have moved mountains of road salt in place and hoboken, new jersey, owners of still-snowed-in cars were told to dig them out or they would be towed. the other worry is ice, a big belt, enough to snap tree branches and power line, could reach from oklahoma to missouri, illinois, indiana, ohio, and pennsylvania. >> it's not out of the question we could see a half an inch of ice, if we get that there is going to be real problems, we're talking about major power outages, talking about driving difficulties, shutting down roads. >> we know it's going to be bad, prepare like it's

oklahoma city has only 18 snow plows. across the southwest where more ice than snow isó7 crews prepare to salt streets and power companies in texas are anticipating service outages. on monday, freezing rain and snow created icy conditions for commuters across nebraska, the dakotas and much of the midwest. cars spun and slid as the ice caused dozens of accidents. oklahoma, missouri, and illinois have already declared states of emergency. 600 national guard troops have been activated across missouri. >> folks should batten down the hatches and hold on. the most likely place to get hurt is out on the road. >> reporter: once the snow stops falling, the temperatures will continue to drop. a separate front bringing frigid air is behind this storm and the blast would make it feel as cold as 50 degrees below zero from dakotas to the texas as the winter mass moves east. back here in downtown oklahoma city. it looks like a frozen ghost town. travel on the roads is almost impossible. the same for the air. the airport here is closed.

i am from oklahoma city. my daddy was a former oklahoma city policeman. i just wanted to talk about the unions a little bit. i am sure you remember back in the 1970's when the police went on strike. most of your policemen out there and work two jobs for many years and a lot of that had to do with the police were not paying enough to be a middle-class family. that is why a lot of these guys went out and started working second jobs. i know the chief had a lot to do with revolutionizing the police department, getting money in there, equipment. they bought all of their guns, uniforms, and everything else. guest: things have changed a lot. i remember back in 1970. i was in middle school at the time. we think police officers and firefighters should be well compensated, and we think they are. caller: good morning. i would like to address what the the new jersey caller said about teachers and vacations. my daughter is a teacher. those teachers -- my daughter has never had a vacation. when she gets off from school, she works two or three jobs during the summer. du

if you are from oklahoma, we call them in being close -- clothes.t is good to see all these dancers and singers as well, their families. when we gather like this, we start out with prayer, so please stand if you are able. creator, grandfather, we give thanks this day for the many blessings for this beautiful day, this opportunity to honor our own here in san francisco city hall. we give thanks to native and non-native alike, those that are here today. when this ends, we hope that they travel safe, that they continue this relationship, creator. we remember the words spoken here by the leaders of our native american community. creator, blessings upon them. our seniors, are dancers, everyone in attendance. remember those that have passed that are not able to be here, i am for health -- in poor health. remember our veterans. we know you have told us there is no such thing as a good war. we ask that our veterans come home safely and return to their families, their tribes. we pray these things come late -- these things humbly to you, grandfather. [singing

we're talking about 2 below in places like oklahoma city. 4 degrees in dallas, texas. yes, 4 degrees. the same dallas that had a 1 below wind chill this morning. so this arctic air spreads all the way east. now here's the storm that's right behind it. it does cut a path of snow and ice right through the mid to deep south and curves up into new england. but it's much smaller than the storm we're in now. the groundhog may have said that spring is around the corner, but diane, there's so much snow here, i can't even see the corner from here. >> okay, sam, we'll batten down the hatches for what's to come. thank you for reporting in tonight. >>> and we want to turn now overseas to the other seismic story we're following today, the crisis in egypt, at a turning point. we watched a fear seem to become a reality today. the pitched battles breaking out in the streets of cairo, between those who support the regime of the embattled president, hosni mubarak, and those who want him to leave now. a day of dramatic images, demonstrators riding in on horses and camels. they used shard

and a beautiful 70 degrees in the one and only vinita, oklahoma.ry school and suiting up for dodge ball. i love that game. the all-adult teams say it's all in good fun. they've come out with some pretty catchy names like the good, the bad and the ballsy. >> i know all of these people look really young, but some of these players are well into their 40s. they say the game is therapeutic and it helps they use a no-sting broken. >> don't break a hip. >>> more "world news now" coming up after this. a hit, guys. more "world news now" congress up after this. [ female announcer ] experience dual-action power, with listerine®whitening® plus restoring rinse. it's the only listerine® that gets teeth two shades whiter and makes tooth enamel two times stronger. get dual-action listerine® whitening® rinse. building whiter stronger teeth. [ male announcer ] 100 crisps in every can. ♪ ♪ 100 ways to enjoy pringles. ♪ ♪ 100 crisps, 100 ways. ♪ ♪ everything pops with pringles. >>> with just 71 days to go until the royal wedding, here at "world news now" we're searchi

airports closed from oklahoma to chicago. more than 6,000 flights scrapped nationwide.ower outages from texas to michigan. more than 30 states affected by this mammoth storm. kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking this huge winter storm for us this morning. what can we expect today? >> slow movement. chicago with 17 inches of snow. they're telling people from oklahoma city to much of missouri to stay off the highways today. they're still not clear. interstate 70 still closed between kansas city and st. louis, and it hasn't even snowed there in about eight to ten hours. it just shows you the winds are whipping around the storm system. now, we're still watching gusts of 30 in chicago, 26 in st. louis, and it is cold on the back side of that storm. the snow is blowing all over. in new england a lot of airport problems from icy conditions in new york to snow in boston. it'sç a mess travel-wise today lynn. as i said, slow improvement. >> all right, bill. thanks so much. we'll check in with you in just a moment. >>> on what's a half concession

what's the basic mood of people in oklahoma city? you have to be tired of this weather. >> reporter: i think a lot of people are getting weary of all this. really it's been kind of a headache. a lot of schools throughout the region closing down again. and many schools throughout this region in texas and oklahoma and kansas, they don't budget this many snow days. they're already over that. and with states already battling so many budget problems, a lot of kids won't be able to make up the days they've missed. the kids are happy, parents probably aren't too happy. >> i'm not going to keep you out in the snow any longer. thank you for being with us and trying to stay warm back here. >>> our time is now 5:26. tomorrow is decision day at uc berkeley proposed cuts in cal's sports programs could lead to even more cuts. >>> and good morning. i'm jade hernandez. we're live in san jose this morning where a man accused of beating a priest goes before a judge. we'll have more on that coming up. >>> also, how do you like swapping your used cardbo

i am from oklahoma city. my daddy was a former oklahoma city policeman. i just wanted to talk about the unions a little bit. i am sure you remember back in the 1970's when the police went on strike. most of your policemen out there and work two >> you can watch this segment and more coverage of this week's mayor's meetings at our video library at c-span.org. mike huckabee is at the national press club promoting "a simple government: twelve things we really need from washington." a conversation about that book is just about to get started live here, on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> can everybody hear me? good. it is great to see this great crowd here. wonderful. mike huckabee is here today. it is a part of his book tour to promote his newest book, "a simple government: twelve things we really need from washington (and a trillion that we don't!) ." is an honor and pleasure to introduce a man who burst on the national stage in to those and it when he won our republi

host: this story looks at foreclosures in oklahoma and says oklahoma city was ranked as -- guest: we have largely been unaffected by the housing cris. a there is a bottle of discretionary income because our salaries tend to be higher. housing prices are very low in lahoma city. i think that what charlotte has dawned in going this incredible city i have had the good fortune of visiting, oklahoma city is starting to realize the secret of the workforce are attract to cities whe there is a high quality of life. if you are talking about job creation, it is because we have been able to attct that talent pool. host: this tweet -- guest: is a real challenge. it will largely do it through property taxes and pay it out over several years. we have 17,000 leads of road in the city that we are responsible for. guest: we are working every day to try to make sure we are preparing this community for success. whether it is within the context of a workforce development or other things, we are trying to move forward. i think a lost sight of what your question was. hoswe do it through property tas prima

oklahoma city harsh driving conditions. state of emergency has been issued for 77 counties in the state. >> we also monitoring of air travel. dulles airport closed for about one hour earlier this morning. we reopen half hour ago. will tran is live to see how it is affecting flights out of san francisco. >> how it's affecting flights is a lot of people may have to be diverted to other destinations because they cannot get to the east coast, midwest. let me show you an example. we before talk to a gentleman here. he was supposed to take off at 9:25 a.m., it says cancelled, they're headed to london. that has been cancelled. he went to the ticket counter, hopped onto the 1025 flight to dallas-fort worth. i did talk to a couple of people, they say even though it is on time right now, anything can happen. that can change instantly to cancel. the made introduce you here to lee. it's going to be an inventor for you today is that right? >> sure. >> what did you think when you saw cancelled? >> they called us and said your flight has

you can add tulsa, oklahoma airport and the wil rogers airport in oklahoma city to the list. we're live in oklahoma city. jim? >> reporter: most people have heeded the warning here. we're in downtown oklahoma city. it's a ghost town. we didn't see much traffic. what's deceptive is there's only about 4 or 5 inches of snow here at most. they say they might get about 8 inches here when it's all done. it's very deceptive, because with the wind and the bitter, bitter cold, it's creating whiteouts that just squall out of nowhere. it will seem like it's coming down and then you can't see but a few feet in front of you. this-- this whole downtown is shut for business. nobody is out at all. we're hearing that the sun has come up. some people have headed out on the highways and the roads and they are already getting trappedded. the national guard here in oklahoma -- stranded. the national guard here in oklahoma is being deployed to help. this is a very serious storm. this is not one of those sit back an have some hot chick -- chocolate storms. wind chills below zero, nothing to mess wi

that's why we're here. >> reporter: nearly a foot of blinding snow broke records in oklahoma. and toppled rooftops in connecticut and massachusetts. >> we heard creeking and shaking. looked up and saw ceiling tiles falling. basically, just yelled for everybody to get out of the building. >> reporter: take a look at chicago o'hare, which went from a busy air space, to a virtual standstill. closed all commercial flights, canceled until thursday. before this week, chicago schools hadn't been closed down because of weather since 1999. late today they will be shut down for a second-straight day. rob and vinita? >>> the issue behind the storm is the bitter cold. looking at the nation's weather, highs only in the teens from minneapolis to kansas city. and just 21 in dallas. 27 here in new york. 44 in atlanta. and 38 in new orleans. miami, the place to be today, they'll see a high of 80 degrees. lucky them. >> a new storm brings sleet and up to an inch of snow in southern texas. three inches in houston, to shreveport and jackson, mississippi. thunderstorms in orlando, tallahassee and

>> oklahoma.he president that oklahoma -- at pepperdine went to oklahoma dan went to oklahoma and hired me to be the chief of staff. that was the vice president for executive the fears -- affairs. i served there for five years then went to all miss as chancellor. >> how long were you there? >> 11 years. >> whether the big differences? -- what are the differences? >> when i came back to private higher education, people would ask me what the differences. two-thirds is the same. hiring the best faculty you can. the one-third that is different is really refreshing. i felt like i had been re- potted. there is the pressure of raising the money, but you get to eat what you kill. there was also the fighting back and forth with other institutions in ways that made it difficult and i just very much liked having the ability to say we were a private institution and we did not do that. basically if we could get board approval and someone to find did that we could bring it about. a company will say they need to

alan: the '71 cuda, that came out of oklahoma. it's another dick car. uh, and that car was gone over completely, 110%. that car we're going all the way-- complete disassembly, do every nut and bolt in the car. dick: the guy was saying that it was a restorable car, and a lot of the cars that you were gonna see had six cylinders in 'em and on the-- column, this was on the console, the 440s, so things that you'd want to start to work with. took a chance based on the fact that he sent 100 pictures of it, pictures of the fenders, no rust. when it got here, it wound up to all be true. this was gonna be a complete frame off. this was gonna go, um... especially when we started seeing the shape it was in, it because a no-brainer to bring it all the way up. it was a car to completely restore. alan: we're gonna redo the 440 we've got in there. obviously change cams, do head work. we're not going back to stock. we're not trying to make a stock motor out of it. we're painting that one a lime green

they produced gusty winds and hail in oklahoma. residents have to brace for strong west winds which will sweep dust across the state of oklahoma today. >>> and you may not lyrics to that song, it never rains in southern california. right? but yesterday, it snowed. this is a golf course in burbank. it covered in white as you can see. not a huge accumulation but enough to get creative and build a snowman there. >> not too much of that around here. but the sierra got hit. >> they got a couple of feet of snow in the high sierra. burbank the first time they had snow in 60 years. we had snow in the north and south and flurries in the city. not quite enough for a snowman, though. we are beginning to warm up. partly cloudy, a few cold spots but a 10 degrees warmup from yesterday at this time. >> temperature-wise, it means we'll be in the upper 50s to low 60s with a chance of warm rain moving into the north bay tonight should be light, hit or miss type activity staying to the north until wednesday when we'll see the front cross the greater

it plunged to 31 below zero in northern oklahoma yesterday, an all-time low for that state. forecasters say a much-needed thaw is right around the corner. >> winter is not quite over yet. but the pattern we're looking at may be the end of winter. we're likely to still have snow and ice on occasion in march. >> by next week, it's expected to climb to the upper 70s in oklahoma. and it is, in fact, a 100-degree difference in just 1 week. >> wow. amazing. >>> now, for this morning's weather from around the nation. scattered snowshowers around fargo, the twin cities, chicago and detroit. showers and thunderstorms for the coastal carolinas and much of florida. rain and mountain snow in seattle and the northern cascades. and frost and freeze warnings across texas and louisiana. >> new orleans gets up to 47. dallas, 50. 35 here in new york. 29 in boston. warming up in the middle of the country, with highs in the 30s, from minneapolis to kansas city. 40s from boise to albuquerque. >>> and when we come back on this friday morning, mortgage rates on the rise. what it means for the hous

sullivan of oklahoma. the chair: pursuant to the order of the house of february 18, 2011, the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. sullivan, and a member opposed will control three minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. sullivan: thank you, chairman. my amendment would delay the implementation of the e.p.a. e-15 waivers for the remainder of the fiscal year that would allow congress to address the safety concerns related to the higher blend of ethanol gasoline before the e.p.a. puts it in your general fuel supply. despite alarming consumer and environmental and economic concerns, the environmental protection agency has approved a 50% increase in the amount of corn-based ethanol allowed in gasoline used by cars and light trucks manufactured in 2001 model year and newer. this is simply another attempt by the e.p.a. to engineer ethanol mandates to drive ethanol subsidies forward. and yes this is a mandate. the e.p.a. has mandated we use 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels like ethanol annuall

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a live shot out of tulsa, oklahoma.nd the stuff that falls this morning, it's the snowiest winter ever if you manage to do that. your abc station will tally it up for you today. here's who gets snow. topeka oklahoma city tulsa, memphis, jackson, morehead city. atlanta. and there will be another snow line toward carolina. then comes the arctic air behind the system. and this is part of what made sure the snowmaker didn't get farther north from new york city into boston. it was the cold air that held that system in the south. next week, we start to warm up a little bit. i'm looking at l.a. that's 73 degrees this morning. and everybody can know -- we all i can't -- i can't take your -- >> make somebody's day. >> maybe i can take your free coffee. thank you. you did this. all that was brought to you by cottonelle. >>> he plays the wonderfully geeky dad, phil dunphy, on the show "modern family." ty burrell is here with us this morning. and he's going to give us a sneak peek at tonight's valentine's day episode. >> good to se

it is just brutal here in oklahoma city. this is a harbinger, obviously, as al was saying of what's to come through the midwest. here as you mentioned earlier a state of emergency. basically the city of oklahoma city is shut down. all the government offices are closed. the schools are closed. most businesses are closed. most people can't get around. there are a lot of accidents, parts of interstate 35 have been closed in the city because of a massive accident on the interstate there. a lot of people getting stuck. it is really dangerous out here. out-and-out blizzard conditions at times with winds 30 to 40 miles an hour. doesn't get much worse than this. i can tell you, this is some of the worst i've ever stood in. back to you. >> most importantly, be careful. jeff morrow, thank you. we'll have more on this storm in a while. >>> but first, here's meredith. >> thank you. >>> now to the other major breaking news we're following, that massive rally in cairo. the largest protest since the anti-government uprising began last week

just a week from today, oklahoma city at 77, dallas at 80 degrees. atlanta, 77.k even into new york and boston. those numbers, new york at near 60 degrees just a week from now. and if you go back to what you said about that amazing 31 degrees below, the coldest temperature ever in the state of oklahoma. if they get to the 70s, if you count up, that's about a 100-degree difference from this week to next week. >> 100 -- isn't that weird? >> reporter: 100 degrees in a week. it's bizarre. >> we're talking about short shorts and snow boots. you don't know which when you wake up in the morning. sam champion, great to see you, at night, too. >>> and coming up, our sherlock holmes on the trail of the government wasting your tax dollars. remember when you had " more energy for 18 holes with your buddies. more passion for the one ya love. more fun with your family and riends. it could be ! a treatable condition called low testosterone or lw t. come on, stop living in the shadows. you've got a life to live. [ male announcer ] so don't blame it on aging. talk to your doctor

ryan owens, abc news, oklahoma city. >>> and now, word of a national outrage. today, a mortgage scandal forced a major bank to apologize for targeting, even threatening members of the u.s. military while they were on active duty. jpmorgan chase today admitted overcharging 4,500 service members and foreclosing on 18 of them. abc's david muir on the laws that were broken and the lives badly disrupted. >> reporter: it was a rare apology from one of the big banks. to service members targeted. rates hiked and in some cases, foreclosed upon. >> i'd like to express to the men and women serving our country, chase's deepest regret over the mistakes we made. i commit to you that we will get this right. >> reporter: and listening to that apology today, captain jonathan rowles and his wife. rowles, a u.s. marine, endured a five-year battle with the bank. overcharges, threats of foreclosu foreclosure, even though his wife was paying on time. >> when you call your wife at 2:00 in the morning, just to see how things are going, and you spend 20 minutes, talking about, how can

oklahoma city, no one's had it rougher than oklahoma this year and the entire state gets a chance to warm up. we think you'll see about 70 degrees in oklahoma city by the time you get into wednesday. it's mild on the east coast. here's what you need to know new york city all the way to boston. this cold front comes through this afternoon, gusty winds, falling temperatures. you're nice and mild for the first part of the day but chilly during the morning. a >> wet week in the west. we'll talk more about that in the next half hour, george. >>> thank you, sam. when tiger mom amy chua got attacked on the blogs about her take no prisoners parenting style, her teen daughters were the first to rush to her defense. that makes us want to hear more about the kids who are subject of all of these experiences of parenting and have them weigh in on the question, is there a right way to raise successful kids? juju put that question to highly accomplished teens. these students were raised in very different styles. >> i think what the intensity of the tiger mom debate showed us is that understandably

>> everything was in oklahoma. >> and the phd was in what? >> the phd was in english and american literature, and i wrote my dissertation on someone that many americans don't know about, mike gould, one of the writers of the 1930's. >> go back to when you were at the university of oklahoma. you talk about protesting and being an activist and all. what were you protest something. >> well, you know, very few people know that university of oklahoma at norman was very active during the vietnam and the student protests, but even last year's, as i state in u.s., i got involved in the student movement, in the iranian student movement, against the shah, and that movement was very active all across europe and united states. i remember myself in front of white house saying c.i.a. agents, u.s. advisors out of iran, and then they were out. >> what year were you doing this? >> that was in late 1970's, in 1976, 1977. >> why did you want the shah out? >> well, at the time, the way i felt about it -- of course this part of it i still believe in -- i felt tha

this is oklahoma. we got this from oklahoma.re looking at some trees but you can see how the snow has just -- well, it's just blowing crazy there. the latest round of weather targets the plains states and the mid and southern states. dallas has had about 12 inches this morning. they expect more. a lot of airlines already prefansling -- precancelling frights -- flights. >> and it's really cold, that's what the reporter said,. >> yes. >> yes. >>> an incredible development involving gabby giffords. >>> and oakland's mayor makes a smart announcement -- makes a big, smart announcement. it's about her paycheck. gids. >>> this is just in. politico is reporting that congresswoman gabrielle giffords has started speaking again just one month after she was shot in the head. it's the first report of giffords speaking since she was seriously injured when the gunman opened fire at the community event the congresswoman was hosting in tucson. this is considered a major step forward in her rehabilitation. six people were killed in the rampage. t