what oklahoma kids got by stealth. and now oklahoma loves.klahoma loves it because kids in oklahoma just a few years into this started making truly long leaps in their letters and their spelling and their problem solving. oklahoma kids made truly long leaps. black kids, white kids, native american kids, hispanic kids. everybody. it really worked. and yes, it costs money to do this. but the academics who track this stuff say that the earlier you invest in a child's development the more you get back. they say that this is among the smartest money you can spend in public policy. and that was president obama's case this week. >> we know this works. so let's do what works and make sure none of our children start the race of life already behind. let's give our kids that chance. >> we know this works. specifically, we know this works in the reddest of all of the red states. we are not used to policy being extrapolated from oklahoma to the whole country. and i do not mean to offend oklahoma with that statement. it just doesn't really happen. but coul

now heavy periods of freezing rain pushing through oklahoma city. tulsa, even reports of thunder out there, a lot of dynamics in the atmosphere. white is showing light snow, blue heavier snow. you up through the ozarks, missouri say mess. this is the ice storm warning, by the way. northern arkansas, the pink is winter storm warnings. again pretty much four states of the bull's-eye, and denver, too, they'll be getting snow, plenty cold. kansas city, st. louis, chicago, des moines. what comes down from the sky is going to be frozen. not guaranteed to be all snow, there will be sleet, too. the latest models predicting, 6 to 12 bull's-eye over kansas. a little less for st. louis to chicago but still enough to cause a lot of travel concerns. and the highest snowfalls expected to be right around kansas city, omaha and wichita. a lot of shoveling. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. well, we have this storm, as it moves to the north and to the northeast, we'll have plenty of cold air to work with.

we have perhaps a foot of snow on its way through oklahoma, into portions of kansas, and you can seet the heavy snow right now is falling across the panhandle of texas and the panhandle of oklahoma with heavier snow continuing through central kansas right now. other than that, severe storms possible through the gulf states today. severe thunderstorm watches in event and we also have blizzard warnings in effect through oklahoma and parts of texas. winter weather watches are stretching up into the chicago area, that is an area especially tomorrow, that will start to see some of the heavier snow, right now the snow is isolated to texas and oklahoma and kansas. still, 6 to 12 inches possible in kansas city, where they are still digging out from last week's storm. >> be careful on the roads. dylan, thank you. >>> we'll tell you which songs are likely to move the market on this weekend. >>> "first look" is back in three minutes. [ nyquil bottle ] hey tylenol, you know we're kinda like twins. [ tylenol bottle ] we are? yeah we both relieve coughs, sneezing, aches, fevers. and i relieve nasa

north texas will get the snow first and then spread to oklahoma today and oklahoma city. looks like you're going to be shoveling tomorrow morning this time. here's where the rain is locate. winter storm warnings go from amarillo out into oklahoma into the winter storm watch. that's a winter weather advisory or winter storm warning shortly. and we are watching the possibility of six inches from amarillo almost just to the north and west of oklahoma city. oklahoma city officially will probably end up with somewhere between three to five inches. that's a pretty impressive storm. of course, mentioned mardi gras down in new orleans. there were rain showers yesterday. unfortunately not the best today either. more scattered storms. you can see all the wet weather moving in in the deep south, soaked after the tornadoes. for the forecast up in the northeast, some people still don't have power. it's going to be warm, as warm as 44 in boston. chicago, not bad, still chilly at 34. again, we're nice through the rockies and the northern plains. that's a look at your national forecast,

a blizzard battering large part of texas and oklahoma.ot of snow. drivers stranded on snow-choked roads, two people have been killed. winter storm warnings stretch from oklahoma to illinois, this epic winter system now tracking to the north and east as well. kansas, missouri, wisconsin, illinois, and michigan in its crosshairs. let's get to jennifer delgado. where is the system headed? >> it's not moving fast right now. on top of the midwest. bringing a lot of snow, zoraida for areas like kansas city and missouri. see where the freeze line is, but heaviest snow certainly to the west for areas like oklahoma and texas. yesterday, we had blizzard warnings, those have all sense been expired and a great from the snow and rain right now, getting a break in st. louis. let's talk more about kansas city as we show you a live view this morning. i know officials when we talk to the mayor, said don't get on the roadways, and that's really good news, because this is potentially going to be a very dangerous situation. what you are looking at is snow co

it is heading into oklahoma city. oklahoma city, 4.5 inches. this is the storm that is coming our , georgia, itanta will take a while getting here. some sprinkles and light showers around ohio. this is the area that is primarily under storm watches and warnings. it is chicago later on. i think that this will be 4-8 inches of snow. a winter weather advisory in the shenandoah valley. icyne a brief period of ss. here is the futurecast. morning, still just some high clouds around us. , the time you get to noontime this specifically captures temperatures into the 40's with the southeasterly wind. this is off to the west. tomorrow afternoon and evening we will be seeing some rain. how much rain? here is the accumulation that will be running to over an inch in many, many areas. that is the precaution again. there is that flood watch. cloudy and chilly when you had to work tomorrow morning. delays ande some some cancellations in the shenandoah valley in some school districts. this will be high merrily a rain producer. temperatures tomorrow in the mid t

blizzard warnings across north central sections of oklahoma.t will continue to prolong the blizzard conditions. you will be looking at significant snowfall starting as early as tomorrow. snow across chicago later today rain in new york city as we head into tonight. i want to continue with severe weather. we had a tornado warning in northeastern franklin county and southeastern liberty county. there could be a tornado on the ground and national weather service detected one is developing and wind gusts at 77 miles per hour was clocked with the storm. it will effect northern florida. >> straight line winds can be more dangerous. >>> fthree-days away from when the sequestor will go into effect. president obama is heading out on the road sentencing in washington to try to reach a deal. kelly wright is live in washington bright and early this morning with more on that. good morning, kelly. >> hope you are doing well. the president is scheduled to travel tol new port news, virginia today to discuss how the seek quest trags might impact jobs. while he

and in one part of oklahoma drivers are stranded with snow piling up to six feet high in places.ails on the drivers and the storm they're stuck in from chad myers in the weather center. chad. >> anderson, if you left too late to get home from work or wherever are you coming from, school, whatever, you very well may have had a very hard time getting home because the snow totals are coming down so fast. amarillo in 24 hours picked up 19" of snow and all the way down to woodward, oklahoma, wasn't even snowing this morning. they're 15, and it is still snowing and it is still blowing around. some of these winds 60 or 70 miles per hour creating 5 and 6-foot drifts and we're hearing some of the plows are coming off the roads again and can't clear them and can't do anything with it and as soon as they clear ten minutes later the drifts are back in again in parts of kansas and into oklahoma. this is going to be a very difficult night and i just can't stress any more what you just said, do not travel. do not go out. you could get stuck. the people trying to come to get those people are get

amarillo, in 24 hours, picked up 19 inches of snow, all the way to woodward, oklahoma. wasn't even snowing this morning. they're now 15, and it's still snowing, and it's still blowing around. some of the winds, 60 or 70 miles per hour. creating 5 and 6-foot drifts. we're hearing some of the plows are now coming off the roads again. they can't clear them. they can't do anything with it. as soon as they clear, ten minutes later, the drifts are back in again in parts of kansas and into oklahoma. this is going to be a very difficult night. i can't stress any more what you said, do not travel, do not go out. you could get stuck, and then the people trying to get the people are getting stuck. they're sending bulldozers, literally to clear some of the snow, to get to the emergency vehicles trying to get to the people who are stuck. not a night to go outside in the high plains. >> i was trying to figure out the first image we showed. that was a car buried under snow. it's amazing how quickly the snow has moved in. we'll check back in with you later on in the ohour as we wath th

i saw 21-inch snow totals in the texas panhandle. 15 in wouldward, oklahoma. -- wouldward, oklahoma. we're seeing sprinkles and showers in north carolina just getting into southwest virginia. the problem here in the metro will be the rains. 1 to 2 inches. everybody in green the entire metro through northern fauquier county, frederick, prince george's county, anne arundel and montgomery all under a flood watch from 3:00 to midnight. again, one to two inches of rain possible by late tonight. 29 this morning in springfield. 26 in germantown. if this were only snow. 32 in annapolis. manassas this morning is 25 along with nokesville and round hill. outside all is quiet so no real weather problems except a chill this morning. got a temperature of 33 at reagan national under the clouds. feels like 28 with a northeast wind at 6 miles an hour. and that humidity is going to be rising. 75% now but rain on the way. here's the big picture of that storm which is spinning now pulling out of oklahoma into kansas and missouri and now into illinois with the heavy snow. on the warm side of life, we hav

snow, heavy through parts of texas and oklahoma, and storms moving through central parts of oklahoma.th the light in here. once again, we're look telling potential for thundersnow, but on a serious and more important note, with winds, gusting up to 50 in some locations. sustained, 38 in amarillo. talking quarter mile visibility. don't get on the roadways. this is potentially dangerous. add in a foot of snowfall, more acro parts of kansas and regions like oklahoma. we're dealing with a blizzard warning in place across many states. four of those and winter storm warnings to areas like chicago, where they expect 6 to 8 inches of snowfall. and on the other side, the southeast is flooding and a tornado threat assist well. >> what a mess. >> a big bag of weather. a blockbuster of weather. >> thank you, jennifer. >>> six minutes after the hour. the white house budget office is talking about the programs that they say would take a hit if the forced spending cuts known as the sequester goes in effect this friday. food safety inspections, mental health, vaccines and early childhood education ar

. >> chief officer is a decorated member of the oklahoma national guard. last year he was 1 of 2 independent investigators sent to california to investigate problems. >> reading from your report, sexual harassment and hostile work environment is common place? >> that is what we got from everybody that we talked to. that it was common place. >> we traveled to oklahoma back in october to talk about the report that he co-authored. >> chief's report states that the california air national guard and failure to investigate complaints is common. >> have you ever seen anything like you found in california? >> no. no. i never found that many people who were not getting resolution. >> i have a mandate from the governor to change the culture of the organization. >> he is the man in charge of california's national guard. for 3 months general david baldwin has declined our request. after initially offering no response, earlier this month the guard did send us a statement that read in part, under the direction of general baldwin there has been an ongoing effort to impro

they hang on to beat oklahoma city, 122-119. >>> the nba trade deadline is today.hey're looking for pretty good dunkers. they may want to look to portland. not the trail blazers roster but the zoo. this is eddie the zoo otter. they trained him to shoot this ball through this small hoop. he actually suffers from arthritis and playing basketball helping his joints. he gets a treat every time he gets a dunk. you can see, every time he misses, he keeps on trying until he makes a shot. there you go. >>> when we return, cutting edge eyewear. google unveils its new internet glasses and offers you a chance to be one of the first to buy them. >>> here is a look at some of the forecasts in some of the cities around the country. washington, d.c., mostly sunny, 39. atlanta, cloudy, high of 60. st. louis will be windy, 31 the high. snow in denver. seattle, of course, rain, and 46 the high. >>> well, cardinals from all over the world are starting to gather in rome to choose pope benedict's successor, but some catholics are demanding retired archbishop roger mahoney not attend be

. >> drivers in parts of oklahoma and kansas beingwarned, stay off the roads tonight. in woodward, oklahoma, roads are covered with snow and there could be 16 inches in some areas. drivers, the travel will be dangerous, at least until tomorrow morning. visibility likely to be near zero. by the way, this is the same winter storm that created blizzard-like conditions in denver on sunday, which is great if you are headed out to the back country to ski, not so great if you are driving there. >> blizzard warnings in effect for the texas panhandle, much of oklahoma and kansas. and let me take you down to amarillo. 8 to 16 inches of snow have fallen. winds up to 60 miles an hour. you can't see anything. that's why you are under a blizzard warning. >> this is going to help. they need more than this, but it's better than nothing. but as derek mentioned, authorities are saying please, stay off the roads. because you can't see anything, you become disoriented and it's going to blow around for another 18 hours or so. a live look outside. it's great. we have sunshine. we have clear

. >> finally, a radio personality from oklahoma city, oklahoma, it's jeff. >> glad to be here. >> what'sour show, buddy? >> i'm part of a morning show. and i get to hang out with my good friends, talk to a lot of people, it's awesome. >> are your friends eyes glazed or donuts? >> it's funny, there are a lot of donuts, but we like to party, so it's eyes. >> everybody says coworkers eyes, for $100 with 66% of vote, it's the coworkers eyes. it was that easy. next question is worth $200. the question is, on a family road trip, which route did dads say they're more likely to take? the scenic route or the shortest route? nikki, we'll start with you this time. >> i've been on a lot of road trips with mom and dad in my day. even though as a kid i wanted to take the shortest route, mom and dad always want today take the scenic route. >> pretty scenery while dad is shouting at everyone. jeff, what about you? >> it's funny you said it. my dad, we went to florida, and he was screaming the whole time. i said, shortest route. >> just get it over with, get us there. >> i come from a new york italian fa

they are oklahoma.is woodward where they got 15 inches of snow, state of emergency for oklahoma and amarillo, 19 inches of snow and 75 miles per hour miles per hour winds. this continues into the overnight unfortunately so areas across the texas-oklahoma panhandle up to kansas an missouri getting the worst of it up to 12-18 inches. okay city and kansas city you could actually be on the borderline of 18 inches of snow. we have winter weather advisories posted from texas up to the great lakes. blizzard conditions which will continue into the overnight hours with winds in excess of 50 miles an hour making travel impossible in the area. some of the snowfall, 6-12 and 18 inches is out of the question. and we have tornado watches along the gulf coast with possibility throughout the evening into the overnight. >> shep: bearer of good news. thanks. >> kansas city, missouri. mayor declared a state of emergency. they got ten inches of snow last week and they are prepared for another foot or more. mike tobin in ka

in oklahoma, whiteout conditions closed all highways in the panhandle. in albuquerque, new mexico, i-40 was shut down, forcing truck drivers to wait out the conditions. >> it costs money to sit still. and it also costs money to run that thing empty, as far as fuel. so, hopefully they get it cleared out. >> reporter: the monster storm even brought hurricane-force winds. look at this building in north texas. the winds there so ferocious, it peeled bricks from the side of a building. >> like someone ran into the building and it was falling apart. >> reporter: today, the storm is headed further northeast. although, the heaviest snow is forecast for the midwest. from oklahoma to maine, 19 states are under storm watches and warnings. kansas, which barely recovered from last week's monster storm, is bracing for even more punishment. >> we had a nice winter so far. and now, boy, in the last two weeks here, it's like jeez. >> reporter: new hampshire, which already has a foot on the ground, is gearing up. >> it's crazy. i don't like the winter. >> reporter: today,

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. >>> oklahoma is a deep, deep red state.voted for mitt romney over barack obama in last year's election, when barack obama clobbered mitt romney in the country. oklahoma has five congressional districts, represented by, forgive the familiaritity here, represented by jim, james, frank, tom and mark wayne. five districts, five republicans, all of them are republicans, all their members of congress. oklahoma, also has two senators, and they, too, are both republicans. when it came time to appoint a new federal appeals court judge to the tenth circuit, which is the circuit that includes oklahoma, senator tom coburn suggested to the white house a man he thought would be good for the job. tom coburn recommended him, the other senator from oklahoma approved with the choice, president obama agreed with the two republican senators from oklahoma and he recommended their chosen judge to be nominated to that court. and then, no. apparently that was really not okay with senate republicans. doing what they want and what they ask for is no

the storm dumped 14 inches of snow in northern oklahoma 10 inches near kansas city an area of the nation that also had thunder and lightening where the snow was falling. all that of course poses the question, is all or any of that headed this way? a live look outside right now shows it's a mix of sun clouds and cold temperatures. what happens next and what form will it take? wjz is live with complete first warning weather coverage with marty bass in the out back and tim williams in the weather center. good afternoon. >> good afternoon . we'll set the stage for you. we have had this system moving across. it has blocked a lot of its punch as it started to move into dry air. even though you see on our radar some of it makes its way across the region, looking at marty, it's not make ing it to the -- making it to the ground. temperatures are going to go up. what we're going to have as this system makes its way down is a bit of a mix maybe some sleet, maybe some rain and it's going to move in here this afternoon. we have a winter weather advisory indicating that there's going to be a coating s

oklahoma state hosting ninth-ranked kansas.hawks, final minute of regulation, a nasty crossover by the jayhawks, johnson. great defense there. the shot is batted into the stands. this one goes to double overtime. kansas down by one. the floater. he drops it. puts kansas up 68-67. four minutes later. time expires, the jayhawks, folks, their hopes for the big 12 title remains alive. >>> finally a good old-fashioned high school buzzer beater, this one coming from west salem, oregon. those things never get old. west salem, chris sending his opponents packing with his last-second shot to win it. it was his only points of the game. with that conference tournament win, west salem heading to the oregon state playoffs. congratulations to those guys. >>> coming up at the top of the hour -- on "morning joe" new polling shows president obama out in front of republicans on everything from immigration to guns, james carville joining us to help us break down the numbers and whether the white house has the political capital to get something do

right now it's heavy across the panhandle of texas and oklahoma. that's where we're going see most of the heaviest snow over the course of the day today. also up into central kansas. not just the snow. it's the heavy rain through central oklahoma and also the potential for severe storms down through the gulf coast states. there's a good likelihood we'll see about 12 or more inches of snow, perhaps up to 18 inches across portions of oklahoma, kansas city could end up with another six to 1 inches. we have snow in the pacific northwest, especially the mountain ranges. we're looking for smoed rate to heavy rain from seattle right down to portland, oregon and salem oregon as well. medford will see light rain. as far as rainfall is concerned an inch or two along the coast but the mountains could end up with another 12 or more inches of rainfall especially northwestern washington and idaho looks like we'll see six to 12 inches in the higher elevations as well. about 48 ded fallon, nevada, 53 for a high. so course the big story is another second blizzard i

some parts of oklahoma could end up with 18 inches of snow.o, it is a one-two punch, certainly for the plains and the midwest, too. >> all right, dylan, thank you very much. >>> let's go to sports now. lebron and the heat, at home, against the cavaliers. second quarter, heat forced the turnover. take it the other way. mario chalmers, lebron james for the dunk. the heat take a 12-point lead over lebron's old team. in the third quarter, the heat go on a run. technical against miami coach erik spoelstra and the cavs up by one. heat clinging to a one-point lead. with authority there, that would be dwyane wade. the heat hang on to win, 111-105. >>> baseball. yankees taking on the blue jays in a spring training game. curtis granderson gets drilled right in the forearm. x-rays reveal a fractured right arm and granderson will be on the shelf for at least ten weeks, that puts him out until early may, early candidates to replace him include matt diaz and juan rivera. >>> more from the world of baseball, where apparently selling off world series memorabi

the timeline, if you have travel for family or friends, the worst of it in northern oklahoma, missouri, kansas, nebraska, iowa and eventually tonight into illinois and chicago. but for them, just a glancing blow, not as much. the highest snowfall totals will be in the pink shading here. 6 to 12 inches is a pretty wide swath of 6 to 12 inches of snow. the little area near i-35 north of wichita and kansas city, possibility of over a foot. there's a lot of cold air behind the storm through the inner mountain west. a lot of the cold air remains settled over much of the west from seattle, 46. phoenix this morning is at 40 along with friends in vegas. and that's not factoring in the breeze with the windchill. the storm itself is gone, so that's good. and now we have another storm diving down in the northwest. it does have some rain with it with snow at the highest elevations. we have winter weather advisories for the cascades, but for the most part a light rain moving down from the northwest with this. hopefully the olympics will shadow a little bit. we won't get a lot of heavy rain in areas

we have a great program called "ensure oklahoma" -- " insure of oklahoma." they're able to get insurance. we would like to expand upon that. we have a waiver right now. they may discontinue that waiver. we are talking to the administration to allow us the flexibility to craft a health care programs in our state was something we can afford to be able to do. >they have told us our waiver will expire by the end of this year. what the president has told me personally is that if your waivers' meet our goals they will be inclined to improve that. there are governors to have applied for waivers that have been turned it down. what is the goal? mine is to improve access to health care. it is to improve the general health of our systems and be able to do it in a way i can afford it. and have health professionals that can meet the needs of our population. >> one last point. on this issue, what we consistently hear from the white house is they are very comfortable with this idea of the state's the laboratories of democracy. there are certain things they want to make sur

blizzard warnings and watches are facin effect for kansas and oklahoma. it is going on right now through very late this evening. this is in the texas panhandle. the national weather service took this video outside their amarillo office preconditions got so bad the texas department transportation pull the plows off the road. the state of oklahoma close all highways in six counties warning of wind up to 65 miles per hour tonight. >> i have done this seven times today. >> this man in colorado spend hours trying to clear one parking lot. more than 9 inches of snow fell in denver, canceling or delaying hundreds of flights. >> we're in colorado. get used to it. that is the way it is. >> high winds are going eastward toward oklahoma, kansas, and missouri. 26 inches of snow is expected for wichita, kan. after a foot in today's last week. road crews say they have already used half of their sand and salt from the last storm. >> even after the snowfall was over you could have what is defined as a ground blizzard which is so much snow blowing it seems like it is stil

now, it will change over to rain in oklahoma city with a high of 48 but all know? omaha and kansas with temperatures staying in the mid-20s throughout the day. how much snow will fall, where we see some of these purple areas, we're talking an foot of snow by the time it's said and done friday morning. in the blue, that includes places like wichita, kansas city, and st. louis. could see heavy snowfall amounts. again, that's going to be friday morning. i'm david bernard, cs news, miami. >>> over seas to the third day of oscar pistorius's murder. the lead investigator faces attempted murder charges himself and the prosecution admits it has no evidence challenging pistorius's story that he shot his girlfriend by accident. tina kraus reports from london. >> reporter: a police van took oscar pistorius back to court for what could be the final day of bail hearing to determine his fate. family members carried the athlete's clothes from a police station where pistorius spent his seventh night in jail for the alleged premeditated murder of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. in

she's an internet legend after her very viral interview after a fire in oklahoma city. made amazing sounds. >> ain't nobody got time for that. >> guess what? somebody else else is catching in on the fame. >> this is fake. ain't nobody got time for that. >> somebody put sweet brown in a real commercial. this is a commercial for a dentist office. short line, dental. we reached out to the manager david rigs. he said so far he's received a ton of calls about this commercial to find out if it's real. he said, oh, yeah, it's absolutely real. sweet brown is a very, very nice lady. he said the one thing he liked about it, usually dentists office feature people with perfect teeth, which is a change. makes people realize, you don't have to have perfect teeth. come in here and we'll fix you up. >> i got time for that. >> one person internet famous to something funny she said to becoming famous for sort of a mishap. these photos all over the place. this guy dyed his hair. watch what happens next. this doesn't look right. looks like he's starting to have a reaction to the hair dye,

small fine and oklahoma, in any amount, one year behind bars.bama. there you'll also have to shell out up to $6,000. i want to take you now, switching gears completely, to the white house. because there's something going on there that you should though about. the president is standing by one man but a number of people aer sooryes of people will be receiving the presidential civilian's medal. second only to the medal of freedom. so for those who earn this, it is a remarkable thing for them and their families. among the 13 winners, the president will posthumously be stowe the award it those adults killed in the newtown school shooting. let's watch and listen in as these families honor their loved ones. >> the medal is awarded to rachel davino, dawn hochsprung, anne marie murphy, lauren russo, mary sherlach and victoria soto, for dedicating themselves to the community of newtown, connecticut. some had been at sandy hook for only weeks. others were preparing to retire after decades of service. all gave the children in their care a future worth their

the green is just plain old rain there from oklahoma city southward. if you're in the wichita, kansas, area, go outside, you may see some flashes in the snow, you have thundersnow at the current hour. i-35, quickly becoming impassable throughout much of this region. through the south, a line of thunderstorms will be tracking through ft. worth and dallas. further to the north, just some freezing rain, already coming down throughout the ozarks. watch out on the bridges. the winter storm warnings are in effect here. iowa, nebraska, kansas and missouri. the snowfall forecast, this pink is 6 to 12 includes wichita and kansas city. omaha and des moines. it looks minneapolis/st. louis, lighter snowfall. but still some impact. >> when you say thundersnow, that always freaks me out a little bit. >>> coming up -- the latest on a plane crash out of nashville that killed five. >>> plus, congressman jesse jackson jr. has pleaded guilty, now the fight to limit his jail time begins. >>> and take a look at this. sun spots that the have the ability to swallow six earth

. >> so how about a nice big fat burger, we'll tell you how lawmakers in oklahoma are being asked to allow old paint to be turned into chips and steaks on the weather front, a cold front marching in and your saturday and sunday look even colder than today. >> and wonder why your smartphone dies in the middle of angry birds? it's not only because you're bad at the game but those birds are pecking away at your battery. we're back in 60 seconds. new at 11:00, a horse is a horse of course of course but is it a main course. are they the other red meat. lawmakers in oklahoma want to pass a law that would a-allow horses to be slaughters for meat by foreign buyers. they say with such hard times, some people cannot afford to keep their animals. opponentssay that it's much more than a money issue here they're going to find any way possible to take care of their animal whether that means they reach out to rescue organizations or ask people to help. the issue is supply and demand. they're saying we have too many unwanted horses. that's not the fact. >> the bill has received support in the senate

this dashcam video captured in tweedward, oklahoma, where the state highway -- woodward, oklahoma, wherete highway patrol has closed all highways. wichita has gotten another 2 feet. now they're prepared for what's called a ground blizzard. >> which is so much snow blowing that it seems like it's still coming down even though the actual precipitation has ended. >> reporter: kansas city, missouri, saw 10 inches of snow last week and this bus has some trouble getting through it with an extra foot or more in the forecast, this time city leaders hoping a state of emergency will encourage folks to simply stay home. >> this is an overnight event, so there won't be people on the streets. it will give us and the city and state an opportunity to get the streets cleared. >> reporter: while a major snowmaker isn't rare in february, these city employees are making sure their heavy machinery is ready to keep them ahead of the storm. >> we've got a barnful of salt and we're ready. >>> sue palka, coming up. >> i'm like what's going on here? >> that system is heading toward us but we are not getting that