wind chill, minus 21 in omaha.lets reported near walt disney world in florida yesterday and a cold windy day indeed all the way down to florida. this will be very bad news for the orange and strawberries and all the crops across central florida. be ready the price of orange juice may be going up over the next couple of weeks. some of the coldest air. back here in the mid-atlantic typically cold for january. not going to set any records. nonetheless a cold bundle up morning. wind chills are in the single digits at this point in time. high pressure building on in here over the next 24 to 36 hours. as a result that gusty northwesterly within that's out there will start to ease up by later this afternoon. after the sun goes down tonight the wind will die away quickly. that will set up a cold start on your monday morning. but tomorrow afternoon and evening, a little alberta clipper zips our way, bring clouds back to our skies tomorrow afternoon and a chance of a little light snow in the mountains monday night late and s

kansas city, omaha, singling digits. if you are wondering where to seek refuge from the cold weather, the first place you may think is the sunshine state, florida, right? take a look at the video. people along the coast are doing something very different they don't typically do this time of the year, and that would be they are dawning heavier gear trying to deal with the cooler temperatures there. mom and dad out there with sweatshirts on. this one person wearing the baa quay knee, probably not the best choice to all. if you look at the map, you will see the reason why. they have the cold air continuing to march its way to the south and southeast. windchills this morning are going to be in the teens and 20s for many places, including the florida panhandle. and the reason we are seeing this is the big trough in the jet dream is allowing the cold air well to the north to pile its way into the southeast, so it is just like a giant sledgehammer bringing in the cold air. now, things are going to get better today in terms of y

across the country, let's look and see, can you believe the temperatures drop in omaha?. the actual air temperature. 9 below in minneapolis, 12 in wichita. as far south as new orleans, temperatures below freezing. temperature near 21. very cold air in place across the country. satellite radar for the nation looking like this, a lot of clouds, pardon me, in the midsection. clouds across the northwest. southwest looking cloud free. forecast for today, and the next five days, high today, 32 degrees. that's more than 10 degrees below normal. tomorrow more of same. wednesday, warmer, thursday, still in the 30s. chance of snow to friday. some could be accumulating. we will update you on that as soon as we know more. >> now to julie wright and the update. >> maybe if i did the traffic with his sunglasses on, i would feel warmer. >> i'm sure you would. >> do they sell those on the sun glass hut? >> i'm sure you have some. >> but they are not that cool. unfortunately you're not moving anywhere. bumper to bumper traffic extending into silver springs. southbound i95 out to the slip

sioux falls, des moines, omaha, kansas city, single digits.ame story in green bay, milwaukee milwaukee and chicago. today we expect things to modify a bit in terms of the temperatures. going right to 32 in memphis. 38 in atlanta. 51 tampa. 54 houston. that's only part of the story. other issue is the strong winds we're dealing with in parts of the nation where windchill factors will feel like it is anywhere from 0 to 20 degrees. great lakes will feel like it is 10 below just in terms of the windchill. heavy snow may continue for parts of upstate maine. look for scattered snow showers across new york, into pennsylvania. snow showers also possible across parts of the central plains, back into the midwest. pacific northwest will see rain along the coast, and snow back into the interior washington state and parts of the columbia liver valley. that's the latest for your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. enjoy your day. >>> when money is tight usually the first thing go georgia is fancy restaurants. right? but coffee is something folks just won't

omaha 9. the twin cities 11. 30s from atlanta to boston. a chilly 63 in miami. >>> they are literally dripping with pride in the big easy, taking a plunge all in the name of team spirit. >> with good reason. saints fever was running high. and even down deep at the new orleans aquarium. divers sported saints paraphernalia. you can see the logo there on the tank as they clean tanks and fed fish and sharks. there were saints logos on hats, jerseys, even the oxygen tank right there. you can see it. >> all the fanfare in celebration of the saints' number one standing in the nfc south. >> and they should be proud of that, well done, saints. we'll be right back with more "world news now." whoo! awake again? >>> welcome back. the tallest building in the world opens to the public today in dubai. the tiny arab emirate for outsized ambition. >> but the kingdom has fallen on leaner times. so with today's debut it hopes to get visitors to look up again. laura setrakian is in dubai. good morning to you, laura. >> reporter: good morning, jeremy and linsey

zero in chicago and omaha. 6 in witchta. the real problem for everybody has been down across the state of florida. the citrus crops, the strawberry crops, hard hit, it looks like, by very devastating freeze. 27 in jacksonville. all the way down to miami. 36egrees right now. windchills are down into the 20s and 30s as well. that's the current windchill in miami. 27 degrees. here in washington, our january so far is 5 degrees colder than average. in miami beach, their january that they're having, 13 degrees, colder than average for the month of january. satellite review shows a cold rain yesterday across the state of florida, especially down into southern florida. sleet pellets were reported at walt disney world. for us, just clear skies and cold across the area. the polar plunge, all the way down to the gulf coast. some of the coldest weather they've had there in 20 years. for us, not the coldest in 20 years, but still cold by any measure of standards. breezy conditions for us outside this morning, high pressure gradually inc

>> omaha metropolitan area. >> and vechten clyburn night the number of the old treasury secretary hankson will be in conversation with warren buffett that the omaha chamber of commerce and c-span will be covering it as well as booktv. it mighttteneng. we appreciate that and we are still lead the statuary hall and earlier we talked with mike castle who is a republican senate candidate from delaware, and now from illinois and we are going to put him right on the x, the republican senate candidate from illinois, mark ker. did the president give you anything to use in your senate campaign tonight? >> there were some pluses and minuses i wrote down, the pluses and minuses part of the plus side, earmark reform, no foreign campaign contributions and the discretionary spending freeze. on the minus is it looks like we have a trillion dollar deficit as far as the eye can see, no reset on the health care bipartisanship and his spending restraint only covered .5% of the federal budget. >> i see bank taxes, stimulus bill then second stimulus. >> that is right he is also calling for new bank taxes b

you know the omaha area, which is where that was, is going to start to see some warmer temperatures.is is some good news. we're still under this trough, which just allows all of that arctic air from the north to spill in, and that's why we've been so cold for so long. our jet stream pattern is going to start to shift now in the upcoming days and when you start to see these ridges like that, that's a high pressure system which has compressing air and when air gets compressed, it heats up. we like heating up, right? we'll be less cold by monday. it's going to be a gradual process of moderating and getting this all across the u.s. temperatures are going to be near normal across parts of the east, where we've been seeing these frigid conditions by the middle of the week. so we are on our way to it. in the meantime, you know, we're stuck with conditions that are still well below zero for a whole lot of people. particularly the upper midwest, where the worst of it has been. you're a little more used to it than a lot of the people in the southeast. that's why it's been so problematic with a

there was in omaha, sitting down with warren buffett. he was a d.c. public school graduates. he said, you know, michelle. it is easy to fix the problems in public education in america today. i said, wonderful. tell me how do it so i can go back and start to implement that. he said, all you have to do is make private schools illegal, and assign every child to a public school by random lottery. think about that for a minute. if we did that in d.c., every ambassador's child, every ceo's child, every congressman's child, and the president goes the children would be assigned to a random d.c. school. that means a huge percentage of them would be going across the river every day. you would never see a faster movement of resources from one side of the city to the other as you would in that circumstance. i guarantee you that very quickly, we would have a system of excellent schools. in my mind, it is not a matter of is it possible to ensure that equality education? it is possible. do we, as the adults, have the wherewithal that it takes to make the incredibly difficult decisions that

but when the union was turned back at bull run and the allies first landed at omaha beach, victory was very much in doubt. when the market crashed on black tuesday and civil rights marches were beaten on bloody sunday, the future was anything but certain. these were the times that tested the courage of our convictions and the strength of our union and despite all our dwegses and -- divisions you and disagreements, our hesitations and our fears, america prevailed because we chose to move forward as one nation, as one people. again we are tested and again we must answer history's call. one year ago i took office amid two wars, an economy rocked by a severe recession, a financial system on the verge of collapse and a government deeply in debt. experts from across the political spectrum warned that if we did not act we might face a second depression. so we acted immediately and aggressively. and one year later the worst of the storm has passed. but the devastation remains. one in 10 americans still cannot find work, many businesses have shuttered, home values have declined, small towns and

look at this, omaha at 14 below. it is frigid in a lot of this country. >> there is >> there is one place in the country where temperatures are actually a little warmer than normal. that's the southwest. phoenix at about 71 degrees. l.a. at about 77. robin, george? >> hey, sam, wait a minute, any stray confetti left over? >> no. first of all, no. it's normally -- wait, wait, wait. that is confetti. yeah, it is. >> they did a great job of cleaning up. >> it's pretty darn clean. >> yes, it is. come on inside. >>> we do have time for our picture of the morning. we want to look at a stunning architectural feat. it is now the tallest building in the world. the burj dubai. it opens today, almost half a mile tall. you may remember, chris cuomo was there, remember? last year, chris not crazy about heights but he was at the top. it is amazing. >> $1.5 billion. >> is that all? >> that's it. it's 50 stories higher than the willis tower which used to be called the sears tower in chicago. they won't say exactly how tall it is. >>

look at this, omaha at 14 below.t is frigid in a lot of this country. >>> a very good morning, brian van de graaff here, and we have some some this morning and we will get some clouds parted -- clouds. the wind chill is mainly in the single digits in the area. e winds will blow out of the northwest today and that will make the wind chill factor present throughout the day. tomorrow, a little bit of sunshine through the afternoon and the middle part >> there is >> there is one place in the country where temperatures are actually a little warmer than normal. that's the southwest. phoenix at about 71 degrees. l.a. at about 77. robin, george? >> hey, sam, wait a minute, any stray confetti left over? >> no. first of all, no. it's normally -- wait, wait, wait. that is confetti. yeah, it is. >> they did a great job of cleaning up. >> it's pretty darn clean. >> yes, it is. come on inside. >>> we do have time for our picture of the morning. we want to look at a stunning architectural feat. it is now the tallest building in the

omaha, 13. factor in the winds, it feels like 25 below in des moines. five below in chicago. high temperatures will only get up into the sing the digits. chicago up to 19 and the east coast dealing with the cold air. it's not going anywhere. and down in florida, we're talking about temperatures, high temperatures right now, 28 in jacksonville. 40 in fort myers. the wind chills make it feel even worse, with 36 in fort myers, key west, 56. and the bad news is, as mike seidel mentioned, this cold air is not going anywhere. the jet stream is going to continue to reinforce this for today, wednesday we get even colder air. and friday, the cold air continues to come in with the jet stream keeping it locked in in the east. meredith? >> al, thank you very much. we'll get the rest of al's forecast in a moment. but now to last night's security breach at new jersey's busy newark international airport. that led to grounded flights, long lines and massive delays. it came just hours before tighter security measures were set to go into effect. nbc's ron allen is there for us this morning. ro

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technology companies announced it would locate the data center and customer service center in the omaha area. both projects will be operational this year. last month, a california technology co. announced it was locating in grand island. this company will create 200 new jobs over the next three years. in september, a successful and nationally known retailer headquartered announced the expansion of its distribution center using funding from nebraska's community development block grant program. that same program is helping the community's of aurora and others develop new industrial sites for future economic growth. last april, two central nebraska companies announced a partnership that created 25 new jobs in central city, producing custom made cabinets that had been previously manufactured in china. working with the international brotherhood of electrical workers, we used funds from nebraska's worker training program to build a wind power training facility that will help repair our region prepare our workers for future growth of nebraska's -- to help prepare our workers for future growth.

wing which is an electronic warfare and information operations out of air force base right outside of omaha in bellevue. i relate her from the association of old pros that set out some of the issues that we may be discussing here with the spectrum and i'd like to offer that letter into the record. >> without objection. >> last in our committee memorandum it starts off with the introduction criticizing universal service fund and calling it in effect tears. in the second paragraph also starts off with the universal service. so somehow universal service fund is important in this discussion and i look forward to your comments on how universal service fund affects the spectrum in your usage of it. i yield back. >> thank you very much mr. terry. the gentlelady from california ms. matsui is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you for calling this important hearing today. i don't like to think today's witnesses for being with us today. we're here today to discuss how we can promote greater transparency on his bactrim issues for expediting the process in which we can all

but when the union was turned back at bull run and the allies first landed at omaha beach victory was very much in doubt. when the market crashed on black tuesday and civil rights marches were beaten on bloody sunday, the future was anything but certain. these were the times that tested the courage of our convictions and the strength of our union and despite all our dwegses and -- divisions you and disagreements, our hesitations and our fears, america prevailed because we chose to move forward as one nation as one people. again we are tested and again we must answer history's call. one year ago i took office amid two wars an economy rocked by a severe recession, a financial system on the verge of collapse and a government deeply in debt. experts from across the political spectrum warned that if we did not act we might face a second depression. so we acted immediately and aggressively. and one year later the worst of the storm has passed. but the devastation remains. one in 10 americans still cannot find work many businesses have shuttered, home values have declined small towns and rur

omaha, nebraska. on the democratic line. caller: terrorism is an important part of what we are facing. we have forgotten the people that make up the military in this country. i was watching on bloomberg, that china has increased their manufacturing and that is considered part of the stabilization of the it -- of the economy. that is what the american economy has lost. we do not build anything. we manufacture everything. host: we're asking the viewers about this. we are wanting the viewer opinion, about how to make congress work for americans. in the "philadelphia inquirer." this is the fifth state to allow gay marriage. new hampshire. they will be legally married in a low-key wedding. how excited are you supposed to be? the new hampshire law will have six states with gay marriage. this is in "the philadelphia inquirer." the new jersey gay marriage both was a waiting game, with only days remaining. this is all but dead right now. they were prepared to take this directly to the vote, bypassing the committee vote, they would pa

i would say to the senator from nebraska that if he went back to omaha as i go back to chicago and springfield in my state and meet with small business owners, he will find that they are desperate for this credit. why not take the money that once was directed to the large banks, now pay it back to our government, and redirect it to smaller businesses. that really is the bedrock of our economy. and so i -- i hope the senator from nebraska will reflect on that. his anger about what the big banks did after we rescued them should not be vented on small businesses in nebraska and illinois that need credit assistance. it's also possible to take some of these tarp funds and turn them into a rescue for a lot of victims of the current recession. for one, we should be spending this money to help a lot of projects get under way which will help build the economy. i just had a meeting in my office with a group of mayors from illinois. the mayors from across the nation are out here in washington. the story they bring is common no matter where they're from. they have seen a downturn in revenues, property tax

i went from the durbin office, i actually moved out to omaha, nebraska, with you i'm from massachusetts and had always lived in the east, so definitely a big change, but it was also fascinating. it was 1988 senate race, the incumbent was an appointed senator, the long-term incumbent had passed away and the republican governor had replaced him with senator david carn and i was working for the democrat who ran against him, former governor bob kerry, and it was a very interesting campaign, i learned a lot about messaging and polling and, you know, what -- how to really get through to people and help them -- how to put things in a way that really resonates with people and helps them understand what it is you're really talking about. so he won, which was great, and then i came back to washington with him and i was his legislative director for about six years, which also, again, was fascinating. in that time period, was the first persian gulf war and he was one of the loudest voices opposing that war, and -- so it was just a very interesting time, sort of fashioning that position, working wit

and there i was in omaha at this steak house and he's a d.c. school graduate. he said, michelle, it's easy to fix the problems in public education in america today. and i said wonderful, please tell me how to do it, so i can run back to d.c. and implement that. and he said all you have to do is make private schools illegal and assign every child to a public school by random lottery. so think about that for a minute, if we did that in d.c., that meant every ambassador's child and c.e.o.'s child and the president's children would get assigned to a d.c. random school by lottery and many would go across the river to anacostia where a lot of our schools are. and you would never see a faster move of resources than that. and i guarantee you that quickly we would have a system of excellent schools. so in my mind it's not a matter of whether it's possible for a quality education. it's possible. the question is that if we as adults in this country have the wherewithal to make this a reality for every kid. and the answer to date is that we are not willing to make those de

but when the union was turned back at bull run and the allies first landed at omaha beach, victory was very much in doubt. when the market crashed on black tuesday and civil rights marches were beaten on bloody sunday, the future was anything but certain. these were the times that tested the courage of our convictions and the strength of our union and despite all our dwegses and -- divisions you and disagreements, our hesitations and our fears, america prevailed because we chose to move forward as one nation, as one people. again we are tested and again we must answer history's call. one year ago i took office amid two wars, an economy rocked by a severe recession, a financial system on the verge of collapse and a government deeply in debt. experts from across the political spectrum warned that if we did not act we might face a second depression. so we acted immediately and aggressively. and one year later the worst of the storm has passed. but the devastation remains. one in 10 americans still cannot find work, many businesses have shuttered, home values have declined, small towns and