we'll monitor that tomorrow. >> see you on "gma," rob. thank you. >>> meantime, around the world tonight, and to iraq. 70 miles west of baghdad tonight, one of iraq's biggest cities is under siege. government forces calling for backup. families there on the move. a mass exodus tonight. once a stronghold for u.s. forces at the height of the iraq war, now on the briping of falling to isis. >> you now now, to an abc news investigation tonight. brian ross and his team back. foreign investors told they could get a fast track to a u.s. green card for a price. invest in a spraling hotel in new orleans. tonight, though no hotel, no green cards, but millions of dollars. and who got it? here's our chief investigative correspondent brian ross. >> reporter: it was pitched, with great fanfare, as a way to help new orleans recover. in this promotional video, investors overseas were told their money would go primarily for a multi-million dollar hotel and conference center that would create scores of new jobs. >> the number one concern of this investment

you what, he can run. that kid shouldn't be out there robbing people with shotguns.k scholarship, be in the olympics. that dude was fast. >> it turns out the guy with the gun isn't working alone. his cohorts are in this car circling the block. bragner's cell phone has fallen on the pavement just out of camera range. the thieves find it, pick it up, and drive by him as he's walking back to the bar. >> the guys, said, you want your phone back, give us the shotgun. i was still upset, so i bashed the window out with the gun, knowing that the police could identify it a lot easier. >> after smashing in one of the car windows, bragner loses a chance to get his cell phone. he races back to the bar with the shotgun in hand to call the police and report the incident. >> new orleans police 229, how can i help you? >> somebody tried to assault me and rob me with a shotgun pointblank. >> later that morning, a police detective who knows ken karen texts him to see if he's got footage and is stunned by what he finds. >> i was in shock. i don't think anybody expected to have that kin

if they rob you, they have to run. they say call the law, whatever. you cannot defend yourself in the state of tennessee no more. >> with some inmates, when you hear their story, you don't know what's the truth, what's not. well, as we dug further into the story, we're like peeling layers of an onion a little bit. >> i was up seven or eight days at this time, too. if you've ever been up that long, you know you hallucinate. you no he what i'm saying? >> turns out he was high on crystal meth. >> basically, what i thought when they come in, you know, i mean like i have friends running in and out of this house all the time. it is a bachelor house, know what i'm saying? basically i thought they was coming to rob me. >> i think things got out of hand for him. >> i shot one with a millimeter twice with a leg and one with a bow. and in the gut. >> prior to prison, both men have been married. but as they revealed in some surprisingly candid confessions to our crew, they took very different approaches to matrimony. >> what happened to your wife? >> she didn't wa

but we have a look at the weather with rob mayeda. >> you can see the system here starting to bring some showers to shore, mainly off of the east way. we'll see snow levels quickly dropping as we go through tomorrow. these are two storm systems, the first one not going to bring a whole lot of rain for the bay area, maybe a quarter inch or less but look at the whole system, snow levels down to 30 feet, we have the all-time record low snowpack as measured in current times, showing you what we're expecting as we begin to head into next week now. we could see one to two levels of snow. we could see rain totals going in for parts of the bay area. what it means you may want to water proof some of the eggs for the easter egg hunts. daytime highs in the stretch of stormy weather will be at their coldest since mid-february. so a winter blast, we'll show you the timing with the wave of snow. in the full forecast, back to you. >> this week homeowners across the bay area are getting their hands dirty, doing what they can to save water. nbc bay area has more with a look at how the drought is changing

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rob, you have company tonight, in our microclimate weather station. i bet you're seeing a lot of fluxuations. >> this time i wouldn't have needed a jacket. it's 58 degrees. it's our solar powered station. it's bringing you realtime data. i can tell you it's chilly. 58 degrees right now. yesterday at this time, we had temperatures all the way up into the 80s to near 90 down closer to stanford. you can see the temperature graph going back to yesterday. we had those temperatures around this hour still in the mid80s. quite a change. down closer to palo alto we're seeing low temperatures. we can see the marine layer two thousand feet, seeing a big time drop in the temperatures. >> thank you so much. it is very interesting to see just a change in the wind can make such a big difference here across the bay area. it's our brand new microclimate weathers station. we'll take you across the bay area over the next couple of months. we take a look outside belvedere. you can see high cirrus clouds plenty of blue sky. most temperatures right now have dropped into the

live from disney world. >> i think rob is going to pull a hammy dancing like that. thank youi am going to pull a hammy. channel 9 eyewitness news, we love you. >> we'll see you next weekend. >> and abc 7 news update. jeannette: we are taking a look at top stories today. in alexandria, guests at the quality inn and suites had to be transferred after a fire broke out early this morning. one person was injured. a 50-year-old man suffered nonlife threatening injuries. the fairfax county fire department said the fire was electrical in nature and as of about 5:00 this morning, the bulk was put out. it is estimated about 30% of the building was impacted. d.c. police confirmed that two men were shot in northwest d.c. early this morning. it happened on the 400 block of butternut street. one was found dead on the scene the other was taken to the hospital. no word yet on possible suspects . we are taking a look at your weather as well. dave: the prospects are good. it is cold. temperature only 50 degrees for dulles airport. 20 degrees below normal. the skies are beginning to clear from

thank you. >> very good. >>> "heat index" coming up. let's go to robu here. [ cheers and applause ] a couple of young cancer survivors, as well, you guys rock. all right, check out the small screen, storminess moving into the pacific northwest. we'll take the rain and snow. winter weather advisory for parts of idaho and snow across the northern rockies and getting down into -- i knew it. i knew it. hey, it's snowing. finally got some mountain snow. they got the skis. i want to catch some -- thank you. gotcha. you definitely got me. love, george, lara, amy and sara. thank you guys. do i toss to the national outlook yet. >> no, no, no, do more. do more weather. >> well, first of all, i need to test the consistency. this is dry, fluffy snow. this is fantastic. cut right through, that's great skiing right there. my goodness, i have a dandruff problem. we have fire weather watches and look at this expanse of real estate that's under the gun for gusty winds. it is very dry and windy here in social square, and i mean look at that, it's like cat 4 stuff right

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here's what's shaking locally for you. >> thanks rob. il warmth will hit us by thursday and friday. today at least we're dry. let's show you what it looks like here with your accuweather 7-day. 54 degrees for your high so it will be nice and sunny this afternoon although below average. warmer tomorrow and breezy, 65. 70 on friday. how long does that last. it can go only go three and four days out. we'll deal with that tomorrow. >> that means it's bad. >> enjoy the good. >> thank you, george. >> glass half full. >> thank you. >>> coming up on "gma," "gma" on the lookout. the new crime on the rise thieves stealing seats right from the backs of suvs. what you can do to stop then. >>> avril lavigne opening up about a mysterious illness she's been battling for months saying she thought she was dying. and now how she's fighting back. ♪ else gets me frustrated ♪ told us that they'd cut our verizon bill in half we were like 'why?' and they were all 'to save you money on your rate plan' and i was like 'why?' and then sprint was like 'so you can sp

david, back to you. >> thank you, thank you very much indeed, rob. remember working with you very closely on the 2008 presidential election. now casting our eyes towards towards 2016. u.s. republican senator rand paul said that he'll be running for his party's nomination. the second person after ted cruz formerly to declare his candidacy for the republican ticket. >> 15 members in mexico have been killed in an ambush by suspected gang members. >> 15 police were gunned down in what was an ambush in the western state of felisk co. the police were christianing down the highway and the gunmen only fired killing 15, and wounding five more. this is according to experts the single biggest culling of police officers since the start of the drug war nine years ago. the cartel generation has become increasingly powerful in the west of country. they specialize in drug smuggling, they have access to land routes and ocean routes, but they also extort the local population. they may have felt that the police were getting in their way a little too much. this is not th

you're not phased by this. >> all right, george back over to you. >> thank you, rob. >>> i'm here with -- part of the healing. this is not a violent protest -- >> boy, you know what it feels like to be in that protest right now. john ridley is here. i love the story how this all came to be, the story is so real and so gritty. abc came to you and be bold. >> it was very unusual to have a network television to come and say, don't hold back use all of the tools of cinema this was before the academy awards lot of people expected it before. >> i heard that you were a little unsure of it first and then ferguson came and something really clicked for you. >> it was post-trayvon martin when we started dealing with it. maybe as americans we moved past a certain something. in the middle of production ferguson happened. there's still a space to have these conversations and present certain emotions that you're not going to see in other place. >> reporter: it's so candid. felicity huffman came here at the beginning of the series and you know she plays a character, bash who can be unsympathetic. she'

back you to. >> it sure is, rob. thank you. >>> we turn to the volcano in chile, forcing communities burying communities in ash. seen from space, drifting to the other side of the continent. matt gutman is right there bringing us an unparalleled view of that it beauty and the threat that looms. >> reporter: the volcano, a city-sized chimney, hovering so close, would could see each steaming vent erupting spectacularly on wednesday and popping out untold tons of toxic gas and ash since. earlier today we climbed on with chilean geologists hoping to learn more about what's called the worlds most unpredictable volcano. scouting it first. and then, the airman opened the door. >> the door of the helicopter is open right now, they are using that camera to get thermal imagery of the volcano to see what's really going on inside and to try to forecast whether or not there will be another eruption. >> reporter: geologist hugo moreno telling me they're now detecting lava. the volcano actually grew over the past few days, this dome

much more coming up in a few, dan. >> busy couple of days for you, rob. thank you. >>> now to the mailman famous or infamous for landing his gyrocopter on the capitol lawn. he landed somewhere else overnight, back in florida. he spoke for the first time since his flight raised questions about security in washington, d.c. he was safe to say, unapologetic. and abc's mara schiavocampo is on the story. >> reporter: dan, good morning. totally unapologetic. speaking to the tampa bay times, he had a lot to say about he calls an act of civil disobedience. more than anything else he said that he was just confused why there wasn't a mass law enforcement presence already waiting for him. overnight, doug hughes speaking out about his high-flying stunt over washington, d.c. >> i didn't see any vehicles. >> reporter: hughes admitted that he got further than even he anticipated. >> i expected to get intercepted on the way. >> reporter: hovering over the u.s. capitol, he found a completely different scene. >> people were not frightened at all, they looked at it and people

you need to be diversified. the advertising dollars are so many out there. liz: there are etfs, robat focus only on social media. do you go that route? >> you could. that is one sector. echo jeff's words, die veryification, diversification, diversification. even with twitter's biggs drop they're still up 44%. this stock has had great performance for their investors. liz: let's hope they don't have their nest egg in twitter. that is scary. >>> hulu making biggest programing acquisitions, striking a pricey deal for reruns of "seinfeld." $700,000 per episode? what does it mean for hulu, which consortium of networks put their whole money together and power including fox, jeff? >> i really like it. ad advertising model versus netflix subscription. now that millenials and everybody has chance to binge watch, "seinfeld" an iconic series. smart investment. it will pay off over time. i like the play. liz: phil, is it a little dated? >> no. "seinfeld" is classic. i lived through it in the '90s. but you know, right now we're still using some tag lines. yada-yada yada. no "seinfeld" for you, no

. >> thank you, rob. thank you for joining us here at 11:00.e a great day tomorrow. >> bye-bye. ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- julia louis-dreyfus, scott eastwood

i would have definitely advised the mayor against it. >> rob? >> you know i got to tell you, i think there's a lot of strategies to deal with this type of thing, but i'll say what i said last night, that is specifically the curfew part. do you think that was a good or bad idea? >> i think at this point, it was a good idea. the reason is not to disagree with ed but i think in this case where we've been over the past week, you at least have to lay the law down and make sure that officers engage and frankly hold those accountable who hurt others or loot or steal or destroy property. i think it's very important to do. i think the curfew is fine as long as it's enforced and it's enforced in a way that was set out by the leaders of this city. >> it depends -- >> they haven't enforced it yet. >> go ahead -- say again. say again? >> he's right. you have to enforce it. it's 10:38. you're 38 minister into the curfew. is it being enforced or is it not being enforced? that's my problem with it. that's why i don't like these things. >> and i think ed brings up a po

back to you. >> looks great, rob. thank you. >>> opening night as we mentioned for the giants and the a's. but we already have a problem for the world champs. we're on the field with amy gee in arizona and fallon smith in oakland, next. >>> san francisco rents are getting so outrageous that even pro athletes are complaining. former a a's pitcher jeff samardzija says he looked but balked at the prices. he told usa today, quote, they were charging like $7500 a month for a loft. i was like no chance, dude. >> yeah, dude. join the club. instead, he stayed in hotels while he was here in the bay area. samardzija is now back in chicago where rents are much more to his liking. just in case you're wondering, he makes about $10 million a year in salary. >> when not paying for rent here. >>> geraud moncure joins news the comcast sportsnet newsroom. the giants and the a's. >> possibly a major issue for the giants though. while the giants are focused on the task at hand at chase field in the season opener tonight, g-men are also ho

lins linsey thank you. rob, this is hardly over yet. >> reporter: yeah this is unleashing across the east coast tonight. take a look. from southern florida all the way up through northern new england, rough stuff happening or on the way. that includes the threat for tornadoes. here is where the radar is showing the watch boxes up from florida and there you see it tornadoes a possibility from central pennsylvania through d.c. even philly tonight. here's how the storms time out as this front moves off the east coast. two to ten hours is when the rough weather will happen. then by tomorrow morning, we'll begin to dry out, david. >> all right, rob marciano with us tonight. rob, thank you. >>> now, to two arrests i should talk about in two cities, i should say. six in 24 hours. two states involved, two in san diego, four in minneapolis, all linked by one man, an 18-year-old acting as a kind of recruiter for isis. tonight, they're not the only ones. look at this map. 53 suspects in two years, accused of trying to joi

you can get any relief at all from mother nature. a live look outside does show how dry our hills are in some spots. san rafael on the left. meteorologist rob mayeda joining us. you see a little bit of green out there op the hillsides. >> the good news is short term we will see some rain in the forecast. high level clouds coming in temperatures in the 50s and 60s outside. breezy outside this evening. by midnight mostly cloudy skies. for the easter egg hunts tomorrow morning, you may want to waterproof the dye or use plastic eggs out there. a chance of showers coming in the first system less than a half inch for most spots, maybe .10 of an inch of rain. the lowest snow pack in recent recorded history. fast forward through the next three days and watch what happens here. some of the higher peaks could pick up one to two feet of snow. snow levels as low as 3,500 feet. places like mount hamilton closer to the bay area could get a dusting as it drops to the lower levels. right now you're starting to see on the satellite, rain up here. this will sweep south-yard tomorrow. followed up by a stronger storm system that could push wind gusts close to

should you take stock in banks or are they still too expensive? we welcome our panel. robt, brian sozzi and phil flynn. great to have all of you. rob, right off the bat, are bank stocks becoming safe again? >> certainly looks like it. if we look at banks going back to the fake of the market back in 70. -- 07. banks are down 21% while the s&p is up 56%. if we go back to 2009 banks have had quite a run, up 330%. perhaps a lot of investors have missed out what is really great run-up in banks. what adam parker's remarks were very well-taken in that banks do very well in time period where the dollar is strong. so we think that he is correct in that. we kind of like banks right now. liz: well, look, brian, you have jpmorgan figuring out how to finally make money on fixed income atmosphere. these are smart guys at a lot of money center banks. >> i, merger and acquisition activity, they rake in a lot of fees from consolidation going on through throughout a lot of different sectors. at end of the day banks are utilities. i don't want my money tied up in utility type stocks. high le

back to you. >> thank you, rob. serious questions about the use of force being used with video and police chase as controversial footage shows an arrest. watch closely. the suspect led the deputies initially on a car chase and then tried to outrun them on the horse. the horse is right next to them nchl the video, you can see the officers tase him and then while he is down on the ground they punch and kick him, and then more deputies join? kicking and hitting him. tonight, the girlfriend is questioning it. >> he is trying to get the kicks n and why? why is something like that necessary? >> reporter: that beating is launching an internal investigation into the arrest. >>> it is a chaotic night at washington, d.c. where a shooting at the u.s. census bureau has left a security guard dead. he was checking on a man and woman arguing in the car, and then he was shot dead. the car chase was ended after the suspect was captured. >>> mr. biden is in san francisco while his wife was at the college in cupertino to talk about som

back to you. >> all right, rob. thanks very much. >> up next on the brink of history, california company that is aiming to do the impossible. >> plus a bay area company in hot water. the emoji controversy that has clorox apologizing. >>> take a look at this. just into the newsroom. new video of a car that slammed into a building outside of a golf land in mill mill pit yas. it is not clear if there are any injuries. >> florida ae governor is coming to california this week hoping to lure away business from the golden state. governor rick scott left today. he is hoping to shift business to florida ports. this is the second said trip scott made this year. california governor jerry brown said it is clear why he is coming here, because this is where the jobs are. but brown says he doesn't think it is likely californians will be interested in moving to florida. >> where's the bleach? clorox is apologizing about the new emojis that come on iphones and ipads. clorox said it was trying to be funny and wanted bleached color ic

handwriting expert, david parrett, to authenticate rob andrew's signature on the insurance policy. >> a signature is produced with style and speed. it's the thing that yourobably write the most in your entire life. in my analysis, i looked at 13 years of rob andrew's handwriting and writing his signatures, 136 signatures. >> not surprisingly, it was clear that rob andrew's signatures changed over the years. >> over time, rob andrew's signature had become more ornate, more artistic. >> and 2 1/2 years before his death, rob added an extra element to his signature. >> it was in the bottom right-hand corner of his signature. i then began looking at signature after signature after signature. and that fish was there. >> this was a christian symbol. the ichthys. rob added it to his signature as a sign of his faith. but it wasn't on the change of beneficiary form. >> i know that symbol is very significant because he repeatedly used it in the more formalized signatures that he wrote, such as in business documents. and that symbol was not in the questioned document. >> and there was another discrepancy in the life insurance policy signature. >> rob andrew had a c

thank you, rob. appreciate it. >> i thought he was talking about a winter coat on again. hy i thought we were saying no. >> no to both. >> thank you, paula. >> thank you, rob. >>> coming up on "gma," a new tip in the hunt for a missing virginia teen. why were dive teams searching this pond? >>> plus, "gma" investigates why some people using prepaid debit cards are complaining they're having trouble getting access to their tax refunds. >>> and "mad men" mania. how much do you know about the hit show with the final episodes beginning tonight? a pop quiz in "pop news." >> i feel like a know a lot. >> good luck with this one. lowe's presents: how to put your foot in your mouth man. wish my yard looked like yours. hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the... sorry! now get the wo rx cordless power equipment combo kit for $99 at lowe's. pain from your day can haunt you at night, don't let it. advil pm gives you the healing sleep you need helping you fall asleep and stay asleep so your body can heal as you rest. advil pm. for a healing night's sleep. the pursuit o

back to you. >> that window is closing for rain, that's for sure. all right, rob thank you so much. >>> coming up we're all familiar with no drinking until you're 21, but how about no smoking until you're 21. >> the idea is catching on in states like hawaii in order to crack down on teens lighting up. the efforts to bring a similar ban here. >>> no buzzing over the golden gate bridge. golden gate bridge officials say that people are buzzing the bridge with their drones and they want them to stop. bridge officials say that all of the drones they are seeing lately pose security and safety issues to the bridge. they're asking senator dianne feinstein and the faa to enforce the regulations that they need to cite drone operators for trespassing. >>> there are new efforts to curb smoking in california especially when it comes to targeting a younger audience. nbc bay area's political analyst larry gerston says california is considering raising the smoking age from 18 up to 21. if successful it will be the first state to do so. officials are also considering banning e-cig

if we have to put our money on one person this this studio, that is rob. >> you have the ability to swimur temperatures. >> without a wet suit no thank you. you can see how cold it is. source of cooler waters off the pacific and winds that blow in across the ocean. and ocean air conditioning if you like to call it. kept the coast in the 60s right now. winds will do interesting things during the day tomorrow. starting off as onshore breeze and right around lunch time notice these arrows here. coming in from the north and northeast. at least temporarily. the wind turn back on shore. and into monday night and tuesday. looking at 18-hour warm-up. then rapid cool down as they get into tuesday and wednesday. here is what we have for you. coastal fog and valleys. temperature jump of 5. and not much change around san francisco and the coast so hour by hour. 50s to start. we will see numbers warming up into the mid 70s. 72 in san jose. leveling off at those temperatures as winds change direction around san francisco. look at liver more up to 84 degrees during the day tomorrow. close to 80 degrees

if they're trying to come and rob you, they say to run. they say try to call the law or whatever. ot defend yourself in the state of tennessee no more. >> with some inmates when you hear their story, you don't know what's the truth, what's not. well, as we dug a little further into the story, it was like peeling layers of an onion a little bit. >> see, i had been up about seven or eight days at this time, too. if you've ever been up that long, you know you're hallucinating. you know what i'm saying? >> it turns out he was high on crystal meth. >> basically what i thought when they come in, i mean, like, i had friends running in and out all the time, you know. it was a bachelor house, you know what i'm saying? and basically i thought they were just coming to rob me. >> i think things got out of hand for poor jason. >> shot one with a 9 millimeter twice in the leg, shot one with the bow and arrow in the gut. >> prior to prison, both men had been married. but as they revealed in some surprisingly candid confessions to our crew, they took very different approaches to matrimony. >> what

you. back to rob. what a picture behind you. >> this is the picture of that rio vista tornado last night backlit by lightning. that wedge, amazing nobody was hurt with the damage that we reported earlier. the threat pushes off to the east. tornado watches across louisiana, sabine river. new orleans will be under the gun and pouring over in towards mobile. heavy rain and that will pour back towards the red river, as well in through parts of oklahoma and down through florida, too. fairly pleasant across parts of the northeast. your local forecast is 30 seconds away. first here are your select cities. >>> good monday morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist, mike nicco. the bay area micro climate forecast, we are going to have an up and down week. warmer today, cooler tomorrow and wednesday. warmer again thursday and friday and seasonally cooler this weekend. the constant is going to be dry all seven days. clouds will gather along the coast and you'll drop from the 60s into the 50s this afternoon. 70s around

probably not going see a storm like that for a while. >> thank you, rob. ning us here at 6:00. have a great evening. >> hope to see you at 11:00. >>> disturbing new photos. christie brinkley with a black eye and garbs on her famous face. >>y she had has been air lifted to the e.r., now on "extra." >>> super model christie brinkley banged up and bruised, rushed to the hospital. new details on her vacation disaster. >>> trees audio giudice's giant scare behind bars. why she's on lockdown as theresa and husband joe reportedly lock a new tv spin-off show. >>> adam levine attacked. the tense moments as a fan rushes hill on stage. >>> plus dancing hero noah on

you sideways. golden gate bridge is moving smoothly. wind is not much of a factor. rob has been explaining that to me. it's not like i knew that. over here toward the richmond bridge. wind advisories here. carquinez bridge and catching a big breeze. a note for them as well. overa overall, your speeds are fine along this approach toward the bay bridge and the north bay. san rafael and novato. over here, antioch, highway 4, we have the start for that slowdown, typical for this time of morning. no problems for the walnut creek interchange. dublin interchange the fine. south bay, nice smooth flow. 101, 87. we'll focus on the 280-17 interchange. we did have this new transition that opened up over yesterday morning. watching the entire area. live look shows you despite the slow down that shows up an our sensor we don't have that on the live shot. that's why we defer that. no incident but i'll check on that. maybe there's road work going on. send it baing inback to you. >>> the parents who made headlines for allowing their kids to walk to the park by the belt are now back in t

that was impressive. >> you need snow to snowboard. and, rob, there's still snow falling in many parts of the country, right? >> and you can go to actually copper mountain. they have this incredible inboard facility where they train in a foam pit. not to that extent. but it certainly helps with the bangs and br've got snow across the rockies, by the way the whistler ski snow festival is wrapping up. a lot of ski resorts this is the last week, they will take the freshder. the system is pulling out into the plains. we've been talking about the severe weather across parts of texas. these systems combine and expand the rain threat in chicago and back into pittsburgh, later today, the north eastern half of the country will be in the rain. the northeast will be dry sunday night until monday. tallahassee the gulf coast seeing the worst of it, meanwhile, out west is dry. that's a look nationally, here's what's happening locally. >> reporter: what's happening locally, rob around here is great weather for saturday. nothing on storm tracker 6 live double

you. back to rob. what a picture behind you. >> this is the picture of that rio vista tornado last night backlit by lightning. that wedge, amazing nobody was hurt with the damage that we reported earlier. the threat pushes off to the east. tornado watches across louisiana, sabine river. new orleans will be under the gun and pouring over in towards mobile. heavy rain and that will pour back towards the red river, as well in through parts of oklahoma and down through florida, too. fairly pleasant across parts of the northeast. jacqui: goomorning, washingt. we are startrting out the workwee a little bit on the cool side, a dry morning but a stray shower or sprinklkle will be possle this afternoon with gusty winds out of the northwest and a high tempererature of 64 degrees. fair skies tonight, low temperatures into the 40's, warming up tomorrow unasonable with a high near the 70 degree mar, i i thinwe will hit 70 by wednesday w >>> coming up on "gma" our exclusive and emotional interview with bruce jenner's

you. back to rob. what a picture behind you. >> this is the picture of that rio vista tornado last night backlit by lightning. that wedge, amazing nobody was hurt with the damage that we reported earlier. the threat pushes off to the east. tornado watches across louisiana, sabine river. new orleans will be under the gun and pouring over in towards mobid river, as well in through parts of oklahoma and florida too. that's a check of the national outlook, the local forecast is 30 seconds away, here the select cities brought to you by special k snack bars. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, david murphy here with an update from accuweather. we're dry on storm tracker 6 live double scan, taking a look outside, fair amount of sunshine and with clouds. temperatures in the 50s over the next hour or so. this afternoon 63, clouds and sun mixed. cool and breezy, there's a chance of a spotty afternoon and evening shower, dry most of the time. sunny and milder tomorrow, up closer to 70. gorgeous on wednesday 74. e

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that was impressive. >> you need snow to snowboard. and, rob, there's still snow falling in many parts of the country, right? >> and you can go to actually copper mountain. they have this incredible inboard facility where they train in a foam pit. not to that extent. but it certainly helps with the bangs and bruises. unbelievable. that guy can send it. we've got snow across parts of the rocky mountains. whistler ski and snowboard festival is happening right now. they're wrapping it up this weekend. aspen. back to breckenridge. a lot of ski resorts, this is their last weekend. they'll take the fresh powder they're getting. larimer county could see another half foot to a full foot of powder as this thing kind of winds down. the system itself is slowly pulling out into the plains. we have been talking about the severe weather across parts of texas. these two systems kind of combine. it starts to expand the severe threat. the rain threat. all the way across the northern plains, back into chicago, back to detroit and pittsburgh eventually, late toda

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you. >>> abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano joins us. that storm alex was talking about moved away but left wild wind in its place. >> yeah strong wind ss especially across the northeast today, cecilia. outside of boston, over 50-mile-an-hour gusts. but all the way to d.c., 45-mile-an-hour guests. jfk and new york, 47. even some snow up to half foot of snow in northern maine. unrelated to this is this cool picture taken near the naval avenue station near key west, florida. a little waterspout. didn't do damage but certainly a bit of a treat on this holiday weekend. >> that holiday weekend. a lot of easter egg hunts in store. what's up for easter? >> well, first off we got a pattern change that will bring rain not only there but down into parts of california. they'll take it. they'll need it. and through the holiday weekend, or the rest of, it i should say through easter showers expected through parts of texas. 73 in denver and 72 in charleston. the winds will be calming down. so not too shabby for easter sunday. >> that's what we want to