cautionary notes this is the system of seattle system, not your system. you have to look that principals and see if they apply to the same work the planning side, the modeling side, the adaptive side and i'll talk briefly for a few seconds on mayors initiative on climate control because it gives an as political environment to work in and then the seattle system. the mayor of seattle nickels started the protocols for the city and started process with a lot of other mayors to start aggressively dealing with climate change if your interested at the bottom we have the website where there was an advisory commission made up of a number of corporate entities including starbucks and boeing and they came up with a plan for seattle the materials are there and if your interested i encourage you to go ahead and look at those and see the things being done with other mayors across the country. >> our system, we have two water supply systems the cedar system and toll system that supplies one third and we own the entire head waters on 90 thousand acres and we control tha

take seattle. when housing prices across the country were diving seattle was going the other way.y more as we hear from john blackstone. >> reporter: in 2006 when foreclosure signs started going up all over california and florida, when the bottom was falling out of the housing market in arizona and nevada, prices were still rising in seattle. >> we felt great about it. we felt like we were making a good decision. that it was a good place to invest, that it was stable. >> reporter: megan and ryan paid $285,000 in 2006 for this one bedroom apartment. but with a baby on the way, they wanted a bigger place so decided to sell in 2009. >> we were kind of excited listing at 325. we had one offer at 295 which, you know n hindsight is fabulous, so at the time, we didn't feel it was enough and we rejected it. >> reporter: they listed it three times taking the price down to 279,000. it is the kind of decline many didn't think possible. since he is at el had avoid much of the secretaries ses-- excess of the housing bubble there didn't seem to be much to burst. >> it definitely was quite surpr

as well as seattle. in a big way, housing prices have dropped a whopping 31% in seattle since.s say the prices will continue to drop for at least a year. in the meantime more people are adjusting their expectations. megan and ryan have now rented out their condo and have become renters themselves. >> i never imagined myself as a landlord. it seems to be a pretty simple way to get out of predicaments like this. hold onto it for a little while and see what happens. >> reporter: it's a predicament being faced by homeowners in many parts of the country that didn't get caught in the boom. but still can't avoid the bust. john blackstone, cbs news, los angeles. >>> coming up a little later on "the early show," winter is back! an update on the snowstorm battering the midwest. and where it will be headed next. >>> also, a live interview with massachusetts senator scott brown on the painful revelations in his new book out today. >>> and we'll go behind the scenes of the hit cbs sitcom "how i met your mother" and hang out with the cast. all of that and more coming up a little bit later on

in dubai we have to and i hear him he's a visiting fellow at the dubai school of government and in seattle we crossed the ramsey by route he is the editor in chief of the palestine chronicle and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger or a gentleman this is cross talk you've all been around before and you know the rules so obama z. in seattle if i can go to you first as we sit down all of us the constitution in egypt has been suspended parliament has been dissolved a referendum will be held we don't know presumably before elections in six months time is egypt its government its military government and its protesters can they do that in six months because the reason why. this question is that for all of my life it least we've been told that arab people can't rule themselves they need a dictator they need a strong man so we have a country that has an awesome task ahead of it how do you think it's going to play out you know it's of course is not going to be easy peter but considering the fact

there's a major battle is brewing in seattle and it's not over taxes on a new city ordinance cracking down on noise it's actually over phone books you see the city which is known for being very earth friendly wants to do away with the big bulky books that are dropped at your door every single year so they decided to create an opt out website similar to the telemarketing no call list but see the phone book industry they're not so happy about they are now suing seattle saying if the city's attempt to crack down on unwanted yellow pages violates the first amendment and a motion filed in federal court the yellow pages association argued that its products are fully protected speech so they are seeking to have this measure approved by the seattle city council tossed out saying that the majority of debt of the books contain is not really advertising its emergency and community information but come on read that book is nothing more than advertising if you really want some personal information on someone these days you go to the internet nobody pulls out their ten pound phone book for the city

just rainshowers, seattle and portland. cold front will go through. temperatures will drop. the snow elevations will too. rain changing to snow. especially wednesday night into thursday. may even be muff to have to shovel a little bit. especially many seattle. >>> if are you bauching us on kt uh-huh tv channel 2 in anchorage, alaska, learn about the state through local historical treasures through living our cull tug, sharing our shartage at the anchorage museum. that's your pacific event of the day. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. we're not sure how his agent, recording executives and other handlers feel about it, but justin bieber lost his trademark hair style and likes his look. jay demarcus of rascal flats tweeted a picture of bieber. bieber himself tweeted that he saved the hair to auction off for charity. and then there's bieber and girlfriend sell evena gomez. the 16-year-old recently phoned into an order to a florist and filled her house with flowers. multiple trucks were meted for the delivery. >>> the best way to restore your pub

we're talking seattle.ossibility of around three to four inches of snow over the next 48 hours, and portland could pick up maybe as much as four to six inches of snow. make sure you keep it tuned your local nbc station and we'll update you on your specific forecast for your area and your elevations. that's a look at your wednesday forecast to be cool, but no snow today. >> lynn, looks like our wintery forecast continues into thursday. update coming up. >> bill, thanks so much. also coming up, in a matter of days, wall street's roller coaster from happy days to doom and gloom. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, chris brown is now not only allowed to get near former girlfriend reana, but he can legally talk to her again. >>> coming up, another first for the clippers blake griffin. life after çcarmelo begins for the nuggets. you're watching "early today." co >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. r

showers along the pacific coast, from seattle to northern california. >> 54 in sacramento. and mostly 40s from seattle to salt lake city. 20s from fargo to detroit. 42 in kansas city. 33 here in new york. just shy of 70 in atlanta. and a nice-sounding 82 in miami. >>> well, business news is coming up next, including domino's, looks like they're branching out beyond pizza. >>> and new messages from gabby giffords, as the congresswoman now takes to twitter. >>> and we'll update our breaking story. a major earthquake killed dozens in new zealand. ererererererererr >>> oil prices are surging again this morning, after the biggest one-day jump in almost three years. rising prices threatened to drive up gas prices and slow down the global economic recovery. >>> and that news is weighing on oversea stocks this morning. tokyo's nikkei average sank 1.8% today. hong kong's hang seng tumbled more than 2%. and in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street, as they go back to work there, after the long holiday weekend. the dow climbed 118 points last week. meanwhile, the nasdaq added

wet on i-5, from seattle to southern california, with flooding arnold l.a. and san diego.salt lake city to sacramento. and slick on i-80 and 90 in pennsylvania and western new york. >> and if you're flying today, you can expect some airport delays in seattle, san francisco, l.a., salt lake city, vegas, phoenix and memphis. >>> we have an update, now, on that los angeles tv reporter who suddenly started spewing gibberish during a live report just after sunday's grammy awards. here's what happened. >> well, a very, very heavy -- tonight -- we had a very -- >> the speculation is that serene branson there may have suffered a stroke. >> it turns out, she was hit by a particular type of migraine that can mimic symptoms of a stroke. branson watched the tape. she said it gave her chills. >> as soon as i opened my mouth, i knew something was wrong. having trouble remembering the word for grammy. i knew what i wanted to say. but i didn't have the words to say it. to be honest with you, i started crying right away because i was scared. i was embarrassed. i was terrified and confused.

and on i-90, from seattle to spokane. and slippery on i-15, in the northern rockies. >> if you are flying today, you can expect some airport delays in seattle, san francisco, los angeles and salt lake city. >>> bernard madoff has now broken his silence. speaking to a newspaper for the first time since his arrest more than two years ago. >> the brain behind the devastating $65 billion ponzi scheme says banks should have suspected his fraud. >> "the new york times" report also details madoff's day-to-day life in prison, after so many years of living the high life. 30 months ago, bernard madoff had it all. homes, cars, boats, a happy family. now, his domain is a 12-square-foot cell, with a big window and a cell mate. in a sitdown interview with "the new york times," his first since his arrest in december 2008, he talks about his nearly two-decade-long fraud. he maintains that family members knew nothing. but he blames banks and hedge funds, saying they were quote, complicit in his fraud. telling "the times," quote, they had

in seattle if i can go to you first as we sit down all of us the constitution in egypt has been suspended parliament has been dissolved a referendum will be held we don't know presumably before elections in six months time is egypt its government its military government and its protesters can they do that in six months because the reason i ask this question is that for all of my life it least we've been told that arab people can't rule themselves they need a dictator they need a strong man so we have a country that has an awesome task ahead of it how do you think it's going to play out. you know it's of course is not going to be easy peter but considering the fact that the egyptian people have thrown such overthrown an entrenched and rooted rooted the corrupt and oppressive regime in the matter eighteen days i think they are more than capable of holding fair and democratic and transparent elections in the matter of six months i think it's very much possible that the challenge here is whether. the list over of the regime in egypt and i am sure that there are still many of them out there tr

seattle, you're at 34 this morning.ith sunshine, a typical winter day for you, much of southern california is cooler than last week, but you're still sunny and dry. that's a quick looktaff, cold, . wednesday forecast coming up, lynn. >> thanks so much, bill. also coming up, wall street rebounds, oil boils, and who has the most friends on facebook? the early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, oscar winner hally barry suddenly drops out of a film role to do battle in court. >>> coming up, lebron james helps the cavs reach another milestone. the super bowl teams arrive in dallas, and oneç steeler is dressed for a texas sized shoot-out. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today. "i i'm lynn berry. here are your top headlines this morning. >>> nbc is reporting security officials are warning major wall street banks al qaeda terrorists in yemen may be trying to plan attacks against those institutions or their executives. operatives have expressed a desire to mail p

today bring that umbrella from portland to seattle.u still need it in seattle and western washington state as we go throughout the day. look at the temperatures. 60s and then all of a sudden by the time we get to sunday we jump it up to upper 60s in phoenix. 78 in l.a. on sunday. that is a nice day. that's more like it. >>> well, if you are watching us from kenv news 10 nevada. see an exhibit of vibrant paintings that depict life grog up on an indian reservation. that's your pacific event of the day. >> thanks so much. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines and entertainment. two openers will battle for former audiences for the top spot in the box office this super bowl weekend. the thriller "the roommate" cost only $8 million to make. both tv stars. features the irresistible psychocollege roommate plot line. on the down side it wasn't screened for critics, which usually means the movie stinks. still the around $15 million it's the favorite. close on its heels should be the cave adventure sanctum. james cameron execut

supply during the summer and if we're in a situation where we have a longer drought period we like seattle have annual refills with reservoirs and a summer draw down where we're serving from our reservoirs if that presents challenges for us. increase in wild fires. it's a huge concern for us and i'm sure for like san francisco we're an unfiltered drinking source and our watershed is in the mountains where there's lots of reck rauks and eventhough it's protected and there's no entry allowed our watershed we're are neighbors of an intensely utilized effort. water rights issue is only issues with our ground source but we do share that series of,aquafo r's and we have the city of vancouver on the other side that also taps that water reservoir. and fish flows we're currently in the process of pursuing habitat conservation plan to come in compliance in the clean water act so we're very concerned about any impact that could impact our ability to maintain fish flows we're currently agreeing to. next slide. so, in terms of what we've done to study climate change effects on our system. in 2002 throu

seattle you were under a winter storm warning now only calling one or two inches. portland winter storm warning. the rain will make it down to san francisco. the storm still with us on friday but drops further to the south, we end that moisture up in the northwest, but we're still going to be watching cold rain from san francisco even l.a., only 61 degrees with some rain expected. a lot of the hills outside of san francisco in the high mountains there in the central sierra you will be dealing with a snowstorm. kind of an interesting event as we end february. if you're watching us on kcra 3, sacramento, california, see a showcase of clay artwork from wood fire pottery to porcelain bowls at the vase and beyond at the crocker art museum. vase, vase. >> potato, potato. you can say both, we don't care. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. a judge warned lindsay lohan on wednesday if she plea bargains or is sentenced on a jewelry theft charge, she's going to jail, quote, period. lohan, charged with stealing a $2,500 necklace from an l.a. st

at the seattle aquarium.t's your pacific event of the day, veronica. >> doesn't that sound fun, bill? >> i would do it. i think that's cool. >> would you get in the tank or you would just watch. >> i would actually do it. snoshgelling i saw an octopus once. impressive. >>> now here is an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. who says that you can't be an action star with a number one film when you're close to 60 years old? liam neeson's thriller "unknown" took the top spot this weekend following up his 2009 action hit "taken" with $21.8 million at the box office. making the victory even more sweet, he did it without the coveted younger audience. 54% of the audience was 50 and over and a whopping 89% 25 and over. an action story about a teenager alien on earth opened in second and "gnomeo and juliet" finished third. it finished so closely to "i am number four" the movies could change rankings tomorrow when final numbers are released. and the weekend's other new wide release the martin lawren

cooling right now over seattle. our high today's only going to be 37 degrees. this will start moving later this morning. here's the way it looks last night through this morning into the afternoon hours. here we are thursday at 11:00. you see light rain already starting to move into the north bay during the lunch hour tomorrow. as the cold front moves through tomorrow night, that's where those snow levels start dropping. especially elevated surfaces, like cars, possibly bridges, signs, trees. that's where you'll get the accumulation. ground a little too warm to develop on our roadways. and maybe grassy surfaces. all right. we have a winter storm watch in effect for the north bay hills down to 1,000 feet for tomorrow afternoon through friday afternoon because of the snow. temperatures in the mid-40s friday and saturday. if you have plans saturday afternoon, it will be dry. the rain and snow should end, say, around 4:00 saturday morning. monday looking sunny and much warmer. good morning, frances. >> mike, enjoy the dry commute today and tomorrow. friday looks pre

wet on i-5, from seattle to portland and central florida.indy and slippery on i-80, from san francisco to reno. snow-covered on parts of i-84 and 90 from the pacific northwest into the northern rockies. >> if you are flying today, you can expect some airport delays in seattle, san francisco, salt lake city and minneapolis. >>> a mystery surrounding some of the world's most famous masterpieces has finally been unraveled. the yellow in some of van gogh's paintings, like starry night and his sunflower series, turned brown, while others remained vibrant. scientists found the discoloration only took place when van gogh mixed chrome, yellow and white. that combinati that combination degraded in sunlight, while pure yellow did not. for now, there's no way to stop the darkening. but it can be slowed down by keeping paintings away from harmful light. >>> a disturbing moment for a los angeles reporter seen on live tv. serene branson was covering the grammy awards sunday night for kcbs. her report was0 newscastofhe 11:00 newscast. but when the show cut

pray for scott and jean adams of california and sailing partners phyllis mckay and bob riggle from seattle, their quick return isn't likely if they reach the dangerous shores of somalia where they would be the only americans among 660 sailors held for ransom by pirate gangs. >> they're staring down the barrels of loaded guns held by youths with whom they cannot communicate and they're just praying that the ransom is going to get paid and they have no idea whether they're going to live or die. >> reporter: john burnett was once himself beaten and robbed by pirates. he says these sailors already have several strikes against them from their yacht, symbol of western wealth and they're missionaries. they're only worth something to the pirates alive. jeremy hubbard, abc news, new york. >>> well, just when we thought we finally received a break from winter weather, a fierce snowstorm is stretching from montana to michigan and it's forced the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights. it's a full-blown blizzard in minnesota where drivers are now struggling to get around in these whiteout conditions

and 22 degrees in minneapolis. 33 in seattle. and 45 in salt lake. >>> and coming up, why your retirement savings may be in better shape than you think. good news. >> let's hope so. >>> plus, a major recall of the nation's best-selling vehicles. we'll tell you which model years and why. >>> and what raising kids in the u.s. has in common with the african nation of swaziland. and it's not something to boast about. >>> as we mentioned earlier, the unrest in libya has sent oil surging to near $100 a barrel. and that is weighing on stocks this morning. tokyo's nikkei average lost 1.2% today. hong kong's hang seng was off 1.3%. and in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street, the dow lost 107 points yesterday. the nasdaq was down almost 33 1/2 points. >>> there's news this morning of help for homeowners in trouble. "the wall street journal" says the obama administration has come up with a deal that would force big banks to reduce mortgage principals. right now, loan modifications mostly lower interest rates and increase the numbe

i-5 will be snow-covered from seattle to eugene, oregon. also snowy on i-84 and 90 in the rockies.ick spots on i-94 from fargo to minneapolis. wet on i-40 and 30 from little rock to memphis and dallas. >> and if you're flying today, expect weather-related airport delays only in seattle and memphis. >>> president obama gave a shoutout to his former chief of staff, rahm emanuel, last night, offering congratulations on winning the chicago mayors race. >> emanuel becomes the city's first new mayor since 1989, replacing the retiring richard daley. chris bury reports from chicago. >> reporter: after posting a clear and commanding lead, winning a clear majority to avoid a runoff election in april. >> you sure know how to make a guy feel at home. >> reporter: rahm emanuel bested a crowded field, including former senator carol moseley braun, and long-time official, gary chico, in a hotly-contested race. he fended off numerous challenges to his residency. but from the beginning, emanuel enjoyed clear advantages. including the implicit backing of president obama. and a national fund-raising e

rainy on i-5 seattle to portland.n i-90, from washington state into western montana. >> if you are flying today, expect airport delays in seattle, minneapolis, chicago, detroit and miami. >>> updating our top story this morning. the crowds are growing in cairo. >> angry protesters are calling for a massive march from freedom square to the presidential palace, a distance of about ten miles. president mubarak has turned over powers to his vice president. but he himself refuses to step down. >>> another deadly natural gas explosion has brought new attention to a danger lurking under homes across the country. the latest blast ripped through allentown, pennsylvania, killing five people. hundreds of people were forced to run for their lives. here's david kerley. >> reporter: just before bedtime in this former steel town, a massive explosion and a gas-fed inferno. >> i was reading a book in the living room. and it felt like a giant kicked the house. like, it all shook. >> reporter: daylight this morning reveals what looks li

downpours from seattle to san francisco. showers around l.a. and san diego. up to two feet of mountain snow in colorado, utah, the sierras and cascades. 6 to 12 inches from cheyenne, to billings, and fargo, north minnesota. most of the country, good news here, feels like spring. >> 70s in dallas, new orleans and miami. 64 in baltimore. and 54 degrees here in new york. just shy of 60 in indianapolis. 71 in kansas city. le to salt lake city. >>> and when we come back this morning, one of the country's biggest bookstore chains declares bankruptcy. >>> plus, senator scott brown. the latest prominent man to admit he was sexually abused. why now? >>> and behind all that, the high-tech makeover for monopoly. >>> oil prices are hovering around $85 a barrel this morning, after rising wednesday because of concerns about the continuing unrest in the middle east. >>> as for stocks, tokyo's nikkei average rose 0.25% today. hong kong's hang seng added 0.6%. and in london, the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow gained 61 points yesterday. and the nasdaq climbed 21

be just as democracy in the middle east i'm joined by ramsey by root in seattle he's the editor in chief of the palestine chronicle in jerusalem we go to israel made out he is the director of information resources at the manakin bagan heritage center and in london we go to come out and he is the chairman of the center for the study of terrorism and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect you have differences of opinion and i do encourage you to jump in here ok if i could go to ramsey first in seattle i think you know looking over the events that have happened in egypt and tunisia and as we're sitting down doing this program there are hundreds of thousands of people in the center of cairo protesting and demanding the end of the mubarak regime but over the last two weeks or so has the discourse of these dictators supported by the west they're the only things that they did they're the only people that are a barrier to extremism in the arab world isn't that that that dichotomy that that discourse in tatters or. right now if we lo

. >> rain gauge wise no body probably cares about the city of seattle but we could do some things. other than quality control and we're going to spend more money and time but i think it's easily transferable to others. >> let's go back to the floor. yes? >> i want to go back to the point of the technical and public engage meant. it's one piece of the puzzle but provide as lot of opportunity. water efficiency provides most of the savings on the consumer side. the numbers we heard about 18 percent, almost all of that is not water agency and waist water treatment but keeping the water in the homes using the washing machines and so on. saving that can save humans money which then energy games people into, well, maybe we should listen to the engineers and people trying create the model. >> thank you. >> yes? yes? >> i want to tie into the first speaker and segway the opportunity for public, private partnerships and collaboration. i have an exand pl in california that's local to the san francisco, puc, the california commission has listed grant under their renewable fuels program and the

that's the cold moving into northern washington, 32 or some 33 in seattle.t's drawing in moisture from this low that was north of the hawaiian islands. in vallejo, the snow level goes down until this goes down on friday night and then the cold air comes in. a mix of sun and clouds. a little bit more sun to the south. mid-50s. antioch, 57. 56, santa cruz, fremont, 56. mountain view, 56. sunday and clouds, tomorrow we include it up. rain begins in the north bay. friday, cold with rain and if there's snow down to see level, it will be late friday early saturday. >>> a safety drill at a zoo in japan, looked more like a comedy sketch. it was a practice drill about what to do if a tiger escaped, but since it's hard to get a real tiger to cooperate during a trial. so they put up this cartooned tiger. it's not clear why the tiger walked around on two legs than four. the tigers even look puzzled. >>> a major police sweep is happening in the east bay. kraig debro has been on this developing story all morning. we'll have more on that story, you will see right here on c

they were traveling with a couple from seattle.kland woman, niece of the seattle woman, says her aunt new of the dangers in that area. they heard gunshots aboard the yacht and charged on board. officials say there were more than a dozen pirates. some have been killed, others captured. the couples were delivering bibles throughout the world. another major story we're following overseas. stunning new firsthand accounts out of new zealand, some people experiencing what's called utter devastation. the quake struck the city of christ church yesterday. this morning rescue crews are trying to sort the dead from the living. jenelle wang is live in the news room with the latest. >> kristen, 65 people are confirmed dead and the prime minister warns the death toll could rise significantly. he's calling it the country's darkest day. the quake hit during the rush hour in the city of christ church, the second largest city in new zealand. the power is in and out, the water jeopardized. many trapped and feared dead underneath the rubble. the state

it's made it to seattle and portland. 32.n vegas, some of the cold air did make it to you this morning. 28 in phoenix at 37. it's a little cooler than the last couple of days, but compared to the rest of the country, it really is nothing to complain about. we should see mostly sunny skies in much of the west, and with the cool air we have a little bit of clouds sneaking into washington state and also there around oregon. temperatures not bad. right aroundeugene. astoria, today around 50. crescent city, 50 degrees. lots of sunshine. that's a look at your wednesday forecast. >> thanks so much. >>> well, coming up, stocks rise, the dollar falls, and the world is running out of ikea. that's straight ahead. plus, she's back. just when you thought lindsay lohann was going low profile, she's being investigated for theft. >> coming up, the upsets continue in college hoops and the sights and sounds of super bowl media day. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some

>> we heard from seattle that they went down to sort of a regional type model. what's the status of that, some of us have regional or coastal, not snow back. when can we expect possible help for modeling of that? >> right now. it exists. that's what we used in this california assessment. for the scenarios they were all down scaled to twelve kilometers covering california and nevada. it's not totally adequate and i'm not saying this is a solved problem. the premium grape growers want to know what's going on in napa, valley but for a lot of water related problems i think we're okay. [inaudible] >> what's the long-term climate - >> hopefully, we get on to that green emissions trajectory which would have co2 levels leveling off and declining. there's a lot of inertia in the system. we all have cars and you can't change power plants overnight and et cetera, et cetera. but in fact the earth response to climate is not going to make too much difference until about the middle part of the century between all those scenarios. through 2050 a climate model is sort of a clima

a seattle man is in jail after being accused of a weekend gas robbery. he wasn't demanding. he started with a polite question. >> will you do me a favor? >> yes. >> put your -- i'm robbing you. >> this happened on saturday. the gas stations owner said the robber went on to apologize for his crime saying he had bills to pay and children to feed. police say the 65-year-old has previous convictions for armed robbery. >>> the city of se bath poll is getting help to with traffic accidents. about 38,000 cars pass through the downtown area every day. >> i would the majority of the time nonofficer is working traffic accidents. they are going to a call, from a call, doing investigations. >> the highway patrol has offered to help. last week six chp offices issued 26 citations during a two hour crack down. >>> we will go back over to sal. we are talking about the wind. advisories on the bridges, sal? >> yes, especially on the high bridges such as the richmond bridge. i will update that for you throughout the morning. we will look for the advisories for you. i want to let you know right

there's also another little storm spinning here just off the coastline of seattle. here we are.ur two storms going to the south. it has more moisture with it. it's also producing heavy snow in the high elevations of the sierra. as much as to to three feet is going to fall in the central sierra region. interstate 80 with difficult spots, especially bottom of 6,000 to 7,000 feet. that rain continues to the south, and as far as snowfall goes, as i mentioned, two to three feet. bring that umbrella with you today. maybe the thunderstorm in l.asp coast. only a few showers. portland, dry and 44. >>> weekend forecast coming up and finally our storm is on the move. >> all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> well, the arms back off ticket hikes. the nfl and its players union head to mediation, and facebook updates its relationship status. early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, you may be pushing 60, but that's not stopping liam nissan from taking on another action role at the box office this weekend. >> coming up, the set for the daytona 500 and everything comes up ro