what is concerning to people here in south texas, ed, is that some of that so-called spillover violence could happen here. and, in fact, i spent part of the day with the san juan, texas, police department. they have seen shootings. they've seen kidnappings. and they found a cache of korean grenades used by the drug cartels in some of their violence. yes, it is spilling across here. what is more concerning to people here in south texas is the effect on tourism here. this is spring break. normally you would see this crossing here behind me filled with senior citizens and college students heading into mexico. that's not happening because of the fears of the drug violence in moexico. that's the concern here in south texas and all along the u.s. border. >> nbc's charles hadlock for us. >>> up next, the woman the president says was instrumental in today's historic overhaul of health care. white house director of health reform, n joins us live in a moment. >>> the economist is calling the house speaker the most powerful woman in history. we'll take a closer look at the power of pelosi. stay wi

a frontal system in the deep south will work its way across texas. it is spinning over new england. u can see that storm system moving in from the south. it will stay to our south. we will get brushed by it. a minor situation. we will get up to 50 degrees today. >> that means we will go for a nice walk. a nice drive on 95 between fredericksburg and baltimore. travel times are in our favor. things are moving nicely on 270. now to some top stories. >> thank you. >>> we are following breaking news out of it chillum, maryland. a car has hit four people. this happens on university boulevard. three people were transported with minor injuries. a fourth person to head injuries more seriously. an adult male was rescued at the same. >>> international aid is pouring into chile. rest you crews are working around the clock -- rescue crews are working around-the-clock. courtney robinson now and joins us live. >> hillary clinton is expected to visit the devastation tomorrow. roughly 18,000 americans live in the country. all are believed to be safe. much of the country is in disrepair. government of

let's run down the states, a rollcall, florida, south carolina, nebraska, texas, michigan, utah, our neighbors to the north, pennsylvania, alabama, south dakota, louisiana, idaho, washington and colorado, they all claim that the bill is unconstitutional because of its mandate requiring most americans to buy insurance. so we're going to chase you to our opinion bank which is open now. you can drop your 2 cents in, on our website we're asking the question do you think the health care bill will help you? so far 21% of you said yes. and 79% said no. it's still not too late to vote in our pole. just go right now to abc2news.com and look on the right side of the home page. >>> and the passage of the health care reform bill was bitter sweet for one lawmaker. congressman at kennedy paid a advice at this time his late father senator ted kennedy's grave yesterday and left a note and said dad, the unfinished business is done. senator kennedy was a huge advocate for health care reform but died before the bill was passed. >>> a pit bull named phoenix tried but could not survive before being set on

the storm is going to block the other one from south of texas from making it up toward us. ould have a better chance of seeing it. i think the bulk of the storm will be southeast virginia to the delmarva. close but generally south and east of us. 41 culpeper at this hour. mild morning. subfreezing temperatures in western maryland. garrett county schools are closed today because they had so much snow last week and over the weekend. readings, the wind chills in the lower 30s in most areas. some spots upper 20s. mostly sunny skies today, mid- 40s at lunchtime. it will be breezy with gusts over 20 miles an hour. it's just about 5:30. time for traffic. hello, kris. >> we will start on the beltway in virginia. at 123 we have a disabled blocking the right lane. on the inner loop at route 1 another disabled blocking the right shoulder. no delaysette but we will keep our eyes on them. in to maryland, the outer loop is moving well 95 to 270. heading over to 395 northbound. no problems duke to the 14th street bridge. on 95 in virginia, if we look at the camera here, a slow down is buil

a physician-owned hospital opened in south texas and stopped the drain of sick people having to drive 350 miles to get medical care or hospitalization. in chinatown's section of los angeles, the pacific alliance medical center is a 142-bed hospital, has been the main hospital for 104 years. this facility was purchased by a group of physicians 20 years ago after existing hospital boards planned to close and demolish the facility. throwing a lifeline, that's what these facilities do. or in wisconsin, the aurora hospital he'ses seven centers of excellence and was the first in the country to become a designated emergency center. or a medical cent for the the state of washington, a large rural health system that helps serve patients in a largely rural area. there's a lot of good work that's already been done this bill has been reviewed over and over again. what my opponents say on the other side or the opponents of this bill this bill has been on the table for a long time. we know we can work going forward to make things better system of no amount of attacks, being spat on by those who hav

mexico, texas and oklahoma, and then you go off into the gulf, they're big oil fields all over the south texasth louisiana, but off the coast of virginia, south carolina, there's no oil fields onshore there. why do you think they're going to be big oil fields offshore? and the shelf in the gulf of mexico goes out 600, 700 miles, and here the shelf you're, you know, 200 miles out off the virginia coast, you're about in 12,000, 15,000 feet of water. so, there isn't this great expectation, unless you don't understand what we have to look with -- look at, to be able to find big oil fields out there. but anyway, you've got -- >> go ahead. >> you're overwhelmed with natural gas is where you are. it's cleaner. it's cheaper. it's abundant, and it's ours. why not use it? it's the thing to use. go to the 8 million 18 wheelers. if you want to go further with natural gas as a transportation fuel, then that's after you do the 18 wheelers. do those, and then see where you want to go. >> and is that viable? and is anybody heading in the direction doing what you're suggesting? >> yes, they are. they are heade

there is that snow line up, and even the texas panhandle has winter weather advisories in effect and snow is expected to push south into the texas panhandle over the weekend. for us, to amar should be just like today, a lot of sun and mild temperatures. there may be a few widely scattered showers trying to break out sunday evening, but during the day tomorrow and sunday, it should be great weather to be outside before the clouds pickup and the rain newsmen in time for the monday morning rush hour. snow down in the smoky mounds of western north carolina next week. the first day of spring tomorrow at 1:32 in the afternoon. heading west, look for temperatures in the low 60's with sunny skies. 73 on in locations at eastern shore. still mild on sunday, then showers coming in late sunday night. breezy and cooler tuesday, and another front comes in toward the end of next week. >> breaking news, we have a problem on i-83. captain roy taylor is over the scene. >> south brown is 6 outbound i- 83, a crash involving two vehicles. there are injuries involved. the though in travel, but baltimore city fire crews have blocked off

attorney general bill mccaul is taking the lead and is joined by attorneys general from south carolina, nebraska, texas dakota, idaho, washington, colorado and louisiana. all our republicans accept james caldwell of louisiana who is a democrat. some states are considering separate lawsuits and still others may join the multistate suit. the u.s. senate needs at 2:15 p.m. to begin work on companion legislation to the health care bill signed into law today. it contains a number of changes to the law. many added to get democratic support in the house. senate democratic leader harry reid says he has the votes to pass it in his chamber, but republicans plan to offer a number of amendments to slow change, what's called the reconciliation bill. we will have live coverage when the senate gavels. president obama will be traveling this week to explain the health care law. on thursday he will visit iowa city, iowa, where, as a presidential candidate, he announced his health care plan in may 2007. the american israel public affairs committee is holding its annual policy conference in washington, d.c., this week. am

police thought they were chasing an intoxicated driver south of lagrange, texas. they were chasing a 12-year-old. he had led the cops on a 15-mile chase and hitting speeds of 100 mile an hour and didn't have the headlights on and finally ended when the officers laid down spike strips, but that is not the end of it. police say they found a small caliber handgun and a small amount of marijuana in the trunk. the boy was placed in a juvenile detention center. police say he did not have permission to take out the truck, and also in listening to him as they caught him, he said he wanted to call his mom. now calling his mom from juvi. what is going on with the kids? this is kids gone wild. >>> we have heard it before, mom and dad go away and leaf the kid behind and he throws a party and the kids trash the house a little bit. but this is a completely different level. this is $45,000 in damages. the home is basically destroyed. here is our affiliate whdh in boston. >> reporter: the pictures here tell this story. >> absolute devastation. >> reporter: last month when jill ab

those states include washington, idaho, utah, colorado, south dakota, nebraska, michigan, texas, louisianaylvania, south carolina, and florida. virginia's attorney general is filing a separate suit against the health care bill. their main objections to the bill are that the requirement that most americans purchase insurance and the expansion of medicaid. for more let me bring in attorney general mark shirtlif of utah, one of the states that has filed a suit against the health care bill. what's the issue here? what do you really take issue with? is it the mandate? >> well, it is. it's that individual mandate that requires every american to for the first time in history of america to buy a product or face a penalty for it. i've been listening to your program. i'll be one elected official who absolutely condemns hate speech and vandalism and the rhetoric. what we're doing going to court is the antithesis of that. if we have a legal agreement the court should resolve it. >> i have no problem with that. you being the number one law enforcement official in the judiciary, in the justice system in

the rio grande valley -- you're going to hear from two others that have links into that part of south texas. but at this time i'd like to ask a dear friend, congressman ru n ruben -- >> good afternoon and thank you all for the opportunity to come and share some thoughts with you today. i would like to briefly highlight the importance of u.s.-mexico security cooperation. it is a troubling trend that i am going to be talking in reporting of border violence and what i hope will be a renewed focus on communities by the merida initiative or any future security program. the theory that drug-related violence from mexico could spill over into the united states gained some currency throughout the past year. fueled by alarmist headlines and breathless news bulletins that created the impression that american border cities are threatened by the intergang warfare that erupted in some parts of mexico in response to president felipe calderon's sea-changing decision to roll back drug trafficking organizations. reality suggests otherwise. the u.s. city crime rankings the years 2009 to 2010 does not list a s

it's going to be almost 70 in new orleans and approaching 830 in portions of south texas and west texas the most part. 50's out east and out west where it's 4:37 in los angeles, 71 will be your high temperature. all right, who is in the final four, gretch? >> it's been six long years but duke returning now to the final four. the blue devils beating a tough baylor squad with a late run to break up a tie game in the closing minutes. duke wins 78-71. they draw now west virginia in a semifinal. joining the blue devils will be michigan state. this after morgan hits this free throw. watch this. swoosh. went on to a spartans victory over tennessee and that sends michigan state to its sixth final four in 12 years. second in a row. they, of course, will face cinderella butler on saturday. talk a little golf. for the first time in 28 years, the armed palmer invitational will be completed on a monday. leader ernie els holds a two shot lead through 14 holes. play stopped after heavy florida thunderstorms postponed the last few holes of the final round until 10:00 a.m. eastern today. >> good luck. >

police thought they were chasing an intoxicated driver just south of la grange, texas. they were chasing a 12-year-old behind the wheel. he led cops on a 15-mile chase. it's this chase hitting speeds 100 miles an hour didn't even have his headlights on and finally ended when officerss laid down spike strips. that's not the end of it. police say they found a small-caliber handgun and small amount of marijuana in the trunk. the boy was placed in juvenile detention center. police say he did not have permission to take out the truck and listening to him he said he wanted to call his mom. now calling his mom from juvey. what's going on with our kids? here's another one of kids gone wild we've heard it before mom and dad go away, leave the kid behind, well he ends up throwing a party, the house is trashed a bit. this is a completely different level. we're talking about $45,000 in damages, the home basically destroyed. here is our "prime news" affiliate in boston. >> reporter: the pictures here tell this story. >> absolute devastation. >> reporter: last month while she was on

, district of columbia, florida, georgia, kansas, louisiana, missouri, new jersey, ohio, south carolina, and texas, which are opposing the health care plan. we have many medical national societies which are opposing this plan, such as the american academy of dermatology, american academy of facial, plastic, and reconstructive surgery, the american academy of ophthalmology, the american academy of otoe laron joling. the -- of otolaryngology. the congress of obstetricians and gynecologists, the american college of students, the american osteopathic academy of orthopedics, the the american pediatric association, the american society of anesthesiologists and it goes on and on and on. general surgeons, colon and rectal surns, neurological surgeons, on and on and on. twice as many doctors in this country are formally opposed to this health care plan as have are supported it through the american medical association. twice as many are in opposition. i think that speaks importantly for what we should consider the medical community's response, really, to be to this legislation. at this point, i would like t

it is filed by the attorneys general of florida, south carolina, nebraska, texas, utah, louisiana, alabama, michigan, colorado, pennsylvania, washington, idaho, and south dakota. let me just read you one of the salient points in the lawsuit, number two -- the act represents an unprecedented encroachment on the liberty of individuals living in the plaintiffs' respective states by mandating that all citizens and legal residents of the united states have qualifying health care coverage or have a tax penalty. there's the salient part -- the constitution nowhere authorizes the united states to mandate either directly or under threat of penalty that all citizens and legal residents have qualified health care coverage. by imposing a mandate, the act exceeds the power of the united states under article i of the constitution and violates the 10th amendment of the constitution. the 10th amendment fight against health care saying the constitution does not allow the federal government to impose either mandatory health care or a tax or a penalty if they don't get it. joining me to talk about the legal

it is a pretty good storm, producing storms on the south side in parts of texas and another round of snow in the colorado rockies. there is some cold air on the other side of the storm will have to watch. we will track it all with the forecast, coming up in just a little bit. >> baltimore county police are looking into establishing that sent one man to the hospital. police said the attack took place just after 10:00 last night in a shopping center. the victim was stabbed in the upper arm. there is no word tonight on a suspect. >> another delay and the trauma of twin brothers accused of setting fire to a pit bull. they were supposed to go on trial today on separate gun charges. their father decided to have a judge decide his fate. now prosecutors were wait until his trial concludes before going after the jobs and others. anne arundel county police that an assault or rape case from almost seven years ago, using dna. thomas lee bellamy faces first- degree rape charges in the attack of the 13-year-old girl. investigators say dna recently landed belly to the crime. he was tracked down to

south florida that was very disturbing. let's show you what's going on as far as your weather is concerned. pick city of the day happens to be austin, texas kxan 36. sunny and 72. big storm system winding its up down through tennessee, bringing snow there and rain into the northeast and the midatlantic states. showers move into the pacific northwest. sunshine later on today from texas into the southwest. morning showers down through southern florida and we're looking at some heavy rain here in the northeast on into new england as we move on to the next 48 hours. flood watches for parts of new jersey on into new england. who is >> good morning. it's cloudy, damp, and cool on this monday morning. we are seeing showers scattered across west virginia, virginia and maryland and heavy showers in prince wal yam r yam off to the north and northeast. that will be moving through with a brief heavy downpour and into fairfax after that. other passing showers into tonight and >> i've got a couple of twins here. they're so cute. oh, there they are. look at those pictures of you. what's your name? >> earl. >> merle. >> earl and merle. i like that. that'

alabama, colorado, florida, idaho, louisiana, michigan, nebraska, south carolina, south dakota, texas, utah, and washington. all of those states, except louisiana, have republican attorneys general. "usa today" and houston, texas. the line for democrats. i had my letters back on my screen. go ahead, trish. caller: two important words. health and wealth. would you rather be healthy or wealthy if you had a choice? i am asking you. would you rather be healthy or wealthy? you would rather be healthy. host: what does it all mean? caller: republicans put so much on welfare and what people don't need to pay. they want to be the only ones who have money in their pockets and good health. most of the country is not able to pay for health care -- it is more important -- the wealth will follow if everyone is capable -- capable of doing a job in. if you are healthy -- americans need to stop being so racist. host: from the front page of "usa today." they did in a bowl and a show more favor than oppose the health care overhaul -- they did a new poll. the say it is a notable turnaround from surveys b

wind advisories have been issued here from parts of south dakota all the way into texas where the winds be gusting at times. pushing 50 miles per hour. look at this into the dallas-ft. worth area. we are looking at 22, 23 miles per hour sustained. we do have some delays at the airport. about 30 minutes to arrive there because of it. tomorrow, our storm system pushes toward the eastern seaboard with the threat of severe weather toward the southeast. if you have travel plans coming back somewhere maybe sunday night, you're going to start to have some of those problems. fredericka? >> thanks, jacqui. >>> it was supposed to be a safe solution to the scourge of the nuclear age. a place to store radio active waste. why after making a $10 billion hole in the ground is the government calling it quits? compare a well equipped lexus es, to a well-equipped buick lacrosse. get inside each. and see what you find. if perfection is what you pursue, this just might change your course. meet the new class of world class. the twenty-ten lacrosse, from buick. may the best car win. @   w w w w w wúw  

>> kentucky, and georgia, and south carolina, and georgia, and florida, and alabama, mississippi, louisiana, texasexico, arizona, california -- >> reporter: biking big sur was the toughest. >> head wind, chilly rain, and climbs from sea level to 1,000 feet. >> reporter: a fire destroyed their tent trailer. it has not been easy. but there are plenty of blisful moments, too. >> we put our feet in the atlantic, and i just cried. >> reporter: they are not biking for a cause, but hope the sight will be laughter. >> we wanteded to prove you don't have to be rich to live your dreams. we left with $300 and no safety net at all, and we made it over 4,000 miles by generosity of the american people. >> reporter: soon it's time to hit the helmets and gloves back on, and the family only logs 30 miles per hour. and this is likely why. the family can keep on biking and bondi all the way to alaska. >> the family plans to pedal across the golden gate bridge this morning. >>> let's look at some of the stories we are following for you this afternoon. pat lawson tells you about a preview of things to come. >> that wa

new york, texas and florida but montana and south dakota they got about 1200 better resident.ribution of a color-blind system, black and latino people didn't do so well. >> what should the president do now. >> a jobs bill now, unemployment of black people 16.5, rest of the nation 9.7%. nothing wrong with targeting those communities. not as a black man. every president before president obama dealt with the issue of race. he can't get a pass in dealing specifically with an african-american crisis because he's a black man. >> from my perspective, if you don't have a vote you figure out a way to make a vote, then everything will rise. president obama was elected as president of the united states, not just black america. yes, the unemployment rate is 10%, african-american community 16%, a little lower, maybe 15% in the latino community. if the president only targets hispanics, latinos, people that elected him most definitely will risk making sure he does not get re-elected in 2012. if he fixes the education system, if they deal with the education system the way they tried to deal w

occurred on bloody sunday, ironically a president from the south signed the civil rights act of 1965. president lyndon baines johnson from texas. and this was a bipartisan piece of legislation in that in this house of representatives the majority of the democrats, 217, and the majority of the republicans, 111, voted for this legislation. . bipartisan legislation passed with a vast majority of both the republicans and the democrats. a sign that bipartisanship on important pieces of legislation is necessary. and it is effective. so, i totally support this resolution. i commend those folks 45 years ago when you and i, mr. speaker, were just, i guess you would be inlementary school, i was in junior high, and this event occurred, those noble 600 that walked through the streets of alabama. and thus the civil rights act as we have today. i yield back the balance of my time, totally supporting this resolution. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields the balance of his time. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank each of the speakers, particularly mr. lewis, who we a

. >> in the north carolina, south carolina, and texas they have been talking about changing their historybooks. i was wondering why and what is wrong with them. i was also wondering if it is going to become a national issue. >> host: direct loan curriculuml always be interested at the local level. what we are working on, the is not coming from us. forty-eight governors, 48 state school chiefs including north carolina, south carolina, working together around higher standards. so if you have a high bar then you can at the local level beacon have folks working together and figure out who is doing a good job of that to be the will never have a national curriculum. that is not what we should be doing. education will always be done at the local level. i think we will see improvements in curriculum along the way. >> nick rodriguez. high school in the southwest wind through a great ordeal because parents found out that about 90% of the students enrolled were illegal immigrants. how do you feel about allowing illegal immigrants to attend public school? >> guest: we absolutely have to educate every

quickly, we are going to take you from this area to the red river further to the south which makes up parts of the texasoma border. not flooding but rather snow to see. some places up to a foot of snowfall possible from the front range of the rockies to the central plains. very quickly, eastern seaboard, very warm and lovely. boston, 70 degrees. 75 in washington, d.c. then getting on the other side of the frontal boundary, 36 in denver. 67 back in san francisco. i don't know what it is, guys. seems like every time we hit the weekends, weather goes nuts and the latest from here and the rest of the red river valley, how people are coping. things are looking pretty good. back do you. >> we are glad we have you on the weekends for us. it's very good, reynolds, you made that point. even though they do this every year and down to a science, they are really just one levy break away from disaster right now even though things look pretty good. we appreciate you keeping it fall perspective for us. >> we have a little bit of an issue with our audio. what we are going to do is keep the great question. you are full

south carolina. conservative democrats don't win primaries anymore, any place. even places like the carolinas or texasnd tennessee. so they despair over that part of that. and if we got any hope at all, we must put it as unreliable as they are with the republicans and try to rehabilitate them, reform them and demand them and manage their behavior, punish them when they lapse and applaud them when they do well. they are in a great sense right now more than they have ever been before that great big swing vote out there. and right now they have a clear understanding who they're swinging against. they're swinging against the democrats 'cause the democrats are who are frightening them half to death. but they haven't yet found themselves comfortably able to say yes, and i'm swinging for these guys. 'cause you're still waiting for the republicans to show that they're not the republicans that just broke our heart a few years ago. and the republican party has got to find a way to convince them that they're reliable adults. a rare thing indeed to be found holding public office. and they're cynical and doubtful

another big danger we have not along this red river, but the red river of the south that makes it parts of the texas. we can see heavy snowfall there today. we could see some that can measure up several feet up to colorado we could see up to a foot of snow in oklahoma. it's not a snow maker, but a rainmaker, severe thunderstorms in parts of texas as all of this cruises more to the east, abbie, we could see more thunderstorms develop in parts of tennessee, perhaps, alabama and georgia. we could have flash flooding in low lying areas with poor drainage. as we wrap things up, that is the late of the we have and of course, we'll watch the water rise and we're expecting to reached point of 27.5 feet tonight and into tomorrow before receding again and we'll watch the levees very carefully hoping that they'll be strong enough to hold back these waters. let's send it back to you. >> thank you very much. we'll be back to you not too long from now. thank you very much. >> you bet. >>> golf fans are talking about it along with everyone else and everyone seems to have an opinion. >> of course, they do. tiger is

south of des moines, to kansas city and dallas. flooding, gusty winds, hail, and a chance of tornados in oklahoma and texas. windy, with morning showers along the coast of maine. >> 70s in atlanta, miami and new orleans. indianapolis climbs up to 60. chicago will be 53. 49 for omaha. a near record high of 65 in seattle. 53 in salt lake city. and 75 in phoenix. >>> when we come back on this wednesday, how you can save on summer air travel. >>> then, the big, bailed out banks, facing criticism for not returning the favor. for the first time, we hear from someone on the inside. >>> and in health news, concern over >>> there is growing concerns about the fragile recovery in the housing market. new numbers show existing me sales fell 0.6% last month. that's the third-straight drop, pushing sales to the lowest level since last july. another dip in housing could make it harder for the overall economy to rebound. late their morning, we'll get the latest figures for new home sales. >>> overseas stock markets are rising this morning. tokyo's nikkei average rose 0.4% today. hong kong's hang seng is slightly higher. in

texas. mr. poe: i thank the lady. they were led by a 27-year-old individual from south carolina by way of alabama. he said at the alamo, i shall never surrender or retreat. and they did not surrender or retreat because war was hard then. and it cost them all their lives. but victory was attained later. and freedom was obtained. war is hard. it is always hard. and we shall not give in. we shall not you surrender or retreat. it is in our interest and the interest of america to defeat the enemy and let them have no doubt in their mind we will be victorious. that's just the way it is. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: i yield four minutes to mr. filner from california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. felipe calderon yes, mr. poe, war is hard. i -- mr. filner: yes, mr. poe, war is hard. talk to nelson mandela. peace is harder. peace is really hard. victory is close, i haired mr. poe's words. what message are we sending to our troops? the alamo is a metaphor for this? come on, mr. poe. and mr. poe started out, this is a

for denver, a little longer across new mexico and the panhandle of oklahoma and texas. 10 to 18 inches total. that's southcounty, we're talking about this for the morning, 19 inches of snow in some areas around that county in colorado so a lot of snow out there but all ahead of that it's warm enough to produce just plain old rain. that rain is heavy at times. look at the green and the yellow across northern kansas and nebraska now moving into missouri. a steady stream around oklahoma city too. it's going to be a problem for you. we already have the melting snow so we have that and the saturated soils are there. you also have heavy rain moving in. flood watches, area in dark green. light shaded area still flooding because of the snow melt from last week. down at the south look terrain around dallas. it's on the light side. but a little later today if we see any daytime heating at all we'll see severe thunderstorms with that cold front triggering on down. upper level low, we have that right across the area, cold air. hail makers are a possibility. but if you are traveling anywhere else, that's where the hea

. >> plus, the calendar may say spring, but in texas they are dealing with a snowy predicament. we head southe back. >> not here, though, we have sunshine. actually, it is texas-type weather. our insta-weather plus forecast for n ♪ ♪ i paint the numbers in the sky ♪ [ female announcer ] we might have different styles and wear different things. but we all want our clothes to look their absolute best. and that's why tide helps keep the clothes you wear looking bright, white... and impeccably clean. ♪ i see life ♪ in technicolor because what you wear is up to you. keeping it looking its best is up to tide. tide. style is an option. clean is not. >> the first day of spring brought snow to amarillo, texas. the snow brought many residents in-doors. the temperatures are expected to be warmer there with temperatures in the 40's. >> outside it was a beautiful first day of spring. tourists and locals enjoyed the weather as temperatures hugged the 70-degree mark. with the sunshine, as you can see, the first bloom on the 3,000 cherry trees are coming to the nation's capital. >> it is an interesting point

off to the south and west we have our next area of storminess and this one will be a strong storm. you can see it taking shape across texasrain into houston and dallas at this hour. and this will push east and the thinking is that it will track to the south and east of washington. so it will be another coastal low. and this should be far enough just off hore, at least the in tense parts will be far enough off shore, that we'll just be brushed with light wintry weather and rain tuesday night into the daytime hours on wednesday. breezy out there and high temperature 49. winds out of the north and west at 15-20 gusting. i just showed them to you, at times to about 30. tomorrow we cloud up. 45 for an afternoon high. it looks like it could be a period of winter weather, probably snow off to the north aand some mix south and east of washington tuesday night into wednesday and en notice wednesday's daytime high of 40 degrees with highs in the 40s for the rest of the week. so we'll continue to fine tune that forecast for you. back to the desk. >>> we were talking about this earlier. europe is seeing fierce weather. a storm with h

we have showers and thunderstorms rolling across the south and that rolls right through the heartland and all the way down to dallas, texasnshine rolling in and lots of sun >> we start out at 40 but we warm up again. this rain holds off tonight and tomorrow. we will see an increase in clouds during the day, and southern california. 77 today in los angeles. 78 in phoenix. looking good there. people visiting us from all around the country and hi, dad, from where? >> vermont. >> is he watching right snow. >> he's watching. >> give him a little hi. >> the twins are watching, too. >> the twins are watching, too. the whole family is watching. good to have you here. let's get back inside to jenna. >>> all right, mike, thanks. this morning on today's consumers, smart phones. the new it toy for gadget lovers. are they worth the investment? janice lieberman set out to get the 411 before you open that wallet. >> i can check my e-mail. >> reporter: you've seen the ads, but how wise is it to shell out hundreds of dollars for a smart phone? >> i could stream the movie "airplane" to my cell phone. >> reporter: i called in wired magazine

actually a state of emergency at this time, and then farther to the south of that, we see strong thunderstorms that may develop in parts of texast will bring rough weather and multiple delays into dallas and possibly atlanta. the map for today looks pretty good. pretty dry conditions for much of the nation's capital and for much of the eastern seaboard. pretty nice out west but it's the center of the u.s., flooding to the north and the snow and rain to the south. another busy weekend. guys, this is the latest story we have for from you on the river right between moorhead, minnesota, and back over to fargo. >> thanks, reynolds, and coming up next, we'll have our today's top stories. at sharp, our goal is to reproduce every color in the world on tv. introducing quattron quad pixel technology. it adds a fourth color, yellow, to the standard rgb color system, creating a vast array of colors you can't see with your tv's three color technology. but, you can see this. whoa! oh my. [ male announcer ] quattron from sharp. you have to see it, to see it. [ engineer laughs ] >>> if you haven't received your census form in the mail just yet

have temperatures in the 30's and 40's across much of the northeast. 40's and 50's down south. 50's across much of texasigh temperatures, cleveland rocks at 57. kansas city where everything is up to date, it will be 54 degrees. san antonio along the riverwalk, almost 70. it will be 76 today in tampa. in pittsburgh today, a reading in the 50's. >> bring up pittsburgh, steve, because ben roethlisberger back in the news for the wrong reasons. the outstanding steeler quarterback has a request for a d.n.a. sample. there's been a request for him and it has been dropped now. that according to his lawyer. investigators are looking into a claim by the 20-year-old georgia college student that roethlisberger assaulted her outside of a nightclub three weeks ago. all right. more of the news in the world of sports. jose canseco says he's been subpoenaed by a grand jury investigator investigating whether roger clemens lied to congress when he denied using performance enhancing drugs. canseco has been told to appear before the grand jury on april 8th. here's what canseco tweeted about. it's like the godfather, he said,

texas today. this system was up aroundide eye. so it's heading down to the south.hey'll combine into one little area of low pressure that will pass to our northwest. bring us mild air tomorrow. clouds on the increase. look for rain tomorrow night. looks like this will be kind of a quick mover. so the rain should be out of here by let's say, noon or 1:00 or twob:00-- 2:00 in the afternoon. behind this is a shot of pretty cool air. in fact, up to our north, there will probably be a little snow across ontario, new york, northern new england. by friday. as that front moves through, chilly air coming in for saturday and sunday. temperatures running below normal. in the meantime, clear skies tonight. tomorrow afternoon, the clouds move in with that system. across our region, behind it, clearing out. chilly, friday night. probably mid- to upper 20s to low 30s many spots. it will be a cold saturday morning. then saturday, the sun will be back with temperatures only rebounding to the upper 40s to about 50 degrees. so it's a cool start to the weekend. but at least it will be

texas. some cold air will wrap around the backside of that storm. in dallas they've had record snows this winter. there may be snow in atlanta, georgia as it passes to the south and works its way up north coast. it should shoot up to the carolina coastline. that means that a glancing blow for us. and the forecast model does indicate as we head into tomorrow morning, the storm itself riding near the panhandle of florida, rain and maybe snow on the north fringe near georgia. we'll watch the storm turn up the corner up the coast. but it appears that the bulk of the storm will head out to sea. we'll be on the edge and under the influence of make lake enhanced snow showers to the north and west and rain or snow showers tomorrow evening. now that we're in the month of march, we get rather strong solar radiation by the day and that is held by the ground overnight and it will be hard to get accumulating snows here's. it looks like we'll have some snow coming in wednesday morning most of the moisture offshore and not a direct hit. it will be hard to get any snow to stick on the ground. we saw some of that on friday and we could see some wednesday morning. today it loo

bipartisan fashion with senators dorgan, obviously senator kay bailey hutchison from texas, senator demint from south carolina to develop a bill that i think advances these goals and which all of my colleagues can support. this bill is not being held up and there is a reason for that. we worked our problems out early. this bill takes the steps needed to advance the system. the f.a.a. must be provided with the tools, the resources and the clear direction and deadlines to make sure that the agency provides effective oversight of the aviation industry itself. i think we all recognize that the u.s. must significantly expand capacity of our nation's air transportation system. there are no quick or easy solutions to the problem, and i believe that our situation is going to get worse before it gets better. but we do have to take the actions that we can right now. we cannot ignore the aviation system anymore. we cannot float on nice memories of a glorious past. the united states is losing its position as the global leader on aviation. the american public is not happy with the aviation system or with us. we m

south and mid-atlantic states. now later today the snow will continue to pile up across eastern colorado and western kansas, and some strong thunderstorms are possible from southern missouri to northern texas sports, denver is struggling to win a second seed in the nba's western conference playoffs next month. but the lowly knicks surged past the nuggets for a 109-104 win. that's the second straight loss for denver. and charlotte outscored washington in overtime for a 95-86 victory. that was win number 36 for the bobcats, a new franchise record. charlotte is also fighting for one of the last three playoff spots in the eastern conference. >>> nfl commissioner roger goodell will meet with quarterback ben roethlisberger of pittsburgh. the steelers player has still not been charged, after a college student accused him of sexual assault. roethlisberger's lawyer says he committed no crime, and police have withdrawn a request for a dna sample. >>> and sudden death isn't dead, but there will be a big change in the nfl's overtime rule for postseason games. starting next season, if a team wins the coin toss and then kicks a field goal the other team will get the ball. if they do tie with a field goa

texas? excuse me, from south carolina. i'll personally apologize to him for that. john spratt from south carolina and louise slaughter from new york leading the rules committee. all these individuals working together to get us to the point where we were last night. the passage of this bill is monumental. it is historic. yesterday was not an ordinary day in the house of representatives. i thank my colleagues who voted for this legislation and i look forward to the results that it will yield. at this time, i will yield back my time to the congresswoman from the virgin islands. mrs. christensen: thank you, congressman butter feel. thank you for going through the process we have gone through over the past year. it's been a little difficult, i think, for the american people to understand and i think you helped to clarify how we got to where we were last night and also, you were able to put some of what those exchange subsidies and medicaid would mean to the average family. i just wanted to say before i recognize congressman scott that when you look at the uninsured that

south. down into the florida panhandle. this was the storm in texasding along the gulf coast and it won't come up the eastern see board for another nor'easter. rain sliding south into the central plains through kansas city. that should be about it. no rain in the forecast for the flood-prone areas. but the problem is the temperature is going to be 60 in minneapolis and 63 in new york, that's beautiful stuff but obviously kind of adds to the snow melt which is one of main problems especially in the upper midwest. we'll talk about that at the top of the hour. back to you. >> thanks so much, rob. this morning's top stories minutes away as well. attorney general saying we'll never read osama bin laden his rights because he'll be dead. quote, we'll read miranda rights to his corpse. the bold statement and the waves it's making. >>> black box recorders are in cars as well. toyota's black boxes are harder to crack, which raises the question, is the company trying to hide something. >> those stories and more coming up at the top of the hour. i'd like one of t

south carolina. conservative democrats don't win primaries any more any place even places like the carolinas or texasr tennessee. so they despair over that and if we've got any help at all we must put it that this unreliable as they are with republicans and try to rehabilitate them and reform and demand and manage their behavior, punish them when they lapse and applaud them when they do well so they are in a great sense right now more than they have ever been before that a great big swing votes to and right now they have a clear understanding what they are swinging against. swinging against the democrats because the democrats are threatening them half to death but they haven't yet found themselves comfortably able to say yes and i am swinging for these guys because they are still waiting for the republicans to show they are not the republicans that broke our heart a few years ago and the republican party has got to find a way to convince them that they're reliable adults. a rare thing indeed to be found holding public office and they are cynical and doubtful and while the same time hopeful because th

texas. i saw more intolerance toward southern christian young people than people in the south being intolerantf people who had no faith or other faith. it is more complicated now and i don't know if you want to get into this bit more complicated now because of 9/11 and because frankly it is harder to support the notion of an islamic faith and islamic religion which will condemn these acts of violence when we see so few possessions by islamic leaders and spokesmen on this issue. i still think it's the case americans are enormously tolerant but they are worried about this business and i think they are right to be worried about it. >> host: but the struggle we are engaged in the world today after 9/11 in particular helping open our eyes to the struggle was against the fanaticism and jihadism of intolerance and islam and in favor of the notion that all people should be tolerant of different views and that is the basic divide in the world today between those who believe in pluralistic societies and those who believe in imposing dean mortalities. >> guest: sure. but i don't know a lot of christians

texas through the ohio valley southeast ward below normal for the southwest. as we're going to be trying to plant here, below normal in the southern plains into the south southeastbove normal for the northern states and precipitation, it's not good either, above normal for much of the plains and the southeast. only below normal air i have is in the southwest. john. >> thanks, mike. when "us farm report" returns a family farm in rhode island turns a corner by selling local. spirit of the heart land is next. rhode island may not be renowned for its beef production, but >> rhode island may not be renowned for its bee production but there's something altering that reputation. this family has developed a program helping keep the family farm in the family. the american angus association sent us their story. >> when i was growing up, it was as far as you could see, and little by little, it grew up, people started selling off and couldn't keep the small farms and would sell a lot here and there. >> i felt as though we needed a different angle because we weren't making a profit here, and we needed to. we needed to support the farm. one day was on the local paper looking

latter part of the week from texas into the great lakes,lake, >> good morning. 61 degrees in washington. we had passing lighter showers but there is heavier rain to the south 95 towards the washington area. past noon time and maybe with thunder as well as hail associated with that. temperatures will continue to slowly climb into the mid 60 wise a few more passing showers and thunder and hail. >> and that's your latest weather. >> reporter: al, thank you. >>> coming up next, one woman's journey of self discovery, as she copes with her marriage falling apart. that's coming up, right after this. what makes a dollop of daisy so creamy and delicious? care and dedication. our family-owned company has focused on making... the best-tasting sour cream for over four generations. it's made with farm-fresh cream... that's 100% natural without any additives or preservatives. and no added hormones. so you can feel good knowing every creamy dollop... will bring all your favorite dishes to life. ♪ do a dollop, do-do a dollop of daisy ♪ - uh-huh. - ( rope creaking ) - ( rope snaps ) - ( piano clangs ) - ( crashes ) - glad forceflex trash bags are so strong, one bag is all

south of there, they're going to talk about still as much as a foot. and further east ahead of that storm, risk of strong storms from central texas into central oklahoma. possibilities of isolated tornadoes. you can see stuff starting to fire up now. rainfall amounts relatively light. however, we are going to be looking at the posat >> looks like it is going to be a beautiful wednesday. mostly sunny skies. we will make it into the mid 60's. >> what's your name? >> mat from west virginia. >> and lovely family. >> emma and my wife elizabeth. >> very nice. thanks for being here. now inside to natalie. >>> al, thank you. now to "today's health," and a new study published in the journal of the american medical association that finds hidel aged women need to get at least an hour of exercise every day to avoid gaining weight as they age. dr. nancy snyderman is nbc's chief medical editor. good morning. we got a little taste earlier of how you felt about this study. what exactly are we talking about here and how is this study conduct sfd. >> the study looked at over 34,000 women, middle-aged, and looked at the amount of exercise that it takes to keep one from g

south and east. forecasters show the potential for three inches of rain next 48 hours in more than two dozen states. snow in parts of kansas, oklahoma, and texasneither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stops the mail. but saturdays may. the postal service today made a step closer to cutting saturday delivery. the postal governing board has agreed to ask regulators to look into switching service just five days a week as we reported here. that request will go to the independent commission for review. the proposal would effect every home and business in america and is expected to save the postal service about $3 billion a year. but, first, congress would have to approve that change. snuckers announcing plans to cut 700 jobs in michigan and canada. the company says it will close four of its fruit spread plants in tennessee and quebec. snuckers, which owns follow gears folgers. it will help cut cost and modernize. snuckers, and with a name like that, it has to be good. says it will produce jams, syrup and ice cream toppings with a new plant in ohio. with the economy the way it is, fewer college graduates finding work. and affording the cos

texas. mr. poe: i thank the lady. they were led by a 27-year-old individual from south carolina by way of alabama. he said at the alamo, i shall never surrender or retreat. and they did not surrender or retreat because war was hard then. and it cost them all their lives. but victory was attained later. and freedom was obtained. war is hard. it is always hard. and we shall not give in. we shall not you surrender or retreat. it is in our interest and the interest of america to defeat the enemy and let them have no doubt in their mind we will be victorious. that's just the way it is. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: i yield four minutes to mr. filner from california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. felipe calderon yes, mr. poe, war is hard. i -- mr. filner: yes, mr. poe, war is hard. talk to nelson mandela. peace is harder. peace is really hard. victory is close, i haired mr. poe's words. what message are we sending to our troops? the alamo is a metaphor for this? come on, mr. poe. and mr. poe started out, this is a