naval forces and the entirety of southern louisiana comes under the control of union forces. so the louisiana is different. louisiana is sugar country. the politics are different. some of the fathers of secession live on the sea islands in south carolina. in southern louisiana you got a group that in many cases former whigs who had been acquiescent in the formation of the confederacy. when the union forces come in these people are now reasserting their unionist credentials and they say great, we are back in the united states. slavery has ended. there is no law, no way you can take our slaves away. this is before the emancipation proclamation. when abraham lincoln issues the emancipation proclamation, richard hofstadter would say that it has all the moral grandeur of the bill of lading, the receipt you get in the box for amazon. why does he say that? he says that because the emancipation proclamation is at least in part a list of the places to which applies and to which it doesn't apply. it doesn't apply to southern louisiana. for a number of years there is this twilight status

to severe, likely to be worse north of the area, tornado watches up from east texas through southern louisiana and central and southern mississippi. we've seen a couple of radar returns on storm tracker 10 that looked like we might have had tornadoes on the texas, louisiana line much the rest of today it's an enhanced risk right up to pensacola, then for friday, we will be included in a slight risk of severe weather from central georgia through and it does include pen ellis county. i-75 west for citrus, fernando and pasco county, as you know from days past, slight risk can mean storms although the majority of them will just be rain and storms, a few of these could be strong to severe. for the rest of tonight it's clouds, no storms to worry about, you will be dry, high thin clouds and comfortable temperatures in the mid-60s, storms start tomorrow, late morning. i will take you hour by hour in a moment, because of this system moving through and the front moving through late day, we will be looking at the winds really picking up with storms starting around 10:00 a.m. and i've got them until 1:00,

currently bringing rain across way into southern mississippi and southern louisiana. here's what we're expecting. the rain and storms will start up tomorrow morning. pretty much a wash out of an afternoon. don't expect to see much nice weather for tomorrow. with us. everyone will pick up about an inch of rain. a lot of areas will see two to three inches of rain through the day. possible. morning hours. the rain, starts to taper off as we head into wednesday thursday. the rain just won't be as heavy. won't be quite as widespread but we'll still see more showers throughout the day on thursday. here's what we're expecting. you can see the cloud cover that will stay with us through the overnight hours. sprinkles overnight but as we head into tomorrow morning. there's the front and those are the showers and storms along it. these start to make their way south through the day. the rain will be heavy at times. it'll be a pretty stormy, late morning, late afternoon hours. the rain lingers into the with the front still around. another passing disturbance we'll see more lingeri

a tornado watch is in effect for southern louisiana and mississippi, while winter storm warnings are shown in yellow...that's a lot of counties. meanwhile, washington, d.c. is under a blizzard warning. the stormcast shows snow showers tonight, then quiet weather with a warming trend on southerly winds over the weekend. the snow forecast shows a dusting to a half inch tonight. your forecast for tonight is for a dusting to 1/2" of snow. the low will be 13. mostly cloudy skies will be seen tomorrow. the high will be 22. the 7-day shows highs in the 20s and 30s, with another chance of light snow monday. new extended range forecasts were issued by the national weather service today for february, march, and temperatures for siouxland (no surprise in our el nino pattern) and equal chances for above and below normal precipitation (also no surprise in an el nino pattern). fred: tim: jenna: (jenna) tim: think eating in that little bistro is healthier than a chain restaurant? think again. calories coming up in today's health minute. tim: into stores. cinnamon-bun flavored cookies officially hit

notice along the gulf coast, there's going to be soaking showers from houston into southern louisiana. and then an even bigger storm system will come about later on produce heavy snow and also some heavy sleet into interior portions of central and northern new england. reena, kendis, back to you. >> thank you. portland, oregon is tired of being messed -- the mess left behind on its sidewalks by kroez. so the city is going hi-tech with a device called at poop master 6,000. it's sort of like the zambonis that the hockey rinks use. >> except the problem that in the winter, birds like to roost in the trees and you know what that means down below. you'll find the poop master each weekday morning around 7:00 a.m. scrubbing the downtown transit mall. the city's paying a few thousand dollars a month to remove poop. >> but the residents say it is worth every cent . >> it's really a crappy situation for them. i understand. it's just, you know. >> we get it. >> it's the number two problem in all of portland. dreaming of a better job.

notice along the gulf coast, there's going to be soaking showers from houston into southern louisiana. and then an even bigger storm system will come about later on this weekend one of which could produce heavy snow and also some heavy sleet into interior portions of central and northern new england. reena, kendis, back to you. >> thank you. portland, oregon is tired of being messed -- the mess left behind on its sidewalks by crows. so the city is going hi-tech way with a mobile device called a poop master 6,000. it's sort of like the zambonis that the hockey rinks use. >> except the problem that in the winter, birds like to roost in the trees and you know what that means down below. you'll find the poop master each weekday morning around 7:00 a.m. scrubbing the downtown transit mall. the city's paying a few thousand dollars a month to remove poop. >> but the residents say it is worth every cent . >> it's really a crappy situation for them. i understand. it's just, you know. >> we get it. >> it's the number two problem in all of portland. >> let's move on. dreaming of a better job. qu

eastward. this combined with the moisture coming from the gulf. we have a disturbance rolling into southern louisiana. all of that is combining to give us rain here at home. that's what we're looking at for friday, especially late in the day. afternoon hours and evening hours, through 11:00, 12, through 5:00 in the evening. tonight's forecast, mostly clear skies and eventually cloudy by tomorrow morning. we may be a little rm whatter than the numbers here. we'll continue to see a southwesterly breeze. that breeze is going to kick up. here's 8:00 friday morning. best chances of rain, will be 11:00, 12:00. and we'll see steady rain. the cold front will bring the end to rain late friday evening. here's 5:00. we're still looking at rain that could be sitting especially east of cincinnati. in the back side of the front, we'll wrap into the cooler weather. that's going to make the transition from rain shower to snow shower. there's 10:00 p.m. when looking at the chance for the snowflakes, to mix in as early as late friday night. saturday, we can see scattered light snow showers or flurries. we'll continue

around southern louisiana. if you have travel plans that way, there will probably be travel snarls out the airport, certainly flying out of new orleans, there can be issues. we're unaffected by the developing storm. temps are warmer today and tomorrow. and the chance of rain will rise, 60 to 70%. stronger storms working towards the region. we're very windy through the advance. back side of that, colder by saturday. 57. it may be a feat to get to 57. but all the while keeping the bright florida sunshine. >> gina: happy thursday. roads for the most part are looking okay. we have a new crash at i-4 westbound near saxon. i do want to take you back out to the coast in brevard county. a1a is partially blocked at poinsettia street. not causing significant delays but use caution in that area as well. taking a look at your drive times. i-4 i-4 eastbound and westbound looking good. i-4 from the attractions to downtown, 12 minutes. the 408 is up to speed as well. >>> all new this morning. sanford are investigating an apar

that is the system in southern louisiana we will track through the day tomorrow. sunshine in the morning. clouds increase through the day. by the late afternoon and the early evening, rain will be overhead. by 7:00 tonight. as we go through the late night hours 10:00. element of heavier rain south and southeast of washington. good news is it will move out overnight. may have a few clouds early on saturday morning. rainfall chances not a lot to see. tenth of an inch in the green areas. south and east of the city. maybe four, five, six, eight-tenth of an inch of rain. seven days side-by-side. tomorrow, noon early. increasing clouds. evening rain. 53. 51 on saturday. sunday turns cooler to drop through the 40's. partly cloudy skies. then we round out the dr. martin luther king jr. holiday on monday. cold. 30 with the sunshine. cruise through tuesday, wednesday, thursday, still sunshine. just a little bit, a little bit of a warmer trend in the end of next week. that is the latest. back to you. alison: okay. leon: you know we have been waiting for this all day. alison:

spreading showers, mostly rain here across southern portions of louisiana. this warm front sliding our way as well. we're starting to see the influence of this low take over. upper level energy, fast jet stream high above the atmosphere. that's why we're talking about the wind. hurricane warns in place for the azors. no threat to the u u.s. or n but it is out there -- hurricane warnings in place. alex the first hurricane to form in january since 1938, occur during this month since alice in 1955. watching the path of the low pressure area. passing from west to east, you can see for friday, severe thunderstorms possible with windy conditions. back to our west you can see that line of showers and thunderstorms. then for about 12:50. severe thunderstorms possible with windy conditions. so roughly the possible of seeing stronger thunderstorms would be from 6:00 a.m. up until 1:00 p.m. and then everything pushing very quickly to the east. everything, the movement of the weather in our atmosphere is moving very fast from west to east. you can see there the fog poss

you can see some of the rain impacting coastal areas of texas, louisiana, southern florida. we will get some of those cloudsd rain later tomorrow afternoon around 2:00, 3:00. it looks like it will basically be a one-day eupstate, friday and friday night. saturday and sunday at the beach, upper 50's saturday and cooling down sunday, 51 on let's talk about the upstate this afternoon. 58 by 3:00 and cooling down overnight. the asheville area will see mid 50's and 30's by midnight. because of the clouds and rain tomorrow, only into the mid to upper 40's. slight rebound saturday with 54 for the upstate. 45 in the mountains and on sunday, colder with highs of 37 to 46. we start next week with cold temperatures in the teens and 20's overnight and highs on mondays at 32 for western north carolina and 41 in the upstate. the kids wil warm coat heading off to school, actually, they will have a day off, but tuesday, temperatures from 34 to 41. geoff: thank you. danny devito stopped by "the tonight show" for a game of charades. his partner was khloe kardashian. fallon's was norman reedus

and let's look at the southern tornado watch for louisiana and mississippi for the next hour or two. and then it gets i io colder r air, some icinin especially parts of north carolina, the backside of this will bring snow into memphis, arkansas, and getting towards the coastline, we start to bring the winds in. the coastal component, the snow will be heaviest during the day an saturday, and that's where things will pile up. 6 to 10 in new york, 20 or better, d d. this is shipping up to be an epic storm for the midatlantic. >> thank you. >>> we turn to the race for 2016. 11 days until iowa, and new numbers showing donald trump is in the lead. meanwhile, trump's new champion, and what she told us about her son's ptsd. here's tom llamas. >> ted is starting to go down. it. >> reporter: today, cruz sitting down with george stephanopoulos. all wrong. >> i would suggest that the next commander-in-chief should focus on identifying our enemies, listening to the expert advice of generals and national security experts and doing whatever is necessary to keep the country safe. >> reporter: this w

, we talked about it all week long and here we go, it is rapidly cranking up off of the southern coast of louisiana, the main lou to the north, but the thunderstorms developing to the south, all of this will move in tandem across the gulf of mexico tonight, and be in our backyards tomorrow. and it will be kind of early to mid-morning start time, and it's going to be stormy at the lunch hour, right now, rain in south florida, we've had a little bit of shower activity along the coast of brevard county, but generally, we're going to keep tonight. but tomorrow, as i say, all bets are off for any kind of quiet weather here. tomorrow, severe weather threat, this comes from the storm prediction center r basically south florida south, a low end risk of severe weather, the worst time frame between 8:00 and 3:00 o'clock, we'll have wind gusts, the winds at about a mile in the sky tomorrow will be racing in at over 50 miles per hour. so it doesn't take much to translate that wind right down to the surface, where we are, that's why we're expecting a threat for some severe thunderstorm warnings, which will be s

rain changing over to his know in some very far southern locations tonight, louisiana, and into arkansas. this will eventually make a hard left turn into the tennessee river valley and parts of the appellations. look at the area that will be impacted. blizzard watches and warnings across the mid-atlantic, all the way a back across mississippi, louisiana, and eastern arkansas tonight. winter storm warnings for areas southeast of interstate 71. that has not changed since earlier this evening. this is where we expect the greatest impact in terms of travel and snowfall amounts. it includes the greater cincinnati metro area and hamilton county. there will be lighter snowfall, so the impact will not be as severe. to night, here is a key ingredient. the actual storm center is lower than what we use computer models to forecast. it is already farther south than what we projected it to be. so i am confident in lower snowfall amounts for cincinnati. expect snow to breakout south of the river by noon. south and east of cincinnati will certainly be messy. here is part of the problem, seeing 10 inches

not so much today southern portions of coastal louisiana will get a little bit. also northern portions of florida. as we go throughout friday soaking rains go through alabama, mississippi, southern half of georgia and then florida could deal with some pretty strong thunderstorms friday afternoon. friday night to saturday morning mid-atlantic but then it's trending offshore so we could get a pretty decent forecast as we go towards saturday in new england. it was looking very rainy. now it's not looking too bad. >> okay el nino giving us storms in january is not good. but i will take that, bill thank you. >>> massive inferno at an oklahoma oil well that destroyed 22 oil tankers at a continental resources site leaving behind more than $20 million worth of damage. it took firefighters from at least six fire departments to contain the blaze. authorities are investigating the cause of the fire. >>> actor charlie sheen says he's now back on his hiv medication after he revealed on the dr. oz show tuesday that his viral count was back up. this comes on the heels of his exc

louisiana. and the entire southern mississippi river valley. becoming a real concern for residents. >> . meanwhile. it hasn't felt much like winter in minnesota. making it especially hard for ice castle builders to finish their masterpieces. in the past week. temperatures finally dipped low enough. these guys had hoped to open some public tomorrow. now the earliest the castle will be ready is january 22. >> . the design is completely different. we're trying out new features. and going to have more of the slides and tunnels. >> . crews are working 12 hour days. and using 80 to 90 water lines to keep the massive piece of ice growing. >> . still quite chilly. 24 degrees. downtown. dia checking in at 26. that light wind out of the south. at 8. what it feels like into the upper teens. we started teens this morning. 15 the morning low. early on sunday. and we climb -td back to about 46. sunshine. and a nice flow. from the south. that is 3 degrees above. our average high for the time of year. get used to it. we'll stay around the mid 40s. at least the first few days of >> . temperatures are bac

southern mississippi. two days after upsetting louisiana tech. game. there is no time to look ahead. old dominion looks to win its 33rd straight game. getting a conference win is the top priority right now. former nfl star and live returns to his alma mater. that story tonight at 10:45 p.m. on the sportswrap. good chance of rain on friday see test test test. >>> tonight, iran releases americans. dramatic images of the moment the navy bts were seized. new details on the efforts to free them and the apology one american made on a iranian state tv. >>> fighting words. donald trump hits back at the rising republican star who took him on and open aid new rift in the party. and hillary clinton on the attack as pressure mounts for her campaign. >>> el chapo's texts. new insight into his time on the run. flirtatious messages between the drug kingpin and ts actress, calling her beautiful and planning a secret rendezvous with tequila and dancing. could have been

is still a possibility through the rest of of this evening with the bulls eye being louisiana, mississippi and southern alabama. for friday that shifts down and includes panel less county and hill borrow county -- hillborough county into the by area. but for saturday, it will be all about the wind. very pleased to hear that the organizer of the event are on sustained winds between 22-30 miles per hour from the west thigh the duration on saturday. so again it won't be the rain gear you need, it will be how do we hold things down and keep things from blowing away safely. 35 miles and hour through the middle of downtown, we will track storms tomorrow, we'll talk about the severe weather threat for friday coming up after the rest of your top stories. >>> get the weather information you need, when you need it with our free app. >>> search and download 10 news -- wtsp and get storm tracker 10 in your hands. >>> 9 mondays after a 9-year- old died, new warnings about riptides are finally coming to panel less county beaches. cameron died after a rip current took him under much that news reporter shows you what

. >> yeah, earlier this morning we had a tornado warning in effect across parts of southern louisianaeeing the storms rolling through this area and potentially producing some severe weather out here. it's going to be sticking around through this evening into the overnight hours and even through friday morning. so some states like mississippi, alabama, you could be looking at some tornado warnings being issued during the overnight hours when you're sleeping so have a way to get those warnings as we head through the night and early tomorrow morning. we have a risk for tornados and damaging winds across extreme concern texas, mississippi, alabama and western parts of the florida panhandle. the other concern with our storm system is that we're going to be seeing significant coasting flooding possible across southern new jersey. the problem is that our storm is going to brick some very strong on shore winds, potentially gusting over 50 miles an hour so that's going to be bringing in that storm concerning and coastal flooding. we have blizzard watches across the mid-atlantic and new york ci

moving @quickly raising east, and did @bring a couple of severe @thunderstorm warnings to @southern portions of @louisiana. @out into the gulf, that's @where we are tracking our rain @for today, our thunderstorms, @embedded thunderstorms will be @racing across the gulf waters. @keeping a close eye on these @between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. most @of this will be showers. @a few storms will be mixing @in. @so if we do get a storm to @reach strong to severe limits, @here is what we are @anticipating, strong wind gust @anticipating, strong wind @gusts, possibly small hail. @could never rule out isolated @tornado. @not a widespread event. @talk about it more on future @talk about it more on @futurecast, 10 a.m., mainly @dry. @here is 3 p.m. by 3 p.m. to 8 @p.m., quick round of a few @embedded storms. @our front moves in late @tonight. @we watch extra clouds on @sunday, behind this secondary @front, cooler, breezy @conditions not just for monday @but for a good chunk of the @workwoke. @cooler changes. @that 50% rain chance late @today. @increasing clouds too at 75. @65 overnight. @quick round of storms @quick round of

pmuch of louisiana, southern pmississippi and southern palabama, but unlike last time pwhen we were kind of the focus pfor severe weather, tomorrow's psevere weather threat is mainly pto the north in and around the anhandle. pnot that we couldn't get a pstrong storm, but as the line of prain moves through, we may get pgusty winds. rimarily the severe threat pstays in the north. pafter tomorrow, guess what? pit's going to get cool again pwith temperatures back in the p50s for saturday. pso we are anticipating some rain pdays ago. pwe'll go 71 for a high temp for ptoday. ptonight the overnight lows will pkick back to between 55 and 60 pdegrees so it will be much pmilder tomorrow morning and then pshowers and thunderstorms likely plate morning tomorrow, turning pwindy in the afternoon, dragging pin colder air. pand then for saturday, pchildren's parade, gasparilla pchildren's parade on bayshore, pwe'll all be there having some pfun in our jackets because it pwill be the mid 50s with breezy pconditions for high ptemperatures. pcourtney? p>> all right, dave. pvery chilly. pwe'll slow down sou

louisiana. about the southern two-thirds of mississippi. a little portion of southern alabama, mobile, new orleans, baton rouge, jackson, these are the areas at risk of severe storms possibly tornadoes later today into this evening. the wind damage threat at the coast mostly saturday. the high tide cycle early in the morning. a lot of property damage possible. with especially delaware and to maryland and also down towards virginia beach. up to 70-mile-per-hour winds on the coast is no joke. that's enough to cause some power outages, too. >> near hurricane force. >> almost. >> all right, bill, thank you. >>> still ahead here the battle for middle earth and middle america. we'll talk about the lord of the rings joke rand paul made that paints an unflattering portrait of the republican front-runner. it takes a lot of work... to run this business. but i really love it. i'm on the move all day long... and sometimes, i just don't eat the way i should. so i drink boost® to get the nutrition that i'm missing. boost complete nutritional drink has 26

it's the tornado watches and warnings overnight in texas, louisiana, mississippi that have southerners really worried. >>> right now you mentioned the southerners, the storm is sitting over the south, but as today progresses it will move toward the coast, bringing heavy appalachians and mid-atlantic region. the heaviest snowfall will be from northern virginia to southern connecticut. >> states of emergency have been declared in tennessee, north carolina virginia maryland and pennsylvania, as well as parts of other states. the snow likely to shut down highways. amtrak will be operating on a modified schedule for the next few days. when you're talking about the air, airlines have already canceled more than 2200 flights today. the federal government offices in washington are shut down at noon. >> so many people are getting ready for the big storm. stocking up and already hunkering down in many places. here's abc's. >> reporter: millions of americans are preparing for a winter storm of epic proportion. this storm in chesapeake virginia forced to limit the amount of snow supplies each custo

the possibility of rising waters in arkansas, louisiana and the entire southern mississippi river valley becoming a real concerns for "we just got a said if we need to evacuate just be prepared and that's what we're going to do." in vicksburg, mississippi residents and precautionary measures ahead of possible flooding. just homes that are affected...it's businesses and government entities in this case." finn says: "officials are advising people to stay off roads, bridges and levees...saying they have taken a beating from the historic floods. also advising people that although the surface of the water may appear calm, it does have a dangerous olive branch, matt finn, fox news." temperatures are finally dropping low enough for ice castles to be built in minnesota. in "eden prairie" -- icicle farmers are working twelve hour days... handcrafting beautifully made ice masterpieces -- a winter tradition. it's a little late in the season to still be making the ice castles. they had hoped to be open by tomorrow... but with the unseasonably warm weather this year -- temperatures finally got cold e

i've been doing the southern states like alabama and louisiana and texas. i can do any city. in the south now. if you name a part of the south i can do it. >> travel. >> i don't know, but don't hit >> pro >> david: live pictures out of new hampshire this morning and jeb bush trying to drum up support. latest poll numbers not good for the former governor of florida. in his home state donald trump has 48% in florida. jeb bush in his home state in fourth. >> kim: marco rubio on the stump as well this morning is tanked in the polls of late. really tough news coming into the republicans as far as the race for the presidency. but the same could be said for hillary clinton in some of the specific polls coming out of the primary states. in new hampshire she is trailing percentage points. >> dana: he's at 60. she's at 33% in new hampshire. she better win iowa. if she goes down in iowa and new hampshire, look out. >> kim: donald trump is supposed to be in our fine city tomorrow. we'll have live coverage. >> kelly: we're looking at warm temperatures for this time of year, this time of d

southern oregon. >> somehow, this has become routine. >> gunfire ripping through this louisiana movie theater. >> a gunman opened fire. >> police exchanging gunfire with a man inside this colorado springs planned parenthood. >> horrific tragedy in charleston. >> these people were in church. >> 21-year-old dylann roof has been caught. >> we have no room for hate. we have to forgive. >> a historic moment set in motion by the killings. thousands gathered in selma to remember that day in 1965. >> it's become a very important day in my life. >> reporter: an ugly scene in baltimore. still searching for answers after the death of 25-year-old freddie gray. >> sandra bland's death in a texas jail is sparking outrage. >> police officer michael slager fires eight times at walter scott. >> he was my son. >> be on the lookout for two escapees from clinton county >> many comparing it to the plot of shawshank redemption. >> the massive manhunt finally over. >> an amtrak train derailed in philadelphia. >> going more than 100 miles per hour. >> verdict is in. the death penalty for dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> he wanted to

the possibility of rising waters in arkansas, louisiana and the entire southern mississippi river valley becoming a real concerns for residents. anne tinker says: "we just got a notification that said if we need to evacuate just be prepared and that's what we're going to do." in vicksburg, mississippi residents and officials taking precautionary measures ahead of possible flooding. smith says: "it's not just homes that are affected...it's businesses and government entities in this case." matt finn, fox news.">> good morning i'm cassandra jones with fox5. a series of storms are bearing down on us as we head into the first week of 2016. the first system today will bring light scattered showers to the area with a high of 54. the second system coming in tuesday has a lot more produce wide spread showers and snow for our local mountains. the high tuesday will be 54 degrees with more rain expected into wednesday. a winter storm watch is in effect tuesday morning through wednesday for snow fall levels dropping down to 5000ft & 3-8 inches of snowfall expected. daytime temperatures will be in the