take a look at the scenes across the southern united states. winter weather advisories and warnings in place from areas in birmingham to atlanta and charlotte. significant snow for portions of western north carolina. notice at 9:00 in the morning, atlanta could get in on snow. some 300 flights canceled across the south in atlanta and in particular. as we head into wednesday night another weathermaker. this could bring more snowfall in the southern u.s. it pushes off the eastern seaboard eventually. no major issues for the northeast. the south in southern arkansas and northern mississippi and georgia and western north carolina. you could see up to 10 inches or more. temperatures in atlanta, 45 degrees. nothing will accumulate or stick around for a while. in the northeast from washington to new york 33 down to 23 on new york city. in new york your average for this time of year is 44 degrees. only making it up to the mid-20s. look at the roller coaster. you will go up to 36 by wednesday. shoots back down to reality by thursday afternoon as more co

with that allows us to do is grow a host of plant that are native to the southern united states that under most conditions would not be to survive out doors in the washington dc area. ashes magnolia. it has got huge leaves and large magnolia flowers. it is a bit of rare plant that is found herself in the currently are. -- that is found further south than we currently are. native carnivorous plant. we find young audiences get excited about plants that eat insects. i think we are all excited about the aspect of lance that he and set. -- that's -- plants that eat insects. not many americans exit -- understand the venus fly trap is native only to north and south carolina. keeping them in botanic garden settings is an important part of what we do. we are in the u.s. botanic garden jungle. the tallest room in a conservatory was called upon house -- upon house. -- called a palm house. more recently, in order to reflect a growing understanding of ecology, we are recast this room to showcase not only interesting tropical tall things but show them in a way that is indicative of the ecosystem o

. >> organizes communities against prison population all across the southern united states. >> they're in this business for a profit. what's good for business for them is great recidivism rate, three strikes you're out laws, mandatory minimum, that's great for laws for the private prison companies. and basically my personal feeling is they've locked up a number of the african americans in the community and now they're going after the immigrants. >> in washington d.c, private lobbying, cost over $2 billion a year to lock them up. in their annual reports the securities & exchange commission both cca and geo emphasize that any changes to immigration laws constitute a business risk. to contain that risk they spent at least $25 million on lobbying politicians since 9/11. >> where stockholders and company executives see the fob phenomenon is a money maker for them takings on a life of its own. they come in with their lobbyists and political connections, a revolving door, go work for the private serkd -- >> that's not something i'm really aware of, not something i can comment on. i can tell y

in atlanta, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the southern united states. 1,700 miles of roadways 3,000 kilometers. 160 bridges across the city. the city spent a lot of money. spay spent millions in recent years. they have about 400 snow-remove equipment. they had a dozen a couple years ago. >> some say atlanta learned a lesson. >> the test is. us. we'll see what happens as far as what will play out. we want to show what's in store. the weather element coming into place. to have snow across the southern united states a handful of times per year a storm system across the east. the narrow band across northern louisiana, portions of arkansas alabama, mississippi into georgia, we have some chances for significant snow accumulations for their standards. when you average two to three a year in the way of a couple of inches and get three four inches in the forecast could be a big deal. you can see the areas across i-20 east of dallas. dallas you've dealt with plenty of weather in recent days. still seeing problems because it will be slushy when the snow comes down

> private prison-- >> she organizes communities against prison privatation all across the southern united states. >> they're into the business for a profit. what is business to them is great recidivism great, three strikes you're out laws, harsh drug laws, that's business for the private prison company. basically, my permanent feeling, they've locked up as many of the african-americans in this community and now going after the immigrants. >> in washington, d.c., private prison lobbyists use the anti immigrant climate to their advantage. with the number of immigrants in detention up threefold since the mid 1990s, it costs over $2 billion a year to lock them up. the security's an exchange commission emif a face that changes to immigration policies or laws constitute a business risk. to contain that risk, they've spent at least $25 million on lobbying politicians and federal agencies since 9/11. >> once a market is created, where stock holders and company executives see the phenomenon is a money maker for them, it takes on a life of its own. they come in with their lobby i have thes and political c

the southern united states going to deal with quite a lot of weather across the next 24 or so hours.nly dallas eastward already seen its fair share of wintry weather. could get a couple inches out of dallas. mostly the slushy variety. get towards atlanta, two to four a possibility, especially north of town. into the carolinas, western mountains of north carolina on into say, northern north carolina could easily pick up a foot of accumulation. but dallas, here's what you have in store for you throughout the morning into the early afternoon hours. notice the temperatures want to hover right around the freezing mark. so yes, the flakes will be large. they're going to be wet. and it's going to be slushy into the afternoon hours. it will warm up into the 40s as we head into late afternoon and evening hours. so melting certainly going to be occurring there. here you go a pretty narrow band of snowy weather across the northern portions of the southern united states. and the storm system quickly skirts off the eastern seaboard. not much left for the northeast. good news for you, but unfortun

introduction to the united states in 1800 is has become a relatively important tree species in terms of element -- elemental and the tropical parts of the united states and specifically southern florida. i will use some terms occasionally about how we grow and maintain plant lines as we are here. some are more technical and some are a little less technical. vegetative propaganule are pieces of a plant that can be coaxed into growing into a full plant without going through see generation. site has look aloft like true palms, but they are a completely different family in order of plants altogether. they are conifers, where homes are more closely related to greater first. they look similar. one of the big differences between them, even though they look similar is the way in which they grow. a site cap is able to be grown into a full plant from a very all parts of tissue. you can take a cutting or section of the trunk and let that go dormant, and that is most likely have the plants were originally transported from the pacific to the mid part of the united states in the early 1800s. you can then take the dormant peace and coax it as a growing root and growing leaves and turning in

that allows us to grow a host of plants native to the southern united states that under most conditions would not be able to survive outdoors in the washington, d.c., area. some wonderful examples are the magnolia over here. it is kind of like an magnolia -- a magnolia on steroids. it has huge sleeves and large flowers. it is a bit of a rare plant found further south in the united states. can you also like to take the opportunity to show them -- we also like to take the opportunity to show wonderful carnivorous plants. we tried to reach out to the young audience. young boys get excited about plants that eat insects. overall, we are excited about the grotesque aspect of plants that eat insects. this is the venus fly trap. not many americans realize the venus fly trap is only native to northern south carolina. it feels exotic but is really from our backyard. it is endangered. we do have to make sure we watch the populations in the wild. keeping them in botanic garden settings is an important part of what we do. you're currently in the u.s. botanic garden jungle. historically, the tallest

plenty of snow and the first significant one of the season for the southern united states.es out wednesday evening and thursday morning. here we go as far as what is expected to accumulate. about two to three inches across northern alabama, georgia, portions of the mountains could get 6 to 8 inches. so we shall see. >> there's so much cold air causing this huge fog problem in the gulf too. >> absolutely. >> even these cruise ships are being blanketing. >> that's the issue. a lot of cold air, so fog is set up around the coast. so weather problems impacting the south, not just the northern states. >>> we could see a winter world cup for the first time in football history. our fifa task force has recommended the 2022 cup be held in december in qatar. >> the reason this happened is to avoid qatar's scorching summer heat. a final decision should be made next month. the mood would create headaches for european football players because it would conflict with their mid season domestic schedules. take a listen. >> teams across the world will have to accommodate touch a tournament wh

dangerous cold stretches from michigan to maine and into the southern united states. it comes as the northeast digs out from the season's fourth major snowstorm. parts of new england saw more than 2 feet fall. boston dealing with another 16 inches of snow. the city had its snowiest month on record. 45.5 inches. cnn's will ripley has more. >> reporter: christine, we are turning on to i-95 north. we are about 35 miles outside of boston. we have been checking out the activities of road crews which have stayed out overnight and early morning hours. including this plow here making sure the roads are clear of any blowing snow and also trying to make sure the roads are free of ice. particularly black ice, which as you know, can be very dangerous. a lot of drivers are on the roads although it is presidents day and schools and government offices are closed. the fear of first responders and police is that they will be overconfident and assume the roads because they are dark, that they are safe. perhaps black ice could be hidden along here which could cause cars to slide out of

the southern united states 25 million people under winter weather advisories and storm warnings.gery, zoom in for a closer perspective. over 1 0 flights canceled over atlanta. inbound and another 150 or so outbound. you take a look, we have sleet moving across northern areas of the metro atlanta area. this looks to be the case the next couple of hours. by :10:00 in the -- 9:00 10:00 in the morning, we could see more snowflakes. nothing sticking around but a secondary storm system wednesday night. yet again, atlanta could get in on more additional snowfall there on wednesday night into thursday morning. that's the perspective there. want to quickly tell you to south america. the rainy season in full swing. lock at the footage coming out of areas around peru. significant rainfall leading to some large-scale flooding across the region. in fact the buildings here, a thatched going down under the rainfall. rivers bursting their banks. some 12 bridges have washed away. 25 fatalities. and some 200 schools destroyed or damaged by the floods that have taken place in recent days. since sud

wednesday afternoon, another round of possibly wintry weather pushes in towards portions of the southern united statesere they don't typically see this. you could see a couple inches north of the city of atlanta on up to memphis and little rock. all of them getting in on snowshowers. we have winds blasting through this region. severe weather possible across the northwestern corner of the couldn't nepts. strong winds, large hail possible along northwestern area areas of ireland. very powerful winds, could easily get to 55 and 60 kilometers per hour. all week we've had these blustery winds around northwest europe and travel disruptions there. >> both sides of the atlantic, not good. >> the heart of winter. >> 24 days to go. >> that's the count down. >> we'll talk to you soon. >>> despite a cease-fire agreement, fighting rages on in eastern ukraine. >> what russia's president says about the possibility of all-out war with ukraine. that's next. >>> plus north korea unveils new technology as the u.s. and south korea prepare for military drills. financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ su

united states. this is just a couple of hours ago. our technical director for this very program who left the southern united states is in maui hawaii as we speak. he sent the photograph. rubbing it in, indeed. 7 degrees. about 25 celsius out -- 76 degrees. about 25 celsius out there. a few minutes' drive from the wailea area in hawaii. how about that? >> that's where we'll like to be. >> but the hotel here out of cnn center is where we will be. >> just as good. just as good. >> with all that san and salt. no snow. okay. i won't rub it in. >> yes. >> okay. thank you very much. >>> we do want to actually go to the brit awards because everybody -- >> we saw this -- >> everyone's talking about this. of course it's madonna who stole the show with that dreadful fall. >> take a look. ♪ >> and you see it right there. madonna wearing a cape is yanked down a flight of stairs in the middle of that performance. >> that's why i leave my cape at home. fortunately -- >> no you don't. >> the 56-year-old was able to get back up moments later and finish her song. this proves that she was singing live as well. she posted this to her instagram account, "

and to the southern united states about 70 million people underneath a winner weather advisory or warning as dangerous and crippling ice storm potentially in the works here. in fact any time you get above a half inch or so of ice accumulations, widespread power outages, extensive damage. of course trees begin coming down. look at the forecast from little rock to memphis, tennessee. the areas here in the pink indicate/4 inch to one inch -- indicate 3/4 to one inch double what you need bring down power lines. dangerous situation to the south. the next storm system guess where it wants to park by tuesday and wednesday -- the northeastern u.s. yet again. so not getting a break across the region. we are counseling down to spring and 32 days -- we are counting down to spring and 2 days away. >> sure are. it's looking dangerous and totally miserable. many thanks. >> see you later. >>> you are kicking off your week with us on "cnn newsroom." after days of ferocious attacks, a cease-fire appears to be holding in eastern ukraine despite reports of artillery fire near a heavily contested town. >>> l

tonight 62 million people across the southern united states are going to get another big hit. jennifer gray is out front. how bad is it going to be? >> we're going to see more of the same. that's the bad news. this is the fourth storm in ten days that we're going to be looking for as we go through tomorrow through thursday morning. you can see the tail end of the storm we have been watching today is pushing off the north carolina coast. a lot of tiesicing conditions during the day. we had quite a bit of snowfall in downtown raleigh. now next system is on its way. it's going to impact places like dallas tonight on into los angeles overnight into tomorrow morning and impact mississippi, alabama, georgia, tennessee, south carolina and north carolina by the time we get to to thursday morning. by the time we get to the wee hours of tomorrow morning and your rush hour we're going to see possible snow in dallas. ice anywhere from lufkin to shreveport. the drive home is going to be very rough for portions of southern arkansas and even north georgia getting in on the action tomorrow af

that is precisely what's in play across the southern united states over the next say, 12 or so hours where a lot of the northern tier of louisiana into mississippi, alabama, then georgia, could see decent snow showers beginning into the early afternoon hours, tapering off into the overnight hours. this is a 40 million zone that errol was talking about as far as coverage of wintry weather. it extend to the south. and winner storm warnings, not something you see every single day in cities like birmingham or atlanta. want to show you the veryite of models that we have for the bigger cities. dallas two to throw inches typically -- two to three inches typically. birmingham alabama, one to two inches one model says not going to happen. the weather service believes the cold air will be enough in place to produce decent snow showers. then atlanta, one to three inch. one model saying hey, i'm going to be the winner make you look bad. generally the national weather service says cold air should be in place for some significant snow for the city at least. and you talk about cities of course. abo

there is snow across much of the southern united states tonight in greensboro north carolina snow pulledtrees and tore down electric lines leaving thousands of people without power. the weather also affected transportation, more than 100 flights in and out of raleigh durham airport cancelled and nicole mitchell has more. >> a lot of this was last night so the snow you are dealing with today was as you can see dried out was on the ground. however, temperatures got above freezing today what is going to happen overnight tonight, birmingham 25, charlotte 22 that is back below freezing. so any of that moisture from the snow that melted today is going to refreeze overnight and make those roads slick once again and looking at a widespread area of potential of black ice and i would say outside of this be careful on those roads in the morning. so temperatures, still well below average, that is what is influencing all of this with high in the midsection of the country and a clockwise flow so on the east side of that brings air north to south and widespread 10-30 degrees below average, here are tem

united states. u.s. officials say they are now investigating. this southernogistics international. which advertises itself to iranians as a way to get into the united states through the eb-5 program. investigators say the company's president, an iranian born man has helped bring dozens to america under the eb-5 program even as he and his company were under investigation for illegal smuggling to iran. his lawyer says neither he nor his company are involved in any terrorist or illegal export activity. but a one-time business associate of his has already been convicted of illegal shipments to iran and according to government documents is associated with a network involved in a series of international assassination and terrorism operations. >> this a big hole for people to get into the country. >> reporter: some blame this man for bowing to pressure. >> i will tell you the allegations are unequivocally false. >> reporter: but it was not something that he or his press secretary wanted to talk about. mr. secretary, you've not answered our questions, and i'd like to

only across the center of the country and the northeast but across parts of the southern plains and southeastern united states. the exception the west coast. we have a number of watches and advisories in effect. be careful you are looking at not only the threat of snow but freezing rain and sleet mixing in with that. >> all right we will check back with you. thanks. all of the icy weather closed the courts in stevensville texas yesterday postponing the american sniper murder trial. the injure or will hear from one final witness then hear closing arguments to decide whether eddy ray routh was insane when he killed chris kyle and chad littlefield. if he is found guilty he will spend the rest of his life in prison. >> the u.s. marine sentenced to two-years in prison after being found guilty of desertion in 2004 and 2005. he vanished claiming he was kidnapped by insurgents only found unharmed days later. he fled to lebanon while on leave. in addition to jail time he will have his rank reduced lose his pay and receive a dishonorable discharge. >> another day another scandal for the department of veteran's affairs.

it's colder to the north, as we look to the south we have a strong jet stream in the southern part of the united statesh a lot of moisture, that stays separate from the arctic front and the energy coming in from chicago, as it pushes in from the south and east, the low will develop and kind of steal and rob the moisture from the front, as we look at future tracker at 7:30 tomorrow morning up until then, it's generally cloudy in the area, scattered snow showers in the poconos and the lehigh valley and as this line progresses towards philadelphia, all the snow pretty much evaporates and is robbed by that storm and generally cloudy tomorrow morning and philadelphia down to the south and in the afternoon the sun returns and as the winter winds whip back in there could be scattered snow showers in the afternoon with the stronger winds and dropping temperatures tomorrow morning will be above freezing in the morning at 33 degrees, and 10:00, 30 and by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, temperatures are tumbling close to 10 degrees, and in edition to the temperatures the winds pick up 21 in atlantic city and 34 in the p

. >> we have been traveling around the united states. >> from southern california it was adam gudan whorged as the english speaking spokesperson for al qaeda network. he is still missing and has a million dollar reward on his head. as fox news reported extensively it was this dual citizen of yemen and america who went from being invited as a luncheon guest at the pentagon after 9-11 to a digital recruiter in al qaeda. fox news reported on the cleric for years. u.s. citizen anwar awlaki was linked to the failed times square bombing the underwear bomber that attempted to blow up a plane and a massacre at fort hood which killed 13. >> he was killed in yemen in 2011 by a predator hell fire missile. but he lives on through this man's abdullah shay even after spending time in a yemeni present on behalf of al-awlaki he announced his support for caliphate press to nearly 10,000 followers on twitter. he tweeted this photo of himself with awlaki. they have taken it to social media to a whole new level. >> they use all platforms everything from facebook to twitter to yelp restaurant recommendation

talking about a stormy southern tier of the united states all the way from southern california stretching east tohe carolinas. freezing rain advisories ice from north central texas stretching back in to the gulf coast states when you get back up near huntsville alabama, north of alexandria we may sigh the highest ice totals with outages that may result. continuing across southern california tapering to scattered showers by later this afternoon spreading east is know over a foot will fall in parts of southwest colorado into the mountains especially. high temperatures today in the 50s and 60s. 63 in l.a. but 70s when you get back down to parts of arizona. >> brrr. all right. danielle, thank you. >>> this morning, "birdman" is the best picture of the year. the movie took home top honors at last night's academy awards but each of the eight movies nominated for best picture picked up at least one oscar. nancy o'dell for partners at "entertainment tonight" with us with memorable moments. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah. not a huge surprise last night when it came to the winners a

introduction to the united states, it has become a relatively important tree species in terms of ornamental tree in the tropical parts of the united states, and specifically in southern florida. as with most things in life it's often quite instructive to change one's perspective. to achieve that here, we have made sure to include a canopy walk in the higher levels of the jungle. it is wonderful to get up amongst the top of the trees and see the wonderful and interesting plants that grow at this level, and also see a different perspective grade looked down on the trunks, look straight ahead at the leaves and the flowers and seeds. it provides a fantastic and interesting environment. i want to thank you for taking time to visit with us at the u.s. botanic garden. the u.s. botanic garden is a wonderful resource. we are open 365 days a year. we are always free from 10:00 to 5:00 every day. if you come to washington, d.c. it's a wonderful place to step on in. there's always something in bloom. hopefully there is something you have not seen before. >> author and professor edith gelles explores the marriage between john and abigail adams. the professor spoke at a celebratio

the cold air is also blanketing the southern areas and eastern areas of the united states. take a look at some video to show you how cold it is in the u.s. commuters across the u.s. south faced icy traveling conditions on tuesday. snow and ice blanketed roads, turning highways into parking lots. in dallas people worked to secure cables to a tractor trailer that slid off a snow covered bridge. many roads were untreated in north carolina where a storm came to a surprise. and in atlanta a light layer of wintry mix sent one car spinning across the highway, slamming into the side of another vehicle, and these are the area where we usually see warm conditions, or mild conditions even in winter. and this is your wednesday outlook. you can see a wide swath of wintry precipitation, frozen precipitation is likely. freezing rain across areas shaded in purple from the atlanta area into the north of louisiana and then to the north, heavy snowfall probably up to 20 centimeters likely from this area, and then there are two spots of heavy snow for the northern areas. and you can see precip

. >> we have been travelling around the united states. >> from southern california it was adam cass sanas the english speaking spokes concern for osama bin laden. >> they are the ones to start the dirty war they will be the ones to end it. >> fox news reported it was this dual citizen of yemen and america who was invited at the luncheon desk at the white house he turned operational. fox news reported on the cleric for years. >> with the command offer english, arabic and the internet u.s. citizen anwar al-awlaki the attempt by the underwear bomber the thwarted attacks of fort 6 and fort hood which killed 13. >> awlaki was killed in yemen in 2011 by a predator hell fire missile. he lives on through abdullah shay. even after serving time in prison for his actions on behalf of awlaki he recently announced his support for caliphate press to nearly 10,000 followers on twitter. he also tweeted this photo of himself with awlaki. isis has taken social media to a whole new level. >> isis uses all flat storm -- platforms everything from facebook to twitter to yelp restaurant recommendations in syr

. >> we have been traveling around the united states. >> from southern california, it was adam who was the english speaking spokesperson for osama bin laden. >> they're the ones who started this dirty war and they're the ones who will end it. >> he is still missing and has a million dollars reward on his head and as fox news reported, it was this dual citizen of yemen and america who went from being invited as a guest at the pentagon after 9-11 to a digital recruiter for al-qaeda. he turned operational. fox news reported on the cleric for years. >> with the command of english, arabic and the internet, u.s. citizen al-awlaki was linked to the failed times square bombing, and the christmas day thwarted attack. and the massacre at fort hood which killed 13. >> he was killed in yemen in 2011 by a predator hell fire missile. but he lives on through this man. even after serving time in a yemeni prison for his actions on behalf of al-awlaki and al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula, he recently announced his support for caliphate press to nearly 10,000 followers on twitter. he also tweeted this p

all of mediterranean europe southern italy, france, the unemployment rate is and has been for years is 20% and more. it was about the unemployment rate of the united states, the great depression. southern europe is in a massive depression. german unemployment is at 5%. i am not blaming the germans. the germans were trapped. the build an industrial plant far greater than their own economy, they had to export. they used all the tools they needed. the others consumed and didn't develop their industry. what it came down to there was no one european experience any more. the idea that we europeans i won was lost. germany was experiencing life in a different way than britain was. certainly in a different way that southern europe was. eastern europe facing the russians who were be emerging after 2008 was alone because the spay huge really didn't worry much about the russians. the germans did worry much about the greeks. what happened here was a fragmentation of europe and it sold. the european experience, there was a greek experience, and italian experience and all the national distinctions re-emerged. the institutions remained in place but what it meant to be,

miniature in europe, southern italy, france, the unemployment rate as it has been for years now 20% and more. it's an important number because it's the unemployment rate to the united states and the great depression. southern europe is in a massive depression. german unemployment is at 5%. i'm not blaming the germans. the germans were trapped. they built an industrial plant far greater than their own economy that could assume they have to export them the tools they needed. the others consumed and didn't develop the industry. when it came down to it there's no one european experience anymore. the idea that we europeans are one was lost. germany was experiencing life in a different way than britain was, certainly in a different way than southern europe was in eastern europe facing the russians who are reemerging after 2008 was alone because the spaniards really didn't worry much about the russians. they didn't worry much about the greeks. what happened here was a fragmentation. there was no european experience. there was the greek experience telling your and all the national distinctions reemerge. institutions remain in place, but what it meant to be a european changed trem

. >>> the measles outbreak first spotted at disneyland in southern california has spread across the united states. the cdc just put out its newest numbers moments ago and it says more than 102 confirmed cases now spread between 14 states. almost all of the new cases, the cdc is telling us are among people who have not been vaccinated and also largely linked to the outbreak in disneyland. coming up in about 30 minutes, we'll have much more on this growing threat to public health. what you need to know. that's going to come up later. >>> coming up for us next a super stunning end to the super bowl. was it a super bad call? maybe the worst call in history that led to that play right there. we'll talk about the moment that everyone is discussing. >>> also what everyone is talking about today, the snow making the skies not so friendly if you're traveling. we've got what you need to know about the delays and the cancellations including my poor dear husband. we'll be back. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like shopping hungry equals overshopping. when it comes to good nu

imagine the attitude that new englanders had towards southerners and southerners had toured new england. what held the united states together after 1783? it was very fragile, believe me. and national debt. $25 million. a common language. and the pride in having defeated the strongest military, and especially naval, power in the world. well, from where was congress going to govern this country? we had a constitution. it was called the articles of confederation. it may be states supreme over the federal government. it was ratified in 1781. he granted the united states of america power over foreign affairs, war, and a post office area that was it. if congress wanted money which of course it needed, it had to requisition it from the states. congress would have to tell each state what their share would be. often the money never arrived. congress had no power over commerce. no power of revenue, no taxation , and certainly no power to create -- as it would, later -- a 100-square mile federal territory over which the united states congress had exclusive jurisdiction. in 1783, congress consisted of the 13 states. each deleg

southern portion of the u.s. you guys touched on the 500 cancelations out of dallas' airport. about 1,000 canceled in the united stateshalf are coming from one particular airport. so if you're traveling to the southern parts of the u.s. especially texas, it's going to be a mess. >> we're counseling down to spring here. when are we going to see signs of that? >> gosh by the end of the week for the fifth nightmare about five weeks -- for the first time in about five weeks, temperatures will be close to normal. >> close to normal? >> we'll take it at this point. >> a low bar. >> thanks a lot. see you soon. >>> the families of three teenaged girls believed to be headed to syria are pleading for them to come back home. we will look at the new concerns that they may be trying to join isis. >>> plus why fans of comedian bill cosby will have an even harder time seeing him on tour this year. >>> throughout the hour we will show you some of the best and more interesting highlights from the oscars including the moment several stars in the audience were in tears. when it comes to your credit, in the know is the place to be. trans

act went straight at the very heart of the power structure of the south of the united states, and the democratic ready. southern democrats controlled virtually every committee and the congress, because their people kept sending them back largely for the kind of demagogic rhetoric they were known for in the senate and house. if you went for the 1965 act and one has to understand that in judging johnson you are cap -- going at his party, and he says that's the end of the south and democrats. you can see he was right. the south is virtually now all republican. worse than that, you are going after some of his southern democrats like himself. that got a lot more political coverage and a lot more effort. to do that, after you think you had just done something that was the crowning glory of anybody's presidency, and here come these people saying we want some more -- you can understand how this was a great orton to put on a president. nobody would have thought of doing it if it had not been lyndon johnson. there's probably never been anybody in the senate who can do what lyndon johnson could do. he had shown that when

is it on the southern border of the united states and mexico? is it some other borders that we're talking about? for someone like me, i consider myself spongebob. i want to soak up as much understanding as i can get. and whoever is able to answer it, i would appreciate it. >> i will start and anyone can add pieces to this, ma'am. you are absolutely right. the focus of one -- one of the focuses of our effort at the federal level is for communities to develop their own intervention strategies because that is what it takes. there is not a federally led intervention in a family or community or social setting that will be the tipper that turns someone off from radicalization. but it is the local community, the families, schools, churches, mosques, they are the ones that recognize behavioral changes at a point when behavior can be still addressed and potentially not end up at the worst case scenario of someone having to traveled overseas. so the precise information you are asking for is what we are trying to share in a series of community briefings th

united states. and in the end slavery became a very important part of the southern economy. when abraham lincoln was running for president of the united states, he was widely seen as somebody who wanted to keep slavery from being expanded to new states. and we had a compromise before about which states could be -- could have slaves and which states couldn't have slaves. and lincoln was seen as being much tougher than the south thought he should be in keeping the expansion of slavery from going forward. lincoln was elected, he was elected with a minority of the popular vote but he was elected with obviously a majority of the electoral vote. it was widely viewed by many states in the south that he would eliminate slavery, not just in the new states but in the south eventually. so initially seven states seceded. lincoln's determination was to bring the union back together and he said repeatedly my greatest goal is to bring the union together. and i'll do what it takes. he originally was not considered an abolitionist. he was not considered a great emancipate emancipator. he even

united nations. local media report al qaeda linked militants took control of the headquarters of the yemeni brigade the southern part of the nation. eight people reported dade. the united stateseek. it's always very bad news for america because washington had relied on yemen fighting against al qaeda. yemen was a very good partner. now that's gone. there is no functioning government in yemen. the terrorists are now taking over. connor powell has the news. >> yemen slipping furor into into chaos. there is no functioning government and the economy is collapsing and the u.n. peace talks between rebels and insurgents have done little to provide stability. u.s. diplomats and cia agents left the country as they closed the embassy. the pentagon says counterterrorism operations will continue even as iranian linked rebels seized the capitol. while the u.s. is not happy the rebels have overthrown the u.s.-backed government they aren't the biggest problem there that's because they are vehemently antial qaeda and the u.s. signaled they're willing to work with the rebels if they're willing to fight al qaeda. the trouble it's not clear what control the rebels have and the entire country is

states in southern u.s. have been hit with freezing rain snow and sleet and forecasters warning of more snow in arkansas missouri and tennessee. the unitedgovernment has proposed new rules to regulate commercial drones and increasingly being used by businesses raising questions about security and privacy and libby casey reports now from washington. >> reporter: regulators have been working on these proposed rules for years and businesses and privacy advocates have been waiting just as long the head of the faa michael saying we have tried to be flexible in writing these rules and want to maintain today's outstanding level of aviation safety without placing undue regulatory burden on emerging industry the rules would effect commercially operated drones weighing up to 55 and they need a pilot license and ban flying at night or near airports and drones have to stay below 500 feet and under 100 miles per hour and operators would have to keep the drone in their line of sight at all times. the proposals pose a challenge to companies like amazon who want to use drones to deliver packages away from the district line of sight from their remote pil

ukrainian army is losing against the russian-backed separatists in the southern part of that country and they're asking the united states to arm them. they want weapons. secretary of state john kerry says the president is considering that request. barbara? >> thank you, tracy. this afternoon national security adviser susan rice will deliver remarks on the obama administration's national security strategy. and for more on that we're joined by mark murray political editor. >> good morning, barbara. >> will rice mention the situation in the ukraine that we just talked about? >> oh absolutely. the one big thing the administration is unveiling their national security strategy, there are a lot of critics and even supporters are asking what kind of strategy. everything seems to be very on a crisis to crisis basis. everything seems very reactive. >> that's what we hear from the republicans that the president does not have a far reaching foreign policy. are we going to hear that today? >> people will want to see meat on the bones for that. president obama first term foreign policy was one of his biggest strengths. his approval r

is it on the southern border of the united states and mexico? is it some other borders that we're talking about? for someone like me, i consider myself spongebob. i want to soak up as much understanding as i can get. and whoever is able to answer it i would appreciate it. >> i will start and anyone can add pieces to this ma'am. you are absolutely right. the focus of one -- one of the focuses of our effort at the federal level is for communities to develop their own intervention strategies because that is what it takes. there is not a federally led intervention in a family or community or social setting that will be the tipper that turns someone off from radicalization. but it is the local community, the families, schools churches mosques, they are the ones that recognize behavioral changes at a point when behavior can be still addressed and potentially not end up at the worst case scenario of someone having to traveled overseas. so the precise information you are asking for is what we are trying to share in a series of community briefings that g