does the prime minister shammai concern as the actions of the northern island of attorney general using an outdated and discredited law of disrespecting the court to invoke contempt proceedings against the former northern ireland secretary my right honorable friend, comments and his men more? shouldn't we respect for the independence of judiciary be followed by the rights of individuals to their comment on that judiciary? >> i do have a great deal of sympathy with what the right honorable gentleman says. parliamentary privilege obviously quite rightly allows members to express their views in parliament. in terms of what is it outside of parliament, there are occasions as i'll know when judges make critical remarks about politicians and their our remarks politicians make critical remarks about judges. to me this is part of a democracy and they think we want to keep things even. >> i welcome his efforts to achieve a controlled suspension of sanctions. with the decision on his proposal to next week will he ensure that the measures to monitor human vice in burma are included in the discussi

does the prime minister shammai concern as the actions of the northern island of attorney general using an outdated and discredited law of disrespecting the court to invoke contempt proceedings against the former northern ireland secretary my right honorable friend, comments and his men more? shouldn't we respect for the independence of judiciary be followed by the rights of individuals to their comment on that judiciary? >> i do have a great deal of sympathy with what the right honorable gentleman says. parliamentary privilege obviously quite rightly allows members to express their views in parliament. in terms of what is it outside of parliament, there are occasions as i'll know when judges make critical remarks about politicians and their our remarks politicians make critical remarks about judges. to me this is part of a democracy and they think we want to keep things even. >> i welcome his efforts to achieve a controlled suspension of sanctions. with the decision on his proposal to next week will he ensure that the measures to monitor human vice in burma are included in the discussi

the unit is on the northern island of hokkaido. nuclear authorities started running stress tests on reactors following the fukushima crisis. the safety tests forecast how reactors could withstand powerful earthquakes and towering tsunami. they're a prerequisite for restarting the units. members of the nuclear safety commission endorsed the first set of results in march. they came from the two reactors at the plant. officials are demanding the government come up with stricter safety standards before firing up the reactors again. they say they should reflect the lessons learned from the fukushima situation. >>> japan's leaders are expected to work out a new energy policy. the accident raised concerns about atomic energy as a key source of power in the country. government experts are submitting a proposal in may. have yet to agree what role, if any, nuclear will play. we have more insight on this issue from our reporter. >> the debate over this country's energy policy started soon after last year's disaster. last october, the governmen

the unit is on the northern island of hokkaido. nuclear authorities began to run the stress tests on reactors following the fukushima crisis. these safety tests forecast how reactors could withstand powerful earthquakes and towering tsunami. they are a prerequisite for restarting the units. the results came from the two reactors at the ohi plant. officials in fukui prefecture are demanding the central government come up with stricter safety standards before firing up the reactors again. they say the new standards should reflect the lessons learned from the fukushima situation. the japanese government is trying to reflect the lessons in the new energy policy. coming up, we'll tell you the various scenarios experts are debating, some include nuclear power and some don't. >>> first, kim jong-un is expected to officially solidify his control over north korea next week. top members of the country's ruling workers party will meet to elect their new general secretary. kim has been leading the north since last december, when his father, kim

the last working the last working reactor will shut down in early may, on the northern island of hokkaido. the fukushima accident prompted the government to impose safety checks for all reactors undergoing regular maintenance. utilities used computer simulation to assess the resistance of facilities against powerful earthquakes and resulting tsunami. passing these so-called stress tests is a prerequisite for restarting units. members of the nuclear safety commission endorsed the first set of results in march for those two reactors at the ohi plant but the governor of fukui is demanding the central government come up with stricter safety standards before the units go back online. the government is using these new standards to address public concerns about the safety of nuclear plants. >>> another big challenge facing the noda administration is the disposal of debris generated by last year's disaster. many prefectures refuse taking in waste from the affected areas due to concerns about radiation. millions of tons of debris are still piled up in disaster areas. last month pri last month prim

troops and japan's self-defense forces could conduct the drills on one of the northern mariana islanding. the japanese are considering help pay for the new facilities. they agreed to transfer the marines first. three-quarters of u.s. forces stationed in japan are based in the southern prefecture. japanese government officials are studying a u.s. request to raise japan's share of the costs for the transfer to more than $3 billion. >>> japan's trade balance in march went into the red again after february data snapped four straight months of deficits. the finance ministry said in its preliminary report on thursday that japan's trade deficit was about $1 billion last month. this led to a record trade deficit in the fiscal year that ended in march. it hit a historical high of $54 billion. exports are up for the first time in six months. that's nearly a 6% rise from a year earlier in yen terms and mainly due to an increase in shipments of autos and auto motive parts. imports rose more than 10% due to a rise in imports of crude oil and liquefied gas. here is an outlook on japanese trade. >> i t

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one was the speaker of the house of the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands, and the other was larry hillblom, who is better known as the h. in dhl. the plane was going to when the northernmost islands but nobody was quite sure why they thought he was interested in building an eco-resort there where they would like us and cori. but regardless, the plane every turn. this wasn't a particularly big surprise because he was known to buy really crappy airplanes. and to not maintain a. in fact, one of the islands they float over on the way had a crash, an airplane that hillblom had crashed about a year and a half before and nearly killed himself and. so number of his friends had declined to make the trip with him that morning, and no one was terribly shocked that this plane had also gone down. however, it was a real shock that larry hillblom was suddenly gone. he had arrived in saipan 15 years before and he had become larger-than-life character in the mariana islands. he had bought the bank. he bought the airline. he bought the television and radio stations. he built dozens of busines

alert this morning because a powerful 8.7 magnitude earthquake hitting off the coast of the northern indonesian island about an hour ago. tsunami warnings in effect now for 28 countries across the indian ocean. here's a look at video just in showing the tense moment as the earthquake hit. people were seen running out of buildings. electricity has been knocked out. we're also learning an aftershock of 6.5 magnitude has hit. that's a big quake in and of itself. rescue teams are on their way as people are being told to move to higher ground now. another developing story overnight. a korean air jet making an emergency landing after a bomb threat was called in. the flight headed for seoul with 149 passengers on board. it had just taken off from vancouver when the threat came into the airline's los angeles offices. two u.s. fighter jets scrambled from oregon to escort the plane to a canadian military base. korean air says it received a similar bomb threat on monday both reportedly delivered in english. no word yet if there was actually a bomb on board that aircraft. self-proclaimed mastermind behind the sep

the center of the quake was off the province on the northern tip of the island of sumatra. it has a preliminary magnitude of 8.9 and a tsunami warning has been issued. you will remember a 9.1 quake in the same area back in 2004 create a tsunami so large it killed 240,000 people. >>> new this morning, stock markets in asia are continuing a selloff on wall street. the dow had its worst day of the year yesterday. it dropped over 200 points in its fifth straight fall. there are several reasons for the decline. economists are worried about a slowdown in the economy and a lot of reportss on corporate earnings are due. then there is concern that some european countries can't pay their debts. eir debts. >>> the university of arkansas fired head coach bobby petrino over a scandal involving a woman half his age. the school says he knowingly misled the university whether he lied about having a mistress and about the 5-year-old being with him during a motorcycle accident last week. the university also says he he unfairly hired his mistress as a school employee. petrino will not receive

southwest of the city of banda aceh on the northern tip of the indonesia's sumatra island the first quakebout two hours later and an 8.2 aftershock and then to more powerful aftershocks the pacific tsunami warning center issued a tsunami watch the entire indian ocean but was canceled a few hours later these quakes were felt as far away as bangkok thailand >>the special prosecutor in the trayvon martin case said she plans to make an announcement about the investigation sometime in the next few days angela corey has the job of deciding whether to charge george zimmerman in the shooting death of martin in florida earlier this year on monday she said that she would not ask a grand jury to indict george zimmerman who claims he acted in self- defense his two lawyers announced yesterday they were resigning from the case since they haven't been able to talk to him and are concerned about his mental state the lawyers have been criticized for saying to much in public ... >>we simply wanted to the acknowledged the fact that under the circumstances we cannot ethically tell the press or anyone else th

it turns out that they were on -- he took a 17-day excursion to guam, hawaii, and cypan in the northern islands. this sounds like a honeymoon and we were paying for it. he took his wife along as well. other family members, there were e-mails about birthday celebrations on the taxpayer dime. >> he obviously took somebody else when you look at the hot tub picture, there are two cocktails there. >> or he didn't want to get up. >> for the camera person. >> anyway, believe me, this is not over. so we'll keep you posted. in the meantime, it looks like tomorrow, the house is going to vote on the small business tax cut act and what that would do is if you're a small business, you got less than 500 employees, what it would do is cut your taxes 20%. now, keep in mind, small businesses create something like 65% of the jobs in the united states of america. so they're going to vote on this tomorrow and there you see some of the data. we already know that the white house is threatening to veto it because they don't want to give the tax breaks to the right people. they want to target the right people. >> it g

the pledge of allegiance will be led today by the gentleman from northern mariana island, mr. sablan. mr. sablan: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker. it gives me a great amount of privilege today to welcome two humble spirits in pastor joel osteen and co-pastor victoria osteen and recognize their entire family and their delightful children, two humble spirits and as reflected in his prayer, joel has taught us to embrace god's grace and mercy and for those who will listen to stand in the sunlight of joy as one looks toward the hopefulness of a future. i am delighted that lakewood started in a feedstock store in the 18th congressional district. the story is told there was spiders and a lot of dust. organized by his wonderful father and his mother, two who loved each other dearly but really

they're keeping today's celebrations private and planned to spend it at home on an island off the northern coast of wales. >> chicago's oldest croatian church mark its centennial with a jubilee mass today associated by francis cardinal george. st. jerome's catholic church has served this city's croatian immigrants in the long term residents alike since 1912 for. parishioners reflected on the significance of the bridge poor institution and what makes a special >> it is also very good because we offer it to everybody.. >>. both mayors have walked in the churches annual consumption of the blessed virgin mary procession which has been held on the same day and followed the same route since 1906. >> parts of the midwest faced heavy thunderstorms and large hail this weekend. the storms dumped marble sized hail on louisville ky. the hail is blamed for knocking out power to more than 4000 customers. one airport in southern indiana actually reported a baseball sized hail. >> your live illinois lottery drawing is next >> and after that the rain has arrived, and jim ramsey says it will be a part of yo

a very powerful 8.7 magnitude quake heading off the coast of northern indonesian island of sumatra. happened just a short time ago. tsunami warnings are in effect covering 28 countries. joining us now with the latest maria molina. >> hey guys. good to see you. we are following that developing story because there is a possibility we could be looking at an indian wide tsunami threat. there could be waves and there are estimated times for 28 countries that may be impacted by that wave. something important to keep in mind with the tsunami is it's not actually a wall of water that moves into the areas or could possibly move into the areas but it's a series of waves. you could see a smaller wave and a larger wave arriving at the same time. all of these areas need to be alert. if you live along the indian ocean we have 28 countries that could be looking at a rise in water levels in several hours or even several minutes. they are looking at a possibility of a tsunami happening right now. we want to focus on the u.s. and our weather here. we have big weather stories for us. talking about ver

the driver was injured. >>> an abandoned van containing a device with 600 pounds of explosives were found in northern island they believe it's related to the distint irish army. this is twice the size of the bomb left at the courthouse two years ago. if it exploded it would have caused mass devastation to the area. >>> egypt's ruling military council is reshuffling the cabinet. this comes after islamic tom nated -- dominated parliament suspended sessions due to protest of the panel's failure to heed calls for dismissal. they deman to form their cabinet to replace the military appointed one that they accuse of inefficiency. >>> a heatwave baking parts of thyland causing major -- thailand causing major problems. railway officials expect miles of

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the northern japanese port by tsunami. it was spotted drifting off canada's queen charlotte islands on march 20th. 50i the vessel has floated north to waters off alaska. an estimated 3 million tons of debris from the tsunami is said to be drifting east in the pacific ocean and most expected to reach the west coast of north america next year. iran's foreign minister said that his country is considering asking neighboring iraq or china to serve as the venue for the next round of nuclear negotiations. >>> talks between iran and six western countries over its nuclear program are scheduled for april 13th. the last round was held 15 months ago. an iranian proposal to hold the talks in istanbul, turkey, collapsed because of differences between the two sides over syria. iran is closely allied with the syrian government but turkey backs the western nations which are demanding that syrian president bashar all assad step down. meanwhile, tensions continue to rise in the persian gulf where the u.s. navy is keeping a close eye on iran. it's main concern is to keep opened the strait of. we have this report from dubai. >> reporter: u.s. n

the doe. it is a northern phenomena. these people live in bristol, rhode island, so i would like to enfold or have your opinion with regard to the greater sin of slavery and to be absolved somehow in this little area of the world. >> in waterford, i will absolve waterford which is a quaker community. >> could you place the journey in the greater context of the slave trade. >> gosh, i guess what i maybe just to restate what i was saying, i was watching the lehrer hour the other night and there was a young man going around saying end black history month, and he made a movie about it, and his point is we shouldn't set this apart, that black history is part of american history. this is all our story. i guess that's what i was saying, that that in this era at least slavery is so much a part of national story, and we continue to do this with the south and in right up to the present in a different way. we still, i think, view the south at times as northerners do as an evil twin that somehow we project all what are really national problems, racism. violence, lack of education, whatever you want, and when that happens in mississip

the northern half of japan. but very wet across the west. heavy rain and thunderstorms are still continuing across the southern islands of japan. and additional 150 millimeters or more are possible in the next 24 hours here. as for western japan, much of the rain will move out to sea by tonight. however, a stronger system will move in. that's going to produce very heavy rain as well as thunderstorms in some locations. and back behind it, turning wet and cool across the korean peninsula on saturday. that could be accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds. as for china, parts of the southeast coast are seeing a break in the rain at this moment, but heavy rain will be moving in. so it's going to be wet on your saturday again but finally, dry weather will return on your sunday. so that's good news. now moving over to the americas, a strong low pressure system is starting to move into british columbia and the pacific northwest spreading stormy conditions here but as the system pushes on to the east, it's going to dissipate quite quickly and then we have a larger system over the midsection of the u.s. producing a mixture of rain a

the northern and western suburbs. not too chilly here, in the city just yet, thanks to the heat island effect in the potomac river. but nonetheless, be ready for a cool start first thing on your monday morning. 59 degrees right now. that's at national airport, where the wind has gone calm. the sky remains clear. but out in the western and northern suburbs a noticeably cooler trend. 46 now in frederick, maryland. 46 gaithersburg, germantown, 46 into manassas. most of western fairfax county also into the upper 40s right now. waldorf 49 degrees. a little bit cooler out to the west. storm 4 radar there's just ground clutter around here. no rain on the radar too close to us. nearest raindrops to us now moving into parts of lower michigan. that area of low pressure is going up into the western great lakes. but this trailing cold front back here, you'll be seeing this on the next graphic. our future weather forecast, that cold front will impact our weather as we get toward late tomorrow and then mostly into the day tuesday. high pressure heading offshore for now. so a chilly start first thing tomorrow morning. the warmer

a resident on an island near the quake's epicenter told nhk strong jolts continued very similar and were very similar to the earthquake that hit the area in 2004. off the northern sumatra reported people have evacuated to higher ground. a local reporter in banda aceh said the shops are back to

the northern extent and the rain showers developing, outside of napa, and tracking to the south and to the east, fairfield, brentwood and bethel island, wind speeds a factor as well, gusty, winds around san francisco, sfo32 miles an hour. cold night again and a hard freeze warning to the north of the bay area, over night lows to the 20s. 24-30 degrees. still chilly closer to home. first thing, friday morning, the readings will be in the 30s. lower 30s for napa and santa rosa. san jose upper 30s. chilly over the past couple days. temperatures maxing out this afternoon, upper 50s to 60 degrees. everybody up a few degrees friday and warming trend continues. as we begin the weekend. you can see all the unsettled weather to the north and east of the bay area. we will hold on to the showers chances in the short term. high pressure rebuilds tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. winds 10-15 miles an hour. easter sunday, the main rain is to the north but we will thicken up clouds, chance of sprinkles but most of the region should be dry. sunshine tomorrow and a few high clouds saturday and then we will take this into sunday, sunday morning will be dr

the offshore islands. this victory did a lot to release the incubus of bull run off the backs of northern citizens, and strategically it provided the south atlantic squadron the base it absolutely had to have to make that blockade effective. for the rest of the war, only hampton roads here in virginia surpassed port royal, south carolina in importance as a union naval base. indeed, it's hard to imagine how the north could have sustained that blockade at all without the base of port royal. so what was it like, then, to serve on this blockade as it became increasingly effective and is now sustained by basis along the south atlantic coast? these next several slides, by the way, are from the sketchbook of charles ellory steadman, who was the ship's doctor on the u.s.s. huron, one of the vessels on the blockade, and he kept a sketch book which provides just about the only contemporary images of the blockade that we have today. the union sail oors who kept th watch and fed the engines and manned the guns on these blockading vessels from virginia to texas found life at sea mostly an endless tedium of routine. they spent en

the population of this island well mainland. discovered. an icon of the north the new and yet some of the native northern peoples follow grazing reindeer whereverthey go the routines revolving around the animals the life of the great the herd is usually hauled in isolated but occasionally they gather to share their world and compete in the skills they hold on the tundra and i'm about to join the celebrations. last sue throwing. stick wrestling. and hurdle jumping cause for competition but the main event is rapidly approaching. going to the races bringing teams from far in one of the competition is tough i feel a bit nervous my rivals get better every year even though i won last year this year the younger ones may compete on a par with me. and perhaps he's right to be a bit jittery but it seems getting started is the trickiest moment. sometimes for a cameraman to. look your feet. after the first of a tease and sit down to eat some reindeer of course but also that other russian arctic speciality fish in this nearby tree they're preparing fountains of none of these a c three ish all having been caught quota from local rivers and i'm told amanda is

emergency power has been shut down in parts of sumatra, particularly banda aceh and the other islands just off the coast of northern, including west sumatra. a warning has been issued for everyone who lives near the coast there to go to safer ground, higher ground. we've been seeing people have been doing that. they know what to do. they've been trained to do this. of course, what they're feeling now is the trauma again of feeling the earthquake of this magnitude and the fear of the tsunami coming next. >> and the watch seems to be something that's incremental here, right? it starts in that region, and then it continues? >> reporter: yes, that's right. they're telling everyone to continue monitoring to keep watch and not go back to the coastal areas yet until it's all cleared, but so far, as we said, there are no reports of that tsunami being generateded yet. >> i know you mentioned that some communications are down. do we feel confident that everybody has received the warnings and are moving to higher ground? >> reporter: yes. the first warning that the people get is the earthquake itself, and we know that it was

calm winds, 29.78 is the barometer reading. 60 in dc and patuxent river. 54 elkton. 56 bel air. 59 rock hall. 60 annapolis. 60 kent island. calm winds across the entire northern tier of the state. a southerly flow from dc down towards patuxent river and ocean city, the winds from the southwest, where the temperatures are the warmest, that's the direction of the wind. we have a pretty decent amount of warm air up and down the sea board from new england down to florida this system, though, extends all the way to the gulf. when it moves in to the region, it's going to pretty much drape the entire east coast and the lower portion of it is going to allow for another bit of a disturbance to ride along that could linger for a while. the way we are expecting this to play out, this low is going to generate right on along the eastern sea board and it's going to take on the form of basically a nor'easter, sitting along the coastline and kicking moisture back in to the mid atlantic, we are going to see a decent amount of rain over the next few days. talking tonight in to monday. we could have areas that see localized amounts of three inches or so. we will keep you posted

>> well, this is the world that ray kelley has to live in. new york and long island, northernew jersey are the number one terrorist target in the world and that is why commissioner kelly and the nypd and other police departments in the area are constantly monitoring terrorist web sites. they're going to web sites in the past shown links to terrorist organizations and so the nypd has to take this very seriously. commissioner kelly will expand on this. it may turn out to be nothing but the nypd can in the afford to take that chance t has to run this down as much detail as it possibly can and also say could this be a signal of something else? sometimes put one thing on a website but really signal to something else. all this has to be monitored by the fbi. there is also now involved. this is the world we live in. i shouldn't say unfortunately we have not been attacked because we haven't been attacked successfully in many years, americans believe the threat is no longer there. the threat is alive and real and that's why we want to hear what commissioner kelly has to say. jon: wheth

a resident on an island near the quake's epicenter told nhk strong jolts continued very similar and were very similar to the earthquake that hit the area in 2004. off the northern sumatra reported people have evacuated to higher ground. a local reporter in banda aceh said the shops are back to normal. >>> soichiro tanezawa told us people across the country are on alert. >> reporter: right now i'm in the city of yogyakarta. i didn't feel any shaking here, but the big earthquake of 2004 is fresh in the minds of the people of indonesia. people here in yogyakarta are trying to find out as much information as they can. i can see on tv screens the people near the epicenter evacuating to higher ground. the president made a statement on television. nhk spoke by phone with a japanese diplomat in the city of medan. it is several hundred kilometers from the epicenter. he said he felt earthquakes strongly and had to hang on to his desk. he said he immediately ran out of the building. nhk staff based in banda aceh said she saw a big crack in the ground. they said the shaking there lasted for about 30 seconds, but there was less damage inside the hotel. >> that was soichiro

the city. good chance we'll see widely scattered frost. harford, baltimore county, northern areas. western howard. a lot of carroll, and all across southern p.a. that's tomorrow morning. 58 in annapolis. 58 in kent island now. but later tonight, temperatures will din to fall as the winds begin to die down. right now, 15, 13 as you can see. a lot of radiational cooling. any heat that accumulates today along the ground, would quickly radiate. winds die down with clear skies. low dew points, it can get quite chilly overnight. we had these clouds yesterday. and light sprinkle activity. and even snow flakes and a little sleet. to the west of us, a lot of sunshine in milder temps. that's heading our way, beginning tomorrow. and believe it or not, back here, there's very warm air buildings to the southwest. we will probably break the low to mid80 the by next week. i know it seems impossible because we're talking maybe scattered frost tonight. this afternoon rvelt still some shower -- afternoon, still scattered shower activity. mind winds become west/southwest. and here comes a big warmup. warmer tomorrow. warmer saturday, even warmer on sunday, monday, tuesday. back in summer kind of temperatures. northwest w

northern virginia and the d.c. area meaning that critical fire weather conditions are in effect. earlier today five d.c. firefighters put out a brush fire on rhode island ave. they are not advising anyone to light any flames outdoors all during this red flag warning. >> definitely can feel the wind picking up. >> tomorrow we are already under a prior weather watch. we will see. just a few showers out there right now, not enough to help out. this will help with the pollen and a lot of things. let's get started. outdoors to the rooftop camera, a time lapse of the last few hours. looking out over 50. we are getting these low clouds but very little rainfall. we will see with the sky looks like back on the horizon. most low clouds are skimming along a pretty quick speed year. a windy day. you know that already. what will happen next? we will keep our eye on the showers. we have a few more to the north and west but widely scattered showers and sprinkled across the area. we will turn much to lure the next few hours in the rain chances will go. the big story is the red flag warning. over 1200 for tree pollen again. a miserable day for many people. we will have

island. near the harbor side near the casino. beautiful day there on the california coast until you get into northern california. then you will have scattered showers. for much of the eastern seaboard and for other parts of the country it looks pretty immediate mild. we'll have forecast for the augusta national in a moment, and your travel weather, that's coming up too. >> i'm liking your tie on this easter. >> it's very festive. it's what the easter bunny brought me. >> looking good. all right. talk to you in a little bit. >>> senator chuck grassley may have some explaining to do this morning. you see, the iowa republican sent out a tweet about president obama's comment that the supreme court shouldn't overturn his health care law. check it out. constituents asked why i am not outraged that the president would attack on supreme court independence because american people are not stupid as this exprop of con law. president obama is a former professor of constitutional law. his campaign chief, david axelrod fired back saying this to grassley. i think a 6-year-old hijack the your account and is sending out tweets j

in maine, snow there, three to six inches the next couple of days, but far northern maine. crest island such. and rain across west texas and del rio. we continue to see that moisture in texas, which is good news. and the next system here, in california. but it's not really moving very far, so it's going to see the rain across the areas and coastal parts of northern california for the day today. and maybe to oregon as well. a big shift is about to happen. the pattern in the country is keeping it warm and that's about to change for the next week or two and much cooler temps, below average across areas of the great lakes and get ready for what is going to feel much cooler and things remain unsettled across california. the high temperatures. and everybody looking nice, nice across the southeast and the northern plains and tomorrow is when we start to feel the cooler air. and toward monday looking pretty good. all right, guys. >> that's fantastic! >> it's a great day for easter egg hunts for sure and a lot of people out there today. head to the churches for the big easter egg hunts and my ki

the northern half of the country, this continuing uncertainty in funding could force states to delay projects rather than risk funding changes or political gridlock come july." and that's exactly what's happening in rhode island and in many other states. i was home over our recess. i met with our very capable director of transportation, michael lewis. he served under republican and independent administrations. he says i've got a list, sheldon. i've got a list of all the projects that we want to get done this summer, in the summer highway construction season. you can't build highways in the winter in rhode island and in which of the country -- and in much of the country. so the work has to be done in the summer construction season. he says here's my list. if we have to live with this extension, if we don't find out until maybe the 4th of july what kind of money we're actually going to have to build these projects, he said i can't take chances. i've got to start dropping projects off my list. and every one of the projects that falls off his list is jobs. every project that falls off his list is annoyed rhode islander. he estimated -- is an unemployed rhode islander. when people say we've extended the highway pr

across parts of upstate new york and northern new england but for the most part the rain is over across the i-95. gusty winds and coastal flooding across long island degrees in boston right now. gives you an idea -- one side of the storm remembers it's spring. the backside is still holding onto winter. >> it's just insane. we are very glad that we have you there watching it all for us. thank you. >> happy to be here. >>> seven minutes past 6:00 on the east coast. out of jail straight into hiding. george zimmerman accused of murdering trayvon martin was released overnight from a sanford, florida, jailhouse after posting bond. just where he is headed remains a secret. the location is a closely guarded secret for his own safety. his release comes after last friday's bond hearing where he issued a surprise apology to trayvon martin's parents for killing their son. >> i wanted to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little bit younger than i am. i did not know if he was armed or not. >> cnn's martin savidge is live in sanford, florida. we looked at those pictures, martin as he was being released lat

island. funny shapes happen all over the place for many different reasons, and i've drawn districts where i drew the plan for georgia, i drew a nice square district in northern georgia, and there was a mountain range in the middle where you had to go outside the district to get the one side, and so shapes can be deceiving, but i see, yeah, in this redistricting cycle, particularly in texas and elsewhere, claims of intentional discrimination are coming up. justice kennedy decide there's authentic gerrymandering? >> yeah, the last time the supreme court looked at the issue in depth was in a case from the 2000 round of redistricting in pennsylvania where the republicans were in control, and although the state lost -- was losing, i think, three seats 21 to 18, they managed to tear all democrats and try to get additional seats for the republicans, and i guess a little bit wrong about this because some -- i think they didn't succeed in getting as many seats as they hoped for, but the supreme court split into three groups. four of the justices led by justice scalia thought that although political gerrymandering might well violate the constitution, and therefore the

the unit is on the northern island of hokkaido. the fukushima accident prompted the government to impose safety checks for all reactors undergoing regular maintenance. utilities used computer simulations to assess the resistance of the facilities against powerful earthquakes and resulting tsunami. passing these so-called stress tests is a prerequisite for restarting units. members of the nuclear safety commission endorsed the first set of results in march for those two reactors at the ohi plant. but the governor of fukui is demanding the central government come up with stricter safety standards before the units go back online. the government is using these new standards to address public consent about the safety of nuclear plants. >>> the foreign ministers of japan, china, and south korea are joining hands to deal with north korea's planned rocket launch. they'll meet they'll meet this weekend to affirm, solidarity and discuss what they can do. koichiro gemba will meet with the chinese foreign minister. the three ministers will all