just off the coast of the pacific north-west lies a potential killer, a 700 million long geological fault line called the kerr cascadiasubducti, on zone. the big one. it lies far out to sea. hidden beneath the waves. the waiting earthquake. >> i try and look as it could happen any day >>> this man is a regional manager for the federal emergency management agency in the pacific north-west. one of these earthquakes could be a monster. >> i think people are just not mentally or physically prepared to think about how bad something that large can be. >> the earthquake is supposed to be about a 9.0, maybe 9.1 earthquake which is going to rock and roll everything around here for three to five minutes >>> chuck wallac is for greys harbour county on the washing coast. >> they believe the biggest wave we will have is 22 feet in this area here. however, there is a plus and minus 30% on that. so it could be 30 feet high. you're not only getting went wave but multiple waves >>> all around the coast of the pacific sew shan there is tension where the plate slides under, colonel ideas with and sticks on

. >> the only live national news show at 11:00 eastern. >> we start with breaking news. >> let's take a closer look. >>> emergency planners are warning seattle appeared the west of the pacific north-west about the coming magnitude 9 earthquake. how the ground will shake violently for four to six minutes, how that will followed by a tsunami that could be as high as 30 to 40 feet. the question is not if there will be an an earthquake, but when, and it could come at any time. >> this entire area that we're in now older brick buildings >>> this man thinks seattle is unprepared for a major earthquake and he shows me why. in an older section of the city down town buildings dating back a century. >> this district you just need to look at it >>> head of the emergency management for 11 years, he says seattle has 800 unreinforced buildings. >> they would likely pancake in an earth quake. the walls will separate from the building and the floors fall down. we're talking like the hades earthquake where structure collapsed on top of one another >>> are cities and community doing what they need to do in order to protect their citizens? >> i don't think this state is going to take the safety in

this the winds will change to southwest, that is going to usher in milder temperatures, then they will go above average, it is quiet to the west. we are watching a system out to the pacific north west weaker have two areas of low pressure over the rocky mountain states, one is coming onshore here across pacific north west, these two will make their way across the nation, then effective for knocks round of precipitation but not until very end of the week, before that happens, we'll see a nice mild air mass that worked through middle part of nation today, shift eastward then come across the area, readings in 60s and low 70s moving into northeast, feel like spring for the week. tonight, not the case, north and west of city, temperatures dropping to teens, mostly in 20s north and west with 30s in city. skies, miler temperatures, move to 50s in many locations. nice and dry for first half of week, clear closing in on 70 on width. record high on that date is 69, we could break that. then we stay above average to the end of the week with next chance of rain thursday, we'll be unsettled to the weekend, temperatures will be spring-like and above average for the week, to next weekend. >>

the mid atlantic north east and new england areas. the west coast is really getting look at the wet weather across california and the pacific north west and the pineapple express. this stretches through the four corners region and the rockies. there's a risk from texas through oklahoma. you can see the reason why. 60s out ahead of the front in kansas city and minneapolis even. however, on the flip side, the 40s and 50s and the contrasting air masses leading to the threat for severe weather but here in south florida it's gorgeous. 79 and it's we're going to continue with the this. low f 0s inland. not a good day for the boat. we'll continue with this warmer pattern the next couple of days. highs in the low to mid 80s. alert. applegate farms recalling its eight-ounce packages because there may be small pieces of plastic in the product. you can return your package to the store where you purchased it for a full refund. >>> it is the end of an era in sports. peyton manning is announcing his retirement from the nfl today. the 39-year old leaves the game as a champion with countless records and five mvp awards. >> reporter: manning is leavin

new orleans and houston and we're seeing the relatively cooler air to the north and 40s in chicago and minneapolis, 59 in dallas and 40s in the pacific north west. there's the area of low pressure that continues to spin and draw in the moisture across the south and the gulf coast states. we have high pressure protecting us and providing for windy weather. the west coast is getting drenched and into the rockies but the big story continues across texas, louisiana, mississippi river valley and also messy across the mid atlantic north east. tonight. local fall to the low 70s and partly cloudy skies. we spring forward this weekend meaning saturday night tomorrow night before you go to sleep set your clocks forward an hour. we lose an hour of sleep but gain an hour of daylight. if you're headed out for fun and music tomorrow, we will be warmer with a better chance of showers this weekend. 20% chance through monday and highs back in the mid 80s with plenty of warm sunshine through next week. >>> caught on camera, two south carolina fishermen have quite the tale to tell after reeling in a 20-pound great white shark. hilton head island. after several ho

this indicates the low pressure system are guided along a particular path well into the pacific north west. currently going up to 65 in ring. 50s in monterey bay. going up to 50 in the high sierra. we have seen an increase in our snow pack that fell over the past weekend. sun goes down tonight at 7:17. tomorrow we will have real live numbers in the 60s. if you sneeze and wheeze and it's uncomfortable all the way through friday, almost off the charts there. tonight's lows in the 40s and 50s except for concord and fairfield. your extended forecast. not just one, two, three, four, five days of sunshine. palm sunday we have rain in the forecast. i believe for the services and the morning hours outdoor. no rain but in the afternoon rain moves in through monday so a nice break. we need it. >> we will be waiting for the rain by then. >> thanks roberta. see how wall street is. plus 12 at this hour. >>> coming up, adding a brand new app. how uber is teaming up with san francisco restaurants to get your food delivered. >>> we want to know what's cool about your school. e-mail your nominations here a

cool and 40 in denver and that's because we got all kinds of rain that's moving in across the pacific north west. we saw flooding and really dangerous conditions all weekend. another area of low pressure in the south west pulling back that and that will bring us the possibility of rain by the weekend and yeah, more rain west. this is bringing our rains into the east and overnight looking for clear conditions and not as cool because we have more in the way of cloud cover. nothing showing up as far as future cast goes. won't mean much as far as precipitation right through the weekend. 58 degrees and a milder morning and then push up to 80 again warming nicely across tampa bay. it will be cooler right along the coast as the gulf water temperature remains in the mid 60s. taking a look at florida's accurate forecast, up to 82 for wednesday, thursday and friday and even warmer than that. and for the weekend, well, we may get a chance of rain coming through. sun and clouds on saturday and about a 30% chance of showers. we have dry air over us now so only 20-30% through weekend. mostly sunny on sunday a

lisa fletcher found it is threatening marine life in the pacific north-west. >> this is basically the hatchery where we grow under controlled condition our lavae >> reporter: this man over sees what may be the world's most prolific nursery. on any given day hundreds of millions of sea creatures begin life under his watchful eye. 20 million lavrva per tub? >> yes. we have about 600 million right this way >> reporter: a marine biologist raises oysters for the shell fish company. it is located in washington and is the largest producer of shell fish in the u.s. processing some 60 million oysters every year. these oysters begin life in tanks filled with sea water. they're so small they can only be seen with a microscope. when the little leave here, they have tiny shells on them? >> yes. >> reporter: but now his newly born oyster are under threat from a phenomenon known as ocean acidification. it doesn't get as much attention as melting eye caps or rising sea levels, it is one of the most serious effects of greenhouse gas emissions. nearly one third of the world's carbon emissions are absor

we have high wind around here but in the the like out in the pacific north west. so high, it is so dangerous authorities had to shut down this bridge look at that truck on its side. more on that out in the northwest. but first here's march madness. >> yes, we have three college basketball teams from our area, getting ready to dance putting on their shoes, with the shot to be national champions. >> villanova, temple and st. joes. >>> well, ncaa college basketball selection committee has ruled and we have, three teams that are going to the tournament bracket. >> well, we knew villanova and st. joes, they were a lock, but, temple the owls, were no guarantee. so, most of the owls fans, and coach fran dunphy last night, on pins and needles around 6:00 o'clock. but now, they say that the sky is the limit for the owls, if temple wins their first game, friday, and villanova does the same, friday, temple will play villanova on sunday. >> in brooklyn. >> in brooklyn. >> that will be a chris cool match up. >> i don't know, temple has a tough task for sure. >> they have two ph

the white house executive chef and for the state dinner we want to showcase everything from the pacific north west all the way to the atlantic side of the north americas. for the first course this is the first time ever we will be unveiling this wonderful soup terrine that is a part of theart obama china service come and what we are going to do is doing a little review. it's called the big halibuthaliu casserole which is a comfort t food of the americas, and so i'm going to show you later on that -- you get closer, you can take a close-up picture of this, but it's a wonderful big halibut that is garnished with asparagus, angel asparagus and some spring onions. so pretty much what we want to show is anticipation of spring. for the style but we are roasting some apricots in white house honey and also some w wonderful cinnamon. the wonderful salad that is garnished with slivers of appellation achieves that is such a wonderful salty and dainty, nation. and then for the main course we are serving baby lamb chops from a small farm in colorado and we will be garnishing it with potatoes and some wonderful

out of three drops derives from international trade, that is critical >> for the people of the pacific north-west good thing. you have to remember boeing has in the north-west, 80,000 jobs. these are jobs that pay very well. >> reporter: hillary clinton supports the export-import bank. she has been endorsed by the powerful boeking machinist unions where she spoke earlier this week >> here is washington it is the life black to make it possible to export >> reporter: despite bernie sanders's opposition to the bank which finances so much trade, he is expected to be the v oishgs ctor-- victor in the caucuses. >> i think it is because we have a progressive world view. everything is not tied necessary ly tied to economic issues. >> reporter: washing done democrats will weigh in on those issues saturday, trading among themself in caucuss to apportion the state's delegates >>> about 250 people have been forced from their homes in north-west minnesota. a train collided with a truck. it quickly burst into flames. officials say the people forced out should be allowed back into their homes later today >>> if

a lot of storminess over the pacific north and west, everything racing our way, our north. the ramifications, and you can probably call it that, we have a rain chance setting up for the weekend with each and every passing wave of energy we draw in more moisture, we increase the rain chance, the temperatures and the humidity values across the area, by thursday, starting to turn a little sticky out there, high of 85, and we start to see a bigger badder rain chance setting up at about 50% saturday and sunday, i'm talking more about both see you in 9 to 10 more minutes. >>> when it comes to celebrating new babies, it is usually all about mom. >> now people are hosting baby showers for the guys. ryan elijah is here with the trend. i've heard of couple showers, these are specifically for the men, right, ryan? >> yes, and i've never been to one. >> i was forced to go to a baby shower. it wasn't just men. even with the ladies, ryan, i was so uncomfortable. >> yeah, well, these have apparently turned the baby shower tradition around, they are called dad shower. i've heard of the man

the ridge of high pressure along the west coast will flatten and start to weaken this week, through the pacific northwest. this will keep breezy conditions and occasional clouds in the forecast, with showers possible north of i-80 late tuesday and wednesday night. highs will be close to records, with some valley locations warming into the low to mid 70's. by next weekend, a change to a stormy pattern is looking more and more likely. windy conditions, with sierra rain and snow are all possible by saturday. plus, more storms are lining up to potentially move into the west coast through the middle of next week. stay tuned! -jeff tonight: partly cloudy, with a low around 36. southwest wind around 5 mph. tuesday: mostly sunny, with a high near 70. breezy, with a southwest wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. winds could gust as high as 35 mph. tuesday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 38. breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph in the evening. winds could gust as high as 30 mph. wednesday: sunny, with a high near 71. light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. wednesday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. thursday: partly

the road reopens. >>> people on the west coast are dealing with a series of pacific storms, heavy rain, and strong winds in north then and central california, downed trees and snapped power lines. authorities say a 51-year-old woman was killed when her car got trapped on a flooded highway. the driver, who was able to get out of the car, has been arrested for allegedly driving manslaughter. this monday morning, and a live look outside. ft. lauderdale, look at that. >> still dark but soon it will all change. >>> good morning, nice to have you. >> good to be here. >> wasn't it a fantastic weekend? >> it was,. >> especially because of the breeze. but the breeze causing danger for the coast for anyone in town for spring break or if you happen to have a couple of days off and are headed to the beach. the dangerous high-risk of rip currents will continue possibly through the end of the week. heads up, not safe to go swimming. for those of us just getting ready to get back into reality, back to work back to school, the weather is relatively quiet and dry as we look live from our biscayne bay camera in miami. happy monda

the east coast. and the west coast especially pacific northwest. for severe weather across the north. in south florida hot. upper 80s and will feel like 90s. a light chop on the day. warm through saint patty's day which is thursday and friday and the weekend increase the chance for showers and possibly storms. >>> a couple of accidents in miami-dade. 826 eastbound 95 northbound a crash on that ramp. another accident in the area 86 eastbound and nw. 17th avenue. with a hit-and-run accident of the shoulder. 874 northbound at killian >>> is your smartphone in a health crisis? >> the answer is not very. popular voice assistance by asking them about rape suicide and depression and answers included i'm here for you and i don't know what that means. several do not recognize concern when user said i'm having a heart attack. >>> the search for love is back on use of the tinder getting after an outage at some concerned tinder fixed a glitch that accidentally deleted user matches. they told users to log out and back in to the account to have their matches restored. the problem was fixed one woma

the ridge of high pressure along the west coast will flatten and start to weaken this week, through the pacific northwest. this will keep breezy conditions and occasional clouds in the forecast, with showers possible north of i-80 late tuesday and wednesday night. highs will be close to records, with some valley locations warming into the low to mid 70's. by next weekend, a change to a stormy pattern is looking more and more likely. windy conditions, with sierra rain and snow are all possible by saturday. plus, more storms are lining up to potentially move into the west coast through the middle of next week. stay tuned! -jeff tonight: partly cloudy, with a low around 36. southwest wind around 5 mph. tuesday: mostly sunny, with a high near 70. breezy, with a southwest wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. winds could gust as high as 35 mph. tuesday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 38. breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph in the evening. winds could gust as high as 30 mph. wednesday: sunny, with a high becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. wednesday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. thursday: partly sunny, with a high near 63. thurs

the ridge of high pressure along the west coast will flatten and start to weaken this week, as a series of systems moves through the pacific northwest. this will keep breezy conditions forecast, with showers possible north of i-80 wednesday night into thursday. highs will be close to records, with some valley locations warming into the low to mid 70's on wednesday. by late friday, a change to a stormy pattern is looking more and more likely. windy conditions, with sierra rain and snow are all possible by saturday and likely by sunday. plus, more storms are lining up to potentially move into the west coast through most of next week. stay tuned! -jeff wednesday: mostly sunny, with a high near 70. southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. wednesday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. breezy, with a southwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. thursday: partly sunny, with a high near 64. southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. thursday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. friday: a 20 percent chance of rain. partly sunny, with a high near 61. friday night: a chance of rain. saturday: mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. saturday night: a chance of rain. mostly cloudy, with

the ridge of high pressure along the west coast will flatten and start to weaken this week, as a series of systems moves through the pacific northwest. and occasional clouds in the forecast, with showers possible north of i-80 late tuesday and wednesday night. highs will be close to records, with some valley locations warming into the low to mid 70's. by next weekend, a change to a stormy pattern is looking more and more likely. windy conditions, with sierra rain and snow are possible by saturday. plus, more storms are lining up to potentially move into the west coast through the middle of next week. stay tuned! -jeff tuesday: mostly sunny, with a high near 70. breezy, with a southwest wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. winds could gust as high as 35 mph. tuesday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 38. breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph in the evening. winds could gust as high as 30 mph. wednesday: sunny, with a high near 71. light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. wednesday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. high near 63. thursday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 33. friday: mostly sunny, with a

the pacific northwest. the biggest threat of severe weather here stretching into tennessee. high pressure is protecting us and keeping that jet stream to the north and west. then we'll start to see the area of the front moving in here. so we'll see a slightly better chance of showers this weekend. all about the windy and warm conditions. not a good day for swimmers and choppy on the bays. for tonight the lows fall to the mid 70s and we'll continue with the warmth this weekend and some showers and also don't forget we spring forward hour of sleep let's check the traffic. >> lose an hour of sleep? take a look at the drive here. we still have this injury accident unfortunately blocking the left lanes. you're seeing everybody have a slow down and jumping to the right lanes. let's talk about another issue on the palmetto here and the turnpike is closed, take the dairy road because all of the lanes are closed due to construction. >>> caught on camera, cell phone video shows chaos as a hair pulling and looks like someone is pulling a punch, they tried to break it up. witnesses say it started after the flight landed and a few passengers were playing their music

the ridge of high pressure along the west coast will flatten and start to weaken this week, as a series of systems moves through the pacific northwest. and occasional clouds in the forecast, with showers possible north of i-80 late tuesday and wednesday night. highs will be close to records, with some valley locations warming into the low to mid 70's. by next weekend, a change to a stormy pattern is looking more and more likely. windy conditions, with sierra rain and snow are all possible by saturday. plus, more storms are lining up to potentially move into the west coast through the middle of next week. stay tuned! -jeff tonight: partly cloudy, with a low around 36. southwest wind around 5 mph. tuesday: mostly sunny, with a high near 70. breezy, with a southwest wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. winds could gust as high as 35 mph. tuesday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 38. breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph in the evening. winds could gust as high as 30 mph. pack... it was their most impressive win so far this season... and it clinched a bye in next week's conference tournament. plus...the reed softball team has been named one of th

the ridge of high pressure along the west coast will as a series of systems moves through the pacific northwest. this will keep breezy conditions and occasional clouds in the forecast, with showers possible north of i-80 late tuesday and wednesday night. highs will be close to records, with some valley locations warming into the low to mid 70's. by next weekend, a change to a stormy pattern is looking more and more likely. windy conditions, with sierra rain and snow are all possible by saturday. plus, more storms are lining up to potentially move into the west coast through the middle of next week. stay tuned! -jeff tonight: partly cloudy, with a low around 36. southwest wind around 5 mph. tuesday: mostly sunny, with a high near 70. breezy, with a southwest wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. winds could gust as high as 35 mph. tuesday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 38. breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph in the evening. winds could gust as high as 30 mph. wednesday: sunny, with a high near 71. light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. wednesday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. thursday: partly

the west coast will flatten and start to weaken this week, as a series of systems moves through the pacific northwest. this will keep breezy conditions and occasional clouds in the forecast, with showers possible north of i-80 wednesday night into thursday. highs will be valley locations warming into the low to mid 70's on wednesday. by late friday, a change to a stormy pattern is looking more and more likely. windy conditions, with sierra rain and snow are all possible by saturday and likely by sunday. plus, more storms are lining up to potentially move into the west coast through most of next week. stay tuned! -jeff tonight: partly cloudy, with a low around 40. breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph in the evening. winds could gust as high as 35 mph. wednesday: mostly sunny, with a high near 70. southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. wednesday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. breezy, with a southwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. thursday: partly sunny, with a high near 64. southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. thursday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. friday: a 20 percent chance of rain. partly sunny, with a high ne

it's drying out all the wayay down to south florida where it's located with that nice north breeze. we'll enjoy it few days and then we're watching next front from the pacific west coast. by the end of next week we will notice an increasing chance of showers because of that system. currently temperatures nice and mild across the south, toward the northeast a bit of a chill. our fries across that area will continue to see cool evening hours. spring. it will feel more like winter for us tomorrow morning as lows will be dipping down into the 50s. highs will be in the middle 70s. we'll be breezy and warmer as this high pushes offshore and our winds start to push in from the south going into wednesday. so tomorrow get ready you. need those sweaters and jackets. we'll dry out going into wednesday as well and then warm and increase that chance of showers as we begin the holiday weekend. >> janine: the roller coaster we're getting use that that. >> laurie: it's true, but just enjoy this nice breath of cool air js police said we have exclusive video froro a big-time u.s. gust. a long time public works employee being busted for cocaine. >> laurie: and thihi isn't how the

the breeze from 3-8 miles per hour mainly out of the north. which we it's a dry fronts we don't expect any rain. as a look at the west coast it's quite active in the pacific northwest and also across the central us. this system is continuing to slide into the midwest and the tennessee river valley. lots of wet weather and wintry weather on the northern edge. this front is the one that will bring us a slight drop in temperature this weekend. 20s and boston and new york city. 40s for kansas city and the 30s from dc into atlantic. we see 60s in houston at that stream is north which allowed for the milder air we continue with the warmth for tomorrow. chapters will be even warmer in the 80s i have a second front behind it high-pressure moves in for the weekend lots of sunshine and not as warm. today highs in the low 80s. lays and one by the afternoon. light chop on the day. we have a low risk of rip current and winds are light. 66 tonight and tomorrow 85. lows in the low 60s saturday morning. slightly cooler with highs 79 and 78 sunday. the pleasant weather continues next week. let's get a check of your traffic. >>> a busy palmetto. look at all of the template

the west coast will flatten and start to weaken this week, as a series of systems moves through the pacific northwest. this will keep breezy conditions and occasional clouds in the forecast, with showers possible north of i-80 wednesday night into thursday. highs will be close to records, with some valley locations warming into the low to mid 70's on wednesday. by late friday, a change to a stormy pattern is looking more and more likely. windy conditions, with sierra rain and snow are all possible by saturday and likely by sunday. plus, more storms are lining up to potentially move into the west coast through most of tonight: partly cloudy, with a low around 40. breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph in the evening. winds could gust as high as 35 mph. wednesday: mostly sunny, with 5 to 15 mph. wednesday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high near 64. southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. thursday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. friday: a 20 percent chance of near 61. friday night: a chance of rain. around 38. high near 62. baseball is back! the wolf pack's home opener... going for their 500th win in

the east west center. a place you know has been instrumental in creating dialogues with leaders with the asia pacific nations at a time when we are facing potential destabilization and north korea and island nations in the pacific and the challenges we are facing. the funding has been reduced to this year for the east-west center. i wonder if you can talk about why that is. i think it reflects tough choices that we have with the budget that we have. not everybody is getting as m h much. it is not a reflection of the downward trend. it reflects the difficulties of the budget choices. we will maintain our consistent support for the east west center going forward. i can guarantee you that. >> thank you, mr. secretary. we have a lot more questions unfortunately. we don't have more time. one issue i would like to follow-up on is the budget request within your budget that goes towards train and equip programs with syria and iraq and the concern about how those funds are being used, who they are supporting and training as well as what coordination is occurring between state and the dod program and other agencies that are using this funding and towards what objective. the concern

the pacific northwest. get outside today, southwest coastal areas for long island and connecticuit. shots of shower north and west and see the rain push through over night. still mild but definitely cooler on friday. numbers are going to be staying above normal right into the weekend. saturday the better of your two weekend days right around 60 both days chance of a shower sunday afternoon. 5:15 we know what alex is doing let's see what kyla is doing right now. >>> probably trying to get a little sleep. we are keeping an eye on the traffic wishing alex a big congratulations let's start in brooklyn wilson avenue closed between flushing and dekalb avenue due to the officer involved shooting avoid this area if you can. we head to new jersey and south brunswick we have a jackknife tractor trailer. that's blocking one lane on the southbound truck lanes on the new jersey turnpike at exit 8a, your best is the stick with the car lanes mass transit schedule metro north looking good and long island railroad rounding things out with a nice green as well. alternate side parking is in affect. >>> students at a new jersey high

the east west center. a place you know has been instrumental in creating dialogues with leaders with the asia pacific nations at a time when we are facing potential destabilization and north korea and island nations in the pacific and the challenges we are facing. the funding has been reduced to this year for the east-west center. i'm wondering if you can talk about why that is as well as why the funding was moved from its own line item into education and cultural exchanges and what impact that will have on this center's ability to continue to play a role in the asian-pacific region. >> i think it reflects tough choices that we have with the budget that we have. not everybody is getting as much. i think the president's 2017 request is 10.8 million. you're right it is below the level of 2018 and appropriated level, but i think it reflects just tough choices with the budget that we have. not everybody is getting as much as they did the year before, but it is not a reflection of some sort of downward trend. it reflects the difficulties of the current budget choice. we will maintain our consistent support for the east-west center going forward. i can guarantee you that. >> th

the west coast will flatten and start to weaken this week, as a series of systems moves through the pacific northwest. this will keep breezy conditions and occasional clouds in the forecast, with showers possible north of i-80 wednesday night into thursday. highs will be

north of lake that should fizzle out. another system bringing more showers and storms towards tennessee and mississippi. one more system pulling in from the pacific northwest will finally push away from the west cot bringing our friends up and down the west coast, a breakrom the rain from the middle part of the workweek. the gold coast states waking up to the 60s and 70s. 40s and 50s on this map. usually we'ree seeing the 30s and that's not something we're going to be seeing with the airmoist and humid. we wilil see some cloud cover but mostly cloudy skies will continue over portions of central florida where those showers will continue to develop by tampa and just north of lake okokchobee. for us we'll see a mix of sun and clouds in the forecast. u thought yesterday was warm? today is going to be very warm asell. make sure the kids have an extra bottled water and probably that sunblock. if you want to head to advisories. it's a great day for it. we'll see an increase of a chance of showers on sunday. i don't think my baby bump would have ma it in that conga line. >> you would have made it. u would have had a blast. i will be the witness. eric, i saw you on the conga line and also saw you sals

the southwest and the pacific northwest >>> all right, we've got tetmperatures in the mid to upper 50s right now. pretty mild, 57 red bank and point pleasant. still 40s north and west. quickly jumping to the 50s, 60s, maybe even low # 70s by the afternoon. clouds will start to drift in, high of 72, cooler at the coast, showers later tonight, tomorrow, likely a thunderstorm, too, but warm at 74. near 60, early rain saturday. windy and colder by sunday. >>> that's your latest weather. we'll stay inside the "today" show penalty booth to answer your questions. go to facebook.com/today. if you are headed outdoors, take us with you. you can always find "today" radio on sirius xm channel 108. guys? >> thank you, al. we have been teasing it all morning. the friendly sea lions at the georgia aquarium. >> they are part of a new exhibit that opens today and >> reporter: jupiter, neptune, scout and diego. sea lions who are part of the new exhibit at the georgia aquarium. >> they are gre gashs. >> very social. >> is there an alpha snm we do have a hierarchy. diego is the alpha male. >> reporter: the big guy. they were rescued from california. last year more than 3,000 sea lion

the west. today it is out of the north, northwest. a sure sign that high-pressure is building in. so you can see that lifting of -- even past eureka in the pacificnorthwest. starting today -- warmer weather kicking in wednesday and thursday. kicked out the cloud cover. looking good. mostly sunny today. maybe a few high clouds north. the warming begins today. and will probably go into friday. >> thank you. >>> and heavy snow over the weekend in the sierra is. 20 inches of fresh snow in the tahoe area. some areas have grown to more than 33 feet this winter. aboard -- according to the department of water resources, nor this year, at 131%. central sierra, 115% from normal and seventh year, 109% of normal. >>> the weather might be clearing out. but the recent rain that we had and the snow is adding some much needed water to the reservoirs. we want to know what that means for the ongoing drought. >> and a meteorologist at conferences the state said march would mean a return to wet weather after a disappointing february rain wise. >> it truly was. it is out of sync with the rest of the el niÑo times that we have had -- the strong ones and since 1951. i

the asia-pacific. i think north korea's launch demonstrated this threat. representing hawaii, this is something we are keenly aware of as the threat from north korea continues with their increased capabilities as well as people on the westoast who find themselves within range of their icbms. secretary carter, it is the ongoing consultations with south korea. can you give us an update on those talks and share the department's commitment to continuing to increase and enhance our missile defense capabilities of the homeland? in particular, in hawaii, we have a test site at the pacific missile range facility. i and others are pushing towards operationalizing that to increase that protection. sec. carter: thank you. thank you for the role behold light facilities do play in allowing us to develop and test our missile defenses. we are doing a number of things to react to and protect ourselves and our people from a north korean missile threat. about fight tonight on the korean peninsula. we are absolutely committed to that. i pay attention to that every day. it is not in the newspapers every day. contribution to the defense of south korea is very important and rocksolid. on the missile defense front, we are doing things at all

the pacific northwest and gulf coast states looking good. that's wha >> rob: as a storm system moves east, it may begin as a mix of sleet, freezing rain or snow north and west of 128 during the overnight hours. that's enough for a winter weather advisory for those areas. there's the storm as it rolls in. more in the way of cloud cover very late in the day today. but otherwise no excuse not to get out and vote. no worries about your day today. mostly sunny skies early. increasing clouds late. low 40s. rain, possible lay mix north and west beginning very late tonight. >> and that is your latest savannah? >> al, thank you so much. >>> from "snl" to 30 rock, laugh out loud movies and award shows, tina fey charmed all kinds of audiences. in "whiskey tango foxtrot," she plays a journalist adjusting to life in afghanistan with help from a fellow reporter. >> you're like, what, six or seven in new york? >> yeah. >> you were nine, borderline ten. >> what are you here, like a 15? >> yeah. >> huh. >> tina fey, good morning. >> morning. >> i love that scene. >> nothing like a hotness scale. >> you're better over here because there's no women here. >> we learn in the mo

the asia-pacific. i think north korea's launch demonstrated this threat. representing hawaii, this is something we are keenly aware of as the threat from north korea continues with their increased capabilities as well as people on the westst who find themselves within range of their icbm's. secretary carter, it is the ongoing consultations with south korea. can you give us an update on those talks and share the department's commitment to continuing to increase and enhance our missile defense capabilities of the homeland? in particular, in hawaii, we have a test site at the pacific missile range facility. i and others are pushing towards operationalizing that to increase that protection. sec. carter: thank you. thank you for the role the hawaii facilities do play in allowing us to develop and test our missile defenses. we are doing a number of things to react to and protect ourselves and our people from a north korean missile threat. i talked about fight tonight on the korean peninsula. we are absolutely committed to that. i pay attention to that every day. it is not in the newspapers every day. but our contribution to the defense of south korea is very important and rocksolid. on the missile defense front, we are doing

the pacific northwest and gulf coast states looking good. that >>> al, thanks very much. quiet start, upper 30s to around 40 right now. chilly north and west. newburgh 25. wind is picking up in some spots, sunshine to increasing clouds, breaks in the cloud cover right now, but more off to the west. here's tonight's rain. after midnight, we believe, though. then turning colder. starting out near 50 early in the day, dropping to the 30s by the end of the day. 30s thursday, light snow come friday. >> and that is your latest weather. savannah? >> al, thank you so much. >>> from "snl" to 30 rock, laugh out loud movies and award shows, tina fey charmed all kinds of audiences. in "whiskey tango foxtrot," she plays a journalist adjusting to life in afghanistan with help from a fellow reporter. >> you're like, what, six or seven in new york? >> yeah. >> you were nine, borderline ten. >> what are you here, like a 15? >> yeah. >> huh. >> tina fey, good morning. >> morning. >> i love that scene. >> nothing like a hotness scale. >> you're better over here because there's no women here. there's cute and then there is kabul cute. >> you're a 4 at home, s