mike seidel in tulsa, oklahoma w the latest. good morning. >> peter, the last day of snow and wind here in tulsa as yesterday's upper level storm and warm air dumped on the area. let me take you back to oklahoma city yesterday. you throw in heavy snow and 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts you get a whiteout. not an ideal start to spring time. it wasn't only oklahoma but missouri. metro area husbayarareas had ni snow. the icy roads let to three traffic fatalities. here in tulsa we had four and a half inches and another one to two inches on the way but, peter, by tuesday the temperatures back in the 60s. tough to see the record highs yesterday in new york. back to you. >> that's the case from there. mike, thanks very much. >>> in iceland, hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate their homes after a volcano erupted overnight. the good news is that no injuries have been reported. but, look at this, police declared a state of emergency. three iceland air flights bound for that country were actually diverted to boston. the volcano la

you'll get 6 inches of snow somewhere outside of tulsa.s far as the east goes, it's already 59 in new york. leading the way by far, boston with 56. low to mid-70s. record highs for many areas of the east. that great weather continues down through atlanta, orlando, miami. even the west coast is looking great. great in the east, great in the west. winter is holding on in the middle of the nation. look at kansas city. how does your sunday look? that wet weather begins to head east. alex, for you and everybody else on the east coast, get outside and enjoy this as much as possible. i hope everyone enjoyed it, one last dave today. >> and i'm inside working with you. >> what's the bad part of that, working inside or just with me? >> just working inside. i love working with you. don't worry. >>> coming up, unclaimed tax refund. wait till you hear how much some taxpayers may give away to uncle sam. it's a street sign one man will never forget maybe because it's hanging from his neck. and why the octomom and her kids may be told to beat it. usiness.

we saw snow up toward tulsa, oklahoma, jocelyn. some areas picked up 8 to 12 inches of snow, nearly blizzard conditionsing with windchills that were in the teens. so just an incredible scene. that snow will probably be gone in two or three days. it's going to warm up into the 60s in those same areas. that big storm still cranking over the southeast. now, the storm itself is not any more a snow producer. it's mostly just a rain event now. still bringing much cooler temperatures to the east and also very heavy rain now, cincinnati to columbus, up to charleston and windy conditions along with the storm. all that rain is eventually going to work its way into the mid-atlantic in new england, especially later on tonight. so you get the gist of it. it's umbrella weather out there. many areas of the east. miami is also getting rain early today. as the storl pulling out of alabama, mississippi, we'll see cold showers. in general the snow is going to melt. in oklahoma city, up to 58 degrees. but what a march storm it was. that's a look at th

in tulsa, 8 to 12 inches. in arkansas, they're even expecting several inches.up tomorrow morning and by monday and tuesday, temperatures once again head back up to 60 to 65 degrees. it is a wintry weekend but as we well know, this time of the year it doesn't last very long. meanwhile, the east coast today, 75 in central park. oh, my gosh! what a day in the -- up and down the eastern seaboard, especially in philly, d.c. and baltimore where they had their snowiest seasons o on record. >> i feel guilty with our record here as i look at you, my friend. mike seidel, thanks. more next hour. for the latest on the snowstorm and weekend forecast for your air yre area, logon to weather.com. >>> 3-d movies are the big craze in hollywood. but soon you won't have to leave your home for 3-d action. >>> will nadya suleman and her 14 kids soon be living on the streets? her mortgage mess next here on msnbc saturday. come on up here where your brothers sit. [ birds chirping ] wow! did i ever tell you what it was like growing up with four sisters? that sounds fun. yeah...fun for

we think the heaviest accumulations will be around the tulsa area. oklahoma city, we're forecasting 5 to 8 inches. if we got 4.6 or more, that will make it the snowiest winter season on record here in oklahoma city. they started off the season with 13.5 on christmas eve. that's the biggest storm they've ever seen. dallas had their biggest storm ever on record this season. el nino coupled with cold air. the cold air came rushing in here last night on a gusty northwesterly wind. i got here, it was 72 degrees. you go to dinner, come out from dinner and it drops back into the 40s. it was a rude awakening. it is amazing how quickly things can change in the plains, really anywhere. they say wait 15 minutes. roads aren't in bad shape because the snow intensity has back off. we have that potent angle so when the snow backs off and you have traffic, notice we have slush on the roads but they're certainly very passable as well as the interstates. better news ahead, alex. as we get into monday and tuesday, the sun is back out and temperatures are back in the 60

aid of a cowboy or two, five boy scouts on three wheelers, hunters and six from the university of tulsand a water witcher from finch town but alas the wild cattle remained free. as a last resort he asked mr. johnson what he'd take to gather the critters. 10 bucks a head. he sadled up, loosed the dogs from the coral and only took the dogs 10 minutes to find the strays. they could hear the dogs baying and crying past the 50 holler. they started the heard down the corral and marched then like teenagers in line at a garth brooks concert. he looked out and said, i need to get dogs like that. he rode up and dismounted. how much will that be asked him sliding his bill fold out of his bib and slipping the rubber band off. eight heads, said hoot, that'll be $80. whoah, said their johnson, i can't pay that much. you only took 15 minutes. he looked at hoot, hoot looked back at him a second, and then spun on his heels, stepped to the coral gate and swung her open with a wave of his hand and shooshed the steerz outside. it took 10 days for old man johnson to call him again. i'd be glad to, of course

we'll show you pictures from the tulsa area.now is attributing five deaths to those spinouts, all through, what we're calling the mid-south this morning. that snow has moved through the east. oh, that feeling is awful when you're out of control on the slick roads. that, anyway, has shifted to the east. and new york city is getting mist and fog and they'll get a little rain out of it as well. as that low pulls offshore, there will be an area of heavy rain that will kind of continue the pattern of flooding because just a week ago, we had heavy raining in new england. this won't last as long as that. thought as windy as that, but additional rain. atlanta, should be around 60 something. 67 degrees. this morning, it will be about 47. . >> good morning mary. we had 40s in a row of 70. we are still above normal but only 63. we've already had shower and more continue this afternoon even a rumble of thunder could take us through the evening and afternoon. we will slip back to a low of 45. >> all t >> all that weather was brought to you b

slick roads in tulsa caused lots of accidents and flight delays at the airport.new mexico people caught in heavy snow were stuck for hours in their cars and trucks on the highway. the highway finally reopened as the storm moved east. >>> in the upper midwest there are flooding fears from the mississippi and the red river, but a bit of relief today in fargo, north dakota where the red river has started to fall after cresting this afternoon at 37 feet above flood stage. but it is a different story on the mississippi and its tributaries. they are still rising and won't crest for a couple more days. volunteers in minnesota are frantically trying to fill 20,000 sandbags to contain the river. crews in st. paul are blocking votes to install flood walls. the governor ys preparations should prevent major flooding. >> we're very confident in the flood fight. again, there will be damage. there will be some flooding but we believe it will be a manageable event. >> fema crews are now in place to espond to flooding threats across the upper midwest. the mississippi is expected

it is a 66 or so while around the city of tulsa.it hasn't needed major repairs for years, they haven't had the money to do it. the project entails 44 bridge readings and huge work on resurfacing the existing road way and creating shoulder space for safety purposes. we went out on the job site and i asked how long did it take to design this? he said we planned 18 months design and engineering that after the hearing in october of 2008 and this committee room he said i went back to my staff and said that kennedy is serious we are going to have a stimulus program we'd better get ready and in four months the did the design and engineering for the 18 month design plan and he said i told my engineers you take your design work to church with you on sunday because if i need to talk to you i will and they did and he did so the of people on the job site. there were contractors telling me see that equipment? it was in mothballs two months ago and now they are working. i went up to the contractors. there during a continuous pour badgers kebir ye

. >> jeremy kuzmarov is an assistant history professor at the university of tulsa.to find out more visit their website. >> here's a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals over the next few months. >> thank you for the kind introduction. i would like to give about 20 minutes more if you like. you talk about things such a young graduate of the new york bar, it reminds me when my first book came out, i was very young at the time. and i was asked by my publisher that i want to be listed as a brilliant washington lawyer, or a young washington lawyer? i said of course billion. [laughter] >> now of course if i had the option i would think i will take young. but we all seek what we don't have. anyway, i'm delighted you always come out on such a sunny day to talk about something as serious as the questions of confidentiality, privacy and secrecy. a quick show of hands. who believes that one of the overriding issues that we live with on a daily basis now in the new century is a privacy? and who among you things that one of the necessary things for our society to impro

host: -- in tulsa. host: do you have an agenda, an outreach program right now? guest: we have a large group for college students, and it is one of the fastest-growing portion of our organization. we are working to address issues of violence, and we are also working with them to be peacemakers. we took a delegation two years ago to italy to study done by lead approaches to settle conflicts. they are bringing those lessons -- we took lessons from the u.s. to italy. host: and the on the democratic line. caller: good morning. i have been a member of the naacp probably longer than how old you are. congratulations on your appointment. my comment this morning is, as you have said, that you would follow through on getting college age students involved in the political process. all too often -- i know you have heard this before -- since barack obama became president, there is a thought process that maybe everything is ok, but it is the opposite. and i want to ask you, what concrete programs are you putting in immediately to get on college campuses so that these kids will

and oklahoma city pointed to the inner dispersal loop project or the loop around tulsa and he said,n designing this in november after your cheering, the one i held in october he said. the committee is serious. we better be ready. i told my engineers i want you to take your -- were going to do in 18 months of designing for months and i want to take your design and engineering plans to church with you on sunday because if i need to well call. and they did and he did and they had it designed and they're under -- they are more than halfway through the $76 million project, which includes 44 bridges by the way. so you've got a great story and all of your colleagues across the country and all of the state d.o.t.'s have great choice as well. now we'll move to transit. brad miller, general of the des moines regional transit authority speaking. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman oberstar, monitors and a testimony regarding the des moines area transit authority accused of funding for the american recovery reinvestment act which is already created jobs in central iowa and around the country w

let me conclude by reading an skperpt of the tul -- an excerpt of the tulsa world editorial. "what's up with those geniusness congress? first they scurry around to get massive stimulus funding in the pipeline in an effort to quickly skwrufrpb -- jump-start the economy. not a good recipe for ensuring that the recovery will continue." the editorial concludes -- quote -- "inhofe blamed the tphupbgd snafu -- funding snafu on politics which comes as no surprise. apparently it was too much to ask for our leaders to put politics aside for once in favor of rescuing the economy and thousands of jobs." let me tell you that editorial was from october of last year. it's amazing that congress has allowed the months to go by since that time. right now what we're facing in my state of oklahoma is about $15 million a week. we have contracts that are already let, and we're in a dilemma now to know what to do. we're going to have to resolve this problem by i'd say thursday or friday or it's going to be chaotic. i'd suggest it is not just my state of oklahoma that's got this problem. many other

that was from san miguel school in tulsa, oklahoma.ort. head to todayshow.com for details on that. >> we're going to be go down there. >> we are. we are. >>> just ahead, if you watch the show "parenthood," you know the child has asberger's syndrome. >> we have curt schilling and his wife's child was diagnosed at the age of 7. they are here this morning to share their experience. they wrote a very honest, beautiful book actually i think that will inspire a lot of families. >> that's terrific. >>> coming up a little bit later on a different note, you can look in refrigerator, half the vegetables have gone bad. our good friend, mr. mark bittman, will actually help us keep those vegetables from going bad and how to keep them fresh and tasty. >> save us money. >>> and then also, we're going to have a little bit more on that study that you all talked about with dr. nancy snyderman earlier that is now recommending that women in order to maintain their weight are going to have to start doing an hour of moderate exercise every day. >> that's cr

thunderstorms are waking you up and behind it turning to no and snow north of dallas and oklahoma city and tulsa of snow . parts of kansas and chicago snow as well . out in the west. clear skies. it feels like winter in kansas. but 75 in new york city. think about last week woke with the major storm that brought rain and wind. tomorrow will be warmer in the east . cold air is going to continue in the south. i tell you what, more cold care will settle in the southeast as well . today, it is spripping, guys. >> the storm that hit the northeast. they are just getting power in connecticut. >> that would have been terrible, you couldn't get on your social media site [check] and a new survey out had remarkable numbers in the way america is using social media. during a meeting, people are checking, >> we all do that. that is normal. >> this is something that people would have been offended by during a meal. jump on facebook and see what your friends are doing and if you are under 25 it doesn't both are you. >> 40 percent of the people didn't mind being interinterrupting a text bock or facebook message.

we'll see snow moving out of the rockies, but places like dallas, tulsa, oklahoma city, watching for thunderstorms and large hail is possible. current temperatures, checking in new york city at 44 degrees. 59 in dallas and salt lake city. good morning, it is 31. here is a look at the forecast. lingering rain and snow as we move into portions of vermont, new hampshire and maine. boston, morning showers ending. philadelphia, 65 for you both. we'll watch houston for scattered showers and thunderstorms and denver, you'll still see some of that snow. what about los angeles? 73 for your high temperature and the queen city, charlotte, north carolina, will enjoy 74 degrees. that's a look at your weather. now back to you. >> nice to be in charlotte this morning. thanks a lot, scott. >>> the international ctia show opens in las vegas this week. cnbc is the official broadcast partner, the latest and greatest in wireless on display. in a technologically advantaged country like south korea, mobile service provider res constantly having to outdo each other to provide services and businesses. that

all 20 of them -- all but six live within walking distance of my home in tulsa, oklahoma. not many people can say that. but the one that doesn't is the family of six that belongs to my daughter, molly, and her husband an four children. well, it happens that one of these children, you can't see very well right here, her name is agita marie, she is one that we found in ethiopia. my daughter adopted her. molly had three boys and always wanted a girl and so she adopted this cute little girl. this little girl, by the way, is 9 years old, she's reading at college level and she came up to washington to speak to a group that i sponsor every year, it's called the african dinner, 400 or so, when they're up here, i say to my friend in the chair, because of the global warming problem that we had, we had the blizzards and snowstorms and the airport was closed and they were stuck here. what do you do with a family of six when they're stuck? well, they went out and built an igloo. this is not just a normal igloo. it sleeps four people with the ice bricks and all of that. and on the top o