west texas a little bit of snow and then just a few snow showers in upstate new york. we may get clipped in canada. overall, it's a pretty quiet day. a cold morning but the afternoon is going to be nice from the midwest all the way to the east coast. that's a look at your national weather now here's a look at weather outside your window. >> we are going to see a good deal of sunshine on the eastern seaboard. it's looking better today in boston, up to 38. yesterday, you didn't even get up to 30. the midwest also starting to warm up. >> as i said, yesterday, we hit the peak of this cold snap and we're just slowly warming up next week. >> you mentioned that snow in el paso, we actually have video. it's pretty rare, to show the viewers. >> they average one or two snow events. enjoy it. >> i can imagine if you get it rarely that that's probably a lot of fun. here in new york, we're like grr. >>> an international child porn investigation nabbed 200 adults. >>> a rare martian meteorite wows scientists. and bristol palin gift from an alleged stalker. >> and finally enough to p

it is snowing in west texas as they had two to six inches of snow in parts of west texas.s will turn into rain as they head over to dallas. now yesterday we had a little disturbance in this general area that brought us the high to mid-level clouds. it won't be the case tomorrow. a lot more sunshine, but still a pretty chilly day. so breezy and cold. that will continue tomorrow. i would grab a coat, scarf, or hat depending on what you would prefer as we are looking at the windchills in the 30s. saturday will be dry, dropping them just a little bit on saturday and the playoff sunday. it will be nice, but chilly. i mean just about, you know, as good of a day here for them in two playoff games. including the skies, breezy, cold. yes even downtown in the upper 20s. now by morning, mostly breezy, sunny, cold. grab your sunglasses. winds are south southwest at 10 to 20. the kids at the bus stop, they will be in the teens or 20s. hopefully you have had that battle to close out with a lot of layers on them. dress for the 30s and the windchills in the 30s pretty much all day long. a

>> well, this is not only an issue of west texas, it is an issue for most of the country. in regards to the drought issue, drought affects every part of this country and there is a tendency to think that drought is a western issue. but we have seen that it has become very severe in places on the east coast, the southeast, south central and so forth. it's not just a western issue. in the case of west texas and regions throughout the country, it is very important that states put in place proactive risk reduction plan to deal with droughts. this means a cascade from the state level down to the local level so that local communities are also putting in place contingency plans or water shortage plans. my philosophy, however, is that a lot of this has to begin at the national level. the federal government and the agencies of the federal government that are so responsible for monitoring and management and responding to emergencies and etc. -- they must follow this risk reduction approach when it comes to drought. currently we deal with this is crisis management and we are talking

it was hard to find a treatment center in west texas and a prison. they are are present everywhere, and some of my clients, like matthew white, arrested as part of this thing actually worked for the prison. it was a huge significant employer in the area. i spent about a year trying to leverage reform, after those cases but they were hearings on the hill around certain aspects of thedrug, the department of justice funding, federal funding. there were hearings in the texas state legislature about improving indignant defense, about trying to address the war on drugs and policies that led to what happened, but nothing was passed. just at the height of kind of the prison building machine in texas. and it kind of may become while i felt like i've achieved a great deal for my clients, it made me fairly depressed that the prospects for systemic reform. i wish when you the numbers. in 2003, the picture was bleak. it was a very bleak picture. it look like there was only one direction for this trajectory and that was to build and build more prisons. it turns ou

storm system is cold enough for snow and across parts of west texas. more rain we're watching across part of north florida. this is scooting out to sea. right now, we're in a benign weather pattern. it is quiet. it'll stay that way tonight. a quieter day tomorrow. and look how the clouds start moving towards us. there's a passing sprinkle or flurry overnight not out of the question. the breeze will feel like 43 today or more like the mid 30s with the winds. sunday, 47, that's good news for skins and ravens fans. pond, 45, a little milder thursday with 32. the better chance of rain will be on thursday at 52. it's 5:17, here comes monocan with time saver traffic. >> if you're planning on heading around town, there's one accident on gidon drive and smoketown road. crews are on the scene working on it just we west of 95. 95 itself, triangle, hum if i fries, woodridge, that's all nice. it's the accident at smoketown road and gidon drive. -- and gidon -- gideon drive. 70 looks good as well. this is at 95 and 198 coming in from lawrl down to -- in laurel down

temperatures are going to go rock bottom and we take you into texas and this is the snow coming out into west texas that is lookings like as the storm system lifts out, you have to watch the storm systems that produce snow in texas. you never know what they going to do into the east coast and that is looks like this will stay to the west of us and pardon melessly pass us by with no problems. cold tonight, 29 here and tones in the suburbs and you probably know that already. the winds out of the west at 5 to 10 and start off cold tomorrow morning. much like this morning and in town, 42 degrees or so and feel like we are warming up to 46 degrees and there will be clouds on sunday and look at tuesday and wednesday, still fairly dry and snow. >> like that. >> and that is the car wash. >> thank you, gary. >>> in tonight's health alert, flu season is off to a bad start in our area and officials say the activity is picking up in virginia and maryland. the cdc said the strain circulating this year caused more flu seasons in the past. and thank you very much for being with us. >> good to be here. >> go does

there's our snow that we're talking about in west texas, turning into rain in the central part of the state. that's one system we're watching this morning. we're also watching a bit of rain down across north florida. for us, between systems, we had a clipper system come between the lakes with a few snowshowers, especially in the lake areas. for us, clouds north and west of the mountains. most us are not seeing that. that will be the case today with a few clouds in the mountains. a breezy day and a quiet night tonight. we're back in the 20s in many areas. tomorrow starts quiet, although you notice the clouds by saturday. here we are at 6:00, increasing across the ohio and tennessee valley. a lot more bark than bite with this. by sunday, the bulk of the clouds start to move away from us. i think it will turn sunnier. traveling today, getting out of town, some snow showers in buffalo, 31, boston mostly cloudy at 37. we're looking at 36 and sunshine in chicago. our forecast calling for 43 but breezy today, sunny. tomorrow will start sunny, a few more clouds later on in the day. sun, early

." >>> we are looking at winter weather conditions developing in all areas of west texas over the next 24 to 36 hours. winter storm warnings for el paso here, down along the river. also midland and san angelo have winter weather advisories. that's more for later today into tonight. edge where else, though, we're looking at pretty decent weather. clouds and showers continue along the gulf coast from mobile to pensacola. and chilly air through the great lakes. one of the coldest mornings we've seen in a long time from boston to new england. as we go into tomorrow, that's when we start to turn the corner. we'll be able to warm it up in the midwest. by the end of next week, this cold snap is all over. >>> hunger games star jennifer lawrence doesn't think too highly of her profession in an interview with "vanity fair," the actress said quote, not to sound rude but acting is stupid. kwoshgts i'm making movies, it's stupsd. >>> speaking of stupid, sales of kim kardashian's sex tape have spiked 80% since her pregnancy an mouns. the recent spike is the biggest in sales since she married kris hu

west texas will, this is a question for our audience. west texas will be entering into its third year of severe drought. yet little has been done to prepare for long-term drought. what should be done to address this type of situation? where they find themselves again in the same situation. >> well, this is not only an issue for west texas. it's an issue for most of the country. one of the things, and it was pointed out earlier, with regard to the drought issue is that drought virtually affects every part of this country. there's a tendency to think that drought is a western issue, but i think we've seen in recent decades that drought has become very severe on places in the east coast, southeast, south central and so forth. so it's not just a western issue. in the case of west texas, in the case of regions throughout the country, it's very important that states put in place proactive, risk reduction plans to deal with a drought. and this needs to cascade from the state level down to the local level. so the local communities are also putti

this is no continuing to fall in west texas. as much as 8 in. of snowfall fell yesterday. temperatures were in the mid-20s last night. we cannot even buy an inch. >> looks like it is mostly going to be in the far south suburb. probably not in the city. if it does it is not going to accumulate very much. that shows everybody is in more less the same situation. fairly chile numbers. we're expecting temperatures to rise to the upper '30's before the end of the day. windchill numbers you can see that there are a lot of teens on the charts. when chills are going to make the airfield little less comfortable today. look at this cream the area. how it expands and contracts. very cold air makes its way down to the central part of the country. it will be preceded by another weather system still bring probably remain in the beginning with the changeover to some snow. these are sustained winds. this is a plot of land us around the midwest. our wins today will be gusting to between 30-35 m.p.h.. still producing a little snow in the panhandle area. snowfall amounts ranging from 1-6 in..

. >>> check out this bizarre scene in west texas. tumble weeds blowing in every direction.rful winds sent so many of them bouncing around midland county that this dirt road was completely covered at times. drivers had to carefully break them up to keep driving. >>> we have slick highways across the northwest. a wet ride for much of the eastern third of the country. >>> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in chicago, new orleans and detroit, along the east coast in atlanta, charlotte, d.c., philly, new york, an boston. >>> back to the excuse me -- back to the news this morning. a story we've been watching overnight. police in midland city are involved in a standoff with man they believe is holding a 6-year-old little boy hostage. >> they say he boarded a school bus earlier in the day, shot the driver several times and kidnapped the boy. the driver later die fpd suspect is identified as a 65-year-old man scheduled to appear in court this morning on a menacing charge. >>> in other new this is morning -- >> the nra says boosting school security is more effective in ba

. >> we begin this morning with a snowy mess in west texas. conditions are so bad that large portions of interstate 10 between el paso and ft. stockton were closed overnight. do they really get a lot of snow? they've gotten record snow in that area. >> you're absolutely right. it was really the spaghetti bowl on i-10. the biggest problem where were the icy bridges and overpasses. that's what closed portions of the road. those roads have since been reopened. now, el paso picked up 2.9 inches. believe it or not, it's not out of the question to get snow in el paso. average snow for the year is 4.8. last year they got 3.1. el paso this year has had twice the amount of snow as chicago. so they've certainly gotten a lot, but it is definitely not out of the question or out of the ordinary, but they are waking up to a snowy scene. all the government buildings, schools all closed yesterday. half day today. take a look at some other areas around the region. in new mexico, picking up about 6. there's el paso again. it was a record for the day. on the who

lingering snow from new mexico into west texas.in western new york. >>> and finally from us this morning, the changing face of the new congress. ushering in more girl power than ever before. >> abc's diane sawyer found out what's on the minds of the 20 women, claiming their place in the senate. >> reporter: they are living, breathing history. they are 20 senators, republican and democrat, who say they have had it with gridlock and the way congress works. >> if they can delay a problem, they'll do it. we don't believe in delay. >> reporter: barbara mikulski, she has brought women together for years. >> square your shoulders. put your lipstick on and fight the revolution. >> i don't want people who watch this show to think we're some kind of a sorority because we're not. we all march to the sound of different drummers to some extent. >> reporter: how many of you absolutely know america is ready to elect a female president? >> absolutely. >> reporter: how many of you think there will be a nominee? a female nominee, in 2016? >> we hope

more geopolitical tension so you are seeing the bent crude start to pick up a little bit more than west texas. but i think all these markets still look pretty good going forward. thank you philip. thank you. the bi-weekly paychecks most of us receive every other friday have been a little smaller since the first of the year. --the result of the payroll tax holiday expiring as part of the fiscal cliff deal. our cover story looks into whether its slowing the economic recovery. not counting a raise or bonus---most of us have a little less take-home pay, not more. january first, the payroll tax went back to 6.2%. "everyone forgot that it was a holiday. a lot of people thought this was the new status quo." it wasn't. and consumers are pretty direct about it. "it adds up to $900 a year. is that significant? yes." "no one likes being taxes. but you don't have a choice." now, if you make 50,000 a year..you'll pay roughly a thousand dollars more in payroll taxes for the year. every two weeks your take-home pay--roughly 36-dollars less. retailers expect it to affect consumer spending. "the likelihood is

west it is chilly. most of the midwest at least. fairly mild air down through texas. could see in the finances and the mountains. maybe 2-4. no visibility issues at the moment. a reinforcing surge of colder air. not really much to brag about. there will be a few flakes probably after midnight. a system has been hanging around for a couple of days now. there appears to be a lot of activity off the pacific westnorthwest coast. the little like the fact snowe according to our computers could impact parts of northwestern indiana. it looks like it is just going to be quiet as far as snowfall goes. ford as 6 in. of snow in north and west texas. you can see that the upper midwest could pick up a lot of it. that is one-tenth of an inch. the will cause us to reach a milestone for the snow season you're at one-tenth of an inch short. mostly sunny and breezy. continued cold. high temperatures and a 25-30. remember those wind chills. for tonight the clouds will pick up. moderately cold. temperatures held up by those southwesterly winds. for purpose some mourning clothes. we lose a

to 29 degrees which is two degrees below the normal but notice the cold air spilling down into west texas and parts of southern new mexico right now as you can see the temperature at o'hare is 21 degrees at the moment producing a wind chill of just nine degrees look at the numbers across the rest of the area notice it is in the teens in some of so far western locations low 20s in northwestern indiana tonight we will probably not see temperatures drop much below the current levels. temperatures slightly warmer than they were today but as we move through time notice what happens by this time next week a week from tomorrow we expect another surge of colder here are the wind patterns across the area notice everybody getting fairly breezy conditions this evening which is producing wind chill values that are in the single digits in front of us arethe far western suburbs, very chilly up there it looks like chicago will see gusts between 30-40 mi. tomorrow. rather breezy conditions expected. now take a look at this that pink area is actually a winter storm warning surrounded by winter weather adv

the problem is if you look at east texas and west texas we have heavily white populations, where race is the sole predictor. if you look at mississippi and alabama, these are states where he gotten percent of the white vote. so the problem is, if the white vote in texas continues to trend toward the deep south it is not going to be in the next decade. but it might not be for another decade. this is the long-term strategizing. in virginia, they are inviting a constitutional challenge. that will be taken up by the supreme court. >> the weird twist there is, you have the maine and nebraska models in effect now. and the winner of the popular vote gets the two at-large votes. and there has been that split in 2008. the twist in virginia is it is the winner of the most congressional districts. it is a strange move. there is sort of an admission here by republicans that there is a threat here that if this gathers steam, if the big blue states, if you had that basic maine nebraska model, the vote would have been 276 romney and 262 obama. it is that condensed. in a few numbers of districts and

snow from west texas into new mexico. >> forts in the pacific northwest. 20s in the midwest. 50s in dallas and new orleans. >> and a tennis center in texas just hosted a different kind of match. the competitors, animal control officers versus a coyote. >> the wylie coyote gave officers a chase through that tennis center as they tried over and over to lasso the elusive animal. >> it ended up taking off, still on the lam. so people in the area are being told to keep an eye out. a lasso. >> wow. looks like willis running around at the club. >> i don't think he has any problems reigning in the ladies. keeping it real. >> he likes being tied up. >>> coming up, we're celebrating 21 years of "world news now." >>> but first, speaking of young and foolish, a new app that lets kids send pics and have them disappear within moments. >> you're watching "world news now." we're right back. >> with the insomniac lounge. the truth about mascara is... it clumps. introducing a revolutionary new mascara. clump crusher...crusher. 200% more volume. zero clumps. new clump crusher from easy, breezy, beautiful cov

west texas seeing the brunt of it, in the region around el paso. conditions got so intense, large portions of the interstate between el paso and ft. stockton to the east were closed overnight. >>> messy, messy. let's check in with alexandra steele in the weather center. >> good morning to you both. a lot of that is because of icy bridges and overpasses. i-10 spaghetti bowl. it was a record. kids going to school late today. the sleds are out. 2.9 inches, a record for the day. but not out of the question to see snow in el paso. on average, pick up 6.6 inches. a little bit of the novelty factor. a year to the date. last january 9th they had any measurable snow. that was just .1 inch. franklin mountains beautiful with the snow. all done. a flurries and cold temperatures, area of low pressure pushing eastward. and east of st. anglo, predominantly a rainmaker. big picture today, seeing around the great lakes very windy conditions. flying from chicago, rochester, syracuse, even into boston, strong wind gusts, courtesy of this area of high pressure. on the

they are getting some snow in west texas.he panhandle here and rain coming up to the central part. that basically joins forces with another piece of energy which may bring the flake or a sprinkle tomorrow night into early sunday morning. 28 in town tonight. colder in the suburbs. tomorrow pretty chilly out there. really good amount of sun through the day tomorrow. but late in the day we'll perhaps begin to see a few of the high clouds moving on in in advance of the flake or the sprinkle. we're still projecting that by next week, middle part of next week we should be knocking on the door some 50s. the weekend looks pretty good. go redskins. enjoy the football game and everything else this weekend. >> thank you, gary. >>> bad news now. someone mugged super model naomi campbell last november. she was trying to hail a cab when she was shoved to the grown and attacked. it left her with a torn ligament in her leg. there is no word what, if anything, was stolen. french officials are investigating. >>> "star wars" creator george luca

west texas intermediate in the 85 to $95 range.ight. >> if you get positive macroeconomic data points, certainly, china demand is an issue we think you can get a run-up. up to a certain point you get decreasing returns as people start worrying about demand destruction from oil at 125. ashley: right. >> in the 85 to 90 range even up to 110 we think we're in a very good sweet spot for the group. ashley: very good. lori: learned something. ashley: you're not a novice at all. steven, stern agee managing director. lori: thanks, steven. >> thank you. lori: coming up we'll look at innovative health care technologies that helps people remember to take your meds with lights and sounds. keep it right here. whistles and bells ahead here on fox business. ♪ . >> announcer: you never know when, but thieves can steal your identity and turn your life upside down. >> hi. >> hi. you know, i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. >> you just read my mind. >> announcer: just one little piece of information and they can op

west texas, you can tell because i'm sitting on a couch with cowhide and made out of cow horns.se i'm in the land of the 72-ounce steak. there's a place called the big texan in amarillo. if you eat 72 ounces in an hour, you get to eat it for free. it's $72 otherwise. i tried the challenge last night. oh, my god, it's as big as a catcher's mit. it's a lot of meat. i chewed the fat. did i finish? you're going to have to wait until 5 and 6:00 tonight to find out. all i can tell you is, i'm not having breakfast this morning. [ laughter ] >> frank? >> i bet you -- you're still alive, too, so my guess is you didn't quite finish. we'll find out tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. what's next on the road trip there, mr. sugerman? >> reporter: i am going to a place called frisco, texas. they stole our name and i'm going to tell them, don't call it frisco. >> that a baby. mike sugerman on the road, thank you, mike. >>> oh, boy. i hope mike gets some food. we are live here in new orleans. we are in the french quarter right now and take a look. the rain is coming down. the storm is actually here. but

what is happening, for example in west texas, you have so much solar power now that when the wind does to hard, solar power is in the process of driving other power sources off the grid. you have the potential for brownouts and blackouts. connell: people, by the way, that support this tax credit, they are upset that it only gets extended temporarily. what should we be doing? should we be pursuing alternative energy? should the government be helping us? or should we get out of it altogether? >> look, i do not object to engaging in primary research. once you get to the commercialization phase, i think government has proven it is incapable of doing that. wind energy is 2000 years old. the windmill is one of the most old devices in terms of an energy source that exists. this is not new technology. there is no evidence that once they produce wind bells on a mass production bases that we had any type of technology breakthrough that will lower price. it will make us competitive. i do not think most americans do. connell: senator graham, it is a big topic. thank you very much for coming on. da

since february, california has created 234,000 new jobs, more than texas, west virginia, and oregon combinedthe house of representatives finally approved a $9.7 billion relief package for sandy victims. it's the first portion of the larger package the house initially declined to consider. lawmakers are expected to weigh in on the remaining $51 billion in 11 days. >>> some people on new york's staten island whose homes were devastated are upset with google. they say they don't want anyone on the internet to see their wrecked homes. google hopes the apps will help generate more awareness and support. >>> if you get nervous before you fly, this is not going to make you feel better. a pilot in the cockpit, getting ready for takeoff found reeking of booze. michelle miller tells us it happens more than you might think. >> reporter: the pilot is captain colbian christianson. the report says airport recovers and a tsa agent detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage as they passed him. police entered a jet like that as he was in the cockpit, doing a preflight check. he failed the preliminary alcohol

look for showers in the pacific northwest and morning snow west texas. rain in southern texas. and snow squalls around the leeward side of the eastern great lakes. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, a clear sky over the metro area and points south and south and east of washington. that's where we have the coldest temperatures. but clouds north and west of the metro area but they should break up as the day progresses. under those clouds it's a bit milder around freezing. where it cleared out it's down to the teens in many locations. looking at the next several days, we'll have cold, dry weather today and tomorrow and on sunday, a lot of clouds around and heights reaching mid 40s during the >> that's your latest weather. of course, it's a big one on saturday. it's not just saturday football. it's wild card saturday. ooh, we've got two games. bengals taking on the texans, mostly cloudy. 54 to 57 degrees. and then we continue wild card saturday as the vikings go into the frozen tundra of lambeau field. 19 t

. >> it snowed in west texas, guys. look at this. el paso, three inches. and look at midland.ll of the roads became a huge mess. i-10 had big-time problems. and people in texas say, i don't like to go out. at least folks told us that. a lot of cold air behind it. 30 for a high. dallas will be just north on that fringe of cold rain. and a little snow mixed in. your local forecast in just 30 seconds. >>> and coming up on "gma," dramatic, new details in the trial of the woman accused of killing her boyfriend after he broke up with her. the strange call she made to detectives the day after the body was found. dan and nancy here to weigh in live. >>> and the high school basketball star forced to rush from the game right to a tanning salon on doctor's orders. we'll hear from him. >>> and julianne hough's personal struggle. never before revealed. come back for it. "good morning america." never before revealed. come back for it. "good morning america." pleasures can simply hurt. the sadness, anxiety, the loss of interest. the fatigue and aches and pains. depression hurts. cymbalta can

it was harder to find a treatment center in west texas than a prison. there were prisons everywhere. and some of my clients, like maddie white -- who had four kids arrested as part of the sting -- actually worked for the prisons because it was a huge, significant employer in the area. i spent about a year trying to leverage systemic reform after the cases, so there were hearings on the hill around certain aspects of the drug, the department of justice funding, federal funding. there were hearings in the texas state legislature about improving indigent defense, about trying to address the war on drugs and policies that had led to what had happened, but nothing was passing. this was at the kind of the height of the prison-building machine in texas. and it kind of made me while i had felt like i had achieved a great deal for my clients, it made me fairly depressed at the prospects for systemic reform. i was showing you the numbers. in 2003 the picture was bleak. it was a very bleak picture. it looked like there was only one direction for this trajectory, a

the wti contract, the west texas intermediate oil, that is our benchmark here in the united states, they're saying now is the time to own oil because they're predicting that this will be a much more global reflected market in the new year rather than the locally reflected one where we were hitting multiyear highs as far as oil production was concerned. china, india, all these countries will play a much bigger part in the oil consumption going forward or the rising oil consumption going forward. so they say own oil at these levels. guys, nonetheless near the lows of the session on that news t was a big market moving event down here on the trading floor. back to you. >> sandra smith, thanks very much. tracy: 2012 proved to be a rebounding year for auto sales. actually many automakers posted big sales numbers in december. joining us edmunds.com senior analyst jessica called well on whether the promising sales will carely into 2013. why was december so good? we saw great numbers, year-over-year december sales, gm up 5%, ford up almost 2, volkswagen up 35%. how come? >> well december is a time w

the lessons environmentalists say we should learn from this. uú6 >>> they have know in west texas thisrning. i'm not kidding. in el paso, they may have a foot of snow by noon. the higher elevations, they may get up to eight inches. icy conditions making driving very, very dangerous. in fact, yesterday, two major highways were closed because of the heavy snow. >>> more than 3 million people visit lake tahoe each year but the area could see big changes in the future. researchers predict climate change could have major impacts on the area's tourism. new climate models show the average temperature in tahoe would rise -- could rise by as much as 9 degrees by the end of the century. researchers say that could be like moving tahoe to the same elevation as mt. diablo. last winter's ski season is a glimpse of what could happen in a warmer tahoe when the area saw 25% fewer skiers due to a lack of snow. >>> members of congress are calling for an investigation of shell's ark offshore drilling -- arctic offshore drilling operations after a ship ran you a ground on an -- ran aground on an alaskan is

. >> it snowed in west texas, guys. el paso, three inches. and look at midland.ll of the roads became a huge mess. i-10 had big-time problems. and people in texas say, i don't like to go out. at least folks told us that. a lot of cold air behind it. 30 for a high. dallas will be just north on that fringe of cold rain. and a little snow mixed in. your local forecast in just 30 seconds. >> good morning everyone. 33 degrees is our temperature. what a pretty start. the skies are clear this morning. have cooled down in its use but. 18 in manassas. forecast for today, mostly sunny skies. our ties between 38 and 42 degrees. it will be beautiful for saturday. 47 degrees. a >>> and coming up on "gma," dramatic, new details in the trial of the woman accused of killing her boyfriend after he broke up with her. the strange call she made to detectives after the body was found. dan and nancy here to weigh in live. >>> and the high school basketball star forced to rush from the game right to a tanning salon on doctor's orders. we'll hear from him. >>> and julianne hough's perso

morning snow, west texas. and snow squalls around the leeward >>> 7:37.beautiful start over san francisco this morning. we are getting high mid level clouds this morning in addition to some low cloud cover. that's helping to keep things more mild. not as frigid to start. we'll hit the 60s today. 62 in livermore. 60 in concord. around 61 in fremont. 61 for san francisco. getting into the weekend, looking pretty good. we do have showers on the way late saturday into early sunday. you'll still be able to get outdoors both days. by monday into tuesday, temperatures drop off just a touch but no showers in the forecast until wednesday. >> that's your latest weather. of course, it's a big one on saturday. it's not just saturday football. it's wild card saturday. ooh, we've got two games. bengals taking on the texans, mostly cloudy. 54 to 57 degrees. and then we continue wild card saturday as the vikings go into the frozen tundra of lambeau field. 19 to 23 with possible flurries. who will prevail? you'll find out on wild card saturday. erica? >> al, thanks. >>> u

tomorrow, we've got a risk of severe storms, including tornadoes from west eastern texas all the wayplains. and then on wednesday that risk of strong storms moves into the southeastern midatlantic states, wet weather making its way up the east coast with thunderstorms and wind. windy and snowy around the great lakes and more rain in the an >> good morning. we will start out with light snow, sleet, and freezing rain. minor ice accumulations are possible. >> that's your latest weather. >> al, thanks a lot. a very special guest joining us, as you can see. best selling author, funny man. >> funny man. >> national treasure. he has ininstructed me to call him. dave barry, his new book is called insane. >> insane. >> it is a little i am legend wild out there. >> yeah. >> let's talk about the book. for your entire career you have mined the state of florida for your material. >> i have. >> now you're mining your life a little bit for this theme. >> my son got married and i love the woman he married. you know, i love her in the way you love a daughter-in-law. >> wow! >> in a normal way. >> whe

there is freezing fog, though, that's a concern in west texas this morning. >>> we're watching foggyditions at santa rosa at 30 degrees, look out for patchy ice or some frost for the morning. during the day, increasing clouds after some sunshine for the morning. this will lead up to a chance of rain for the afternoon, spreading from north to south and into the evening, and this will take us into tomorrow morning as well in and out of the showers. highs upper 40s, low 50s in the north bay. >> we're celebrating a 13th birthday. what's your name? >> julie. >> from minneapolis? >> right. >> happy birthday to you. lester? >>> this morning, a new year, new you, 2013. controlling your emotions to get the most out of life. founder of life choice psychology is also the author of the book "your killer emotions," and happens to be my agent. and agent to a number of news anchors. and psychiatrist dr. gail saltz, a "today" contributor. nice to have you with us. ken, let's start with you. you have given advice to countless number of people over the years. it almost seems like it's our nature to ma

associate professor at texas west berlin university school of law and legal fellow at the institute for social policy understanding thank you so much for coming on it's for having me so i can't help but just get this out of the way you know mubarak was in power for thirty five years i look at our democracy here today and i see two reigning families the bush family and the clinton family that have pretty much been raining in our political process for the last couple decades i mean what's what's really different. i don't know it's just kind of a rhetorical question about it is that it's really interesting that you know we have these reigning political parties and families almost all over process but your president the egyptian american rule of law association you support post-revolutionary reforms in egypt why are we seeing these protests today a lot of what they're saying resonates with what we heard two years ago but i think it reflects some serious divisions within egypt in society that war they had come to a head during the constitutional drafting process when the liberals had walked

snow from west texas into new mexico.c northwest. >>> mostly 40s from seattle into the northern rockies. 30s in the upper midwest. 50s in dallas and 70s in new orleans. >>> hand me those tissues, please. you may need them for this next segment. i want you to be prepared for this. if we could have a moment of silence now for our notre dame alum. after her alma mater took an old fashion butt whooping in the bcs championship. >> alabama crimson tide seemed more like a steamroller plowing over the top ranked, top ranked fighting irish. notre dame wasn't able to put up a single point until late in the third quarter when they were down 35-0 to the surging tide. >> gives a new definition to top ranked. final score on this one last night, 42-14. it was close. alabama picked up its second consecutive bcs title, the third in four seasons. irish had quite a run. you can't not be proud of the season they had, but alabama was clearly the better team. >> they needed to hold that game in a place that was a little cooler. >> oh, lord. no

people have been dying in north texas of west nile fever. in dallas a long 15 people died since july. there has been at an ebola outbreak again the democratic republic of the condo has the ebola outbreak that has killed three dozen people and still going on. therecratic republic of the condo has the ebola outbreak that has killed three dozen people and still going on. there is another outbreak in you gone that unrelated to the spillover from the democratic republic of the condo. these things are happening. with the outbreaks and small crisis. there is a virus said a merged that closely resembles the of sars virus that really scared said disease experts in in 2003. this new virus added the arabian peninsula has only killed one person, put another man in a hospital in britain but scientists all over the world are watching carefully because they know the next big one could look like that. it is a drumbeat. those diseases that i mentioned have two things in common. they come out of wildlife, from nonhuman animals and their caused by viruses. tha

we have pipelines running all over the different counties in west texas. we're also developing what's turning out to be one of the largest field in the world for scheele. the issue of pipelines is not going to be -- largest field in the world for shale. this is not something we can run from for a long time. we'll have to make a determination about how we get our natural resources from where they are to where they need to be. that's a huge issue. i don't necessarily have any reservations about building pipelines as long as they are done in a correct manner and i have to look at the legislation to determine where the details would be. host: mike is a republican caller from new york. caller: i just want to make one observation. this congress going out is a bunch of gutless cowards and i don't think you will have the wherewithal to make the right decisions. this country needs it tough medicine and we need to cut the reckless spending, congressman. this past congress is like the card in chief -- a coward in chief. it's a problem. the president run on the fact h

west. this is texas republican named steve stockman.hat the republican had to say about the issues just seven years ago. >> i think we ought to extend the assault weapons ban and was told the bill was never going to move because republicans and democrats were against the ban. i believe law abideiing scitize ought to be able to own a gun. and i believe in back ground check s . >>> and then there was ronald reagan, stephen rosen feld writes. and former nixon speechwriter wrote in 1999. >> joining me now joe klein, journalist for time magazine. joe, how did the republicans come to this extremist point from what we have heard to president george w. bush resigning? there are a couple of things going on here. they are coming to an end. which is good news for the rest of us. there has been a 30 year drift since reagan to the right in the republican party. reagan when he made those statements didn't have to deal with rush limbaugh. he said something at that point and you also have a natural evolution of special interest groups and it is not jus

will last to friday morning where we're specificing anywhere from three to six inches of snow in west texass are getting up to nine inches. >>> still, the below freezing at mid morning on this thursday morning. good morning, i'm storm team4 meterologist tom kierein. right now, near 30 in washington and by the bay and elsewhere, still in the 20s in most locations and later today up around 40 and lots of sunshine. that will be around the metro area. elsewhere, heights in 30s. 20s and afternoon high mid 40s. sun and increasing clouds on saturday and 20s in the morning and afternoon highs of mid 40s. mid 40s again on sunday but good weat >>> now to today ease ta"today' where we share our take on stories. we're never going back. we will blow through these first couple and get to al. here's a couple anyway. take 1, caped crusaders and crime. a new study from the university of nebraska finds cartoon costumed crusaders may be confusing young children about crime. >> what! >> if i could boil it down, cartoons portray villains as evil and ir deemible, always. under all circumstances. >> the riddler,