i come from a very rural district in western kansas, and this is sahh story i've heard from a number of my constituents, as well as family members. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for your service. >> really, just getting passed myself. i knew the options were there, but with -- i -- i was working full time. i was going to school full time. i had a life. i wanted to party. it was getting passed -- it was getting passed the inconvenience of having to get help, whether it be out patient or inpatient. most certainly inpatient was out of the question. there was times i felt like i'd walk out of there feeling certainly the biggest barrier was myself. getting passed being able to control whether i get help or not was the biggest thing. >> what can the v.a. do to encourage treatment? >> i think maybe just being a little bit more forceful in their approach saying, you know, not just we have these rehab programs. you're definitely a good candidate for them. instead, saying, you know, we have these rehab programs and you need to get help. and, you know, if you don't get help, there's goi

with global the macro issues are solved it's the micro issues it's what's going to happen in western kansas what's going to happen in northern michigan what's going to happen in the in the chesapeake bay those kinds of things that's exactly right and even in the larger sense we know what's going to happen in those areas are going to get warmer that's right and you know heat waves will become more frequent and we'll see you know more intense weather events and you know there are a whole bunch of things that we know will happen but there are still some things that are uncertain and you know would it be great if rather than having this frankly unworthy debate about whether the problem is even real we could be talking about the real uncertainties that exist and how to deal with them and making smart policy it was. march fifteenth right now or sixteen whatever the middle middle of the middle of march. the way it was caesar and. yesterday was eighty seven degrees here in washington d.c. the cherry trees are blossoming two weeks earlier than one hundred hundred year or so since the japanese gave t

western parts of the carolinas, 30 degrees above average from dakotas down through portions of western kansas and 20 degrees above average in cities like chicago. take a look at the highs tomorrow. we could be seeing a high of 90 degrees in dallas. we remember last year the incredible drought that is across texas and incredibly warm temperatures, well over the 90s and triple-digits during the summer. hopefully this is not a sign of things to come. we do expect a warm summer in parts of the south. and precipitation we've got snow early this morning. not a lot of it. but there were snow showers flying around and you could see another round as you head into tomorrow morning with another disturbance that will be swinging through. it's not going to be a big deal but snow showers. >> maria, live in the weather center, thanks. >> gregg: calls for justice in the trayvon martin case, thousands gathering where the teenage was shot. we'll tell you what civil rights leaders are demanding and latest details in the investigation, a live report. >> also a fire cripples another cruise ship. we'll give you an

across into western oklahoma and into kansas and into parts of nebraska.s is a very sloel-moving upper level system that we're talking about. we're looking at days ahead of seeing strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall that will likely cause big-time flooding problems. >> big extremes. thanks. >> we're about to welcome in spring. i can't believe it, in just two days. >> it's been here for weeks. >> that's true. all right. thanks so much, jacqui. >>> all right. the lawyers rechting sergeant representing sergeant bales will meet with him this week. he remains in voluntarily confinement. he has not been formally charged. >>> an update on the alleged abduction and release of an american in iraq. we now know his name is randy michael holts and he has been transferred to the embassy in baghdad. he was in baghdad on private business. they say he is not an active duty soldier or a contractor. yesterday a shiite militia announced it was releasing a u.s. soldier. holts identified himself as a former soldier working as a civilian contractor. >>> pretty sca

really comes out of the closet so to speak in kansas, which in the mid 1850s which the front line in the war over whether slavery will expand to new western territories. i think what you're alluding to, which is quite remarkable and surprised me and i think people outside of kansas and month aren't aware of is five years before the first battle of manasis you have northerners and southerners killing each other over slavery in kansas in open field combat with musket and cannon. these are small battles, not huge numbers of people involved. it really is a preview of the civil war. john brown is right in the middle of it. he's, you know -- he's one of the principal warriors in this really, i guess you would call it, a low grade conflict, maybe more like in iraq than a civil war. it really is to me a fascinating and not forgotten but not recognized nearly as much as it should be. >> i want neil keller. >> do you think john brown was -- do you think the bloodshed was necessary to end slavery? >> you can count on neil to get right to the core. was john brown right and was bloodshed necessary? again, this is -- i'm not going to dodge that questio

the tornados, biggest bulls eye, panhandle of texas and oklahoma and south and western part of kansasreat. big windy day though, across the plains and the threat for fires, also. take a look at your temperatures as you're waking up this morning. hard to imagine if the temps are in the 60's in places like minneapolis right now. it's so incredibly warm and nobody would think we'd have that kind of warm stuff and a couple more days of it to enjoy. move forward take a look at the forecast for the day and across the northeast, another spectacular day, new hampshire, 75 degrees, syracuse 77. spotty thunderstorms to the west, throughout the day today. and down to the southeast, a few spotty thunderstorms in across the air carolinas and georgia. aside from that, a feels like summer, it's warm and humid and the northern plains, the temps are pushing 40 degrees above where we should be. 69 in marquette. michigan, and 77 in fargo, and places like phoenix and los angeles where you would want to see some warm temperatures move forward on that map and winter across areas of the west and snow across

kansas and northward. afternoon showers from western new york to the carolinas. >> 80s in the southwest.cago. minneapolis, 66. fargo, 58. 40s in the pacific northwest. 60 in sacramento. any recollection of what the weather was like in new orleans? >> beautiful weather actually. >>> south of the border, they are getting ready for the pope benedict to make a visit. >> those are traditional mexican yharo hats, leof which are being specifically made for the pope himself. >> one features benedict's embroidered face inside it is crown. each took about three weeks to decorate by hand. >> his visit begins on friday. it's his first to spanish-speaking latin america. he is also going to cuba. they are ready to embrace him there. >> should be a good trip. >> we'll be back with "world news now" right after this. ♪ >> announcer: "worlds news now" weather brought to you by world -- united health care. weather brought to you by world health care. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement nsurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but

along tornado alley and we are looking at another round of severe storm western part of texas into the oklahoma panhandle, kansasf nebraska. setting the stage for this severe weather is warm air even record breaking at times across portions of the midwest temperatures here almost 40° above what is typical for this time of the year. extremely warm out there, not just the midwest or the tornado alley, also across portions of the northeast where we've been experiencing unusually warm air in new york city. we have a storm system now that is going to produce severe weather tomorrow. today areas of rain and snow across parts of southern california feels like winter out here, snowing, windy, cold and we are seeing wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour possible. please be careful if you are driving along i-5 or any other local roadways. accumulations in the sierra could exceed a foot. as the system heads east across four corners and rockies accumulation of other a foot or two feet across arizona, snowfall out here and we need the snow so we'll take it. >> gregg: the skiers would love to have that snow. obviously, the wa

reported no northern nebraska as well as southern south dakota and western oklahoma on this last day of winter. >>> now to march madness. kansasay hawks nearly become the third number two seed to get knocked out but survived to beat tenth seeded purdue 63-60. purdue had a chance to win with time expiring but the shot was off the mark. how about the state of ohio? four sweet 16 teams. >>> first lady michelle obama is headed to new york today for a fund-raiser dinner. then she hits late night. >>> apple announced what it will do with part of its nearly $100 billion. apple ceo tim cook announced the company will initial naturete a dividend. okay. so could apple go to $700 this week? >> just when you think the stock can't go higher, it goes higher. this news is expected to have a positive impact on the stock. it's up in premarket session. apple is being seen here to do a little bit of everything. distributing some of the cash to shareholders. saving some for reinvestment and buying back stock. all in all it is good news. it was expected and might temper the kind of gains we see today. other stories we're watching here at cnbc. sta

for severe weather probably a tornado threat around the panhandle of texas, western oklahoma, and that south central area of kansas. tomorrow this very slowly inches to the east. it's a really slow-moving storm. because of that, it means a lot of rain will fall and we'll talk about the threat not only for severe weather but the threat for flooding. take a look at what some of these rainfall totals look like over the next three to four days. a big area seeing this 4 to 8 inches of rain and a few spots will be 8 plus, maybe up to 10 inches of rain. you get that and all kinds of flooding and so we already have flood advisories posted. it will be a big story this week, not only the tornado threat, eric, but the snow, the flooding, the heat we've had, a very crazy spring week going on for people. >> thanks, rick. >>> coming up, a soldier. he's a father, but he's never seen his son. he's now returning from afghanistan. we'll have their touching introduction ... next. >> eric: have you heard about the new study about something you may be serving for dinner tonight? what researchers are saying about red meat. you'll want

you can see around kansas we have a mix of snow, freezing rain and rain. but everywhere else it's all rain from western new york back down to dallas. we have a risk of strong storms austin to memphis to jackson, back to dallas. could see tornadoes. a lot of rain. we are talking three to five inches of rain from dallas to knoxville. but especially in texas and into arkansas this rain could continue right for the next 72 hours. some areas could pick up up to seven inches of rain which could cause flooding. >> good morning, everyone. another dry day today. during the day it will be breezy and mild. >>> that's your latest weather. savannah? ♪ >>> all right, al. thanks. now to today's professionals. we are doing this outside today because the weather is so fine. star jones is here, attorney and author. donny deutsch, multi billion dollar ad exec or something. i have to make it all up now. and dr. nancy snyderman. welcome. [ cheers and applause ] >> hi, everybody. >> we have a crowd and the pressure is on. we'll start with republican politics. super tuesday was tuesday night. mitt romney got the win in ohio.

western virginia and most of kentucky and northern tennessee. not tornadoes, though. mostly concerned about damaging winds and maybe some large hail. and the same goes for the kansasea down to joplin and springfield, but no tornado outbreaks are in the forecast today or the next couple days. we're actually doing all right. we're on a nice little string here after the horrible ones about two weeks ago. as far as today's forecast, we're going to see showers, maybe a few storms in the east today. and again, around kansas city. otherwise, lynn, the west coast is where all the nasty weather is. >> all right, bill, thanks so much. >>> coming up, back from the ocean's depths, director james cameron attends the launch of a different kind. >>> plus, the parenting choices by this actress that has everyone say say talking. you're watching "first look." ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ it goes something like this ♪ everybody here is a friend of mine ♪ ♪ everybody, tell me, have you heard? ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ pop goes the world [ female announcer ] pop in a whole new kind of clean with new tide pods... a powerful three-in-one detergent that cleans, brightens, and fights stains. p

the bulk is into western ohio, indiana, the center of the storm is still farther back out to the west and that is right there over kansas city and saint louis and can you see it sitting and spinning. that moved about 350 miles in the last five days. okay and that is a real slow mover. not much and that looks like it's going to come across the weekend and that is what is going to bring us a chance for the rain tomorrow and on sunday. i don't think that is a washout but if you have plans, especially tomorrow, that we'll take you outdoors and you need to plan for it. i assume the spring games starting, whether they're soccer or whatnot, they'll be rained out tomorrow, especially with thunder in the area and with 80 in the city, i have looked so far. the high is 81. we may have touched 82. when the official high comes out, i will let you know and monasses, 82. , dulles, 82; culpepper and fredericksburg, they have had no problems today getting up into the mid-80s and as brian mentioned, by the water, which is very, very typical this time of the year, it's going to be cooler. the winds are east-northeast and that kept you guy

western europe and great britain. people believe that state building had to go hand in hand as he put it with more direct action by the people in their own affair. the primary, he said, in kansas would be a positive step in this direction and during the 1912 campaign when he would engage the incumbent president william howard taft, the first presidential primary campaign, roosevelt defended a full-throated, pure democracy as he called it which included the court decision, easier method to amend the constitution and the opportunity for the people to recall all public official, including the president. as bill chambray pointed out, the staff for awider route for a constitutional sobriety combined with ruthless steamroller machine politics and the republican nomination and most likely a third term in the white house during which he would have enacted his constitutional program, but roosevelt's third-party crusade for the right of the people could be the ultimate makers of their constitution as he put it aroused considerable enthusiasm. he roused 30% of the vote and it is echoed throughout the 20th and 21st century. most of the aspirations that underlay that program have been firm

western violence that flared after muslim holy books were burned on a u.s. air base. dozens were killed, including 13 nato troops. and at ft. leavenworth, kansas, staff sergeant robert bales faces charges in the rampage that took the lives of 16 afghan civilians. his attorney now says bales doesn't remember what happened. >> it's like if you woke up and didn't realize what you had done last night and people were telling you that you'd done some really awful things and you had no memory of that. >> reporter: in washington, general allen promised investigations of both the crime and the system. >> the entire command and control process, how he was assigned, why he was assigned. >> reporter: but he says finishing the mission is what matters for the americans who have lived and died in afghanistan. general allen says he plans to give president obama his recommendation on the next phase of troop drawdowns sometime next month. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> it's another day that could prove pivotal in the race for the white house. the republican primary is under way in illinois. mitt romney has had a comfortable lead heading into today and m

kansas city. this will be pushed in with a cold front into the western u.s.ncreasing rain chances throughout the next couple days. as for today, beautiful day. mild in the afternoon. south winds 5 to 10 miles per hour. we head throughout the day. 358 along the eastern shore. 59 for the high in the mountains. about everyone has seen that sunshine. a few thin clouds coming in from the west. we will have mostly clear skies today into tonight as well. tonight not as cold. pleasant conditions as people head back to work and deal with that time change by monday morning. >> another strong solar flare. we have been talking about the activity from the sun. basically the sun will put off a lot of energy. that's what a solar flare is. it heads our way. we are expecting this one to head our way into monday afternoon. what that does, it disrupts a lot of our communications systems. it can also create the northern lights further south than normal. however, we do have a storm approaching. the cloud cover may hinder that. by monday, we see increasing clouds from monday night

kansas city. that is a ominous sign. so conditions are roip for all of this severe weather to fire up. texas, western oklahoma. one severe thunderstorm watch meaning conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms action portions of western texas. this is in effect until noon central time. we are going to keep a close eye on these storms and keep you updated. >> good to see you this morning. bill: she said winter whipping up the wind and driving down temperatures in california. the wind was so severe it flipped a small private plane in compton, california. the winds were up to 45 miles an hour. >> there is a snow day in arizona. the storm sparked road closures. emergency crews are out in full force. much of new mexico is under a winter storm warning. we want to see your pictures if you have images to send into us. email them to us at the address on your screen. give us your name, tell us where you are and a brief description of what you are looking at. of course, in demand, you know the drill, be safe. bill: gas prices, you fill up over the weekend. the national average at the moment, $3.84 overnight. a thir

kansas state just beat southern miss. you got that game and obviously murray state won a little bit earlier. you now are 6-0 girl. the southern florida/vermont, byu and western great. you don't have any cinderellas. you don't have a cinderella in the dance. syracuse, wisconsin, 3, 2, 4, 1. you don't have any. >> someone will emerge. >> you want to see my junk i've got here. i've got all kinds of stuff. i have murray state and memphis and belmont going all the way to play kansas. i don't plan on winning just having fun. >> let's talk about -- let's talk about loss productivity. they do this sort of survey every year, like 2.5 million americans lose 90 minutes each and every day because we're watching the game at

you can see around kansas, we zi nga mix of snow, fr rain and rain. but everywhere else, it's all rain from westernson, back up to dallas. could see some tornadoes out of this system. and a lot of rain, talking about 3 to 5 inches of rain from dallas to knoxville. but especially in texas and on into arkansas. this rain could continue right on for the next 72 hours. some areas could pick up to 7 inches of rain, which as you might imagine could cause some massive >>> well, we were in the low 30s earlier this morning. the temperatures are jumping now that that sun is out. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren and we'll head from the 50s where weir currently to the 70s. not just inland, but by the bay as well. 67 degrees and you'll touch on the 70s and it will peak on friday and then this weekend things start to change. we get cooler, more clouds and showers arrive late sunday into monday. don't forget, we have another big change this weekend, the time change. spring forward, 2:00 a.m. sunday. ♪ >>> now to "today's professionals." we're doing it outside today because the weather is so nice. w

and so you can see around kansas we have a mix of snow, freezing rain and rain. but everywhere else it is all rain from westernn. back up to dallas. could see tornadoes out of this system. and a lot of rain. we are talking about three to five inches of rain from dallas to knoxville. but especially in texas and into arkansas this rain could continue right on important the next 72 hours. some areas could pick up up to 7 inches of rain which as you may imagine could cause massive flooding. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. tom kierein in storm center 4. winds gusting to around 30 miles an hour. and here at storm center 4 we have had our reports of temperatures now coming into near 60 degrees. later today it will feel like may. it will be the low 70s by mid afternoon. then rain likely moving in tonight after sunset and ending around dawn friday. then tomorrow, some sunshine back with highs around 60 degrees. then chillier weather moves in for the weekend. and we spring ahead one hour. saturday night. >>> that's your latest weather. savann

western oklahoma is expected to see the worst of the storms. wow. the american soldier accused of killing 16 people is waking up in an isolated jail cell in kansas this morning. he is expected to be charged in a massacre this week and his lawyer now in kansas is meet with him face to face for the first time. here he is already pleading his case moments after stepping off the plane. >> everybody that had three or four deployments to the middle east is probably going to have some form of ptsd. i don't know anything specific about it. i know he had a concussive head injury. >> his family releasing a statement saying "they are stunned but stand behind the man they know as the devoted husband, father and dedicated member of the armed services." and the f.a.a. reconsidering restrictions on permanent -- personal electronics on planes. no passengers will be on board during the test flights. the f.a.a. not saying how long testing will take or when it might change the rules. those are the headlines. >> let's talk a little bit about politics. let's look in the rearview and then look out the front windshield. first of all, rearview. yesterday, in the island of p

western states. otherwise, nice and dry on this wednesday. not a wet wednesday. and as you can see, we've got 50's extending up into portions of minnesota. minneapolis right now, 50. we got 63 in kansas's actually cooler behind the front and in front of it. look at that. right now in caribou, only 10. we got 39 right now in the big town of new york city but eventually, hang on, folks, at laguardia airport here in the big apple, eventually 60. we'll have 60's all the way from the mid atlantic down through the gulf coast where it picks up into the 70's. as you can see from new orleans and then look at tampa, 82 the high there today. out in old el paso, 79 and if you're already up in los angeles, 63 on this wednesday. >> a new poll shows president obama gaining support now among women. with 54% approving of the job that he's doing, that's up 47% from -- no, that's not correct. he couldn't be up 47% from december. anyway, it's up. what does this mean for the g.o.p. presidential candidates? for a fair and balanced discussion, we're joined by linda chavez, the former labor secretary nominee and jimmy green, former advisor to hillary clinton's presidential campaign. they're both fox news co