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♪ [ applause ] >> taking home the title in a landslide. the high school junior from wisconsin has downs syndrome. mom says she is thrilled that her son is so well-liked by students and teachers. >> it validates how far he has come along and all the children here. >> he will add to another round his selection next year at senior prom. he a sharp dresser, as well. some of the other guys were in blue tuxes. >> lets check in with rick riechmuth. some of these massive storms. >> big storms, near ne...

>> it is 5:00 a.m. here in the east. we begin this morning with breaking news. a deadly past 48 hours in afghanistan. new details of two attacks. an effort to derail the transition of power there. the taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack wednesday that left four americans dead, including senior members of an army brigade after an in-ssurgent detonated a suice vest. thomas kennedy and kevin griffin and walter gray were killed along with an american aid worker and afghan in...

This is a chance for us all to pull together and to address climate change. to all get together and work to make our energy distribution systems more efficient. >> what do you say to the critics? that is this one of those years and why are people so hard to convince sometimes? >> well, why they are hard to convince is always troubling to us in science education. lets keep in mind factually, of the last 17 years, 16 those have been the hottest of the last 17. 1996 is the big exception. there was ...

Into north florida, jacksonville seeing big storms. meanwhile we dry out briefly before more showers move on in as we head into monday morning. >> okay, alex lle, tnk you foth fm e at chne amntiohe te fusma perlain japan. operators at the plant first said radiation levels in water at one of the units was 10 million times higher than normal but now they say the huge spike in radiation levels was a mistake. lets go live to tokyo, nbcs lee cowan standing by for us. any updates in terms of what your...

Window across the northeast and we will deal with so much wind we will see significant airport delays and look at this picture from gym in connecticut. he says this is a 12 high snowbank covering an entire parking lot complete snow dirt and that is what so many are dealing with after the nice week that melted a lot of the snow but all the dirt that has been piled up in the snow is now left and it is ugly mess for a lot of people. send me your pictures to facebook or twitter. and now the temperat...

Like new orleans from big storms. what is it they do that lessen the impact of storms? >> a number of factors, the biggest thing is friction. water and waves are affected by friction. so the farther a storm has to push water across land, any kind of land, the more its going to slow it down. the more its going to take energy out of whats known as the storm surge. and there are lots of different calculations about, you know, how many miles of marsh produce how many -- how much less of a storm surg...

Now with a windchill that feels like 39. different than the 92 new york city saw on wednesday. this is a shock to the system but it is where we should be in april. billings, northern rockies are very cool. as far as big storms, dont have any. springle sprinkles here and there, but we dont have any big dips in the jet stream that form big storms or big ridges that give you heat waves. it is watching the air from the west coast, it is just traveling across the country. a lot of 70s for highs today...

Its nice to have you here. >> its so good to be here. >> can you explain in laymans terms whether a snowstorm disproves global warming. >> well, first of all, it doesnt, no. but we remind you that global warming was the first term for this phenomenon that we now call can climate change. so its very reasonable that a snowstorm in washington thats this severe is a result of climate change. >> is it consistent to have extreme weather conditions, like big storms, or even seasonal appropriate storms,...

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Getting lots of advice including get to the aurpt in plenty of time. >> stay calm and get to the airport early. normally we say two hours. but with this weather, probably closer to three hours. >> reporter: there are higher fares and fewer flights. a formula frr passenger frustration. one silver lining this thanksgiving, those hefty change fees are being waived. >> in big storms, they are waiving the fees in order to get people to change their reservations a day or two ahead of time instead of a...