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York, homeland security secretary janet napolitano will announce the new system to alerting the public to a terror track. the color-coded system that came into place after the september 11th attacks will be a thing of the past. starting next week, its going to be replaced with a system that the government says is more specific. that system will feature two alert levels, imminent and elevated. heres homeland security secretary janet napolitano on why she believes this system is more effective. >>...

>> a continuing evolving threat and terrorism is not a static field, so, we have international and domestic now to be concerned about. and we want this to be a shared responsibility. with the citizenry of our country. to make sure they are aware. alisyn: rick leventhal is live in our new york city newsroom and has been in the works for a while. rick: we heard about that in january when janet napolitano announced the demise of the color-coded system and the two tier system will be more specific t...

And, deborah, i saw wind gusts -- ive been watching amarillo, because theyve been very dramatic. but their wind gust today was close to 60 miles an hour coming out of the south and southwest. so that makes it hot and very difficult for firefighters. >> whats interesting, you have tornadoes on top. you have fires because of the hot, dry weather on the bottom. and whats separating it is the jet stream coming through the middle. >> exactly. exacerbating the situation. >> thank you so much. well, ...

We are on top of the developing story and have reports from egypt ahead. remember the color-coded terror alert system that scared us? why its toast and what will replace it. how easy is it to steal election. we first told you about an investigation a year ago. allegations of phony ballots, big vote and politicians put in handcuffs. >> did you do anything wrong? >> no. >> did you try to steal an election? >> no. >> did you forge any ballots? >> no. as simple as that. to stretch around the earth o...

And vinita. that color-coded system has been in place for nearly a decade but the department of homeland security says its time for a new one. in just a few months terror alerts like this one will be a thing of the past. the department of homeland security unveiled a new way to inform americans about potential threats. one that doesnt include the much maligned color-coded terror alert system. >> under the new two-tiered system, dhs will coordinate with other federal entities to issue formal, det...

Northwest. >> 51 degrees in seattle. 46 in boise. 56 in albuquerque. indianapolis, detroit and chicago will hover around the 30-degree mark. dallas will warm up to 71 degrees. new orleans, 66. 29 in boston. and 36 in baltimore. in some other news, president obama spent an hour on youtube trying to rally support for his revamped economic message. the interview was part of an ongoing white house effort to expand its social media outreach. the president stuck mostly to his state of the union them...

Aprils a long way away, isnt it. it really is. theyve had snow here in boston for opening day, when the sox take over at fenway park. theres a possibility we could see a few more snowfalls. no question about it. but im telling you it seems like a long winter. the rest of february to go through, march and april. certainly possible we may see a few more doses of heavy snowfall in the region. >> reynolds for us in snowy boston. thanks so much. well drug smugglers are going medieval now, using an ...

Security is doing away with the color-coded terror alert system. it will replace it starting in april with a more tightly focused location-specific approach. the announcement is expected tomorrow. michael vick has signed his first paid endorsement deal since he went to jail on dogfighting charges. on equal technology, who will pay him an undisclosed amount of cash to pitch their shop absorbing pads which he used season. and a new study suggests sexy female anchors distract male viewers to th...

>> a lot younger. and that does it for us. this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." tomorrow on the show, "time" magazine mark halperi, jeff johnson, pat buchanan and bob shrum. our congratulations again to eugene robinson, joining the hall of fame at the national association of black journalists. my colleague, richard lui, a look next on "news nation." >> congratulations to eugene. following developing news in our next hour. janet napolitano about to announce that this, what you see here, is ...

They had the color chart. where are we? over here. they have the color chart. remember the color chart? this is severe. terror attacks. there is a chart ive come up with to explain this. economic terror alert system. the economy has warning, warning colors, its all color coded. you just know how to read it. if you look at the chart, green, blue, yellow, orange. you kind of get it. the red one on this chart over here would be gold. this one. now im losing this as a gold doorway because i want you...