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Layer of ice and snow on the ground, a lot of accidents being reported. >> and we saw a little bit of snow this morning, as well, on our way in. rob marcianos getting a check. it was 60 degrees at some point last week, but weve forgotten all about it. >> well, here it is. across the midwest getting a taste of it. over a foot in some spots, in minneapolis. all that rain, snow, freezing rain heading towards the east coast. its a pretty long system. theres pretty much two storms within this. one st...

Short flight. it was supposed to be going from ft. lauderdale up to minneapolis, but it only lasted a couple of minutes. the reason being, this delta flight had to make an emergency landing. it had to turn right around and land. let them explain why. >> probably about a minute after takeoff, we heard this loud popping. and i thought it was the landing gear at first, but the plane started shaking a little bit. and then we stopped climbing. so i knew something was wrong. >> yeah, something was wro...

Well check in with rob marciano in just a bit. >> we dont care anymore for a few inches, right? weve been through so much this winter here in new york. no one even mentioned it this morning when they came in. no one said a word. >> i did. well, its 42 minutes past the hour. schools in madison, wisconsin, called off again today. the states largest union told teachers to go back to work. but they voted against showing up today. they actually had doctors out in the crowd handing out sick notes. d...

Homeownership makes better citizenship, then there is a place for fannie and freddie, but at the least they should be broken up and turned into 10 to 12 regional entities so that the centralization doesnt bring the whole house down. real estate usually not particularly in this recession. usually its a regional phenomenon. its up here, down there. that is what we need. if we decide to have these, it has to be broken to regional entities. >> david: what do we do with fannie or freddie? >> 20-secon...

(laughter) >> thats true! i remember howard cosell talked to him right before it. theres his famous suit. >> this is the suit he wore when he went over the snake river canyon. right here. >> looks okay. it got a little wet. and these two? >> these are some modern evolution of the bike that my dad used to ride when he was jumping. he jumped on an sr-750 and thats an sr-1200 down there. >> right. >> all these things will be on display july 10th through september 6th at the harley-davidson museum i...

Because they dont want to have this compared to what went on with hurricane katrina. then theres -- >> of course, the president tried to reach out to republicans just a month ago by supporting offshore oil drilling. environmentally it has been safe. the last spill was in 69. in the continental united states, this is a bit of an embarrassment for them on that point, right? >> it is. its along the same part of the country. you have governors down there who now are concerned that the government was...

Lawsuit. steve harrigan is live in our florida newsroom. do we know what caused this explosion? >> shep, an investigation is still underway. industry experts are saying what they call a blow-out likely happened. thats when pressurized gas from underneath the core of the earth or oil comes booming up through that well and ignites when it hits near the platform. thats what they are say something likely has happened. there is supposed to be a valve on these machines to stop that from happening. tha...

Working on this. bill: democrats and white house pushing forward and, the member of the house financial services committee, down there in atlanta, george, good morning, sir, what is wrong with -- >> bill, great to be with you. bill: we know what the -- the economy, the carnage left on the floor the past two years and why not crack down? >> there is a lot of sus spifrp on the part -- suspicion on the part of the american people, with the government taking over companies and what will they do in t...

Just because im confident that well get them. i only count them when they make the commitment, and i do not have 216 commitments yet, though i think well get there in time for the vote. jon: the fact that this has gone on for nearly a year, well, more more than a year, and youre still having to wrangle votes at the last minute, doesnt that show you how controversial this thing is? >> well, you know, i was born in controversy. i came to this congress in controversy. controversy doesnt bother me a...

Actually mean. peter doocy is live in arizona. but first, correspondent phil keating is live in florida, all eyes on the big florida race important to the balance of power in congress and some other nail-biter down there, good evening, phil. >> good evening. first to the governors race, and congressman three turmeric, ron desantis, rolling to an easy primary victory over his or her book and opponent, air agriculture commissioner adam p. desantis winning by 20 points. fox news called this race ju...