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As you head south, d.c., right in line for significant snow. maybe more than 8 inches. stay tuned. >> dr. greg postel, thank you so much. the fight to raise the minimum wage. i will talk to the congressman who is taking it to extreme measures. and country is crumbling beneath our feet. whats standing in the way of a critical list of growing danger. its not just potholes. the story is just ahead. nner is. and absolutely delicious. everyone is cooking with new campbells slow cooker sauces. out...

9:00 a.m. out west. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." lets go to the ukraine. the prime minister says ukraine is, quote, on the brink disaster. he calls the russian military bases a declaration of war and blames president vladimir putin for bringing the nation to those point. the president expressing deep concerns over russias violation ukrainian sovereignty and the international law. putin defended what he called russias rights to protect its tests. today on "meet the press," secr...

Americans trying to heat their homes. >> at the end of this week, its supposed to get bitterly cold. >> its our gas bill that will feel a little higher because of the heating in the home. thats it. maybe 20%, 30% higher than the year before. at the same time this year. >> dr. greg postel is here. >> earlier this week, have a look at some of our temperature forecasts this week. for monday, high temperature of minus-7 in minneapolis. 30 degrees below average. notice that the temperatures start to ...

0 restore security to the middle class. something weve heard from him before. the legislative action were going to hear him talk about, immigration, raising the minimum wage. which, by the way, are both things he talked about in his 2013 state of the union. but this white house hasnt been shy. dan pfeiffer wasnt shy. hes going to talk about executive actions. things he can do that dont require congress. this is going to be a large focus of the speech. expect him to talking about executive action...

Big winter storm. >> okay. dr. greg postel, thank you. russian president vladimir putin has announced hes lifting a controversial ban on public protests during the olympic games in sochi. with just a few weeks to go until those opening ceremonies, the venues are ready, but there is still some big security concerns. joining me now, nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel, whos in sochi, russia. richard? >> reporter: alex, we are now in sochi, and behind me you can see two of the olympic s...

On tuesday, will stick around for a couple days. after that, things kind of quiet down and at least warm up a little bit. alex, back to you. >> okay. thank you for the heads up on all of that. most important to know all that. thanks, dr. greg postel. heres another note for all of you. the national weather service in minnesota is warning people about the dangers of getting caught out in this cold. it says exposed flesh will freeze in ten minutes with windchills of 35 below, just five minutes of w...

Meantime, 30 states are either under a warning or advisory. whats behind this deep freeze, and how bad is it going to get? the weather channels dr. greg post se postel is here to explain. >> its snowing really hard right now in indianapolis. many locations across the ohio valley as well. we have winter storm warnings out from missouri up through michigan and winter weather advisories that extend as far south as northern georgia. we can time out this storm for you, beginning 2:00 this afternoon. ...

0 to tuesday. this is one of those arctic blasts that you dont see all that often, but its here, and its going to be one of the coldest weather stretches weve seen in quite some time, alex. >> yeah, im going to keep you out just for a second. we know the players and fans there in green bay are certainly hearty. is the stadium helping, the team officials doing anything to help them out for those who want to brave the game? >> reporter: well, they are passing out about 70,000 hand warmers. you kno...

Tonight well get a little bit more icing, maybe another tenth, perhaps as much as a quarter inch in some of those areas shaded in pink. overall, the storm is beginning to move away. i think thats great news. alex, back to you. >> definitely great news for those in the path. thanks, dr. greg postel. well, an apology for a tweet about a.i.d.s. that set off a fire storm around the world. plus, to the limit. the major bank saying you can only withdrawal so much from your account in the wake of t...

Before, it also allows the bad guys, real predators, if i could call them that, consumer predators, to get information and to destroy peoples lives. not through violence but through the marketplace. so we have to come together. there may be a legislative measure we could consider, but i think the main thing is tightening up existing protections for consumers. >> senator bob casey, i wish you a very happy holiday this week. thank you so much for your time with me here. >> thanks, alex. same to yo...