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Now. we may not be feeling it just yet. but we are in for a warm-up this weekend. much-needed, in fact. a quieter weather pattern expected for much of the country next week. and in pennsylvania they are making the most out of the snow there. teams raced cardboard creations down a mountain in the poconos. among the competitors was a nutcracker. and you have a viking ship. i think thats a car. is that a monkey? what about the forecast? heres dr. greg postel of the weather channel. hi greg. >> a li...

this. >> were doing this series on genius -- >> wait a second, im in it? no ones ever said that before. im just going to accept it. probably wont happen again. >> these days you might think of a genius as just a brilliant person. but that wasnt always so. the word comes from latin, a spirit which watches over each person. genius wasnt something you got to be. it was something you got to hold, even if for a moment. maybe thats what einstein meant when he famously said everyones a genius...

In this weekends sprint cup tournament. kvapils team sent out celebratory texts early this morning. but no word on whether he will get to race that returned car. it is not over yet, there appears to be no break in the parade of winter storms as we head into march this weekend. lets check out the scene in lubbock, texas. thats where all three school districts were canceled on friday. all the classes canceled because of the snow. whos feeling the worst of it? lets get the details from the weathe...

the department of homeland security is open today after congress approved and the president signed a stopgap funding measure just two hours before the department was scheduled to shut down. the measure keeps the homeland security department funded through the next seven days. but it also sets up another funding showdown for next friday. president obama and the democrats wanted full-year funding but conservative republicans want any legislation that funds the dhs to also block the presi...

Regular is 53 cents less than a month ago and about $1.11 less than what we were paying last year on this date. in california undominanted immigrants are quickly taking advantage of their new right to drive. more than 6,000 applied for a drivers license yesterday the first day they could do so under a new california law that requires a proof of identity and simply proof of identity and a state residence inside that state. about 1.5 million undocumented immigrants are reportedly eligible for th...

what might the government do to control them? hello, everyone. its high noon in the east, 9:00 in the west. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." alex is off. im ayman mohyeldin. heres whats happening. we begin with a developing story in kentucky. faa investigators are at the site of a plane crash where a 7-year-old girl is the only survivor. the crash killed her parents, sister and cousin. the piper aircraft was headed from florida to illinois. it lost contact with air traffic control...

Youve heard calls from secretary kerry, president obama, other world leaders that, you know, they are holding vladimir putin responsible for pulling these separatists back to at least allow an investigation to continue. what are we hearing? gunfire, continued violence. you have the separatists alleging that they are holding the black box and maybe holding the victims to get more out of a negotiation. its unclear if russia completely controls the situation. but we do know this. they old enormous ...

To last a few more days. >> dr. postel, thank you so much. so many victims of flight mh-17, they all have something in common, they were helping lives. more about the lives of the doomed plane. woooo. i know what youre thinking. youre thinking beneful. [announcer]and why wouldnt he be? beneful has wholesome grains,real beef,even accents of spinach,carrots and peas. it has carbohydrates for energy and protein for those serious muscles. [guy] aarrrrr! [announcer]even accents of vitamin-rich vegg...

>> hello, everyone. its high noon at here in the east and 9:00 in the west. a rebel leader in eastern ukraine says separatists have recovered the black boxes and will give it to the civil international organization. this appears to be the black boxes. they are orange in color, by the way. the video was taken two days ago. the separatists leader says bodies recovered from the crash site will remain in refrigerator containers until an international delegation arrives. removing the bodies...

im craig melvin. this is turning out to be an historic fourth of july in the early hours of this morning, the first named hurricane of the 2014 season, a category 2 storm named arthur, hit north carolinas outer banks. the national hurricane center says this is the earliest a hurricane has ever made landfall during the atlantic season. that storm knocked down trees, knocked out power to about 44,000 homes and businesses so far. they are also caused some flash flooding as well. at this h...