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Anything like this in years. a lot of areas will see over four inches inches of rain, or n inches by the time were done its great news. >> its a mess, rick. to the east, snow and ice. lots of it. >> this exact same storm. look at the temperatures here. the cold air is diving down. by the weekend everybody back in the deep freeze, except for the death south and this storm will go across the southwest and then moves across the east, and well talk about major ice storm. kansas city, st. louis, peor...

In todays "deep dive" the snow and ice storms gripping the south and the northeast are just the latest in a series of what were calling billion dollar weather events over the past year. today president obama is visiting californias central san joaquin valley. hell be landing in a drought disaster zone over a political battle on how to control the water in one of the biggest states in the u.s. the biggest state. but the severe and already crippling drought is just one of nearly a dozen major weat...

>> i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather it is half past the top of the hour. we begin with an extreme weather alert. millions in the south prepare for potentially catastrophic ice storms. >> snow is falling in some parts of georgia as utility crews are heading out across the state. >> alabama already getting snow. crews there prepare for roadways while several states face a rock salt shortage. >> what you need to know before you head out today. >> you really need to take this storm seriously. ...

Snow all the way into new england. back to you. >> thank you. >> this is just -- >> its just amazing. >> frustrating for people living down there who arent used to dealing with this. they talk about the lessons learned in this last storm, so theyre so much more prepared. i also think the residents are also looking at this mp differently now. a lot of people just planning to stay home. not even venture out. >> hopefully theyll keep their power. when you get zonked by snow, can you stay indoors. t...

The ts the south. a rare storm is dumping ice, sleet, and snow. >> the power outage is growing by the minute as ice brings down trees. it brings down power lines. 143,000 people without power at this minute. you are looking at live pictures from the roads right there. you can see not many people out. thats a good thing, not like the historic traffic jams that we had two weeks ago. most people listened up. they stayed home. thank goodness. >> they had advanced warning and listened to it. this tim...

An eye on for you. several inches of snow falling across pennsylvania making for rough driving conditions. this as crews are still working on restoring power and heat after last weeks ice storms. some 19,000 customers are still without electricity there. this brutal winter taking its toll on the fishing industry? the great lakes. ice covering much more water than usual. that is driving up fuel costs for fisherman. georgias governor already declaring a state of emergency in 14 counties. the s...

Im richard lieu. heres your top stories. attorney general eric holder made the announcement saturday night. the new benefits apply to legally married couples if they live in states that do not recognize same sex unions. customers are still without power in pennsylvania after last weeks ice storms. crews are working through the weekend hopefully to have power to everyone by monday. now back to "lockup." msnbc is where it be,

Facing it with no heat for three days. utility crews are scrambling to restore power to hundreds of thousands throughout the northeast. many in pennsylvania are waking up for the third day without heat. lets bring in cnns margaret connolly. tell us what are people doing to copy up there? >> reporter: you got it right. people are just trying to stay warm. its been a long three days for many people. were outside one of the warming centers in one of the counties. inside, people are still sleeping. ...

Running out of water. have you noticed a pattern here? droughts and ice storms and severe temperatures? wells and reservoirs are practically empty in 17 towns in northern california. federal officials are considering trucking in water or digging new wells. governor jerry brown declared a drought emergency earlier this month. joe? >> and from "the washington post" royal caribbeans ill-fated cruise returned to port yesterday with nearly 700 sick passengers on board. that is miserable! the ship doc...

Bill? >> everyone lives in atlanta and joe knows this. traffic is bad enough as it is on those roads. this happened so infrequently where they get this storm and ice and they dont have the resources that new york has. they dont have a thousand trucks they can send out on the street. im not defending them. they shouldnt have had school to begin with and could have pretreated some of the roads but they are frankly incapable of handling something like this. >> joe, didnt you live in atlanta? >> i d...