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Than normal. and thats where the name comes from. what it mean on a larger global scale is when you have the colder water in this part of the country, this part of the world, it does affect the wind patterns, and the jet stream. the jet stream is where we get our weather systems almost like a conveyor belt. where theyre traveling along. when the jet streams set up during the la nina pattern, it means wet weather for places like the philippines, brazil, australia. here in the u.s., the jet lifts ...

Disaster when peoples lives and livelihoods are at stake. >> mike: well, joe, as you know, i was governor for ten and a half years and worked with fema and worked with you, you were there at fema when we had some of the worst ice storms and tornados so i understand the relationship. now, one of the things i have note heard almost anyone in the news media talk about is the role that fema should be playing. now, i know that the excuse, officially has been well, but with the stafford act, its deali...

Peoples lives and livelihoods are at stake. >> joe, as you know, i was governor for ten-and-a-half years and worked with fema and you and you were there at fema when we had the worst ice storms and tornadoes and i understand the racielationship, i havent heard anyone talk about this is role fema should be playing. i know the excuse officially has been, well, with the stafford act it is really dealing with such things as natural disasters, but, the reality is fema was very much involved in the af...

Thats in the oklahoma constitution. its unquestionable like i support the military and the national guard. here is the problem. the national guard, when they are deployed, they are federalized. the governor has no authority over the national guard. when we send so many members out of this state to fight a war, the state of oklahoma, oftentimes is left vulnerable. we may have ice storms and tornadoes where they are called out to protect the citizens. they are gone. would i support a state guard t...

Oftentimes is left vulnerable. we may have ice storms and tornadoes where they are called out to protect the citizens. they are gone. would i support a state guard to help the national guard? of course. >> earlier, you seem to be framing it as something to curtail the powers of the federal government. how would an armed state guard of volunteers, i suppose, prevent federal laws from infringing on states rights. >> my comments on overreaching, i believe that with all my heart. congress is so out ...

Youre asking for tea party support as you run for governor, but you would not go along with what their leaders are calling for which is a state-authorize the militia? >> ed, what you need to be aware of in 1941, our oklahoma constitution has already allowed for a state guard and that is to complement our national guard. you know as well as i that our national guards around this country are deployed overseas and leaving a lot of the states vulnerable. here in oklahoma we have tornadoes, we have s...

The second of tonights comments and this is how bad the continuing latest humanitarian crisis has become. at a college basketball doubleheader next week, they are asking fans to share your sole. theyre asking fans to bring shoes. haiti? south dakota. the shoe donations are being sought at the university of south dakota and theyre for the residents of the cheyenne sioux river reservation. two weeks ago the reservations were hit by blizzards and ice storms. 2500 utility poles fell. electricity, wa...

The second of tonights comments and this is how bad the continuing latest humanitarian crisis has become. at a college basketball doubleheader next week, they are asking fans to share your sole. theyre asking fans to bring shoes. haiti? south dakota. the shoe donations are being sought at the university of south dakota and theyre for the residents of the cheyenne sioux river reservation. two weeks ago the reservations were hit by blizzards and ice storms. 2500 utility poles fell. electricity, wa...

Nomination and wanted brown here in washington to try and fight that next week. another interesting point of color, though, monica, i just spoke to some folks who are in what is now temporary -- former senator kirks office which was teddy kennedys office. scott brown will be in a temporary office on the russell courtyard for a few weeks. but after that, republican scott brown will move into ted kennedys office at least until 2010. one democrat said thats the equivalent of the away team putting t...

>> reporter: thats right, david. officials here tell me that the water main that supplied water for the entire area of montecito has been completely severed. and the reason it could take weeks or months to restore is because the series of six or seven landslides here completely reshaped the landscape. now what youre looking at here with our second camera looks like just a muddy plain, but really, this was a neighborhood. there were about eight homes in the area that you can see right now. and th...