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A lot will be south of our frontal system. those of you that see the front move through, you will see some relief. the problem is, is this system is a very slow mover and because of that, were going to find it kind of stuck in the same areas throughout the week. now in addition to the hot weather, i do want to point out we have the threat for severe weather today, that would be along our front, damaging winds, hail, and also the possibility of isolated tornadoes and this threat is going to incre...

Today safely and somebody check on the queen for me, by the way. worried about her in that heat laying that wreath out. the nations mid-section doing okay in terms of temperatures. a cold front sweeping through the area. showers and thundershowers. still concerned about some of the rising floodwaters here, particularly in iowa. red area in western nebraska, south dakota, wyoming and colorado as well. we could expect to see some delays because of the thunderstorms. also, believe it or not, we cou...

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Across parts of the central florida. thats going to be a part of the u.s. that were going to be watching today as well. the nations mid section, this is the big show where all the action is happening for the most part today. we could see strong to severe thunderstorms right here this afternoon and to the eastern great lakes and the ohio river valleys. places like indianapolis, cincinna cincinnati, cleveland and detroit could see some of these stronger thunderstorms as they move on through. check...

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Down into the rio valley. that storm will push eastward then saturday as well. and we will see the middle and lower mississippi river valleys having that threat of severe weather. now, today nothing severe here but we are dealing with rain showers and heavy downpours at times. and just enough to kind of make for some slick roadways and potential air travel delays. the nations mid section doing okay today. the western storm waiting in the wings today. bringing some heavy snow into the higher elev...

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Other buildings. accelerator pump was the recall. heard a lot about weird weather happening around the country. and, of course, our meteorologist jacqui jeras is on top of that. what do you have? >> hey, were watching the nations mid section at this hour. we were concerned that we could see a few of these thunderstorms become severe today. so at this hour, you can kind of see that swirl where an area of low pressure is. youve seen that rotation and that movement. and were tracking this line as...

That saudi arabia and other nations seem to be having more success against al qaeda. >> they have taken the fight to al qaeda. they have had some success there. but then look across to south asia and we have also seen the pakistani government taking far more aggressive action against al qaeda and the taliban. we have also heard today afghan militants talking about possible peace talks with the u.s. so you have to ask the question, is the obama administrations different approach to bringing our a...

>> i know. its march. its spring break. what are those college students going to do? >> yeah. im sure more people are probably worried about going to work next week and what thats going to be like. but you know. >> yeah, thats true as well. well, we kick off the work week tomorrow. and the most active weather in the country is going to be across the southwest and moving into the nations mid-section. here you can see that swirl really on the radar. where weve had showers and even some thunderstor...