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Sections could get 3 to 6. a general swath of one to three inches, though. again the main point, the main take away is we have very cold temperatures across the south so that icing will continue for the mid south, mississippi river valley, tennessee river valley into the afternoon into the afternoon. flights canceled out of dallas that will be a ripple affect across the country. jenna: a great heads up for us, jd, thank you. jon: lets take a look at headlines from around the world right now. a n...

>> bret: checking international headlines now. egyptians today voted in the first free presidential elections in generations. 15 months after mubaraks ouster. correspondent leland vittert has the latest from cairo. >> reporter: outside cairo polling stations, they double back on themselves. in keeping with tradition, women queued up separately from men under the hot may sun. >> i had to wait. i want to go to the election. i want to go. i am going to come. >> what does it mean for akmed? >> freed...

Weapon guard doors of precinct and didnt interfere when they tore the face off a poster of muslim brotherhood candidate morsi. >> many fear a president morsi would use the brotherhoods control of parliament to turn egypt in an islamic state. >> its scary. >> the rise of muslim brotherhood isnt the only fear. across cairo, spray paint covered the faces of posters supporting shafik from the regime of former president hosni mubarak. students at cairo university led the revolution to oust mubarak la...

Calling for restraint on all sides after clashes between pro-palestinian demonstrators and government sources along palestinian borders. confrontations between police and protests happened outside cairo. cnns kevin flower joins us now liech on the line from our jerusalem story with both of these stories. lets start with the mv finch being forced to retreat into egyptian waters. what happened? >> well, what we know, monita, is that a small ship was intercepted by a israeli ship this morning. warn...

warrant for moammar gadhafi on suspicion of committing war crimes. a national disaster devastating floods for thousands of people in the u.s. to abandon their homes. space shuttle "endeavour" is preparing for its last mission. although he is one of the most powerful men in finance, but today, the head of the international monetary fund will appear in court to answer charges of attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment. right now, come niece straus-khan is accused of committing rap...

Secret police. this is one man who experienced it firsthand. >> translator: they beat me, tied my hands and put a stick between my neck and arms like this. then they hung me from the door frame, trying to make me confess. >> reporter: but outside cairo, mubarak has his supporters. many egyptians have grown accustomed to having a strong man in charge. washington, too, has seen him as a calming influence in a troubled region. >> hosni mubarak was continuity, stability, strength, maybe artificial s...

Big wooden sticks and they were ready to beat us, but we managed to get out. >> im glad youre okay, ahmed. thank you so much for calling in from cairo and sharing your observations and video with us. thank you. and when we come back, did they know they were going to get this much attention? im going to ask the teen who got the piano out on that sandbar that made national news. you may want to think twice before you decide to like something on facebook. well tell you why. a heart attack thats c...

Life on the line and you may never come home again. soon your lifestyle will bring you prison or death. >> reporter: message received for the surviving brother who says his life of crime is over. >> and i see all the grief its caused my family, i cannot continue doing what ive been doing, so a job is my next step. >> reporter: a job and taking care of the two young children his brother leaves behind. >> the police officer is on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. a murder myste...

We ask president mubarak to go out and his son gamel and all his family to go out like president zin bin ali. >> wednesday, demonstrations in cairo were more scattered hindered by a dramatically larger police force but they were persistent, and the protests are spreading. the message remains the same. its time for change. >> the people are oppressed. they cant handle mubarak during 30 years, doing nothing but corrupting the country. >> reporter: plainclothes policemen grabbed stragglers and drag...

Murders. were on the case. hello once again, im brooke baldwin. a lot of news happening right now. rapid fire. i want to begin with this. just minutes ago, president obama speaking out on the uprising there in egypt. he says violence is not the answer. his comments come just one day before a massive protest is planned and as a nobel peace prize winner arrives in cairo to join this battle against the government. well bring you more video and new developments there from the streets of cairo in j...