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Bad. the arctic blast retreated from earlier this evening mild temperatures even record high temperatures were set across parts of the north east. that is all coming to an end this week. we have colder air southward across canada and northern plains and into the midwest. current windchill temperatures 8 below zero minneapolis 7 below in rapid city and cold across portions of the midwest and into the planes. in kansas city at 28 degrees right now it feels like 18 in the city of chicago. those act...

Were up to today. i dont feel that bad telling you that actually. it is absolutely beefl here of course. we also have water leaking from the ceiling from our live location. always a mixed bag here in sochi. they are using manufactured snow up in the mountains and snow they saved from last year. so far today, the events have gone off without a hitch, and what a day its been. and its a tie. for the first time in olympic history, two athletes are bringing home the gold in alpine skiing. both clocki...

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Moving eastward. the potential for strong storms across the northeast. already a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 8:00 p.m. local time for parts of the northeast up toward new england and already starting to see these thunderstorm warnings fire across upstate new york and new england. we could see large hail, damaging winds, even isolated tornadoes. a warm air mass ahead of the front as it continues to press eastward. a look at your travel forecast. look at the temperatures behind the f...

Satisfactorier sra. a little better for us in new york city as well. heather: youve got 97 degrees, # 8 degrees you mentioned, but we are also dealing with snow up in the northeast eufrpblgts i didnt even get to that, more than 30 inches of snow in parts of upstate new york. vermont picked up over six inches, a big warm up is in store for the northeast, get this we could be looking at temperatures in the upper 80s, maybe even 90 in new york city as we head into thursday, so it will be warming up...

Plains, you will see that snow we are dealing with and cool temperatures. 39 in fargo. everybody up in fargo sandbagging and getting ready for the red river to flood again this year. its becoming a routine for them. then out across areas of the west, we will see plenty of sunshine down across areas of the southwest. there is that snow and rain you see in the pacific northwest. that is the next big storm. snow up in denver across nebraska. all right, guys. back to you inside. >> thank you, coming...

You are freestyle skiers, one of the issues about sochi, serious snow issues. >> we have two to four jumps and pretty large size, 60 to 80 feet, its important they have enough snow to build the course. i went there five years ago and they had a lot of snow. they are known for powder skiing and womens sports, part of an event for equal play time for womens sports. >> how concerned are you goitha you get there and there will be no skiing? >> i think its a fluke year and they will be fully prepared...

Away. >> that must have been beautiful. >> it was gorgeous. but we actually had less snow up in vermont. >> no way. are you serious? here, ill take that. joining us -- weve got mike barnicle, mark halperin still with us. and joining us on the set, "new york times" columnist, gail collins. >> have you read this? this is great stuff. >> i love it. well get to the chris christie issue in just a moment. we begin with breaking news. pope benedict announced this morning he is stepping down. the 85-yea...

To debate whether or not youre going to turn on the air conditioning in march in chicago. >> reporter: because of that debate, the jet stream thats been pushing way north into canada, keeping cold air in the arctic and ushering warm gulf air through most of the country. in the nations capital, the 100-year-old cherry blossom festival got off to an early start. >> it is a surprise that everything has bloomed so early. its beautiful. >> reporter: the blossoms were predicted to peak between march 2...

Texas, wet of lexington. >> the downtown west liberty is full of activity as we look around. mostly what we have are emergency crews and repair trues and the state police directing traffic and a fuel truck from the national guard and a humvee from the national guard mostly emergency crews and mostly rescue-type personally and repair personal. a lost residents are running because a report want out over local media telling them it is okay but the state police say they do not want the residents ret...