the october sunshine, it should be a nice afternoon. 60 degrees in boston. 62 in washington, d.c. only 50s, though, many areas of the ohio valley. there s not a lot of troublesome weather. we ll see showers and storms in areas of southern california into arizona. now as we go through the next couple days, the storm that is down here today in southern california, eventually make its way to the central plains. it doesn t look too problematic even as we go through friday. maybe a few strong thunderstorms kansas city to oklahoma city. by the time we get to saturday, really tap into the moisture in the gulf of mexico. a stormy day on saturday. even severe storms. mostly large hail and damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. texas, kansas city and to chicago, i know it s been cold and winter like, we re going to go to a spring pattern as we go through saturday. a heads up for all those fall outdoor activities. good one. thanks, bill. coming up, criminals target a teen heartthrob and 2012 s
combustible circumstances all put together. all right. com coming, we re going to bring in tavis smiley, also lawrence o donnell, eugene robinson, and david gregory. up next, the politico playbook. but first, a check on the weekend forecast with meteorologist ryan phillips from our nbc affiliate in miami. ryan? mika, good morning to you. cool start out here in the northeast. clouds on the increase, and we re into the 40s. not quite spring. this is the last weekend of winter. and we re going to get our spring pattern right back in the cards by saturday. 43 in new york, 41 in hartford, 37 in boston. so clouds out there, showers coming in. it s not going to rain all day, but spotty showers, maybe a thunderstorm, highs only in the 50s. but other parts of the nation looking good. down across texas, 70s there, and 80s down in south florida. that s a quick look at the national forecast. stay with us, more morning joe coming your way after the break. americans are always ready to work ha
soon. later, pal. don t hate. deadly series of storms moving across what of the country. the eastern half, today, and they have killed a handful of people. we have seen new tornado warnings all day like a spring pattern, not quite spring but coming up on saturday, and new information about the suspect in the school shooting in ohio that happened yesterday. we will hear what the prosecution in this case is saying owe in a leave update. [ male announcer ] if you think recommend most for arthritis pain, think again. and take aleve. it s the one doctors recommend most for arthritis pain. two pills can last all day. that s good morning, veggie style.
he is a fighter. alisyn: good fighter because according to the global birth registry she is the third smallest baby ever to have been born. clayton: if that is not the smallest that is unbelievable. alisyn: biggest success story. dave: and now rick has the weather. nasty from coast to coast. rick: it is windy. a little cold. not a big nor easter but the first snow since october. we got the snow in october and everyone freaked out but it has not been much of a winter. but now it is. we have cold temperatures in place across the northern tier, and one degree right now in minneapolis, and 17 in chicago, and 25 in new york, and moving failure, across the southeast, it feels pore like spring, and because of that we have a spring pattern and severe weather today including tornadoes in the red box, that is a tornado watch box in effect until 12 noon central