accuweather meteorologist jim dickey tells us what s going on and what s on tap today. happy thanksgiving, good news here on this thanksgiving. the storm that caused so many travel issues yesterday, that s departing taking the snow with it. early on, heavier snow earlier on. that ll be out of here. drawn in back behind it. there s still a chilly day, but better time of traveling across the east. still snow showers into the great lakes here, nation s midsection, nice across florida into southern california. rita and ryan, back to you. traffic getting out of portland, oregon, last night was extra heavy. not because of thanksgiving, but because of a woman who went into labor. she was alone driving herself to the hospital when she realized she may not make it. now emergency crews showed up and got her on to an ambulance, you see her right there. and as far as we know, the baby is being stubborn and has not yet been delivered, but what an ordeal and a great rescue right there.
members of congress move forward on finding a solution that both chambers can pass and get to the president s desk. so that s what s on tap today. all right. athena jones at the capitol, we ll check back in, thank you. she s been standing out there in new york harbor for 12 lonely days without any visitors. and now the statue of liberty and other federal landmarks will be reopening. the state of new york says it is just losing too many tourist dollars because of the shutdown. now it will pay the national park service $61,000 a day to operate liberty island. meantime, arizona has struck a similar deal with the federal government to reopen the grand canyon. it will pay the national park service more than $650,000 to operate the park for at least one week. good to see them open. even just for a short time now. the head of starbucks says the american people have had enough with the stalemate in washington. now starbucks is having customers sign a petition to washington, urging la
of a lot of low level campaign folks from 2008. but this is the first person sitting member of congress who has backed this organization. also mccaskill is a big obama supporter in 2008. drip drip drip of hillary talk from cgi to this. mark, thanks very much. appreciate it. the president just announced $300 million in humanitarian aid for syria. what about providing weapons for the rebels? we re going to talk to democratic senator robert menendez, chairman of the foreign relations committee about that. also what s going on behind the scenes in the push for immigration reform. but first a look ahead at today s politics planner. can you see what s on tap today. the president again attending those meetings as we speak at the g-8 as he wraps things up. he will arrive in berlin shy of 2:30 eastern time today. you re watching the the daily rundown on msnbc. is like hammering.
are your honor secrecy under threat of excommunication. hard to break a promise to the church and god. we apologize for technical difficulties. onto washington, d.c., shuttle diplomacy, not between warring countries, but between the president and lawmakers. mr. obama will head to the hill to begin three days of meetings with house and senate leaders, on tap today, senate democrats, pitching proposals on immigration, gun control and looking to leaders to jump on board and talk about a budget plan that will hopefully end the gridlock in congress. chief congressional correspondent dana bash live in washington. and giggled over that gridlock comment. tried not to, but i couldn t help it. it s hard not to, carol. ian. the president, look, he s going to capitol hill this week, almost more than he was when he was senator. that s how much he is going to be there this coming week. a lot of focus on the meetings
the california fire that s about to burn a hole in millions of wallets. this was the scene monday at chevron s richmond, california oil refinery. a huge toxic blaze partially shutting down production at one of the region s biggest gas suppliers. not a good time for that to happen, it s expected to send the pump prices skyrocketing on the west coast and beyond. ed levandera is live in dallas, texas. it s not just about gas prices, it s about people and health concerns in that area, as well, right? reporter: there s no question, people there who have been up close with the refinery fire that started on monday, and is still not quite back up to full production. have been dealing with the effects of that. but if you re like me, you ve noticed over the last few weeks already, as you pull into the gas station, hey, something is not quite right. but that s because the national average of gasoline prices has risen to $3.63 a gallon, up almost 30 cents in the last five weeks. so qui