redundant spending. government agencies are spending billions on new mapping data without checking whether another agency has maps they could use. federal agencies run hundreds of programs to support renewable energy and each branch of the armed services has camouflage uniforms without sharing them with other services. >>steve: we have an extreme weather alert because today could be a wild day for weather across the united states. more than a foot of snow in colorado. maria molina once again vigilant, keeping an eye on things. >> good morning. we're talking about more than a foot of snow not just across parts of colorado but also across parts of nebraska and even into south dakota. we have a pretty large area of the country that is seeing some winter-like weather during the month of april. this is a powerful cold front ahead of this system. we have that risk for severe storms. right now batches of heavy rain pushing through sections of iowa and across eastern sections of nebraska. as you head out the door to