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Make this a referendum for what's happening in washington. right now, the polls have all shown a fairly consistent double-digit lead for booker. whoever wins will be up for re-election again next year. 38 minutes past the hour. let's get a check of the forecast with indira petersons. what are you tracking for us? >> cold air. at least someone is on my side. cold front makes its way through. the same one, just slow moving today. spreading showers in the ohio valley but notice the tail end continues to end all the way down through texas. that's the portion we will be seeing the heaviest rain. ...

Rainfall. this is not going to be a wind maker. it's about done. winds are 50 miles per hour. there may still be small tornadoes because that's what happens with a land-falling tropical storm or hurricane. but the rain, the shield all the way from charleston all the way now to north carolina, as far southwest as jacksonville. the rain is just about done for florida. it has moved away. dry air wrapped into this system like this. that kind of made that old dry system right through here from tampa to jacksonville, then the rain moves to the northeast from here. it is going to be a big rain maker,...

time will tell. >> and mississippi's governor is under fire. 200 pardons in his final days. new information on who was set free and what these convicted killers are now allowed to do. we also understand that these are unconditional pardons, which means that their constitutional rights are restored. we're going to find out a little bit more about that. apparently, they're going to be able to vote and own guns. >> 2011 was so last year because 2012 got some stocks on a tear. the dow climbing to the highest level since july. what the what? >> we're going to figure all this out with chri...

And there's rough surf along the coasts of florida and 20 to 30 miles per hour and not a lot of moisture with the system, because a lot is staying off shore and light showers, as far as rainfall goes, not a big rain maker, but the gusty winds will persist as we head into tomorrow and keep that in mind if you're headed out there. otherwise, as we head westbound, talking about a lot the of snow across the rockies and the system this weekend, and still do. one is finally to head out to canada and light snow across portions of north dakota and the second system currently impacting the state of cal...

plane headed into this thing. they are calling it a tropical disturbance for now just to see if it's serious enough to name it a tropical storm possibly in the next couple of hours. keep in mind we're also learning major oil companies are not taking any chances with this disturbance. evacuations have begun just in case and the mayor of new orleans, mitch landrieu, he'll be holding a news conference as they are all watching this disturbance as well heading precariously closely to their government line. we'll keep an eye on all of it and let's move on to some other news. moammar gadhaf...