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Hello so far this month we've been focusing on rainfall across the uk. it's a different story for the week ahead. we're looking at arctic air flooding its way south across the uk in the next 2a hours, that's the darker blue shading you see there, edging across our map. boundarying that colder air with the milder airfrom boundarying that colder air with the milder air from the atlantic is the jet stream, and sitting to the north of that bendin sitting to the north of that bend in the jet stream, this big area of low pressure. that drives the whole show, really, for the week ahead. but because o...

What's happening with the storm? >> it's only small. actually missed minneapolis for the most part. it's just to the east side of town. some good news out of the unbelievable cold in the midwest. but as you go throughout your day today, just this map is kind of -- you wonder what month we're in. the windchill's 15 in denver. there's windchills down into the 20s, all the way into north texas. in the beginning of may. it's not just icing. it's raining and chilly in kansas city. the midwest has all the issues out there. the white on this map is snow. there's snow falling from oklahoma, colorado, ...

The gray is where we could expect to be one to three inches and then the white is three to six. you notice the bull's eye over west texas but that's it. no other snow is to be had. except for maybe in the extreme northern rockies. so this is the current snow cover map around the country. the blue shading shows you where there is snow on the ground. only 30% of the country is going to be seeing a white christmas. much of the east coast, northern england, areas as far north as wisconsin and minnesota, not looking at a white christmas. as far as the christmas eve forecast goes, texas is the only ...

Dime. >> the nbc poll numbers we were talking about yesterday, up 11% among independents just over the last month. >> how much? >> 11%. >> wow. >> that's something. >> all right. we have a big show, former senior adviser to president george w. bush, karen hughes will be here. also, tommy lee jones, "saturday night live's" fred armisen will be here on the set as well as lyle lovett. >> that is quite a pair. >> interesting. wow. >> it's like a "star wars" bar scene there. >> it's cool. >> up next, the political playbook. who republicans are considering for their state of the state response. al...