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Down into the rio valley. that storm will push eastward then saturday as well. and we will see the middle and lower mississippi river valleys having that threat of severe weather. now, today nothing severe here but we are dealing with rain showers and heavy downpours at times. and just enough to kind of make for some slick roadways and potential air travel delays. the nation's mid section doing okay today. the western storm waiting in the wings today. bringing some heavy snow into the higher elevations and really strong winds associated with this, expect to see gusts up to 45 miles per hour ac...

Is? >> professor that we had in the piece said every 500 years. but there's no way to know when within that period. so this could happen tomorrow, it could happen next month. it could happen in 200 years. it's not on average every 500 years. >> big earthquakes, any earthquake is tough to predict. if we had that mastered, folks would be long out of harm's way. what is next or this? this is just the first insta installme installment. >> i just got off the plane last night from memphis, tennessee. and this is the location of our next piece. this gives you an idea of where those risks are across t...

Other buildings. accelerator pump was the recall. heard a lot about weird weather happening around the country. and, of course, our meteorologist jacqui jeras is on top of that. what do you have? >> hey, we're watching the nation's mid section at this hour. we were concerned that we could see a few of these thunderstorms become severe today. so at this hour, you can kind of see that swirl where an area of low pressure is. you've seen that rotation and that movement. and we're tracking this line as it moves across parts of arkansas. now, you can see some of these storms intensifying. especial...

That saudi arabia and other nations seem to be having more success against al qaeda. >> they have taken the fight to al qaeda. they have had some success there. but then look across to south asia and we have also seen the pakistani government taking far more aggressive action against al qaeda and the taliban. we have also heard today afghan militants talking about possible peace talks with the u.s. so you have to ask the question, is the obama administration's different approach to bringing our allies and former allies on board in the war on terror actually bearing some fruit right now, shep? ...

>> i know. it's march. it's spring break. what are those college students going to do? >> yeah. i'm sure more people are probably worried about going to work next week and what that's going to be like. but you know. >> yeah, that's true as well. well, we kick off the work week tomorrow. and the most active weather in the country is going to be across the southwest and moving into the nation's mid-section. here you can see that swirl really on the radar. where we've had showers and even some thunderstorms today. for the most part it's been relatively light. everybody seeing maybe half of an inc...