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Julia reed, "andrea mitchell reports" is coming up next. i'm meteorologist bill karins with your business travel forecast. a rainy day, from the mid-atlantic states, north carolina to virginia, getting a soaking rain. pretty nice in new england, drier for you in florida after a wet weekend. same goes for areas here in the midwest, a nice warm-up this time last week. we were dealing with snow. now we're where we should be. temperatures in the low 70s. enjoy. change makes people nervous.

You can see the scaffolding is getting bigger on the washington monument. we'll check on the weather now. nbc meteorologist bill karins. we didn't get a chance to catch up on your brackets. you may have louisville, but that's it. >> i had louisville winning it. that's about it. indiana let me down. >> go blue. no doubt. >> as far as today, we are watching the heavy rain in the deep south. it's a good soaking rain. now need them in april. it's a drenching rain right now. southern louisiana heading into mobile and pensacola. driving i-10, it's by far the worst drive in the country. how much rain...

Bit in florida we'll watch the tampa area with some showers. also our friends up in gainesville. right now savannah to charleston, it's raining a bit. very light up in this area. further up the coast, a soaking rain from columbia, south carolina. charlotte is just about done. rain going in raleigh. richmond it's raining. and soon in d.c. if it's not already. a rainy commute in d.c. not thunderstorms, but a soak light rain. further to the north, the light green is showing all rain from philadelphia to northern jersey. not yet in new york city, but the showers are approaching. as far as the fo...

Right off. >> that was your snowman? >> yeah, it melted. he leans, leans, boom. >> you have to do the whole family, put the whole family together. >> we only did two. we'll do the other three next time. >> yesterday a timely announcement from the government that last year was the warmest ever recorded in the lower 48. we already knew that. it's timely that it's in the mid the of this january thaw. 51 as you're leaving the house in atlanta. 62 in new orleans. 40s in new york, a couple of cold spots, but overall another warm, balmy day. as far as the with the weather goes, soaking rains in texas...

Four, five inches not out of the question and an icy mix farther southward and southern missouri and that soaking rain like i said further southward across the lower mississippi valley. an active pattern here and cold in the northeast into new england as well. >> jim dickey accu-weather, we appreciate the update, now, this just coming into our news room and i want to share it with you. capitol hill now, this is from mike emanuel, they walk away and stuff is happening. he's sending this out now, an aide to senator mitch mcconnell told our mic that there have been multiple phone calls between vi...