>> that's right. don't mess with texas, except mother nature can mess with texas. here's a look at your forecast back home. a stormy day across parts of the south. snow and freezing rain from brownsville and houston. and jackson, mississippi. showers from orlando, atlanta and charleston, secret. light rain from seattle to portland. >> 42 in boise. 48 in albuquerque. 17 in the twin cities. detroit, 19. chicago, 22. mostly 20s in the northeast. 44 in atlanta. and just 38 degrees in new orleans. cold for the big easy. well, we turn now to egypt where the protest in cairo took a violent turn overnight as supporters and opponents of president hosni mubarak exchanged gunfire. >> it's believed now that at least five people were killed in that intensifying chaos in that country. the u.s. embassy is now telling americans in cairo to go to the airport immediately if they want to get evacuated. >> for more on the situation, we are joined from washington by steven portnoy. good morning, steven. >> reporter: vinita and rob, good morning. those violent clashes continued into the night as u.s. officials here became increasingly