but first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >> keeping with the theme, it's okay to strip some layers off today because temperatures are soaring. we're looking at april-like temps in february out there today. it's going to be unusually warm in almost all of the country. right now already in the 50s and 60s in the deep south. really the only cold spot in the northern plains. we have a storm system located north of wisconsin, it's pumping the warm air up from the south. there's no large snow pack in place. so just like in april when the warm air comes north wards, there's nothing to stop it. that's why we'll see temperatures in the 60s in the philadelphia, d.c., mid-50s around hartford, new york city, chance of showers in northern new england. and check out the heat from denver to dallas. dallas in the mid-70s today and could be 80 degrees tomorrow. looks like colder air will arrive for the weekend. but this has been an incredible, incredible winter. new york city looking at one of the warmest winters ever. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks.