texas. and north korea serving up its latest round of threats against the united states. it says it plans to place military units on combat ready status for possible strikes against the u.s. mainland, hawaii, guam, and other american military units in the pacific. north korea is angry over tougher u.n. sanctions and joint military exercises by the u.s. and south korea. and this is the latest in a string of threats. the u.s. department of defense has responded saying it can fend off whatever the north comes up with. if the weather were a football game, winter would be flagged for late hits, spring would be whistled for delay of game and millions of people dealing with another day of snow, slush and chills nearly one week after spring officially began. this month will go down in the record books in many, many parts of the country. cnn's martin savidge live for us this morning in pittsburgh. we are doing severe weather stories almost at easter. martin, oh. >> almost. almost. yeah, it's so cold here this