north korean general has set up a task force to stop copies of the interview yts from being smuggled into the country. a casual president obama n went out for shave ice with his daughters in hawaii. but this picture the president going head first into his desert caught our eye mostly because it reminded us of that famous one in october of joe biden. that is your morning dish. i m joined now by kevin surly from the hill. happy new year to you. happy new year. thanks for having me. sadly we start the year with the passing of mario cuomo, having a huge impact. he really was a proo depressive giant. hamlet on the hudson was his nickname. one of his legacies will be his
this situation in california but briefly mentioned how he wraunts to make the system smarter and more efficient. of course, president obama already requested $2 billion of additional resources from congress, in addition to also saying that he will take some executive action later this summer, ways they can improve the system. now, the white house was specifically asked about the emotion of the week, but i have to tell you, fred, they almost seemed to sidestep, kuching to the anger we ve seen play out through the images in california. and the president is going to be in texas mid-week, for fund-raising, and apparently the governor has asked the president to visit the border alongside him? is there a response from the white house? reporter: well, definitely a challenge from governor rick perry in texas and the white house so sfar not taking the bait on that. a senior administration official tells me this morning as of now, there is no plan for the president to take a side trip
outbreak this year. rafael is joining me with more. what s this about you re in new york and i m out here? i would love to be where you are. nice weather here, and nice weather there. but unfortunately, in the mississippi valley, day one of what could be three days of a stretch of bad weather. the potential for widespread thunderstorm activity, tornadoes, damaging winds and more large hail. this is the area we re focused on here. especially arkansas into western missouri. that s where there s the moderate risk for severe thunderstorms today. but the slight risk extends all the way from southern louisiana back towards northern iowa. so big chunk of real estate under the gun here. it s been a busy morning to sfar. you can see the current severe thunderstorm watch boxes, western missouri, down through texas. we ve had one round of nasty weather moving through arkansas this morning. but it gets worse as the
could see a foot of snow in boston and 6 to 8 inches in york city and washington an inch or two there. we are also seeing a rain component to this. the southeast is@4 going to sta arena but the big story will be the temperatures. cold. look at friday morning s windchill. 15 below zero here in boston is what it s going to feel like tomorrow morning. and temperatures waking up over the next couple of days are going to be brutally cold as well and temperatures in the single digits across much of the northeast before we start to finally warm up just a little bit and we are talking warm-up in the 20s by the end of the weekend. not much of a warm-up there. the winds will be a factor with this storm system. guys, we could see winds 30, 35 miles per hour. that is when you have those blizzard warnings. we are worried about a lot of the snow blowing and creating visibility less than quarter of a mile. so, guys, it s going to be a monster the next 36 hours or so and expected to move out late on f
in one excerpt, one worker quotes a supervisor, he told me that washington, d.c., wanted some cases and when asked about targeting tea party applications and whether those directions emanated from washington, the worker replies, quote, i believe so. i believe so. it s totally not definitive. as you understand. that one isn t. right. reporter: elijah cummings, the top democrat on issa s house oversight committee, called his claims, quote, reckless saying sfar no witnesses who have appeared before the committee have identified any irs official in washington, d.c. issa says more interviews and transcripts are coming. this is a problem that was coordinated in all likelihood right out of washington head quarters and we re getting to proving it. reporter: but two democratic sources involved complain issa released the transcripts excerpts before making them available to democrats in what they say is supposed to be a bipartisan investigation. the sources tell cnn the excerpts are t