birmingham is in the middle of heavy rain. we have 16 million people still in flash flood watches here. that s going to tun for a while. we have a big storm in the west. it snowing again in las vegas this weekend. especially on saturday blizzard conditions from iowa to minnesota and severe storms, maybe even tornadoes in areas to the south. a lot of active weather ahead. new york city, visibility is poor this morning, will improve this morning. a lot of people that had flights cancelled or delayed yesterday, you should be able to get out today. no problem in the east coast. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back fight cancer.
possibility of flooding especially in those areas with burn scars. snow i talked about. by the time we get to saturday, everything is calm in the east. little bit of rain. big storm in the west, significant rainfall in california, some mountain snow in idaho. temperatures really begin to warm up saturday in areas of the midwest and then on sunday everyone is much warmer. omaha goes up to almost 60 degrees. mid-40s as far north as minneapolis. this time of the year very rare. close to record highs as we broke all the record lows. this has been a winter whiplash and now we re ready for our february thaw. very confusing. i m ready for it. former u.n. ambassador nikki haley got a highly lucrative post-government career. she is getting $200,000 plus a private jet for speaking engagements. that dollar amount puts her in the same price league as former
or could be an office pool? alisyn: official dozen not have the news, just one storm in baltimore county, maryland, but maybe there others. call us this morning if you know. clayton: or we build hold on to your winning ticket. president obama has tough sanctions on iran s central bank. peter is like in washington, dc, with more on this. a very fascinating story and important story. peter: good morning, clayton. the president looked at the amount of crude oil on the world market and decided there is enough out there to go ahead with the sanctions which are set to kick in toward the end of june, same time as europe s embargo on iranian oil. the president says we will be protected because and i quote, there is a sufficient supply of petroleum and petroleum products from countries other than iran to permit a significant reduction in the volume of petroleum and petroleum products purchased from iran by or
middle. maybe that averages to spring. this is the storm cross the east, heavy rain across the florida panhandle and snow in central and southern new england. it is not a big storm but another inform is behind it for tomorrow, and maybe another 1 or 2 . big storm in the west and northern california through oregon, has been pummeled with rain for the last week and a lot of flooding conditions and heavy snow across the passes and another 1 to 2 . we have had no snow all winter but that changed the last if you weeks with a heavy storm pulling into the plains and fire damage from the northern rockies toward parts of the southwest so we have been watching the fire all week across colorado.
rick: rain and snow in the northeast. twice. so not only did you not when the lottery in the northeast winter is back with snow. both today and another storm tomorrow. if you are in the middle of the country it is spectacular, sunshine and very warm. and across the west more rain and snow so the sides of the country is where the action has been and it will continue to be that way for the next week. very nice across the planes. and the corners in the north where the cold air is across the mountains and the west. this is the storm we are dealing with: very heavy rain across the gulf. but toward the northeast we have snow falling this morning across upstate new york and new england and some of the areas could be pecking up an inch or two of snow. the next storm is tomorrow. so, a gloomy cold weekend across the northeast so remind you that