one of his source says the congressman didn t know the makeup of the group he was speaking to. here s what he told a newspaper in new orleans. quote, i detest any kind of hate group. for anyone to suggest that i was involved with a group like that is insulting and ludicrous. athena jones is in washington. we ll start with michael grimm. it s an about-face from the new york congressman. why the change of heart for him? reporter: it comes less than a week after entering that guilty plea. he insisted he would stay on even after pleading guilty. but this decision was announced last night after congressman grimm had a conversation with house speaker john boehner. that could have something to do with this. the republicans would like to have a clean slate as they prepare to take over in this new congress.
look what happens. round two starts to kick down from the south. this is shaping up to be winter. it looks like it s finally arrived! it s here to stay especially in the northern plains. occasionally the kicks will head through the east. the next chance of a big snow maybe going from coast to coast it looks like next week this time. should have a little snowstorm possibly through new england. it s not until tuesday or wednesday next week. we have historic numbers. chicago no snow in december. cleveland no snow new york city one inch of snow this december. it s been a snow-free period throughout much of the country. it continues today. the only exceptions being out here in the west where we could end up with las vegas getting more snow in december than chicago, cleveland, or new york. that would be a rarity. yeah. i was going to say. thank you very much with that. up next newly elected republican congressman michael grimm is calling it quits after pleading guilty to felony
elections, turmoil for the gop. new york congressman michael grimm made a u-turn saying he s going to resign after pleading guilty to tax evasion last week. earlier this year you might recall grimm made news by threatening a reporter who asked him about the investigation into his campaign finances. let me be clear to you. [ bleep ]. why, why? if you ever do that to me again why, why, it s a valid question? who could forget that? not only the troubles for the gop. house majority whip steve scalise admitting he spoke to a white supremacist group back in 2002.
congress. congressman grimm pled guilty last week to one count of felony tax fraud. pled guilty to that count, but then to the surprise of everyone said he would not be resigning his seat in congress. he wanted to stay. that meant that congress would be starting the new year with big new majorities only to have the first thing on their agenda be to deal with michael grimm. there s almost no precedent for congress to have to vote to force-out a member. it s happened but it s extremely rare. it happened with congressman traficant. but michael grimm will in fact resign his seat. the dwoern of the governor of new york will have to call a special election to fill that seat. grimm it should be noted