The diplomat in charge of trying to end syrias long and bloody civil war, the United Nations general secretary ban kimoon said that ambassador brahimi will resign. He has made the threat many times before, lets listen to his words, and when you listen to ban kimoon its worth bearing in mind if this diplomat could not have solved the problems of syria, who can . Lets listen to them. Its very sad that i leave this position, and leave syria behind in such a bad state. But as you said, secretary general, i have absolutely no doubt that you will continue as you have to do everything that is humanly possible to work with security council, with neighbors of syria, and, indeed, with the syrians themselves to end these crisis. Mr. Brahimi has long been recognized as one of the worlds most brilliant diplomat and outstanding proponent of the United Nations. That the objective to which he applied his extraordinary talents has proven elusive has proven a tragedy. Reporter mr. Brahimi said that this
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today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. i m savannah guthrie. it s hard to say on may 1st i m about to say this, the snow is coming down. that s estes park, colorado. it has the potential to dump an unprecedented amount of snow late in the snow, up to a foot in some areas. we want to get right to al roker for the details. good morning, guys. yes, a powerful storm from estes park, denver, ft. collins looking at snow as well. we re going to be looking at a major winter storm even though it s may 1st. it s a powerful front system bringing snow from denver later on today from minneapolis, where you have winter storm warnings up for minneapolis. here s what s happening over the next 24 hours. storm gets itself together. starts off as rain and snow in minneapolis, changes over to all snow and then continues to push to the west. here s what we see as far as accumulations. denver, anywhere and the surrounding areas, 6 to 9 inches of snow. some areas as much as a foot
bottom line at the top of the hour it s gorgeous, get up and go. the weather is nice but the traffic is doing as well. sharon will have the latest on that after marty s weather. let s look at the numbers. they tell you the story of the morning. 59 on tv hill. that is 11 more pleasant than at this time yesterday. 78 on its way to a high of 81. still in the beautiful upper 70s. thank you. the pavement is pleasant as well. here is sharon gibala. good morning, everyone. overall it s pleasant. however, we have picked up our first problem on the morning. it s an accident in hartford county. belcamp, 543 near route 7. two vehicles involved there. police are on the scene. speeds are looking good on the beltway. top and west side 59 and 61 are your averages. southbound 175 problem free heading to the south. no problems on 95 at 543. remember wjz 13 is always on. log on to wjz.com. here is what people are talking about today. the united states supreme court is showing a split v