6 00 out on the cold plaza. Out there in the rain. With nothing to drink. Maybe we will be warmed up in the next couple of hours. No water . You know what i meant. Karoke. We begin with wintry weather hitting coast to coast. Dylan is tracking the storm. Keeping you busy. For sure. We have a lot of wet weather to talk about. Mostly down across the southeast. Moisture streaming from the gulf of mexico. So thats part one to the storm, with heavy rain coming down across alabama and down into georgia. Moving into the carolinas. But we are focusing on the northeast. Especially new england, which has been getting hit by storm after storm and Winter Weather advisories in effect across interior new england, back into central pennsylvania and also into portions of western virginia as well. We could see a bit of freezing rain in northwestern new jersey. Well end up with three to six inches, we have to overcome the rain out there right now, or at least on the leading edge of this storm. That will
Good morning. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill. How about the first lady with the moves there. Great moves. Jimmy fallon who did we thought he looked like . There was discussion in the studio that jimmy fallon was looking a little tina feyesque. Nice to have the first lady in the building for that. Yes. Theres a little of the performance. It looks like they had time to rehearse this. The evolution of the mom dancing. From pulp fiction. Meantime, we have serious news including Oscar Pistorius, the former olympian spending his first full day free bail today. Well look at whats next for him as he prepares to face murder charges in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. And Lance Armstrong facing a new legal challenge this morning, as well. This one comes from the u. S. Government, and it could cost him millions of dollars. Well explain more about that coming up in a few minutes. Plus, if youre a parent, its likely happened to you. Yo
Interviews with experts about Energy Efficiency or Renewable Energy like solar and wind when these are the cleanest, fastest and the Cheapest Solutions to climate change. And in this country the utilities have tripled investment in Energy Efficiency just in the last few years. Thats making all of our homes and shops and businesses get more Energy Services out of the power that we generate. Thats just scratching the surface. But the film clearly says that alternative Solutions Like solar, wind, is not a real energy solution. Its never going to be enough. And thats why Oil Companies invest in it and support it because they know it will never be a real solution. Thats what the film says. But thats not what people who are expert in the areas of Renewable Energy say. Our own department of energy says renewables, wind and solar with Energy Efficiency and other resources, but renewables alone could be 80 of our energy needs by 2050. You know, thats pretty silly. Do the math. The reality is th
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