storm chasers very close to a bunch of tornadoes. there were 10 in all in colorado. the southeast corner of wyoming. we did have five homes destroyed by the twisters in platte county, wyoming. now what we ll deal with throughout the day today, we will be watching for the most part still some strong storms. northern plains and also northern new england. vermont, new hampshire, upstate new york, watch out. around burlington. those storms will move towards boston later this evening. if you have evening plans in boston, keep that in mind. it looks like a very warm day today in the middle of the country, and it s going to get hot this upcoming weekend. the worst weather along the gulf coast, including florida with showers and storms as well as seattle. here is your weekend forecast. from saturday to sunday, we will be watching the heat. temperatures in chicago, 92 degrees. even washington, d.c., the mid-atlantic, into the carolinas, really warm up. and down along the gulf coast, we continue
coming up on 5:45 in the morning, to look at a live picture of the united states capital in washington, let s get a check of your weather from bill karins, good morning. good morning. a couple million people woken up by thunderstorms last night. new york times was one of those areas and many places in the midwest, trying to work their way southwards, new york city dry now, should be dry around boston, some sprinkles south towards providence, the only rain left is heading through dover, baltimore has light rain. thunderstorms are over with. for this region of the country, looks like most of the daylight hours will be dry. we will see thunderstorms once again forming late this afternoon into this evening. if you have evening plans, there is a chance for rain so carry that umbrella to work or school. as far as the worst weather, northern in michigan, we have 2,000 to 6,000 lightning strikes
in washington state, an arms standoff is over. the suspect s body found inside a fortified underground bunker. police think peter keller killed his wife and daughter almost a week ago and holed himself up in a bunker he spent eight years building. i talked with agent cyndi west how the standoff finally ended. about 9:15 our s.w.a.t. team used and explosive to breach the roof of the bunker enabling them to get enough of a view where they could see him. they tell us they saw a body, were able to get in there and find this person that appears, we believe it s keller, it appears as though he s been dead for some time. what did it look like inside that bunker? what was in there? well, we haven t actually been able to go in and do a thorough search at this point. we still believe that there s possibly boobytraps, maybe explosives. because his mentality, and we want it to be safe to enter. our bomb disposal unit will slowly take their time to go in and clear the bunker before
one of his sons told the story. organizers of the dog against romney website say they have about 25,000 members. the protesters held signs that said mitt is mean and dogs are not luggage. newt gingrich gave a california crowd some details on his evening plans. all i can promise you is that i believe she will be quite happy tomorrow night. hopefully exchange gifts and reconnect a little bit. i m not going to give no more details. wonder if anything will come from tiffany s. president obama had some words of wisdoms to all you fellas out there. a quick public service announcement for the gentlemen out there. today is valentine s day. do not forget. i speak from experience here.
you would like a nice forecast. you have plans checking out leaves and a lot of people do also. the pumpkins, apples, probably one of the biggest weekends of the season for fall activities. we need to get this out of here in the northeast and great lakes. heavy rain continues. we had a tornado watch last evening around d.c. thankfully we didn t have too many tornadoes. one or two reported in virginia with minor damage. this thunderstorm system will linger through the daylight hours today. by tonight it will be gone for your evening plans and then a windy, but dry weekend in just about all areas. this area of high pressure in the middle of the country where the gorgeous weather is is going to shove this out of here as we go throughout the day today. this morning another very wet morning up the hudson valley. downpours around new york city, now looks like we re getting a little break there. but if you re heading northward towards albany, up north to lake george region, up to burlington