dallas. only into the 40 s the cold air continues to go eastward as we head into the weekend and across northeast and southeast. we will be looking at temperatures much colder high in buffalo only 24 and only 32 degrees. we need the rain out here with rainfall across parts of california and the four corners. forecast over parts of colorado locally a foot of snow actually is possible in areas. heather and ainsley i want to point out heavy rain forecast over texas. the time now is 39 after the top of the hour. it may be the most ridiculous government regulation that you have heard yet. the city where they are banning doorknobs. they are the band behind one of the hottest singles in america. we are going behind the scenes with florida as they cruise around the country.
the southeast. it is producing very heavy rain across southern parts of alabama and the florida panhandle. at the moment north carolina you are pretty quiet. not a whole lot of activity. isolated showers here and there. you will start to see more of that stuff as we head later today and into tomorrow. take a look at our convention forecast. tuesday and wednesday looks like it will be pretty muggy day out there with a lot of showers and storms. by thursday we could begin to dry things out just in time for that. that looks pretty good. isolated shower and thunderstorms especially later on in the afternoon will still be possible. that same frontal boundary will produce larger issues in up state pennsylvania and new york. the possibility of severe weather and the same across the state across the south. a second front, this one a lot stronger will produce a bit of a cool-down behind the plains will produce severe storms as well. wisconsin, iowa, parts of minnesota, heads up you could see se
housing, the debt crisis and prices of everything is going up. reporter: the demographic group in north carolina that posted the strongest gains in sheer voting numbers in 2008 was african-americans. 127,000 now african-americans showed up to the polls in north carolina four years ago than had done so in 2004. if president obama wind up splitting those undecided voters with governor romney, he will need the black turnout in that state to remain at historic levels if he is to remain competitive here. jon and jenna, james rosen, live for us from charlotte. james, thank you. jenna: looks okay where james was standing right there you about weather was such a big factor at the rnc apparently till will be a factor in charlotte as well. meteorologist maria molina is live in the fox weather center. we ll see a lot of activity into charlotte, later on this afternoon, this evening and very heavy rain forecast. a frontal boundary stretches from the northeast down to
did not break any laws and the intelligence gathering is necessary after muslim extremists attacked on september 11th. new york mayor michael bloomberg has shown his support for the nypd but wants to make sure nobody s personal liberties are sacrificed in the process. heather, back to you. and the investigation will kin. anna live in the new york city newsroom. thank you, anna. occupy wall street in new york city is running low on cash these days. a report on the group s website saying they could be out of money in a matter of three weeks. now, the document also showing donations are plummeting to about $1,600 a week just six weeks ago, though, the occupy organization in new york had about $45,000 left in its main account. the group did not comment on that report. heavy rain forecast across portions of texas and the south and the pacific northwest. and take a look at this.
expecting a few weather woes of our own. with heavy rain forecast for the next few days. but that wet weather won t spoil the president s holiday. the highs are expected to be in the upper 70s. yunji de nies, abc news, honolulu. not a bad assignment. no. you enjoy that, yunji. an indiana man is making the best out of all the snow that s fallen there. and instead of the snowman, rick horton made a giant rattlesnake out of all that snow. he took about five hours to sculpt it and had the finishing touches in several shades of spray paint. pretty impressive. that s cool, look at that thing. horton says his neighbors look forward to his creations every year. in the past he sculpted everything from a race car to a cat to an ipod. off got to make the best of it, right? you know? when it melts, i don t know, it kills the grass? he had fun doing it, that s what counts. we ll be right back with more world news now after this.