getting out of that warm bed is not easy. bone chilling cold outside. right now five weeks from winter, a deep freeze is bearing down on two-thirds of the u.s.,er and then there s the snow. a record breaking eight inches, in fact, in south bend, indiana. looks gorgeous on tv but slick roads caused several accidents. in nearby ohio a rare sight and sound. that noise, thundersnow. it is rare but lightning can strike when temperatures and airflow are just right even in colder seasons. now to montana. a rancher had to bring in a little calf to protect it from the frigid weather. many in the northeast might need a blanket soon too. if you haven t left the house since last night that cold weather has arrived on your front door step. bill karins will join us in a few minutes with forecast. new this morning the president taking on a big domestic issue on his overseas trip to asia, the topic the fate of the keystone x lpipeline project. we should judge this pipeline based on whether
the one i was in. no kidding. apg and ak-47. that did not happen. now nbc news anchor brian williams is embarrassed. how bad is the damage to his credibility? we ll take a look at it tonight. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hi, i m bill o reilly. thanks for watching out us tonight. whatever happened to human rights? that is the subject of this evening s talking points memo. one of the core liberal principles is that human beings have certain rights. here in the u.s.a. we have the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. however, we are seeing gross violations of human rights all over the world. but sadly america and the western democracies are looking the other way. all throughout the muslim world, atrocities are occurring every single day. in general, women have few rights children are routinely abused. if you are a nonbeliever in islam, you are beneath contempt in many places. of course, isis is the pos
the one i was in. no kidding. apg and ak-47. that did not happen. now nbc news anchor brian williams is embarrassed. how bad is the damage to his credibility? we ll take a look at it tonight. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hi, i m bill o reilly. thanks for watching out us tonight. whatever happened to human rights? that is the subject of this evening s talking points memo. one of the core liberal principles is that human beings have certain rights. here in the u.s.a. we have the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. however, we are seeing gross violations of human rights all over the world. but sadly america and the western democracies are looking the other way. all throughout the muslim world, atrocities are occurring every single day. in general, women have few rights children are routinely abused. if you are a nonbeliever inre beneath contempt in many places. of course, isis is the post err group f
hours in each place because it is so big and so slow. the storm is over 500 miles wide at the core, wind at 85-mile-per-hour. waves over the 20-footmark. the storm is a category 1, yet thatum irrevant because of its size. perhaps the best way to show that is what thetorm is doing to air travel. look at this, and note the atlantic flights going aund it, and their trafficumping up again it. 9,000 flights have been canceled in and out of this region, bu the rest of the country continues to fly. there is already widespread damage to report including the first wave of folks who will be spending tonight without power. the estimates begin at just under a million americans. there have already been at least six deaths from this storm. so, we re here for an hour tonight. if you are nbc station does not air the second half of this broadcast, it will air on our website. we want to show you our team in place, to cover this storm, up and down the coast. but we want to begin with the very l
anabsolutely beautiful morning as we watch the sunrise looking from san francisco become over to the east bay. there is the bay bridge. warm in spot this is morning. 73 degrees in san francisco and 70 in san mateo and 66 in oakland. the highs will make it once again into the above 100 degree mark. we tied or broke seven roars yesterday. thankfully it starts to cool down tomorrow and back to normal by the end of the week. and that s your latest weather. meredith? al, thank you very much. new york mayor michael bloomberg turned some heads as he addressed the education nation summit being put on here in new york by nbc news. he says he plans to put teachers to task and make them earn their tenure. i want to get to education in just a second, but first let s talk politics, both the president and the vice president are out there trying to galvanize the youth vote that helped them get elected in 2008. but 25% of young voters are certain they ll go to vote. is his strateg