significant flooding behind. the severe threat is still there, the southern tier in central u.s. leaving 7 million people under risk level 2, level 3, wichita eastward toward job lynn, missouri. the biggest threats will be large hail and damaging winds, but there is a threat here for strong tornadoes. about the 10% chance across the hashed area, possibility of some of these tornadoes exceeding ef-2 or greater. the threat drops off significantly going into tuesday. that s good news. we watch carefully monday afternoon, tuesday back down to a level 2 with winds and hail the primary risk here. notice just how much rainfall is in store for a expansive area in the u.s., possibly 4 to 6 inches. flooding becomes the primary concern across those areas. some of the areas we could take rainfall, the southwestern united states, i want to you have touch on this briefly. friends in arizona are seeing
spring-like conditions in some parts. and that could mean serious flooding as all of that snow and ice melts. indra petersons is here. that s the downside of all that warm weather. it sounds so good, right? look at these temperatures. towards dallas, almost near 80 today. but once you add these above normal temperatures and you combine that with several systems that will produce rainmaking their way into the northeast and south, you are going to have the concern for flooding. so flood watches for chicago out through tomorrow and upstate new york. also think about ice jamming. now, here s the second problem here. we re talking about very cold air out towards iowa and minnesota tomorrow. this will be the big story. starting late evening tonight around job lynn, missouri, we could have the threat of severe thunderstorms. 300,000 of you looking for
you know, it s there s still some people really suffering. it help to be a swing state if you are hit by a hurricane. when the job lynn, missouri, tornadoes hit, he was at that point saying that in order to do sandy aid, he had to pay for it. now he is suddenly on the other side saying that we can go ahead and do the same and kind of making deals behind boehner s back, which, you know, back to what we re watching here today, john boehner is going into this with a guy who is willing to make deals when he isn t in the room. how can he then trust cantor on anything if he can t trust him on this? timing in washington, the sort of dirty little secret is i ve heard from reporters who worked on the hill that they get more pitched more bad stories about boehner from cantor s office than they do from democrats. i mean, when that is what you have to work with and that s supposed to be your guy on your side, i mean, you have a real problem. okay. i want i m going to interrupt you gu
two days before the all important super tuesday. rush limbaugh style. the radio host apologizes after calling this woman a prostitute and a shut. you are a shut, right? is it too little, too late? that s no talking point. all that and more, right here, right now on cnn. i m don lemon and thank you for joining us. her story captured hearts around the nation. she survived a tornado that killed her entire family. her tiny thrown into a field by incredible forces. angel babcock is a girl who was a symbol of hope, but her hold on life was too fragile. she was taken off life support. the decision rested with her grandfather. camouflaged by twisted metal and broken wood, a baby monitor rests near the wreckage of homes that housed a young family, taken by the march 2nd tornado. i never have been through nothing like this. it s horrible. jack knew there was a storm that fateful friday when it passed he made a trip to run errands. we were going to pay the water bill and t
superstition. you knew that, though. i know all that, soledad. he lives it, yes, he does. superstitious dude. we begin this northemorning iran. defense secretary leon panetta says there is a growing likelihood, quote, that israel will attack iran this spring and try to destroy its suspected nuclear program. israeli defense minister ehud barak said this, quoek, iran must be prevent fred becoming nuclear and no option should be taken off the table. let s get right to barbara starr this morning at the pentagon. good morning, barbara. good morning, soledad. a lot of chatter around here about what panetta said about all of this. it was first reported in the washington post by the very respected journalist david ignatius and confirmed to us by a pentagon official. panetta now believes there is a growing likelihood israel will strike iran sometime this spring. that israel believes iran has moved ahead. made the decision to go for a nuclear weapon is increasingly capabl