pounded by a powerful wintry blast. the storm dumped more than 8 inches of snow in some towns across pennsylvania. making it tough for many drivers to get around. much of the snow and ice is expected to melt today. melt. get out of here. here s your thursday forecast. that northeast storm has cleared out with the exception of some light snow in northern new england. showers in florida. cooler along the gulf coast. 6 inches of lake-effect snow in upper michigan. snow showers for kansas and nebraska. mostly 30s from omaha to detroit. 45 here in the big apple. 52 in atlanta. 51 in new orleans. fargo stuck in the teens. billings at 25. boise at 35. little chilly. little chilly. it s cold outside. perfect time to talk about love. yes. let s call this one a story of latte love. it s all about a bride and groom who first met at their local starbuck s in tulsa. eva and carmine wanted to remember where their love got started. so they had their wedding at the
simultaneously. also, jack abramoff will be here onset. niall looks like he posed. up next, the first look at politico s top stories of the morning. but first, here s bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill. good morning, everyone. finally watching that storm system exiting new england. it s a windy, brisk morning, but all of the snow and rain is just about over with. the only area left to deal with the rain and snow is in central maine and down east maine. so we re left with a very windy, blustery day out there. winds are gusting up to 43 in hartford, that s enough to blow you around a little bit on the roads. definitely want to bundle up the kids and yourself. we re in the 20s in new england and only 30s down from new york to philly. pittsburgh, windchill of 19. some of the coldest air we ve had in a while. today, at least with the sun we ll get up into the 40s. little chilly by buffalo, lake effect snow over the next couple of days.
why in the world would they do this? well, you can blame florida. florida has decided to push its primary up to the end of january. so now let the dominoes fall where they may. so iowa could possibly want to move their primary to earlier than new hampshire since they are traditionally the first state to vote. iowa, new hampshire, aren t the only ones a little upset over what florida is doing. cnn s shawna shepherd joins me from south carolina. the site of what is the first southern primary. good morning to you. are they talking as well about what they might do and how much they might move their primary up? reporter: they re absolutely talking about it, and they re going to try to make sure that they get their voice heard. they re not happy with florida s decision, and they really want to hold on to that, that title of the first primary in the south and they re going to do whatever they can to make sure that they don t lose that title. we talk about what the states are goi
the most pressing issue there is greece. reporter: yeah. that s right, ali. what i should also mention, though is that the markets have certainly learned over the last two years this euro in crisis has gone from bad to worse. what they wish for and, then, again, what politicians deliver. what they would ultimately like to see, these leaders agreen on a bold action on a statement promising bold action like raising the euro s bailout fund to cope with countries like greece that they re still having trouble paying bills and might also like a discussion about moo mooch mutualizing. germany, of course, is still very, very reluctant to fit the bill on that, ali. different finance abilities. so that mutualization or further union mayen very far apart. the international monetary fund christine lagarde has stern warnings about the prospects for recovery in europe. what did she have to say? reporter: yeah. not mincing worlds and in an interesting position, because this time last
levy protecting the town of hamburg, iowa, as we saw there. i will continue to read it. packup levy is 8 feet tall, water level 5 feet and rising. that s what they have done to protect themselves. and meanwhile widely scattered showers from big sky country through the northern plains, down through the metal plains. the central mississippi valley, and portion of dixie land, showers. it looks, according to the radar that s correct the rains have stopped in new york city. we will probably be able to get our concert series in in 90 minutes. and the current temperatures, as you see from coast-to-coast, 59 in caribou, main. on the other coast you have 49 in seattle. so along the edges, a little chilly. and new orleans at 80 and 80 at tampa, as well. later on things will warm up downright hotly. that s not a word, i know it. it s going to be 102 in el paso and dallas and 103 later today