:46 minutes past the hour and 14 degrees, gosh to you, new york city. going to get up to 24 degrees later today in new york. as long as it s not snowing, i m okay. a little chilly, got to bring the gloves, hat and scarf today. dozens of skiers were stranded about 30 feet in the air. this doesn t seem like fun, you wanted to go down the lift, but you got stuck. so 90 of them, one by one, had to be rescued after this ski lift in ohio broke down. they gave blankets out to some passengers, hand warmers to keep them warm and eventually everyone made it down safely. that s why you stay in the lodge. ha do you do, stay in the lodge, stay by the fire? sip a nice cocktail or hot chocolate. jacqui jeras, you ski, right? a little bit. she wants to be in the lodge, too. i d rather be in i was a
problems. no snowplows stuck in the middle of the streets or anything. the snow this morning, little light stuff heading over areas of buffalo, syracuse, really nothing for these areas. maybe an inch or two out there. interstate 90 in western new york could have minor travel issues. quiet day once again. little chilly, temperature 13 in alba albany, 18 boston. foot of snow in philly is gone, reporting 0 snow pack, so new york city only six inches left from that big 20-inch blizzard. the temperatures today, upper 30s to low 40s. partly cloudy skies as i mentioned, it s a really quiet start to our new year weather wise. not in minneapolis, though. windchill this morning, minus 13. the coldest air by far is located in the northern plains. florida looks okay today. miami, 79 degrees. that s nice. little bit light rain for you in houston and san antonio. bill karins, thanks so much. we appreciate it. let s turn to sports now. more brett favre news that doesn t involve football. let s lo
terms of making those kinds of donations. quite frankly, you re right. it s not true. it s not true. by the way, the left, the bloggers don t need to take on glenn beck and sarah palin over this issue. they need to take on professors from harvard and yale. it s another red herring. a great discussion. great guests coming up as well. coming up, meg whitman. did i tell you i respect you for your independence? not really. is meg whitman starting to sound like governor arnold schwarzenegger. a new ad is making front page news this morning. that s next in the politico playbook. also, what christine o donnell may not have known about the constitution that brought the delaware debate to a halt last night. this is interesting. but first, here is bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? good wednesday morning everyone. nice and quiet weather out there. a little chilly, especially in areas of new england. definitely jacket weather this morning.
spill. i guess the hair is cut, they send it in those booms they put in the water, hair goes inside those booms and helps to absorb the oil. that s one of the biggest crazes, that s what people are doing. the hair makes these big mats. crazy. as far as the weather goes, big thunderstorms are going on down there in chicago. o hare airport right now, the delays are starting to add up. last check we were watching hour and a half delays already to start your morning at o hare. that will continue on and off throughout the day. east coast, fantastic. from boston to d.c., looking just great. rest of the country, the south, no problems. texas looks nice. denver, a little chilly. it s really to chicago through the ohio valley, watch out for very strong storms. as far as mother s day goes, looks pretty good except the middle of the country. you re watching morning joe brewed by starbucks.
good morning, new york city, where it s just gorgeous out. a little chilly, though, 43 degrees. plenty of sunshine later on today. plenty of sunshine, high of 66. but hang in for saturday. it s going to be 88 degrees in new york city. fabulous weekend shaping up. yeah, you can head right outside to the park and laugh as your exercise. and this is friday eve, you know, i like to try to get a jump on the weekend, get the good vibes going. well, welcome back. right now, it s a sad day for happy meals in santa clara, california. officials are banning restaurants from including toys in kids meals with too much salt. they say the child obesity problem is a huge problem. restaurants can actually be fined up to $1,000 if the food police catch them giving out toys with meals that don t meetle nutritional standards. wow. a quick check this morning s