new orleans. six degrees above your average now. once we head into tomorrow. we really usher this that colder air. all the way into part of the south atlanta should be in the low 50s. instead in the lower 40s and into macon, chilly come tuesday. the northeast as well quite cold. all this cold air is going to be funneling over those great lake waters. setting the stage here for lake effect snow. some of the areas that have been lacking in the snow department as of late, getting a chance to pile up the snow. erie, 12-18 inches of snow possible. syracuse could pick up a foot of snow. beginning 2012 on a bit of a wintry note. alex, thank you. some predictions for the economy in 2012, including how iran could affect your wallet. also, the top movie picks of 201 including one is a truly big disappointment. plus, what could be the big films of 2012? then we take you back to iowa where the coffee is flowing at java joe s. we ll look at numbers that show
well, he was pro-choice and believed that women deserved the right to choose what they were going to do. and also said i m not with the nra, and also bragged about not being with reagan. right. and then a decade later suddenly he loves reagan, is pro-nra. and again, i m not picking on mitt romney, i m just wondering who is able to do this intellectually in their 50s and 60s? well, ronald reagan did. well, not really. he was a liberal in 1948, his phrase. hold on a second, though. and then 12 years later, he went through the 50s, the ge experience, he watched the new deal, watched eisenhower ratify the new deal, he watched the cold war, and he changed his mind. you in 40 he was in his 40s. i think he was in his lower 40s.
editorial writer and msnbc contributor. hey, melissa. that was incredible. i was watching intently. sorry for not being prepared. not at all. now, look, it is said that a presidential campaign is basically like a job interview, a very long one, right? and so we hired the president in 2008, and now his contract is up for renewal. this in 2012 might be sort of a job performance review. what kind of review do you think he s going to get from the american people? i think that the president is getting sort of a mid level review to almost negative review from the american people. if you look at the latest polls, particularly the one on his handling of the economy, where it s now i think a gallup poll where he is down to 26%. the gallup daily tracking poll has him bouncing between 32% and 31%, and all of the other polls have his job approval rating down to about in the lower 40s. and the american people are upset and they are angry and they are frustrated, and they
any power. waking up to temps in the 30s and highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s at best. you ll need to figure out a way to keep yourself warm for today. the other big storm we re watching, the upper level low bringing in heavy rain across texas and then lower mississippi river valley and cold air wrapping around the back side of it, means snow for some parts of the south but not a lot sticking around. airport delays abundant, once again. mostly due to the wind and the rain. so, continue to get these series of storms, guys. just track along the south and at least this texas one we don t think will turn into the nor easter that the last one did. little bright spot there. jacqui jeras, thank you. you know, people talk about how strenuous it is to shovel snow. i put on my heart rate monitor and i was popping up to 170,
40s. still feeling a lot like winter across much of the lower 48. pictures from overseas, guys. very cool lightning show in dubai. take a look at those pictures. wow. just lit up there wow! just lit up. cloud to cloud lightning, and that s expected to continue for another couple of days with heavy rain and flash flooding there as well. great purple and blue, especially with the new building there. yeah, the tallest building. there is still too much snow to worry. top stories minutes away, including we have been covering the latest in the aftermath in the earthquake that struck chile. the number of dead is still