3 your morning commute will again be soggy as light to steady rain continues for the heart of virginia. Heavy rain remains through wednesday afternoon. Additional rainfall totals of 0. 50 to 1. 75 will be common. Flood warnings are possible to likely across southside including near the dan river. A few strong storms are possible mainly south and east of lynchburg this afternoon. The highest Severe Weather risk will stay south and east the carolinas and far eastern virginia of the abc13 viewing area. Street and county road flooding will be a more widespread local issue, especially across southside. Gusty winds and small hail are possible in the stronger local storms. Please stay weather aware. Temperatures reach the mid to upper 50s, with 60s possible on the southside. The bulk of the rain moves out later tonight, with overnight lows 40s. 3 3 pattie this morning, donald trump is waking up a winner and one step closer to the gop nomination in the race for president. Whit trump got a big
Lyster abc live3 3 3 gop voters lined up to caucus here in nevada . Choosing who should represent republicans in the race for president. Sot mos1 the reason im really for trump is that hes saying what everyone is thinking. Sot mos2ted cruz sot mos3well, theres only course. Back in 2012 it took three days to find out who won . This year, everyones hoping for a faster verdict. Nats donald trump made his final push with nevada republicans while hurling insults at rival ted cruz sot donald trump r president ial candidatethis guy ted cruz is the single biggest liar i have ever dealt with in my life. I mean it. now ive met much tougher people than ted cruz, hes like a baby compared to some of the people i have to do. Hes like a little baby. And cruz responded. Sot sen. Ted cruz r president ial candidatefrankly daughters future with donald trump. Cruz telling abc news he thinks trumps insults are a barometer for how rattled the frontrunner is. Cruz, taking jabs of his own. Sot sen. Ted cruz r
Be escalating the civil war. There are new concerns the assad regime is preparing to use chemical weapons. Lets get to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. Barbara, how does this change the u. S. Militarys syria plan . Are we talking u. S. Troops, boots on the ground . Well, not at this point, clearly, deb. But what we do know is that u. S. Officials tell us that they are updating some of the military options for action against syrias chemical weapons capability, why are they doing this . Of course, we chatted about this in the last several days. Officials say they do have the intelligence now that syria has filled aerial bombs with deadly sarin gas. Havent moved it to airplanes yet, but this is very concerning because that, of course, would be the next step. So once you have the deadly bombs, the u. S. Has to look at what the options could be, what they might want to target to essentially take out that kind of capabilities. So thats the options that are now being worked on. Deb .
Better. Its an exciting morning leading to washingtons twoday event. Joe bidens official swearing in is at 8 15 a. M. Eastern time and then the possible will take the oath of office in the white house blue room. 20 hours later comes the ceremonial swearing in of the president at the capitol. Thats followed immediately by his inaugural address. Thats shortly after 2 30 in the afternoon mr. Obama introduces the troops and the inauguration begins at 6 00. Lets get you caught up. We begin with the continuing hostage crisis at the norway gas plant in the remote corner of the algerian desert. Hundreds have been freed. Its unclear how many more remain captive. At least one american has been found dead. Hes identified from cady, texas. Its not clear how he died. Lets get the latest from Charlie Dagata in our london bureau. Charlie charlie, good morning. Good morning to uy. The hostage picture is still murky. At least 20 workers remain unaccounted for. As you informed one american has been kill
It in my private study just off the oval office. And every time i look at that painting, i think about how when it comes to protecting the most vulnerable among us, we must act now for grace. The nra is getting ready for battle, raising money and emailing supporters to upgrade their membership for, quote, the fight of the century. Were not saying that your rights are at risk. The president of the United States is saying that. So where do things go from here . Nbcs tracie potts is in washington for us. Tracie, how is the president going to get the public and congress to support this legislative agenda . Reporter with a very public campaign, mara. Started last night with an oped the president published in the connecticut post. The newspaper up there where the newtown tragedy happened. In it he said that Congress Needs to help and not hinder bypassing this ban on assault weapons and on magazines, but it looks like thats iffy here on capitol hill. The white house also has a campaignstyle t