Obama good morning, everybody. Several years ago, the state department began a review process for the proposed instruction the pipeline that would carry Canadian Crude Oil from the heartland through the the gulf of mexico to the market. This morning, senator kerry informed me that after extensive Public Outreach and consultation with other cabinet agencies, the state department has decided that the keystone xl pipeline would not serve the National Interest of the United States. I agree with that decision. This morning, i also had the opportunity to speak with Prime Minister trudeau of canada. While he expressed his disappointment, given canadas position on this issue, we both agreed that our close friendship on a whole range of issues, including energy and Climate Change, should provide the basis for even closer correlation between our countries going forward. And in the coming weeks, members of my team will be engaging with theirs in order to help deepen that cooperation. Now for year
We have a couple dozen reports of tornadoes where we had a damaging tornado particularly in northern georgia during the day on wednesday. But the good news is the bad weather has moved out and the cooler and dryer weather is moving in today. 50 for a high in atlanta. Were expecting 60 in new orleans as we prepare for the super bowl. In the northeast were going to see temperatures generally in the 40s and 50s but turning colder by this evening. Lakeeffect snow through cleveland, buffalo, toronto. Snow showers around pittsburgh and a high of 29 as well. And look at the cold in the midwest. Only 15 today for chicago. Minneapolis, a high of 4. Pretty quiet in the west with a little bit of rain in seattle where today were expecting high temperatures around 49 degrees. Im David Bernard for cbs news miami. Well this Morning Police in alabama are still negotiating with a gunman who has taken a 5yearold boy hostage. Officials say they have no reason to believe the boy is injured. The gunman is
They are not saying where they will sit during the game but they expect to spend more time with the son who loses rather than the son who wins. But theyre proud of both. One 49ers team member is apologizing for some comments he made earlier this week in new orleans. The team is also apologizing and with more on that is cbs 5s cate caugiran. Reporter the question this morning though is, will fans be forgiving . This aof controversial comments cornerback Chris Culliver made earlier this week. Take a listen. I dont do the gay guys, man. I dont do that. Are there any on the 49ers . Nah, we dont got no gay people on the team. They gotta get up out of here if they do,. Cant be with that sweet stuff. Is that true . Yes. Reporter yesterday the Football Player issued an apology saying, quote, it has taken me seeing them in print to realize that they are hurtful and ugly. Those discriminating feelings are truly not in my heart. But the backlash is continuing this morning. A radio host said in an
And on sunday night, were going to experience both of those great emotions. Who has it better than us . Nobody nobody on cbs this morning. Nearly three in ten americans say god plays a role in the outcome of sporting events. Of course god cares about football. He created a girlfriend for manti teo out of nothing. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. Were in super bowl park at Jackson Square new orleans, our broadcast home for the next three days and we are thrilled to be in new orleans. Its a beautiful set and we have lots of news ahead in this broadcast. And a great game coming up on sunday. Great game. We begin in alabama where a hostage drama has been going on for more than 36 hours. A man took a child captive after shooting and killing a School Bus Driver and manuel bo or jorques is in midland, alabama. Reporter so far authorities are tightlipped theyve not released the name of the suspect or the child who is believed to be unharmed but is still a hostage. Police c
Today for most of the area here as winds gust up to about 50 here behind the system. Well start with the radar. You can see weve still got a little line of rain showers moving quickly through the district and points to the north. Pushing new northern bridge county and that is the last of the shower activity but it is very mustery out there. You get the sense the wind are going to start picking up and they are as mentioned. We are expecting winds to gust to about 50 around here. Once way get this last the piece of rain around here, we should clear out. Temperatures right now in the 50s and even near 60 here in town. The temperatures will be falling a little later as the winds pick up actually whole Different Air mass moving in after a couple of days of springlike temperatures. Well start to feel cooler today. We have a couple of snowflakes in the forecast for later tonight and early tomorrow morning. Well talk about that as well. Real quick, you can see that the rain showers are moving