we were talking about arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. we were gripped in horror when an assassin shot her in the head and killed six others around her. we watched in hope as she made remarkable steps to recovery. today in order to stay on that pathway to healing, gabby giffords announced she is resigning from her seat in congress. i have more work to do on my recovery. so to do what is best for arizona, i will step down this week. i want to bring in now our athena jones. she s been monitoring the reaction from giffords colleagues. in just the past hour we heard from the president, right? that s right. so over the course of the afternoon we ve heard from members of congress like speaker john boehner and democratic leader nancy pelosi, all praysiprays praiseing gabby give forts. president obama said gabby s cheerful presence will be missed in washington but she will remain an inspiration to all whose lives she touched, my included. and i m confident that we hav
we understand from police there that a suspect is in custody. two police officers hurt in san francisco while trying to clear the crowds there. one was cut on the hand with a knife. another had cuts on his face. in oakland, cops trying to evict demonstrate frers a park in front of city hall after a man was shot and killed last week near the encampment. despite the reports of violence, some of the demonstrators say they are not going anywhere. we have no intention of leaving. if we do get evicted, we ll be back. reporter: now, we re getting reports of occupy movements in the cities of denver, salt lake city and st. louis. heather: perhaps it s time to reassess how to spread their message. casey stegall, live in l.a.. gregg: are you ready to put on your snow boots?
comes in but doesn t have a whole lot of punch to it. i think move to the south without fan fare. delays expected in new york. philly and d.c. also some rains and wet snow moving in and raleigh, 15 to 30 minute delays. temperatures today 15 and 20 degrees below average in some spots but above average and maybe record-breaking places like phoenix. you put phoenix on? that has a 99 on it. wow. warm you up there. warm the loins up a little bit. i think there is a happy medium. it can t be spring mi more. we don t need 99. and we don t need 47. poor snow birds are leaving phoenix and leaving their nice places in arizona and having to put their snow boots back on. the way it works. keeps us in business. that is right. thanks, rob. coming up on american morning, live from the major league baseball fan cave.
of the big city. a fierce arctic shot next week. after that, it will turn around. the folks in the pacific northwest will have the cold weather. no promises for new england or the great lakes yet. megyn: having gone to syracuse university and attended my may formals in my snow boots, it s nothing new. so many people stranded. we ve seen it before and saw it after the christmas snowstorm. what are your rights? if you show up at the airport and they say your flight is canceled, is it the airline s obligation to get you a hotel room or replacement ticket? what are your rights? the airlines will work as hard as they can to get you on their way. as far as hotels and replacement tickets, most the airlines will work with passengers to get accommodations so the airports are not full of people. talk to the airline and the gate agent to sigh what they can do for you.
where we expect it to be freezing rain for the most part. notice some of the big cities not in the advisory because for the most part it will be a rain event for you. let s show you what we re expecting for the track of the storm system here. our area of low pressure off the coast of florida moves up to the mid-atlantic states. notice the pink in here by tuesday morning, when you wake up, a little bit of freezing rain, well before the noon hour this will turn into a rain event for you. interior parts getting some of the heavy snow. we could see a good four to eight inches plus, especially as you head up into the green and white mountains. another big storm system heading this way, it might be more ga loshs than snow boots for you. tj and kiran, back to you. got you guys mixed up. you re the kiran and you re the jacqui. thank you, talk to you again shortly. i do know this is christine, i do believe, talking about jobs this morning, white house