i thought i was attending my own wake. what did you do, rob a funeral home? i did not. the guy didn t need them any way. later tonight the official start to spring 6:45 p.m. eastern time and 3:45 on the west coast. it doesn t feel like it, right? it doesn t. it apparently occurs at the same time, east coast, west coast, throughout the world. perpendicular in relation to the sun. sound smart, may not know march madness but know my spring. winter nightmare in the northeast that is not over yet. another storm. it is due in this morning running in to the start of spring. this winter boston had has nine feet of snow and likely to extend the record a few more inches today. let s get the forecast now from justin povick. good morning to you, sir. thanks and good morning. off to a wintry start. i will tell you what, spring kicks off here later on today. it is hard to believe we are dealing with more snow. starts off as a rain/snow mix in d.c. and baltimore.
the pope has been outspoken about making the church more welcoming to a wide array of catholics. in turkey he was far more political. that was richard angle reporting. now on to the university of virginia where an independent investigation is under way into the university s handling of sexual assault claims following a story of alleged abuse in rolling stone magazine. we won t be hearing from uva president teresa sullivan as planned today. the school released a statement saying she has canceled her scheduled appearance this afternoon at the national press club reading in part during this extraordinary and difficult time for uva, president sullivan s energies are best focused on our grounds where she can speak directly to and hear directly from our university community, participate in the healing process, and work to find answers to the many questions that deserve attention. our sound smart today, it was earlier we told you sales were down on black friday this year. fewer sh
bit earlier, we talked about the exciting changing coming to the s.a.t. to want sound smart, tell your friends in 1986, 58% of college admission test takers took the s.a.t. then only 49%, losing the majority to the a.c.t. did you take the a.c.t. or sa.t.? i didn t do well on the a.c.t. combined we could get into college. politics were part of the academy award this is year. 12 years a slave wins best picture, that s the first possibility. possibility number two, you re all racists. turns out it wasn t racism, but the subject matter. reports say at least two voters picked 12 years a slave as
talking about the major storm we ve been dealing with. want to sound smart, tell your friends the worst in u.s. history in march of 1888. it led to the deaths of more than 400 people and a lot of states saw huge snow total including troy, new york, which had more than 4 1/2 feet. the storm prompted new york city lead attorneys move elevated trains underground leading to the construction of the subway system and i did not know that. over to louis and the cooler. nice. i like your is that the fu manc manchu. paul rudd hosted saturday night live this weekend and there was some trouble right off the top when musical guest one direction tried to steal the spotlight so rudd had to bring in the big guns. got your boy band. well, i brought my man band. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ]
go ahead, jeff. take him down. big words for toure. i grew up reading him in rolling stone. it makes us all sound smart. thanks for your insights. up next, weiner roast. i m sorry. that was terrible. there s so many pun opportunities out there we can t help ourselves. the mayoral candidate faces the media in a new round of interviews. see what he s saying now. i m a hard, hard worker every day. i m a hard, hard worker and i m working every day.