we re looking forward to that. thank you. all right. 45 minutes past the hour. finally i guess it s spring today but it certainly doesn t feel like it. let s check in with jennifer delgado. what s going on, girl? zoraida, everything is going on. we have the threat for snow. we have cold temperatures. and we have spring showers out there. now we want to know what spring looks like for you today. if you have the photos, submit on instagram and #springcnn. it kicks off in about 20 minutes. here are the spring showers and thunderstorms we re talking about moving through parts of texas, houston getting pounded with some lightning there. same for baton rouge. and storms developing right off the coast of florida. we re going to see more of those moving into tampa as we go through the morning. we expect the rain to kick around in both those areas through the evening hours. now new england, a lot quieter than it was yesterday. still going to be looking at some snow flurries and a lot comi
i didn t know until i started going over to liberty island and telling the story, but all of the infrastructure is underneath lady liberty. everything got flooded. they were very concerned. there is a lot of money to reopen it. i m really excited. i can t wait to get back. i remember that story. definitely go back as soon as you can. i m going to try. i m making a valiant attempt for everyone. so let s get a look at your forecast now on this supposed first day of spring. more fe for meteorologists it is. good morning. you know, you re right. is the first day of spring. it starts in just about an hour. i know you re very excited about it. and if you have any photos, we re doing something here, send it to us on instagram so we can see how your spring day is turning out. we already have spring showers out there and thunderstorms moving through texas, houston and into baton rouge.
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and they need to be terminated. the deer park school district says they will transfer the teachers to different special ed classrooms. all right. meanwhile, thank you very much. it is the first day of spring, started at 1:14 this morning, eastern time. let s find out spring showers as you can see all the way from the great lakes down through the central plain states. heavy stuff all the way from just south of kansas city right down along the gulf coast. they ve had a rumble of thunder and some tornadoes move through the southern plains earlier today and last night as well. you can see if you re looking at the tv, quite a front. in front of it, temperatures in the 50 s, 60 s and 70 s. behind it, temperatures in the 30 s. right now, in denver, it s only 31. here in new york city, 56 degrees. all right, for all you fight fans out there, wrestle mania 28 is less than two weeks away. whoo-hoo! in the event is supposed to be duane the rock johnson against former champ john cena
in federal court that you object to? yes. we object to that. really this administration has a firm view in the top echelons, every top position in the department of justice, has basically taken the view that you should try terrorists who are at war with us in civilian courts. this is contrary to history. this is contrary to the world process of law of war. it s not necessary. they would be given fair treatment in military commissions but they re not given all the rights of discovery and speedy trial, miranda rights and those kinds of things we give to american citizens voluntarily but are not mandated by law. jon: senator jeff sessions of alabama. we appreciate you joining us today. thank you very much. thank you. jenna: well the last thing folks need along the mighty mississippi river is more rain. heavy spring showers can quickly make a bad situation worse.