boundary. and a lot of times it can move in line with a strong jet stream can give you strong storms and quick movers. the people in arkansas yesterday that had their homes flattened in cincinnati. one of the problems they had is very little warning. and when the storm struck at 6:00 in the morning, it was still dark locally, and they were moving along around 40 to 50 miles per hour. if you re behind the wheel of a car going 40 miles per hour to 50 miles per hour. if you step outside your house and see a storm moving in your direction at 40 miles per hour to 50 miles per hour, it s pretty quick. doesn t give you type to take shelter. people in alabama, hopefully they have the word out that we have storms moving through. georgia, alabama, mississippi, louisiana, we ve got a tornado watch in effect until 10:00 local time. some strong showers and storms have gone through. and then when you head back into central alabama, just the far northwestern corner of let s see thad be chilton coun
always on january 31st, you have a bunch. and a set of new laws in illinois where they have a new set of campaign finance reform laws partly because of this actually signed into law on the anniversary of the arrest of former governor rod blagojevich. this new law is basically setting financial limits on how much money you can give to a candidate. it says individuals can give a candidate up to $5,000 in one election cycle. groups like unions, political action committees are limited to $10,000. a lot of states have laws like that. illinois did not. and there s a reputation surrounding illinois politics. and some think this will change that. let s take a look at something that will affect the whole country. vending machines. this is part of the new health care reform legislation president obama signed into law. operators with 20 or more vending machines now will have to disclose calorie content for some items they sell out of those machines. here s another one. fsas, this is nationally. y
and for those who love clutter, peter walsh has enough already. this is a show that looks at people s stuff, but gives them a road map out of this overwhelming amount of clutter in their house. and so many new networks fail. why do you think this one is different? people want want to be the best they can be. people want heroes. people want inspiration. here at last is a level of programming that brings people that. there are a lot of critics out there, and i personally don t understand why wouldn t you have this kind of programming when today all you see are those shows about housewives pulling each other s hair? i know it s easy to be cynical or skeptical, but i for one am so excited about what s going to happen when that that switch is flipped. the switch gets flipped new year s day when viewers will decide whether they will shine a light on o.w.n.
meanwhile, and speaking of wind, we ve got a lot of it in the northern plains. and that horizontal movement of air is making awful the difference. moving at about 45 to 55 miles per hour. that arctic air is just brutal. grand forks feels like 2 degrees right now. 5 in rapid city, 7 in aberdeen, 1 in sioux falls, and 1 degrees in the twin cities. let me show you the national perspective. here s what we ve got. 10 degrees, the expected high for minneapolis, 70 in miami, 67 along the river walk in san antonio. seattle out by pikes about 39 degrees by the late afternoon, maybe a shower, but more rain possible for parts of california including the bay area, but san diego with 63. we ve got weather, tons of it to talk about. not enough time. more coming up right ahead. i ll take san diego any day. go padres. you got it. all right. checking up on our top stories. a powerful bomb exploded outside a christian church in
northwest arkansas that was caught in the severe weather bull s eye. zeroing in on washington county, specifically the small town of cincinnati. just a few miles from the oklahoma border. here three people killed and what the national weather service is confirming was a tornado hit before dawn, giving residents little if any warning. earlier this morning, i spoke with the local red cross. the only warning there was the sound of the storm itself. and when you hear that sound, it s too late. a lot of people did not and i heard that lot of people saying i wished i would have had a weather radio. we really encourage people year round think about having an emergency weather radio that will sound a siren any time for you. and there may be other supplies that you might need in that area. are you getting the kinds of supplies you need beyond the issue of weather radios or what have you? yeah, we re getting tons of