and wider world is a huge year for elections. it s probably the biggest year ever in terms of voting around the world. in europe there are elections for the european parliament and we ll see a massive rebellion against the established parties. we ll see perhaps in france, for example, marrying the far left. no one cares about european parliament. voters will feel free to send a strong rejectionist message to mainstream europe. . it is great bedtime reading. my husband is halfway through it. daniel frank lynn the new issue of the economist, the world in 2014. coming up, major snowfall out west an now a major ice storm is forming as well. watch out, bill karins with a look at the changing winter weather forecast. morning joe will be right back. a subaru.
regulators grounded all 50 dreamliners back in january after batteries overheated on two separate planes. all right, a pardon for the groundhog? the ohio prosecutor who wanted punxsutawney phil indicted for botching the winter weather forecast might back down. the groundhog s been made the scapegoat for the winter that just went quit. but, phil s handler now says the groundhog got it right back in february, and that he, the handl handler, is the one who blew it because he misinterpreted what phil was foreshadowing. now we spoke with the prosecutor who says he also thinks it s time to diversify into punxsutawney philous, because some of these guys have been getting the forecast wrong year after year after year. this is like a p.r. scam gone so awry. it doesn t end. now they re remember the one day you put the kids in front of the different. they re like oh, look the groundhog. two months later still in the news. completely let s move on.
hour for the state s primary. you are looking at the cnn express bus. gingrich is creeping up. romney is still the front-runner. today, the two battle it out at breakfast. they will both be at the same diner at the same time. we ll begin talking to tommy or tommy s ham house live this morning. imagine being stuck in a greyhound station for more than 17 hours. that s what happened to these people after a winter storm moved in. heavy snowfall is expected today in parts of the u.s. reynolds wolf will have the latest forecast. but, we start in south carolina where the curtain comes up on the republican presidential primary in a little while from now. where do we stand? paul steinhauser has a quick look. reporter: good morning, gary. polls open in an hour from now. so much at stake in this primary. listen, we saw the battle between romney and gingrich two nights ago. romney s lead shrinking in the polls here. gingrich moving up. don t count out rick santorum. he had a strong
like at the end they were all gone, so that s when i started panicking, and i was going to i was crying. and i was just like there aren t anymore lifeboats, i don t know what to do. luckily, some people had given us extra life vests that they had found. but it wasn t until a rescue boat or a lifeboat that had already launched came back from dropping people off at the island that we got on to, like, the last boat that came back. gratefully, we were rescued at that moment. alisyn: well, vanessa rosales, we re so happy to hear from you today, so happy that you and your parents were okay and you survived this horrible tragedy. thanks so much for sharing your personal story with us. you re very welcome. alisyn: safe travels home. meanwhile, a fuel tanker has now made it to alaska after battling snow and ice. we ll have the latest on that for you. and janice dean is here with your complete winter weather forecast and what s going on with this crazy weather next.
we actually have a winter weather forecast to talk about for once. it s heading for new england and chicago and milwaukee. during the day today, though, warm temperatures for new england, rain on the way for d.c. and philly. more or less, this afternoon towards tonight. your morning commute is dry. but northern new england, you re going to see later tonight, it s going to start as snow changing over to freezing rain and ice. we re looking at around 6 to 12 inches. the cities at the lower elevations, though, maybe only an inch or two. at least it s a start. we ve got a lot of rain in kentucky and tennessee today. and eventually, that s going to turn to snow tomorrow. we re talking chicago in milwaukee, your first significant snowstorm of the season expected tomorrow. 3 to 6 inches. we re brewed by starbucks.