minus 13 in kansas city. there you go. it's a little bit better here in new york right now. 24. so you have got about 11 degrees better than your friends back home. a little bit of precipitation down across parts of the sought. be careful on the roads this morning. not going to be a major problem. we do have major problems across the pacific northwest. big snow moving. in in fact, probably record-breaking snow around the seattle area down towards portland throughout the week this is where the prescription is going to fall. pretty much everybody getting in on the act. the big story to start all this precipitation in across the pacific northwest. avalanche and blizzard warnings in effect. yesterday over 6 inches in seattle itself and the snow continues to fall and it's going to stay cold. the snow is not going anywhere very quickly. all right. well, thank you for playing along. guys, send it back to you inside. >> thanks, rick, appreciate it. pete: "the washington post" now drawing attention to the high rate of veteran suicides at v.a. facilities. so what changes need to be made to help our heroes? joey jones lost his leg