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Mclean county sheriff s department. emergency management team. there were scores of volunteers, and i don t mean to leave anybody out, but i m telling you i saw a bare minimum of 300 to 400 people there in an official capacity, i know that law enforcement, firefighters from the dallas-ft. worth area are here assisting us as well and folks from all over as far as the state at this point. yes, sir. investigators made contact [ inaudible ] i am not aware of that. [ inaudible question ] do you know of any persons that [ inaudible ] my apologies. i think i understood you to say if there were any turkish nationalities [ inaudible ] not that i m aware of. ....
Very classic set-up. areas of yellow, slight risk. means you need to know the possibility of storms. if you re in this red coloring, though, a moderate risk of severe storms right through the heart of tornado alley, i m sure we ll have the helicopters during the sunlight hours trying to spot them and follow them. giving everyone the best warning possible. we re talking this area here from tulsa to oklahoma city, to ardmore, to wichita falls. does not include the dallas-ft. worth area. the tornado threat is primarily to the north of you. it s an area of this country that probably goes through this about three or four times a year. and today s your afternoon you have to be on your toes and keep an eye to the sky. otherwise the snow part of the storm, it s a big snowstorm from wyoming right across the interstates there, especially through interstate 80, rapid city and even minnesota could get into some of the snow on this. this is your big classic spring storm in the middle of the country ....
Certainly in the upper midwest. rob and sunny, back to you. thanks a lot, jim. an unwelcome surprise in northern texas where the region was rattled by an earthquake centered in irving, three miles from the dallas-ft. worth airport. minor quakes rocked the same area back in september. turning now to capitol hill where lawmakers are expected to improve an increase in the government s borrowing limit today. republicans are giving up for their push to exchange spending cuts for an increase in debt. the extension is only for about three months, so a battle still looms between the president and congress over the debt limit. just remember, they got through that fiscal cliff deal, barely. but there s still several financial hurdles, and this is one of them, that lies ahead. but raising the debt limit is nothing new, because they ve done it 76 times prior, congress has, including 11 times in the ....
Rob and sunny, back to you. thanks a lot, jim. an unwelcome surprise in northern texas where the region was rattled by an earthquake centered in irving, three miles from the dallas-ft. worth airport. minor quakes rocked the same area back in september. turning now to capitol hill where lawmakers are expected to improve an increase in the government s borrowing limit today. republicans are giving up for their push to exchange spending cuts for an increase in debt. the extension is only for about three months, so a battle still looms between the president and congress over the debt limit. just remember, they got through that fiscal cliff deal, barely. but there s still several financial hurdles, and this is one of them, that lies ahead. but raising the debt limit is nothing new, because they ve done it 76 times prior, congress has, including 11 times in the past 8 to 11 years. ....
White county courthouse, making a beautiful holiday scene there. that is very beautiful. this is 9-year-old blaze, taking advantage of a rare snowstorm in the dallas-ft. worth area. they don t get these kind of things. he is building a snowman, cowboy. good for him. send us your photos of the storm. make sure, everybody to stay safe out there. you can up load them at foxnews.com/ureport. jamie: well, i think a lot of people out on the roads today are making those returns of the gifts they don t want and retailers are hoping that it won t happen. they want to turn the tables. they have had a lackluster holiday shopping season. according to a new report retail sales in the last two months of this year before christmas increased by less than 1% over the previous year. and that is the weakest result since 2008. remember what happened in 2008? recession. what does this mean for the overall economy? joining me now, senior economics writer or for the wall street journal steve ....