severe storms for new orleans, nashville, and the ohio valley. a chance of tornadoes from atlanta to montgomery. heavy rain in chicago and detroit. up to ten inches of snow around minneapolis. mostly 50s in the northwest. 40s from omaha to kansas city. 70s from new orleans to baltimore. here s one of the leave it to the professionals file here. comes from the florida everglad everglades. that s where a tour guide jumped out of his boat just to wrestle what turned out to be a ten-foot python. he says, when he saw it swimming through the swamp, his instincts took over, and he ran for it. when he had a firm grip on the neck, his partner cut his head off. he said pythons don t belong in the everglades, and he had to kill it when he had the chance. he called it a nonindigenous species, and they mess up ecosystems. they start out as pets, and people release them when they
important one. and also always on january 1st we end up talking about some of the more unusual new laws. there was a couple of them here. in illinois, motorcyclists can go through a red light if the light fails to change. i don t know by how quickly. florida, swamp buggies are no longer considered motor vehicles. burning issues in different parts of this country. right? yes. so, basically, in these instances, you have these laws to meet and show just the diversity of the united states. you have in florida, where some people are like, what is a swamp buggie? for me, i know i was just asked that and i don t know the answer. i m from miami, so a swamp buggy is what some people use to get through the swampy areas of florida, including the everglad everglades, which is a huge attraction here. so that shows the diversity of the laws that you think, wait, why is this in effect? you understand some states really need to regulate their swamp buggies. usa today s, miami s only
to see how they re doing. a lot of damage. interestingly, jim, one thing to we do e-mailed me this which came from the national emergency management agency hout there where you are. they basically tell us it is the islands where the problems are. a lot of power lines down, a bridge out here and there, a report from cat island that all power lines were down and no telecommunications. so it sounds like the large islands have done pretty well. the smaller islands, either we don t know or they have had some problems. that s right. it s probably going to be another at least into tomorrow where they re able to get a sense. people can only get to those islands it s hard to communicate there. you know the first thing to happen is power is out. they don t even know that they re really facing yet. trying to send out the trucks. really, until tomorrow they can get out there, maybe get some planes out there. it s going to be tough for them to know the real impact on the bahamas.
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