iowa, and this just issues, a severe thunderstorm watch for the next several hours including minneapolis down towards iowa, and th s where we think all of the thunderstorms will start to fire this afternoon and into the overnight as well. the potential for severe weather north of oklahoma city where we had the severe thunderstorm warning in effect. today s threat extends from northern texas to the canadian border from minneapolis down towards st. louis, and oklahoma city, and hail, winds, and tomorrow we have more of a concentrated risk for severe weather including tornadoes, which i will talk about in just a second. there is your future radar. the frontal boundary sagging southward and eastward and in front of the boundary is where we see the threat for not only flooding but severe storms. the storm prediction center issued a moderate risk for severe storms including tornadoes. there is your current
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