the cold front slicing across the central us. warm ahead of that front, 70 in new york, 78 in atlanta and still very warm in texas. speaking of texas we will see the remnants of hurricane pamela which is in the pacific as we get through wednesday and thursday. it will weaken obvious but bring some tropical moisture to areas that don t need to see any more moisture. a lot of heavy rainfall across the plane states including texas and behind that window advisories in effect, high fire danger in southern california towards the southwest. a lot of watches and warnings across the country. in new york very tranquil, 70, above average for the eastern third of the country. todd: fresco, thank you. time 28 after the hour. we spoke with the afghan