we felt them in red oak -- the little town in southwestern iowa where i grew up, and am still proud to call home today. as a young girl, i plowed the fields of our family farm. i worked construction with my dad. to save for college, i worked the morning biscuit line at hardees. we were raised to live simply, not to waste. it was a lesson my mother taught me every rainy morning. you see, growing up, i had only one good pair of shoes. so on rainy school days, my mom would slip plastic bread bags over them to keep them dry. but i was never embarrassed. because the school bus would be filled with rows and rows of young iowans with bread bags slipped over their feet. our parents may not have had much, but they worked hard for what they did have. these days though, many families feel like they're working harder and harder, with less and less to show for it. not just in red oak, but across the country. we see our neighbors agonize over stagnant wages and lost jobs. we see the hurt caused by canceled healthcare plans and higher monthly insurance bills. we see too many moms and dads put their o

we felt them in red oak, the little town in southwestern iowa where i grew up and am still proud to call home today. as a young girl, i plowed the fields of our family farm. i worked construction with my dad. to save for college i worked the morning biscuit line at hardees. we were raised to live simply not to waste. it was a lesson my mother taught me every rainy morning. you see, growing up, i had only one good pair of shoes. so, on rainy school days, my mom would slip plastic bread bags over them to keep them dry. but i was never embarrassed because the school bus would be filled with rows and rows of young iowans with bread bags slipped over their feet. our parents may not have had much, but they worked hard for what they did have. these days, though, many families feel like they're working harder and harder, with less and less to show for it. not just in red oak, but across the country. we see our neighbors agonize over stagnant wages and lost jobs. we see the hurt caused by canceled healthcare plans and higher monthly insurance bills. we see too many moms and dads put their own dre

we felt them in red oak, the little town in southwestern iowa where i grew up, and am still proud to call home today. as a young girl, i plowed the fields of our family farm. i worked construction with my dad. to save for college, i worked the morning biscuit line at hardee's. we were raised to live simply, not to waste. it was a lesson my mother taught me every rainy morning. you see, growing up, i had only one good pair of shoes. so, on rainy school days, my mom would slip plastic bread backs over them to keep them dry. but i was never embarrassed. because the school bus would be filled with rows and rows of young iowans with bread bags slipped over their feet. our parents may not have had much, but they worked hard for what they did have. these days, though, many families feel like they're working harder and harder with less and less to show for it. not just in red oak, but across the country. we see our neighbors agonized over stagnant wages and lost jobs. we see the hurt caused by canceled health care plans and higher monthly insurance bills. we see too many moms and dads put th

the little town in southwestern iowa where i grew up in am still proud to call home. worked the morning biscuit line at hardee's. we were raised to live simply, not to waste. it was a lesson my mother taught me every rainy morning. you see, growing up, i had only one good pair of shoes. on rainy school days my mom would slip plastic bread bags over them to keep them dry but i was never embarrassed because the school bus would be filled with rows and rows of young iowans with bread bags slipped over their feet. our parents may not have had much but they worked hard for what they did have. these days, many families feel like they are working harder and harder with less and less to show for it. not just in red oak but across the country. we see our neighbors agonize over stagnant wages and lost jobs. we see the hurt caused by canceled health care plans and higher monthly insurance bills. we see too many moms and dads put their own dreams on hold while growing more fearful about the kind of future they will be able to leave to their children. americans have been hurting b

we felt them in red oak, the little town in southwestern iowa where i grew up and still proud to call home today. as a young girl, i plowed the fields of our family farm. i worked construction with my dad. to save for college, i worked the morning biscuit line at hardee's, and we were raised to live simply, not to waste. it is a lesson that my mother taught me every rainy morning. you see, growing up, i had only one good pair of shoes, so on rainy school days my mom would slip plastic bread bags over them to keep them dry, but i was never embarrassed, because the school bus would be filled with rows and rows of young iowans with bread bags slipped over their feet. our parents may not have had much, but they worked hard for what they did have. these days though, many families feel like they are working harder and harder with less and less to show for it. not just in red oak, but across the country. we see our neighbors agonize over stagnant wages and lost jobs. we see the hurt caused by canceled health care plans and higher monthly insurance bills. we see too many moms and dads put the

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let's take you through the storm hour by hour headed out of the southwestern u.s. already snows saturday night from nebraska into iowa and, yes, chicago, this one is for you as well. anywhere from six to 12 inches of snowfall, if not a little more. the latest runs are indicating higher totals here. we'll have to watch that in chicago. sunday night, still snowing then the storm heads off to the east coast. new york is going to start off with snow and mix a little bit. that will keep the totals down three to six inches. to the north of that we've got the piles of snow from the last winter storm, the blizzard really. boston is now looking at 12 to 18 additional inches of snowfall. you can imagine that. there are the winter storm warnings posted for the midwest. then we head east where the winter storm watches are flying as well. let's take you to what we think will happen as far as the totals. you see the swath of eight to 12 inches from chicago and it moves into the northeast. maybe you want to go to the super bowl. nice 67 there. big time snow once again across the