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york you can be a new man >> and the night wasn't without its mishaps, just ask adel, whose return was upstaged by a sound problem. after the show she tweeted that the mike fell on the piano strings, adding that she was going to treat herself to inand out burger so, maybe it was worth it. rihanna had to bow out at the it last moment due to braun kites. suspected tornados destroying more than a dozen homes in the pan handle and mississippi. and this captured the moment the a woman was pulled from the debris. rescuers formed a human chain.

destroyed, trees downed and power outages. it brought nearly four inches of fresh snow to the nation's capital. with fears of dangerous driving conditions. and meteorologist here with news of a major thaw. >> it's coming but that wild weather is still out there. we're tracking the same storm as yesterday. it's advanced slowly east. so, that snow in d.c., probably a lot of melting with temperatures back to the 50s. and the severe weather threat this morning across florida. so, watch out for significant impacts there. and a tornado watch that includes fort meyers. it's another difficult travel day for the east coast. new york, city, boston and d.c. all into the 50s, so no more snow and ice. that's limited to extreme inland sections here.

sunshine, same in phoenix. couple showers in seattle. and finally drying out in the niche, temperatures back to the 40s. we're finally changing up in the west coast, down to the 70s, rain and wind in the northwest as well. temperatures in the 50s in seattle. that's a look at your national weather, now here's a closer look at your day ahead. another soggy day across the northeast, wind and rain, temperatures in the 50s to near 60 in philadelphia. temperatures in the 30s in chicago. near 60 with sunshine in denver. so, one more rough day to get through and then things quiet down a bit in the east. >> i like that, 50s and sunshine. thanks so much. we'll be right back. what if one piece of kale could protect you from diabetes? what if one sit-up could prevent heart disease? one. wishful thinking, right? but there is one step you can take

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last night's grammy's wasn't all about the music, the red carpet was looking fierce, including lady gaga who returned to her roots and taylor swift showed off her abs and chrissy teigen had that pregnancy glow in a white capped gown. and prince's former protege has diedality at the age of 70. she was a member of the group vanity 6. ever dream of being james bond? now could be your chance. the aston bond from the latest bond flick, "spectre" is up for auction. it was exclusively designed for the bond franchise and the only one of the 10 to be released for public sale.

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404 karat stone is the largest diamond ever found. and from the depths of the frigid vortex that is winter, octavious. it took the bartz brothers 500 hours to carve the sculptor out of 150 tons of snow. >> when we're not ice fishing, we're workingen the sculptor. >> the brothers have been buildishbuild ish ing them for the past four years and this year they're taking donations for clean drinking water in haiti. so far, over $8,000 has been raised. that is truly amazing and i hope it stays cold in minnesota so it doesn't melt. >> nothing major.

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we because it's not a snow day. >> now at 4:30, controversial call. cms shuts down school without a trace of precipitation on the ground. why the district is standing by the decision. plus, major pile-up, cars collide on a charlotte interstate. how one bystander got caught up in this mess. and rain on the radar, what you have to look forward to if you're leaving the house right now and some nice weather news for a little bit later. good tuesday morning, thank you

here with march march and the story -- larry sprinkle and the stories in a moment but first school closings and delays for today. ashe county schools closed this morning in several districts are on two and three hour delays. cms though will operate on a normal schedule that complete list of school alerts scrolling at the very bottom of the screen also fendiest on the mobile -- also find it on the mobile app and on wcnc.com. it's a messy start to the morning though. in the next little bit prepare yourself. >> a lot of rain take look at -- about 95% of what you're seeing is rain north of here, there's some issues but you can see all the rain out there on the highways this morning. this is i-77 right there clanton road and be careful. a lot of ponding of water on the streets this morning, could be a dangerous commute because of that. the ice threat is mainly north of here and you can see once you get up i-77 up to mount airy, that's a mix of some sleet and freezing rain and back across the mountain