monster jam. >> plus, grassland takes over orlando this weekend and we have a couple of toughest folks you'll find here in studio. finn baylor and bailey. they're joining us here. >> look for news updates any time inside the western mobile good morning. making history. a snow storm of epic proportions set to bury our nation's capital in just a few hours. at least two feet expected in d.c. more in other places. 88 million americans to be impact, and our team of weather wizards is tracking it all. breakg overnight, a university of virginia student arrested and detained in nk accused of committing a hostile act. what was he doing there, and what will the u.s. government do to get him out?

>> we will be unified. we will be one. we will be happy again. >> donald trump tells voters he'll bring the country together, but then just hours later released this ad attacking ted cruz while hillary clinton turns to pop star demi lovato. >> i don't think there's a woman more competent than hillary clinton. >> hoping to bring in young voters in a tight race in iowa. and uber attack. a miami doctor gets into a heated physical confrontation with a driver. >> get the [ bleep ] out of the car! >> and she could be looking for a new mode of transportation today, friday, january 22nd, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to "today."

we've got willie in for matt. it's a combination of feelings, excitement and terror about this snow storm that's bearing down on east. >> in technical meteorological terms this thing is a beast. this is the live conditions in christiansburg, virginia, 35 miles south of roanoke. we could have taken any one of a number of pictures across the east coast. it's ugly out there. >> how will it look in 24 hours? of course, it's our top story because more than 88 million americans are in the path of this storm. at least 20 states from arkansas to new york are already covered by warnings and watches. >> with more than two feet expected in washington, d.c., a snow emergency going into effect there this morning. public schools are closed and government offices will shut down at noon. >> and flight cancellations already mounting. nearly 5,000 today and tomorrow. we've got this storm covered from all angles so let's start with dylan dryer in virginia this morning. dylan, good morning to you. >> hey, savannah. my marching orders yesterday were go found snow and, boy,

we're in southwestern virginia outside of roanoke. it started snowing at 5:00 this morning and it's accumulating quickly. up until last night the biggest threats with this storm have been rain, severe storms and patchy ice, but now the focus is the heavy snow and from now through saturday conditions are only going to get worse. overnight a possible tornado touched down near hattiesburg, mississippi, downing trees and power lines and destroying a mobile home. part of a monster storm system slamming the south and east. this morning 88 million people could be impacted by some form of nasty winter weather, that's roughly one out of every four americans. >> this winter storm is only going to get worse. >> reporter: all along the east coast from north carolina to new york people are bracing for the worst. this caravan of power crews drove from florida to north carolina preparing for up to half an inch of ice and the power outages almost certain to follow. >> our goal is to be

underwhelmed. >> reporter: a state of emergency is already in effect in five states, maryland and d.c.'s kick in this morning. starting later today and through the weekend the washington, d.c. area will be the winter storm capital of the nation, an anticipate ing two feet or more. it's reminiscent of the 2010 snow they called snowmageddon or snowpocalypse which paralyzed the city for days. this one is likely to be worse. >> earlier i had 18 to 24. i'm now going 20 to 30 inches of snow, plus it's going to take a long time for us to clean up from that. so our plan today is to make it back to washington, d.c. if the storm is moving at about 40 miles per hour and we can do about 41, maybe we'll get there before the snow does, but it's going to be a slow go on i-81. we're watching the time here to

it's already going to take about 40 minutes. it's going to be a rough ride today. hopefully most people just stay home. willie and savannah. >> i see that wetness on your face. i hope it's snow and not tears. going to be a tough one. >> it's a both. >> dylan, thanks a lot. let's focus on the storm's impact on the capital city. officials in washington are taking unprecedented precautions to prepare. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer is there for us. miguel, what's it looking like? >> reporter: hey, willie, so far just cold but certainly expect to be in the bullseye. they are expecting upwards of two feet of snow here in the district of columbia. that number will climb in the outside areas, and they could get hammered. i want to show you what it looked like earlier this week. we got just a dusting, less than an inch of snow on wednesday, and it brought the region to its knees. there were long traffic delays and we expect bigger problems this afternoon when the first snow rolls in. governors in five different states and in more than 14 counties have already declared states of emergency.

will should down today at noon. schools are also closed. transportation problems are going to be an issue. some 2,200 flights all across this region have already been cancelled. they are prepping for a major storm here. take a look at a it looked like inside grocery stars and hardware stores earlier yesterday. they have been scrambling to get their hands on anything they can. folks say they will hunker down and ride this storm out. it will right right into the weekend and everyone here trying to prepare as best as they can for a major storm anticipated to hit us in the next few hours. willie? >> taking it very seriously. thank you so much. >> let's turn to al. is it going to be as bad as advertised. >> we have the caveat if the storm moves in any direction that will affect what we show you, but right now 1,200 miles worth of winter weather advisories, from northern louisiana all the way to new england, and we have blizzard warnings in effect stretching

dover, philadelphia, new york city. so we've got a severe situation starting to develop. we also have severe weather down through the southeast. we've got to keep an eye on that because of severe thunderstorms and isolated tornadoes, so we'll watch that as well. now, as we go into our accumulations, here's what we're looking for, because we've already seen snow and ice in memphis. 2 to 5 inches of snow expected. nashville, tennessee. you'll see it at 4 to 8 inches. lexington, kentucky, look for 8 to 14 inches of snow, and as we get closer to the coast with winds and snow we are going to be looking at quite a bit. washington an baltimore right now. we're calling for anywhere from 18 to 26 inches of snow. it begins at 4:00 this afternoon and wind gusts at 50 miles per hour, snowfall two to four inches per hour. in philadelphia and central new jersey we're looking for the snow starting around 11:00 and wind gusts to 40 miles per hour

new york city, the surrounding area, long island. look for six to 12 inches. the snow starts early saturday morning. wind gusts of 55 miles per hour and look at this, we're talking about a significant ice storm from knoxville, tennessee, raleigh. charlotte is the bullseye. we could see almost an inch of ice, and the power outage possibilities from charlotte to washington, d.c. are very likely because of ice, winds and rain and snow, so this is going to be a really dangerous storm as the hours move through. >> the ice and the winds scare me. thank you, al. >> breaking overnight now. an american college student arrested and detained in north korea. nbc's chief global correspondent bill neely following this story for us. bill, what's the latest. >> reporter: gk good morning, willie. another american arrested by the north koreans accusing him of a hostile act though they don't

the country in the guise of a tourist as they put it, but, quote, plotting to undermine the country's unity, and they say he was manipulated by the u.s. government. they have named him as otto frederick warmw beir, we believe he's from cincinnati, went with a tour group in china and don't know where he's being held but it's almost certainly in the capital pyongyang and, of course, we don't know his side of the story. u.s. diplomats in south korea are working on that. we do know north korea is feeling the heat right now after its recent nuclear test with the u.s. and other weighinging up more sanctions, and in the past north korea has arrested foreigners and paraded them on tv admitting to some wrongdoing to try to win concessions or diplomatic room to negotiate. no sign of any tv appearance so far, but the timing and the harshness of this statement,

the north koreans may try to use this young man as a bargaining chip. savannah, will. >> i we know previously americans have been held for years on end in north korea. hopefully this is different. new controversy on the republican side. ten days out from the iowa caucuses a national magazine is calling for all republicans to run against donald trump and donald trump is out with a new attack ad. let's start our coverage with nbc news correspondent peter alexander. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: donald trump or ted cruz, even as more and more establishment republicans are warming to trump as the lesser of two evils, they say, conservatives are fighting back with a series of blistering editorial calling trump a charlton, a wannabe and worse and trump released his first negative attack ad of the campaign, targeting who else, senator cruz. >> want to do if in a humane way. >> donald trump on the offensive. >> i'm donald trump and i approve this message. >> reporter: going after ted cruz with a new ad out this

against him on the topic of immigration. >> of course i wanted the bill to pass, my amendment to pass. >> reporter: cruz quickly shooting back with an attack ad of his own. >> trump won't change the system. he's what's wrong with it >> reporter: bitter on-air exchange comes hours after trump slammed cruz in front of a rowdy las vegas crowd calling the candidate a party pariah. >> here's a united states senator, republican. don't have support of one other republican senator. there's something wrong there, and i can tell you they like me. >> reporter: cruz attacking trump on the very same point. >> if as a voter you think what we need is more republicans in washington to cut a deal with harry reid and nancy pelosi and chuck schumer then i guess donald trump is your guy. >> reporter: late thursday the conservative magazine "national review" released a special issue oppose trump's bid for the presidency with essays from

and glenn buck saying trump is a philosophical -- >> it's a dying newspaper. circulation is way down. not many people read it anymore. >> reporter: frump is looking to widen his nest recasting himself as the kumbaya candidate. >> i will bring our country together. we will be unified. we will be one. well be happy again. >> reporter: but according to our most recent poll most americans aren't feeling t.trump's widely disliked by african-americans, latinos and women, the billionaire so polarizing people weighing in behind the grave. his dying wish, in lieu of flowers, please do not vote for donald trump. >> as a result of that against trump issue the "national review" has been booted from co-hosting an upcoming debate as magazine's publisher tweets small price to pay for speaking the truth about the donald. savannah and willie. >> peter alexander, thank you. let's flip over to the democratic side.

star power to give her campaign a boost as bernie sanders surges as just the right time for him. nbc's andrea mitchell has more andrea, good morning. morning. willie. today, both hillary clinton and bernie sanders will be campaigning in new hampshire, but it's in iowa where the up. with both candidates trying to attract younger voters. >> you get the first chance to decide who should be the next president of the united states! >> reporter: with just ten days to go in the iowa caucuses hillary clinton is trying to shore up support with younger voters who have been flocking to bernie sanders. thursday night appearing with singer demi voto in iowa city. >> we go forward with confidence. thank you, demi! >> reporter: as race keeps getting tighter a new poll shows sanders could have an eight-point lead in iowa assuming he can bring new voters

the contest is closer. clinton stepping up his attacks on sanders. >> in theory, there's a lot to like about some of his ideas, but in theory isn't enough. >> reporter: echoing how she tried to defeat barack obama in 2008. >> you are not going to wave a magic wand and have the special interests disappear! >> i wish that we could elect a democratic bhopt could wave a magic wand. >> i'm not interested in ideas that sound good on paper but will never make it in the real world. >> reporter: and she's slamming foreign policy. >> he suggested we invite iranian troops into syria. that is like asking the arsonist to be the firefighter. >> reporter: as sanders crisscrossed new hampshire, he's taking advantage of his momentum, releasing a new ad aimed at inspiring young voters in iowa set to "simon and garfunkel's." "america." for people in iowa the choice is

>> still a week, a lot of time for candidates to bring up the issues i'm passionate about, say things that i may or may not agree with the. >> reporter: earlier this morning hillary clinton's campaign released a new ad touting her experience as secretary of state. she's hoping that experience, especially in foreign policy, trumps the economic message that's empowering sanders with his supporters. both supporters in campaign in new hampshire hitting iowa for the weekend. >> ten days out and both races still up for grabs. a look at the other headlines, "washington post" reporter freed from iran is on his way home to the u.s. this morning. jason rezaian and his family have left that u.s. military hospital in landstuhl, germany. rezaian was released after 18 months in captivity in a prisoner swap between the u.s. and iran. in a statement rezaian said, quote, i am overjoyed to be reconnecting with my family. i plan to relax and enjoy home-cooked meals, sports with them over the next few days and weeks. other news this morning,

the mosquito-borne zika virus. public health officials in el salvador advising women to put off pregnancies for next two years to avoid passion on virus. there are now 96 suspected cases in el salvador. psychoa has been linked to a rare birth defect causing fetus to not form properly. a former alaska airlines captain was charged this week flying a plane while under the influence of alcohol. the 60-year-old flew from portland oregon to original county california in june of 2014 and upon arriving was asked to submit to a random drug and alcohol test. officials say he posted a blood-alcohol reading of at least 0.13. he was removing from flying duties and later retired. if convicted of these charges, he could mace a maximum of 15 years in prison.

2-year-old boy running down the middle of a busy oregon highway. officials say the toddler managed to escape the open door of a community center while his parents were cleaning up there. a sheriff's deputy was driving down the road when he slams on the brakes to avoid hitting the child. the deputy quickly grabbed the boy and took him to safety. the parents were searching for him. the incident was accidental and no criminal charges were filed. now to the video we showed you at the top of the show. a miami doctor has been placed on administrative leave after video surfaced of a confrontation between her and her uber drifrm the video showing the driver slapping the driver and later trying to knee him. the passenger was there to pick up another passenger and she got in the car and threw all the driver's belongings out the wind doe. she was not arrested because the driver did not press charges. wow. >> wow.

that one. let's get more on this storm now, al. what else do you have? >> active weather is going on around the rest of the country. we've go the a risk of strong storms in northern florida today and also heavy rain and wind moving into the pacific northwest and california. mid-section of the country fairly quiet. sunshine from the plains all the way down into texas. we're going to get to your local does the smell of a freshly bound presentation fill you with optimism? do you love your wireless keyboard more than certain family members? is your success due to a filing system only you understand? does printing from your tablet to your wireless printer give you a jolt of confidence? if so, you may be gearcentric. someone who knows that the right office gear helps you do great things. and there's one place that has it all. office depot officemax.

eric: waking up to a comfortable star. showers and thunder showers working into florida as the day progresses. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> all right, al, thanks. the man accused of killing amanda knox's roommate. what he's now saying about ill-fated night and why he says justice has not been done. and the snow and ice beginning as that major storm moves into the east. the trouble it's already causing on the roads and at the airport.

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michelle: i'm michelle. jason: and i'm jason guy. right now for the third time in more than a week, central florida bracing for the storms. it comes as the east coast is preparing a massive winter storm. that comes as they're preparing several dozen flights to be cancelled today. this is impacting a lot of flights to and from charlottes. turn our attention to your traffic now. it's tim noah. jason: go to eric now. eric: rain continues to leon springs. down through ashtabula, claremont. a shower now.

rainfall we're going be watching trying to move to central florida today. a concern of gusty winds. a 90% chance of rain. high temperatures making it to the 70s. with heavy rains out there in the forecast and right now, let's turn to ted noah with a look at the roads. ted: orlando police department pleading to make sure we slow down this morning and be careful. a crash on i-4, this is causing trouble as you can see on seminole county. that is eastbound on the left side of the screen. it's just past 34. the bigger impact is westbound. everybody stopping to take a look at it. and they don't clear until just about the area of 434. also we're dealing with crash that popped up too getting up to i-4 and on the area of county road 46-a. be prepared if you're going to drive on i-4 westbound to add on to the time. 18 minutes, seven minutes slower than usual if you head out of

download tdo we're back now at 7:30, friday morning, january 22nd, 7:30. there's the scene, christiansburg, virginia. we're starting to see what people are going to say is a monster of a storm starting to take hold this morning. al says it's going to get a lot worse over the next 24 hours. a lot more on this blizzard coming up in just a few. >> let's begin this half hour with some other headlines. the conservative magazine national review out with a series of essays from its editors titled "against trump."

front-runner's bid for the white house labeling him a menace to american conservatism. take a listen to trump's response. >> the requests national review" is a dying pavement its circulation is way down. not very many people read it anymore. >> reporter: spl. >> meantime trump south with a new ad this morning accusings ted cruz of flip-flopping on immigration. a university of virginia student is being held in north korea this morning for committing alleged hostile acts and ending the country under the guise of the tourist. u.s. diplomats are working to free that 22-year-old. >> republican presidential hopeful and new jersey governor chris christie under some heat this morning with most of his state under a blizzard watch. governor christie has decided to remain on the campaign trail in new hampshire and says he's confident state officials can handle it, and if the situation changes he says he will return home immediately. new york city mayor bill de blasio weighing in this morning saying christie, quote, needs to come back.

nbc's gabe gutierrez down in charlotte, north carolina for us. gabe, what does it look like for us there? >> reporter: well, good morning. it's an absolute mess out here. the snow started in the overnight and pounded the charlotte area for several hours and then it turned into freezing rain and we've been seeing that on and off for the last several hours and it's turning into a dangerous morning commute. right behind me there's a car with the flashers on and it spun out with the icy conditions. officials here in the charlotte area are expecting at least half an inch of ice. dozen of salt trucks have been out and what they are trying to do is a repeat that really paralyzed the city. thankfully many are staying home and students have closed and bus service has just been cancelled and american airlines have cancelled all of its flight into and out of charlotte. also cancelled a major pep rally that had been scheduled for

they are still set to play in the huge fiske championship game here in charlotte on sunday. just to the west in the carolina money chance, boone, north carolina is expecting a foot of snow and the major concern here in charlotte is ice and we're already starting to see the dangerous slippery conditions develop right behind us. guys, back for you. >> hope people stay safe and a lot of panther fans are hoping cam newton can get to the stadium on sunday. >> you know travel will be ugly. thousands of flights already cancelled over the next couple of days. that storm will only grow as the storm intensifies. kristen, what are you seeing there? >> good morning, savannah. already a lot of disappointed passengers getting here to find out their flights have been cancelled. today at laguardia 10%. flights already cancelled for the day and that number is expected to grow as we go through the day and the next 48 hours as the weather deteriorates. it's really a mess nationwide.

nationwide over the next two days. that will affect some 100,000 air travelers. many flights from here, of course, already cancelled to places that are beginning to see the bad weather. like charlotte where american airlines as gabe said cancelled all of its flight into and out of charlotte. already seeing the snow and ice. keep in mind that's an american airline hub so that throws a wrench into the entire system. they have seen about 500 flights into and out of charlotte over the last couple of days. a couple other airport you want to be careful flying into and out of the next couple of days and call your carrier. baltimore airport, seeing almost 300 delays and washington dulles and washington reagan also seeing hundreds of delays and then newark here in the new york area along with laguardia also seeing a lot of delays horvat next couple of days. airlines have been offering passengers free change fees to

going to be able to fly, but a lot of people getting here and surprised this morning and things just going to get worst. savannah. >> kristen, thank you so much. you can say home it's better to do so. >> al has been busy all morning tracking the storm and telling us what we can expect. >> power outages, talked about that and seeing them start to crop up in and around the metropolitan atlanta area and back through memphis and nashville and charlotte and we're going to continue to see these power outages possible from boston all the way out to memphis. the other thing, winds will be a big factor in this. the damage scale. look at the winds as the morning wears on into tomorrow. 50 to 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts, downed trees and moderate damage. coastal flooding a big problem. coastal flood watches and warnings. the high tide times, we're looking in saturday morning, 7:42. 7:38 in ocean city and up in new york city 7 :31.

saturday evening and that continues on into sunday morning, but that one won't be quite so bad so during the day today snow along i-95 and the heavy rain and snow wall makes its way up the coast and 50 to 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts and blizzard conditions tonight into tomorrow and on into early sunday morning. it's going to be a mess. make sure you check the weather channel app when you need it. you'll get your information there. that's what's going on around a eric: waking up to a comfortable star. showers and thunder showers

jinchings and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. amanda knox is finding herself in the spotlight as the man convicted of murdering her roommate meredith kercher is speaking out from behind bars. nbc's kelly cobiella has the kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. incredible that we're talking about this store again. amanda knox and her former boyfriend rafael faele sollecito moving on and now there's yet another surprise twist. the only person to be convicted in meredith kercher's murder is speaking out and what he explains happened that night is gruesome and graphic and points the finger again at amanda knox. it was a murder case watched by the world, amanda knox young and beautiful accused of killing her

meredith kercher in 2007. she and her boyfriend from cleared last year, case closed. now in an interview from prison rudy guede says meredith invited him over and he was in the bathroom in the house he shared with knox when the doorbell rang. i heard the start of an argument, i had said. i clearly recognized amanda's voice. he's asked you're sure it was her voice. 101%, he says. but no mention of sollecito. inside guidi said he saw a man in a distinctive hat and the man said let's go. there's someone in the house. he says he found meredith bleeding but alive in her room and tried to help. she was trying to tell me something, he says.

write it in the wall in her bad because i was trying to help her. meredith was fully closed and the door open when he ran but police found her body half naked, the bra shredded and the door locked. amanda snoks wouldn't comment on the interview. when she spoke to matt in 2013 him. >> there's no trace of me in the noom where my friend was murdered. there's traces all over the place of the man who actually did this. rudy gud idy was arrested. he said he ran because he was afraid and insists he's interviewed. his interview will not change anything legally for knox and sollecito and after they were cleared he asked the courts to take another look at his case. they are not likely, the case, is not likely to take it up and he's now served about half of

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national mall in the tidal basin is as quiet as it gets. down. they are getting ready but the question is are they prepared. >> this could be the top storm in our history. >> it's a town known for being divided and this morning easy certainly feels like a tale of two cities. there is both preparation and panic here. >> don't stake the storm for granted. this is 36 hours of a major storm. >> 2,000 people waiting in the express line. >> never seen a line this long. >> reporter: as the monster storm closes in some 88 million people in 16 states are in its path. >> when we get snow, you know, we shut down. >> reporter: washington, d.c. already crippled by just a dusting of snow this week. expecting two feet more. officials are now promising to keep the roads clear and even as hardware and grocery store

>> and we real very a run on this. >> reporter: the governor issuing a warning, stockpile food while you can. not just to last the weekend but enough last up to an entire week. >> reporter: with milk missing from many stores, shelves once full of bread are bare and can you find loaves for sale on facebook for $20. social media documenting the drama. getting real up in other. decisions, decisions. >> fruits and salad and cheese and wine. >> reporter: liquor stores running dry, so is trader joe's. >> we're going to stay open until we no longer can. >> reporter: weekend whiteout which could rival snowmageddon 2010 may pack 36 hours of blinding snow and power outages. >> i have no idea how to use a generator. >> reporter: mike and vicky and

heat going out. road crews are on overdrive and overtime. >> just be patient and give us a chance to get out there. >> reporter: and this morning one bishop in virginia isn't taking any chances saying catholics can skip sunday mess. better stay home than be safe than sorry. the federal government here will shut down at noon. schools are already closed for the day in some 2,300 flights have already been cancelled. this is big business, the town taking this very seriously. guys, back for you. >> it looks like washington is ready. >> thanks so much. >> have you ever gone to the store and stockpiled up per storm. >> and not to the extent that i'm seeing in some of these pictures. >> stores have been sacked. >> what are the essentialite snems. >> milk, bread, beer. >> wine. >> i think so. >> peanut butter, bourbon and netflix. i'll throw those in. >> coming up.

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>> i'm michelle imperato. time is 7:56, send it to your meteorologist eric. good morning, eric. eric: tracking rainfall out there. take a look at your sky cam in downtown orlando. water droplets on the lens. an overcast sky across all of central florida. first alert radar is tracking rain with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. it's not even colder than that. flagler county, west volusia, marion, sumter and lake counties watching this with more activity coming in from the gulf of mexico. these guys are a little stronger. watch this activity over the course of the day today. ramping up that rain coverage as you look ahead to noon. 7:57 is the time. head to ted noah now with a look at the roads. ted: a crash eastbound. past state route 434. it's for a while blocking a left lane causing a delay that's around

until i-34 and eastbound. county route 46-a just past 434 because of onlookers. on to 417. state ramp is blocked. get off of state root 46 go to international parkway and take that. another crash on state road 29 as you can see from the live camera. a lane blocked there southbound. a two-mile backup. the crash is southbound mile marker

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it's 8:00 on today. coming up, here comes the snow. 88 million americans are hunkering down in the wake of that monster snow storm from where it will hit hand the right way to shovel. we've got you covered. then a victory for amal. >> oh, thank you. thank you. >> why the international lawyer also known as mrs. clooney is celebrating a major step in her crusade for human rights. >> i think we're one step closer to justice, but there's still a lot to do. let's get it started

why starting your car ahead of time in the cold may not be the best idea. today, friday, january 22nd, 2016. >> snow can't stop us! >> mother-daughter trip from indiana. celebrating my birthday on the "today" show. >> here celebrating my birthday. >> it took us 40 years to get to "today"! >> yeah, good morning, and good morning, everybody. it's friday, january 22nd, 2016 and what an adorable crowd we have out here on our plaza. they are not afraid of any snow or wind or blizzard or rain. they are here being adorable.

us from being here. >> there you go. >> a busy weekend for you and dylan dryer down in virginia. 88 million people in the red zone across the east. we're going to get our forecast in a minute. what's going on. already snowy where you are. >> it started snowing around 5:00 this morning and now it's like these big snow flakes, cotton balls basically falling quickly. we already have about 3.5 inches of snow here. this is just southwest of roanoke. we've seen the snow is that carolina. we have some aerial footage of the show in charlotte, north carolina. they are starting to get blakeeted with a layer of snow and icing is going to be an issue across the eastern section of the carolinas, but this whole storm system, just on the leading edge of it and once the heavy snow starts it's going to stick around for a long time.

that's why we're measuring the storm and the forecast is measuring the storm in terms of feet. this is what's moving to washington, d.c., the bigger cities, washington, d.c., baltimore, new york, philadelphia, you all still have a few more hours to get out and prepare your last-minute plans before this storm hits. this is what it's going to look like once the storm reaches you. we have basically just everything getting coated in white and when you get the heavier bursts of snow it will be whiteout conditions and once the winds kick in on top of that, perhaps up to 60 miles per hour, that will reduce visibility even more. the storm is hitting mainly over weekend so hopefully people will stay home and stay safe. we're in it right now and will fall it back to d.c. >> stay safe on the roads. name? >> macy buchanan. >> you're supposed to be flying >> correct. >> and what did you get on your phone that there is trouble with my flight.

head back to d.c., right in the supposed to get a bus and your bus has been cancelled. >> yes. >> there's a enrao, you just saw it on the screen and severe weather down to the south as part of this storm so we're watching that as well. however, when we get to the snowfall, it is going to be, i mean, a huge -- stretching from the mississippi river valley, tupelo, mississippi, 1 to 2, louisville up to 7 inches and charleston up to 18 inches of snow and allentown, p.a., 10 inches and new york 6 to 12 and philly 12 to 18 and baltimore 18 to 26 and washington, d.c. and in that area to the west, anywhere from 18 to 26 inches. could be a foot of snow, and ice accumulation big problems. we're going to see power outages stretching possibly from central georgia. to get worse. it's going to be one of these storms that we're going to continue to follow the rolling activity. let's go inside to get the

that. >> good morning to you. north korea says it's holding an american college student for what it calls a hostile act. it identifies him as otto frederick warmbier, a student at the university of virginia. north korea says he entered under the guise of a tourist. this comes amid touch sanctions against north korea over recent nuclear tests. jason rezaian is on his way, up. americans release in a prisoner swap between the u.s. and iran. michigan. he was held for four-and-a-half years and at one point received a death sentence. he says he's happy to be home. donald trump is out this morning with a new ad attacking ted cruz using his own words imcraig. the trump campaign it will spend

iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. meantime, conservative magazine "national review" has released its cover for a new issue oppose trump's bid for the presidency calling him a political opportunist and among democrats hillary clinton and bernie sanders will be campaigning today in new hampshire. on thursday in iowa clinton sought to boost her support from younger voters appearing with singer demi lovato and stepping up her attacks on bernie sanders. the iowa caucuses are ten days away. a wild and woolly end for a chase in new zealand. for 80 minutes police were pursuing the driver of a stolen car who refused to stop. the chase finally ended thanks to a farmer and his huge flock of sheep crossing the road. the driver and three other people in the car were arrested and are probably feeling a bit sheepish about the whole thing. >> baa.

rude awakening thursday in the florida keys when a man woke up to find this guy, a huge 8 foot crocodile relaxing in his backyard pool. it hung out until wildlife officials showed up and figured it was best to wander out of there. >> i'll take a crocodile in a pool if it's warm as opposed to the east coast weather. >> really? >> i take the snow. >> i take the snow. sglfl that's how much i don't like snow. >> sheinelle, thank you. meantime, we've got an update tied to amal clooney's recent trip to washington, d.c. you'll remember nbc's cynthia update. hi, good morning. >> good morning, savannah. certainly couldn't imagined last week when we were in washington with amal clooney what would have happened in the last 24 hours. when the ex-president of the maldives landed in london, the first hug was for his wife and former first lady. >> i thank you, i thank you so much. >> reporter: second for his

>> reporter: just a week ago that the human rights activist and wife of actor/director george clooney sat down and spoke exclusively to nbc news about her fight for mohammed nashid. >> democracy is dead in the middle east. >> reporter: hand we were there as she hand her co-counsel went to washington to lobby the administration for targeted sanctions against the leaders of the tiny island nation. >> we'll go to work on that. >> reporter: nashid was sentenced to 13 years on terrorism charges, a conviction the u.n. called bogus. clooney told us the beatings he endured while in custody made his situation even more urgent. >> he's actually losing the ability to feel the left side of his body. he needs urgent surgery. >> reporter: within days of our interview the current government in the maldives allowed it would allow nashid to travel to london to get that surgery. >> i think we're one step close thundershower justice and there's still a lot to do.

and a lot to discuss. >> reporter: for now they are celebrating the release of the maldives. >> just two days ago i was in cole industry and now i'm able to be free right now. >> reporter: former president is due back in the maldives in 45 days after surgery but if he goes back he has to serve of the out remainder of his sentence. >> they would like for him to remain in exile in london. they don't want him to come back and be a political force. the lawyers are going to continue to advocate for sanctions against the maldives to erase the sentence and he can go back and be a political factor there and 45 days, we'll see. >> talk about a legal force, aisrael mal clooney getting this done. >> thanks, cynthia. just ahead, adele saying hello,

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we're back at -- you know, i'm feeling a little sick. anyway, you know what time it is. it's trending time. we've talked a lot this morning about the storm. what is something a lot of people do when it's cold outside, guys? >> drink. >> second check. >> and eat, check, but also if it's cold sometimes you go out and turn on your car early and warm it up. >> yeah. >> turns out that is the worst thing you can do. >> yeah. >> the folks at business insider looked into this and they say warming up your car is not a good idea. idling the injury could actually dry out the interior of the gar ruining the pivottons and cylinders so what is the best way to warm up your car. go out and drive. >> my car has automatic start,

going and warm it up. >> i thought you warm it up so it would be warm inside, the heater. >> did that last week for the kids. don't want to put them in the freezer works so you get a couple minutes of minutes ahead of time. >> time for your story. >> ready for this one. is it ever okay to eat in bed? >> yes. >> yes, sure. >> others hate feeling of crumbs in the sheets. this topic comes up because of chef nigella lawson weighed in. >> by the side of my bed because it's not on the same floor is a the kitchen and on the side of my bed i've learned to keep a little collection of condiments. it's not meant to be funny. it's very helpful and the

one of my great luxuries is that i like very expensive and gorgeous bed linen and then i ruin it by, you know, dumping soy sauce all over it. >> okay. i wasn't thinking about >> soy sauce. >> has had a whole meal going. >> cookie crumbs. >> a couple of potato chips but that's a whole meal. >> maybe a pizza. >> that would be it. >> a pizza. >> i can see pizza. i've done pizza, a slice. literally did this last night. catching up hon homeland, crackers and cheese sitting in bed. >> remember the bed tray. next to the tv tray. >> it is true, your spouse doesn't like it, my spouse is like why are there crackers in this bed? >> my spouse bought a roomba to put in the sheet. >> we asked you on twitter is it okay to eat in bed.

not okay. 47% apparently not bothered by a few crumbs in the sheet. >> the what do you think? >> joy bauer. >> obsessed with one, had four of them. right by the bed. the point is they were right by my bed so i kept going. >> maybe that's the reason not to keep it by your sgled thank you, al roker. >> food for thought. >> i see what you did there. >> that was for you. >> here's the post going viral on the social news website redid. just passes out. here's what's funny. it doesn't happen just once or twice or three times. it happens all the time. she posted a collage of 30 photos catching her husband falling asleep halfway into glass number two. >> does she finish the wine. >> i would.

>> exactly. >> you work a long shift. >> the first glass is like there for it. >> exactly. >> some students at an ohio high school wanted to distract the rival team at a game recently so check out how far they went. they staged a mock baby delivery in the stands. mock baby delivery. >> oh, wow. >> that's a male student pretending to give birth. >> did he make the shot in the. >> the baby boy comes out and the shot always comes out. >> meant to distract the guy shooting the free throw. >> nice. >> the baby was born healthy. >> 6'1" with nikes. and it was breech. >> posted by storied rivals. >> now to wedding bells for two of hollywood's leading laid is.

thursday night, she said yes to james patrick, a billionaire from australia, popped the question here in new york last november and she sat down with steve harvey and told everybody how show and james met. >> first met in aspen ironically like a couple years ago. we were at the "hercules" premiere. we were talking and laughing and people were getting mad at us and stuff like that and -- and so we hit it off. >> i'm not sure why that was ironic. >> i missed the other part naff. >> that's hock. >> this will be the third marriage for both of them so congratulations to both of them. good wishes also this morning to miley cyrus and liam helmsworth. the couple's engagement is back often the news first reported by "people" magazine. liam initially popped the question back in 2012 but the pair split up the following year and now they have apparently moved back in together and are ready to try again. good luck to them and finally another day, another milestone

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>> and that's your latest weather. savannah. >> all right, al. thanks >> this store will have an effect on us outside and it will add to the dry itchy skin and chapped lips that a lot of us get. dr. debra wattenburg is here. good morning. >> good morning. >> looks like a cooking segment we're about to do here. why are home remedies good as opposed to going to the drug store. >> they are easy. this weekend with the big snow storm you probably have all the ingredients at home and can take care of your skin. >> let's talk about dry hands. >> dry hands can easily be treated by using something as a little bit of olive oil.

and then wrap your hands with a little bit of saran wrap, and then create a warm environment by putting on a glove. that will make a huge difference. soak your hands in warm water and then apply all that and it works incredibly well to get rid of the dryness, cracked cuticles and irritation. >> let's go on to lips, a lot of us have cracked lip during the wipter. >> lips dry out because people don't have enough oil of them and they lick their lips and can't get rid of them. if you take a little bit of coconut oil and mix it in with a little bit of sugar and then you create a little bit of a scrub and then you use this scrub to apply which we're not going to do on your lips, you can exfoliate the dry dead skin on your lips, apply had a little bit of vasoline with a lip balm and spf and your lips will feel less dehydrated.

>> coconut oil is great for dry hey, and dry harrow cures this time of year because overprocessing. too many blow drys, washing too frequently and all the curling irons, all that type of stuff so coconut oil is one of my favorites. take a little bit of coconut oil and put it directly into your hair to create a really nice conditioner. i'm -- >> am i putting it like on the scalp or ends. >> apply it to both, and then you can take some plastic wrap and put it over your head and take a towel and create a warm environment and you have a little -- >> a salon. >> and if that's not enough for your hair han it's dry rand brittle and is cracked and peeling and your ends are splitting, you can create a hair mask and you might want to take a bit of avocado. >> this would make a great omelette.

from here and actually take all this. you mash it up into a bit of a hair mask and apply this all over the top of your head and leave it on for about 15 minutes. the avocado is high in anti-oxidants, omega 3 fatty acids and will hydrate the air. make it shine, wash it off. >> don't dip a tortilla chip in it. >> need to wash it out twice to get the mess out but your hair will look so much better and healthier. >> this needs to be a lot thicker. >> like gawk moly. >> like a gaucamole type thing and mash all of this up. the egg keeps the avocado together so it sticks more easily on to the hair and use this on the scalp so it hydrates the scalp as well. >> we did the scalp and now we're moving on to the itchy arms. >> the body gets really dried out because of the elements, the dry heat, excessive showers and so what you want to do is put the hydration back into the skin and in order to do that you need

dead skin off before you put your moisturizer on and here we can create a home scrub and this is really easy. everybody has had a little brown sugar and some coconut oil and you take the coconut oil and you mix it with some brown sugar. >> can you use coconut oil anywhere? >> anyway. >> any place. one of the new hottest cooking ingredients because it's one of the healthy fats you can use. you mash this up and create a scrub and bring it into the bath or shower and take a five-minute bath and exfoliate all the dead skin and use the straight skin moisturizer. >> and what's this. >> you get little patches of eczema or patches of dry skin not going away and you want to improve them. what you can do here is you can create a little bit of a soothing pack by adding a little bit of -- >> is that honey?

and then you want to take a little bit of oatmeal hand mix it with some warm water and create an oatmeal that's a little bit mixed up and. >> and then put it right on the dry spot. >> let it sit for a few minutes and rinse it off.

michelle: your weather radio should work today. any severe alerts are sent out. two separate outages knocked out the radio over the past week including one that impacted people sunday morning while severe storms are moving through central florida. now noah says the problems have been repaired. now get over to your forecast. meteorologist eric burst standing by for a severe weather today. eric: we did have a shower push on through earlier. at this hour, our radar shoaling a blanket of rain from marion county back to coastal volusia county with stronger activities coming ashore here on the nature coast and a second wave of energy coming in out over the

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8:30 now. it's friday, january 22nd, 2016, and we have a great crowd out on our plaza, and we are going to get ready just about now because there's going to be storms

think we're going to get a lot of snow. we're going to get the weather forecast in just a moment. >> these slofls also make sense in just a moment. >> coming up this half hour. wrapping up a week of "today" food slow cooker recipes with a perfect dish for the snowy weekend on the way. how about a little chili. >> and we'll walk you tloom soft of the big changes coming to the s.a.t. exam and to get you ready we've got a little test for you here. go to today's twitter page with this practice question. taylor is 6 feet tall. if 1 foot equals approximately three meters which of the following is closest to taylor's height in meters, 1.8, 1, 18 or 20. >> is it e all. above? >> the answer is always "c" if in doubt. >> keep your questions coming on our facebook page. we'll check in with them just ahead. >> and first with 88 million of us expecting to see snow over

can go wrong dsh -- >> here to the rescue to show us how to do thingsing right way. always good to see you. >> you say before we start shoveling let's get some salt on the ground. >> actually, you want to use a plant and pet friendly ice melt and if you put it down before the snow melts you'll make a huge difference in dealing with all the snow once it gets down and that will make it a lot easier. >> pre-treat. >> you don't need to use a lot. are a little hand shovel. >> what about hand shovels. >> that's not the one you want to use. >> maybe in florida or if you want your kids to help you out. otherwise you don't want that. you don't want light plastic. you don't want anything that doesn't have a metal edge.

i'm in favor of the ergonomic ones. >> if you want a straight shaft one like you have, willie. >> needs to be solid with a good edge so you can get the snow and get it out of there. >> you know what shovel i like, the one that somebody else uses, the best shovel going. >> al's looks nice, like an oichs or defensive lineman you won't be able to push if. >> and people have to be careful with shoveling, too, because it puts a lot of strain on the heart, on the back. >> is that right working up. you want to stay comfortable. push as much? as you can. push it, don't throw t.pivot and move the snow. twisting so and then you throw your back up. you're moving the snow and get a good workout. >> shovel has you go. don't wait until there's three feet. >> some people will get a shovel

like i'm not going back out there until it stops snowing. you'll be out there all day, tired and wasted. get out there as you get two to three inches, start shofrlg. a lot easier to move had a little bit of snow than a lot of snow. >> and carson is yelling out the kid out the window, you missed a spot. >> buy a snow blower. >> al, let's get the forecast. >> show you what we've got going on. rape and snow in both costs. out west and heavy rain and snow along the pacific west coat and interior sections as well. snow moves out of the northeast and more snow moving not plains and rockies and plenty of sunshine stretching from the great lakes all the way down to the gulf coast and into the east coast. things will get bert, believe it or not that's w t

showers and thunder showers working into florida as the day progresses. >> and that's your latest weather. carson. >> excuse my hat head. >> i'm here with our experts who we refer to as the three js and they are live on today's facebook page right now taking your questions on everything from fitness, finance, fashion, jill. let's get to a question right now. this one is for you. my kids got lots of new toys for christmas. how do i make my house stop looking like a toy store? >> get this question so many times and whether it's your closet or toys or extra vases in your kitchen here's what to do

storm. take one garbage bag and one hour and go through the closet and kitchen and your toys and put everything that your kids our haven't used in a year and that will get the process going because i feel like cleansing anything is so overwhelming that you have to start somewhere so in an hour and then can you donate because so many kids need that. >> highly recommend that when your kids are asleep so they don't see that. >> let's move on here. this one is for you, joy. how did you make the chicken tenders that matt loved? it was on the show the other day. >> i'm obsessed with these chicken tenders, and it's a way to feel like you're eating fried chicken but it's totally healthified, so simple. all have you to do is take chicken tenders, dunk them in whisked egg and coat them with whole grain breadcrumbs that you can season up. i put a lill built of parmesan, dwarlic powder and onnon powder. lay them on a baking sheet and put them in a hot oven or 450 for just 15 minutes.

i'll tweet the recipe out right after this. >> and i'll say your ribs recipe sir irk and i made the other night, using pork tenderloin that's very lean. >> marinate it right in your favorite barbecue sauce. so glad you did that. >> i'm sure with the tumultuous market financially what are you seeing online? >> student loan questions, people who want to refi their student loans or pay them off very quicklynd we now have an opportunity to pay off our

and the answer, please, is 1.8. the answer was "a" and is that the percentage right there. who got it right. 57% of you got it right. well, that's pretty good. >> good a. >> now we talked earlier this week about college admissions boards de-emphasizing the test a little bit but you say kids should still take the s.a.t. >> 4,000 colleges will take the s.a.t. or even 5i6789 c.t. but for the 100 test optional schools they will still considering the tests for scholarship dollars for students coming in. >> broadly speaking what are the biggest changes? >> moving from a 2,400 point cumulative score to a 1,600 point. >> which is what it used to be? >> but the test is very different. right now there's a compulsory essay requirement for the s.a.t. and that will be going away on the new test and that's the second big change. >> pros and cons of thieves changes. start right here. there's no penalty for wrong

>> a huge coup for students when we think about the current s.a.t., a quarter point off for every correct answer. new test, no points off for incorrect answers so no guessing penalty. >> as we moonwalk. only four options for multiple choice answers, that's new. >> right now there's five answer choices and we're going to four, no guess penalties so it's guess. >> vocabulary words more here. >> less obscure volkbury. one of the hard esest things is say learn these 500 vocabulary words. the vocabulary will be in the reading section. >> having flashbacks. never used some of them since. some of the konz, things may not be liked. calculateors not permitteded. >> only on one. >> exused to be able to use it to any of the math sections but

>> the other con. the sections have gotten longer. >> true. >> fewer sections and longer sections and the way i talk to about students you have to be an olympian when it comes to timing and testing and know what the test structure will be and think about that timing. >> a little practice beforehand probably doesn't hurt. >> questions do involve multiple steps on the new test. >> i can't emphasize this one enough. questions that are going to be difficult for students to get to those answers. strategy around those things and i think that there's ways students can really improve their scores but this is a good one for students. >> give kids and parents a takeaway. choose the test that's best for you. >> not just one test. the s.a.t. or a.c.t. are permissible to any school. some tame one or both. >> it can be expensive to get a tuitor. how else can you appropriate for those things? >> a book, online, over some clalgses at princeton review and any of those ilk. spend two months of preparation

>> and you've captured my s.a.t. strategy which is always sghes. >> always guess with no guessing opinion penalties. >> if you want to test your s.a.t. skills we've got more questions at today.com. coming up next, an inside look at an iconic home. frank wright's iconic falling

with ear back now at 78:46. >> falling water was built in the 1930s by we found architect frank lloyd wright and the results were not what the owner originally had in mind. erica hill is here to check it out. >> turned out all right in the end, iconic and beautiful and timeless and as we recently saw firsthand falling water was designed with a remarkable attention to detail. perched above a western pennsylvania water fall falling

woods around it as if it was always meant to be here. >> the house at falling water grows from the ground almost like a tree grows from a ground. >> the home built in the late '30s by frank lloyd wright as a weekend retreat by commissioned by edgar and lillian kaufman, owners of a famous pittsburgh department store. they had been coming to this spot for years, the sanctuary in the country. the kaufmans expected the house to be built with a view of the waterfall and not on top of it and quickly realized the beauty of living above this falling water. is there had a common reaction when people see it for the first time? >> yeah, wow. >> reporter: open flow, something wright was known for, allowed for easy entertaining which they did often. mingling with an eclectic crowd of artists and thinker, the furniture much of it built in was also built by wright.

concrete and warmth and coolness. >> reporter: seamless windows maximize the connection to the outdoors along with expansive terraces. in the living room the hatch normally closed to visitors opened to reveal direct access to the stream below. >> these sections push back which are concealed under the planter. >> reporter: how did falling water change things for frank lloyd wright? >> came at a time in his career when he had very little work. he was 67 years old and this was his statement of i'm still many a fire. >> reporter: thanks to the kaufman family more than 4.5 million visitors have walked the grounds of the most well preserved wright home in the united states. they entrusted falling water and several hundred acres of land to the western pennsylvania conservancy and today it's the only one of wright's homes open

furnishings, artwork and setting intact. what do you think it is that keeps people coming here? >> it has had a timeless quality about it, and i think as long as it's cared for and presented the way the kaufmans understood it, it should continue to speak to generations to many could. main that ining falling water is a year round job. the stone floors with waxed and stripped yearly and the caretakers focus on the wear and their that come from the 160,000 advice thors that come and they limit the number of visitors. tours resume in march but it's not just people like that that go there. brad pitt is a huge history buff so for a few years angelina get him. >> bought him the house. >> organized a two-hour private tour and had a little party inside in the living room and invited all the staff apparently and he was blown away. it's remarkable to see it in person. >> keep in in great shape. >> the woman who we spoke to who

started out there as a guide in her teens. she was so in the house. >> looks so contemporary, fresh today. >> and there's a dishwasher in there that still works from the '30s, wow? >> what's his name? >> his name is al. >> erica, thank you so much. all right. coming up next, the slow cooker secret to making the best tasting chili you've ever tried,

all right. it's 8:52. this morning on today food we're finish up our slow cooker week in style with a full-flavor turkey chili recipe and our tasting panel is assembled along with look who is here, allegedly who will help host the next hour. you've got celebrity taster down there. >> so lucky, so fortunate. >> everybody feels strongly about their own chili recipe. for you what sets this apart and why is this special? >> being portuguese i guess there's chorizo which will give a unique spoky flavor to the dish, also using a little bit of paprika which is big in portuguese cuisine. >> that's our ingredient grid. >> turkey cancels out the sausage, right? >> you'll start off by taking

smoked sausage and you cut it up into small pieces so it has a consistent sip as a me. do you have a trick for dicing it. >> important to start out with even pieces and here we have the chorizo. we have a little bit of peppers and bell peppers and onions and celery and a little bit of garlic. >> sauteing in oil or butter or what? >> using oil. >> you can use butter also. ves a very good fat. we'll add chorizo that's been diced up and stir it around and get it nice and toasty. the chorizo has been cooked and smoked already but you wan to brown it and get the flavors out of it and deglazing a pan is northern so we'll move on to this side. >> how long am i cooking this or say daying it? >> until it gets brown. >> get nice rich colors and you get the aromas kicking n.tomato

elements for acidity and we had the smoked turkey, the ground turkey, all right -- >> and can we get a mid-dish verdict from our cooking crew down there. >> unbelievable. >> that's a good sign. >> that means we love it. deglaze with white wine and bring up the flavors of the bottom of the pan. >> putting it in so you can scrape up all the bit. >> causes the foundation to come cup and gives flavor to the dish, rosemary, a couple springs and cumin and smoked paprika. >> the rosemary, didn't even cut it up. >> no, you want to let it cook and infuse and you want to be able to remove it later. >> once we're done with all of this and this gets nice and brown up we'll go right into here, savannah, scrape that down for me and i'll hold it here. >> i can and i will. let's see. putting it into our slow cooker.

>> nice and golden brown, but throw this in now. >> and we'll show the finished product. >> how long am i putting it in the slow cooker? >> we'll cook it in here for four hours hon low and mature flavors and build up a flavor profile. here we have the finished product and you have a beautiful rosemary sprig on top which has infused the flavor and the fattiness is congealed and beautiful. we'll take a quick bomb. >> eat it like that, eat it with idea. >> i like putting it on breakfast items so i take chili with a sunny side egg and fresh cilantro and a little bit of hot next morning. >> did you try that downstairs with the egg? >> don't have that. >> well, i do, let me tell you it looks fabulous. can i reach over and just try it. >> a great brunch item. lunch item. >> i'm often tempted to take a peek at my slow cooker, want to see how everything is going. is that bad and make everything

>> there's nothing to look at. cooking slow, taking its time. words. >> if you look at it losing a bit of steam. >> chili is delicious. breakfast is great, guys. >> thank you so much. coming up, al will share his go-to slow cooker recipe and find all of jason: good friday morning, i'm

michelle: i'm michelle iperato. eric a look at the forecast? eric: watching the nasty storms coming in. mostly cloudy skies in the wesh-2 sky cam. flagler county, northern volusia. coming out of seminole, working to southern volusia, northern brevard county. of course, there's line number one that's got to move through. then line two that's got to move through. there's a lot of rainfall in our forecast. a 90% coverage of showers, could get locally heavy. severe thunderstorms. day to track it. the good news, though, once it's done, it's done. by 5:00, 6:00, the clouds clear and chilly weather moves back to central florida. 8:57 is the time. head over to ted with a look at the roads. ted: a crash that's been there for a while. it's wrapping up.

of bloikted, as they get the accident scene cleaned up. a two-mile backup in that area. congestion eastbound and westbound in and around downtown orlando that's not cleared yet. speaking of congestion, 192 in osceola county and sills mooe, slow westbound approaching shady lane. you could use neptune if you wantals backup plan. here's how it looks with the virtual flight tracking the conditions to downtown orlando. hitting the you can save over 500 bucks when you switch to progressive. that's a fact. but this whole "blondes have more fun" thing...