. >> cray-cray-crazy. we want to bring in cnn's pedram javaheri.he busiest man in the weather center. pedram, what is the good news? >> the potential for the storm to move through quickly. that is the best news with this. it can move out and potentially get out by the evening commute. what could be left could be 8 to 10 inches. there is a center of the storm outside of washington as it begins moving northeast and east. the heavy snowfall begins and picks up at 11:00 a.m. we can see 1 to 2 inches of snow per hour. at least 1 inch of snow for 7 to 10 hours in the northeast. you factor in that with the strong winds associated with it, this is why officials across new york have over 400,000 tons of sand and salt on hand. 2,000 plows and trucks as well to clear all of this as quickly as possible. widespread coverage for the pink and purple. 8 to 12 inches of snowfall. i want to show you for new york city. we have seen big snowstorms. that was on a weekend. the last weekday storm was actually 1,092 days ago. 13th and 14th of february in 2014. it has been

cray to develop these colony farm systems out here. so he started the first colony farm hamas central colony, out here this area. so mr. kearney, that is really where he made his money. he was a great land per motor. he entice people to come out here to the central valley and settle here. most of the properties were 20-acre farms. the thing that really brought people out here was a regain and . the canals that were formed here would bring to the colonies their own your negation water. also, vineyards were planted for them and other fruit trees and so on. so it really was a great opportunity for people to settle in this region. the first crop that they realized was accessible was weak. there was a wonderful week field that was growing here. once they realized they could bring water from the rivers to irrigate it, this will adhere was ideal. but eventually, fruit crops, reasons were a big part of what was grown out here and what we are known as today. we also have the regular grapevines out here. today we still have this. fruit trees, or

there's now a manhunt for four north cray north korean suspects in malaysia. kim jong un is accused of killing off his own uncle and hundreds of government officials over the past couple years. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> many questions there. >>> now the northwest is bracing for more severe storms, especially in northern california. heavy rain han snow in the mountains are expected through the night and the day. forecasters are warning that flash flooding and mudslides are likely even as residents clean up from last week's storms. many residents have bags packed in case they must evacuate their homes as rivers and reservoirs rise. the heaviest rainfall will be in sacramento. some areas will get as much as five inches of rain. so much there, very strong winds ahead as well. this extreme winter weather in the west has caused another rare sight. this funnel cloud over scottsdale, arizona. it never made contact with the ground. >> a lot of my relatives in california, stay dry. >>> now to the storm over alleged sexual harassment at uber. the ride compan

meteorologist monica cray yann standing by with that and more. hi, monica. >> things will get much better. today it was bitter out there. we had temperatures into the 30s. and that's it. these are your highs for today. trenton at 34 degrees. just a few degrees above freezing. we reached 36 in atlantic city. philadelphia coming also into the mid 30s. here's where we stand right now. temperatures are dropping. we've got a cold night ahead of us. 34 in philadelphia right now. 30 degrees in millville. atlantic city right at about freezing. reading coming in at 31 degrees. look at allentown mount pock know already into the 20s. we're thinking overnight. dropping to about 25 degrees in the city. the suburbs into the low 20s. with increasing cloudiness we'll see more clouds build in overnight. so that tomorrow we are talking mostly cloudy conditions. here's a look at the headlines. tonight it's another cold one. bundle up. but not as cold on sunday. we'll be a few degrees warmer, and then we just continue to watch those temperatures soar. it's going to

we talk to people from other administration very unusual for a reporter to talk onon-one to the crayector or to the chaman of the senate intelligence committee when, as we saw from casey, that they're going to be doing an investigation. >> any pushback from the west wing on your reporting? >> senior administration official told us that the reason that it was done this way was that it was getting toward the end of the day, it was getting toward deadlines and they said we were trying to help reporters, we were trying to connect reporters who had relative information about this story. >> i would note in that story that paul manafort, one of the officials alleged to have contact didn't exactly deny it very strongly when the question was put to him and i might also add that sean spicer doesn't know whether there was con act with t -- contact with the russians. >> congressmwoman, let me pick p with this is ending, your reaction, particularly when it comes to the pushback from the white house on potential connections between the president's staffs are during the campaign and moscow. >> what

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this is the current cray dhar picture. want to go back in time to yesterday when that storm rumbled through the new orleans area. there it is right there, track it, into the panhandle of florida. what we focus on today, the tornadic threat would still be around the big bend of florida we've actually got it in a slight risk for today. that's a risk nonetheless and stretches into portions of georgia as well. that's when we keep our eyes peeled for twists in the atmosphere. again, a slight risk but a risk. let's go out west. we're talking big rains. the pineapple express is in full force right now, pumping in all that moisture from hawaii. it's going to rain and rain along the coast. these numbers for rainfall are going to be enormous. look at the 24-hour total. i want you to focus on an area like redding, california. 2.35 inches. over the next 24 hours, this pineapple express won't break until saturday when the sun comes back. until then, you can pick up five, even eight inches of rain and measure the snow in feet in the mou

cray can vacancies filled by the president, of course.hether or not it renders her comments from here on out, not mute, but they won't resonate the way they used to, because of the dynamics of the fed will change. how fair is that? >> well, i don't think it is fair. i think in the end, the chair is going to be able to speak for everybody. i don't think there are going to be pop offs appointed to the fed. i do think what we know from multiple interviews with trump before he became president is he thinks rates are too low. i think he approaches it from a real estate perspective. saying, i see a lot of lending to build and, therefore, rates are too low. in the end, this is -- i've not seen a lot of disrespect coming out of the trump people for any institution when it comes to the point of view of appointments. i don't see tillerson saying, the state department is a bunch of jokers. mnuchin isn't saying, i don't like how treasury works. i think this is going to be business as usual, no matter who he appoints. >> you have that. obviously, the

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national correspondentg melvin just a few blocks to our north in central par cra, odoro correspondent, crai melvin, just a few blocks to our north in central park. craig, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. the snow just started a few hours ago. but it is piling up quickly and making for the messy commute. here's the thing. what a difference a day makes. just yesterday, folks were walking around central park in shorts and t-shirts. now, here we are in the middle of a nasty snowstorm. it may be the nastiest winter storm of the season. snow, already falling in some spots this morning. but blizzard-like conditions are expected to ramp up quickly. overnight, salt trucks getting roads ready for a messy commute. but in many places, drivers are being urged to stay off of the roads altogether. before the storm started, airlines canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. >> i told my boss, i'll see you monday, unless i get snowed in. i was being facetious at the time. >> reporter: the snow set to impact millions in the northeast. just one day earlier, the calm before the storm. wash