. >> nbc meteorologist raphael miranda is with us this morning. raphael, whats the latest on this nasty storm? >> good morning, philip. we're getting numerous reports of trees down around the new york city area. watch out for big travel delays this morning. as far as the heavy rain, that is pushing into boston, cape cod, new england, new york area getting a bit of a break, but there are more showers moving in. and the winds will continue to be dangerous throughout the day today. gusting over 60 miles per hour at times. now, the rain will taper off as we enter the evening hours. the storm moves north into canada. tomorrow will be breezy as well, but improving conditions for halloween as we head into new england and across the rest of the northeast, some more showers continue across the great lakes. the winds again the big story today. we'll have more on that coming up in just a few minutes. frances, bill? >> thank you. >> in washington today the political establishment weighai with anticipation after the federal grand jury approved the first indictm

nbc meteorologist raphael miranda joins us with a storm in the northeast. >> nasty start in the northeast. flooding rainfall again, damaging winds we've seen overnight. that continues as you're trying to make you ar way back to work. pounding torrential rainfall, many inches of rainfall already in spots and flood warnings continue. it is also about the wind. we have a high wind warning in effect for millions of northeastern residents from new york city through boston. we've seen gusts over 60, even 65 miles per hour. and that will continue throughout the day. it gradually dries out today but the winds continue to howl and duluth. 36 degrees, 48 for your high in chicago. >>> halloween looks a little better. we'll take a look at that in a few minutes. >> good, raphael. thank you. fast forwarding into the week ahead house republicans are expected to release details of their tax reform plan on wednesday. one controversial proposal to pay for a massive tax cuts would be to slash the amount americans can save pretax in their 401(k) plans. >> today the president and first lady will be handing ou

we'll go first to raphael miranda. so what is the latest on all of this? storm surge, that's what you're concerned about? >> that has us very concerned. we're talking about 7 to 11 feet of water above ground level, especially for the mississippi coastline. this is a serious life-threatening event. this storm is overperforming, stronger than we forecasted it to be at this point. the winds now at 90 miles per hour. here's a look at the satellite picture. a more well organized storm this morning, that is hurricane nate. again, the sustained winds now at 90 miles per hour. a strong category one storm moving very quickly towards the north-northwest around 26 miles per hour. we've been worried about high tide times tonight because as nate makes landfall later on this evening, probably just around midnight, that is when high tide happens for all of these areas, and that's why the surge could be 7 to 11 feet above ground level in many spots. you can see nate expected to strengthen some more, maybe a category 2 storm at landfall around midnight. eventually making t

nbc meteorologist raphael miranda joins us with a storm in the northeast. >> nasty start in the northeast. flooding rainfall again, damaging winds we've seen overnight. that continues as you're trying to make you ar way back to work. pounding torrential rainfall, many inches of rainfall already in spots and flood warnings continue. it is also about the wind. we have a high wind warning in effect for millions of northeastern residents from new york city through boston. we've seen gusts over 60, even 65 miles per hour. and that will continue throughout the day. it gradually dries out today but the winds continue to howl donor in a tv interview since the transplant. smile honey this thing is like... first kid here we go second kid you coming in mommy? ahh not a chance! by their second kid, every parent is an expert and more likely to choose luvs than first time parents. luvs with nightlockplus absorbs wetness faster than huggies snug and dry. for outstanding overnight protection at a fraction of the cost. live, learn and get luvs people spend less time lying awake with aches and pains with a

adding to his to do list first as we head to break today's national weather forecast for nbc's raphael miranda>> good morning. we're expecting travel delays across the northeast today we have a powerful storm moving through the region, heavy rain overnight and that continues this morning flooding will be a concern and we've also got the winds winds gusting over 60 miles per hour that, will continue throughout the day showers will gradually wind down throughout the day in new york city we'll dry out eventually in boston as well but the winds continue all day long gusting up to 60 miles per hour certainly could impact travel throughout the day today much quieter across the midwest, temperatures in the 40s in chicago, some light snow possible in northern minnesota, beautiful day in the southeast with temperatures in the 60s and 70s, also looking good in the southwest, 86 in phoenix, 69 degrees in loss acle angeles more "worldwide exchange" when we come back i love you, couch. you give us comfort. and we give you bare feet, backsweat, and gordo's... everything. i love you, but sometimes you stink.