and trees. a season of extremes from coast to coast. >> nbc meteorologist bill karins is here. we're kind of reveling in how warm it is out east but it's severe weather in other parts of the country. >> yeah. possibility of tornadoes. we have a lot of dense fog that's going to be a problem this morning. there's a lot of weather concerns and a lot of people traveling over the next couple of days. the biggest concern, almost life-threatening concern is going to be the tornadoes later this afternoon. there's even a possibility a few this morning. we do have our tornado watch. a lot of heavy rain up the gulf coast and moving up the eastern sea board. be careful of that fog in the mid-atlantic and southern new england, it's dense this morning. tornado watch has been issued for areas of the texarkana area of shreveport, and lufkin. during the day today things will get more favorable for additional tornadoes. so, about 42 million people have a chance of severe weather today all the way up to...