nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with the extreme weather forecast. good morning. bi bill, pretty scary pictures. >> yeah, a couple strong tornadoes yesterday. we had 30 in all. you notice most of them are where we thought they'd be, i-10 across new orleans and into areas of north florida. 30 tornadoes, 15 large hail reports. there's also been some significant wind damage. all these blue dots overnight. we'll get more of those pictures when the sun comes up and see how bad that damage is. here we are with the storm system. still sitting and spinning, strengthening. it's moving over areas of kentucky and tennessee, towards ohio. ahead of it is the cold front. this is where the air is still very turbulent. this is where we still have a tornado watch until 10:00 a.m. local time in the areas of florida. the strongest storms for the most part have weakened. we're only seeing a few areas with enough strength to do some wind damage. no tornado warnings at the current time. these storms are arriving towards tampa, orlando, jacksonville. daytona beach through the morning com

bill karins. good morning. >> we have to get through winter weather today and then it will warm up in areas of the great lakes. so, just be careful driving in the weekend forecast is shaping up to be nice. in the northern plains. montana goes to 60 today. 40s and 50s on the east coast. by saturday, there's your record high, minneapolis, 58 degrees, 71 in denver. we're talking sun tan weather from oklahoma to kansas to texas and then it starts to spread to the east. we jump to 67 on sunday in atlanta, should be 58 as far north as new york city. weekend. now a closer look at your day ahead. so, again, the only troublesome weather is the cold temperatures and snow showers this morning. so could be slick roads through pennsylvania and new york. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. we'll also have to watch. super tuesday's going to be interesting next week. there's going to be a big storm, maybe even severe weather and snow. >> right now we'll take the jump on spring weather. thank you very much, bill. >>>

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nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with the extreme weather forecast. bill, what area are we talking about? mostly in the east? >> now we push into southern alabama, north florida. and that's where the concern is. here's the storm report so far and the majority of the tornadoes were right where we thought they were going to be from the i-10 corner from louisiana into areas of western florida. and that continues to be the greatest area of concern. as far as overnight the ones we're still trying to get assessment of because it's been dark are the tornadoes that have been recently formed in areas near dothan and north of apalachicola and another one between mobile and right near the pennsylvania klee area. we just showed you the picture of the one home there. tornado watches. we still have a couple of them and a new one that has just been issued for a good portion of northern portions of florida. and so this will continue for the next couple hours as this line of storms marches towards the east here. the strongest of the storms right now are in areas of sou

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>> pawn shops, bill karins. pawn shops. i don't know if it's worth all of that though. >>> the body of justice antonin scalia will lie in repose in the great hall. president obama will go to pay his respects. friday, the singer seal turns 53 years old. and jeff daniels is 61, and motown legend, smokey robinson turns 76. i'm frances rivera, thanks so much for watching "early today." have a great friday and a great weekend. mark: breaking now, a woman struck by a semi in middletown. what we' ve just learned about the accident. blacks new witness cell phone video showing the last moments of paul gaston' s life before he was shot down by police. what we' ve learned about gaston and a reaction from those close to the case. mark: and dueling town halls across the country. what presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle touched on last night. >> from cincinnati' s wlwt, leading the way.

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>> pawn shops, bill karins. pawn shops. of that though. >>> the body of justice antonin scalia will lie in repose in the great hall. president obama will go to pay his respects. >>> and happy birthday on this friday, the singer seal turns 53 years old. and jeff daniels is 61, and i'm frances rivera, >>> this is wcnw nbc charlotte morning news. >>> i didn't think it was a good thing for him to say. >> just hours before the gop presidential candidates square off in the primary, donald trump finds a new adversary. >> fighting zika, how fear of the virus is keeping pest control businesses in business. >> good friday morning, thanks for being here with us, i'm brooke katz with larry sprinkle. we'll get to those stories in a moment. first we're going to talk about your forecast. this is a fabulous friday forecast. >> a little bit of spring as we get into the weekend. not bad after this morning. we've got clear skies, traffic

s holes. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with the latest on that severe weather going on. incredible. >> and obviously a deadly storm, the tornados and then just the amount of wind that this storm was producing is really incredible. now it is exiting ohio, head nothing to we've had a lot of wind damage reports, massachusetts. and a wind gust of 82 miles per hour. that is incredible. that's one of the strongest wind gusts ever recorded in the month of february and it's so rare that it has severe thunderstorms in february. it's been 19 years since there have been severe threats at night in massachusetts. and we only have on hour left and boston to cape, right down the coast towards port smith and we still have the snow side of the storm too. the snow is going to continue. especially in central and northern michigan. and additional snowfall will be in the higher elevations in the ahead. behind the storm system, temperatures are cold enough for the snow. temperatures only high today in the low 30s. nice day in areas of the rockies. that's where the warm air is going to be buil

>> pawn shops, bill karins. pawn shops. i don't know if it's worth all of that though. >>> the body of justice antonin scalia will lie in repose in the great hall. president obama will go to pay his respects. >>> and happy birthday on this friday, the singer seal turns 53 years old. and jeff daniels is 61, and motown legend, smokey robinson i'm frances rivera, thanksmary king will join us at 5am. started with a look at your forecast. tim miller is in the first alert storm center with your wake up weather. fabulous forecast over the next few days as high pressure is in place. look for mostly sunny skies today through the weekend with highs today in the lower 60s.near 70 saturday and low to middle 70s sunday. a pattern change by monday as a storm system moves our way and will increase clouds and our rain chances monday wednesday.of course temperatures will cool down as well. highs monday and tuesday in the lower 60s, look for middle to upper 50s the rest of the week. some of the rain on tuesday could be heavy. we are in first

>> pawn shops, bill karins. pawn shops. i don't know if it's wor all of that though. >>> the body of justice antonin scalia will lie in repose in the great hall. president obama will go to pay his respects. >>> and happy birthday on this friday, the singer seal turns 53 years old. and jeff daniels is 61, and turns s 76. much for. >>> right now at 4:30, a child rushed to the hospital after a apartmen police are trying to figure out with. >>> the pope versus the donald. the pope questioning the candidate's social media. >>> also, smart phonee breathalyzers, some drivers are relying on these high-tech devices, but the question is, how accurate are thy? >>> good morng. your time is 4:30. i'm eric harryman. >> i'm sheli niz. thanks for joining us this friday morning. we made it.

>> pawn shops, bill karins. pawn shops. i don't know if it's worth all of that though. >>> the body of justice antonin scalia will lie in repose in the great hall. president obama will go to pay his respects. >>> and happy birthday on this and jeff daniels is 61, and motown legend, smokey robinson turns 76. i'm frances rivera, thanks so much for watching "early today." . >>> right now, three separate crimes in a span of 24 hours. three people slashed or stabbed what police saying about this. >>> an emotional day. the family of a little girl killed by a teenage driver finally hoping for justice. >>> pope francis surprising comments about -- good morning everybody. 4:30 a.m. on this friday, february 19th. i'm michael gargiulo. >>> i'm kerry barrett in for darlene this morning. chris cimino here with the forecast. hopefully things are good for the weekend. >> not too bad. not bad at all. we're starting out on the cold side. we talked about this in the deep freeze. 25 in the city, 13 in sussex. 7 degrees in monticello. the furt

>> pawn shops, bill karins. pawn shops. i don't know if it's worth all of that though. >>> the body of justice antonin scalia will lie in repose in the great hall. president obama will go to pay his respects. friday, the singer seal turns 53 years old. and jeff daniels is 61, and motown legend, smokey robinson turns 76. much for watching "etestimony continues in the trial of murdered waynesboro police captain kevin quick... as the alleged gang leader takes the stand. what he says about the murder. # "they penetrate into the dermis, causing more wrinkling, more aging, discoloration..." the importance of sunscreen... even during the cloudy, cold days of winter. how experts say you can protect your skin.### good morning and thanks for joining us on virginia today here on w-s-l-s 10. i'm jenna zibton. and i'm patrick mckee. a warm up on the way this weekend. city from our downtown roanoke skycam. storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? friday: mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s & lower 50s

>> pawn shops, bill karins. pawn shops. i don't know if it's worth all of that though. >>> the body of justice antonin scalia will lie in repose in the great hall. president obama will go to pay his respects. >>> and happy birthday on this friday, the singer seal turns 53 years old. and jeff daniels is 61, and motown legend, smokey robinson turns 76. much for watching "early today." from the studios of farm journal broadcast, this is agday. today on agday - a new measure of the rural economy comes out and lenders are raising red flags. should wages considering it. in our profarmer profit briefing...rolling from old crop to a new crop focus. but unfortunately the new crop fundamentals are an old crop fundamental in the fact that we have got huge beginning stocks expected on soybeans and learning the warning signs of dementia in man's best friend. agday-brought to you by the dependable, long lasting chevy silverado. good morning i'm clinton griffiths. a new survey of small-town bankers suggests there's been little improvement

>> pawn shops, bill karins. pawn shops. i don't know if it's worth all of that though. >>> the body of justice antonin scalia will lie in repose in the great hall. president obama will go to pay his respects. >>> and happy birthday on this friday, the singer seal turns 53 years old. and jeff daniels is 61, and motown legend, smokey robinson i'm frances rivera, thanks announcer: live, local, breaking news. this is wyff news 4 today in high definition. geoff: one day ahead of the south carolina primary, candidates continue to rally their way through the state. allyson: pope francis thrust himself into the presidential campaign, questioning donald trump's christianity. geoff: i am geoff hart. allyson: i'm allyson powell. take a look behind us at our woodruff road skycam. dale: nothing puts a smile on your face like a friday, right? it is 39 degrees this morning. a jacket or sweater will feel good for the early hours. later today, it will climb into the upper 50's. we got up to 57 yesterday and that is what we are projecting fo

>> pawn shops, bill karins. pawn shops. i don't know if it's worth all of that though. >>> the body of justice antonin scalia will lie in repose in the great hall. president obama will go to pay his respects. >>> and happy birthday on this friday, the singer seal turns 53 years old. and jeff daniels is 61, and motown legend, smokey robinson turns 76. muchjob security.. what the state and city of johnston is doing today to keep more dupont- pioneer employees from losing their jobs. and why it could come much tax money they can offer. caregiver charges.. police say the woman who was supposed to take care of elderly patients was actually stealing of doing.. shooting investigation.. we know more about two men shot police say happened. it's friday february 19th.. today in iowa starts now. today is going to be even warmer with stronger winds and more sunshine. we'll be nearly 20 above normal with lows staying close to 40. breezy west winds this afternoon will help temperatures boost into the upper 50s and lower 60s throughout cen

>> pawn shops, bill karins. pawn shops. i don't know if it's worth all of that though. >>> the body of justice antonin scalia will lie in repose in the great hall. president obama will go to pay his respects. >>> and happy birthday on this friday, the singer seal turns 53 years old. and jeff daniels is 61, and motown legend, smokey robinson turns 76. much for watching "early today."got you covered. this is today in iowa." now on today in iowa: passengers tell us what happened as a plane has to make an emergency landing in eastern iowa. plus, a deadly construction accident. a generator falls from a crane as it's being lowered. and one day, two states on the line. democrats and republicans country this morning -- making their final pitch before voters have their say tomorrow. i'm jerry gallagher. let's check on your weather now with storm track 7 meteorologist eileen loan. good morning. good friday morning. it is going to be a very windy day here across eastern iowa. a wind advisory is in effect today for the entire kwwl view

>> pawn shops, bill karins. pawn shops. i don't know if it's worth all of that though. >>> the body of justice antonin scalia will lie in repose in the great hall. his respects. >>> and happy birthday on this friday, the singer seal turns 53 years old. and jeff daniels is 61, and motown legend, smokey robinson turns 76. i'm frances rivera, thanks so much for watching "early today." weekend.ekend. we're following breaking news right now in newport news. another meth lab overnight! this all started as a call about a hazardous materials situation. officers raided a home on sidney place, off jefferson avenue near main street. let's get right to 10 on your side's rico bush who's been talking with police all morning. rico, what are investigators saying about its connection to other meth lab busts we've been reporting? newport news, va. (wavy) - newport news police say they busted another meth lab overnight. police raided a home on sydney place, off jefferson avenue, near main street. 10 on your side got video of crews working ins

and meteorologist bill karins will join us in just a few minutes for the latest forecast. >>> and donald trump continues to break into the evangelical base. on the indorsement front, trump got his first congressional who previously backed jeb bush. california's duncan hunter who recently made news by vaping at a hearing said he would also support trump. >> but former gop nominee mitt romney warned that a quote blockbuster was on the way when trump released his tax returns. an issue that rankaled the >> i think in donald trump's case it's likely to be a bomb shell. >> trump responded to romney's predikds prediction. >> why not just get them out there? >> i'll make a determination at the right time. i'm in no rush to do it. >> he also talked about picking up votes. >> i could win texas. i don't know that i will but i that's the only state that i'm a little bit down. and i laugh at the pundits who say if you look at all the rest, it's 53. >> and later he tweeted when ted cruz quits i'll get his supporters, no problem. and milania trump spoke about disagreeing with the donald. >> well, do i