bill karins is here to tell us more >> tesla is burning up the internet with elon musk's newest creation tesla cyber truck right out of blade runner. >> "the tonight show," with his take on the impeachmt n policy holmes and fiona hill. fiona said that her boss john bolton thought rudy giuliani's actions would come back to haunt us i'm sorry. does rudy giuliani really look like somebody that would haunt you? >> "early today" starts right now. good friday morning. i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. house lawmakers are heading home for the thanksgiving holiday after a dramatic close to this chapter of the impeachment inquiry. the final scheduled day of public hearings wrapping up with impassed testimony from former national security council officials fi did holmes from the u.s. embassy in ukraine. what may have served as closing arguments, both the majority leader and ranking member ended this phase of the inquiry with a exclamation point. >> this president believes he is above the law, beyond accountability, and in my view, there is nothing more dangerous than an unethical preside

our bill karins says today is an eight out of ten weather day, which will stymie thanksgiving travel for millions. >> breaking overnight, a federal judge rules president trump's one-time white house counsel don mcgahn must obey a subpoena and testify before congress. the judge adding, presidents are not kings. >> high winds are wreaking havoc in california as wildfires are spreading fast and threatening homes and firefighters' strike work to get the upper hand >> the brazen heist caught on camera thieves breaking into a famous museum and making off with priceless jewels the hunt for the suspect is on >> a surprise visit from conan the combat canine at the white house with its commander in chief. >> and the tonight show getting a head start on thanksgiving pardons. >> this is fun tomorrow trump is pardoning a turkey in the white house rose garden a turkey is getting a pardon, which is why rudy giuliani was just spotted dressed like this >> "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. i'm phillip mena >> and i'm frances rivera. we start off today with several blasts of wintry weath

. >>> let's get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins who's rejoining us. >> back in action fresh as a daisy. >> you ran the marathon a week ago. did you just finish? is that why you took a week off? the kids were off of school for four straight days. >> it was the kids. >> 400 hours and 30 minutes. >> bill karins has finally crossed the finish line, ladies and gentlemen. >> are you feeling good though? >> yeah, yeah, i'm ready to make a big commitment. >> welcome back, we missed you. >> i'm going to sign up for a full iron man. >> really? when's that happening? >> that will be july. >> bill karins making it happen. >> seven morcnths. >> impressive. >> putting us to shame. >> she's done like eight marathons. let's get into this forecast. the arctic blast, the polar vortex, all of this, it's moving now through the midwest. it's going to be arriving on the east coast by the time we get to wednesday. let's just show you the windchill values. it's almost like a -- it's good for some. it's great for the retailers. this gets everyone towards the christmas spirit, ge

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. >>> let's check out the weather with bill karins. >> chilly in many areas of the country and now watching this pesky ocean storm that caused problems on the beaches in the mid-atlantic still spinning south of cape cod. we have a second storm coming through the ohio valley and it's the second one that will bring a round of snow, freezing rain, a little bit of a wintry mix we have winter weather advisories for 12 million people from northern new jersey into new england. this is tonight into tomorrow. some areas will get enough snow they'll have to do plowing and shoveling in areas of northern maine where you could get 2 to 4 inch 64 and sunny sounds great in colorado still cloudy and cool near the coast. weekend forecast coming up. >> we'll hear from you in a bit. >>> a life-changing new program for a group of girl scouts. >>> an uproar over prince andrew the growing fallout about his friendship with jeffrey epstein. and now it reminds me of her. i'm just glad i never fixed it. listen, you don't need to go anywhere dad. meet christine, she's going to help you around the house. the best home

and with that, let's switch gears and bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins. ll, what's the weather like in florida? >> florida is waiting for that cold front. very hot. that's the story of florida. so unfortunately, another fire in southern california, has erupted overnight, this is called the maria fire, in between santa barbara and santa clarita. and not that far from where the fire was a couple of days ago. this fire has burned up to 7,400 acres. and there has been structures that have been burned, too. here are some of the new pictures coming in. so yes, the winds are still gusty enough that it is very difficult conditions, especially when you get on the hillsides with these firefighters. and they have to be exhausted. i mean after like it lee, four days in a row of just round the clock shifts. unbelievable. so for today, we don't have the pink category, the extreme risk, but we still have an area of the critical risk actually where the fire is burning this morning. elevated risk for the rest of the southern portions of california, and gusts up to 35 miles

. >> all right, let's get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> you don'tant to hear what i have to say. >> do we ever? aside from like august 7th hwhe it's 80 degrees and sunny. >> i like to think i have something to offer in this relationship. >> #realtalk. >> monday morning. >> we have a very difficult forecast heading into this thanksgiving travel period. our big storm from the weekend is exiting, just a little bit of snow left here for our friends in northern portions of maine. we're clearing things out. today is by far the best travel day of the next seven. if you chose today to go to the airport or the roads, you won. compared to the rest of the week this is very nice and calm. a lot of sunshine across the board, 50s up the east coast. still a little chilly in minneapolis and boston. this is the storm that's beginning today in the rockies that's going to cause us all the problems over the next couple of days. by the time we get to tuesday, snowstorm from denver to nebraska. snow from omaha to minneapolis. minor airport problems like o'hare and detroi

let's now get a quick check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> big changes comings week across the country. so far the weather pattern has been set up where it's been cold in the east, warm in the west. we're finally going to get some of our friends in california some rain this week, which is desperately needed. the worst weather award for the day today is going to be cape cod. winds could gust 40 to 60 miles per hour. it's just an ugly day in eastern new england. we do have a little bit of wintery precip trying to move through areas of pennsylvania and near erie and sliding up towards buffalo too. here's that wind gust forecast. i don't think the airports will be too bad around new york city. wind gusting only to 20 miles per hour. once you get over here to new port, providence, nantucket, province town. just gusty enough for minor airport delays. as far as the rainfall forecast and the travel forecast goes, possible delays later today. we'll have some rain moving into d.c., p.m.baltimore, philly new york. if there's going to be any significant delays and cancella

let's get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. the wind. >> i don't mind it being cold, it's when it's windy. >> it feels like february 2nd. >> february 2nd. i'm looking forward to mardi gras time. spring. >> gee, look at that, yucking it up, who new? >> wild and crazy guy. >> wild and crazy guy. >> yeah, watch out for those weather guys. already 100 records broken this morning. yesterday, we had 57 record lows broken. as yasmin said, it's cold. it's going to continue that way much of the day. windchill values in the teens in atlanta. tallahassee, feels like 26. new york city, 16, cleveland's at 7. as we go throughout the day it will improve a little bit. it won't be as windy in the northeast like yesterday so it will make it feel more bearable. new york city did break a record low. burlington at 21. and detroit at 30. we're still melting the snow for a few days and stick around into the weekend. the polar air will retreat and get better towards the weekend. chicago, you struggle, though, only in the 30s all the way into saturday.

. >>> we want to give a quick shout-out to meteorologist bill karins who is off today after running thearathon. >> he didn't want to limp into the studio this morning. >> he finished the race in four hours and 30 minutes and 30 seconds. that's a pretty strong showing. bill says it was a great day for the race, he said a lot of funny signs in his favor which he saw multiple times, this, you can run better than the government. >> so true. >> and that is what bill karins did. >> perfect. >> obviously seeming accomplished there in that prush. got to feel good. >>> still ahead, president trump continuing to push for the identity of the ukraine whistle-blower to be released as the legal team offers to answer written questions from gop lawmakers. >> president renews his attacks on a decorated veteran. lieutena lieutenant colonel alexander vindman claims there will soon be more information released about vindman. we're back in a moment. about vindman. we're back in a moment opharmace. pursuing life-changing cures in a country that fosters innovation here, they find breakthroughs... like a way t

. >>> let's get a check of the weather with bill karins. >> the occasional blooming onion.n a row. okay. so let's get into this forecast this morning. still layering in the northeast, we broke the record low, and the arctic air mass left but not like yesterday. records from texas all the way to the northeast yesterday. there was easily over 100. we're still trying to add up how many exactly. 30 in new york. the record is 20. we're warmer but not warm. and dc, 29 this morning. buffalo at 30. and today will feel a little better this afternoon. let's go to the next weather story. not a bad one, it is just going to rain out some people's weekend plan, especially our friends in the southeast, coastal areas of the carolinas down to georgia, and a chilly light rain over areas moving on to the texas shore, and louisiana, and straight through mississippi, and there may be a tiny bit of wintry precipitation here, you have to look outside, if you're in between jackson and montgomery on the border of alabama and mississippi, our radar is showing up some snowflakes on the map there. who

. >> let's switch gears now, and bring in bill karins for a quick look at weather. >>> i would pay toanny do standup. >> money well spent. >>> and we have a lot of heavy rain coming down in areas of north florida, gainsville to jacksonville, a soaking rain, and that's now trying to slide up to savannah, and the southeast, a travel trouble spot for today and ling near saturday and sunday it will start to push away by the second half of the sunday and a little better. one to three inches of rain and a chance of minor coastal flooding and the high tide and it will cause some issues in the albemarle pamlico sound. and florida will be in wet weather. and west palm beach and ft. lauderdale and miami. and atlanta some showers and the steadier rains in eastern north carolina. as we go through the weekend into saturday and sunday. notice how it lingers in areas of carolinas. for today's forecast, a beautiful one in dallas. san antonio, little rock, memphis, chicago, a little cold, and this is that next little shot, this is a sneaky shot of cold air, coming to the northern great lakes and then

. >>> let's bring in meteorologist bill karins for a quick check of the weather forecast a lot of rainyesterday. >> yes, not even thanksgiving yet and i'm asking myself why i'm living in the northeast. >> that usually coming in january or february. >> a little early this year. i'm sure i'm not alone. look out the window in the hudson and theed a r adirondack the snow has moved it. it is not heavy but slippery spots especially at the higher elevations that will move out pretty quickly throughout the day. the morning commutes are about as ugly as they get, boston, mass pike, to portland, rainy and wet and dry for you. and the snow in the northwest. it is not a big event. dewould have winter weather warnings but but there are winter weather advisories mostly in the high country of new england. as far as additional snow, one to two inches. not a lot of school delays or cancellations because of this. but another kind of rude wet damp morning that you just don't want to be out in. the next weather story is developing in the southwest. later today. this one is good. no fires going on in calif

. >>> a check on the weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> good morning. and everyone else, if you're on the east coast and waking up, get ready for one of those days where the weather changes rapidly. you maybe wake up this morning with the light jacket fine and by this evening you want the winter gear as the arctic air and the cold that's been moving through the middle of the country finally arrives on the east coast. so the first thing that we will have is just light rain that is now from the raleigh area, to richmond, to washington, d.c., and heading out the door early, light rain and showers around new york city and southern new england and some significant overnight snows last night in the adirondacks and the catskills and a little bit showing up in northern vermont. not a lot of snow left with the system. yes we may see flakes in dc, baltimore, philly new york, but not brief and stick on the pavement. and not concerned with slippery roads in the big cities. as we go throughout the day, this is how much additional snowfall we will get. the lake effec

all right, let's switch gears here and get a check of your weather here with nbc meteorologist bill karins the three of us went skiing yesterday. >> yes. >> guess who it might be. >> it sure wasn't me. >> who's got the biggest smile going on. >> right. >> jeff and i were sitting hoo ner new york, on the most miserable sunday ever. >> what did you do with your kids? how did you keep them occupying? actually, we were skiing. you took a 3-year-old skiing which is amazing. they will tell me to wrap in 2.2 seconds. >> wrap. >> it was incredibly emotional moment for me because my dad taught me to ski when i was that age, and i didn't realize, you know, my dad is no long wer us and i didn't realize how emotional it was going to be for me to see my son on skis and to teach him and so exhaust and i wanted to throw in the towel. >> your back hurts a little bit. >> my back hurts so much today. but it was so much fun. and surprisingly, they had a significant amount of snow up in vermont. >> the pictures are worth it. >> the pictures were worth it. >> yes. >> if you want to say any, go to my instagram.

. >>> let's switch gears and bring in msnbc meteorologist bill karins.day out there. a lot of parades taking place around the country including here in new york city. >> the cold and the snow a mid december like feel out there, many areas of the country. let's start with the 66 million people impacted by the storm and that's how many people we have along the winter weather advisories or winter storm warnings from the foothills in colorado and overnight a decent snow and a lot of schools are delayed, and i know it is a federal holiday, a lot of schools are canceled, too. a one or two inch event in the ohio valley going from rain, over to sleet and freezing rain with a coating of snow on top of it. so yes, you have to remember your winter driving skills because a lot of people haven't used them in a while. and a full-fledged snowstorm in areas of northern new england. how much snow? obviously this time of the year, near the great lakes, they're still pretty warm and cold blasts and you get the enhancement of the snow, and downwind of lake michigan, six to

in fifth, jaguars' wide receiver dj chark >>> let's churn to bill karins for the weather. >> yesterday 90s in downtown la, one of the warmest spots in the country. near record heat for areas of the west this is going to change as we go throughout the middle of the week all the cool weather has been in the east today, we will see recor possible notice, l.a., 91 degrees 18 degrees warmer than it should be in the downtown area. san francisco, warmer. salt lake city is 11 degrees warmer than it should be albuquerque,n to the very warm weather. temperatures are in the mid to upper 50s. we've been ducking into the crowds on and off rain throughout the weekend. it'll continue today warm numbers in areas to the south. the week ahead forecast coming up as i mentioned, things take a big change in the west. >> bill, thank you >>> if you've never seen a dog on ice skates, now you can say you have benny, the ice skating golden lab. there he is at last night's golden knights game in vegas jumping over obstacles he goes to grab the hockey st k stick. his appearances raise money for the las vegas anim

. >> so that means there's a whole lot to watch out for there bill karins is keeping track of it all. >> i can't imagine how the airports will accommodate all the passengers if you chose today, congratulations. as we go into tuesday, the storm heads out to the middle of the country. heavy snow from denver, minneapolis, significant delays. a monster storm comes to the west coast which could do a lot of wind damage gy into wednesda the travel impacts we watch the storm through the northern great lakes east coast will have on and off showers and rain with the volume and the winds, just any delays will actually cause some problems. and how about this as we go through wednesday and thursday that huge storm on tuesday in the west moves all the way through the inner mountain west. a nightme storm system forarthie improving in areas of the northeast today and the southeast still looks pretty good i didn't even get to it. this is the snowfall map yeah, good luck on the roads and at the airports. >> it's going to be a mess out there. feel for everybody thank you, bill. >>> the tsa has released

. >>> if there is any time to check in with nbc meteorologist bill karins about what's ahead -- >> too much info it's, really i highly recommend stay tuned to your local nbc meteorologist to walk you through the whole thing because there's a lot coming through. today is when it comes through the rockies. tomorrow it begins in colorado and spreads through nebraska rain through areas of the midwest. snowing hard by the time it gets to wednesday morning to minneapolis through the northern great lakes. rainy, windy conditions through the ohio and great lakes by wednesday afternoon and evening it sweeps through the northeast with periods of high winds and rain it won't be severe storms but enough to cause significant airport delays as far as the thanksgiving travel goes and the airports, we have the two storms. this is looking at tuesday there's nothing that bad today you got lucky if today is your travel day tuesday, a huge storm comes into the west coast big impacts from areas san francisco north wards and denver and minneapolis, and as far as the impacts at the airport, great lakes could

let's get a check with our weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning. >> good morning. a couple of trouble spots in new england. the new york state threw wuway,s of heavy rain, sleet and freeing rain in spots. we're seeing snow throughout the c catskills. here is the timing on all of this the higher elevations especially the adirondacks and the berkshires we're done central new england this afternoon this isn't a big snow event, but a highest of elevations could ges top a lot of the roads remain wet. accumulation on the trees and the cars the exceptio if you want great weather today, florida's looking great so is texas, san antonio to dallas, mid-70s. if we're goingve a damaging weather in the next co o up. >> coming up next. thanks, bill. >>> in in kylie cosmetics for a whopping $600 million. this gives cover girl and other beauty brands 5i 1% stake in the company. >> incredible. >>> taylor swift has been given permission to perform her older hit songs at sunday's american music awards after a reversal from her former record label. >>> re

people later this week weather wise, especially with some travel problems here's nbc's meteorologist bill karinst coast storm is going to be one that could be damaging with the winds on the coast. one forecast showed the waves on the oregon coastline 20, 30 feet high today is a good day for traveling in much of the country. here's our big storm as we go into tuesday we're calling this two because there is a separate storm in the middle of the country. this one is going to be pushing snow inland, windy conditions, too. the snow levels are going to drop pretty low. even some of the -- almost all of the passes are going to have issues and proems with snow. even the grapevine eventually. this is as we go into wednesday here by the time we get to thursday, it lingers in areas of the west. it spreads to the middle of the country. you get the picture. today is the day to travelcold available. you can see it there in the northern portions of the rockies. highly advise you to stay tuned to your local nbc meteorologist to guide you through the storm. >> what a mess you have to feel for everybody thanks >>

let's check in with nbc military bill karins. stormy weather ahead. >> a big storm in the southwest that is going to impact a lot of people's travel weekend plans across the country now that storm is just south of vegas. we also have a little weak storm movingn ouday. so here's how it's going to play out. as we go through the next three or four days, on friday we're going to watch the storm ove rain frottl the way down to lou. on saturday, the heavier rain will move into areas through the southeast. maybe a little bit of snow on the north side of it, but not a lot. saturday evening, heavy rain into the mid-atlantic region looks like the heaviest rain in new england as we go through saturday night and into the morning. windy, tootexas, but late-day rn moving into areas like dallas and also watching temperatures dropping in places like north texas. travel impact right through the thanksgiving week. we'll have more details coming up. >> man, that is just going to be a mess for these travellers. all right, bill, thank you. >>> fast f

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. >> let's get a check on your day ahead with meteorologist bill karins >> we have some weather concerns as we're going throughout the morning hours. be careful driving in the desert southwest flash flood warnings rupp heavy rain moving through 14 million people are included in these flash flood watches we even have thunderstorms overnight that have rolled from just outside san diego now between blithe and yuma. that's where the heaviest rainfall is. also a period of heavy rain south vegas eventually this will move toward the phoenix area in the early morning hours. that's where the morning commute could be the same. flood threat increases with our rounds of rain it's going to linger for at least another 48 hours in some cases. snow for the highest elevations. finally by the time we get to thursday we see a little bit of it moving out. the winter weather houston, louisiana, not bad from cancel city to st. louis. i'd take low 60s this time of year with increasing clouds late in the day unfortunately we've got a busy weather pattern coming and that's going to include the travel impacts for

molly, thank you it is giddy up and get out of dodge time we'll check in with nbc meteorologist bill karins hoos tracking it. what a mess. >> the airports today, the winds are going to be a huge issue on top of obviously the snow that we're dealing with in areas like denver. the cleanup from yesterday and the snowstorm ongoing in areas of minnesota and wisconsin. here's the two huge storms on the map. dealing with the airpo the near city airports should start okay but when a period of rain comes through this afternoon and the winds pick up they'll probably be building delays detroit and chicago, minneapolis, could have a lot of delays and cancellations because of high winds. the winds could gust up to 50 to 60 miles per hour. expect some iffy takeoffs and landings too and then in areas of the west, l.a. and san diego, this was a huge storm that moved on shore last night that's going to have implications then going into thanksgiving day i know some people travel in the morning. these storms are still on the map. kicking up through northern new england. still looking at gusty winds in boston

opponents at home >>> what's happening across the country right now, feels like november madness bill karins, good morning. >> january in november, right? let's get into these numbers 57 record lows were set yesterday at major climate sites. we could approach somewhere near 100 today because we're shattering record lows in many locations right now. here's the temperatures. you know, 20 in cleveland, that's cold really but for this time of year it's not unheard of but get down to atlanta at 25. tallahassee 27 houston. that's the unusual part of this, is how widespread it is and how cold it is in the south. and then when you put on top of that the wind chills make it feel much better highs in the ohio valley and the northeast will only be in the 20s. some locations breaking freezing of course the wind chills will make it feel like the teens and 20s in most areas. here's the silver lining this is the peak of the cold this morning then as we head toward the weekend many areas, the midwest, the northeast will start to e itse w cold start we will warm it up considerably this afternoon throughout m

cities could see more record lows for more and to fact check what i just said, nbc meteorologist bill karinsorning >> bangor maine was down to 8 degrees. that broke their record, 11. they're warming things up. the winds are shifting the cold winds from the north that brought down the arctic air are leaving. they're seeing the shift in the south. that's why the 20s and 30s from d.c. to pennsylvania we're heading in the right direction and much of the cothe heads up is we have a rain event starting in texas. it's going to move through the southeast. on friday, airport delays are possible for the few storms and some rain moving through anyone driving, especially i-95, the coastal areas, you'll have to go through rain, too. it could linger. saturday maybe even into suny.d. 53, pretty beautiful forecast. no fall in mexico either highs in the 50s and 60s >>> weekend forecast looks pretty decent, especially considering what we dealt with earlier this week. >> we deserve that after what we've been through thank you, bill. >>> a hawaii man was surfing with his girlfriend and instead of hanging ten, h

>> i can imagine shout out to our bill karins he finished it in 4:30 i think but he finished it he said he never stopped, he kept running that's a major accomplishment. >> second time >> next year he's going to be the winner >> and he needs a full week off for recovery too >> congratulations to everyone that ran or walked that marathon big-time accomplishment with the weather being very chilly across the east now, we're waking up to a frost advisory, and that will continue until about 8:00 a.m but look at the temperatures we're below frnga little bit more cloud coverage but sunshine for the northeast. >> we have a series of clipper systems. so if you're a runner you might think about the treadmill this upcoming week. >> oh, man >> thank you, janessa. >>> it is officially november, which means the countdown to the macy's thanksgiving day parade has begun. macy's held a test drive for the newest balloons to make sure that they're all ready to go for their big debut at this year's 93rd annual parade the newest additions include netflix's green eggs and ham, astronaut snoopy, there he is, a

. >>> we bring in meteorologist bill karins with a check of the weather. of the country, different stories. >> 90 in downloun l.a. areas on the east coast one of the coldest starts to november in 50, 60 years. that continues today. it is a raw day in areas of new england, from boston to the cape, windy and occasionally rainy and the surf is pretty rough out, there, too and enjoyable in the ohio valley and light rain and freezing drizzle in ohio and eastern pennsylvania. winter weather advisories are up. not below freezing anywhere. kind of patchy. but 13 million people are impacted here all through central and northern portions of new england but we worry about a little bit of a light glaze out there, on some of the bridges and here is the forecast, two storms for the northeast, and light drizzle or freezing rain in new england, and then the rain returns this evening, so you notice that rain, as we go through 6:00 p.m., from norfolk to virginia, approaching dc, it looks like dc, the rain window is about 7:00 to 10:00. and new york city, rain window later t

. >>> with that, let's switch gears and bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins.n the last weather forecast. how many more do you have? >> only one from here. >> the same three. but we will talk about the airport impacts with so many people traveling as we go through the next six, search days. for today, it is a actually a mild start in areas of the north east and end windy and colder, brief period of rain out there today, so it is not going to rain hard, but if you don't want to get wet, carry the umbrella from washington down to the washington, d.c. area to the northeast, it is a soaking rain in areas of east texas and the southeast looks warm and nice and a little bit of snow this morning, in areas like denver am and so let's fast forward into your weekend outlook, and saturdays are the rainy day, from atlanta, down to areas of the panhandle of florida, and pensacola, panama city and it looks like a rainy day through the ohio valley and the mid atlantic region, rain moving in through the day, richmond, norfolk, virginia beach to washington, d.c. and then this i

. >> let's get a check of your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> let's talk about what weather to ex experience in the next few days. no heat and no hurricane. >> everything sells on the table. a wildfire outside of sbrsanta a this morning. and a possible travel weather that we're dealing with, areas of i--25, heavy snow in denver spreading out to the plains. in all, we have two big storms. the first storm is here. that is the plains, up to minneapolis later on today, and then the second storm, this is the really strong one coming into the west coast, northern california and oregon later today, in all 22 million people are under a winter weather alert. and the heaviest snow today, some of it is already falling in colorado. and spreads through nebraska, and omaha is on the edge of it, but in sioux city, you will get nailed, and minneapolis, a possibility of six inches of snow for you and northern wisconsin and the upper peninsula of michigan, nine to 12 inches on the table. so that will make things difficult. as i mentioned, this storm was strong enough to produce isolated sever

. >>> but first, bill karins has a look at some incoming thanksgiving storms. bill, what are you locking at? >> a very stormy pattern. two big storms. the east coast looks better than most. middle of the country and the west coast, it's going to be troublesome to get to travel locations by thanksgiving especially if you have to do traveling in the air. the storm that plagued is just about gone. now we're going to watch today. actually, out of all the days coming up, this is the best travel day by far. east coast is clear, lots of sunshine. middle of the country no problems. but the staorm is brewing in th middle of the country. we're going from denver to minneapolis, a snowstorm. 80 is going to be treacherous. tuesday in wednesday it's going to be a snowstorm for you. wednesday, the busiest travel day, windy conditions on the east coast with rain. it's not going to power aur all there will be on and off rain and windy conditions and that storm will be exiting by thanksgiving day in the northeast. for new york city it looks windy and the balloons are going to be

. >>> but first, bill karins has a look at the forecast. hey, bill. >> good morning, willie. one of the most difficult travel forecasts i've ever given the day before thanksgiving. denver yesterday 8 to 12 inches of snow. you're waking up in minneapolis to a lot of sne ow also, very, very difficult conditions out there. some of the worst of it will be continuing in areas of minnesota this morning and into wisconsin. that's where we could have some of the worst travel delays out there as we go throughout the next 24 hours, too. we have 19 million people with winter storm warnings. almost all of the west, we had a historic storm move onshore yesterday in california. it was the lowest pressure ever, ever measured in the state, so that's one of the things that we're dealing with out here, and we also have very windy conditions we're going to deal with over the next two days. let's talk about your get away travel day forecast here. in the great lakes we have a lot of wind we're going to deal with today as the storm exits, areas like minneapolis will get windy after the snow ends.

. >>> powerful storms from coast to coast will make it a tough go bill karins joins us good to see you reporter: good to see you what a storm in california last night. this was the strongest storm ever measured, ever. any storm in california history. 84 mile per hour winds on the coast. 34 food waves. that's what's heading now down to southern california we had a foot of snow in denver. a foot of snow on the ground in min nneapoli minneapolis. this big storm will make airports treacherous, o'hare, cleveland, minneapolis a little bit of light rain in the northeast and wind but because of the volume especially in the new york city airports, we'll have minor delays. with the huge california storm it will sweep down towards la and if you don't get out today, tomorrow the storm in the west is still plaguing us we are going to see gusts up to 49 miles per hour. additional airport delays. iffy at best it has to be under 34 miles per hour we may not get the big huge balloons we love so much the big storm through thanksgiving day we'll have travel implications. we're not done yet we are going t

but first, bill karins has a check on the forecast. >> that was a perfect backdrop because michigan is where all the horrible weather was. 8 inches of snow. broke the all time november snowest day record. that start is continuing to push to the east coast. one of those big days where it changes. you wake up in the morning, it's warm and mild and then the temperatures goring to cra temperatures are going to crash. you will see snow around the lunch hour or so and right now it's in the capital district and northern turning in. yesterday it was horrible in the midwest and great lakes. today we'll have possible delays. not so many cancellations. the rain and snow is not a big deal but it will get windier this afternoon. how about the wind chills. it feels like negative 8 walking out the door in chicago. it's chicago so at least you're kind of used to that in the winter. but dallas has a wind chill of 10. houston at 26. that's the cold air that the sweep to the east coast. the warm temperatures in the 40s and 50s early on the eastern seaboard, then the cold air moves in. chicago, a 21 for t

but first, bill karins has a check on the thanksgiving forecast. thanksgiving travel forecast i have given in my 20 years. let's take you to denver. you can see the snow-covered roads. reports of i-25 and portions of i-70 that are now closed in a few locations. blizzard conditions developing just outside of denver. seven inches on the ground in denver. 14 inches of snow in ft. collins. let's show you the wider view and tell you what's going on. 23 million people with winter storm warnings or advisories. two storms. one over colorado that slides into the plains later today and nails minneapolis later tonight, and then a huge storm in the coastal areas of california and oregon later today. now, we'll show you the other option. the warm side of this storm system could produce even severe storms. at the same time, we have this horrific winter weather with already 300 flights canceled out of denver. we could have flight problems out of memphis, st. louis, little rock today. you're at a slight risk of severe weather. 10 million people at risk. let's time

but first, bill karins has a look at the weekend forecast. >> a messy weekend forecast. we have three storms to deal with in six days leading up to thanksgiving and that means headaches for so many people from coast to coast. for today, heavy rain has broken out around areas from tennessee to kentucky. little bit of snow for our friends heading from colorado springs to denver. for today's forecast, mild in the northeast, little bit of light rain will come through. the cold front, this evening will be colder and chillier than this morning. this is the weather we're dealing with today with the rain this morning as we go throughout the afternoon that rage move to the southeast and later this evening. by the time we get to saturday, heavy rain will be pushing from the southeast. rain will move into d.c. and richmond during the day. most of your saturday is dry. it looks like saturday night and anning you. >>> i an ugly sunday in the northeast. it's going to be a cold which iy rain. not too much snow, just a little bit in the poconos. then storm two coming into tuesday and we

. >> speaking of new york, bill karins is lacing up his running shoes to take part in the marathon thiswore last time i would never do it again after my fail at mile 25 but it is a different story. let's get to the forecast for those descending on new york city, it looks gorgeous. considering how rainy and miserable it has been, we'll take this. mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the low 40s and 50s. i'm sure a lot of people have to do a lot of cleanup and still half a million people are without power from the storm last night. 207 wind damage reports. what a windstorm. people were up all night long hearing the wind howling. we have 55 million people under wind advisories or high-wind warning. some of the worst damage was buffalo to syracuse, especially along the lake shore where they saw flooding too. the wind gusts peaking during the day today. not too bad d.c. and baltimore. there may be minor airport delays. worst delays have been in maine where we have over 100,000 people without power and still gusty in upstate new york. the other story overnight, another big fire formed. this

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