meteorologist dylan dreyer is following it all for us. >> reporter: good evening. this is a small storm, but it really packs a punch. it's going to move through the plains tonight with heavy snow in northern nebraska. this is also going to bring heavy snow through southern iowa, and parts of illinois and southern wisconsin. we are looking at the possibility of winds to gust up near 40 miles per hour. see that will create blowing snow, and it could reduce visibility quickly on roadways. we're looking at as much as four to six inches of snow. we could see isolated areas of eight inches. chicago is right on the line, more of a wintery mix expected on the front end of that storm. as you travel sunday, delays at the airports. the east coast, though, looks nice with warmer terps. temperatures. chilly across the western half of the country. jose? >> dylan dreyer, thank you very much. >>> now to our nbc news investigation of medical devices and the dangers some of them may pose. it's part of a global reporting effort with the international consortium of international journ

. >>> let's get our first that's dylan dreyer. >> surprise!are going to see a rainy late day into tonight, especially in the northeast where we have 33 million people under flood watches up across southern new england as well. t this is storm system. it's not producing severe weather but h pockets of those virginia, through eastern kentucky, central tennessee. we alsoave light to moderate snow around the great lakes. it's just a col front. again nothing severe. we will see rounds of really heavy rain, and there are a lot of leaves on the ground that could clog the drains. so that's why w could also see some additional flooding as this water has nowhere to g sometimes. behind it winds pick up. lake ear rookie, lake on -- lakeiro, lake ontario. could pickp closer to eight. we are getting into that season wher lake effect snowstorms will be an issue. we could see one to three inches of rain saturday. orologist chuck bell. raindrops on the lens for our city camera. it will be cloudy andt rainy st finish today. there is more where that came om. 100

. >>> dylan dreyer is monitoring the forecast for us. dylan, first this deep freeze you're standing in right now in the northeast, then the rain and snow for the midwest could be messy. what are we looking at here? >> reporter: well, lester, it is going to be tough to travel this weekend. tomorrow we are going to see heavy rain through themid-atlantic. but icing is possible through the higher elevations, back through the appalachians. the eastern rockies and the western plains will see heavy snow tomorrow. that moves east into the midwest on sunday. now, we could see wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. that could cause whiteout conditions, greatly reducing visibility on the roads, especially through southern iowa, northern missouri, northwestern illinois, and southern wisconsin. we could end up with about six inches of snow. chicago is right on that rain/snow shriline, but we could still see airport delays into chicago and stretching into kansas city. >> dylan, thank you. >>> after weeks of silence, the mueller team may be about to make a

dylan dreyer is folling all for us. >> reporter: this is a small storm, but it really packs a punch. it's going to through the plains tonight with heavy snow in northern nebraska. heavy snow in southern iowa and parts of illinois and southern sc sin. we are looking at the possibility of winds to gust up near 4 miles per hour. that will create blowing sno and could reduceisibility on the roadways. we're looking at as much as 4 to 6 inches of snow. chicago is right on the line, more of a wintery mix expected o on the front e that storm. we'll see delays at the tairport, east coast looks nice, with warmer temperatures, chilly acrs the western half of the country. >>> now to our nbc ws investigation of medical devices and the dangers some of them may pose. 's part of a global reporting effort with the international consortium o international journalists. we look at devices that are made here in ut the u.s. bre approved for use only overseas. >> reporter: wolfgang was thrilled to find a state of the art solution to his failing shoulder. >> i thought i was really going to get something out

. >> dylan dreyer is monitoring the this deep freeze you're standing in in the northeast and rain and snow in the midwest could be what are we looking at here? >> reporter: well, lester, it will be owough to travel. tomoe'll see heavy rain through the mid atlantic but icing is possiblugh the appalachians and the eastern rockies and western plains will see hnow tomorrow. that moves east into the midwest on sunday. now we could see wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. that could cause white out conditns through southern iowa, northern missouri, northwestern illinois and southern wisconsin. we could end up with sn six inches o. chicago is on the rain, snow line but we could see airport delays into chicago and stretches ck to kansas city, lester? >> i know you'll be watching it for us, thank you. >>> after weeks of nce, the mueller team may be about to make a plea deal related to the russi investigation between the special counsel and an associate of roger stone. kristen welkeras details. >> reporter: tonight, jerome corsi, close associate of roger stone tells nbc news he's in talks to cut

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with sheinelle jones and peter alexander and dylan dreyer. live from studio 1a. in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us. >> it is veterans day weekend. we want that start by thanking those who served and have served this country today. we are thinking about them on this holiday weekend. we are thinking about the folks in california as well. i'm from the san francisco bay area. i have been e-mailing friends up north and down south right now. terrified as neighborhoods are going up in flames. the most destructive fire in california history already taking hold in northern california. sheinelle, today is the day to get ahead of it. 60-mile-an-hour wind gusts expected. >> it is devastating, a top story. entire towns have been evacuated. thousands of homes and other buildings already destroyed from the wildfires burning for the past 48 hours. at least nine people killed. officials warned that the death toll could get higher. nbc's kathy park is out in the middle of it. kathy, good morning. >> reporter: s

. >>> from nbc news, this is today with sheinelle jones, peter alexander and dylan dreyer, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaz >>> welcome totoday." thanks for joining us on this saturday morning. we hope you have been enjoying the holiday weekend. kate snow i with us, and murphy's law. heading home from andma's, the weather shows up. >> showing up big time. it was so chilly here. >> biting cold. > that brings us to the top stor more nasty weather in store for millions of people as they head home from the holidaynd wee dylan has the first forecast. we are counting on you this time. >>l apologize now. it will be tough for travelers today and tomorrow. we saw some snow hitting areas like colorado. look at the snow coming dn, reducing visibilities, roads at a stand still as folks are getting used to driving in the snow again. this is towards breckenridge. some higher elevations. we will see it turn into a bigger storm system for the midwest sunday. before we get to that, though, we have messy weather falling on the eastern part of the country, even icing through western virginia and

dylan dreyer takes us behind the scenes of one of the most beloved thanksging day events. the giant balloons to the fantastic floats. we'll show you how it all culls together, today, thursday november 22nd, 2018. ♪ >>houston, thanksgiving. >> -- on "today"! >> grateful for my mom in tucs arizona. >> gratefu for my family and friends back in ohio. >> to new york city, celebrating thanksgiving! >> happy thanksgiving to my mom in st. louis. >>yo family in southern california. >> to rochester new york! >> happy turkey day! >> and happy turkey day to you. welcome back. craig melvin here with sheinelle jones in studio 1a. warm andcomfy. savannah and hoda down in herald square. it cold, ladies? >> it's 20 degrees. >> you're warm and toasty, but we get to see the parade. >> that's true. >> you got to eeel thergy out here. we got the cast of "mean rl rehearsing just behind us. we've got so much to look forward for the 92nd macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> and kelly clarkson will be one of the performances. lineup is going to feature famous balloons and floats. 1200 cheerleaders a

. >>> dylan dreyer in for carson today.oy story 4." we saw a lot of our favorite characters, including woody, buzz, jesse and more. when an anticipated trailer like this comes out, people share their reactions on social media because, why not? in genius form, pixar released their own trailer for the filal. >> >> "toy story" is my jam. to infinity and your mom. >> that's not a blonde. >> wgoesha >> to immunity and respond. >> to indecency -- >> guys, you got it all wrong. >> it's to infinity and beyond. >> key and peele play ducky and bunny. they will be characters in "toy story 4." it will hit theaters june 1st, 2014. >>> and "game of thrones." the cast wrapped filming in august of 2017, that's 202019. the announcement came w sers ru. i could watch at any affected by the wildfires. the actress delivered boxes of pizza and gift cards to a red cross evacuation shelter. gaga had to evacuate her home in malibu, due to the woolsey fire that swept through. >>> and now, hoda, your new youtube series. surprise, you're in "pop start

dylan dreyer takes us behind the scenes of one of the most beloved thanksgiving day events. >> it's onens to the fantastic floats, we'll show you how it all comes together today, thursday november 22nd, 2018. >> from houston, texas. >> we're starting our thanksgiving on "today." >> grateful for my mom in tucson, arizona. >> thankful for our family and friends. >> back in ohio. >> from spain. >> to new york city. >> celebrating thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving to my mom in thanksgiving. >> and my family in southern california. >> from rochester new york, happy turkey day. >> craig melvin jones alongside sheinelle jones. in the studio warm, toasty and comfortable. savannah and hoda are getting ready for the parade. let's check in with them one more time. is it still 20 degrees, ladies? >> it's 20 degrees. >> you're warm and toasty, but we get to see the parade. >> that's true. >> we've got a front row seat. you can feel the energy out here. things are getting real. we have the cast of "mean girls" rehearsing behind us. we have so much to look forward to on this 92nd macy's day parade.

joined by dylan dreyer, jenna bush hager, stephanie gosk is here we have an extra hour this weekend.if you have two toddlers that were not cc'd on the memo that it was daylight saving. at 5:30 on sunday morning, little feet and a knock. it was nice of her to knock. >> yeah. that was considerate.

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with sheinelle jones, peter alexander and dylan dreyer. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> thank you for joining us. i wanted to dance on that piano at fao schwartz since tom hanks. >> coming up later, we will give you some joy. >>> we have to start with the news headlines. let's get to the top story. the tragedy that continues to grow in california from the deadly wildfires. in the northern part of the state alone, officials say that more than 1,000 people are unaccounted for. the death toll also rising overnight to 71. a number that is certain to go higher. nbc's kathy park is in chico, california with the latest for us. kathy, good morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning to you. this disaster is now a humanitarian crisis. pe many are living in shelters. the president is expected to be in the area joined by the governor and governor-elect. this morning, president trump flying cross country to see california's deadliest and most destructive fire first hand. but not before another round of critical comments about forest misman

roker, dylan dreyer, our buddy, jacob hboroff in from the left coast.sleeping bag? i'll hang out tonight. >> you picked a good night to hang out. you know what's happening night? >> the tree lighting. that's why i came. >> a lot of parties on the east side of the abuilding. >>ot of extra security and buzz around the building. tonight, the holiday

roker, dylan dreyer, our buddy jacob soboroff in from the left coast.onight. >> you picked a good night to hang out. >> i know. >> tree lighting. >> why do you think i came? >> a lot of parties on the east side of the brilding. >> also a lot of security, extra buzz.