jennifer gray.eteorologist. you are looking at the trouble spots. so where are you checking out? >> well we've seen the longest delays really in the mid west. chicago, detroit. because of the rain and snow. also quite a few wind delays today through new york's laguardia. those will continue throughout the evening. they have also been deicing in salt lake city and that's caused delays as well. >> renee says if you are smart you are heading out tomorrow. that is where the money is. so what does that look like for people on the road. there are still going to be a lot of them? >> conditions look overall great. we are going to have a couple of trouble spots though. especially in the northeast. i-90, up state new york could have a little slick spots, snow and rain mixed in. that is going to clear out throughout the day. the other trouble spot is pacific northwest. rain through seattle in portland and could have some trouble getting through the passes. we are going to have snow in higher elevations. >> and

. >> cnn meteorologist jennifer gray is live for us now in gatlinburg.us a sense of the situation now. >> well, john, it is still very touch and go. a lot of people are here, just waiting, waiting for direction, to see if they can go back to their homes. not sure what they will find. a lot of people left with simply the shirts on their backs. some of them were able to get their pets out. others were forced to leave their pets behind because they had to get out so quickly. the fires were just surrounding these neighborhoods. homes. we've heard stories of people just plowing straight through the flames to try to get to safety because they were completely surrounded. we talk to another couple whose visiting from out of town. they went out to dinner, couldn't return to the cabin they rented, so they have no idea if their dogs that are there are alive or not. look behind me. this is just -- get a sense of what's going on. this is one -- we still have a couple hundred people just waiting for answers. we know that most of the historical downtown is intact. that

our jennifer gray explains what makes a superman different from other moons. >> one of the more notablen. this is because the fields have been harvested and this is when animals needed to be killed and stored because winter is coming soon. there's also what's known as the supermoon where the moon can be 14% bigger and 30% brighter. this occurs during the closest approach the moon makes to the earth on its orbit. every now and then we get a couple of bonus moons. you see the lunar calendar is roughly 29 days, but our monthly calendar is mostly 30 to 31 days. every now and then you will get two full moons in one calendar month. when you have two full moons in a calendar month, the second one is called the blue moon. when you have two new moons in a calendar month, the second moon is called the black moon which is pretty much the only moon that matches its name because it's invisible to us on earth appearing black. >> jennifer gray, thank you. >> cool. >> let's hear more about it. >> we had fire recently that drifted smoke into the atlanta area where cnn is located. smoke and haze can actu

. >>> bringing in meteorologist jennifer gray.and waiting to see what the weekend weather will be like. any problem spots in the country next 24 hours? >> it's not going to be terrible, jim. we have a couple trouble spots. say you're waiting to get off work tonight and you want to travel after rush hour, we have some snowy spots in northern michigan. 75 will cause you trouble. a lot of rain from detroit to east of chicago. even the pacific northwest will see major problems. you may have trouble getting through some of the passes. we'll see rain from seattle to portland. if you are trying to take to the skies, we're going to see a couple delays this evening. we've seen delays in places like new york's laguardia because of wind. and we are also seeing delays across the midwest. chicago o'hair, as well as detroit, because of the rain. even in the west we're seeing delays in the skies. seattle, down so san francisco. seeing delays due to rain and even some low clouds in san francisco. jim, we're seeing a couple delays already. we have

jennifer gray is in atlanta. what are you seeing from there?re seeing the biggest delays really in the midwest. we've seen the highest delays in chicago and a couple in minneapolis, detroit. we've had wind delays in laguardia throughout the day today, as well as delays in seattle, brianna. >> and what about tomorrow's outlook? because there are a lot of people who are going to be on the road and getting on the road really early, but it's going to go on into the afternoon. >> right. tomorrow a lot of people will be hitting the roads early. if you look at the northeast, we could see some trouble there. especially upstate new york. that's where we'll see some slick spots mixed with rain to the south. the other trouble spot tomorrow will be in the pacific northwest. you may have trouble getting through the passes, as well as the rain around seattle. brianna? >> jennifer gray with a little help there from your poultry friend. thank you so much. happy thanksgiving. >> coming up, donald trump adds more cabinet picks. will donald trump tolerate dissent

cnn meteorologist jennifer gray live in gatlinburg with more. jennifer. >> reporter: good morning, carol. we did receive rain overnight into the morning. unfortunately it was not in time to stop the raging wildfires from destroying a lot of gatlinberg. we still don't know the extent to which the damage is. now that the sun is up we'll be aible to assess first responders from all over this area. hundreds of them, including the national guard, in to help out and see what's left now that the sun has risen. wildfires threatening popular resort towns in east tennessee. >> all of the previous fires i've been part of could not have prepared me for what we have experienced over the past 24 hours. >> reporter: at least 14 fires near the smokey mountains national park forcing mass evacuations. >> we covered our face with wet towels and then we finally got in the car and we drove down the mountain a little ways. we ran into a tree that was over the road so we had to turn around. we couldn't see to get back up the mountain. >> reporter: endangering roads and

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jennifer gray is there, good morning. >> hi, carol, good morning. yes, we had rain overnight.s morning. it is now stopped. but it wasn't soon enough. those wildfires raged out of control last night. people had to just grab what they could. many of them, just the clothes on their backs. got in their cars and had to leave as fast as they could. a lot of them came to this shelter behind me. about 1,300 people checked in. now people are coming and going but there's still a steady stream of people in these doors. a lot people looking for neighbors. looking for family members. self-service is pretty much shot across this area. so it's been hard to make communication. we got an alert on our phones as we drove in early this morning saying if this is not an emergency, turn your cell phone off, because we need to help those people that are in need. we know that hundreds of first responders, firefighters, are now in this area from all over the surrounding areas, as well as the national guard. still unknown how many structures are burned. we know a lot of structures are possibly burned in

let's check in with our meteorologist jennifer gray. jennifer, what are the forecasters saying? >> well, wolf, we are going to get more aftershocks. we've had a 5.3, a 5.4 and they're continuing as we go through the minutes and hours. but the strongest shakes of this 6.9 was 30 miles offshore, but it did trigger that tsunami warning. and the highest wave that we've seen has been on the coast in o soma, right and three feet. luckily the waves we've seen along the coast, none have been higher than three feet. but keep in mind, you could see more than one wave, and they could be at various heights. so that's why it's so important for the people along the coast to get to higher ground, get inland immediately. but we'll continue to see the aftershocks and we go through the next several days and weeks. of course, there's your tsunami warning right there. the advisories have ex-tended. so for the next couple of hours, we'll see waves approaching the area along the coast of japan. as far as the map does, you saw that shaking earlier, 49 million people experienperienced light g and 305 p

i want to check back in with our meteorologist jennifer gray. what are the forecasters saying, jennifer? >> we already had a 4.5 after shock, and we'll have more aftershocks after hours and even days. about 30 miles offshore. the strongest quaking always appears indoors. we do have the observation that the tsunami is in progress, should be reaching the shore very, very soon, if not already, so we could see waves. we could also see more than one and that's important. that's why people are urged to get to higher ground, and they are urged to stay there until that warning is listed? speeshl the right along the coast, and you can see those areas of yellow, those were the people who felt very strong shaking. i think it's about. then these shades of green. the imminent threat right now being the threat of a tsunami and maybe oon more than one wave, and then these. >> let's hope those seawalls hold, indeed. we'll check back in with you, jennifer, as well. let's get to the other stop story we're. jim, it looks like donald trump is doing his old, you're h

i want to get right to jennifer gray. she is in the cnn severe weather center. 're getting reports of buildings in japan still shaking from what is a very large earthquake. some evacuation orders as well. >> not only was this a large earthquake, jim, but it was a very shallow one. this was a 7.3 and only 10 kilometres deep. so the more shallow the quake is, the more you're going to feel it. let's show you exactly where this is because it did appear offshore by about 50 kilometres. we're still getting information in about it, but it did happen about 50 kilometres offshore, so those tsunami waves should be coming very, very soon. we're expected to see the waves up to a meter in height, which is about 3 feet or so, so everyone along the coast, around fukushima told to go inland. get to higher ground as fast as you can. it's the wee hours of the morning there, just after 6:00 or so. folks are urged to get to higher ground. there's the nuclear power plant that was impacted by the big quake just a couple years ago. 7.3, that's a big one, jim, and it's also extremely sh

. >> that report from jennifer gray. nay hundreds of columbia soccer -- >>> hundreds of columbia soccer fans are putting their teams to side. they prayed together and dedicated writings. the plane carrying 75 people considered on monday night. 81 people were on the aircraft and six survived. authorities say the plane crashed after running out of fuel. >> the fbi says a man responsible for uhing taking students at ohio state university may have been inspired by isis. artan posted facebook messages about american interference in muslim countries just hours before the rampage on monday morning. the somali born student crashed into a group and then slashed people with a knife. >>> coming up, because of companies that i learned about today. later at 4:30, how they are giving them the tools they need to succeed. >> and right now i am tracking more heavy rain moving right up the pike. a closer look at storm tracker radar straight ahead. >> and president-elect trump hey julie, i know today's critical, but i really... ...need a s

cnn's jennifer gray joins me live in gatlinburg, tennessee, where the fires are burning. y overnight rain wasn't enough to stop the fires from destroying even more homes. >> reporter: it wasn't. and it's shocking that the fires are still burning considering the amount of rain that we have gotten over the last 24 to 36 hours. we got a lot of rain last night. we got significant rainfall today. but we are still having a problem with those fires. along with the rain you have to remember comes very strong wind as well as the cloud-to-ground lightning. it almost counteracts each other sometimes when you have the strong winds ahead of the rain. it will help to spread the fires. one other thing to mention, too, is that, because of all the rain, we have had a couple mudslides and small rockslides also taking it unsafe for people to return to their homes. we also heard of a crew that went up to the mountains and were walking through areas that the fires were no longer there but they could feel the heat underneath their feet. so, just because on the surface the fires are no longer bu

cnn meteorologist jennifer gray, she has the situation right now. what is the current status? >> reporter: well, chris, we still have the raging wildfires. a break from the rain now. should get more this afternoon which is helping firefighters, but it's a little too late. we already have at least 30 structures burned. we have 16 story hotel that we hear is damaged and possibly many, many others. we have hundreds of first responders here, firefighters here from all the surrounding areas as well as the national guard helping to put out the fires, helping people get to safety. the shelter behind me has about 1300 people in it from the area hoping they will have a home to return to. wildfires threatening popular resort towns in east tennessee. >> all of the previous fires i've been part of could not have prepared me for what we have experienced over the past 24 hours. >> reporter: at least 14 fires near the smokey mountains national park forcing mass evacuations. >> we covered our face with wet towels and then we finally got in the car and we drove down the mountain a little ways

cnn meteorologist jennifer gray r live in gatlinburg with more. where is this in terms of the cross hairs of concern? >> reporter: it's still a major concern, chris. there's still active wildfires going on now, despite the rainfall, which started falling late yesterday. unfortunately, not soon enough though to save portions of this historic and tourist-driven city. we're here at this evacuation center where about 1300 people have checked in. this happened so fast. they had to leave their homes with what was on their back, not enough time to save much of anything, not knowing what will be there when they return. wildfires threatening popular resort towns in east tennessee. >> if you're a person of praise, we could use your prayers. >> reporter: at least 14 fires near the smokey mountains national park forcing mass evacuations. >> we packed our valuables, readyre ready to go if we need to. >> reporter: at one point, 30 buildings engulfed in the fires, including r the 16-story hilton hotel. this amateur video posted on social media shows the raging f

cnn meteorologist jennifer gray live in gatlinburg with the latest.ems to become a story of the unknown there in tennessee. >> you're right, chris. and i think that's the hardest thing. people going on 36 hours, and some of them not knowing if they still have a home to return to. so i think the waiting game is probably the hardest right now. of course people say they are living a nightmare. search and rescue efforts under way this morning in fire ravaged eastern tennessee. >> this is the largest fire in the last 100 years in the state of tennessee. >> reporter: firefighters continuing to put out flames, and bracing for the possibility of spot fires after a terrifying 24 hours that left at least 250 homes and businesses destroyed. and forced more than 14,000 residents and tourists to flee to nearby shelters. >> you just don't know what to do. i mean, you sit there and you're expecting to come on a vacation and, again, find out that you can't get back to your family. >> reporter: drivers capturing terrifying video as they scrambled to escape the fires m

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the description of the car they have right now is silver or gray chevy possibly with connecticut license plates. live in dorchester, jennifer eagan, 7 news "today in new england." >>> now to breaking news from overnight. police are investigating after a person was shot in rocksbury. someone shot the victim at the wallgreens. the victim was rushed to boston medical center and expected to be ay opened fire into a house in brockton. investigator say the suspect shot a bullet through the front door of this home last night. but luckily no one was hurt. >> new details this morning on the sexual abuse allegations that happened onboard a school bus in boston. the driver of the bus off the job now. according to the globe the driver is on paid leaf after parent of child from boston renaissance charter school claimed 6-year-old boy molested her 7-year-old son on that bus. parents are also questioning why bus. d.a.'s office are both investigating the allegation. >> now to troubling messages of hate sent to visiting. it was packed with alarming anti semitic language. it came from overseas. let's go to victoria warren with closer look ho

they're looking for a silver or gray chevy with connecticut plates. we're live in dorchester, jennifer eagan, 7news "today in new england." >> kris: breaking overnight, police are investigating a roxbury. according to boston ems, one person was shot at the walgreens on warren street. the victim was taken to boston medical center and is expected to be okay. >> christa: and new this morning, police are trying the find a person who fired a shot into a house in brockton. the bullet going right through the front door of the home on hemlock street last night, but no one was hurt. >> kris: there are new details on the sexual abuse allegations that happened on board a school bus in boston. the driver of that bus is reportedly off the job now, and parent of a child from boston renaissance charter school claimed that a six-year-old boy molested her seven-year-old son on the bus. parents are also questioning why there was no bus monitor on board. right now the d.c.f. and district attorney's office are investigating these allegations. >> christa: and a visiting professor at harvard says he was the

jennifer, beginning with you, how did he appear this morning in court and how did others in the room respond to him? >> sure. roof came into the courtroom wearing the gray white prison -- or jail jumpsuit and sat at the defense table. normally he would expect him to be wearing street clothes when jury selection began. he sat down and very quickly the judge got into the defense motion to allow him to represent himself. the courtroom was about three rows were filled with victims' families, survivors, including felicia sanders, whose voice i believe you heard a few minutes ago. they all sat very quietly and attentively and listened as he answered basic questions from the judge regarding understanding the charges against him. the judge advised him that he had very good counsel and probably should stick with him, but roof answered politely, yes, sir, yes, sir, and still said he wanted to go forward with representing himself. and so jury selection has been going on for the rest of the day. he's been fairly quiet. answering respectfully and standing when the judge refers directly to him, but really not speaking much or raising many objections or asking the jud