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. >> let's get details from accuweather's justin povick. >> severe weather over the southeast. need rain throughout florida. and, do not like to see potential for winds, and harj hail. ponding on the roadway possibility as well. notice wet weather advancing towards d.c. but not into the northern portion of new england. just yet. memorial day weekend around the corner. notice wet conditions will continue throughout the east. hot out west. diane? kendis? >> thanks there. nding thick black smoke high into the air. see how it happened. >> first, get ready to feel the need for speed. the big news about "top gun 2." coming up ahead in the "the skinny." >> no! >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by stamps.com. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by stamps.com. ♪ trying hard not to show snoit they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to sta

. >> accuweather meteorologist justin povick joins us now with today's forecast. good morning, justin. >> diane and kendis, thanks and good morning to you. unfortunately we have more severe weather for today over the same areas, large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes a possibility from missouri all the way down into of texas. we'll go a little further east throughout the day but again concerned about tornadoes, very large hail, destructive winds and flash flooding from south texas all the way into portions of illinois. so, a very busy afternoon and evening. >> another rough area. another rough day for that area. now here's a closer look at today's weather. well, nearly three feet of snow already on the ground in parts of colorado and montana and forecasters say it will continue to fall for much of today and temperatures, well, they'll hover in the 30s. much different story in the east where stifling hot conditions set new record highs into the mid and upper 90s. temperatures will continue to sizzle today although not quite as hot. mostly mid-80s and a few spots w

. >> justin povick joins us now with the details. good morning, justin. >> good morning to you.over the same area stretching from kansas and missouri all the way south into texas along interstate 35. damaging winds, flooding downpours, large hail and tornadoes. the northeast turning cooler over the interior, but we're still talking about 80s in boston and 90s from philadelphia heading in towards d.c. meanwhile, the snow continues over the rockies. highest terrain will be measuring it in feet. kendis, diane. >> justin, thanks. >>> the last of four prominent statues honoring the confederacy comes down in new orleans. the city is removing a monument to general e. lee. confirmations have taken place during the other statue removals. unlike the previous three, the lee statue will come down during the day. >>> an online auction site has cashed in on some of the beatles days. >> sold off pieces of their actual hair. strands from each of the fab four pulled in more than $10,000. >> they were apparently cut and swept up in march of 1964 as the guys were filming "a hard day's night." paul

. >> accuweather's justin povick has the details for us, almost didn't want to ask. thank you, good morning to you. a recipe for heavy rainfall throughout the northeast. big travel delays expected as we go throughout the day. lots and lots of moisture in place. so all along, interstate 95 here, talking rain with potential for some thunderstorms as well. heading in towards the holiday weekend. notice thunderstorm threat continuing throughout the ohio valley. and into the southeast. wet weather working its way to the north and east. for memorial day. diane, kendis. >> wet weather for memorial day. >> thank you. >>> attorney general jeff sessions under fire over contacts with russia's ambassador. the justice department acknowledged sessions did not disclose meetings with sergey kislyak on security clearance form. they say an fbi investigator told sessions he did not have to report such meetings with foreign dignitaries connected to his job as a senator. sessions recused himself from the investigation into russia's election meddling after failing to reveal those meetings