she's not driving, she's riding around with driver kenneth roundtree this morning checking out conditions. how things out there? >> kristin said the good news is it's not snowing and sleeting but the bad news it is raining and making for some tricky travel conditions if you're not careful. we've been driving around for about an hour, and about a half hour ago it was really coming down just pouring buckets. we were on the belt line and made for some low visibility especially with some fog thrown in there it made for tricky conditions. here downtown the rain has eased up a bit and it's not too bad. however we are seeing some ponding on the roads. it sneaks up on you. it looks like not too much and then you hit it and you can slip and slide just a little bit if you're fought going at a reasonable rate of speed. i do want to point out that there are a lot of cars on the side of the road from yesterday's storms. there were some cars parked on the shoulder and in the median some disabled vehicles that you want to keep an eye out for especially if we see any fog roll in this morning. that makes

glad that you are taking it safe along with wncn photographer kenneth roundtree the roadways. >>> right now, we are also talking about schools that are letting out early. for that, we'll turn it over to david hearst who is reporting for us this morning. >> reporter: good morning. i'm here in wilson county. john jones elementary dismissed at 11:00 a.m. this morningment can you see the parking lot is pretty empty i'm lot of the staff and fact ally have already left. the school district dimissed early because of this potential severe weather this afternoon. as of conditions right now which we're getting a the bit of rain, but the real concern is the wind. i checked my wind compass a few minutes ago. we are looking at 20 to 25-mile per hour winds at some point. and there is that chance of up to 70-mile per hour winds and the potential for tornadoes. wilson county and others taking precautions and dismissing early because of the potential veer weather this afternoon. they've kind of staggered the dismissals here to allow the

and get a handle on the icy roads and you can see the live look here from our emma wright and kenneth roundtree checking out the roads and even the major roads still in rough shape. >> can we fast forward to the weekend. >> 60s by the upcoming weekend. hard to believe we're going to see that swing from this morning's 20s and ice so the 60s this weekend. >> that will be nice. thanks so much. and thanks so much nor >> also make sure if you haven't already to down load the news and weather app they're both going to be coming super handy this morning >>> this morning on "today's take," scandal star tony goldwin is here. makes history with a presidents' day pop quiz. office and who will win big at tonight's grammy's. >>> the hottest games and toys every kid is going to want, coming up right now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today." monday morning, presidents' day, february 15th, 2016. it's why we have a huge crowd out there. i'm al along with natalie and tamr