amy: marcy wheeler, thank you so much for being with us.iece, link to your throwing water on pompeo to the state move. when we come back, we go to albuquerque, mexico, to talk about a little-known provision of the t tax overhaul that opens up arctic drilling. then we will go to mogadishu and talk about the latest on a massacre that took place. what was the u.s. involvement? finally, we will look at the impeach trump movement. [music break] [♪] amy: i know, i know, i know. here on democracy now. the senate could vote as early as today on a tax plan that would shower billions of tax cuts on the richesest americans. our amendments meant to win votes to pass the measure? one little-known provision would open one of the world's last pristine wildernesses -- the arctic national wildlife refuge -- to oil and fracked gas drilling. the arctic refuge is rich in biodiversity and home to caribou, polar bears, and musk oxen. millions of migratory birds gather there from across the world and whales reside just offshore. it has also been home to generatio

mar marci gonzalez is on that scene in washington. good morning. >> reporter: hi, guys, good morning. you can still see that train behind me. this part of the highway is still shut down as officials work through the rain in the early morning hours investigating. that rail car left dangling in the darkness, part of the aftermath of this amtrak train crash that killed at least three people and injured more than 70 others. >> amtrak 501. emergency, emergency, emergency. we are on the ground. >> reporter: all but one of the rail cars careening off the track south of tacoma, washington. several crashing onto the busy highway below during the morning rush. >> things started to tip over as it was going around, and all of a sudden ended up on its side and everything went dark. >> the train started to wobble for a moment. and then we were catapulted at the seats in front of >> reporter: chris karnes on board for this, the inaugural run of a new faster route between seattle and portland, tweeting moments earlier, wow, this train is fast. we're

marci: more than 400 homes and buildings there have been destroyed. the winds are a little bit later today, so firefighters are hoping this will help them start to get these fires under control. marci gonzalez, abc news adrianna:. adrianna:stay with abc numeral -- news. adrianna: stay with abc 12:30 p.m. a massive fire response in jessup overnight. more than 50 firefighters put out flames at a super eight motel on washington boulevard. those flames were contained to just one room, and it was put out quickly. and luckily no one was hurt. ,a frightening ordeal for a man police say was rocked -- robin his own home. they say three armed men broke into a home at a home right near gaithersburg middle school. they stole two guns, a wallet, and a cell phone. the man in the apartment was not injured. now to a developing story on capitol hill, al franken and trent franks both residing after sexual harassment allegations. >> a sexual presents. trent franks admits he discussed surrogacy with two female staffers when he and his wife were trying to conceive. he is

marci: rail cars sent spilling over the overpass. some crashing on the busy highway in the morning rush, crushing seven vehicles. >> oh, my god, that train derailed over the freeway. marci: commuters jumping from the vehicles to help. >> one of the train had tipped upside down and spilled the passengers out and came down on top of them. i grabbed a dude's hand and rubbing his back. i'm like i am so impressed by you. you are a champion. just talking to him. >> more than 70 people injured and three on board the train killed. among them transit employee. >> we have crew members who have survived and so interviewing them to understand what was going on immediately prior to the derailment is going to be very important for the investigators. >> ntsb says their investigators will be out here for a week. not only piecing together w recommendations on how to keep accidents like this from happening again. in dupont, washington, marci gonzalez, abc7 news. michelle: you heard of the positive train controls, system to slow down speeding train and

>> marci, so much work ahead for those investigators over the next couple days. appreciate your report there, thank you. >> and it could be days before all the stranded passengers in atlanta get to their destinations after a crippling outage at the airport there. >> this is a busy time of the year. there aren't many extra flights for people whose flights were canceled. it was shut down for 1 sunday because of that power outage. operations are almost back to normal. only a handful of today's flights have been canceled so far. >>> to washington now, and congressional republicans may be hours away from approving that tax overhaul, the biggest one in decades. >> the house is set to vote on the $1.5 trillion bill first and then the senate is expected to follow suit. they say americans could see more money in their paychecks by february. protesters converged on capitol hill complaining that most of the bill's benefits go to the wealthy and businesses. but the republicans insist it will benefit everyone. >>> in the meantime, the president has outlined a new national sec

marci: the crash killed three people. more than 70 people were injured . today, at least 70 of them remain -- seven of them remain in intensive care. adrianna: the deadly bus in mexico hitting home this name. according to "the sun sentinel" newspaper, where the 20 americans hurt in the accident was a lorton man, and two of his family members are missing. one dozen people, including five americans, were killed when the bus was flipped over had a too mayan ruins -- heading to mayan ruins. no word on what caused the crash. we are following the story closely. we will bring you updates as we learn more about the crash. download the free abc 7 news app for constant updates. switching gear to our weather -- winter begins tomorrow, and for you snow lovers, it does not look like we're having a white christmas, but it looks like it could snow out there with all the cloud cover, steve. steve: i can guarantee with 100% certainty it will not snow today, though temperatures are cooler than we were 24 hours ago. 40 degrees in fall -- 48 degrees in falls church. it is chi

marci, a tough night for firefighters after a brutal week. will they get a break in terms of weather? >> reporter: they sure could use it. you can see all the smoke where they're so hard at work. the good news is, the winds are dying down, but it's dry and there is no rain in the forecast for more than a week. tom? >> marci, thank you. >>> next to the high-stakes election for the senator from alabama. the voting just two days away. roy moore giving a tv interview today, and getting some help with a robocall from president trump. but his opponent doug jones has been tireless, cris-crossing the state for votes. and stephanie ramos is in birmingham tonight. >> reporter: embattled senate candidate roy moore hasn't been seen publicly since last tuesday. but today speaking out on an alabama tv show against the women who have accused him. >> it's inconceivable to think that someone would wait 40 years because they were embarrassed or ashamed of something, and then less than 30 days before the general election come out with allegations. >> reporter:

all right, marci gonzalez. marci, thank you. >>> we move on now to the deep tensions between president trump and civil rights activists. that rift heating up over the opening of new civil rights museum in mississippi. president trump taking a tour of that museum and addressing the crowd. but the president's participation such a flash point that major civil rights figures, like john lewis, boycotted the event. here's abc's david wright. >> no hate in our state. >> reporter: today in jackson, an echo of the civil rights struggle. >> hey hey, ho, ho, donald trump has got to go! >> reporter: a peaceful protest of a president who has fanned racial tensions attending the opening of a new civil rights museum. >> if you go this way, you see a confederate flag. if you go that way, you will see a confederate flag. now how are these men standing up talking about civil rights right now, how are they squaring that message with all these confederate flags that are all over the place? >> it really is a beautiful, beautiful pl

marci, a tough night for firefighters after a brutal week. will they get a break in terms of weather? >> reporter: they sure could use it. you can see all the smoke where they're so hard at work. the good news is, the winds are dying down, but it's dry and there is no rain in the forecast for more than a week. tom? >> marci, thank you. >>> next to the wintry blast in the east. it's cold and getting colder. the south reeling from the record breaking snowfalls. even georgia drivers navigating unplowed roads. downed power lines from mississippi to maine. thousands of customers in the dark. and icy roads causing accidents like this one. an suv in massachusetts ending up on its side. and the lake effect whiteout in buffalo. the bills and colts nearly playing blind. and a big chill on the way for a huge stretch of the country. here's rob marciano. >> reporter: tonight, more than 100 million americans feeling the effects of the winter blast. lake effect snow falling from indiana to new york. thundersnow startling west seneca. three miles south, this

marcy pablosjoins me now from hidden meadows, california. to stay at home for the moment, but i imagine you're at the mercy of which way these winds are blowing? that's exactly right. right now we are about five miles away from the frontline of the flames. what are you hearing? are you being told to stay put or are you being told to stay put or are you being told to stay put or are you being told to gab your things and get ready to leave? well, there have been alerts that have come through countywide on our phones warning us to be prepared. there hasn't been anything explicit about us in our area just yet but we're about three miles away now from the line of evacuation so we're waiting to see which way the fire storm moves. at this point we are just south of it and it seems to be moving south south—west. there's one small mountain itch between our home and where the fire currently is.” saw some pictures you on social media, the smoke and the flames you can basically see from your window? 0ur can basically see from your window? our home is on

marci gonzalez has the story and these situations yourself. marci is in l.a.> reporter: hey, dan, cecilia, good morning. those cameras are so helpful. in not only getting clear images of the criminals. as you're about to see, in stopping them in ways they never saw coming. it was a sight captured all too often on home security cameras this time of year. those holiday deliveries disappearing in the hands of thieves. but this morning, a warning to would-be grinches. >> hey, what the [ bleep ] are you doing? >> reporter: someone like kate anderson, a nanny in washington state, may be watching. >> it was very intense. >> reporter: here, you see the getaway driver take off. apparently afraid by anderson. she tackles this accused thief. brings her back to the house. and holds her there until the police arrived. >> she was like, literally, i'm just checking your address. i was like, no, girl, i have cameras. >> reporter: cameras in michigan helping to stop this would-be thief. the homeowner seeing the video of him approaching and chasing him away. >> the cameras deal

marci gonzalez is following the latest from los angeles. marci: bullet hole after bullet hole. ten vehicles left with the alarming evidence from what the investigators in california say is a possible serial shooter. targeting the drivers over the past month. >> we have not determined what a motive is or could be for the shootings. they all appear to be random. >> the shootings have all happened in this 12 square mile area primarily in the morning and the evening catching in driver who didn't want to be identified off-guard. >> i heard the sound and it took a while to register what was going on. i thought it was a blow out. immaterial possible. too loud. you pulled over. the truck was shot. >> he was unhurt. but the other was hurt. >> did she get hit? >> yes. she is bleeding. >> that woman hit in the chest by shrapnel and now recovering as the verdicts try to figure out who the shooter is before anyone else is hurt. >> if this keeps going this is a matter of time before we have a murder investigation. >> they believe it you has come from a pickup truck in the opposite direction.

marci gonzalez, abc news, sylmar, california. >>> well, the smoke from the wildfires is making its way to the bay area. you've probably noticed that. this was a look towards san francisco late this afternoon from our mountain tam camera. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here to talk air quality with us in the bay area. sandhya? >> yeah, kristen, that air quality that you were looking at was poor buzz of this. take a look at the satellite picture. smoke from those fires drifting from the southern california fires out over the water, but also some of this was moving up towards the bay area. we do have red flag warnings for southern california, impacting over 7 million people. extreme fire danger until sunday at 8:00 p.m. right now winds, yeah, they're gusty, but not as strong as earlier today. santa clarita, 20. midnight we are looking at wind gusts close to 30 miles per hour. topping 30 miles per hour in the morning. and then really continuing to remain gusty friday night. so, excuse me, smoke from the wildfires come up around this area of high pressure. it's a clockwise flow. smoky sk

marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles county, california. >> all right. of course the weather conditions on the fire lines are absolutely critical in the next few hours and days. >> so sandhya patel is here to check on the winds. they're going to remain pretty strong. >> absolutely. the strong santa ana winds are going to continue to remain very high as we head into tomorrow, dan and kristen. let me show you the current wind gusts right now. 21 miles per hour in simi valley, santa clarita 17 miles per hour wind gusts. but that i have been stronger, up to 85 across parts of ventura county. right now we're seeing some wind gusts in and around southern california between 50 and 60 miles an hour. midnight, you will notice that the winds are still going strong, picking up at 3:00 a.m., to about 43 miles per hour. the strong gusty winds will mean extreme fire danger will continue as we head into tomorrow night, even into part of friday. may see explosive growth of the fire. definitely are watching the visible satellite picture. you can see just how far that plu

abc news reporter marci gonzalez tells us people had minutes to get out of their homes. >> reporter: latest fire erupting in san diego county, racing through neighborhoods. >> the fire was coming right at us. i mean, within matters of minutes it had spread. >> reporter: thousands of residents evacuated. at least four injured while trying to escape from the flames. >> it was just crazy. >> reporter: at least 20 homes destroyed. fire crews tries to save others from the air dropping fire retardant. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: catching the family inside this house off guard. all of the wildfires burning today in southern california are fueled by wind gusts now topping 55 miles an hour. >> these winds gusting, you have embers, as you can see the fire is pretty far away but sailing embers over our head right now. >> reporter: the largest fire in ventura county growing even more, flames scorching 132,000 acres and stud spreading. >> whole town could go down the way the fire is coming around us. >> reporter: more than 400 homes and other buildings there have been destroyed. the winds are a b

marci gonzalez, abc7 news, los angeles. nancy: frustrating. former president has given an interview to a royal. it touched on a few a private citizen again. >> take you to the 20 of january 2017. what went through your mind? >> the first thing that went through my mind was sitting across from michigan and how thankful i was that she had been my partner through the whole process. >> the prince did not say whether he and his fiancÉe would invite the former first couple to the wedding. larry: today marks a year since actress carrie fisher's death. the "star wars" star died after a massive heart attack on a flight to l.a. mark hamil remembered his friend and the costar tweeting hashtag and pictures of them together. nancy: today tweeting respects about curtis. if you don't know the name he is the actor who tells hamil luke skywalker in the original film he has death sentence on the 12 systems. curtis was 87 larry: coming up at 5:00, why some federal offices say they don't have the cash they need to heading in the new year. nancy: but first -- >> h

marcie gonzalez, abc news, sylmar, california. >>> talk more about those winds right now. firefighters are saying today could be one of the worst days and part of that is because conditions are just so dry. mike has been talking about this for several days now. we're facing it here. they really don't need to be facing it there because they're trying to set up the fire breaks. that's making it more difficult. >> it's jumping them in most cases. look at the winds, reggie. hi, everybody. they're even faster than they were this morning, especially ventura. look at that, gusting to nearly 50 miles per hour right now. simi valley, 20. san fernando, 33. that's why this entire area, 8.7, nearly 8.7 million people under critical fire conditions. that red flag warning for extreme fire danger from the border with mexico, all the way up to slow. this is going to last not only today, but tomorrow and also most of the day saturday, reggie, until 8:00. evacuations, there could be more coming. >> we'll continue watching it, mike, thank you. >>> world news tonight anchor david muir is goin

nice celebration week for marcy. >> what can you do for today, tuck. >> what was the best gifts santae gave me christopher nolan box set and had six or 7 films on 4 k blu-ray and christmas eve in dunnkirk maryland. >> good day, tuck, i'll tell concern a saw dunn kirk on the plane. >> if you saw it on plane you didn't actually see it. >> the not does not change by size of screen. >> yes, it does. >> watching them film on plane you're basically -- you may as well not watch it. >> winds west at 5. your wind chill is 25. partly sunny day and daytime highs in mid to upper 30s. little cloudyness out there early. we should get that east of us and be partly to mostly sunny this afternoon. cool. daytime highs in the 30s and today as i mentioned all look at daytime highs rest of week. right around normal and freezing mark below that and overnight lows, teens, all right how is it looking. >> volume is light and we have a few crashes including wires down on road way. fifth street alabama ouj seeingt whiff give yourself extra time to to that direction. keep it to fox news morning. we'll be right b

marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> well, "the dr. denying allegations it puts guests on the show at risk and even supplies some of them with drugs and alcohol to get better ratings. a former winner of "survivor" says when he app alcoholism, a bottle of vodka was in his dressing room. in a report by "the boston globe" and stat, todd herzog also claims someone from the show gave him xanax. in the 2013 appearance he was so drunk he had to be helped onto the set. producers told guests where they could buy heroin, they say. so far no comment from dr. phil himself. >>> target has apologized for silling a game that makes fun of torturing jewish people. an expansion pack to cards against humanity is filled with jokes about the holocaust including lewd comments about anne frank. players have to fill in the blanks with prewritten responses designed to be shocking and offensive. target has now pulled the game saying it never actually intended to offend its customers. >>> unusual crash on a highway in texas, 40,000 pounds of avocados spilled acr

marci gonzalez, abc news, sylmar, california. >>> well, the smoke from the wildfires is making its way to the bay area. you've probably noticed that. this was a look towards san francisco late this afternoon from our mountain tam camera. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here to talk air quality with us in the bay area. sandhya? >> yeah, kristen, that air quality that you were looking at was poor buzz of this. take a look at the satellite picture. smoke from those fires drifting from the southern california fires out over the water, but also some of this was moving up towards the bay area. we do have red flag warnings for southern california, impacting over 7 million people. extreme fire danger until sunday at 8:00 p.m. right now winds, yeah, they're gusty, but not as strong as earlier today. santa clarita, 20. midnight we are looking at wind gusts close to 30 miles per hour. topping 30 miles per hour in the morning. and then really continuing to remain gusty friday night. so, excuse me, smoke from the wildfires come up around this area of high pressure. it's a clockwise flow. smoky sk

i'm marcy gonzales with the latest on the investigation and how fast the train was going coming up. .tion news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again. monica is off and sharrie williams is joining us tonight. dog that spent her entire life in a puppy mill and only has 10 months to live. >> and they thwarted an attack on a christmas target. and investigators say that an amtrak train that derailed in washington was traveling 50 miles per hour over the speed limit. now the details on the deadly train derailment. investigators are looking into whether the amtrak engineer whose speeding train plunged off an overpass killing three people was distracted by the presence of an employee in training. marcy gonzales is live from dupont, washington, with how fast the train was going at the time of the crash. >> reporter: hi sharrie, as you mentioned investigators say that that train was going 350 miles per hour over the speed limit and investigators say they have a long way to go and piecing together why this happened. a major focu

>> marci, thank you. >>> now to president trump tonight, celebrating new year's at mar-a-lago. the president facing major challenges in 2018, from democrats in the elections to new reports about the russian investigation. and the former campaign advisor started that investigation. here's david wright. >> reporter: today the president marked new year's with a tweet, including video highlights. "what a year it's been," he said. "and we're just getting started. together, we are making america great again." but 2018 brings new challenges for trump. not least, the midterm elections. >> we need a republican in the house. we need a republican in the senate. we need more of them. >> reporter: just today, he tweeted, "why would smart voters want to put democrats in congress in 2018 when their policies will kill the great wealth created in the months since the election?" >> we can't afford to have a liberal democrat who is completely controlled by nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. we can't do it. >> reporter: president trump hoping to make good on key campaign promises does control both ho

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marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles county, california. >> all right.se the weather conditions on the fire lines are absolutely critical in the next few hours and days. >> so sandhya patel is here to check on the winds. they're going to remain pretty strong. >> absolutely. the strong santa ana winds are going to continue to remain very high as we head into tomorrow, dan and kristen. let me show you the current wind gusts right now. 21 miles per hour in simi valley, santa clarita 17 miles per hour wind gusts. but that i have been stronger, up to 85 across parts of ventura county. right now we're seeing some wind gusts in and around southern california between 50 and 60 miles an hour. midnight, you will notice that the winds are still going strong, picking up at 3:00 a.m., to about 43 miles per hour. the strong gusty winds will mean extreme fire danger will continue as we head into tomorrow night, even into part of friday. may see explosive growth of the fire. definitely are watching the visible satellite picture. you can see just how far that plume of sm

marci gonzalez, abc news, santa monica, california. >> our thanks to marci there. >>> a winter stormng across the northern plains overnight bringing snow and strong winds. by tomorrow morning it will be much colder throughout the midwest. it will feel like single digits in many areas. the cold air will keep marching east as they do and may trigger lake-effect snow off the great lakes. woo-hoo! we expect temperatures below average for much of the eastern u.s. for the next two weeks. 19 in burlington, vermont. >> zero in minneapolis, chilly! >> that's the feels-like temperature. >> that's the important one. >>> christmas is a few weeks away, but for some, santa came a little early this year. >> they hit the slopes for the sunday santa charity event. they've got some speed. >> lots of santas. and check out what happened in north carolina. one kriss kringle there apparently wanted to practice coming down the chimney. >> yeah. >> he rappelled down the mountain in chimney rock state park. >> how big of a chimney does he expect? >> the climb is 300 feet, and he's going to be doing it again

here's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: the flu spreading fast and hitting hard, now experts say it's going to get worse. >> i went to the doctor and got tested, and that i felt like i had a sinus infection. >> reporter: it turns out vince blea does have the flu, so does his son. now they are spending christmas quarantined, away from their family. >> it's sad that i won't be with the family today, it's the best thing for everybody. >> reporter: the cdc telling "the washington post" there's a 30% chance the flu peaks next week. ten states already reporting high flu activity chiefly from one powerful strain of an alarmingly contagious illness. >> the influenza virus can exist in the air three to six feet from a person who is infected and that does not have to be spread by just coughing or sneezing. that can be spread by talking or breathing. >> reporter: and it's not just the very young, old, and people with weakened immune systems who are at risk. 20-year-old alani murrieta was killed by complications from the flu last month. >> never in a million years would we have thought that we would ha

>> marci, thank you. >>> let's move on to weather. after a mild november, winter weather is officially upon us. here's the scene in washington state, the snow sweeping across the rockies. that will send temperatures plummeting as it moves east. let's get to rob marciano, who is tracking the cold. hey, rob. >> reporter: hey, tom. the eastern half of the country, 10 to 20 degrees above average. big changes are coming. let's begin with the blizzard warning across the upper midwest. the snow will begin later on tonight, into tomorrow, 3 to 6 inches to snow from rapid city to fargo, just outside of minneapolis. storms ahead of it, but the big story will be the cold. from the 50s to feeling like 5 in minneapolis. this cold patch slides to the east by thursday morning. a chilly weekend next weekend. winter is coming. tom? >> rob, thanks so much. >>> as americans bundle up to face the cold, another seasonal foe already doing damage. health officials warning this flu season could be severe, with the flu shot not as helpful as doctors had hoped

mar marci, thank you. >>> moving onto an alleged prank taking a tragic turn. charges will be filed against four teens accused of dumping a sandbag off of an overpass. a man was injured and has now died. this is not the only time accusations have occurred of this mischief. here's abc's adrienne bankert. >> reporter: a tragedy right before christmas, one man is dead, and now four teens may face homicide charges after what could be a childish prank with fatal consequences. >> 911, where's your emergency? >> i just went underneath the bridge, and something hit my car! it hit my friend! and he is not moving! >> reporter: police in toledo, ohio say what hit that car tuesday and ultimately killed 22-year-old marquise byrd was a sandbag allegedly thrown off this i-75 overpass by four boys just 13 and 14 years old. detectives believe the falling sandbag was intentionally thrown into traffic, and that other vehicles were also hit by objects. the teens first charged with felonious assault and vandalism. but the prosecutor made this warning if byrd died from what were ini

>> marci, thank you. >>> next tonight, the murder mystery arrest in memphis. lorenzen wright found dead, but the case remaining unsolved. police finally with a break cas suspects, including his ex-wife. here's maggie rulli. >> reporter: tonight, new charges in the seven-year-old cold case surrounding the death of former nba player lorenzen wright. sherra wright, his ex-wife, charged with first degree premeditated murder. >> how could you have murdered my son? >> reporter: the arrest following billy turner's, who pled not guilty to first degree murder earlier this month. >> we followed the evidence and the evidence led us to billy ray turner and sherra wright. >> reporter: the case began seven years ago with this chilling 911 call interrupted by gunfire. >> 911, where is your emergency? [ gunshot ] hello? >> reporter: wright's body was found ten days later in memphis. it wasn't until just last month that police say divers discovered the murder weapon in a lake in mississippi. in this 2015 "sports illustrated" interview, sherra wright did not directly respond wh

marci gonzalez is in ventura county with more. marci, good morning. >> reporter: guys, good morning. the big priority is protecting lives and preventing more destruction. home after home, nearly leveled. and out in front, we keep seeing this. these charred holiday decorat n decoratio decorations. signs of how the timing of these fires make the devastation that much worse. and right now, flames are moving closer to even more homes. this morning, firefighters in southern california working tirelessly to keep hold of the progress made in the last couple of days. >> firefighters are taking advantages of breaks in the wind. >> reporter: 4 of the 6 wildfires are now more than 75% contained. the main focus on the massive thomas fire that grew overnight. 155,000 acres now scorched. that's more than the size of chicago. it is only 15% contained. right now, firefighters are intentionally burning some of the dry brush to try to control the wildfire's direction before it reaches the active power lines. nearby, as flamed moved closer to homes,

marci, thank you very much.eciate it. >>> let's check the weather and we've allowed robert to come inside. hat's off. >> hat head but did the best we can. >> you're thawing. >> i'd show you how old my hands are but i know how you feel. >> and germs. >> let's look at ice across northern washington. this out of walken county and bellingham saw ice, knocked down power lines, trees, there was cold air pooled and vancouver, canada, our friends north of the border dealing with a similar scene so it'll warm up a little bit now with this next system in and mostly snow and a flood watch out for parts of the western valley along i-5 and wind with it and there's your snow falling in some of the higher cascades. they've had a great snow, cascade, bitterroots and northern rockies, another foot coming. southern rockies, southern sierra not as traveling tomorrow maybe some ice across the red river valley in through arkansas, showers there across the gulf coast and, yeah, still cold across the popped likely this morning, especi

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