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right. slaten snow just sliding in across the northern plains of the u. s. as well. we'll say shayton with his area of low pressure wrap, previous system that's now in the process of pulling out of the way to still drag us heels across the florida panhandle. that will clear out brightest guys coming in as we go wanting to the middle. the 2nd half of the week. okay. with our showers. they're still in place just around the carolinas. for tuesday still a winfrey makes up towards ontario. we have got to pry to try weather coming back in behind. on the 6th day, the top temperature in winnipeg for cheese day, i meant something of her when she makes, making its way towards western parts of canada. indeed, across the pacific northwest useful rain coming in here, but it will become a little more widespread as we go through white and stay a fair, but a snow roading in across that northwest and quarter of the u. s. good part of california seeing some wet and wintry weather coming through here. fabulous snow that i with the mountains in particular central and eastern parts will

the snow is piling up across the northern plains. hello everyone. let me show you the scene right here in north dakota looking more like a winter wonderland. other places i think we'll see snow as for western canada, vancouver island, the sunshine coast for the city of vancouver, itself, picking up about 2 to 5 centimeters of snow. then we've got this messy mix of weather swats of snow, some freezing rain and rain. really, this is cold and warm air fighting it out, but eventually that cold air will went out. so big drop in temperature is coming here on tuesday. i think the worst of the weather storms will be toward the deep south texas, louisiana, mississippi. alabama can't rule out the threat of a tornado from pale and also strong winds. central america then, and we've got some showers coastal sections of nicaragua, a coast rica and panama for the top end of south america. are storms here, but really we can trace them out through brazilian, rio de janeiro and floor. and apple is so once again for that southeast corner of brazil back into that storm

40 as windchill warnings and advisories across the entire region, northern plains in the upper midwestrigid. as far as the weather systems two we are paying attention to, when in the southeast continuing to see rounds of heavy rain across portions of the west. in southern california flood alerts today from san diego, further inland, areas we see heavy rain, mud slides with this. some severe weather this afternoon getting into mississippi and alabama stretching up towards tennessee. a wild day in the weather. we will be watching it. carley: thanks so much. brace yourself for more pain at the pump. todd: cheryl casone has by price you will pay in the new year coming up. ♪♪ superpowers from a spider bite? i could use some help showing the world how liberty mutual customizes their car insurance so they only pay for what they need. (gasps) ♪ did it work? only pay for what you need ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ spider-man no way home in theaters december 17th switching wireless carriers is easy with xfinity. ♪ lib just lean on ourberty. helpful switch squad to help you save with xf

and i'm sorry, wants to talk about is exceptional. warmth for the northern plains billions may touch 20 degrees on thursday, off toward the east. we've got some showers through the lower great lakes shield of snow in quebec and this disturbance it's going to swoop into mainland nova scotia, cape breton island, and newfoundland. so wet and windy conditions toward the south east, the u. s. gulf states were in the clear things looking good here. if i take you further toward the west, i think we, we just may do it. kansas city, a new record, 2002 on thursday. denver 23. that's while hope of where you should be, at the average 7 degrees, the record 26, so close, but no cigar op to central america right now. a run of rain through the yucatan peninsula plaguing can coon some heavy falls northeastern nicaragua, and our heavy rain is peter, and out the cross coast rica and panama bursts of rain to be expected toward the top end of south america. and now that stormy weather in the southeast to brazil. well that's pulling out toward the south atlantic. we've got some thunderstorms for baya blan

think we'll pick up anywhere from 2 to 5 centimeters of snow temperature supply just across the northern plains. just a few days ago, billings was about 21. now you're 2 below. and when a peg at minus 22 will feel about minus 30, with the windshield toward the east, we've got that swath of snow all saw a band of freezing rain. as this pits further toward the east is kind of knocked down temperatures in new york. you go from 16 down to 6, but i think the most act of weather will be for texas, louisiana at mississippi rate, into alabama, some strong winds and a threat of hail here. central america right now, getting stroked with some brain, nicaragua, costa rica, and panama, and for the top end of south america, got her storms come in and go and not every one is going to see it. but i think the best bet will be brazilian rate into rio de janeiro and flor annapolis. and part of what's going on there is we've had that front side across the river plate region moving further toward the north. so once again, we see that return of stormy weather for both rio and sal palazzo. so palos got a high of 22 d

look at these alerts up from the northern plains through northern new england, wind and snow alerts as the system pushes off towards the east. it will run into some warmer air and as it does so, i think thunderstorms will be a problem tomorrow morning from arkansas through the tennessee valley and kentucky. could see some severe weather. temperatures will surge ahead of this. into the 60s as far north as boston through new york, then over to raleigh. then temperatures dropping into the 40s and 30s, setting the stage for some snow midweek. >> rob, thank you. >>> when we come back, the nfl taking more action tonight in response to two players accused of misrepresenting their vaccine status. ♪ ♪ don't be fooled by the bike. or judge him by his jacket. while ted's eyes are on the road, his heart stays home. he's got gloria, and 10 grand-babies, to prove it. but his back made weekend rides tough, so ted called on the card that's even tougher. and the medicare coverage trusted by more doctors. medicare from blue cross blue shield. by your side, no matter what. that's the benefit of blue. fin

that will bring snowfall and that will be confined to the northern plains, specifically north dakota elsewhere, lighter amounts. but then we're looking at snow across the central and northern rockies, as well as the cascades, and multiple feet of snow in the sierra nevada. we could see up to 6 feet of snow, isolated areas up to 10. that is insane, but it's much needed more that snow pack. we're looking at a little bit of rainfall that's much needed as well. we have a terrible drought, so we'll take any precipitation we can get. roughly 30 million people are under winter weather alerts because of all these systems moving over, and once each system pushes by, we'll see another one replace it. we are locked in this pattern for not only this holiday weekend, but going into next week as well. >> thank you so much, tyler. like the jacket. >>> there's been no shortage of major media moments this year. here's cnn's chief media correspondent, brian stelter. >>> 2021, the year the media and the world tried to get back to normal. the pandemic is now a subject of sk scripted dramas and some thin

almost the weekend you're watching snowy weather for some a big winter storm all through the northern plains and upper midwest. we could see a foot of snow in some spots today let's look at the alerts we're looking at 13 million people impacted. as we go through today, difficult difficult travel across the upper plains, midwest and the chance for strong storms in the ohio valley and tennessee valley could see strong nighttime tornados and winds in the upper 80s in texas. 88 in corpus christi warm weather in the northeast tomorrow the trade off is going to be rain but we'll talk about that coming up. >> what a turn around. >>> still to come we're remembering legendary senator bob dole as he's memorialized in washington d.c andqts speaking out for the first time since the deadly concert. my hygienist personalizes my cleaning. so does my oral-b oral-b delivers the wow of a professional clean feel every day. finally getting there...is the best! but with febreze freshness in your car... ...driving there is pretty darn good too. enjoy 30 days of freshness with febreze car. ♪ la, la, la, la, la ♪ c

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only getting into the low 30s in the northeast, and cold in the northern plains. >>> coming up, a rapper fatally stabbed at a music festival and the search is on for the suspect. >>> also ahead, growing outrage after a truck driver sentenced to more than 100 years in prison for a deadly crash. his fellow drivers now threatening a boycott. >>> and later, why oreo cookies could be the key to solving a major problem plaguing big cities. >>> a japanese billionaire is back on earth, after spending two weeks on the international space station. he touched down with his producer and a russian cosmonaut in kazakhstan this morning. during the journey, he explained how he brushed his teeth and used the bathroom. >>> police in las vegas are investigating the death of a rapper that was stabbed backstage at a concert. he was stabbed after reportedly being attacked by a group of people. the concert was cut short and fans were seen jumping over barriers to escape. no arrests have been reported. >>> in colorado, outrage is growing after a truck driver was sentenced to more than 100 years in prison for a

hudson bay, that's his area of low pressure, with his trailing where the front just around the northern plains of the u. s. through the canadian prairies and pushing back up towards the pacific northwest. it strikes the fair bit of cloud fair to wind, few weather as well, some lake effect, snow for time, just around the great lakes, but eastern parts of canada. seeing some more that snow is to go on into wednesday, then we got more snow gathering over towards the west. so british columbia, seeing it increasingly snowy in those winfrey weather, or slow to so sliding down across the north, west pacific into northern parts of california. it becomes more widespread, it moves across the cascades, the sierra nevada's right the way across into the rockies. so some disruptive snow coming in to make our way towards christmas. central parts, generally dry and clear. charles system showers, winter in nature, up towards the northeast. dry weather coming in across southern parts of the u. s. or say dry because we are looking at some store we conditions over the next 24 hours or so is where, where the sweep

look at these temperatures, folks. 71 in omaha and temperatures will be below freezing in the northern plainsy, that means we're going to have a strong storm moving through with lots of wind that could kick up severe thunderstorms, even isolated tornadoes into wednesday and wednesday night for minneapolis down to kansas city. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin coskren. >>> coming up, the historic first for women in the nation's largest police force. >>> but first what we're learning about the decision to free o.j. simpson from his parole early. >>> and later, why diet >>> authorities are warning about a humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in afghanistan. ian pannell has returned to kabul for the first time since the taliban took power. and he says the country is collapsing. >> reporter: the united nations is warning that as many as 1 million children could die in afghanistan this winter of hunger. there is a wholesale economic collapse. the price of bread has doubled just in the last few days we've been in the country. the country is also in the middle of a drought. it had to deal with the pa

so until then we do have a reprieve. meantime northern plains, temperatures have come crashing down to the east. we go and we've got some snow hanging around the great lakes, this vigorous system sliding across my nova scotia, cape breton island, and newfoundland. it's going to blast you with rain and wind. see there's winds in st. john's guts to a 100 kilometers per hour. southeast of the u. s. the gulf states, things like in good. we may get it sprits of rain for houston with a hive 26 degrees, kansas city. you did it. you said a new record on thursday. your temperatures come down a bit on friday to 19 degrees. central america right now, we're getting striped with some rain as we looked toward the north east of nicaragua, costa rica and panama. we've seen days of rain for northwestern areas of columbia leading to scenes like this and met at gene flash flooding, destroying dozens of horns, and still these bursts of rain through the top end of south america. in time we've got a cold front working across its drop temperatures, and by jablonka it's going to move in to the river plate reg

the cold, also for the pacific northwest, the northern plains. and we get snow piling up through the cascades, the sierra nevada and the rockies. there's that cool, they're digging in l. age is a high of 13 degrees where there's warmth, where there's heat, we've broken some records here that have stood for more than a 100 years. houston, a hive $27.00 degrees, while above average here, off to the east right now, and that disturbed whether that was here is pushed out toward the atlantic temperatures. doing pretty good here, in many cases above average, central america right now, plenty of sand to go round, but some downpours to be found in costa rica in panama and still getting that rain piling up through by us states in brazil, rio de janeiro has the high 33 and we've got a lot of heat toward the south when saris, 32 on sunday. ah, the weather sponsored by casara always sediment and development, have altered the course of the river. it no longer flows to the sea. and around 10 years ago, it became more susceptible to red tides, the bloom of l. k.

only getting into the low 30s in the northeast, and cold in the northern plains. >>> coming up, a rapper fatally stabbed at a music festival and the search is on for the suspect. >>> also ahead, growing outrage after a truck driver sentenced to more than 100 years in prison for a deadly crash. his fellow drivers now threatening a boycott. >>> and later, why oreo cookies could be the key to solving a major problem plaguing big cities. age before beauty? why not both? visibly diminish wrinkled skin in... crepe corrector lotion... only from gold bond. ♪ after a night like this, crest has you covered. crest, the official toothpaste of santa. follow us @crest to celebrate the 12 days of crest smiles. there's a different way to treat hiv. it's once-monthly injectable cabenuva. cabenuva is the only once-a-month, complete hiv treatment for adults who are undetectable. cabenuva helps keep me undetectable. it's two injections, given by a healthcare provider once a month. hiv pills aren't on my mind. i love being able to pick up and go. don't receive cabenuva if you're allergic to its ingredients o

up also coming up across alberta, but still that deep cold across the canadian prayers in the northern plains, to central america, some showers, kosta rica, and panama, and still in that zone from brazilian to rio de janeiro. we've got some orange alert. we could scoop up to a 100 millimeters of rain and then south of all of this high heat. so by jablonka has got a height of 32 degrees on saturday. that's it. see said, ah, a sun ah father, ah, a mutual love of the ox. the stage is set to immortalize freezing memories or in a magical race against time. witness our time mission on a jesse yo, lou. the me talk about what's going on there with me, the whole long the reminder of all the help stories, much of europe has just running in the new year on the part of alma from celebrations on news of the cross the world with some of these counseling that traditional fireworks display opening large countries. okay, that remains one of the main issues in the world right now. and the fact that we're all entering our 3rd year of pandemic bags and lots of questions specifically why a lot of it has to do wit

early-morning temperatures, 40 new york city, 21 in chicago, 0 degrees in fargo, northern plains it getsthose folks feel different, they can handle it. the big weather system in the pacific northwest -- you start to talk about mountain snow, this could be adding up, wonderful for skiers over the next couple days. some of these areas have temperatures -- ashley: we are having issues with adam's microphone. bear with us. we are adjusting is need to be but over towards the west it is going to be, there we go. all talk. you don't want me doing the weather. time is 5:31. elon musk is on a roll calling out california, his scathing takedown of the tax policy. republicans are ready for a 2022 red wave after more democratic governments leave their seats up for grabs. does the gop have a real chance to retake the house? sean duffy explains next. ♪♪ ♪♪ this flag isn't backwards. it's facing this way because it's moving forward. ♪♪ just like the men and women who wear it on their uniforms and the country it represents. they're all only meant to move one direction which is why we fly it this way on t

which one's roamed the northern plains by the millions.miller reports. >> reporter: buffalo are an elusive breed here on the eastern border of glacier national park. >> they're taking off. they're taking off. >> yeah. they won't wait for us, these ones. >> reporter: but irvin carlson and the blackfeet nation are changing that. they returned 90 buffalo to blackfeet territory, reinforcing a kinship passed through the ages. >> they were our food, our clothing, our lodging, our tools. they were our whole economy. that's what we existed, on them. >> reporter: when european settlers arrived in the 1800s, the delicate balance shifted. in the 19th century there were millions of buffalo that roamed this region. until they were hunted to near extinction. >> the blackfeet captured those calves, and they took them across the mountains and they sold them to the canadian government. and that's how they got into canada. and they eventually ended up at the elk island national park. >> reporter: those descendants survived there for more than 100 years. the

it's possible across the northern plains because of some clipper systems moving through. i can say the same for the great lakes and new england too. i would say across new england, isa, that's going to be a great place to see snowfall. >> i would love snowfall. it would be lovely. tyler, great to have you on the show. we can track santa later on this week. great to have you with us. tyler morgan there. >>> now south africa's president ends his self-isolation after testing positive. how the country's latest wave looks very different than previous ones. >>> new revelations about the trump administration's handling. pandemic. what he says the trump administration pressured him to do next. nurse mariyam sabo knows a moment this pure... ...demands a lotion this pure. new gold bond pure moisture lotion. 24-hour hydration. no parabens, dyes, or fragrances. gold bond. champion your skin. do you struggle to fall asleep and stay asleep? qunol sleep formula combines 5 key nutrients that can help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up refreshed. the brand i trust is

looking at the northern plains the temperatures we didn't feel a couple days ago when it was way abovereat lakes, teens and 20s and it is cold. let's look. we have the storm system that moved offshore, the good news is it didn't develop into the nor'easter we anticipated so we are thankful for that. we have the next storm moving into the west and it is going to bring a lot of snow to areas that should have snow this time of year especially for colorado rockies. the next couple days, delighted with this snow forecast, that system will move in towards the central us but there are your temperatures today, 42 new york, 63, kansas city. fox whether you can download on your apps. it is awesome. i've been doing some reporting for them as well, my friend the tunnels to towers, firefighters, went out and got toys from some of the schools the other day, bringing it down to people in the area that was affected by hurricane ida so the kids brought in toys to give to tom o'connor who works with the foundation and these are all retired active fdny members, driving down the next couple days to hurric

in the impact the northern plains and great lakes. could we see a quick shot of snow here?a foot of snow within the next 24 to 36 hours. then we're looking at feet of snow across the central and northern rockies, as well as the intermountain west, sierra nevada, we could so multiple feet of snow, more than six feet of snow in some areas, especially across northern portions. across the lower elevations, we're looking at rainfall. we're in a terrible drought out here across the west coast, so this is needed. the majority of these 'letters are on the west coast. the windstorm warning in pink across northern california, for portions of it is sierra nevada that could see snowfall totals against up to six feet, some areas as high as 8 to 10 feet. jessica, all of this snowfall will continue over the next several days. it's going to pile up, much needed, but really going to encounter some rough driving conditions. >> tyler, in his excellent christmas blazer, thanks so much. >>> this year brought so many extreme weather events that shocked the world, from flash floods to freezing te

high-pressure across the west ushering this warm flow that will move into parts of the northern plainsst. we will break records for south dakota, 73 degrees. that is craziness. future radar, couple clipper systems bringing potential for snow across the great lakes and interior northeast. not everybody feeling that warmth yet. through friday mainly rain across the ohio river valley, coastal areas but snow for the upper midwest and great lakes and interior northeast. really? it will feel warmer later this week but not as warm across the west. airport delays, not much going on. we could see potential for airport delays across the midwest and great lakes and the northwest as well where we continue to have more rain in the forecast, flooding for the northwest. the good news is there is a break for the northwest. they were inundated by rain and storms for weeks and weeks but look at some of those temperatures. that is crazy. and to the northeast. you will start to feel a little bit of december. todd: i haven't given you one of those horrible dirty tosses in a while when you mess up and don't

snow in the northern plains where we will see a white christmas for sure in the pacific northwest.e like summer opposed to winter. by saturday, christmas day waking up to not so much of a winter wonderland, 84 degrees in houston, and 87 in pensacola. as we extend it to next week, lindsay, we will still see the warmth staying in place. we saw that package with emily, and it looks like we will keep that warmth in place for quite a while. >> thank you so much. >>> the largest and most powerful telescope go into space on christmas day. it's the size of a tennis court. it will be able to look deeper into space than any other telescope that has been launched before. it will orbit a million miles around the earth and the sun. >>> this display is attracting lines of cars, up to two miles long all while raising tens of thousands of dollars all for a good cause. hey joshie... wrinkles send the wrong message. help prevent them with downy wrinkleguard. feel the difference with downy. ♪ ♪ ♪ age before beauty? why not both? visibly diminish wrinkled skin in... crepe corrector lotion... only from

new england we could definitely see snow, in the northern plains as well. warm terms, above-normal term, in the west we've had storm after storm coming. believe it or not, this is a bit of a lull before we see another storm come on shore tomorrow. even up to 6 inches in some part. for the snowfall, we could see up to eight feet in the highest elevations of the sierras. from the northwest to the southwest into the rockies, but east of the rockies we are looking good. as far as the snowfall fracture, that's two feet. three feet in pink, and eight feet in some parts. i know many of us are dreaming for a white christmas. for many of us, though, you're going to need the sunglasses, we are looking at sunshine, temperatures in the 70s and 80s. record highs in the southern plains. aaron? >> michelle grossman, we appreciate it. thank you. >>> as we speak, there are two restaurant owners traveling hundreds of miles to tornado-ravaged kentucky. they'll join mess next on how they're bringing holiday cheer to communities in need. >>> well, as we enter this christmas wee

now, up here across northern plains, a clipper system is pushing over.oot of snow in that area. and we'll be measuring the snow in feet and will continue to measure the snow in feet across the mountains out west where we could see more than four feet of snow across the sierra nevada, lower elevations, a lot in the way of rainfall. and you add in wind here, it's going to cause very treacherous driving conditions. that's why about 30 million people, jessica, are under winter weather alerts at this time. >> thanks so much. >>> and i'll see you back here at the top of the hour. for now, let's send it back to boris and amara. >>> this month's devastating tornados took at least 77 lives in kentucky alone. one of them was robert daniel, pictured here. he was a deputy jailer who was supervising inmates on a work release program on a candle factory when the tornado hit the town of mayfield. >> the entire building collapsed and daniel died inside but not before leading all seven of the inmates he was responsible for to safety. and for that, he is being hailed as a

wind chills in the northern plains of minus 20 to minus 40 bundle up. >>> and this is a live look nowlle in through the dublin area along 680 seeing plenty of activity. temperatures topping out at 49 in heyward, 48 in concorde. low 50s on the coastline, rain moves out tonight leaving dry weather through the weekend. >>> that is your national forecast the wind chills in the upper plains of minus 20 to minus 40, going to get warmer by sunday. we're going to go up to a much warmer 28 degrees. >> great. >> how about that? >> oh, boy a balmy 28 all right. jeff, thank you for that >>> all right. jacob, you have your carson hat on >> you ready for a little "pop start" first off, harry potter. a first look it at the highly anticipated 20th anniversary special headed to hbo max. "return to hogwarts" will reunite cast members from all eight movies to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first chapter. in this exclusive clip, the iconic trio along with christopher columbus, one of the biggest challenges during the early years, kids just want to have fun >> it made it harder for themselves by le

but up to the north, wow, the northern plains, teens, single digits it's chilly in the pacific northwest in the northeast and su solima. braiser. >>> >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. taking a look at our temperatures, we'll be in the upper 30s to start out this morning, even some near freezing temperatures we've seen in our inland valleys. after this cold start we might get into the mid 50s today. still on the cool side but we will have sunshine and that sunshine continues into the weekend. watch out for freezing temperatures tomorrow morning and then early next week we'll see a new storm system arriving that could bring in rain by late monday into tuesday and that rain continues through thursday. >> and that is your latest weather. >> and you're on the road because of our lend a hand series sorry to jump in there, but we're excited for this >> yeah. we are, too, guys. and you can hear that sound in the background that's rain hitting the roof it is coming down in buckets and the big concern here is with all the debris on the ground, that is going the be causing some floodin

on its heels, another system which will be moving over the northern plains and the great lakes as weout a foot of snow across portions of the dakotas on into minnesota. we're also going to be dealing with not just wind and cold air across the west, but, yes, really heavy snow here as well. we'll be measuring the snow in feet across the mountains out west. lower elevations we'll see a lot of rainfall. about 1 to 3 inches. that's why we have a winter weather alert up for about 30 million people across the country. notice that the sierra nevada could see up to 6 feet. would not be surprised if some areas pick up close to 10 feet. that would be isolated. need the rainfall and snow across the west, even though it will be disrupting travel this weekend as folks start to head back home. but we really need that rain and snow because it is parched out the west. >> tyler mauldin for us. thanks so much. >>> pope francis is calling for dialogue in his christmas message from the vatican. he warned about the tendency to withdrawal down a crisis. dialogue is essential. john allen has more. >> repor

as we head toward the northern plains, we're rooking at 6 inches.the northeast, we're looking at a coating in some spots we want to talk about the extreme temperatures in the southern plains, 70s and 80s. to the north 14rks degrees in some spots. jonathan? >> a lot of people traveling tomorrow ahead of new year's. michelle grossman, thank you so much. >>> still ahead, we'll talk to johns hopkins doctor, dr. amie jack. before we go to break, tweet us why are you up early. we'll read some of our favorite answers in the show. we'll read some of our favorite answers in the show. for severe eosinophilic asthma. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection-site reactions, back pain, and fatigue. ask your doctor about nucala. find your nunormal with nucala. (burke) with farmers auto

we're definitely colder in the northern plains. look at billings, 12 degrees, minneapolis, 24.g to where it should be. as we head into the weekend, a little bit of a snow convenient for you. not a lot, but a couple of inches through northern new england. great for ski country. we're going to deal with rain again in the southeast and deep south. by the time we get to sunday, the weather map quiets down, cooler in the northeast. a cooler storm in the northwest. jonathan, i think the word as we head toward christmas next week is kind of returning back to normal. it's going to be obviously finally feeling like december out there, but i don't have any big snowstorms for you. if you don't have snow on the ground, i don't think you're going to get a white christmas unfortunately. >> yeah. we are now just a week from christmas, hard to believe. bill karins, thank you for that. >>> still ahead, democrats are ramping up the push to pass voting rights before the end of the yearing but in the senate, some familiar obstacles could hinder those efforts. >>> before we go to break, we want to

christians because the land of the prophets, the apostles was ninevah and north mosul and the northern plains which runs into curtis dan. it's where jonah and the whale or st. thomas the apostle are all of the apostles who basically went there to be evangelicalsand to gain more from their flock . in 2003 as saddam hussein was about to fall, i was living in baghdad and i was working as a journalist and i had opened up a bureau in the ministry of information. saddam hussein's ministry of information. i can't explain how paranoid that time was under saddam hussein. everything was bombed. we were allowed to have cell phones. you couldn't have any kind of communication. i had a satellite phone but every night you were only allowed to use it under the guidance of the ministry and every night they would seal it with sealing wax and put a stamp on it and in the morning there was a creepy guy that would come and open it for me and just as a sidebar this man had no fingernails . they had been ripped out like under torture and every day he would open my satellite phone and i would stare at his fingernai

the northern plains, the great lakes, they'll see snowfall over the next 24 hours of there are portions see up to a foot of snowfall. we're measuring the snow in feet across all of the mountains out west, especially the sierra nevada, where we could see north of six feet of snow. some isolated areas, could get up to ten feet. rainfall across the lower elevations. all of this is much needed, and the reason we have basically 30 million people until winter weather alerts at this time. even portland and seattle will see snowfall this weekend as well. it will continue on into sunday. on its heels yet another system. we're pretty much locked in this crazy weather pattern right now, both for the west coast and the east coast. that's what happening when the jet stream starts going crazy. kinds of like a seesaw across the west coast. the temperatures are plunging. that's where we're getting the winter weather, and then downstream here that's where that record heat is building. this heat, jessica, is about 30 degrees above average. believe it or not, it's actually cooler in puerto rico. >> wow, v

here across the northern plains going into the great lakes, we have a clipper system moving over thehat's going to lead to a foot of snow in portions of north dakota and minnesota. speaking of feet of snow, that's what we're going to be dealing with across the mountains out west. in fact, the sierra nevada could see more than three feet of snow. the lower elevations, a lot in the way of rainfall. across the entire country on this christmas day, jessica, we're looking at nearly 30 million people under winter weather alerts. quiet the clash that we have going on here with winter across the northern states and the west coast burt feeling like springtime down here across the south. not feeling like christmastime in the southeast. >> thank you so much. in a festive christmas jacket too. looking good. >> thank you. >> i'll see you back here at the top of the hour and for now, let's send it back to boris and amara. >>> a few military veterans are spending the holidays enjoying a special gift, a home that is fully paid for. >> regina is a navy veteran honored by the thanks to veterans progra

then up here across the northern plains, jessica, we're going to see temperatures plunge well below zerowindchills could get as low as minus 40 in portions of montana and north dakota. >> wow, that is incredible. all right, tyler, thanks so much for breaking it down for us. >>> and still to come this afternoon, politics, protests, and a pandemic. she was front and center as the city of atlanta navigated some settle biggest challenges of the last few years. next, mayor keisha lance bottoms on her time in office and what she wished she'd done differently. emember who this is? where the more you discover... wow! ...the more you come together. i can see... the nose... this holiday, give the gift of family. give the gift of ancestry®. nurse mariyam sabo knows a moment this pure... ...demands a lotion this pure. new gold bond pure moisture lotion. 24-hour hydration. no parabens, dyes, or fragrances. gold bond. champion your skin. to be a thriver with metastatic breast cancer means asking for what we want. and need. and we need more time. so, we want kisqali. women are living longer than ever b