heavier snow, though, central and northern texas, where the cold air head your tomorrow. almost like a spring storm trngs warm out ahead, luckily, no severe weather in this one. >> what a difference, thank you very much. >>> just ahead, president obama faces his toughest donald trump critics yet. we'll tell you who. an all star line-up is headed to the white house. details ahead as "early today "continues. see me. see me. don't stare at me. see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis .i won't stop until i find what works. discover cosentyx, a different kind of medicine for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. proven to help the majority of people find clear or almost clear skin. 8 out of 10 people saw 75% skin clearance at 3 months. while the majority saw 90% clearance. do not use if you are allergic to cosentyx. before starting, you should be tested for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur... ...tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms... chills, muscle aches or cough. or if you have received a vaccine o

end of the front causing all sorts of problems this morning, severe thunderstorm watch through northern texas impacting, that is to move off to the east. before it gets here and cools us off behind it, we're going to tap into this southeast wind, warmer more humid. you see the showers down towards miami. through today. not those particular showers, just this pattern we're in will allow for showers to develop. not going to be a huge deal. the front itself going to lose some steam. by tuesday, wednesday still hanging out north and west. until this gets here, we're not going to be able to get into the drier times. our best bet for wet weather, not so much today. it's just a few sprinkles. it will be thursday when the front itself moves through. it is going to be a long way. look at these numbers. this is the dew point, how comfortable conditions, not oppressive right. upper 60s is going to be noticeably more humid. it's just combined with the mid- 80s i'm forecasting for tomorrow and wednesday that will make it feel very tropical out there. low 80s in tampa for today. we'll be generally in the m

. >>> nearly 80 dogs from northern texas up for adoption at the dumb friends league. they were brought to colorado from an overburdened shelter some good homes. they range in age from puppies to adults and include breeds of all different sizes. super cute. >>> broncos had to go to work today before celebrating with their family and friends tonight. coming up, the team tells us about one of the things they are thankful for and they hope ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, >> not everybody get to take a day off. >> broncos had to work today. but they got it out of quickly to spend the rest of the day with their families. they have plenty to be thankful for. their 7-3 record. they could easily be 6-4 or 5- 5. they could be thank. for their health and the return of family and friends. broncos about as healthy as you could hope for in late november. with the return of aqib talib and derek wolf, the defense pretty much back to full strength. wolf says he is thankful to be back. he said it was miserable having so, you happen to stand on the sidelines. standing on the sidelines is miserable. just

again abuse will start to come ready click here and were already seen before developing over northern texas. doesn't look like much now i think this is the third one lost count but i believe it's the third one wasting that last week which is great for us if you don't like snow tonight will be very similar to that heaviest rainfall further east 45 to 50. showers heavy rain we will get in cleveland we wake up to rain tomorrow morning showers move through move out of here by afternoon temperatures will jump up between 55 and 60. there's the next one the purpose -line there that's a little many alberta clipper from the northwest. temperatures thursday and friday barely out of the lower 40s cold enough to start each day with a touch of light snow. temperatures are borderline highly doubt we'll get a key relation something to keep in the back of your mind trance cooler but not arctic cold. early december jetstream we could say late november or early december jetstream one that brings the systems across the middle of the country. that's why we've had more frequent chances of rain and a little intr

then we keep an eye on another panhandle though get more of these another one developing over northern texas. doesn't really look like much right now but this thing will continue to track right up to the ohio valley and eventually northern ohio late tonight into tomato. a few showers tonight mainly after midnight lows high 40s. breezy again showers will spread and quickly move out of here by early to mid afternoon. 60 early following through the 40s late. temperatures will try and colder this is where we highlight cooler but not super arctic cold air. lower 40s thursday and on friday there's a chance we could see lake effect but nothing big. best 10 december's average temperatures across eastern half of the country well above normal. best i may temperature below significant shots of arctic air below average now this is the first half of december when you start to see a jetstream like this usually means one of these systems will produce some snow. we'll see how it goes thinking out loud here looking ahead to next month. right now primarily rain early tomorrow could see light snow thursday nig

how far south overnight we have freeze warnings and frost advisories into northern texas and nebraska and northern missouri. impacted with chilly weather with lows in the 30s and it is far south in the southern plains. we are likely to have lows in not tonight but the night after. i will tell you about a warm- up. this. >>> right now police fear a woman gone missing in canton is in danger. >> erica hall has not been seen in months. tracy carloss is just back from canton with a story you will see right here. tracy you spoke with erica's family and the u.s. marshals her family is heart broken and as you might imagine desperate to find her. they are looking for clues and closure. erica hall's family describes her as happy, loving and bright and they explained to me that drugs took the 22-year-old to a dark place. after erica's dad died. she became addicted to painkillers and heroin. the last time in february. >> it never leaves your mind. i just want closure for me and my girls and i don't want us to live like this. >> canton police started to look for erica shortly after she vanished. t

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cold down to the northern texas there this goes through friday. et jet stream will mack a big dip. we know when hat happens we get cold this weekend we're talking about 40s and 50s for highs. for highs, we're 52 saturday and upper 40s in suburbs. this is coldest air so far and sunday is gorgeous 60. rain is to west of us as tracking through this morning. keep in mind it will be wet morning commute. and it does look like the i took a sneak peek at the new stuff and it's hintsing at showers extending into 4 and 5:00 time frame. so that could mean a couple showers for the evening commute as well. high today, 61. winds will get gusty late this afternoon. obviously rain showers. and i just need to skip ahead here and get to the 7 day. >> yeah. >> there we go. >> woo. >> don't get to the 7 day it's wrong. that's not the right 7-day. all right. erin take it away i'll load in the cre trust me it will be really fallish for the next several days. >> i'll take a beautiful saturday through a stroll through the farmers market. >> it will be cool but gorgeous. >> rain is coming down this morning

morning drivers will have to watch out for slippery roads and whiteout conditions in the northern plains. texas gulf coast up to the eastern lakes and also in the pacific northwest. >>> if you're flying, airport delays most likely in minneapolis, chicago and memphis. >>> turning now to other news, washington state couple and their two youngest children headed out for a drive on tuesday and then they never came home. >> understandably other family members panicked asking for help to find them. after two long days, they got their wish. the family has been found and everyone is fine. abc's on how he survived. >> reporter: jason and melissa mcalister along with their 2-year-old and 8-month-old daughters vanished on tuesday. this morning jason says the family van got stuck in mud while trying to go around a fallen tree stranding them. >> got dark on us and spent the night on the side of the road after a made a shelter. >> reporter: thursday morning they heard on the radio people were searching for them and ran into a local hunter who called 911. been looking for you guys for a few days. >> and you s

some wet weather making its way from texas on into the midwest, you can see now firing up in northern texas in the panhandle making its way into oklahoma. we've got so soggy southwest. jet stream dips down. we are looking for heavy rain. some gusty winds. could be some flash flooding. also bringing some mountain snows for the rockies. good news for the skiers there. but even better for drought, look at the rainfall amounts. flood threat though will increase from texas to arizona. some places may see up to five >> get that weather any time you need it. check out our friends at the weather channel on cable. guys? >> all right, al, thank you very much. >>> coming up, a treat in "trending." maria shriver will join us and we'll get her take on these lights that will forever change your middle of the night trips to the bathroom. >> lauer loves those lights. >>> but first, a really important story. bigs in blue. a new program aimed at improving what are these? what is it? duck lips. quack quack. plastic surgery duck! uh huh! you are a backwards duck. instead of quack, he says- no, kcauq. kcauq. kc

from texas on into the midwest, you can see heavy showers and thunderstorms now firing up in northern texas oklahoma. we've got so soggy southwest. jet stream dips down. we are looking for heavy rain. some gusty winds. could be some flash flooding. also bringing some mountain snows for the rockies. good news for the skiers there. but even better for drought, look at the rainfall amounts. flood threat though will increase from texas to arizona. some places may see up to five inches lo >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. it is a warm start and a warm afternoon, but we're seeing some areas of fog this morning. as the temperatures climb, the fog disappears. and then there's a chance of showers. just a chance in philadelphia. they're more likely in the suburbs and lehigh valley where it will keep temperatures cooler at 68 degrees. a cold front coming through will give us a chance of showers and bring the temperatures down as we head into the weekend. 70s today. 50s tomorrow. and that cool weather stays with us through the weekend and into next week. have a great day. >> get that wea

from texas on into the midwest, you can see heavy showers and thunderstorms now firing up in northern texasa. we've got so soggy southwest. jet stream dips down. we are looking for heavy rain. some gusty winds. could be some flash flooding. also bringing some mountain snows for the rockies. good news for the skiers there. but even better for drought, look at the rainfall amounts. flood threat though will increase from texas to arizona. some places may see up to >>> a beautiful view over san francisco, pre sunrise look there. clear skies. around the rest of the bay area seeing 40s and 50s. patchy fog in the north bay around sonoma county. the north bay looking back to san francisco. for the afternoon, close to 70 in san francisco and santa rosa, 75. 75 in santa cruz. warmest day of the week in some spots for today. if weekend we see more clouds. clearing around lunchtime on sunday. any time you need it. check out our friends at the weather channel on cable. guys? >> all right, al thank you very much. >>> coming up a treat in "trending." maria shriver will join us and we'll get her take on th

once again a across texas and then northern florida picking up some moisture as well. as we look at overnight it will be 61 degrees. and 80 degrees almost seasonal. 79 would be the seasonal high. and not looking too bad. some 70s showing up in there as well. watch your kids around water. >>> that is so nice. >> gorgeous. >> low 80s? that is great. thank you, dave. coming up next at 5:00, an extra special sweet treat for the >> they deserve it and a competition from man's best friend, the best of the best coming up in scottsdale this week. i really did save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. i should take a closer look at geico... geico has a long history of great savings and great service. over seventy-five years. wait. seventy-five years? that is great. speaking of great, check out these hot riffs. you like smash mouth? uh, yeah i have an early day tomorrow so... gotta tune the "a." (humming) take a closer look at geico. great savings. this is my park. i'm like the mayor here. i know every bench, every tree, every squirrel -- -hey, what's up, andy. -a

as we zoom out here there's a plume of moisture moving from northern mexico that crosses texas and goes right up into the midwest and all the way up this is the rain that caused that delay for game seven yesterday in cleveland. as we zoom in closer, this moisture over arizona, new mexico and west texas will move north thanks to this low pressure system that's currently near tucson. the low will be near the four corners region by this time tomorrow. it will weaken as it moves north, but it will spread moisture across our state, moisture we need. mountains light rain and light snow from tomorrow night through saturday. 2to 4 inches expected think we'll see much in terms of rain. springs to pueblo and trinidad, good chance of seeing beneficial rain there. that will be saturday. our rain chance here is small. today and tomorrow completely dry. small rain chance saturday followed by sunny skies on sunday. let's get a check on the traffic. here's joel. >>> good morning. from copter 4 we're loaded up out there. it's so dark this time of day, i-70, i-225, and you can see northbound along i-225

texas. the storm track, northern tier of the us right on the potential of that, and the chance of seeing fairly good snows in the central mountains. the denver area with the shifting pattern would see snow within the next seven days. details are coming up in the first alert forecast. >>> thank you, mike. and now live pictures from air tracker 7 in downtown denver. protests against -- spilling toward interstate 25. it's closed southbound and northbound at 6, and we just spoke to denver pd, and cops say they will arrest anyone who gets on the interstate tonight. again, live pictures in denver as the anti-trump protests stay together and inch toward i-25 tonight. >>> also tonight, denver 7 investigates, we have a list of neighborhoods where burglars are striking.. we even know when they're >> reporter: a burglary were doesn't just make you -- burglarly doesn't just make you mad, you feel violated. >> they took a snow board, tools, tablet and sun glasses out of my car. >> reporter: adam is a calm guy, but two weeks ago discovers what happened at his >> it was $12,000 worth of stuff. >> reporter: th

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temperatures are in the teens and 20s this morning from the northern plains all the way down to north texas. again, we are fairly mild here at home but eventually temperatures will start cooling down. this weekend. still some snow across michigan, heading into new england. but thankfully flight delays are at a bare minimum. we're quiet today, just a few passing clouds as that cold front slides through. not a lot of moisture ahead of the front here, so maybe a slight chance of showers but that's generally less than 10%. then tomorrow it's going to feel like a different season with stiff breezes out of the north and chilly air. college football, usf heading to dallas today to take on smu in that evening game. florida in that rescheduled game thanks to the tropical weather earlier this year. florida state heading to play syracuse, and they are inside the dome so the showers won't affect the game. the forecast is cool, in fact cold by monday morning with 46 degrees to wake up. thanksgiving, back to 80 and just a slight chance of showers. >> i can't believe it. it will be cold. >> break out the

brian sienknecht of traer hauled in the northern at the lake of the woods. the blue cats grow large in texas. callyn kohler caught the 40 pounder while fishing with her brother in law jason clark. young caden clark was on that same trip to louisville lake. he's puppy tipped the scales at 25 pounds. dewayne zousel was fishing the and pulling down the curtain is ann langenfeld of iowa city and her 30 inch lake trout she caught in lake superior. with all my fishing friends, this is john campbell reporting. after a mild monday the mercury weather reminiscent of december. the storm which brought rain on sunday and monday is still close enough to bring some clouds throughout the state along with a lingering shower chance on wednesday. highs fall into the 30s for the start of meteorlogic winter on thursday with dry conditions to start the weekend. have a great night! tonight: gradual clearing. wind: sw 5-15. low: 35 tomorrow: you want to hear an interesting thing about stairs? not really. if the height of a single step is off by as little as two millimeters, most people will trip. i don't care. two

a big low churning in texas and new mexico and northern new mexico. our system is on the way but it's getting weaker and weaker yet it will send in high clouds at times. a mix of sun and clouds. a little band right there favoring the coast. north increasing clouds but not much in the way of rain expected out of the system until late tonight and tomorrow. slight easterly components, 40s for some and 40s 50s and 60s. east bay temps, i would be cautious around ig nba sha valley road. also around san ramon, be careful. that's going to pop up quick. 30 in truckee and 48 in ukiah. it's lifting and signs pointing towards increasing clouds and cooler temperatures by late tonight and tomorrow. it's a very weak system and not much there. so morning fog, hazy skies and high clouds and mid level clouds. the system is dragging light rain santa rosa north. maybe some drizzle from san francisco but that will do it. watch what happens when you head towards next tuesday. that will be a good system coming in next wednesday. until then, a little teaser system here. 60s

texas. >> wren: northern new england is looking at the chance of snow today. here in southern new england, we're willing at a damp black friday forecast. we have the chance of showers as well as drizzle off and on throughout the day. looking at more of a coastal storm. the chance for showers across the cape and the islands, the coast, further inland it's actually looking to stay predominantly dry. highs today around our average highs. in the upper 40s and low 50s for the cape and the islands. patchy fog this morning mixed. >> and if you didn't get enough football yesterday, don't forget sunday night is "football night in america." the denver broncos are hosting the kansas city chiefs. weather looks good. about 45 degrees and a little bit breezy, too. don't forget, you can watch football coverage at 7:00 p.m. eastern with "football night in america". >> announcer: this "sunday night football" weather is brought to you by verizon. introducing verizon lte advanced. powering america's largest and fastest 4g lte network ever. >>> they'll drink to that. why the bill

you can see that moistur working its way in here to the west coast, northern california getting some of that. got a few storms across texas as well. and then up in the great lakes we are not only seeing rain, but a lot of snow starting to show up there. you know they had some good snow up to 37 inches in some places last week. up into new england. and what that does is that just keeps the temperatures down. 48 at boston. 58 in washington. 42 in chicago. in wichita 58 today. 63 in denver. and 52 up in seattle. overnight 59 degrees. make that 73 degrees for tomorrow for your saturday as we get into the weekend. that will change. it will be down to 60 on sunday. 58 on monday. and you can see it just kind of fluctuating back and forth from those upper 50s to low 60s. have a great weekend and watch your kids >>> thank you. and he is a long time froand of maricopa county sheriff joe two valley brothers are cashing in on one of the two valley brothers are >>> well, two valley brothers are cashing in on one of the hottest toys of the holiday when he asked his brother and saw how popular that toy was they bought 100 of them and th

texas. and that'll allow high pressure to move right back over to northern arizona. that's why temperatures will move right back up. there we'll see a lot of but for us, high and dry conditions. get outside and enjoy the morning. 62 degrees out there. mostly sunny by 9:00. 69 degrees. warming up to 83 degrees. and we should be sitting at 77 for this time of year. so certainly, extremely warm out there. cooler weather, 59 at grand canyon on your saturday and sunday. the rest of the high country looking really nice as well. in fact, in the 60s and 70s coming in the upper 50s as well. but look at those overnight temperatures dropping to 31 degrees in flag staff both days. but here's a look at days. 84 on your sunday. 89 there on your tuesday. but the good new, temperatures dropping back down on thursday and friday to 74 degrees. >> from super bowl expectations to under dogs. the card also in find themselves in a new role heading into the their game 49ers. basically it's must win from here on out. >> yeah. yeah. i don't think anybody is picking us to do anything right no

into the seattle area but front stretching from michigan to texas and a few bands of showers, a couple of thunderstorms bubbling near the northern gulf coast but we don't see anything that should have any significant impact on voter turnout coast to coast. futurecast shows the sunshine continuing but a few clouds picking up this afternoon and very mild with the southerly and southwesterly winds. confront will approach bringing showers to the area to the mountains possibly as early as late tonight and better chance of showers for us to tomorrow. we will have more on the timing of that and weekend outlook in about seven or eight minutes. jummy: thank you, doug. coming up, millions going out to make their voices heard and polls in several states across the country are open and we continue to cover all angles of this election. concern at the polls security expected to be tight all day but vote? the latest on sraoeurb cybersecurity. >> a few issues on the roads with fire department activity on con avenue or 16th street both blocked from k to m. with all lanes blocked give yourself a few extra minutes. kenilworth we are about 10 miles

has tightened but every time i have been on the ground in looking back at northern california, los angeles. i was in arizona, texasado recently. i felt very good and what i would tell you is this, because there's only people coming up to vote that we were not expecting, the non-likely voters, they rarely ask questions in the polls. if they are coming up big numbers, they are going to skew things. my sense of these people are voting for hillary clinton and democrats. that is why have a confidence level because beyond what i see in the polls. congressman, is there a scenario where if donald trump won where you would have trouble accepting the result? folksa whole bunch of come out and vote and there is a hidden vote for donald trump that we were not expecting, but every word are getting at the polls in the poll watchers in the workers is this is an election where people had a chance to vote, i would accept certainly what the election results give us, what the american people give us through their phone. unless one tells me there is a whole bunch of inappropriate activity occurring that we could see in there's eviden

may be our first winter storm of the season. 80s through the southwest, into texas, 70s down through florida. 40s in northern new england. again, much of the weather day, we aren't looking at anything really severe but a lot of wildfires, possible record highs as you get into the northern plains. that's what's going >> reporter: showers likely today. we are seeing that this morning. that will intensify through mid morning hours. pockies of heavy rain possible and isolated storms. our concern will be urban street flooding as well as minor coastal flooding we have a coastal flood advisory from 10:00 to 2:00 p.m. a mild active day the flood advisory in affect with high tide at 11:08. >> tom, the turkey man, it was a pleasure meeting you and your family and all your nice neighbors. thanks so much. >> happy thanksgiving, everybody! >> guys, i will see you tomorrow from our next location on "today's turkey trot." >> you got off to a phenomenal of it. good start, al. >> i want some of that turkey. i'm not lying. >> he wouldn't give the rub out. >>> coming up, your first look at all the floats that will be parading

i want to bring you down, say, around south texas, brownsville as you get into northern mexico, looket stream flying out of mexico this is going to start to spawn an area of low pressure it's going to be a rather benign system moving through houston and then it's going to really start to consolidate bring moisture out of the gulf of members cone lit actually curve up the coast. believe it or not beneficial rain by monday morning look at the time stamp the clouds are increasing. looks like wet weather comes in by monday evening's commute and probably lingering into monday night. so we could see you know maybe a three quarters possibly an inch especially along our coastal points. here's fox future cast tomorrow morning let's deal with the chill. upper 30s to around 40 degrees as early as 88m. sunshine goes to work. not bad around 60 degrees. but by monday, watch how the clouds increase first somebody showers starting to pop up around 3:00 o'clock. so your forecast for tonight, upper 20s, low 30s north and west. 36 here in town. tomorrow generous amounts of sunshine get up to around 60

snow across the northern plains and severe weather tomorrow across parts of east texas and louisiana. could be enhanced risk for seen tornados. it's been a pretty quiet season this fall. official rains coming from this system as it marches off to the east. tuesday, along the appalachians and i-95 corridor. northeast, another push on thursday. at least two waves coming through where they desperately need this rain. atlanta, over 40 days in a row of not seeing any rainfall. asheville, a record today. severe drought here. four to six inches of rainfall >>> april fools a chilly start we'll be up in the high 70s. and it will be a gorgeous day with lots of sunshine. humidity increases into the workweek. wednesday first chance for rain. >> this weather report brought to you by jared. have a great sunday. >> are you leaving. >> you're not going nowhere. no. no. no. >> come when fidel dies. the champagne bottles celebrating the end of an era. the father's gift and the painful story behind it. >> "gma" helping you get the most for your money. your best bargains for cybermonday straight ahead in

snow across the northern plains and severe weather across parts of east texas and louisiana could behanced risks to see tornados. it's a quiet weather season so far this fall. beneficial rains coming from the system marching to the east. tuesday we get along the appalachians and i-95 corridor. there are two waves coming through where they need this rain. atlanta at that over 40 days in a row. not seeing any rainfall. look at this rain, 4 to 6 inches of rainfall coming where they could use it. that's a check on what's going on nationally. here's the local forecast. >> reporter: it's dry for now, rob we have nothing on storm tracker 6 live double scan in the way of precipitation. we're in the 30s, high of 52. tomorrow, 56. then comes the rain rob is talking about, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, morning. no. no. no. >> come back. >> coming up on "gma," open only when fidel dies. the champagne bottles celebrating the end of an era. the father's gift and the painful story behind it. >> "gma" helping you get the most for your money. this holiday season, your best bargains for cybermonday st

northern new york and vermont. showers and a few storms are possible in sovereign and western texas. >>> protests against donald trump's election have broken out in about 20 cities across the country. >> in los angeles it made that major freeway you see there. there were more than a dozen arrests there as well as in new york city. at least 10,000 people rallied in against trump outside his midtown manhattan headquarters and at another of his properties. >>> well, trump will spend much of his campaign deriding hillary clinton over her e-mail investigation, even after she was cleared. >> but as president-elect trump prepares to take office it appears he'll face a string of audit. abc's brian ross investigates. >> can you raise your right hand? >> yes. >> do you swear the testimony you're about to give -- >> reporter: investigators and lawyers tonight say donald trump could find himself under oath in dozens of lawsuits. even after he takes the oath of office to become president. >> would you state your full name for the record please. >> donald john trump. >> reporter: among the most serious allegations of fraud involving

done in -- what erdogan and the kurds have done in northern iraq, it would be the equivalent of the mexican army sending and having the governor of texas say, you are free to stay here and the american army say no, you have kurds. to get out. this is a real black mark and blow to an iraqi sovereignty and the american project in iraq. >> turkey is a nato ally. what does it say to you that a nato ally is saying iraqi us as our interests. >> turkey is now functioning as an empire. this is not the behavior of a good ally. turkey is not in iraq in order to help us. that is not what is happening. as we pursue approaches antithetical to turkish interests, like backing turkish forces in syria that are part of the pkk, erdogan has decided he is going to do his own thing. this is a significant fraying of an alliance, fundamentally, and that is a larger issue we need to think seriously about. >> collocated question after a fairly simple answer. -- i'm going to ask you a fairly simple answer. in the next five years, what is iraq going to look like? is the chaos of the last five years a sign of things to come? >> i am pessimistic. there are some in