. >>> yeah, let's get the weather forecast now from accuweather's paul williams. paul, good morning. >> good morning. looking for major flooding along the west coast. we're expecting for lives to be threateninged as a result of this river of moisture slidi we're going to have excessive snow that will sno the mountainous region so looking for excessive snow along with s the only place we're expect its oing it throughout the north central part from not only the northwest but going into montana, into the dakotas, wisconsin as well as minnesota. kendis, mara. >> all right, paul, thanks so much. >>> this morning, the ft. lauderdale airport shooting suspect makes his first court appearance. it comes as we're seeing new video of that horrifying incident. take a look at this airport surveillance video obtained by tmz. it shows the alleged gunman esteban santiago firing in the baggage claim area. police say he emptied his semiau reloaded. with a ple died including cruise. michael oemme and terry andres was celebrating his 62nd birthday and shirley timmons, she and her husba

more on that, we're joined by accuweather's paul williams. paul, what do you have? >>> good morning, ryan, marci. we're bracing for storms in the deep south, damaging winds, possibility of flash flooding to occur, and there is a real threat of tornadoes throughout mississippi, alabama, louisiana, down towards new orleans, shreveport, all along i-20 as well as down towards the houston area. we're concerned about this because we have much warmer air and a cold front that's pushing through that will really kick that off. to the north, we're concerned about 6 to 12 inches of snow throughout the dakotas, up throughout northern portions of minnesota. then cold air will advance throughout the week and overtake the entire country and drop temperatures in a dramatic fashion. we'll have temperatures at single digits for the highs throughout the midwest. and this potent piece of energy will continue to move throughout the center part of the country, creating widespread rain. ryan? marci? >> thanks, paul. >>> well, times square this morning probably the cleanest it's been in ag

paul williams is standing by. >>> good morning. it looks like bad luck for the west coast goes for another week. we have a river of moisture feeding into the west coast creating flood riffs from san francisco even up toward medford and possibly seattle and heavy snow on the other side of it. how much rain? another 8 to 16 inches in redding. 4 to 8 in san francisco. tropical moisture to rounds of heavy rain widespread flooding expected throughout the deep south from houston all the way nashville. and if that's not enough, we have concern for ice and snow. to the midwest, travel delays along 80, 25. 6 to 12 inches and pueblo, colorado. >>> thank you, paul. for those of you who might love to feel old. i don't know who among us likes to feel old. >> a lot of people do. you get a good feeling. >> there's this. >> this a 16-year-old became the first person born in the 2000s to play in the australian open which is underway. the other people has been compared to a young serena williams. she lost in straight sets that lasted 92 minutes. aft

. >>> let's get the some pleat forecast from accuweather's paul williams. paul, good morning. >> good morning, diane, kendis. those same tornadoes and severe storms now shifting and beginning to ravage the carolina coast. we're looking for gusty thunderstorms in north carolina, south carolina, going into cabin to lean more toward the north and possibly targeting parts of virginia. another round of strong winds. between 50 to 70-mile-per-hour winds. more cold weather sinking from the north to the south. >>> breaking overnight, thousands of airline travelers stuck in long lines. they arrived here in the u.s. only the be delayed by a customs computer outage. that meant these long lines snaking through many of the nation's busiest airports. irritating travelers. they just wanted to get home. chaos and backups at airports across the country. from l.a.x. to new york's jfk. frustrated flyers. >> the lines were completely chaotic. there was no system to who got through fast and who had to wait two hours. >> reporter: overnight, passengers, many of whom are coming of

. >> paul williams has the forecast. good morning, paul. >>> good morning. the storm advances in the northwest. we're looking for a mix throughout washington and staying soggy along the coast. tuesday night into thursday morning, heaviest rain hitting california with heavy snow one to three feet now throughout the 5,000 elevation a little bit higher. for the northeast a little bit of a mix moving throughout the northeast with a touch of snow reaching to vermont and new hampshire. rain soaking new york to district of columbia over toward the ohio valley region, and a chance of the mix pressure system will nudge that more so toward the northeast. and speaking of widespread scattered showers, stormy weather in the deep south. more wednesday through friday. >>> what a mess, paul. thank you so much. in the nba, golden state and cleveland renewed pleasantries. the last time the cavs were in oakland, they got their first nba title. draymond green sends lebron james to the floor with a hard floor. golden state beat up cleveland. green gets the steal and finds durant

. >> paul williams has the forecast now. great lakes region and accumulations near a half a foot near the great lakes and near helena. >> i'll take that. thanks, paul. >>> social media is providing us a look at some of the deadly this is what it looked like at a mexico. he is under guard. the man believed to be the ma camera in a. a region known for drug trafficking and violence. video shows the unidentified vi. >> the three key potenti scenarios are one, the shooter had a personal beef, or it could have been gang related or it could be related to some sort of a >> reporter: the alleged attacker following him outsid bystanders rushing to his aid. john kerry thanking mexico for the swift andcal hospital. he has protection. authorities still saying they don't have a motive. glor glor . >>> there's been an arrest in the volkswagen emissions scandal. they arrested someone in scandal. oliver schmidt. lawsuits say he played a role in the deception. >>> meanwhile in the u.s. all told they say the movesilmen and ohio. >>> let's give

. >> paul williams has the details for us. good morning. >> good morning. still concerned about widespread flooding throughout california affecting sacramento, san francisco, all the down through fresno. look along i-5, flooding and snow in the upper elevation. between four to eight feet in some areas. frigid air from the north to the south putting the deep freeze in a sharp contrast to the south of the front. to the north of it, icy cold. it's going to bring about snow showers in the great lakes and reaching back toward portions of wyoming to idaho. in the northeast, a batch of along with mild air coming out of the ohio valley region. >>> our thanks to paul. to an incident out of oklahoma ci city. police are trying to find a man accused of an attempted kidnapping at a wrestling tournament. they release third down video showing the incident. a man putting an 8-year-old in a bear hug and trying to get away with him. the boy was kicking and screaming the entire time before the man eventually dropped him. some best buy geek squad employees have been moonlighti

. >>> yeah, let's get the weather forecast now from accuweather's paul williams. paul, good morning. >> good morning, kendis, mara. looking for major flooding along the west coast. we're actually expecting for lives to be threateninged as a result of this river of moisture sliding its way into the west coast and we're going to have excessive snow that will be on the other side of the mountainous region, but devastating flooding will ravage throughout north and central portions of california. we mentioned that snow. we're looking between six to even a foot of snow that's going to be on the other side of the mountainous region so looking for excessive snow along with excessive rain and snow is not the only place we're expecting the snow. we're expecting for the snow to spread throughout the north central part of the country not only the northwest but going into montana, into the dakotas, wisconsin, as well as minnesota. kendis, mara. >> all right, paul, thanks so much. >>> this morning, the ft. lauderdale airport shooting suspect makes his first court appearance. it

. >> let's get the forecast from paul williams. good morning, paul. >> good morning. now, if the rain wasn't enough, there's a sliver of california that's got to watch out for 4 to 8 feet of snow. that being said, we're really concerned about the rain between 8 to 16 inches throughout portions of california. at the least, four to eight. we're talking about massive rock slides, mud slides and problems as far as travel is concerned. throughout the most central part of the country, a snow crop throughout the great lakes region. >>> now to florida. orlando's police chief vows to search the ends of the earth to find a man suspected of killing one of his officers. there's a 60,000 reward. he shot and killed a master sergeant monday morning. she was trying to bring him in for questioning in the murder of his ex-girlfriend. the suspect in the fort lauderdale airport murders returns to court next week. he could face the death penalty if he was convicted. abc news has learned santiago initially planned to fly to new york. he had a reservation on a new year's eve flight but canc

. >> accuweather's paul williams is tracking all of it. he joins us now. good morning, paul. >> reporter: good morning, kendis, erielle. as we're still tracking that dangerous storm now it's going to become a two-headed monster down towards florida widespread scattered showers that could cause localized flooding and potent rain in the mid-atlantic and jettisoning it well to the north. we are expecting on the other side of the country widespread snow showers that's g heavy showers continuing throughout los angeles down towards san diego and those snow showers reaching up towards helena, as well. erielle, kendis. >> all right, our thanks to paul. now, today marks the first full weekday of the trump administration. the president actually has a pretty full schedule which includes a meeting with leaders on capitol hill. >> his first chance to sit down with lawmakers as he looks to set his agenda. it comes after a weekend battle with the media. abc's stephanie ramos joins us now live from washington. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, today

accuj weather's paul williams has the latest track of the storm, paul? >> good morning, ryan, marci. right now, we are bracing for the worst of the worst in the deep south, severe thunderstorms and actual threat of tornados precipitated by a system tracking northeast and bring moisture from the gulf. that combination makes for widespread rain showers in the southeast, mississippi valley region and up into indiana. and rain's going to range between two feet and four inches in areas. bracing for a chance of flash flooding. slippery conditions in the ohio valley, pockets of rain, and slippery monday. tuesday, in the northeast, covered by this rain, and it's going to cause big time travel delays from bangor to richmond. marci, ryan. >> thank you, paul. >>> nearly a century after it was first proposed, a new subway line opened up in new york. the second avenue lines first train left the station noon yesterday. the three new stations are manhattan's far upper east side which has not had subway service up until now. >> the mood among thousands of riders on the

accuweath accuweather's paul williams is tracking it all. paul. >> good morning, diane, kendis. we still have concern for scattered showers right along the west coast. the california coast still a bit breezy as well and already inundated with heavy showers and another low pressure system that will drag the west coast through one more day of it and travel delays as a result of that rain. as we move over towards the east, look for widespread snow showers, a blast of cold air coming out of canada making for snowy conditions throughout wyoming nebraska, into iowa as well as minneapolis. keep in mind we're watching out for blizzard-like conditions possible with very gusty winds along with blowing snow. rain along the east coast, wintry mix throughout pennsylvania, new york, vermont, new hampshire and maine. kendis, diane. >> and paul, one more weather note. the death toll has risen to 20 following those tornadoes in the south. most of the victims were from south georgia where a mobile home park was nearly destroyed by the powerful winds. officials initially said the tornado was an ef

accuweather's paul williams is tracking it all for us this morning. good morning, paul. >> good morning ryan, marci. right now we're bracing for the worst of the worst in the deep south. severe thunderstorms and the threat of actual tornados and that's precipitated by this low pressure system that's going to track towards the northeast and dig into the moisture coming out of the gulf. it will make for widespread rain showers throughout the southeast and up towards even indiana and rain is going to range between two and four inches in some areas so we're bracing for a chance of flash flooding. then when we take a look at tuesday, the northeast is covered by this inundated amount of rain that's going to cause big-time travel delays from bangor down to richmond. marci, ryan? >> thank you, paul. >>> the tournament of roses parade is held each year on new year's day unless the year be kicks off at 8:00 a.m. local time this morning and one of the floats had trouble getting into position overnight. a tow truck had to be called in to help it turn a corner. the

let's get more from paul williams. >> good morning.angerous storm, now it's going to be a two headed monster. in florida maybe localized flooding. and the rain well to the north. keep in mind that we are expecting on the other side of the country, showers covering several states. heavy showers throughout los angeles down toward san diego and the snow showers reaching up toward helena as well. >> so many places busy with the weather. we'll keep an eye on it. >>> a battle over facts and so-called alternative facts as highlighted the first weekend of the trump administration. >> saturday white house press secretary sean spicer disputing that fewer people attended this year's inauguration than obama's in 2009. spicer calling friday's crowd the largest ever. the white house chief of staff explaining why the administration is keeping up the fight. >> the point is not the crowd size. the point is the attacks and the attempt to delegitimize this president in one day. and we're not going to sit around and take it. >> there's no official count f

. >>> accuweather's paul williams says driving this morning could be difficult on either northern coastlines. good morning, paul. >> good morning, diane, gio. while we're concerned with at least a patch of icy conditions throughout western portions of new york and around the buffalo area, everywhere else wet roads in the mid-atlantic and throughout the southern new england states. another wave of significant wet weather, heavy snow throughout portions of california but not just that, you have to remember by midmid to latter part another widespread set of rain and ice throughout the west. o, diane. >> be careful driving. >>> coming up is your password among the most common? we hope not. >>> general motor as announcing much and who will benefit coming up. >>> a first plane crash. thankfully there was a hero there to save the person on board. >>> you're looking at the wreckage after a private jet skid off a manager runway in freezing rain and burst into flames. the pilot was the only person on board but guess what, he was saved by this town's mayor. the mayor saw the accident on his way to a ro

the area by the end of the week, and with more on the forecast, we are joined by accuweather's paul williamsppy new year, paul. >> good morning, ryan, marci. severe storms rumbling through the deep south, florida, texas, louisiana, arkansas, mississippi going into alabama, damaging winds and hail, flooding, downpours, and tornados possible. a different concern to the inches of snow throughout portions of north dakota going into northern portions of minnesota. then looking for cold to vanadve and overtake the country by thursday. marci, ryan. >> thanks, paul. >>> i know you're looking forward to the football playoffs. >> so excited. >> starting this weekend. >> no, i was riveted to the tv as rodgers through three touchdown passes against the lions. packers won the game, 31-24, and i know this because, of course, i was watching. >> yes. >> yes. >> because you're a huge fan. >> yes. >> by the way, the green bay won the nfc north title, right to host giants in the sunday's wild card playoff game. early game is sunday, miami versus pittsburgh. saturday games is texas hosting raidsers and lions vi

. >>> let's get the complete forecast from accuweather's paul williams. who is tracking everything for us. paul, good morning. >> good morning, diane, kendis. those same tornadoes and severe storms now shifting and beginning to ravage the carolina coast. we're looking for gusty thunderstorms in north carolina, south carolina, going into portions of georgia. but really begin to lean more toward the north and possibly targeting central portions of virginia. please keep in mind, we're looking for another round of strong winds. between 50 to 70-mile-per-hour winds. and then, toward the north, more cold weather sinking from the north to the south. kendis? diane? >> thank you, paul. >>> in the meantime, also breaking overnight. thousands of airline travelers stuck in long lines. they arrived here in the u.s. only to be delayed by a customs computer outage. that meant these long lines snaking through many of the nation's busiest airports. irritating travelers. as you can see there at the heart of that video there. they just wanted to get home. after their long ho

. >> paul williams with the bad news. good morning. >> we still have stormy patterns continuing along the west coast. this tropical surge will continue to feed into the monster of a storm that will continue to create the widespread showers against northern and central portions of california. flood threats throughout the entire area and up to three to five feet of snow in the upper elevations. as far as other areas of concern, one batch of rain and freezing stuff out of the way with another batch of stuff out of the ohio valley region. >>> a lot more news ahead on "world news now" including the former new york senator thrown off a flight after he started ranting in the aisle. hear what he is saying about getting the boot. >>> and the debate about what took more guts robbing a store or doing it in a leotard. stay with us. >>> "world news now" weather brought to you by downy unstoppables. unstoppables. un-stop right there! i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer with unstopables in-wash scent boosters by downy.

heavy snow falling and accuweather's paul williams is tracking it all. good morning. >>> good morning. if the rain wasn't enough there is a sliver that will watch out for four to eight feet of snow. that being said we're really concerned about the significant rain between 8 to 16 inches throughout portions of california. at the very least four 4 eight so talking about massive mudslides, rockslides and big-time problems as far as travel is concerned. then throughout the north central part of the country another snowstorm throughout the great lakes region. kendis, diane. >> paul, thank you. >>> president-elect donald trump says he's optimistic about his cabinet picks as the first senate confirmation hearings begin today ten days before he takes office. >> the nominees are expected to face tough questions on everythi f russia and trump is raising concerns with his latest hire, he looked in the family, his son-in-law landing an official white house position. abc's karen travers has more from washington. karen, good morning to you. >> good morning, kendis and

let's get the complete forecast from paul williams. good morning. >> good morning. we have slower travel expected along 95 because of rain. a touch of ice into western new york and northern portions of pennsylvania. cincinnati throughout all of the ohio valley region into indianapolis and indiana up toward chicago wet roads. kind of wet. to the west, total different story. another push are the river of moisture in the upper atmosphere. wednesday to saturday, heavy snow between one to three feet in addition to what we've experienced there. and a heads up, in the west midportion of the workweek looking for another set of widespread heavy showers along the coast causing fldi over toward utah. >>> paul, thank you. after facing criticism for attacking civil rights icon john lewis, president-elect donald trump spent part of martin luther king day with his son. >> martin luther king the third called the meeting constructive. he said they talked about voting reform and the president-elect said he's going to represent all americans. >>> as far as trump tweeting lewis all was

accuweather's paul williams is tracking it all for us this morning. good morning, paul. >> good morning ryan, marci. right now we're bracing for the worst of the worst in the deep south. severe thunderstorms and the threat of actual tornados and that's precipitated by this low pressure system that's going to track towards the northeast and dig into the moisture coming out of the gulf. the combination will make for widespread rain showers throughout the southeast, mid mississippi valley region and up towards indiana. rain is going to range between two and four inches in some areas so we're bracing for a chance of flash flooding. slippery conditions throughout the ohio valley region, pockets of rain throughout the mid-atlantic, slippery conditions for monday. then when we take a look at tuesday, the northeast is covered by this inundated amount of rain that's going to cause big-time travel delays from bangor down to richmond. marci, ryan? >> thank you, paul. >>> the tournament of roses parade is held each year on new year's day unless the year begins on

. >> paul williams has the forecast now. >>> good morning. we're looking for significant rain to really push throughout a good chunk of california between 8 to 16 inches in some areas including redding. keep in mind to the northwest looking for widespread snow showers covering great falls toward the great lakes region. and then we're looking for a low pressure system to bring warm air underneath, cold air on top. it will spread snow to the great lakes region and accumulations near a half a foot near the great lakes and near helena. >> i'll take that. thanks, paul. >>> social media is providing us a look at some of the deadly flooding in thailand. this is what it looked like at a market in the southern part of the nation. at least 19 people have been killed and more than 1 million affected by the flooding over the past week. >>> an american is a focus of the ambush of a u.s. diplomat in mexico. he is under guard. the man believed to be the gunman is set to be extradited to the u.s. >> reporter: after a multiagency man hunt, mexican authorities

accuweather's paul williams has been tracking the forecast overnight. good morning. >> good morning, erielle, kendis. we literally have another atmospheric river of moisture that is going to gush along the west coast with an intense low pressure system that opens the door for another round of tremendous amount of rainfall as well as snowfall for this week. flooding, rain, excessive mountain snow, high winds and travel threat on a major scale covering the really the rocky mountain states and pulling its way more towards the east and speaking of the east, another snowstorm in the middle of the country. kendis, erielle. >> thanks, paul. >>> this morning biloxi, mississippi, hopes to end a holl controversy. a twitter feed announced offices are closed for great americans day since 1986, the third monday in january has been the national martin luther king jr. holiday, biloxi officials say a 1985 ordinance established great americans day to honor dr. king and others including confederate general robert e. lee. the official changes its observance to match the f

the big three names are neil gore such, 11th circuit -- paul: william pryor finish. >> thank you.. these are all three extremely good judges and it really is a reflection, you know, trump launched off with this list of 21 at the beginning. i think it was a huge success for him. it was a situation where, you know, a lot of keys were looking -- conservatives were looking for something very reassuring during the campaign, and exit polls actually showed one in five conservatives said the supreme court was their number onish or shoe for voting. so i think he has a list of really good names. these are all winners. paul: and that's one of the reasons he's likely to pick somebody from the list even if he goes off of these three, because he views it as a political success for him. >> right, for sure. and, you know, i think of these three they're all solid conservatives, we know they're all tex callists, people who really believe in interpret aring the constitution based on its original meaning. and i think the other thing is that they all have very long records. that's something that's als

. >> paul williams has a look at the day ahead. good morning. >> good morning. diane, kendis. we still have concern for scattered showers along the west coast. the california coast a bit breezy, as well. already been inundated with heavy showers. now we have anothlingering low pressure system will drag the west coast through one more day of scattered showers travel delays. in the east, a blast of cold air coming out of canada making for snowy conditions throughout wyoming into south dakota, nebraska into iowa as well as minneapolis. keep in mind, we're watching out for blizzard-like conditions there with gusty winds along with blowing snow. rain along the east coast, the possibility of flash flooding. a wintry mix throughout pra, new york, vermont, new hampshire and maine. >> kendis, diane? >> thanks to paul. the death toll has risen to 20 after powerful tornados struck the south over the weekend. most victims were killed when a twister touched down near a small town in rural georgia. a mobile home park was nearly destroyed by strong winds. many residents lost everything they

paul williams tracking it all for us in the overnight hours. in the overnight hours. >> good morning, kendis, diane. colder conditions and yet another lower that's going to drag in another sliver of showers along the west coast covering los angeles down towards the san diego area. and as you move further inland, we brace for more in the way of snow. look for the possibility of blizzard-like conditions throughout nebraska going into portions of wyoming, sliding into the minneapolis area, minor delays with travel at the very least and then as far as the northeast is concerned, another wintry mix going to hit all the way up towards maine. kendis, diane? > all right. our thanks to paul. >> this one will make you scratch your head a little bit. apparently burnt toast and overcooked roasted potatoes may increase your risk of cancer. british health officials say starchy foods cooked at high temperatures produce a chemical that is linked to an increased risk of cancer. the food standards agency doesn't recommend eliminating the foods from your diet, just not overcooking them.