thank you very much. >>> let's check the weather yet again and get it back over to amateur musher rob marcianoher. >> guys, warm and windy yesterday so fires breaking out across parts of oklahoma. here is one in norman shut down for a bit. i was in oklahoma city. you can see the smoke just down to our south. we have fire danger that's in effect today, tomorrow and probably on monday as well. for these warm wins that could crank 40 or 50 miles an hour especially in northern oklahoma getting into kansas and southwest parts of missouri. we've got a pulse of energy that's coming through the pacific northwest in the way rain and snow for the next two days and this won't -- shouldn't be flooding rain but will bring a substantial amount of snow across the high country of the sierras and cascades getting into the intermountain west like they don't need it anymore but certainly will take it. the threat for severe weather will come into play i think on monday and tuesday. >> it is cold this morning. in the 20's to teens. daytime highs today in the low 40's. >>> this weather report is brought to you by b

thank you very much. >>> let's check the weather yet again and get it back over to amateur musher rob marcianohey, rob. >> musher. >> hey, guys, warm and windy yesterday, so fires were breaking out across parts of oklahoma. here is one in norman, we have a pulse of rain and energy coming in as snow and rain. it will get into the inner mountain west, they don't need it anywhere, but ski season is not over, they will take it. here's a check of the local forecast. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, i'm meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. it's a nice looking weekend, blustery and cold. 36 today, windchills in the 20s, 39 tomorrow, windchills in the 30s. nba saturday prime time continues tonight, tune in to see the l.a. clippers face off against the chicago bulls at 8:30 eastern time on abc. it is basketball season in full force. >> rob will be watching with a big jar of beans in his hands. no question about it. >> please, no. dan. >> just thought i'd leave that image with you. >>> coming up on "good morning america," arnold schwarzenegger's message to "celebrity apprentice,"

the forecast from rob marciano in just a moment. but we begin with eva pilgrim on the winter that won't give up. >> reporter: tonight, nearly half the country in a winter blast. this, as another major snow storm is forming. parts of the southeast blanketed in snow. spring now on hold there. in tennessee, salt trucks trying to stay on top of the accumulation. bad visibility making for dangerous driving conditions, as temperatures fall. and now, over 60 million people in the northeast bracing for a nor'easter. blizzard watches from new york city to boston. more than a foot of snow possible. here in new york, they're already gearing up 440,000 tons of salt and countless workers standing by. michigan among the first to get hit. crews working around the clock already. the midwest expecting below freezing temps and heavy snowfall tonight. this, as they are still cleaning up from thursday's extreme wind. some still in the dark tonight. >> at nighttime, i curled up under five, ten blankets. >> reporter: one couple dying after trying to keep

. >>> rob marciano along the westside highway today, and he is tracking the storm. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. those winds have gone northern, and the record high temperature will be a distant memory, and kld air will stay here, and a pattern change over the next five days, and we have three chancens of seeing snow across the east. the first comes tonight across the breaking out in mouissouri and kentucky. look for snow? pittsburgh, and across the metro area throughout the hartford and boston as well. three to five impnches expectedo fall to prel fall. >> rob marciano, thanks again tonight. >>> next this evening, president trump and his book, "the art of the deal" tonight, putting that art form to the test. giving the hard sell behind-the-scenes to the republican plan ore place obamacare now, and tweeting that health care is coming along great. but he faces a divided republican party on this, and democrats who now argue millions will lose their coverage. here's abc's chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl. >> reporter: president trump declared today he

. >> and rob marciano is live with us. more on the frigid air and the possible nor'easter, could be a big one first thing next week. >> reporter: could be, this is january-like cold. it certainly sets the stage for more snow into next week. freeze warnings into the midsouth, early blooming plants will be damaged. and windchills, dangerously cold in the morning, at or below zero in some spots. first snow shot, a quick mover. going south, st. louis, nashville, north georgia, north carolina, you could see a couple of inches there. but the bigger concern comes on tuesday. the atmosphere lining up ingredients for potentially heavy snow from virginia into massachusetts. this track at this point uncertain. but we think it has the potential for a powerful winter coastal storm, tuesday and wednesday. >> tracking it through the weekend for us, rob marciano, thank you. >>> next, major developments from the white house. our correspondent asking president trump where is the proof? nearly one week after that explosive claim that preside

. >>> let's get to meteorologist rob marciano joining us here in manhattan. he is tracking the system for us. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. this is a big, powerful and it encompasses much of northern america, and this is over central canada, and we have warnings down into oklahoma, and the winds continue to rake the great lakes, but the strongest will be across western new york, buffalo, syracuse, rochester tonight, and damaging. very windy tomorrow as well, and there are cold shots of air behind this, and we expect snow up through boston. one of several shots of snow potentially for the east into next week which is the middle of march, david. >> rob marciano with us tonight as well. thank you, rob. >>> tonight, the fbi is launching an urgent hunt for whoever revealed some of the cia's biggest secrets. their tools, their methods, and how they could break into iphones, ipads and other things as well. the classified material was given to wikileaks and now the world. tonight, what you should know about the technology in your own home. samsung and apple now re

let's get right to rob marciano, live with us tonight. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. this is a large sprawling storm, lumbering to the east. severe weather for now is the main threat. you mentioned that tornado watch in indiana. wind gusts over 60 miles an hour in illinois and big size hail doing damage to cars there. also across the florida panhandle. this moves east and morphs into a coastal low. a miserable day, new york, philly, d.c. tomorrow. temps, low 40s. snow above i-90 and some sleet in the mix there, just outside of boston and hartford. we could see ten inches of snow, certainly a foot at the higher elevations, especially across northern new england. it's going to be heavy, potentially power outages. that is fresh, significant snow on the ground april 1st. david? >> all right, rob marciano, thank you. i think. >>> we turn onto other news here this evening, and the federal investigation under way into that horrific bus crash in texas, playing out while well were on the air last night here. 13 members of a church group wrp killed in a head-on collision near s

. >>> meteorologist rob marciano live along the westside highway today, and he is tracking the storm. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. those winds have gone northern, so the record high temperatures will be a distant memory. cold air is moving in, and it will stay. we have a pattern change over the next five days, and we have three chances of seeing snow across the east. the first comes tonight across the heartland, and severe storms breaking out across missouri and kentucky. look for snow in pittsburgh, and by tomorrow morning, a messy commute across the metro area throughout the hartford and boston as well. but it gets out of here quickly. three to five inches expected to fall. a wide swap from state college to plymouth, and it looks like wild springs of march for sure. >> rob marciano, thanks again tonight. >>> next this evening, president trump and his book, "the art of the deal" tonight, putting that art form to the test. giving the hard sell behind-the-scenes to the republican plan to replace obamacare now, and tweeting that health care is coming along great. but he does face a

. >> forewarning for rob marciano who loves to ski. look out for the moose next time you're on the trails, rob. let's send it back to you. >> hi, guys. yeah, for all the odd things we've seen in central park, you know, i wouldn't be surprised to see a moose. this is odd too. the pacific northwest, this is the rain forest that gets 150 inches of rain a year but got snow. another pulse of rain, a couple pulses coming into seattle and portland and we could -- this will be warmer so could bring a little bit in the way of flooding. meanwhile, the southwest is going to heat up and see our first 90-degree temperature and don't forget to spring ahead weekend. feels-like temperature's this morning, teens and 20's. bundle up on your way out the door. over there remains in place all weekend long. tomorrow, plenty of sunshine and we spring forward overnight tonight into early sunday. set those clocks. major changes coming to town for the early half of the week. we track our next potential for a winter storm. snow looking likely >>> with a windchill

. >> maybe that should be forewarning for rob marciano who loves to ski. look out for the moose next time you're on the trails, rob. let's send it back to you. >> hi, guys. yeah, for all the odd things we've seen in central park this morning, you know, i wouldn't be surprised to see a moose. this is odd too. i want to show you. the pacific northwest, this is a rain forest that gets 150 inches of rain a year but got snow. that's how crazy the witness has been out there in seattle. we've got another pus of rain, a couple pulses of rain coming into seattle and portland and we could -- this will be warmer so could bring a little bit in the way of flooding. meanwhile, the southwest is going to heat up and we could see our first 90-degree temperature and don't forget to spring ahead tonight and lose an >>> good start morning to you, i'm >>> slight chance of rain perhaps in our far north bay by wednesday. highs today from 64 half moon bay. we have fog right now. mostly sunny afternoon with 72 in al oh al to with the parades today. low 60s by 11:00. more >>> with a

. >> and rob marciano is live with us. more on the frigid air and the possible nor'easter, could be a big one first thing next week. >> reporter: could be, this is january-like cold. freeze warnings into the midsouth, early blooming plants will be damaged. and windchills, dangerously cold in the morning, at or below zero in some spots. north carolina, you can see a couple of inches there. and tuesday, the atmosphere lining up ingredients for potentially heavy know. we think it has the potential for a powerful winter coastal storm, tuesday and wednesday. >> thank you. >>> next, major developments from the white house. our correspondent asking president trump where is the proof? and revelations about michael flynn. was he receiving money to lobby on behalf of a foreign government? here's jonathan karl. >> reporter: the house intelligence committee has given the justice department an ultimatum: turn over all evidence, if any exists, that president obama had trump tower wiretapped. the deadline, monday. president trump made th

let's get right to rob marciano. we're tracking a lot of severe weather, right? >> storms are popping between dallas and oklahoma city. mostly along the i-35 corridor, from the west to the northeast. a tornado watch for that area until 11:00 p.m. tonight. well into darkness, making it a dangerous situation. future radar brings this cluster through missouri and arkansas. and the threat tomorrow, through the memphis and mississippi river valley. isolated tornadoes and damaging winds. meanwhile, northern new york, northern new england, freezing wind is and snow, then temps into the 70s and 80s. the swings of spring. >> rob, thanks so much. >>> still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this sunday. an animal clinic turned upside-down when a car crashes into the front desk. the close call, caught on camera. >>> and is laughing gas the new epidural? you heard it right. what may be a new trend in managing the pain of childbirth. is a tv show fueling the popularity? >>> plus, the robot revolution, from making coffee to folding laundry. the shocking new figure, when i

let's get to meteorologist rob marciano with us live tonight. he is tracking this. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. hard to believe march 15th, and we're feeling an arctic, january-type pattern. nudging that cold air down to the southeast, and we are locked in. look at the freezing warnings. hard freeze, damaging the crops across georgia and florida. across the northeast in the single digits again. we have another winter storm for saturday. a weak one, that's a reinforcing shot of cold. >> thank you, rob. >>> next this evening, the deadly confrontation on a highway in florida. newly released cell phone video showing an armed bystander coming to the rescue of a deputy attacked by a suspect and pinned to be ground. a warning tonight. the images are grarvphic, and here's abc's mara schiavocampo. >> reporter: tonight, newly released cell phone video of what's being called a heroic shooting. >> bro, he's about to [ bleep ] fire, dude! >> reporter: a florida deputy badly beaten and pinned to the ground last november by a suspect who had reportedly pulled the officer from

let's get to meteorologist rob marciano with us live tonight. he is tracking this. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. hard to believe march 15th, and we're feeling an arctic, january-type air mass. check out this pattern. record heat out west, nudging that cold air down to the southeast, and we are locked in. look at the freezing warnings. hard freeze, damaging the crops across georgia and florida. windchills tomorrow in the big cities tomorrow across the northeast in the single digits again. we have another winter storm for saturday. a weak one, that's a reinforcing shot of cold air for next week, david. >>> to the economy now. the federal reserve raising interest rates for the second time in three months. up a quarter point to 1%, and that rate is linked to many other interest rates that affect you. abc's chief business correspondent, rebecca jarvis, with what this means for your money. >> reporter: tonight, the impact of that rate hike on your wallet. 29-year-old nurse, ashley warren, has been searching for her first home for a year, all the while watching those mo

. >>> let's get right to rob marciano, it's freezing out there. >> reporter: it is another cold nightor sure. but we're going to see warm up in responsetrong storm hitting t now. winter storm wind warnings. we'll have low elevation snow tonight. and a number of fires today. and we'll look forstorms breaking out for minneapolis tli arkansas. and 60 degrees in chicago, 70 in st. louis. wild swings so far for the month of march. >> rob, thank you. >>> we want to turn now to a manhunt in mississippi. three inmates missing from a prison. >>> and to the terrifying moments for a woman alone, working the night desk at a hotel. surveillance footage revealing a masked intruder in the halls. gloria riviera with the video, and we want to let you know, some may find it disturbing. >> reporter: a terrifying assault caught on camera minute by minute. investigators saying newly released surveillance video shows a masked man entering a home 2 suites hotel in omaha, nebraska, this week, in the dead of night. the alleged victim, a female employee on duty at the front desk, is seen walking down a hallway

rob marciano is in philadelphia. >> the salt and plow trucks are backing up and loading truck, this is part of a 50,000 ton stockpile of salt here in philadelphia to try to beat back this storm. >> reporter: with winds whipping above 50 miles per hour during the storm, widespread power outages also ef beach erosion anticipated in coastal communities. >> our two biggest concerns are the high tides. one in the morning on tuesday and one in the evening. >> reporter: and the storm will leave some of the coldest temperatures of the season in its wake. the silver lining? spring arrives monday. >> ah, so they say. >> so close. >> so close to it. so the colorado ligs of these twos systems into a monster nor'easter has triggered states of emergency up and down the east coast. paul williams joins us now with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: you're right. every storm's dressed like a starp dressed disaster. that's what we have going on right now. right now we have the storm that's actually creating this thick line of freezing rain and sleet. now initially we're thinking perhaps if the storm

meteorologist rob marciano with us live outside boston tonight. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. it's been snowing and sleefting all often. what a messy map we have for you. winter storm warnings for much of new england. and the warm core, we have the severe threat. tornado reported on the ground and heading towards virginia beach at this hour. meanwhile, this thing is going to get itself together. we'll look for heavy rain. time it out now. the rain will end from west to east, but snow and sleet, heavy at times through the overnight period, turning to all snow tomorrow morning, then getting out to sea, but five to ten inches of snow with a lot of sleet with that. could see power outages. this is no april fools' joke. david? >> rob, you're a good man out there in the middle of it for us, thank you. >>> next here on a friday night, a police officer sentenced to 40 years in prison in the death of a 6-year-old boy with autism. jeremy mar tis was shot and killed in his father's car after a high speed police chase. several officers had converged on the scene and their body cam video p

our rob marciano is there. >> the salt and plow trucks are backing up and loading up. this is part of a 50,000-ton stockpile of salt here in philadelphia that they'll use to try to beat back this storm. >> reporter: amid fears of widespread power outages, brigades of utility trucks getting into position. in belmar, new jersey, heavy equipment building massive sand barriers to keep back the ocean. >> our two biggest concerns are the high tides, the one in the morning on tuesday and the one in the evening. >> reporter: some 60 million now in the storm's path. >> and alex perez is live tonight in chicago, and alex, more snow on the way there tonight? >> reporter: that's right, david. round two tonight of just six inches. half a foot of lake effect snow across the chicago area expected. all of this is the first significant snow we have had here in chicago since december, but it's nothing compared to what's headed your way and the rest of the northeast. david? >> alex perez leading us off. thank you. >>> let's get to chief meteorologist, ginger zee tracking this tonight and

. >>> let's get right to rob marciano. it's freezing out there tonight. >> reporter: it is another cold night for sure. but things will warm up. in response to a powerful storm hitting the west coast right now. look at all the alerts. snow in the lower elevations. winds gusting in vegas. could gust over 50 miles an hour over denver. and with the critical fire, danger across the plains. and late in the day, thunderstorms developing from minneapolis through arkansas. where it could be severe, damaging winds, maybe a tornado or two. 60 in chicago, 70 in st. louis, 80 in oklahoma city. march often brings wild swings of temperatures, we're certainly seeing that so far. tom? >> rob, thank you. >>> now to what many are calling a disturbing trend. acts of violence investigated as possible hate crimes across america. the latest incident, a man attacked in washington state. police say he was told to get out of our country before he was shot. here's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: tonight, a manhunt under way in washington state. >> sus

senior meteorologist rob marciano joins us with the forecast. we're talking about a possible tornado threat? >> reporter: a couple of rounds of them. storms are firing tonight, and not a lot of damage, but they are going on east of new orleans up through nashville. you will see the wide expanse, but we're in this active, amplified pattern, and the rockies gets into the plains and we have a higher threat for severe weather. oklahoma city, almost down to dallas, and tornadoes will be a risk there. dangerous situation into monday into the mississippi towns including memphis and greenville, and advance of this storm, we're looking for springlike temperatures across the east, and still shots of cold air in boston and d.c., so keep your coat handy. >> 40s still in new york. all right, rob. thanks so much. >>> now we're going to head overseas to the disturbing images emerging from ukraine. the surveillance video appearing to show the assassination of a vocal critic of russian president vladimir putin. it's the latest of a series of deadly incidents rai

in for rob marciano. >> tonight's storm a lot less potent than the last one. we watch tonight as we wind up the radar here. you can see we get a little flurry and sprinkle. watch happens in nantucket tomorrow. this storm goes offshore and winds up and really dumps on nantucket. most people will get a little flurry or sprinkle overnight tonight. some tough winds there. spring air does move south. i can't promise it for the mid-atlantic or the northeast. but by the time we get to tuesday, atlanta, you're looking at about 80 degrees. >> springlike in the south. sam, thanks so much. >>> now to peru and those tragic mudslides. following intense rains. some heroic rescues giving many hope. here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: in the fast-moving, muddy water and piles of dangerous debris. a woman almost washed away. as she tries to free herself, her hair seemingly gets stuck. before she finally pulls herself to safety. one of many lives narrowly spared from peru's raging flooding and mudslides. that officials say have killed more than 70 people so far this year

abc's senior meteorologist, rob marciano with the images coming in. >> reporter: tonight, this giant snow slide in washington state, trapping 42 high school students on a field trip. >> we heard it was going to snow, but we didn't know it was going to snow this bad. >> reporter: the students safe, but road crews say they could be stuck there until monday. >> there were some of the kids that needed medication and only packed a certain amount, so i guess they were helicoptering in. >> reporter: across much of the country, a bitter march cold snap causing headaches for travelers. >> did you hear anything about an accident a bridge on lehigh. >> affirmative we have police on the way. >> reporter: icy conditions triggering this 25-car pileup in allentown, pennsylvania, no injuries there. >> i went this way, and a car hit me from the side, and i spun completely all the way around. >> reporter: this car careening out of control. >> it would have been a different night in boston. >> reporter: overnight in boston, an alaska airlines flight smashing into a de-icing truck at logan international

abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano has more. >> attention ladder one, ladder one, they have a three-alarm fire. >> reporter: firefighters battling this deadly inferno in new jersey, up against that winter blast, fighting frozen lines and flying embers. >> the flames are out of control. because of the wind. >> reporter: flames first tearing through homes, killing a young boy and injuring his father. then blustering winds spreading the fire to a historic church, its steeple collapsing onto the street below. the neighborhood covered in ice from the firefight. the northeast in the midst of one of the coldest weekends this winter. wind chills 20 below just days after recording record-breaking warmth. tonight, this new drone video giving a fuller picture of that massive pileup on interstate 81 in pennsylvania. >> look at that one. >> reporter: winter whiteout conditions within seconds causing more than 35 cars to crash into each other, killing one and hospitalizing at least 19 others. >> i appear to have multiple injuries. >> reporter: this vehicle crushed between two 18 wheelers. >> rob joins

. >>> rob marciano back. we were talking about fires in the plains yesterday.s still going on today? >> it is. we've been talking about the warm dry winds across the central u.s. and fires have beenng out across oklahoma anda, kansa grass burned this year alone. we're ahead of schedule are nf march. we have fire warnings in the west winds could crank 30, 40, 50 miles per hour in the next 24 hours. we may see severe weather too that will be a threat tomorrow as it bumps into the warm some of the thunderstorms could be severe in the way of straight tornados. get into the action west coast low ele is gets into from an and down into los angeles, as well. more on the way of rain andin nationally hs the>> reporter: good morning everyone i'mrologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. no rain here across the delaware and lehigh valleys. as a matter of fact we're expecting sunny skies cold this morning and somewhat cold this afternoon, 39. >> i was trying to get him to say it differently. >> he's trying to get me to mispronounce the s never a good thing. >> conn

. >> reporter: rob marciano is there. >> backing up and loading up. this is part of a 50,000 ton stock pile that they'll use to try back this store. >> reporter: amid fears of widespread power outages, brigads of utility trucks get into position. heavy equipment to keep back the ocean. >> our two biggest concerns are the high tides. one in the morning on tuesday and one in the evening. >> reporter: some 60 million in the storm's path. >> that's alex perez reporting. and here with the storm's current condition and intensity. >> certainly. live doppler 7 showing you the storm underway. let's take a zoom in closer to philadelphia and approaching new york at this hour. this is just the beginning of what will be a long duration snow system. the snow has arrived and it will be piling up. in fact, winter storm warning in effect. the pink area on the screen and even stricter blizzard warning along the new york city metro area. not only heavy snow but gust awinds frequently near 60 miles per hour. a lot of spots likely seeing over a foot of snow, already creat