. >> this is the storm system, look how big it is, snowing the southwest texas, snowing in northern mexicoowing across parts of mississippi and louisiana. this is all going to be headed our way. they have lots of winter storm warnings and watching out there. mixes of ice and snow and let's watch this system. this is going to be approaching us. it is going to start out as a rain snow mix, at times when it gets cold enough it will switch over to all snow. it will be a wet, slushy type of snow, but it could reach as far north and west as philadelphia, maybe even the lower california suburbs. at this point, questionable if it will go into the lehigh valley and how much will fall along the jersey shore. when i come back in a few minutes i'll break it all down for you neighborhood by neighborhood, timing and two different models and two different snowfall amounts. erin? >> make sure you download the nbc 10 app, so you get snow updates anytime over the weekend. >>> a six-hour standoff, homeowners left out in the cold, some neighbors heard everything as s.w.a.t. team talked with suspects barricade

storm system is 1,700 miles where they have had travel issues in southwest texas. basically everything is shut down there. that storm system heading in our direction for the weekend. a clear sky through this afternoon. a few flurries. it's aother pocket of cold air. we keep the clouds but no snow out of the cloud tomorrow. this particular model is a good model if you don't like snow it keeps everything off to the south and east so that's certainly good news there. again, we'll keep watching the trends because it's typical they kind of waffle back and forth. next, let's talk about the cold. not bad today, 48 degrees. look at the purple colors. we'll get these shots of frigid air coming down here next week. when i come back here in just a bit we'll walk you through that on the ten day on ten. >> thanks for that. >>> a late pop star's connection to the color of the year just announced tomorrow. we'll explain. >>> plus all creatures great and small, you'll see a heartwarming rescue in the midst of flames and devastation in southern california. that story straight ahe

snowing in parts of southwest texas and even in the hills of mexico. and we have winter storm warnings in southern mississippi where they are worried about 2 or 3 irvelgs of snow. around here it's not a big deal, but they don't have the equipment to remove it. it's a big system for there. we have the clouds increase iin tomorrow. no snow during the day tomorrow. now this is just one model. this model keeps us relatively dry through saturday early morning and then brings light snow up through the area along the coast here by saturday and out of here by sunday. some of the other models are more aggressive. so in the next half hour, i'll give you our best guess of snowfall amounts. but this is what i'm thinking. the steadier to the south and east. slushy accumulation is possible on the grassy surfaces and we'll continue to watch the trends. if they shift to the west, we could be looking at higher amounts. it's just an hour by hour situation tammie souza will be back at 11:00 tonight. you can expect this throughout your weekend. not a big storm on saturday

the clouds building to the southwest over texas, into oklahoma and arkansas, that's coming our way. i expect those raindrops to fall this evening. during the day, dry. cloudy to start, breaks around late this morning and early this afternoon for philadelphia. the clouds come back in during the afternoon. 51 degrees. similar scenario for the suburbs, cloudy, a few breaks of sunshine, 39 at 10:00. upper 40s for the suburbs, and it's going to be in the middle 40s for this afternoon with mostly cloudy skies through the day for the lehigh valley. delaware will eventually warm to 52. mostly cloudy to start with. clouds and sunshine for delaware and new jersey. clouds will be increasing in the afternoon. for the jersey shore, low 50s this afternoon after temperatures not as cool. at 7:00 evening, the chill in the air. 35 in allentown. 39 in philadelphia. low 40s for wimbledon. by this time tomorrow, rain -- for wilmington. by this time tomorrow, rainy conditions for the skburns vall -- for the suburbs and lehigh valley. i'll take you through the weekend, there are changes ahead including o

compared to this time last year here in this geographical area in the south texas corridor, and then throughout the entire southwestharyl: that's pretty huge. gabriel acosta: it is. sharyl: do you attribute that in part to the idea they may have that it's, they're not going to be able to stay, or that it would be more difficult? gabriel acosta: absolutely. sharyl: as soon as we're back on land, another call comes in, this time underground sensors have tipped off agents to a group of drug traffickers. scott good: out in this area. sharyl: scott good leads the laredo sector border patrol. scott: they absconded back to mexico and left the marijuana here which will be taken back to laredo sector to be processed for destruction. i know if you see some of these agents, you know, they're covered in sweat, they're out running, chasing people down on foot through this brush. you know, vehicles can't get through this. sharyl: while here, there's word that two illegal immigrants have been caught in the area we just left. as dusk falls, we go on patrol around a seven-mile stretch of laredo sector. we locate the spot in thick v

texas owns the longest stretch of the southwest border. crossing from mexico to the u.s. that's mexico right there? >> yes. >> reporter: i travel there had earlier this year to get a first-hand look with texas governor greg abbott. getting a bird's eye view of the rio >> you see how it snakes around. goes on around. so it's one big constant "s" shape. >> reporter: the u.s. southern border stretches 1827 miles. broken up by rivers. deser deserts. mountains. canyons. looking out of the helicopter at the dizzying terrain, we could see some barriers already in place. >> there's the wall. there's a gate part of it straight down over here. >> reporter: but the wall trump is proposing could look very different. early on he seemed to waffle on what form it might take. >> the could be some fencing. >> reporter: and more recently. >> you need to have a great wall but it has to be see-through. we're looking at different examples. i think to be honest with you, a see-through wall would look better. >> reporter: what does a see-through wall look like?

will ensure that the people in texas in particular who had 53 inches in rain, the people of texas and southwest louisiana that suffered from hurricane harvey, those projects will receive priority consideration by the corps of engineers. that's going to help us get that third reservoir built. this funding is sufficient to pay for, fully pay for all flood control projects in southeast texas. that means we'll have front-loaded funding to finish ut a buy ue. he army corps of engineers funding will open up ports to full capacity. another important change that the chairman included we had a lot of people flooded because the corps opened the flood gates. they were flooded by the action f the government and the waterways. chairman frelinghuysen included language that allows the governor of the state of texas to ask for a waiver of the prohibition against duplication of benefits -- may i have an additional 30 seconds? important for the people of texas to know help is on the way. if you were flooded by the action of the government thrrks is a provision in this legislation today that will allow the govern

texas this morning. melissa is an independent from southwest harbor, maine. your thoughts from maine this morning. >> caller: yes. i'm calling -- i'm very concerned with the direction of our country right now. many of us in maine are. and it starts in the election in alabama. we have to win that one tonight. we've got to change the direction this country is going in. trump is just causing havoc all over the world. the bombing the other day, it's because of anger. everything that is going on is because of the leadership we are under right now. we have got to change that. we've got to get democrats and independents into the house and right this. it's not going well at all for us here in america right now. >> larry, elk grove village, illinois. i'm for republicans. go ahead. >> caller: good morning. i have a question. basically for the alabama voters. you know, there's been a lot of people, and i'm not a big fan of donald trump. i didn't vote for donald trump. i think he was loud, arrogant, rude. but showing my bias, i think that based on the few new yorkers tha

southwest. we've got storm systems coming onshore even scattered shower activity in southern california, southern moisture coming up into texasn response to the dip out west. some of that moisture is what we're going to track for later tomorrow. future cast, nice and quiet tonight. we start sunday with sunshine, but clouds thicken up in the afternoon. a better chance of showers north and west. a wet snow flake nick mixed in garrett county. most of the activity gone by 9:00. monday and tuesday, the mildest temperatures move in. a comfortable start to the week. tonight, cold. just not as cold as this morning. a few spots into the 18, 19-degree range. 26 to 34 with light winds. tomorrow morning, 20s and 30s. certainly cold to chilly, but winds light. sun is up at 7:21. by afternoon, mostly cloudy. c. got that late shower threat as we talked about. highs 35 to 50 which is pretty much where it should be this time of year. monday, mild. 53. tuesday, warm for december. cld sun, 60. if we had sunshine on tuesday, we would be in the mid 60s but the full sun. wednesday, behind a cold front, we drop into the 40s and we stay on the mild

southwest. you got the swarth of rain along a cold front stretching from texas all the way up into portions of new where it could be cold enough for snow and ice, so treater maine, new york, new hampshire and vermont could see winter i weather. showers will be more of a thing through pittsburgh the ohio valley back into tennessee, showers don't reach us till saturday. friday, looks good on the road. in fact, up to new york, 50, cloudy skies, chicago, they're in the middle of that, they will have a bit of a wintery mix and 65 in la, miami, marina looks good this time of year. sunny and 81. yes, i want to spend christmas in miami. my gosh, no problems there. 46 outside temperatures have cooled off a bit from the low 50's of earlier we're seeing mainly mid to upper 40's. we had a system all day towards the south that spread showers from tennessee into portions of the carolinas. you can see a good bit of rain across places like charles norfolk virginia. stay far enough south we had clouds but even the clearing line made it past the district. mostly cloudy skies definitely colder as we spent most of th

texas is recognized. mr. brady: mr. speaker, i yield my southwest remaining balance of the time. i say to my democratic colleagues, worse bill in 29 years? with obamacare, don't sell yourself short. today wave a choice to make. we can either stick with the status quo, we just heard t. we can take bold action to overhaul this broken tax code and restore hope and opportunity, prosperity it americans. our choice is clear and we have made ours. we will vote to send this bill to president trump's desk to get real tax reform done for the american people. for the first time in p 1 years. -31 years. we will deliver for the american people. i encourage my colleagues to join in support of this bill w that i yield back the balance of my time. -- with that i yield back the balance of my time. >> that debate from earlier today. after that the house passed the -- agreed to the changes in the tax reform bill. the vote was 224-201. hat does it for work on that legislation. bloomberg tweeting at this hour that the president will sign the g.o.p. tax bill on legislation. january 3. the house aide i

texas. so freezing fog is a sunny and dry in the southwest.rees. so one of the warmer spots today. that's look at the weather now here's a peek out your there still time to buy the still degrees here in washin northw winds averaging still wind c wide are down this morning. aftern highs today, plenty cold. in the downwa below freezing on new year's eve look at the best of "today." some of our most memorable stories of 2017. >> for pink power today, hoda introduced us to erin ludwig a courageous woman battling breast cancer. sadly, she lost that fight earlier in the year. hoda showed us erin's strength and love live on in her husband and children. >> yeah! >> yeah! good job. >> reporter: there's no question 35-year-old jason ludwig is an amazing dad. he knows how to play in the yard. >> you want to have a race to get the ball? >> reporter: make his kids lafr better. >> that feel better? >> yeah. >> okay, good. >> reporter: but just a year ago, the last time we visited with the ludwigs he was not doing this alone. jason was raising these precious

southwest. messy in the pacific northwest and watch out for freezing fog across parts of northern texas this morning. this morning. that's a look at the weather it's the start of a new year for you and your family. and we'd like you to be part of ours. happy new year! so our chevy employee discount is still available to everyone. you pay what we pay, not a cent more. we're so happy to share this with you. because you deserve to start the year off in style. it's our way of saying happy new year! and welcome to the family... the chevy family. the chevy employee discount for everyone ends soon. >> and good thursday morning to you. feeling like zero to ten degrees despite what temperatures will stay in the area today. 28 degrees. the philadelphia suburbs light wind tomorrow. so snow po ten tential tomorrow. a cold glast on sunday. have yourself a great thursday. >>> and that's your latest forecast. >> thank you, nk you, dylan. >>> coming up, prince harry stirs up the royal family. meghan markle is the sister they never had. >>> and stories behind these pictures. but first, this is "today" on but first,

southwest of san francisco. it's better but nowhere close to where we need it to be. we want it well to the south or over maybe texas to steer some storms into here. we're not there yet. hopefully the end of next week we will be, but for the foreseeable future we are staying mainly dry. a little fog tomorrow morning near the bay, sunshine, clear afternoon skies. friday less fog as the atmosphere dries out a bit and friday afternoon will feature sunshine. it is almost like the set it and forget it forecast with similar temperatures daily. i showed you this yesterday. we're looking at two different computer models and their predictions for new year's morning, monday morning at 7:00. remember yesterday? one had a ton of rainfall. one had nothing. this one had nothing. these forecast models still keep all the rainfall well offshore. let me show you the one that did have rain over northern california yesterday. doesn't anymore, not even close. every computer model now agrees we will not see rainfall likely not until next thursday or friday at the earliest. watch out for fog late tonight, early tomorrow morning especially

it's sunny and dry in the southwest, messy in the pacific northwest and watch out for freezing fog across parts of northern texas this morning. that's a look at the weather across the country. your local forecast is coming up in the next 30 seconds. happy new year! and welcome to the family... the chevy family. the chevy employee discount for everyone ends soon. >>> good thursday morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's az take a live look outside in san francisco. chilly temperatures, make sure you are bundled up as you step out. we have dropped below freezing in napa. san jose at 42 degrees now and 37 in oakland. as we go into this afternoon a lot of sunshine, highs in the upper 50s in san francisco and low 60s for tomorrow. we will have some upper 60s for the inland areas. >>> and that's your latest forecast. >>> thank you. coming up, prince harry stirs up controversy saying the royals are the family meghan markle never had. what her sister is saying about that this morning. >>> and we are going to reveal "time's" most powerful images of the year and the story behind those pictures. first this is "today" on

southwest louisiana. we could have been addressing e fires in california, oregon, montana, and other areas of the country. we could have been addressing the flood in texas that devastated portions of that area as well. as well as during that same period of time we've had tornadoes and other issues indicating how critical it is that we support these matters. we could have been dealing with the real infrastructure measure. everyone in this country knows our roads and bridges are in despicable shape at this point, and it is not as if we do have the ability to do something about it. we don't have the political will, so we're wasting legislative time here today with these daunting tasks fore us and this is what the republican majority chooses to focus on. trying to pass a tax bill, for example, that gives most of the benefits for the wealthy and corporations while adding over -- more than $1 trillion to the deficit. i've said before, look out. when we finish whatever this tax bill is and now it's being called what it is, a tax cut, and not tax reform that is needed in this country, when we finish with that, the next words out of many of my colleagues' mouths

heat, as you get into southern texas and southern florida. 30s in northern new england, a great day throughout the ohio river valley. some dense morning fog through the southwestst and central and southern california, looking pretty darn nice. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. we've got sunshine. clouds out of the picture for the rest of the day. the temperatures climb into the 50s. low 50s in new jersey but at the shore the temperatures will be a bit warmer, up to 55 degrees. low 50s with clearing skies in the lehigh valley. with as i understand out of the northwest and delaware, sunny skies all day. >> and that's your latest weather. guys? >> all right, al. guess what? we are trending. "the chicago tribune" posed an interesting question. on. i thought it would be interesting to get everybody's thoughts. should you write a personalized wish list? a christmas list. it's a normal things for kids to do for santa. sult adults should handle a list like that with care. and it comes down to the person you're giving to. here's some things i might like to get for the holidays. if they're more emotional, they might find it offensive. what do you think? i

southwest. instead of 80-mile-per-hour gusts we'll see 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts. very poor air quality. lake-effect snow in the east and then snow from texas new england. that's a look at national weather. your local forecast in 30 se >>> good morning. temperatures are cold and mid-to upper 30s. 38 in washington and there is a storm system pretty far down to the south by the time it organizes offshore, here's what it will look like locally, late tonight early tomorrow. we'll start to have the snow moving at 8:00 a.m. for your saturday. we're going to be on the edge of this thing so by lunchtime it will clear out. could see 1 to 3 inches around the district and less than one farther north and west. >> dylan, thank you. >>> just ahead , disturbing video. a police officer kills an unarmed father and why the jury found him not guilty of murder. >>> amazon promises to slash prices since buying whole foods. but have they? first, this is "today" on nbc. p. but have they? you'll be >>> coming up, zac efron is stopping by. >> and ed sheeran with a performance that will be perfect. s it does but they're not all the same. who knew? i had no idea. so

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dispatch reports that texas pitcher cole hammels and his wife are donating nearly $10 million mansion to charity. the 32,000 square foot home sits on 100 acres of land in southwesteporters who broke >>> good morning i'm rahel solomon, we have several dents to tell but. take a look, westbound pa turn pine cloaked at bensalem for serious multi-vehicle accident 100 gallons of diesel fuel were spilled here, and two people were taken to the hospital. all traffic is being detoured off the turnpike at bensalem. no word at this point when the road will be reopened. and traffic is jammed for miles on the turnpike and route one in bucks county. >> i295 northbound closed past columbus road. that's exit 52, for a jackknife tractor-trailer and hazmat spill. you can use the new jersey turnpike or route 130 as an alternate. another desert roosevelt boulevard off ramp to fox street. it is partially blocked there as well as right lane on the boulevard. quite busy morning on the roads there. we send it to ever kate way check on the the forecast. >> the problems we're facing in traffic thankfully not weather-related. you will not have any weather-related problems i don't think thi