lots of snow in western texas. that is our system that heads this way after midnight monday night going into tuesday. the morning drive tuesday is going to be slippery, very slow, low visibility, and there will be a mix or changeover that takes place and causes the we will sort that out and put a timeline on everything coming up. stephanie: you can track the winter storm and get alerts about whether in your area on the storm watch 9 weather app. you can download it for apple and android devices. severe storms in the south have killed at least 11 and hurt dozens. this has been the deadliest december for tornadoes in more than 60 years. missouri and illinois are in a state of emergency because of flooding. reena ninan has the latest on severe weather sweeping across the nation. reena: the christmas twisters gouged their way across the texas landscape, turning homes into scrap piles, neighborhoods into debris fields. >> we pray and support those who have lost a family member. we pray and support those who have had the

you also have blizzardlike conditions in western texas. this complex responding severe weather over texas, louisiana, and arkansas. it brings the snow for tuesday. that is the same system. high pressure tomorrow means sunshine with a few clouds when we get rid of the last vestiges of drizzle and showers now. the clouds will thin out after 10:00 this evening. as we take you toward midnight into the hours of monday morning, no problems. sunshine for the morning drive. i can promise you on tuesday, no school on tuesday. big prediction from the weather guy, right? there will be snow. unfortunately, it will not count as a snow day because you don' t have school to begin with. clouds increasing monday afternoon. no problems tomorrow. tonight' s lows dropping into the 20' s and teens in a few spots. not warming up much tomorrow at all. it is the cold weather taking hold of new england overnight tonight into tomorrow which sets up for a snowy scenario into tuesday. tuesday morning' s commute is not going to be pretty. s look at your forecast. we a

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your normal then from montana down into the southern mississippi valley and from southern and western texas throughout the west-- below normal temperatures are expected as far as precipitation is concerned really a lot of the country is going to be above normal. below normal there for montana and some of the surrounding areas. near normal for the ohio valley and great takes, above normal inpmany other places, clinton? thanks mike. the business of farming is big...and diverse. today in our farm journal report, national reporter betsy jibben looks at the catfish industry. its in the midst of a significant change as to whihi government agencncwill oversee catfish inspections. betsy. the catfish industry has been a part of townsend kyser's day as long as he can remember. growing up in a catfish raising family, he's seen the ups and downs. storm," for kyser, that storm first hit about a decade ago, whenenhe price of both grain and oil increased. that's when imported catfish-like species called pangasius- began pouring into the u.s. from asian countries. "our inputs went up and other products wer

the storm has already resulted in blizzard like conditions in new mexico, oklahoma, and western texas. the snowstorm even disrupted the college football sun bowl being played on the mexico border in el paso. another 10 people died in tornadoes in mississippi, six more in tennessee. flash floods also killed at least 13 people in missouri, illinois and arkansas where as , much as nine inches of rain fell on some areas. meanwhile heat records were , broken on christmas day across the east coast from maine to georgia. on christmas eve, the thermometer topped a record breaking 70 degrees in new york philadelphia, and washington, , d.c. this weekend of extreme weather comes as climatologists predict 2015 will be the warmest year ever recorded smashing last , year's record. so far in 2015 nine out of the 11 months have set a new monthly temperature record. meanwhile, in south america, as many as 160,000 people have been evacuated due to heavy storms in paraguay, uruguay, argentina, and brazil. we go now to tallahassee, florida, to james elsner professor at florida state , university and co-a

. >>> that same powerful storm system is producing blizzard-like conditions in oklahoma, western texas new mexico adding to the post christmas travel woes. with more, here's abc's phillip mena. >> reporter: millions of travelers trying to make their way home on one of the busiest travel days of the holiday season. blizzard conditions in the oklahoma panhandle causing whiteout conditions. freezing rain and sleet making for slick and dangerous conditions. slow plows working to clear the road. in lubbock, texas, snow drifts cover roads. drivers stuck on i-40 after the snow fell. the road from amarillo to the new mexico border closed through the night. more than 20 motorists stranded. trucks out of control, resting in the snow bank. >> that nasty winter storm sweeping much of the country throwing a wrench into those flying home, too. travelers frustrated. >> i would call it a nightmare, yes. that's a good way to put it. i would call it living hell is what it's been. >> long lines at airports. more than 1,000 flights in the u.s. canceled, more than 4,000 delayed. >> our flight to puerto val

and blizzard conditions are affecting sections of western texas and eastern new mexico. now, a severe thunderstorm providing the troubles if -- from texas to oklahoma and into mississippi. and then heavy, flooding rains working through the deep south up through the ohio river valley. portions of the northern plains could see six to ten inches or more of snow from tonight into saturday night. and finally, the northeast, where all of these record-setting temperatures have been, will finally see some winter-like conditions for the first half of next week. the same storm slamming the south will swing up to the northeast and effect interior sections by monday afternoon bringing snow to much of new england and a wintry mix to pennsylvania, new york, connecticut, and rhode island. >> thank you, appreciate it. >>> tonight a new fight over illegal immigration. amid word that the feds are planning raids to report hundreds of undocumented families from central america that have surged across the southern border. the 2016 candidates are already weighing in and kelly o'donnell has th

and historic storm for parts of eastern new mexico and western texas. in new mexico, they had as much as two feet of snow and eight-foot drifts. here in texas, two hours south of here lubbock picked up 11 inches and largest snowfall on record and now the snowiest december on record. keep in mind they only average about 8 inches of snow an entire season. wind gusts as high as 82 miles an hour and causing blowing and drifting and shutting down many roadways including interstate 40 westbound and there is the amarillo sign. you can't go from here to the new mexico state line. i-40 interstate to oklahoma city is shut down and 287 to childress is closed because of the wind and the blowing snow. the winds are now beginning to diminish. yesterday, we gusted upward of 50 miles an hour for numerous consecutive hours. this morning, the winds are gusting 30 to 35 here in amarillo amarillo. by this afternoon, dropping off remarkly to about 5 to 10 miles an hour. they hope to get the interstates back open sometime this morning. the fourth warmest december on record in

a different scene out of new mexico and western texas where a snowstorm accompanied with plunging temperatures is expecting to bring up to 16 inches of snow to the region. and then take a look at this from rowlett, texas. a large tornado moving through the area overnight. that's lit up by what you're seeing these numerous power flashes as power lines are destroyed. that's where we find our nbc charles hadlock. how bad is it out there? >> reporter: it's really bad, alex. the tornado that came through came through at night. so this is the first chance anyone has been able to see what actually happened. you see the aerial, how wide the path of destruction has been. some houses have been leveled, completely wiped away from their foundation. this is a house that's still standing but all the windows are blown out. you can see some of the toys the kids got perhaps in this neighborhood scattered in this yard. this is one of 11 tornadoes that struck texas overnight killing 11 people. a path of destruction near dallas as deadly tornadoes touched doin dallas terrorizing residents for hours. it appears at

they had blizzard conditions across western texas. that heads to the north tonight and tomorrow. heavy snow flies across the western great lakes and the heartland. heavy rain for the tennessee and ohio valley. for us it will be rain. as it matches in here, temperatures could be cold enough across the lehigh valley it could start out as a mixed bag, sleet before going over to rain. the front lifts in the form of a warm front and drops into a cold front. we'll have showers and thunder overnight this evening. tomorrow, partly cloudy skies, combination of sun and clouds, the clouds lower and thicken. tuesday morning, there's the mixed precipitation for the lehigh valley. it will be sleet and ice pellets. you can see the 40s for south jersey and delaware, close to the freezing mark north and west, again this is the first thing tuesday morning. tuesday afternoon all the warm air floods the area and everybody changes over to plain rain. 69 diaz that's a record high. clouds and sun, showers developing late. overnight tonight, partly cloudy skies, after a few evening showers, winds out of

we have severe thunderstorms in east texas and heavy snow over western texas, the same state, this low is spawning both. that will be our tuesday trouble. low pressure builds in tonight and offer sunshine tomorrow. still talking about the last vestiges of today' s system with white pockets of freezing drizzle in some cases in protected valleys. most of this is fog and a lot of clouds. those will depart overnight tonight. where winter weather advisories in purple for the next system on tuesday. lesser mouse of snow but still movable. higher amounts of snow in the mountains and into western and central maine as well. again, for tuesday. here is the forecast tonight. calling for the skies to start clearing out. snow showers are possible in the higher terrain of the mountains to the north as we are dealing with wind against the mountains. that causes the upslope snow from the region look -- from the lakes region south, beautiful. you will just notice high clouds through the late afternoon and evening. low temperatures tonight, 20' s for the most part. the winds start to kick up after midni

there's blizzard conditions in western texas and front range. for us back home it's quiet, very, very warm. future tracker 6, later this afternoon, cloudy contingency, one or two areas you could see a -- cloudy conditions, you on or two areas patchy drizzle. that sets up a gloomy morning tomorrow morning, by afternoon we could see sunshine before afternoon thunderstorms erupt late afternoon, 7:00 p.m. in the evening. some them could be on the stronger side typical may, weather. that's late in the day tomorrow. for today cooler, showers late, 52 degrees, for the jersey shore, gloomy looking day, cloudy skies and breezy. 57 degrees for atlantic city. philadelphia, 56 cloudy and breezy. patchy drizzle from time to time there could showers out there. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, very warm tomorrow, maybe some showers late in the day or thunderstorm 70 degrees that's a record high if we hit it. monday, chilly, sun, 47, rain monday night into tuesday morning, more rain wednesday night into thursday morning, friday is the only day in t

you are seeing snow storms, blizzard conditions in western texas and new mexico and according to theatest forecast, it's going to be more than half a meter of snow in new mexico today. at the same time, southern californ california, which as you saw, is given to wildfires is feeling a cold spell and in the meantime, here on the east coast, here in washington and new york, we are experiencing temperatures of that broken records of more than 40 years. right now, 23 degrees or will be forecast to reach from 23 degrees celsius here in washington and 18 degrees in new york this kind of weather is not expected to continue in this part of the country. boston is expecting blizzard conditions again, much similar to what they experienced this time last year in just a couple of days' tile. >> how prepared this was something people were able to prepare for or not so much? >> toranados, we do have early warning systems, so they become more sophisticated in recent years but in central texas, in a oklahoma, that's known as tornado alley same is true of mississippi. it's just that it's not customary

. >> the snow has ended and the wind is backing off eastern new mexico and here in western texas. but the memory lingerings. interstates are still shut down. i-40 between now and the oklahoma line and also from here, westbound to new mexico, they're expected to reopen later on this morning. also, i-27 between here and lubbock has been closed because of snow and drifting. lubbock, texas, picked up 11 inches of snow on sunday. that's their highest calendar day total in the month of december. it's now their snowiest day on record. they typically only average a little over 8 inches of snow in an entire winter. as far as new mexico goes, they're digging out up to 2 feet of snow and 8 foot snowdrifts. this entire system is moving east. more tornado watches expected. one is up. we've had tornado warnings through the morning hours. keep in mind if you're in mississippi, alabama, through georgia there could be severe weather in your backyard throughout this afternoon and this evening. back in the midwest, we've had plenty of flooding. we're talking about dangerous flash flooding ongoing al

where that very spring-like weather pattern is and where it looks like the depths of winter across western texaskansas, it's going to spread towards the great lakes and eventually towards the northeast. for sunday we have about 7 million people in the line for the potential for damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. but look at this. we take you through the weekend. area of low pressure at the surface. upper-level low moving across new mexico. the entire state under a state of emergency. here's the reason why. look at this cold air. temperatures only in the 20s. well out ahead of it, shreveport is 78, lake charles is 80. these times of temperatures lend themselves to fire up severe weather. that's why the storm prediction center says we could see another round of that severe weather moving across louisiana. lubbock, albuquerque, el paso, san angelo, oklahoma city with the ice, terrible. this is really reduced the chances of people who were trying to get away and did get away for an extended christmas holiday, now they're going to have to battle all this treacherous weather, whether it be the vio

. >>> that same powerful storm system is producing blizzard-like conditions in oklahoma, western texas and new mexico, adding to the post-christmas travel woes. with more, here's abc's phillip mena. >> reporter: millions of travelers trying to make their way home on one of the busiest travel days of the holiday season. blizzard conditions in the oklahoma panhandle causing whiteout conditions. freezing rain and sleet making for slick and dangerous conditions. slow plows working to clear the road. in lubbock, texas, snow drifts cover roads. drivers stuck on i-40 after the snow fell. the road from amarillo to the new mexico border closed through the night. more than 20 motorists stranded. trucks out of control, resting in the snow bank. >> that nasty winter storm sweeping much of the country throwing a wrench into those flying home, too. travelers frustrated. >> i would call it a nightmare, yes. i would call it living hell is what it's been. >> reporter: long lines at airports. more than 1,000 flights in the u.s. canceled, more than 4,000 delayed. >> our flight to puerto vallarta has been

blizzard conditions in western texas. want snow and cold, you have to go down to texas to find it. it was a fun game to watch. i watched a couple of quarters of that game before i turned it off. double scan live, we don't have any snow in the forecast. we have colder changes by week's end. that will make it feel more like it should for this time of the year. 69 degrees that's the high temperature we're shooting for today. it will not feel like winter this afternoon. the low temperature, 50 degrees, that's where we bottomed out this morning. big issue out there, .3 for reading an allentown. 1.3 in trenton. .8 in philadelphia. 55 in millville, closing in on 60 in dover. wilmington, 53. cooler to the northwest, even for you folks in the lehigh valley and the poconos. that's well above the seasonal averages for you guys. a ton of clouds out there right now. clearing taking place across the virginias and the coral lines that. that will -- carolinas. that will lift north along with the warm front. temperatures will responds nic

rain over the next few days, bringing us flooding and big snow moving in across new mexico, and western texas saturday night into sunday. oklahoma could be looking at blizzard conditions, some spots seeing over a foot of snow. ed? >> some snow, a lot of rain, rick reichmuth. >>> an argument started between two groups of people in police are describing it as an officer-involved shooting in north carolina. officials say this was not an active shooter situation. and indication there were no armed suspects that were on the loose. several people were taken to the hospital for nonlife-threatening issues. >>> now to chicago tonight where last-minute christmas shopping in one of the nation's high-end districts is being interrupted. correspondent mike tobin is live in chicago to tell us what's happening on the ground. good evening, mike. >> good evening, ed. the demonstrations have now wrapped up for the evening. but there was some pushing and shoving about 2:00 or a little after that when the whole thing became leaderless. it became leaderless because the older organizers of the demonstrators got on

it's friday night in western texas, and it's intense.very far from those famous friday night lights, on a saturday morning here in stockton, california, these boys play for the love of the game. and they know how to hit pretty hard too. it's less than a minute to go in the game when the referee blows the whistle on number 58, 13-year-old brian woods of the stockton bears. that's a late hit. seconds later, a friendly game of football turns into an all-out brawl. 36-year-old cory petero, an assistant coach, is seen on home video charging onto the field. petero's son is the one on the receiving end of the late hit. to everyone's horror, petero finds woods and knocks the teenage player to the ground. >> i was like walking back to the sidelines. it was a kickoff, so offense was coming out. i wasn't like expecting it. he caught me off guard. >> you don't run out on the field and take actions into your own hands and hit a child. that's what the referees are there for, to call the penalties, and the game moves on. >> denise champion, brian's mom

deadline is about to experience a heat wave at the north pole where tomorrow it will be warmer than western texas, southern california, and parts of the sahara with temperatures in the north pole that could reach 40 degrees. ♪ santa wear your shorts, santa wear your shorts tonight ♪ huh. introducing centrum vitamints. a brand new multivitamin you enjoy like a mint. with a full spectrum of essential nutrients... surprisingly smooth, refreshingly cool. i see you found the vitamints. new centrum vitamints. a delicious new way to get your multivitamins. >> thank you for being here i invite to you come live here. it gets old pretty fast. >> well, i'll basically be living here through most of january. >> that was marco rubio today kicking off a three-day bus tour in iowa greeted by a new tv ad from the super pac supporting bush which rips rubio for missing hearings on national security. he has the worst attendance of any senator seeking a presidential nomination. he's missed nearly half of the total votes sincenouncing his candidacy. while he's now joking about living in iowa for most of his campaign h

we are looking at the potential of historic snowstorm developing into new mexico and western texas.al weather service is describing this event as a once in 30-year storm. as low pressure digs into this region, we'll see not only heavy snow, but possibly ice, blinding snow with blowing and drifting snow. that's why there's a blizzard watch and warning issued for this region. we're expectedi inheavy snow, uo 2 feet in some areas. and the same storm kind of breaks apart. we'll get a batch of really heavy snow, 10 inches into parts of the plains to the north as well, south dakota, and look at this, green bay, la crosse, minneapolis, all have snow in the forecast over the next 48 hours. so as this vigorous storm system ramps up, we'll be watching for the threat in advance of it for severe weather, including thunderstorms, and that holds true for dallas into tulsa and oklahoma city. the risk for flooding exists as well to the east. but look how cold this air is. 17 degrees for the high in denver. while it's cold out to the west, we're still dealing with that record warmth to the east. ano

look at the temperatures across parts of western texas right now.it feels like 7 degrees fahrenheit. dropping into the 20s and the mild air ahead where the severe storms are affected. you see it fall apart from saturday into sunday. and, of course, that is what's led to some of the wild weather patterns that we've been talking about for the last week or so across the u.s. >> it's on extraordinary. as an australian, on christmas day in atlanta, the temperature as it was back in sydney, where it's summer. so any aussies here were having a nice, warm christmas. and el niÑo is fuelling this. >> absolutely. this is something that fisherman back in the 1950s noted their harvest was limited because the water temperatures were warmer. they called it el niÑo, because they observed it happening every few years around christmas. they know around the world the weather patterns are being displaced as the warm waters are building. >> hard to predict. >> it is. >> pedram, we'll talk more next hour. appreciate it. >>> other parts of the world are dealing with their