>> good morning, everyone. i'm tai hernandez in for diana perez. >> i'm john muller. good to have you back. >> thank you. promise not to google thanksgiving recipes during the commercial break. >> it is coming on strong, isn't it? we have weather to contend with as well. we will begin with a giant storm system moving across the country that already killed at least eight people. >> heavy rain and snow are making for treacherous road conditions causing accidents like this spinout on a highway in oklahoma city. abc meteorologist ginger zee has the latest. >> reporter: parts of the southwest barely visible. an intense punch of pre-holiday winter is slowly lumbering east. already killing at least eight people. most in car accidents. in new mexico, up to a foot and a half of snow. amarillo, texas, halted on the highway. spinning in almost five inches of snow. in oklahoma city, a fresh coat.