>> okay. very good advice, guad venegas, thank you for the update. more breaking news to share with you on that major winter storm that could cripple travel from the mississippi valley and in fact all the way into the northeast for this holiday weekend. parts of the midwest are right now digging out after the storm buried parts of iowa, north dakota, and minnesota yesterday. now as the storm is heading southeast, 66 million people are under some sort of a winter weather advisory. we've got a couple reports on this major storm for you. nbc's sam brock is joining us from nashville. once again, nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman will give us the forecast. let's go to sam in tennessee and that's one of the states in line of the storm so what are preparations like there, sam? >> reporter: well, right now, it's kind of business as usual, alex. you're looking at broadway street over my left should, the honky tonks are full, the party buses are out, but yes, this is going to be problematic in the hours ahead. middle tennessee is getting hit now for the third time with a