first a look at the forecast. so far this spring the southeast has been warm and dry. that is about to change. yesterday in the rainmaker, went from areas of texas into louisiana, and even spawned about eight tornadoes. and this house lost its complete portions there, of the second floor. and i mean the roof, too. and also, a little bit of damage done in areas of mississippi, with some wind damage, and as far as today goes, all of that wet weather still going to remain over the southeast. the storm system is going to stall out here. and it is going to bring us a gloomy, rainy weekend, from atlanta, all the way through north florida, through the carolinas, the mountains of tennessee and kentucky. airport problems today, new orleans, atlanta, national, charlotte and raleigh. possibility over the next three day, up to five to seven inches of rain in this region. so for today, we re nice in the northeast. and actually the northeast will get away with a pretty nice weekend. all the rain i
it did knock down some trees. those winds will continue today. 82 million people. the winds were up last night. they ve died off a bit. this morning and early this afternoon is when they ll peak once again. a lot of airport problems in the northeast. powerful gusts of 50 to 60 miles per hour in the northeast. we have about 700,000 people without power from the great lakes to the northeast. about 35 to 45-mile-per-hour winds, stuff blowing around. this is what we ll deal with today. airport delays, cancellations and power outages. i don t think we ll see too many gusts and significant damage today, but it will be a rough afternoon, especially if you re traveling the airports in the northeast. thanks for that. the owner of the new england patriots gets caught up in a prostitution sting. and singer r. kelly spent the weekend in jail. those stories and more coming up next. foto severely activerately crohn s disease,
some say they won t vote for the president again as a result of the lower refunds. the treasury department tweeted yesterday quote, news reports on reduction on irs filings and refunds. refunds are consistent with 2017 levels and down slightly from 2018 based on a small initial sample from only a few days of data. i guess we ll have to see how this all plays out as tax season rolls on. if you re expecting a big refund that s tough. a lot of families are living paycheck to paycheck as we ve seen with the government shutdown. it s a big dent in somebody s earnings. let s get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. let s get details on this storm. millions of people are affected. at the airports, the hanes airport problems will be early today in chicago. just a ton of ice. i ve been looking at the pictures. detroit has an icy morning. cleveland more rainy.
the longest that has ever happened. you know how this goes. media crunch things, who blames, who caves, who did what. what were the factors? could it have been the delays and airport problems at la guardia and elsewhere where people were seeing flights grounded as they were waiting through this and a lot of people showing up in fewer numbers. that s why we had to have the delays. real clear politics, a.b. stoddard and madison and democratic strategist, kristin. kristin, the consensus read has been that the president caved, agreed to something that he could have signed off on 35 days ago. is that your read? i think that the president did the responsible thing. people came together. it was clear from the votes yesterday in the senate that neither package was going to pass in a way that would work.
when you head to the mountains, that s 12-18 inches of snow. the mountains of north carolina get a little bit of snow in the upstate of south carolina but not a lot. you re going to be a little too warm. may get a little more icing. for today, airports, rain, dallas/ft. worth. we could have major problems there because of heavy rain, thunderstorms and delays. on the roads with the heavy rain and the flooding concerns late today into tomorrow that s why we have major travel issues possible. on saturday, the airport problems spread from memphis to atlanta through new orleans. we ll begin to improve in the areas of houston. that will be in the afternoon. of course, driving mostly in the rain. we don t really see too much snowy travel on the highways. the only problem may be amarillo here heading out on 40 or through the ozarks. sunday a lot of rain in atlanta.