about the rest of the country? reporter: if you stepped outside in the northeast today you felt the bitter cold wind and that cold air has actually made its way all the way down south to the sunshine state so a wide-spread frost and freeze is anticipated for the state of florida and that is probable going to put stress on the vegetable crops specifically, maybe not so much the citrus crop but agricultural interests will want to keep an eye on that. we also have wet weather building into the west and it is not like they could use more rain, right? but, they still have that wet weather coming in, and that is eventually going to be a big storm system for the midsection of the rockies and does not look like a big new year s blizzard. trace: the storm is putting a damper on post christmas shopping and ahead a look at the potential economic impact of that, but, first, log on to foxnews.com and click on weather, for the headlines and updates and you can enter your zip code for up to the m
a moderate risk means we have a 15% chance of a tornado breaking out so this is going to be a rough day and already getting very, very active there. tornado warnings, right now, in effect for some of the northern parishes of louisiana as well as some of the counties just on the border of mississippi and the parishes of louisiana. right here working the way into pike county. you can see a strong cell north of new orleans to the south and west of hat pisburg on the move so these storms are not necessarily dropping tornadoes right now but we are seeing rotation with the cells and when doppler radar indicates rotation you could have a tornado at any time and another indicator the weather is active so early in the morning, two tornado watches and looks like as i m speaking and one extended into central mississippi including areas just to the north of hattiesburg. it is a changing situation. updating as we are going through the morning. all right. let me open up the scope. this watch box ext
wyoming. but once again for your immediate safety if you are in the vicinity of memphis, new orleans, mobile, alabama, all the way down south towards hattiesburg, mississippi, make sure your noaa weather radio is turned on, ready and you have a plan if the warning is issued for your parish or county today. we are tracking some severe weather at this early hour and i m anticipating it to be more volatile throughout the day. all right. we are just getting started. we appreciate you keeping an eye on that stuff. we ll check in with bonnie throughout the morning. quick break right now. no matter how the market changes, your retirement savings need care and attention from year to year. open a t.rowe price smartchoice rollover ira, and let our professionals manage it for you. just choose the retirement fund closest to your expected retirement date. our fund managers will adjust the investment mi over time to become more conservative as your retirement date nears. all with no loads, sales c
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last few rounds. pro teams are picking the potential stars of tomorrow. a lot of them coming from the big-named schools and big-named conferences trying to fill the rosters but one prospect took a different route to draft day. he had humble beginnings in barbados and now playing in atlanta for three years. he only started playing football three and a half years ago. first time of his life playing football was three and a half years ago. i caught up with him and he has the skills to make it to the nfl but he also has the intelligence to make him stand out on the next level. i do some, i need to be the best at it. so i always have measures in place to be, you know, as best i could be. i m a winner. i guess that s the way to put it.