there are winter storms and then there s this, an historic co coast-to-coast arctic blast packing the power of a category 2 hurricane and whether it s blinding snow or subzero temperatures just about everyone out there is feeling it. more than 200 million americans right now under winter warnings or advisories and looking at that map, the more purple you see, the colder it is. and the timing of this is simply terrible. holiday travel where it s even possible is a mess as you would guess. thousands of flights are canceled right now and you can forget about driving in a lot of parts of the country. in new york the snow and flooding are so bad all n nonessential travel is banned right now and in rhode island, massive waves hammering the coast. street flooding there a big concern. and blizzard conditions are also making for some white knuckle driving in ohio and cleveland. it s going to feel like minus 27 all day. and in the south, well, that s
after all of that they have to get the votes for the larger spending package that will go through september 30th. that will be the big fight ahead. that s going to rest with republican and democratic leaders. my colleague manu raju just saying that bernie sanders is saying he will not support that larger bill. that means that republicans are going to have to come up with another vote. this is always a little bit of a math problem. a little bit of an arithmetic problem but do expect this will pass. it may be very messy right before christmas. lauren fox, keep us posted. now to the massive storm sweeping the nation. millions of people right now are still under watches and warnings with more blinding snow. more tornadoes still on deck after yesterday s deadly outbreak. one striking louisiana. here a young mother and her son did not survive. twisters also destroying homes in texas, oklahoma and mississippi. today families are left sifting through debris just 11 days
reporter: tonight, a massive multistate severe weather outbreak now under way. oh, my gosh. reporter: this twister touching down near dallas-fort worth airport. passengers in the terminal urged to shelter immediately. just north in the city of grapevine, roofs ripped apart, sheets of metal wrapped around powerlines, and at least five people injured. our mireya villarreal is there. the power is out here in the heart of grapevine. residents say the storm blew through here quickly, but it only took seconds to knock these power lines out and damage a number of businesses. reporter: dave canis has lived there for more than two decades. you can see the damage that it did just in an instant, which is incredible. i ve never seen anything like that here in grapevine. reporter: across the border in wayne, oklahoma, a c ef-2 tornado touching down there just before sunrise, with winds of at least 120 miles per hour. on the cold side of the system, a blizzard. the blinding snow and wi
twisters ripped across oklahoma and texas today in. the coming days the threat pushes east, possibly well into florida. further north tonight, a major storm is unleashing blinding snow from the rockies across the northern plainsy the great lakes region as it bar also towards the midwest and northeast. since monday the storms have caused more than 10,000 flight to be delayed or canceled. we have a team of correspondents in the storm songs and our partedders in at the weather channel standing by with the forecast. elise preston will heed off coverage in shreveport, los angeles. reporter: good evening, the tornado watch in northwest louisiana will remain in effect for the next few hours, but there is great concern that tornadoes will likely strike overnight while people are sleeping. oh, my gosh. reporter: storms tore across the south today. a tornado. reporter: spawning at least
across georgia by thursday morning. and then theoo driving unto thrtheast, where it becomes a rain, wind, and snow several inches likely there, but nothing like what the midwest has endured. more blizzard warnings that include minnesota. we could see two feet of snow on top of what has already fallen. and into the weekend. more wind-driven blinding snow there. by far, the most life-threatening weather tonight and tomorrow will be right here in louisiana. david? no question, rob, we saw a lot of yellow and red in that radar map. we ll take this very seriously along with you. thank you, rob. in the meantime, we turn next to the other major headlines this tuesday night. federal prosecutors unsealing the indictment against the former ceo of crypto-currency exchange giant ftx. tonight, he s now jailed in the bahamas, fighting extradition to the u.s. and this evening, authorities say this has been a massive years-long fraud, billions lost. will customers, investors get any of their money