The cold spell is threatening the Cherry Blossoms in washington, d. C. The trees are on the verge of peak bloom. Bitter cold and wet, heavy snow sitting on the flower buds could kill them. And with a little bit more than a week before spring, anthony, this is not even the latest blizzard the hit ohio. Last year nearly a foot of snow fell in the second week of april. Michelle miller in cleveland, thanks, michelle. The storm is already causing trouble for travelers. Transportation correspondent kris van cleave is at Laguardia Airport in new york. Its my fathers birthday, and its a pain in the neck. You know, its making me so upset. Reporter this woman is like thousands trying to beat winters brutal last gasp. She has to get out today to be with her family to celebrate in time. I will have to wait maybe until thursday, or if not maybe i dont know when. Reporter shes far from alone. Airlines are pulling their planes out of the storms path tonight, and flights are expected to be scarce up a
Stretching all the way up into maine. Thats where a combination of strong winds and heavy snow will create some poor travel conditions as we head through tuesday. Heres a look at the timeline. Moving its way up the coast, tricky part of the forecast is the rain snow line arrives right on the 95 corridor, right through the big cities, d. C. , philly, and boston. That means the trickiest forecast where the most people live. Big snow off to the north and west moving quickly and departing by wednesday morning. Heres a look at the snow totals. Again, the bigger snow up to two feet just north and west of most of those major cities. Heres a look at a few of them. Boston at 6 to 12. In the new york area at 12 to 18. Philadelphia at 8 to 12, and d. C. , a few inches of snow but much bigger totals just west of all these cities. And the wind is part of the story. As this deepens and undergoes bombogenesis, well see gusts top 60 miles per hour. So Power Outages will be coming along with this, as w
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Behind the scenes at the time 100 gala to find out what stars are talking about. Thats a really good question fear, excitement, joy, happ beautiful. Right. Stromboli. Come on. Ooh. Peanut butter and banana sandwich. Is that what Bradley Cooper sa today wednesday, april 22nd, 2015. Announcer with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. And we have a tough story just breaking out of paris. A major terror arrest. Were learning more. A man described as extremist apparently set to attack churches this past sunday before he was taken into custody. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella has the late good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. The man is a 24yearold i. T. Student and algerian national, his alleged targets two churches, sunday services. Officials say he had a large stockpile of weapons and the attacks were imminent. The man reportedly staked out this church according to a french newspaper along with
What the biggest stars are talking about. Stromboli. Come on. Lots of cheetos and oreos. Today, wednesday, april 22nd 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. And we have our top story this morning thats just breaking out of paris. Theres been a major terror arrest there. Were now just learning more about what led to it. Thats right. A man described as an extremist apparently set to attack churches this past sunday before he was taken into custody. Kelly cobiella has the latest on this. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. French Officials Say theyve arrested a 24yearold man an i. T. Student who was arrested on sunday. They also seized a car, what they described as war weapons, handguns ammunition bulletproof vests, and Information Technology type equipment. They say that this man was known to authorities. He was on their radar for expressi