year let s start with the sever weather that is wreaking havoc across the country this holida weekend. in and on this christmas day msnbc correspondent jess curses here in new york city ready to update us on th winter storm and frigi temperatures and nbc news correspondent shemarri stone is in arlington virginia with the latest o holiday travel let s start with you first how does a look in what are yo seeing where you are at? so richard. it seems like it s warmed up a little bit here. from this really - it feels that way. maybe it s all mental for me a this point because of how brutal thes temperatures have felt one of the things i thought wa interesting. keep people the holiday spirit because obviously it i christmas day. we re asking people if the bitter cold made it harder towards for tourists to enjoy th sights and enjoy the - believer now, we met senator north carolina, someone from florida. both places that in theory could be warmer than new york. they said that the cold almo
democratic congressman, charlie rangel, faces five primary challengers. we ll see if this legendary power broker survives the stain of ethics charges. here in the district of columbia, the first-term mayor adrian fenty is fighting a tough challenge. if he loses, politicians across the country may shy away from the kind of aggressive education reform that s been fenty s trademark. first to the senate slugfest in delaware right now where national political correspondent jess can yellen is standing by. she s in dover, delaware. there are national ramifications of what happens over the next few hours, jessica, in delaware. there really are, wolf. top republicans believed, first, christine o donnell, the tea party candidate, could turn an upset today waand win this primary. top republicans believe she cannot win a general election here in delaware. so, this seat would then go to a