Not too bad out there this morning. No, temperatures are in the 20s and low 30s, very close to where we were yesterday. Clouds are overhead. I dont expect temperatures to fall much more but we will be watching for snow falling during the day. Thats a live look from camelback where theyve been making snow but Mother Nature is about to lend a hand. Dry right now in the immediate philadelphia area but look into central pennsylvania. Thats a light band of snow that will be arriving during the day today. 30 degrees right now in philadelphia. Its 28 in allentown. Trenton is at 28 degrees while wilmington is at 31. Clouds moving in. Temperatures staying put for now. 31 degrees at 7 00. We will see a warmup before the snow showers arrive. 40 degrees. But thats not going to last. The temperatures will plummet once the wind kicks in and thats going to happen later today. Well go through it hour by hour with the future weather when im back in ten. But right now lets check in with jillian mele. Mo
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Zero from pittsburgh to cleveland to syracuse. The remainder of the northeast will be feeling this cold or colder friday in though the upcoming weekend as well. Now we have to throw in to the equation a potential storm. Looks like the greatest threat is along the coastline. Boston you are again in the mix. Later on this weekend, northbound to portland, as well. Behind this system we have a chunk of colder air sliding off to the south and east. Sara t. J. Back to you. Thank you. Commuters in Northern California are warned they may have been exposed to the measles. Bart bart Officials Say an infected employee rode the train earlier this month. They say any unvaccinated rider has a high risk of getting sick. This is what you want to hear before valentines day right . The box of chocolates. Found alarming levels of lead and cad mee yum in chocolate it tested. The group is called as you sow wants warning labels on the candy. Some had high levels of the metals and others did not. Awesome. Sp
With lester holt sub. Substituting tonight, Peter Alexander. Good evening. After this already relentless weather, Severe Weather is punishing much of the country tonight. More exhausting cold and snow. Thousands of flights grounded and ice producing dangerous conditions for drivers. To give you some perspective, right now nearly twothirds of the u. S. Is blanketed by snow and boston is bracing for its snowiest season ever. We begin with kristen dalgren. Reporter in minneapolis today, drivers were going nowhere fast. I got the car stuck now. My wife ran it down and we cant get it up the driveway. Reporter at least 6 inches of snow catching a lot of people off guard. I cant believe it accumulated so fast. Reporter getting around was down right hazardous. In raleigh, missouri crews finally have i44 opened after this pileup on saturday involving at least 25 cars trucks and a greyhound bus. In Virginia State police were working at least five separate crashes on route 60 alone. Near boston a
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. With the grief still palpable in this country over the death of a young arizona Woman Held Captive by isis, president obama today asked congress to authorize the use of force against the terror group. The request at first glance may seem academic given that u. S. Warplanes have been pounding isis targets since last summer. But the president s request for a threeyear campaign against isis carefully spells out what the fight will and will not look like including under what circumstances american boots will set foot in the combat zone. Senior White House Correspondent Chris Jansing joins us now with full details. Hello, chris. Reporter good evening, lester. The president s critics have been calling for this more authorization since the first fighter jets went up over iraq. But the november election that gave republicans control of both houses of congress had leaders in bot