Good morning everyone. I am patti ann browne. I am heather childers. It is february 22nd. Thank you for watching fox friends first. The midwest blanketed by a foot and a half of snow leading to at least two deaths so far. States of emergency have been declared in missouri and kansas. A mix of snow and freezing rain has delayed or canceled hundreds of flights left a lot of drivers struggling to stay on the roads as well. Check this out lightening lit up the night sky in missouri as the storm was winding down. Incredible snow totals, ladies. We are calling it snow omg. Maybe i am the only one laughing. A little levitt. It is a serious storm because we have had unfortunately some deaths. We are talking in some cases record snowfall in wichita, kansas. Nashville kansas 18 inches, natoma kansas, 17 inches. You get the picture. Over a foot of snow and really incredible. They havent seen a snow like this in years. Where is it now . The low Pressure Center is across the upper midwest and the g
fun i wanted to know what it s like behind the wheel. look who we found, greg bissell veteran behind the wheel and potential cripple crown winner. you have to be in the right place at the right time i am lukey enough to be in that position but be a little bit short. you have to be there at the end. i am so pumped up i can t wait to get inside here. he got right in the right way. the door doesn t open very good. got to kind of squeeze down in it. that s just about it. then there s anyway. so i swing my first leg up put it on the seat. brace yourself there you go lean all of the way forward. not adds graceful as you but i got in, right? but come race time pretty good just doesn t cut it especially when you are reaching speeds of up to 195 miles per
the storm was winding down. incredible snow totals, ladies. we are calling it snow omg. maybe i am the only one laughing. a little levitt. it is a serious storm because we have had unfortunately some deaths. we are talking in some cases record snowfall in wichita, kansas. nashville kansas 18 inches, natoma kansas, 17 inches. you get the picture. over a foot of snow and really incredible. they haven t seen a snow like this in years. where is it now? the low pressure center is across the upper midwest and the great lakes. we are talking about a mixture over the ohio river valley toward the mid atlantic we can see freezing rain and sleet. a rain event across the southeast. snow across the upper midwest then the wintery mix and heavy rain across the southeast. we could get several inches of rain and potential for severe weather today. not as great as the threat we saw yesterday but we will keep an eye out. travel forecast see the snow across the great lakes upper midwest and we
to watch it, you probably know a 36-hour crazy ending with matt kinseth as the winner. that instant explosion, the truck drying the track held 200 gallons of kerosene. montoya, who escaped relatively unharmed, said his helmet was singed and his foot ached. his car all of a sudden turned right right before the freak accident occurred. the crash stopped the race for two hours, finally finishing at 1 a.m. in the morning. safety workers used tide laundry detergent to clean up the track, and when the soap suds were cleared, it was kenseth s race to lose, and he won it with a considerable lead holding off dale earnhardt jr. and racing teammate greg bissell during a two-lap overtime finish. it s been a great week. saturday the shootout was a tough one for us, to be able to
mind we have a criminal investigation going on. we are going to give you some more information on that today. i also want to thank the community. chardon is a special place. many of you got to see that today and yesterday. and you ll see it some more in the days to come. this has touched a lot of people, a lot of families. i happen to be a graduate of chardon high school. i met my wife here. the most eerie feeling in the world was walking down the halls yesterday, running down them in response to the incident that we had. the ems, fire and law enforcement were well prepared, well planned and executed to carry out the plan. now we move to another important phase, and while the investigation continues and we still look for the why, and what, and who, we now deal with a community looking to heal. my five-year-old grandson last night wanted to call my niece, a chardon high school student. he asked her, are you okay? simple words from a fiv five-year-old, are you okay? and she sai