This morning, the secrets behind that electrifying night only on gma. And good mork, america. Boy, what a night at the grammys. Lets take a look at the Lionel Richie medley, joined on stage by john legend, demi lovato, luke bryan. Demi lovato was so good doing hello. And the david bowie medley. Everybody wanted to hear adele perform. Easily one of the most anticipated moments of the night. However beset by technical difficulties. What shes saying about them this morning. First, to the major winter storm spawning tornadoes that tore through the south. 15 states on alert this morning, from North Carolina all the way up to maine. That storm also dropping a dangerous mix of snow, ice, and its blamed for thousands of accidents. Mary bruce has the latest. Reporter overnight, slick, sleety roads leading to wreck after wreck. Theres a lot of icy spots. Reporter early this morning, this massive pileup in pennsylvania, just north of scranton on i81, semi trucks hitting each other. Crushing cars
Spartanburg, greer, anderson, almost at three inches. Your evening planner, upper 50s to mid 50s by 11. Rain spreads farther to the east. Well talk about your bigger changes for the new year coming up in just a bit. Larry crews estimate it may cost more than 100,000 to rebuild the road damaged by heavy rains. Tammy kim, hows it looking out there . Kim tammy, you can see creeks behind me like this across the county are full to the brim with water and a little bit of white water there behind me. We actually saw a crew out surveying a nearby bridge to make sure it wasnt damage as the heavy rain continued throughout the day around here. On a tip we received about a flood in rural polk county. Difficult. Dot posted a sign road closed. We found these cones but couldnt immediately see why. Just up the road, a major mud and rock slide. Limbs covering the road as rain ter ran off the road and the mountain. Within 30 minutes, a dot crew showed up. County maintenance engineer with the Highway Div
3 sunshine dominates with highs reaching the mid50s in the upstate and mid40s in the mountains. A Strong Mountain wind could gust to 25 mph. Tonight stays clear and cold near freezing and below. Saturday warms up to the low 60s with sunshine. 3 wrap up 3 hold hold 3 were watching this in the pit center. 3 you are looking live at 3 while temperatures in the upstate are looking more mild theres still some Winter Weather cleanup in the mountains. And because of that mitchell, transylvania and Yancey County schools will all be on a two hour delay today. Remember for the latest updates on delays and closings. Head to fox carolinadotcom. 3 3 we are just days away from the Iowa Caucuses and many of the republican candidates for president used thursdays debate to try and win over voters votersthese seven candidates took the stage for the prime time debate in des moines. Moines. And although donald he still dominated the night. Ted cruz was right away asked about the elephant not in the room an
3 now lets send it over to the pit crew Traffic Center. 3 were watching left lane closed i26 east exit 59 holbert cove rd sc nc linepickens county hwy 135 hwy 183 Greenville Edgemont dr w. Blue ridge dri385 north woodruff rd exit 35 36 35 36 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 3 we have some breaking news in Western North carolina. Right now a Henderson County school is on precautionary lockdown while deputies search for a gunman. They say an armed 7 00 this morning. Were told that it happened near the intersection of powell street and hope creek lane. Dispatchers tell us Mountain Community school is on lockdown. No injuries have been reported and deputies are working on a description of the suspect. As soon as we hear that lockdown is over, we will let you know. 3 3 new from overnighttroopers are investigating three deadly wrecks in the upstate and Western North carolina. Carolina. The first one happened around midnight in powdersville. Troopers say a tow truck driver
Shooter. Did the speedo do the trick . 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside willie geist, in for matt this morning. My last button on the tv was used a lot last night. Well see if this paid off for donald trump. Donald trump going through on his promise to skip last nights president ial debate, but his presence was felt early and often. At his own to ventevent, trump admititd he wasnt sure how it would play over with voters. We have Peter Alexander. Good morning. Good morning. It was compelling counterpro counterprogramming. It was also a big risk for donald trump. On stage, he said he didnt want to be at his own event, that he likes debates. But without him, the Republican Debate took on a decidedly different tone. Think of me reporter as fox put it, he was the elephant not in the room. Trump boycotting the