system bringing some wet weather to the central plain states as well as the tennessee river valley. i-40 could have a wet start. drive with care near nashville. this is cold air to the north. winter weather advisory from kansas all the way to missouri. 1 to 3 inches of snow before it is all said and done. this is a quick moving storm. we will say good-bye this afternoon. a departing low pressure system in new england. flurries in new york. we have 1 to 3 inches in the forecast across maine and parts of vermont. here is a look at temperatures through the weekend. trending below average for places like chicago and minneapolis. mild to the southeast. new york, you top 43 today. we are monitoring two different weathermakers for the holiday travel weekend. wet weather across the southeast. especially near louisiana and southeastern texas. yet another storm across the west coast of the united states.
frustration for air travelers. more than 10,000 flights canceled since monday. airports from washington to new york have been paralyzed as we head into a very busy holiday travel weekend. renee marsh is looking at that. reporter: snowplows on the runways instead of planes. this week s winter storm battering the east coast led to the worst single day of air travel this winter. more than 6,500 flights were canceled thursday making it one of the first worst air travel days in recent years. a february 2011 snowstorm beat this one out, so did super storm sandy and hurricane eye reason. we brought tickets and our flight just got canceled. now, we just have to wait and wait and wait. reporter: the delays leaving frustrated passengers stranded
with jon yang again about these new numbers. let s go to weather now. parts of the country still in a wintry grip. ice, snow, blizzard-like winds making conditions dangerous in north dakota and minnesota. in maine, households are still without power today. 8,000 in the dark in michigan where residents gathered to vent their frustrations. what can we expect heading into the new year? alex wallace is here with the very latest forecast. hi, alex. good morning to you, alex. i ll tell you, right now not a very fun time for travelers here on this last day of the holiday travel weekend. a lot of rain moving into some of the bigger hubs here along the east coast from d.c. to philly, new york. that s going to spread into boston as well throughout our day. but notice i say it s all rain. temperatures a little bit too warm for the wintry stuff along the 95 corridor. it s not until we get into tonight some colder air begins to move on in. interior parts of the northeast getting into northern n
this is one of a number of embarrassing videos from 2011. we ll show you. and a pretty big setback to tell but now for newt gingerich and rick perry. two presidential candidates have not collected enough valid signature to appear on the state s primary ballot. athena, everybody is wondering, how in the world if you re a serious candidate for the nomination, can you, i don t know, just forget to get your name on the ballot? they didn t forget, but still, how can this happen? i mean, it s really baffling to a lot of observers here. people were surprised, especially about newt gingerich. but we have gotten a statement from each of these campaigns. the perry campaign says in part, they re going to closely review the facts and law to determine whether an appeal and challenge is warranted. now, gingerich s campaign called the whole way virginia handles its ballot requirement process, they said it s a failed system and they said they re going to pursue an aggressive write-in campa
in this gentleman s luggage. they opened it up, they found a canister, it looked suspicious. turns out the guy is a 70-year-old scientist. authorities are not saying exactly what it was that he had, but they say it was legitimate. they say he was cooperative throughout, and it turned out not to be a bomb. so all of the folks were eventually let back into the four concourses at mia. planes are flying again, and that scientist who carried the suspicious-looking canister in his luggage, he is free right now. jenna: all right. well, a story if there ever was one for going into a very busy holiday travel weekend. jon: leave the canisters home, folks. jenna: this hurricane s getting different nicknames. big, bad earl, i think that s what we re calling it now. we re going to show you the damage the storm s already done. plus, it s not that unusual for a fisherman to catch a shark, but where this shark was caught might shock you. it will shock you. we re going to talk with the