just above freezing. why does that matter? because right in between, you transition from first some icing conditions, and then into snow. two things that the south cannot handle, they re not accustomed to. so, notice as we go towards noon today, look all around the gulf, pretty much, you re talking about this threat. then even over the overnight tomorrow, starting to spread into the carolinas, still lasting in through tomorrow morning. what are the amounts we re talking about? the hardest hit is really around wilmington, where they could get half an inch of icing. that these down the power lines, but we re even talking about new orleans getting snow, heavier amounts tonight into tomorrow. in through the carolinas, ice, snow. i don t think they even know these words. when you look at the temperatures, it s almost like looking at america s map through a fun house mirror, everything is so exaggerated. has to be wrong. but it isn t. not so much. thanks, indra. hear that? that m
snow instead of the icing conditions as this low, that moisture source, starts to kind of move farther off to the south and that cold, arctic air moves in. that s going to turn ice into snow, but of course, that cold air will be moving farther to the south, bringing cooler temperatures to many more people out there. other thing we re going to be watching, we re kind of in the pattern of one, two, three clippers, these systems that make their way across into the northeast, so chance for showers over the weekend. really watching the third one in this system. it could bring heavy snow for next week and also could bring very cold temperatures, similar to a few weeks ago. there s a third one. so, it s bad and it s going to get worse. perfect! thanks, indra. sure. appreciate it. so, this morning, a lot of people are talking about the idea of a return to the u.s. for nsa leaker edward snowden. this is coming after snowden held court on the internet for an online chat. he answere
adopt? and they really won t give specifics. so i don t want to venture a guess and be wrong. but about i do anticipate there will be at least a few changes that the president announces. okay. kristen welker as always, thank you so much from the white house. reporter: thank you. let s take a look he weather because has been a wild weekend in parts of this country. a dangerous wintry mix strikes in maine. freezing rain and slick roadways there. dylan dreyer is here with our forecast. it was a nasty day yesterday across the east coast where we saw severe storms down in the southeast, an ice storm in the northeast that caused some very slippery roadways. but now that cold front has cleared the coastline and we will see some improvements. actually temperatures look pretty mild up and down the east coast, too. we do have lake-effect snow especially off lake ontario up near syracuse and also drawn out storm system, we have icing conditions just north of minneapolis, but we also have
telephone is is deputy commissioner of operations for new york city s office of emergency management. can you hear me okay? yes, i can. one first question for you, as we watch some of the ice falling from the building straight above us, is this a big concern in new york city for pedestrians? we have so many skyscrapers in this city and the ice has to be falling elsewhere as well? yes, it is a concern of ours. but we work closely to communicate these issues. now as you see the sun coming out, you will continue to get melting which with the cold weather will create icing conditions. but as we do have these conditions, they are remedied by the building owners. so we had a couple of stats given to us throughout the night. i just want to check them with you.
this. then that low goes higher north where it s colder on the back side of it and heavy snow around the lakes and notice the icing conditions will start to play as you go into the northeast especially sunday. so new hampshire, vermont, maine, potentially a good ice storm out there, farther south, light rain and visibility issues and the snow continues to pummel behind it so that is the concern here. unfortunately it s not the only one into the southeast. i showed you all of that warm air and moisture there. severely thunderstorms even a moderate risk into the southeast for the next several days. going to be a difficult weekend. busy day, no question. we are finding out more about the massive credit card breach at target and how much it will cost the retail giant. high hundreds of millions of dollars. experts say the price tag for dealing with this breach could total more than 600 million and includes the price of credit monitoring and replacing stolen cards and you are not respo