announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening as we come on the air, nearly a third of americans, more than 100 million, are under winter watches, warnings, or advisories that ominous swath stretching across the weather maps from new mexico to maine, it s a very real path of danger tonight. misery and disruption as well. snow and freezing rain already pounding parts of the central u.s cities including chicago, st. louis, and detroit could see up to a foot of snow governors in at least four states have already declared states of emergency. right now, flight delays are mounting as travel becomes increasingly difficult. across the storm zone. let s get the very latest now, starting with shaquille brewster in detroit. reporter: tonight, a mess of heavy snow, ice, and rain stretching from the rockies to the northeast. the dangerous wintry mix pounding roadways, snarling traffic and causing blizzard conditions it s cold all the time, wet. not fun. re
thomas from the olympics. you re right, all about figure skating here at olympics today. can be a very technical sport. sometimes difficult to understand or anticipate how the judges see it. but tonight s performances, even the most casual fans could understand, russian skaters in class by themselves. top of the class is 15-year-old, alina zagitova skated beautifully. technically flawless. second youngest figure skater ever to win a gold medal and first olympic athlete from russia to win gold at these games. finished ahead of her teammate yevgenia medvedeva, also nearly perfect performance. going into tonight, two-time champion had to be considered favorite but she must settle for silver. no medals for americans in this event, including fremont s karen chen. 18-year-old stumbled more than once in free skate and fell from short program place to land in 11th position. after her skate karen told me she felt she let herself and family down, didn t show the world what she was ca
quite so mild up in the poconos damp, raw sort of day. the highs but remember, toward february 23rd y whe have just been spoiled to know end with the warmth as every late, meisha, there is even more we ll get to little later on. one of those things you just don t know what you have. what to p keep out. pull back out, katie disaster. you know what? mother nature will have us a little later watch we are looking at right now actually real nice driving conditions. very typical in the world of travel free is the key word, lesser travel days, doesn t quite look like what it does on monday or tuesday or wednesday. so looking outside right now, 422 at the turnpike see the headlight, cracking in the 6:00 hour moving in the eastbound direction. 422 at the turnpike boulevard, the same story here heating up little bit. we can expect. that will boulevard pushing in the southbound direction, then once jump on the schuylkill looking at it should there. delaware county 95 north at 452, tak
pleading guilty in the investigation. another missed sign? the fbi investigating this morning why another tip was never passed along of the florida school shooter after a woman said she had concerns over quote going to explode. emotions run high as teachers r head back to the classroom. and all that plus companies cutting ties with the nra. a former miami dolphins player is under investigation for a threatening post. and the south with relentless rain. homes and streets under water. it doesn t look like it is letting up soon. dylan is tracking it all. saturday, february 24th, 2018. announcer: from nbc news, this is today. good morning. welcome to today. thank you for joining us. i m sheinelle joenes. i m craig melvin. i m dylan dreyer. we re back together. it feels like summer break and you have not seen everybody in a while. how was your summer? you feel rusty. did you miss us? i did. you did a phenomenal job. was it just as much fun? it was a l
pleads guilty in the same investigation. is the special counsel getting closer to the trump administration? another missed sign? the fbi investigating this morning why another tip about the florida school shooter was never passed along after a woman said she had concerns that he was going to explode while the motions run hot as teachers head back to the classroom for the first time since the shooting. all that plus big companies start cutting ties with the nra after a loud outcry from customers. a former miami dolphins player is under investigation for a tlenting social media post. and the south gets hammered for yet another day with relentless rain. homes and streets underwater and it doesn t look like it s letting up any time soon. dylan is tracking it all. today, saturday february 24th, 2018. from nbc news, this is today. good morning. welcome to today. thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. glad to have you with us. dylan drier is here as well.