Im brian duffy. Tia im tia ewing. The snow is making its way out of town just in time for comiccon to move right on in. Meteorologist sam roberts is in the First Alert Weather Center with the details on what to expect. Will it be a warmup . Samantha a big warmup this weekend, guys. A 30degree difference between todays high and sundays high. It will be crazy warm by the end of the weekend. For now, it is chilly out there. I want to take you straight to the maps. If youre only up with us at 6 01 on friday because youre traveling, literally all the weather in the lower 48 is east of the mississippi river. To the west there is nothing happening, nothing. Look out towards billings, denver, dallas, minneapolis. Its like crickets out there. Everything is centered around the great lakes or up into the northeast and new england. The south is quiet. So if youre travel plans take you somewhere far away from the likely not going to run into any inclement weather. On the weather maps we have snowsh
Downpour. Thats the way it will play out through at least the early afternoon hours. Get your rain gear ready. And the coat with the liner too. Temperatures go from around 50 now into the low 40s by noon and stay there. Windchills by the end of the day into the 30s. Little after 5 00. Lets find out about this damp commute so far. How is it looking, lauren . Not too bad so far. Northbound by playland parkway. It blocks a lane and not causing a delay. Something to take note of. A water main break is causing a few closures in the grays end area of brooklyn. Avenue u shut down between Ocean Parkway and east 9th street. Ill let you know when that clears. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Lauren, thank you. 5 01 on this monday. Breaking news in kansas where an amtrak passenger train derailed overnight. Amtrak says 11 of the 128 passengers on board were taken the others were taken to a nearby Recreation Center to wait for another ride. Fie five of the cars ended up on its side. They were he
student uses technology to track down his stolen technology. now, he s telling his story to fox 5. carmac troubles, passengers trouble as two collide. thanks for joining us tonight at . i m shawn yancy. and i m brian bolter. arrested yesterday outside the arts building after a disobedience protest, tonight we re learning about planning that went int arrest, what was happening and why some city leaders didn t bother to show up. matt ackland is live with the latest. reporter: we re learning this plan was put toge quickly. we re told that mayor gray was told sunday he would be arrested the next day. it s not clear tonight if the council members who were also arrested were briefed on the plans before the rally, and if so, were all city council members told. after a long night locked up, mayor gray was cheered at a rally outside planned parenthood. one event, one day, to tack on the reverse of decades of tra vesty and injustice, hopefully yesterday was a spark. reporter:
warren has that story. reporter: a quarter mile wide twister tore through western iowa. storm chaser andrew gabrielle son was right in its path. it happened so fast. we blew out the back window. we had a dust swirl. before we knew it, we had a full-blown large tornado on the ground are. reporter: with winds up to 165 miles an hour, the tornado plowed through the small town of maple ton injuring 14 people, uprooting hundred-year-old trees and virtually flattening 12 city blocks. the violent storm comes after days of summer-like heat in some parts of the country, while many others saw unusual cold. this time of year we often see these huge temperature swings driven by a jet stream that is moving from the winter mode into the summer mode. the battle between the warm and the cold is what s helping to fuel these severe storms. reporter: a separate system tore through the southeast bringing golf ball-sized hail to
and kathryn make their final public appearances before the royal wedding. we re with them today april 11, 2011. good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning. i m savannah guthrie in for meredith today. the storms that spawned the midwest, matt. i guess the most devastating was iowa. look at the storm chaser almost looks like something out of oz, whereabout 100 buildings were damaged. and thankfully, no one was killed. also ahead, bernie madoff speaking out in another jailhouse interview and the convicted ponzi schemer now claims a number of prestigious universities are interested in hiring him to teach, get this, business ethics classes. is it true or just another con? details coming up. the teenager, whose quest to sail around the world alone nearly came to a tragic end when begin with powerful storms in the midwest. chris warren from the weather channel is in merrill, wisconsin. good morning. reporter: take a look at this. thi