temperatures down closer to freezing. why we are tracking winter weather. hit that button for me. there is the system we are tracking. that is going to turn into now i m going to have to hit a different pu button. it s a team effort. winter storm watches arched warnings from southern california all the way up to minnesota. that s going to be the system we pay attention to. if you are here in new york city. as a lot of people behind me are. [. [cheers and applause] adam: we are going to have great weather throughout the rest of the day and the weekend. have a fantastic day. have a big back to you. do it on 3. 1, 2, 3. back to you. katie: we appreciate it. katie: amazon refused to turn in a driver caught stealing a package until one florida sheriff laid down the law. now retailer is reversing course and apologizing. is it enough? ed: we will scut sheriff himself. he joins us next i fourth the law
the upper midwest. possible blizzard conditions that will create travel headaches this weekend. if you are traveling by plane, get ready for long lines. we are seeing long lines out of ohio and phoenix. people are traveling by plane, that s actually up 5% this year. so the best piece of advice this morning if you haven t left already, you should get going now. back to you. ed: all right, aishah, thank you. get over to adam klotz to stay on this story. is he tracking where the storm is heading next. good morning. it s that big system that we saw spinning across portions of southern california that he would continuing to pay attention to if we get my map up here. this is the system that brought the snow to southern california. on the move. lifting to the plains and you were midwest. as it moves that direction they are already preparing for it. we have winter storm watches and warnings in place from southern california all the way up into the upper midwest. that s minnesota a large area
four years if he hasn t done it in 50 years? you won t fool anyone anymore. he is the one that pushed that crime bill. ed: that is something he have to deal with. live from the tarheel state diamond and silk. we appreciate you being here. happy new year to you. thank you. happy new year. ed: monster winter storm pounding california. cars trapped in snow. very slick roads. a lot of dangerous conditions. the system now threatening the midwest as well. millions heading home after the holidays. a live report on the delays and potential concerns around new year s. that is next.
neither have been identified. the police officer is in critical condition. 200 million americans feeling the impact of a monster winter storm, nearly 1000 flights canceled. in new mexico, watch this as an suv spins out of a busy highway in front of a tractor-trailer, police using their vehicle to push other was trapped on roadways and then there is this, truck, driver deal with the messy commute and 6 inches of snow falling across kansas, the storm barreling towards the northeast bringing snow and ice. a states attorney involved in the jussie smollett attack investigation recusing herself, stepping down for a familiarity with potential witnesses as chicago police with into the alleged hate crime on the empire actor. jussie smollett claims he was
are not people who love this country. it s possible that jussi smollett may stop cooperating with police and police could seek an arrest warrant by taking the case to grand jury. monster winter storm today nearly 1,000 flights already cancelled. i m top of the world steve: i don t know about on top of the world but we are here on top of the studio. brian: imagine dragons and hundreds of people. steve: we know a lot of the country today is having cloudsy weather on this wednesday. thank you so much for starting it with us. ainsley: janice is going to tell us all about it flights have been cancelled already and we will give you details. our top story this morning the washington post being sued by nick sandmann and his family and lawyers the guy from the covington catholic school for