Good evening. Urgent preparations are under way right now for a major snowstorm developing for the east coast later in week that forecasters say could be the biggest in a century in some cities. It will come on the heels of another storm impacting several states tonight. The next storm predicted to hit on friday, paralyzing travel and dropping doubledigit snowfall amounts in major cities including in new york, philadelphia and washington which is under a blizzard watch starting friday afternoon. Right now airlines are warning passengers of possible flight disruptions as we head toward the weekend. Al roker joins me in a minute with the detailed forecast. But first to nbcs Gabe Gutierrez on the winters double punch. Reporter today the midwest on the ice, interstates shut down and morning commutes snarled in louisville and nashville. The first one of the season. Reporter the fastmoving weather system known as a clipper turned deadly this morning in knox county, tennessee. One driver kill
Power the likes of which this world has never seen before. Melissa it comes as north korea says it is exploring potential military action against the u. S. Pacific island territory of guam. That island is home to 150,000 americans as well as two Major Military bases. The Trump Administration says north korea needs to think twice before attempting any kind of attack. He is saying dont test america and dont test donald j. Trump. We are not just a superpower, we are a superpower, we are now a hyperpower. Nobody in the world, especially not north korea comes close to challenging our military capabilities, whether they are conventional, nuclear or special forces. The message is very clear, dont test this white house, pyongyang. Jon live at fox news coverage, following news on Americas Nuclear arsenal, david miller following action from world leaders. The white house tells us that the president and his chief of staff general john kelly have been in Constant Contact with their National Securi
T around the world. Im isha sesay. This is newsroom l. A. U. S. President donald trump is on familiar territory. Literally and figuratively. Hes at his maralago resort in florida for the holidays and touting his achievements during his first year in office. On wednesday, he said he signed more legislation than anybody, coming just days after the passage of his tax cut plan, a bill recognized as the only major piece of legislation he signed this year. But the president who spoke while visiting with First Responders painted a different picture. We have more legislation passed, including a record [ inaudible ] well, heres a problem with that statement. Its just not true. In fact, President Trump has signed fewer bills in his first year than any administration in decades, going back to eisenhower. Hes signed 96 laws this year. Truman signed about 250 bills in his first year in office, according to his president ial library. Lets discuss this with our commentators. John thomas and dave jaco
They committed crime. Internal video from google shows the companys reaction to the 2016 election. Is there anything positive you see from this Election Results . [laughter] boy, thats a really tough one right now. Steve this is a fox news alert. All eyes are on Hurricane Florence which is closing in on the carolinas and the east coast, now a very strong category 2 hurricane. Lifethreatening could cause desks. More than a Million People are in the crosshairs of this powerful hurricane. Pete we have Team Coverage along the east coast this morning. Griff jenkins is live from Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, where they are expecting 110 mileperhour winds. Steve todd piro is in myrtle beach, South Carolina talking to people who will not leave. Jedediah janice dean is here passing florences path but we begin with griff. Good morning, guys. Can you see the wind picking up here. In fact, the coast guard in moorehead conditions, no ships in, no ships out. The threat from that storm surge 9 to 1
19 states second being swift boat teams. Whats the mission . We have got to get it accomplished. We are pulling side by side able to save peoples lives. We begin this fox friends with a fox news alert. Catastrophic flooding. Slamming the carolinas, turning towns into raging rivers. Almost 1 Million People in the dark. Power is out. Massive Power Outages across the coast. Tropical storm florence now deadly, unfortunately. Claiming at least five lives, including a mother and her infant child. Katie fire firefighters praying after finding crushed by a tree. Ed dozedozens under estimated the monster storm. The rains were so hard. Waters were so hard that trying to get out we got thrown into trailers. We got thrown into mailboxes, houses. Ed there are people still there waiting to be rescued. Pete Live Team Coverage across the coast. Griff jenkins and todd piro in the disaster zone. Katie we begin with griff in Morehead City just south of the outer banks. Griff . Good morning, guys. We are