From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening. One of the tornadoes that hit eastern colorado saturday was half a mile wide. And that was just one of many. As that weather system pressed east today, tornado watches went up across four states. Severe thunderstorms are also threatening parts of the plains, midwest, and south. In all, some 7 million americans are in the path of dangerous weather tonight. We get more from sarah doll dollop. Reporter twisters rumaged across northeast colorado, sweeping up debris and darkening skies. This massive tornado was one of several spotted in ray, colorado. It was one of the most photogenic tornadoes ive ever seen. It was that dramatic. Like no tornado ive ever seen literally i were no fatalities but at least five people were injured. Debris strewn for miles. Dozens of electrical poles were destroyed, leaving many without power. Never been through anything like this. Reporter outside denver, near
And now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. Robert welcome back to verizon, where the monkey is not completely off the capitals back. We have to wait until tuesdays game six. At verizon tonight, a big one, the caps get on the board early. In the first, the caps on the power play, Nicklas Backstrom to ovie, 10. In the second, the game tied at 11, ovechkin shoots the onetimer, t. J. Oshie lights the lamp. They win 31. When we have pressure, it is kind of our time. The guys respond well. We have a great group of guys here, we believe in each other. Robert Braden Holtby had a fire in him tonight, always has a fire, but a little extra tonight. He was really great. The really stepped up when we needed him, especially in the second period. It was awesome. The pressure is on this team until somebody has four wins. I think we are confident in our game if we go in there and play the way we are playing. Just focus on what we did tonight, just one game at a time. I
This is from the top of mt. Washington. The observatory tweeting out this wintry scene of the frosted summit with the colors of autumn below. Antoinette danielle, please say thats not snow. Danielle im not looking at it reid, antoinette, that was snow. Yes, yesterday mt. Washington picked up a little bit of snow. Dont worry. Were not talking about that here in the forecast today. Were talking about some temperatures though to start out this morning. 44 in worcester but look in keene, 37 right now. Even socked in with some fog there as well. 50 in boston. But already 57 on nantucket. Temperatures are on the way up as we go through the afternoon. We are going to hang on to some highlevel clouds for the Morning Hours. But by lunchtime, we should see full sunshine. With a southwest wind, temperatures warm into the upper 60s today for highs. In fact, heres what it looks like recently. Mid 60s in worcester. 67 taunton. 63 degrees on nantucket. And 68 degrees in boston. So its a warm day. We
In effect for this afternoon until 6 00 here, morris county, sussex, hunterdon, monmouth, ocean. As you see that fog is just kind of all over the place and reducing visibilities in a lot of spots. The rain im talking about is coming up from the southwest. It will be pushing here. See this big batch to the south. That really gets going this evening through the evening commute. Rainfall amounts so far, theres been a trace in the park, not much. We are going to be looking at record High Temperatures tomorrow, and we possibly could have a record High Temperature on Christmas Day. Well talk about that too in your accuweather forecast coming up in just a moment. Back to you. Thank you. As bill mentioned, the fog is having a real impact on the airports in our area. Eyewitness News Reporter Michelle Charlesworth is at laguardia air and continues our coverage. A lot of folks behind you michelle. Oh, yeah. Thanks liz. Bill was talking about its fog by out here. Theres drizzle. And unfortunately
Southern parts of New Hampshire and northern parts of massachusetts here. Heavier pocket of rain there in concord, but those thunderstorms expected or anything like that, just few rain drops throughout the course of this afternoon. And we have more rain to get through in your hourbyhour forecast. Well go through 1 p. M. Showers dotted all across the landscape here. Very hit or miss in nature, but those temperatures continue to fall. Mid to lower 40s by 6 p. M. At that time the rain is all out of here, and then we have cooler temperatures on the way. Coming ip in just a bit, when well have 30s for those highs in your 7 day. Carrie. All right. Pamela, thank you. New this morning, we have learned the Police Officer killed in a shooting at a planned parenthood clinic grew up in massachusetts. The boston globe reports 44yearold Garrett Swazey was raised in melrose but moved to colorado to train as a professional figure skater before eventually becoming a Police Officer. First to respond to