Good evening to you on this chilly night. They are calling it ice friday, the freezing storm stretching 2,000 miles from the heart land to the east coast. 124 million americans across 16 states, in its grip. Look at what some families face this weekend, cars, no match for the slick icy highways. Neighbors pitching into help out. Power lines dangerously caked in ice. So are the car windows. Sidewalks turned into skating rinks, roads icy enough for sleds. Our extreme weather team is in the storm zone tonight. And Abcs Steve Osunsami starts us off in arkansas. Reporter black ice. White ice. Theyre calling ice friday, stretching some 2,000 miles across the middle of the country. Turning roads in illinois into ice rinks with massive blowing snow, shutting down more than a dozen airports across seven states, and killing at least six people. In Northern Arkansas today a man was killed when an icy tree fell down on his home. And this was the ice versus a power line in fayetteville, the ice won
Dont hope any longer. Your hopes have been fulfilled. That winter storm affecting this morning a lot of the midwest parts of the great lakes too. Weve got freezing rain advisories in all the purple. Winter storm warning in hot pink and light snow for parts of wisconsin and michigan on the way. Heres whats going to happen. A warm front will lift close and what happens all that warm air over that extreme cold drops freezing rain and that is going to be an icy quarter inch or more along the warm front and then its going to move into parts of the northeast and its going to die out slightly. Heres what we expect, some light snow in parts of the northeast by monday, albany in there and lake effect enhanced but the purple area, thats going to be the really dangerous stuff, im talking on roads and sidewalks, not enough ice to do a whole lot to power lines and here you go, dan, i promised almost 60 in chicago on tuesday, 61 after not being at freezing for almost a week. Im breaking out the suns
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this saturday. Im lester holt. And im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe and dillon drier. Calling the threat that prompted it real and serious says the u. S. Cannot let its guard down. U. S. Embassies around the globe are preparing to shut down tomorrow and possibly for even longer as the latest threat is investigated. Kristen welker is live at the white house with the latest for us. Good morning. Erica, good morning to you. U. S. Officials say the Embassy Closures the travel alert really coming out of an abundance of caution. But lawmakers who have been briefed on the situation say this is really the most serious threat they have seen in years. So heres what we know. 22 embassies will be closed down in 17 countries. Mostly in the middle east and north africa. Now, officials wont go into a whole lot of detail about the nature of the
And welcome to today and welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt. Alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dwyer. I remember being on assignment in washington and meeting palmer for the first time. A little bit in awe and then immediately he was so disarming and thats how well a remember him today. Such an incredible journalist. But by all accounts what really made him a wonderful person was the fact that he was just such a good guy and so kind to everyone. We look forward to sharing more of his life coming up. We want to begin with the latest on the terror threat. President obama is being briefed on the latest. He was updated by National Security Council Adviser susan rice after his Top Security Team met to discuss the threat. There are 22 u. S. Embassies and consulates shut down today across 17 muslim nations, and thats to keep those who work there safe. And the one in yemen which is considered high risk with al qaeda gaining a foothold there. Lets get the lates
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