Arkansas. Teams are scouring debris, fearing the number of dead may rise. Many areas are bracing for possible tornados. Tennessee has declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm. A news crew from our arkansas affiliate, kark, was able to help one woman out. I dont know if this belongs to you, but i found this right near the tree. Oh, its my daughters thank you. Youre so welcome. Im so glad i was able to find a picture for you. Actually my photographer found that. Thank you so much. Joining me now, george howl. So much devastation, destruction. Tell us what youre seeing there. Setting the scene here, you look at this power pole, you can see it ripped in half. It gives you a real sense of how strong the winds were. You can see some of the damage and devastation here. A lot of the power lines were down. Were at a part just before it got really bad. If you look down the road there, thats where its a lot worse. Down the road officials are doing their best to go through the debris. They
They were when dr. King gave his final speech. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to weekends with alex bit. Heres whats happening new this morning. President obama on the offense in his weekly address saying hell work to cut red tape from major transportation Infrastructure Projects with or without support from republicans. If congress doesnt act by the end of this summer, federal funding for transportation of these projects will run out. They have to put some of their projects on hold. In fact, some already are because Congress Wont clear up its own gridlock. If Congress Fails to act, nearly 700,000 jobs would be at risk over the next year. Meantime, republicans are focusing their weekly address on the growing Veterans Affairs probe including reports of delays in care and falsifying records at veterans hospitals. Heres senator john mccain. Its been more than a month of allegations is that some 40 veterans died while waiting for care at the phoenix va were first made public. To date the
And a latenight Facebook Post she says i understand you may have more questions and im going to work to keep answering them. So for a while, im not talking about the emails. Now she says im just going to keep on talking about it. This came after she said sorry out loud on tv to abc news and Ellen Degeneres. Why the big change in this position . Lets bring in senior Political Correspondent Brianna Keilar in washington. Good morning, john and christine. Hillary clinton is still leading in the polls, but the trend lines are troubling for her campaign. She has been dipping, and Bernie Sanders and Vice President biden whos not even a declared candidate at this point have been on the recognize, particularly of concern, these early states of New Hampshire and iowa. In polls, democratic voters say they actually dont really care about this email controversy, but it is killing the clinton campaigns ability to really cut through with the message that resonates with voters. So for the first time a
Finger at putin. Nightly news begins right now. Tens of millions are bracing for what forecasters fear will be a historic snowstorm that could paralyze the eastern third of the country. Winter weather advisories and warnings are posted from arkansas to the northeast for a storm that by tomorrow at this time will bring brutal winds, whiteout conditions and two feet of snow along parts of the east coast. Air travel disruptions could ripple across the entire country. Expected to get the worst of it, washington, d. C. , where tonight folks have fresh reason to question whether the city is ready. Al roker has the latest tracking and snow predictions. First nbcs Miguel Almaguer in the bullseye. Reporter tonight after snow and sleet move through tennessee, preparations for the northeast for a monster storm set to blast 80 million. I think its going to be bad. I think its going to be a big storm. Reporter 36 hours of blinding snow, ice, flooding and Power Outages. Hunker down. We are not going
Emotional farewell address offering the country both optimism and warnings as he prepares to leave the white house. Plus, as donald trump prepares to meet the press, new information over his ties with russia. And parts of california are getting slammed with a heavy bout of rain and snow. This comes after a massive snowstorm soaked the area over the weekend. Good morning, everyone. It is wednesday, january 11th. Im alex witt alongside louis burgdorf. President elect donald trump is expected to give his first address with news surfacing this morning about damaging allegations about his dealings with russians. Neither official said the fbi was actively investigating the information which has not been verified by u. S. Agencies. And then theres the controversial move by buzzfeed last night publishing a dossier from a person who claims to be a former british intelligence. That the president elect has been helping russia for five year years. Buzzfeed says the claims are unverified and contai