system. on the back end of it it is cold enough that we ve had a little bit of snow coming down across sections of the texas and oklahoma panhandles. a little bit of accumulation has been recorded in spots. keep in mind travel along interstate 10 will be an issue. the other concern, it is still cold out there. the midwest and northeast, current temperatures in the 20 s. minneapolis and chicago, high temperatures not too bad. minneapolis at 50. stunning views from the top of the world trade center. officials reveal the very first look at the observation deck 102 floors up. and when it opens to the public, it will be a lot more than a room with a view. our wnyw reporter gives us a peek at what is planned for that. it is a view that will take your breath away. 1,250 feet above the ground, this is what it looks like from the 100th floor of the new one world
right? okay. the impact of ceo marissa maie maier s decision next. first here s dylan dreyer with a check on the forecast. keeping an eye on the second blizzard in just a week back through the plains. blizzard warnings, watches stretching into the great lakes into the chicago area as well. you can see the snow is coming down real heavily through the panhandles of texas into oklahoma moving up into kansas. we also have the potential for very strong storms today down through the gulf coast states and the southeast. another foot of snow is possible through the plains. and that is going to spread into the kansas city area where a foot of snow is also possible out that way. in the northeast, we actually have a nice day on tap. lots of sunshine. temperatures starting to warm up, too. we should actually get into the mid-40s in new york city today. washington, d.c., about 40 degrees. and up in boston, about 38 degrees later on this afternoon. and then tomorrow, looks okay. a couple of spot
let s go to nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer in for bill karins. yesterday, it felt like winter is over. by tend of the day, not over. the good news for the northeast, we ll be in the 40s, even inched towards 50 degrees by the time we get to wednesday. it comes with rain. we got another blizzard across portions of the plains, this is the second one in just a week. we re looking at the potential for another foot of snow in portions of texas up into oklahoma. and you can see the winter storm watches extend all of the way up into chicago and the great lakes region. for right now, it s heavy snow falling across the panhandles of texas and oklahoma. we have some severe storms with this system. especially moving through central texas and also the gulf
looking at a three-punch storm with rain and snow already falling and the threat of flooding is expected to increase in both panhandles. that s a part of west virginia, so we wanted to bring you this image. after seeing so much water and the threat of flooding, this is another part of the storm, the snow that it has brought to west virginia. that does it for edition of news nation. a i m tamron hall. in the meantime we ll have continuing coverage of sandy on msnbc throughout the night. my friends at the cycle will pick up our coverage right after a quick break. years of our government employees insurance company, or geico.as most of you know it. .i propose savings for everyone! i m talking hundreds here. and furthermore.. newcaster: breaking news. the gecko is demanding free pudding. and political parties that are actual parties! with cake! and presents! ah, that was good. too bad nobody could hear me. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.
it s going to stick with us and funnel cooler air. we are going to be talking about some temps maybe not getting out of the 50s much of the northeast. summer is moving here at least meteorological. some thunderstorms for this morning across northern plains. any sort of severe weather we see today is going to be down across the panhandles of oklahoma and texas and parts of far eastern colorado. east of i-25. mostly wind and hail maybe a small tornado or go. two. firefighters have contained we ll have more on that. something. we will tell you about the fires. first. let s talk about this the gsa scandal keeps getting worse. employees getting paid about $750,000 for travel expenses that they were to go on but they never did. in fact they ended up justworking from home but still collecting the travel money that they never spent. this just the latest installment in how the gsa can