and northwestern alabama, where we could end up seeing a few of those tornadoes develop through the afternoon. so wednesday s a big travel day. really rough conditions out west, trying to get through the passes will be brutal, but in the southeast, it s all about the storms with rain up and down the east coast tomorrow, then on christmas eve, then as we go into christmas day, we lose the threat of heavy rain in the northeast but still looking at some showers along the gulf coast. luke? santa does not need the overcoat when he comes east. coming up, citizen trump, chris matthews joins us to talk about the republican frontrunner and the msnbc original documentary about how we got here. it is certainly must-see tv.
wednesday, a huge travel day across the country. it is a mess in the pacific northwest with mountain snow. that will slow you down over the passes and also a lot of rain and wind. the severe storm that we re seeing as a possibility tomorrow through tennessee and parts of the south will be slowing things down at the airports, looking at fog, lots of rain, rain up and down the east coast. on christmas eve, during the day, still the threat of stronger storms in the southeast, rain makes its way into the northeast too. and then on christmas day itself, spotty showers in the northeast, still looking at heavy rain down along the gulf coast and more snow out in the rockies. so it is going to be a christmas like we haven t seen before. pretty wild. i could not help but laugh out loud when you said 90. almost 90 degrees. unprecedented heat for this long of a period of time. it is crazy. who needs hawaii. thank you very much. coming up, no indictments in the death of sandra bland. the te
philadelphia and new york by later this afternoon. here s a look at tomorrow s forecast. we re still dealing with rain up and down the east coast. but notice the temperatures. they are pretty mild. and even by christmas eve, the temperatures get more mild. we are talking thunderstorm chances, from boston all the way down through orlando. 61 degrees for the expected high on christmas eve. that doesn t feel very christ s christmasy, richard. i ll pick miami or l.a. let s go together. big question for any holiday travel you might be doing, will my flight leave on time or at all? nbc s tom costello has more from reagan nationality airport. reporter: good day from a rather frigid d.c. it is likely to get warmer as the week progresses but we re expecting a lot of rain, wind and that system is going to be impacting nations the nation s travel. let s take a look at the major impacts at airports we re
the fact it s the first full day of winter is not the big story today. it s the forecast for the week. it s got a lot of gateway travelers on edge. millions of folks on edge. meteorologist dominica davis is here. americans, are they going to make it home for the holidays? well it s going to be tricky. the day before thanksgiving with a lot of rain up and down the east coast. yes, it s the first day of winter but it s not snow we re talking about. it s mild temperatures that we are going to be looking at. a warming trend for the rest of the week. here s a look at the satellite and radar. mainly through the midwest. starting to push up the i-95 corridor into d.c. we re going to see these showers for the next couple of days. but the brunt of the rain and the wind is going to be on christmas eve. it stretches back into the midwest. where we ll have some lake-effect snow. the winds and heavy rain will be
unavailable to members even of the foreign intelligence committee. those documents published by the the washington post were leaked by edward snowden. this weekend has been a wash out in parts of the south. heavy rains flooded several streets in north carolina and more rain is expected through the weekend. will it end? when is the question. we have more on that. we re still keeping an eye on the rain up and down the east coast. it s streaming in off the gulf of mexico and the southeast will most likely see more flooding rain again today. heaviest of it is still falling along areas like new orleans, moving into mobile alabama and the western panhandle of florida. it s stretching now into northeast. at first as of yesterday it was looking like this whole storm system would stay out over the mid-atlantic but it does look like it s bringing rain to parts of washington, d.c. off and on lighter showers in new jersey and making their way up into southern new england as we continue thr