oh, no. neil: all right. we had hurricane force winds, try 90 miles an hour in some places. roads turning in to rivers and worries there could be flash flooding as a ferocious winter storm rips across the northeast. it s not winter yet. more than 700,000 are without power as we speak. flight cancellations piling up on what could be a record-breaking travel week. we re going to talk to pete buttigieg in how he s dealing with that and that $140 million fine slapped on southwest to make sure what happened last holiday sen never happens in any holiday season. world wore starts now. welcome. i m neil cavuto. the transportation secretary coming up in a minute. right know bryan llenas in the thick of it in la guardia airport. how are things looking there, my friend? neil, good afternoon. that powerful storm hitting the northeast and causing about 160 flight cancellations at la guardia. that s about 15% of the flights coming and going from la guardia. this is terminal a. it serve
we had some of the strongest winds here so far. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we are continuing live coverage of hurricane in, the category four storm made landfall on florida s west coast this afternoon, and it is still battering the state with heavy rain and hurricane-force winds. right now, more than 2 million homes and businesses in the state of florida are without power. let s get right to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest. michelle, i know you just got the 11 pm update for the national hurricane center. what have you learned? i will look at it with you, because it s right at the presses. we re still looking at a strong storm. we re looking at heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and we will look at what we are seeing in terms of wednesday, because we are holding on to the strength. let s hold back for a second because you saw wind speeds up to 135 miles per hour. this was a historical storm, if it is the big historical, catastrophic. we ll
coming off, trees coming down with the ground being so wet. what we do with a flash flood warning, that is dangerous. remember with hurricane, water kills the most people in hurricane, whether freshwater from the sky or salt water from the ocean from the storm search. this is something that takes very seriously. we will be talking about it today, also friday into saturday, a flash flood emergency. we don t see that often, that include sebring, also arcadia, heavy rain falling, need to get to the highest level of your house if you can. we are seeing roads turning into rivers. we already see that with ali out and about and we will continue to see the. stephanie? we will go see ali right now, michelle, thank you. i want to turn to my very dear friend here and be msnbc, ali velshi. ali, i want you to know that this morning before i knew that you were officially down there in florida, i was at mass with my daughter, i thought the in my bones. we prayed for you. my mother louise prayed f
in our next hour. as we turn to our other top story this afternoon the holiday season coming to a close with millions of americans just trying to get home. but for many that trip back is full of headaches and delays. joining us now nbc s morgan chesky on the travel nightmares and meteorologist michelle grossman. welcome both. we ll start with you, morgan. greetings from dallas. taking drastic change in weather conditions combined with the new variant and you have the travel nightmare currently playing out. what they said is they didn t have enough people to run the crew. reporter: airlines crippled by cancellations due to crew shortages from covid-19. on saturday alone more than 4,000 flights canceled and more than 11,000 delayed. canceled pretty late, about an hour before the flight. reporter: severe weather making matters even worse. residents in kentucky ringing in the new year with heavy rain, thunderstorms, and tornadoes. in southern kentucky, hit particularly hard wit
tornadoes, large hail, and flood watches in effect across several states. rob marciano is standing by with the track in a minute. but first, will carr leads us off from sacramento. reporter: tonight, tens of millions from coast to coast on alert, with two dangerous weather systems taking aim. a monster storm along the west coast dumping torrential rain and triggering dangerous flash flooding. this video from santa rosa, california, showing roads turning into rivers. intense winds knocking out power for more than 150,000 customers across three states. from san francisco to sacramento, evacuations under way for hundreds of homes in the mountains. an atmospheric river sparking a relentless deluge. authorities urging residents to stay off the roads. we ve lived here 20 years. never seen it this high. reporter: concerns of life-threatening flash flooding across wildfire ravaged areas in california. this drone video showing a landslide in the area where the dixie fire ravaged over 950,