Started to get extremely hot. One passenger tells me something didnt feel right and the flight felt like the longest 22 wrong before we were taking off, because we were taxying for a while, and then we heard a really loud noise, and then we took off. Jodie tells me she was reluctant to get on a second plane and thought about renting a car to drive to chicago. But the passengers and crew were able to leave waterloo on a second plane after four and she says shes relieved to weve got you covered live in according to American Airlines officials the plane was at nearly half capacity during the flight. The temperature isnt the only thing going up today wind gusts are picking up as well. Chief meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg now whos tracking it all. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team the wind settles down slightly overnight, but remains windy. The wind
A few minutes. We are starting the morning showers are tracking in that may have some sleet or rain mixed in, ut much of it is not dry air that will eat that precip up. We keep mostly cloudy skies, however, and could see upper 30s to mid 40s and light northerly winds. We do have a cool down in new and developing this morning new this morning tragic news out of michigan, where a mass shooting overnight has killed at least six people. Several Law Enforcement agencies in kalamazoo michigan are scrambling to find answers after multiple people were shot and killed in what they believe is a random attack. The shootings took place over a five hour time period oveenight. Police e ay the highest body count was in the parking lot of a barrel restaurant. Where 5 people were gunned down and 4 died. Officers arrested a 45year old man suspected of committing the shootings. Listen as an officer gave a chilling description of what happened. We have multiple dead in finding people and shooting them dea
Paying respects. The body of Justice Antonin Scalia set to lie in repose at the Supreme Court today. President obama scheduled to be there, but facing growing criticism over his decision not to attend tomorrows funeral. An alarming surge. The dramatic increase in flu cases nationwide. What you can do to ward off the virus. Today, friday, february 19th, 2016. Announcer this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live in studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Its friday morning. Im savannah alongside willie geist. Matt will be back on monday. We talked earlier about how remarkable it is we had george w. Bush, president obama and president clinton entering in on the race. Enter the pope. Dont mix religion and politics, not applying to this race. It is a big story this morning. The president ial candidates are making their final pitches ahead of tomorrows Democratic Caucus in nevada, and the republican as willie mentioned, this election has taken another strange twist, with