Dont hope any longer. Your hopes have been fulfilled. That winter storm affecting this morning a lot of the midwest parts of the great lakes too. Weve got freezing rain advisories in all the purple. Winter storm warning in hot pink and light snow for parts of wisconsin and michigan on the way. Heres whats going to happen. A warm front will lift close and what happens all that warm air over that extreme cold drops freezing rain and that is going to be an icy quarter inch or more along the warm front and then its going to move into parts of the northeast and its going to die out slightly. Heres what we expect, some light snow in parts of the northeast by monday, albany in there and lake effect enhanced but the purple area, thats going to be the really dangerous stuff, im talking on roads and sidewalks, not enough ice to do a whole lot to power lines and here you go, dan, i promised almost 60 in chicago on tuesday, 61 after not being at freezing for almost a week. Im breaking out the suns
This afternoon, how they may decide who wins the white house. All right, topping our political headlines this hour, hunker down today, preparing for mondays third and final debate on Foreign Policy, the president is doing his prep work at camp david. Mitt romney is doing his in florida. Meanwhile, the candidates running mates are out tonight trail, working hard today. Vice President Biden is in the Sunshine State and is still speaking at a rally in st. Augustine, where he went after mitt romney, accusing him of shifting positions on one too many times and too many issues. Congressman paul ryan has events in a pair of battleground states, pennsylvania and ohio, to start the day. In pennsylvania this morning, ryan framed this election as a choice. Take a listen. Look, we have a very clear choice. America cannot afford four more years of president obamas failed policies. We need real reforms for a Real Recovery to get people back to work, to get this kpli going again, to get us back on th
Heading into tonights third and final president ial debate, our new nbc news wall street journal poll shows Election Night could be a cliffhanger with the candidates now dead even. Chuck todd breaks down the numbers. Reporter the new nbc news wall street journal poll shows the candidates in a 4747 tie among likely voters. In mid september, the president led 5045. The numbers show an evenly divided country overall. The president s job approval Holding Steady at 49 . Economic approval down at 46 . Foreign policy approval at 49 . The poll also shows a clear enthusiasm gap. The president has a 4944 lead among all registered voters, but that 4747 tie among likelies, it means republicans are more enthusiastic and more likely to vote. The biggest red flag for obama, 62 say they want major changes if hes reelected. Romneys biggest red flag, by 4443, he is still personally viewed more negatively than positively. That was Nbcs Chuck Todd reporting there. After a violent weekend in the middle eas
Worlds most heinous weapons against the worlds most vulnerable people. The u. S. Urges closer to striking syria. Four u. S. Navy destroyers are close enough to launch a missile strike. What secretary kerry described as undeniable use of chemical weapons. How close is the u. S. Right now to using military action. Were getting closer every moment. The president should not have set a red line unless he knows what hes going to do. Firefighters making progress in the wildfire against Yosemite National park. Threatening San Franciscos water supply. Are you confident youll be able to keep the reservoir safe. Yes. Yes, i think so so. A massive dust storm through the phoenix area reducing visibility to less than 100 feet. Do you want to talk about miley . It was provocative, shocking. I dont even know what to say. Going to hell in a twerking hand basket. Now that George Zimmerman has been acquitted for homicide he wan florida to pay 2 to 3 million for his trial cost. Put on a mask of president
Shovel out senior citizens, but why is his honor doing hard labor alongside the convict . Do you need anybody i just need someone to love could it be hey, good morning, everybody. Also coming up on the broadcast this morning, the nationwide man hunt this morning for a violent convict who has used the same impersonation trick to escape from prison twice. Hes apparently pretty clever at two separate facilities. How he did it coming up. Authorities think fellow inmates may have been helping him in this story. Unbelievable. And a story to tell you about, a father and daughter reunited. The bizarre case of a soldier whose daughter was put up for adoption without him even knowing it. Well tell you what he had to do to get her back, and obviously the family that had adopted her, what theyre going through, as well. They are distraught. The other angle on this. A fascinating story coming up. Take a look at this. This is a veteran reporter on what she thought was a safe assignment in the barnyar