be in the 70s. few spots in the 80s on the erin sea board. as far as the storm winter like weather, you head to the west. storm system spinning off the coast here. this is kind of a round of storms heading to the west. blue shows you the snow go through saturday. here comes the next storm behind it. two storms in a row. high elevations getting the snow. good base for people who love to ski. one area we like that we re happy even california is going to start picking up rain in the lower elevations and snow in the sierras. tahoe and northern california. this is good. up to 6-12 inches. beginning of the snow and wet season in california. after all the fires, we love it. look at this map, showing you the snow through the northern rockies. yellow stone going to get snow out of this. perfect for areas like jackson hole and all the favorite ski spots. today s forecast, warmth is on. yesterday was 94 in dallas. going to feel cool at 77 today. into the weekend. look at the temperature.
great lakes region are seeing lake effect snow and frigid temperatures right now. in western pennsylvania, whiteout conditions are being blamed for a massive, look at this, 59-car pileup yesterday. according to a department of transportation official, 22 tractor-trailers and 37 cars were involved in that crash. all right, let s get a check on the weather now with bill karins. if that s just a taste of what s to come, let s stop this winter now. i don t know. actually, we re watching our first coast-to-coast storm. we had the snow go from the west coast to the east coast, but in oregon and california, they are dealing with rain and snow, depending on where you are. in oregon, for them, they had two to three inches, even at the low elevations. just like areas of the east, first winter driving skills are a little lacking and roads are really difficult. so let s get into the forecast. we re still dealing with our first arctic blast, second will come after the snowstorm on saturday and
through this maneuver or other way, what would it do for individual veterans? so for individual veterans, basically, if you serve for 20 years in the military, you re 38 years old, it would basically give you about $100,000 more in pension benefits up to age 65 so basically it would affect working age military veterans who served 20 years. so, yes, it would mean something substantive to them which to ron s point, you know, it is something that we want to respect and honor. but it s not talking about fiscal responsibility. all right, ron, go ahead. well, actually, i disagree. it is fiscally responsible if you raise taxings to pay for it. or if you cut spending somewhere else to pay for it. that s the bigger problem that i m sure you agree with. we re fighting over the little things but not the bigger thing that you mentioned earlier, we have this huge and ballooning budget debt. it s going to skyrocket again according to the cbo, nothing is
get ready for the opening ceremonies. we re going to turn and check the news feed here. almost 600,000 people are still in the dark and cold after yesterday s wintry weather. crews are looking to restore power in eight of those states. most of those outages are in pennsylvania. this morning, we re watching snow go through oklahoma city. they re expecting several inches there. according to meteorologist nbc bill karins, 64% of the country is actually covered in snow. and the investigation into the apparent overdose death of philip seymour hoffman. broadway just last night dimmed its lights to honor the memory of that revered actor. hoffman had three tony awards there. three drug suspects were arraigned in new york city and one of them did have hoffman s cell phone number. and also opening statements in your stand your ground trial of michael dunn. dunn is accused of killing 17-year-old jordan davis at an
we will continue to monitor the situation. a massive winter storm is bearing down on the country s midsection. take a live look at wichita, kansas. heavy snow, high winds, up to 10 inches expected if some parts. jim cantore is live in lincoln nebraska. are you expecting similar conditions to hit there? reporter: when you show a camera just like in wichita, chris, probably this evening you ll see the same situation. all that is move north from wichita, now into kansas city. we in lincoln, northwest of kansas city, are just getting into the light snow now. you can see we have pretty good visibility, so not coming down that heavy. 22 degrees outside, winds out of the east, you can see the flags blowing. the wind will get stronger as the snow comes in. we ve had watched this snow go from wichita, as you showed, now obviously with that heaviest snow pushing to the northeast, they have a chance to clear those roads, but it was an