tomorrow. lester? and tom, what s the status of the flight recorders, the black box recordings? reporter: the cockpit voice recorder is on a two-hour loop before it s erased and recorded over. and that s what happened. investigators can t listen to crew conversations, computer warnings, the air rushing through the cabin. it s a big reason why investigators want a 25-hour recording, not two hours, lester. all right. tom costello, thank you. and the country is in the grip of another massive winter storm even bigger than the one we just saw with heavy snow tonight from new mexico to the plains and into iowa. other parts of the country will see heavy rain and potentially damaging winds and flooding. al roker is here. al, what are you looking at? lester, it s a coast-to-coast storm alert, winter alerts for 53 million. wind alerts for 135 million. and along the east coast 79 million under flood watches. and you can also see right now strong storms firing up. tornado watches down th