happy friday, everybody. we re in a good mood. yeah, because it s friday. how about that, david letterman? stepping down, surprising everyone. i know. why didn t you tell me about that? i m sure they ve already contacted you. i heard that on the radio on the way in. calls are flooding in, right, for you to replace him. i ve got my agent working on it. holding out for a few extra mill. i don t blame you. short lived, our time together, so let s get started. we do begin this half hour with another powerful superstorm. moving east right now taking aim at some 40 million americans. fierce winds, heavy rains and golf ball sized hail, even funnel clouds like this one in the north part of dallas, caught on camera from dr. pepper park in frisco, home of the aaa-frisco rough riders. this frightening photo. black cloud hanging over the stadium with last night s game, with a funnel cloud appearing to touch down in the distance.
happy friday, everybody. we re in a good mood. yeah, because it s friday. how about that, david letterman? stepping down, surprising everyone. i know. why didn t you tell me about that? i m sure they already contacted you. called me on the way in. calls are flooding in, right, for you to replace him. i ve got my agent working on it. holding out for a few extra mill. i don t blame you. short lived, our time together, so let s get started. we do begin with half hour with another powerful superstorm. moving east right now taking aim at some 40 million americans. fierce winds, heavy rains and golf ball sized hail, even funnel clouds like this north part of dallas, caught on camera from dr. pepper park in frisco, home of the aaa-frisco rough riders. this frightening photo. black cloud hanging over the stadium with last night s game, with a funnel cloud appearing to touch down in the distance.
this morning on world news now, superstorm threats. this morning on world news now superstorm threat. the giant storm system bringing huge hailstones, tornados and even snow to 40 million americans. it s on the move right now. forecast from accuweather. what drove a father of three to go on a 15-minute shooting rampage at ft. hood. what investigators are discovering as an army base grieves. grief aimed at new york mets daniel murphy, who skipped the ballpark to be with his wife as their new son was born. and saying good-bye. david letterman s decision to leave his show and the list of funny guys to replace the show host. that s in the skinny on this friday, april 4th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez.
indeed the road crews were out. missouri could be in for more severe weather later today. some area of the dakotas got up to 20 inches of snow this week and the week is not over yet. another 5 to 9 inches is expected today. there is a winter storm watch in the eastern part of south dakota and winter supposedly ended two weeks ago. those poor folks. we have two weather systems colliding today, putting a superstorm in the middle of the country. accuweather s jim dickey has the latest. good morning, jim. good morning john and diana. dangerous thunderstorms. this time the threat shifts a bit farther eastward, and the tornado threat has increased from what we saw on wednesday. watching for st. louis, through little rock, main threat damaging winds and large hail. tornadoes not out of the question. and especially late afternoon into the early evening hours if the cold front tracks eastward attached to a massive low, bringing heavy snowfall to parts of the midwest, and back on the front
congress is cancelling business today. missouri and indiana have already seen heavy snow leaving roads a mess as the system moved through parts of the deep south, it left behind heavy ice and slick roads. already causing trouble there. let s go to the bbc s meteorologist bill karins. bbc s? nbc s. sorry! i m so sorry, bill. i let the secret out. listen, bill, am i going to get back to d.c. later this morning? you want the new england forecast first? you don t need to send me that far. take you across the channel? let s talk about what we are dealing with here in the d.c. for the most part, washington, d.c. is on track for 6 to 10 inches of and for march a huge ordeal. only once have we had a double digit snowfall in march in d.c. and a superstorm in 1993. if you re heading outside right