Good evening, as we come on the air this friday night, several developing stories. We begin with the giant weekend storm that will affect tens of millions. More than 70 records broken today. In tennessee alone, 18 people have died. In the northeast, theyre using drones to check on roofs. And a coast guard cutter breaking through the ice trying to get to a stranded ship. And horrific driving in kansas city. We begin with tom llamas on the cold already tonight. Tom . Reporter because of the record snowfall and dangerously low temperatures, here where boats are frozen to the dock the ice here rocksolid. An arctic blast shattering records in at least 70 cities from florida to michigan. Ive never seen it like this. Last year was bad, but this years definitely a lot worse. Reporter on lake erie, a cargo ship stuck miles from shore, food airlifted to the icebreakers trying to reach it a similar problem here in boston. You can see ehow much ice is in the water. Navigational buoys frozen over w
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. Tonight the coldest weather of the season is settling in across much of the countrys eastern half. This winter of extremes has already exacted a heavy toll. Dozens of weatherrelated deaths from ohio to tennessee where this week at least 15 people have died, a third from hypothermia. Right now the siberian express is spreading across the east bringing single digit and below zero temperatures from the great lakes to the northeast. And even record lows in florida. Lets start in nashville with nbcs gabe gutierrez. Reporter relentless, snow, ice and now subzero below average have much of the country frozen over. In michigan new video of an officer somehow surviving this crash over the weekend. In tennessee a dashcam captured another close call. A worker clearing a crash scene barely managed to jump out of the way of a pickup truck. Have you ever seen this many here . Not ove
The driver was armed with a blue steel handgun, six dogs are in the van. And dognapped. These six pooches stolen at gunpoint swiped in a doggie day care van. The desperate search right now for them and the men that stole them. And good morning, america. You dont see a lot of people out there in times square today. It is so cold out there and take a look at some of these incredible pictures showing just how cold it is. That stt imprint of a jeep the front of a jeep right after the jeep pulled away. So cold able to get right out and look what it left thats how they felt. Just frozen in time. Our extreme team is covering all of it this morning and start out in times square with ginger and it is cold ging. 15 here. Windchill zero and this is almost 15 degrees warmer than what it will be tomorrow. The core of that is singing south and east and windchill advisories all the way to south florida. Were talking record lows possible in key west. Thats how serious this is. It is not just the North
As we come on the air, a brutally cold night ahead for more than 100 million americans. The arctic blast blowing across 27 states and once again, warnings in effect for coastal new england, already hit so hard this winter. And now this. Pileups, highway pileup, some deadly. Rescue crews overwhelmed. And take a look here. Drivers in michigan trying to navigate when they can barely see. And that is why travel is coming to a standstill in boston. This warning sign at the airport. The snow farms there, already at capacity. Where will they put whats coming . Abcs senior meteorologist rob marciano starts us off tonight from the massachusetts coast. Reporter heavy snow in michigan this morning. Another blast of arctic air, whipping up winds topping 50 miles per hour, bringing nearblizzard conditions to parts of the great lakes. Wind chills in parts of minnesota as cold as 43 below zero. Snow is coming down heavy and visibility has been reduced. Reporter whiteout conditions triggering accident
Details about the isis member seen in the groups latest execution video. This morning investigators are poring over the video to see if the masked man talking to the camera is an american. Abcs bazi kanani is in washington with the latest. Bazi good morning. Reporter good morning, reena. Good morning, ryan. Intelligence Officials Say they dont know who that masked man is yet but this morning, they are getting closer to figuring that out. The new clues that could help identify this masked isis leader heard briefly in the gruesome video showing the beheading of 21 egyptian christians. Today, we are on the south of rome. Reporter his speaking patterns now being analyzed by u. S. Intelligence officials and compared to americans known to have joined isis. He says south instead of soth so hes not from canada. Reporter this linguist says his distinctive pronunciations point to an american background. Officials dont know for sure how Many Americans have gone overseas to fight with isis but the