Reunions. A very Merry Christmas to you. Im phillip mena. Many of you may have gotten your wish for a White Christmas. After a Winter Weather alert was put into effect for some 55 million americans blanketing parts of the country in snow as santa continues to make his way around the globe. From illinois to ohio, massachusetts to indiana, americans will wake up to find their own Little Christmas gift left by Mother Nature herself. It swept through chicago on sunday. Bears fans found some warmth in the bleachers and a win and over the browns. While it may make for a nice cocoa morning, its also likely to make for a treacherous commute for those of you getting ready to hit the road. This years White Christmas, good morning, bonnie. Snow over the ground in idaho, parts of the west coast all the way to new england. Thats where its snowing at this hour. We have advisories for heavy snow in that part of the country. Were looking for substantial snow but not along the coast. New york, philadel
Karen this morning. Bone chilling out there right now. Go ahead and take a look at the sat center and you can see that there is cloud cover down to our south much the way there was yesterday and in fact, theres even a possibility of a little bit of a snow shower popping out of baltimore later this morning and possibly coming across south jersey and delaware. Not seeing any indications of that of right now. 24 degrees currently in philadelphia, little bit colder in some spots this morning than it was yesterday morning. 24 in wilmington, 21 in trenton and still in the teens in allentown and reading. 17 degrees right now in allentown. 25 degrees in millville. Arent once once again theres a little bit of a brisk breeze blowing giving you severe wind chills. Feels like its just 13 degrees in philadelphia right now. Colder than this time yesterday. Just 10 in allentown. And a 9degree wind chill in reading. 13 in trenton. 14 in wilmington and it feels like its 18 as you step outside in millvi
Stole a pickup truck and escaped. The crazy thing about this story is something similar happened about a month ago in bartow when an inmate on work detail stole a truck and kidnapped a corrections officer. Officials say the suspect locked the other inmates in a small building and used a sharp object to force the officer into a work truck before taking off. He was eventually caught in pinellas county. But as for this current case, officials are still trying to track the suspect down. So if you kn mans whereabouts, of course, you need to call police right away. Inmate escapes are always alarming because you never know what could happen while these criminals are roaming free. And coming up at 5 30, well take a look at how common these types of escapes are across the state. Back to you. Today, tampa police are searching for a driver who plowed into people and a bar in ybor city. That driver then took off. Take a look at this video its clear and its wild. The victim tells walking after clos
This morning. This is notes first time deputies have searched for an inmate in this area. This man has been on the run for 12 hours now. How long does it usually take to track these inmates down . Reporter more th the inmates who manage to escape are caught within 24 hours. Lets hope that this man falls into that category and is back behind bars very soon. According to polk county, 45 yearold Joseph Flanagan of lakeland escaped on bob Phillips Road in bartow yesterday afternoon around 3 30. Place say flanagan was working in Fleet Maintenance and he this one. Its almost like deja vu for polk county officials. Last month an inmate led them on a manhunt after they say he made a makeshift weapon, kidnapped a corrections officer, and stole this pickup truck. Officials were able to catch the man in Pinellas County. For the current case, flanigan was in jail for stealing and violation of probation. He had a 300 day sentence and had already served a quarter of his time. If you see him, call po
Reunions. Msnbc live starts right now. Good morning. For those who wished for a White Christmas, many of you may have gotten your wish after a Winter Weather alert was put into effect for some 55 million americans, blanketing parts of the country in snow as santa continues his way around the globe. From illinois to ohio, massachusetts to indiana, americans will wake up this morning to find their own Little Christmas gift left by Mother Nature herself. It even hit chicago as the bears tried to celebrate and found some warmth in their bleachers. While it may make for a nice, cozy morning of opening gifts and drinking hot cocoa, its likely to make for a treacherous commute for those getting ready to hit the road. Lets get straight to meteorologist bonnie schneider. For more on the Winter Weather advisory this morning and this years White Christmas possibilities, what do you have for us . Youre right. Most of the country, at least the northern tier, covered in snow, waking up to a snowcove