degrees in kansas city. 44 in chicago. so it s a lot better than where it s been. saturday, these are your temperatures. miami, 81. miami has been breaking high record temperatures. feels like summer right there across the southern florida at least. with the one spot that really didn t get any of that cold air. here s your sunday temperatures. none of that cold air we had is really black in place. the longer term picture does not look like we re going to see any of that coming back in any short order. it s stormy across the southwest. one spot we have rain and snow, southern california, arizona, we need it. we have two storms. one that s going to move through there tomorrow and today and another one comes into the west. this will be our trouble kind of travel troublemaker across the southwest and the west on friday/saturday. but the really no major problems travelwise. if friday is the way you re traveling hope, looking good. saturday, christmas eve, not west.g that bad as well except
northern california and southern oregon. places like san francisco and medford, oregon. some areas, another seven or eight inches of rain over next four to five days. that means flooding concerns. this is much colder storm than we saw a couple weeks ago. so big-time snowfall accumulations up to six feet of snow across some of the higher elevations. the good news is, travelwise, the next couple of days are looking good. the next big storm that we re potentially looking at is christmas across parts of the plains. megyn: rick, thank you. merry christmas to you. same to you. megyn: so we heard mike tobin say o hare was okay but the states around there have been dealing with changing conditions. we ve seen lots and lots of flight cancellations past couple days. we ll check in with courtney scott, senior editor of travelocity. courtney, thanks for being here with us. what is the situation now? we heard more than a thousand flights canceled over the past couple days. that s right. there h
meteorologist is a very difficult word, joe. it s a tough word. roll tide. very tough. good morning, everyone. the pacific northwest is where we re concerned with travelwise. that s about it. it s looking very nice for everyone heading to their thanksgiving destinations. the exception i-5 on the west coast. drenched yesterday. still raining hard from portland down through eugene and into the m medford area. this big storm, by the way, is not going to move across the country. it s going to weaken and head up into canada. many throughout eastern half of the country will enjoy nearly perfect thanksgiving weather. all the cold air that was in place is going to move out. so, that warm air now in the rockies heading to the midwest will eventually work its way to the east coast. i mean, this is going to be one of the warmest thanksgiving in many places. today s forecast, denver to kansas city to dallas all the way to minneapolis, beautiful sunshine and temperature above average. on the
fireworks to start you off on wednesday morning, it s lee greenwood, god bless the usa, happy fourth of july to all of you. traditionally today i know and hopefully for many of you, will be filled with barbecues and fireworks. but unfortunately for a lot of people, that is not going to be the case. our starting point here this independence day, less about celebration and a lot more about patience, about 1.1 million people all across the country, they are waiting, waiting for the electricity to come back on and facing another day of intense heat. 20 people now have died since last thursday when fierce storms ripped the east in the midwest. and take a look. these are the states that are still waiting for power to return, you have west virginia, still more than 300,000 customers in the dark. ohio, virginia, similar shape. and power companies, they say they are out there, they say they are repairing the transmitters and lines faster than expected, but their estimates show custo