people flying the plane as well. this is one of the most fascinating aspects of our weather coverage. a few brave men and women who go up there into the storm. how does dorian size up with other storms that you ve seen? reporter: i ve been flying 40 years. this is a real robust cat 1. showing every sign of getting a little stronger. we saw about 81 knots of wind on the left side of the eye. we saw about 72 on the east side. so it is a growing storm. no question about it. any chance that we get lucky? this is only kind of story where journalists like to be wrong. that this storm somehow misses our east coast, or dissipates. chances of that at this point? reporter: i have to tell you, what do i is observe the
so let s time it out for you. this is at 7:00 a.m. this morning. charlotte in and out of showers. the bulk of your heaviest rain is over with. it slowly inches up toward richmond. washington, d.c. you look to stay dry until about 4:00, 5:00 p.m. hefzi heavier rains in d.c. after 6:00 p.m. if you have activities outside you have to watch the rain moving in during the late portion of the day. then early tomorrow morning heavy rain right over the top of new york city. and then we ll take that up to boston as we go throughout wednesday afternoon. so there is some great weather out there today. texas is fantastic. oklahoma city near 80. chicago looks great too and the west coast is fantastic. so no snow and still no severe weather. we get any break from any horrific weather coverage. we ll take it. better than the snow. all right. still ahead, mitt romney, yes, former presidential candidate,
haunted by my decision to not go into the air force. i became a war correspondent out of guilt. some of the people, my friends who went, at least one parish over there. i ve been haunted by that. kimberly: i think serving as a wartime generalist is very commendable, it s a different type of service. it s an important thing. you brought stories to the world throughout your career. geraldo: i ve certainly use that to reconcile myself. dana: i don t think you should feel too bad about it. greg: kimberly? kimberly: that s a thoughtful answer and i wonder about that. if you put yourself in peril to cover the story and to get as close to the front lines as you can whether it was weather coverage, hurricane, war coverage, you ve done an obsolete incredible job giving a lens to people. dana: i agree. kimberly: i don t know if i would change anything, to be honest. greg: [laughs] the perfect life! kimberly: i will tell you why. what i ve really learned and grown so much from t
the grand jury said no charges in the controversial police shooting of tamir rice. reaction pouring in. five weeks until the first votes of the primary season. donald trump campaigning in one of the most important early states. good evening from new york, i m erica hill a rough holiday weekend not showing any signs of letting up. the weather in many areas of the country is down-right dangerous tonight. tornado watches in effect throughout the southeast. flooding fears stretch from texas all the way to the ohio valley while snow and ice are headed to the midwest and parts of the northeast where an unseasonably warm start to winter is suddenly taking a very chilly turn. meteorologist matt leads off our weather coverage for us. good evening. good evening, erica. this storm is not a text book winter storm. it is a text book el nino year winter storm. that is to say an el nino year we flood the country with warmth. the result we get big storms is
left. i want to ask you, how did growing up in this area how did it shape you as a journalist? i want to the east coast and covered politics my heart has always been back here. every spring i was just i ve been in boston covering the boston marathon bombing trial. but every night, i m sitting in my hotel room watching the weather coverage. really hoping that nothing bad is going to happen. back here in oklahoma my family lives here. they go through this every spring. so it s something that i really worry about. the mercy of the sky. i can t wait to finish it. thank you. thank you so much. all right, coming up next some college grads in texas are getting advice from none other than former president george w. bush. there he is. we re going to tell you coming up.