equipment inside ukraine. i think the narrative is beginning to sharpen and focus. the question for president putin now, is if he continues on his track it s going to have a negative impact of drawing in more nato troops closer to his border and that s the thing he feels most sensitive about. where the negotiations go at the moment is wide open, ryan. nic robertson live in moscow. thank you for that report. back here at home 2022 is getting off to a chilly start. some states are getting hit hard with snow and freezing temperatures. let s get a check on the forecast with allison chinchar. good morning. good morning. we re talking about snow, ice and even the potential for tornadoes. let s focus on the winter side first. we have winter weather alerts that stretch from arizona up to maine, so this is a pretty wide-stretching storm. most of the snow is going to be focused across the eastern
temperatures. so how could it impact your holiday travel plans? let s check off the new year s day forecast with allison chinchar. hi, allison. good morning, we ve got a smorgasbord of american across the map today. we ve got snow, we ve got ice, we ve got tornadoes, damaging winds and even flooding potential. let s begin with the winter side of the storm. it s a very expansive system. we have winter weather alerts stretching all the way from arizona up to maine, and pretty much everywhere in between. again, when you look at the north side where all of that arctic cold air is already in place you ve got a lot of snow. and some of that snow coming down in pretty heavy bands at times. it s going to make its way from the eastern rockies to the midwest. especially the great lakes region by tonight. for tomorrow morning, as that cold air begins to infiltrate to the northeast, that s where we see impacts there, in terms of cold weather like snow and ice. widespread snowfall totals for area
running out of money to fight them. dry windy weather fueling the flames from arizona up to washington. the wildfire alert level is now at its highest level for the first time in five years. officials report some 33,000 wildfires so far this year. and they have torched an area nearly the size of the state of connecticut. federal officials say they have spent nearly a billion dollars fighting those fires. today the forest service diverted more than half a billion dollars away from recreation and other areas to go towards fire fighting. florida s largest lake right in the center, lake okeechobee has ballooned in size after months and months of punishing rain. weather trackers say florida just had its rainiest four month stretch since the great depression. that s putting serious strain on a 70-year-old dike and we could still be years away from a permanent fix. that barrier is a an extreme risk of collapsing according to the army corps of engineers and crews have asned the flood gates far
thunderstorms with heavy rain in the rockies from arizona up to idaho. showers from northern california, to seattle. showers from philly to new england. and unseasonably warm across the upper midwest and northern plains. 84, omaha. 70 in the twin cities. 74 in chicago. 60s from boston to baltimore. 80s in miami, new orleans, dallas. phoenix hits 92, sacramento 70, and albuquerque, 71. believe it or not, we are getting close to the holidays, huh? is that even possible? weird, just memorial day, right? get your shopping lists ready. calendar says it is early october. when it comes to planning the holiday season at the white house that is believe it or not, not too early for some big decisions. major as in picking the white house christmas tree which is what some planners were doing in wisconsin yesterday. that s right. they eventually settled on one that they say met the requirements. being over 18 1/2 feet tall. the tree will be cut down next month and delivered the day