we appreciate it. a lot of states are preparing for what alison is talking about here, this dangerous storm, potentially causing power outages and, as i mentioned, travel woes. airlines have canceled more than 2,000 flight as southeast states are seeing, as you heard her there, the rain, sleet, snow. let s go to nadia romero, live from buford, georgia. what are you seeing there right now? reporter: boris and christi, it is a wet, sloppy and chilly start to our sunday morning. perhaps it s the hour of the day and the fact that we re on the weekend we haven t seen too many cars out here right outside of the i-85 corridor. that s part of the expectation that we re hearing from meteorologists and from local leaders. they ve asked people to stay off the roads over the next couple days as they deal with the winter storms. the concern is not really how many inches of snow but the threat of ice. ice that can really weigh down
administration s, quote, comprehensive response to the marjory stoneman douglas as well. and susan collins has signed on as a bill to offer foreign assistance to authorities. meanwhile, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell yesterday defended his decision last week to block that election security bill. let s switch gears and bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins for a check on weather. hey there, worst weather will be areas of the northeast, philadelphia, new york city, maybe d.c. and boston. isolated and severe weather and chance of flash flooding. 31 million people are at risk of seeing strong storms, maybe wind and hail. that s from washington, d.c. to new york. that s the i-85 corridor, a good chunk of it. some heaviest rainfall from philadelphia to trenton, almost all the way to baltimore.
wind in an eye wall. and that lasted for about 60 miles or so in this line right through here just to the north of columbus, georgia. to the south of auburn, alabama. another storm made its way very, very close to warner robbins air force there and macon here, right between those two cities and many other tornadoes on the ground all night long. in fact, 35 to 36 reports of tornadoes. the longest one maybe could be 65 miles long. and i ll tell you why that s so important. let s get to this map here. i ll give you a tornado signature. this is where we re talking about. columbus, georgia. and that s lee county, alabama right there. i move you ahead to 3:00 eastern time. there s a tornado on the ground very close to tuskegee, following the i-85 corridor. move you ahead a few more minutes. this tornado is still on the ground there. there s the tornado near warner robins. a tornado east of albany north of albany and all along, even
conservatives. they are labeled and care about what you and i care about in terms of jobs and economy. what kind of america where the kids or grand kids grow up in? i would say it is not a model that is unobservant and what one traditionally thinks about social conservative and abortion and things like that. it is an important voting block in south carolina and along the i-85 corridor and some call it the bible belt. those issues will resonate in a significant way all over the state and particularly in that part of the south carolina. you have three folks that are contending hard. newt gingrich, santorum and perry for that block of votes. some evangelical conservatives seem to be go mitt romney s
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