In this fancy neighborhood thats the word of the day Eddie Murphys deliriously funny return to saturday night live. Early today starts right now good morning im dara brown. Im phillip mena. Christmas is just two days away, but this extreme Winter Weather is not making it easy for Holiday Travelers. Winter weather snarled traffic for millions on the road who are running into ice, freezing fog, and rain across the u. S. , nearly 4,000 flights were delayed this weekend, and there was some frustrating situations at a couple major airports. Nbcs Morgan Chesky joins us now from one of them reporter phillip, good morning. Just a few days to go until christmas, conditions not making it easier for the Holiday Travelers. With a Record Number of people taking to the air and hitting the roads, everyone is going to need to be keeping a close eye in the days ahead. The Holiday Travel rush brought to a scary halt on virginia roads. A 70car pileup accident, shutting down interstate 64 in both directio
The newcracker ballerina with an inspiring season for the holiday. Early today starts right now good morning im phillip mena im dara brown. Holiday travel rush was brought to a scary halt on virginia roads after a nearly 70car pileup shut down interstate 68 in both directions near williamsburg. At least 51 people were injured. Despite potentially dangerous weather more than 100 million americans are choosing to drive to their holiday destinations. At least 4 Million People are under flash flood watches across the southeast where there is a storm system expected to dump heavy rain and bring with it gusty winds. Nbc meteorologist janessa webb is here with our latest forecast good morning ill get that out. Good morning. This is a very impressive and messy system that is impacting the southeast and now portions of the midatlantic. South carolina, charleston, to north carolina, youre on our radar, along with atlanta. So we are going to see these major hubs like atlanta, jacksonville, florid
Surface temperatures dipping close to freezing. Lets get to Veronica Johnson. The National Weather service issuing Winter Weather advisories as we get ready to get the first snow of the season. Calverto stafford and under the advisory. It starts at midnight and runs through 4 00 saturday. We could see one to two inches of snowfall. The high is 42. We will have more, coming up. On the roads, lanes are open. This crash is gone as you approach powder mill road. Delays are improving quickly for those traveling out of laurel. All lanes are open. Ride virginia, a 19 minute on the northbound side. The earlier crash we had southbound in dumfries has cleared. To the update the ride west on 66 in 10. Yournna we are always on side with traffic alerts. Get the latest sent to your phone. Inria a massive response just the. More than 50 firefighter more firefighters are putting out flames at a hotel. It was put out quickly. No one was hurt. Adrianna we are watching the developments in the fight again
Police are searching for two people who may be connected to what happened at the minnesota avenue station. Police are looking for these two men. They got into an argument with another man. Someone started shooting. These two took off. The third man shot in the arm is expected to be okay. Adam tuss is headed to the rail station. Coming up at 5 00, hell explain what drivers need to do this morning to stay safe on metro. Back to you. Thank you, chris. Its 4 31. A serious wrongway crash left one person dead and another critically injured in maryland. This is a look at footage from chopper 4. This is the outer loop not far from fedex field. That car and truck you see there collided head on around 9 30 last night. Theyre trying to figure out why one of the cars was going in the wrong direction. Updates in the nbc washington app. We have new information on hero hit and killed on i270. Sander cohens funeral will be held sunday. He had pulled over to help fbi special agent carlos wolff who cras
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