that to sort this out and extend spending levels through the end of the fiscal year. interesting the next couple of weeks, that s for sure. keeps us busy. thank you. ahead, democratic congressman john yarmouth on how his district might be affected. a new winter warning for the northeast. the third straight weekend of snow for the region. dylan dr efrpeyer with the fore. another storm system making its way to new england. it doesn t look like it will pack as much of a punch as initially thought. temperatures in the boston area are running above freezing. 36 degrees in new york some of that rain is actually going to prevent a whole lot of snowfall accumulation. you can see where the rain is. sitting down across the southeast and several inches of rain are possible in the area. moisture streaming from the gulf
in the fog of that falling precip drivers struggled to find their way as you might imagine. more than 30 cars from suvs to semi trailers were left manage geled. they are saying now that survivors are talking about it they suddenly couldn t see out of their car windows and couldn t stop because the roadway was so slick. a tough scene for first-responders to handle. they shut down that stretch of i-75 for hours while they helped out the victims and removed the wreckage. parts of michigan are under a winter warning. they re expecting two fight of lake-effect snow today and tomorrow. back to you. jenna: scary if you have to be out there driving. if you do, a good warning to be careful out there. harris . reporter: chains. jenna: good advice. that s for sure. thanks, harris. jon: just into the fox newsroom comes word that the controversial secretary of energy, stephen chu announced he will be leaving his post once a successor is named. pretty common for
florida, who will be looking into this. congressman, we thank you for your information this morning. good to be with you, thank you. jenna: one of our top stories, scream weather on the east coast and right here in new york as a rare spring noreaster dumps snow in some parts of the state, areas near buffalo are under a winter warning today. it s nearly may. but there s enough snow that power outages are possible as trees can buckle under the weight of all that snow and ice, knocking out power lines and several inches of snow are expected in low lying areas. again, you re taking a look at boston, new york, on your screen there. it looks a lot more like, oh, early oninstead of late april, the national weather service says higher elevations could see more than a fooft snow. snow there up and heavy rain in new york city, as well as lots of other places from the eastern carolinas to southern new england, widespread flood watches and coastal warnings along the east coast and when weather i
there because people see the flashes that go. they re trying to blow a hole in the hull so rescuers can start getting in there is going to make the search and rescue team have better access and make it easier for them to get out. still looking for 29 people who remain unaccounted for if death toll right now is standing at six. there are also stunning new images coming in from under the water today. i want to share that with you. rescuers have to swim through debris in the hull ways. first flat block box has been picked up already and apparently picking up minute by minute betails. since they now located the second black box and divers are trying to retrieve that black box as well. this morning seeing the transcripts of the recorded conversation between the port authority and the captain of the ship. the first time it comes to us from the italian newspaper and the port authority says this. how many people are on board? the captain whose last name is schettino says, 2, 300. kee
can expect some pretty big weather changes. chief meteorologist rick live in the weather room. reporter: big changes for a lot of people. one spot 106 inches, that is about eight feet of snow. that is all around lake tahoe. a winter warning in vehicle in the mountains of l.a. rain will move there very shortly. winter storm watches above 6,000 feet for tomorrow. take a look at the plume of moisture moving in now. heavy rain is going to cause big problems and we could be seeing mudslides from all of the rain. a couple more storms behind it, expect to see the stormy pattern continue. the storm track will be farther toward the north. we are not talking about a southern snow event. take a look at this. very heavy no this weekend across parts of south dakota and north dakota into minnesota. that s an area that has a record-breaking snow pack. that means potentially dealing