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Just yesterday. joins me is bret adair, who is in egypt, mississippi. bret, can you give us the latest from your end? >> yeah, weve got a pretty serious situation involves from the tupelo area all the way south at the moment with several supercell thunderstorms that are producing tornadoes, as you guys have been made aware of, such as the one that hit tupelo a few moments ago. >> bret, do we have a sense of whether there are -- when tornadoes hit, theres obvious a period of time during which an ...

Of rain as it comes in and the freezing rain, thats what you see on the trees. thats what you see on the power lines. the weight of this ice and snow on top of it, the weight will bring down trees, the weight is bringing down power lines. want to switch over now to show you our camera here on the road, here on interstate 20. we are following these power crews as they do their work. we know at least 187,000 people are without power. that number continues to go up by the hour. but again, the conce...

Chances. they are loading up and wiping out store shelves. where is this monster headed next? >> you cant fool them twice in atlanta. got the storm two weeks ago, all prepared for it other areas around it, not the case. look how big this storm is, neil, goes from all of new england, from maine, back toward misand everywhere in between, we are going to be talking about snow, the area we are most concerned for ice is just to the south of the atlanta area, toward macon, interstate 20 there some are...

Historic devastation expected from a winter storm. were watching that here on msnbc. up to 100 million people are affected from texas to new england, and the big concern is ice. and heres a live picture of columbia, south carolina. can you see it where the snow makes a pretty scene, but hey, bill karins, looking at that, everythings whited over there. >> thats columbia, south carolina. >> you wouldnt know it. >> no. >> that monster of a thing youre watching. >> yeah, its well under way, the ice ...

Jenna: he found out he could charge more. were going to switch gears to a big story, the massive winter storm affecting a big part of the country, especially the south and this winter storm system is just getting started. heavy snow and sleet and freezing rain hit states from texas to the carolinas, folks are bracing on east coast for this rough weather that is about to arrive. in the fox extreme weather center. what do we have in store for everybody? >> all of us at this point are done with it....

It down but it looks like anything before one to four inches. and then we go later into the forecast and it pushes towards the carolinas. interstate 20 in the southeast is going to be treacherous. and into south carolina. north carolina, maybe into south eastern virginia, we could see this event in a broad area that is going to be difficult to pin down but you need to stay aware. could see troubles as far as airline traffic is considered too. >> thank you very much. is it going to be a repeat on...

Folks are going to see ice. we tell you where those areas are now. all the way from the arklatex, could start out like ice, places like oklahoma, tulsa, make our way to northern mississippi. birmingham, atlanta may start out as ice or freezing rain. then were expecting snowfall. how much? a lot of the computer models are saying a couple inches. huntsville, alabama, could be two or four. for atlanta, a couple of inches. on top of ice, watch out. those roadways could be very razz did you say, inte...

Days. >> is a very dangerous situation in teks and new mexico. also west texas. but now that is spreading toward the east and it does include the dallas metroplex. already an icy mixture. little bit of freezing rain and sleet reported between interstate 20 and interstate 10. this is what were looking to see, kind of the bulk of the icy situation. but the dynamics of this storm system are going to be changing as we head towards that all important travel day that will effect tens of millions of pe...

From freezing and several of our roadways, major routes, as you mentioned, interstate 10, interstate 20, interstate 40 and other major roadways to try to keep them passable. but all that we do, of course, is then impacted by continuing precipitation. so, the main thing is well be out there patrolling, plowing snow and ice as we can, putting materials out to melt the ice that does form and trying to protect the traveling public. >> and, you know, these ice storms come and go. we know texas has ha...

Based tax on sales covering both goods and confeservices. north carolina income tax accounts for the revenue. reporters say the uneven results on a year over year basis make it hard to plan for an annual balanced budget. a fight for faith is now heating up in a small mississippi community over a giant cross. the first baptist church wants to build a 110-foot tall cross on its property which runs along side interstate 20. the mayor says the cross is considered an auxiliary structure. under city l...