weather headlines. jacqui jeras keeping her eye on another storm. hello, guys. a little warm-up is what s taking place into the northeast. the real heavy hitter comes into play after dark tonight and bring you that accumulating snowfall. you can see a wintry mess in parts of the tennessee valley and then as you head into the northeast we have that snow coming down in places like philadelphia, just outside of baltimore and just rain right now in washington, d.c. it s going to be a wintry mix throughout much of the day today. we already have airport delays this early in the day unfortunately. a ground stop for you in philadelphia until 8:30 local time. we do expect more delays including places like new york city and boston, baltimore, washington, d.c., atlanta and charlotte. you re dealing with fog. then seattle looking for low clouds this morning as well. how much snow are we talking? the i-95 corridor and westward or northwestward is where we expect the heaviest accumulating snow. fo
here into south florida as well because of some of the thunderstorms. are you have guys sick of snow, t.j. and kiran? yes, absolutely. you should be. new york city, you ve had 37 inches of snow so far this year, which is 27, almost 28 inches above where you should be. unbelievable. so complain. and we re going to add to that. yeah. and yesterday was it added up as well. we didn t make a big deal about it and all of a sudden we had three inches. i know. it came down quick. this morning s top stories just a couple of minutes away including everything you need to know about another big toyota recall. 1.7 million carlos worldwide and new questions about quality and safety. she got a shout-out from the president but you have probably have no idea who she is. but she doesn t mind telling you who she is. we ll tell you a moment that was caught on camera and show it to you last night. fat and calorie content laid out. new food labels making it hard to avoid the reality of w
preference of one brooklyn senator. he s proposed this now to make this law. it would make it illegal to use your cell phones, those ipods while crossing the street. this was triggered by this lawmaker well, you remember this video of course. everybody is talking about it these days because of this incident that happened in pennsylvania, a woman looking down at a mall walked right into a fountain. but this lawmaker has brought this up over the years. he s tried this several times, gotten nowhere. maybe he has momentum this time. he also said some people in his district have actually been injured or killed because they are distracted as they walk across the street. that video gives it a little more momentum i guess. poor girl. 49 minutes pals the hour. a check of the weather headlines this morning. jacqui jeras in the extreme weather center for us. what s going on? we ve got a big mess for a whole lot of people up and down the east coast. some of you getting rain, some a little
temperatures, storms with 75-mile-per-hour gusts, lightning and hail moving through overnight. we have pictures of the storm damage. this is st. petersburg, florida. heavy rain and high winds knocked down the gas station canopy. you can see that there. trapping a driver in her car. she was rescued by firefighters, had to be taken to the hospital but doing okay. they also say they were dealing with a lot of trees and power lines knocked down. turn to jacqui jeras who can tell us what to expect today. good morning to you. good morning. it s going to be stormy again but mostly just this morning across parts of florida especially south florida. thunderstorms kicking in around the keys and southwestern parts of the state. that sticks with you until maybe the noon hour before it improves. the big show is what s going on across the east coast today. that s that wintry weather along with a little wintry mix into parts of the northeast. snow in nashville as well as louisville. we have a mix
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