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Wind chill in the high teens. its a drastic turn around in 24 hours. the dakotas got pummelled with a lot of snow. they had a lot of wind as well which closed a lot of the highways. 250 miles almost of highways closed because of driving conditions. we saw an interesting picture here in minnesota. there was an ice house. they like to fish and cant get on the frozen lakes. this particular lake wasnt ready to handle the weight of the ice house. it collapsed. over in wisconsin, we got pictures of te...

Delays coming out of mia, and the reason the delays are not because of a problem here but because of the snow across the country. as we go from the misery map from flight aware, you can see there are 121 flights right now delayed and five cancelled, and not a horrible day, but of course it was cascade throughout the day, the domino affect impacts how everybody travels and if you have a flight today, you need to know its going to be probably delayed or a little hassle, and hopefully your trip wil...

Thats just been continuous since the morning hours from jackson to nashville, all the way into the western piedmont of north carolina. rain through the mid atlantic, new jersey, and then across long island, still seeing plenty of wet weather. to the north, we are seeing light snow, and that is falling into up state new york and northern new england. if youre flying out today, you heard about the misery map. this is what we can expect for the weekend. nor delays possible. and even in i think a be...

Busy day ahead for travelers at the nations airports and roads. triple a said this holiday season could be a record breaker with up to 103 million people on the move. nbcs tom costello at reagan national airport just outside of washington, dc. tom, you look warm. you look rested. you look like you had some coffee. how are the travelers behind you? >> reporter: i should run for election, dont you think? here whats going on. we have a really good travel day, for december 23rd, this aint bad at all...

They handled it well. lets check the misery map. there isnt much misery in the country now. we have less than 400 delays. essentially they have run way construction delaying things. we have delays in san francisco because of heavy wind and rain. thats delaying things. you can see denver has red. we have weather in the midwest. not expected to be accumulation. these airports can slow it down slightly. 30,000 flights a day. so this is really a drop in the bucket. atlanta, chicago, alexlax, denvt

Chance to get out of town that means the gates here at reagan national just outside of washington will be crowded with members of congress and their staffs. while outside, we wait to see some know plows, we could get up to 8 inches in the spot im standing right now. thats a lot for d.c. if we get that much, the federal government will almost certainly close up shop, theyve done so for less. when that happens, remember, just a third of the 300,000 federal workers in the area are on the hook for a...

The more red that you see, the more misery at that particular airport. some of the highlights. new york, d.c., chicago, atlanta, houston, dallas, denver, lax and san francisco. all of those are on the high scale of the misery map because of those delays. now, brooke, if you are a procrastinator and you spent a lot of time at the airport, you can use your time wisely and get those extra gifts for those extra people in your life that you might want to give something for the holidays. brooke? >> ye...

Was snow in chicago, rain in the southeast and more rain in the northeast but somebody snuck that present into that gift because thats a situation were dealing with today. were in laguardia where brooke spent many hours yesterday. right now its smooth sailing for travelers. almost nobody is in this particular area. i want you to take a look at the gate. what does it mean when you have snow in chicago, rain in the southeast and northeast? it usually means that monitors like these light up like ch...

Flights here at laguardia and 28 delays. as i was showing you just now, the ticketing area looks okay, it looks decent. people are strolling about with their bags, with their kids and checking in. but lets take a look around the country. we have something called the misery map from flightaware.com. take a look at that. that gives you a better picture. some folks are stuck at the airport. you can see the wheels there, those circles, those rings, those are the rings of misery. the more red that th...

Bad news? >> well, let me tell you something, travelers, there was one thing they did not ask for for christmas and that is snow in chicago and rain in the southeast and in the northeast. why is that such a big deal? thats where the airline hubs are so if the delays are there, they spread all over the country. you can see over my shoulder these monitors. we see them at every airport and right now theyre lighting like christmas trees and i dont mean in a good way. that means there are delays and ...