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ok. in theaters april 5th. rated pg. good day, im chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. yet another norfolk southern train derails this morning just as the ceo faces members of congress who have a lot of tough questions but dont always get clear answers. a full month after the train crash that got many residents sick, will the railroad keep its word to be in east palestine, ohio, into the future, and what are lawmakers willing to do to make sure he keeps his word...

The latest, american airlines, in march it will knock up the level to what you can get out of the gold status there, 40,000 miles is what youll need now. it was 30,000 miles, ana. that makes it harder to get a free checked bag and upgrades. >> business travelers are the winners because they keep racking up the miles. they may have corporate accounts and its all connected so they benefit. but its like the family who wants to go on vacation from time to time and trying hard to hold on to those rew...

Hold out as a monster system continues marching east. >> morgan, we know residents there in grapevine are still cleaning up from all the damage, but are they expecting a further threat there? >> reporter: yeah, lester, potentially the good news is that north texas should be out of the woods tonight, but the bad news is that this massive system as it continues to march on could hold severe weather threats for the gulf coast and the southeast, and of particular concern, nighttime tornadoes, which ...

Even points more inland, like lafayette and baton rouge, where we are, some 70 miles from the coast, well, those are in harms way as well, with rain and wind, the primary threats as people spend their saturday boarding up. >> this is a very dangerous storm, and we will -- and will possibly bring life-threatening impacts. its a powerful storm. please take this seriously and use this time to prepare. >> operations also underway in neighboring alabama and in mississippi. boats were pulled from the ...

Meteorologist karen maginnis live in the weather center. so severe weather, its impacting millions of americans. >> it certainly is. anywhere between 40 and 50 million people, depending on which advisories and which warnings you look at. and by the way, in south dakota at the time of that crash there was a winter storm warning that was issued for that area. its a monster system that still is impacting portions of the great lakes and midwest. but rapidly moving toward the east. but this is going ...

And the folks in florida have prepared for days for this monster system, it is so ferocious looking. if i lived anywhere along in a east coast of florida, this would be quite intimidating. but lets take a look at it on satellite imagery. it is clearly defined, it has a lot of energy, and that central eye is very impressive. and it is moving towards the west/northwest. take a look at this, all we have to do, just kind of zoom in a bit and you can see just how powerful this is. it is marching towa...

>> thank you. typhoon manghkut roared ashore saturday. packing tajing wind and pounding rain. its moving offshore after cutting a path through the northern philippines. next land fall will be here in southern china. it will likely strengthen. manghkut lost its typhoon status passing through the philippines. its still an extremely powerful storm system. many of the country is north are reporting rising flood waters. debris and damaged buildings. were watching this. at the atlanta cnn severe weath...

Weak on crime. so i wont talk about him. very presidential, isnt it? >> back up, you creep. >> its like pulling al michaels from friday night football because there is was a shooting in a michaels. it makes no sense. >> fitness to be in this office. >> i think thats ridiculous and outrageous claim and doesnt dignify a response from this program. >> im going to go hide in my bed. >> thats "special report" for tonight. the story with martha maccallum is next. we have a brand new update from the na...

So, is atlanta ready this time? meteorologist indra peterson is tracking the storm. lets begin with nick. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this says it all. southeast in the pathway of a double dose of severe weather. who could forget what happened here two weeks ago in atlanta? the state and locally theyre pulling out stops to make sure that doesnt happen again. >> a preview of whats coming tonight from arkansas to alabama. >> this is going to be the monster system that well need to wat...

Devastating than the one that paralyzed atlanta just two weeks ago. more than 890 flights canceled today. the big question, is atlanta ready this time around? could it be a repeat of, unfortunately, this? lets definitely hope that doesnt happen this time. meteorologist indra petersons is tracking the storms ever move. but lets begin in atlanta. how is it looking so far today, nick? >> reporter: good morning. you mentioned the southeast in the path of a double dose of severe weather. who could fo...