get back on the road again. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, this memorial day weekend is already a recordbreaker when it comes to travel. the tsa reporting its highest number of travelers screen on a single day friday with a nearly 3 million passengers. but all of this is extreme weather is causing havoc in states across the middle of the country. dozens of tornadoes were reported across five states, causing widespread destruction in oklahoma, kansas, and texas. at least 11 people now have died from the storms and even more severe weather is expected on the way this weekend. he worked so hard on that room. i feel really bad for them but it is going to work out. tough times, we have reporters in place covering all of these new developments. we are going to go now to valleyview, texas. that is where at least seven people were killed in the store. joining us now, nbc s priscilla thompson. priscilla, actuall
it s called the atmospheric river. it s a river in the sky. it s a plume of moisture that continues to bring in the very heavy rain. you can see the darker colors here, the greens, yellows, oranges indicating that rain is falling. so we do have a flood threat because we have the be burned areas in many spots in southern california. that s the concern over the next several days. this is a set up. we had the first area of low pressure come through yesterday. now it moves to the four corners. they ll we ll have the another storm on christmas day. it will bring high elevation snows. we re bringing in 8 feet in some spots. that s a lot of snow in the highest elevations of the sierras. we re looking at snow in the cascades. lots of cold air in place. we could see snow possible in seattle, rain down into san francisco. chris, in the contrast, as you mentioned before, looking at summer-like weather in the central and southern plains. a lot of people barbecuing. the temperatures in the mid 80
have a bluetooth shutter. you re kidding? so then you can do whatever you want and shoot pictures. but they make an option this is high-tech stuff. that goes in that spot. now you have a tripod. everybody can be in the picture and still shooting it. this is the art of the true selfie. let s take one. the bluetooth is set to the speaker, that s why it didn t oh, got it. the case is under 50 bucks, tripod under 20 bucks. people barbecuing in the backyard and they re always they light the fire and then blowing on the ashes, expanding ashes. this is barbecue dragon where you set the fan. wow. so you can get those embers going really fast. for your charcoal barbecue. it takes forever.
but you slide this out and you have a bluetooth shutter. you re kidding? so then you can do whatever you want and shoot pictures. but they make an option this is high-tech stuff. that goes in that spot. now you have a tripod. everybody can be in the picture and you can still be shooting it. this is the art of the true selfie. let s take one. the bluetooth is set to the speaker, that s why it didn t oh, got it. the case is under 50 bucks, tripod under 20 bucks. people barbecuing in the backyard and they re always they light the fire and then blowing on the ashes, expanding ashes. this is barbecue dragon where you set the fan. wow. so you can get those embers going really fast. for your charcoal barbecue. it takes forever. it does. speeds it up from 20 minutes to 5 minutes.
believe me, that is saying something. this has been the worst fire season in texas history, and this is the worst of more than 35 fires burning right now. it s southeast of austin in bass strup county. and 1,000 other homes are threaten threatened. firefighters are attacking on the ground and in the air. and chris welch is in the thick of it. are they making any headway at all? caller: not exactly. this is a very bad day for fighting a fire to put it lightly. officials here caution, you know, they asked everybody to evacuate yesterday in the hardest hit areas. this fire continues to move south, moving through neighborhoods. now, thankfully this is one thing i think we can be thankful for, moving into areas that are less populated. and they expect the number to grow today. i want to give aquick look at the plumes we have been looking at today. we have seen the smoke rise and fall as it goes through the thicker woods, as it goes through grass. you see less smoke and more as i