Country just in time for the weekend. We have meteorologist adam klotz watching from the Fox Extreme Weather Center with more. Hi, adam. This is a system that continues to spin off the Desert Southwest running from the pacific coast, this will eventually work its way into the Northern Plains on the upper midwest, thats when it is more of a problem than we have seen so far. It really large area that we are talking about especially portions of arizona, all the way north into minnesota. To this lasting probably until sunday, at least for some of those northern regions as this is going to slowly move its way to the north. Heres a future radar in the timestamp in the corner that will help you time this out. It does intensify as it lifts to the north getting into nebraska, the dakotas and minnesota. Those are the spots that see the most rain. You do notice that it pushes off towards the east, everything in front of it is just thunderstorms. The reason for that as it has been too warm in the eastern half of the country and it will stay too warm to support any snow. What are we ultimately talking about . Well, again, through nebraska and the dakotas and getting up and minnesota, there will be spots on the highend etsy as much as 18 inches. I think widespread probably 6 inches of rain. And then it runs into the warm air, talking about thunderstorms, perhaps downpours, but pretty much everybody on the eastern half of the country, when this gets to you it will be rain, because those temperatures have been really warm. Heres what we are looking at for highs, and this does happen all along the frontal boundary, saturday, very warm out in front of the system, 50s in chicago. Fairly similar forecast, 60s in chicago on sunday. That is when the worst is coming down. But it will be right around the frontal boundary. If you are in the area where it is cold on the map, thats where it is going to be snow for you, and yes, it could be a lot of snow. And a lot of people still traveling, so that could slow down some folks. Julie adam klotz, thank you very much. Switching gears to politics and lawmakers on capitol hill remain at an impasse over the Senate Impeachment trial, how Speaker Pelosi still taking heat from republicans over her decision to hold off the two articles of impeachment and not send it down to the senate. She is not backing down today. Nancy pelosi tweeted the facts are clear and every witness told the same story. Despite the president s attempts to cover it up, President Trump abused his power for his own personal gain. Defendourdemocracy. But one democrat says that pelosi is feeling the pressure. Watch list. I think she has realized that she has created an act of malpractice. Currently holding a live grenade, they have pulled the pin out of impeachment, and she does not know what to do with it. I think she will have to proceed and we will have a trial. Julie rich edsons live in west palm beach, florida, with the latest. Hi, rich. Good afternoon, julie. President trump is midway through his two weeks here in florida with a very uncertain impeachment trial in the senate Going Forward if there is one. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi still is delaying a trial, withholding those articles of impeachment that the house passed last week. Democrats want to try to force Senate Republicans to allow witnesses in any senate trial, they say the white house is stonewalling their investigation, and if the president and Administration Officials did nothing wrong, suspending aid to ukraine, than they should have no problem testifying about it. The most Important Information available, the direct evidence is being held from the Judiciary Committee and the congress. And the most important witnesses in this impeachment trial are being kept from the American People and not to be allowed to go forward and testify so that the people can hear the facts and what the jurors, the senators can make a fair verdict based on all of this statements. Congressional republicans say that Speaker Pelosi rush the articles of impeachment through the house and now that she is delaying it, that is proof, they say, that this is nothing more than a political charade. We all know how the story ends. There are not twothirds of the senators willing to convict and remove the president , and as a consequence, and in an election year, for crying out loud, so as a consequence, we all know howw this ends. So taking up space and valuable time, i guess that must be a game plan, but it does not seem like a winning strategy. So this impeachment impasse continues, democrats and republicans are still trying to figure this all out. They are not due back in washington until january 7th. Julie. Julie all right, rich edson, thank you very much paired for more on this, lets bring in john christy, White House Correspondent from usa today. Thank you for talking to us. Steve cohen says that the democrats need witnesses and apparently there is new evidence that needs to come to light. Thats why they want to potentially talk about a potential third article of impeachment. What is this new evidence . Why now . Why so late . Well, i think democrats are talking about some new emails that have come out, and senator schumer in particular has been talking about this email from omb that he emailed to the pentagon. I think that that is part of it. The longer this goes on, obviously, the longer that House Democrats can collect evidence. There has been talk of them may be adding to an article, but i think what this really is about a sort of negotiating obviously the rules of this thing. You know, it is kind of a classic impasse with nancy pelosi saying that she is not going to send these articles over until she sees how the trial will be run, and leader mcconnell saying that he will not do the rules until he sees the articles. It is not entirely clear how they get out of this, but i do think that it is worth remembering that although we are all talking about this now for obvious reasons, these folks are out of town, there was not going to be a lot of work on the trial this week or next week anyway. And perhaps when they all got back from the break in a week and a half or so, there is a chance for them to come together and find some agreement. But right now it is hard to see how that gets done. Julie so pelosi and mcconnell, do they reach a deal . It was interesting, i was looking at what happened in 99 and the impeachment of clinton in 99 and the trial. And they did ultimately come to a deal. Majority leader lot and daschle did write up an agreement, thern no witnesses and witnesses. There is different ways that you can do that, so there is a potential for agreement, the big difference, they are two big differences. One is that in 98 the republicans had a midterm. And they lost seats and a lot of people saw that as a repudiation of the impeachment effort. Democrats have not had that warning shot fired across their ball. I dont think that they have to be as cautious or feel like they have to be as cautious as republicans stayed in 99. The other thing is that President Trump, i think, has a much firmer grip on the party than bill clinton did in 98 in 99. So those two things combined means that these two sides are really more entrenched than they were back then. Julie the wall street Journal Editorial Board member jason riley talks about how the backlash against g. O. P. Senator lisa murkowski, she is facing a lot of people are saying that she is using democratic talking points and saying that she said she is disturbed that the senator leader Mitch Mcconnell is coordinating with the white house. Lets just listen to this and then the employee will have you react. I do wish that she would stop using democratic talking points to make the point that she is making. The house job is done, and the idea that they should have any say in how the senate conducts this trial just is not supported by what is written in black and white in the constitution. Julie is murkowski in trouble, you think . Come 2020 . Is she risking her seat after the controversial mark . Certainly of the remark was notable and newsworthy. It was ambiguous. She is not really saying where she gives yet. And i thought it was interesting that she is the only one of these sort of Senate Republicans that were watching to come out so far along these lines. If house Speaker Pelosis strategy is to see if there can be some division and Senate Republicans, we have one senator murkowski saying and nobody else right now, but i think that it does sort of speak to this a fine line that mcconnell has to walk here. He obviously is working with the white house and needs to make the president adhere to the things that the president in the white house are looking for, but he also has several members of his caucus who may have concerns. Their entire elections coming and he does not have a lot of maneuvering. Julie john christy, thank you very much. Usa today. We appreciate you coming on. A desperate search for a 29yearold alabama women missing over a week. A chilling text to a friend, and what police are looking at now. And is Bernie Sanders the candidate toughest to beat in the 2020 primary . I had why some democratic Insiders Reportedly Believe the vermont socialist could actually clinch the nomination. 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Shed sent a text to at least one friend saying she was not certain where she was or who she was with, but she was afraid that she could be in trouble. That text going to at least one friend. Her family now is trying to keep the search for her alive and going by posting pictures online, the mother saying that she hopes the nightmare ends. The brother also saying that he will continue to search for her. The bank account has not been touched, and when they call her cell phone it goes to voice mail. Police say they are in the same spot they were exactly one week ago when she disappeared. This despite having gone through the Surveillance Video from that bar, they say that they cannot be certain at this point that foul play was involved. Julie, back to you. Julie steve harrigan, thank you very much. Now switching topics. Democratic insiders now believe that Bernie Sanders could win their partys nomination. This is changing quite a bit. This is for some polls showing the vermont socialist among the leading candidates ahead of the iowa caucuses. Political reporting democratic insiders say that they are rethinking sanders bid for a few reasons. First, Elizabeth Warren has fallen in national and early state surveys, secondly, sanders has withstood the ups and downs of the primary including a heart attack. In another candidate with High Expectations such as kamala harris, cory booker, and beto orourke have been relinquished in Single Digits in the polls. Lets bring in the power panel, jason dniester, and hank shine cough, former democratic consultant for bill clintons president ial campaign. Lets start with you, i think a lot of people are surprised by the tenacity that Bernie Sanders has. This man has risen above it all, Elizabeth Warren looked like she was nipping at his heels and rising above him. She is now back down, joe biden leading nationally, but Bernie Sanders could be the nominee . What do you think . There are a couple of things going on right now, julie. Elizabeth warren has lost some support because of her lack of relatability, and you see that in the polls and you see that from support. The other thing is that joe bidens leadership in this pack of candidates has started to erode, because with every gasp and brain was functioning in his debate performances and other things, you are seeing that lead kind of a road. And i think that Bernie Sanders, if you remember in the 2016 election, Bernie Sanders was going to get the nomination, but the dnc, democrats rigged it against him in favor of Hillary Clinton. No one should be surprised that Bernie Sanders is doing well, especially when the radical left is really in control of the Democratic Party today. Speak of the radical right is in control of the republican party, the radical left is in control of the Democratic Party. Both parties have gone to the extreme. Is Bernie Sanders fitting in that center . The answer is, no. Neither side, the president or the Democratic Candidates except for Mike Bloomberg who can get down the senator. He will never make it out of the primary alive, there is no moderate lane today. There is no moderate lane that has been Regional Party representing particular states and moved all the way to the right. That is why the political system is in deep trouble. Speaking as a political scientist. Both parties have lost it. I think the left has. You are entitled to your own opinion. Julie what has led to bernies resilience . If you look at his supporters, they really do not move away from him. Julie he has young supporters, thats the other thing. He has millennials, a lot of millennials that have been supporting him, and you see it with aoc, et cetera. The question is do they turn out . Julie joe bidens at 30 , in june he was at 32 , Bernie Sanders has climbed dramatically, 30 percent in june, now 20. A lot of people have said that the party is moving too far left, Bernie Sanders is called a socialist, and he is against the rich and he also formed a team with aoc that is considered the most liberal he is the antithesis to trauma, he is for medicare for all, for felons voting in this country. I would like to get a word and if i may . Julie you may. Bernie sanders survives because he says things to people in the democratic electric that matter. Health care is an economic issue, not a moral one. It is an economic argument. Other things that matter, student debt will crush that generation of people. Moving money in the exact wrong direction. To speak of the problem with all of the candidates, the Democratic Candidates, how do you vote for a democrat when you have lifted 6 Million People off of food stamps . When you create 7 million jobs . When you have a trade deal when you look at the income gap, candidates when you loo look at the incomep in the country. Julie another conversation i want to have with you guys, because meantime one columnist is warming the Democratic Party getting nasty and the new year. I think that that is assumed, the Washington Examiner philip klein writing this if senator Bernie Sanders remains at the top in iowa in new hampshire, especially with warren in the mix, we are likely to see the simmering tension between the democratic establish mint blowup, and an increasingly ugly waves post quote. Just six weeks out of iowa, the latest rcp pole still has a really clear politics, joe biden leading nationally, but it still has people to judge leading in iowa, you are shaking your head, is that because youre in disbelief . Because buttigieg is another one. As you said, the iowa caucus is around the corner, the gloves will come off. There is a war within the Democratic Party between the establishment democrats in the far left radicals. You will see th