Sony hack . And road rage. Oh, my god she just hit our car. Shes pushing us off the road. A frightening incident in Northern California all caught on tape. The driver of a pickup truck prelentlessly pursuing two women in another car until they safely reach police leaving us wonder where is the holiday spirit today, tuesday, december 23rd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. That scene out of Northern California on a highway reminds you while the holidays are supposed to be a joyous time, not for everybody. To hear the screams and the panic in the voices of those passengers, well have more details of what went down there. Exactly. Lets get right to our top story, though. Huge storm is coming at the worst possible time, on Christmas Eve. It could be a nightmare for millions of travelers. So if you can get to where youre going today, you might want to try to do that. Dylan is keeping an eye on all of this. Good morning. Good morning. Tomorrow is the big storm. Todays no picnic either. Heavier rain down toward dallas. Rain moving north of chicago. Snow through omaha. Thunderstorms down through the southeast. So the eastern twothirds of the country dealing with all sorts of wild weather today. Watch as we go through the day. We are looking at this area of low pressure to organize a little bit. Potential for strong storms down along the southeast. That could cause delays, especially airports like atlanta. We are looking at rounds of heavy rain and storms through date today making their way up into the northeast as we go into Christmas Eve day. We could also see some accumulating snow through the afternoon and evening Christmas Eve back through chicago and this whole storm will continue to pull away as we go into Christmas Day. Today is a mess. Tomorrow is the bigger mess up and down the east coast. Possibility of flash flooding, especially down near the gulf coast where some of those storms will be strongest today. Tallahassee could pick up as much as four inches of rain. And that will extend all the way up and down the east coast with as much as one to two inches of rain from the midatlantic up into new england. We will see again the possibility of accumulating snow out there chicago as we go through tomorrow afternoon but it, again, is just starting to get raining down in atlanta. Thats where Gabe Gutierrez is right now. Theres also a lot of fog out there right now. Right, gabe . Dylan, good morning. This is the worlds busiest airport. Because so many people connect through here, weve been seeing a steady stremme of travelers and plenty of rain and low clouds, which could cause issues later in the day. So far, no major delays. As we take a look at flight awa aware. Com socalled misery map, we can spot a few delays in d. C. And new york. Well be taking a close look at atlanta and chicago as this storm rolls through. Tomorrow, Christmas Eve, well be watching hubs throughout the midwest and east coast, which could see also more delays. Aaa expects more than 98 million american also travel this Holiday Season. The weather may not be great. But, hey, at least gas prices will be done. In atlanta for us, Gabe Gutierrez, thank you again. Now into the investigation of the murder of two nypd officers. Police are working to track down the movements of the alleged killer in the hours before the shooting. Tensions between the police and the mayor of the nations largest city remain strained. Stephanie gosk has more from brooklyn. Stephanie, good morning. Reporter good morning, tamr tamron. Some officials and former officials in this city have made a link between the murder of these two officers and the ongoing protests against police tactics. Thats a link that the mayor of this city firmly rejects. A bride just two months ago. The liu family would like to express our gratitude. Reporter the widow of new York City Police officer wentjin liu thanked supporters. Lie and Raphael Ramos murdered saturday are being mourned by the city they served. Police are trying to learn more about their killer as families plan their funerals. His sister says her brother was troubled and needed help. Clearly, something is wrong. He should have been offered help in the system. But he wasnt. Right . But he wasnt. Newly released Surveillance Video shows him at a mall. Instead of holiday shopping, police say his plans included murder. Less than three hours later, he gunned down the two officers in their patrol car. It captures the crimes immediate and chaotic aftermath. Now the citys Police Commissioner has this warning. We received a number of what i would describe as copycat types of threats and we have been investigating. Reporter a concern that has Police Departments from coast to coast taking extra precautions after protests following the deaths of Michael Brown and eric garner the head of the police union was critical of bill de blasio. Theres blood on the hamany hands and it starts on city h l hall. When i speak im speaking on behalf of new York City Police officers and this is how they feel. Reporter the mayors response. I need to support them, regardless of what they feel. Reporter in brooklyn, new yorks finest keep coming, wave after wave, to pay tribute to their two murdered colleagues. The funeral for officer ramos has been set this weekend. There is no date for officer lius funeral, the commissioner says they are still trying to fly over some of his family from china. Tamron . Stephanie gosk, thank you very much. The internet appears to be working again in north korea after an outage blanketed that country for hours t came after the government said north korea was to blame for the Sony Pictures cyber attack. Hallie jackson, good morning. Good morning, matt the outage may have been a routine glitch or it may have been something more suspicious, like a coordinated attack on north koreas internet. All this has south korea reportedly beefing up its cyber deferences with sony going offense online. The elite few in north korea who have the internet apparently can once again access it after a 9 1 2 hour outage cut them off from the rest of the online world. Thats nothing ive seen before in north korea. Reporter raising eyebrows, aa week after the u. S. Blamed north korea and promised to respond. Well respond in a place and time and manner that we choose. Reporter two u. S. Officials familiar with the situation are denying an american role in the north korean outage but the state department was not as definitive. Some will be seen, may not be seen. Reporter sony has a response of its own in response to people placing leaked information online. Asking twitter to suspend the account of someone revealing emails and suspend any other use us user who is seeking to disseminate information. Sony hackers stopped leaking information after the studio announced it would pull the interview, featuring a plot to kill kim jong un. It will release the controversial comedy somehow. What do the hackers have . What would they release . Will they do anything if sony goes ahead with the release of this film . Reporter coalition of theaters said they would support sony and show the movie if it allows it or stream it online for the world to see, provided there is working internet. A small Theater Group plans to do a free reading of the interview script, calling it as much a political statement as a theatrical event. Thanking their employees for professionalism during what they call this, quote, extremely difficult time. For sony, it may not be over. Matt . Hallie jackson in los angeles, thank you very much. Meanwhile an alleged gun smuggling ring has been busted. Natalie is following the details of that story and others. Baggage handler for Delta Airlines is under arrest, charged with helping a smuggler take guns in his carryon bag if on flights from atlanta to new york. Pete williams has more on this developing story. Pete, good morning. Reporter natalie, this was part of an investigation by police in new york, tracing the illegal flow of guns into the city. It could raise new questions about security at the atlanta airport. Federal agents say a 31yearold baggage handler for delta in atlanta, eugene harvey, agreed to help a former deltaplyy to sneak guns on to flights to sell on the street. That man has also been arrested. Harvey used his Airport Security badge to enter the airport terminal and later go into a concourse bathroom. The former employee entered that same bathroom and walked out one minute later with 18 handguns in his carryon, allowing the smuggler to get the guns after going through tsa screening. Court documents say Surveillance Video shows whats apparently a similar handoff late last month. Police in new york say all the smuggled guns were bought by undercover officers. Natalie . Pete williams in washington, thank you, pete. Texas weatherman shot twice outside his tv station is speaking out. Patrick crawford, ambushed in his tv station parking lot last week spoke to reporters monday at the hospital where he is being treated. The man that shot me didnt say many words to me. There was no interaction whatsoever. It was he just started shooting at me as i was leaving the parking lot of kcn tv station. Police have release this had sketch of the suspect, but no arrests have been made yet. Crawford continues to recover in the hospital. The Consumer ProductSafety Commission is recalling more than 6 million keurig coffee makers. The mini plus brewing system with the model number k10. For more information, go to today. Com. Lots of people have that coffee maker. Health alert for you as well. Deadly new virus is believed to be spread by ticks and other insect, the bourbon virus. One person in kansas with the virus has died. Health officials cannot say whether that was the direct cause of death. In college football, miami beach bowl turned into a punch bowl on monday. Take a look at this scene after memphis clinched a wild 5548 Double Overtime victory over byu. Things got really ugly as players from both teams started throwing punches and helmets. It was just mayhem on the field. Byu issued an apology on twitter saying, quote, we expect better of our athletes, even in the fa face of a difficult loss. Distinguished himself from that sucker punch from behind there. No. Not going to want to see that tape over and over again. Dylan, youve got the rest of your forecast . Yes. And all across the country, something not good is going on. Snow through the Northern Plains and upper midwest. Wintry mix through parts of minneapolis. Strongest storms along the gulf coast. We could end up with isolated tornados and gusty winds. We are looking for pockets of heavy rain up and down the east and coast. And there is a lot of fog. Also in the southwest, santa ana its a sale so big, kohls is open 24 hours all day and all night kohls is open 24 hours now through 6pm Christmas Eve get all of your last minute gifts, and save when you want to. Plus, everyone gets kohls cash. Find your yes. Kohls. And a good Tuesday Morning im meteorologist michelle fwroeszman. Grab your umbrellas. Were tracking the chance for light rain and drizzly and fog and temperatures mild in the mid50s. 48 to 52. It is wednesday, Christmas Eve that were watching for the potential for some heavy rain. Also pretty breezy, 62. Windy on Christmas Day. 51 degrees and a nice end to the week. 53. Lots of sunshine. Into the weekend, well track some mild air. 50s and then by monday a high of 42. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you very much. A california woman is under arrest after police say she tried to run another car off the road. Betty nguyen has more on that. Good morning. Good morning, tamron. This story gives a whole new meaning to the phrase the fast and futurious. Driver identified as 50yearold deidre arozko is behind bars, tailgating a white mazda. As she passed the sedan those passengers, quote, made a rude hand gesture. From there, things spiraled out of control. Oh, my god. Go, go, go, go, go reporter in this dramatic vitdio posted on youtube, seen accelerating, brake checking passengers in a white mazda several time. We have a vehicle that has been following us. She keeps trying to tell us to pull over. Swerving in front of us. Were in the white mazda, yes, maam. Reporter the women speed up to get awith an from arozko. She keeps trying to get us off the road. Im freaking out. Dude shes going to [ bleep ]. She just hit our car. Shes pushing us off the road. Yes, shes pushing us off the road. Shes coming for us. Arozko got out of her car and flashed an unknown type of identification card, claiming to be a sheriff, telling the two women they were going to jail. Shes saying shes a cop, knocking on our window, saying shes a cop. Reporter the women sped away to arozko, flagging down an officer. Make sure he helps us, please. Help us. Reporter they met up with arozko at the exit and arrested her. Relieved that the ordeal was over. She was definitely coming after us specifically, and wanting to harm us somehow. Who knows what she would have done to attack us. She definitely wanted to make her point. Reporter arozko faces reckless driving, obstructing an officer, assault with a deadly weapon. The two women were not seriously injured but, tamron and matt, they were shaken by it all. Unbelievable. Crazy. It is. Betty, thank you very much. A lot of sadness with the news of the death of the great, the great musician, joe cocker, died at the age of 70 after battling lung cancer. Craig melvin is here with a look back at his life. I love this guys music. You and a lot of other people. He was blues, rock n roll, he was raw. Modeled that voice, one of the most recognizable in all of music, after the legendary ray charles. Ray charles once said the three best soulful voices he had ever heard were aretha franklin, marvin gaye and joe cocker. Rock n roll lost a piece of its soul yesterday. You are so beautiful reporter there is no mistaking that distinct ras py voice, joe cocker. He died in his colorado home monday, losing his battle with lung cancer what would you do if i sang out of tune reporter the rock legend first gained attention at woodstock with his classic take on the beatles little help from my friends. Little help from my friends reporter Paul Mccartney calling him a lovely guy this morning, adding that cocker totally turned the song into a soul anthem and i was forever grateful for him for doing that. Looking at these songs 40 years later, you realize he really had something unique. I got to stop believing all your lies reporter known for his unruly hair and onstage gyrations, his career spanned five decades, fell off the chart notice 70s when heavy alcohol and drug abuse nearly ended his career n 1982, he made a comeback. Love lifts us up where we belong up where we belong featured in an officer and a gentleman, earned him a grammy for best song. At a concert back in september, billy joel paid tribute to joe cocker. I think he should be in the rock n roll hall of fame. Im throwing in my vote for joe cocker. You are so beautiful to me few doubt that he will get into the hall of fame soon but many wonder what the heck took so long. He leaves behind his wife, pam, brother, stepdaughter and grandchildren as well. Said his wife, pam, saved his life. I was listening to someone on the radio talk about him today and they said, i think, the ultimate compliment. Anybody that can take a beatles song and make it their own. And have the beatles compliment it. Exactly. He really infused ray charles into rock n roll, even though he was english, he was so closely associated with american soul music. Yes. Tragic loss. One of the greats. Number 97 on their list of top 100, rolling stone, crazy to me. Last 24 hours, ayou can imagine, 330,000 hits, joe cocker, unfortunately losing him. Ringo starr writing, goodbye and god bless. Bette midler says i loved joe cocker. I saw him live many times and was always amazed at his range and soul. The theme song to the wonder years in 1986 and danica, who played winnie, wrote rip joe cocker. This is a day you want everything joe cocker stuck in your head. Mom of a missing Pennsylvania College student speaks out on the familys desperate wait for answers about what happened to their son. Also ahead, this almost sounds like something outative movie. Wife of a cuban spy gets pregnant while her husband is in a u. S. Prison and wait until you hear how the u. S. Helped make this happen. First this is today on nbc. 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