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So if you are getting a flight today, are catching a flight, it's best to check with the airline. if you're hitting the roads, in missouri, interstate 44 very slick out there. the whole midsection of the country feeling the brunt of the severe weather system from mexico up towards wisconsin. seeing places like oklahoma waking up with severe weather, ice, freezing rain, kansas hit hard, as well. a big concern as far as airport travel is chicago, o'hare. so be mindful if you're traveling out of that airport. but here we're just sort of waiting for the worst of it, guys. it hasn't gotten too bad ...

People expected to hit the highways over the next few days. where the ice and snow hasn't started, rain is coming down in buckets with flash flooding being reported in indiana. it's all adding up to one big travel mess. cnns nick valencia has the latest from kansas city. >> reporter: all day in kansas city, temperatures hovering in the 20s. it feels more like it's in the teens. snow flurries have been going on and off all day long. it's created problems for those on the road. interstate 44 in missouri has been a big concern for officials. the slick road conditions causing travelers to take the...

Continuing to push to the east. so interstate 44 not easy going right now. we were talking about that severe threat. we have a slight risk across much of the mississippi river valley, on into the ohio valley. we also have a moderate risk, including places like shreveport, jackson, little rock, memphis, even nashville, as we go through the afternoon. these are the areas you'll want to watch out and pay attention. we could see isolated tornadoes and damaging winds along with these. so tracking the storm system, this is today, this evening. and you can see through memphis, little rock, even north...

I've been on the phone with most of the local leaders here. i'm getting ready to go down to wanesville, missouri. down near branson and the holster area. a very long night. >> you had to delay your trip to wainsville because the rins were so hard and the flooding so great. give us a sense now of what your state needs. you've been declared a state of emergency. what kind of assets would you like to see come in. >> we're focused right now. we have plenty of assets. we're kused on making sure people are safe. we had to close a number of roads. interstate 44, primary artery for the country we had ...

Up next the top stories in the political play book including media matters. and nbc the hillary clinton projects on those networks. first, here is bill karens with a check on the forecast. >> 24 hours ago i told everyone about horrible flooding in missouri. we are doing it all over again in the exact same location. yesterday the wanesville area had the horfbl flooding. over in newburg the town is being evacuated about 200 to 300 people because of excessive rain. all of the bright reds and yellow have thunderstorms. i can keep zooming out. in almost all of southern missouri seeing torrential ra...