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ok. in theaters april 5th. rated pg. good day, i'm 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 don't 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? plus, president biden about to lay down a critical marker ahead of the 2024 presidential race ...

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 you'll 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 it's all connected so they benefit. but it's like the family who wants to go on vacation from time to time and trying hard to hold on to those rewards to pay for a trip, it's just unfortunate that it makes it more and more difficult for people...

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 numbers show can be more than twice as deadly. lester. >> morgan chesky, thank you for that. this ...

Even points more inland, like lafayette and baton rouge, where we are, some 70 miles from the coast, well, those are in harm's 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. it's 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 water. people moving to higher ground because although louisiana is forecasted to take a direct hi...

Meteorologist karen maginnis live in the weather center. so severe weather, it's 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. it's a monster system that still is impacting portions of the great lakes and midwest. but rapidly moving toward the east. but this is going to linger across northeastern new england over the next day. lots of delays. plenty of them. and i...