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ontario, we'll see feet of snow. winter alerts from wisconsin to michigan. we saw snowfall again up to four feet of snow. we're below normal as we go throughout thursday and friday. back to you. >> four feet, insane. >> four feet. >> good luck to the people of buffalo. sure they're well equipped for it. that sounds incredible. michelle grossman, thank you so, so much. really appreciate it. still ahead, former vice president mike pence says republicans will have, quote, better choices than donald trump in 2024. he could be one of them? and another former member of the trump administration is offering up criticism of the former president. that's coming up next. we'll be right back. coming up . we'll be right back.
makes him dangerous. just ahead, the matchup for the major league baseball's world series is set after two thrilling games that went down to the wire on sunday. plus, ukraine braces for even darker days ahead as russia strikes more of its critical infrastructure. and as ped ran javaheri will tell us, the western u.s. gets an early taste of winter. yeah, winter wonderland of sorts snow showers about two months away from christmas eve. nine states under these winter alerts. break these down in a few minutes. french toast the way it's meant to be. try all three flavors. only at ihop. download the app and earn free food with every purchahase. my most t important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neura plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of bin health.
during the commute. the next storm moving across the country set to hit new york city, philadelphia, the northeast. tonight, at this hour, 30 states from california all the way to the east coast already under winter alerts and ginger will time it all out. tonight, the cdc under growing scrutiny after suggesting people infected with covid could leave isolation after five days without any test to make sure. well, what the cdc is now saying tonight about a test five days later, and dr. jha is standing by. we ask him, what kind of test is actually best to know whether you might still be contagious? the major headline involving former new york governor andrew cuomo tonight. what the albany d.a. has now decided on whether to prosecute the case. the court battle involving prince andrew unfolding here in new york. the continuing fallout involving jeffrey epstein and what the judge has now signaled today. tonight, the house committee investigating the attack on the capitol now asking to speak with
alabama, georgia, even into south carolina. some light rain in the mid-atlantic. then we have wintry weather along the great lakes. we're looking at a marginal risk for severe storms. we could see winds gusting to over 60 miles an hour and some hail in some of the storms. it's due to the warm air in place. feeling like spring once again today. 83 degrees in baton rouge, 22 degrees higher than what is typical this time of year. in nashville, 68 degrees, 19 degrees above normal. sbeechb pittsburgh, we're looking at 57 degrees. 62 in norfolk. atlanta, 75. 85 in new orleans. we're going to keep that warmth in place and keep the threat for showers and severe storms in place for friday, saturday, into sunday. talking about the winter part in the nation, we're looking at many, many winter alerts.
good morning. nice to have you with us. right now, millions, multiple states under winter alerts as millions are heading back to work, back to school after the holidays. take a look at this snow. capitol hill is covered this morning. the federal government in d.c. officially closed today because of those winter storms. >> and more than 2,000 schools are forced to cancel classes or g go remotely because of the weather and also covid concerns. but breaking news, the fda has approved pfizer booster shots for those 12 to 15 years old. and elizabeth cohen is joining
coast this weekend. more than 60 people are under winter alerts. it's -- we're gonna have much more on all of that later in the hour. also tonight, the governor's prosecution of the attack under the u.s. capitol. stewart rhodes, founder of the oath keepers, makes its first court appearance under the charge of can seditious conspiracy. this afternoon, his lawyer spoke to reporters just after the harry says not, guilty he intends to fight these charges. we expect some. we've got several witnesses were going to contact. we've been in touch with family -- we plan on presenting evidence. >> rose entered a not guilty. play tonight, he remains in custody. his attorneys say they plan to fight the governments efforts to keep them in jail.
ever meet. >> and the fbi reveals new information about the suspected hostage taker. in the meantime, tough weeks ahead in the battle against omicron as post holiday cases spike. >> this is a very difficult time during this surge. we're seeing high case numbers and hospitalization rates. the good news is there are parts of the country where we're starting to see a plateau and in some cases, an early decline in cases. good evening. i'm poppy harlow. we begin with severe weather, snow, freezing rain, tornados in the southwest and in florida particularly a massive storm has more than 80 million people under winter alerts. the storm will march to new england after battering the south across the southeast. 180,000 homes and businesses without power after the weight of freezing rain and high winds
♪ this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. good evening, everyone over 60 million of us woke up this morning to windchills at or below zero this evening, two-thirds of the country suffering beneath an arctic air mass and heading into a brutal night, including rare ice storm warnings this evening in parts of the eastern carolinas. places that rarely see such a threat. the weather service pulling no punches widespread power outages likely further south, cities including baton rouge, new orleans and boloxie under freeze warnings our emilie ikeda has details. >> reporter: tonight another winter wall line up pummelling the northeast. a january freeze in half the country sends temperatures plummeting 20 degrees below this time of year's average. >> i need all of my layers up, even the mouth and nose. >> reporter: 12 million are under winter alerts.
in the united states. it's now into the canadian maritimes. that's the good news. we're leftover with frigid winds, gusty windchills. that will be the big story today and over the next couple of days. we saw hurricane force winds, coastal flooding, snow up to 30 inches in some spots. but i did want to show you this radar, to show you how close that snow is. but it's officially out of here. we are waving good-bye to this blizzard, and it did reach blizzard criteria in many, many spots. this is a look at radar over the last three hours. the last of any winter alerts dropped at 7:00 a.m. we are just in cleanup mode at this point. a look at our snowfall totals. we saw a foot of snow at the jersey shore, we saw 7 1/2 inches in philadelphia and new york city. islip, 2 feet of snow. hartford, 9.4. you notice once you go further inland, the amounts were much lesser, but 21.3 in providence. boston broke a record more their daytime total snowfall of 23.6. and in massachusetts, 30.9.