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Events. downtown des moines a ghost town. >> i can imagine that it's going to disrupt a lot of other people who are traveling and trying to get here. >> reporter: a sudden whiteout marking just one layer of this triple winter threat. maggie vespa, nbc news, des moines, iowa. >> all right. for more on all this, let's turn to al roker. al, what are the areas of greatest concern as we go into the night? >> lester, it's flooding and severe weather. 75 million people from new england down into the carolinas under watches and warning. tornado watches into this evening from florida all the way on up ...

Ever african team to make the final in a world cup tournament. that wraps up the hour for me today, i'm jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. lindsey riser picks up with more now. good wednesday morning, i'm lindsey riser at msnbc headquarters in new york. right now millions of americans are facing extreme weather and danger from a dual winter threat that has left multiple people dead, including a child. snow and ice tearing through the heartland and inches towards the northeast right now. in the south more rare tornados are possible today after a terrifying barrage o...

Southeast. in north carolina they are expecting as much of as foot of snow and sleet and freezing rain in some parts of the state, and the severe weather could create dangerous driving conditions and topple power lines. kathy, nearly 64 million americans are under some type of winter threat. my apologize to you and the crew, and i just looked it up and it's 26 degrees and already snowing behind you. >> reporter: yeah, exactly, lindsay. the precipitation started off as snow this morning and switched over to sleet now and it's starting to stick to the roadways, as you can see behind me. we are t...

Keep it? >> yes. that's it. cb ptioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, the major news we're following including the diplomatic blame game with the u.s. and russia accusing each other of escalating tensions in ukraine. as russia holds tank drills near the criewrkian border, the volunteer militias with citizens of ukraine preparing to defend themselves by practicing with wooden rifles. american terrorist, a mother of five from kansas is accused of helping isis and leading an all-female battalion. tonight, her alleged plan to blow up a u.s. shopping mall. new winter threat as the northea...

Receive parts of that $1.63 billion in funding. but clearly added importance and emphasis to the president's remarks today on infrastructure, particularly as it relates to bridges in that state. and particularly in the city of pittsburgh. >> and as we heard, this is not first, it is the second bridge collapse that they have seen in pittsburgh the last two years. we'll be following the president and his comments later today. jeremy diamond, thank you very much. this weekend, a winter storm is expected to slam the northeast with heavy snow and hurricane force winds. the nor'easter could dump u...