chief meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz has the thanksgiving forecast. >> reporter: most of the country this thanksgiving is enjoying some peaceful weather. one area we will watch up into the northeast a lot of clouds and for most of the northeastern states and most of the same in friday and most in rain and northern new england seeing a bit of sun. everybody else pretty mild and dry. one other part to watch is the pacific northwest. another round of heavy rainfall moving in, some gusty winds and the rain slides down the coast as we head into friday and saturday to start the weekend and eventually heading all the way into central california as we look towards saturday. this is part of a bigger pattern change for us and talk about it issues. minor delays around new york and seattle. otherwise, coast-to-coast, pretty quiet. here is the pattern shift. as we move toward the holiday week colder air in the west and produce mountain snow and resurgence of warmer air and mild conditions in the middle of the country to end the holiday after thanksgiving.vel home - i'm meteoro

chief meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz has more on the holiday weather. >> reporter: we continue to track the storm system which is slowly moving across the country, brought some snow yesterday to the upper midwest and now it heads eastbound and with it a weakening state so we will still see showers and a few the graks and move into the northeast on thanksgiving day. a lot of that rain, unfortunately, in the southeast all dries up which is good for travel but not necessarily for the drought that continues there. stormiest area is the pacific northwest and strong moves in on late thanksgiving and mountain snow reaching down into northern california and also bring fre snowfall in for the thanksgiving holiday. cascades upwards of snow in the highest elevations. airports hubs, wednesday, minor delays around minneapolis, chicago and seattle. on thanksgiving itself watching places like new york, light precipitation, maybe a few delays and, again, seattle will be the story and coast-to-coast, your thanksgiving looks like this. pretty mild and dry across the southern states

eric fisher, our chief meteorologist at cbs in boston, wbz, eric, what is coming next? >> scott, the winds will continue to crank. lake effect machine going through overnight into tomorrow. some towns will pass 30 inches of snow from the first big lake effect event of the year. tomorrow watching a developing storm in the middle of country. that will bring rain to chicago midweek. wintry mix across the upper midwest. and a wintry mix, in the northeast. as we head into thanksgiving itself. the stormiest part of the country, the pacific north west. round of rain swinging into washington state, oregon, northern california. one to three feet of mountain snow expected here and windy conditions at the coastline. that will go through friday. but look at our coast to coast on thanksgiving day. dry, mostly mild across the southern tier states. light, wintery mix, moving through the northeast. stormiest across the pacific northwest. not a major storm on thanksgiving day, scott, a few pockets here and there. >> eric fisher, wbz, thank you. >> adding to the travel worries possible s

eric fisher is our chief eric, what's coming next? >> reporter: well, scott, these winds will continue to crank tonight, and the lake-effect machine still going through the overnight into tomorrow, and then it starts the taper off. some additional snowfall, some towns well past 30 inches of snow from this first big lake-effect event of the year. tomorrow we're also watching a developing storm system in the middle of the country that. will bring rain up toward chicago for the mid-week. a bit of a wintry mix across the upper midwest. a light wintry mist moves into the thanksgiving day itself. the stormiest part of the country is the pacific northwest this week. rounds of rain swinging into washington state, oregon and northern california. one to three feet of mountain snow expected here, and windy conditions at the coastline. that will go all the way through friday. look at our coast-to-coast on thanksgiving day, dry. mostly mild across the southern-tier states. that light wintry mix moving through the northeast. the stormiest chndition

fisher, wbz, thank you very much, eric. and i'll be back from the hurricane zone a little bit later in the broadcast, but right now, let's go back to anthony mason with more of the day's news. anthony. >> mason: thanks, scott. up next on the cbs evening news, the u.s. accuses russia of trying to disrupt the u.s. presidential election. and later, he won the nobel rejected his peace deal. [quack!] medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so think about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like any standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. so don't wait. call now to request your free decision guide and learn more. if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture... i can tell you prolia? is proven to help protect bones from fracture. but the real proof? my doctor said prolia? helped my bones get stronger. are your bones getting stronger do not take pr

omar villafranca, cbs news, >>> now let's go to eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz. eric, where's this headed? >> well, scott, unfortunately we've spent the day watching matthew regain strength yet again. it is back to a category 4 hurricane. you can see those spiral bands as it moves through the bahamas and starts to make its trek toward the state of florida. the inner eye wall right over freeport on grand bahamas, very destructive winds expected there. and it will start to make its way toward the coast of florida as we head into the overnight hours. hurricane warnings are up from just north of miami all the way up the coastline. that's a big factor in this storm, the fact that they go all the way up through the coast of south carolina. and here's a look at the timeline. you see that center as it works its way toward the coast. it may move right along it, just off or just on, but the bottom line is the same. very destructive winds moving winds, a big storm surge. if you're in an evacuation zone, heed those warnings. wind is one thing. it is destructive in its o

. >> pelley: now let's go to eric fisher, chief meteorlogist eric, where's this headed? >> well, scott, unfortunately, we have spent the day watching matthew regain strength yet again. it is back to a category four hurricane. you can see those spiral bands as it moves through the bahamas and starts to make its trek toward the state of florida. the inner eye wall right over freeport on grand bahamas, very struck thive winds expected there. and it will start to make its way towards the coast of florida as we head into the overnight hours. hurricane warnings are up from just north of miami all the way up the cst storm, the fact tathey go all the way up through the coast of south carolina. and here's a look at the timeline. you see that center as it works its way towards the coast, it may move right along it, just off or just on, but the bottom line is the same-- very destructive winds moving ashore. and since we have these powerful winds a big storm surge. if you're in an evacuation zone, heed those warnings. wind is one thing. it is destructive in its own right. but storm

. >>> wbz eric fisher is following the storm. >> matthew is gaining strength. a approaches florida that is a dangerous thing the next couple it's still on track to move toward the florida coastline, approaching on thursday night and late thursday night into friday morning, a possible landfall. now we haven't had a major hurricane which is category three or stronger, winds over 110 miles per hour since 2005 and this could end that record streak right around the space coast as we head into early friday morning. the track takes it up the coastline of georgia, south carolina and north carolina before finally heading out to sea. a lot of cities and towns all impacted bhi certainly hoping everyone is taking it seriously. some of the wind gusts thursday night over a hundred miles per hour in freeport. winds up across the coast of florida. the strongest winds are right around the center. so, again, as that eye is moving along the shore right up 95, many towns will be getting that wash winds 90 as strong as gusts over 130 miles per hour. that is not out of the question.

eric fisher, thanks very much. snowden, a contractor for the national security agency has been charged with stealing vital secrets. our homeland security correspondent jeff pegues is following this. law enforcement sources say the first sign of a security breach at nsa came in mid august when some one posted highly sensitive secrets about the agency's sieb cybertools. it included computer code, to hack targets like foreign governments. at first a cyberattack by an but soon investigators zeroed in on nsa contractor, harold martin iii. in late august, police converged on his maryland home. glen bond lives down the street. >> fbi jackets all over the place. state troopers. >> reporter: according to the criminal complaint unsealed to day. the fbi searched the house, car and two storage sheds. information stored on various devices with markings indicating that they contained highly classified and top secret information that if made public could cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security of the united stat

eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz is following matthew. >> reporter: matthew remains a dangerous hurricane and likely reintensifies. we head into wednesday and thursday as it moves into the bahamas an area that is very favorable for development. i nt major models and take this off toward the west the next couple of days. it comes across the bahamas as a very dangerous hurricane and remain a category 3 or 4. late thursday, it reaches the coast of florida and moves up along it and it may stay just offshore and if that is the case the energy source the warm ocean waters and continue to follow the shape of the coastline and up the georgia and south carolina coast and on saturday and east and more uncertainty as we head toward the weekend. some guidance keeping it farther off to the south and slower moving storm is more trouble or one that moves farther out to sea. at this point it looks like any impact to the northeast is looking low, if any at all. very likely across the bahamas for wednesday and thursday as this travels off to the nust. a chance for hurricane wi

eric fisher is the chief meteorologist at our cbs station wbz in boston. eric, what's coming next? >> scott, this storm was the first category 4 hurricane to make landfall in haiti in 52 years. it lost just a little bit of intensity as it interacted with some of the land. anything it is losing is expected to regain as it moves into bahamas tonight and into tomorrow. 140-mile-per-hour wind. hurricane warnings across the bahamas. the watch along the east coast of florida with tropical storm watches that extend towards the keys. as we look at the track, a lot of certainty over the next couple days. it moves across the bahamas. still as a category 4. here comes the difficult part of the track. a dance along the coastline. though it might not make official landfall, crossing the shore, it parallels the coast right on up to north carolina. carolina impacted by the storm. >> an american service member was killed by a roadside bomb in eastern afghanistan today. it happened during a joint u.s./afghan patrol near pakistan. the pentagon has not released the name pending notification of family

eric fisher, thanks very much. tonight, the candidates for vice president hold their one and only debate in farmville, virginia. in a cbs news poll, majorities of voters told us they were undecided about mike pence of indiana, or just didn't know enough about them to offer an opinion. nancy cordes has a story on what to expect tonight. >> senator. how are you feeling? >> reporter: tonight's debate is on kaine's home turf, the state he served as governor. but both men are experienced debaters who have worked in government a combined 38 years. their chief job tonight-- talk up the boss. >> and this is a woman who is going to do a superb job. >> reporter: clinton aides say kaine will try to make pence answer for some of truch's more controversial views. >> he attacks women, people of color, immigrants, muslims. >> reporter: but pence has grown skilled at deflecting those attacks. >> donald trump has a plain-spoken way about him. >> reporter: both men have been immersed in prep for the better part of a week. >> donald,

. >>> eric fisher chief meteorologist at our cbs eric, what is coming next? >> scott, very powerful, dangerous hurricane. moving northward throughout the course of the day today. it has its eye on haiti. during the evernigovernight. watches extending northwestern bahamas. the latest track maintains the strength. stays a major category 3 or stronger hurricane. slowly moving through the bahamas, wednesday, thursday, bring it right up along the florida coastline, the georgia, south carolina, north carolina coastlines as we head towards end of the week and into the weekend. so the imminent threat here across cuba, hispaniola, jamaica, move towards florida, southeast atlantic coastline. late week period. north of north carolina where uncertainty is, scott, go out to sea or move up the close. more claritien the next couple days. >> changes in our climate are dominating president obama's final days in office. tonight on the white house lawn, the president is taking part in an ideas festival. that includes a discussion of the dangers of a warming planet. the presiden

more clarity on that in the next couple days. >> pelley: eric fisher of wbz. eric, thank you. well, changes in our climb are tonight on the white house lawn, the president is taking part in an ideas festival that includes a discussion of the dangers of a warming planet. the president has called global warming a slow-motion catastrophe. scientists worried about how the human race will feed itself are working on a radical new idea. mark phillips has the fruits of their labor in the netherlands for tonight's climate diaries. >> levels and more flooding are the inevitable future of climate change, there's place in the world that may have found at least part of the solution. nobody knows more about dealing with encroaching waters than the dutch, where more and more salty water has been seeping through the dikes on to agricultural land. on this experimental farm, they've been trying to see what might actually grow in those conditions. how are you finding out what works? tell us which works and which doesn't. >> reporter: which is why they call marc van rijsselburgh the potato whispe

eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs affiliate wbz in boston. >> good morning, john. tricky storm we've been tracking the last several days and latest trend, a little farther to the overnight tonight, many along the coastline will see conditions over time as we head overnight. tropical storm warnings are up from the mid atlantic, tropical storm watches in southeastern newt gingrich. staying farther to the east with that means lot less rainfall, really no rain ex stept getting showers, heaviest rain stays off shore. at the same time very strong storm. big wind field. going t we head through sunday into monday and tuesday strong winds churning up the surf. impacts are coastal flooding lot of beach erosion up to newt gingrich, rain totals some seeing the sun but beaches really taking a beating. john. >> eric fisher thanks so much. turning now to the other big story this weekend campaign 2016. cbs news battleground tracker today looks at north carolina, where hillary clinton is up by 46-42%. in pennsylvania state donald trump promises he'll win, clinton enjoys a comfortab

for the latest we turn to eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our cbs boston station, wbz. eric, good morning. >> good morning, to you jane. we're watching hermine in a shift overnight moving a bit farther off toward the east. we're looking at now storm warnings extend from new york to connecticut down across the coast of the mid atlantic as well as tropical storm watches around cape cod and martha's vineyard. the track keeps the center off shore, it's going to move very slowly over the next couple of days. the big concern continues to be a large wind field, just going to sit and generate a lot of surf throughout the day today, throughout monday this is likely go to be the peak day. then slowly off to the north and east. doesn't look like a big maker. our main concerns strong coastal winds, look at areas of coastal flooding also a lot of beach erosion. jane. >> pauley: all right, eric, thank you very much. at the vatican today, pope francis led a mass canonizing the late mother theresa as a saint. more than 100,000 filled st. peter's square honoring the nun who worked among

. >> dubois: eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston, wbz. he's on the beach awaiting the storm. eric, what's next? >> reporter: maurice, coastal communitieses from here in new england down to the mid-atlantic watching hermine's progress very carefully this weekend. there's a big complicating factor with this storm. so today, it's been moving very quickly across the southeast, but look at the pattern as we a big area of high pressure builds oaf the top of the storm. that closes the escape hatch, if you will, it can't get out to sea. so it slowz down and it stars. in fact, if continue drifts back to the west as we head into the day on sunday, at the same time, reintensifying and maybe becoming a hurricane again as it nears the jersey shore. it's not just this weekend but into monday, into tuesday, into wednesday, and thursday. it will drift offshore, really churning up the ocean and the bottom line is from mid-atlantic to new england, significant beach erosion, some major coastal floogz possible, especially in new jersey. maurice, it might be

i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. >> we will have the latest on hurricane hermine and its track coming up on "cbs this morning." >>> san francisco quarterback colin kaepernick showed wearing socks with pigs dressed in police hats. on twitter he says it represents rogue cops who put officers and other people at risk. a teammate last night joined him in his protest of american justice. ? what so proudly we hailed ? >> reporter: 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick, once again, star-spangled banner and moments after the stadium's annual salute to the military. his actions first captured attention last week when he stayed seated during the national anthem and another preseason game. protesting what he calls oppression of minorities in america. >> people are dying in vain because this can you not isn't holding their end of the bargain up as far as, you know, giving freedom and justice and liberty to everybody. >> reporter: last month, kaepernick also wore socks that depict pigs uniforms. fans at thursday night's game had plenty to say about kaepernick's political activist. >> kaepernic

. >> dubois: omar villafranca in eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston wbz. eric, how do you see this playing out? >> reporter: well, maurice, i don't like what i see over these last few hours. certainly hermine has been strengthening as it approaches florida and looks every inch a very potent hurricane this evening. it makes landfall and moves along the eastern seaboard. it moves quickly at first but then it's full stop just off shore of atlantic city. here it will sit and drift for several days. as we look toward the mid atlantic, especially on sunday, our strongest winds, which could gust over 60mph at the shoreline, but because it will be moving very slowly, just drifting over time and weakening overtime, it's going to stack up a lot of surf and a lot of on-shore flow. so from southern new england, from long island and especially the jersey shore down toward virginia, we could see significant coastal erosion from this storm, and this might be one of the biggest impacts felt in the mid atlantic this weekend. >> dubois: okay, meteorologist eric fisher watch

. >> o'donnell: we want to bring in eric fisher, our chief meteorologist in our sister station in boston, wbz. he is tracking hermine as well as two hurricanes in the pacific. eric, you have looked at it all. how intense is this going to get? >> norah we have watched the system for two weeks and today reaching tropical storm status and looking much more organized than it has over the course of e further strengthening is expected before landfall to a strong tropical storm and maybe getting to cat 1 hurricane status. we have warnings from the tampa area, reaching around into the panhandle. also, storm surge is going to be a big issue. the hurricane center has a new product, these storm surge maps. i would really recommend anyone who lives this that area to check out those mams on the hurricane center's web site. making landfall late tomorrow night in florida, moving up south carolina. what happens after that is a little less certain. we'll watch the storm stall out just south of long island as we head into the weekend. indication we are going to see strong impacts around the mid-atlantic,

eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our station, wbz, eric, what's next? >> scott, seeing a subtle shift. the rainfall starting to move a see all the tropical moisture being drawn up out of the gulf of mexico. so the focus for flooding rain will move a little bit. a ridge of high pressure off the eastern seaboard, steering the tropical moisture into central, southeastern texas pushing it into the midwest. we head through tonight and into the day tomorrow. this will be the corridor for he next chance of flood rainfall. several inches potentially. san angelo, and texas, of to detroit. same time, east of the rain, all about the seat. summer swelter is ongoing. 90s for the next couple days on the eastern seaboard. scott, d.c. hit 100 for a third day in the row today. just shy tomorrow. 97, hot enough during the brutal stretch. >> eric fisher, wbz. thank you. watching the weather tonight in california where a roaring wildfire, 90 miles north of san francisco, has reduced at least 175 homes and businesses to smoldering rubble. >> firefighters were no match for t

eric fisher is the chief meteorologist at our cbs station wbz. eric, what's next. >> reporter: well, scott, we that the heaviest rainfall starting to move further off to the west. you see all that tropical moisture being drawn right up out of the gulf of mexico, so the focus for flooding rain will move a little bit. a ridge of the high pressure that's hitting off the eastern seaboard searing that tropical moisture up into central southeastern texas, also pushing it up into the midwest as we head through tonight and into the day tomorrow some this will be our corridor for the next chance of flooding rainfall of several inches potentially. sanangelo and dallas, texas, reaching up all the way to detroit. at the same time east of thera the summer swelter is still ongoing. 90s for the next couple days on the eastern seaboard. scott, d.c. hit 100 for the third day in a row today. just shy tomorrow, but 97 hot enough during this brutal stretch. >> pelley: eric fisher, wbz, thanks very much. well, they're watching the weather tonight in california where

fisher of wbz eric. >> jeff, watching a second storm system. the one yesterday, wettest day in san francisco since 2014. through the evening. storms could produce, lightning, hail, wind gust as long coastal california. it punches further southward. bring heaviest rainfall into southern california. also snow for the mountains before it drives inland monday look at significant rain as the state tries to catch up for a dry february. still a threat of debris flows. and also a chance for trees strong wind gust as cross the west and southwest as we head through the next 24 hours. at the same time, a set up in the east with high pressure off a deep flow out of the gulf of mexico. jeff, this is the area to watch could see double digit rainfall and big flood threat especially in eastern texas. much. >> up next, a man under arrest after a bizarre airplane incident in london. >>> u.s. airports -- will longer lines mean shorter tempers? the "cbs overnight news" will be let's get these dayquil liquid gels and go. but these liquid gels are new. mucinex fast-

eric fisher chief meteorologist at cbs boston station, wbz, eric? >> scott, very destructive couple days. look at the tornado reports from the gulf coast, over the 24 hours, today, additional reports in places around virginia. you have seen several touchdown. a lot of damage. several fatalities. tornado watches something you didn't see much in february, extending all the way up into southeastern pennsylvania. and southern new jersey tonight. we will track the aggressive line of thunderstorms, north and east. quickly. reaching all way up into new york. in fact, all way up into the warmer air. the warmer temperatures in tomorrow morning could see well. here its the line moving through and then into the boston area. right during the early morning commute before moving offshore. the snow slowly winding down on the cold side of all of this. scott, as the rain, snow, tapers off a lot of wind across the midwest and northeast tomorrow. that too could lead to flight delay as cross area. >> eric fisher, wbz, thank you. >>> president obama took the republican

eric fisher is the chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz. eric? >> reporter: scott, a very destructive couple days. look at the tornado reports from coast. today add additional reports from west virginia. tornado watches are something you don't see very much in february extending up into southeastern pennsylvania and southern new hampshire tonight. we're tracking an aggressive line of thunderstorms moving north and east very quickly, reaching all the way up into new york. in fact, all the way up into the warmer temperatures greg into southern new england and early tomorrow morning could even see a couple severe thunderstorms there, as well. so here's the line moving through d.c., moving through new york. just before midnight tonight. then into the boston area right during the early morning commute before moving off shore. and the snow slowly winding down so scott, even as the rain and snow tapers off, a lot of wind across the midwest and northeast tomorrow. that too could lead to some flight delays across the area. >> pelley: eric fisher, wbz. eri

eric fisher chief meteorologist at wbz in boston. eric, what is next? >> scott, watching the powerful storm system in the gulf states. tornado watches out including, pds, particularly dangerous situation tornado watch from new orleans into the western florida panhandle tonight. we'll be tracking storms eastward. tornado risk goes up during the overnight. storms moving across alabama, florida panhandle, georgia in the overnight hours. urging everyone to stay weather aware tonight. the severe threat moves to the east coast tomorrow. in fact, all the way up to the dc area in particular. focus on a chance for severe weather in the carolinas during the day tomorrow. also a cold side to the storm. watching heavy snow across eastern illinois, north western totals could top a foot in some towns. mostly rain. some severe storms. scott, wintry element to the storm also. >> the president proposed closing guantanamo bay prison for terrorist suspects by end of the year. guantanamo opened in 2002 on the u.s. naval base in cuba which allowed prisoners from afghanistan

eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our station wbz in boston. eric, what's next? >> reporter: well, scott, we're watching this powerful storm system diving into the gulf coast states tonight. we have tornado watches out, including a p.d.s.-- particularly dangerous situation-- tornado watch from western parts of the florida panhandle tonight. we'll be tracking these storms eastward. in fact, the tornado risk goes up a little bit during the overnight, the storms moving across the alabama, the florida parn handle and into georgia so urging everyone to stay very weather aware tonight. that severe threat moves to the east coast, up to the d.c. area, in particular, we'll focus on a chance of severe weather in the carolinas tonight. there is also a cold side to the storm, watching heavy cold across eastern illinois, northwest indiana, michigan and where totals could top a foot in some towns. scott, a wintry element to the storm as well. >> pelley: eric fisher, wbz, thanks. there is no storms in the forecast tonight for donald trump. he is expected to win the republican c

for more on the frigid temperatures let's bring in eric fisher, chief meteorologist at tbhbz boston. the carter evans, and now valentine's day. >> reporter: some of the same areas that were sniffing 70 on christmas eve go subzero tonight and the wind is a big factor, wind chill warnings emcompassing much of the northeast. that will break a record that has stood for 100 years. in boston, breaking the daily record set back in 1934. it also would be the first time we've had a new record in the city of boston in the month of february, since 1967. take a look across the northeast, cold valentine's day but then things start to change as we look towards the end of the week. if you're wondering where the warmth is, it is in the west. san francisco a shot at 80 by monday. l.a. with the marathon on sunday, dangerously hot temperatures, close to 90. in peex they have set record highs later, our chance for the earliest 90s ever recorded on wednesday. also tracking snow into the ohio valley sunday. as we start the week on the east coast air, lot of travel delays on monday into tuesday. >> axelrod

eric fisher is chief meteorologist at wbz in boston. he's on cape cod for us tonight. where it's apparently bad enough eric? >> reporter: jim, it is here. if it's impossible for a storm you talk about all week long to overproduce we might have that tonight, looking at tremendous snow totals, coastal flooding and, of course, here in cape cod it is an extreme winter night. let's take a look at some of the totals coming in. new york to d.c., astronomical figures. the latest reports are as of 1:00 in the afternoon. they only do official reports every six hours. it's been snowing all day, both cities likely to go over 20 inches of snow and come close to the greatest ?orms on record. huge totals there, even bigger just to the west of d.c. parts of west virginia reporting over 40 inches of snow. closing in on four feet from this storm. now as we head through the the storm is now what we call stacked. it's the same low pressure from the surface all wait up. it's slowly going to drift its way out to sea and pull these snow bands farther off towards the east. finally by tomorrow

eric fisher is chief meteorolgist at wbz in boston. eric. >> scott, the storm well under way now, seeing that snow just creeping up into southern parts of pennsylvania and new jersey tonight. that ice in the carolinas, but a change will come overnight. the main storm that really started to take off last night will send its energy over to the coast and this process has already started. this is the storm that rideses up the eastern seaboard to the chesapeake and really increases those snowfall rates as we head into tonight and tomorrow. looking at the snow on the northwest side of this storm, this is where it's really cranking, in the morning, tk up towards filly and new york city and long island. saturday afternoon,. spreads into southern new england and slowly all this will rotate out to sea as we get into sunday morning, taking the snow and the wind along with it. in terms of snow totals we're numbers here. in the d.c. area, we're talking upwards of 30 inches ?oaf possible, especially just west of the city. new york at 10-18. roanoke

. >>> meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz says the owerful one. >> we continue to watch this storm really develop and now as we head through the day today, this is where we get into the york city under winter storm warnings and blizzard warnings and winter watches and storm is a potent one. into the d.c. area late afternoon and early evening and makes its way up to new york city as we head into sat morning and then heads into we head toward saturday afternoon and night. the end of the storm finally works its way slowly out to sea as we head into sunday but s all will be affected by this one. a big area, dark blue. one to two foot snow totals and amounts up to three feet of snow. major cities 6 to 12 in new york and 12 to 18 in philly and 18 to 24 in d.c. and a top five all8 to 24 in roanoke. another big concern. upstate of south carolina and for significant icing and could cause power outages and major travel disruption. charlotte, a big airport hub, t there. a final thing to note. delaware, major pockets ofexpected on saturday. >>> we will have the latest on the massive

. >>> eric fisher is our chief meteorologist at the cbs station wbz. eric? >> reporter: scott, the storm is really just starting to get geared up across the deep south here, digging into louisiana we've had tornado warnings in parts of mississippi, gathering a lot of that gulf moisture. then it runs into the cold. blizzard watches out include parts of new york city as well as philly. blizzard warnings in baltimore and d.c., and a huge area under winter storm warnings, a very broad area that will see one to two-foot snows. we track this to the east coast we're deepening friday night, arriving in washington, d.c., by the evening hours, into new york city by saturday morning. and just grazing southern new england as we head into saturday night. so in dark blue, one to two-foot snow totals covering a huge area. right now it looks like six to 12 inches in new york, probably the toughest forecast across the board. 18 to 24 in d.c. that is an historic level storm. and 18 to 24 in roanoke, virginia. not just the snow, but we also have a significant ice storm to deal

eric fisher is our chief meteorologist at the cbs station wbz. eric? >> reporter: scott, the storm is really just starting to get geared up across the deep south here, digging into louisiana we've had tornado warnings in parts of mississippi, gathering a lot of that gulf moisture. then it runs into the cold. blizzard watches out include parts of new york city as well as philly. blizzard warnings in baltimore and d.c., and a huge area under area that will see one to two-foot snows. we're deepening friday night, arriving in washington, d.c., by the evening hours, into new york city by saturday morning. and just grazing southern new england as we head into saturday might. so in dark blue, one to two-foot snow totals covering a huge area. right now it look like 6 to 12 in new york, probably the toughest forecast across the board. 18 to 24 in d.c. that is an historic level storm. and 18 to 24 in roanoke, virginia. not just the snow, but we also have a significant ice storm to deal with, especially in north carolina, and, scott, of course, having a big impac

fisher for cbs news. latest on the snowstorm coming up on "cbs this morning." >>> this morning, the story is snow and cold. but last year, the scord breaking heat. record. for the most part, scientists blame man-made global warmingful el nino weather system. according to the noaa, for the first time, earth is nearly two degrees warmer than it was in trial times. >>> now to politics. donald trump is pulling away in new hampshire. a new cnnlding a 20-point lead among republican voters in the granite state and that is more than double his nearest competitor ted cruz. trump wasalin at a rally in oklahoma yesterday. palin, who endorsed trump, of her son trac on domestic violence charges what she calls is a lack of support for supporters by obama. iraq. >> my son came back different. they come back hardened and back wondering if what is that respect for their fellow soldiers and airmen and every other member of the military so sack rah given to this country. >> palin says she can relate to other families feelin

eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our cbs boston station wbz is joining us. eric, what do we have to expect? >> scott, we are all systems go tonight for a major east coast snowstorm. it will be wrapping up at the end of this week and the weekend. the weather service getting ready with winter storm watches from arkansas stretching over to new jersey, in that lime green shading, the epicenter for this storm, washington, d.c. and baltimore where blizzard watches this all starts tomorrow as along the gulf coast. the storm then moves just to the east of the chesapeake. as it intensifies, we get a textbook nor'easter, heavy snow moving inland. that will move up to southern new england and halt. big snow totals here. in the dark blue shading, one to two feet, local totals could exceed two feet of snowfall. before all this gets going, there's a chance of severe thunderstorms in new orleans, pensacola. on friday, florida has a chance of these severe storms. >> two feet. eric fisher, thank you. >>> the "cbs overnight news" >>> you just heard the apology of michigan's g

eric fisher, chiefy meteorologist at our cbs boston station wbz, is joining us. eric what, do we have to expect? >> well, scott, we are all system goes tonight fair major east coast snowstorm. it will be wrapping up the end the weather service getting ready with winter storm watches from arkansas, stretching to new jersey and in that lime green shading, the epicenter for this storm, washington, d.c., and baltimore, where blizzard watches are in effect. it all sarts tomorrow as liquid, some severe weather possible along the gulf coast. the storm then moves to the east of the chesapeake, the snow moving into the mid-atlantic on friday afternoon and evening, and as it really intensifies we get a textbook nor'easter, heavy snow on the coast moving inland, and the snow shield will move up to southern new england and then halt. big snow total here's. in the dark blue shadings, 1-2 feet, and local totals could exceed two feet. and there is a chance of severe storms in places like new new orleans, pensacola tomorrow. >> pelley: two feet, eric fisher, wbz, thank you. pres

fisher of our boston stationore on the storm heading east. >> reporter: tracking the storm that came across the west coast y and take a cross country trip and become a full fledged blizzard bied end of the week. maybe as far south aseorgia with the snowfall. as it takes the corner deepens rapidly.. and new england into the start of the weekend. a big area of low pressure slowly lumbers out to sea as we head through sunday.ce in the big snowfall, around the philly area down through d.c. and to roanoke, much of virginia, west virginia and maybe even eastern e. a wider swath of snow outside of that. is not just the snow totals but talking about onshore winds and strong coastal winds at a full tide and that could big pockets of coastal flooding of what we might see in the summer and the fall. more likely along with major travel disruptions by the end of this week into the weekend. >>> the massive search for 12 marines on board two helicopters that crashed off the coastii was suspended. the co life boats have been age has been found on the sea floor. so far, no sign of the crew. >>> comin

eric fisher is the chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston, wbz. eric, how bad might this be? >> scott this could be a very significant storm up and down watching the energy ashore on the western united states, producing rain and snow here. it will travel across the country over the next few days. by friday, we will be watching snow developing across the mid south, as far south as northern alabama and georgia. then the storm really starts to wind up off the mid-atlantic coast. peaking during the day on saturday. band of heavy know up and down the eastern snow board stretching toward northern new england, slowly moving eastward out to sea. a long duration event, friday into saturday, sunday for eastern corridor. here and below, the highest impact zone. the philly area done to d.c. suburbs, into virginia. we'll get a better idea of the exact totals by tomorrow. it looks like isolated amounts could be over two feet. the other thing to take into consideration here, we have a full moon saturday, high tides. strong onshore winds. so, scott we could see c

eric fisher is the chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston, wbz. eric, how bad might this be? >> well, scott, this could be a very significant storm up and downtown east coast. we're watching the energy that has just come ashore in the western united states, produce something rain and snow here. country over these next few days. by friday we'll be watching snow dwesm dwepg across part of the midsouth, perhaps as far south as alabama and georgia and then the storm starts to wind up off the mid-atlantic coast, peaking on saturday. bands of heavy snow up and down the eastern seaboard and stretching up towards southern new england, and then very slowly moving its way eastward and out to sea. it will be a long-duration event, friday into saturday, and sunday for the eastern corridor. in blue, this is the highest impact zone when it comes to snow totals, including the philly area, d.c. suburbs, into virginia. we'll get a better idea of the totals by tomorrow but it looks like isolated amounts could be over two feet. the other thing to take into considera