. >>> ambos candidatos aceleran el paso por estados crÍticos romney visitarÁ iowa, pennsylvania y virginia y el cabe decir que ningÚn candidato republicano ha llegado a la casa blanca sin ganar ohio, pero este aÑo la florida pudiera dar la sorpresa porque romney pudiera ganar, por el apoyo de los hispanos y tambiÉn que ha sido uno de los estados mÁs golpeados por la crisis econÓmica. >>> pero josÉ a nivel nacional ambas campaÑas hoy estÁn virtualmente empatadas y curioso tal esta contienda termina igual que empezÓ debo entienda el tema de la economÍa. barack obama termina su mandato, un reporte laboral mejor de lo esperado y pidiendo mÁs tiempo para mejorar la economÍa del paÍs. mientras que romney, dice que todavÍa hay millones de personas sin trabajo y Él estÁ ofreciendo un cambio verdadero, y un plan de cinco puntos. >>> y ahora quiÉn ganarÁ? es la pregunta del millÓn de dolares, lo que se sabe que el prÓximo martes va a ser una noche muy larga, y una noche dÓnde todos estaremos mordiÉndonos las uÑas, regreso ab ti josÉ. >>> angie desde boston, gracias, una noche

la familia naciÓn de su partido, presidente barack obama ha iniciado una gira por a iowa, colorado virginia entre otros... su campaÑa en vive la misma magia de hace 4 aÑos el mayor problema es la economÍa, lo agrava el Índice de desempleo, son 23 millones de personas sin trabajo. >>> todos los grandes economist economistass estÁn de acuerdo en decir que ni mitt romney ni presidente barack obama van a poder resolver el problema del desempleo, porque hay que darse cuenta que la globalizaciÓn ha traÍdo un nuevo sistema econÓmico, parecido a la revoluciÓn industrial. >>> la tarea de presidente barack obama es grande, tendrÁ que explicar a personas cÓmo estÁs que pasÓ con se promesa de cambio y esperanza. >>> y ¿por quÉ? se merece ser reelegido por 4 aÑos mÁs. >>> presidente barack obama y el liderazgo va a explicar bien la realidad de la economÍa del empleo y las promesas que hizo presidente barack obama, como quiÉn va a salir de irak, asesinaron a osama bin laden, y el programa mÉdico que permita a millones de joven estar en la pÓliza de sus padres, mientras estÉn estudia

. >> por cierto esta semana en el senado se hizo historia, cuando el senador tim k de virginia pronunciÓ un discurso en el pleno del senado completamente en espaÑol, la primera vez en la historia del senado que esto ocurre. >> han pasado mÁs de 25 aÑos desde la Última vez que pasamos una reforma migratoria comprensiva, los prÓximos dÍas y semanas no serÁn faciles, serÁn una prueba para el senado es como la cÁmara puede debatir ofrecer enmiendas, negociar y al final unirse que moverÁ nuestro paÍs adelante. >> (♪). >> y con eso nuestra primera pausa desde washington dc al regresar vamos hablar sobre los esfuerzos de una reforma migratoria integral que se estÁ llevando a cabo en la cÁmara baja con el congresista de californ california, ya regresamos. >> (♪). >> sofi?! a sofi no le gustan los payasos... pero le encantan las pop-tarts! nuevas pop-tarts oatmeal delights de kellogg's. horneadas con fruta de verdad. ♪ son lo que queremos en el desayuno. (♪). >> continuando con enfoque desde washington dc vamos hablar sobre esfuerzos a favor de una reforma migratoria integral

. >>> y hablando de que cada voto cuenta nuevo mÉxico, explorado, virginia, entre otros estados, el presidente obama gana esos estados por el voto hispano. que no quede ninguna duda de eso. >>> sÍ, los margenes de victoria, en estos lugares son mÁs pequeÑos, se mapuede der que la presencia de los latinos. y hay que ver la divisiÓn del apoyo a romney y obama. obama aÚn con todos los problemas que hay en el paÍs. logrÓ aumentar sunnyvale i nive >>>periodista: yo por mÁs de 10 puntos en la comunidad latina. ¿a quÉ se debe eso?. >>> creo que hay 2 cosas. uno que los latinos, el tema mÁs importantes es la economÍa y los trabajos pero los latinos tienden a creer que el gobierno tiene que jugar un papel en eso. no lo tiene que hacer todo. pero sÍ tiene que jugar un papel. y creo que los republicanos, se han visto un poco mÁs como que el gobierno fuera. por un lado. por otro lado, estÁ el tema migratorio. que sobre todo en los Últimos 2 aÑos ha surgido en importancia debido a leyes anti inmigrantes y ambiente que tiene nuestra comunidad. conocen a alguien indocumentado. y las declarac

virginia republicans, too close to call, good news for marco rubio. if there was a state that he had a shot at winning it was virginia. moderate electorate. anybody can vote in the primary and there's a lot of evidence a lot of democrats may have turned out to help rubio in virginia. so a big deal. if you're ted cruz and marco rubio you're not happy about that georgia result. the fact that we could call that poll closed that's a big win for trump, a premonition of what arkansas and alabama could look like. >> we'll be looking at four more states. we'll have closings coming up at 8:00 eastern time. and of course we'll be back on as we characterize those races for you. you see alabama, massachusetts, oklahoma, tennessee will be up next. i'm lester holt at nbc news we'll see you a bit later on. >>> we are back with our continueing "nightly news" coverage of this super tuesday. the polls have closed in georgia, vermont, virginia. you've seen the results. let's get to nbc's kristen welker with the clinton campaign in miami. what's the latest from there? >>

in virginia, nbc news again projects hillary clinton will win. vermont, bernie sanders' home state, we project he will win in vermont. bernie sanders wins the vermont democratic primary. chuck todd is with me right now. your first thoughts as the evening begins? virginia republicans, too close to call, good news for marco rubio. if there was a state that he had a shot at winning it was virginia. moderate electorate. anybody can vote in the primary and there's a lot of evidence a lot of democrats may have turned out to help rubio in virginia. so a big deal. if you're ted cruz and marco rubio you're not happy about that georgia result. the fact that we could call that poll closed that's a big win for trump, a premonition of what arkansas and alabama could look like. >> we'll be looking at four more states. we'll have closings coming up at 8:00 eastern time. and of course we'll be back on as we characterize those races for you. you see alabama, massachusetts, oklahoma, tennessee will be up next. i'm lester holt at nbc news

for virginia, it was a moment of joy after living through some of the darkest times in our nation's history. >> hi! >> how are you? >> i'm fine! >> reporter: a meeting for the ages. michelle? >> reporter: at 106 years old, virginia mclaurin becoming america's sweetheart when the meeting prompted her to start a dance party in the white house. >> what's the secret to dancing at 106?

also in the trump column is virginia tonight, a win for trump there. and massachusetts, donald trump also the projected winner. let's move over now to the democratics, let's go to chuck todd before i move on to the democratic side about what we've seen here right now. cruz picking up two important wins. especially texas. does that change the dynamics of the republican race? >> i think it does. i think here's what we can a very good night for donald trump, a very bad night for marco rubio, and a survivor night for ted cruz. he had to win his home state. oklahoma was tailor made for him. one of the few primary states where no independents could vote. the big story is marco rubio got his one on one opportunity with trump over the last 72 hours. and it failed miserably. >> we're going to get to the democratic proprojections. donald trump is speaking at a news conference in florida. let's listen to what he has to say. >> all talk, no action. you have to win something. he hasn't won anything. and he actually hasn't come very close. so we'll see what happens.

it happened during a trump rally in virginia. christopher morris is a photographer for "time" magazine. he says the agent choked him, and slammed him to the ground morris says the agent attacked him because he tried to leave he says he was trying to take photos of a protest that erupted at the event. carol: this all comes as candidates are criss-crossing the country ahead of super tuesday. but the frontrunner is facing a controversial endorsement. donald trump is still having to answer questions, after he said he could disavow white supremacist david duke, or the kkk, in an interview on cnn sunday morning. and trump's rivals are bringing it up on the campaign trail. trump maintains he'd already disavowed david duke, and didn't hear the question properly. >> what i heard was various groups, and i don't mind disavowing anybody, and i disavowed david duke, and i disavowed him the day before, at a major news conference. which is surprising, because he was at the major news conference, cnn was at the major news conference, and they he

geoff: virginia police officer ashley guindon to be laid to rest today. her body was escorted by dozens of police cars and motorcycles monday night to hylton memorial chapel. that's where her funeral service will be held at noon. the prince william county officer was shot and killed in the line of duty last saturday. it was her first day on patrol. she and two other officers were responding to a domestic violence call when she was shot. turning to nashville now and the casesenvolving the secret nude video of erin andrews. yesterday, she gave an emotional testimony. >> probably for like three months everybody thought it was a publicity stunt. the front page of "the new york fox news and cbs, everybody put up that i was doing it for publicity and attention and that ripped me apart. geoff: andrews broke down in tears at several points during her testimony, saying she felt ashamed and humiliated. andrews said she wanted to be respected as the girl next door who loved sports. instead, she says now she's the girl with the hotel scandal. andrews is suing the man

detectives searched a pond at virginia tech for evidence.the section of road near the virginia border was closed off as part of19-year-old natalie keefer's was arrested and charged with improper disposal of tdavid eisenhower was already behind bars having been charged with abduction and murder. in colorado one person died and fight in a motorcycle expo. this happened saturdaythe fight between members of reichel rival biker clubs ended with a shooting. the city ordered organizers of the expo to cancel todin california deputies say they took two inmates back to orange county today.the sheriff's office released this vide inmates being brought in. a woman alerted officials and see the inmates in a van that was reported stolen. usually when it is a windy day that means things are changing in the aa 26 mile-per-hour wind gust in greenvil24 miles per hour in spartanburg. it will be a breezy kind of day. i will have the forecast for the chris: you can see clouds were pretty sick todaespecially by this afternoon. let me take you up to hendersonville.that was a completely different story. looky

at least 14 states got a foot of snow as west virginia got an amaze amaze amazing 42 inches. major airports broke records. laguardia got nearly 28 inches and jfk international was hammered with 32.5 breaking the old record by more than 4 inches while central park was one-tenth off the previous record. newark, new jersey, was one-tent on the other hand while farther south along the jersey shore several areas got record flooding. the town of north wildwood was flooded with half a foot more the township's police share this picture of a rescue carrying a little girl after her home was flooded. >>> federal government offices in the nation's capitol will remain closed after getting 20 inches of powder. no word yet if there will be a round 2 of yesterday's epic snowball fight at dupont circle, but it's a pretty good bet that the obama dogs beau and sonny will be dreaming of playing in the snow. >>> the roof of the practice facility collapsed under 34 inches of snow and 50-mile-per-hour winds. >>> virginia governor terry mcauliffe attributed 1,200 car accident in his state to the sto

they host fourth-ranked virginia. their chances are likely over without an acc tournament despite back-to-back losses, a one over number four virginia would be an awfully will -- nice way to send off the three seniors tonight at the bon secours wellness arena. >> we were disappointed in our performances the past few games. we just have to move forward and take what we learn from those experiences and keep trying to grind. that is all we can really do at this point. take what we have so far. string together winds. >> they tip tonight at 7:00 in downtown greenville. allyson: turning to our wyff 4 timeline, today is march first. on this date in 2004 terry nichols went to trial in oklahoma for being an accomplice of oklahoma city bomber timothy mcveigh. the explosion at the murrah federal building claimed 168 lives. geoff: at the time of the trial nichols was already serving a federal sentence of life in prison without parole. he was eventually convicted on 161 counts of first-degree murder and received 161 more >> it's d

hundreds gathered sunday to remember north virginia officer ashley guindon. officials say she was on her first field shift and responded to a domestic dispute call saturday. investigators say ronald hamilton, an active duty army staff sergeant assigned to the pentagon, killed his wife and then officer guindon. two other officers were injured. in ohio, police are investigating after a pastor was shot dead inside his church during a sunday morning service. william schooler had just walked back to the pulpit inside zion baptist church when the shooter got out of a pew and followed him. more than 20 people were inside the church at the time. the shooter is believed to be schooler's brother, but police do not yet have a motive. geoff: happening today, a member of the famed seal team six set to receive the medal of honor. senior chief edward byers, jr., was part of a hostage rescue mission operation on december 8, 2012, in afghanistan. ohio, and has already earned two purple hearts for being wounded in combat as well as five bronze stars for heroism. defense depart

two feet of snow, possibly up to three feet, west virginia, virginia mountains. it has heavier snow in philadelphia and in southern new england. that's the question, how bad will the snowfall be boston to new york? but if you're in the d.c. area, boston, philadelphia, now is the time to start preparing. now a closer look at your day ahead. well, the forecast is going to be calling for snow through the ohio valley. lots of school delays and cancellations as far south as nashville. and the other thing besides just the snow, the coastal impacts are going to be very significant. >> thank you. >>> right now might be the best time all year to buy airline tickets and not just because of what he just talked about. >>> plus, jaime fox to the rescue. the actor becomes a real life saver. you're watching "early today."and somewhere to go, and clean and real and nowhere to be, and warmth and looking good, and sandwich and soup and inside jokes, and dan is back! wyff the clean pairings menu. 500 calories or less. at panera. food as it should be. when you've got a house full of

this happened in oxford, north carolina, near virginia. just one of many communities starting to pick up the pieces. the strong winds were also felt carol:the strong winds were also felt in greenville. it knocked out power. it even shut down at least one road. this is west washington street. it's been closed since last night. no word tonight on when it will reopen. michael: john such as desk john is right here. it turned into a cold, strong winds today to john: winds gusting from 40 to 46 miles across the area. behind the front today, it is a cold wind. it is starting to relax, as expected. fairly light winds out of the west, but still windy conditions in most of the mountains. snow showers with the northwesterly flow through north georgia and suburbs of atlanta. snow showers taking off and starting to concentrate more toward the tennessee line. that will happen through the night tonight. as far as the winter weather advisories, that continues until 7:00 in the morning. another one to four inches of snow possible. four inches in the west b

and west virginia. a little less impacts in new england but still really nails west virginia and ravaareas near baltimore. and this could produce dangerously strong high tides and wind damage on the coast. so, this could be a multifaceted troublesome storm this weekend. >>> as far as the light snow, temperatures will be plenty cold, kansas city with a high of only 23. temperatures cold through the ohio valley. momo details from your local station and from myself in the days ahead on the big storm from the east coast. >>> major warning from the cdc for all women of child baring age. >>> and a bazar high speed chase ends with half a dozen dogs on the loose. hey, you're watching "early today." i'm going to share a photo of my eggo waffle when it pops up. that's so interesting honey because i'm going to share a photo of my eggo waffle when it pops up. l'eggo my eggo l'eggo my eggo (answering machine) hey! leave a message. hi, i know you're there, 'cause i can see you. i'm calling you to tell you to l'eggo m

geoff: in virginia, appomattox county was hit hard by the severe weather. there are numerous reports of downed trees, fallen power lines, and storm damage. active rescues are going on in essex county, where several people are reportedly trapped in rubble. the wind-packed weather system even knocked out phone service to a state police unit. crews were working to fix the problem. a shelter is open for residents who have no power. allyson: a line of strong, dangerous storms prompted severe thunderstorm warnings and caused flooding in the washington, d.c., area. the storm left thousands of people without power and brought strong winds and hail. a d.c. metro parking garage flooded, with water reaching curbs. metro officials opened the gates so drivers could leave more easily, and maintenance crews were on hand. major flight delays are reported at all three of the region's incoming flights at reagan washington national airport were delayed by more than an hour, on average. geoff: another kind of weather problem for much of illinois and southeast missouri, snow. h

that search led them to eisenhauer from virginia. and then, lovell's body, about 100 miles from home. according to police, eisenhauer and the young teen knew each other before her disappearance. >> eisenhauer used this relationship to his advantage to abduct and then kill her. keepers helped eisenhauer dispose of nicole' body. >> reporter: today, state police searched a pond on the virginia tech campus. father posted on facebook, i'm still in shock. i have nothing more to say. i'm broken. a father's unspeakable pain as an entire community now comes together to mourn. kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >>> in the next 24 hours the world health organization will make a major decision about zika and whether to declare it a global public health emergency. in brazil ground zero for the outbreak the government is struggling to protect and educate people about the virus. our rehema ellis talked to one trying to help protect residents. reporter: in a park in haditha, texas native dennis dowling is on a mission. working with poor families he's in br

virginia led 33-27 at the break. 2nd half, tigers take the lead. clemson up 42-41. 3 minutes to go, tigers down by jaron blossomgame from behind four. the arc to cut the lead down to 1. but virginia making enough plays down the stretch to knock off clemson, 64-57. >> probably a 25-minute stretch of the game where we outplayed them. now, they are a championship team, because in the last 8 minutes of the game, they know how to win games. we just didn't get enough scoring from other guys. their defense was good down the stretch, and slowed us down. brad: clemson russell -- reps of the regular season at boston college. now to the diamond. clemson hosting wofford this afternoon. 1-0 clemson in the 4th. weston wilson singles through the left side. a run scores. 2-0. clemson adds another, and they go on to win, 7-0. charleston facing the citadel. you must see in the third inning, chris: with a rocket shot, 3-0 gamecocks. the citadel would make it a close game, but south carolina hangs on to win, 6-3. south carolina and clemson for columbia, and they carol

showing the arrival at dulles airport in virginia, where it snow. a procession of about 20 police officers brought the body sunday to an el paso funeral home from a west texas ranch. that's where scalia was found dead on saturday. it is believed the 79-year-old died of natural causes. he was appointed by president ronald reagan in 1986 and has been the senior member of the court for several years. allyson: 6:06 this morning. over our shoulders, the woodruff road skycam. things have shifted. dale: the mountains of north carolina getting snow. the upstate, just clouds. later into the afternoon, that is when the upstate will get in on the wintry weather expectations. currently, 27 degrees in greenville and mostly cloudy. and northeast breeze at 13 makes it feel colder. dress warmly. you should not have a problem as far as your morning commute unless you are traveling across the tennessee-with a border. snow is that's -- tennessee-north carolina border. snow is falling. be careful if you have some early-morning trouble along i-40 eastbound. what precipi

virginia. changing over into snow showers already in the mountains of carolina and north georgia. over half an inch of rain in greenville. almost half an inch in spartanburg. we quickly reached 70 degrees when we broke down that ridge of cool air. we reached the record set back in 1982. it warmed up nicely. this is far from the record high of 77 degrees, so the temperature looks like this outside right now. we are talking about chilly temperatures coming in from the northwest, 43 in franklin, 49 in andrews, still there is strong wind. the five in columbia, milder through florida -- 55 in columbia. we start to get the cold air coming in, and this is as we go through the day tomorrow, and go another windy day tomorrow and chilly. colder and windy conditions with rain and snow showers for the mountains tomorrow in the greenville-spartanburg-anderson areas. 49 degrees at lunchtime. in the asheville-henderson area, 59 degrees. we probably will not reach the 40's but will probably be in the upper 30'

we watched over the past few hours some isolated showers in tennessee and more so in kentucky and virginia. one or two spots in the the next couple of hours. after that, it will clear up and be nice for the afternoon. temperatures right now ranging from asheville's 40. 44 in waynesville. brevard avenue 44. -- at 44. we will see low 60's for the spartanburg, anderson starting out at 51, and we will see upper 60's. cooler in tigerville and landrum, where it is 47. mid to upper 60's expected this afternoon. we will talk about our next chance of rain coming in geoff: fire officials tell us a child was taken to a burn center after a house fire in honea path. allyson: investigators say crews responded last night to green street. they say four adults and two children were inside the home. officials say one child was pulled out in cardiac arrest, taken to a hospital to be stabilized, and then taken to the burn center. investigators say no other injuries were reported and the house is probably a total loss. geoff: other new information this morning. greenville county deputies say they're investigat

>> gabe gutierrez in richmond, virginia. the republicans vying for the nomination could face a make or break night on tuesday. a loss for example for ted cruz here in his home state of texas could be devastating. holly jackson is live in oklahoma city with a look at the importance of this big vote. >> reporter: super tuesday is when the story line should shift from all the attacks to the arithmetic. adding up the delegates each candidate takes home. nearly half spread out across 11 states. ted cruz campaigning in this state today is calling it a battleground for him. but his must win, well, that's texas, his home state which has the most super tuesday cruz most likely will pull it off. his campaign tells nbc to watch arkansas too. marco rubio meanwhile spending time and resources in virginia, one of his best shots to notch his first win. in georgia, he's looking to pluck off delegates in those su suburban area. john kasich is already looking passed super tuesday to march 16th when ohio votes for the governor, do or die from

washington dc, hammering hail. >> overnight rescues in virginia. some communities wiped off the map as homes were destroyed, tornadoes dropping from anonymous -- ominous sky. frank rose witnessed the deadly >> i saw the roots flying everywhere and what can you do? >> the wild weather claiming the lives of two men and a cobbler tossed from a trailer 300 yards. another man killed in south carolina when a gust of wind stabbed a tree onto him. >> the tree was on top of him. >> the powerful storm system battered the gulf coast. among the hardest hit, a trailer park in louisiana where a tornado killed two and shredded a hundred and 50 homes. >> it looked like a blender. >> some parts of florida also reduced to rubble. while the storm is diminishing, the scope of the damage is just being realized. geoff: that was miguel reporting. whether from dale coming up in the senate will take up a resolution related to justice scalia's death. the pleasantries are being overshadowed by politics as several senate democrats plan to head to the supreme court to challeng

charged in the case are a pair of teenaged students from virginia tech, and there is much concern over what role social media may have had in the crime. nbc's janet shamlian explains. >> reporter: the grief-stricken mother of nicole madison lovell living the unimaginable. >> nicole touched many people throughout her short life. >> reporter: authorities tonight say the 13-year-old was stabbed to death two promising college freshmen from virginia tech charged in her murder may be social media. the seventh grader was active on twitter and a facebook forum called teen dating and flirting. the night she disappeared nicole reportedly showed a friend texts from an 18-year-old man she said she was planning to meet. they came on a messaging app called kick which authorities say has been used by sexual predators. >> we will not let this violence define us. >> reporter: police say 18-year-old david eisenhauer, a track star and engineering student, kidnapped and murdered nicole. 19-year-old natalie keepers was originally charged with helping him get rid of the body. authorities now say she was inv

rankings, the gamecocks with a clemson lost with 13th ranked virginia, and the cavaliers were never able to distance themselves from the tigers until the final few seconds. clemson drops to number 93. clemson is already listed as one of the teams that would be out if the tournament work today. and college hoops tonight, charleston southern on the road at presbyterian college.

myra: the facade of a shopping center in stafford county, virginia came crashing down sunday. aerial video shows the front of the store where the wall appeared to separate from the building and fall. the region south of washington, d.c. got about two-feet of snow this weekend. there are no reports of injuries. geoff: heavy snow drifts caused several problems for fire and rescue crews in maryland and pennsylvania. the roof of an industrial no one was hurt. a fire also broke out at an auto body shop in white marsh. officials say more than 100 firefighters battled the shooting flames. the national guard was needed to take crews to the scene and dig out fire hydrants because of the heavy amounts of snow. forecasters say over 30 inches of snow blanketed the area. the weekend snow storm burst a bubble for the washington redskins. the east coast blizzard dumped heavy, thick snow team's indoor practice facility in virginia. the weight caused its inflatable roof to collapseg part of the team name visible from the snow. the redskins say heavy snow and high winds caused the facility's de

jake brady is in roanoke, virginia, and the snow keeps coming down. gabby: in washington, d.c., people are being advised to stay inside for the next 36 hours. jay: the winter storm is barely down in bringing heavy snow. it is expected to top two feet in some areas. the national weather service says this could be one of the most severe storms ever to hit crosshairs. inside and ride it out. >> that is a big deal. the big stresses we are looking not, we are making sure that this morning and do today, residents are safe. jay: more than200 miles of winter weather advisory's have been issued from the south through new england, with blizzard warnings from washington to >> we see this as a major storm. it has life-and-death implications, and all the residents of the district of columbia should treay.jay: in north carolina and virginia, the concern is thic bringing downk ice -- thick ice bringing down power lines. >> i trust my legs more than i trust wheels and i only lived one mile away. jay: thousands of flights have been canceled. the charlotte airport virt

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nationwide this week, strong storms have decimated parts of and virginia. at least seven deaths have been contributed to the storms. those severe storms made their way up the east coast, leaving a path of destruction all the way from the carolinas to pennsylvania. last night, firefighters in lancaster county, pennsylvania, responded to numerous reports of collapsed homes, downed trees, and downed power lines. first responders searched through the buildings and tree limbs to see if anyone was trapped, but have not found any victims so far. allyson: check out this drone video from florida. a tornado ripped a two-mile path through pensacola. nearly 100 homes and apartments suffered severe damage. geoff: in virginia, appomattox county was hit hard by the severe weather. there are numerous reports of downed trees, fallen power lines, and storm damage. active rescues are going on in essex county, where several people are reportedly trapped in rubble. the wind-packed weather system even knocked out phone service to a state police unit. crews were working to fix th

this farm in virginia need people to come in and snuggle with baby goats. they're expecting 90 baby goats to be born, too many for the no experience is necessary but it is preferred if you have goat snuggling experience. >> i'll get that experience. hand on. >> a lion cub and tiger cub are being raisedads sisters. though the two would never meet in the wild, they seem to be getting along famously but they say it will help develop their socialization skills so they can eventually be reintroduced to their own species. >>> now a look ahead. president obama hits the road to sell his state of the union message. he'll hit omaha, nebraska and then batten rouge, louisiana. >>> happy birthday to liam hemsbirth, and trace atkins is 54, and julia louie dreyfuss. i'm shannon mulaire.

snow is going on up in west virginia. announcer: now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. chris: clear skies out there in spartanburg right now. it is a cold start to the day though, as temperatures warm up. it is 34 degrees with west winds at five miles per hour.

severe storms tore through the hampton roads region of virginia. state police say several key roads in waverly are impassable due to storm damage, as well as flooding and high water. police are asking drivers to avoid the area for the time being. storm damage was also reported in the town of newport news. six people, including four children, are without a place to live after a large tree fell onto their home. geoff: a young family escaped from their home just moments before severe storms ripped off their roof. the home in wayne county, north was under a tornado warning. the national weather service in raleigh is investigating whether a twister caused the damage. the family fled to the neighbor's home before the full brunt of the storm hit. in addition to losing its roof, the mobile home also received significant rain damage. it's not known yet if it is a total loss or not. allyson: severe storms caused major damage to homes in one florida neighborhood. the roof was torn off of this home located in port charlotte. that's 100 miles south of tampa. st

she waited all her life to see an african american in the white house and when 106-year-old virginia mclaurin finally did she couldn't contain her , excitement. in a video posted last night by the white house, the south carolina woman squealed in delight and busted a little dance move when she met the first couple. mclaurin was at the white house to celebrate black history month. during her short visit with the obama's mclaurin repeatedly , tells the president it's a honor. in 2014, mclaurin began a social media campaign to meet the obamas. she filmed a youtube video which was accompanied by a white house petition and a facebook page. coming up. a driver's fast reactions helped a bus full of people escape flames. and we'll explain why some of your favorite rides could be making a come-back at carowinds this season. warm they served our country. our country should serve them better. bernie sanders cracked the gridlock with john mccain to help clean up the mess at the v.a. and strengthen veterans' healthcare. bernie sanders has always stood with our veterans, and that's why he'll never

kentucky, parts of the virginias into north carolina early this morning. by the afternoon, that will be gone. temperatures, again, this time the year, much warmer today than they normally get up to. 48 in anderson, 51 in greenville. low 40's in western north carolina. franklin currently at 53. let's look at the breezes out of the southwest at 9-15 at times for the upstate. more northwesterly in the mountains at anywhere between seven and 12. what is an average temperature at this time? late february, typically 64 in every high. 38 for a low. today, upper 60's. the outlook for the mountains, instead of 54 like we typically to 61 today. the record is 77. we can have one days at this time earlier. it is warmer than normal. marching across the country impacting us by tomorrow afternoon into wednesday morning. that will be our best chance of getting some rain this week for both the upstate and the mountains. tomorrow, 30-40% early afternoon will increase to 60% to 70% overnight to about half of wednesday. it clears up for thursday. another chance of showers wit

nbc's katy tur starts our coverage tonight. >> reporter: tensions high in radford, virginia. secret service body slamming a "time" photographer who tried to leave the campaign mandated press pen. trump on edge, too. this morning blaming his refusal to

virginia or northern kentucky, we are seeing some snow developing there in the ohio valley area. if you are off the coast of the carolinas, you might run into rain in south florida. andrews. greenwood currently at 32. let's check on a few other communities. by the end of the day, we will see a climbed just about 10 degrees and reach into the mid-40 range for the afternoon. the mountains will stay cold and just get into the mid-30's. it is the wind at 10 to 20 plus that makes it feel like 14 and hendersonville and 19 in boone and colder in the upstate even with a light breeze. make sure the kids dress warmly as they wait for the bus. gradually, we will see as a couple of degrees colder tomorrow and that will climb to the upper 40's wednesday and back to the low 50's by wednesday. i when it best chance for rain would second be thursday night into friday. >> good morning. so much for post-holiday cheer. a new year, a new intensity on the campaign trail. donald trump looking beyond the primaries, taking aim at hillary clinton's decisions as secretary of state and at her husband bill

a little snow in ohio, west virginia, parts of virginia will get a flurry or two. it won't reach down south to we will stay dry. temperatures in the low 30's this morning. it will climb to 36 for the upstate-day. cold and breezy and really windy in the mountains making those 20's feel like teens my the afternoon. it will only reach 36. make sure the kids have a warm coat. speaking of schools, today school salute goes to all elementary scope your the student council held a holiday food drive and raised and collected a lot of canned goods to give to those in need this holiday season. really feeling the christmas. that way. walhalla elementary school, we salute you today. thank you for sending in a great picture. by the way, we would love to have a check from your school salute. take a picture of what is going on with your class and we will show it during our schooll salute. geoff: we have missed those pictures over the last couple of weeks. dale: with all the people on break. geoff: they are just good. obviously when you see obviously -- did i say obviously twice? it

that's with snow totals topping out at 40 inches in one part of west virginia. >> now, your live super doppler john: mid to high level cloud streaming across the skies quickly from the west. then, we have a weak cold front coming in from the west. a couple sprinkles. look at. that is nice to see. the pink and white indicates frozen precipitation.

today, detectives searched a pond at virginia tech for evidence, and a section of road near the virginia border was closed off as part of the investigation. 19-year-old natalie keepers was arrested today and charged with improper disposal of a body. 18-year-old david eisenhauer was already behind bars, facing charges of abduction and murder. a lawyer says a colorado officer fired his gun during a deadly brawl in denver over the weekend. the fight broke out during a one person was killed and seven others were injured. the lawyer says the officer fires not been arrested. attorneys for two biker groups are blaming each other for starting the brawl. in florida, a woman's body was in a motel room along with a note and two monkeys. police identified the woman as li smith's body was found at the budget inn in northport. an incoherent man, who was in media questioned by police. officers have not released his identity or what the n ne said. th conservation commission is taking care of the monkeys. we could learn more today about the cause of a deadly amtrak train derailment in philadelphia as fed

west virginia is way out. there are other states where secretary clinton is leading by a large margin as well. he has an uphill climb. would it look like, clinton versus trump? >> i like our chances. some polls show trump on top, other show clinton on top. i do have a lot of republican friends. i asked them, is there any they say trump. i think if we have a clinton-trump race, you would have a fair number of crossover votes for clinton. myra: we hope to have you back. thank you so much. our commitment 2016 coverage will continue on the wyff mobile app. make sure you download the app. pamela: i think we would all vote for more of these days. a beautiful day out on lake hartwell. the my computer's dying again. you'll need to email us so we can issue you a ticket. but you're right here. it's protocol. or, you can try staples tech services next day guarantee. it's fast and done right. i'll do that instead. that's not protocol marsha. in by noon, out by 5 the next day. wit myra: with the south carolina primaries fi

he moved his campaign to virginia today. the ohio governor held a number of events in the state, including town halls in richmond and fairfax. there, he talked about the first time he ran for state legislature, back in 1978. he said he got help from, quote, "many women, who left their kitchens." end quote. his campaign later clarified, saying support for kasich has always been what they call, quote, "homegrown affairs." time in california and nevada. according to his campaign website, carson held a town hall at piper's opera house in nevada. he also hosted a volunteer training session in redding, california. carol: on the other side, less than 1 week to go before the south carolina democratic primary. senator bernie sanders made a stop this morning in sumter. he spoke before a group of supporters at a cafe. he asked them to help continue his, quote, "political revolution." michael: former president bill clinton stumped for his wife in texas. he held public events in laredo and dallas. bill encouraged supporters to vote for h

it was the smallest towns hit overnight rescues in virginia. some communities wiped off the maps as homes were destroyed. >> took my truck up in the air and glass was coming in. i thought the truck was going to turn over. >> reporter: frank rose witnessed the deadly swiser blow through waiverly, virginia. everywhere. what can you do? >> reporter: the wild weather claiming the lives of two men and a toddler tossed from a trailer 300 yards adding to the storm's death toll another man killed in south carolina when a gust of wind snapped a tree on to him. >> he was laying down and the tree was on top of him. he was hurt. >> reporter: the powerful storm system battered the gulf coast. among the hardest hit, a trailer park in convent, louisiana where >> it looked like a blender. >> reporter: some parts of florida reduced to rubble. more than 200,000 lost power. this morning while the storm is diminishing the scope of the damage is just being realized. later today virginia's governor will visit some of the hardest hit communities like this one while t

virginia mclaurin, 106 years young finally getting her chance to meet president obama. >> she's 106th. >> no, are you not. >> you are not 106. >> reporter: grandma virginia as she's affectionately known celebrated every moment. why did you want to meet the president so much? >> after i found out it was a black president and i didn't think that that would ever happen, and i really wanted to meet him. >> reporter: when mclaurin was born in 1990 taft was the president, the american flag had 46 stars, a loaf of bread cost a nickel. she grew up a sharecropper's daughter in segregated south carolina and now lives on public assistance three miles but a very long way from the oval office. >> a black president. >> look at him! right there. >> a black wife. >> that's me. >> reporter: the moment went viral, 9 million views the first five hours. >> i asked where were the kids and they said they couldn't come. >> reporter: you asked for the kid, too. >> they said they couldn't couldn't come. they are at school. >> reporter: mclaurin had written the president and even called, an invitation finally

look at some of the heavier rain moving through charleston, west virginia, and eastern west virginia. this could produce some brief flash flooding because of the fact we could see an inch, inch and a half of rain in a short period of time. significant rainfall through texas. it has been a while since we have seen the rain, dallas hasn't seen rain since the austin, last 44 days, picked up hendersonville will enjoy sunny skies with highs reaching a little above normal with a high of 55. winds from the south at 5-11. overnight lows will be in the upper 30s to low 40s in the afternoon, highs of 61 to 67. a greenville, spartanburg, anderson will be sunny today. high today of 57. winds from the south at 5-9. asheville, hendersonville will enjoy sunny skies with highs reaching a >>> and that's your latest forecast. >> thank you, dylan. >>> up next on "today," the dangers of a new synthetic drug that has officials sounding the alarm. are your kids at risk? we'll talk about it. but firs i think we should've taken a left at the river. tarzan know where tarzan go! tarzan does not know where tarz

look at virginia getting widespread snow. we will get this moisture into the upstate, late morning into the afternoon. we will show you the future plus forecast year coming up next. we are starting to see snow on the tennessee-north carolina border. we put the future plus into motion. that will continue in spots through the morning. these areas of pink, sleet and freezing rain possibilities for parts of the upstate. 2:00 this afternoon starting to see a little action in oconee and pickens county. the coming more widespread into drivetime this evening. it will change to rain later tonight. between 5:00 and 10:00, we have the potential of freezing rain for those temperatures above the look at the heavy rain coming in overnight tonight through early tomorrow morning. by late morning tomorrow into there might be a few bits of energy alumni tennessee-north carolina border. it looks like sunshine is coming in. we have beautiful weather for wednesday through the weekend to look forward to. cold temperatures all around the region fro

records in baltimore and virginia. chris can't get out of his neighborhood, or even see out of his window. >> our second floor >> reporter: with roads a mess and sidewalks a disaster, now comes the rush to get public transportation back on track. travel bans are lifted, but getting out of the house, much less to work, won't be easy. >> ever seen it this bad? >> it's not been this bad. this is the worst we've ever seen. >> reporter: with government buildings closed and many schools cancelling classes tomorrow, today, many are hitting the slopes on capitol hill, or in their backyards. this monster storm has gone, but won't soon be forgotten. >> when the fun is over, the work will begin. we just learned in this government city that federal offices will be closed down, but those who aren't going to work tomorrow likely won't avoid it. digging out from situations like this will likely take hours. erica? >> that, it will, miguel. thank you. >>> beyond the snow, people are parts of the jersey shore found themselves dealing wi

clemson plays at 13th ranked virginia in 48 hours. virginia it lose tonight, so maybe they are back on their heels a moment. the nsa tickets went on sale tonight at 7:00, sold out in three minutes. mike: unreal. marc: a lot of people try to get the tickets. mike: a hot ticket. thanks, marc. marco rubio. he ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty... then he flipped, and worked with liberal chuck schumer to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote against it. and then voted for it. he supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. marco rubio. just another washington politician you can't trust. jeb bush. he's a leader, so you always know where he stands. right to rise usa mike: dangerously cold? neighbors. we are talking about the mountains not being above freezing for three days. look at your pipes, because with that cold, you will have some trouble with that. 19 in thth upstate tuesday morning am a 38 the high in the mountains, 10, than 28. rain-flurry action going on the mountains wednesday. this system t

. >> i am here in christiansburg, virginia, just outside roanoke, on the leading at of the snow. up until now, rain and severe storms have been the biggest severe threat but now that the get worse all the way through the d saturday. we are tracking the storm. we will follow it to washington dc and continue to keep you coming up on the today show. conditions this morning, 85 and woodruff road skycam here. a number of cars on the road already but many schools aretoday. see the list on the bottom of your screen. >> sunday was gameday and it is a gameday panthers fans will not forget for a long time. arizona the carolina panthers, and what a performance from the team from charlottjerry richardson beating they keep pounding drum and the 3-0 went towhen ted ginn grabs it for the end around. it is a touchdown. how about a longer play than that one? cam newton to brown. that is the longest pass play in the history of the carolpanthers. 170-0 panthers. cam newton showing off the 6'6" frame reaching for the touchdown and carolina wins this one going away at the second half. rushing touchdo