dylan dreyer is back with us this morning. she is driving along i-81 in western virginia. and dylan, here we go. talk to me about what you're seeing. >> reporter: well, i am still seeing nothing but white. that has been the case since earlier this morning. the snow started in christiansburg, virginia, where we started off this morning at 5:00 a.m. and since then, the snow has not stopped. we are in and out of near whiteout conditions. we're not dealing with a lot of the wind yet that we'll see as this storm inches closer to washington, d.c. the storm will strengthen off the mid-atlantic coast. that's why we're going to see more wind, up to 60-mile-per-hour gusts possible. so, luckily, we're not seeing that blowing, drifting snow right now, but you can see that the roads are certainly snow covered. a few plows have gone through. so, people are moving along fine. there have not been a lot of cars on the roads. so, that's made our travel a lot easier. we are just going slow and steady. want to point out that the bluemobile that we're in is a very heavy vehicle. i've had some

i want to go back to dylan dreyer who's here with me. we saw dave. well, didn't see a lot of rain there. we have seen a lot of rain coming down in fort lauderdale when we had blake mccoy. >> exactly. that's west palm beach right now. look at the winds picking up as well. the reason why evacuation orders need to be heated, every model is saying that this storm is making a b line for the east central coast of florida. here is the storm right now and it is moving to the northwest. these are the bands that i was talking about. you see the oranges and the reds, those are already areas of torrential downpours and within some of these bands, you can see tornados spin up. we have a tornado threat before the eye of the storm getting close. the storm is so intense. winds right now is at the center of the storm at 140 miles per hour. it is not looking like it has any reasons to weaken as it gets closer to florida. the national hurricane center is keeping it as a category four storm, very, very close to the coast tomorrow morning. land fall does not make it that

dylan dreyer knows exactly when they're going to lose the signal. let's see if she gets out of the bridge because i have some tech-nerds questions for her. dylan, are you back from the bridge? >> yes. we are back. can you see me? >> yeah, i can seeyou. you look great. let me ask you. because i am a little bit of a nerd. tell me about the technology in this vehicle. we've got a camera facing forward and a camera facing you. i see you repetitiously behind you in a monitor. what kind of a technological vehicle are you in? dylan? no? we lost her. see, this is what happens. we see you perfectly, dylan, i see you, but i can't hear you. sorry. thumbs up, though. sorry we missed her. i have to tell you, how cool is that technology? let's wave at each other at least, yeah. dylan, thank you so much. we got everything in. >>> turning back to 2016 politics. there she is. 2016 politics after a break. >>> bernie sanders poll numbers rising, hillary clinton's seem to be dropping. how the clinton campaign is responding to that and a lot more. next here on "msnbc li

nbc's dylan dreyer is back with some conditions that led to this monster hurricane. break this down for us. i want to dig into the science. how did we get here? how did this get so big? >> it got to big because there was nothing breaking it apart. it developed into this massive storm and there was no -- no dry air, no high winds to shear off the top of the storm, no cold water it was running into. let's go back to september 28th when it was a tropical storm. as soon as it started running into water temperatures in the upper 80-degree range, that's when it gained that strength. quickly went from a tropical storm up to hurricane category 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. it sits in the caribbean as category 5 hurricane. barely hits western haiti. close enough to cause significant devastation to western haiti, but not enough land interaction to break this thing apart. then it moved into cuba, which is a little more mountainous. because of the mountains of cuba, after it moved through eastern cuba, it went from a category 4. that's what caused it to weaken to a category 3. it did not have

i'm bringing in my colleague dylan dreyer, how do you know how big the storm surge is going to be and what can you expect here? >> we've been throwing the numbers out. seven to 11 feet, it is all on top of the regular high tide. think about how big the storms are. it is not every day you get a hurricane that is close to making halandfall along the coa. it is not an exact science how the storm surge will move in and affect the coastal areas. i want to break down what we're looking at. you have a hurricane and it sucks up the moisture from the ocean. the ocean level rises a bit and as it moves on shore, it causes all of the coastal areas to see the effects of the rising water so you have your low tide, the high tide and the extra water piled on. so it indates areas along the mediate coastline and continues to flow further and further inland. it is not just a coastal flooding situation but the inner areas have to deal with the flooding. the water has to go somewhere, it continues to move inland. this is an exaggeration of what could happen in an extreme storm surge event. what we're focu

let's go to dylan dreyer, who is out and about. dylan, where are you and how are things looking for you? >> hey, jose. we are in queens, one of the outer boroughs of new york city, for those who don't know. and it's not great. you know, we drove through the height of the storm from roanoke to washington, d.c. and new york city, and we hit bad road conditions. now the sun is out and this is the slowest we have had to travel, mostly because the side streets are just so jammed with snow. there's no place to put the snow. if you look out front, you can see that the cars are still buried in snow. ones that are want, that have gotten out, then they're all stuck in traffic because it's monday and since things for the most part in new york city area are up and running, well, now the deliveries start again. >> uh-oh. dylan, i hate to do this. this happened to me last week with you. i lost your audio. i apologize to you, but that's what happen s on live tv when you're covering the story from all angles including automobiles going through are

nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer is closely monitoring the storm. but first let's check back with nbc's gabe gutierrez in nashville, tennessee where a different storm system is making things tough there this morning. right? >> reporter: that's right, jose. even within the past hour we've seen this weather change a bit from -- started off as freezing rain, then it moved to sleet, then we got some snow. now it is back to light sleet. there is a winter storm advisory here in effect in the nashville area until 7:00 p.m. eastern time. as you see behind me, the trucks here at the tennessee department of transportation have been busy all morning, actually threw the overnight hours. officials here in nashville say they have about 8,000 tons of salt here in this area and they've been pretreating the roads since yesterday with brine. this winter storm has impacted many states. missouri has seen several inches of snow. just to our north in kentucky we've seen a few inches of snow, as well as georgia. there has been several of the northern counties there in geo

luke russert and dylan dreyer, steve kornacki and cal perry. first to meteorologist bill karins. bill, where do things stand now? >> now they're starting to blossom. they're getting bigger. we're getting more rain, more thunderstorms, even snow around kansas city. one area in nebraska got surprised last night, eight inches of snow. they weren't expecting that much. these will eventually combine and become our nor'easter. the southern one will bring us our severe weather later on today. and this is the one that's going to be our greatest concern. let's go in here first off and show you the enhanced risk. we think there could be isolated tornadoes this afternoon into this evening. from baton rouge to new orleans, jackson, also to the mobile area. this is the area we're going to be watching this evening. that's the first real big threat, possibly lightning threat with the storm. now let's talk about the storm with the storm because this is where it has the potential to be historic, especially this pink and brighter pink from the mountains through maryland near d.c. that's where we c

lets bring in dylan dreyer, how much rain are we talking about here, daylan. >> as kerry sanders pointed out it was that push of water powering the storm itself and all of this wraps around and gets pushed on shore. regular flooding from the 10 to 15 inches of rain that we see. torrential downfalls north of daytona beach. we'll start to see improvements shortly as the tail end of the storm continues to move north ward. the coast of georgia and up to south carolina, that's where we are going to start to see some of the effects. just trying to get that board here. we are still looking at 115 miles per hour winds. the storm itself is weakening. that's good news for the coast. it looks like we'll see the storm weakening and perhaps a category two before it makes land fall. that's still winds up to 100 miles per hour. that counter clock wise rotation is just continuing to push all of this water on shore. so if we take the storm out a little bit further, we'll see that it is going to continue and downgrading into a tropical storm before it makes a loopback around the bahamas. we are going to s

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update from the hurricane center and nbc news meteorologist, dylan dreyer, explain this track. >> there is no indication this is going anywhere besides the coast of florida right now. evacuations are happening and the storm is eminent. here is the center of the storm right now. you can see how small and tightly wound the eye wall is. when the storm is getting closer and closer, we are not going to see that big eye of the storm where you get crystal clear and calm conditions and blue skies. it is a tightly round storm. it is extending out from the center of the storm. you can see the rain band extends for many, many miles outside the center of the storm. we are seeing some of the heavier rain bands affecting most of florida right now and torrential rain bands. you don't get rain showers, you have torrential downpours. lets break down where the storm is right now. it is sitting 180 miles from the northwest and moving to the northwest. winds are at 140 miles per hour and keeping it at a category four storm. we have hurricane warnings and effects along the coast of georgia and florida. and

let's turn to dylan dreyer. >> we are watching a serious situation, potentially dangerous. that's this particular tornado watch through oklahoma city, just to the west of dallas. you can see these clouds here. notice how they're billowing up a little bit more. that indicates we're starting to see the storm tops grow and we'll see the stronger storms. as of right now, we have tornado warnings in effect for parts of northeastern kansas as these storms are firing up. we'll have this last through the night. this potentially dangerous situation, that tornado watch is in effect until midnight tonight. you see this area in red here, this is because of the jet stream that's diving into the central plains, it sets up the situation, where the winds are changing at different levels of the atmosphere, the perfect set-up for long-track tornadoes, large tornadoes, and three to four-inch hail. that's baseball, softball, and up to grape-fruit sized hail. it's very dangerous and likely to cause a lot of damage. as we go till about midnight tonight, as the skies get dark, you lose your visib

. >>> let's get the latest from meteorologist dylan dreyer. we have new released information and you and i were just talking about in the commercial break because overnight it seemed as if things were perhaps better than we'd expected of the worst case scenario to breathe a sigh of relief, now, we're holding our breath. >> because for so long, the storm is off shore, keeping the heaviest winds off shore and the worst of everything just off shore but there's the chance it could wobble and now it did take the wobble to the west which could mean a landfall in charleston, south carolina. in the meantime, we look at torrential downpours already affecting jacksonville, florida. here's the eye of the storm. we look at 10 to 20 miles offshore. you have the heaviest winds, the wind gusts up to 150 or 160 miles per hour. now some of those will approach the coast, although the worst should stay just offshore but that could be a different story getting closer to south carolina tomorrow. i'll show you the track in just a second. it's still a category 3 hur

dreyer, who is tracking this thing. where do you think it's headed and when? >> we are watching this storm

let's turn to dylan dreyer with the forecast. folks on the east coast bracing for this as well. >> they need to because the forecast is coming more and more in line that this could certainly impact the southeast coast of the united states. right now, though, it is still a very strong category 4 hurricane moving past haiti and approaching the eastern tip of cuba. winds are up to 145 miles per hour. it's moving north at 10 miles per hour. so, if we take it on the track, you can see it's going to -- from the national hurricane center, it's forecast to maintain as category 4 storm all the way through its trek in the bahamas. thursday, at 8:00 in the morning, still with winds at 130 miles per hour. then after that, again, the model is coming more into line that it's going to hug the coast line of eastern florida. also of georgia. then the national hurricane center has it making landfall along the coast of north and south carolina, perhaps as a category 2 storm. then it makes its way back ought to see as a category 1 storm as we go int

>> dylan dreyer. thank you so much. back to ron mott in daytona beach where the winds have picked up and part of the roof has come off in a building near ron. can you hear me? >> reporter: yeah, we'll wipe the camera lenses here so you can get a better picture. go ahead and wipe. there is a building back here. not sure if it is a condo or a hotel. it doesn't matter, but it is shredding piece by piece the top of it. there was something at the top of. building werks heard a loud boom and then we saw part of the building start to peel apart at the very top. i don't know how tall the building is, maybe ten, ten stories or so, but it is slowly peeling away. push in there, would you, please, and you can see the top of that coming apart now. there is some debris in the air that is flying, not only from that building but other buildings as well. we've seen parts of our hotel come off. there are, unfortunately, as i mentioned, people out driving in this. i don't understand that. officials are obviously not happy about that, if t