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As Brian mentioned in the vlog, weather will be among the stories in tonight's "A" block. NBC's Don Teague reports from McAlester, Okla., where statewide 98,000 people are without power.
One state to the south, my fellow Web editor, Constance, is stuck in Austin, Texas, where Weather.com reports the historic temperature range this time of year is 40-60 degrees Fahrenheit. She snapped this photo of a snow-covered Loop 1 on-ramp with her cell phone.
Photo by Constance Parten, MSNBC.com.
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Another holiday weekend ends with weather woes in parts of the country, and that story will play prominently on tonight's broadcast.
That's just one of the stories Brian previews in the vlog. Click here or on the image to watch.
Here's a link to the New York Times story he mentions. If you have an NYTimes.com login, you can read it.
Discuss (1 comments) Email this | Link to thisIn Midtown Manhattan, it's a neither-here-nor-there day. I suppose it's like that in a lot of places: the streets are virtually free of cars, stores are open but virtually free of customers. Nightly News is operating on a kind of modified holiday staff -- it doesn't feel like a normal Monday... nor does it feel like July 4th. Because the holiday we observe today is relatively new, and because its namesake was a figure of our own times, today at least has an impact among Federal Holidays. I was struck this morning by a live picture from Dr. King's grave. As members of the public filed by, I realized that this year, for the first time, Coretta Scott King is by her husband's side. That scholars and civilians alike can now examine Dr. King's papers also adds to the impact of this year's holiday.
In the news, weather is a huge concern. As we will show with a graphic tonight, there is a clear dividing line between the liquid and frozen precipitation. North of the line there are real troubles and real suffering as a result.
Discuss (8 comments) Email this | Link to thisThis has been a strange winter so far... now it's getting stranger. A major storm is covering the Midwest with ice tonight... a layer of more than 1 inch in some places. There are warnings as far south as Texas. Oklahoma and Missouri have been hit hard, and in California some cold temperatures that are threatening the citrus crop. We'll have more from Don Teague in Oklahoma... and Peter Alexander in California.
Also, NBC's Robert Bazell will tell us about the discovery of a gene associated with the most common form of Alzheimer’s. We'll find out what it means for future treatment of the disease.
NBC's Kevin Tibbles has the story of the man charged with kidnapping two boys in Missouri 4 years apart. The boys were found together on Friday.
NBC's Kevin Corke is following the debate over Iraq in Washington… as the President tries to sell his new strategy to the American people.
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