LIVING RIGHT NOW ON. >> PRESSURE. THIS MORNING, PRESIDENT TRUMP RENEWING HIS CALL TO RELUCTANT U.S. ALLIES TO HELP END AN IRANIAN BLOCKADE ON THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS DAILY OIL EXPORTS DROP.MEANWHILE, ISRAEL ANNOUNCING GROUND OPERATIONS AGAINST IRAN BACKED HEZBOLLAH IN SOUTHERN LEBANON AND IRAN LAUNCHING A NEW WAVE OF STRIKES ACROSS THE GULF. NOW, AS DAY 18 OF THE WAR BEGINS, THE PRESIDENT INSISTS THE WAR WON'T BE ENDLESS. >> IT WILL BE SOON, IT WON'T BE LONG.AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MUCH SAFER WORLD WHEN I ...

Let's get right to it. Starting with that monster storm. We're going to have a full weather forecast in just a moment.We want to start checking in with our journalists stationed all across the country. NBC News correspondent Emily Ieta joins us from Central Park here in New York City. NBC News reporter Gary Grumbach has more from Washington DC.So Emily, the weather blamed now for at least nine deaths across several states this morning. Still more than 200 million people are under cold alerts. Just tell us a ...

deadly and potentially historic winter storm slamming millions of us across the country. It is a triple threat of snow, of ice, and this life-threatening arctic cold that's going to stick around for days. I want to show you here.You're seeing some of these pictures we're getting in. Let me see if we can get a live look here. This is Boston.It is really coming down out there. We show you the latest track with the system taking aim at the Mid-Atlantic. That's New York on the left, by the way, too, live.And if ...

Tonight, the deadly monster storm gripping the country is moving east, having already frozen out the south, killing at least three in Louisiana and Texas from hypothermia, according to officials. Now, New England is in the bullseye. >> This is a storm that's going to pick up really quickly >> with up to 3 in of snowfall an hour and 2 feet in the forecast.>> It's going to come down heavy, so just be prepared. Get your food, get your warm clothes on, stay inside. Tonight, more than 136 million Americans under ...

Tonight, the Arctic blast's frigid introduction slamming the country with snow, sleet, and freezing rain set to impact more than half of all Americans. In Arkansas, roads littered with jack knife semis and cars skidding off the road. Chaos in Tennessee as crews rescue stranded drivers.At least 17 states declaring a state of emergency as 196 million Americans from Arizona to New England are under winter weather alerts. This morning, wind chills crashing to the negative 20s and 30s across the plains and upper ...

We're actually going to start with that dangerous winter storm that's moving east across the country. It's set to slam. More than half the map.People from Texas all the way to southern New England are bracing for hazardous ice, heavy snow, brutally cold temperatures. 172 million people are now under some form of winter weather warning through Sunday. More than 1700 flights, they have already been cancelled for tomorrow.This according to Flight Aare. And more than a dozen states have declared emergencies. An ...

ACE weather's Bernie Reo has more on the forecast. Bernie, we've been leaning on you big time today. >> Yeah, we'll call it's coming. It's on the way. It's less than 48 hours away across the Northeast and less than 24 hours away across Texas.Look at the impacts of this storm. You talk about news you want to use here. How about 200 million impacted from this storm.Travel flight is going to be shut down across the country Sunday and Monday. You will not be flying anywhere in the central and eastern US. I drew ...

MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. CONDITIONS STARTING TODAY. HEAVY SNOW, DANGEROUS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM THE SOUTH ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTHEAST.NOW PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY. FROM GROCERY STORES AND GAS STATIONS TO SIDEWALKS AND FREEWAYS FOR WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE THE BIGGEST STORM IN YEARS. WE WILL BRING YOU THE LATEST.ALSO THIS MORNING, PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKING ON ONE OF AMERICA'S BIGGEST BANKS WITH A $5 BILLION LAWSUIT. MEANWHILE, FORMER SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH, DEFENDING HIS INVESTIGATION INTO PRESIDENT TRUM ...

Strong winds and drenching rain have descended on New York City, raising the risk of power outages and coastal flooding. https://t.co/lPnbJc70fk ...

Hurricane Melissa is expected to cross Jamaica and then hit eastern Cuba. You can actually see the storm preps underway in Havana and evacuations in Santiago de Guuba. >> The National Hurricane Center warning that that heavy rain could trigger catastrophic floods and landslides there.NBC News reporter Ed Augustine is following the latest from Havana for us. Ed, it's good to see you and hear you. Cuba facing constant nationwide blackouts, fuel and food shortages, even a deni fever outbreak prior to Melissa.S ...