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America's most watched newscast now streaming same day with all the breaking news of the day on Disney plus, Most watched, most trusted now on Disney plus every night tonight, we're following several developing stories as we come on the air.

The severe weather stretching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf.

President Trump calling on allies to help reopen a key waterway for oil shipments.

And we are on the red carpet for the 98th Academy Awards.

Hundreds of millions of Americans impacted over the next few days.

Flash floods in Hawaii cutting off neighborhoods.

More than 2,000 flights canceled ahead of the storm.

Travelers told to arrive three hours early for flights after hundreds of TSA agents quit because they're not getting paid during the government shutdown.

The president asking allies to help secure the Strait of Hormuz to get oil flowing again, but

And growing concern about Russia and China.

Economic shock waves from gasoline to groceries.

What the energy secretary told our Martha Raddatz about when oil prices will come.

Moving tributes to the six airmen killed when their refueling plane crashed in Iraq.

One had just been promoted and leaves behind a young family.

The violent outburst at an airport when authorities say a TSA agent was attacked.

The suspect could face decades in prison.

A taxi cab slams into two women outside a deli.

Selection Sunday, the day basketball fans have been waiting for as ting tickets are punched for the NCAA tournament.

Lindsay Davis and Whit Johnson on the fierce competition for best picture.

Will it be sinners or one battle after another?

From ABC News world headquarters in New York, this is World News Tonight.

The 98th Academy Awards now just a few hours away.

We'll have more from the red carpet in just a moment.

But we begin tonight with the powerful cross country storm slamming the Midwest and barreling towards the east coast.

More than 100 million Americans on alert now for severe weather.

The State Patrol reporting at least 190 crashes on Saturday.

Officials have issued a no travel advisory for the southern part of the state Wisconsin declaring a state of emergency as it's blanketed with snow and blizzard conditions.

And dangerous high winds are heightening the risk of wildfires like this one in Nebraska, scorching more than 600,000 acres, killing at least one person.

WNBC's meteorologist Danny Beckstrom leads us off.

Blizzard conditions in parts of the upper Midwest and Great Lakes with heavy snow, gusty wind creating those whiteout conditions.

Chicago goes from thunderstorms to snow in a snap right around midnight as the heavy snow continues to fall.

Will total about a foot or two around Lake Michigan shores through Monday.

This is the northern tier of that systems.

That brings the severe threat to the eastern half of the country tonight.

Louis down through Shreveport as we're starting to see the first of those storms fire up.

This tracks east through the Mississippi Valley, heads toward the Mid Atlantic as we head into tomorrow.

Again, a widespread area seeing the threat for heavy rain, hail, strong tornadoes and destructive wind.

Tomorrow it intensifies to a level four out of five risk.

That's a moderate risk from Washington D.C.

down through South Carolina with a widespread threat for the destructive wind.

A lot of wind in the wake of the system as well.

Wind alerts from the Rockies up through New England.

We're looking at fire alerts for the south.

Extreme heat watches with all time records possible for the west.

Extremes from coast to coast as severe weather season ramps up.

Tonight, that powerful March storm sweeping across the Midwest and heading to the east coast.

More than 15 million Americans on alert from blizzard conditions with over 100 million more facing a significant severe weather setup.

That same system stirring up gusty wind fueling fast moving wildfires like this one in Nebraska.

The deadly flames killing at least one person and burning through more than 600,000 acres so far.

Parts of the upper Midwest being battered with heavy snow and high wind next set to hammer the Great Lakes, Wisconsin under a state of emergency blizzard conditions and near zero visibility creating hazardous road travel.

This semi truck spinning out in the middle of i35 in the Twin Cities area.

Other vehicles sliding off the snow covered roads and into ditches.

More than 2,000 flights canceled, most at Midwest airports.

And in Hawaii, a separate storm system triggering dangerous flash flooding across several of the islands, closing roads and leaving thousands without power.

So the downpours in Hawaii, Mary, are brought in by the Kona low.

That's a seasonal event that will continue into the workweek.

The heat in the west not only continues but ramps up again all time.

March records could fall throughout the workweek.

We'll be watching that once we get past tomorrow's severe threat.

And you heard Danny just mention those canceled flights.

So let's get right to Faith Abubake for more on the troubled skies.

Well, Mary, airlines or airline passengers are riding through a bumpy stretch rocked by weather delays and cancellations.

And so far this weekend, more than 2,000 flights have been canceled, a majority of them in the Midwest, including a Delta hub in Minneapolis, St.

Thunderstorms triggering hours of delays in the Chicago area.

Delta is now warning its customers that the recovery could take a while.

A partial government shutdown is also adding to the travel woes.

TSA workers received their first 0 paycheck this weekend.

More than 300 of them have quit the job and call outs have more than doubled since the shutdown.

The TSA staffing issues have been spilling security lines out the door at some airports, including in Austin, Texas.

Earlier today, we saw security lines here in Atlanta winding through the airport all the way through to the baggage claim carousels.