More than 30 million Americans are in the path of a storm system that forecasters say has a high likelihood of producing tornadoes today. The probabilities are high enough that the warnings started becoming clear over the weekend. The system may produce the most damaging kind of long-track tornadoes that can travel for miles. "We are fairly confident that there will be multiple tornadoes on the ground from late Tuesday (afternoon) to early Tuesday night," AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said. "People should take this threat seriously."

President Biden is asking Congress to prevent a national railroad worker strike. A dozen unions reached a tentative agreement with railroad companies months ago but some union members have rejected the deal. The President does not have the power to force unions to accept a labor contract but Congress does. A third of the nation’s freight travels by rail and shippers and manufacturers warn a rail strike would cause economic chaos next month. Truck stop owners said a rail strike could endanger the nation’s fuel supply.

Dec. 21, only three weeks away, is the date when Title 42 immigration enforcement expires, and 15 states are trying to convince a federal judge to keep the rule in place. The states say lifting the quick expulsion of undocumented immigrants will open the floodgates at the border. Critics say Title 42 is an anti-immigration rule passed during the height of COVID. Title 42 opponents say the rule keeps people seeking asylum out of the country and unable to access the courts to get a hearing.

Airlines nationwide are cutting flights to regional airports and most states rely heavily on regional flights. Two-thirds of the nation’s airports only get their flights from regional airlines, and 76% of regional airlines now have fewer flights than before the pandemic. Regional airlines say a pilot shortage is a key reason for the flight cuts. The association that represents regional airlines say there are 500 airplanes parked around the country with nobody to fly them.