A blast of winter weather is about to hit much of the eastern half of the country, with tens of millions under frost and freeze alerts. Al Roker joins Lester Holt with the forecast. | NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

31K views · 241 reactions | Millions across the Midwest and Plains are bracing for severe weather. Al Roker is live with the forecast and will have more coming up on NBC Nightly News. | NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas | Facebook

41K views · 206 reactions | Al Roker has the latest on the winter weather currently plaguing the East Coast. | NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas | Facebook

Al Roker coming to Alaska

Good News! Al Roker is back on the ‘Today’ show. Roker, the beloved weatherman, made his return to the morning show Friday after more than a month off-air. Roker has been recovering from blot clots in his lungs and legs. Roker and his wife were on the show Friday morning to give an update on his health and exactly what happened. "I had two complicating things. I had blood clots that they think came up after I had COVID in September and I had this internal bleeding going on," Roker revealed. "I l