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from last weeks storm. >> drenching rain is expected to come down all day long, from the mid-atlantic states here in new york. and new jersey is expected to bare the brunt of it. >> this is part of the same system that just slammed the deep south with as many as two dozen twisters. more, now, from emily schmidt. >> reporter: storm chasers knew they were watching something big develop in the southeast. >> theres the rotation. >> you can see the swell. >> that ones nasty. >> reporter: st...

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you. >> wow. the icy weather in kansas city is being blamed for a pretty nasty accident involving a fire truck and a school bus. that bus was on the way to school when it slid on the slick streets straight into a utility pole and then the fire truck responding to the crash slid into the bus. two kids on that bus did suffer some minor injuries but everyone else is okay. >> wow. president obama has hit another major setback in his health occasion overhaul. a federal judge in florida ...

a standstill. banks, schools and businesses have been shut down indefinitely. that is sending shock waves around the globe. egypt is a virtual transitil an could be felt at home. >> we have two things happening. a lot of concern about the movement of oil around the middle east and the potential knock-on effects of egypt seeing a major change in its political system. thats driving the price of oil up significantly around the globe. analysts tell us every time we see the price of oil go ...

Storm. for some cities like chicago, it could be a record-breaker. the same system that brought drenching rain to southern california will travel straight across the country, delivering a dangerous punch from the rockies to the midwest and eventually right here to the northeast. but it is hitting those regions not with rain but with heavy snow and ice. here we go again. >> no surprise here, the storm is causing big problems for travelers going by air as well as by car. >> we turn to accuweathers...

>> its pretty, unless have you to go out in it. >> exactly. the staggering numbers are about to climb higher. >> as we wrap up the month of january, even more snow is on the horizon. for more of whats in store were joined by accuweathers ava dinges. good morning, ava. >> good morning, rob and vinita. with all the snow, were definitely piling up the records. officially in new york city its been the snowiest january on record. as weve seen about 36 inches. we still have a couple more days of jan...

Great lakes and dropping a couple inches of snow near pittsburgh, across upstate new york before bringing a coating to an inch in new york city. its not the monster of the snowstorm weave seen but this is getting redundant here. well see yet another storm take much of the same path through friday. its tracking over the great lakes. you get into the weekend and thats heading back toward the east coast. again, a chance for upwards of one to two inches perform really what weve seen so far has been ...

>> reporter: the storm is being blamed for at least three deaths, two on long island and one in delaware, where a woman was hit and killed by a snowplow. in clifton, new jersey, the snow seems to bring out the very best in this neighborhood. >> we have a lot of older people here, so myself and a few other neighbors do all the driveways and all the sidewalks. >> i think theyre fantastic. gods little angels. ill tell you that right now. >> reporter: as you might imagine, snow here in the northeast...

News throughout the day. shifting gears now. plows and shovels are still working overtime across the northeast this morning, digging out from a record storm. >> 19 inches of snow took new yorkers by surprise, making it the snowiest january on record. airports are getting back on track after 1,000 flights were canceled here in this area alone. roofs loaded down by heavy snow are caving in from washington, d.c. to boston and seven deaths are now attributed to the storm. >> well, on top of all of...