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Three inches of snow and snowing hard through washington, d.c. to new york. the temperature in d.c. is still above freezing. only north and west of the city are they getting accumulating snow for now. that will change. new york city now down to 28. snow accumulating quickly. especially in new york city southwards. not good drive right now from philadelphia out into areas of eastern pennsylvania. notice where all the heavy snow is for the most part west virginia through philadelphia new york and ...

And today were going to be reaching up to 50 -- more than 50 miles per hour gusts winds. what is happening, thats going to happen about an in an hour until the evening rush. and the winds i can talk about that, but i can show it too. if you look back there youll see the boats behind here and youll see it moving ever so slightly. thats what were dealing with. and the rain will go all the way from new hampshire down to cape cod. and then that is going to happen and get heavier throughout the day. ...

>> well take zero in new york city. talking about the 12 to 16 inches of snow that bill cairns is telling us. nbcs ron mott is in boston where thats the case. its taking effect at noon. good morning, ron. >> reporter: good morning, richard. second day of the new year. the first major storm is bearing down on the city of boston and expected to punch this city very hard. already this morning, pretty light snow falling so the morning rush was okay. probably a little longer than normal and its the e...

An hour will be possible along the coastal areas. that along with combination of snow will produce whiteout conditions. travel is not recommended across any areas as we head into tonight. it will be a tough evening rush home across many of you in the northeast. winter storm warnings across the northeast, pennsylvania and new jersey. temperatures, jenna, some coldest temperatures we havent seen in years will impact the northeast. i want to show you this model run, as far as windchill. look at tom...

Flights today. laguardia, 200 flights. the worst weather in new york city comes in after the evening rush. now lets take you live to cleveland. look at the snow out here. talk about a white-out. weve got winds here on the lake front gusting to 43 miles an hour. its 22 degrees. the windchill is 6. then in chicago, where weve had a bit of an overachiever the top number there coming in 18 inches of snow. most of the morning, midway and ohare were under ground stops. over 1,000 flights canceled sinc...

Will be snowing hard in boston for the evening rush and parts of maine could get up to a foot. as a result, airlines have already cancelled at least 450 flights. more fallout for congressman trey radel after admitting last month he bought cocaine. the house ethics committee now planning its own investigation to determine if raddel violated congresss code of conduct and could be forced to testify about his history of substance abuse. radel, 37, is currently receiving troeeatment in florid the...

They also say that most people who buy lottery tickets are procrastinato procrastinators. they normally buy at the last minute. if you want to buy your ticket go before the evening rush. so that you dont have to wait in a long line. that drawing is tonight at 11:00 p.m. eastern time. chris, kate, michaela, i promise to come back today with your lottery tickets. >> unlike last friday. >> yes. >> we have long memories. >> heard the tale before. >> now shes accusing us of procrastinating, too? >> i...

Behind that storm, drier conditions for the evening rush, but tomorrow, lake effect snow, over a foot of snow expected. >> something to look forward to. maria molina outside where its still pretty dark. thank you very much. three friends struggling to pay their light bills decided to audition for "americas got talent." >> they didnt win, but theyre top five finish and national exposure propelled them to fame of the joining us now, the texas tenors. >> you still have trouble paying the light bi...

New york city, july 18th, 2007. its just before 6:00 p.m., and the evening rush is in full swing. millions of workers are making their way home after another busy day in the big city. on 41st street and lexington avenue, the heart of midtown manhattan, 21-year-old gregory mccullough, college student and part-time tow truck driver, and his passenger, judith bailey, are stopped at a traffic light. they are in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> we were just having a casual conversation about, yo...

Of people, roads shut, mass transit shut, and all of it happening, as you said, at the start of the evening rush, about 4 p.m. is when the rain started to fall. commuter trains were stranded forcing the toronto police marine unit to use small boats to get to the trains, allowing those workers there to pull people through the train windows and get them to safety. as for the power outages, about 300,000 people lost power across the greater toronto area, and officials said they dont know exactly wh...