about 22%. that will bring the premiums up to about $3552. that doesn t include subsidies. that s correct. this level is where the congressional budget office, which is nonpartisan said that the rates would likely be around 2017. if the issue is the first two years, they felt the premiums had been set too low. so we re not actually it s a big jump, but it s where we re supposed to be. these are the forecasts. the issue is that s an average for a silver plan. it doesn t represent the whole story, including the subsidies. is there a state that s going to be hit harder than the others? arizona strangely is going to be the hardest hit state. let me show you the examples of the states that are going to get the worst. arizona is up 116%. where you re going to see big increases are in states where they have lost insurers. there are a number of states that won t have enough insurers.
being the hardest hit state yesterday with reports of damaging winds and tornado across the northern part of that state. today the risk for severe weather continues on the move. it will move into eastern texas including houston, dallas, jaks jackson, mississippi, new orleans. along the duffl gulf coast alone florida panhandle, the carolinas, and southeastern parts of virginia could be looking at severe weather. bill: we are coming into the season as we head toward april. reporter: april, may and june tend to be the most active months during the tornado season. the month of march has been below average so far.
all branches including those in new jersey and new york city and nearly 1 million homes and businesses lost power in the northeast this afternoon following severe snow and ice storms overnight. the hardest hit state, pennsylvania, with over 720,000 customers out. and all of this is taking a big toll on jobs. this is countrywide. according to the latest adp report, the private sector added just 1 75,000 jobs in january, the weakest month for hiring since august. this comes just two days before the big monthly government jobs report that s out on friday. and all of this to the to mention our heating bills are going up. for those who heat their homes with natural gas which accounts for about half of the united states, prices have skyrocketed some 50% from a year ago and are now at their highest level in four years. and neil, maybe this is icing on the cake, at the end of that farm bill you ve been talking about on your show there is a fee for heating oil which the other half of the united
of emergency announcing all new york city schools are closed today. moving further north this is boston feeling the brunt of the winter blast. you are looking live where the streets are empty. 3200 flights are canceled more delayed at this hour. we are going to begin first with maria molina who is tracking the monster storm in the weather center. i have new snowfall totals by the national weather service that have been released. there has been addition dal snowfall that has occurred out here. massachusetts the hardest hit state by the storm system. we have picked up additional
police she and zimmerman had an argument at that time she alleged he had broken a table and at that point pointed a long barreled shotgun at her. she was able to work her way to the front door of the residencen cell phone and called 911. at that time he actually pushed her out of the front of the residence and barricaded the door with some furniture from inside of the house zimmerman not hard no one was hurt. first appearance tomorrow. he will be spending the night in jail. now for the tornado ravaged midwest. 80 tornadoes reported yesterday. hundreds of homes just flattened. the hardest hit state is illinois where six people were killed. ef-4 tornado. leveling entire blocks and injuring dozens of people. the violent weather also causing two deaths in