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Developing. first of all a very powerful winter storm system that is winding across the central u.s. towards the great lakes pushing toward the northeast. what we have seen have been airport cancellations, thousands of flights that were canceled. what is the most immediate problem were seeing now besides the bitterly cold air, with a blizzard conditions and wind chills well below zero, roads are becoming impassable. very quickly. you may have mentioned in the past hour as we go live with these u...

Also across interstate 80 through illinois and portions of interstate 44. those arent the only areas. those are the ones we really looked at in the last couple of hours or so where they have had some really dire situations there. snowfall totals in chicago, weve seen a record daily snowfall total in excess of 13 inches of snow. in addition to that, weve also seen very strong and gusty winds at ohare, also reports coming out of midway. 60-plus-mile-an-hour wind gusts have been reported. here are ...

Along interstate 44 from right around springfield to the oklahoma border, very serious driving conditions being reported there. also in chicago, right now the wind is gusting to 53 miles per hour. the visibility is less than a quarter of a mile there. so needless to say, the snow and blowing snow is going to wreak havoc during the overnight hours and the early morning hours during the commute, if there in fact is a commute. were looking at significant snowfall totals all across the great lakes r...

Rain. snow to the west and northwest, rain and sleet, freezing rain and sleet to the southeast. they dodged a little bit of a built last night, expected an inch of freezing rain to be a nice base for the snow coming. they only got a tenth of an inch, but still, going to make treacherous conditions later on this afternoon when the snow starts coming, when the winds pick up, already, you talk about travel on i-70 in illinois, theres a jackknifed semitruck. another truck thats overturned, blocking ...

Missouri where you will see 20 to 14 from st. louis to kansas city and some of the snowfall totals are already staggering, and just about a foot in some cases. on the order of seven inches to a foot already reported, but we could see an additional 3 to 5 inches of snow. all right. take a look at this. this is a convoy of snow removal vehicles along the interstate, and this is in st. louis, missouri. yeah, all of the cars are staying behind, and good idea, but, yes, the interstates, interstate 70...

Kill it. lets get another name out of the way, and nothing that hits the u.s., were done. >> what would be the e? >> i didnt even look. >> oh, chad. i was going to take you through the whole alphabet. >> they recycle every six years. >> all right. well, hopefully we went wont get there, and it will stay ow there. chad, appreciate you as always. well be checking with him short low lowly. we want to look at headlines. a reaccepts getting under way in about an hour at the white house. this marks el...

Nelson. >> im vinita nair. it started as a day of fun for a missouri high school marching band. instead they ended up in a mangled wreckage of a freeway pileup. >> the crash killed two teenagers and the ntsb has put together a team of 14 investigators to find out why. robert pinto shows us what happened in gray summit, missouri. >> reporter: it happened in a matter of seconds. a school field trip took a tragic turn. >> it was all very, very quick. really quick. >> reporter: more than 50 studen...

Even more information out of gray summit, missouri. an accident on i-44 eastbound. we now know who was inside the school buses. heres what im getting from k plmpb ov, our affiliate out of missouri, the buses were full of eighth grade band students headed to six flags. eighth grade students, 50 people involved, as many as 50 injured. two confirmed fatalities. i want to go over to ines ferre who i know has been trying to sort through some of the affiliate websites and glean some information. hopef...

A busy news day for us on this thursday. bp manufacturing ahead in the next step of shutting down its blown-out well. the oil giant began pumping cement down into the well after they pumped all the mud to permanently seal the week. the relief well could get under way in another week or so, theyre hoping. the attorney who spearheaded an international campaign to save an iranian woman from being stoned to death now seeking asylum in turkey. irans high court will decide within a week if she will be...

Accident. and were trying to glean more information. as we do so, i want to talk to jordan durand, with the missouri department of transportation, a spokesperson on the phone to hopefully answer more questions. lets start simply, what happened. >> well were trying to find that out as well. were not sure exactly who started it or what transpired. but as we, as you just pointed out, two confirmed fatalities, no word on how many injuries there have been. the wreck happened were told between 10:15 a...