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Think. >> the good news, now that the storm has lifted, many fliers left stranded could get in the air again this morning. some 3,000 flights were grounded because of the weather, leaving a lot of people stuck waiting for word from their airlines. >> the lady says, hey, were trying to reroute you on united, well get back to you. well, that was a couple hours ago, so were just sitting here and, you know, actually watching a movie here, just passing the time. >> like a double feature. all right, k...

Dealing with all this ice? a shortage of salt. this winter has been so bad that many places are just running out of salt. so, look at this ship. this ship is coming across from canada to wisconsin and bringing with it 50,000 tons of salt. that will be distributed in wisconsin and illinois to help deice the roads. so, thank you, canada. >> thats why theyre our best friends. a salt shortage also causing issues here in new york. officials warning today, take it slow. i cant -- it makes me twitch ...

Earlier this morning, we were getting snow and freezing rain, and temperatures still around 30. but were just getting rain now. and theres some places, obviously on the sidewalks, where its very, very icy, very, very treacherous to walk. >> sure. >> reporter: but the roads now seem to be okay. the trick, of course, is trying to get down salt on the roads, and there are a number of communities in new jersey and other states that have been saying they have shortages because winter has been harsh. ...

Non-essential employees. power companies are bringing in addition personal. and we talk about black ice on the roads, but if is on the sidewalks as well. we have seen people slipping and sliding so take it easy >> you need good boots today. thank you very much. >> so for more on where this storm is head and how much snow we are going to get. maria is watching it. >> the rain/snow line is around the 84 corridor and that is why we have the freezing rain in the new york city and central park picked...

Be one big ice chunk. and they dont get this out of here, this is going to be here until march. something else were dealing with too. these big tall buildings with the ice storm that we had this morning. these big tall buildings are shedding sheets of ice at a time. and the people down on the sidewalks are getting hit by these sheets of ice. so you need to be very careful walking around the city today, and look above or maybe take a hard hat or dont look up at all or stay inside. here is what th...

Safety with the help of some bystanders. take a listen. >> did all i could do. i placed my weight in both hands and i squatted. >> you and me both. my hands kind of hurt. i was going to think about jumping down. >> thats why i said. i jumped to the cause. >> the man suffered a few bumps and bruises. we know john huddy well here and his sister. those are your headlines. thank goodness he was there. >> the huddys. good man. >> this is a day in which you need your weather person ready to go and in ...

On the sidewalks and all that. weve gotten out to take a walk around. but the roads are -- theyre in pretty good shape. and thats because people stayed home and stayed off them so theyve been taken care of. and were going to continue driving around and see whats happening. theres not a lot of people out. and thats the good news. and again, well see how it goes. the commute in the afternoon, the evening is coming up in a few hours. but i dont think its going to be that big a deal because again, t...

All right. breaking news this morning is the weather. just pounding millions and millions of people this morning for a treacherous morning commute. you were just looking at live pictures of hartford, connecticut there. the snow simply falling. 3 inches an hour of snow coming down. we also have pictures, i believe, from cincinnati, ohio, right now. a look at the roads there. a slow morning commute as there is still some snow falling. not a lot of cars on the road. and you know what? its a good id...

Streets and pushing it off the sidewalks here and this is a salted area. it was very, very white. i think tonight as soon as we get sunset, we are talking 4:00 or 5:00, the roads will freeze. these ruts will be ice and it it will be slippery to walk o. you cant tell where the slush starts and snow stops. how deep it is. when you go to the curb, some of the splashing is or six inches deep. well over the shoes you wore to work today. the almost 600 flights out of new york city, lets say 120 people...

Forever and were just -- i following a cocaine bust. dont even know if were in the in a letter to house speaker middle of winter yet. john boehner, radel wrote he >> it is really cold and getting cannot effectively serve his colder. im getting tired of this district, a change from his earlier promise that he would spend the next year trying to weather. i need to move to florida or vegas. regain the trust of the voters. >> in chicago, you could see 4 a special election is being planned for replac...