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Karen, what do things look like right now? >> just watching what has happened at the capital and the white house, the snow has really increased just in the last hour or so. i want to show you a picture of that right now. the snowfall rates are increasing it looks like and the wind has increased as well. beautiful shot coming out of there, but if you are trying to get out on the roads this afternoon, we are going to see significant snowfall. they are saying it is going to really impact greatly ri...

The snow where were seeing ilt, temperatures are cold enough, heres the green. all this moisture, warm, moist air and were seeing a battle of rain and snow, wu the snow will win out. right now in d.c., its 36 degrees, we are see light rain. beautiful, but really hasnt accumulated within the beltway. but it will. let me show you this big picture. heres washington. were seeing breaks, but heres winchester where joe johns is in the thick of it. places along this i-81 corridor have received 12 inch,...

Closed for about a million students right now. the storm hit the midwest first. you can see the scene right here in minneapolis. this is the airport. theyre normally pretty good at managing this stuff, but this was the rare occurrence of flight cancellations at the airport. and in chicago, records were smashed. the city got more than 9 inches of snow. thats actually the biggest one-day snowfall in chicago in 14 years. that however is is nothing compared to what its bringing to parts of the north...

What does it look like and when does it move on? >> well, its going to take some time, soledad, because as the storm system sweeps to the east its going to slow down. you mentioned the power outages in virginia. why? because the bulls-eye as far as the snowfall totals are concerned, 20 or more inches across northern sections of virginia, where our correspondent joe johns is. they could see 15 to 20 inches of snowfall there. not to be left out, besides washington, d.c., pretty much shutting down,...

A record smashing day for the dow and the death of venezuelas president hugo chavez, more on that in a moment but we begin with a store thats got people nervously eyeing the skies, but with good reason. a monster snowstorm has been dumping heavy snow in chicago all day. you could be right in its path. were out in the midst of it tonight in chicago. how bad it is there? were hearing that ohare saw record snowfall accumulation today. >> good evening, piers, tonight, from the snowy city. its actual...

Mid-atlantic where you see the problem here on on the east coast. as you said, schools are closed. washington, d.c., the government closed. and everybody bracing for a long day of snow, a late winter storm here on the east coast. back to you. >> it looks like its piled up behind you and theyre still expecting a foot to fall. so where is the storm going next? karen maginnis, i think the big question, is it coming here. >> for new york right now, the forecast is saying 2 to 4 inches. its like a ...

>> yeah, thats not too bad at all. good thing i think, joe, people maybe are just staying home and curling up with a good book. joe johns for us there in winchester, virginia. now, to alexandria steele in the cnn weather center. here in d.c., were expected to get major snowfall. its quite nice on the roads coming in because nobody was on the roads and i was able to just rush right into work so easy, but how bad do we think this is going to get ahead? >> this storms got through city stops. weve s...

How bad is it going to get? >> reporter: well, pretty bad. i can tell you its actually picked up since we started around 5:00 this morning eastern time and don, its not just the volume of the snow, its also the weight and the heft of it, and the fact that its moist. if you look at this, you can see the way the snow just is prone to stick on the limbs, of course, so much weight can bring limbs down, can bring trees down, power lines, as youve already said. its been a long day across the country, ...

It is wednesday, march 6. happening right now, the midwest is feeling the effects this morning of a vicious winter storm, its blanketed the region with ice and snow. crews at the minneapolis/st. paul international airport worked around the clock to keep all of the run ways clear. this powerful blast broke a snowfall record in chicago, grounding more than 1,000 flightsed a midway and ohare. sorry if you had to feel that. and now the system has its sights set on washington, d.c. with significant s...

Its actually the worst single snowfall since groundhogs day in 2011. here we are. we were expecting 6 to 10 inches. it appears thats exactly what well get, 6, 7, 8 inches in chicago and the burbs. this is the type of snow were dealing with here, its a meaty, a hearty snow, we in the midwest call this potential heart attack snow. beware if youre out there shoveling. eight inches of the white stuff today. more to come. and that, of course, has created some havoc, especially for commuters locally a...