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Ditto in minnesota, where wrecks littered the highways. when traffic did move, it moved slowly. then on to wisconsin and more treacherous roads. a semi fell into the red cedar river, killing the driver and closing part of the interstate for hours. in chicago, the afternoon commute was an icy, snowy mess. >> it doesnt make for good driving but at the same time its beautiful out, the snow, the quiet. >> reporter: the 10 inches of snow at ohare airport set a record for most snowfall on that date. m...

To be honest with you. weve had a lot of snowfall but so far the accumulation is only about six inches here in the city. >> reporter: the few shop keepers who opened their doors reported almost no customers. pretty easy day at work? >> yeah, pretty much. >> reporter: back now live in virginia where its just starting to rain a bit, more than 200,000 people said that they were without power in virginia. that number could go up this evening before it goes down. wolf? >> all right, joe. thank you. y...

>> good morning to you. you are watching "fox & friends first". i am heather nauert. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> rolling over the east coast slobbering state after state with heavy wet snow. >> these folks are in minneapolis and they are bigging themselves out as the nations capital is bracing for a direct hit. >> this has a lot of snow in the midwest in chicago yesterday and today impacting the nations capital it will stay with us today tomorrow and even into friday morning. we are going to be...

Good evening. breaking news tonight including 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, p...

Blackberries and laptops. the government agency looks like its opened and fully functional. the air and space museum of the smithsonian institution open and a popular destination today. you can see in here, lots of people inside. despite the overwhelming snowfall inside the city, the mayor says this about closing the government. >> i would rather err on the side of caution than put people at harms way. >> reporter: and its turning more to a rain event and now the city will turn its attention to ...

At history after the last two peaks, the dow fell 50 to 60%. if the jobs report misses expectations, that could be a very excuse for investors to take profits off the table. >> at least it doesnt look like the forced spending cuts here in washington are having much an impact on washington, does it? >> not yet. the real indicator is going to be when the discussions begin on the debt ceiling talks. i have a way to rattle the markets because that is something that rattled the markets last summer. w...

Looking picture, reynolds, than it is here inside the beltway. tell us why. >> well, one of the big reasons why is because if you go to the beltway, if you go in washington, d.c., its a tidal basin. many times you have the influence of the atlantic ocean and you have warm air at the surface. however, say i-66 was perfect driving conditions without any traffic, about an hour away out here to the west, weve got snow everywhere. you look behind me, and let me tell you, man, this america is basicall...

Me. the wind is picking up and the snow rate has picked up. the estimates have been all over the place as to how much snowfall they would receive. it is expected between five and ten. now to the west of interstate 95, there could be as much as 20 inches of snowfall. our correspondent joe johns is in the winchester area, 20 plus inches of snow so a bill wallop across north central virginia, less so towards the east. the storm system as it is ramping up its not dying down, we are looking at the no...

Snowfall, its turned out to be a rowdy day on capitol hill with senator rand paul of kentucky leading an old fashioned filibuster, speak until you can speak no more, going on for nearly five hours now. paul rose as a quarter to -- and with a little help from senate colleagues, it hasnt stopped yet. stay with us. the days top lines are coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness? by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful?

The rain-snow mix. wet and cold. not a lot of snow sticking on the ground. its pretty quiet. federal employees were told to stay home and congress is with respecting it up early to avoid the worst of things. not too many miles outside the city. parts of virginia are seeing more than a foot of snow. the governor declared a state of emergency. tens of thousands of people do not have power right now. this storm is nowhere near finished. it is expected to get worse as we get into the evening. about ...