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Well try this one more time. reynolds wolf is in the nations capital at the national mall, and hopefully the snow isnt going to interfere with our communications again. reynolds? >> reporter: you know, cold can sometimes wreak havoc with electronics. weve been going through batteries like you wouldnt believe. also through snow flakes. we could get a record snowfall when this is done. we have these roadways here of people coming on through, these folks in this little sedan coming on through. hi, ...

That by the time the event ends, we could see anywhere from 20 to 30 inches of snowfall. some places a bit less, some a bit more. and the reason we mention this as the possibility of being a historic storm is the heaviest snowfall for all time recorded in washington, d.c. was back in 1922, january 27th, and january 28th. so then they referred to it as the knickerbocker storm. heavy snow on the theater roof caused the roof to cave in, 90 people were killed. dont think its going to be that in term...

>> it will be cold, too. >> thank you so much. you said a record in baltimore? >> close to it. im anticipating that. >> lets see if d.c. is soon to follow. sarah lee is there. kind of a rare sight to see the snow plows. >> reporter: it is. were at the point where we are not measuring the snow in nnincs but in feet. take a look as i walk through. this is the east wing of the national gallery. now full disclosure im only 52", but this is an impressive snowfall. its closed all the museums here at t...

Going out. this is where the snowfall is. it has really eroded as we go back across the ohio river valley, but quite a bit of activity has descended across northern virginia and maryland. the worst of the worst of the weather. from arlington to washington, d.c., to bethesda, over towards hagerstown and into southern new jersey, we are seeing hundreds of thousands of people without power. it is only going to get worse because were not seeing the end of the storm just yet. weve got hours to go. th...

Snowstorm. 2 inches here per hour overnight. well get to karen mcginnis who is talking weather specifics and where the storm is right now. >> well, we know its right where reynolds is. hes out there in d.c. for us. reynolds, once again, set the scene. starting to get a little daylight out there, i believe, right? >> reporter: yeah, suns coming up, snow continues to come down. by the time all is said and done, we could have record-breaking snow falling from 20 to 30 inches of snowfall in some pla...

Time soon. karen maginnis, weve been talking agent hundrbout hundred thousands of power outages, issues of cleaning up the roads, budgets. how long is it going to go? >> right. well, already a lot of these states and counties have busted their budget as far as the clean-up effort for the snowfall. thus far, this year. so if they get another major snowstorm, and it has really been an incredible year with back-to-back snowstorms. theyre really going to go way over their budget as if they havent al...

Incredible. as you mentioned, we are measuring snow by the feet and that holds true for much of maryland. 30 inches in elkridge. even in philadelphia where the storm shuts off a bit, 17.8 inches. the snowfall totals arent quite done yet. we do have treacherous travel. dulles international close dude to the incredible amount of snowfall, two feet on the ground in d.c. right now. other delays related to rain, not snow in san francisco. check out the temperatures to show we are below freezing right...

Can pretty much make up anywhere and tell you where that is, it is reagan national airport believe it or not. as you can well imagine, that airport is closed for business, other than the crews keeping up with the snowfall and keep the runway up as much as possible when they do open, somewhere around 2:00 p.m., fingers crossed, they can get flights running pretty quickly. bill karins is saying, i dont think so. its "msnbc saturday." im alex witt. half past the hour, your headlines. the nations ...

Well see if that works for them. >> we will see. thanks so much. and were going to offer you complete live coverage of sarah palins keynote address at the tea party convention 9:00 p.m. eastern time right here on "msnbc saturday." meantime, final preparations underway for tomorrow mornings very early launch of the space shuttle "endeavour." the shuttle along with its six-member crew deliver a new room to the space station. a one-of-a-kind space observation deck built by the european space ag...

Pretty soon? >> well, marylands like the new maine. thats what a lot of people are joking. >> thats not good. >> theyre saying howard, maryland, just reporting 30 inches. thats the highest total ive heard yet. >> wow. >> so, serious. were hearing widespread reports of 20 to 30 inches of snow from d.c. to philly, everywhere in between there, including baltimore, the entire state of maryland is getting those snowfall totals. even saw some of the high elevations of west virginia of around 34 inches...