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Strongly on this last night. he will be with us coming up at 9:30. >> meanwhile fox news alert. have you heard about this? the department of homeland security now warning airlines possible attempts to attack passenger jets, yes, again, using explosives packed in shoes. national correspondent steve centanni live in washington with the very latest on this. steve, does this mean there is a terrorist plot officials are focusing on at this time? >> reporter: no, eric, there is no specific threat and ...

While this latest threat involves inbound flights to the u.s., there could be extra security at domestic airports as well. eric. >> the terror threat as we all know still continues and not abated. steve centanni, thanks so much as always. remember the danger of shoe bombs came on planes to our attention after 9/11. you may remember richard reid who tried toking need explosives hidden in his shoes on the flight from paris to miami. reid is a british citizen. he admitted to being a member al qaeda...

Plot. that is new type of explosive or new way to get past security but who knows. that is really frightening to me. >> reporter: there is no specific plot. the warning is being issued out of abundance of caution. jenna: steve, there are so many stories ahead of the olympics about possible terror attacks. can we read anything into the timing of the warning now that were at closing ceremonies? >> reporter: it comes in the middle of the olympic games in sochi, russia, of course and before the olym...

Found out this is more cancellations than weve seen in the past 25 years. 75,000 cancellations since december 1st, and, of course, weve had a bad weather winter so far. 5.5% of all the 1.35 million flights since december 1st were canceled, and so were hitting a record. people trying to cope with it here today. things slowly getting back to normal, its going to take some time. jon: that is a lot of economic activity squelched. steve centanni, thank you. >> reporter: yes, absolutely. heather: in t...

And thousands of flights canceled across the country. the latest storm system moving out finally after pounding the northeast, but another one is already brewing. we have fox news team coverage. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is tracking the new threat from the weather center, first, though, to steve centanni live at reagan national airport in arlington, virginia. >> reporter: hi, jon. we clouds and a snowed-in runway yesterday, now sunshine and the planes are flying. there are still a lot o...

We could easily see a foot in the city and gusts, of course, up to 40 miles per hour. big concern. martha: wind is going to complicate things, it looks like. maria, well see you later. bill: that could mean a lot of ice when we get to the late hours this evening and overnight. atlanta, they closed school for two days to get ready for this. and now youve got travel issues whether its at hartsfield international or for a second straight day there are thousands of people across the country stuck at...

Take a look at the boards here, all the flights are canceled straight down the line. you rarely see that. yesterday all the flights out of charlotte and atlanta were canceled, today all the flights are canceled. and there are very few planes here because the airlines moved their assets out of the way. passengers taking it in stride, some of them sitting on benches all night waiting for their flight to be rescheduled. one man was trying to get down to huntsville to visit his sick mother, and here...

Look at the pictures, its like the military moved in. weve got snowblowers, snowplow, trucks to haul away the snow. at dulles they have snow sweepers, just an army of people and equipment out there trying their best to deal with the situation that very rarely happens, that they have to close the runway. and, of course, once they push all the snow to the side, they have to then move it out of there. they cant leave it there in piles. we talked to an airport spokesman a while ago 40 said hes not -...

"americas newsroom." glad to have you with us, everybody, im martha maccallum. bill: im bill hemmer. they warned us about this. forecasters are warning the worst is yet to come. heavy snow and thick ice, howling wind and freezing rain battering states from texas into the carolinas. more than 50,000 customers without power already, just in georgia that is. folks are being told to get somewhere safe and plan on staying there for a while. martha: enough already, right? steve centanni is at reagan n...

Steve, thank you. bill: new jersey governor chris christie firing a shot across the bow on issue of income inequality. >> i think one of the big discussions and conversations over the course of the next two years in national politics is going to be. bill: do you want mediocrity or you want greatness? if you want income equality, that is mediocrity. everybody have an equal, mediocre salary. bill: some say that is the sensible approach. well examine governor christies call on that in a moment. mar...