philadelphia. close to 10,000 flights have been canceled since sunday, and global travelers also affected. international airports in the new york area shut down combined with last week's snowstorms in europe. well, in alaska, the senate race is finally over. i feel like we said this last week. but no, now it really is. a federal judge dismissing a lawsuit challenging republican senator lisa murkowski's write-in victory. murkowski launched that after she lost to tea party favorite in the republican primary, joe miller. in his lawsuit, miller claimed many of the write-in ballots had murkowski's name spelled wrong and should not be counted. she'll be sworn in next week for her second hard fought and hard-won term. she'll be the first person since strom thurmon to win the election of the senate as a write-in candidate. what a comeback. >> absolutely.