happening now. a final blast of the winter. whiteout conditions and heavy snow and strong winds across the northeast. this affects tens of millions of people. we have coverage of the late winter nor'easter. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. spring is less than a week away. >> here we go. >> the storm is here. the snow we have been warning about starting to fall across the northeast. expected to get heavier throughout the morning and keep falling all day. tens of millions under blizzard or winter storm warnings. there are states of emergency declared for maryland on up to new england making for dangerous and potentially deadly conditions. new york city and boston expected to be hit hard. >> new york could get a foot of snow or more. chad myers saying we will have 10 or 11 more hours of this. parts of massachusetts could see up to 2 feet. officials warning of high winds