northeast -- the southeast up to the northeast, 16,700 this week. and i checked with the port authority in new york, the airport's open and running there with a few delays at jfk, laguardia and newark. martha: got to be a lot of ripple effects on the economy from all of this, right? >> reporter: ripple effect and people catching up to get flights and on the economy, you're right about that. people couldn't get to their jobs, some businesses had to close down because of the bad weather, the airlines lost revenue. it has a huge economic impact. not a destructive one, but a disruptive one to the tune of about $50 billion. that's from lost productivity, wages and revenues for the airlines. so, yeah, it has a big impact. as far as passengers trying to catch up and get flights to where they're going, that's going to take days to work out, so we're in the process of that now. martha? martha: good luck to everybody. [laughter] steve, thank you. ♪ ♪ bill: apparently, not many americans seem to agree with the