new jersey is just one of the states getting slammed by the vicious storm. d.c., of course, never misses a chance to call a snow day. the white house canceled its briefing today. the scene in new york city, pretty much all of the cities are in store for it. the air travel, a complete mess. 3,000 fights have been canceled just so far today. usually i'm in the warm studio tossing it out to our freezing reporters out in the field. today i'm feeling their pain. cnn is covering this across several different states. zain is joining us, jennifer gray in the cnn severe weather center. zain, how bad is it where you are? >> reporter: jake, it's not as bad as i predicted earlier. the snow isn't coming down as heavily as predicted but sometime between now at 10:00