park. >> reporter: david, new jersey governor chris christie declaring a state of emergency throughout new jersey, all of this snow creating dangerous conditions on the roadways. the big concern is for the coastal counties. we're on the beach in asbury park, where the wind has been relentless all day long, at times gusting near 50 miles per hour. at times it was difficult to stand or even see out here. david. >> victor, thank you. the storm bringing air travel to a halt tonight. more than 4,000 flights cancelled. the ripple effect coast to coast at this hour. and look at this, singapore jumbojet bound for jfk tonight was forced to land at steward airport, about 80 miles north in the hudson valley. linsey davis. >> reporter: tonight, airports throughout the northeast are digging out. the effects of this massive nor'easter cancelling or delaying thousands of flights. >> we're not sure if we're going to be flying out of here anytime soon. >> we're stuck here until tomorrow night. >> reporter: crews working tirelessly to clear runways and de-ice planes, even as far south as orlando. of the more than 4,000 flights cancelled this misery map from flightaware shows boston, new york city, and d.c. airports are among the hardest hit. laguardia and jfk airports suspending service, then closing entirely for most of the day. sebastian reed, stranded at laguardia, after trying to pick up a friend whose flight never arrived. >> it's a nightmare. >> reporter: baltimore-washington airport receiving so many diverted flights it stopped accepting international diversions. forcing already-diverted planes to land at nearby d.c. airports. railways ar affected, too. amtrak reducing the number of trains operating up and down the northeast corridor. this train derailed overnight in georgia with 300 passengers on board. >> we were trying to pull up normally, but the switch was frozen. >> reporter: fortunately, no one was injured. >> extremely fortunate on that front. linsey davis with us live from laguardia. not a soul there behind you. >> almost surreal. it's deserted here. it's not expected to reopen until 11:30 tonight. we'll likely feel the effects of this storm for several more days. already more than 700 flights have been cancelled for tomorrow, david. >> linsey hop on a flight somewhere south if you can. thanks to you as well. let's get right to ginger zee. first, where the storm is light right now. a big warning of what's coming next. let's get to the map showing the stream lines rotating around that low. that represents how windy it still is, and obviously, still snow. it's just east of the cape. you can see the snow shield still stretching from new jersey up to maine. this was a storm was generally incredible. it dropped 59 millibars in 24 hours. what it leaves behind, on top of 17-inch snowfall in lincoln, massachusetts, is another 3 to 6 tonight. in parts of maine, 8 to 12 on top of what you already have. here's that warning you were speaking about, david, it's thank you. >> reporter: in the past 24 hours, the president's former chief strategist did indeed take to the airwaves, lavishing praise on his old boss multiple times. >> the president of the united states is a great man, you know i support him day in and day out. >> reporter: but the damage may already be done after that new white house book "fire and fury" quoted bannon attacking the president and his children. he called donald trump jr. and jared kushner "treasonous" and "unpatriotic" for the meeting in trump tower with a russian lawyer they thought had dirt on hillary clinton. he said of daughter ivanka trump "people suddenly realized she's dumb as a brick." author michael wolff writes ivanka and her husband even talked about her possibly running for president one day, bannon scoffed at the prospect. from the white house, outrage. >> there are numerous mistakes, but i'm not going to waste my time, or the country's time, going page by page, talking about a book that's complete fantasy, and just full of tabloid gossip. >> reporter: and the president's legal team waged war, threatening to sue bannon for libel and slander, writing legal action is imminent. they also demanded the book's publisher halt publication. the threat didn't seem to matter much, the release date moved up to tomorrow. the shock waves already felt in washington. with early excerpts like this, wolff says behind closed doors president trump critiqued top aides, calling his son-in-law jared kushner a suck-up, senior advisor kellyanne conway a crybaby, and former press secretary sean spicer stupid. it claims the president's advisers had concerns about his mental stability. wolff doesn't name names, but he writes, "the worry among staffers, trump's rambling and his alarming repetitions, had significantly increased, and that his ability to stay focused, never great, had notably declined." press secretary sarah sanders today, forced to defend the president's fitness to serve. >> it's disgraceful and laughable. if he was unfit he probably wouldn't be sitting there. >> let's get to cecilia. live at the white house tonight. the author tonight actually thanking the president as you mentioned, the book now being released early, in fact, tomorrow. another headline from the white house today. staffers there no longer allowed to bring their personal cell phones into the west wing? >> yeah, david, despite this turmoil this book has caused, this personal cell phone ban has been in the works for some time. they say it's about security. not a response -- or a reaction to all those leaks in that book, david. >> all right, cecilia, thank you. next this evening, it's hard to believe but it's been 25 years since waco. the fbi facing off against members of a religious sect, the branch davidians. dozen of women and children trapped inside that compound. the standoff lasting 51 days. ending when authorities moved in. we all remember when that compound went up in flames. but before those flames, the negotiators trying to get the children out. tonight, here, the audio. one of those children all these years later on what it was like leaving her mother behind. >> dozens of federal agents are surrounding the headquarters of a religious cult. >> it was the worst blow the atf has ever suffered. >> at least four federal agents and a member of a cult group are dead. >> reporter: that infamous, deadly raid that led to 51-day standoff. the branch davidian compound in waco, texas. >> has proclaimed himself as the second coming of jesus christ. and he is very well armed this time around. >> the man of course is david koresh. >> reporter: koresh barricaded inside with his followers and they are heavily armed. and had a plan. >> many shall fear and trust in the name of the lord. >> it's all a part of the apocalyptic theory that gives them salvation. >> reporter: inside there were more than 30 women, and dozens of children. audio trying to convince that the children should be freed. >> you're telling me the children are innocents, but yet, you want to keep them in there? what is the purpose for that? >> look -- hey, none of your business, you people are just so arrogant, so proud and so foolish. >> of course the main focus was on the children. >> reporter: negotiators convince koresh to release some of the kids. >> we got six children out the first day. >> he says he will release more children two by two. >> a total of ten children have been released from the compound. >> reporter: joanne veiga was just 6 years old. her mother, still in the compound. >> she asked david if she could go and he said -- he said no. because he only was going to let the children out. >> reporter: tonight, joanne now. >> she packed what little i had. she wrote a note to my sister. she said her good-byes. >> reporter: it was the last time she would see her mother alive. her sister at the time waiting for her. >> that was the only time i felt safe, through the whole thing is when i saw my 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