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To boston are in the brunt of the cancellations and thats on top of the 1600 cancelled yesterday. Hena daniels is here in new york where a state wide state of emergency has been declared. Hena, good morning. Reporter good morning, annemarie. Here in Columbus Circle in new york city, the snow has begun to fall. It seems like the wind is just whipping you in the face and the snow has already accumulated leaving an icy coating in the streets. Meanwhile, look whos ready to go theyre preparing the roads before we get the worst of it. The snow is beginning to fall in the midatlantic in places such as baltimore and farther north such as harrisburg, pennsylvania, as a lateseason and winter storm moves in. This morning blizzard warnings stretched from the philadelphia area to new york city and ton coastal maine. Were going to have whiteout conditions, potential visibility and were going to have potential for threefoot snowdrifts. Reporter schools are closed ahead of the storm that are capable of bringing 2 feet or more to some places. Along with whiteout conditions. Parts of the same storm hit the midwest. Crashes littered roadways like this twodozen car pileup in chicago. Whether youre driving a compact car or a tractor trailer youre going to put yourself and other people at risk if you go out in the weather. Reporter here in new york, the snow is falling, the city has suspended its elevated Subway Service before dawn and workers are working 12hour shifts to make sure the streets are clear. Out in long island, it shows workers shores up the beach to prevent erosion. And crews ready for Power Outages the storm could bring. Weve got the shovels, ready to go. Reporter people in the path with snow shovels and groceries. Its frustrating because we just had very nice weather. Reporter with the official start of spring six days away, were hoping this is the last youll see of old man winter. With spring less than a week away, it certainly doesnt feel like it this morning. Among other travel delays and cancellations, amtrak has cancelled its excela service from new york to boston and other services. Annemarie. Thats going to be hard to get around, stay put if you can hena daniels, thank you. Well, pennsylvania is one of the states covered by the blizzard warning. Trang do of our philadelphia station kwy is in allentown with a check of the conditions there. Reporter good morning, im joining you from allentown, pennsylvania which is about an hour north of philadelphia. As you take a look at the situation here, were seeing lots of fine, misty snow this morning. The first flakes fell on the area just around 9 30 last night. And started out as a wintry mix. Weve seen a lot of rain which is why we havent seen a lot of whole lot of accumulation thus far, even though its been pretty much snowing overnight. As you take a look, this is downtown allentown, as you can see the streets and sidewalks are completely snow covered. It appears deceiving at this point because there are lots of winds and they are just pushing around these very fine, light fine snowflakes. This is actually really pretty at this point. But this is what you would call the calm before the storm. But were expecting much heavier snow to come in, particularly around the morning commute time, later on this morning, and then gradually kind of dying down until the system moves out of here at 4 00 p. M. And forecasters are predicting for this area, anywhere from 18 to 24 inches. So, we have quite a ways to go. For now, im trang do for cbs news in allentown, pennsylvania. Trang, thank you. Meteorologist eric fisher from our boston station wb zz is tracking the massive storm. A major storm and major noreaster is under way. Weve got blizzard warnings all the way up from pennsylvania to maine. A combination of really strong winds and heavy snow are going to make for a strettreacherous on the roads. That rain snow line on the i95 corridor, throughout the course of the day a very wet snow ahead of it. All of this wrapping up as we head into the overnight by wednesday morning tapering off to snow showers. Were looking at impressive totals at some spots, perhaps the biggest march storm on record when in comes to snowfall. Biggest amounts will be just north and west of i95. Inland areas away from the big cities with significant snowstorms in philly, through new york and certainly isnt hartford. And into boston, 6 to 12 inches and snow there with rain and mix. A lot of wind. Coming on shore winds will top up to 60 miles an hour. And Power Outages with snow wet and heavy and power lines. And strong winds heading up towards maine as we move our way into tuesday night. A lot with this storm. Behind it comes the cold. It wont be a quick melt. Temperatures well below average for the rest of this week, even a chance for more snow as we head into st. Patricks day weekend. Im meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. Spring is going to have to wait for at least another week. Oh, boy, well, coverage of this massive storm is going to continue on cbs this morning. Our crews are monitoring conditions up and down the east coast, as well as travel throughout the u. S. The Trump Administration says the Congressional Budget Office assessment of the republican plan to replace obamacare is bogus. Congressional analysts estimate millions would lose coverage. The report flies in the face of the president s promise of insurance for everyone. The report also estimates the gop plan would reduce the federal deficit by 337 billion by 2026. Craig boswell has more. Reporter President Trump used his first Cabinet Meeting to tout gop negotiations to repeal and replace obamacare. Were all working around the clock. And i think ultimately the big beneficiary will be the american people. Reporter the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates 14 million americans will Lose Health Insurance next year under the republican bill. That number grows to 24 million in 2026. We disagree strenuously with the report that was put out. We believe that our plan will cover more individuals at a lower cost. And give them the choices that they want. Reporter the gop plan scales back obamacare subsidies, cuts medicaid and eliminates the individual mandate. The cbo numbers are fodder for skeptics who are calling the plan and its tax credits obamacarelite and for democrats who dont like it all. The cbo report should be a knockout blow for republicans in congress. They should heed this warning and turn back from their plan that would be a disaster for the country. Reporter monday, the president met with americans who say obamacare has failed them. Our rates are three times what they were before obamacare started. Reporter President Trump is promising Better HealthCare Coverage with the plan once the gop plan takes hold. Craig boswell, cbs news, capitol hill. The House Intelligence Committee granted the Justice Department more time to produce evidence of President Trumps claim that president obama tapped his phones at trump tower. White house Spokesman Sean Spicer said the president wasnt using the term wiretapping literally. The Justice Department which missed yesterdays deadline now has until march 20th to produce evidence. And if not, the Intelligence Committee could use the subpoena power to gather the information. Well, the Trump Administration plans to implement its new travel ban thursday. More than half a dozen states are trying to block it and are now involved in a pair of lawsuits. Washington state joined, california, maryland, massachusetts and oregon in another. 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You can see workers are already out there trying to shove some of that snow out of the way. Its going to be a long day for them. And the rest of the city is hunkering down hopefully. Blizzard warnings are posted from philadelphia to maine. Some areas of the northeast could see up to 2 feet of snow. Overnight, slick conditions had crews responding to a massive crash in chicago. Roughly 30 cars piled up on the citys kennedy expressway. Rem snant remnants of the same system had drivers dealing with wisconsin with whiteout conditions triggering at least a dozen crashes. And shutting down the highways for six hours. Well, President Trump is giving away his salary. And Financial Assistance for victims and responders in one of the countrys worst mass shootings. Those are some the headlines on the morning newsstands. The Orlando Sentinel reports that florida will get an 8. 5 million grant to help those affected by the pulse nightclub massacre. 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Well, one of those days, hopefully, theyre not heading into work just taking it easy today. On the cbs moneywatch investors weather the storm and apple has fun with stickers. Jill wagners at the New York Stock Exchange with that and more. Good morning, jill. Good morning, annemarie. One of those days were happy to be inside. All right. Investors will be keeping an eye on the twoday Federal Reserve meeting, it starts today. The fed is expected to raise Interest Rates for only the third time since 2008 yesterday, the dow fell 21 points, the s p gained less than a point. The nasdaq rose 14. Despite todays monster snowstorm, the New York Stock Exchange vowed to remain open. The last time a weatherrelated event forced the Stock Exchange to close was in october 2012, thats when Superstorm Sandy hit. The exchange stayed close for two days. That was the first twoenclosure in the last 124 years. Broadway plans to stay open unless transportation shuts down. Facebook is barring Software Developers from using its data for surveillance. Last year, facebook came under fire when it became known police were using info to spy on protesters in places like ferguson, missouri. Its unclear how facebook will enforce that new policy. Apple introduced a new commercial to promote the iphone 7 in its imessage stickers. The sticker pack isle introduced in ios 10. Its part of the app store. The stickers similar to emojis can be resized. Added on photos or stuck on top of other stickers. And netflix and sizzle, the streaming site has a warm reminder for people in the past of the massive snowstorm. The holiday yule log is Still Available for anyone needing to channel a little warmth until the storm passes. Annemarie. Thats nice. You can netflix and chill today. Or you could cbs and simmer down. I like that. Cbs and simmer down with hot cocoa and stay warm. And safe. Jill wagner at the New York Stock Exchange. Thank you so much, jill. 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