The dangerous blizzard is not showing any signs of letting up. Today, saturday, january 23rd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today blizzard 2016. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Im erica hill. Hardy souls. Im alongside Sheinelle Jones and al roker. We have dylan dreyer out in the field along with our meteorologists. This is all of the effected states and those under a blizzard warning. The warning from virginia to southern connecticut. Already so much going on. Lets get the latest on the storm. The snow is falling fast. 1 to 3 inches per hour. Already washington, d. C. Has more than a foot of snow on the ground. They are expected to get more philadelphia, 9 inches already. They are expecting up to 2 feet as well. Here in new york, we are now expecting more snow than originally predicted. At least 3 inches at this hour, but up to a foot or more we are told when it is all over. The storm has life threatening blizzard conditions. A storm this big has not been seen in washington, d. C. In nearly 100 years. No surprise, the roads are dangerous. People are told to stay inside. Thousands of accidents. At least ten People Killed on the roads. The storm is a huge mess as you can imagine. Lets get to dylan dreyer who joins us from the Nations Capital. Reporter good morning, erica. This hit washington, d. C. With a vengeance. We already have more than a foot of snow on the ground. At the coast in virginia and delaware, we had reports of wind gusts of 65 to 75 miles per one report in virginia up to 85 miles an hour. Baltimore. That goes to show you the intensity of the storm. We will see the conditions continue all through the night with blizzard warnings not expiring until tomorrow morning. The Nations Capital taking a direct hit. Washington, d. C. Expected to be buried under as much as 2 feet of snow by the end of the storm. Stay off the roads if you dont need to be on the roads. Reporter the storms scope reaches from the carolinas to new york, has turned deadly. Fatal crashes in virginia and North Carolina. Hit had the brakes and when you hit the brakes, they lock up. Reporter thousands of crashes locked up major roads up and down the east coast. And many lucky enough to avoid accidents still ended up spinning wheels like wsnb reporter in nashville. I have the pedal to the metal. Im not moving. Reporter governors in ten states and District Of Columbia have declared state of emergencies. The National Guard has deployed 400 personnel to help the sickened and stranded. Shelters are opened tohomeless survive freezing conditions. We cannot have people outside. It is unsafe. Reporter 21 degrees with the when rescuers in virginia saved this Saint Bernard who fell through the ice. The plowing started wednesday and wont be donenday. Airports are empty. More than 6,000 flights have been canceled since friday. Delays rippling across the we got warnings from everyone. If you dont get in to new york by friday, dont think about it until mondrak is operating on a modified schedule. For much of the east coas conditions from washington to new york. Winds up to 60 Miles Per Hour and nearly 140,000 people are cold without power. Now we followed this storm from roanoke, virginia, yesterday to. What should take four hours took us nine hours on the road. We are going to attempt to get to new york city today by taking i know we just told you we shouldnt be on the roads. I want to point out we are traveling in the blue mobile. This is a satellite truck t to feed you guys our trip from here up along i95 to new york city. It is an extremely heavy truck and we are taking we will update you over the course of the show on the travels. I dont think we will be too far from where we are now the nextu. Slow and steady will win that race. Thank you, dylan. The snow let up and when it is much snow on the ground . Al is here this morning with that and more. It will be done in about 24 hours, but the effects of this into next week easily with the Power Outages and snow. We will have to get rid of it. Look at the swath fromto the appalachian. Here is why we ended up upping the amounts. The storm moved further north than icted. We have blizzard warnings from virginia all the way to marthas vineyard. Winds of 35 Miles Per Hour or more and sustained as you get in for three hours or so. It also means visibility of less than a quarter of a mile. Cranberry, new jersey, 7 inches of snow. You go to Atlantic City right now, they are looking inches of snow. It is still coming down. About a rate of 2 to 3 inches per hour. So heres what we lookhe accumulations. Keep in mind we will look at winds gusting over 50 Miles Per Hour. Heavy snow for washington and 24 inches or more when all is said and done. For philadelphia, central and southern new jersey, heavy snow into the early afternoon. 18 to 24 winds gusting up to 40 Miles Per Hour. In the new york area, we expect to see 18 to 24 inches of snow continuing into the afternoon. Winds gusting up to 50 Miles Per Hour. We are looking at blizzard new haven, 8 to 12 inches. Providence at 3 to 6. Boston will see 2 to 4 we have coastal flood advisories from delmarva and all the coast. We will deal with thisng time to come into next week. Al, thank you. Keeping your eye on this. Another rokerthon coming up. It will be all day on nbcnews. Com. Two days ago washington, d. C. Was almost brought to a standstill with just a brushing of snow. Is the city equipped to this storm . The washington mayor, mayor bowser is here with us. Good morning. My t is the conditions this morning . As you have been reporting all morning, we are in the eye of the significant storm. A storm we have not seen washington, d. C. In 94 years. We got out early pretreating our streets, closing ournt and schools on friday. Really encouraged everybody to get home. We have seen since yesterday, with snow starting about inches fall and we think the we are going to get at least back in the 90s, heavy snowfall shutdown washington, d. C. For an entire week. Storm . This is a blizzard with sustained winds. We prepared our residents and stay inside for 36 ing the winds pick up today. Very hazardous conditions. Nobody should really be out on the roads. E keeping our roads passable for emergency vehicles. Tomorrow, if it stops as it isanned to, the big digout will proceed. Mayor, when there was less than 2 inches in washington, d. C. Two days ago, people were stuck in the carspresident had to use the motorcade back to the white house slipping and sliding. Are things different this time you the truth. This blizzard has been forecast for several days. Our entire apparatus is out of other homeland and Emergency Management agency. We have all of our resources fully washington mayor bowser, thank you. Thank you. Everybody stay safe. I snow is less of an issue at this hour. Heavy amounts of ice could cause problems for millions if the south. We have nbcs Gabe Gutierrezrom charlotte, North Carolina with more on that angle. Gabe, good morning. Reporter erica, good morning. More than 130,000 customers in are without power air. You can see there has been plenty of snow and sleet here in the charlotte area, but thankfully not as much rain as you had initially expected. There are about 1,200 crashes or so in the North Carolina area, police say, when he was shot by the stranded motorist he was trying to help the influence. Travel here is a nightmare. American airlines is expected to resume flights in the area. The the huge Football Game hosted here by the carolina panthers. Yesterday, they practiced in the snow. A major pep rally was team says they are ready for tomorrow. Today, workers will take the tarp off the field to be able to dry it out in time for the big a bit more sleet is also expected here in North Carolina throughout the morning. It is expected to move out later today. Guys, back to Gabe Gutierrez this morning. Gabe, thank you. It is not just massive amounts of snow, ice and high winds that have people worried. For many along the coast,m surge that brings flooding we have nbcs rehema ellis along the coast with more on that. Reporter good morning, jose. It is a tough morning out here. We had winds gusts above 50 miles an hour. Im holding on so i the air. There is a real concern about what could happen here. During Hurricane Sandy in is building where i am right now, was torn apart during the storm. The city around the coastal area, they spent the last couple with bulldozers pushing as much sand as they could up against to protect the areas and water coming from the atlanticean. They are not so worried about the inches of snow they will get. They are worried about the water from the atlantic ocean. It is to my left right now and it is atlantic ocean, you can i can because the wind is that strong coming off the ocean. No one is out and about. They are heeding stay inside and just hunker down. Thank you very much. That satellite difficult because the winds are so strong. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was supposed to be on the campaign trail thishe returned to his home state to help his residents. He joins us now. Governor, good with us. Im not sure you could see rehema ellis. She is on the coast of new jersey. Where is your focus this governor . Is it the coastal area . It is not more than any other part of the state. We do not expect major flooding on the some street flooding, which is fairly typical for storm events on the coast in new jersey. Expecting any type of major flooding incidents along the coast. They will be a bit better off from the snow perspective as tioned in her report. In the other parts of the state, we have heavier snow than we thought we were, 6 to 18 inches in the north. Up to 2 feet in inland and southern part of the state. As you well know, there was a fair amount of criticism in timing of trail in New Hampshire to return home to new jersey. How do you answer those critics . I dont know why they would be critical. I was here last night before thew flake dropped. For criticism. My view was i wanted the bestion i possibly could as to whether my presence was needed here. Once i got the final forecast at 11 00 yesterday morning, i made the decision at 11 30 to be despite the fact flights were canceled. To new jersey. 8 00 p. M. Folks to stay home. You talked about the revised snow totals. When will it be safe for folks to be out again in your estimation estimation. I think tomorrow. I think today and tonight, this should be expected as an inside day forng well in keeping the roads passable for the emergency vehicles. Up in the north, we have mostlyt roads with traffic moving freely. All the roadways are passable. Restriction on the roads like the new jersey turnpike and garden state parkway. Our department of transportation has over 3,800 pieces of here right now spreading salt and sand and moving snow off the roadways. Like we are doing well from thate. We have about 17,000 Power Outages so far across state. Most of those focused in a of the state. About 15,000 being in cape may county. We know you are a busy man today. We appreciate you taking time for us. Thank nk you very much. The snow is falling quickly in philadelphia as well. That city is expected to see 2 feet when it is all said and nbcs jacob rascon is in philly with more. Jacob, good morning. Reporter jose, good morning. We were now as you said, up to 2 feet of snow expected. The snow has been falling 2 to 3 inches an hour in some areas. They are blizzard sustained winds above 30 miles an hour with gusts well above 40. This snow is not expected to stop all day. There is a blizzard warning and winter storm warning here and in the surrounding at 3 00 a. M. Of course, the airport is closedre are no flights in or out of the airport. All day at this airport and three other airports as well. As you can tell, the wind isbad. It is miserable out here. The problem is the plows are trying to plow all of the roads, but they cant get done with the prhey go and as soon as they are done with one, they have to turn around and do it again because of the wind. They have not gotten to the secondary roads. They are out and driving today in philadelphia. Jose. Jacob rascon, thank you. If you had a tripthis weekend and did not get out ahead of the storm, you are staying put. 6,000 flights canceled. Several airports ld be a while before it is all back up and running. Quietort. Reporter good morning, erica. This is something you dont see all the time. A virtual empty laguardia. Ple dozen passengers at the food court. They did not get the texts or memos that the flights were canceled. They are here trying to figure do. Whether to get a hotel or sleep here for the next day. Trying to figure out when they can get out. It is a mess nationwide. Take a look. Han 4,100 cancellations nationwide. The worst airports in new york. Topping the list at at laguardia, 254. Security is shutdown here. No flights getting in or out. Also philadelphia, as said, and d. C. Airports having a tough day. It is not just those airports, ft. Lauderdale and miami with cancellations because of the storm. It is all interconnected and if you have cancellations here, those flights are not here and is not getting to the right place. Nation. Kristen, thank you. And we will have your flight canceled as had my flight to miami tomorrow canceled yesterday. They texted and said dont bother come together should come over for dinner. We will have much more on the blizzard throughout the morning. We want to get to other news. In politics, nine days the caucuses in iowa. Candidates are sharpening attacks as they work to getting a high voter turnout. Elker is at the airport. Reporter jose, good morning to you. The candidates will be out in force despite the weather making their closing arguments with the i approve this message. Reporter the two gop frontrunners battling it out on the air waves. Donald trump hitting ted cruzion. Sounded like you wanted the bill to pass. Of course i to pass. Reporter and cruz trying to paint trump as establishment. Trump and cruz will court today with the bitter fight dividing the party. The conservative Magazine National review against trump issue. Rebuke of the businessman. We are making an argument that donald trump has not been with conservatives, with conservatives. Reporter some have warmed to trump fearing cruz is more divisive. 2016 is fast becoming a racestablishment is a dirty word, even for democrats. Bernie sanders surging, painting i want to say a wordissue that secretary clinton and i disagree on. That is the incredible power of wall street. Reporter trying to show she is the most qualified candidate. We need a president who can do all aspects of the job. Reporter the question now . Just how strong is the antiestablishment surge . This is a good year to be an insurgent. You hear many on both sides saying i support, fillblank, because nobody else says it like that. He says the truth. He is telling it like it is. Reporter last night,ounded off on jeb bush for putting his mom in the campaign ad. Tweeting, quote, jeb desperately needed mommy to help jeb, mommy cant help you with isis or putin. Find caucus locations was released by his campaign. Jose and erica, back to you. Kristen, thank donald trump when i was in high school . He is available now. Al is back with a look ofthe countrys forecast. There are people who are not dealing with snow today . There are. In the mid section of the look at this. Pacific northwest, you have rain and snow. Out here in the northeast, you can see that giant swirl of clouds still taking over. So for today, again, middl the country, nothing going on. We heard about thunder snow in baltimore. This is a big factor. Then we have wet weather from the way into the Pacific Northwest with snow. Of course, you got this out there today. Thats w and dont forget rokerthon blizzard2016 starting at 8 30 this morning. Ank you. Changes are coming to the oscars. What the academy will now be doing to tackle diversity. Ation with figure skater gracie gold and her sister carly. Come on this snowy saturday on today some of the top vines in the short history. And we are keeping our eye on the blizzard of 2016 as the we are back on the saturday morning, january 23rd, 2016. This is a live look for you coming from the washington, d. C. Dylan dreyer not at the desk with us this morning because shes in the blue mobile. The snow is coming down hard. It is rough on the roads. F studio 1a, the snow is falling quickly out there. That does not stop. That looks thrown, by the way. Ipled in size. They get extra medals today. A lot of the folks in the buchon bakery. They will wait time this morning. We are keeping a close eye on al is here with us in the studio. Our team is spread out up and oast this morning. The snow has only been falling in new york city for what nine hours now, it has been going strong for 24 hoursington, d. C. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is in the Nations Capital. Miguel, good morning. Reporter jose, good morning. It is definitely ans out here. The promising punch is delivered and we have already seen 13 inches of snow in the nations we are expecting more. Behind me what you should be seeing is the state capitol. Instead, it is fog and snow back there. It is coming in sloppy and continue for the next four hours. Our hotel is a few blocks here. We were not able to drive to this location. Cars are not able to go up and down the streets. They are working as hard as they jose, we have not seen many people on the roads today. They are concerned the mayor has issued a state of emergency here. She spoke to us earlier. Is a potentially life threatening storm. Calls have doubled in the call center. Staying in their homes and heeding the warnings here. Every flight out of local airports seem to be canceled or that nightmare will continue for the next couple days as we see the ripple effect. The mayor says you should stay in your homes for the next 36 the snowfall here is steady and it certainly not letting up anytime soon, jose. Miguel, thank you. For the next the pronunciation of miguels name. You have more where that came from . We do. On telemundo. We will plug your 18 shows