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Times" is calling out the white house this morning. details straight ahead. thanks for waking us with us on "early start." >> i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm ana cabrera. >> blizzard snow emergencies and subzero emergencies to kick off the weather in the northeast. nearly 1,800 flights cancelled already for today and most in chicago. a blizzard warning in effect for long island. at this time tomorrow there could be 10 inches of snow on the ground there with windchills 10 degrees below zero. a snow emergency already declared in boston that area could get socked with two feet of snow drifts starting to...

An inch per hour and expected to continue through today. the windy city is living up to its name with powerful gusts causing whiteout conditions and hundreds of flights have been canceled. and as for the rest of the nation's weather, there's snow around the great lakes and up into maine. we have some morning rain for the major cities in the northeast. drying out across the nation's middle. some rain later today in the northwest. >> temperatures rise to the mid 50s near new york and atlanta. high 70s for florida. warmer across the central plains, so all that blizzard snow can start melting. n...

Cajun kitchen. >> pretty much just training. >> reporter: but the road to papa roux's restaurant began with a slow walk after friday morning's ice storm. >> i'm putting down salt to melt all the ice because it was an ice rink out here. while i'm doing it, a young guy comes walking through a parking lot and he says can you tell me how far it is to 10th and sherman? >> reporter: that young guy was walking ten miles to an interview for a minimum-wage job. >> i decided i can't afford to pass you up, because anybody that's going to talk ten miles to an interview in the snow and ice will get here fo...

In missouri, the snow so wet and heavy, look what it did to this building in kansas city. and this roof collapsed in oklahoma killed a man. >> we haven't had snow like this in 20 years. >> reporter: a foot of wet snow can add up to 20 pounds per square foot. that's like having several cars on it. if you hear creeking or popping sounds, get out. iowans expected to be spared, but some parts of the state could get up to a foot. further east, snow and freezing rain closed schools in north carolina. ice-coated powerlines caused outages, leaving thousands in the dark. this tree limb fell on a power ...

Delivering a direct hit to chicago. it started coming down yesterday afternoon at nearly an inch per hour and expected to continue through today. the windy city is living up to its name with powerful gusts causing whiteout conditions and hundreds of flights have been canceled. and as for the rest of the nation's weather, there's snow around the great lakes and up into maine. we have some morning rain for the major cities in the northeast. drying out across the nation's middle. some rain later today in the northwest. >> temperatures rise to the mid 50s near new york and atlanta. high 70s for ...