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Snow was falling up to an inch an hour. that storm that is blanketing the midwest is part of the same system that is moving through the northeast right now. we have a team of correspondents scattered across the country covering these breaking stories. let's begin with nick watt and this tragedy in south dakota. nick, what are you learning? >> well, as you mentioned, fred, three people miraculously survived this crash and first responders have to contend with that horrific weather to rescue those three. they've been taken to the hospital in sioux falls. nine people dead on that plane. as you me...

Spot incredibly quickly and did an amazing job. it was incredibly cold out there. they had to deal with incredibly cold conditions. wind, blowing snow. it was very bad out. >> then i understand major interstates in the area were closed for much of yesterday. visibility less than half a mile in some parts. do you know whether or how much of a role weather may have played in that crash? >> i don't even want to hazard a guess on that. media relations at the ntsb will be handling that. once they complete their investigation. and those would be the proper authorities to answer those questions. i do...

Weather. as you say, a very bad winter storm moving through the area at the time of takeoff. low visibility. an inch of snow falling an hour. one local official tells us that weather was a factor in this, but that is just one local official. and of course ntsb will take a lot longer to come to any sort of determination. but the tragedy here, fred, nine people dead in this plane crash. back to you. >> terribly sad. nick watt, thank you so much. we're going to talk more with theresa mall-russo on this. she is the state's attorney for brewell county, south dakota where the plane crash took place....

General for the u.s. department of transportation mary sciavo, and she works for a law firm that -- mary, ntsb officials says the agency is monitoring the search. it stands ready to assist if needed. what can we provide? what can we do? >> well we have to be invited in. it's not our jurisdiction. it's not the united states' waters or airspace and so if they are invited in of course the ntsb has tremendous expertise and tremendous assets to actually conduct the investigation, but the most important thing right now is going to be to be able to find the plane and those black boxes because the com...

Seat belts should be on trains. there are no seat belts on these trains. i can tell you between new york and washington i ride amtrak more than anyone should ride amtrak and it's the same situation there. this is right now this neighborhood is all gathered around. riverdale is on a hill overlooking the hudson and the trains are right on the river. basically the entire neighborhood is out trying to get a peek of what's going on here. also trying to figure out how they'll get to work tomorrow. >> right, john. i would imagine that something like this would create a huge mess in the neighborhood f...