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I have to tell you, though, this is going to be a tough process. we have a lot of snow in many places. here in virginia, of course, lot of the side streets especially choked with snowfall. then back on the other side of the river, washington, d.c., many of the roads in the downtown area still unpassable. certainly a rough thing. they are really looking forward to temperatures going up and getting asustains from mother nature. latest we have. let's send it back to you. >> all right. reynolds wolf from alexandria there. let's get to new york which is digging out from nearly a foot of fresh snow ...

>> reporter: a little bit. because of all this weather we decided to look into that. there are some examples, in fact some snow plows and that kind of thing. we have some pictures from washington. we are piecing through all sorts of different projects. i'll remind everyone, $862 billion in the giant stimulus that passed last year. about $160 billion went to projects, grants. and there are some places that got money for all sorts of transportation needs, including in some cases work on roads, working with snow plows, deicing machines, so we are seeing some of that money go there in some localit...

Tape. but attorneys for edwards' former mistress argued that he should be held in contempt of court. edwards' former aide, that is. a cloud of smoke marks the spot of a surge of lava on the big island of hawaii. you can't see it from these pictures and that lava is just 150 yards away from one man's property. jack thompson is the last guy standing in the neighborhood. the rest of his subdivision was destroyed by the previous flows. washington virtually shut down. but record snowfall and a blizzard couldn't stop a white house meet being unemployment and how it is hitting black americans harde...

Winds. we had whiteouts out here. >> communities are also reaching out to anyone physically able to actually pitch in and dig out. some governments offering paychecks to snow shovellers. there's volunteers to rescue stranded cars and clear sidewalks, particularly for the elderly. let's go to the weather center. jacqui jeras. towtently dangerous storm because while people are being urged to stay inside, it means -- very difficult to get to the more vulnerable people that need assistance. especially emergency crews trying to get around. >> the national guard was called out there yesterday. d.c.,...

Some of these big roads, but in western maryland, state highway administration told me they're dealing with six to eight-foot snow drifts, that the plows truly cannot get into and they're having to barrel into to try to break it down so those are some of the challenges they haven't had to deal with probably in years and decades really. some of the challenges. we are seeing some smiling faces as people see some sunshine above. we've been talking to some businesses starting to open. some of them say they can't open again today because their employees can't get in, but people are trying to and th...