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>> we were doing a good job last night. we got multiple warnings prior to the tornado hitting. the warnings were out there. they did a great job. unfortunately it's when you get those. we had an opportunity to know it was coming also. that's why we didn't have fatalities last night. didn't have more injuries. people were aware of what was taking place here. are you asking washington for assistance? >> we'll meet around 8:00 this morning. now we are assessing to see what the damage is. i'm sure we will be. two days earlier i did a declaration emergency. we have so much flooding.

Yesterday before the senate republicans and the closed-door caulk us and they're trying to hold down the margins of this vote next week. they know that it's going to pass. abby's right. they've got at least 51 votes and the higher the number of defections among senate republicans the more divided that the whole party looks on this issue, on the president's declaration and they really want to try to show some form of unity on what's been a divisive issue for republicans. >> where does it go from here? is this testimony for each other and is there a possibility to agree on anything? >> i think t...

We're going to get hit. we're going to get hit with significant amounts of snow. >> a warm welcome back to a very cold new york city. we are here because we are witnessing what can very well be a historic, massive winter storm and blizzard, moving across the northeast. this point, there's been declaration emergency declaration for the states of new york, for virginia and new jersey. and there is a travel ban in place for parts of connecticut. now, if we just look at sad news here. we understand that two people in wisconsin died trying to remove snow in their area. we know this point, too, 6,50...

Lines up. please, don't get in the way of the electrical linemen as they do their job. >> we have an opportunity to speak to the people in washington, so i'm going to give you an opportunity what, do you need in terms of the federal response in new bern. >> president trump and i spoke yesterday and he immediately declared a declaration emergency, and governor cooper has given us those resources to get the recovery processes under way. we have 1,200 residents in shelters right now.