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Now real life hits hollywood with "the hurt locker" nominated for nine academy awards. it's the story of explosives detonation teams on the front lines in iraq. it's 131 minutes of emotion but for the real troops, it's 24/7. fred, you know you spent time with these guys on the battlefield. what do they think of their hollywood portrayals? >> reporter: well, of course it's very difficult for them. i spent several weeks with the eod guys south of baghdad and they were really having a lot to do every day. they are the final guys that you go to when you don't know how else to get rid of a bomb. bu...

Jersey and delaware. atlantic city tonight and tomorrow is just going to be an unbelievable sight with snow blowing sideways, visibilities down and the waves crashing against the boardwalk. it's going to be quite a storm for those folks for sure. what's going on in d.c. right now. the snow just beginning to fall. the snow you see on the ground at the white house, that's from the little snowstorm they had earlier in the week but snow will begin to pile up and the winds will begin to be blowing that flag a little bit more stiffly as we get through tonight and tomorrow. all right, look at the exp...

They're preparing for the worst and hoping for the best in the northeast. a monster winter storm bearing down right now. we're talking a lot of heavy snow, fierce winds, bitter cold. thousands of emergency crews all ready to go as people right now rushing to buy snow shovels, ice melters, salt. the washington, d.c., area will be hit especially hard, up to two feet of snow expected there. some schools closed ahead of the storm fearing what the roads will be like come 3:00. perhaps a wise decision considering the conditions are expected to turn treacherous as the day wears on. right, reynolds wo...

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Maryland/delaware area. and the key to the damage on the coast, the high tide cycles. we're about two hours away from the next high tide cycle. the last one last night was bad with minor damage. this one will see major damage. and that's, again, approaching in two hours from now. we'll have those daylight pictures for you. but the really devastating one will be later on tonight. if new york city subways are going to flood, it would be 8:00 to 9:00 this evening as the storm moves inland, the highest summer along with high tide, that's going to be the troublesome spot from connecticut, new york ...