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City. areas of connecticut had 2 1/2 to 3 feet of snow. it will be awhile before they're cleared out. the airports are open here. but again flights are limited. you hope to get everything back into schedule as we head into this afternoon and into your sunday. alex? >> paul goodloe,safe getting down from that little pile there. appreciate it. we're going have much more coverage of this historic nor'easter coming up. we'll give you a report on the travel ripple effect this storm is having even across the world. now to politics, today first lady michelle obama is attending the funeral in chic...

There on the table. the house passed a bill twice last year to substitute these across the board cuts with targeted cuts in high growth programs. a bill was introduced this past week by house and senate members of the armed services committee that says for every three federal employees who leave their job just replace one of them. that saves the amount of money you need. my health care delay. there are several options out there to prevent the sequestration but still get the savings from the budget. so i don't really care which one they take, but they ought to do something. >> as you heard the ...

Well, we have much more on the storm to come. putting the business angle of the storm. but to recap for all of you, more than half a million customers remain without power across the region. all roads are closed in the states of massachusetts, connecticut and rhode island. and at least three people, some reports of four having died. now to politics and his new weekly address today, president obama issued a warning about the latest fiscal crisis threatening the u.s. economy. >> if congress doesn't act by march 1st, a series of harmful automatic cuts to job-creating investment and defense spen...

Temperatures drop to the single digits. and in some cases like providence down to 11. you cannot stay in your house with these temperatures. i know the sun is now out, alex, in many spots. if many people are even considering staying in their homes don't do it. they need to get somewhere warm and get there. >> bill, are you losing your voice? >> reporter: it made it this far. so it's close. >> okay. your free to go. >> reporter: thank you. >> thank you for the herculean effort. the state-of-the-union. a warning from the president about the impending sequester cuts and the impact it could have...

I can't even believe that shot behind you. haven't seen any of that today. >> reporter: it's still here. >> it's lovely there. what about the white house in terms of trying to avoid another knock down drag out fight with republicans over this sequester? we just saw this a little over a month ago, kristen. >> reporter: i know. it's absolutely true, alex. the white house seems to have a strategy that includes first of all calling on congress to pass a short-term deal. the president making the argument that there's really not enough time to get something long done, something over ten years, for e...