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Re-election, not to seek re-election. we are expected to hear why he will not pursue the governor's race, coming up. a big winter storm is whipping the northeast with hurricane force winds and heavy snow for new york and a long stretch of the pennsylvania turnpike shut down as a result of the tremendous storm. the dangerous winter weather brought more than two feet of snow throughout the northeast. it's alsz brought crippling power outages. more than 780,000 homes and businesses are without power at this hour. mike seidel is in new york with more. mike. >> reporter: good afternoon. here, it'...

The new york area blamed on the storm. travel across the nation is being snarled by the problems in the northeast. we'll bring you the airport delays coming up. and consider yourself lucky if you have power this morning. because right now officials say at least the million people facing the storm have lost power. right now we go to the weather channel's mike seidel in binghamton, new york, in the heart of it. mike? >> good morning, david. up here we were lucky because the snow fell with temperatures between 20 and 25, most of it. it is a dry powdery snow. it is just not gloppy and wet, doesn...

Having to walk around. it is dangerous in other parts of the country. let's get nbc sara haines. she's with me as people are getting socked in there. >> reporter: thanks, tamron. there is an accident in pennsylvania around clearfield county between exit 111 and 120. that's the eastbound lane. there have been multiple injuries and fatalities. the state police are on the scene and interstate 80 is closed. we also have, in addition to 80, interstate 81, 83 and 78 in pennsylvania are closed. governor rendell says they are impassable. stay off the roads. they have seen power outages in 500,000 home...

Who will if he survives a primarily will have been weakened by a tough primary. that is the legacy of blagojevich is he left the democrats in which had been a very blue state. both senators democrats for a number of years, the legislature and main state office holders that the republicans are salivating over this general election shows the damage that blagojevich left in his wake. >> we know you follow every twist and turn. thanks for sharing your insights with us today. a nasty winter storm is heading out to seven after slamming the south and mid atlantic. people living in north carolina wo...

Mid-atlantic seaboard. folks in north carolina, they broke up to 11 degrees this morning. 13 degrees is predicted for tonight. that is close to the record of 10 degrees way back in 190 off. mountains got a foot of snow. the snow hammering parts of oklahoma, virginia state police report a flurry of accidents o along interstate 81. three inches thick of ice. our nation's capital, blanketed with more than five inches of snow. kind of pretty. >> julie: it is pretty but it gets messy really quickly. >> windy city hosting polar plunges taking place around the country. around 200 people taking to the...