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That spans more than 1,000 miles, with snow falling from ohio all the way to boston. we have team coverage of the storm beginning with cnn's alexandra field checking on the road conditions in the northeast, and she joins us live. i can see that it's dark around you already. you started earlier today. what's it looking like now? >> reporter: rosa, we are in willington, connecticut, right now. we're on interstate 84. we are getting close to the connecticut/massachusetts border, and i can tell you since we left new york city this afternoon, the roads have been covered with snow, but this storm is...

Get there yet. the interstate 84 is over there. the off ramps are blocked. there are so many stranded vehicles that are parked just under snowdrifts at the entranceways to highways, on city streets, because people didn't heed the warning to get off the roads or they in some cases ran out of gas trying to get where they had to go. so there are a lot of hazards like that still blocking traffic. it could be all day today, all day tomorrow we're hearing before the roads are completely cleared of stranded vehicles. so again, the governor, state official here are saying stay inside. let them get the...

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Consumers will weaken and for a slowly strengthening economy, the shock of less spending could be all it takes to push the country back into a recession. >> indeed. that's what many economists are saying. anna, thank you. we have a fox news alert, a deadly tour bus crash in oregon. blamed on icy road conditions. five people were killed and about 20 injured. it happened on interstate 84 outside la grand. the bus went out of control, crashed through a guardrail and went down an embankment. about 40 people were onboard. 3,000 miles away from oregon, fox extreme weather. the big digout under w...

Stay informed and really act cautio cautiously. >> no question. let's take you back to the beginning of this. lieutenant paul vance of the connecticut state police just confirmed that state police received a call for assistance at 9:41. we can only assume that local police responded shortly before that and realized it was a situation that required assistance from the state police. so it happened sometime in the 9:00 hour, this original emergency situation at sandy hook school on dickenson drive in the sandy hook section of newtown. if you're familiar with the area, you're looking at a google m...