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Than a foot of snow. reports of 10-foot drifts in parts of colorado. authorities have had to close several interstate sections, stranding lots of families, hoping to get a head start on the holidays. our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is in the middle of all the mess in the oklahoma panhandle. >> it's been such a year of extreme weather across the country. few places really know that as much as they do across the panhandle of oklahoma. earlier today we talked with ivan clark. he talked about just how dry this area has been. >> moisture wise this is just such a blessing. we have been such a...

chaos. >> causing traffic to absolutely stall to a stand still. >> shepard: now families stranded. hotels filling up. >> looks like we'll be hanging out in vegas a little bit. >> shepard: rescuers on the move. we will take you to the white-out in the great plains. plus, a suspect brings his 4-year-old daughter on a nighttime police chase. >> did you kidnap your kid? >> tonight, a custody crisis goes way too far. >> shepard: but first from fox this tuesday night. gridlock. dead lock. stalemate on capitol hill. if it's possible for congress to get more unpoplar, this might do the trick...

deadly blizzard creates travel chaos. >> causing traffic to absolutely stall to a stand still. >> shepard: now families stranded. hotels filling up. >> looks like we'll be hanging out in vegas a little bit. >> shepard: rescuers on the move. we will take you to the white-out in the great plains. plus, a suspect brings his 4-year-old daughter on a nighttime police chase. >> did you kidnap your kid? >> tonight, a custody crisis goes way too far. >> shepard: but first from fox this tuesday night. gridlock. dead lock. stalemate on capitol hill. if it's possible for congress to get more un...

Just a little bit up towards the northwest. i think my mouth is freezing as it melts and freezes a little bit. i want to bring in ivan clark here. you're the public works director here. you guys have your hands full today to clear all this out. >> we have a mess on our hands. that's for sure. >> i know you guys get storms like this but a storm that stays this windy this long, does that make it more difficult? >> it's pretty wide open country in this area. we're accustomed to working with these kinds of conditions. the wind doesn't help matters much. i know the state department and the highway ...

senators have left town. why? because they passed a two month extension of the payroll tax cut. they passed unemployment benefits coming to people in the new year. but now the g.o.p. in the house say they're going to kill this thing this morning. 9:00 a.m. is when the showdown will happen today. they're looking for this long-term fix. i get that. is this the right time and place to be doing that? i have a scary suspicion that this is going to fall real hard on the house republicans and the general public isn't going to be happy about it. >> bottom line is the premise of their argumen...