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York. it isn't one of the crippling storms but one of those headaches for these fine people working trying to get to their jobs today. we got about eight inches in the city of chicago. forecasted up to 14 inches. the side streets, residential streets don't get plowed until all the major arteries do. some cars are snowed in people and people are shoveling or snow blowers, the pizza place has been slammed. earlier we were at the salt piles for the city of chicago and they have had hundreds of trucks and snowplows going around the streets since yesterday evening's commute preparing for this thing...

At this point. >> it is right now. you are familiar with chicago and people who are know that snow during the winter is nothing new here. when you have a major snowstorm like this it is a lot of work for the city to stay up and running. we could see some of that work happening now at the major salt piles. trucks and plows have been coming in and out of here by the hundreds since last evening. they take the salt out and then they hit the streets. large trucks hitting the major arteries first and then the smaller trucks hitting the sides and residential streets. forecast predicted up to 14 inche...

Chicago o'hare's airport tweeting out the full arsenal hoff snow equipment is still battling snow to keep runways open and more than 900 flights have been cancelled at midway. so you can imagine 1,200 flights. with we know the backlog of one cancelled flight. so the airports in chicago are a big headache, bill. >> bill: how is it where you are? six, eight inches? what do you have? >> yes, a great estimate. at least six to eight inches here. the forecast called for up to 14 feet across the chicagoland. i'm not sure exactly what the totals are outside the city. the major arteries get plowed firs...

Local police to have to stand out there, but you want what i'm showing on the screen to pop up when people are looking at an alternative when they get off or are going on the gw bridge. so that tells me it's being successful. >> that is 100% correct, michael. we are not looking to ruin a bunch of people's days by issuing tickets. in fact, we -- although we began enforcement on monday we have yet to issue a ticket. at this point is we're issuing verbal warnings. i have an 18 office police department whose responsibility is public safety. they primary responsibility not pulling people over and g...

Conversation, i showed what you now gets a waze and google maps. this is what you were after, right? it is not so much that you want your local police to have to stand out there. you want what i'm now showing on the screen to pop up when people are looking at an alternative when they get off or are going on the gw bridge. so that tells me it is being successful. >> that is 100% correct. we're not looking to ruin a bunch of people's days by issuing tickets. in fact although we began enforcement on monday, we have yet to issue a ticket. at this point all we're doing is issuing verbal warning. i ...