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>> john: people have been stranded for more than 24 hours on a major stretch of virginia's i-95 after yesterday's snowstorm. the winter blast is responsible for at least five deaths. thousands of power outages. our senior national correspondent rich edson is live in washington. it can be a nightmare at the best of times, but elevated beyond that. >> a dry summer day problems down there. today it's a complete mess. state crews are trying to dislodge cars and trucks from the stretch of i-95 where they have been stuck, some sleeping in their cars overnight. virginia department of transportation s...

The sun comes up. rescue crews from organizations like team rubicon are spring loaded to help anyone who may be in grave danger. here to discuss, is the director of operations, drew hanna. thank you for being here during a morning like this, we always have you on when there is a hurricane. what are you hearing from crews on the ground right now? >> thank you so much for having me on. right now our crews are positioned as best they can, so as soon as we get to first light they'll be pushing forward. we have two route clearance teams that will be working with state crews to make sure that we're ...

Well as storm surge, especially in those low lying areas. now, you take all that together and you combine it together and we have the potential of seeing power outages and fairly wide spread power outages, as well. that's why we have out of state crews coming out of new england to help restore power as quickly as possible. in conclusion, henri continues to move north. we'll have the update for you in 30 minutes. possible landfall is likely along long island, eastern long island to connecticut, rhode island line and those impacts felt far out from the center of that cone. ken? >> thank you so m...

This is on top of what we have already dealt with the last seven days so you take that saturated ground. tropical storm to hurricane force winds coming onshore. you mix all that together. trees are going to topple and, yeah, we are going to see power outages for sure. the good news is we are seeing out of state crews, power crews come into the region. robyn, they are coming from 30 different states, d.c., and canada. more than 12,000 crews are coming in to help restore power. that's the kind of storm we are dealing with here. >> goodness. thanks for keeping us posted. we will check in with you...