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State-of-the-union address. that's what we're calling it, postgame. live from the capitol building. a very snowy washington, d.c. right now. in the deep south a region paralyzed by a once in a generation winter storm. icy roads have wrecked hundreds of cars and stranded thousands of students stuck in their schools overnight. hundreds of flights have also been canceled coming in and out of the nation's busiest airport in atlanta, a place that hasn't gotten the plows out in three years. victor blackwell is live in atlanta for us with all the latest. victor. >> reporter: there are still thousands...

This is two weeks after a new transportation general was made to improve transit systems. airports getting back to normal today after a massive snowstorm stranded thousands of people. several highways were shut down due to the bad conditions. jenna: a landowner goes to court against the government claiming he's the victim of a shake down by uncle sam. we'll tell you about that story coming up. and soon it will be the tallet building in the western hemisphere. what happened today on the roof of the world trade center. we'll tell you, next.

Jersey, 620 -- 60,000 customers who got their power back after superstorm sandy lost it all over again. >> this set us back probably a day. i thought we would probably have everybody online by late thursday, early friday. this probably pushes us back to late saturday maybe early sunday. >> reporter: the nor'easter grounded at least 1,700 flights and stranded thousands of people on the long island railroad, the biggest commuter rail in the country. new york city police were forced to close penn station because of overcrowding. >> i want to go home. looks like mother nature hates us. >> reporter...

Ash and dust, not quite as volatile as it was a couple of days ago. and we hope that trend continues. >> rob was saying it could be some time before the skies in europe fototally clear. stranded thousands of people at airports all over europe. sasha herriman is live at heathrow. finally seeing planes, that's a good sign. >> reporter: yes, indeed. flights first started arriving last night. and since then, it's estimated this have been roughly 30 arrivals here at heathrow. as far as departures goes, ten planes have gone. in the air space between the hours of 1:00 and 7:00, there were in total, 1...

He was floating intertube reportedly trying to flee cuba. the boy should be returned to his homeland. brazil, 14 hours of rain, flooding rio. at least 50 people are dead. we're told the flood stranded thousands of folks and triggered mud slides that swept away homes in the slums. the latest rains are the worst the future olympic host city has seen in years. china, rescue effort for pregnant woman who reportedly spent four days trapped in a mud pit. it's not clear how the woman got stuck there but state media reports she was lost when it happened. crews eventually built a wooden frame around th...