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The move comes as the number of drones in the nation's skies has increased dramatically over the last two years. and in some cases, those droene have come dangerously close to passenger planes and police hpts. nbc's tom costello first to report on this. >> reporter: the department of transportation will make this formal announcement in a few hours, unveiling a task force with the unmanned aircraft system industry, the drone industry, which will come up with a system to register recreational drones in the country. up until now only commercial drones have had to be registered. the government has...

Runway, they felt the skid as the speed accelerated. it was kind of a moment that they always feared. now, as the snow has kind of snowed down calm is settling into the terminal. yet, families and individuals are hunkering down for what very well may be an extremely long night. airport officials say they're not going to be opening up the terminal until at least 7:00. i think that's wishful thinking. as tom mentioned, cancellations all across the region because of the severe weather have kind of jammed the entire system. so thousands of flights have been canceled across the country, making thin...

You can see passengers evacuating the flight some without heavy winter coats. all 127 passengers and 5 crew members are safe. some were seen on gurneys with minor injuries. the fuel spill you heard air traffic control speak about was also deemed minor. the temperatures however, still dropping in what millions of americans are hoping is perhaps the final blast of this winter. we'll get a check on that major weather system, which created this emergency in just a moment. but first, msnbc's treymaine lee at laguardia. i want to bring in tom costello first. tom, can you talk to us about the protoco...