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Sunday was much quieter than saturday, but you still had hundreds of tractor-trailers and other trucks and thousands of people spread out from one side of the country to the other, demanding an end to those covid-19 restrictions. now, this started out as a truckers protest. they were against vaccine mandates to actually cross the border into the united states. but this has turned into so much more. people saying that they are fed up with the mask mandates, the vaccine mandates, the lockdowns, the health restrictions. they just wanted it to end. it is a minority, but a vocal minority. here in o...

>> reporter: tractor-trailers banned from highways in many states. as police in new york are seen trying to free drivers caught in the chaos. from railroads to runways, cancellations plaguing major transportation hubs. nearly all flights grounded at new york area airports, and more than half cancelled in philadelphia officials warn the travel headache will continue through the weekend. >> wind chills of 0 to minus 10 are dangerous for people, but they're also very challenging for people to salt and get the roads safe again >> emilie ikeda joins us live from long island emilie, residents are di...

Very high gusting winds especially on the shore. a little less concerned about flooding. that is not to say that we're not concerned about it, but being accumulation and winds are the bill big challenge right no. >> and so how do you prepare for something like this? >> so we put a state of emergency in anticipation of this, we have a commercial vehicle ban, that is to prevent the jack knifing of tractor trailers. we brine the roads, pre-position what had is now probably 3,000 vehicles, pieces of conviction to deal with this, working very closely with contractor, county, local officials. a whol...

Roads. the same system has already brought deadly conditions across half the country, with millions more still in its path. traffic grinding to a halt on interstate 10 after slick and icy roads caused two tractor trailers to jackknife near kerrville, texas, killing one person. drivers were left stranded in frigid temperatures. including danielle and her friends. they rode out in the utall but they're moving again. >> we haven't eaten in 24 hours. we haven't had water in just about that same amount of timang out. >> reporter: to the north, freezing rain and sleet turned into ice. cbs correspond...

Knocking out power and heat to tens of thousands. just as temperatures dropped 10 to 20 degrees below average, this was nantucket saturday, under water. and today -- >> this is jason with nantucket current. most of those floodwaters have receded from the street there's still some that are iced over and flooded. >> reporter: and after a beating from giant waves, a layer of ice coated these homes along the shore. the snow didn't let up in new york, paralyzing travel. tractor-trailers overturned long islands hit especially hard. officials confirming an elderly man died after falling into an icy p...