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Good morning. Im Marci Gonzalez in for diana perez. And im john muller. We begin with the monster snowstorm and the deep freeze now settling in. The snow has tapered off, but not before dumping record amounts along the east coast. Thousands of flights have been canceled, and this mornings commute could be a treacherous one. Major cities from the midwest to the northeast are digging out along with new york city, chicago, philadelphia and washington, d. C. All saw significant snowfall from this storm. Accuweathers mark mancuso is standing by with new information about the storm. But we begin our...

This tuesday night. And as we come on the air, 84 million of us are facing a polar freeze together again. Ice, snow, stinging winds, warnings up from North Carolina to new england. Chicagos famous waterway, a polar Obstacle Course. The federal government shut down. The Washington Monument shrouded in white. And everywhere across the snow zone, americans bundling up again and taking out the shovels, the umbrellas, again. Our extreme weather team is reporting across the storm zone, tonight. And meteorologist ginger zee starts us off right now. Reporter from the barely there roads in the great la...

Assistance. concern about security at the olympic games has led some american athletes to tell their families to stay home. speed skater tucker fredricks is one of them. >> there are concerns out there for security, and it seems like every day there's another concern in all that. and tucker wants to be focused on the race, and he's asked us and his wife if we would, you know, stay home and watch it on tv just so he can stay focused and not have a secondary thing to worry about. >> wow. an interesting perspective from the athletes who are going there and don't want to be distracted by the secur...

Do you think you're good to go? >> we should be in pretty good shape on the state roads but because the temperatures are so low, salt loses some of its effectiveness at these temperatures so motorists definitely need to be wary of changing road conditions, especially if they go across overpasses or bridges because they tend to freeze before the road surfaces. motorists need to be careful even if roads are clear. >> joe dee, we appreciate your report. thank you for that. >> thanks, john. >> and stay with us for continuing coverage of this latest winter wallop. abc news will keep you on top of t...