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So that's what's happening here, but back on i-95, i just checked in with a colleague who is closer to stafford. stafford is the area where the majority of the big backlog is happening and people have been there for 21 hours and counting. he says the southbound lane is still at a standstill. this is a gridlock that people have been in all night, really. you can only imagine some are running out of gas, so some are turning on and off their cars to preserve that so people who have run out of gas, food and water. then there's the urge to need to go to the restroom. some people haven't been able t...

When people have been literally stranded in place for 21 hours, of why it's not moving. >> yeah. we did reach out to governor ralph northam numerous times. we haven't heard back from him, but a few hours ago he did tweet out a statement saying his office has been working with vdot and the corresponding agencies in order to help get people out of this mess and guide them. he also said people who were stuck would be getting an alert on their phones letting them know that help is on the way. a few of the people who are stranded who i have been in contact with, just from social media, they got tha...

Could be one choke point or a choke point that lasts miles. i have no idea, and i'm not seeing any of that information on the vdot, virginia department of transportation, page. we're going to -- i'd say we're flying blind out here, but we're actually just sitting blind out here. have no idea. >> i can't imagine what it was like to see the sunrise after sitting in your car 10 hours overnight. how cold did it get? >> it got down into the 20s. you know, a lot of people have been turning their cars -- a lot of people in the vicinity where i am have been turning their cars off to save gas. then the...

Hours. kaine said he started his two-hour commute and arrived 27 hours later. there he is. i'll tell you this, if i had been in a car for 27 hours i wouldn't want a camera in my face. part of the delay was due to a crash involving multiple vehicles. kaine said the only thing that he ate was an orange that a connecticut family handed out to some of the drivers at night. virginia's governor ralph northam said drivers were warned to stay off the roads during the storm. >> i can certainly understand that many drivers may have been from out of state and so missed the clear and consistent messaging ...

Dozens of miles in the middle of winter. i want to bring in first kristin powers, a reporter with wjla in washington. you have been kind of in the middle of this as you're getting reports of people being stranded. what's happening right now? >> yeah, kate, i was stuck in it since about 2:00 a.m. at this point though, there's some people who have been stuck on i-95 for 21 hours and counting. so right now, i actually was just able to -- i call it escape, vdot was saying they're letting people off the nearest exit closest to them and that was true. i got off of woodbridge. i'll turn the camera ar...