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>> workers struggled to stay ahead of the late winter nor'easter blanketing main street in bethlehem, pennsylvania, where the snow started monday and didn't stop for most of the day, creating treacherous driving conditions. during the heart of the blizzard, snow fell at two to 4 inches an hour across several states including new jersey, connecticut, massachusetts, vermont and maine. nearly 200,000 lost power and air travelers were stranded. >> i was headed to kentucky to see my son and my new grandbaby. but we got this far. >> the storm forced the cancellation of roughly 6,000 flights, includi...

Happening now. a final blast of the winter. whiteout conditions and heavy snow and strong winds across the northeast. this affects tens of millions of people. we have coverage of the late winter nor'easter. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. spring is less than a week away. >> here we go. >> the storm is here. the snow we have been warning about starting to fall across the northeast. expected to get heavier throughout the morning and keep falling all day. tens of millions under blizzard or winter storm warnings. there are states of emergency declared for m...

Jumping officially becomes an olympic sport today. up until now it was just a men's sport. go ladies. our facebook question of the day has to do with the olympics. we want to know what is your favorite winter games event and why. logon to wnnfans.com and let us know. >> all right, to another store story we are following this morning. two weeks after a storm paralyzed atlanta, the city now bracing for another storm of snow and ice. georgia's governor declared a state of emergency in 45 counties, ordering everyone off the roads as of late night. >> don't put yourself or your family in jeopardy...

>> the most important thing that we can do is to have the roads clear so that all of the capability that we have put together as a team can be used. >> reporter: atlanta residents scramble to prepare. >> as the night went on, it started getting busier and busier. >> just hope we don't get in the same mess we did last time. >> i think the weather will be bad. we'll just stay home. ride it out, see what happens. >> reporter: mississippi's governor preemptively issued a state of emergency in 40 counties as the region braces for a one-two punch of snow and then up to an inch of ice. georgia's powe...

Jenna lee. jon: and i'm jon scott. the snow is already falling, but the brunt of the storm doesn't arrive until later this afternoon or tonight. that's when two storm systems are expected to collide, combining into one monster of a winter nor'easter. snow expecting to blanket pennsylvania up through new england and into maine. the forecast is calling for 1-3 inches at the southern end all the way to 2 or 3 feet up north. weather watchers are warning this one could be one for the record books. shoppers are stocking up on the essentials, and drivers are finding long lines at many gas stations as...