to sleep in the airport, the hotel rooms or another way to get where they're going. some are making the best of it looking at their delays as an extended vacation if you're stuck in tampa, not so bad, i guess. >> washington, d.c. is doing pretty well, surprisingly. apparently business as usual this morning. forecasters had predicted up to a foot of snow in that area which would have shut down the government. in the end, the face's capital saw a little more than a flurry. officials say the federal government offices will be open for business on time today. >> all right. and keep in mind, too, this was a big shopping day that got messed up yesterday. i wonder if people will try to give it a shot tomorrow. that's when you go back and continue to exchange everything with your gift receipts or go by and take advantage of sales. i wonder how the economy will be affected. >> certainly when they're expecting it to be one of the largest shopping days of the season, second only to the friday right before christmas which actually beat black friday this year. so that could really hurt the economy. >> for more on what the storm is doing right now, we've called in