together, some people to sleep in their offices a little bit longer. >> we'll be hearing about this for a while. >> you can improve, everybody can do better next time around. learn lessons and it is worth it if we learn something. >> that's right. the snow is falling but tapering off in new england. >> as of last night, 3 feet of snow fell on northern massachusetts. lisbon, connecticut had 26 inches. eastern long island new york 30 inches fell. justin is here with more. good morning, justin. >> thank you. good morning. the northeast waking up to much better weather finally our snowstorm rolling out of coastal new england. still some cold air behind but the sunshine will return and improve the road conditions in a hurry. i'll tell you what is wild, though. while we have snow and cold in the northeast we have temperatures in the 70s and 80s over the south plains. record high temperatures in jeopardy over much of kansas, oklahoma and texas. reena and t.j., back to you. >> thank you so much, justin. turning overseas to the latest ultimatum from isis. time quickly running out for two hostages.