provoke a wider land grab or consolidation of the donbass, to annex is maybe part of putin's plan. people are trying to second-guess the move he is going to make for a relatively low investment. he only has 120,000 troops scattered across the borders here. >> sam kiley moving to quickly in ukraine we can't even keep track of you. natasha, thank you so much. this morning, dangerous winter storm wreaking havoc from the gulf coast to canada with heavy snow, icy roads, tornado threats. 300 customers without powers this morning. the line is covered in freezing rain and ice. several have been blanketed with a foot of snow. 9,000 u.s. flights have been canceled. the storm is now moving northeast. it's coming for us here, promising more disruption today. we will get right to meteorologist chad myers to get a sense of just how bad this is going to be. >> reporter: john, it's 56 in