0 thing, for abuse victims everywhere. be your own hero, because nobody is going to fight harder for you than you. >> perfect way to end. thank you both very much indeed. that's all for us tonight. "ac 360 later" starts right now. cold edition of "ac 360 later." it is about 12 degrees here in new york city, in the grips of a winter storm. the likes of which we have not seen so far this season. as i staid, it's about 12 degrees. there's about 8 inches of snow on the ground so far. more than a foot expected by morning time. it's not just here in new york city, but across the northeast and major metropolitan areas. they have been hit hard and continue to be hit hard by this wintery weather. also, we've got correspondents all throughout the region covering the storm, from a lot of different angles. but first, i want to give you a big picture on what is a very big storm. dangerous driving conditions around d.c. send this car spinning out of control on the beltway. federal officials were taking no chances. the nation's capital closed for business. federal offices shuttered and the president's schedule scaled back as the city braces for accumulations for up to 10 inches of snow. as far west as iowa, winter weather plagued commuters. traffic on i-80 was backed up for hours after this tractor trailer jackknifed, leading to multiple collisions of cars crashing into this ditch. lake-effect snow continues to wallop the midwest with parts of indiana in near whiteout conditions. snow was falling up to two inches per hour. chicago also hit with lake-effect snow, more than 8 inches overnight. and today, massive winds swept into the windy city, shown here this this time lapse photography, bringing with it more frigid air. >> windchill temperatures will be dragging temperatures into the negative teens. these are dangerous conditions we expect to continue through tomorrow and strongly urge residents to exercise caution over the next few days. >> in ohio, the governor declared a statewide energy emergency due to a propane and heating oil shortage. states of emergency two for delaware and new york and nearly the entire eastern seaboard braces for a very long, snowy and cold night. it's been a long and cold day,ky tell you that. they're still plowing the sidewalks here in midtown manhattan. all day long, throughout the city, people have been out, trying to clear the streets, three, four, five times. let's check in with chad myers. he's out on the streets in plymouth, massachusetts. chad, what's it like where you are? >> reporter: you know, anderson, it has gotten colder. and i know we always say, the winds are picking up, but i am cold now. and i wasn't cold all day. i have six layers on. i have something called a weather proof shirt on. i have something called the chilly pepper shirt on, i an undershirt on and two coats on and now i am cold. and that hasn't happened all day. my producer and photographer think that i'm in a snow globe, because if you look at this snow, it looks like you took the snow globe that has central park in it and you spun it around and all those little flakes are spinning around. this is what we've been feeling for the past few hours. if you look down right here, this is concrete, but it's been snowing and snowing for hours. but if you come over here, now all of a sudden i'm all the way down well past my knee. that's 14, 16 inches of snow right there. but this snow is the snow you want to ski on in utah and colorado. this isn't the snow we get in pennsylvania and you're skiing on ice all day long. this is awesome snow. this is powder. this is what we call 20 to 1 snow. most snow is 1 to 7. one inch of liquid water makes seven inches of snow. this one inch of water makes 20 inches of snow. that's why it's so light and fluffy and why we have a ground blizzard, anderson. >> chad, you're happy to be out of the weather center, aren't you? >> reporter: every once in a while they have to let the cat out. >> how much longer is this going to go on for, chad? >> reporter: i am in this at least another 12 hours. an inch of hour, we'll have another foot on top of what we see here by the time we get back on the air tomorrow morning. >> going to be a long night. we'll check in with you later on in the broadcast. want to go to washington, d.c. now. they shut down things yesterday, didn't they, athena? >> reporter: hi, anderson. they shut down the federal government today, closed down many of the school systems in the area. some parts of the government have been open today. the supreme court was hearing oral arguments. the smithsonian museums were open. but it's been snowing now for 12 hours, with a little bit of a break a few hours ago. but it's beginning to taper off, but the national weather service's winter storm warning is in effect until 11:00 p.m., so this could go on at least through the next hour. this is very light snow. you can blow it. it's not so great for building the snowman and that sort of thing we've seen people around here trying to do all day. that may be why some students were making a snow jabba the hut. but this really is about dangerous temperatures and conditions outside. the national weather service has put out a windchill advisory. right now, it's about 21 degrees. but 6 degrees with the windchill factored in. and the national weather service says it could get down to 5 to 15 below zero tonight. so they're warning everyone, wear hat and gloves and several layers. but if you don't have to be outside, stay in. anderson? >> we've seen washington freak out even with a little bit, but this is the most they've had since like 2011? >> reporter: right. there was a big storm in late january of 2011. so this is looking like with an accumulation expected between 4 and 8 inches. the larger accumulation also be outside of the downtown part of d.c. to the north and west outside the capital beltway. but it's been very, very helpful having the government closed, having the schools closed. we haven't seen a lot of traffic out on the roads. we've seen snowplows out on the city treats and highways making sure they're clear and passable, laying down salt, plowing sidewalks. so they've tried to be on top of this, the city has, but it's been helpful not having a lot of cars on the street. one more warning from the national weather service. because traveling in this kind of weather, the blowing snow and ice, people should only travel in an emergency. if they get in their car, have food, water, a blanket and flashlights just in case something goes wrong. >> athena, thank you very much. let's check in with maggie lake, in seabright, new jersey. how are things there tonight? >> reporter: anderson, we are dealing with very high winds, blowing snow and frigid temperatures. we're in one of the hardest hit counties. one of the things we don't have is the flooding. just behind me is of course the ocean, the beach clubs and this town so devastated. so i want to show you what the problem is. these roads are absolutely packed down with ice. the storm started here in new jersey about four hours earlier than anyone expected and over 280 accidents in new jersey. they do have a state of emergency here. traffic was gnarled all day. there's a lot of concerned, officials asking people to stay off the road. right now, based on what we're seeing, it looks like people are heeding that advice. but that's going to be a big issue tomorrow morning when we face a commute. >> it took you a long time just to get out there, and it's not that far away. >> reporter: it took us absolute hours, all of the roads were a parking lot. that has been the case around the tristate area. we should mention, anderson, a little bit of a worry. we have a super bowl happening in the garden state in new jersey in a couple of weeks. it's outside of these very cold temperatures, everyone hoping we don't see a repeat for the big game. >> hope you get warm tonight. there have been traffic difficulties throughout the northeast, particularly at airports. we'll give you an update on that when we come back. also, we'll talk to mayor giuliani about the latest allegations against governor chris christie. and a new video which the mayor of toronto acknowledges he was drunk. he's fallen off the wagon. we'll show you the video ahead. ♪ [ chicken caws ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum tums! over the pizza place on chestnut street the modest first floor bedroom in tallinn, estonia and the southbound bus barreling down i-95. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those who believed they had the power to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world's great stories. that began much the same way ours did. in a little dorm room -- 2713. ♪ this magic moment ♪ did you run into traffic? 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