taking advantage of that. air tran has canceled all flights today. delta, i m told, is trying to get a few in and out. but obviously, it s going to be a slow go. charlotte, i ve run into similar problems and then the northeast has got some wind issues and the northeast will have more than that as we go through time. here is the radar. all right. the moisture is spreading itself across the cloints carolinas in through the mid-atlantic in the form of snow and sleet and freezing rain and will be stretching and reaching towards the northeast, combining with the midwestern storm so that will make for winter storms across parts of the northeast. winter storm watches have been posted from the delmarva up through boston, pittsburgh will probably see 6 inches. new york city could see 6 to 10 or more inches and boston could get up to a foot of snow, as well. not just the south for this one, kyra, although it has pretty much shut down the south. it s going to hit the northeast,
not for stocks, the dow down about 26 points. back to you. allison, thanks. it s about 6:30 out west, 9:30 in the east. cold and snowy in the south. a giant winter storm has smacked an area from texas to the carolinas. a lot of folks not going to work or school today. the snow is so bad here in atlanta air tran airways canceled all flights to and from the city and its busiest airport. gas prices up nearly a dime in the past three weeks, average price now $3.08 per gallon. new research shows the chance of a child developing autism might be tied to how close together the mother spaces the births of her children. that study found that children conceived before the older siblings were a year old and three times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than those born at least three years later. an hour and a half from now president obama is asking americans to pause in silence to honer the victims of the tragedy
beginning to change over to freezing rain. and, this is all moving now to the carolinas, upstate carolinas, seeing significant snowfall from greenville up to charlotte and this system is going to make its way up toward the northeast for a blizzard. so, or potentially a blizzard there. unbelievable. it s almost hard to believe we had a white christmas across the south and now we ve got snow and ice storm that is really shutting this city down. kyra, back up to you. we ll keep talking. thanks so much. bonnie schneider is here in the weather center looking at this storm and kind of the bigger picture. what do we know? we just got word that air tran canceled all flights to and from atlanta. that is a lot of flights. of course you saw the conditions outside reported by rob. the problem is the storm will keep going and this time instead of snow we ll get more freezing rain across georgia, alabama, south carolina and it is snowing right now in columbia, south carolina. some of those snowf
weight of the ice as it accumulates may suddenly take down tree branches and trees and we could see more power outages, the freezing rain will be a hazard for planes that are flying out, that s why so many flights are canceled including air tran, all flights to and from atlanta are canceled. bonnie, thanks. politician shot, constituents near her killed. people who need organ transplants denied. health care, immigration debates turning ugly. arizona s reputation again cast in a negative light. we re going to talk about it. my name is rachel robinson. i am a banker with quicken loans. this is kathy, who i helped do her first home loan, and this is her sister tina, who i also helped do her first home loan. it was unbelievable how well it all fell together. kathy said, well, let me give you rachel s number. easy. easy. easy.
the congresswoman s hospital, mark kelly, he s supposed to xland nasa s final shuttle flight this year. he came out with a statement and said many of you have offered help. there is little we can do but pray those those who are struggling. if you need to do something tangible, anything, donate to one of the causes his wife has long supported, the american red cross and tu san appears food bank. one of the other stories we re following today is the snowstorm in the south. let s take you live to hartsfield-jackson airport. there are hundreds of people sleeping. air tran canceled all of its flights in and out of the airport. we re tracking the storm for you in the news room. ht now, a compe seafood dinner for two is just $29.99 at red lobster. you both get a fresh salad