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meteorologists here at fox, janice dean, it s going to get worse as the day goes on. anna coyman s taking a look at everything that s happening in midtown manhattan. reporter: it s really starting to ice on us, and the wind is picking up, too, so it s a little bit painful, to tell you the truth, jenna. millions are preparing as the worst of the storm is expected to hit into tonight and tomorrow with snow falling at a rate of 2-3 inches per hour causing whiteout conditions and power outages. now connecticut s governor, dan malloy, issuing a state of emergency this morning where 2 feet of snow is anticipated. salt trucks are pretreating roadways, schools have canceled classes, and amtrak is suspending service between new york and boston this afternoon before conditions worsen. more than 3,000 flights have already been canceled, 1800 from new york city s three major airports alone. people are also stocking up on food, water, batteries and medications as leaders are urging them to remain
i am urging local governments to make sure that critical roadways stay clear throughout the event. that means that work needs to be done on an ongoing basis to make sure roadways are clear so that we can respond, um, as well as we are capable of doing and so that the utilities in particular can respond. ooding remains a major concern along the coast, in particular to areas made vulnerable following superstorm sandy including long island and new jersey. now, the federal emergency management agency has also gotten involved, monitoring the storm from washington, d.c. and urging everyone in the northeast to heed the local warnings here and to stay indoors until this storm passes. jenna, back to you. jenna: anna, thank you. jon: gun control, you probably know, is a centerpiece of the president s second term agenda likely to be a part of his state of the union address on tuesday. some critics are saying the mainstream media essentially are
people, anna. reporter: right. one jet liner actually got stuck on the tarmac in pittsburgh, and then a southwest i believe we have some video of this flipped off the runway somehow in long island and got covered in mud. fortunately, we re told nobody was injured in that, laguardia s airport, also newark airport operating on a one-hour delay. 1600 flights were canceled yesterday and about 500 so far today. harris: anna, live for us in pennsylvania, thank you. jon: well, president obama is heading back to the cold, just back from his family vacation in hawaii to deal with the fiscal cliff issues. air force one touched down a short while ago at andrews air force base in maryland. we re learning now the president has resumed talking with congressional leaders about trying to solve this crisis that lies just a few days ahead. molly henneberg keeping an eye on that live from the white
at least 12 deaths. the storm went through the nation s midsection first, then moved into the northeast causing hundreds of flight cancellations as you know if you ve been trying to travel, stranding holiday travelers this week and dumping more than a foot and a half of snow on parts of new york and new england, the very latest, pennsylvania getting hit hard. and that s where we find anna coyman live in cranston at this hour. and, anna, the storm is still punching areas of the northeast. reporter: the associated press is now reporting that the death toll has actually crept up to 15, and we re actually in clark s summit, pennsylvania, we did have plans to go further to scranton, but it got nixed because the travel conditions worsened so quickly. it has let up here in pennsylvania, but it is still snowing in some parts of new york state and also some new england states. new york s governor andrew cuomo has set up an emergency operations center and has also warned the power companies th