steve: that is such a feel good story. oh my goodness. that s great. brian: fox square. steve: a lot of people heard about it look at the crowd. janice: this is amazing. it s 6:40. are you guys all here for fox & friends ? yes. janice: hello from louise georgia, south dakota. my uncle kevin loves janice dean. that s awesome. hi, uncle kevin. we have make america great again and all these wonderful great people. thank you so much. hi, sweety, what s your name? rick. janice: thank you for coming. big old winter storm coming your way. along the cold front we have the potential for showers, thunderstorms and unfortunately some ice. that s going to make its way towards the mid-atlantic and northeast tomorrow. so a lot of problems on the roadways my friends. listen to your loyal forecast. we will see the potential for ice and severe storms including tornadoes across portions of the northern gulf coast. all of that we have to watch for.
civillies foselfys for everyoner and hugs. i will ask permission first. take a look at the maps. we have a big old winter storm that has brought this amazing cold front. look at that minus 4 wind chill in denver. it dropped like 50 degrees in a matter of 24 hours in some places. here s that winter storm along with the cold front that s going to move through portions of the mississippi river valley and the ohio valley. we received over 2 feet of snow. those are freeze advisories in place. below freezing for arrested pooh of hours. and that s going to cause some problems. there s the food parade, so this area of low pressure moves up into canada. that cold front will sweep along the east coast and it will hopefully boot that low pressure center that s off the coast of the northeast over the next couple of days. i m so happy you are here, my friends. can i start hugging people? who wants a hug? that s so sweet. brian: thanks, janice. hugging fanatics. all right, j.d., thank you
thousands of flights are canceled. schools are closed. winter storm warnings are in effect for more than a dozen states as the storm heads up the east coast. where it will hit later this week. back to this weekend s tragedy in tucson, doctors say there has been no real change in congresswoman giffords condition. but they also say that no change is good. now our resident neurosurgeon, dr. sanjay gupta is in surgery on mondays. he s not with us right now. so joining us from los angeles to walk us through the medical details is dr. keith black, from cedars-sinai medical center. dr. black, thank you for being with us. let s just go through a few things. first of all, for people who haven t been following this, this bullet, a 9mm bullet went through in the back of congresswoman giffords head and came out the front of her head. went through her brain. tell me how it s possible that we could be suggesting that there s a positive prognosis for her, there might even be the hope of a recovery
why can t you people in the south deal with a four-inch snowstorm, and a little bit of ice? that s what our towercom looks like up above. wow. that looks like a shower door. it s not. that s our camera up above. the issue is, ali, there are 20 vehicles in atlanta capable of spreading salt. 20. right. okay. i don t know how many miles or thousands and thousands there s 16 million people in the region. thousands of miles worth of roads that need to be treated, that just aren t getting it. right. you can go to traffic.com, and you can see on this one, also georgia navigator dotcom, every red dot is a severe to major accident. most of those red dots means all lanes are blocked for some reason up here. so what happens next? this storm does run to the northeast. it runs away from atlanta, from charlotte and from most of the mid-atlantic, and puts 6 to 12 inches of new snow in new york city starting midnight tomorrow
power. the storm system is expected to intensify as it reaches the northeast. stay with cnn for all the updated forecasts and warnings and coverage. closing statements set to begin right now in the sentencing hearing for former house majority leader tom delay, the man known during his congressional days as the hammer was convicted in november of money laundering and conspiracy. he had been accused of funneling $190,000 to help republican candidates in the state elections in texas. delay faces up to 99 years in prison plus fines. all right. a city snowed in. no, not buffalo, new york. it s atlanta, georgia. which rarely sees much if any snow at all. this storm has paralyzed much of the southeast. amazing pictures and where the storm is headed, next. here s a myth: you can t switch car insurance until your policy expires. the truth: you can switch to allstate today. extra incentive: you can get allstate s early signing discount. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate.