Million americans brace for the first blizzard of 2015. It will bring frigid temperatures Near Hurricane Force Winds and snow that could top three feet in the hardest hit places. Millions of School Children already sent home early today, be home again tomorrow maybe throughout much of the week. 5,000 Airline Flights already canceled. Stranding travelers from d. C. To boston and beyond. 7,000 state National Guard troops are called out tonight. Games already postponed. Given the seasons theyre having it may not be all bad. The snow is already piling up outside our studio doors. Worries growing about the size of the storm, and its disruptions along with downed power lines, shuttered commuter railways and impassable roads. How much damage could a major storm like this do to the u. S. Econom reporter if its as massive a snowstorm as being predicted, there will be some negative economic impact. Measured in work not completed, lost hours, and lost pay. Much depends not so much on the amount o
Million americans brace for the first blizzard of 2015. It will bring frigid temperatures Near Hurricane Force Winds and snow that could top three feet in the hardest hit places. Millions of School Children already sent home early today, be home again tomorrow maybe throughout much of the week. 5,000 Airline Flights already canceled. Stranding travelers from d. C. To boston and beyond. 7,000 state National Guard troops are called out tonight. Games already postponed. Given the seasons theyre having it may not be all bad. The snow is already piling up outside our studio doors. Worries growing about the size of the storm, and its disruptions along with downed power lines, shuttered commuter railways and impassable roads. How much damage could a major storm like this do to the u. S. Econom reporter if its as massive a snowstorm as being predicted, there will be some negative economic impact. Measured in work not completed, lost hours, and lost pay. Much depends not so much on the amount o
70 years ago on march 7, 1945, u. S. Army forces captured ludendorff bridge. Leading to the first allied bridgehead across the rhine river in germany. The bridge at remagen and is a twopart 1965 u. S. Army film telling the story of the battle. The big picture episodes include interviews with president eisenhower, general omar bradley, a german commander, and representative ken heckler, who witnessed the event as an army historian. I received the news we captured remagen bridge while i was sitting in my headquarters. At the time, the general was in my office and i passed the news on to him and we discussed the advantage of it. The first time he informed the message that i had received it, i told him to secure the bridge head, taking whatever troops across were necessary. So we could hold that bridge head for future operations. This bridge enabled us to get across the rhine without having to make us all later on. It really made a decision to cross on a wide front easier for eisenhower to
County to heavy rain in southern Burlington County. Thats pretty amazing. Its now raining in northern delaware and just about into the philadelphia area. We had a little snow in center city and rain not far away and the temperatures borderline. Right on the edge of the freezing mark. As the sun goes down, we do have the chance of getting some icing. More on the temperature changes and the rest of the sevenday forecast in just a few minutes. Well see you then. An update now on this single car crash along the Atlantic City expressway in Atlantic County today. New Jersey State Police say two people have died from their injuries after this crash this afternoon. Only one westbound lane is getting by right now. Taking another live look at the roads from stormforce10. This is merchantville, camden county. Again, a reminder for drivers in philadelphia lincoln drive shut down in both directions because of a tree down near gypsy lane. One of the first spots to see snow today in our area was Ches
White house correspondent Julianna Goldman joins us now. How worried are the Insurance Companies about the numbers of those signing up today . Insurers are concerned. They are concerned about instability and consumer confusion. Aroundte house has said one Million People have enrolled in the federal or state exchange, but they originally hoped for 3. 3 Million People in by the end of the year. They are falling short of the deadline. They have not released the demographic data. The concern is while the website is working on the front end, the issues are still on the back end and will end up with the risk pool that is skewed to older and sicker people. They have announced over the past several weeks a number of delays and changes. What insurers are concerned about is that these go to the heart of the individual mandate. Last week the white house said your plan has been dropped and will not have coverage starting january 1. You can get a hardship exemption or you can be automatically enrol