it s brainging to parts of the northeast. alexandria steel is tracking the storm from the cnn weather center. our joe johns is right in the thick of it in winchester, virginia, so let s start with him. joe, winchester could get almost 2 feet of snow. i see some flakes sofrt falling right there. but what are the conditions like and what are we expecting in the hours ahead? well, virginia s governor has declared a state of emergency. there are about 170,000 people without power at this time. a lot of people still believe that they haven t seen the worst of it and they think perhaps they re going to avoid any greater problems. of course, here in the state of virginia, particularly in the shenandoah valley, they say they ve seen 12 inches, perhaps 14 inches of snow, probably more is is going to come in. the roads are considered by the virginia department, secondary
innovation and growth. he will reach out to people of both parties, but at the end of the day, he s the president and his leadership is what will move this country forward. he needs to bring people together, but that s what you saw during the lame duck and now. are we going to see a more, republican party, tone it down over the last few weeks. they did what they had to do. are we going to see a more aggressive house republican party? i think we re aggressive about rainging in the size of government and i think they re going to be aggressive in drawing the contrast between the president and his party and republicans in that we don t think that massive federal spending is going to help spur economic growth and instead, we need to help the private sector to create economic growth. before we let you go, how do you explain the president s bump in the polls? you ve seen a big move among