the most important thing that we can do is to have the roads clear so that all of the capability that we have put together as a team can be used. reporter: atlanta residents scramble to prepare. as the night went on, it started getting busier and busier. just hope we don t get in the same mess we did last time. i think the weather will be bad. we ll just stay home. ride it out, see what happens. reporter: mississippi s governor preemptively issued a state of emergency as they prepare for one-two punch for snow and an inch of ice. georgia s power companies working overtime getting emergency centers ready. as power crews in pennsylvania finally get the juice flowing after five days in the dark, that region is bracing for another powerful winter nor easter. that could dump up to 1 to 2 feet of snow from d.c. to boston late this week. it comes as even winter hardy pittsburgh faces a road salt shortage.
the most important thing that we can do is to have the roads clear so that all of the capability that we have put together as a team can be used. reporter: atlanta residents scramble to prepare. as the night went on, it started getting busier and busier. just hope we don t get in the same mess we did last time. i think the weather will be bad. we ll just stay home. ride it out, see what happens. reporter: mississippi s governor preemptively issued a state of emergency in 40 counties as the region braces for a one-two punch of snow and then up to an inch of ice. georgia s power companies working overtime getting emergency centers ready. as power crews in pennsylvania finally get the juice flowing after five days in the dark, that region is bracing for another powerful winter nor easter. that could dump up to 1 to 2 feet of snow from d.c. to boston late this week. it comes as even winter hardy pittsburgh faces a road salt shortage. the snow we got the last
back towards, towards town into a busier, more populated area. seems to have a preference for being on freeways at this point as opposed to surface streets. yeah. and continuing on highway 80 west at this point and, i believe, approaching 635, the interchange this as well. so headed back towards yeah. he s still. megyn: as we listen to our local coverage, we want to bring in rod wheeler who s been watching this. rod, what do they need to throw down the strike strips or do something to stop the car? that is exactly what they want to do, but it s very difficult. these are some of the most difficult situations. anytime you re chasing a high-speed vehicle and you have hostages in the car, it s not easy making those decisions. so i think what the police are going to probably do is give this guy more time to think to himself what are his options.
night. i know i m looking ahead. but you must look ahead because look what happens down here when you don t look ahead. and what you touched on leads us to our next part of the story and that is travel. regardless of whether you re in the southeast or you are in the northeast, which is going to get hit later again this week, airlines get affected by all of this. the storm is keeping a lot of people out of planes right now. martin savidge is at atlanta s hartsfield-jackson international airport. the runways are quiet right now. the terminals, however, marty, are a little busier. okay. i don t know if martin can hear us right now. there he is. this is the line if you re at the airport, you really don t go ahead. yeah. ali, can you hear me? i was just saying if you re at the airport this is the line you don t want to be in. this is the rebooking line. moving along pretty well, actually. so far, delta has said that they ve canceled about 1400 flights.
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