that pain. the ripple effect means that air parts across the country could feel it too. gregg: the president is heading to connecticut to talk about gun control legislation. will mr. obama have to back away from one of the key components of his second term agenda? we ll have a fair and balanced debate just ahead. gabby giffords deserves a vote. a [applause] the families of newtown deserve a vote. [applause] the families of aurora deserve a vote.
is there any way to get to where you need to go sooner? well, in a situation like this it s really tough, you know? in the new york airports there aren t even airplanes on the ground. a lot of people are looking at alternative airports that may be open and getting to those, but right now, a lot of people are just simply stuck and will have to wait it out. it isn t just u.s. air travel and it s a global impact as well, isn t it? it absolutely is. when you look at the hub air parts you have in these major metro areas on the east coast, we have a lot of international flights that connect into them and so right now even, you have a lot of people that are on connecting flights that are staying in airport hotels near places like newark airport just waiting to get on their flights to get to their destinations. jean tornatore, thank you.
difficult doesn t mean something shouldn t be worth doing. i m exploring now. i m a one-man lewis and clark. and i m just looking for my sack sacagawea. they said i can t get on the ballot? they say we couldn t go to the moon. but nasa did it. wasn t that funny? next up, big time backfire. when the pro-gingrich superpac shelled out to air parts of an ad bashing bain capital, who is the last person giving the piece a thumbs up? it s michael moore. he loves this documentary. according to an interview, he had this to say about the film. i wondered who they stole from my crew. it s fun to hear what i ve been saying for 20 years. not just by any republican candidate but night ging ewt rich. and there s a reason many conservatives have backed off attacks off bain capital. they don t like michael moore
i m a one-man lewis and clark. and i m just looking for my s k sacagawea. they said i can t get on the ballot? they say we couldn t go to the moon. but nasa did it. wasn t that funny? next up, big time backfire. when the pro-gingrich superpac shelled out to air parts of an ad bashing bain capital, who is the last person giving the piece a thumbs up? it s michael moore. he loves this documentary. according to an interview, he had this to say about the film. i wondered who they stole from my crew. it s fun to hear what i ve been saying for 20 years. not just by any republican candidate but night giewt gingr. and there s a reason many conservatives have backed off attacks off bain capital. they don t like michael moore agreeing with them.
megyn: this is an extreme weather alert for you now. the weather problematic and affecting much of the eastern united states at this moment. the latest storm is moving in fast, dropping a ton of snow. air parts, including philadelphia, canceling flights already as the storm worsens. the east not escaping this latest round of severe weather. janice dean, our meteorologist, explains why that is, why the southern part of the united states is getting hit more and more. she talked about the arctic fence moving down. janice, even for those that don t understand that, you can see with their own two eyes, we re getting hit hard. reporter: and the storms are typically forming across the south. it s affecting a big part of the country and we re dealing with the threat for severe weather. yesterday we saw the threat for severe weather. and we have two components. we have an upper-level low that will give the energy to the