captioning sponsored by wpbt this is n.b.r. susie: good evening, everyone. i m susie gharib. it s the first major storm to hit the northeast since hurricane sandy and it could be one for the record books. residents and businesses spent the day preparing for the worst. tom: i m tom hudson. the u.s. trade gap narrows as the world buys more made in america products and the u.s. buys less foreign oil. susie: and with gas prices rising, chevy hopes its new diesel chevy cruze will attract buyers looking for more miles per gallon. tom: that and more tonight on n.b.r. susie: millions of people are bracing tonight for a powerful snow storm that could cripple the east coast. some forecasters say this could be the blizzard of the century with record amounts of snow and extremely strong winds. in parts of the northeast, transportation was shut down. the governors of massachusetts and connecticut declared a state of emergency and banned car travel, train service and cancelle
bracing tonight for a powerful snow storm that could cripple the east coast. some forecasters say this could be the blizzard of the century with record amounts of snow and extremely strong winds. in parts of the northeast, transportation was shut down. the governors of massachusetts and connecticut declared a state of emergency and banned car travel, train service and cancelled flights in and out of boston. while the worst of the storm has yet to hit, many businesses and cities were busy making preparations today. erika miller reports. reporter: this monstrous storm is already being compared to the great blizzard of 78, when vast amounts of snow blanketed the ohio valley and the great lakes. that storm lasted 36 hours, leaving cars stranded. this storm could also be historic. weather forecasters predict it will leave up to three feet of snow in a wide swath stretching from new york to boston. preparations are well underway. airlines cancelled nearly 4,500 flights, leaving
snow storm that could cripple the east coast. some forecasters say this could be the blizzard of the century with record amounts of snow and extremely strong winds. in parts of the northeast, transportation was shut down. the governors of massachusetts and connecticut declared a state of emergency and banned car travel, train service and cancelled flights in and out of boston. while the worst of the storm has yet to hit, many businesses and cities were busy making preparations today. erika miller reports. reporter: this monstrous storm is already being compared to the great blizzard of 78, when vast amounts of snow blanketed the ohio valley and the great lakes. that storm lasted 36 hours, leaving cars stranded. this storm could also be historic. weather forecasters predict it will leave up to three feet of snow in a wide swath stretching from new york to boston. preparations are well underway. airlines cancelled nearly 4,500 flights, leaving many travelers stranded. here
france s president and says he wants his country to join in the air strikes against syria. on friday, the united nations unanimously backed action against isil in syria and iraq. later this week, i will set out in parliament our comprehensive strategy for tackling isil. i firmly support the action that president hollande has taken to strike isil in syria, and it s my firm conviction that britain should do so, too. and this is only a test, at least for now. new york city carries out an anti-terror drill and they ramp up security across the country as americans relive the jitters of post 9/11. let s start in brussels. a city at its highest security in years, bracing for an imminent threat. fred flanpleitgen is there with more. there were some major raids that went on here in brussels over the past 24 hours. netting at least 21 subjects. that was announced here by the authorities a couple hours ago. i want to give you a little bit of the scene around here. there really i
donald trump pnarrowing down th pick for treasury secretary. jonathan gray and steve mnuchin. he invests in films and served as the campaign finance chairman. there was controversy with mnuchin. he led the group that bought indymac in 2009. jonathan gray runs the firm black sd blackstone. he biuilt up the company s finances. he donated to hillary clinton s campaign. both would be seen as political moderates. the treasury secretary is a cabinet position which requires senate confirmation. this man is the face of the american economy around the world. it is fascinating to watch all of the people in a public way. something that is private. it is open for interpretation. one photo op in particular with trump and a possible cabinet pick is especially revealing. trump posing with kris kobach. how do we know he is talking about the homeland security department? the documents he is holding say so. it head lilines the proposals t bar the entry of potential terrorists. among them are