you ll see that live later on, but we ll tell you about that convention this morning. first, again, the big story that blanket of snow, also possible blackouts at your house. we re talking about thousands of people without power right now from northern virginia to baltimore. this is a picture here we re showing you, a live one out of d.c., the nation s capital could get 2 1/2 feet of snow today. that would set a record. yeah. back on the power outages, we re hearing hundreds of thousands for the mid-atlantic area. blame it on this powerful blizzard hitting this mid-atlantic area, flights in and out of the region s airports. they re just not happening today. travel by car is certainly a challenge, and all those snowy roads in pennsylvania, a lot of interstates closed just because of the snow. but also you see these power lines. those aren t down, but others are. some of them are blocking highways. again, a lot of officials saying if you i dondon t have to go ou, don t go. one guy we