sets, and now our map is filling in with this pink, which is essentially an ice storm. it s sleet, it s rain, it s 31 degrees. it s ugly out there. we re talking that s catskills binghamton and all of central pennsylvania getting covered with ice at this hour. it s only 7:00. we have hours to go before the sun rises and it warms back up again. this entire area will be an icy mess by morning. so buffalo, central pennsylvania into west virginia, even here toward hagers town picking up ice at this point. that s where it s going to be the worst tonight. tomorrow the winds start to blow and airports are going to be this is going to be an ice event for planes already on the ground. we could see cancellations because of this, erin. we re already seeing this is what the flight board looks like right now from laguardia. a shuttle going to indianapolis delayed. american airlines to cleveland delayed. supposed to go out at 9:17. express jet to montreal delayed.
it s beginning to ice up. it s getting very, very windy. the wind doesn t stop until thursday or friday for that matter, erin. obviously, people think about the storm. and yes, it is about that. but the wind perhaps even more so. how difficult could it be for those 3 million people who are flying? when you talk about the fact you re already seeing delays everyone cascading? here s the issue. this is what the airports, this is what the airlines look like right now. there are 5,700 airplanes on this map. if you canceled 10%, all of a sudden you have 500 plane that is don t go off tomorrow. you multiply that times 100 people or 150 that should be on the plane, there s no capacity for you to get on the next plane. because that next plane is completely sold out. there s not a seat for you on it. and all of a sudden you have these thousands of people sitting in airports waiting for the next available seat. and it goes downhill from there. a lot of people just don t get to grandma s house
beijing tonight. this morning obviously david for you. what are you hearing about this mission? reporter: well, it is a pretty secretive mission and definitely very significant, erin, they re launching their first lunar probe. they re going to put this buggy on the ground on the surface of the moon, they hope, sometime in december. the jade rabbit will do some investigations on the lunar surface. certainly it s a big deal for china in terms of pride and the latest move a very accelerated space race, erin? david, what can you tell us about whether the space program ace threat to the united states. this is obviously coming on a day where we re reporting they re putting an aircraft carrier to confront the u.s. because the u.s. flew some b 52 bombers over what china believes to be its territory. reporter: well, in ten short years, china s gone from putting the first astronaut out into space to this step. and the hope to put a space station and even put an astronaut on the moon by the
going to the supreme court you get a flash back and you think the entire law itself is at stake. if the supreme court strikes down obama care s mandate to include contraceptives, would that mean obama care overall is dead? no. the bill certainly would stand on its own as it s currently written. the big question would be then how would the obama administration deal with it at that point? would the have to rewrite regulations? would we have to see company whose did not want to provide this type of protection for contraception and cost would they then have to apply for it. it would not take down the whole bill, erin, but it is a huge political football heading into the mid-term elections. huge political football. why is this headline such a big deal? it is, right? it s a very big deal for a lot of reasons, but it s a big deal because it mobilizes the two political bases. we ve seen republicans and conservatives come out in support of hobby lobby. we ve seen it all along but the came
somewhere else that is less likely to have all this pressure on it. second, speed up or slow down. either go right away, get ahead of it wherever you re going, that may be too late right now, or slow down. would you rather sit in the airport all day thanksgiving eve or wait and go thanksgiving morning on a normal flight? yeah, it s the day of but you don t waste hours and hours sitting there being angry. and the last possibility, let your airline help you. these airlines do not want you sitting in the airport or sitting on the ground anymore than you want to be. many are offering travel waivers if you re going into the teeth of this that will allow you to change your ticket, erin, no matter what kind of ticket you bought. look at what the airline is doing. contact them. find out. because the only make money if you re moving and if their planes are moving and they want that to happen as quickly as possible. wow, airlines and help. some might say that s an oxymoron. i m glad to hear them