house, staying on top of the roads, you might imagine. fairly clear. many of the dnc members he wa scheduled to speak with staying at a hotel downtown. don t have 20 to travel. as far as we know, that s still on, alex. dare to you pitch that snowball at the lens later this morning. thanks. for the latest forecast, nbc meter bill karins. let s get the update. you were right. all bowing down. go, bill, had you it. that thing, new york city was saying up to six inches. i didn t say that. i know. i already said you were right. don t be having a chip on your shoulder, pal. go for it. a big chip. let s talk about the storm. good morning out there everyone, whether you re down in areas where it s sunny and warm in the southeast or northern new england, cloudy and cold. the big story, of course, is the mid-atlantic. it s a really, really small area that we re watching, but coastal new jersey, all the way down to the delmarva, the second major snowstorm for this area. this is toms riv
plowing every street. so people cannot walk on the sidewalksance because, look. on me it s nearly knee deep here along the sides of road. so people are walking in the roads as well as people trying to drive on the roads. so it s definitely a challenging situation to get around here in d.c. i guess the only good news is, it s on a weekend. most schools in virginia were closed yesterday. d.c., maryland, had early release, and it s a good thing. people are basically hunkered down. a few having to travel around, but if you don t have to, hey, sit inside. and enjoy what s on cable today. alex, back to you. thank you very much, for braving the elements. appreciate it. all of you can keep it here on msnbc for the latest on the snowstorm. in a few minutes, reports from washington and new jersey for the latest on how the people are coping there, because it s a mess. let s go, though to a much different scene in miami now, because at this hour the super bowl preparations are underway and i
stay out of the snow. reporter: okay, alex. here in downtown washington about an hour ago we were up to 20 inches. it s been falling at a rate up to three inches an hour, as we talk about. could be up in the mid-20s in short order. out in western maryland, western virginia and between here and baltimore, coming down the hart evidence. almost three feet already. the record for washington, d.c. set way back in 1922. that was 28 inches. know we re on pace to brik that, alex. here s that snowball. i dared you last time to throw it at the camera. going to do it or keep us in suspense? reporter: it s a wet, slushy kind of snow. good for snowballs and snowmen making. if you re homebound today, that s about the best you can hope for in terms of getting outside. okay. the president has to get outside in a little bit. doesn t he? has to head and speak with democrats gathered nearby in a hotel? reporter: right. get in the suv. you saw it in the spot. speak with the dnc. the roads arou
heroic efforts, 38-year-old stephen schaeffer died a short time later at the hospital. joining me from boston, wildlife biologist jeff coin and author of the book 100 heartbeats and friend to msnbc. good morning to you, jeff. good morning. when this kind of thing happens, people start freaking out and we all get worried and think you can t go into the water again. talk about these concerns, how common are these attacks and should we be afraid to go in the water? well, alex, shark attacks are truly incredibly rare. since we ve been keeping records for many, many decade, we ve only had about 2,000 shark attacks worldwide, out of which maybe about 47 confirmed deaths. so it s incredibly rare. you have about a 30% chance of dying or being struck by lightning than attacked by a shark. usually it s very rare to get an unprovoked attack. more often than not when a shark does attack, it s the result of mistaken identity.
you flinched. thanks. no problem. got them out of tim s locker. hide these. we got to get out of here before ah! i was about to say, sophomore humor. lash out like maybe that s freshman-like humor. look. we re laughing. laughing is key. by the way, the oh research about this, 50 nielsen found out 51% of people who watch the super bowl would rather watch it for the ads not the game. more likely to remember is that woman weighing in on that last statistic i did not look tat closely. i m going back again. the sooner you see the ad in the game, go back to the dorito things. fascinating. not just the spots themselves, alex. they ve got this campaign, this competition. almost like american idol. $5 million. people are submitting their ads, whoever wins gets $5 million.