As we said, this is farreaching. The midatlantic and northeast are batting snow. Parts of the south are struggling with dangerous icy conditions. Gabe gutierrez has more on that from charlotte, North Carolina, in the region that took the first punch from this massive storm. Reporter in the south tonight, a slippery slope. From tennessee to the carolinas. A triplethreat, devastating snow, sleet and freezing rain. The brakes locked up and i slid into the back of their car. This car even catching fire. The driver revving the engine after caught in a snowdrift. Here in charlotte, the storm started after midnight. The morning commute treacherous. At this emergency command center, all hands on deck after at least six weatherrelated deaths in North Carolina alone. Statewide, more than a thousand crashes. Anything over a quarter of an inch could be devastating not only to our interstates or roadways, but also to our power grid as reporter ron far is among those rushing to respond to the mounti
Enough to tamp down on a furry overshadowing hollywoods biggest night. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. Right now we are in the early hours of what may be a historic snowstorm. Winter weather warnings stretch from the south up through new york. Snow has been falling for several hours in the washington, d. C. Area which could see two feet before it is over. A live look at white house. The snow falling there. Philadelphia, baltimore, and new york city also in the path with blizzard conditions expected. Officials are warning of coastal flooding and Power Outages. Airlines have canceled some 6,000 flights going into the weekend. That is impacting travelers across the country. Our team is in place with the very latest. Lets begin with Miguel Almaguer in washington, d. C. Good evening. Reporter lester, good evening. The steady snow is here in washington, d. C. Some of the citys most recognizable landmarks may be difficult to make out in a few hours. It is getting sloppy. The snow
States senator, Ted Strickland. Love this man. Your current senator whos fighting for you every single day, sheriff brown. A couple of your outstanding members of congress, joyce beatty and tim ryan. I know the Ohio Democratic party has been preparing for this election. You know, a strong party depends on great Public Servants being elected at the local level and the School Boards and the City Councils and the mayors office. And your Field Operation has helped us win important races from akron to toledo. Chilikoff to warren. And through the spring, even as we democrats had a hardfought primary, you kept signing up thousands of value tiers. Registering thousands of voters. Were going to keep our eye on the president who we imagine after this sort of ceremonial opening in which hes talking about the race there with Ted Strickland running against incumbent rob portman in the Ohio Democratic party will probably turn his sights to the president ial election which is what donald trump is tal
Election. You know, a strong party depends on great Public Servants being elected at the local level and the School Boards and the City Councils and the mayors office. And your Field Operation has helped us win important races from akron to toledo. Chilikoff to warren. And through the spring, even as we democrats had a hardfought primary, you kept signing up thousands of value tiers. Registering thousands of voters. Were going to keep our eye on the president who we imagine after this sort of ceremonial opening in which hes talking about the race there with Ted Strickland running against incumbent rob portman in the Ohio Democratic party will probably turn his sights to the president ial election which is what donald trump is talking about there. Trump faced with an ever expanding set of allegations about his conduct with women is retreating into a posture of aggrieved paranoia. After the bus tape went public, trump bragging about how fame allows him to prey on women, the republican no
Put it back on his calendar. So now hes at the New York Times on the 16th floor having this Editorial Board meeting. Its on the record. Its an hour plus long interview which means its his most extensive interview yet since being elected. And were learning about it through live tweets from reporters in the room. So were learning a lot, brooke, about what he says hell do as president. Lets get straight to it. Including what he said about Hillary Clinton, David Chalian. Let me ask you. We know earlier today his adviser said he would not pursue any prosecution of Hillary Clinton, which is what we heard, the cacophony of that on the campaign trail. Now hes echoing this. Let me show this tweet. As we know theyre live tweeting. The tweet is i think it would be very, very divisive for the country. Is this, David Chalian, a new trump . Is this less red meat . Listen, this is donald trump was keenly aware that he was about to take over a very divided country and he see this is as one way to try