we have 17 inches of snow in laporte, indiana, between south bend and gary. you can see it s still coming down here. some of the state highways and just off the interstates, there are some reports of some motorists stranded because of the severe snow coming down here. we can expect that to continue. not so severe but certainly enough snow to get people worried in nashville and north georgia and some snows now falling across parts of d.c. and virginia beach. most of the northeast with this system by the time the cold air comes in, tonight, most of the moisture will be gone but the lake-effect snows will keep cranking. also watching the system coming into the pacific northwest which will increase the risk of landslides as their soil is already saturated. kyra, back to you. right now president obama is getting ready to sign a piece of legislation designed to make the food we feed our kids better. it s the healthy hunger-free kids act of 2010. on hand as well is michelle obama.
then also across the pacific northwest, another system coming through. we ve got flooding issues across western washington so that s where the action is. you need some drier, warmer air. go down to the desert southwest. that s the latest from here. could see a foot or two in some spots, kyra. we re also looking at flight delays in some of the areas that saw flight issues yesterday. you saw this video at the metrodome in minneapolis. is that just crazy. so, but apparently, well, the game was canceled, obviously. you know what they are doing, giving free tickets for the giants/vikings game, it s moved to ford field in detroit. a free ride too? exactly. how are they going to get there? it s still cold, still snowy. exactly. hey, if you want to haul over there go ahead. free tickets. that was kind of crazy. have you seen snow? i don t know if we ve got the video. it created an avalanche in the metrodo metrodome. the fact that they had fox crew in there, that s why you
and also there s stores where you can get a lot of needs met, not just wants. places like walmart or target or costco, even gas stations. look at 17, 18, 19 on there, gas stations. people are like just help me getting from point a to point b. an interesting statement perhaps about the sign of the times, that people are still looking to get their needs met at this point, kyra. got it. but what about all the fine print? sometimes there s fees and special rules that go along with these cards, right? yeah. we talk about that a lot. and if you remember back to august, the federal government made some changes to make sure that consumers are a little bit more protected. among them, they re limiting the fees on what you can be hit with. so basically what they re saying here is there s now limiteds on when card will expire. the money is good on the card for five years. even if it expires, you can reach out to the company and say, i still had money, can you put it on a new card and not get c
to my knees and i feel it s my duty and it s an honor to be able to do the work. it brings you to your knees. that s astrong statement. yeah. but i mean it. lena cho joining us from new york. alena, i know you re profiling several celebrities for this series. who are you profiling, how did you select them and why? you know, we really wanted to make sure, kyra, that the stars we selected were really committed to the causes they were with talking about and are involved with. i think he can see from nicole kidman s face and how she speaks she is committed. she told me she s going to be involved with with the u.n. as long as they ll have her. of course i said, i think they ll have you. now having said that, yes, tomorrow we re going to be talking to halle berry, another academy award-winning actress, someone who really is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside. she s really committed to the
all day yesterday. but it was even before the weather got bad in cleveland. this storm is so big, kyra, that especially when you try to get out of a hub city it may not be what s going on in your city or destination but in other spots, especially if you fly those little planes they have a hard time catching up once they start slowing down. cleveland, might try to get in there later today because it s not over. maybe one to two feet of snow in the favored areas east and north of the city. maybe up toward western new york as well. they are under a lake-effect snow warning. we have a good fetch of cold air coming off lake michigan getting in places like south bend, indiana so winter storm warnings are posted for those areas, too. even though the bulk of the storm is moving off into quebec, the back side of this is going to crank up the lake-effect snows and we re seeing that now in cleveland do. we have a live picture of cleveland? there you go. that looks cold. maybe i don t want to go t