good morning, kiran. snow really began to pick up last night around 2:00 in the morning and then really started to let up just a little bit. but not before dumping i would say around 6 to 8 inches in this area. the roads are pretty good for the most part. they have been treated. you see a lot of slush down the roads. susan was talking about that issue in new york. the thing interesting about this scenario, not just the snow, as my friend rob marciano has been talking about all morning, not just this, it s the wind. the wind is going to play a huge factor. there s a reason for that, america. the reason why the wind is going to be a big issue because you look up at these trees over here, ken boreland our photo journalist has a shot of that, you will see these trees are coated with the snow. and all the way down this thorough fair off second street, you can see the tree lined streets have a lot of snow. when the wind picks up the trees are going to move, when they move with the frozen s
had been discussed. and you know, ken, the other interesting thing, you just spoke to this as well, that the president s plan, democrats say we need to cover 31 million uninsured americans. there s 47 million uninsured americans they argue and when you talk to republicans senator john cornyn, said that s a wildly inflated number, when you talk about people that want and need insurance and can t afford it, you re talking about a much lower number. if you can t agree on who wants and needs health insurance at various stages of their lives how can you move forward who is going to get it under a plan? well, i mean, again, going to the facts are really important as we ve been talking about. according to the census bureau, about 46 million americans on a typical day don t have health insurance coverage, so that s a fact. secondly, on the cost of insurance if you look at people buying insurance in the individual market by themselves, the congressional budget office has said 18 million wil