we predicted this. it is indeed bad. airports all across the country, major flight cancelations. getting this word from the new york city area airports, more than 6 in newark, arrivals and departures canceled. laguardia, 300 flights canceled, 400 at jfk. chicago, tulsa, oklahoma city, you name it, this is a mess out there. so if you have to fly or know someone who has to fly, don t assume even if you re in a place where the weather is good that you re not going to be experiencing the domino effect. meantime, there is a warning going out to wall street banks and executives, they could be the target of terror. wnbc s jonathan de initiatiintz joining me now. the nypd has been going to the major banks in the last couple weeks and telling them there s now threat information, nothing specific, but there s a series of information from the latest inspire magazine to
no flights. call ahead. even if it s not your airport, it s a domino effect and it is going to be a mess in the skies. to politics. add one more republican to the growing list of likely candidates for the 2012 presidential nomination. speculation is running ram manhattan ambassador jon huntsman who says he will step down from his post in china in may is thinking about it. i want to be clear on this from up here. i talked to several people in the building. i have not heard anybody say they know what the future holds for ambassador huntsman. except to say, as i said earlier, that he will leave some time in the first part of the year. david axelrod who left the white house to help start up the re-election in chicago said, this is the most unfathomable republican field in my
brought chicago to its knees. here in chicago, we ve still got business as usual. it s just past rush hour. lake shore drive not busy as it once was. very passable. there is no snow on it. we got about an inch overnight last night. clouds will thicken up. we have a huge amount of snow as it comes through here and pulls through the south. on the lake which is frozen over with ice, all this ice is expected to break up with high waves that begin later tonight and tomorrow that could push water up on lake shore drive. actually put it under water and close it for a period of time. a lot going on here. not to mention how high the winds get today. state of illinois opened up 121 warming centers across the state. governor quinn declared a state of emergency yesterday. it s not necessarily chicago but
and those flights are canceled and what your alternatives are. you can get a refund if you decide not to fly that leg of the flight. i was of the mind if it was weather related, it can be very difficult to get any money out of the airlines. what is the rule? is it flexible? right. they are not required to offer you anything, but most airlines, if it s a major storm like we are experiencing and have recently, they will offer you a refund for the leg of the trip you have not taken. for instance, you fly from new york to chicago. you re stuck in chicago but you decide you re going to wait the out and take another airline in another week or so. that way you can use that money towards the other airline s fare. love the practical traveler common. michelle higgins, thank you for coming on. thank you. the egyptian government may have shut down the internet. that only gave more material to david letterman.
surrounding cities like milwaukee, like peoria, even over toward detroit. all these places will get 1 1/2 feet to 2 feet of snow. it all happens on groundhog day tomorrow. i think the woodchuck may have something to say about the weather. i can t let this go without giving you a hard time about the goggles. is there a ski slope nearby? i wish there were. at this point, you ve got to cover up every little piece of exposed skin or you re just frozen. i had these goggles up earlier and tears were pouring from my eyes because it s so cold and windy. i put them on for good reason. there is no ski slope close to chicago. covering up that beautiful face. mike bettes, you re a trooper to stand out there. thank you so much. all right. we ve been checking flight aware.com. there are more than 4,000 flights canceled because of this weather today. if you re stranded at the