Blackwell of policylink and Michael Tanner of the cato institute. Ifill here with us now, as they will be throughout the evening, our own shields and brooks. Syndicated columnist mark shields and New York Times columnist david brooks. 7 so, gentlemen, put on your prognostication hats. What do you expect tonight . It wont be f. D. R. s new deal. Were not looking at the 100 days here. Were looking at modesty, theme of opportunity, discussion of the executive order. Immigration will be bigger, probably a few threats on the debt ceiling somake sure congress doesnt put us in default, but not look at a gigantic agenda. Im most interested in the tone. I think the president a nation that is severely pessimistic, has been now in the wrong direction rather than on the right track for 10 years now. The sense of pesmism is pervasive, and i want to see if the president can connect with people beyond the room tonight. Woodruff is there a defensiveness already setting in with this state of the union
Stuck going up the hill. Storm knocked out power to 645,000 customers. Rhode island has the second most outages. Frustrated flyers waking up in airports this morning. So far, airports canceled more than 5,300 flights through today. Newark liberty airport had been closed. But expecting to open this hour. So are we close to the end . Well get the latest now on the forecast. Snow totals from nbc meteorologist bill karins. Good morning to you. Good morning, alex. An amazing storm conditions. Were not done yet. All our friend up in maine are still dealing with brunt of the storm from portland to Southern New Hampshire and boston, very cold and very windy. Typically a satellite picture of the clouds that i show you during hurricanes, this one i used because it looked so impressive. And now up in the gulf of maine and dragging off to the east as we go throughout the day today. Underneath the clouds this is what radar looks like. Blue and white shows you where the snow is. The blue bands where
400,000 outages. Rhode island has nearly 173,000 without power. Connecticut more than 38,000 outages. Other states fared a little bit better. Even though new york area airports began receiving flights today, the Ripple Effects across this country, airlines cancelling more than 5300 flights this week. And reporter Jonathan Hall from our nbc affiliate whdh was on the coast in massachusetts as the high tide came in. Reporter the water has definitely come up. Id say a good three or four inches just in the last ten minutes or so. And the National Guard is here on the scene helping people evacuate. No mandatory evacuations at hall, but they are strongly urged. People in lowlying areas, areas that normally flood, are told get out. And now it might be too late. Weve definitely got the high tide flowing in here at hall. Were going to check in with reporters throughout the region today. Nbcs ron allen is in connecticut. Were beginning with nbcs ron mott in prof dend, rhode island. Ron it was pre
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Storms can speed up slow down. They can get smaller or bigger. Were preparing for at least what that forecast is suggesting, if not worse. We certainly know well have very high winds and low visibility and know well have lots of conditions that make travel unsafe. We will give you constant updates as we get information. But everything we know so far makes clear you cant underestimate this storm. This is not a typical storm. Its going to pack a real punch and we have to expect heavy accumulation in a short period of time. Its another crucial point. Some storms come in in a measured manner. This is going to come in in a sudden spurt of activity. We saw flurries this morning and that has largely dissipated. What youre going to see in a few hours is something that hits very hard and fast and people cannot be caught off guard. Best thing to do stay indoors, stay off the roads and sidewalks, this is something i want people to act on as quickly as possible. In the next hours, we want people w