it s slippery. you have to drive slow because you see accidents everywhere. the main roads were ice, averaging 15, 20 miles an hour. already 600 flights have been canceled today. 1600 canceled yet. as far as delays, at newark, laguardia, jfk, all 90-minute delay or less. bethank you. we by the way will have a lot more on the winter storm and the problems it s causing. maria looks at the forecast and what is in store for travelers across the country. after more than a month in the hospital, doctors move former president george h.w. bush to intensive care. the latest on his condition and the word from his family is next. [ lisa ] my name s lisa, and chantix helped me quit.
about that county, thomas, it s what i call a dual threat county. it s a county that s growing in population, becoming more democratic, and it s a margin county now at this point when it comes to president obama. we love when you get specific and rename all these different states with the counties. flohva, baby. flohva, flohva, flohva. flohva, flohva, okay. nbc s political director chuck todd. chuck, thank you so much. you can always watch chuck right here on the daily rundown, 9:00 a.m. eastern weekdays on msnbc. some breaking news to talk about out of ohio right now. campus police at ohio state university at newark is closed due to a bomb threat. now, not much is known right now about the specifics, but police are expected to speak coming up this afternoon. that investigation is ongoing. we re going to keep an eye on that, bring you more details right here.
terminal that day. it must be life-threatening annoying if it is your job to drive one of those carts all day long with that horrible alert noise blaring all day long, which is where the infinite genius of newark airport comes in. they have solved the problem of the silent electric cart, not by putting some horrible intrusive honking or beeping siren on the carts, instead, by having the cart drivers just say beep. they just politely say beep beep, as they drive around the airport, not hitting you in their silent electric cart. route your next trip through new arc, i swear they do this. it s awesome. why does the new arc airport do it this way, i have no idea. we asked the spokesperson whether this was official airport policy, where it came from? they chuckled at us, were very nice, said they would check but have not gotten back to us. tonight, on the best new thing in the world, somebody has one upped the geniuses at
the fire started after floodwaters shorted the electric equipment inside. the storm hit as far south as georgia. atlanta got more than 1 of snow, the first white christmas in nearly 130 years. that is according to the national weather service. and it stranded hundreds of travelers, part of the chain reaction after several major airports shut down overnight, and airlines canceled thousands of flights for a second straight day. we have team fox coverage, and now from accweather with the forecast, but, first, live from newark, liberty airport, the airport there is still closed. do we have any idea when it is supposed to re-open? reporter: trace, i can tell you a short time ago we thought flights could take off at 3:15 but they have been pushed back and canceled and the early of the flight scheduled are around 5:00 so that is providing some hope for passengers out here.
others, killed in a plane crash last weekend. juliet: much needed aid reaching earthquake victims in china s tibetan region, officials say wednesday s quake killed more than 1700 people and injured more than 12,000. gregg: and rain delay, could extend the shuttle discovery s two week mission in space, the shuttle and the crew scheduled to land tomorrow morning and nasa has backup plans, though, ready just in case the landing has to be pushed off until tuesday. juliet: now to the cloud of volcanic ash crippling the aerospace over much of europe, some progress is being made, european union transportation officials expecting to put half of tomorrow s flights back in the air. and that is likely welcome news to those stranded across the globe, this is the scene at newark, airport, in new jersey. the overseas terminals looking, well, like a ghost town, live to laura ingle in our new york city newsroom with the latest. hey, laura. reporter: passengers and airline officials hosted th