now to that major winter storm barrelling across the country. 40 million americans across 18 states on alert. in ohio, winds up to 80 miles an hour. the northeast in the bulls eye. washington, d.c., philadelphia, new york, all along the i-95 corridor. some of the pictures tonight. two feet of snow in the midwest from this. a car and a snowplow colliding on 610. difficult conditions in nebraska, as well. we want to bring in meteorologist lee goldberg from wabc, down around the corner of the block, we know the system is moving through, lee, and another storm from the south right up into the northeast again this weekend. reporter: yeah, parade for the east coast right now, right? this was one of the last atmospheric river events in the west, now it s hammering the northeast, the ohio valley. snow alerts, wind alerts, severe weather alerts. cleveland under a severe thunderstorm warning right now for 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts. farther east, a raw, rainy evening here in new york city for