calm. there s a family that s playing in the snow, but we are expecting this to get a little bit worse in the evening hours and into tomorrow. there are several pieces of snowplows and heavy equipment out in force trying to keep the streets as clean as possible, and elected officials both governor and the mayor asking people to stay off the roads for now so that people can get around and clean and we can avoid accidents and traffic here in the area. victor and alisyn? for sure. it actually looks very peaceful and haplacid right now as oppos to thundersnow in her direction. stand by. stand by for that. gloria, be careful. thanks so much for the report. we are following breaking news out of the department of justice where attorney general merrick garland announced a special counsel to oversee the trump investigations. how lawmakers are reacting. that s next.
before this is done. as we have been reporting the bills game sunday against cleveland has been moved to detroit. rob is going to time this out in a moment, but first, matt rivers tonight near buffalo. reporter: tonight, more than four feet of snow already in spots. officials calling it some of the worst conditions they have ever faced. it s unfathomable to see this type of snow in such a short period of time. those are all cars, folks, buried here. reporter: accuweather s reed timmer in hamburg, new york, a town hammered with snowfall rates of up to five inches an hour. i m at the closed new york thruway right at the hamburg exit. you can see people sliding around out here all over the place. reporter: this time slaps showing a wall of snow coming in off lake erie as the bands move on shore in buffalo, those storms packed with lightning conditions perfect for thundersnow. narrow bands walloping some areas like the buffalo bills football stadium, while others
already almost a foot. and more is to come. we are going to see the forecast radar continue. and look at that. we re seeing some really bright shades of pink, even reds in there. could even hear some thundersnow in this region. we are in this for the long haul. we are going to see this continue through much of the weekend. brr. and get your arms ready to shovel. going to be pumping some iron just doing the basic work there. thank you so much, jennifer gray. are you hardcore enough to work at twitter? now, employees have hours left to decide if they are after the chief twit elon musk he gave 5:00 p.m. eastern today to commit to extremely hardcore work or get out. and those who don t get a three-month severance package. cnn s senior media reporter oliver darcy is here with us now. i have an inkling this didn t go over well. what are you hearing from twitter peeps? yeah, i think the big
thank you very much for the update. let s get more on the forecast from jennifer gray. the national weather service also warning of thundersnow. tell us about that. yes. so we are going to potentially see thundersnow. sometimes when the snowfall rates get so high, you ll hear thunder. there will be lightning just like we get in a very strong thunderstorm when the rains are very, very heavy, but basically the winds are going to steer where this snow is going to go because lake-effect snow is caused by the warmer, wider temperature, and the difference between the colder air above it. when those cold winds flow over the lake, it generates the clouds and the snow falls on the clouds, and it s coming from that direction. the snow will continue to fall and wind will steer it into buffalo by the time we get into student and that s when it s really going to intensify. we re going to look at anywhere from say like polo was saying, we could see 2 to 4 feet in buffalo and the latest national