since the attack. in ohio, the remaining six exotic animals that were freed by their owner before he took his own life this month will be held in a ohio zoo. three leopards, two monkeys, and a bear were quarantined to keep them from being handed over to the owner s wife. a dose of winter weather this weekend. after the national weather service warned of heavy, wet snow from virginia to maine. several inches on the ground in amarillo this morning. seven weeks after texas set the mark for the hottest temperature in october. who took the biggest hit and who has the best chance of now turning it around? tad devine is a democratic strategist. welcome both. ted, first to you. you ve got rick perry getting
another winter storm clobbering cities from virginia to maine. public schools in washington, philly, nyc, boston all closed today. the federal government opening two hours late in d.c. and here s a big reason why. i ve been a mile in two hours. people got no clue. they just should stay home and just get cozy. i m not driving for the next few days. it s crazy out here. well, denise borders definitely had to get cozy. she s in virginia. she was stranded for nearly 13 hours. joining us live by phone, denise, what the heck happened? that s what i d like to know. when i first got on the parkway at about 4:10 p.m., it wasn t even snowing very hard. and we were rolling along, and all of a sudden, stop. and there we sat for at least five hours without moving an inch. not an inch. and was it because of other cars? was it the condition of the
the northeast. the big snow is creating wonderful scenes. take a look at these pictures from new jersey. snow emergency is in effect from virginia to maine right now. state police want people to stay put. rob is doing just the opposite. he is in the middle of it in connecticut. my understanding is everything is pretty much at a standstill, is that correct? reporter: excuse me sir, for just a second. we have got a lot of activity in this corner. our cross chatter will be kept to a minimum here. it was snowing, and they had a hard time keeping up on the roadways. they have caught up now. the sun is trying to peek through the clouds.
region. snow is still coming down. you will get a little bit of drier air coming through. looks like boston back into maine. going to have quite a bit more snowfall. strong wind gusts we have live images for you. here it is a shot of new york. snow is down. people going nowhere. more on that coming up. you are watching cnn.
and importers in other countries knocking on our door saying we must have an english wine on our list. reporter: the u.s. of state of virginia has been coming the other way since 2009. more than two dozen selling their bottles into the uk for between $20 and $40 a bottle competing from new world wines from australia to california, not to mention french and of course home grown wine. entering any market with a new product is an uphill battle. i don t shy away from that. the uk market is the single largest importer of wine in the world. yes it is a complicated market but the uk-wide consumer is generally ex-employertory wide. reporter: he recently took wines to paris and got a thumbs up from the french wine media and new wines benefit from one