weather alert. millions of americans bracing for winter storm warning. many had experience in the central part of the country and now it has been moving east. federal agencies are shutting down because of the storm and our big concerns about dangerous roads and possible power outages as well. janice dean is with us at the fox extreme weather center. janice: spring is officially two weeks away. there is your silver lining this morning. looking at the snowfall totals come up over 17 inches in rocky bar, virginia. we will definitely see some to foot snowfall totals. the storm just got its act together within the last six to eight hours. a lot of snow west of the washington dc area. you can see along the coast, mainly evening event. as you can see we are kind of fighting with the rain and sleet and we are still going to struggle between the heavy wet
jon: and extreme weather updated on a powerful winter storm that is making its way up the mid-atlantic. already it has battered parts of the northern plains and a huge swath of the midwest. meteorologist janice dean is alive in the fox news weather center. janice: yes, this is freezing rain and sleet. just hovering around the dc area. that pink that john mentioned is very slippery, just east of the baltimore area. down towards lexington park, that is where we are seeing the mixture. people are being urged to stay indoors today for a snow day. we have topped the snow totals down a little bit, but south and west of the city, that s where we get upwards of a foot.
the storm. yesterday there were 1500 flights canceled mostly in and out of chicago. today 1700 flights, mostly at dulles national airport, predicting even more of this tomorrow. it could get worse if this country and there is a lot of snow on the ground. call ahead, check with your airline and make sure if your flight is on schedule or canceled. jon: what you need to know about hezbollah and venezuela and what they plan to do next after the death of hugo chavez. also more on the massive snowstorm that steve centanni was just talking about that is slamming the dc area. a live update straight ahead.
explore this area. can a jury question do that or not? that s why the judge reviews the questions ahead of time. to make sure the questions are not about new areas that would unnaturally and unusually extend the length of the case. shepard: so, we ll get to the questions presently. i think we ll get to the questions went the next hour, and you ll probably have a field day with them on your next show. shepard: i look forward to hearing what the jurors might be curious about and all they ve heard. what have they nod heard? more than we can report here. millions of americans feeling effects of the sequestration. the cuts that everyone in washington said were not supposed to happen. according to home lean security sect janet napolitano said the cut we have institutionalized a hiring freeze, we can t backfill
thank you. shepard: weather alert. might as well be ground hog day. a major winter storm hitting the up are midwest could soon cause headaches for millions of folks on the east coast. winter warnings in effect from north dakota to illinois. forecasters say the same system could dump 20 inches of snow in parts of northern virginia and maryland this week. giving the washington, dc area its biggest snowfall of the season. our. they re calling this in d.c., if it brings the six to 12 insure swath? snow-quester. i think that s cute. satellite radar imagery, the storm right now across the northern plains and the upper midwest. minneapolis, chicago, six to 12 inches possible win the next 12 to 24 hours. the storm has not gotten its act