we will ask that question to chad myers who is taking an early look at at this. i know it is warm where you are but it is not in the mi midwest. the arcic is on the ground and warm air is riding on top and that warm air is creating an ice storm. there are lots of people this morning waking up without power throughout the midwest from dallas through little rock and west of memphis up to paducah, ice on the ground and more to come. airports will be very slow today. even with the fog in the northeast and all that, yes, but even if your plane is not in the northeast and maybe coming through maybe one of these midwest airports that will being affect later on today. it s all gone for saturday. the only bad news there is another storm system that could affect the northeast especially d.c. and baltimore for sunday and into monday with more ice. we re in a very cold pattern when it tries to rain on top of cold air that is always a mess.
investigation. we begin with the gabby giffords announcement. giffords released a video statement online just hours ago saying she has to focus on her recovery. i don t remember much from that horrible day, but i will never forget the trust you placed in me to be your voice. thank you for your prayers and for giving me time to recover. i have more work to do on my recovery. so to do what is best for arizona, i will step down this week. i m getting better. let s bring in athena jones in washington. so, athena, what kind of reaction is pouring in? well, we re getting a lot of reaction there was a lot of love and support shown to congresswoman giffords after the shooting last year. you remember in august when she returned to the house chamber to vote on the debt ceiling bill, she got a standing ovation from her colleagues. so today we have seen reactions from both sides of the oil. democratic leader nancy pelosi released a statement saying in part, i join all my colleagu