is a huge lake of slush. police are telling us the tide is coming back in now. it s time to leave and the homeowners have no idea when they will be allowed to return. david wright, abc news, scituate, massachusetts. there are sill residual flight delays and cancellations across the northeast. five major airports this morning before the storm hit. on sunday airlines had already cancelled 3200 flights hoping to give passengers enough advanced warning. still plenty of travelers found themselves stranded at the terminals. it s been exhausting. so emotionally exhausting to be in the airport and not have anywhere to go. reporter: an estimated 400,000 passengers in total were affected by cancellations over the past three days at the cost to the airlines $235 million. a lot of money there. the storm so big they put up hurricane hunter planes and flew them in to the blizzard. weather experts flew from mississippi to the winter storm system to gather information for forecasters.
family, can have a new life afterwards. he s 55 he s young. evangeline, thank you. you re very welcome. folks from the midwest to the northeast are getting slammed with a dangerous winter storm system. took long enough, but winter s here. we ll get a live report on that. plus hundreds of thousands of jobs are forecast to disappear in just a few years when robots perform jobs just as well as humans. fox business s jerry willis will explain what that means for future generations. but first, breaking news here. bob mcdonnell is speaking live. former governor of virginia sentenced today to two years in prison. listen. appreciate his efforts in listening to the witnesses and reading all the letters and papers and arriving at his judgment today. i also want to say that i disagree with the verdict that was rendered by the jury in this case and that we intend to file our appeal to the united states 4th circuit court of appeals,
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gazillionaire gad flies, week two of the tdr 50 is ready to roll. good morning from a wild and winltry washington. as you can see behind me, it s monday, march 3rd, 2014. the government is closed today. we ll get to the first reads in a moment. let s get the latest on the winter storm system impacting more than 130 million people and has shut down the federal government yet again. new jersey just joined three other states and the district of columbia to declare a state of emergency. the storm system has iced roads and dropped temperatures across the ohio valley as well as into kentucky. nasa tweeted this image showing just how vast this storm system is. and right now, the northeast is getting the worst of it. this is the fourth time this winter that the federal government has shut down due to weather. more than 2,000 flights have either been delayed or cancelled. here s a live look at the misery map. it shows the hardest-hit
welcome to what s next. comcast nbcuniversal. welcome back. now we go to the latest on the winter storm system affecting more than 130 million people. you the storm already affected those lives and shut down the federal government, not that it needed much help. once the snow is done and the cold will set in. we have reports from across the country starting with weather channel s jim cantore down in washington, d.c. take a listen. as we expected the snow continues to taper off and visibility is coming up. you can see the rotunda and capitol from our van teenage