thursday night into friday morning, an additional batch of snow for providence. extreme caution traveling d.c., baltimore, virginia and west virginia this morning. now over to sports and college basketball who will be the number one seed? seems like one potential number one seed loses each week. so this time around, second-ranked indiana. going for their first outright league title in 21 years against ohio state. indiana at home, assembly hall. ohio state on the drive. victor says no way. he s only 6 5 . way up top. a little over four minutes left in the half, ohio pulls away. deshaun thomas nails the three from outside. great guard. ohio state hangs on to that lead. they upset indiana 67-58 on senior night in assembly hall.
[ male announcer ] bengay zero degrees. freeze and move on. it was 50 degrees in washington, d.c. yesterday. even the mountains of west virginia it was sunny and 45. now we re just getting pasted. it s like paste. this is heavy, wet snow through much of virginia. this is port royale, anywhere near interstate 81, don t travel on it today. if you can, avoid it. the snow will get much worse as we go throughout the day today. don t be fooled by what you see out the window today. the temperature in d.c. continues to be around 34 or 36. once it gets below 34 around 32, that s when it will start to accumulate. i think 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
we could get an inch an hour in washington, d.c. that s the worst of the snow. the green on the map just rain right now. coastal areas, maryland, delaware, up through philadelphia and new jersey, new york city will see mostly a rainy day. a wider show shows the snow ending in ohio and kentucky. here is your wednesday travel forecast. you don t have to worry much about anything, problems on the roads from philadelphia northwards to boston today. no problems during the daylight hours or early this evening. it s mostly confined 81 through virginia, west virginia and also around d.c. on thursday, this storm just bombs off the coast. a huge nor easter, concerned about the coastal flooding, the high tide circles on thursday and friday. more beach erosion. some of the same spots hit by sandy will be effected by this how much snow are we talking about? higher totals come today for washington, d.c. to baltimore, possibility of 6 to 10. 4 to 8 with that we will get power outages because it s suc
that s what happens when you let a geek in a cubicle name a snowstorm. let me show you the storm this morning. interstate 81 through virginia, wrest virginia, northern maryland is difficult to travel on. none on the ground yet in washington, d.c. and baltimore, but the worst of it will be as we go throughout the late morning and early this afternoon. along the coastal areas just dealing with rain for maryland, new jersey and new york city. i ll pinpoint snow totals for you and travel impacts later in the show. even though many americans are still feeling the impact of the 2008 financial crisis, wall street is feeling no such pain. yesterday the dow finished at an all-time high, breaking the record set back in october of 2007. this year alone the dow is up 8.8%. for more on the bull market and whether it s here to stay or
cabbage patch kids. we have a lot to talk about including the death of venezuelan president, hugo chavez. thousands line the streets to mourn the passing of the outspoken leader, but will anyone be able to fill his shoes? and north korea makes more nuclear threats as the united nations teams up with china to push on sanctions. let s get to the news at 5:30 a.m. here in new york city. today several mid-atlantic states waking up to this massive snowstorm that has already covered most of the midwest. the storm dropped more than 9 inches of snow in chicago, the no most to hit the city since february of 2011. schools are closed in indiana, west virginia, virginia and now even maryland. thousands of flights have been canceled, mostly out of chicago and baltimore and washington, d.c. speaking of washington, d.c., they re calling this snowstorm the snowquester.