the snow where we re seeing ilt, temperatures are cold enough, here s the green. all this moisture, warm, moist air and we re seeing a battle of rain and snow, wu the snow will win out. right now in d.c., it s 36 degrees, we are see light rain. beautiful, but really hasn t accumulated within the beltway. but it will. let me show you this big picture. here s washington. we re seeing breaks, but here s winchester where joe johns is in the thick of it. places along this i-81 corridor have received 12 inch, but we are going to see e this cold air win out. we re going to watch the atmosphere change a little bit in washington. rockville, maryland, is just kind of a step away from d.c. 1.5. winchester, virginia, 7. you get the picture. so additional snowfall. here s kind of where we ll see
schedule. tomorrow, they ll hold two pre conclave meetings and all but two cardinals have arrived for the election. workers are preparing the sistine chapel, but so far, the cardinals haven t set a date for the vote. back here in the u.s., there is a huge snowstorm bearing down on parts of the atlantic and northeast right now. hundreds of thousands of people are already without power. flights have been grounded. schools are closed. this storm hit the midwest. take a look here at this scene from minneapolis airport where storms rarely trigger flight cancellations. generally have a pretty good handle on things there, but this storm certainly did and in chicago, it just smashed records. the city got more than 9 inches of snow. actually the biggest one-day snowfall there in 14 years. that s nothing compared to what
good shape and when there are really pressures on the fiscal side, i think you re going to see fighting and jockeying for position in the chavez coalition. he s going to have to share power with leaders. nobody can come close to having the charisma and capacity to bring all the factions within the chavez camp together. chavez was unique in that sense and that s going to be a real problem for the coalition. it s going to be interest, but also unsettling time. michael shifter, thanks for joining us. thank you. here s more of what we re working on this hour. inch by inch, the snow keeps piling up and we are live on the east coast on this massive storm. and is she having a baby girl? plus, drinking on the job at the united nations. one u.s. ambassador wants it to
infant he found in a car he stole. the case has led to an outpouring of shock and grief online. it started with on online outcry, which led to a massive man hunt and ended in tragedy. it happened in china when his father went to turn on the heat in a supermarket. when he came outside, the car was missing. went to the local authorities who alerted citizens on the twitter like service here in china and they went to it and they drove starting a man hunt online, which ended with a man hunt on the ground. no sign of the child. 36 hours later, after china was on hooks, this happened. a man came into local police station. he said that he had strangled the child after he had heard about the outcry and buried him in the snow. f the incident has led to real soul searching here in china,
yeah, that s not too bad at all. good thing i think, joe, people maybe are just staying home and curling up with a good book. joe johns for us there in winchester, virginia. now, to alexandria steele in the cnn weather center. here in d.c., we re expected to get major snowfall. it s quite nice on the roads coming in because nobody was on the roads and i was able to just rush right into work so easy, but how bad do we think this is going to get ahead? this storm s got through city stops. we ve seen chicago. right now, it s washington, then it s going to be boston s turn. we re going to watch that tomorrow and it will have its own diftties this and wind is one of them. it s march. it s a heavy, wet, excruciating snow if you re trying to shovel out there. here s where we are. it s also a temperature battle setting up. you know, it s march, a high sun angle. the asphalt in the city of washington impacting factor.