In bringing with it heavy snow and strong winds. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here in the United States, canada and around the world, im kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. All right. We begin with Breaking News from moscow, youre seeing live pictures here. Police are out in force right now, theyve shut down key metro stops near the kremlin and have made numerous arrests. Its an effort to prevent another large antigovernment demonstration from taking place in the capitol as we saw last weekend in cities across the country today thousands of russians have turned out in support of jailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny. Cnns Fred Pleitgen has been in the thick of it for the past hour or so fred, are you there . Last time i spoke to you police had been very actively clearing the square. Whats the latest there right now . Reporter well, thats still been going on, kim. The police have still very much out in force. You can see here is one of those Police Detention advvans, those detention that is weve been seeing they are continuing and i was actually also briefly detained by the police for a couple of minutes, they then checked our credentials and let us go again. Thats something weve seen with other journalists by the way as well. Journalists who while they were filing reports and we were actually filming at the time were being detained by police, some let go, some not let go. Many of the folks who came out here to protest being detained very quickly. It seems as how what the police are trying to do is they have a Zero Tolerance policy, if you will, of sorts. Theyre coming out here on the square in force and detaining a lot of people and thats something that certainly hasnt been letting up over the past hour or so it seems they are trying to stop these protests from even taking hold. These protests were supposed to happen at the headquarters with the Russian Intelligence Service of the fsb, that whole area and all of Central Moscow has been completely shut down by the police, by the military police, even civilians are not allowed on the streets there. The authorities here have closed at least seven Metro Stations and now also seemed to have closed this Metro Station as well. As theyre trying to prevent people from coming to these protests. So you can see the authorities not trying to not let this take hold as in the entire country in russia there have been more protests taking place, many people detained in those other protests as well, but certainly we can see here in the russian capital the police, the military police, really doing their utmost to try to prevent the protests from getting under way, kim. Since i saw you last as we look at some other live pictures there were seeing a lot more many more people there, so obviously police havent been able to deter everybody from going. Are you getting a sense that the momentum is building there . Theyre trying to build the momentum but it is very difficult with this police presence. You can see how many of these giant vehicles are coming, those are military police. Theyre bringing in more reinforcements here to then obviously do more of that crowd control, if you will. So the folks around Alexei Navalny originally as i said they wanted to go to the fsb headquarters, they then on shofrt notice told people to meet here and at another location to try to get that momentum that you were talking about. You can see really the shorts trying to stifle that momentum in any way that they possibly can, especially with those dee he thinks it detentions. A lot of people have been detained. You can feel that the momentum, theyre still trying to get it but it will be difficult to even get the protests here under way with this massive security and police presence. It certainly is it certainly is almost unlike anything ive seen here in the russian capital, the amount of Police Officers out there, the amount of detentions that are made very early on of people who are really just standing around many of them, kim. Lets get at the wider issue, why people are coming here. Obviously navalny is the catalyst but ultimately is this more than just about just him or even about politics . Is it about the frustration and anger over Living Conditions, even the pandemic . Youre absolutely right. I just spoke to a couple of folks right before we went to air and they told me, look, they really werent people before who came out to protest, they said its the first time they have ever come out but they also said that Alexei Navalny is one of the i wish issues for them, its something they dont agree with. The fact that he was poisoned by the chemical nerve agent novichok but the fact that he was put immediately in detention when he came back here. There are a flurry of other issues that people have at hand and one of the main ones is what they call repression, political repression. They say free speech is something that is being curtailed here more and more, something that obviously a lot of people dont like. A lot of people are saying, look, they believe that the elections here are not free and fair, they think that thats something that they dont want to continue in this country in the future. Theres really there really is a flurry of issues that people have and then of course also the Economic Situation in this country is also one where a lot of people are saying that they simply dont really hold up much hope that there could be big improvements in the next couple of years either. So there is sort of a ground swell of discontent for a lot of these folks and quite frankly a lot of them say that they werent necessarily big supporters of Alexei Navalny before he came back and before he got arrested or detained on arrival here in moscow, but they do say that now they are coming out not just for his cause, but for many other causes as well and, you know, from what the navalny supporters have been saying, they say that its obviously not something thats necessarily going to stop very quickly, they want the momentum to carry over. Right here you can see theres another person who is actually being detained right now. As i said, detentions are something that have been ongoing and they continue and then the folks here they get put in police vans like this one, you can see this gentleman now being searched by the police before hes going to be put in that van. You can sort of see if you look inside the van that there is a cell area inside that van, thats where people get put into before they then get taken to Police Stations before its then decided how many days they are going to have to remain in custody and what other things might await them after that. So you can see, kim, what we were looking at in the last hour that we were on, its something that is still continuing here as this protest tries to take hold. A lot of brave people over there and certainly yourself as well. Stay safe out there and we will come back to you later on in the program. Thanks so much. With just more than a week before his second Impeachment Trial donald trump is losing lawyers. Sources say five attorneys have cut ties with the former president over legal strategy. Weve learned trump wanted them to argue that there was mass Election Fraud and that the election was stolen from him, this instead of arguing the legality of convicting a president after he has left office. And trump isnt the only headache Congressional Republicans are dealing with, another social media video has surfaced from controversial republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor greene. In it greene suggested the Las Vegas Shooting massacre was staged to discourage support for gun ownership. Its one of several inflammatory comments that have angered democrats. Many of whom are demanding her removal. When you hear the Minority Leader mccarthy saying that hes going to talk with her, you talk to children about cleaning up their toys. This has led to violence in our country. We saw a direct attack on the United States capitol because of the rhetoric and the incitement of violence that she continues to perpetuate. Just yesterday she had an opportunity to apologize and she doubled down. This is who she is and it is time for her to be removed from the United States congress. All eyes are sure to be on that meeting between greene and House Minority leader kevin mccarthy. Cnns joe surgeons has a preview. Reporter congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene continues to do her thing up here on capitol hill, she tweeted out on saturday that she had a great conversation with former president trump, that she was grateful for what she referred to as his support and said democrats are now coming after her the way they used to go after him. We have no confirmation of that telephone call, but no reason to doubt it. If that call did occur it tells a little bit about how the president is operating in the background, making telephone calls, even though he doesnt have the twitter megaphone, while republicans continue with their identity crisis. There was a back and forth on saturday on twitter between Marjorie Taylor greene and Republican Utah senator mitt romney. Romney tweeted about her lies, she tweeted back that he needed to grow a pair or get a spine. Marjorie Taylor Greene continues to be unapologetic about everything that democrats are coming after her for, democrats have suggested she ought to be ousted from the United States congress because she has supported the idea of assassinating democrats, including Speaker Of The House nancy pelosi. Joe johns, cnn, the capitol. Just ahead the tense situation thats been unfolding in moscow over the past hour. Many people taken into custody as police try to prevent an Opposition Rally in the capital. And later authorities across the u. S. Are making it a priority to get vaccine shots into arms but more doses are desperately needed. That and more ahead on cnn. Stay with us. In a recent clinical study, patients using Salonpas Patch reported reductions in pain severity, using less or a lot less oral pain medicines. And improved quality of life. Ask your doctor about salonpas. Its good medicine. Moscow police are out in force right now, youre seeing live pictures from moscow, they have shut down key metro stops near the cripple lin and have made numerous arrests as an effort to keep a large antigovernment demonstration from taking place in the capital like we saw last weekend. In cities across the Country Thousands of russians have turned out in support of jailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny. Alexander bonn nof is a Senior Fellow at the carnegie moscow center. Thank you so much for joining us. You wrote a piece about the people were seeing here in the streets today, the new face of russian protests. Tell us a bit more about who they are and why theyre there. First we have to say that those who took to the street that they are not going only to support Alexei Navalny, but many of them he is not an ideal leader of the future russia or the protest, but they are doing because of what the russian state did to him, the poisoning by a nerve agent and promptly arresting him as soon as he came back from his treatment in germany. Thats why this protest is not for less for navalny and more against lawlessness and well, against the regime. In terms of, you know, their demographic makeup, are they particularly young . Are they affluent . Who are these people in terms of that demographic slice . There are many predictions that the people who will go to the streets last weekend and this one will be very young, school boys and girls. They didnt came true. There were many young people wrong them but not as many tiktokers as it was predicted. I would describe them as people of young age, but more between 25 and 30, 35, and i call them a kind of postindustrial that they are not satisfied with their salaries, with their jobs, with their Living Conditions and with their prospects and all this on the background of famous russian corruption. So you wrote about these protests that they were, quote, undeniably antiregime, antielite, anticorruption but not necessarily liberal, prowestern and prodemocracy. Will that limit how much support navalny and his movement get here in the u. S. . I would say that inside russia this particular fact will broaden the navalny support base because besides the usual protesters who are liberal a percentage of moscow and big towns, liberal intellectuals, with he see different people, simpler people and definitely broader based. It can be described maybe as former putin supporter, dissatisfied by the work thing Economic Conditions and by the very fact that last year we had this Constitution Amendment that allowed putin eventually to stay in power for life and its not something its not something that putin supporters agreed with. So where Do We Go From Here . I mean, how big of a threat is navalny, you know, putin has been in power for some 20 years so he has seen demonstrations and protests like this. So, you know, you wrote here for now time is on the side of the regime, but not indefinitely. So what did you mean by that . First of all, we cannot go into Wishful Thinking to say as many do in every occasion of russian protest that the regime is going they are scrambling and so on. Putin still has many supporters, its still stable, but putin is aging, hes losing the contact with newer generations, the elite is not united behind Vladimir Putin as the main guarantor of their political and economic survival after him, so they are starting to look for somebody else to replace him. All right. Very interesting. Thank you so much for giving us some insight into what were seeing now from russia. Alexander baunov in russia. Thank you so much. Well, the u. S. Has now passed 26 million coronavirus cases since the pandemic began more than any other country in the world. The situation makes the need for widespread vaccinations more critical. Nearly 30 million have been administered out of nearly 50 million distributed. Huge venues like this one in denver, colorado, are now inoculation sites. Here is some good news, were going to put up a graphic here. Look at the dip at the end of that graphic, the number of people in the hospital has fallen below 100,000 in the u. S. For the first time in two months. This according to data from the covid tracking project. But january has been the deadliest month of the pandemic so far in the u. S. Health authorities are putting tougher restrictions in place to curb transmission of the virus. Natasha chen has more on that and the toll covid is taking on individual lives. What actions were taking reporter the cdc says starting monday night everyone over two years old using any form of Public Transit must wear a mask, even if one has already had the covid vaccine. Its a mandate that comes a year after the first reported u. S. Case of covid19. We didnt expect to lose any of them to be honest. We all thought they was going to bounce back. Reporter this family lost three loved ones. To bake up and know that he not there, i cant call him. Reporter january was the deadliest month of this yearlong pandemic. More than 90,000 people in the u. S. Have died this month alone and to give you some perspective thats about 20,000 more people that could fit in this entire nfl stadium. The Mercedes Benz stadium that hosted the super bowl just two years ago is now a vaccination site. We can actually get more vaccines out given the resource that is we have or that are shortly coming to us, but if you dont have the vaccine then we cant do it. Reporter Johnson Johnson is expected to apply for Emergency Use Authorization for its vaccine next week. Its global Phase Three Trial Results show the vaccine is 66 effective but 85 effective specifically against severe disease. This is a single shot vaccine in which you start to see efficacy anywhere from seven to ten days following the first and only shot. It is very, very good with regard to cold chain requirements, namely requiring only a refrigerator. Reporter meanwhile, a new Study Suggests children are safer from the virus in schools than out of them. The author of the first detailed study of two k12 schools said in order to reopen schools safely they need federal sent leadsed guidelines and better access to testing. Health experts are also eyeing new variants of the virus including the first domestic cases of the variant first identified in south africa and more than 400 cases of the variant first identified in the uk. Experts believe these variants will be more dominant by the end of march. I believe that we should be treating every case as if its a variant during this pandemic right now. Reporter a pandemic thats far from over. The virus killed nine nuns in a Retirement Home in michigan all within a few weeks. It is numbing and we have i do a much deeper appreciation for all the other families who have gone through this, the hundreds of thousands of families, and until it personally touches you, i dont care how much we can have a sympathetic heart, its different when youve already been there. Reporter natasha chen, cnn, atlanta. According to the u. S. Centers for Disease Control california authorities have administered more than 3 million Vaccine Doses. Dodgers stadium in los angeles has been serving as a mass vaccination site, but there was an interruption saturday because of an antivaccine protest. Some operations were halted briefly when a few dozen protesters marched to the stadium and gathered outside. Officials said they continued vaccinations inside as the demonstration went on outside. Everything went back to normal when the protesters went home. All right. In u. S. Politics, President Biden is stepping up his efforts to sell lawmakers on his nearly 2 trillion covid19 relief bill. Hes working over the weekend continuing to try to rally bipartisan support for the legislation. Cnns Arlette Saenz reports. Reporter President Biden met here at the white house with his advisers on saturday to talk about the next steps for how to get his covid19 package through congress. The president has made clear that he prefers for this measure to be passed in a bipartisan manner but as some republicans have put up resistance to his package saying that there needs to be a more targeted approach, there are some democrats that would like to see the president pursue reconciliation. This would require only a simple majority to get that measure across the finish line, but if biden decides to go down that path, it will also represent a test of party uniony as Senate Democrats would need to make sure that they had all 50 democrats on board with this bill. The president has made clear that he wants this package to be passed quickly as its really a top legislative priority for him in the opening days of his white house. Arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. Much more to come here on cnn, including a look at the problems involved with getting liens to underserved communities. I will talk to a doctor with some advice on community outreach. 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Has now confirmed more than 26 million coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, a quarter of all of the worlds infections. Health experts are working to get Vaccine Doses into arms nearly 30 million have been administered, huge venues like this one in denver, colorado, are now inoculation sites. A variety of different vaccines are being used around the world, two are cleared for use in the u. S. The maker of a third is applying for a Emergency Use Authorization this week. Joining me now is dr. Sheila young, director at the premedical academy of charles r. Drew academy medicine and science in los angeles. She and her colleagues have been doing intensive outreach in the watts and surrounding communities about covid19. Thanks so much for joining us. You and i spoke in middecember i think it was just basically days after the vaccine started rolling out back then, you were seeing many people in your community there were nervous about getting the vaccine. I know youve been doing a number of town halls trying to dispel some of the misinformation and theres plenty of that going around. What are the types of things people are scared of . One of the things that i want to say is that as a physician who has worked extensively on the ground in underserved communities that have been seriously impacted by the pandemic, actually i want to emphasize that historically black and latino individuals havent been antivaxxers and so this is something that as far as Vaccine Hesitancy was never really an issue before. So i think that again there is a lot of misinformation thats happening right now in the community and of course social media can be one of the forms that people get information from. One of the questions were does this vaccine have a microchip in it . Does this vaccine another question does this vaccine affect my dna . Or, will this vaccine actually give me the virus . So these are these are very basic questions that we can answer and the answer to those are no. And then we go through actually videos of how the virus works and we provide individuals with information. I believe that knowledge is power so the more that were able to educate folks and let them know about what the vaccines are made of, then i think that we are actually able to move forward greatly. And i will actually say that now more people want to get the vaccine, however, the issue now is access. Yeah, and thats the question. There seems to be a big discrepancy here between the access to the vaccine. A cnn analysis of data from 14 states found Vaccine Coverage is twice as high among white people on average than it is among black and latino people. We know from surveys that those groups are less likely to want to get the shot but is there that other issue that some people, you know, this he do want to get them but they cant get them. That there is problems there with access . Yes, youre absolutely right. There are people now who want to get the vaccine but they cant get them. Of course one of the things that we have to look at is what are the priority groups for the country, for the state and for the county that people live in . So thats one of the things that we have to consider. Were still in the phase where we are ensuring that we have all Health Care Workers, nursing home individuals who live in Nursing Homes and now for Los Angeles County those who are over 65. So this is primarily the main group that now were facing more access issues with. But if you were advising the Biden Administration on how you could go about getting more access, what are one or two things that might help address this problem specifically . Well, i think that weve really got to be on the ground, target the areas that have high rates of covid19 cases and deaths. I think that we can set up at churches, local schools and we can also implement a program where we go from house to house and offer vaccines. Some folks will say thats not possible, but, you know, i worked with the census in 2010 and i went to so many homes. We can set up a system so that we ensure that people are not left out. A lot of folks dont have cars, a lot of folks dont know how to use the online Registration System to register to get the vaccine. So if we go to their homes then they will be very receptive. And thats what the Community Leaders have asked, the leclerg weve asked if we can come to their homes to provide vaccinations. We will need a large team of folks to pull that out. But i think we can implement is program where everyone will have access to the vaccine. Lets hope that can help. Thank you for everything youre doing out in the community and thank you for joining us, dr. Sheila young. Appreciate it. Thank you. British conservative mp and cabinet member michael gobe says hes certain vaccines from astrazeneca and pfizer will be supplied to the uk. That follows a brief conflict between the United Kingdom and the eu which had planned to restrict exports of covid vaccines from crossing the irish border into britain. The eu packed down after london, belfast and dublin criticized the goff. On saturday gove commented on how the governments have been blindsided by threat. I think the European Union recognize now that they made a mistake yesterday. The commission made a mistake. They didnt consult us, they didnt consult our friends in dublin and the united matters in Northern Ireland in condemnation and people in Northern Ireland were bewildered by this step. For more on this lets turn to cnns melissa bell who is joining us from paris. An embarrassing climb down there by the eu, but there will be vaccine control. So what effect do that have . Reporter well, it could have a huge impact, essentially despite that climb down which really suggests that even the eu recognized fairly quickly because the climb down came pretty fast that introducing that hard border between the Irish Republic and United Kingdom was really a step too far, but it really speaks to, kim, how high temperatures have risen in the eu. Weve been hearing this morning from the french europe minister says that the eu is determined to get to the bottom of why its supplies are going to be seem to be falling short, those from Ast Zen Kachlt what this mechanism allows the europeans to do is keep an eye on any exports of vaccines leaving the European Union and to glock those exports if it feels that the Companies Involved have not been living up to their contractual obligations with brussels. So it really gives the eu the ability to watch and to stop vaccines leaving its own territories, its own countries. Now, only yesterday the British Foreign secretary said he had had assurances from the Eu Trade Commissioner that he had no desire to get in the way of vaccine deliveries to the United Kingdom but the fact is even though as a result of this, kim, the eu has the ability to do this. So the french europe minister speaking to that saying theyre determined to get to the bottom of why astrazeneca would not be able to deliver as many vaccines as it promised to the eu but has no shortages to its deliveries to the uk. We expect the results of that inspection at one of the astrazeneca sites in belgium over the next few days and the European Union making it clear its going to get every one of its vaccines from astrazeneca if it can. Astrazeneca vowing to look to find as much of that vaccine substance as its called, the stuff of the vaccine, if you like, as it could in order to get as close as it can to its promises to the eu, delivering over the course of the next few days to begin with 3 million doses. Thank you so much for untangling all of that for us. Melissa bell in paris. Beginning tomorrow india will ease some restrictions on public activities. Coronavirus case right side trending down, the country is in the middle of an enormous Vaccine Drive and, tending help throughout the region. As nations scramble to get their own citizens vaccinated at least one country is stepping up to help some of its neighbors, india. India is the worlds biggest vaccine manufacturer, now its using that strength for something a little out of the ordinary, vaccine diplomacy. Its been less than two weeks since india launched what it hopes will be the largest Vaccination Drive in the world as it goes about inoculating its own citizens. Now the country is pledging to donate millions of doses to at least nine nearby countries. Translator today the country is prepared in such a way that Vaccine Doses are reaching every nook and corner of the country very rapidly. Today india is completely selfreliant in the matter of this biggest need of the world right now. Not just selfdependent, india is also helping other countries. The countrys Serum Institute is producing the vaccine developed in the uk by astrazeneca for domestic use and export. India has also developed its own vaccine which it eventually plans to export. One by one Health Care Workers in nepal began receiving their first doses as the country launched one of its largest immunization campaigns nepals Prime Minister says hes grateful to india for donating 1 million doses. Translator we got an early chance to administer the covid19 vaccine. So for this i extend my thankful remarks and gratitude to our neighboring nation. Indias government, the people of india, and especially to the honorable Prime Minister narendra modi. They sent the vaccine to us. Reporter Prime Minister oli announced he is in talks with india to buy even more. Myanmar also began its Vaccination Program wednesday after receiving 1. 5 million Vaccine Doses from india. Health care workers there showed of off their bandages for a photo. With a fra jielt Health Care System myanmar has relied on medical volunteers to help in the pandemic. On friday sri lanka began vaccinating Front Line Health Workers after india donated half a million doses of the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine. And its not just about diplomacy, india is expected to begin delivering vaccines commercially to brazil and more roque co by the end of the week. One neighbor that wont be on the Receiving End of the indias generosity is pakistan. Officials there announced they will be getting 500,000 doses from china. Indias good will could see some push back from the regional rival china. China promised to help nepal in the pandemic, a country where china has major investments, but it hasnt delivered whereas india has. As the two countries find themselves in competition for Strategic Influence in the region, its india thats scoring some early wins this week. Of the many Foreign Policy challenges facing the Biden Administration perhaps none are as daunting as The Middle East. We will take you live to beirut, lebanon, for a closer look at what lies ahead for the new u. S. President. Stay with us. 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To help us get a sense of how daunting these challenges are lets bring in cnns ben wedeman in beirut. So many contentious issues in the region that are on bidens plate. Take us through what he and his team are facing. Reporter well, basically they need to bring down the temperature here in The Middle East. President trump was very erratic when it came to middle east policy and some of his top officials like mike pompeo had a barely concealed fundamental religious program they were pursuing. So bringing down the temperature would be the first step in the right direction. Congratulations, mr. President. Reporter the new resident of the white house faces a middle east deep in a confusion of crises. Yemen remains the worlds worst humanitarian emergency, followed closely by syria where millions of struggling through a brutal winter as their countrys agony goes on. Blood still flows in iraq, even though the scourge of isis appears for now to have been diminished. Four chaotic years of donald trump saw the u. S. Cozy up to the regions autocrats, careening close to the brink of war with iran. Already the new administration is showing it will do some things differently. We will end our support for the Military Campaign Led by saudi arabia in yemen. Reporter tensions could recede as the Biden Administration tries to revive the iran nuclear deal, the jcpoa, says the carnegie institutes mohammed hijali in beirut. The iranians cant continue to bomb and help their allies or support their allies, bomb the u. S. Embassy in iraq or the you know, riyadh riyadhs airport or any of these important facilities. While they negotiate the jcpoa and as the jcpoa is required. Reporter the resumption of a dialogue between washington and tehran could have knockon effects in syria, yemen, iraq and lebanon where iran is a major player. The Trump Administration did manage to orchestrate the establishment of ties between israel and several arab states, a move praised by its successor. Washington also recognized jerusalem as israels capital, opened an embassy there and generally sided with israel as never before. All but killing the twostate solution, which means washington now needs to come up with new ways to address the conflict as do the palestinians themselves. Perhaps the onestate solution as a more viable option, you know, calling asking for their rights as all citizens in the state rather than, you know, calling for a second state, which has no now basis on the ground. Reporter so what we have is an administration that seems to have put aside things like trumps rather ambitious deal of the century which was designed to bring the palestinian israeli conflict to an end. 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That number seems to have gone up since i spoke to you last. This promises to be extremely vast. How bad will it be . Yeah, well, you know, if you do the calculations, thats about a third of the u. S. Population, kim, and believe it or not this is the same storm that wreaked so much havoc on the west coast, specifically in california, its now just reorganizing itself and retransferring that energy to the east coast in the form of a noreaster. Its still pounding the midwest with extremely heavy snow . And around the chicago region, so the southern great lakes, but that transfer of energy will occur along the midatlantic today bringing heavy snowfall, strong winds, power outages, coastal flooding and the potential or likelihood of Travel Dis Corruptions not only on the ground but if youre traveling by air as well. Here is the latest radar, very active, very busy, lets focus in across the midwest. Snow bands still circulating across chicago to ft. Wayne, indianapolis a rain snow mix. The snow knocking on the doorstep of the nations capital. They will end their nearly two year drought without an inch or more of snowfall. If you are a snow lover you love this setup. This will be a nasty storm, some of the purity models honing in on heavier snowfall, new york, baltimore, over a foot of snow. This track of the low pressure or nor easter is so crucial, with he talk about this every single time this unfolds, if its too far offshore we reduce the rain and snow along the coast, if its too close to the coast enough warm air transitions that snow to rain and keeps the snow totals down. If we find that sweet spot we interact the moisture with the cold air to the north and we get the potential for extremely heavy snow and i think thats whats going to happen for the major metropolitans of the east coast. Both the american and the european Commuter Models which output weather data for us meteorologists who interpret for you at home say that Snowfall Totals from new york to the west near philadelphia could be in excess of a foot, again, up to 18 inches of snow according to the official forecast from the National Weather service. You add in the potential of wind gusts over 50 Miles Per Hour at times, that will reduce visibilities, allow for near Blizzard Conditions and treacherous Travel Conditions will ensue across this area. Not to mention the potential for over a quarter inch of ice parts of maryland down West Virginia into the spine of the appalachians. This is a complex and multifacetted storm and will keep the east coast very busy for the next several days to come. Kim . Well stay on that. Thank you so much, Derek Van Dam. Appreciate it. Absolutely. A Grammy Nominated artist and producer known simply as sophie has died at the age of 34. 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