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Largest health care providers. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Its really coming down. Do not go outside if you do not have to. It is cold. It is windy. And weve got this snow coming down at a steady pace. An emic blizzard blankets the northeast. Triple travel across the east coast. The most amazing part is how widespread the chances are of seeing a foot of snow or more. Dont matter which way you look, the wind is blowing in your face. You cant really argue with Mother Nature, right . The republicans handpicked head of cbo has confirmed trumpcare would be a nightmare. We disagree strenuously with the report that was put out. Pretty encouraged by it. Actually exceeded my expectations. If you cant find a bill that helps america, not just the republican party, walk away, mr. President. Let is collapse. Obamacare is a disaster. The best thing you can do politically is wait a year. This is going to blow itself off the map, but thats the wrong thing to do for the country. U. S. Backed iraqi troops are making major gains against isis fighters in mosul. All that the wildfire superbloom erupting in Southern California deserts. Can tebow get his first hit . Base hit, yeah. And all that mattered brackets for the ncaa are set. The president says he does not plan to fill out a bracket. Hes going to have steve bannon fill out a bracket and he will sign it. Just so you, russia wins everything. Were expecting a huge blizzard up to 18 inches of snow from what the Weather Channel has dubbed winter storm sell stella for the latest on the storm lets go to the Weather Channels jim cantore. No thanks jim, you stay safe out there. Announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Toyota. Lets go places. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. A dangerous noreaster is taking aim right now at more than 50 million americans. The paralyzing system is dumping snow from washington, d. C. To maine. Several inches have already fallen in new york city. Schools are closed across the northeast. And look at this. This is what the storm looks like from above. It is swirling over much of the east coast, slamming more than a dozen states with heavy snow, wind and freezing rain. Cities like new york, hartford and providence are expected to get between 12 to 18 inches of snow. Boson and philadelphia could see up to a foot. And some other areas could get more than 2 feet. A lot of snow out there. We have reporters out there in the storms path monitoring the storm. Lets go to david. Good morning. What were seeing in times square is exactly what the meteorologist are predicting. To look out the back of the vehicle, you cant see blacktop. The snow has been blowing sideways here on times square. Look, this is the heart of new york city. Its where all the tourists come, right . Lets take a live look. Its darn near empty. Crews have been cleared the streets, but for the most part theres not a big snow buildup here. As more of the storm starts to move in, were hearing phrases like lifethreatening and cancelled classes across new york. The intense winter storm moved across new york city in the Early Morning hours putting the city that never sleeps into a ghost town. 30mileperhour wind gusts whipped through the deserted streets. At one point the storm was dropping more than 2 inch aasen hour. We expect an intense accumulation of snow. We expect obviously very cold temperatures. Reporter new york city mayor bill de blasio told people stay home. For your own safety, given the frigid temperatures, the huge amount of snow in a short period of time, stay off the streets. Reporter many people ignored that warning including tom lasallewho delivers medical supplies. Were going to get worse than others. Reporter several other east coast cities are getting hit. To the southwest in allentown, new jersey, driving snow is making drive difficult. Plows and salt Truck Drivers are racing to clear the roads. In harrisburg, pennsylvania, conditions are near whiteout. The effect of the storm is still being felt across the midwest. 20 to 30 cars crashed in the snowy and icy expressway in chicago. One person died. Six other people were hurt. I saw the car, piling up, bam, bam, bam. They hit each other, they hit me, too. Reporter back here in times square, piles like this are popping up over where crews are clearing the streets. Wind gusts of 30 Miles Per Hour but weve been told to expect gusts of up to 50 Miles Per Hour. Charlie, of the last storm of the winter season, we think its going to be the last one. Because believe it or not, spring is set to start in just six days. Wow, i certainly hope its the last one. David, we were all waiting for you to either build a charlie rose snowman or the cast out there singing with you. We werent sure what was going to happen this morning. Charlie, welcome back. Thank you, david. All i know there are a lot of kids going sledding today. Yes. Right, we love the snow. We did not have school and theyre looking for good times. As we move on. Storm surge and flooding are the Major Concerns along the new jersey shore. With coastal floods and high wind warning this afternoon and early this evening. Anna werner are in seebright, in which 23467 where winds are 60 Miles Per Hour. Anna, good morning. Reporter good morning, charlie, what were getting here is quote unquote just rain. Dont kid yourself. You can look behind me and see those waves. They are ferocious. The wind is blowing so hard at times it seems like the gusts are going to blow me off my feet. The rain is coming sideways. And heres the concern. So, at 9 00 this morning, high tide. What theyre worried about is storm surge of 2 to 3 feet. Where im standing, this is all area that was blown out by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. So, the sand im walking on, all of these fences you see, all of these grasses that were put in to build sand dunes, thats all to protect the businesses and homes. Keep in mind, seabright is a very narrow strip of land running between the ocean and the bay which is literally a couple blocks on the other side. So, the worry here is, with all the of this wind blowing off this water off ashore, when you get that storm surge at 9 00 in the morning, what is that going to look like. And are they going to see coastal flooding. Thats a big concern here. Some of the businesses and homes here have only recently been rebuilt from sandy. In fact, some of them are not even finished being rebuilt yet. So, there is some big concerns here in seabright. Theyre watching the water. Theyre watching the waves which are really incredible behind us this morning. I dont know how well you can see them, but the wind as you can see is blowing so hard, that were literally being pelted with rain. Rain, yes, 2 feet of snow is bad. But out here, rain and coastal storm surge is a big concern, norah. Drivers faced treacherous conditions across the northeast. Heres what it looks like along the roads. Near spring valley, new york. Jericka duncan is near city hall. Jericka, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. It is just nasty out here. And weve got the best of both worlds, if you will. Weve got a little rain, a little snow, a little sleet. On these roads right here, some of them are iced over which is can causing a number of accidents. Here in philadelphia, it started snowing last night around 8 00. We saw snowplow crews out here. They said their equipped with over 50,000 tons of salt to handle the snow. And much of the city has really been shut down. Philadelphia School District cancelled all classes. Folks are being urged to stay inside. Throughout pennsylvania, were talking about 20 cities and counties where there are snow emergencies, basically forcing people to get their cars off of the road, so that plow drivers can come through there and keep these roads clear. Governor tom wolf, again, warning people to stay off the roads. Staying whether or not you have a compact car or an suv, youre ultimately putting yourself at risk and others when youre out here in these conditions. Again, not a heavy snow right now. But this is only the beginning, gayle. Thank you, jericka, i like the optimism. You said the best of both worlds. Im looking for it in that picture. Thanks a lot. Meteorologist Danielle Niles of our boston station wbzz tv is tracking the storm. Gayle, good morning. A huge warning from eastern pennsylvania, eastern new york and stretching into the interior of southern new england and southern maine. Just a huge area impact as the strong strengthens off the delmarva. On the north side, 2 to 3 inch snow rates are going to ramp up. Thunder snow as the rain snow line workings its way into southern new england. Continuing in the mountains, though, great news for the skiers in the east. Big areas in the pink indicating over a foot and a half all the way from northeast pennsylvania stretching back to central new england. Closer to the coast to boston to connecticut amounts taper off a bit including southern new jersey where we get some of that changeover. Wind is obviously a big concern. 10 to 20foot seas. Marine communities with scattered outages as the storm likely pushes into maine. No snow melt. Its on hold as the cold air streams into the east in the next several days. The massive storm is paralyzing travel across the u. S. Amtrak service has modified or cancelled along the northeast corridor. Ahead of the storm, airlines cancelled more than 6,000 flights for today and tomorrow. Major airports in new york, philadelphia, washington and boston are the hardest hit. United airlines alone cancelled more than 500 flights. Dean reynolds is inside United Operations Center in chicagos willis tower. Dean, good morning. Reporter good morning, were 27 flights up here in the willis tower in chicago. The nations second tallest skyscraper, bitz. At the United Network Operations Center, tracking the storm and tracking the effect on the flights. And im with jim deyoung, the National Director of the weather center. What does it show . Right now, the storm is pretty much developing its forecast. Were seeing a little less in terms of overall snowfall amounts. Its going to be a rough traveling day. Reporter and over here, this map has the effect on your flights and your operations, right . Yeah. Reporter and what effect is that . Yeah, roughly a third of our flights have been affected with delay or cancellation. Thats going to have an effect probably through tomorrow. Were hoping that the storm continues to develop as the forecast ahead of operations resume near normal by tomorrow afternoon. Reporter and how many people, how many passengers are we talking about being affected . Yeah. Its normally we carry about 450,000. So just over 150,000 customers today are affected. Reporter 150,000 customers. Just go through the airports briefly. Laguardia. So, were worried about laguardia. Newark, we have a hub in newark. Were also seeing significant snow in washington. Reporter so you dont want to go in or out of those places right now . No, not right now. Hopefully by this evening, we should be back to a somewhat normal overnight operation. Hopefully by wednesday morning a normal startup. Reporter thats the story from the United Network Operations Center. Charlie. Thanks, dean. Well have more blizzard coverage throughout the morning. Well continue to follow travel conditions. And well take you inside the Emergency Command Center here in new york. Thats ahead on cbs this morning. The winter storm forced the House Budget Committee to postpone todays debate on the republicans obamacare replacement. The nonpartisan congressional bdget office said yesterday the plan would lead to a spike in the number of uninsured americans. President of the United States trump has promised health care for everybody. The cbo says 14 some million more than people would be uninsured next year. 20 million would lose insurance by 2026. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the analysis that is now shaping the debate. Nancy, good morning. Good morning, the cbo actually determined within ten years understand this plan youll have more people without insurance 2457b there were before obamacare was even enacted. Republican leaders are focusing on some of the plans upsides like deficits. And members are now trying to decide whether they are worth millions of people losing coverage. It is indecent and wrong. Reporter democrats labeled the gop plan immoral, after nonpartisan numbers crunchers determined it would push 14 Million People off of insurance in 2018. And up to 24 million by 2026. Due to medicaid cuts, shortterm spikes in premiums and the elimination of the individual mandates. With that, the cbo has the wrong Reporter Administration officials rejected the findings but House Speaker paul ryan embraced them. Im excited about this analysis. Reporter and said he wasnt fazed by the decline in coverage. Of course, theyre going to stay if they want tos for somebody to buy something they dont want to buy, theyre not going to buy it. Reporter cbo also determined by 2026, the plan will push premiums 20 to 25 lower for a 21yearold, than they would have been understand obamacare. But 20 to 25 higher for a 64yearold. If there was ever a war on seniors, this bill trumpcare is it. Reporter deals like that could make tell harder for republicans to sell this bill back home. Maine republican Susan Collins called the cbo report cause for alarm. And south carolinas Lindsey Graham said it was time for a dop g gop cut check. For republicans, lets see if we can address the concerns and reduce the number of people that might lose their insurance. But speaker ryan says hes only putting finishing touches on this bill at this point. No sweeping changes. And he argues it is only phase one of a threephase plan to tackle health reform. His ability to sell that argument to his own members, gayle, is going to determine whether the bill survives. Got it. Thank you very much, nancy. President trump apparently has no worries about the health care bill. In his first Cabinet Meeting yesterday, President Trump called the fight over replacing obamacare a big, fat beautiful negotiation. Later, the Justice Department asked congress for more time to determine, what, if any, responsive documents may exist to support the president s claim that former president obama ordered wiretaps on his campaign. Margaret brennan is at the white house with the latest on this. Good morning. Health care reform is President Trumps first major legislative push and he needs to win over public support. But the president s own unsubstantiated claims about wiretapping are distracting from his agenda. Youll see rates go down, down, down. And youll see plans go up, up, up. Reporter the president used several Public Events on monday to taut the House Republicans health care bill. Many, many plans were great before the held care bill. And it that doesnt justify the system of obamacare. But people are miserable now. Reporter and how the listening session with people at the white house called victims of obamacare. We cant afford our quilt if were paying these rates year after year. Reporter the Trump Administration is in sales mode. Scheduling a rally in nashville this week and one in kentucky next week, to push the plan ahead of a highstakes vote. Meanwhile, the Justice Department missed a monday deadline set by the House Intelligence Committee to turn over any evidence backing up President Trumps unstashtsed claim that president Obama Wiretapped his phones during the campaign. If you look at the president s tweet, he said very clearly, wiretapping, end quote. Reporter White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer again tried to soften the incendiary issue. Meaning surveillance and other activity. Reporter white house aides insist that the president should not be taken literally. Counselor Kellyanne Conway defends her assertion that surveillance could have been carried out other than white house phones. Im not inspector gadget. I dont believe people are using a microwave. Thats what investigations are for. Now, the Justice Department asked for an extension and they now have until march 20th to provide any proof. If they miss that deadline, then the House Committee may use subpoena power to gather information. Norah. Margaret, thank you so much. A phony game show has a successful record of catching most wanted announcer this National Weather report sponsored by Rocket Mortgage by quicken loans. Push button, get mortgage. The city that never sleeps it meeting this powerful noreaster head on. And we will take you inside the command center that keeps new york moving through the worst weather. Youre watching cbs this morning. Announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by safelite auto glass. Have auto glass damage . Trust safelight auto glass. Giving you more time for what matters most. team sing safelite repair, safelite replace. But theres so much more to it. Heres how benefiber® works. Inside us are trillions of good microflora that support digestive health. 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