And run their businesses. We have the right people onhand to answer your questions, backed by a trusted network of attorneys. So visit us today for legal help you can count on. Legalzoom. Legal help is here. My message to all new yorkers is prepare for something worse than we have seen before. And here we go. A live look at times square
which could look pretty different this time tomorrow morning. Massive winter storm is set to pound the northeast with an estimated 29 Million People living in the blizzards path. Were going to cover this all morning. Weather experts are saying this may be one for the ages as snowfall totals could hit historic levels. While potentially shutting down new york city. People in the storms zone are preparing to be stuck indoors for days. Grocery stores packed over the weekend with many shoppers finding empty shelves. Critical agencies from the National Guard, the state police are also going over their preparations. We usually prepare worst Case Scenario anyway. That being said we literally just got off the phone call with the National Weather service and theyre talking about historical monstrous. From that perspective, we are preparing for the worse. The storm is throwing off travel plans across the nation president airlines have canceled more than 1800 flights for today
and more than 1600 have already been canceled for tomorrow. Today amtrak plans to operate on a normal schedule but will reevaluate as needed. Salt trucks are all ready for the road bus local officials are warning residents to stay inside if possible. Lets go right to bill karins who has been following this path. We have 12 hours left to get done with the preparations for these 29 Million People in these blizzard warnings. That means gas tanks full. That means extra water in your house. Make sure your batteries and flashlights are on your Kitchen Table so you the get to this. 48 to 60 hours in these areas without power and a very cold house with your family snowed in where no one is going to be able to get to you. That is what you have to prepare for. Thats the worst Case Scenario. Hopefully it will be better for everyone. But we doubt it. The blizzard warnings have not changed much since we went to
bed. Still watching them from down east maine, through boston through providence hartford, new haven, down along the jersey shore. That is this region. Thats the area that needs to be off the roads by at the latest 8 00 p. M. Tonight, maybe 6 00 p. M. Then youre going to be stuck in your location likely to probably until you can dig yourself out sometime during the day on wednesday. Probably tell you to stay off the main roads until thursday. Heres my Snowfall Forecast. I havent really updated these too much. Theyve been very consistent. If were going to bust if theres one area hardest forecast, its the Hudson Valley from albany new york straight down to new york city down through jersey and philadelphia. Its the back edge of the storm. Its questionable how much moisture is going to get thrown back. Thats kind of the troublesome spot. We know for sure the providence forecast Portland Hartford those look set in the stone, much of new england. Thats the two feet possible of snow. Maybe isolated up to three feet. The new york city forecast the going with 18 to 22 which is a huge storm for new york city. The record storm for new york city is 27 inches. Were in that ballpark for top ten possible snowstorm in new york citys 150year history of record keeping. The other thing to keep in mind last couple of big storms hasnt been too difficult to get out and shovel. Let me take you through the windchill values in this storm. Unfortunately very cold air mass settled in over quebec. This storm is going to tug and pull that cold air down. Thats why this storm is almost all snow. But when we talk about the windchill values. Here we go through the peak of the storm. 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, 9 00 in hartford lower than that was ago through tuesday night, especially into wednesday morning. Mika, most people will be shoveling come wednesday morning. These are your windchill values. Single digits down to d. C. Back up through new england. Its not going to be fun trying to dig out from this storm. Not having power could make this even worse. Again, 12 hours to prepare. Okay bill we will be checking in with you all morning long. Thank you very much. So this was the weekend when the race for 2016 began in
earnest. Big weekend. We have a lot to tell you. Part one of it. Just out this morning the wall street journal reports new Jersey Governor Chris Christie is starting a president ial pact called Leadership Matters for america. Last night the top tier senators who might run, held a forum hosted by the Koch Brothers. Controversial congressman steve kings Freedom Summit brought a whos who of 2016 contenders. Immigration was front and center. People who were opposed to some of the language hes used in the past to describe undocumented workers. In stark contrast at a separate event governor jeb bush said there needs to be a legalized path to citizenship and there was no way those already here would be deported. Hend mitt romney stayed away from steve kings event but the candidates who came tried to leave an eshlly mark in a race that favors those who come early
and often. Good idea or bad idea for jeb and mitt to stay away from iowa . Well, it is what it is right . I think if that was what jeb wanted to communicate this weekend, that comprehensive immigration form one that acknowledged the reality, its not 11 Million People here, its more like 17 Million People are not going to selfdefor the as mitt romney would have them do. Theyre going to stay here. Theyre either stay here and become legal but heres the question about jeb. Hes picking up a trait that john mccain had and that is not only opposing whats important to conservatives, but seeming to take great delight in sticking a sharp stick in their eye and saying hello, im jeb bush. Im better than you. Its not that im better. Why do you go to San Francisco and talk about how much more enlightened you are than whats going on in iowa . You can call it reality, enlightened. What jeb bush articulated may
cost him the republican nomination but it doesnt make it untrue. Youre missing my point. He doesnt have to do that. Just like john mccain didnt have to go out of his way asked by the press his position on immigration by every journalist, you know thats the reality. Theres a good way to do it and another way to do glit is would it have been better to spin the truth on immigration to be better liked in iowa . I applaud him for his courage. I applaud him for his position. I think until we can win with that message, we will lose the white house. We can win with that message. The question, again, mark happen prin, does he really need to go to San Francisco and hold a speech talking about immigration immigration, just to show how much more enlightened he is than those knuckle draggers in iowa . What i learned about jeb bush in iowa this weekend at that forum and talking to people in iowa is hes going to have to fight for this nomination a lot harder than his brother did and his brother had to fight pretty
hard. Doing what he did this weekend illustrates the biggest problem with his candidacy, and i think his candidacy is strong the gap between what elites think about him and how much interest there is for him in the grass roots. Theres not a lot of interest for him in the grass roots and theres some hostility. He cant skip iowa. Hostility because hes a bush or not conservative enough . Those things plus. They just think hes yesterday. They want a new, fresh candidate. They want somebody who is an energetic, involved in the current wars. His involvement in the current wars is about writing books and going to San Francisco. They want a warrior like ted cruz. Mika, what im saying about jeb right now has nothing to do with policy. I understand there are a lot of people that believe like heimmigration. A lot of them. Its the fact that im hearing among conserveative leaders, im hearing among conservative activists, theyre concerned about the bush name, theyre
concerned about the past. You know hes the past. Theyre also concerned its not just he opposes us theres just sort of this attitude that and they bring up mccains name. The only reason im bringing it up, its like john mccain where he has to go out of his way to provoke us and seem like hes smarter than we are. Some did go to iowa and do sid msnbcs casey hunt. Heres her report. Wow. Reporter when steve king called the cattle came running. Do you believe that the next president of the United States is going to be speaking from this stage to you today . Reporter almost a dozen potential president ial candidates all desperate to get ahead in iowa. Let the pandering begin. Ive fwon iowa 11 times in the last five years. Hey iowa can anyone stop hillary . Yes. Reporter who stood out . The new faces. In a republican primary every candidate is going to come in front of you and say im the
most conservative guy to ever live. Gosh darnest, who did lead on conservative . Well, you know what . Talk is cheap. Reporter ted cruz brought the house down. Ben carson was a favorite. And Karly Fiorina went on offense. Like Hillary Clinton, i, too, have traveled hundreds of thousands or miles around the globe. But unlike her, ive actually accomplished something. Reporter and surprise standout was scott walker. I like the direction theyre headed. Maybe thats why ive won the race for governor three times in the last four years. Reporter right now mitt romney and jeb bush are looming over the republican field. But they didnt show up on saturday. And nobody seemed to miss them. It looks like you might be running against mitt romney again in iowa . Groundhog day, right . I can give you a little bit of news about mitt. Most of you know he and jeb had a private meeting in utah it was so private it was on the front page of the New York Times. Mitt romney . A loser. He lost. He should have won. He choked. Jeb bush. The last thing we need is another bush. Reporter Chris Christie was left as the only establishment candidate to brave king summit. If i were too loud too new jersey for iowa then why do you people keep inviting me back . Reporter the new jersey governor made clear he isnt going to give up on iowa even in the face of stiff competition. History shows long shots can win in iowa if theyre willing to put in the work. My advice is you skip iowa at your own peril. America is looking for a new path forward and starting today, right here in iowa lets give it to them and sarah palin was among the speakers at congressman steve kings Freedom Summit. The former governor who says she is seriously interested in a president ial run delivered a rambling address that even some republicans are criticizing as incoherent. Here is a portion. It must change. Things must change for this cover our government. Look at it. It isnt too big to fail. Its too big to succeed. Its too big to succeed so we can afford no retreads or nothing will change with the same people and same policies that got us into this status quo, another latin word status quo, and it stands for, man, the middle class, Everyday Americans are really getting taken for a ride. Thats status quo. And gop leaders, by the way, you know the man can only ride ya when your back is bent. So strengthen it then the man cant ride you and america wont be taken for a ride because so much is at stake and we cant afford politicians playing games like nothing more is at stake than oh, maybe just the next standing of theirs in the next election. Byron york writes about what
he calls the gop palin problem. He quotes conservative activists who called the speech long and disjointed, weird, and terrible adding it didnt make any sense. York also quotes Craig Robinson of the blog who writes in part im not comfortable sharing everything i heard about the speech. It was that bad. No offense to governor palin, but i do think it is problematic to have someone give a speech like that in the middle of a string of serious speeches by people who are seriously thinking about running for president. Casey heinz, byron york not a member of the left wing media elite. He is one of the best conservative writers in america. He echoed what i heard nonstop yesterday, that it was a terrible speech and that it was very painful for activists who once loved her to watch. Yeah joe. I mean it was clear the audience really wanted to like what palin had to say and there was a lot of cheering a lot of
applause everything you come to expect from a conservative crowd seeing governor palin. But as it wound on and on and on you could sense the people in the audience getting more and more confused kind of as the address went on. I would also say one of the other things byron york also pointed out that i agree with from having been there is the people who stood out at this summit were really the new faces in the Republican Party and sarah palin is really now on that list of old faces. The people that stood out were Ted Cruz Scott Walker the people who struggled a little bit more were palin as we pointed out and even Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee who has a lot of good will but didnt seem to bring too much fresh to the table. Well put. Mark, talk about the conserve conservative conservatives reaction to the sarah palin speech. Confusion. It went really long and she didnt she didnt seem to be in the arena. Again, thats what a lot of these people want now. Not just in iowa but around the country
country. They dont want older people who have been commentators or speech maker or book writers. They want people currently involved in fighting the conservative fight. The fact that her speech was long and disjointed simply added to the past. They want people in the arena. Yeah. Obviously, nicole i would think you would have more insight than anyone. What do you think when youre watching that . Well, its interest that byron york came to that conclusion in 2008 he was one of her staunchest defenders. I remember on on the south home with him, he was one of the harshest critics of the campaigns handling of her. He thought the problem with palin was the packaging of palin and to see him come full circle. This to me is evidence that she has finally shed last one of those annoying handlers. That might have helped her along the way. You put sarah palin on a bill like this because shes still a draw. People love her. Emotional support for her. But by drawing all the nose eyeballs to it you put the focus on a moment like that and you have People Like Us talking about her speech rather than scott walker and Chris Christie. Its a tragedy, too. Its time. I say that because i remember, we all remember that night she spoke in 2008 at the convention. I will say it remains one of the most electrifying performances ive seen in the last four or five conventions ive been to. Nobody expected her to do well. She delivered the lines well. She hit it out of the park. And, you know we will let history decide how she got from that point to this point. But no doubt about it. All right. Following his other politics to cover. So much going on this weekend. Following his state of the Union Address, president obama left many to wonder does he have enough Political Capital to pull off his proposals . Last night on 60 minutes the two top men in congress answered unequivocally no on everything from raising taxes on the rich to Free Community college. Increasing the federal minimum wage. Bad idea. Dead. Its a bad idea. Listen. Ive had every kind of rotten job you can imagine growing up and getting myself through school. And i wouldnt have had a chance at half those jobs. Its a federal government had kept imposing higher minimum wage. You take the bottom wrungs off the economic ladder. The president has decried a rising wage gap but the two leaders put the blame at his feet. Is income inequality a problem in this country . Is it a problem that republicans want to address . It is. And frankly, the president s policies have made income inequality worse. All the regulations that are coming out of washington make it a more difficult for employers to hire more people. Chief amongst those i would argue is obamacare. It sounded like he was running for a third term. He seemed to have completely forgotten or chose to ignore the election last november. We had a meeting at the white house last week. It was all very cordial. It was all very straightforward. I dont think i dont think thats the issue. You know the president could have at the state of the union just put out an olive branch could have taken just a little bit different tone that would have indicated to us that theres some interest in working with us. I can tell you, were interested in working with him. So mika youre not a big fan of what they said. I just think they sound like theyre describing themselves. What do you mean . What did that look like to you, nicole . I thought the speaker was excellent. I love the speaker. Ive said it on this show before. I love hearing him talk about income inequality not from a defensive crowd. Usually you turn to republican to income inequality. I like that they answered the question the way they did. I think when scott pelley ticked through the list that everything president obama proposed an they were all dead dead dead. No, no no no. It suggested something that
would have everyone goes to trade. I dont think the American People have much hope that trade is going to lift us up. Maybe they should. Its probably a policy level, a good idea. But i think this probably furthered the notion that nothing is going to change in washington. Exactly. With the excepti