same period a year ago. more than 92 million people plan to travel more than 50 miles from home by january 2nd. more than 90% of them are driving. many southern states are feeling the brunt of the snowstorm are reporting dozens of car accidents because of slick road conditions. states like maryland, virginia and north carolina have declared states of emergency. before the storm clears out, the east coast is expecting 5 inches of snow like we heard danielle say. al ex. thank you for the update. sobering as it is. s the storm is pounding the carolinas now. we are going to get the latest from concord. we have richard on this one. reporter: here we are in raleigh, north carolina looking at three to four inches of snow. with this storm system, we are thinking a half foot of snow and