rain, ice, snow, and wind up and down the southeast right now. more than 80 million americans are under winter weather alerts. the power is out for nearly 300,000 customers in states including georgia, the carolinas and virginia which have all declared a state of emergency. a travel nightmare is also unfolding on the roads and in the skies. more than 2,800 flights canceled today. and there s more snow and ice still on the way as the storm barrels up the east coast. let s begin with meteorologist tom seder in the cnn weather center who s tracking this very strong storm system. how are things looking right now? we talk about the big cities and you go out to, like, the shenandoah valley, appalachia, big, big snow totals. you can t even see the capitol because the snow is coming down so hard here in washington. just to your west, jim, not only is it going to be coming down. we re looking at blizzard conditions through the night