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Business has definitely been hurt by the weather. It has cost us money. People can come to pick up their projects. With youar dealerships customers to stores hoping to be seen over the snow, businesses have paid big for the bad weather. And icingls, sleds, equipment are selling well. Added neighborhoods added neighborhoods. Pretty much. Some cold weather height items hot items are hard to keep in stock. They are there like there is supposed to be. I consider myself lucky. I would be more lucky if there are no more storms. Some businesses are profiting from the snow. This school inventory county where the director says people are eager. They are so tired. They want to go somewhere where it is nice. Here are some of the numbers. You see people back out. This quarter was a ghost town in Mckinley County this past thursday in Montgomery County this past thursday. About financial toll of this weather may continue after the weather warms back up. The Federal Reserve blames the Severe Weather
This is good morning washington. The chill is on. Cold temperatures have stopped for snow and ice from melting. On can see snowflakes later today. Good morning to you. The delays and closings. The federal government is open today. County schools are on a twohour delay. Montgomery and prince georges counties are on a delay. Manassas city schools are closed. Otherrse, there are many closings and delays. You can see them at the top and bottom of our screen. Check out the conditions in your neighborhood. We want to begin with jackie gerace. Im excited about the chances for snow today. T,ether you like it or hate i it is only 20 . Not only not everyone will get it today. It will stay cold. It is better this morning than we were yesterday morning. 15 degrees at Reagan National. Seven degrees in gaithersburg. You can see the winds are so much calmer now. The windchill factor is not as brutal. The cold continues and we expect a few flurries. No accumulation will be expected. It will not add to
Follow. Hand sanitizer. You had to have a mask to go into skechers. Defiance on the streets and on the beach. What prompted this scene . Will it be worse in the fall . The potential resurgence of covid . And what to make of Jared Kushner saying this is a Great Success story. A live look at philadelphia, pennsylvania. They are beginning a partial reopening. Things like golf courses and marinas and beyond that most nonessential businesses remain closed. Such is the case right across the Delaware River in the state of new jersey. Pennsylvania state wide stayathome order remains in place until next friday. Lets get to the latest facts for you. As of this morning, there are 1. 1 million cases of coronavirus across this country. More than 64,000, nearly 65,000 people have died. Several states across the country are open for business. Iowa, utah, wyoming, and maine among the latest to ease stayathome orders while implementing some new restrictions. Stores, restaurants, movie theaters at 25 ca
Roof. And from that place, the president said this about the coronavirus, quote, i feel about vaccines the way i feel about tests. This is going to go away without a vaccine, and were not going to see it again. And that is not true. As we go into this weekend with close to 80,000 dead in this country after we lost just under 2,000 people just today, it is more important than ever to point out this is not just going to go away. And from that same room, the president went on to say, some people dont want our country to come back for political reasons. Then he said, quote, the real people and he defined the real people as those who want this country to be great and great again. They want to get back, as he puts it. More on the president s comments in moments. But as we delve back into the real world now, we tested 300,000 people today in our country of 327 million, give or take. And the death toll tonight stands at 77,974. The state of georgia, the first state to undergo a socalled reopen