if you look at when we re talking about celebrating dr. king s legacy and birthday this weekend if you look at the first line of demands on the march on washington it was calling to account around the elimination of the filibuster. here we are right now in 2022 and we have elected officials saying they re more attached to the filibuster than they are the sanctity of the vote and we re going to hold them to account. latasha, we should note that your work and the work of our activists in georgia is largely credited with turning out enough voters in the last election to elect raphael warnock and jon ossoff and flip the state s senate seats not to mention to help joe biden win the peach state, the first time that s happened for democrat in a long time. if the new voting restrictions in georgia are allowed to stand weight going to happen? it s going to have a devastating impact, not just on democratic voters but voters of all nation. i m hoping there are good
concern going forward, especially across the carolinas and areas of northeastern georgia. that s where we re seeing the ice really take hold now. we do have some places that still have rain. atlanta, huntsville. those are going to gradually transition into snow. the same transition we re seeing now across nashville and memphis, that will take place once that colder air begins to push back in. but again, as you said, 80 million people. look at how many people are going to be impacted by this particular storm at some point over the next 24 to 36 hours. again, down to the south, this is where the system is itself. the low pressure system centered over the southeast. you ve got that transition in states like arkansas, tennessee, and mississippi, that will shift off to the east. see that purple and pink for charlotte and columbia, that s ice, folks, and the unfortunate part it s going to keep staying that way for hours. so that ice will accumulate to dangerous levels. we re talking as much
look at the budgets, right, because we know throughout georgia different municipalities have spent more money to get ready for snow. this isn t something people would have thought about 15, 20 years ago. we remember snowmageddon in january of 2014 when we had almost 100 school busses that were stranded throughout fulton county on different roads. you had 2,000 kids that had to spend night at the school. so that s worse case scenario. they re hoping that doesn t happen this time. one big part because we re in a three-day weekend and so kids and parents don t have to necessarily go to school or work, but right now we re already seeing the impact of the storm, though it s still on its way. it s here. it is worse now than we spoke about an hour ago. the winds picking up and could be part of the reason we re seeing 46,000 georgians already without power and mass power outages is a big concern. if you re from the midwest or the northeast, you think a lot
roadways but widespread power outages too. but that system again will continue to slide off the east coast d.c., philadelphia, new york, boston all likely to get impacts from this system by the time we get through monday. be careful out there. allison chinchar, thank you so much. many states are already preparing for what experts are warning could be a dangerous storm, potentially causing power outages and, as you ve heard repeatedly, travel concerns. so far airlines have canceled more than 2,000 flights as some southeastern states are already beginning to seat rain, sleet and snow that alison was referring to. nadia romero is live from buford, georgia, right now. she s in what we re seeing at the moment. nadia, i got to tell you, i was here in 2014 for snowmageddon, and it wasn t pretty. i do believe that georgia is more prepared this time. reporter: that is what they re telling us, christi. we have to cross our fingers.
about snow accumulation, how many inches are we going to get with the storm. but in this part of the country it s about ice that can cause the power lines to come down, the power outages that can accumulate and the roads turning into skating rinks. georgia department of transportation says they went out starting on friday brining the roads some 20,000 miles have been treated, but we re also seeing the concern in the carolinas as well. a state of emergency here in parts of georgia and in south carolina as well. christi and boris? all right. nadia romero you take good care out there, you and the crew. as the winter storm approaches, duke energy is expecting about 750,000 customers to lose power in the carolinas over the next couple days. let s bring in the assistant director from north carolina emergency management and meteorologist katie webster. so good to have you with us. first and foremost, talk to me ain t the situation where you are right now. well, thank you for having me.