the mid-atlantic states. travel problems still haven t cleared up from the weekend. still trying to get rid of that backlog. parts of d.c. got 30 inches of snow. some people are wondering, will they be able to get out in time, or is this new storm going to cause a problem and will they ever get out this week? sarah lee standing by at reagan national airport. they had a little opening there. they still had this window to try to clear some of these planes out. but some of these folks probably not going anywhere withis week. reporter: that s right. that s why a lot of folks out here are working very hard to try get these passengers out of here because they are dealing with a near-three-day backlog. take a look behind me. we got on scene about 4:30 this morning. it s been looking pretty much like this, a steady stream of passengers, not crowded or confused or any kind of chaos. but a steady stream. kind of unusual for this early in the morning. taking a look outside, you can see that all
what? governor schwarzenegger himself offering to help with that clean-up. on the other coast, no mud. at least not yet. just a whole lot of snow. crews in the mid-atlantic region just really working to clear those roads. look at all those plows, the salt, the sanding trucks all along the tarmacs trying to get people out. our own correspondents are out and about as well. just to bring you the latest. sarah lee standing by for us at reagan national where it s opening at least in a limited way. rob marciano watching the next snowstorm targeting the mid-atlantic. yes, i said next. rob, how long do we have at, say, reagan airport before those tarmacs get covered again? about another 36 hours, maybe 30 hours. tomorrow afternoon i think it s going to start to snow there again. you look at some of that video, we hope these numbers of 2 feet, 3 feet, you really don t get a full grasp of it until you see some of that stuff or you re in it and see the snow pile up. it gets to a point where
courthouse. by the way, big snowstorms were quite prevalent back in t.j. s day. he and george washington wrote in their journals about some 2 and 3-foot snowstorms in the late 1700s. that s kind of how we have to trace some of these records to get some sort of comparison. minneapolis/st. paul, one hour delays. san francis, 20 minute delays. reagan national was closed, now open in a limited capacity. our correspondent sarah lee is live from that airport with the latest. hello, sarah. reporter: rob, because of your forecast, there were a lot of passengers who d been cooling their heels now headed out to the airport, scrambling to get out of dodge before that snow does hit. taking a look at the board here, you can see some of the canceled indicators here are moving to on time. these boards are changing. because 10:00, they reopened this airport. but if we take a look outside, you can see that there s still no aircraft here at this ramp. but there is a luggage cart that s starting to mov