king lives. crippling washingtgt, philadelphia and new york. >> travel is now banned. >> tens of thousands without power. airports closed. cancelled flights rippling across the country. a winter storm for the record books. danger zone. menace on the highways. thousands of people trapped overnight. no heat, no food, no way out. plus, our team heads to the icy coastal flooding. mandatory evacuations and rescues under way. wild race. donald trump's lest boast. >> i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot someone and i wouldn't lose any voters. >> and he's also going after former first lady barbara bush. plus wl there be a march surprise? reports that michael bloomberg is considering a third party run. and, jailbreak. three fugitives on the run, including an aeged torturer

notice they were gone? tonight we take you inside the manhunt. and good eveveng. thanks fororoining us on this saturday. i'm tom llamas. cecilia is on the campaign trail tonight. as we come on the air at this hour, a winter storm is raging. disrupting lives and turning deadly. 60 million people in the storm's path. the storm coming down at 4 inches an hour. ath the coast hit. take a look at the ice and not a soul at reagan airport. major highways sut down in several states. thousands of people stranded in cars and trucks, some people overnight. in new jersey, a man snowboarding down the empty roads. had is a live look right now at the white house. bru it's new york being hit

this is times square. only police cars there. and take a look at this image from space. you see the orange lights? those are major cities buried under snow and clouds from the massive ststm. from space to the center of the storm, we are covering it all. we zart with ron claiborne here in hard-hit new york. >> reporter: tonight, the nation's largest city in the bull's-eye of a blizzard of epic proportions. howling winds and driving snow creating near white-out conditions, forcing an extraordinary travel ban. >> unless it is truly an emergency, you should not be on the road. travel is now banned, and the reason we're doing that is to protect people. >> reporter: the snow, still coming down n rong tonight, exceeding expectations -- on track k become one of the top five snow storms on record here in new york city, and no let up expected for hours. >> one of the worst blizzards, worst winter storms that i've seen in new york. oh, yeah. fun. >> no fun at all?

wonderland. >> reporter: many roads eerily empty in the middle of the day. also ordered shut down commuter rail lines and parts of the subway, new york city's transportation lifeline. no flights coming in or going out of new york's three major airports. across the storm-a-aected swatch of the east coast, more 10,000 cancellations spanning friday through sunday. even broadway shows shuttered. meteorologist indra petersons out in the thick of it. >> if new york city gets more than 21 inches of snow, this will be the third greatest snowfall of record. forget what two feet of snow looks like. it's a blizzard out here. you're going to be talking about winds producing drifts as high as 5 feet! >> reporter: to battle the snow, the city called out an army of snowplows and salt spreaders. no match for this monster storm. tom, i'm in normally bustling times square. very few vik vehicles out here.

on a saturday night. so far, until the storm, the new trace amount of snow. now, in less than 24 hours, the city has gotten an entire winter's worth. tom. >> the cross roads of the world now a winter wonderlandnd all right, ran, thank you. this storm is the worst to hit the jersey shore since superstorm sandy. powerful winds, high tide and the full moon sending icy water in the street, damaging homes and sending people to higher ground. linzie janis from wildwood, new jersey, linzie? >> reporter: good evening, tom. up and down the new jersey coast, there iss severe flooding with barrier eyelands like this one the hardest hit. virtually every street here is under water. tonight, the jersey shore getting slammed by a massive nor'easter. roads flooded, chunks of ice passing by this front yard in ocean city. the storm surge up to 8 et. these streets are still flooded

look at the water just coming into this home. let me show you high tide it was waist high. it carried the picnic table to the center of the street. emergency workers rescuing residents trapped in their homes. some families trying to evacuate on their own. what are you doing o here? >> trying to get to my mother. >> reporter: in wildwood, new jersey the water up to this man's knees. wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour enough to keep this ferris wheel spinning. >> oh, ms horrible. it's cutting you up. the sand and the rain. >> reporter: waves reaching almost 20 feet off the coastline. in atlantic city, the e ood lines up to this home's windows and submergeing this car. governor chris christie warning residents to stay inside. >> i don't care where you have a four-wheel drive vehicle or not, it's very slippery out there right now. >> reporter: most residents worried about a repeat of super storm sandy. >> the water level is higher

>> reporter: tom, the wind is fierce here. and at high tide, the water was waist deep. we have another high tide tonight and tomorrow morning, residents very concerned the flooding is going to get worse. tom? >> all right, linzie, stay safe. the biggest danger in the monster storm. travel officials pleading with drivers to stay off the roads. crews working arnold the clock. snowplows struggling to keep up. more than 1,000 accidents in five states just today. david kerley is in washington, d.c., where the blizzard is still hitting totoght. >> reporter: tonight, washington, d.c. is buried. up to two inches of snow an hour -- piling up. >> i didn't expect to be caught in the middle of snowzilla. >> reporter: the nation's capitol, its roads, monuments. quiet. and covered in at least a foot and a half of snow. >> go back a little bit. go back. >> reporter: the weekend ting -- the ghost town appearance.. a huge advantage for crews trying to clear roads.

deep snow. the d.c. police chief lending a hand on some stuck patrol cars. so much snow, each road, each sidewalk cleared numerous times. so you've already shoveled this sidewalk what four or five or six times? >> around ten times. >> reporter: ten times? >> yeah. >> reporter: by afternoon, another problem. abc's eva pilgrim is in philadelphia. >> the wind and continuing snow are the major issues right now. as you can see the roads are still snow covered, the moment the snow plows are able to clear the roads, more falls on the ground. >> reporter: at least 11 deaths attributed to the storm, most of and hundreds of motorists are stuck. 500 vehicles on the pennsylvania turnpike going nowhere. including 31 members of the duquesne university basketball team -- in a bus since yesterday afternoon. some even walking for pizza. >> reporter: jeremy hanawalt 15 hours.

out of here a long time ago. or at least used that as an option. >> reporter: in kentucky water dropped off to stranded motorists there. an ohio family traveling home from a funeral spent all night in their car. >> and they tell us we're going to get you out of here. very soon. that was nine hours ago. >> reporter: they did finally start moving. but with the storm still et dropping snow it will be some time before everyone is dug out. so much snow to remove. the crews are building hills, minimountains and it's snowing and blowing. making it hard to see the u.s. capitol. tom? >> david kerley for us tonight. david, thank you. the massive snowfall is burying buildings and homes. power lines as well. look how fast it piled up outside this pennsylvania home. by dawn, everything inhe backyard buried. but the weight of all that snow can cause dangerous stress. abc's gloria riviera with the threat at home. >> reporter: tonighthtthe massive snowfall pushing neighborhoods to their breaking point. in suburban virginia 30 inches

this emergency snow removal crew -- stuck. i'm 5'6". you can see the snow is past my knees. when you get out to the suburb, this is what you see, house after house blanketed. all that snow piling up on roofs here. experts say a foot of heavy, wet snow on a 1,600-square-foot home weighs as much as 14 tons. for the first time here, residents lili the shaft family are anxious. you have about 18 inches of snow on your roof. right now, it's light and fluffy. but is that a concern? >> i am not going to dance up there for sure. >> i just don't know what once you get past 24 when you get to 30, you wonder how much your roof can hold. >> reporter: the snow so heavy, this gas station roof caved in. is historic theater r virginia destroyed. to protect your home look for early warning signs, creaking sounds and cracks in the ceiling. up and down the coast heavy snow

north carolina. >> here is raleigh, ice is the issue on trees and on power lines. crews are working to restore power. more than 100,000 people tonight without electricity throughout the state. >> reporter:r:fficials there warning people to steer clear of lines which could be live. another deep snow danger, carbon monoxide. with so many struggling ununr so much snow, safety experts say remember to clear your car's exhaust pipe before warming up the car. and make sure to keep snow drifts from covering furnace and drier vents outside. city officials still telling residents here like so many other places to stay inside for safety. many of the people we spoke to said they have given up on getting out until the snow starts to melt. tom? >> thank youou let's turn to someone who will not be spending a lot of time indoors. rob marciano joining us from junior station in washington,

you are almost buried there in the snow. but the big question tonight, how much longer will the storm last? warnings. it's still coming down sideways here and winds over 35 miles per hour and the visibilities s main low. the low itself is still very close. take a look at the radar. you can see the snow bands are still rotating in. 19 inches and counting in new york city. 18 inches and counting in philadelphia. 21 and counting here in d.c. number two on the st and just outside of d.c. to the w wt, nearing 4040nches of snow. a tremendous amount of coastal flooding earlier today. another high tide psych toll go through and the winds are going to don't crank near the coast over 50 miles an hour through the overnight period and then things begin to end from west to east as far as snow is concerned. all done by midnight but the winds will don't crank throughout the day. tomorrow it's going to make cleanup a real nightmare, tom. as far as travel goes, going by train there is a limited amtrak schedule, the only way to get around.

days ahead. rob, thanknkyou. we turn to politics now and a major day on the campaign trail. donald trurp with a new controversial, a violele joke about shooting something in new york. and news from michael bloomberg. cecilia vega has it all from iowa. >> reporter: the controversial remark this time came in the form of a drag. >> i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i couldn't lose any voters. it's incredible. >> repepter: donald trump ununr fire once agagn. >> i will l t donald speak for himself. i can say, i have no intention of shooting anyone in the campaign. >> reporter: but the brash billionaire may not be the only billionaire in the race for long. abc news confirming new york city former mayor michael bloomberg is contemplating a third party run.

advisers to run as an independent. trump telling george stephanopoulos, he would welcome a bloomberg bid. >> i would love to have michael join the race. first of all, he's a friend of mine. he's a great guy. he could take a lot of votes away from hillary, if it's going to be hillary. >> reporter: the former mayor reportedly troubled from all of the front-runners from trump on the right to hillary clinton and bernie sanders on the left. trump rivaled ted cruz in the hawkeye state too, raking in endorsement from glenn beck. >> if donald trump wins, it's going to be a snowball to hell. >> reporter: but the biggest battle du jour, over a jeb bush video featuring his mother >> jeb has reasolutions.

saying -- just watch jeb's ad where he needed mommy to help him. jeb, mommy can't hem you can isis or the chinese. and tonight -- >> be careful, donald. you know my mom. i'm putting my money on barbara bush o othat. >> reporter: and another big endorsement coming in just right now. from the des moines register newspaper. its pick for the race, marco rubio on the gop side. hillary clinton for the. sed democrat side. michael bloomberg believes he has until march to get in the race. he have could miss the caucuses here nine days a ay. >> thank you so much. we have so much more on "world news tonight." up next, escaped murders and torturer escaped fromjail. tonight, we take you to the man hunt. and latest zika virus, we

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it's been quite a weekend for snow and,it's certainly one that millions of americans will never forget. here is john donvan. >> reporter: every now and then, nature takes over this way, the spaces we consider our own. a soft remininr how a city cleans up nice in a snowfall and it belongs to other species who try to keep out of the way. so they went for a stroll down an empty avenue last night. yes, this was washington. but people came out too, plunging in, playing. when not plowing. and this set of three kids all dressed up. will they even remember this day? and the silence a big snowfall brings. with the sound track turned down, everything pops in a different way. and the respect shown by a guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier, not even a shake of his head. sure it's cold outside when the world looks like this. but reminded that something bigger than this can get us all

for the sun. john donvan, abc news, new york. we thank john for that story and thank you for watching. gma in the morning and i will see you here tomorrow. have a great evening. good night.about 200 eastern iowans are stranded in pennsylvania, as a blizzard blankets the east coast. the e d cross works to prerent fire injuries and deaths by installing free smoke detectors in

and people from all over eastern iowa flock to winrfest celebration in the amana colonini. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news at 6. a massive winter storm is hammering much of the eastern united states this weekend. it's grounding flights and stranding motorists, including a group of iowans visiting that region. these are pictures sent to us by jessica kemp. she's a volunteer with dubuque county right to life group, which is traveling back from washington, d.c., fololwing a righthto life march. there are nearly 200 people in the pro-life group. membs tell tv-9 their five-bus convoy got stranded on the pennsylvania turnpike, around 8:20 last night. 20:04:1616there were a lot of cars stuck that had children in the car. they came up to our bus and asked for food because their