er. it's friday, january 22nd, coming up on show, 10s of millions in the storm's path, thousands of flights already canceled or delayed. preparing for a historic nor noreaster and where it will hit the hardest. cruz saying the billionaire would make deals with democrats. >> but here's a united states senator, republicans, doesn't have support of one other republican senator. there's something wrong there.

list of conservatives lining up against him. a case of excessive force as a motorcyclist is awarded 180 grand after a traffic incident. plus authorities need your help. then a wandering toddler on the loose on a busy road. a half-court thriller and much more on a frantic friday. show now. more than 86 million people across six states are bracing for a monster winter blizzard. some areas expecting more than 30 inches of snow. five states plus parts of georgia and washington d.c. are already under states of federal aufrss s offices are expected to close early ahead of the storm.

service starting at 11:00 p.m. tonight through sunday. some drivers on i 495 decided to test the ice when their cars got stuck. all baltimore schools closed today and nearly 2500 flights have been canceled for friday. thousands s s more have already been canceled or delayed for this weekend. now, the storm is starting to make land fall on some states in the south. this drone footage shows footage? stead of fans pile nothing to the football stadium. and at least five fatalities have been contributed to icy road conditions p. sconditions. what should we expect? >> the high impact portion of the storm. and tomorrow morning this time is when we'll get the blizzard conditions in baltimore and d.c.

posted in the philadelphia area and even new york. and little rock it's been snowing hard and the ice portion of the storm has begun. so, the snowfall forecast much. a little further to the north we've nudged snow totals but we're still looking at the bull's eye from philadelphia to roanoke and everywhere in between. the storm itself has really cranked up overnight. we did not have any bad trord s tornados, but the snow portion has begun and it's are rapidly going across north carolina and this is the icy portion from charlotte to fayette vill and this will be the concern today into tomorrow. and we have the blizzard conditions later tonight in areas of virginia and then the ice portion is going to be very

>> let's go to nbc's jay gray in roanoke. >> reporter: they're preparing for snow to start in the next hour or so and continue through saturday as bill talked about the emergency management team believes they'll see a record snowfall, some saying they could see as much as 30 inches, all active and uniform state police thal ey'll stay out through the weekend and expect to be on the road and working after this snow starts to fall a bit later this morning. we also know that more than 500 vehicles are out and on the roads preparing for this, trying to keep them as clean as possible. everyone in this region saying if you don't have to be on these roads, don't. it's going to get very messy and again, not expected to stop until sometime late sad.

now, with just 10 days to the iowa caucuses, establishment republicans are taking sides. ted cruz and donald trump. for some it's a tough choice. >> if you have trump and cruz, i think you get the same outcome. whether it's death by poisoning or shot, does it really matter? >> a new poll showess trump surging to a lead in the first voting state. and now trump will air a new attack ad against cruz today. check it out. >> if as a voter you think what we need is more republicans in washington to cut a deal with nancy pelosi and i guess donald trump is your guy. >> his new line of attack is i've become establishment. give me a break. trump 38, cruz second at 16 and he's going down. no, he's having a hard time.

he had his moment. it. >> plenty of establishment conservatives are against trump and last night, prominent conservative magazine took a stab. unveiling today's cover it's called against trump and it conservetism. as a result, the rnc has disinvited the national review 23ru78 from the february 25th debate and trufrm mp responded. >> rits it's a dying paper. not many people read it anymore. people don't think about the national review. that's a dying paper. >> if it disagrees with you, you just insult it.

who's in good shape with 10 days to iowa? >> reporter: that depends on who you ask. bernie sanders told the crowd he would win new hampshire and iowa. says we've had enough of politics, or establishment politics and he countered clinton's charge that he's unelectable, pointing to polls that he would beat all the republicans candidates by a greater margin than clinton. >> secretary clinton defeats mr. trump by nine points, we beat him by 23 points. all of which we affirm is my love for the smart people in the state of new hampshire. >> reporter: and hillary clinton's been getting a boost from her husband, former president bill clinton. in a crowd, he told the crowd his wife would be a more inclusive president. hillary clinton in iowa told her.

she's worried about a surge from senator bernie sanders and has asked her supporters to ask her. intensify. thanks. a jury has awarded $180,000 to an oregon man hit by an stop. you can see it in this video. he knocks him off his bike at a bike while pulling wilkins over for traffic violations and the officer kicks him, breaking his collar boerngs all while pointing his gun at him and the oregon state police believe the officer did not violate procedure. well, it looks disturbing in the video, whatever we saw. a new record involving air travel, shows a lot of americans were packing heat.

last year than ever before. more than 2600 of them, most of them were loaded. at the airport. who are these people? the most guns were found at airports in phoenix, dallas, and atlanta. people carrying ammunition to check points can face possible criminal charges from local police. after four years as a prisoner in iran, this morning, a former marine is back home. he arrived back in flint, michigan yesterday, part of a prisoner exchange along with three other people. he was accused of spying and sentenced to death in 2012. he was awaiting a second trial. just after landing, he said he was happy to be back. >> i appreciate everyone's support.

people. they've been so good to me and grateful. it's been a very long road, a long journey. >> he says his marine training helped him survive and as he gets settled in flint, michigan, the epa administrator for the region has resigned and they've issued emergency order to take immediate actions to protect the public's health. and the state's embattled governor has been inhad vited to testify before congress and he will be on "morning joe." they will provide $80 million to the state for that situation. >> our children should not have to be worried about the water that they're drinking in american cities. that's not something we should accept.

have been warned not to drink unfiltered tap water and the national guard has been distribute ing bottled water there. and meteorologist, bill kairns. and boon could be up to 20 inches. and then the bull's eye. where we're go having to the blizzard conditions. shenandoah, around 20 inches of snow, baltimore, 23. and high impacts as far north as new york city. that's your national weather, now a closer look at your day ahead. so, thunderstorms will be rolling through florida. some could be very strong with damaging winds and maybe even an isolated tornado. and snow will be breaking out

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