ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. >> very good saturday to you. i'm richard lui at msnbc headquarters covering the latest developments on the snowstorm. 16 fatalities have been confirmed as a result of the storm. that's up from the 13 we had at the last hour. now 16 fatalities associated with the blizzard of 2016. major cities have been brought to a standstill as public transportation in new york city, philadelphia, baltimore, and washington, d.c., just some of the places where it's been shut down. new york city mayor bill de blasio has warned, the nypd will arrest anyone who breaks the city wide travel ban. >> no one wants to have to arrest people, but the nypd will take any measures necessary to keep our roads clear. >> meanwhile the national weather service is predicting up

to a half inch of ice for the carolinas and potentially serious coastal flooding for the mid atlantic region as well. dangerous conditions are expected to persist in many areas until early sunday. by the time the storm is over, 1 in 7 americans from kentucky to connecticut could be under at least half a foot of snow. bonnie schneider has been tracking the storm for us for the last 24 hours. we still have some concerns over the next several hours here. >> that's right. this just in, it's now been the snowiest day ever for jfk airport. over two feet of snow, shattering records that go way, way back. so the snow keeps coming and the records get shattered. we had record snow in atlantic city, new jersey. 19 inches in baltimore. snow bands in suffolk county. all of connecticut getting hid hard. a little bit less in the northwest corner.

boston, the snow bands continue to work their way through. nantucket actually did reach the blizzard criteria, because we did see three hours of that consistent weather with the strong winds. so that's interesting to note, we didn't get it in other places. let's do the timeline as we take a look at what's to come in our future cast. you can see the storm takes its time, plenty of snow still in the forecast as we go through midnight tonight, into the overnight hours, which makes sense why we still have travel bans in place. we see the snow sticking to cape cod, not until 7:00 a.m. on sunday morning that the blizzard warnings expire for many locations with good reason. this is a long-lasting, really strong storm. so how much more snow are we going to get? just a little bit left for the d.c./baltimore area. the bulk of it is over for the mid atlantic and the northeast. but a few more inches in the

forecast. but it's been snowing for quite some time. so the numbers will be much more than what you see here. two inches for boston and providence, you're still facing four more inches of additional snow. the strong winds, richard, we were talking about that earlier. they're still pretty strong. the gusts are even more fierce than that. you'll see it will take a while for the winds to calm down and subside because that low pressure is so deep and strong. tonight and into tomorrow, we'll start to see the winds relax a little, but still dangerous. montauk at 50 miles per hour winds, cape may at 39. i mentioned the record snowfall in atlantic city, high tide at 7:09 tonight. ocean city, 7:31. still looking at the coastal flooding risk. the threat is not over yet.

so we still have coastal flood advisories. they extend well up into new england, so the threat is as well for the massachusetts coast. it will take a while for the water to recede even in the areas where it stops snowing and the winds start to relax. but you saw the map i just showed, the winds are intense through tonight and into tomorrow. >> we were seeing some of the pictures from earlier today. the other high tide, which was around 8:00 a.m., at least in some areas here on the eastern coast and it was a quarter mile inland, half a mile inland, and they're going to get battered again perhaps as we hit high tide for the second time in one day. bonnie schneideschneider, we al the winds in the heart of manhattan, rockefeller plaza. i've been outside three times today, once at 5:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., and 1 or 2:00 in the afternoon. and what i'm seeing right now, so far the windiest, does that

make sense? are we getting a little bit more windy at this hour of the night? >> well, the storm is still nowhere near clearing the new york city area. the winds will whip around and get a little bit more fierce as we go into the night. it's going to fluctuate. there was a time earlier this afternoon, where we had very strong winds and then it calmed down a little. with the blizzard warning in place through tomorrow morning, there's a reason for that. because of blowing and drifting snow. wherever you are, the snow will pile high, and it will likely move about. that's why it's so dangerous, i can't emphasize that enough, even to just shovel out because of the strong winds. wait until the storm is completely over. >> the carolinas, the black ice, that's always a concern. you can't see it. tell us about the perfect conditions or the imperfect conditions if you will, where black ice can form. because the national weather service is saying, look out in the carolinas. >> there's nothing worse than an

ice storm in the carolinas. i lived through one in winston sail ep. not only do you not have the ability to travel, it looks like a sheet of ice. you have no traction. so even if you take one step, it's dangerous to fall. and the black ice, you can't see how icy it is. so the threat we've been talking about the northeast, but absolutely, the north carolina area, particularly charlotte, still a danger there. >> thanks so much, bonnie. new york city, under a travel ban at this hour upon the national weather service says 24 to 28 inches of snow expected to fall before the storm ends. joining us now from central park, adam reese. when we were talking an hour ago, we saw an emergency vehicle just over your shoulder, trying to help an individual, but got stuck itself, and needed another emergency vehicle to come and get it. >> he was able to get out, richard, with the help of another tow truck. another ambulance was able to

get to that injured person in central park. as you can see, the snow continues to come down at the pace it's been coming down all day. very consistent, about 1 to 3 inches per hour. up to a little over 19 inches in central park, and that's the best place to get measurements here in new york city. by tomorrow afternoon when this is all said and done, with the blizzard warning, we could be upwards of 30 inches. all that snow has brought this city to a virtual stand still in terms of transportation. 2:30 this afternoon, all cars off the road. buses and trains at a virtual stand still. the two airports, kennedy and laguardia, shut down all day. that's brought people out to the parks, especially here in central park. it's quieted down so far. still a few people here, including the payot family. >> i'm anuk. >> juliette. >> valentina. >> you were telling me about the

sledding conditions. how was it? >> it was awesome. there were a lot of kids on the 70th hill over there and we crashed into each other once or twice, and it was really fun. >> but you're safe thankfully. >> yeah. >> and what did you think? >> it was good over there, but when we got over here, we were like knee deep in snow and we kinda sunk under the snow. so over there wasn't that good, but on the 70th, like my sister was saying, it was really nice and, yeah. we were taking some videos. >> and you were nervous the whole time? >> yes. but everyone stayed warm and didn't get too cold. >> yeah. >> now you all headed home for some hot chocolate? >> yes. >> maybe a fireplace and some smores and just enjoy the day, right? >> yeah. >> beautiful, picturesque, scenic here today in central park. >> yes. >> stay safe. thank you for stopping by. a lot of people enjoyed the snow here. plenty of snow shoes and skis.

even bikes and people in shorts. so plenty to enjoy. but that emergency ruling by the mayor is still in place. traffic off the roads. they need to plow 6,000 miles of streets in new york city, 2,400 plows and salt spreaders. they had some 300,000 tons of salt at the ready to do that. they have their work cut ought for them this evening, as you see the snow continues to fall at that same pace. >> great to see there, adam that they had a great time so far this evening. i beg to differ. i bet you they're going to stay out there and enjoy an hour or two more. talk about an hour or two more. you're going to be with us. you've been out there since early this morning. i remember speaking with you 8:00 a.m. eastern time. how have the conditions changed from then until now? >> as i said earlier, it's been pretty consistent. it has looked like this all day. i did mention to them that it did feel like it warmed up a

little bit. but the snowfall has continued and we have just seen it rise. we talked about drifts. bonnie was mentioning the snowfall drifting here, and you can see some of the snow over here, how it's at least 15, 17, 19 inches in different places. and as we mentioned tomorrow afternoon, it will be up to some 30 inches. kind of amazing, record-setting snowfall here. i don't think they predicted. we did have some predictions 20 to 30, but i don't think many of the people here expected to see this kind of snowfall right here in the middle of new york city. >> yeah, adam, that's been the headline today. upwards of almost double of what was originally expected by many forecasters. that is the headline for this is the as we look at what has happened on this january 23rd of the blizzard of 2016. adam reese, thanks so much. talking about people that are having fun, folks also having fun, members of a boys swim team in horsham,

pennsylvania, found a unique way to get some practice in today. take a look. >> the snow not stopping the high school boys swim team from -- what are they doing here? they're practicing. these five guys, they line up, take their positions, and they're off, into the snow. and they try to swim a little before -- then they realize, oh, my gosh, what have we just done? jacob rascon joins us now from philadelphia, and as you watch that with us, we had to bleep some of their expressions after they did that, and no doubt, you know why being there in philadelphia. >> reporter: it has been snowing for more than 20 hours here now. and it's not expected to stop until tonight about midnight. we're supposed to get hit with a pretty heavy band of snow in the next 30 minutes or so, and it

will last for about an hour and a half and then it will probably drizzle until midnight. we have, the last total is 22 inches as of 3:00 p.m. so we're easily going to hit two feet here in philadelphia. and that's well above what we thought we might get when initially the storm was predicted. we thought maybe a foot and a half. but we're going to hit two feet easily. parts of pennsylvania have seen 30-plus inches of snow because of this storm. winds have also been a big issue. the plow trucks have been out in force on the road, doing the primary roads back and forth. in fact, they've been so busy there, that they haven't been able to go into the residential areas. so those will be untouched with two feet or more of snow until tomorrow at least. and then in addition to that, we have this highway in pennsylvania on which there are hundreds of cars that have been trapped since last night. the affiliate says more than 500, because of a jack knifed

truck and other accidents that happened last night before all of the snow really started to come down. authorities have been bringing them supplies, like fuel, so they can keep themselves warm in their cars, and as well, other medical supplies, like insulin, for example, to one person. but the national guard has been out there all day, trying to clear up those accidents. the last we heard, some of them might have been moving. there are no injuries that we've heard of from that. but just a very dangerous situation over there. that's about 200 miles from where we are. here in philadelphia itself, the buses are suspended, the trains as well. most people are not driving. they're allowed to drive, but most are choosing not to, and we're not hearing about many accidents. in philadelphia, they know how to deal, it seems, with bad weather. >> jacob, we're showing some video right now of the airport in philadelphia and the cancellations. i got my list of the cancellations from today. it's a big list.

and also tomorrow. and we've had so far, over 260 cancellations, that's on today's list. and tomorrow's list is 154. do we have any understanding here of these lists, when they might get some relief from the philadelphia airport there? >> yeah, add that to the some 8,000 other cancellations from yesterday all the way through sunday. this is going to be a big mess that ripples into the middle of next week. at the philadelphia airport, we know they'll get back to normal as soon as they possibly can. one of the issues is that american and other airlines actually took their jets out of the airport, moved them to other airports, and so, when the airport does open back up, then you have to have the planes fly back and then they're ready to going again. when they move the planes,

they're allowing the airport to clean the snow up much more easily. but then that means that there's extra time, once the storm really stops, then they fly their planes back to philadelphia, to washington dulles, to washington national, and then they get going. so the people who lost their flights today, they'll be booked on flights maybe later tomorrow, but as you said, more cancellations. so maybe on monday. maybe that ripples into tuesday. and of course that affects airports as far away as california. coast to coast. >> the ripple effect, moving people, and airplanes. jacob, thanks so much. also getting this news in, as we have yet to see how it's affecting all different events. bruce springsteen cancelling his show at madison square garden. that show, a lot of people looking forward to, but not on this day where the roads are closed in new york city. also, msnbc's live coverage will

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>> earlier, the new jersey state police tweeted, stay home, people. carnage on the roadways. joining us now, spokesman for the new jersey state police, sergeant williams, thank you for taking some time to speak with us, on a busy day for you. what are you watching right now on the roadways in new jersey? >> well, the winds are still blowing strong, and there's still about maybe another four inches of snow. but that's what we're looking at right now. >> outside of the roadways

themselves, are you seeing accidents? are you seeing crashes? i know in virginia, i was seeing some startling numbers from yesterday, from friday. they had over a thousand crashes in the state. do you have any numbers like that, or any understanding of how many crashes you've had? >> on the roadways, we've had over 200 crashes, which is not as bad as they've experienced, but we've had over 200 motor vehicle crashes and more than a thousand aids for motorists. so we really want the motorists to stay off the roadways if they don't have to be out. because that really puts the persons who are helping them in danger also when they're stuck in snow. >> you know, one of those things, and you know this, having done this for so long, it's tough to estimate not only the snow and we were expecting less, to be honest, in the area and then the forecasters were

reacting to what we actually saw today. we could see almost double what was originally thought, which is, of course, a concern. but even more difficult than that, would be the estimation of flooding. and bill karins, our meteorologist was saying, that's really trying to guess, because you don't know how bad the flooding will be. i know the new jersey shores have been experiencing that. what have you seen? >> well, yes, we've experienced some flooding in the northern region and the southern region. we're expecting a lit more flooding possibly this evening when the high tide, around 8:00, moderate flooding in northern jersey. also minor to moderate flooding is possible once again sunday morning at high tide. >> yeah. and you know here, sir, that we're looking at pictures from earlier today, from stone

harbor. in some places, it's insult to injury, because of sandy and previous storms that have come through. and a lot of these places just getting back up, if you will, and here we are, several years later and now experiencing there. as you look forward to tomorrow, what are you doing in terms of staffing up, in preparing for what might happen in the next 24 hours? because we're looking at that high tide, which can happen in the next couple of hours. well, the new jersey state police, emergency response bureau is working with the counties throughout the state, the office of emergency management is collaborating with d.o.t., dpu, health and ohs and p and the attorney general's office, all collaborating at the rock. so we're prepared. we're expecting sunday, the temperatures to be a little warmer, and that will cause some

snow melt. and that snow melt will cause some ponding of the water, and therefore that water will freeze. >> and that's when of course the salt becomes so important. i can't thank you enough for taking time to speak with us this hour. gregory williams, spokesman for the new jersey state police, thank you, sir. >> thank you. governor chris christie has declared a state of emergency in new jersey amid the heavy snow and flooding we were just talking about. we spoke to governor christie earlier today for the latest on the storm. >> how is your state holding up in the storm? >> we're holding up well. we've been through this a lot before. we've had 17 storms, snow emergencies in six years. we're doing okay. folks listened. they're off the roads. the plows are getting through. we got to get through another few hours and tomorrow will be a sunny day. just stay home, you'll be okay. >> earlier you declared a state of emergency, thinking you would get about two feet of snow.

do you think that state of emergency will be lifted tonight or tomorrow? >> probably sometime tomorrow would be my guess. i want to make sure the plows have enough time to really clear our streets so that by monday when we get ready for the morning rur, that everything is fine. i may let it hang in there a while tomorrow to give our plows a little bit more time to get the roads cleared. >> people are very worried about the coastal areas. what's your concern? >> you always worry about flooding. but everything we're hearing tells us we may have some flooding in the streets tonight, but snow significant property damage and no need to evacuate anyone. the only reason you should leave your home is if you lose power. we have shelters in every county. call the local police, they'll get you to a shelter. or chevrolshelter with family o friends. >> upwards of 94,000 customers did lose power. how fast do you think that will be restored? >> we can't put anybody up into

the bucket trucks until the wind dies down a little bit. so come back sometime tomorrow when the wind's decreased and we get folks out there. 94,000, probably going to go higher than that. we haven't lost anything in the northern part of the state yet. so we'll lose some more, but the good news is that tomorrow the weather's supposed to be good. so we'll be able to get the crews out there and get them working. >> and just to circle back, so many people were worried, they're still struggling to recover from hurricane sandy in 2012, and this might devastate them further. do you think it will push the state back to where it was in 2012? >> no chance, no chance. because of all the work we've done. we're here in point pleasant beach. there are 121 folks who are still resisting the dune project to make us even more safe. they need to get off the dime and do this to protect their neighbors and their friends. but we're so much better off that we'll be able to survive

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again. the visibility very low. as you look at the pictures, about a quarter to a half a mile visibility, at least in manhattan. what's new this hour, we are now reporting 16 fatalities associated with the blizzard of 2016. that's up from 13 an hour ago. we're also watching over 10,000 flights canceled over the last 48-hour time span, going back a day and forward a day. it's hitting airports as far west as san francisco, as far south as atlanta, georgia, as well. and also the surprise for many forecasters, that in key metropolitan areas, double the amount of snow. almost double than what they had expected originally on this saturday. we're watching all of that this hour on msnbc. let's take you now to the nation's capital, where we talk about surprises, and one of those, perhaps is breaking that record as we were looking at snowfall. and though it's 6:30 p.m., mike seidel from the weather channel,

you're still getting sideways snow. >> we are. no surprises here, though, with the forecast. we were expecting 18 to 24 inches as early as two days ago. right now, we're waiting for the latest observation from the weather service as of 7:00 p.m. eastern, to see if we've cracked 20 inches. if we crack that, it's the second biggest storm on record. right now, we're at number three or four. but it's still snowing pretty hard. we can see the capital. visibility is up to 3/4 of a mile. very little traffic out here. most of the traffic, foot traffic, because now for the first time, you can legally sled on the grounds of the capital. that was illegal for many years. last year they did it, but nobody wrote tickets. this year, it's legal. what we've heard frr dulles international and reagan, they

may not be able to resume operations tomorrow because of the snowfall. dulles has had over two feet of snow, may end up with two and a half feet of snow. and reagan national is going to be up there over a foot and a half of snow, plus the blowing and the drifting. a lot of flights that were on for tomorrow afternoon and evening, i've noticed on flight aware.com have been canceled. not a good sign, especially for yours truly who had a flight out late tomorrow. i've seen two cabs today. that's it. very few vehicles. and as you would expect in the nation's capital with a storm like this on the weekend, it's a virtual ghost town. but it will be interesting to see how much snow we end up with for the entire event. it will wind down this evening. tomorrow the sun is back out, richard. about 35 degrees, so a good day to dig it out and blow it out here in d.c. the blizzard of 2016, which will go down as maybe the second biggest storm on record and many will remember it for many, many years. >> as we've worked together in

the field occasionally in these storms, you always say, look out for the heavy snow and we saw some of that sleet in the carolinas, that's why the concern for more power outages. are you seeing that sort of snow there in d.c. or is it lighter? >> well, this is a very powdery snow, the temperatures have been running 22 to 28. you can make a snowball. that's a good thing. but on the coast, beach erosions, route 1, if you're familiar with route 1 there on the state seashore, that is shut down from the inland river bridge to bethany because of coastal flooding and overwash. i've seen the pictures out of there, it's troublesome. i don't think there's been a lot of structural damage from the wind gusts, it's just the onslaught of the water being pushed by this slow-moving nor'easter. they had snow to rain and now it's back to snow. here it's all snow.

there goes one of the vehicles, one of the few on the highway tonight. >> mike seidel, thank you, sir. let's get you back now to new york city, where we're at. this is some of the scenes that we've been seeing and this one is just from a few minutes ago. watch this. >> people that are out here on the streets right now and that is a major issue. police are asking people, going around, asking people like this gentlemen, all these people in the streets to get out of the streets because emergency being haves are trying to get by. our news truck was trying to get through the street, because it's so packed with snow, you can imagine how difficult tots stop the vehicles. and people are just darting out. so it's a dangerous situation for anyone to not be driving and really not to be walking, even though times square right now is really america's playground. >> that was earlier from our affiliate here in new york city. joining us right now, frank mccarton, deputy commissioner of

operations for the new york city office of emergency management. thank you for being with us. can you tell us, how are all the moving parts working so far today? because there are many out there trying to keep the city safe. >> people need to realize that there's a travel ban within new york city. if you remove the cars from the roadways, we'll be able, we the city, will be able to remove the snow, which will less impact the city tomorrow during the day. and that's really the most important. i know people want to come out, it's still very dangerous out. we're seeing gusts of 40 miles an hour in some locations throughout the city. but really, we need them to stay off the road and that's what we're asking. >> or the mayor said you will get a ticket is what he was saying earlier. sir, can you tell me how this compares to other storms that have been of note here in new york? one of which was in 2006, for

instance. where does this rank for you operationally, from the office of emergency management? >> i believe we were talking earlier, it looks like it's number five right now. >> but for you, operationally is what i'm really asking. other than the numbers, if we pull the numbers away, there's so many things you need to manage, the salt, the sanitation workers, the machines. >> here's what's really helping us, operationally. it's a saturday. so you don't have the amount of people out and about, which is giving the sanitation department a real good push on being able to get the snow cleared. that's the best here that's working operationally. the rest of the salt and the workers coming in and out, and the public safety folks that are working it, they're doing a bang-up job. they're away from their families during the storm, and they're all working to keep new yorkers safe. >> we've had sunset, what are

you looking at before we hit sunday? >> still clearing the snow. getting the snow off the main arteries and making sure people stay off the roads and hopefully this next band that comes in, will start to stop around 10, 11:00, and we'll i have good day tomorrow clearing snow. >> we like that story line. i can't thank you enough. frank mccarton, deputy commissioner for the new york city office of emergency management, thanks so much. with that, we'll take a short break and be right back with more coverage of the blizzard of 2016. not only in new york city, but throughout the eastern coast. be good. text mom. boys have been really good today. send. let's get mark his own cell phone. nice. send. brad could use a new bike. send. [siri:] message. you decide.

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storm which has killed at least six people in the state. they were considering postponement of games, but did not. the nfc championship continuing. sarah dallof is in charlotte with the latest on the situation there. there's a lot of thoughts, should we, should we not. with the college ball game, they decided to play it, but don't come to see it, watch it on tv. >> exactly. stay at home and watch it at home where it's safe. it's a different approach for tomorrow's game, panthers versus the arizona cardinals. that game is set to go. they took the tarp off the field this afternoon, so they could begin airing the field out, get it ready for game time tomorrow. they actually had the team practice. they gave them a snow day, had them practice outside on friday. their coach saying he was hoping it would give them an advantage over the cardinals, who, let's

be honest, are used to much milder weather. let's talk about what folks are dealing with in north carolina. right now, temperatures have dropped. we saw sun and blue skies earlier today. we were able to get some great video of people out as the weather was breaking. there's that video showing the city of charlotte still blanketed in white. still some ice. you could see some cars on the road as people ventured out once they saw that blue sky. the big problem tonight is that that sun melted some of the ice, melted some of the snow. there was water on the roads and now the sun is down and the temperatures are dropping, we have black ice on the roads. so they're still urging people tonight to stay inside and to stay safe. another piece of good news here, power crews have been working nonstop. they've been able to get the number of outages to about 86,000 homes remaining without power. that's at least halved from its high point earlier today. so you're seeing the effects of

the crews working around the clock. and also they didn't get hit quite as hard with the freezing rains. they got more snow. and that's really helped them begin to bounce back a lot faster than anticipated. >> yeah, those freezing rains that cause the power outages. i know when we last spoke, about eight hours ago, that was some 150,000 people that were without power. so good news there for some folks there in north carolina. thank you, sarah dallof. dylan dryer on the road today, looking at all the conditions. she drove from washington, d.c. to new york city, and when they got to new york city, during one of thomas robert's hours, the tunnels were shut down and here's what happened. take a look. >> the toll booths are empty. there are a lot of cops around, so i imagine that we are now going to run into some sort of identification post here. so we're kinda waiting it out

and seeing what happens, thomas. >> i'll wait it out with you as we watch your approach. as some vehicles are going through. we see one of the police vehicles there on the right-hand side with their lights on. we'll see if you make it through as well. not sure if your vehicle has the easy pass. >> we do have easy pass and, bam, there goes our $20 toll right there. so, yes, they are still acsepting money. this is a fascinating vehicle with the satellite on it. we might lose our signal when we get into the tunnel, which is a little slippery, until we finally start to lose the snow, and now we're in the tunnel with no one else. it's a beautiful thing. >> this is the first time you've seen black top in a long time,

right? >> yes, and it's very reassuring, we know we finally have 100% traction right now. so we'll enjoy these next five minutes in the tunnel, that's for sure. >> and where was the worst on the roads, do you recall what the worst section, where your travel was coming worse? >> we were hitting some pretty awful stuff right in secaucus, towards elizabeth, 13-a on the new jersey turn pike. the roads were completely covered from snow, bauecause th snow was coming down about two inches per hour. you can't keep up with it. and it was wind-blown on top of that. so there were drifts on the sides of the road and you run into these patches. and on top of that, the ice keeps freezing up on the wipers, so you can't always see. it's a combination of bad visibility because of the snow and the awful road conditions too. northern new jersey was when it really started to get bad. >> i'm absolutely amazed that

we're having this conversation with you inside the lincoln tunnel and now you're starting to emerge. this is pretty wild. >> right? >> yeah, i like this. this is amazing reporting. >> who would have thought you'd want to tag along on a trip through the lincoln tunnel, but you never see it without brake lights in front of you. so, yeah, this is amazing technology that we're still talking to you right now, under water. >> a road trip with dylan dryer is a great thing to do. and it is amazing, 37 minutes ago the travel ban went into effect. dylan and her crew are making their way back into new york city. they left d.c. this morning, and this is the cleanest road they've seen as they are submerged right now, traveling back through the lincoln tunnel. and dylan, i want to see you pop up on the other side. so just bear with me, because i'm very curious as to whether or not you're going to see authorities on the other side or

if it's going to be as scarce as we saw on your entrance. >> well, this is the fastest i've ever gotten through the lincoln tunnel, and i can see the lit literally at the end of the tunnel. so we're about to open back up into the snowstorm, and i was surprised how easy it was. because we kept talking the whole ride. are the press passes going to be enough? are our press plates going to let us through? should we stay in secaucus? we had this whole game plan. this is obviously a news vehicle. here we are, getting out of the tunnel, and there's no one still to be seen anywhere. i don't even see any police cars or flashing lights. so, yeah, we have made it successfully back into new york city. >> and nbc's dylan dryer there with msnbc's thomas roberts. there you see the vehicle on the right on the drive that took

eight hours from washington, d.c. up to new york city, and what a ride it was. and she made it safely, reporting on the road conditions that so many of you were involved in as we talk about the blizzard of 2016. after the break, a quick move to politics. the breaking news coming out of iowa and the endorsement of two candidates, one republican, one democrat. se, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪

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>> this segment, we turn from our storm coverage for a moment to breaking news on the campaign trail. "the des moines register," the most prominent daily newspaper in iowa has just endorsed democrat hillary clinton and republican marco rubio with just over a week until voters caucus in the state on february 1st.

here's hillary clinton reacting to the news just a short time ago. take a listen. >> very pleased, obviously. >> joining us now on the phone, executive editor of "the des moines register." we're just getting this news in, and as we look at the two that your paper has endorsed, why don't we start with marco rubio and why you chose him. and some of what was written on your paper as to why, you said he was whip smart, and had all of the answers to describe his solutions. >> certainly, thanks for having me, richard. we had a lengthy discussion, especially on the gop side in terms of who we were going to endorse, and some of the things that really impressed us about marco rubio was his ability to chart a new course for the party. he talked a lot about trying to unite the different factions as well as work across the aisle. his discussions of things in terms of the economy, foreign policy, he was obviously very smart and had a lot of answers

to all the questions. and so we felt like he really represents the future of the republican party. >> one of the points that was made in the editorial, it said that most republicans aren't interested -- and you're talking about republican voters -- were not interested in long resumes this year, and therefore a lot of the other candidates which you said in this editorial, were thoughtful and experienced, weren't necessarily going to resonate. for the republican side, were you being more pragmatic about who you might choose just because there were so many to choose from? >> i definitely think that's an accurate statement. and you can tell from the editorial, some of the other candidates that we were impressed with, do have those longer resumes. john kasich, chris christie, and jeb bush. and we do think they have some significant leadership style, some great, you know, resumes to work with. but in terms of who we think can best lead the party at this time, we fell on the side of marco rubio. >> on the democratic side, hillary clinton. and as you went through that, you said you sat with her for

several hours and that through that conversation, at the end, it was chosen that she would again be the most practical choice because of bernie sanders and his inability, perhaps, is what it says in the editorial, inability to get his platform through. >> yeah, that's certainly correct. he has some great ideas. he's really sparked a lot of discussion about income inequality, you know, money, affordable education, all of those things, and we really like to hear that from him, i think that's resonated across the country. but when it comes to who we think can get the job done, especially when it comes to issues like foreign policy, we came down on hillary clinton as best suited for that role. >> it says, she is not a perfect candidate as evidenced in the way she has handled the furor or her private e-mail server. and in the commentary, it also

points back to other mistakes made in 2008. talk about that other side. >> certainly. we did endorse her back in 2008, and talked some about how, you know, when shee makes a mistake, she should simply own up to it. and i think you've seen in the e-mails, that she has owned up to it, but it took a while, and she continues to be somewhat defensive. and one of the things we talked about, she's been heavily scrutinized. she's been asked the same questions over and over, so it would be hard to continually be answering questions about the same matter. but at the end of the day, if you answer questions and move on from them, people respect you more. so neither candidate we felt was perfect for the endorsement, but we felt like those were the two that represented the strongest chances, so we talked about some of the things we felt like they needed to work on as well. >> if you had to pick between

the two, who do you think's going to make it this time? >> that's a great question. that's so hard to tell. the race has tightened so much in iowa, on both sides here, within the margin upon error. so if you would have asked me a few months ago, i think i could have better predicted, but at this point, i think it's anybody's game. >> thank you for joining us, the endorsement by "the des moines register," of the republican marco rubio and the democrat hillary clinton. that just into us this hour. thanks so much again for joining us on that breaking news. another hour of msnbc's live coverage is coming up in just a couple of minutes. we'll take a live look at ronald reagan, washington, d.c. national airport with no flights taking off or landing at the moment. 10,000 flights across the country that have been canceled over a period of 48 hours. much because of the blizzard of 2016. we'll be right back. this is how banks used to see me.

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>> very good day to you, i'm richard lui at msnbc headquarters in new york where we continue to watch this weekend's blizzard. at this hour, the threat is not over. the death toll now rising to 17. it was 16 the hour before. unfortunately, 13 the hour before that. all because of this storm. again, 17. the 30 million people now still out there, under blizzard warnings, that number remains high, many in effect until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. more than 2,000 flights have already been canceled for tomorrow. that would bring us to a total of 10,000 over three days. the roads are just as bad. tens of thousands of drivers stranded on icy roadways, many for more than 24 hours.