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. >> but trump now face as growing list of conservatives lining up against him. a case of excessive force as

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 "early today" starts right 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 emergency. federal aufrss s offices are expected to close early ahead of the storm. the d.c. metro has canceled service starting at 11:00 p.m. tonight through sunday.

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. we're waiting for them to be posted in the philadelphia area and even new york. and little rock it's been snowing hard and the ice portion

so, the snowfall forecast overnight has not changed too 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 bad today in the carolinas. >> let's go to nbc's jay gray in roanoke.

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 are ready for action. 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. turday. now, with just 10 days to the iowa caucuses, establishment republicans are taking sides.

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 looks like a nervous wreck. he had his moment. he had his moment and he blew

>> 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 calls him a menace to 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. edward, let's now turn to the democrats. who's in good shape with 10 days to iowa? >> reporter: that depends on who you ask.

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 them to go out and caucus for her. some snow on the ground, so she's worried about a surge from senator bernie sanders and has

friends to go out and caucus for her. we should see these attacks intensify. >> i'm sure they were. thanks. a jury has awarded $180,000 to an oregon man hit by an officer during a 2012 traffic 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. the tsa says it seized more guns last year than ever before. more than 2600 of them, most of

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. it's great to be back in flint, my home town. i love this city, love its people. they've been so good to me and my family and we're very

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. >> the nearly 100,000 people have been warned not to drink unfiltered tap water and the

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 later today in d.c. we'll talk more about the timing of the storm coming up. authorities need your help in sauvlt

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it will ensure that all seniors can retire with dignity and respect. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. >> this is 7news now. >> christa: good morning, everybody. we have officially made it to friday. we have lots ahead on today the new england. >> sarah: here are some stories we're working on. the big storm that's expected to bring blizzard-like conditions from washington, d.c., to new york brought severe weather the parts of the south overnight. trees were blown over opt house, but thankfully there weren't any reports of serious injuries. >> christa: also breaking overnight, an s.u.v. taking a plunge enter a swimming pool. in cambridge the crash leaving behind a lot of damage, but the out. >> sarah: the patriots will get in one final practice to foxborough today before heading out the denver for the a.f.c. championship game. yesterday the team practiced out in the cold to prepare for the conditions on sunday.

getting out of town at just the right time it looks like this. weekend's class act takes us to framingham. we'll show you how one high school senior is helping take care of people in his community. and this is all born out of kind of a personal struggle he's been through, so it's a really meaningful story. >> sarah: i can't wait to see it. let's switch gears and go back to the weather. chris lambert has been tracking this storm all week long. >> chris: good morning, sarah. good morning, christa. no lack of a weather story across the country. 19 in boston. 14 in worcester. it's been cold enough for that snow. the breeze has been with us the last couple days, it's not as strong as it was a few days ago. windshield values down into the single digits. another cold tart this morning and another day where we do have temperatures lingering enter the upper 20s to near 30 degrees this afternoon. winter storm watch posted for the cape and the islands and back through southern plymouth, southern bristol county, basically right along the south chest of new england. it's been following along in the

i've been saying how the further south in new england you go, the better chance of some heavier snow. it does look like it's a good possibility to get some heavier snow in terms of at least four, five, six inches of snow right along the south coast. nice and quiet right now. here is the storm we're tracking. this is the storm that's going to be working up the coastline. snow beginning the broke out early on saturday morning. this is right along the south coast of new england. then we'll watch this ride up to the north here as we get into so mid-day some patchy snow boston. that will continue into the late afternoon and even hours, wrapping up early on sunday. how much snow do we expect? "today in new england" starts right now. >> christa: good morning. breaking news overnight, a wild scene in cambridge when a car comes crashing into a condo and lands into a pool. >> sarah: the patriots up early today for their final practice before heading west for

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