good morning. the blizzard of 2016. massive storm barrelling up the east coast this morning already worse than expected in some parts. at least ten are dead. more than a foot of snow on the ground with another 2 feet possible in the mid-atlantic. along the shoreline, wind gusts at hurricane-strength. 85 million people in the storm's path this morning. 33 million under a blizzard watch. airports a nightmare. >> this is our third flight change. >> hundreds without power and on the roads, more spent the night in their cars.

the dangerous blizzard is not showing any signs of letting up. today, saturday, january 23rd, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" blizzard 2016. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." i'm erica hill. hardy souls. >> i'm alongside sheinelle jones and al roker. we have dylan dreyer out in the field along with our meteorologists. this is all of the effected states and those under a blizzard warning. the warning from virginia to southern connecticut. >> already so much going on. let's get the latest on the storm. the snow is falling fast. 1 to 3 inches per hour. already washington, d.c. has more than a foot of snow on the ground. they are expected to get more

philadelphia, 9 inches already. they are expecting up to 2 feet as well. here in new york, we are now expecting more snow than originally predicted. at least 3 inches at this hour, but up to a foot or more we are told when it is all over. >> the storm has life threatening blizzard conditions. a storm this big has not been seen in washington, d.c. in nearly 100 years. no surprise, the roads are dangerous. people are told to stay inside. thousands of accidents. at least ten people killed on the roads. >> the storm is a huge mess as you can imagine. let's get to dylan dreyer who joins us from the nation's capital. >> reporter: good morning, erica. this hit washington, d.c. with a vengeance. we already have more than a foot of snow on the ground. at the coast in virginia and delaware, we had reports of wind gusts of 65 to 75 miles per

one report in virginia up to 85 miles an hour. baltimore. that goes to show you the intensity of the storm. we will see the conditions continue all through the night with blizzard warnings not expiring until tomorrow morning. the nation's capital taking a direct hit. washington, d.c. expected to be buried under as much as 2 feet of snow by the end of the storm. >> stay off the roads if you don't need to be on the roads. >> reporter: the storm's scope reaches from the carolinas to new york, has turned deadly. fatal crashes in virginia and north carolina. >> hit had the brakes and when you hit the brakes, they lock up. >> reporter: thousands of crashes locked up major roads up and down the east coast. and many lucky enough to avoid accidents still ended up spinning wheels like wsnb reporter in nashville.

i have the pedal to the metal. i'm not moving. >> reporter: governors in ten states and district of columbia have declared state of emergencies. the national guard has deployed 400 personnel to help the sickened and stranded. shelters are opened tohomeless survive freezing conditions. >> we cannot have people outside. it is unsafe. >> reporter: 21 degrees with the when rescuers in virginia saved this saint bernard who fell through the ice. the plowing started wednesday and won't be donenday. airports are empty. more than 6,000 flights have been canceled since friday. delays rippling across the >> we got warnings from everyone. if you don't get in to new york by friday, don't think about it until mondrak is operating on a modified schedule.

for much of the east coas conditions from washington to new york. winds up to 60 miles per hour and nearly 140,000 people are cold without power. now we followed this storm from roanoke, virginia, yesterday to . what should take four hours took us nine hours on the road. we are going to attempt to get to new york city today by taking i know we just told you we shouldn't be on the roads. i want to point out we are traveling in the blue mobile. this is a satellite truck t to feed you guys our trip from here up along i-95 to new york city. it is an extremely heavy truck and we are taking we will update you over the course of the show on the travels. i don't think we will be too far from where we are now the nextu. >> slow and steady will win that race. thank you, dylan.

the snow let up and when it is much snow on the ground? al is here this morning with that and more. >> it will be done in about 24 hours, but the effects of this into next week easily with the power outages and snow. we will have to get rid of it. look at the swath fromto the appalachian. here is why we ended up upping the amounts. the storm moved further north than icted. we have blizzard warnings from virginia all the way to martha's vineyard. winds of 35 miles per hour or more and sustained as you get in for three hours or so. it also means visibility of less than a quarter of a mile. cranberry, new jersey, 7 inches of snow. you go to atlantic city right now, they are looking inches of snow. it is still coming down.

about a rate of 2 to 3 inches per hour. so here's what we lookhe accumulations. keep in mind we will look at winds gusting over 50 miles per hour. heavy snow for washington and 24 inches or more when all is said and done. for philadelphia, central and southern new jersey, heavy snow into the early afternoon. 18 to 24 winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour. in the new york area, we expect to see 18 to 24 inches of snow continuing into the afternoon. winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour. we are looking at blizzard new haven, 8 to 12 inches. providence at 3 to 6. boston will see 2 to 4 we have coastal flood advisories from delmarva and all the coast. we will deal with thisng time to come into next week. >> al, thank you.

keeping your eye on this. another rokerthon coming up. it will be all day on nbcnews.com. two days ago washington, d.c. was almost brought to a standstill with just a brushing of snow. is the city equipped to this storm? the washington mayor, mayor bowser is here with us. good morning. >> my t is the conditions this morning? >> as you have been reporting all morning, we are in the eye of the significant storm. a storm we have not seen washington, d.c. in 94 years. we got out early pre-treating our streets, closing ournt and schools on friday. really encouraged everybody to get home. we have seen since yesterday, with snow starting about inches fall and we think the

we are going to get at least >> back in the '90s, heavy snowfall shutdown washington, d.c. for an entire week.storm? >> this is a blizzard with sustained winds. we prepared our residents and stay inside for 36 ing the winds pick up today. very hazardous conditions. nobody should really be out on the roads.e keeping our roads passable for emergency vehicles. tomorrow, if it stops as it isanned to, the big dig-out will proceed. >> mayor, when there was less than 2 inches in washington, d.c. two days ago, people were stuck in the carspresident had to use the motorcade back to the white house slipping and sliding. are things different this time

you the truth. this blizzard has been forecast for several days. our entire apparatus is out of other homeland and emergency management agency. we have all of our resources fully >> washington mayor bowser, thank you. >> thank you. everybody stay safe. i snow is less of an issue at this hour. heavy amounts of ice could cause problems for millions if the south. we have nbc's gabe gutierrezrom charlotte, north carolina with more on that angle. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: erica, good morning. more than 130,000 customers in are without power air. you can see there has been plenty of snow and sleet here in the charlotte area, but thankfully not as much rain as you had initially expected. there are about 1,200 crashes or so in the north carolina area,

police say, when he was shot by the stranded motorist he was trying to help the influence. travel here is a nightmare. american airlines is expected to resume flights in the area. the the huge football game hosted here by the carolina panthers. yesterday, they practiced in the snow. a major pep rally was team says they are ready for tomorrow. today, workers will take the tarp off the field to be able to dry it out in time for the big a bit more sleet is also expected here in north carolina throughout the morning. it is expected to move out later today. guys, back to >> gabe gutierrez this morning. gabe, thank you. >> it is not just massive amounts of snow, ice and high winds that have people worried. for many along the coast,m surge that brings flooding

we have nbc's rehema ellis along the coast with more on that. >> reporter: good morning, jose. it is a tough morning out here. we had winds gusts above 50 miles an hour. i'm holding on so i the air. there is a real concern about what could happen here. during hurricane sandy in is building where i am right now, was torn apart during the storm. the city around the coastal area, they spent the last couple with bulldozers pushing as much sand as they could up against to protect the areas and water coming from the atlanticean. they are not so worried about the inches of snow they will get. they are worried about the water from the atlantic ocean. it is to my left right now and it is atlantic ocean, you can -- i can

because the wind is that strong coming off the ocean. no one is out and about. they are heeding stay inside and just hunker down. >> thank you very much. that satellite difficult because the winds are so strong. new jersey governor chris christie was supposed to be on the campaign trail thishe returned to his home state to help his residents. he joins us now. governor, good with us. i'm not sure you could see rehema ellis. she is on the coast of new jersey. where is your focus this governor? is it the coastal area? >> it is not more than any other part of the state. we do not expect major flooding on the some street flooding, which is fairly typical for storm events on the coast in new jersey.

expecting any type of major flooding incidents along the coast. they will be a bit better off from the snow perspective as tioned in her report. in the other parts of the state, we have heavier snow than we thought we were, 6 to 18 inches in the north. up to 2 feet in inland and southern part of the state. >> as you well know, there was a fair amount of criticism in timing of trail in new hampshire to return home to new jersey. how do you answer those critics? >> i don't know why they would be critical. i was here last night before thew flake dropped. for criticism. my view was i wanted the bestion i possibly could as to whether my presence was needed here. once i got the final forecast at 11:00 yesterday morning, i made the decision at 11:30 to be despite the fact flights were canceled.

to new jersey. 8:00 p.m. folks to stay home. you talked about the revised snow totals. when will it be safe for folks to be out again in your estimation estimation. >> i think tomorrow. i think today and tonight, this should be expected as an inside day forng well in keeping the roads passable for the emergency vehicles. up in the north, we have mostlyt roads with traffic moving freely. all the roadways are passable. restriction on the roads like the new jersey turnpike and garden state parkway. our department of transportation has over 3,800 pieces of here right now spreading salt and sand and moving snow off the roadways.

like we are doing well from thate. we have about 17,000 power outages so far across state. most of those focused in a of the state. about 15,000 being in cape may county. >> we know you are a busy man today. we appreciate you taking time for us. thank nk you very much. >> the snow is falling quickly in philadelphia as well. that city is expected to see 2 feet when it is all said and nbc's jacob rascon is in philly with more. jacob, good morning. >> reporter: jose, good morning. we were now as you said, up to 2 feet of snow expected. the snow has been falling 2 to 3 inches an hour in some areas. they are blizzard sustained winds above 30 miles an hour with gusts well above 40. this snow is not expected to stop all day. there is a blizzard warning and winter storm warning here and in the surrounding

at 3:00 a.m. of course, the airport is closedre are no flights in or out of the airport. all day at this airport and three other airports as well. as you can tell, the wind isbad. it is miserable out here. the problem is the plows are trying to plow all of the roads, but they can't get done with the prhey go and as soon as they are done with one, they have to turn around and do it again because of the wind. they have not gotten to the secondary roads. they are out and driving today in philadelphia. jose. >> jacob rascon, thank you. >> if you had a tripthis weekend and did not get out ahead of the storm, you are staying put. 6,000 flights canceled. several airports ld be a while before it is all back up and running.

quietort. >> reporter: good morning, erica. this is something you don't see all the time. a virtual empty laguardia.ple dozen passengers at the food court. they did not get the texts or memos that the flights were canceled. they are here trying to figure do. whether to get a hotel or sleep here for the next day. trying to figure out when they can get out. it is a mess nationwide. take a look.han 4,100 cancellations nationwide. the worst airports in new york. topping the list at at laguardia, 254. security is shutdown here. no flights getting in or out. also philadelphia, as said, and d.c. airports having a tough day. it is not just those airports,

ft. lauderdale and miami with cancellations because of the storm. it is all interconnected and if you have cancellations here, those flights are not here and is not getting to the right place. nation. >> kristen, thank you. and we will have your flight canceled as had my flight to miami tomorrow canceled yesterday. they texted and said don't bother come together should come over for dinner. >> we will have much more on the blizzard throughout the morning. we want to get to other news. in politics, nine days the caucuses in iowa. candidates are sharpening attacks as they work to getting a high voter turnout.elker is at the airport. >> reporter: jose, good morning to you. the candidates will be out in force despite the weather making their closing arguments with the

>> i approve this message. >> reporter: the two gop frontrunners battling it out on the air waves. donald trump hitting ted cruzion. >> sounded like you wanted the bill to pass. >> of course i to pass. >> reporter: and cruz trying to paint trump as establishment. trump and cruz will court today with the bitter fight dividing the party. the conservative magazine "national review" against trump issue. rebuke of the businessman. >> we are making an argument that donald trump has not been with conservatives, with conservatives. >> reporter: some have warmed to trump fearing cruz is more divisive. 2016 is fast becoming a racestablishment is a dirty word, even for democrats. bernie sanders surging, painting

>> i want to say a wordissue that secretary clinton and i disagree on. that is the incredible power of wall street. >> reporter: trying to show she is the most qualified candidate. >> we need a president who can do all aspects of the job. >> reporter: the question now? just how strong is the anti-establishment surge? >> this is a good year to be an insurgent. you hear many on both sides saying i support, fillblank, because nobody else says it like that. he says the truth. he is telling it like it is. >> reporter: last night,ounded off on jeb bush for putting his mom in the campaign ad. tweeting, quote, jeb desperately needed mommy to help jeb, mommy can't help you with isis or putin.

find caucus locations was released by his campaign. jose and erica, back to you. >> kristen, thank donald trump when i was in high school? >> he is available now. al is back with a look ofthe country's forecast. there are people who are not dealing with snow today? >> there are. in the mid section of the look at this. pacific northwest, you have rain and snow. out here in the northeast, you can see that giant swirl of clouds still taking over. so for today, again, middl the country, nothing going on. we heard about thunder snow in baltimore. this is a big factor. then we have wet weather from the way into the pacific northwest with snow. of course, you got this out there today.

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we are back on the saturday morning, january 23rd, 2016. this is a live look for you coming from the washington, d.c. dylan dreyer not at the desk with us this morning because she's in the blue mobile. the snow is coming down hard. it is rough on the roads.f studio 1a, the snow is falling quickly out there. that does not stop. that looks thrown, by the way. ipled in size. they get extra medals today. >> a lot of the folks in the buchon bakery. >> they will wait time this morning. >> we are keeping a close eye on

al is here with us in the studio. our team is spread out up and oast this morning. >> the snow has only been falling in new york city for what nine hours now, it has been going strong for 24 hoursington, d.c. nbc's miguel almaguer is in the nation's capital. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: jose, good morning. it is definitely ans out here. the promising punch is delivered and we have already seen 13 inches of snow in the nation's we are expecting more. behind me what you should be seeing is the state capitol. instead, it is fog and snow back there. it is coming in sloppy and continue for the next four hours. our hotel is a few blocks here. we were not able to drive to this location. cars are not able to go up and down the streets. they are working as hard as they

jose, we have not seen many people on the roads today. they are concerned the mayor has issued a state of emergency here. she spoke to us earlier. is a potentially life threatening storm. calls have doubled in the call center. staying in their homes and heeding the warnings here. every flight out of local airports seem to be canceled or that nightmare will continue for the next couple days as we see the ripple effect. the mayor says you should stay in your homes for the next 36 the snowfall here is steady and it certainly not letting up anytime soon, jose. >> miguel, thank you. >> for the next >> the pronunciation of miguel's name. >> you have more where that came from? >> we do. on telemundo.. >> we will plug your 18 shows later. let's get to dylan because we don't want to lose her shot from

she is making her way fromon back up here to new york. your heading north on i-95. is it is a snail's pace? how are the roads?r: you know we were right in downtown where the live shot was this morning, the roads haven't been are on new york avenue. this will turn into u.s. 50 and take us to i-95. just fine right now. it is almost like the snow gives you more traction than if we had a layer of ice. this has been all snow here inc. we never had that layer of ice. there is some traction. i want to point out one of the dangers ous things i have seen is a lot of people are walking in the roads because the sidewalks have not been people show up out of nowhere and with the visibility reduced,

if you are walking around, make sure you know see you. that makes it dangerous. we saw a tweet at 4:00 this morning that said the intersection between 495 and 95 es from where we are was completely impassable. i hope the plows have gotten through that we see the roads open up a bit. once we get on the major highway, we will check in with you. sells on else is on the roads. we will check in with you. >> dylan, you could bypass if you took the bw parkway and you could catch up with 95 in case that is not possible. >> a real difficult situation for a lot of the roads. >> reporter: okay. >> the winds also.re rough and it will get rougher. laguardia right now reporting snowfall rates at 3 inches so we are just getting warmed up

you can see the reason why we had to up the amounts is the storm has actually tttle further north. here is what we are looking at through tomorrow. this is the latest we have. washington, d.c. and baltimorey heavy snow continuing this morning. wind gusts to 50 miles per hour. snowfall, 24 inches. maybe more than three snowstorms, over 100 years ago almost, 28 inches. we will come close to that, d.c. now you get to new york city and surrounding areas. 18 to 24 inches of snow. heavy snow continues into the afternoon and evening. winds gusting to 55. we are probably going see top three storms. we come very close, i think. we are dealing with coastal wind gusts. 60 to 70 hour. the high tides.

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today, saturday, january 23rd, 2016. ice, ice baby ice, ice baby >> it's not that bad outside! now that the party's jumping good morning on the lovely snowy saturday. welcome back to saturday morning. it's lovely. it turns out you are not the only one here from florida. we have hardy souls on the plaza. from florida. >> and phoenix as well.be here this weekend, guys. >> if we close our eyes, we can think we're in south florida. >> it feels just likee of the crowd is back here -- al is cleaning off the camera lens. some of the crowd has made their way into the green room. a trading spaces moment for us.ng warm inside.

we see them in the window. it is opposite now. our team is spread out along because they are busy today. monitoring the storm every step of the way. a lot of snow has already lot more to come. >> let's check in with dylan who is slowly and carefully making her way up i-95 to get to new york. dylan, good morning. how is it reporter: hey, it is a slow go. we first got on to 95 and 495, the beltway around w, that is when there was no activity of plows on the road whatsoever. it was just like driving through the snow ruts. cleared things out. we have seen two cars off on the side of the road trying to getf at the on/off ramps. nothing compared to the height of the storm.

35-mile back up on i-75. there were no reported he road was actually shutdown for a time. this is in east central kentucky. things are starting to improve now as the roads are starting to get cleared out a bit. it was the case when the snow comes down so heavy in such aof time when the cars are on the road, they get stuck and nowhere for them to go. we are slowly making our way on i-95. we arey bad patches on the roads. when it clears out, it is easier to drive. it is a slow go. we will continue to keep on trucking to new york. >> we know you are being safe. dylan, thanks. we will continue to check in with you throughout the day. let's go inside with jose. >> thank you, drying off. the snow began falling early on friday morning in the nation's capital and has not let up nbc's correspondent miguel almaguer is in the middle of the it all.

>> reporter: jose, good morning. we are expecting another foot of we could see a storm of a generation if the forecast holds true and the steady pattern coming down. it is not letting up anytime we are facing blizzard like conditions here and will continue to do so all the way through tonight into tomorrow where they start to dig out., the city is bracing for problems. all of that steady snow is falling on rooftops and threaten homes and could bring down power een quiet here in terms of emergency response. most of the power in the area has stayed on. that could change over the next 24 t they're concerned about. the airports are crippled. people are battering downhes here. we have not seen many people in the neighborhood here in the last 24 hours. the city is warning the situation could get worse better. people are bracing for more to come. jose.

the winds are picking up in seor concern for people who live along the coast and keeping a close eye on the storm surge. nbc's rehema ellis is the new jersey coast. >> reporter: jose, it really is windy. the winds are roaring and the sea is angry. the governor of -- >> obviously we are having difficulty establishing that satellite link with rehema.e careful. >> i know where she is exactly. i think she is in point please ant pleasant, i believe. that is rough.w you how rough things are. we have reports that so far 3 inches of snow falling at laguardia so far and in well. here it is. east of montauk and to connecticut and all the way back

we will give you accumulations we got so far. right now, new york, we're talking about 3 inches of snow we have 6.5 at newark airport. long island, 7.1. mt. olive, new jersey, 7 of snow. it will get worse. here is what we have through tomorrow. baltimore, washington area, you will probably see 24 inches. the winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour. philadelphia, central new jersey and parts of eastern 18 to 24 inches. wind gusts of 40 miles per hour. in new york city and surrounding area, the heavy snow in afternoon and early18 to 24 inches. new england and new haven and providence, we are talking 8 to 12 inches of snow. up about 2 to 4 inches.

because the storm has moved further north. oston almost nothing. they may get 4. new york, 6 to 12. now up to 24 inches. >> amazing. a lot of snow coming down. thanks, al. get to this morning. sheinelle is following a horrific school shooting in canada. a small canada town is in mourning after the t in a decade. four people dead after a gunman opened fire in a remote town in central canada. staff and at least one student are victims. students scattered as the gunman began. thehot two of his brothers at home before heading to the school. tourists watching the show at the bellagio hotelegas found them selves in the middle of gunfire with shots

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protests by academy members by an all-white selection ofe acting categories. a new ball game in space. look at this. kelly. you don't need a ping pong ball. you need a drop of water. the paddles help the liquid and ty will keep the drop bouncing back and forth and back and forth. isn't that cool? >> man. >> that is something you see when you are a kid and you wanto space. >> and the water goes everywhere. it explodes. very cool. another check of the country's right. i was checking commander kelly's twitter. he has a great shot of the storm from space. it's pretty cool. as you can see right now, the storm here in the northeast. we have a lot of wet weather in the pacific northwest.

that's good news.lly mild for this time of year up in minnesota. 25 degrees and sunshine. here is the storm system making its way to the northeast coast. northern central californiapacific northwest, rain, and guys, our has the picture of mark kelly's picture. you can see back to the east.

we will cover this bli rokerthon #blizzard2016 on nbcnews.com. we will have a break for nbc sheinelle is over in the orange room now. >> i am. if i had a trophy, i would give each one of you a "today" show trophy for being here in this where are you from? >> outer banks of north carolina. >> you have never been in a blizzard? this is your first blizzard? >> a lot of hurricanes, al, but nohank you. you know, i'll let you take it away. >> still to come on "today," twins in life and nown the ice. carly gold. but first these messages. we take away your stuffy nose. you keep the peace.stion and pain. you rally the team. we give you relief from your cough.hem a case of the tylenol cold helps relieve

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sister is a skater as ave janet shamlian in st. paul, minnesota with more. >> reporter: jose, good morning. a new ladies figure skatingampion will be crowned tonight in st. paul. two of the leading skaters have been roommates since birth and re cheering for each other. >> triple lutz. >> reporter: a dazzling star skating. gracie gold. >> like a fairy tale. >> reporter: in the gold family, it's not just gracie'sthis year. >> i'm awesome. so excited. >> reporter: among the elite skaters vying for the title, ie gracie's sister carly.

is just above my expectations. >> reporter: the 20-year-olds train on the same ice. both under coach frank carroll. life long roommates and friends, but differences in more than appearance. carly an equestrian. >> i learned to skate through the just jumped in. >> because it was fun. >> reporter: now more than fun. m thousands of competitive skaters, only 22 make the cut to skate for the ladies nbc sports panelists tara >> carly is happy to be here. >> reporter: carly missed one

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