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 latest 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 will there be a march surprise? reports that michael bloomberg is considering a third partyty run. and, jailbreak. three fugitives on the run, including an alleged torturer and a man accused of murder. notice they were gone?

manhunt. and good evening. thanks for joining us on this saturday. i'm tom llamas. as we come on the air at this hour, the wind storm is raging. very much a blizzard tonight disrupting lives and turning deadly. 60 million people in the storm's path. this is a look right now at the white house. but new york is being hit especially hard. a live look at times square. no cars there in the city. traffic banned. the snow blowing straight across, up to 4 inches an hour. not a soul at reagan airport. thousands of cars strond. this new jersey guy snowboarding

rivers of ice on the jersey shore. you see the orange lights? those are cities buried under the storm. we start with ron claiborne here in new york. >> reporter: tonight, the nation's largest city in the bull's-eye of a bliss blizzard of epic propororons. 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 the protect people. >> reporter: the snow, still coming down strong tonight, exceeding expectations -- on track to 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. no fun. >> no fun at all? >> no, it's not a winter

>> reporter: many roads erie 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 t of new york's three major airports. across the storm-affected 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 nyc gets more than inches of snow, thihiwill be the third greatest snowfall on record. but 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. only a frarks of people that would normally be out here on a saturday ght. so far, until the storm, the new york city had only gotten a

now, in less than 24 hours, the city has gotten an entire winter's worth. tom. >> ron, thanks so much. this storm is the worst to hit the jersey shore since superstorm sandy three years o. 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: up and down the coast, there is severe flooding. with barrier islands like this one hard time. 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. water levels up to 8 feet. these streets are still flood. look at the water coming into

let me show you high tide it was waist high. it carried the picnic table to the center of the street. rescues residents trapped in their homes. some families trying to evacuate . >> what are you doing out here? >> trying to get to my mother. >> reporter: in wildwood, new jersey the water up to this man's knees. winds at almost 50 miles an hour keeping this ferris wheel spinning. >> the winds are horrible its cutting you up the sand and the rain. >> reporter: even knocking down this snow plow in egg harbor! waves reaching up to 20 feet off the coastline. a record storm surge of 9.4 feet in cape may. in atlantic city the water reaching all the way up this home and submerging 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 tomorrow morning, residents are concerned the flooding is going to get worse. tom? >> linzie jan us for us, 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 hard tonight. >> 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. >> rock it back and forth. >> reporter: the weekend timing -- the ghost town appearance. a huge advantage for crews trying to clear roads. but even firetrucks and ambulances needed help in the

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 six times? >> around 10 times! >> 10 times! 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 them car accidents. and hundreds of thousands of vehicles 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 walked for pizza. >> i just want to get home! >> reporter: jeremy hanawalt escaped that turnpike after 15 hours. >> they could have gotten people

>> 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. 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. the crews are building hills, minimountains and it's snowing and blowing. making it hard to see the u.s. capitol. tom? >> david, thank you. the massive snowfall is burying buildings and homes. look how fast it piled up outside this pennsylvania home. by dawn, everything in the backyard buried. it can cause stress. everything you can do to stay safe. >> reporter: tonight, the massive snowfall pushing neighborhoods to their breaking point. in suburban virginia 30 inches and counting.

crew -- stuck. i'm 56 hm. 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 like 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 happens when you get past two feet. you start to wonder how much it can hold. >> reporter: the snow so heavy this gas station roof caved in. this historic theater in 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 and winds downing powerlines. our phillip mena is in north carolina.

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: officials there warning people to steer clear of lines which could be live. another deep snow danger, carbon monoxide. with so many struggling to u uer 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 players to stay inside for safety. many of the people we spoke to said they have giveveup on getting out until the snow starts to melt. tom? >> thank you. let's turn to someone who will not spending a lot of time indoors. rob marciano joining us from junior station in washington, d.c. you are almost buried there in the . how much longer will the storm last? >> we are still under blizzard

it's still coming down sideways here and winds over 35 miles per hour and the visibleilityies remain low. quu 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 want list and j jt outside of d.c. to the west, nearing 40 inches 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 american through the overnight period and then things begin to end from twoes east as far as the snow is concerned. be all done by midnightt 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 goefs, going by train there is a limited amtrak schedule, the only way to get around. >> it looks like people will be buried. thank you.

ristie off the campaign train. canceling events in new hampshire and driving back last night because he couldn't get back. he has been home monitoring events and meeting with advisers. donald trump whipping all new controversy with a violent joke about sheeting people on fifth avenue. another new yorker talking about joining the race. and major endorsements tonight from the des moines register. cecilia vega has it from iowa tonight. >> reporter: the controversial remark this time came in the form of a drag. >> i could stand in the middle of fifth avevee and shoho voters. it's incredible. >> reporter: donald trump under fire once again. himself. i have no intention of shooting anyone in the campaign. >> reporter: but the brash

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>> trump taking to twitter. >> 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. i'm putting my mom on that one. >> reporter: and another big endorsement coming in just right now. from the des moines register newspaper. its pick for the race, mark coe rubio on the gop side. hillary clinton for the. >> dave:s. michael bloomberg believes he has until march to get in the race. he have could miss the caucuses here nine days away. >> thank you so much. we have so much more on "world news tonight." up tent, the frantic man hunt forhere's three men who escaped from a southern california jail. why they are considered

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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 the spaces we consider its own. how a city cleans up nice in a snowfall and it belongs to other species who try to keep outf the way. so they went for a stroll down an empty avenue last night. this was washington, d.c. but people came out too, plunging in, playing. when not plowing. and this set of three kids all dressed up. will they ever remember this day? and the silence a big snowfall brings. with the sound track turned down, everything a different way. and the guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier. sure it's cold outside when the world looks like this.

bigger than this can get us all to stop and listen why we wait for the sun. john donvan, abc, 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.

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