that major win cyclone of sno and ice exploding right now. slamming the east coast. blizzard warnings from north carolina to maine. cars spinning out this morning. a police officer rescued and ice possibly causing this train derailment down south as parts of the atlantic ocean freeze over. schools in new york philly and boston shut down. thousands of flights canceled. now more than a foot of snow is coming and the coldest air of the season is moving in. we're live up and down the coast tracking this monster storm. and a storm brewing in the white house over that bombshell new book. president trump's lawyers steve bannon cease and desist former top adviser attacks trump's family, calls don junior's meetings with russia treasonous and says the white house is facing a category 5 in robert mueller. trump firing back saying bannon the man he once called friend has lost his mind. the president's former white

house communications director anthony scaramucci is here live only on "gma." good morning, america. well that monster storm is starting right now and in some parts of the country they're seeing the most snow they've had in nearly 30 years. >> a live look at ocean city maryland, dangerous wind condnow,he east coast and here new york seeing thet winter bomb cyclone. that's a live look at the roads in long island.e closed across the northeast. 15 states in the storm zone. >> asan imagine our team is spread out up and down the east coast and ginger will start us off outside our studio here in times square so ginger what is the latest? >> so here in times square it's started. my eyes are already watering and you can see a little bit of slick snow. this is only the beginning, guys. this whole day most of your thursday going to be full of snow and ridiculous wind and then eventually ridiculous cold.

now, this thing, you've heard the term bomb. that's been the meteorological glossary for almost 40 years nearly bombing out now meaning we've seen 20 millibars drop and the pressure gradient in six hours this. is rapidly intensifying. snow flying from north carolina to maine at this hour. those blizzard conditions and warnings for that go all the way from new jersey and virginia up along the coast including parts of massachusetts and maine and that is where we have to start this morning by going to a place i hourat's our he is in norfolkinia. gio. >> reporter: hey there, ginger offs here are calling this a brutal snowstorm. tens of thousands of homes are already without power and it's in large part because of these wind gusts that we're feeling. a look at this wide shot we have here because i'm walking right now through about five inches of snow here maybe even more and we're talking about wind gusts of about 55 miles per hour. those are intense winds, so it's only going to get worse here.

this morning, that winter bomb of snow and ice going off creating a mess in the mid-atlantic. virginia in a state of emergency. cars stuck as the snow piles up. one driver desperately trying to dig out. whiteout conditions a nightmare for early commuters. >> hold up all right. >> reporter: for parts of the northeast the storm is just getting started. early this morning a truck in southern new jersey lost control jackknifed and flew off the road into the woods completely engulfed in flames. the woods and a nearby home catching on fire. schools in new york philadelphia and boston closed today, boston anticipating a foot of snow? we're out there on the roads and will be ready for the storm. we have 40,000 tons of rock salt ready. >> reporter: after a week of subzero temps parts of the atlantic ocean frozen solid. watch as giant chunks of ice pile up a in the outer b now back her the good news is we'raney notssing by here so people

are heeding those warnings staying indoors. but really what comes next after this is that bitter cold. that deep freeze that people have to deal with. you know the power company has been trying to be out here restoring the power to all of the homes and businesses but they're having a hard time because of those very intense winds, george. >> what we're seeing wind gusts hitting 39 miles an hour but in some places they c approach hurricane force? >> reporter: yeah close to it george, because i mean it's crazy to think about. we've already felt 55-mile-per-hour winds, close to 60 miles per hour so this is just intense. that's the big story here the wind associated with this storm. >> okay gio benitez, thanks very much. >> george toabc's victor oquendo in asbury park new jersey picking up strength and not only concern about the snow and powerful wind but coastal flooding. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. all of that is a concern. conditions only getting worse

out here. the wind and the snow dramatically have been picking up just over the last few hours. if i turn my head that way you can see it is whipping right across my face here. to get an idea there was no snow. all of this dropping over just the last few hours here. the gust of wind right now between 30 miles an hour right there but could get to 50. you can imagine what that will do to the coastline and beach here. right now those waves between four to eight feet and the conditions, robin, only getting worse. visible is at an all time low, robin. >> i know it's difficult for you to talk out there in those kind of temperatures but talk a little bit more about the potential for coasting flooding there. >> reporter: yeah there is a huge concern because high tide is just starting to come up and will only get worse over the next few hours here under a coastal flood advisory robin. >> victor thank you. >> that is new jersey. new england bracing for the worst of the storm, eva pilgrim is there.

she is in boston right now and i see her got a big pile of salt behind you. >> reporter: oh yeah we are here on the salt right now this morning, george. new england bracing for a battle with mother nature. they are expecting to get the highest snow totals from the storm and their big defense is this salt. we're here in boston. i just want to give you a little perspective as to how well prepared they are to deal with it. this is a huge mountain of salt. we're at the largest salt yard in the city. all total in the city they have about of salt readyut overnight they were already there starting get these ro the storm ahead of ity.ay they'll have 700 trucks out there trying to stay on top of the snow as ing people to stay off the roads if at all possi are heeding that warning. schools are closed. the city offices are operating on an emergency basis and a lot of the businesses have already closed. the ones that have not closed those people we talked to this morning telling us they're planning on closing early.

george. >> eva, they know how to deal with snow in boston. one of the big concerns power outages. >> reporter: that is a major concern here the power outages and they're expecting temperatures below zero at least feels like it behind this snow system that's coming through and so there's a real concern that those pipes could freeze and your house could get very cold very quickly. so those are things they're telling people to keep in mind as they watch what happens with this storm, george. >> eva pilgrim, thanks very much. >> keep in mind that's salt. that's not snow but all that salt and it's very much needed because we're seeing just how dangerous those icy, slippery roads can be. already causing accidents throughout the south and many drivers are getting into trouble. even having to be rescued. abc's steve osunsami is in georgia where the ice may have even caused a train derailment. good morning steve. >> reporter: good morning. i want you to take a look. this type of ice and snow is rare in the south but this is

what's blanketing roads here. to put it in perspective we went looking for a snow shovel ice pick something to clean your car off and this putty knife is as close as we could find because they don't really sell a lot of those things down here. 300 passengers on a train from miami to new york became the latest victims of the icy weather overnight when their train derailed a a savannah. got a derailment. >> reporter: frozen switches may have been responsible. >> nearly 300 passengers on board. >> reporter: this no one was hurt. tw the carrailedha carrying bagga to and sent home. >> it will stay cold.y indoors. >> reporte authorities are warning drivers that the roads a this could be in and arounnah police report that more than 220people were hurt in accidents on icy roads. stay off the roadways. drivers on their way from georgia to south carolina overnight were stuck in slow-moving traffic for more than six hours. in a region where snowplows and salt trucks are as rare as

snowflake, driving on the ice is an incredible risk. >> we just slid off the road. >> drive with caution. take your time. >> just slow do >> reporter: subzero temperatures along with the ice and snow have shut down highways and even entire cities along the east coast from the carolinas to south georgia, multicar pileups, spinouts and car wrecks are leaving hundreds out in the cold. >>o get worse as this snow keeps falling. >> reporter: the temperatures are supposed to rise here a little bit and some of this ice is expected to melt a little bit but then a new problem, it's expected to refreeze so this continues, robin. >> it does and it is heading this way and we're experiencing it right now and we have a road cam to show you what the conditions are like here in the new york city area. this is long island and if you don't have to be on the roads, don't. >> you can't go in the air. thousands of flights have been canceled across the northeast. so many airports at a standstill right now.

david kerley at reagan national tracking the latest. good morning david. >> reporter: good morning, george. the airports are being hit hard this morning. right now it's here in the mid-atlantic. of course, that will move into the northeast. here's a look at airports that will be affected today. here in d.c. a couple. philly new york and boston which is going to get a lot of snow as far as total amounts and we are just starting the travel day and already nearly 3,000 flights have been canceled already and newark, new jersey has been hit especially hard nearly 900 flights have been canceled there. of course, the airline saw this coming. they are offering waivers, if you're waking up looking, supposed to fly into an affected area and don't want to fly they will most likely waive the change fee. that's the good news. you can fly another day. the real concern it's not so much the snow in this storm, it's the ice from the cold temperatures and the wind that is going to cause problems at the airports. >> yeah we've seen that up and down the coast. david kerley thanks very much. >> very difficult travel day. maybe these folks had their

flight canceled. i can't imagine why they're standing out here but braving cold temperatures so you got good company out there, ginger. >> i had to have friends. we brought friend as long for me. when you have a storm that's dropped 5.3 inches of know in a place like charleston south carolina, third largest on record you know it's going to develop and it is moving closer to the northeast so let's talk about how much snow you can expect and the timing. it moves through, this is happening now and it moves really quite quickly because it rapidly intensifies and then really new york city up through boston through the afternoon, it starts to diminish then by tonight it's all but gone from new england. what it leaves behind is a foot of snow in the easternmost areas of say, new jersey or lyle connecticut, rhode island there will be a couple of swaths where you se to even three-inch snowfall rates per hour so it's going to come down heavy at times, visibilit be very low with winds and i'm concerned about theoutages going back. let's head back in though to robin. >> you come on in too, ginger.

to the breaking news out west, a 4.4 magnitude earthquake joeling people awake in the san francisco bay area early this morning. let's go to our senior national correspondent matt gutman in california for the latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, robin. that quake struck right beneath the university of california at berkeley just east of san francisco and while it wasn't a huge quake it was shallow, only about seven miles deep so it was felt. residents describe five to ten seconds of rolling as the jake rumbled and as you mentioned so many jolted out of their sleep. check out these products knocked off the aisles at a supermarket. dogs began to bark and alarms went off and what's keeping folk as wake right now is that this quake happened right on the hayward fault which is capable of producing a 7 magnitude quake which could be devastating right under that heavily populated area robin. >> still had to be very frightening for a lot of folks this morning, thank you, matt. we switch to politics and that bombshell book rocking the

white house, michael wolff's "fire and fury: inside the trump white house" features blistering attacks on the president and his family from steve bannon the during the campayn ands furious president t bannon and our seniorndent cecilia vega is here with the explosive details. the white house on a war footing over this. >> reporter: yeah it looks like they already are at war. those lawyers for the president sent a cease and desist letter to steve bannon demanding he stop making what they are calling disparaging comments about the president or his family. behind closed doorshe whiteho critiqued his top aides calling son-in-law jared kushner a adviser kellyanne conway a cry bab former press secretary sean spicer stupid. at the center of the fallout a man once in the inner circle who trump has called a friend former whi strategist steve bannon. >> there's nobody we think higher of than president trump. >> reporter: bannon offering his own accusations between donald trump manafort and a russian lawyer whom they were told had dirt on hillary clinton. bannon called it treasonous un

unpatriotic and he said team trump, quote, should have called the fbi immediately. all in a tell all book "fire and fury" by veteran journalist michael wolff who had unprecedented access to the white house. in it bannon says there is a zero percent chance don junior didn't take the attendees of that trump tower sit-down to meet the president despite the president's insistence he knew nothing about it taking aim at ivanka saying she was a nonevent and became a white house staffer and that's when people suddenly realized she's dumb as a brick. 312 pages pulling the curtain back on the trump administration saying discussed the possibility of running for president herself. the white house calls it trashy tabloid fiction. >> i think furious, disgusted would fit when you make such outrageous claims and completely false claims again the president, his administration

and hfamily. >> reporter: but just months ago trump lavished praisry good steveme.orter: now t going public with ansaying bannon ha with me my presidency. when he was fired he not only lost his job, he lost overnight on breitbart news radio, pt. >> the president of the united states is a great man.rt day in and day out. >>eporter: wolfe g write almost everyone r. trump would not only not be president, they he be not president. even the president himself, wolfe says, didn't think he would win. and his wife was so opposed to the idea she was in tears when he did, though her spokeswoman disputes it. no one is off-limits.n ofcomb-o hair andobic trump ordered white house staff not to touch anything especially his toothbru if my shirt is on the floon the floor and that he had a being poisoned. that's one reason he ate so much mcdonald's the food was premade and nw he was now, the author says he spoke to more than 200 people for this

book. the white house is trying to downplay the access he had saying he was on the grounds of the white house only about a dozen times. aides say the author did have one brief conversation over the phone with the president after the election george but we can't verify any of this ourselves because they refused to release the white house visitor logs. >> right, but even a dozen visits to the white house in the first year is actually quite a lot for an outside journalist. on another matter as this was happening we learned overnight the president disbanded the commission he set up to back up his false claims about voter fraud in the last election. >> reporter: exactly. they say so many states are refusing to participate in the investigation that's why they disbanded it. you'll remember it was set up by the president after the election based on these unfounded claims that millions voted in the election illegally. there is no widespread evidence of voter fraud. >> cecilia vega thanks very much. coming up we'll talk to anthony sc president's former communications director but first we want to go back to ginger right now. >> george the windchill here is 14. the windchill in west palm this is a deep freeze even

colder air comes behind the storm. the snowy cities brought to you by burlington. >> reporter: good morning everyone snow is buildings off the ocean and filling in better past philadelphia through pa county. at some point you'll get a drop off where you don't see much west. more snow toward the east, that's what we got right now. sky6 live hd showing snow in philadelphia. the main roads are treated and wet, the side streets you can see the snow coverage. 26 is the high.

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>> good morning 7:23 a.m. this is a live look sky6 live hd looking out over philadelphia international airport. the snow is falling across the region. some areas will see blizzard conditions. let's find out what it means for traffic and go to karen rogers. good morning. good morning tam you see the snow-covered roads, cape may county the garden state parkway at the cape may toll plaza. the snow is coming down. the parkway has 35-mile an hour speed restrictions. look at the mess on i-95 columbus boulevard northbound traffic heading toward penns landing, an accident blocking two left lanes we saw a fire truck sliding in as it tried to make a stop just a mess on the roads. only somewhat snow covered it's getting worse over the past 30 minutes. hard toss to see visibility is

down. live look at 309 at church road in flourtown we have an accident blocking the left lane. you can see how slowly traffic is moving with the snow-covered roads and the blowi s tam wherever we look. we'll take a short break and come back to find out the latest from accuweather.

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6abc on our nor'easter coming up next.

>> good morning everyone i'm matt o'donnell, this is extended weather coverage from "action news," our coastal storm has arrived it is pummel part of the region. >> it's an accuweather alert morning. some spots will see blizzard conditions. >> philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools are closed others acron new jersey and screen and 6abc.com. >> of course, we have team coverage of the

we've got a jersey shore, jeanette reyes inland in new jersey. jeff chirico in newark, delaware. wendy saltzman giving you a sense of what things are like in philadelphia itself. >> first up, weather and traffic with david murphy and karen. good morning. >> reporter: a lot of roads seem passable but things are changing roads around here are getting tough on the highways. >> reporter: we'll show you storm tracker 6 live in a second, i want to start you with a series of winter alerts. a blizzard warning is in effect in coastal counties in south jersey and delaware the heaviest snow and the strongest wind gusts and the poorest visibility where you see the red. winter storm warning in all counties on the delaware valley. fairly significant snowfall and drifting snow. it gets less in the purple counties. even there where you get snow you have to slow it down. the nor'easter is getting clong in intensity starting to push the snow bands through the western portions of the region. as we look at storm tracker 6

live double scab, you can see we're seeing snow fill in more as we were expecting we would. in the western suburbs we're seeing the cut off, we light snow roads covered q w will push to theest. getting it down the shore already 6 inches on the ground in spots in cape may county county and sussex county delaware. roads are getting worse we're seeing the snow fill in and intensify. future tracker 6 showing you between now and the rush hour on to 10:00 a.m. we're looking at heavy snow in south jersey. fairly significant snow close to philadelphia and much less snow toward reading and allentown and lancaster. that will wrap off the coast then and start to move east of philadelphia later this afternoon. it stays cold today temperatures hovering in the mid 20s there's the snow hanging on past 3:00 p.m. and moving toward the east. wind gusts inland 40 to 45 miles pee you the digits it will be

worse down the shore. karen, what do roads look like. >> reporter: we are starting down the shore the garden state parkway, ocean city, you can barely see the tire tracks. these are areas where plows have come through salt trucks have come through completely snow covered, take it easy. we have two problems southbound on the parkway near wildwood. northbound near ocean city we have the right lane blocked and 35-mile an hour speed restrictions on the garden state parkway, you can see why. inland, winslow township, camden county. an area we looked at earlier it looked like it was okay, we can see how it was snow covered, as well. things have changed we can see how it's deteriorating. if you have to stop, that's the problem. this is the ac overe 73. snow covered here and speed restrictions on the ac expressway. how about i-95 kind of hard to his in the shot.

that's the other points, the visibilities are starting to drop. penndot zoomed in, you can see the flares set up, tire tracks on snow on the roadways. fire truck came up and started to slide stop. it's slick out there. expect the delays, northboundan t vine looking slicker than before people traveling more slowly. 422 approaching oaks you can see the camera shake in the winds. we've snow-covered roads we're watching as we have cars fishtail see how they are moving slowly. a lot of people were sliding as they come off the ramps. we have snow covered roads and even where the plows cleared it's slick once again. let's take you to where the down. we rawlins in somers point, new jersey, the with the snow totals and blizzard conditions and you know what it

feels like, john. >> reporter: it is rather stinging out here, karen and david used theord intensify for the storm.you could feel it in the last 45 minutes or so, the windicd up snow is blowing around so much it's hard to tell how much accumulated. idea visibility. it has dropped in the last 20 minutes or so, the stoplights or traffic lights down the road are not that far away, but we're having a hard time, you can see the tail lights of the vehicle going southbound on route 9 a main road they fade pretty go down the road. it is snow covered at this point. that's despite the application repeated application of snowplows are they have come through here, as soon as they plow it fills back up quickly. hard to tell how much snow seems to blow around the a lot. i'll conclude as we concluded before, this is a cold, windy

snowy day at the shore. it doesn't seem to be any better in fact to use that word, it has intensified you can feel it as you stand out here for very long. live in atlantic county, johnk to you guys. >> thank you john. and blowing snow is a big problem along the jersey shore. mobile 6 has taken a trip through sea isle city in cape may county. similar conditions to what john has been showing us, this is landis avenue to not see the pavement perhaps the plows have been through we saw them go by, the snow blows back on the roadways it's cold and windy not the day at the beach. further inland up the atlantic city expressway we go, jeanette reyes joins us live from the farley plaza in hammonton. good morning jennette. >> reporter: good morning, matt, it's not a day to be outside unless you have to.

three things that make ther complicated. the first is that the wind is blowing the snow everywhere, it's hard to tell when a plow has gone through. secondly whatever falls on the ground sticks to the ground that's making difficult, and the visibility is incredibly poor. i will step out of the way and show you what i can. they have the people plow the sidewalk it's not helping. they keep coming out and plow it again. the visibility is extremely poor. you can barely see the other side of farley plaza because the snow is so thick exit continues to fall at a high rate of speed i know i mentioned this before, but the snowfall is intensifying, as well. the good news the advice that i felt officials have given if you don't have to go out don't go out. around this time, 7:30 a.m., the plaza is busy.

i want inside and the people usually have long lines at our register. there's hardly anyone inside. it seems people are staying inside. the schools have gone from delays to canceled. the truck drivers are happy to do their jobs, it's a catch-up game to them. impress -- expressway is reduced speed 35 miles per hour. if you're going out it's going to be a slow go. jeanette reyes channel 6 "action news." >> some pe will be goingout, because they have a flight or at least they thought they did. we're getting word what it looks phl flights canceled. that number will go up through the mid to late afternoon until event is over. the being de-iced. that's the number to call, 1-800-phl-gate to check the y flight.

a good idea to call ahead whether you're going out picking somebody up. you don't have to risk the trip. >> mayor kenny a snow emergency in philadelphia, let's turn to "actio we understand we know saltzman live in center city.heavier snow started at avie like we have a fourt o oth it's tell because it's around so much. you can take a look at the roadsat's where we'll see many of the major problems. the city h brunt force of this storm but we do have dropping temperatures and gusting winds liking it feel likegrees in the city. the temperatures are dropping. that could create hazardous conditions the roads are wet that could turn to ice and mixture of slush, as the bands ever snow continue to push through the city.

philadelphia declared a snow emergency, they closed the schools in preparation for the storm. they have 75 vehicles on the road with 4,040,000 pounds of salt. it's a code blue here, the best advice if you can take the snow day stay home, you should do it while the roads are not that bad, seem like traffic is getoads ice over.y, channel 6 "action news." >> we w snow day wendy, but we have to be here for you. >> reporter: one thing we're seeing on the roads, as we get later in the rush, people saying i have to get to work, the traffic is more intense and that's when you'll have all the problems. karen is staying on top of that right now. storm tracker 6 live double scan we're seeing snow push through the region. storm tracker e scan over by the coast you're getting bright white banged that's the

heavy snow. we're getting the white color pushing into philadelphia. look at howe it dries and falls apart and can't push that much farther west throughter county. it's a questiohow far the heavier bands will move, i am going to bump of snowfall totals in philadelphia and the shoreing up impressive amounts by the coast. as we look outside, we have sky6 live hd and we are looking at er city, there you see the main roads like i-95, maybe aitle slushy, but -- a little slushy but passable. you look at the side streets partial snow coverage there, a lot diceyer. the winds are picking up, keep in mind this is an nor'easter, even though it's off the coast it's a powerful enough to put decent winds in the region. we're up to 22 miles per hour that gives you a windchill of 9. got to bundle up if you're

heading out. between now and the end of the rush hour we expect the snow to fill in. we're getting dark shades on the model right now. you can see at some point there will be a sharp cut off where we don't see anything. in places like reading and lancaster there's been a little bit of coverage. whether you get much more depends on how far west it will push. i think the intense snowfall stays around philadelphia and they immediate counties and then toward the east. by noon, we'll see more of this, by the afternoon we'll see the snow die down and push towar i expect yoovment -- improvement by 1:00 p.m. to 3 to 4:00 p.m. in the eastern half of the region. we're up to 6 inches in wildwood and sussex county, delaware. i'm 0 going to bump us up 7 to

11. this is the blizzard warning areas. i'm pushing philadelphia and points east 3 to 7 inches which is a slight increase the idea being if the heavier bands push to philadelphia and sit there for a little bit we could perhaps pile up to 7. it's 1 to 3 dropping off pretty quickly in the northern and western suburbs the way things are looking now and very little beyond that. most intense areas in the coastal counties where we have blizzard warning in effect with poor visibility, snow and wind gusts. 50 to 55 miles per hour wind gusts along the oceanfront. 45 to 50 inland. and the rest of the us dealing with 40 to 45-mile an hour wind gusts that could bring down wires and tree branches. even after a street has been cleared you might see it getting blown over a little bit. at the shore blizzard conditions possible power

outages and minor flooding to boot. temperatures are cold, highs in the mid 20s the snow tapering off in philadelphia. high temperatures across the region in the upper 20s. windchills will be close to the single digits if not in the single digits most of the way. we see a thrust of arctic air blowing in friday and saturday, the coldest air of the season especially saturday night no intriez -- no surprise. windchill watch in effect this evening, until saturday afternoon windchills particularly on the slopes in the poconos could go as low as 20 below. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 26 is the high a snowy start. snow winding down during the afternoon, blowing and drifting snow a possibility and shovel out there, 26 is the high. feeling worse and friday and saturday an accuweather alert for bitter winds and arctic air

returning to the region. looks like we'll be windy on friday a high of 18. windchills around zero or worse. an overnight low of 8. frigid and brisk saturday with a high of 17. overnight low of 2 which if we hit that would set a new record for the date in philadelphia. sunday the winds fall back a little bit but not a whole lot better. sun giving way to clouds, brisk and cold 20 degrees. monday afternoon 38 degrees, mixed precipitation rain, ice and snow. tuesday, 41 where we dip back -- 41 before we dip back again. we have to deal with snow and arctic air friday and saturday. >> aren't you full of joy. 7:44 a.m., more live coverage of snowstorm is up next. >> our reports from southern delaware is that the plows are having trouble keeping the roads

clear. we'll check in with jeff chirico in the first state next. >> reporter: it's kind of hard to see visibility is tough out here. roads are snow covered.l take you on a camera tour coming up next.

welcome back taking a live look mobile 6 actually there's two of them out there right now making its way 'long route 38 in moorestown, can you get down the road? you can. increasingly you c the white and the blacktop. you have to take your time. it's slippery out there if you don't have to get out you're in the best place possible sitting inside watching 6abc. >> reporter: we're looking live at 422 look at this jammed traffic. this is one of the spots you can see the road cover. you can see the road there not snow not completely conferring

it you're jammed solid people moving along eastbound toward king of prussia. we have a second accident on the shoulder that's causing problems we've been watching 422 in particular, people kind of fishtailing as they try to move along. in solbury, bucks c have aquatung road closed here. i-95 columbus boulevard we're watching traffic right here, it's kind of hard to say but up ahead you can see the flashing lights. we have an accident blocking two left lanes. watch for delays north of the walt whitman bridge on i-95. we saw a fire truck come up and stop and slid a little bit. you have to be careful. in mercer county we have a jacked knife tractor-trailer on the turnpike southbound past exit 7. you can see the snow on the

parkway. they are dealing with the snow in cape may county. in cape may county you're getting the worst of it. i love that people are tweeting me their pictures this is how daniel connor watches the 6abc snow day. he is taking a nap and the dog is paying attention. this is luna, i'm not really shore i want to go out. keep tweeting your pictures so we can see how your spending the snow day. half mile visibility in atlantic city, toms river and philadelphia. if you're traveling around, that's a problem is visibility. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we have snow covering most of the region it's along the coastline where it's brighter that's where you're getting the heaviest snow and obvious the bigger issues when you're traveling anywhere you're seeing problems on the road. take it easy. >> let's see what things look

like in delaware. jeff chirico is live in newark in a service plaza along i-95. at 4:00 a.m. there wasn't much out there what is it like now jeff. >> reporter: not only is it snowing, it's windy which is adding to the misery perhaps for people out and about today. because of the reprieve we saw earlier this morning that has tempered the snow totals. we have an inch, inch 1/2 in newark. i-95 some are moving slower, the traffic is going without any major problems. deldot said they are able to take care of the roads, they are for the most part clear and smooth sailing. of course the side streets and secondary roads are a different story and could be slippery. take precautions with that. there are two stories going on in delaware, not just here in newark where things are

manageable but 80 miles south of here on i-95 it's a different story. we have lower delaware, more than 6 inches of snow, we're told there are near whiteout conditions according to deldot officials. not only that they did report a wind of 55 miles per hour at a bridge near the coast. a much different story down there. they are having a tough time trying to clear the roads there and let traffic pass. there are definitely two different stories going on here, as i'm talking here we're getting a gust of winds and snow in our faces. we're expecting things to get worse and more snow to fall. fortunately, schools are closed and ghomplet -- government offices are closed and that's giving crews an opportunities to clear roads. >> we'll have a final update on

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>> welcome back this is new viewer video from stone harbor, cape may county. you can see street signs whipping in the wind as the snow blows around. >> that is pretty if you -- furious right there. >> action cam was on this scene ltimore pike. glenolden, snow covering the parking lots along the 2600 block of mcdade boulevard. >> the trouble is the snow is blowing around and visibility is an issue in the city. it's hard to see let's take a look and see what it looks like, you're hardly moving here on 422 east of 29. you head out you think i could do this, look at the westbound they are moving okay. two accidents eastbound that's causing problems right there.

you're seeing the slow go. let's switch our camera view, 42 northbound traffic on the left moving okay as you head out. you see the snow is covering the roadways here. you have to be careful as you head out. we've seen the salt crews and plows out. this is the garden state parkway approaching somers point in ocean city. you can see the snow is completely covered as you head out. the visibility is way down. the that's what we're seeing there. trenton line we have a delay route 35 suspended. we're seeing a number of buses running on detours. high speed line snow schedule. new jersey transit cross honoring tickets. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan, snow is filling in through delaware counties and bucks and montco. the farther west you go it's notas

intense thehe many of the it into philadelphia. we think there will be enough to give a decent amount of snow before everything is done this afternoon. speaking of the timing now and noon you can see that it's still snowing mainly fromthe east, not as much to the west. there will be a sharp cut off where you're not getting as much to the west. it does filter to the by 4:00 p.m. an adjustment in the last hour to the novel 7 to 12 inches in the coastal counties. 3 to 7 possible from philadelphia and the immediate suburbs over halfway into south jersey, that will depend on how far the heavier bands make it. i don't expect as much in the western suburbs, 1 to 3. you'll have a drop off where there is anything north and west of that. >> to recap. the weather along the jersey shore really stinks. this is a live look from the action cam, somers points new jersey that's inland from the jersey shore. look at the snow blowing around,

the roads clear i'm sure the been through a couple of times maybe more than that. this is where the the coastal storm is. >> the traffic is moving swiftly in newark, delaware. you can see the roads covered with snow, karen reminding us the wind is intloag the snow back over the road. visibility is an issue, no matter where you are it is a good idea to take your time and not goess you have to. >> we'll go back to "good morning america," but we'll have updates throughout that show and special early edition of "action news" at noon, we'll update you on facebook and twitter. that's special edition of "action news" back to you.

good morning america. it's 8:00 a.m. winter bomb cyclone. that monster storm of snow and ice is exploding right now. major warnings up and down the east coast as parts of the atlantic ocean are freezing over. schools in boston philly and new york shut down. thousands of flights canceled. we are live from the snow zones.

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i don't know if these folks haveng to smile about but can on thiswy thursday morning. up and down the east coast in t that winter storm, the south seeing rare snow some you know got to ost of it. this video came in from south carolina. why not. a snowman on a surfboard. >> he looks happy. of course the snow is hitting the northeast very hard. blizzard conditions in some areas and ginger tracking it all. >> here in manhattan we've seen 30-mile-per-hour gusts. jfk, 40-mile-per-hour gusts. these folks don't care. they're happy to be out here in times square but it's going to get worse, guys. it's going to get a lot worse. there is a band that we see moving through long island that could add to to three-inch snowfall rates and officially have done it bombed out. since 11:00 p.m. the pressure in this storm has dropped 32 millibars to right now. so it's happened and you can see it it looks very circular. you can see that cyclone formation and have the blizzard warnings in place, that snow all along i-95 and to the east.

blizzard means you not just have snow but of course gusts of 35 plus for three plus hours. some will see blizzard conditions for five six, seven hours at a time. look at some of those later, 72, atlantic city. montauk, 58 and 63 for nantucket. it's happening in the midst of it but it is going to be here at least in new york city through the early afternoon. let's head back in to robin. >> i don't think he can ride his bike. he was walking it. so glad you got the folks in that shot because they have been out there. >> they moved. >> wabc's amy freeze on the road in new york driving into the storm on long island and, you're already seeing some accidents, i can imagine, amy. >> reporter: yeah a dozen here in suffolk county as the morning has gotten underway. schools are closed and businesses are closed. this is not just a majorut potentially a v dangerous one if you're traveling. let us get you out on the roads

westbound making our way back to new york city after going to exit 68 which is almost the end of the long island expressway and people are out roadways trying to make it to whly have to be. we're going out about 30 miles an hour and these roads were early treated with a brine to be blowing sno when you've gothe blizzard warning those winds continue put the snow back on the roadways even when the snow lets up. the other complicating factor is going to be the very low temperatures. when you get so cold salt really doesn't work. you've got to keep the plows out there clearing roads and when you have blowing snow it's difficult to do. we noticed they started to sand some of the ramps so getting on and off the long island expressway sand will help to do that. in places like new york city they don't use sand anymore because it clogs the sewer systems so this is going to be one where you want to stay off the roads and home because it is just that dangerous to be out on the roadways. we continue to see these conditions worsen by the minute. >> we could see that.

>> live from the road cam monitoring the conditions back to you. >> let me give a sh all the people at wabc your colleagues. you guys do a great job, you're the station we watch in new york city and you are always on top of it. got in bright and early or dark and early this morning so amy, for folks who don't know her, that is her name amy freeze is her name. >> amy said to stay off the roads if you can. a lot of people have to be on the roads. we have tips now about how to stay safe and warm. you know the arctic blast can take a real toll on cars as well and t.j. is outside with an automotive expert audra fordin to show us how to keep your vehicle up and running. >> women auto. as you know audra fordin this, is something we heard. rex, because of visibility something we don't think about, a simple thing you can do before you take off. >> we have our ice scraper and our brush out so just swiping the ice and snow off the headlight will give you visible. it's as simple as that. >> something we don't think to do. we always wipe this off, the

windshield. we don't want them frozen. >> the best way to prevent wipers from freezing, putting a plastic bag over the wiper, putting a rubber band to it and it won't stick to the windshield. >> you have to do it the night before. >> and to remember to pick up the wiper blade like you see here. >> something we do every time our car is covered in snow and ice, we blast it on full blast, right? >> actually no all you get is cold air blowing in your face. what you need to do is be patient. the heat will generally from the engine naturally warm up the cabin and you just have to wait. that willn organically. what you could do with air conditioner because it's a dehumidifier that will take of the air. but that's cold tip, crack the window open a little bit. >> you're telling me to turn the air conditioner and cracks 10 degrees.oot both. >> should thi car overnight. >> that.

pets and carbonated beverages. otherwise you're going to be left with a big mess if the explode. another good thing to take out also your elics. the moisture can do damage to the screens. >> and the things we should leave in the car, though that we should possibly have in the trunk. >> let's go take a look. things that you should leave in the car are a blanket in case you're coal. you've got your nonperishable . like is to have a shovel in there in case you'rave to wait inside your car, r to shove out the exhaust so that the fumes don't actually go back into the cabin while you're sitting in there. >> some of the things we don't think about. >> some things people might be worried about the fuel doesn't freeze anymore. yoorry about that. >> a long time ago we used to have dry gas. we don't do that anymore because there are additives and ethanol is a drying agent that's already put into our fuel. >> so there you go george. happy driveing. >> a lot of good advice there. >> always great to have audra but, t.j. your momma is going to be mad. you don't have a hat on.

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wow! [ cheers and applause ] what a great crowd that we have here. >> happy to be inside is there to be inside. i love how some folks still have their hats on. i seal's heat it up with "pop news," lara spencer. >> hi good morning to you all and to you, we begin with reese witherspoon announcing yet another project on the sunshine production company is burning bright. up next is a thriller drama series for apple based on the true crime novel "are you sleeping." octavia spencer will tar in and executive produce alongside reese and book to film productions are a successful formeat for reese.

"wild" and "gone girl" are based on popular novels that series "big little lies bookf or embevery waway. share her news always because she is such a kind person hard said you'll be there. >> i'll be there. i'll have it for you mondayhere all night long with the stars. i don't know what i'mearing.. alhis morning, for fans of shonda land creator shonda rhimes confirming i'm excited about be a crossover this season featuring "scandal" characters ing up oth [ applause ] >> love that. >> love it. it will start in an upcomiepisode ofnd move seamly seamlessly to the other show. script shared by shonda where olivia pope meets annalise keating shonda posting, people it's happening! i love this. she added the hashtag how to get away with scandal. very clever. well, i mean -- >> what i love about this woman, she keeps it fresh. she's always got bright ideas.

she's so creative. >> look for this, guys closer to the end of the season and it will be a two-hour tv event, i'm sure we'll be talking about it. [ applause ] and in writer news, i don't know if you heard it's snowing out so as bitter temperatures wreak havoc around the country it is definitely scarf season. we'd like you to check out the chunky mohair tube scarf. created by bulgarian brand duky dukyana. the human size scarf will run you $280 and find it on their website that specializes in hand knit fashions and yes, i ordered one. here it is. walk in that though? >> let's find out. >> that is not happening. [ applause ] >> dukyana. >> you're writing it down in my whole family will love those.

>> for today that looks pretty good. >> it is a sock. >> in chic mohair they want to you know. you look fabulous. >> thank you. and then just a little happy news for you, eight is enough for a new mom in missouri. that's how many cubs were in this cheetah's litter at the st. louis zoo. look at that three boy, five baby girls. the eight births are said to be the most ever for a cheetah in a zoo and all the cubs and mom are doing just fine. >> see that little face. >> that's all i got today, guys. >> all right, thank you. we turn to our "gma" cover story cold and flu rates spiking across the country. forcing schools to shut down in tennessee. you guys your kids aren't in school today. >> nope. >> a snow day. >> hospitals are overwhelmed and there's even a shortage of tamiflu in some areas. jen is going to talk to us about it. what we need to know. here we are deep into winter >> that's right and the cdc puts out their weekly flu update so we have the latest numbers and

right to the map. if you look at the country, you can see the majority of the country is showing widespread activity and thentivity in sstates. those are the yellows so nothing that we don't expect at this time of the year but i want to show you something interesting and this is why i have these marshmallows. there is some science data so show when it's colder the flu is more viral lent. the outer surface, the warmer it gets the more soft and mushy and easily transmitted. this soft one, easily -- it's a cooked marshmallow, this is frozen. not so easy to crack. part of the reason we see seasonality. >> to late to get the flu shot. >> not too late. in march or aan still get the >> peo'r we a lot of tweets talking about the coal. these coals that just won't go away. >> that's right. and my twitter feed blew up with this last night. people saying they're sick for one week twoweeks, have a

residual cough. a couple of theories. one of the things is remember there are a lot of viruses that cause the common cold rhino kriers, coronavirus so you can just have bad luck and be exposed to different viruses back to back. it could be a new infection caused by bacteria which we call a super infection an it's possible it could be the natural course of that first illness and if you have any pre-existing medical condition and you get better and then you get worse, that can be a warning sign so in some cases you do want to seek medical attention. >> we have as you said how many people sent us messages talking about that. is there a superbug out there as well? >> influenza a. that's the freedom annapolis strain. that's the one circulating right now and if you just get the common cold i want to go some things that are not medically proven but these are what i say my mom, grandmother recommends. they definitely help. stay in bed. increase your intake of fluids chicken soup does have ingredients that actually can help you medically.

there is science behind that. and then over the counter decongestants or pain relievers will help you feel better and some evidence older people who have gotten the flu vaccine have less risk of heart attacks and cardiac events. >> how is the nondrinking going. >> going great. >> people are still -- ? people are really into it. we've gotten a ton of feedback online. >> i love the support. >> when people tell me they hate the coldgh temperatures are good for you, it keeps the flu down, let's do your "g.m.a." moment, we love this from yesterday two-year-old clayton seeing snow for the time. you got to hear him. >> what is this? look. got to be confusing right? >> what is this? is it snowing come out.

>> reporter: he is stunned he couldn't move, clayton is taking it on, wow wow wow, you have to coax him out there it's fun clayton. that's the big picture, we want to get a check closer to home. >> reporter: wouldn't it be nice if this was the first time all of us have seen this. it would be like wow. a heavy sno has arrived in philadelphia. we're seeing snow falling one inch an hour. piling up here and more of the same down the shore. looking outside visibility is getting worse too it's hard to see i-95 in this shot. 26 is the high. ata swy factor blowing the snow aro snow ending in the tomorrow. corey feldman. he has new movie about his relationship with corey haim and they have a story to tell. >> they were known as the two corey, best friends, co-stars and had wild types growing up

together but dark stories of drugs and alleged molestation and now corey feldman says he is sharing part of it in the biopic "a tale of two coreys" but claims there is much more he is holding back. they were the teen heartthrobs of the late '80s. and together c corey feldman starred in films like "the lost boys." and "license to drive." >> it is a license to live. a license to be free. >> reporter: now in his new lifetime movie "a tale o executive producer feldman docum the child stars' lives spun wildly out of control after years of partying drugs and alleged abuse by hollywood insiders. how would you describe your friendship with corey haim? >> volatile. you know every day it was either we were like closer than brothers. or we were at war. >> this was supposed to be our big thing, man. >> we got into fistfights but we loved each other that much. that's what brothers do. >> you said that this film is

the g-rated version of an x-rated story in watered down is this version. >> very watered down. it does veer you from the truth. what you see in the film as the ideal of corey being g ins that's how the lawyers made me say it happened. >> how did it happen? >> well i can't say exactly how it happened because i wasn't there. i would be sued for defamation however i can put it into a film as part of a story line and that's what i intend to do so the truth will be revealed if people donate to my campaign. >> he calls it his truth campaign. an effort to raise $1 million through crowdsourcing to fund the real film he wants to produce, one he says would include allegations of past sexual abuse several hollywood men, feldman has already publicly named two men he claims molested him when he was a teen but says he knew of alleged abuse by other men as well. >> so you know the names of the men who you say abused corey haim your friend. >> yes if that you witnessed them quocking into a room and corey then telling you what

happened.oelling me beforehand, hey, this happeneto is what happened to me when i was 13 years old. and this is why i am the way i am. that needs to be told. that person who did that damage to him and raped him at 13 years old needs to be exposed. >> will you profit from this film. >> i mean hopefully if i'm lucky. i deserve to. don't i? i'm a director and an actor. i have to get paid for my work. >> feldman claims some of that money he raises will go toward the film production and charity. do you understand your charity. so many women have come forward and told their stories without any security teams or without any legal -- >> but those women, half of them got paid off. i didn't get paid off. i was -- >> not all of them. >> i said hthem. >> if your goal is to protect other children and stop it from happening why wouldn't you release all the of names? we are in totally new wears. when you say something you're believed in a way you weren't before. >> okay that's nice of you to say. so when the lawyers come after

me and they start harassing me will you be there to defend me? the bottom line is i'm not an accuser. i'm a vic and i'm a survivor. i have done what i have done to try and help other people it's true but at the end of the day i'm a producer of a movie. >> feldman says he has not been offered in he protection to defend him if he were to reveal more names. >> i am making the movie to expose my truth. i'm not just going to throw it out there and be slain down. if you or anybody else wants to tell me that you're willing to give me the legal protection that i need let's >> now t 46-year-old says he is continuing his fight to honor haim who died of pneumonia in 2010. >> what do you think corey haim would say about what you're doing and trying to accomplish. >> he's the one that asked moo he to do it. he asked me to do it. for his memory. we were two normal kids that want life together mature to i never tried a drug until my molester gave it to me hencefort if i hadn't been put with

molester i would never have done drugs. i would never have been arrested. i never would have had these terrible things happen in my life and we will be having a very different conversation today. >> he told police about his abuse back in 1993, he says but an investigation was never pursued after apparently missing for years those recordhey were last .and turned over to the lapd. g a new investigation is launched ithose men on the "a tal coreys" premieres january 6th on lifetime. >> sounds like we'll hear a lot more. okay amy, thanks very much. coming up important to protect your kids online. some easy setting changes that can make a huge difference.

>> good morning, it is 8:27 a.m. this is a live like from sky6 live hd, a reminder philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools are closed as you look at the scene. suburbs schools are closing scrolling at the bottom of the screen and 6abc.com. let's go over to karen rogers and get the idea. >> reporter: it's not pretty, looking the schuylkill expressway the vine street expressway we have an do police and ambulance on the scene. this is blocking the right lane girare. you want to watch for the accident on the schuylkill expressway westbound heavy past uth street to the vine street expressway. visibility

looking live on i-95 pastard academy you see the flashing lights. we have an accident blocking a lane, as well. vehicle spun out facing the wrong way on i-95. another shot snow sideways in bucks even in bucks county is route 1 past 213 southbound traffic an accid cleared. people moving quickly, i don't think i would do that, it's pretty slick. 422 hard to see eastbound we had two earlier accidents that cleared, tam. >> thank you karen. no to david murphy whose got his eye on the storm. >> reporter: snow buildings in more steady in philadelphia. storm tracker 6 live double scan tam, you can see bright why snow bands coming in off the ocean one has migrated over to philadelphia. it's lighter snow farther to the west, we'll see how far to the west the heavier band makes it. the snow is coming down an inch an hour in philadelphia and other spots. 24 dries in philadelphia stays on that same temperature through

tam, the snow winding down from the 3 to 7-inch range in philast. >> we'll be back with more special coverage. storm, back now to "g.m.a."

and us snowy thursday morning. you know a lot of parents are thinking twice now about what their kids are watching online after that incident with youtube star logan paul so how do you monitor what they're seeing and do those parental controls actually work? we have tech life expert stephanie humphrey with simple steps to help parents and a lot of us are thinking about how did a content like that stay up for as long as it did knowing that it only came off not because youtube took it down but because the actual poster took it down. >> the short answer for that is the sheer volume of content that gets loaded onto youtube every day. 5 billion videos get viewed every day on youtube and they ran into this problem last year with content and they promised to bring their content moderators, their human moderators up to 10,000 this

year but even with 10,000 moderators that's one moderator to every half million videos that gets viewed. >> i have three kids in the house, two teenagers, one a tween and they watch youtube all the time. i'm overwhelmed as a parent. how do i control theirwhat they're watching. >> you can set restrictions on the youtube app. we have an account up here right there on your home page there's that little picturet ou 're going click on that and onc do it's going to bring up your settings so you want to go into your settings and then you see you can set it into restricted mode so you really just turn that on excuse me you really just turn that on but you can see even in the actual description there, it says no filter is 100% accurate. it's based on the users that actually report abusive or offensive or inappropriate material so you're still going to really have to keep track of what they're watching but this will help. >> what's the difference between youtube kids and youtube. >> so there are two separate ps.

youtube kids is specifically for the little ones and you will have to go in there and set those settings as welle to the bottom of the design where you see that littou get in there you're going to have to set a passcode so this is so the tnd ohrough you'll head settings and what you want to be looking for here is that search feature. you want to turn that off because don't to have the ability to search all over the network. you just want them to watch what you want them to watch so turn that off and that will help for the kids. >> you're showing us this on an are the phones different. >> the phones are different but android devices do have similar functionality. >> here's my next question. i just mentioned phones. my kids have their owndevices, they have their own pass codes. so how do you have -- i mean i just feel like they're going to turn off any settings because they know how to do it because it's their phone. >> on their iphone x phone, what you can do is go into settings you can hit that general option and then if you see the restricts you choose that can enable

it so yoully set your own passcode to enable what they can do and see on the phone. >> on their phones? on their phones, yes you can set this on their phone so you can enable or disable a lot of the phone's functionality. but there is also content blocking on the iphone as well for music and tv shows and websites. hit the website button you can see you can limit adult content or set it for specific websites only and apple actually suggests a few family friendly ones but you can add to the list so if you think youtube they can't horrible parent because i have never seen any of those things. i learned a ton. three women who made amazing transformations and are now half their size when we come back. [ applause ]

i'm back on "good morning america" and we we're excited for one of the most anticipated shows of the new year, roseanne is back with the original cast featured in the new issue of intermittent weekly. we got an exclusive sneak peek. i love it, i can't wait to see the show to come back. let's get a check closer to home. >> reporter: the story is the snow in the delaware and lehigh valleys we have a heavier band in philadelphia and delaware

county and pushing into chester county. heavier stuff at the shore as well. 26 is the high, windy and cold today. or looks fantastic on you. >> i was saying i got a lot of it on. >> i mean, prettiest pregnant woman over. four days old the new year some are thinking about giving up on resolutions but we have a little inspiration. three women who challenged themselves to get healthy. they're featured in "people" magazine's half their size issue and we'll meet them but first stories. >> sara clout battled body issues. at over 300 pounds she hit a breaking point after giving birth to her first daughter. >> i knew that at that weight i wasn't going to be around for her whole life. i wasn't going to be able to play with her and enjoy things with her because i could barely move at that point. >> perdue faced the same

struggle fighting her weight for as long as she can remember. >> i would start the besful and gain the weight back. >> reporter:ing an emotional turpining point after a near fatal car accident. >> i remember being immobile not only because of the accident but because of my weight. >> reporter: and a new life to give her motivation to change myt thinking to myself i can barely go up and down the stairs to put him in his bed for a nap. how am i going to keep up with him when he's a toddler? >> reporter: morgan root always led an active lifestyle serving six years in the military. that came to a halt after gaining 80 pounds. >> i got pregnant with my daughter and the back-to-back pregnants is when i put on the weight. >> reporter: the scale climbing to over 250. every extra pound standingust didn't have the energy to keep up with my kids. i was missing out on those moments that you should have with a newborn and a toddler. >> reporter: these three women making positive changes for

themselves and their families ready to show their transformation right now. so we have "people" magazine editor zoe ruderman here sharing the inspirational stories. how do you choose the men and women each year. >> we're look for people who made changes that all of us could make so this isn't about surgery or gimmicks but real hard work. so all of these that's really important. you hear the stories and you're -- >> i could do this? and overcame huge obstacle. >> we'll hear from them. first up is m her before picture right no at how lookch weight she lost. get melody looks like now. you're not going to believe this. come on out, mel. ♪ how you like me now ♪ >> are you kidding me? [ cheers and applause ] i g i'm so happy you. >> thank you. >> all right. so talk toe dieting since middle school right. >> yes? what was the final -- what

finally made you follow through? >> well it was pretty much after i had my accident i had my son and i just wanted to be active. i was sick and being immobile andust bei laying around and i just wanted to beonrods for my win it having thatanld to each day for him. >> yes,y wanted to be with him and play with him and be active and do everything child. >> very inspirational. zoe, i'm sure we can see why you chose melody. >> what's so interesting, it isn't abouto look different but about being aro your children. it's about being be d from polycystic ovary syndrome so that's an even bigger impediment to losing weight for women so there's this i of having huge obstacles t you can overcome. >> truly inspiring. two more. next amazing transformation is morgan root. we'll show you her before picture. are you ready to see how much weight she lost everybody. 128 pounds. let's see morgan now.

[ cheers and applause ] >> awesome. come on down. congratulations. >> thank you. >> all so let's talk about this. you left the military. >> yes. >> to start a family. you said that you needed structure. so how did you find it. >> i definitely needed structure. nutrisystem gave me the structure i needed to eat the right foods to lose the weight fueled some fitness gotarting w and working with a personal traine working out and now i enjoy it. >> how did you change your mind-set? that's what a lot are sharing with you. >> you have to phi your reason and passion. my kids used to be my excuse for why i couldn't go to the gym and now they're my reason for everything i do. >> that's beautiful. so which zoe, you said social media really helps. >> it's really interesting. we hear so many negatives about social media but we heard from so many women in this issue that it was a motivator and held them accountable so when you're posting gym selfies or, you know, photos of what you're eating it makes you not want to

have a cheat day or skip the gym. >> so using social media as a positive and not getting de >> awesome. all right. so we got one more for you. where am i. sara clouter. we have her before picture. we'll show you how much sara lost. wait for it. 151 pounds. are you ready, sara? come on out. [ cheers and applause ] >> yay. so happy for you. so talk to us. what was it that finally you said enough is enough. >> my family was a huge driving factor for me and motivated me so much but when i started group fitness classes, oh, my god, i fell in it is so fun. so much so that i started teaching it opened my own gym and teach it every single day. i love it. >> that's fantastic and a theme we're seeing with all these women being motivated by those you love and wanting to be healthy. >> absolutely. >> but to be around. >> and making small changes for big results, that was really a common theme with all these women. not setting lofty goals you can

little small steps lead to bigger steps like this. listen you ran your first marathon. >> i did. >> amazing. >> unbelievable. [ applause ] how did it feel to cross the line. >> the feeling of crossing the finish line is indescribable. i trained so hard. it was just amazing. i did it with one of my friends because accountability is so important and i just -- i can't even explain the feeling. it was best in the world. >> that got you in great shape for another big victory. you want share with us. >> i'm pregnant. i al ahendn youombring tch. >> thank you so much. >> i want to say to nfsh 16 years. >> yes. >> this has been going on. >> 16 years and we have somelese ] >> everave to "people" magazine's half their size issue tomorrow. and we congratulate you l applause ] and coming upve tasha co "good morning ameri." don't go anywhere.

♪ we are back now with grammy winner, grammy winner tasha cobbs leonard. her album ""heart passion, pursuit." best-selling gospel album of 2017. yes. [ applause ] she's going to perform one of her incredible songs in a moment but first let's get to know tasha a little bit here. how are you doing? >> i am awesome. >> oh, my goodness. your sound check just stopped everybody early this morning.

what is it you think about, it's been number one for many weeks. what is it about this song this music? what it introduces god to people in a situation th thought they were alone and that they may have thought they couldn't get out of but this song says i'm getting ready to see something i've never seen no matter what the situation looks like god is about to blow my mind. >> i'm getting ready, ready for the overflow yes, yes, i love that. [ applause ] and nicki minaj, you collaborated with her. tell people how you got to know each other. >> social media is amazing and you foe god is connecting people through social media and one day she reached out to me and told my how much my blessed my life and did a tweet to 90 million followers saying when you get ready send me the album and i'm going to do 16 bars on a song for you and you have it. >> then she -- she did that. i know now you said if you collaborated with somebody else it'll be celine dion.

>> can you imagine you two together. >> celine i want to sing with you. >> so you know she's still a newlywed. that's her husband right over there, kenneth. all right. coming up in march. so many blessings, here is tasha cobbs leonard with "i'm getting ready." >> whoo! [ applause ] ♪ ♪ eyes haven't seen and ears haven't heard ♪ ♪ the kind of blessings the kind of blessings ♪ ♪ that's hey whoa listen 'cause victory is here ♪ ♪ it kicked defeat out the door god's doing a new thing yeah ♪ ♪ get ready for overflow ♪

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going to we went to everybody. >> good morning, it is 8:56 a.m., let's take a live look from sky6 live hd. philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools are closed. the looking at city hall, you can't see the roads the snow.

in other places you cannot see them because of the snow. >> reporter: absolutely right tam, we're getting more and more problems and not just along the coastline. this is the schuylkill expressway a the belmont. that truck was stopped now moving. this ramp was blocked a second ago. cars were blocking the ramps. they are swerving through the snow. belmont. expressway no accidents at the moment. you get the idea. visibility is tough out there it's hard to see it's slick as you travel on the vine. garden state parkway, as you head toward the coast we have more snow. they shut down sea isle boulevard in and out of the city it's too difficult to travel the area. >> the pictures tell the story. let's get more on the story from david murphy tracking everything for you, good morning. terrace. winds blowing snow around, i

haveft tears tears -- terrace. storm tracker 6 live double scanvy bands, one of theng the coast and one in county. snow.ive accuweather se s of snow stays with us into thedown anywher to 7 possible in the i-95 corridor, more at the. is up next on 6abc. edwards.sp continuing coverage throughout day.

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