the forecast is next. >>> well, northwest indiana, buried under snow and tom buried with a lot of worka busy weekend t is something it -- it is something in indiana and michigan. it is amazing that we did not get the accumulations as predicted. we had ground blizzard conditions. there was an accident out by dekalb and that was repeated across the area. we have pictures of some of the storms. and a terrorist that buryed a car right here as he was driving through the western suburbs. and snow was piled up against a truck in indiana. and some cars in the snow drifts that have piled up over in indiana t is just amazing. 21 inches of snow up in the twin cities that collapsed the metrodome and then we had the snows in the lake snow belts. we managed to be right in between here. we had flurries blowing through. these will not amount to much. the story here is the cold weather. you get the high reflecktivety snow -- reflecktive pack and you do not warm up. so, the big story here is cold. you know what, i forgot my clicker. i have the wrong button. we have the cold weather coming in. that's goi

. >>> chicago's been getting plenty of snow the past few days, but northwest indiana has been getting downright blitzed. dan pompei is live where he finally made it tonight, dan. >> reporter: hi, mark, good evening. yeah, at one point, 70 motorists were stranded. several counties have declared a state of emergency, including porter county where we are. the indiana national guard has been called in to help and snow crews are getting reinforcements from down state. >> you are traveling at your own risk as officials have asked the public not to travel at all. to the plow guys and gals, the country station, indiana 05. >> reporter: local radio station dedicating songs to the workers out all night and all morning. they're trying to keep the interstate open but the wind is creating just as much trouble as the snow. as soon as a stretch of highway is cleared, strong wind gusts up to 30 miles an hour cover it up again. >> i'm slipping and sliding all over the place and my doors were iced shut this morning. so it's horrible trying to get in the car. >> reporter: many people left for work today

. >> reporter: spinning wheels are all over the road in northwest indiana. state police say all troopers were out helping drivers. state police rode in the passenger seats. police say they rescued about one hundred drivers. joe whirl got stuck at 3:30 a.m. >> for us a gentleman with payloadser came out to frame my car and pull it forward, and i'll be able to get to work. >> reporter: the treacherous weather and icy winds kept them out for 12 hours straight. >> been out here since 6:00 last night. cars and snow about five foot high. snowplow stuck. >> reporter: the sideways snow stopped her travels in indiana. >> it took me two and a half hours to go 45 miles yesterday and eventually got here off of exit 240 to get a hotel room and i was one of the last few that got a room. they were setting up cots in the lobby. >>> had that happen a couple of years back up in massachusetts. you have to just ride out the storm. no snow like that in merchandise. we have seen some snow showers west of baltimore. some of this going through southern carol county as you approach

but worst is northwest indiana.much of the day was taken up in counties like porter and lake and digging people out getting people out stranded on u.s. 2 and 30 and interstate 90 and 94. it looks like the snow will keep coming down and the single digit temperatures will make things difficult. we have had a total of dozen deaths attributed to this storm shepherd and the temperature end is not letting up soon. >> not too soon for red-cheeked steve. >>> and get to meteorologist maria. is it getting better? >> the winds will die down in minneapolis and we'll see wind chills improve a bit. feels like 10 below or zero. does it matter it is just cold. there is another system that we will be watching and moving in the pacific northwest coming up tonight and that could be bringing in another round of snow to minneapolis by wide. looking at your current temperatures it is cold out there. 23 in atlanta and that is colder than new york right now with your temperature at 31 and factor in the winds. windy in cleveland and one zer

in northwest indiana, police are searching for motorists. six weather related deaths are reported. airports are trying to get back on track. minneapolis closed for the first time in 19 years. at o'hare, a thousand flights were canceled. >> i may not leave until tuesday. >> reporter: mudslides from record rain falls sent this house down a hill. three had to be rescued. >> they were hysterical. >> reporter: more rain is in the forecast for seattle and more snow in michigan, indiana and points east. football fans won't care, they'll watch the game tonight between the giants and the vikings in detroit. the giants headed to michigan after their flight was diverted to kansas city. sunday's game was postponed and moved to detroit after the metrodome in minneapolis caved in. it was the 5th biggest snowfall in the twin city's history. >>> stay with us for more. woe're always on at wjz.com. you'll find the latest forecast and radar and closings and delays. >>> it appears that the cold weather played a part in yesterday's carbon monoxide poisonings. two are dead and several others are hospita

causing treacherous conditions for drivers in northwest indiana. all roads are a fish with closed. dozens of drivers have had to be rescued. >>> here in the bay area we are in for some changes. >> multiple storms, gasia, over the next few days. some heavy rain as we approach the weekend. we have some clouds and scattered rain showers developing. i can show you this on live stormtracker 2, a series of system that will approach the area right now. as you can see, we have some clouds be there is a slight chance of a shower for late tonight into tomorrow. occasional rain showers in the extended forecast. a fairly good bet that it could be heavy at times. we are talking about clouds and most areas will be in the 50s. you can see pacifica will be at 53 and livermore in the upper 40s. all of the activity is primarily up to our north. to give you an idea, this is heading to the south. here's the plan for your tuesday as this cold front sweeps in. this will cool us off quite a bit tomorrow. the shower activity should ramp up. forecast accumulations of about a quarter of an inch to possibly

in northwest indiana, dozens of cars have been trapped in snowdrifts for hours.lice say that they have rescued more than 60 people so far but tow trucks are getting stuck too. and this area could get ten more inches of snow. it's not alone by the way. check out my big map. there's snow on the ground -- you can see it in the northeast quadrant of the country. even if you're in the clear you may be affected by an air travel logjam that could take days to clear up. that is not the whole story. train travel in the pacific northwest is being affected because of flooding and mud slides. let's take a look at all of this with our good man chad myers who is monitoring the weather and the air traffic, all of which is affected right now. >> i also love the i-reports we've been getting too. if you want to go to cnn.com/i-report, you can see what other people's misery looks like. >> they closed schools in minneapolis. they don't close them for anything. that's the cold. >> they close schools in atlanta because it was 23. so it's all relative. it's where do you buy your gloves

zens of cars and trucks were stuck for hours this morning on snow-covered roads in northwest indiana. snowdrifts created by the wind prevented some rescuers from reaching these vehicles. crews inspecting the roof of the metrodome out in minneapolis to figure out just holong it will take to repair it. the teflon dome collapsed yesterday under the weight of 17 inches of snow. there are now three large holes in the roof and that cave-in forced the vikings to play in detroit tonight. which wasn't good luck for them. the closer home snow in the richmond area made for difficult driving. the virginia policehad to help people getting stuck. it caught most people off guard. we're just not used to this. sdp >> some areas saw sunshine today and now we have a lake effect band coming down. >>rom the potomac? >> interesting you say that, but no, these are lake effect snow showers. any time you see an orange sky like this during the winter months, it makes youthink maybe there is some snow out there. and in this case, you would be correct, there is some snow out there. we're seeing that snow right a

in northwest indiana, police are searching for motorists trapped in their cars. at least six weather-related deaths have been reported. airports across the midwest are trying to get back on track after a weekend of misery. minneapolis closed its airport for the first time in 19 years. and at chicago's o'hare, more than 1,000 flights were canceled. >> i might not get out of here until tuesday. >> reporter: in the pacific northwest, mud slides from record rainfall sent this house sliding down a hill. three people had to be rescued including a 94-year-old woman. >> she was hysterical. they weren't sure what was going on. >> reporter: more rain is in the forecast for seattle today. and more snow is expected in michigan, indiana, and points east. but football fans won't care. they will be watching tonight's game between the new york giants and the minnesota vikings indoors in detroit. the giants headed to michigan after their flight was diverted to kansas city. sunday's game was postponed and moved to detroit after the metrodome roof in minneapolis caved in from the w

take a look at the northwest. indiana, can you see anything there?ey have strong winds with gusts up to 30 miles per hour causing near whiteout conditions. and there's a similar scene in michigan. indiana, where john yang is freezing it out there. >> we're here in the frozen shores of lake michigan, and michigan city, indiana, and when i say frozen shores, i mean it. this is a piece of sand mixed with water. that's frozen solid, a piece of frozen beach. this whole beach is coated with ice. and you can see how the ice has formed. it's water. the waves that had come up onto to beach and were on their way back into the lake that have frozen as they were sort of on their way back down the beach. you look at the waves here on lake michigan, they're relatively gentle or low now. even though it still looks more like the north sea than a lake. yesterday the waves were topping out at 25 feet. the harbor master had to chase out surfers out of the frigid water. richard? >> love john yang. even when it's cold and frozen, he likes to go to the beach. john yang in

indiana. and it's 19 right now at o'hare headed for a 20-degree high today. only in the teens yesterday. 19 at midway airport. 21 at blue island and 15 in northwest suburban mchenryhe windchills right here plotted for you on this man. well, here are the lake snows. still blowing into areas of michigan and indiana. they shifted east where the epicenter of the snow is laporte county and stark county and berrian county still in the snow. areas little farther east are getting in on the snow right now. look at some of the totals here. in indiana it's 50 miles southeast of chicago's loop and about 12 miles east of valparaiso, indiana. they have 33 inches of snow out of this. westival, illinois, 29 inches. laporte 25, too. that's the city. one of the outlying communities had 24/7. new buffalo and berrian county michigan, 18, three. and kings bury indiana had 15.1 inches of snow and blue around and it's still doing that. but not with the gusto it did the last couple of days. this is our model foash of snow through this evening. watch how the area shrinks. that's because of set up is breaking down and makes the lake snow. these are winds where they are bright colors and w

in northwest indiana, police are searching for motorists trapped in their cars. at least six weather-related deaths are reported across the country. >> airports are trying to get back on track after a weekend of misery. minneapolis closed its airport for the first time in 20 years. and in chicago's o'hair, more flights were canceled. >> i might not get here until tuesday. >> record rainfall sent this house sliding down a hill. three people had to be rescued, including a 94-year-old woman. >> she was hysterical. not quite sure what was going on football fans won't care. they'll be watching tonight's game between the new york giants and the minnesota vikings, indoors, in detroit. the giants headed to michigan after their flight was diverted to kansas city. >>> sunday's game was postponed and moved to detroit after the metro dome roof in minneapolis caved in from the weight of snow. it was the fifth biggest snowfall in the twin cities' history. manuel gallegus, wjz eyewitness news. >>> here's good news. tickets to the game in detroit are free. too bad i have to work

going to talk to a couple of motorists stranded by the lake-effect snow, paralyzing much of the northwest indianarea. they were bogged down for more than 14 hours. they're going to share their ordeal and pictures a hour from now. >>> also, this morning, the future of your health care is being debated. from conference room to water coolers. it comes after a big blow to president obama's health care reforms. a federal judge in virginia says it's unconstitution alto force americans to buy health insurance. now, earlier on cnn's "american morning" we heard from virginia's attorney general who brought the challenge to court. >> there's things to do in the area of health reform. i'm sympathetic to that but you have to stay within the boundaries of the constitution and there's no power given to congress or the president to order you and i and other americans to buy any product. and this is never, ever been tried by any congress before and we think it's because they have all recognized they didn't have the power to do this. the judge yesterday recommend d recognized they don't have the power to order us

in northwest indiana -- >> we're trying to keep traffic headed that way. >> reporter: more than 100 cars and trucks were stuck on snow covered highways, drivers who were able to move found that the hard part was stopping. >> this isn't an ocean. this is lake michigan. waves 25 feet high, wind gusts up to 35 miles an hour. americans from the great lakes to florida are in the deep freeze. in chicago, officials warned of the dangerous bitter cold. >> all chicagoans should avoid making unnecessary trips outside. >> reporter: it's all part of a massive winter storm that stranded travelers at chicago's o'hare airport and dramatically deflated the deflatable roof at the twin cities metrodome stadium. a woman in her 60s had to be rescued after her van was spotted in an icy pond. she was taken to the hospital in serious condition. also a man woke up to find that a broken water main had coated his home in ice. the temperature has been dropping, the high today was before sun rise. and they have been chasing surfers out of the water here. >>> on a very serious story now, veteran diplomat richard hol

in northwest indiana, police are searching for motorists trapped in their cars. airports across the midwest are trying to get back on track after a week of misery. minneapolis closed its airport for the first time in 19 years. and in chicago o'hare, more than 1,000 flights were canceled. >> i might not get out of here until tuesday. >> reporter: in the pacific northwest, mudslides from record rainfalls sent this house sliding down the hill. three people had to be rescued, including a 94-year-old woman. >> she was hysterical. she didn't know what was going on. >> more rain is expected in michigan, indiana and points east. but football fans won't care. they'll be watching tonight's game between the new york giants and the minnesota vikings, indoors in detroit. the giants headed to michigan after their flight was diverted to kansas city. sunday's game was postponed and moved to detroit, after the metro dome roof caved in from the weight of the snow. it was the fifth biggest snowfall in the twin cities history. manuel gallegus, wjz eyewitness news. >>> and shivering

in northwest indiana, police are searching for motorists trapped in their cars. at least six weather-related deaths are being reported. airports are trying to get back on track. minneapolis closed its airport for the first time in 19 years. and chicago's chicago's o'hare, more than 1,000 flights were canceled. >> i might not get out of here until tuesday. >> reporter: in the pacific northwest, mudslides from record rainfalls sent this house sliding down a hill. three people had to be rescued, including a 94-year-old woman. she was hysterical. they weren't quite sure what was going on. >> reporter: but football fans won't care. they'll be watching tonight's game between the new york giants and the minnesota vikings, indoors in detroit. the giants headed to michigan after their flight was diverted to kansas city. >> reporter: sunday's game was postponed and moved to detroit after the metro dome moved and caved in from the snow. it was the fifth biggest snowfall in the twin cities' history. >> manuel gallegus, wjz eyewitness news. >> and the last time the dome defla

in northwest indiana police are searching for motorists trapped in cars. six weather-related deaths have been reported. airports across the midwest are trying to get back on track after a weekend of misery. minneapolis closed the airport for the first time in 19 years and at o'hare more than 1,000 flights were cab selled -- canceled. >> i might not get out of here until tuesday. >> in the pacific northwest mudslides set this house sliding down a hill. three people had to be rescued, including a 94-year-old woman. >> she was hysterical. >> more rain is in the forecast for tonight in seattle and more lake effect snow expected in michigan and indiana and points east. but football fans will be watching tonight's game there the giants and vikings indoors in detroit. the giants headed to michigan after their flight was diverted to kansas city. sunday's game was postponed and moved to detroit after the metro dome roof in minneapolis caved in from the weight of snow. it was the fifth biggest snowfall in the team history. >> that snowfall was unbelievable on metrod

this is northwest indiana today. at least two counties there have declared a state of emergency. police crews are out and about rescuing dozens and dozens of stranded drivers. that does not look like fun. also some places in western wisconsin got more than 20 inches of snow. the governor declaring a state of emergency there for all 72 counties of wisconsin. schools there and in michigan and in indiana, they're closed today because of this nasty weather. and no surprise. a lot of people found themselves stranded at the airport. i do not how that is not me last night getting out of indy miraculously. nearly 1400 flights in and out of chicago's o'hare airport were canceled as of late last night. >>> and did you see this? we showed you a live picture a couple of seconds ago. in minneapolis heavy snow calls s. the roof of the 64,000-seat metrodome to deflate. it's like an inflatable roof thing deflated because of all the snow. you can see the snow there on the field. and the gaping hole in the roof. the vikings were supposed to play the giants there yesterday. that game now tonight in

people in northwest indiana are being told to stay off the roads. heavy snow has blanket the streets in porter county where a state of emergency was put in effect. highway crews are clearing those roads as quickly as they can and rescuing drivers trapped in the cars by the storm. >>> in wisconsin, many communities are spending the day digging themselves out of snow. the town of lacrosse was covered with more than a foot of snow. the temperature in parts of that state have been in the single digits with wind chills much colder than that. >>> brighter note, air traffic appears to be rushing to normal after the storm caused about 2000 cancellations across the country over the weekend. bay area travelers got off pretty easy. we just checked with officials here at san jose international airport. they say they have had no delays today because of the weather. after a day of delays yesterday at sfo, the duty manager tells us air traffic is running an hour behind schedule right now but that's because of low clouds here. we also checked in with oakland intern

this is northwest indiana were more than 2 ft.ny places is moving slowly and carefully. they're been a lot of accidents in mississippi for example, five people have been killed but icy roads. workers have discovered that a mixture of salt and b-2s works best in keeping roads clear. in minnesota, they're hustling to get this campus football stadium ready for the viking big game monday. damage to the metrodome from heavy snow is just too expensive to repair on time. people stop talking about what happened in ontario canada. if where a snowstorm stranded hundreds of drivers tuesday on a major highway for the better part of the day. when anxious husband today talked about his concern for his family as he kept in touch by cell phone. >> the toughest thing was keeping their minds occupied so that they weren't realizing that they were caught in the midst of a blizzard. >> at an animal rescue center in georgia there rescuing sea turtles back to health. the coldest taken a heavy toll on them to. a michigan couple is relieved there sit at h

. >> reporter: in northwest indiana, black ice, high winds and six feet of snowdrifts change roads intoots. state troopers had to use snowmobiles to reach stranded drivers who were trapped in their cars in biting cold. joe worl got stuck sunday night. a tow truck got him out. >> technically i'm still stuck because i can't go back north, i can't go west, i can't go east. even though i can move, i can't go nowhere. >> reporter: it's no go for angel too. she's stuck in indiana on her way home from cincinnati. >> one of the last few that got a room and then they were setting up cots in the lobby. >> reporter: in most parts of the upper midwest it is hard to get away from punishing winds, bitter cold, and snowdrifts. the powerful weekend storm dumped 1 1/2 feet of snow across the region, leaving many highways littered with car accidents. traveling by air, you may want to reconsider. more than 1,500 flights were canceled at o'hare airport. >> it's crazy. but there's nothing -- it's the weather. >> reporter: in minneapolis, temperatures are expected to drop 15 degrees with a low of 2 degrees,

northwest. in northern indiana, more than 100 vehicles were stuck on highways for hours yesterday as a slow-moving storm blocked snowplow drivers' efforts to free them. at least 16 deaths have been linked to the storm, which dumped nearly two feet of snow in parts of minnesota and wisconsin before moving into michigan and indiana. last night, the biting temperatures stretched further east with snow in parts of ohio, pennsylvania, and new york. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america -- a missouri man returning after a weekend away found his home as frozen as an icicle. apparently a water main break shot water into the air and then on to his house, and everything around it. add a blast of frigid air and the property literally became encased in ice. though he thawed his front lock with a blowtorch, he says there's no damage on the inside. in fact, the heat, thankfully, works just fine. >>> a washington state woman is lucky to be alive after her suv plunged into a pond. police say the woman was apparently reversing when she went off the road and into the icy

boy, it's really coming down in this area northwest indiana. te, indiana, between south bend and gary. you can see it's still coming down here. some of the state highways and just off the interstates, there are some reports of some motorists stranded because of the severe snow coming down here. we can expect that to continue. not so severe but certainly enough snow to get people worried in nashville and north georgia and some snows now falling across parts of d.c. and virginia beach. most of the northeast with this system by the time the cold air comes in, tonight, most of the moisture will be gone but the lake-effect snows will keep cranking. also watching the system coming into the pacific northwest which will increase the risk of landslides as their soil is already saturated. kyra, back to you. >>> right now president obama is getting ready to sign a piece of legislation designed to make the food we feed our kids better. it's the healthy hunger-free kids act of 2010. on hand as well is michelle obama. she's made health nutrition a big push. p

sheriff says don't know how many they have stranded but many who were stranded along roadsides in northwest indiana may have been there all night, temperatures certainly weren't very comfortable. we're talking about temperatures in the teens and the windshield factors much lower that. we're told that there are -- they are frantically trying to get folks out of vehicles that might have been in them all night in this minty mix of extremely cold temperatures, high winds and blowing snow, jenna. jenna: that can be a dangerous, scary situation, steve. it looks like as far as air travel, though, what are we seeing in the air? >> it won't be much better traveling by air, and here's why. yesterday, because of wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour yesterday, o'hare international airport, which is kind of weather-prone to closing, canceled almost 1400 flights yesterday, so they're going to be scrambling to get those on board, it wasn't any better south of the city at mid weigh, where they had 300 flights canceled there. because they are major hubs for a number of different airlines, southwest, american airlines,

nonetheless, you see how powerful the lake-effect snow bands are into northwest indiana, continuing throughight. some of the know is getting all the way to the deep south. that's created a bit of a scare. bit of a scare from richmond, through virginia beach. just a quick pulse, a back side of the storm that has brought mostly rain across the major cities across the northeast. and i think once the front comes through and the cold air gets in, we're looking at some snow but not enough really to worry terribly, although cleveland is going to get just dumped on tonight and tomorrow. are these kiro shots? yeah. what are we looking at landslides? i have no idea. but ynonetheless -- this is jus outside of seattle. they've got the cherry pickers out there. >> power lines maybe? >> hillside just gave way. that roadway is certainly blocked off. they're trying to clear the way. that's the other issue with the storm coming into the pacific northwest, very, very saturated. that is really close to seattle. >> look at that. >> looks like the southern part of the puget sound, maybe over by the olympic moun

community were closed, because of blizzard-like conditions and right now the big story is in northwest indianaes, which is just east of the city of 0 chicago up along the interstate, a state of emergency on many of the major roadways, out there, like u.s. 30, u.s. 2, and i-90, i-94 and up to 18 inches of lake-effect snow is possible, in this area today and, drifts up to 6 feet on top of the foot of snow, that was yesterday and single digit temperatures and sub-zero windchills along i-90, there are stranded motorists and they are trying to shovel gasoline to spoe folks who are stranded and air travel will be difficult all over the country, because largely, yesterday 1400 flights cancelled at o'hare international airport and 300 cancelled at midway and will stack up traffic almost anywhere you go, and please check before you head to the airport and minnesota, familiar with winter weather but it was too much for the metrodome, 15 inches of snow and high winds bringing down the roof early yesterday morning and the football game will be played tonight in detroit. interestingly enough, i mean, minne

and we had trouble yesterday in indiana, northwest indiana, la port with almost 20 inches of snow.ed temporarily in the roadways there. upstate new york, as well. snows there. below average temperatures, 20 to 25 degrees below average in spots across the northeast. i know it's a time of year, john and kiran, and certainly places like here, cute little towns to do it up right. you have to go into the gazebo to warm up at all. but even when it's this cold and this time of year, it's hard to be happy about the bitterly cold temperatures. back over to you. >> i'm curious as to how you warm up in a ga ze bo open to the elements. >> well, you know, breaks the wind a little bit. it is a little bit warmer here. >> see that? >> half a degree. >> well, it makes more a beautiful picture. thanks, rob. >> if you think it's warmer, it is. >>> he is remembered as america's toughest peacemaker this morning. an accomplished diplomat, richard holbrooke died yesterday. >> ed henry joins us live from the white house this morning. ed, the president set to meet with the afghanistan team today. what's th

indiana today. what is the latest? >>reporter: in lake porter in the northwest corner of the state of indiana, they used every availablerefighter, policeman, and every piece of highway equipment, construction equipment, especially front end loaders to clear the highways of the snow and the cars that were blocked in. in porter county, along the line of 70-plus vehicles and the rescue operation is still ongoing in la porte county as we speak. and although there is this much traffic, votes went out and scoffed quickly that they were going nowhere fast. >> now we have made eight miles in an hour. we are giving in. going home. staying warm. there is an emergency advisory out there and officials say in indiana if you do not have to leave the home forage emergency situation, please stay at home. >>shepard: have all the air traffic snarls been straightened out? >>guest: largely but yesterday was a mess and it was not because of the snow but because of the wind gusting up to 50 miles per hour tying o'hare up in knots and 1,400 flights canceled and another 300 on the south side at midway, and 75 cancellations this morning, and i

the neighborhood of 70, 80 just on a ten mile stretch of u.s. 30 which runs through the northwest corner of indiana, which is the chicagoland area's snow belt if you will, a lot of lake effect that comes off of there. folks even heading out today discovered they weren't going to get anywhere too fast. >> we've been on the road an hour and made about eight miles. >> really. you're giving up. >> yeah, we are giving up. going up, staying home. >> reporter: the folks in laport county, basically the third city east of the city of chicago, those folks are so busy with rescue efforts using snowmobiles to get people out of stuck vehicles they didn't have time to answer questions other than to say they are swamped and every person they have is out on the road on those rescues. megyn. megyn: where are they predicting the storm is heading next? it's not over. meteorologist janice dean, she knows she's been watching. live in the fox weather center, hey, j.d. >> reporter: the cold temperatures you really have to be prepared. if you're stranded you want to make sure you have a little kit in your car of blankets

northwest. >> okay. that's good for us. >> illinois and indiana wrote this for me, so i ought to say something. unfortunately there's always a bad part to these storms. 12 people died so far out there and we know all the congestion from the airlines and the cancellations and the closings of the airports. i think for the first time in something like 12 years they closed minneapolis st. paul. >> you made a good point, gary. we've shown the video of the metrodome roof collapsing. you said this is an extremely large amount of snow for them. >> they got 22 inches in the southern suburbs of minneapolis blowing all over the place and they only get about 44 inches on average in minneapolis and you hear the old wives tale people say it's too cold to snow. that's not right. it's not too cold to snow, it's too dry. >> oh, right. >> the colder it is, the drier it is and the less snow they can get. >> and the cold we're feeling here is part of that system? >> absolutely. it's coming right off the arctic, north pole. >> let me tell you i was outside in between shows, that wind just freezes your face. >> will

caller: here in northwest ohio and seven michigan and northeast indiana, it will be probably teno20 yearsore the economy gets better. right now williams county in ohio, out of 88 counties, has the highest unemployment in the state and we are very heavily automotive industry. as jobs keep leaving the country, people are forced to take pay cuts, cannot buy new cars, so that has a big effect on the economy in northwest ohio and southern michigan and northeast indiana. host: thank you for the culprit from our twiiter page -- there is no money left to bail any one out. arnold, governor of california, will have to figure something out. indiana, good morning. caller: you have a caller three or four that -- income was six under and $72 a month? host: social security. caller: he is a republican? if people wouote their interests instead of their fears, we would get out of this data on a recession we are in. host: thank you for the call. companies siing on cash, not spending it because of concerns about the economy. the story in the business section of "the washington post." companies more willing t

caller: here in northwest ohio and seven michigan and northeast indiana, it will be probably tenor 20 years before the economy gets better. right now williams county in ohio, out of 88 counties, has the highest unemployment in the state and we are very heavily automotive industry. as jobs keep leaving the country, people are forced to take pay cuts, cannot buy new cars, so that has a big effect on the economy in northwest ohio and southern michigan and northeast indiana. host: thank you for the culprit from our twiiter page -- there is no money left to bail any one out. arnold, governor of california, will have to figure something out. indiana, good morning. caller: you have a caller three or four that -- income was six under and $72 a month? host: social security. caller: he is a republican? if people would vote their interests instead of their fears, we would get out of this data on a recession we are in. host: thank you for the call. companies sitting on cash, not spending it because of concerns about the economy. the story in the business section of "the washington post." companie

entire eastern third of the country in form of snow in indiana and ohio and heavy wind and rain as it moves east. meanwhile, in the pacific northwest a different storm. snow melt and heavy rain caused flooding and mudslides in washington state and affected amtrak service between seattle and portland. >> seattle has five inches of rainfall and will see more before the week is said and done. >> reporter: winter's wrath leaving its mark in every way. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. >> mike sidle from the weather channel is braving the snow outside cleveland tonight to tell us what comes next. mike, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. it's more of this cold air and snow. in cleveland we have a brief break from the frigid december and snowy december this weekend, it hit 40. so far this month temperatures are below average. they'll be lucky to get in the 20s for the next few days. more snow coming down. there's the storm that caused the big snowfall in minneapolis. that's throwing down a lot of cold air and headed back to florida. look out on tuesday and wednesday morning in the sunshine state. another freeze. here, th

indiana earlier this week. so it is cold out there and it is bright and sunny. we are in pretty good shape with the northwestwinds that may build to 20 miles per hour at times. we do have single digits tonight. it is the coldest start to a december in five years. that continues to be the case, the only december the five years and only 1-140 years that hasn't produced a 40-degree day by now. there is michigan snow coming into the area. you can see we have a nice hole in the clouds at the moment. as the cold air comes across the lake, we do look for some moisture to start coming out of those clouds that will be developing out over the lake and going into michigan. but we may order -- we may pressure the precipitation on the michigan side of the lake in inches the next couple of days, and that is parceled over a long period of time. here is the snow that fell yesterday and the night before. we wound up about six inches out in the daven port area. we had a dusting last night with seven tenths of an inch in oak brook. and three tenths of an inch at o'hare. here is that storm. see this thing here? it is moving wes