. >> reporter: these are basketball players from duquesne university trying to push their chafter business through thick snow on the new jersey turnpike. they have been stranded since last night. tom wolf is pennsylvania's governor. >> some places two to three inches per hour, and that is making it really, really difficult for us to use all our resources to keep our roads open. >> reporter: tonight, there are more than 2,000 trucks plowing nearly 40,000 miles of state highway here. it is an area almost as big as new york, new jersey, and all of new england combined. overseeing the effort is pin pen secretary of transportation leslie richards. saying this could be the biggest storm we've seen here in 90 years. >> reporter: outside philadelphia, there have been more than 80 rescues of drivers stuck in snow. in downtown, nearly 18 inches made for a playground with street skiers and sledders. bernard chanin wants nothing to do with it. >> i'm well beyond the idea of winter wonderland. you know, there's no romance to a blizzard in my mind. >> reporter: back on the turnpike, duquesne university

with it. >> i'm well beyond the idea of winter wonderland. a blizzard in my mind. turnpike, duquesne university has tweeted, "it is becoming increasingly unlikely that duquesne will be able to leave preparing for another night on the bus. we have been told that pennsylvania's governor is using the national guard and every resource he's got to get that team and those people off of that turnpike tonight. in montgomery county, pennsylvania, where we are right now, the measuring stick shows 22 inches. jim, among the reports of problems in this area, there are ambulances with patients inside of them that have actually gotten stuck in the snow. >> axelrod: david begnaud up to his knees in it in pennsylvania. thank you. david mentioned that 85-mile stretch of the pennsylvania turnpike that is closed tonight in both directions. among those stranded are members of the temple university women's gymnastics team. earlier i caught up with their coach umme saleem-beasley. going, but i don't think it is going. >> no. we are stuck here on the pennsylvania turnpike. and we have been here since about 6:15, 6:30

the duquesne university basketball teams bust was finally freed after being stranded on the pa turnpike. high winds caused blinding, nation's capital. a pair of four by four pickups linked together. sidestreets were out of the question and officials warned that could slow 911 response times. >> our interest is in our public safety be able to move our first responders. >> reporter: the storm also stranded thousands of travelers and more than 10,000 flights don champion, cbs news, washington. >>> south florida airports housing stranded passengers including the vice president. joe biden's plane was diverted to miami and when he was on his way back to washington. >>> temperatures in gainesville and jacksonville dropped just low enough for tiny snow flurries. check out this video from facebook. one person shared pictures of their pet pig with snowflakes on its head. >>> people are bundled up for the coldest night of the year so far including the communities most vulnerable. up the home was looking for shelter and a warm bed. >> i am trying to get off the streets. it's kind of hard to get int

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including 31 members of the duquesne university basketball team -- in a bus since yesterday afternoon. some walked for pizza. >> i just want to get home! >> reporter: jeremy hanawalt escaped that turnpike after 15 hours. out of here a long time a. >> reporter: in kentucky water dropped ofto stranded motorists there. an ohio family traveling home from a funeral spent all night in their car. and they tell us we're going to get you out of here. that was nine hours ago. >> reporter: they did finally start moving. but with the storm still et dropping snow it will be some time before everyone is dug out. so much snow. the crews are building hills, minimountains and it's snowing and blowing. making it hard to see the u.s. capitol. tom? >> david, thank you. >>> the massive snowfall is burying buildings and homes. look how fast it piled up outside this pennsylvania home. by dawn, everything in the backckrd buried. it can cause stress. everything you can do to stay safe. >> reporter: tonight, the massive snowfall pushing neighborhoods to their breaking pot. in suburban virginia 30 inches and co

after being stranded on the pennsylvania turnpike since the storm hit friday night, the duquesne university men's basketball team is finally on the move. high winds caused blinding whiteout conditions in the nation's capital. a pair of four by four pickups truck out of a jam. snow has been falling so fast that crews can't clear roads . side streets are out of the question and officials warn that could slow some 911 response times. >> our interests is in our public safety being able to move our first responders and getting the city back open. craig: the storm also stranded thousands of travelers. more than 10,000 flights were cancelled and the runways at dulles and national airport -- reagan national airport were closed. craig boswell, cbs news, washington. laura and good news tonight. : the 25 dowling catholic high school students are finally headed home. todd: they were stranded on a bus in the blizzard for more than 20 hours. the students were coming home from the march for life rally in washington d.c. when their charter bus got stuck near the pennsylvania turnpike. kcci's kim st. onge h

and hundreds of motorists are stuck. 500 vehicles on the pennsylvania turnpike going nowhere. duquesne university basketball team -- in a bus since yesterday afternoon. some even walking for pizza. >> i just want to get home! escaped that turnpike after 15 hours. >> they could have gotten people out of here a long time ago. or at least used that as an option. >> reporter: in kentucky water motorists there. an ohio family traveling home from a funeral spent all night >> and they tell us we're going very soon. that was nine hours ago. >> reporter: they did finally start moving. but with the storm still et dropping snow it will be some time before everyone is dug out. so much snow to remove. the crews are building hills, and blowing. making it hard to see the u.s. tom? >> david kerley for us tonight. david, thank you. >>> the massive snowfall is burying buildings and homes. power lines as well. look how fast it piled up outside this pennsylvania home. by dawn, everything in the backyard buried. but the weight of all that snow can cause dangerous stress. abc's gloria riviera with the threat at home.

college basketball team got stuck in this ms trying to leave virginia, but the players from duquesne, university, are taking it in stride. they're helping to push the bus. they're also making some snow angels. so there's some bad and also some good, but our nation's capital, washington, d.c.,, is still expected to see the snow pile past two feet by tomorrow morning. meteorologist bri eggers, 7news. >> shawn:>> nick: bri, thank you. the pats enjoying much warmer weather in denver as they gear up for tomorrow's mile-high matchup. >> elizabeth: new england just one win away from another trip to the super bowl. let's head out live to 7news sports director joe amorosino. joe? >> joe: the broncos are bracing for patriots' aerial attack tomorrow after watching the patriots throw the football on their first 14 plays against the chiefs. with rob gronkowski and julian edelman both back in the lineup, tom brady can spread it out and pick any defense apart, and peyton manning has seen this show before. >> to quote bill belichick, "we'll be on the new england." >> joe: tom brady and peyton manning have been

. >>> the basketball team from duquesne university was one of the groups stuck out there on the turnpike. they got stranded around 95:00 last night. they finally started to move just a short time ago and they posted this video on you tube, earlier tonight, of them pushing their bus through the snow. somerset county emergency management agency help the team out today by getting them hot food and snacks. >>> temple university women's gymnastics team found themselves in the same situation l heading to a meet last night when they too got stranded there in somerset county. we have talk to the team and they told thus were in good spirits throughout the the ordeal. they had heat, a bathroom, tv and food. they thought they were going to have to spend a second night but they were also, finally on the move, at this hour. >>> we want to give awe very, very special shout out to some residents in south philadelphia who have a big helping hand or gave us a big helping hand to "action news". >> this evening one of our photographers was on his way to shoot a story and saw a fire truck getting stuck in t

. >> reporter: a similar story in pennsylvania, where the duquesne university men's basketball team was among those stuck. while the white stuff entertained these snowboarders -- >> is it legal what we're doing? is it legal today? >> pretty sure it's not legal. >> pretty sure it's not legal. >> reporter: and delighted the panda at the national zoo. it also offered a rare opportunity to sled down the u.s. capitol lawn. >> we're having a good time. >> reporter: but unless you're on skis, officials are urging everyone to stay off the roads. >> i don't care how superb a driver, how big a four-wheel-drive vehicle you have, the roads are barely passable. >> reporter: thousands of flights have been canceled, hundreds of thousands are without power, and severe coastal flooding is threatening several mid-atlantic states. the blizzard has shut down the nation's capital, one of its biggest storms in history. the weather is supposed to get considerably better sunday, then the dig-out begins, but it's going to be several days before many businesses and schools reopen. jennifer johnson, nbc news, was

some of those people stranded included the duquesne university mens basketball team and the temple university's women's gymnastics squad. >>> "action news" was there when the gymnastics team from temple arrived back from philadelphia just a few moments ago. vernon odom has the exclusive store friday north philadelphia. >> reporter: blizzard stranded on a lonely road in somerset, pennsylvania for 30 hours. the national guard had to bring in mre, but they are back home on temple's campus tonight safe and sound, and no worse for wear. the temple university lady owls gymnastics team home from their snow bound ordeal on the pennsylvania turnpike. they never made it to their destination, a tournament in pitberg, and they were stuck on the turnpike for 30 hours, and keeping in touch with their home base, and six abc, by social media. >> everything is a learning lesson and just letting them understand that we cannot control every situation all the time and that is something we have learn from being student athletes, that you have to kind of make changes when changes occur. >> reporter: ladies had no id

the duquesne university men's basketball team's bus was freed after being stranded on the pennsylvania turnpike since the storm hit friday night. high winds caused whiteout conditions in the national's capital, 4 x 4 pick-up trucks out of the jam. side streets were out of the question. officials warned, that could slow 911 response times. >> our interests is in our public safety being able to move our first responders and getting the city back open. >> reporter: the storm stranded thousands of travelers and more than 10,000 flights were cancelled. don champion, cleveland 19. >> denise: we have an update was just lifted at 7 a.m.. most of the main roads were able to be cleared overnight. most of the side streets remain untouched. new york state is one of 11 that are under day state of emergency this morning. >>> thankfully, our area didn't get a flake from this storm. almost every city nationwide, including cleveland is feeling the effects at the airport. more delays and can s at cleveland hopkins airport. bill is there now where a lot of passengers have been stuck in cleveland all week

. >> duquesne university governor duquesne university men's basketball team trying to make it acrossre -- >> stuck for more than 12 hours. >> they've been stuck in that bus 12 hours. >> yeah. we have -- there are other stories of people who have been stranded that's why the state police, the national guard have been call out and local emergency responders i think 135 of them are out trying to make sure that the stranded motorists have the fuel they need to keep the heat on in their cars. they have water and food. we have emergency shelters set up in that area of the turnpike and we've also instituted the plan to make sure that we can get motorists who are coming into the area to circumvent the clog area. >> okay. governor thank you. come and visit us sometime here in the studio. >> i will, thank you very much. >> okay. >> by the way, duquesne basketball team -- duquesne is in pittsburgh pennsylvania. it look like they were trying to have fun doing snow angels. he didn't pass out. he was doing snow angel besiding their time. 12 hours -- that's lot of time to entertain yourself. please

group was able to make it ``out after sitting on the ``turnpike for one of four hours, ``the duquesne university ``basketball team, returning to ``pittsburgh when their bus got ``stuck. ``eventually coaches and staff ``they had some force, pushing the ``bus out of the snow. ``a concrete barrier was moved so ``that the bus could cross into ``the eastbound lane towards a ``detour route. ``the team had been stranded about ``80 miles from campus. ``a good excuse at least for why ``you didn' t get your english ``paper in. ``here' s the feel-good moment of ``the day. ``this is mine. ``if you cannot find a hill, find ``a good dog. ``here' s one, a precious sled dog ``it seems to be more excited and ``happy than the kids getting ``dragged. ``arlington, virginia, it got ``covered this weekend and snow, ``much more than they normally get ``. ``one good-natured, goods or with ``a thick layer of white for -- ``good sport with a thick layer of ``white fur. ``jonathan: could be a show dog, ``veering into the frame, barking, ``wagging his tail. ``he looked pretty strong, too. ``ever been tell it by a dog -- ``

this bus now a makeshift home to duquesne university basketball team, stranded since friday, heading home from a game at george mason. >> it's been up to 16 hours in the same spot. we don't know when -- if we'll be moving again. >> reporter: in the meantime, travelers getting out of their catholic mass. >> reporter: this group of high schoolers trying to get back to kentucky after visiting d.c. for the march for life, knowing the storms were coming they left early hoping to beat the blizzard. >> then we got stopped last night and now we're stuck. >> reporter: they have been sitting here for more than 30 hours. the state police, national guard and fifthers working urgently trying to get these drivers on the move. yesterday. >> reporter: in philadelphia, snow-covered roads made a busy road for road psi side assistance. cars crashing into each other, even flipping over mostly desert deserted roads. crews working around the clock trying to clear the way. it's just nonstop. >> reporter: now, any time you head out on the road during the winter, make sure you have some sort of an emergency

``after sitting on the turnpike ``duquesne university men's ``basketball team finally ``s ``game against george mason in ``virginia. ``their bus came to a halt. ``eventually, the players, coaches ``and staff banded together and ``pushed the bus out of the snow. ``a concrete barrier was moved so ``the bus could cross into the ``eastbound lane towards a detour ``route. ``the team had been stranded about ``80 miles from campus. ``another feel-good moment in the ``snow. ``i love this video. ``this is how you improvise if you ``can't find a hill and you have a ``very nice dog who is willing to ``go out there and mush. ``a sled dog going to work in ``arlington, virginia. ``arlington got covered in snow ``this weekend. ``i hope they keep this video for ``the kids. ``the dog is barking. ``he seems more excited than the ``kids. ``of snow. ``very unusual for them. ``of cute. ``we've got another cute dog. ``saap is in the house with a ``couple of furry friends looking ``for a home. ``look at the pink above his nose. ``oh, yeah. ``jennifer: you think he's that ``casual all the time? ``just snuggles

the players and coaches of duquesne university were stuck for more than 24-hours on the pennsylvania turnpike. they were able to get that bus across the median, so they could take a detour back to pittsburgh. weary travelers still stuck in orlando ...won't be flying out any time soon. you're taking a live look at the flight board from orlando international airport. flights to new york, washington morning. amtrak service from miami to new york is also suspended. turning now to some breaking news...a woman shot to death at a sanford bar overnight. deputies say she was at the cool breeze bar on sipes avenue late last night, when gunfire erupted. right now, detectives are interviewing everyone who was there for leads on her killer. they're waiting until family members are notified, before releasing the identity of the woman. find out how two people found in until family members are notified before woman. the time now is 5:06 a.m.. we are working to find how to people in a burning mobile home died. the man and woman were -- discovered inside a mobile home park. fire. to the desk. neighbor