d. trgered a traffic nightmare of hundreds of accidents and hours of delays. as craig boswell reports, now, folks along the east coast are bracing for a big blizzard forecasted to hit there tomorrow and saturday. >> reporter: hundreds of crashes across the d.c. metropolitan area made last night's commute nearly impossible. backups lasted late into the night because of just an inch of snow that froze over. >> it is crazy out here. i know it seems like just a little snow but it is really, really slick out here. >> reporter: it was ath better this morning but not much. truck drivers who had reached their shift limits had to approximately over blocking lane of the highway. >> i left ft. ago at 7:00. got into traffic here. >> reporter: president obama also got stuck in the mess. his motorcade skid ad long roads as he returned to the white house wednesday. >> tonight's dusting is nothing compared to what is ahead. the winter storm could drop two feet of snow on the city over the next couple of days. the mayor of d.c. apoll gitessed for wednesday night's debacle an s

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