maureen marion is the u.s. postal service manager of corporate communications for the northeast.ne. what happened to neither sleet nor rain nor snow nor all that other stuff? >> well, i think what happened here is that we have a significant storm that has tracked down on the northeastern part of the united states. and under these enormously difficult conditions when you factor in both weather and visibility and transportation i think that we made the smart move, as did millions of others of your neighbors, to be sure we did the right thing for the safety of our employees and our communities. >> to be clear here. we're not talking about all of connecticut and all of massachusetts and all of rhode island either. can you tell me what parts of these states are effected by the mail delivery suspension? >> let's be clear. we have the entire state of connecticut today did not receive mail. >> okay. all right. >> it is connecticut. we have four states that were closed completely here in the northeast. that's connecticut, rhode island massachusetts and new hampshire came in late into the

marion barry picked up the paperwork to run. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live in northwest washington. sam? >> maureen, april 28th there is a special election to fill two seats here at d.c. city hall the wilson building. that of ward four council member muriel bowser who became mayor and that of marion barry who died in november. his son christopher is in. he was often at his father's side when marion barry ran for the ward eight council seat. this afternoon, christopher barry came to the board of elections to pick up petitions to replace his late father as ward eight's council member. >> i feel like i have the clearest vision and i have the most experience as far as just being a d.c. resident, as far as being a ward eight resident lifelong. and just having a love for the city. >> he had a high profile role in the ceremonies and rememberance of his father and stepmother cora barry's side at most events. he was mobbed by the crowd during the funeral procession for his father in ward eight. he said that had an impact on his decision. >> that was really a big moment really just feel the love and being em