by any measure, north dakota is doing very well. most of that, byron will tell you, is because of the hard work and good judgment of the people of north dakota. but, among them, no one has worked harder or smarter on behalf of north dakota than senator byron dorgan. mr. president, let me just close by saying, i don't know of a harder-working or more productive person than byron dorgan. he produces extraordinary amounts of high-quality work. he is type-a squared. but he never forgot his roots. byron dorgan grew up in regent, north dakota, a town of 300. he often reminds us he graduated in a class of nine, and he was in the top five. he's proud of that background. he's proud of that heritage. he's proud of our state and proud of our nation, and we're proud of him. i will miss byron dorgan's partnership here every day, but i know he'll be with us, because byron dorgan will never be far from the fray. mr. president, byron dorgan has served this body well, served the nation well, and served our state extraordinarily >> up next, interview

the gentleman from north dakota. mr. pomeroy: i yield one minute to mr. higgins of new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is are recognized. mr. higgins: i rise in strong support of the seniors protection act. since 1975, seniors depended on a cost of living adjustment to meet their rising expenses. they have received an adu.s.ment every year without fail until last year. now far second year in a row at a time when seniors have seen savings and home value drops and prices for prescriptions and other bills rise, they will also see their benefits frozen yet again. i believe we must examine the cola formula to ensure it meets the needs of seniors but in the meantime we must provide an increase to their benefits today so they can pay their expenses. i support this legislation which will provide a one-time payment of $250 to social security recipients in the upcoming year. i support my -- urge my colleagues to support this legislation and yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. joh

and north dakota said, you owe sales tax on what you sold to north dakota residents. they should have collected it, and you owe us the sales tax. they went to the supreme court to try to receive it. the supreme court found, and there was a case earlier, but basically they found that this was, in fact, interstate commerce, and it was an interference of interstate commerce because of the burden that north dakota would place on an out-of-state retailer, someone that had no presence within the state. so they said you have a stub substantial presence. the court did also say that congress has the authority or the power to grant the authority to the states to require out-of-state retailers to collect on the sales tax, which is why representative delahunt introduced the main street fairness act. i think that might just -- and scott might disagree. >> scott peterson, do you think we'll see a supreme court case called amazon vs. the state of texas at some point? >> you're going to see a -- at least a federal court case with amazon vs. somebody because they are in court right no

deficit easing but another solution which i like a lot would be to mimic the banks of north dakota in the u.s. of course the u.s. states are in the same position as the. euro land countries which is that they cannot print their own money but what they can do is own a bank for only one state actually does this that's not because it's also the only state that is showing a major surplus while virtually all the other states are in deficit and many of them are in desperately bad states like california which is my own state so tonight because it has its own bank and therefore they have their own credit machine so you don't actually have to print money you can generate credit with the bank all of virtually all of our money today is created by banks anyway so if the state itself had a baby or that the country and ireland's case had its own bank it could be lending to itself for one thing ireland could. refinance its debt which it's now paying almost six percent on it career finance at zero percent because it would be the bank so it would get the profits back so in effect effectively would be

this is a similar plan in that the banks of north dakota have the ability as you say to create their own credit machine which is not the service of outside interests but is purely there as utility to facilitate the economy within north dakota correct and that that's the secret to you if you're generating your own credit you don't want to be issuing money to pay off for foreign debt that's where that's where countries have gotten into trouble and gone into high for hyperinflation like zimbabwe or like germany in the one nine hundred thirty s. i'm sorry the eighty twentieth's but if you would just create credit for your internal purposes in other words for your own infrastructure so you create the credit to pay the workers pay the materials to build the thing to generate the profits which will then pay back the loan that is this is stain a bill system that's an internal currency that that is required in order to have growth in the system ok so in the in the example of ireland assume grace the government could simply create a new bank called the new bank of ireland start floating money

byron dorgan from north dakota is such a fine person. he for many years has had the same job that i had under senator daschle, head of the democratic policy committee, and he rendered valuable service to the caucus, to the senate and the whole country in his capacity there. he served -- we served together in the house of representatives. we've traveled together. his wife, kim, is such a fine human being i'm going to miss byron. he has been one of my close advisors, close friends. i hope i'm not being boastful here, but i don't think tom daschle had two better friends in the senate than dorgan and reid. we are very close to him. we admired our friend tom daschle and did everything we could to make his life here as pleasant as possible. as far as being a good speaker, he is very good. he has a way of communicating that very few people i've known have that unique ability. he is someone who is, as far as the finances of this country and the world, is without peer as a legislator. he knows it all and has a way of articulating his views that a

and from montana to maine, north dakota to central florida, there was no escaping the wicked one-two weather punch today. in minneapolis, they're still reeling from the metrodome which collapsed in spectacular fashion yesterday under the weight of 4 million pounds of snow. across the country, at least 14 deaths already blamed on the brutal conditions. and take a look at the map. more than half of the country has been hammered. the upper midwest bearing the brunt. as much as 2 feet of snow up north. temperatures dropping into

they are alaska, wyoming, montana, north dakota, and south dakota. states with some of the larger land mass. let me sum up. this really completes our first look at the results of the 2010 census. there is much more to come, revealing how our nation has changed over the last 10 years at levels as small as a city block, school districts, counties, and cities throughout the country. i want to end this press conference with a thank you. to the nearly 309 million residents of this wonderful country, i thank you on behalf all of us at the census bureau for your civic participation in the 2010 census. i want to thank the thousands of census bureau's staff throughout the country, and congratulate them for a job well done in the 2010 census. and especially to secretary locke and deputy secretary blank, you phrase did precisely correctly. this is a team with a leader in secretary locke that allow us to keep our eye on the prize throughout this endeavor. with his input and leadership throughout the senses, we produce for the country a wonderful senses. i want t

. >> reporter: this video from fargo, north dakota, says it all. a 100-car pileup, closing down i-94. it wasn't the snow but winds gusting up to 60 miles an hour in southern california that knocked down power lines and trees. >> we heard the wind blowing real, real hard and all of a sudden we heard a big crash. >> reporter: rough weather all over the west. as many as 10,000 power outages have been reported here in the lake tahoe area. this storm system now barrelling east. lester? >> kristen welker in tahoe city, thank you. >>> in new york, four days after a major snowstorm crippled the city, the cleanup continues and so did the finger pointing. the city says every street has now been plowed at least once, although some of today's pictures suggested otherwise, with plenty of snow left to remove. mayor michael bloomberg said the city's response was slower than anyone would have liked, but he dismissed allegations that budget concerns kept the city from bringing in more resources. >>> as we head into new year's eve, more nasty weather is in store. th

it's in north dakota, it's the oil shale in colorado. it's the reserves off the coast of alaska, which has just been taken away from the industry to pursue. it's the east coast. it's the eastern gulf of mexico. there's all kinds of reserves that nobody is allowed to touch. i would say to the president, why don't we go back to where we came from? let's go back to producing 10 million barrels a day. that would at least give us 50% of our domestic supply and by the way create about 3 million jobs if we would go that direction. >> tom: john, you mentioned $6 in california. it wasn't long ago that the national price was $4.

three members of the -- the only three members of north dakota's congressional delegation. it's been a great, great pleasure and it's -- we will continue these friendships but i say thanks to senator conrad especially for the work we've done together. now, you know and it shows that i love politics and i love public service. always have. john f. kennedy used to say that every mother kind of hopes that their child might grow up to be president as long as they don't have to be active in politics. but, of course, politics is the way we make decisions about america. it's an honorable thing. i've always been enormously proud of being in politics. i've run 12 times in statewide elections since age 26. i've served continuously in statewide elective office since the age of 26. never outside of elective office statewide. a long, long, long time. 40 years. it's been a great gift to me to be able to serve and i -- i'm so forever grateful to the people of north dakota, who have said to me, we want to you us. -- we want you to represent us. and now it's time for me to do some other thin

they are alaska, wyoming, montana, north dakota, and south dakota. those are states with some of the larger land mass in the country. let me sum of -- is really complete our first look at the result of the 2010 census. there is much, much more to come revealing our our country has changed over the last 10 years at levels as small as a city block, as small as school districts and counties and cities throughout the country. i want to end his press conference with some thank yous to the nearly 309 million residents of this wonderful country. i thank you on behalf of all of us at the census bureau for your civic participation in the 2010 census. i want to thank the thousands of census bureau staff throughout the country and want to congratulate them for a job well done in the 2010 census. especially to secretary locke and deputy secretary blank, this was a team with a leader and secretary locke that allowed us to keep our eye on the price throughout this endeavor with his input and leadership throughout this sentence, we have produced for the country won

in north dakota blinding snow led to a massive pileup involving a hundred cars and trucks west of fargorizona some may be wondeng what that is on the ground. a rare blizzard dumped a foot of snow in higher elevations. >> you see three people in the trees and a couple in the ditches. >> there i the aftermath of a lethal tornado. downed trees and telephone polls. three lost lives. one icy hill turned into a bumper car track with cars and s.u.v.'s careeng into each other. >> i was like whoa! >> at yosemite mudslides moved a boulder blocking the main entrance at the national park. at the tournament of roses appeared, erything looks rosie. >> everything is looking fantastic. we're ready to go. >> it's all happening as people are strand. a lot of people will be happy to put 2010 behind them. john hendron, abc news. >> meteorologist lisa argen in for mike nicco. all we care about is new year's eve. >> yeah. already the sunshine has faded across the bay area. sure is a pretty shot but even some showers popping up right now around south. i'll show you that and a look at the first weekend of the

. >>> in north dakota a pileup of a hundred cars and trucks.oad conditions were so bad they had to rescue people on foot and by snow mobile. there is another blizzard warning in north dakota today. >>> it's time for san francisco's monthly critical mass. the ride will go on despite the holiday and it could cause a lot of traffic issues if you are heading to new years eve events. the bicyclist meet at herman plaza and decide where they will take off from there. >> perfect timing. >> yeah. >>> 5:48 let's go over to tara who in for sal. >> that is right. it's quiet out there. i'm not seeing a whole lot. so that is good news. we hope it stays that way. do be aware there will be a lot of dui check points going on. newark police will be running their own points. makeup make sure you are not an offender. we will take a look at 101 through san francisco. my lens is out of focus here. traffic is flowing nicely as you make your way toward downtown. at the bay bridge toll plaza no traffic to speak of. a lot of people have the day puff finally down in the

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it has produced 11 inches of snow in north dakota. munich north dakota had 8 inches.t .9 of an inch. let's get a feel for when this is supposed to be where. this is midnight tonight. see how the dry air in the low levels is impeding the progress up to that point. we're expecting to saturate the column and get to the surface during the rush hour. then we'll have light snow or snow from time to time during the day tomorrow. there's just a hint of a little lake moisture getting into this. in fact you see that area there. this is not a big lake effect setup. the winds aren't right for that. the highest area is to the south and west of us. peoria perhaps 4-5 inches of snow when we say heavy. this is a close up look at the rpm model. see where the snow moves to aurora and joliet by about 3:00. then some drier air comes in and impedes its progress. and then they do come in at 7:50, 8:00 tomorrow morning. then it snows from time to time during the morning hours and the rest of the day. how much may come down? well, it's not a great deal as you'll see in a moment. just enough

i wanted to ask my colleague from north dakota if we could enter into a time agreement on this. we won't ask colleagues to come back to vote tonight, obviously, but if we could get a time agreement and then set them aside for a vote at such time as the leadership decides is appropriate, i think that would help us expedite issues. mr. inhofe: i would object to a time agreement at this time, although that shouldn't delay it. i know there are several people, including the senator from arizona who wants to speak on this amendment, and that might create a p

president, i appreciate the senator from north dakota coming out and making that statement. i didn't mean to suggest that he voted against the moscow treaty, but i did -- i do believe i accurately quoted his concerns which he's reconfirmed here in the failure to deal with tactical nuclear weapons. i would just say in response to my -- my colleague, that we are making a unilateral reduction in strategic nuclear weapons and the russians are not going to have to reduce any in their current stockpile because we have -- we're over the cap set by the treaty and they are under the cap. so it seems to me even further evidence that we have got -- we got -- we got outnegotiated on this, and particularly when it omits this important part of the nuclear arsenal and a threat to the stability of not only the region but also of the world. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. kerry: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. kerry: procedural, so not to come out of any time, if i could ask that. i understand the senator from oklahoma wants to make a -- just i

parts of north dakota have seen 11 inches of snow.rk weather north dakota at ten and a half but closer to hoamg. ix in iowa. rock island at 5.1-inches. then benton iowa 4-point. cedar rapids 4. the bloomington normal area where visibility for a time last night were down half a mile getting in on the snow, too. again, little lingering snow. but late tonight these clouds will begin to break up. snows will move out of the area and we ought to have a partly sunny, chilly day tomorrow. where is the snow now? here is a close look at some of the elements coming eastward a little wave imbedded in these. again, this is -- don't expect to be shoving because i think we are still talking dusting something on that line. here where is the snow is to be according to our model. you can see some areas particularly up north miss out on a lot of this all together and it will be quite patchy. we were up to 8:00 on our rpm model forecast. here is 10:00 this evening and then stuff pulls out and clouds begin to break up and the temperatures will drop. we wi

it is clearly driving these democrats from red states like nebraska and missouri and north dakota who are saying i can't vote for a bad bill like this. they know in 2012, the meant about reining in government spending is going to be around. >> greta: that's the news in the senate just breaking. the omnibus bill is dead. they have to figure out a way to fun the government or we close it down this weekend. now the house side. right now they are debating the tax extension. that seems to be a little bit of a mess. >> yes. earlier today the house democratic leadership was prepared to bring the bill to the floor. in order to do that in the house of representatives you have to have a report from the rules committee, a procedural question that defines how this bill is going to be considered? what amendments and what the implications of those amendments were? congresswoman slaughter of new york in close cooperation with speaker pelosi came forward with a rule that would have said you can vote for the democrat alternative on the estate tax. if you do in essence that passes the bill and sends it

what is the quill versus north dakota case from 1992? >> guest: quill was a cadillac sales, similar to a staple selling most of those type of things. they said you owe sales tax on what you sold to north dakota residents. they should have collected it and you owe us the sales tax and they want the supreme court to try and receive it. the supreme court found -- there is a case basically that they found, that this was impact interstate commerce and it was an interference with interstate commerce because of the burden that north dakota would place on an out-of-state retailer, somebody with no physical presence within the state. so they said you'd have to have a substantial presence. but the court did also say that congress has the authority or the power to grant the authority to the state to require out-of-state retailers to collect the sales tax, which is why representative delahunt represented the main street fairness act and that is my gist of it. and scott, disagree if i said it wrong. >> host: scott peterson, to think we'll see a supre

. >> reporter: more treacherous driving conditions in north dakota. a 100-car pileup shut down i-94. the system moving east with strong storms in the forecast for the midwest on new year's eve. kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> and we are now just hours away from ringing in the new year. it is already 2011 in new zealand where stunning fireworks lit up the sky earlier this morning. but the sight of the biggest celebration of all will be new york's times square, where nearly 1 million revelers are expected to watch the iconic now crystal ball drop, and nbc's wendy jillette joins us now from times square with more. quiet now. that's going to change in a few hours. >> reporter: oh, yes. that's definitely true, lynn. it is very quiet right now, but in a few hours people from all over the world will be in the streets, all saying good-bye to 2010. here can you see the line of security barricades. they pretty much go all the way back here and aim the way back on all the avenues and streets. with probably a couple dozen blocks in this area and they are here, of cou

the coldest grand forks, north dakota dark 8 below zero, feeling like 20 below.d best weather anywhere houston, texas, the sunshine 77, thank a nice high pressure system sitting in the gulf of mexico for texas's -- texas's -- ha -- beautiful weather today. that's a quick look at one little portion of the country. here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. >> announcer: this weather segment sponsored by macy's. >> and north carolina crowd doing the jumping-jacks but time for my shout out to bangor, maine my mom's home town and home of the annual festival of lights parade and tree lighting featuring 70 vehicles and floats. there is a vis the by santa and the lighting of the bangor christmas tree in west market square. matter of fact, shouldn't santa be home building toys or supervising the elves? no, se lighting the christmas tree in bangor. we want to thank everybody for watching "the early show" on tv5. that's it. we'll see you in about half hour. rebecca? >> as england prepares for next spring's royal wedding all eyes are on bride-to-be kate middleton

they will need tow trucks west of fargo, north dakota. 100 cars and trucks piled up during white-out conditions yesterday. that freeway is now closed in both directions. only two injuries are reported. heavy snow also closed highways in south dakota, minnesota, colorado, nevada and arizona. >>> well, a sad update in the search for a missing snow border in the sierra. rescue teams yesterday found the body of the 25-year-old woman missing since tuesday from alpine meadows ski resort. shawnte marie willis got separated from her friends while snowboarding. rescuers aren't sure whether she intentionally left marked trails. >> i really don't want to second-guess her. she was skiing with people. at that particular time, they chose not to go in the same direction. >> her body was found near the base of a tree where it appears that she crashed. an autopsy is scheduled for next week. >>> 4:49. let's check in with tracy. >> hey, good morning. well, our forecast as we move into the big holiday, we will start things off again on a cold note and these temperatures are colder than they were at the s

>> reporter: the nearly 700-mile-long storm system stretching from fargo, north dakota, all the way down to peoria, illinois, is now barreling into the carolinas. within a 24-hour period this storm system moved fairly quickly and will pretty much be out to sea off the coast of the outer banks tonight. bought there is not a lot of gulf moisture drawn up we will not be seeing snowfall rates upwards of a foot or so. >> reporter: it caused the cancellation of more than 300 flights out of chicago's busy o'hare airport today, which in turn caused long lines, delays and headaches. >> oh, year, we have had delay. >> reporter: last night in minneapolis, a delta jet slid off the runway after snow covered the taxiway markers. some of heaviest snow fell south of the twin cities in lakeville, minnesota, more than 11 inches. champagne, illinois, and dubuque, iowa, each got eight inches of snow. at a college football game in cincinnati, the school's mascot was arrested, accused of encouraging fans to throw snowballs at a touchdown-scoring pitt player. winter storm warnings and snow emergencies remain i

. >>> in north dakota and minnesota, heavy snow and high winds created blizzard-like conditions cuttingisibility to near zero. more chilly whiteouts are expected there. >>> and in louisiana, a photographer captured this remarkable video of two tornadoes that touched down side by side. several homes, including a brick house were completely destroyed. gives you an idea how strong these storms are. for a look at your national regional weather here's bill karins with the weather channel forecast. lots going on, bill. >> good morning, lynn. the end of november, here the first day of december and still talking about severe weather moving up and down the eastern seaboard. anyone flying across the country to the big airports, new york, d.c., baltimore, there will be significant delays there. middle of the country is quiet. disorganized storm system moving through the west. yesterday it brought snow in the pacific northwest especially the mountains, in and around spokane. today it's beginning to taper off a little bit. the areas that are still seeing moisture flow coming, northern california, mo

> woodruff: well, representative pomeroy, we know there are a number of farms in your state of north dakotae affect this could have on slowing down the economy? >> those are the same talking points they were using when the estate tax was at much lower levels. nationally there were very... there were fewer than a hundred farms at the' 909 levels. fewer than 10 had to liquidate any assets, 10 in the entire country, and these are the wealthiest few. now, at a timeç when we wereç going to make deep and painful cuts in order to deal with these deficits, why would we want to take $23 billion and basically give an enormous additional tax break to the wealthiest few families of this country. it doesn't make sense. >> if i may, mr. leverett of texas who wrote me that letter doesn't think he's a talking point. he's a family and struggles to make ends meet. i also point out we would have under mr. pomeroy's rate the second-highest death tax among the globe. and finally the democrats have raised taxes of more than $600 billion to this session alone. not one dime went to reduce the deficit. in fact, a

he was raised in regent, north dakota, population 211. byron always liked to joke that he graduated in the top ten of his class of nine students. senators on both sides of the aisle have come to respect and admire senator dorgan's distinctive voice here in the senate, a voice that mixes keen intelligence with a great sense of humor, plus a gift for making his arguments with colorful, compelling stories and language. throughout his more than four decades in public service, he has used that voice to speak out powerfully for farm country and rural america. he has fought hard for policies at the national level to give rural families a better chance at success. he has been a strong supporter of the farm bill's safety net provisions, including countercyclical support for farmers to get them through hard times. and he has been equally outspoken in championing strict limits on federal farm payments to ensure that the lion's share go to small family farms, not big agribusiness and absentee farm owners. as a senior member of the energy and fall res

north dakota to as far south as central florida. today, green beans were being harvested before they could freeze. and, tonight, orange growers are struggling to keep their crops from being destroyed in the bitter cold. >> it's got to stay warm. this is the only thing we can do. >> the air mass behind this storm system is brutally cold. certainly it's the coldest in quite some time. and for many, it may be the coldest of the season. >> reporter: tonight, with 14 dead in the wake of this storm, much of the country is bracing for another bitter dose. and we're still a full week away from the official start of winter. i'm chris bury for "nightline," near valpariso, indiana. >> our thanks to chris. >>> when we come back, college campuses. the ghost writer paid thousands to do student's work. ooh, a brainteaser. how can expedia now save me even more on my hotel? well, hotels know they can't fill every room every day. like this one. and this one. and oops, my bad. so, they give expedia ginormous discounts with these: unpublished rates. wh

north dakota probably host it on the air force base in theions. ountry that has to nuclear missions. the air b force base hosts boths icbms and nuclea ar firearms. ds as a result, north codes have a special appreciation for the in their critical role in our te national security. while most people approach the existence of these weapons. from an academic standpoint, we are in north dakota are coconfronted with the reality on a daily anoh basis. are still, we is what dakotans are really only observers. i assure you there is nothing more sobering than visiting avey missile facility in talking with the young men and women who stand every day as the sentinels of we're talking with bomber pilots as they apply to fly halfwayforr around the world to control the skies for protection, which iay was fortunate to do this summere let me just say parentheticallyy these young people are women of extraordinary. we can be incredibly proud of the young men and women of our military. the quality of these young people is really extraordinary. mr. president, these brav

and even in fargo, north dakota, an area accustomed to winter weather, had a 100-car pileup along 94. californians are dealing with rain damage from last week. >> my insurance company has already denied any help whatsoever. i got a letter today. >> reporter: and more damage this week. mudslides caused a boulder to block the main entrance to yosemite national park yesterday. people putting together floats for the tournament of roses parade says the forecast looks good. >> everything is going fantastic. and we are going to be ready to go. >> reporter: and in new york's times square, hit by a blizzard early in the week, things are looking up for when the ball drops. the predicted 35 degrees at midnight. emily schmidt, abc news. >>> most of the air passengers stranded by sunday's blizzard have now gotten, finally, to their destinations. the major airlines say operations are back to normal, though they still are adding some extra planes to get people to their more than ns. more than 10,000 flights have been canceled since sunday. >>> now, for the rest of your new year's eve weather from ar

the blizzard stranded more than 4 hundred travelers in north dakota overnight. they were trying to get to minneapolis but couldn't. >> it was crazy. completely packed like sardines. >> reporter: on the highways it's not better. blizzards snarling traffic in iowa, wisconsin, and it's not just snow but rain, too along the east coast in new york city, where there's reprieve after some areas nearby were drenched in 2 to 4 inches of rain. and then there's the fog. flights at reagan airport grounded for hours. for travelers, no relief in sight. next to the snow indianapolis, pittsburgh and cleveland stretching i-90 near buffalo where hundreds of travelers were stranded 10 days ago is about to get snowed on again. and in syracuse where they got 46 inches of snow in just the last week, another 1 to 2 feet is in the forecast. but back in chicago, there is a bit of good news. >> i am going home. >> reporter: after hours on the phone she got booked on a flight. if it can get off the ground. jeremy hubbard, abc news, new york. >>> 6:32 right now. in news around the nation a

it's in north dakota, it's the oil shale in colorado. it's the reserves off the coast of alaska, which has just been taken away from the industry to pursue. it's the east coast. it's the eastern gulf of mexico. there's all kinds of reserves that nobody is allowed to touch. i would say to the president, why don't we go back to where we came from? let's go back to producing 10 million barrels a day. that would at least give us 50% of our domestic supply and by the way create about 3 million jobs if we would go that direction. >> tom: john, you mentioned $6 in california. it wasn't long ago that the national price was $4. $4 a gallon in 2008. the big price dprop, and slowly getting back up there again. is $5 gasoline enough to w stand the environmental concerns in the drilling areas you talk about? >> that's in the eye of the beholder. we've drilled 58,000 wells in the gulf of mexico and had one bad accident. a very serious accident. i don't think that changing the regulatory regime is going to make that much difference, because it has been

some extreme winter weather caused a huge pile-up in north dakota. a massive chain reaction involving 100 cars, police closed the interstate as an army of tow trucks cleared the wreckage. kendis gibson has more on the storms making their way across the country. >> reporter: western states digging out from the snow and mud, the same winter storm has brought both kinds of misery. ice and snow is making driving treacherous in parts of new mexico and arizona, including some areas that rarely see snow. >> i didn't know it snowed in flagstaff, arizona or arizona period. >> reporter: along the nevada-california border icy conditions shut down a major interstate, traffic backed up for miles. skiers are happy to see more than a foot of snow on the ground near lake tahoe. but, the unusually frigid temperatures are less welcome. >> my door's frozen shut. >> reporter: ice also a problem in washington state where these cars slid to a halt and got stuck. here in los angeles, it's the calm after the storm. earlier in the day, winds were gusting up to hurricane stre