areas,reezing in some even in the grassy area below the tree. this is the concern. there is the concern about the freezing on contact and what impact that will have on the road. we will continue to monitor the roads here in virginia throughout the morning. for now, we will send it back inside you. >> ok. thank you very much. you can track the storm by downloading our weather app on your smartphone phone or following us on facebook and twitter. you can check our website. this storm is causing problems up and down the east coast this morning. this is spreading into the midwest. we are checking out delays and cancellations at airports. this is something that anyone needs to hear. we will get a update from him. >> we are back. he went talk about the forecast. >> -- jackie was up in the camera. goodness. too much. too much information. not too much information that we can give you in the weather department and we want to give you as much as's. we have hazardous conditions at this hour -- we want to give you as much as possible. we have hazardous conditions at this hour.

repealed or the reform that will be repealed was a cost of living adjustment or cola for military reez resulting in -- rearees resulting in less than 1%. that's 1%. this stopped far short of the elimination of cola requirements for retirees under the age of 62 that the simpson-bowles commission recommended. certainly our veterans deserve the utmost respect and generous retirement pay. however, it's been reported regardless of age members of our armed services could easily in some instances receive retirement and health benefits for 40 years or more. some of my colleagues have suggested that failing to support measures to repeal the cola reduction is tantament to turning our back on veterans. this is untrue. this is a mischaracterization of the issue at hand, we all know that that. the military is at a crossroads, fast growing benefits are threatening to displace investments in readiness of our armed services. so i would encourage my colleagues to take a hard look at the fiscal mess we face before we vote to roll back one of the few few deficit reduction measures that the president and

he was seen was a reezing political star, almost a cory brocker of the south is it enough to damage his >> not at all. i know mayor reid. he owned up to his roll in this. the thing that people need to realise is the images of cars on the interstate, having the gridlock, they are roads controlled and maintained bit the state of georgia, not the city of atlanta. the city of atlanta's roads were salted and cleared within 24 hours of the snow passing. that does not include the interstate where we see the gridlock. that is where the state comes in. >> he could have told them to go home. he did say "i messed up." he did have that capacity. >> it's not true. he owned up to the fact that he is part of a number of officials that make the decisions. the buggest lever was when the school districts who are not schedule by the governor or the mayor let their kids out and a million people, parents, left work at the salt to pick up their kids. that's why this that 30 minutes span, a place with the third-worst traffic was gridlocked. in is beyond mayor reid. >> with the kk off to america's -- kick off