are you looking at doing any work out of georgetown, south carolina or charleston, south carolina? of course, it has a lot of history and my family has been involved in the history. a greatr: that's question. south carolina -- so many amazing things happen during reconstruction and that is so terrific that you have a founder ancestor and you know about him. it is so admirable and so amazing. just on inel we were beaufort, south carolina, and of course, one reason it is in south carolina is south carolina had some of the most interesting politics. many more african-americans served in the state legislature the most other states, and therefore had a really dig say in the policies they passed. -- big say in the policies they passed or is there are terrific books about the state during reconstruction because it is so famous. it is almost like the most avagard, -- avagard, forward thinking state. --federate monuments confederate monuments, i think described --idely there are two different monuments where white communities were feeling very empowered. there's also the civil war generatio

are you looking at doing any work out of georgetown, south carolina or charleston, south carolina? of course, it has a lot of history and my family has been involved in the history. a greatr: that's question. south carolina -- so many amazing things happen during reconstruction and that is so terrific that you have a founder ancestor and you know about him. it is so admirable and so amazing. just on inel we were beaufort, south carolina, and of course, one reason it is in south carolina is south carolina had some of the most interesting politics. many more african-americans served in the state legislature the most other states, and therefore had a really dig say in the policies they passed. -- big say in the policies they passed or is there are terrific books about the state during reconstruction because it is so famous. it is almost like the most avagard, -- avagard, forward thinking state. --federate monuments confederate monuments, i think described --idely there are two different monuments where white communities were feeling very empowered. there's also the civil war generatio

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south carolina, posing on top of his frozen pool. he looks ready to do ice fishing perhaps. let's get to nick valencia. >> reporter: good morning. this is charleston, south carolina. a city more or customed to gorgeous weather certainly had a picture isk winter wonderland. 5 inches fell. at one point the city saw about an inch per hour. specifically, in water front park, one of the iconic fountains was completely frozen over. there were hazardous conditions on the roadways as well. on the way into charleston, some vehicles overturned from that severe weather. the power company tells us about 11,000 people were without power. that's just a fraction of the customers they serve. we know that the city officials are still concerned today, thursday, with the road conditions. there's an expectation those roadways will remain frozen over. and if charleston is expecting the weather to get warmer, they're going have to wait. the neck time it's ex-petted to rise above 40 degrees is on sunday. >> thanks. president trump dissolving his highly touted voter fraud commission. the listreason given that too m states refusing to participate. his claim that he would have won the vote if not for mas

south to a standstill. believe it or not this is south carolina. where drivers are dealing with white -out conditions there. charleston an icy bridge was shut down. after being too treacherous for traffic. >> georgia is covered in blanket of white. and ice as well. that maybe causing problems for drivers. kids seem to be enjoying the rare snow. >> drew smith is live. >>> and ahead we'll check in with the people who have to work tonight. concerned about the possibility of power outages. but something under ground that has been causing them problems for days. >>> i'll have your snow totals as this monster storm expands and moves right passed the area. i'll let you know when it will exit. and the frigid cold air will return. >>> also tonight. book bomb shell. the allegations that have president trump lashing out at a former seen your advisor. >>> a victory for pipeline opponents. why it's shut down in pennsylvania. >>> this video sent to us within the hour. people here in for much more. the swrer see shore will see some of the most snow from this system. let's check in now with drew smith. >> live in vine land. hard to tell from this vantage point.

south. kids get out of school and they love the sledding. these are states that rarely see snow. every now and then it's nice when you have places like tallahassee florida or charleston, south carolinay are waking up thinking what is that? brian: is every sled a flexible fire or do they have other brands? ainsley: i'm about to get to that stage when do i start sledding with hayden. brian: when you get a candle and wackets the blades. steve: in college we would take the cafeteria trays. ainsley: yes, we did that too. steve: go down the hill way too fast. brian: would you take them back, the trays? i don't think he is. steve: it was college, brian. thanks for joining us on this thursday. and we start with a bulletin talking about the weather. a massive winter storm is actually hammering the east coast as we speak. dumping snow and unleashing hurricane force winds. winds above 75 miles per hour. forecast just got worse overnight for millions of people in the path of this big storm more than 3,000 flights have been cancelled or delayed nationwide. number is expected to go up. the charleston airport in south carolina shut down. inches of snow and ice covered the runways. brian: always ab

i can't help, but think about my grandmother who cleaned homes in charleston, south carolina, just to make it. ors, who grew up in poverty, picking cotton in rural south carolina, but somehow, through prayer, and hard work, have gone on to be one. top educators in this country. when i think of their stories, and the stories of so many women who are now nearly half our work force, it is an embarrassment that they should still earn less than men for the same job. [applaus [applause] >> welcome can't buy gas cheaper, they can't buy clothes cheaper, and they shouldn't have to look at their colleague sitting next to them and wonder if they're less valuable because they're a woman. it is precisely because of the challenges we face, but the opportunities before us that i am so energized, and so honored and humbled to stand before you today. in the words of the incomparable reverend william barber, we are being called like generations before us to be the moral defibrillators of our time and shock the heart of this nation with hope and justice and the love that dr. king taught us. we will rise to this mom

or despot. we're going to ally it one way in florida but a different way in south carolina. my point has been if it's good enough for the view from charlestonead and what you don't want to have is unequal protection under the law that, you know, we're going to make an except whereion for flo but not south carolina. it has just as much impact as it does in so many counties in florida. >> congressman mark sanford, thanks for your time tonight. we have to leave it there. >>> just ahead on states of play. democrats see a glimmer of daylight as one of the wealthiest members of congress won't defend his seat in 2018. we'll talk to sarah jacobs who is trying to become the youngest member of congress. don't go anywhere. we're back in just a moment. your spending too. and if that's not enough to help you save, we could start a carpool. look at this traffic. don't worry. ok, if that's not enough we'll start a trainpool. oh i have a meeting in five minutes. and if that's still not enough... i got it. we'll just create a shortcut. we'll do anything, seriously anything to help you save. ally. do it right. talking 4th quarter? yes. need a change of scene

meanwhile, the airport in charleston, south carolina, is closed until monday because they don't have snow or ice removal equipment. it's just a trickle down effect. amy hollyfield is joining us live from sfo. are you seeing any cancellations or delays right now? >> reporter: we are, jessica. take a look at the board. it's not all over the place. you don't see cancellation after cancellation. but here is one arriving from newark canceled. i'm told we have about, let's see, 35 cancellations this morning, and that is total, departures and arrivals. this is early. new numbers will come in. in about an hour we'll have a better day how today will shape up. this is an improvement to yesterday where we saw 97 cancellations. jfk has reopened in new york this morning. the flights will start to recover today. this has meant a lot of people stranded here in san francisco. we met a family trying to get home to norway from hawaii. they're stuck here in san francisco until sunday. they're going to make the best of it. >> we'll check out the attractions, spend a little more time on vacation, i guess. my wif

some airports like in charleston, south carolina, still closed today until monday, in fact, because they don't have snow or ice removal. we want to go now to abc news reporter amy hollyfield. reporter amy hollyfield. she is live at sfo. any delays this morning? >> reporter: things are improving, jessica. you still do see cancellations on the big board. we do have flights leaving for boston. the situation is getting better. so far we have 35 cancellations and that includes arrivals and departures. yesterday there were 97. jfk has reopened. they're going to start working on clearing out the backlog of flights. >> we got the airline to change our flight. we didn't come to the airport yesterday because we were notified. >> reporter: he explains perfectly why you don't see people sleeping here at sfo waiting to get on a flight. people are getting text alerts now that their flight is canceled and they rebook with their smart phones and stay comfortable where they are far away from the airport. officials here tell me this morning they're still waiting for today's faa numbers. hopefully things will improve even mo

not havoc or anything like that but whole lot of fun for some in south carolina in charleston familiesbeen heading out to enjoy the winter wonderland. >> whoo! >> red neck is nice. snow in the south. >> this is fun. >> okay. so good improvisation here. the kids using a body body as surfboard as a sled right. this is kind of like ski in alaska with pick up pulling him. the national weather service says the 5-inches of snow that has fallen is third snowiest day in the history of charleston. all right live look now at the ben franklin parkway. here we go. the city is a mess right now much it's pretty. pretty mess at least from that angle. philadelphia school district and arch diocesan schools announced they are closed tomorrow and by the way, philadelphia just said that all government offices are also closed tomorrow. tow mark that one up, too. and with this cold it looks like it could be a rough go tomorrow, kathy. >> it will be. tomorrow morning is going to be quite cold but not as cold as it will be by saturday and sunday mornings. we'll see the ♪ live look down the shore cape may the

you see men and women taking off to iraq or afghanistan and coming back, you usually see them leaving on c-17's. and other airplanes. from charleston, south carolina. i represent mcintyre air national guard base, all the men and women in the national guard who go off to active duty, they leave from mcintyre. i represent them. i want to do what is necessary to support those men and women. but at the same time, when those people leave, those men and those women leave to go up and defend this country, they leave their children behind. they leave children who need the children's health insurance program and we ought to be funding it. they come from rural communities. they want to see their rural hospitals funded. which they do not do, republicans do not do with this c.r. ey want to see all these facilities, community health who get the children chip, health care through the children's health insurance program. most of them go to community health centers for the care. so what does it do to authorize chip and fund it if you don't have a hospital or community health center for them to receive treatment? we've got to look at this holistcally. , for my rep

what that means for southeast georgia, south carolina and and eventually snow and ice. especially coastally so if you're charleston or especially east of raleigh because the closer you are to this low, so the closer to you are the coast will get the most snow. eastern new jersey and eastern connecticut and rhode island and as this thing deepens where you're hearing that term bomb cyclone, 24 millibars it drops in 24 hours. that's the threshold. we think it will happen here and the guffs go close to 70 miles per hour and inevitably hurt travel tomorrow in the northeast and tomorrow night and you'll end up with significant snow in a lot of the places that don't get it and speaking of places that don't get it, alaska, people are venturing out, beautiful, anchorage had a record high of 44 yesterday. yeah, warmer than what, jacksonville, florida, will be with a high only in the mid-30s so there you go. we're all flip-flopped. >> that does not happen too over. >> dare we say baked alaska. >> you can say it. >> thank you, george. >> we move on to that escalating war of words between president trump and kim jong-un taunting

south carolina, this guy didn't let the weather stop him from enjoying a few cold ones on the pool. while in charleston it's hard to tell who was having more fun, this woman snowboarding in the street orhe husky leading the way. the storm brought lizard conditions to florida where stunned iguanas fell from palm trees. >> it was actually a christmas present. there was a note that said we're going to go see snow. >> reporter: and then there is the feintuchs from florida, who gave everything possible to get caught in 10 inches of snow. the family drove more than nine hours from their home near jacksonville to norfolk, virginia so their kids travis and lexy could play in the snow for the first time. >> daddy! >> reporter: was it worth it seeing their reaction? >> absolutely. >> yes. >> i would do it all over again. >> reporter: omar villafranca, cbs news, norfolk, virginia. >> that is the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from new york city's central park, i'm jeff glor. >>> this is the cbs overnight news. >> welcome to the overnight news. i'm anna werner. a massive

or so have been canceled already. look at the boards. you can see in charleston, south carolina, there are a lot of cancellations and delays. philadelphia has canceled at least 250 flights. in the new york city area, more than 1,700 flights going through new york's three busiest airports have been grounded. newark is seeing the bulk of the cancellations up there so far. but we expect boston logan, hartford, and providence airports to see the most. boston alone, 680 flights alone are canceled so far. we expect that to climb. nationwide, american airlines and delta combined have told us they've canceled more than a thousand flights today, already cancel more for tomorrow. the airlines have waiver programs in place so you can travel when the weather's better. the airmens hopes to resume service as the weather improves. as the weather improves, the flights will continue. >> it's only going to get worse as the day moves on. in boston harbor, they're seeing some of the heaviest snow. think of it, blizzards in north carolina and south carolina. >>> the only thing colder than the weathe

or ask us in the hall. ainsley: all those schools in south carolina and charleston.al inches of snow. ainsley: call it the trump effect, business owners investing in america again. what does that mean for you and your family? stuart varney says big things. they are going to be huge. ♪ i want it all ♪ i want it all ♪ i want it all ♪ and i want it now ♪ i want it all ♪ i want it all ♪ i want it all ♪ words are powerful. some can hurt. others bring sheer joy. and some, you just make up along the way. in the end... words bring us together. and just one can change your life. ♪ download the new words with friends 2 from the app store or google play. ainsley: good morning and welcome back. we have a fox news alert. quote, we are in your home. isis terrorist posting this chilling selfie in front of new york city met museum. picture comes after the terror group calls for more knife bomb and pressure cooker attacks. the nypd beefing up security on some of the busiest streets in the world. installing over 1,000 barriers that you see right there in the city. the plan follows two

we knew it after charleston, south carolina where nine parishioners killed by a white supremacist or tucson, with gabby giffords was shot by deranged shooter, 13 other people injured, six people killed. blacksburg, virginia, 22 people shot by a mentally ill person. it is focused on cases that should have barred a person from a licensed dealer. this is incomplete and only part of the problem. a man was -- a man in morgantown, west virginia was able to buy a gun and murder four people. a felony kidnapping and sentenced to ten years in prison for abducting a former girlfriend. this should have prevented him from being able to purchase a fire diagnose arm or ammunition as a background check would have been flagged with the felony convictions. he was able to buy a .9 millimeter hand gun through a purchase on facebook. we ask the committee, why does congress require background checks for some purchases but not all of them? you should not consider strengthening nix without considering how background checks may be expanded to cover all gun purchases. in a letter submitted regarding the recen

we knew it after charleston, south carolina, where nine parishioners were killed by a white supremacist, or tucson, arizona, with congressman gabby giffords shot by a deranged shooter. 13 others injured, 6 kills. blacksburg, six people shot by a mentally ill person who slipped through the process. today, the committee is focused on cases where nics should have barred a gun purchase from a licensed dealer, but the committee surely recognizes this is incomplete and only part of the problem. a man was -- in morgantown, west verge virmg was able to buy a gun and kill four people. he was sentenced to ten years in prison for abducting a former girlfriend. this should have preventing him from being able to purchase a firearm with ammunition as a background check would have been flagged with his felony convictions but he was able to buy a .9 millimeter handgun through a purchase on facebook. as chiefs of police, we ask the committee why did congress require background checks for some gun purchases but not all of them? you should not consider strengthening nics without also considering how backgroun