PoliticsNation   |  February 08, 2013

East coast braces for winter storms

Rev. Al Sharpton talks with meteorologist Jim Cantore about the blizzard that's heading towards New England.

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>> whereas you can see, it's already snowing heavily. we've got at least three inches on the ground and counting. le me show you around the whole region today. you mentioned fife states of emergency here. some 25 million people that will be impacted by these blizzard warnings here, as the teeth of this thing really comes in over night. it's new york, it's connecticut, rhode island , massachusetts, maine, new hampshire, vermont, all of these states getting absolutely hammered right now. the good news is there was a lot of preparation. the bad news is there were cases where we ran out of gas. we ran out of supplies on the shelves. where people wanted to get food and batteries and what not actually weren't allowed to do so because basically, a lot of those shelves were cleared on out. the deal is the governor's goal was reached. he wanted everybody off the roads at noontime today. and such a rare sight to see the massachusetts turnpike at 4:00- 6:00 p.m . pretty much void of cars. this is a road that is packed in both directions. that was not the case tonight. just one or two emergency vehicles is just about all we can find. the worst is not over. we've got