Major Winter Storm Rumbles Up East Coast

Major Winter Storm Rumbles Up East Coast
A pile of shoveled snow stands in the plaza on the east side of the U.S. Capitol January 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. One inch of snowfall delayed school openings in the greater Washington, DC, area on Thursday as people along the Easter Seaboard prepare for a blizzard to arrive within the next 24 hours. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Major Winter Storm Rumbles Up East Coast
A pile of shoveled snow stands in the plaza on the east side of the U.S. Capitol January 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. One inch of snowfall delayed school openings in the greater Washington, DC, area on Thursday as people along the Easter Seaboard prepare for a blizzard to arrive within the next 24 hours. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Major Winter Storm Rumbles Up East Coast

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Washington, D.C. could see two feet of snow this weekend from a historic storm that forecasters say will also bring ice and coastal flooding to the eastern U.S. Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson gets the latest from Tom Niziol of The Weather Channel.

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