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CNN Live At Daybreak
Winter Wallop, Capital Snow
Aired February 18, 2003 - 06:03 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Right now, though, it's time to talk snow. I know you're going to get up soon and start digging and digging and digging. Sorry, Northeast, it's time to talk about one of the biggest snow storms in history. We have people live everywhere.
Our Michael Okwu is going to report from Boston, but right now, we head to D.C. and Bob Franken in the snowed-in nation's capital.
Oh, it's still snowing there, Bob.
CHAD MYERS CNN METEOLOGIST: It's still snowing.
BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, CNN has learned, Carol, that summer is over.
MYERS: Breaking news.
COSTELLO: You're not kidding.
FRANKEN: That's right. That's right. Who needs a weatherman?
As you can see it's snowing. As you can see, there are snow plows out there. As you can see, there are airplanes that are backed away from their gates. That's so the snow plows can clear the gates, because there is this announcement that Washington National -- Reagan National Airport is going to open in a little bit less than an hour, at 7:00 a.m. And we've been inside. There are long lines of people, many of whom have been here far longer than they wanted to be for one of the historic snow falls in Washington's history. Lucky them.
The board -- the travel board there, the arrivals and departures, has an awful lot of cancellations on them, but there are some flights that are scheduled to go. The one that is most intriguing to me is the fact that Air Canada is flying up to the north, where much of this weather usually comes from. The person from Air Canada was saying, hey, it's 25 degrees below zero up there. This is nothing.
In any case, there are lines of people hoping that they're going to get out. I don't think anybody was really expecting this snow fall. We'll have to see if they're able to stay ahead of it and actually get this airport up and operating again. They are an awful lot of people who want to leave.
It is not a fun place to be in an airport right now. There are lines, Carol, that are even longer than a normal day.
COSTELLO: Oh, that would just be awful. I can just see people sleeping on the floor, uncomfortable and cursing.
FRANKEN: That's right.
COSTELLO: Bob Franken reporting live out of D.C. today. Thanks to you.
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Aired February 18, 2003 - 06:03 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Right now, though, it's time to talk snow. I know you're going to get up soon and start digging and digging and digging. Sorry, Northeast, it's time to talk about one of the biggest snow storms in history. We have people live everywhere.
Our Michael Okwu is going to report from Boston, but right now, we head to D.C. and Bob Franken in the snowed-in nation's capital.
Oh, it's still snowing there, Bob.
CHAD MYERS CNN METEOLOGIST: It's still snowing.
BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, CNN has learned, Carol, that summer is over.
MYERS: Breaking news.
COSTELLO: You're not kidding.
FRANKEN: That's right. That's right. Who needs a weatherman?
As you can see it's snowing. As you can see, there are snow plows out there. As you can see, there are airplanes that are backed away from their gates. That's so the snow plows can clear the gates, because there is this announcement that Washington National -- Reagan National Airport is going to open in a little bit less than an hour, at 7:00 a.m. And we've been inside. There are long lines of people, many of whom have been here far longer than they wanted to be for one of the historic snow falls in Washington's history. Lucky them.
The board -- the travel board there, the arrivals and departures, has an awful lot of cancellations on them, but there are some flights that are scheduled to go. The one that is most intriguing to me is the fact that Air Canada is flying up to the north, where much of this weather usually comes from. The person from Air Canada was saying, hey, it's 25 degrees below zero up there. This is nothing.
In any case, there are lines of people hoping that they're going to get out. I don't think anybody was really expecting this snow fall. We'll have to see if they're able to stay ahead of it and actually get this airport up and operating again. They are an awful lot of people who want to leave.
It is not a fun place to be in an airport right now. There are lines, Carol, that are even longer than a normal day.
COSTELLO: Oh, that would just be awful. I can just see people sleeping on the floor, uncomfortable and cursing.
FRANKEN: That's right.
COSTELLO: Bob Franken reporting live out of D.C. today. Thanks to you.
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