COSTELLO: Good morning. I'm Carol Costello. Thanks so much for joining me. The snow is coming down hard in several major east coast cities, Philly, D.C. and New York seeing the second round of the -- of a massive storm that's dumped heavy snow and ice across much of the country, snow affecting travel on the ground and in the air. CNN's Fred Pleitgen live in New York City now to tell us more. Good morning.</s>FRED PLEITGEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol. How are you doing? The snow has intensified in the past couple hours. We expect it to peak around maybe noon, lunch time. As I said, it started about 9:00 this morning so it missed the early morning rush hour. However, for many New Yorkers and many people working around this area, the evening commute could actually be a problem. Information, the city seems to be prepared for all of this. They have 365 salt spreaders that are driving around town right now spreading that pumpkin colored salt all over the street. Also, about 1400 snow plows that are in action as well. About the same picture in the New Jersey area, a lot of the highways have been salted. The latest information we're getting there, there don't seem to be too bad delays in the New Jersey area but the airports are a different story. We were talking about this earlier, Newark is going to get hit badly by a lot of cancellations and delays. Some of that has to do with the fact not only is it snowing badly and the snow is picking up but the visibility is really poor in this area - Carol.</s>COSTELLO: If you're flying out of New York City or Philadelphia or Washington, D.C., please call ahead. Fred Pleitgen, try to stay warm. Thanks so much. They met only once but to President Obama Nelson Mandela's influence went beyond that hastily arranged meeting some eight years ago. Now, today, when the world gathered to pay tribute to the late South African leader, President Obama spoke to what he called Mandela's greatest gift.</s>PRESIDENT OBAMA: Mandela understood the ties that bind the human spirits. There is a word in South Africa -- "ubuntu".
Snow Brings More Delays, Traffic Nightmare