morning." >> sean spicer then defended the tweet in the ill-fitting suit but an ivanka original. it was amazing, amazing. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." charlie rose is off so anthony mason is with us. >> good morning. >> good morning. >>> more than 50 million people are waking up to a winter snowstorm that is slamming the northeast. the dangerous storm is intensifying as rush hour begins bringing white yout conditions and high inches. in some areas snow will fall each hour. skoogts are closed including those in new york city, philadelphia, and boston. >> the powerful system is moving north through new england. a dozen states are under some type of wea some places will get more than a foot of snow. we've got storms all around the country. jersey, philadelphia, new york, and boston too. jericka duncan is in chester county, that's in new jersey, where the snow is coming down pretty fast. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the snow so far is pretty light. it started fallin

this morning." >> sean spicer defended the tweets from the podium in the press room, not in an ill-fitting suit, in a ravishing ivanka original. amazing. looks fantastic. >> this morning's eye opener presented by toyota. let's go places. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." charlie rose is off, so anthony mason is with us again. >> good morning. >> good to have you here. as you wake up in the west, 50 million people in the northeast are getting slammed by a winter snowstorm. the dangerous storm is intensi y intensifying bringing whiteout conditions and high wind across the region. several inches of snow are falling each hour. snows in boston, philadelphia closed. >>> a dozen states from west virginia to maine are under some type of winter weather advisory. some places will get hit with more than a foot of snow. so we've got reporters all around the country in the storm's path in new jersey, philadelphia, new york and boston, too. jury riee jury rica duncan has more. >> reporter: the snow is pretty soft but coming down since about 3:00 this morning and it just continues to accumulate,