Tens of millions in the path of a major winter storm.

I'm Lisa Lacerra, Fox News.

The storm expected to impact 40 states from New Mexico to New York, and the impacts could last for days.

Arkansas and Virginia have joined Georgia, Texas, and South Carolina declaring states of emergency.

When you talk about travel, that is expected to come to a screeching halt, starting Friday, continuing into next week.

The worst of the icing is expected to be centered around the I-40 corridor.

I do think that the lower Mississippi Valley, an area that we need to watch very closely for ice that could amount to

over an inch. It's in that zone that we're expecting to see widespread power outages. So

preparations are key. We're in the final phase right now, making sure you have what you need

to get through this storm and beyond into next week. Foxweather's Jane Minar the northeast, forecasters say historic snowfall is expected with about a foot of snow

predicted for New York City.

Once the storm blows through on Monday, forecasters warn of dangerously cold weather

in much of the country.

Vice President J.D. Vance visited Minneapolis this afternoon,

holding a roundtable with local leaders in the public.

He called on them to work with federal immigration officials instead of against them.

Working with state and local officials, we can make the worst moments of chaos much less common, and all they've got to do is meet us halfway.

Minneapolis, Mayor Jacob Frye, and Governor Tim Walz have called for ICE to leave the state.

The House has rejected a Democrat-backed resolution that would have prevented President Trump from sending U.S. military forces to Venezuela.

Separately, the House has approved this year's final batch of spending bills.

The four bills total about

$1.2 trillion and now move to the Senate. Final passage is needed by next week to avoid a

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