And good morning and welcome to Morning Joe.

It's Monday, February 23rd.

We hope that everybody is staying safe and warm this morning as a massive winter storm is impacting millions with blizzard warnings stretching from Maryland to Maine,

meaning gusts could hit over 60 miles per hour. New York City is under a travel ban right now. That lasts until noon today.

This restricts most vehicle traffic on streets, highways, and bridges.

Surrounding areas are also under travel bans, and some public transit services have been significantly reduced.

Accuether meteorologist Bernie Rayno joins us just ahead with the very latest on this massive blizzard.

And with us on this Monday morning.

We have the co-host of our 9 a.m. hour, staff writer at the Atlantic,

Jonathan Lemire, staff writer at the Atlantic, Frank Boar, senior writer at the dispatch

and a columnist at Bloomberg Opinion.

David Drucker is with us and columnist and associate editor at the Washington Post.

David Ignatius is here as well.

We have so much to get to this morning. I mean, we have a ton to get to. I will say this blizzard in the Jamaica, I was a meteorologist for 25 years before getting into politics. No, but this is a, this is

Jonathan Lemire, what we in the business would call a sneaky blizzard. Like it just, it just

started up last night. And man, it has continued. And it's just piling up. And I guess we have another

five, six, seven hours to go, right? Yeah, the blizzard's got a lot of life left in it. I will say here in New York City, there's less accumulation on the ground than I think had been anticipated, but there's plenty of snow out there, to be clear. And the wind is whipping. There's snow in the air. The roads aren't great. Visibility not great. Hence, the travel ban. Pretty, you know, rare event. Mayor Mammani called for that last night. It's our first one here in New York since 2016. But we see here, I mean, the storm is just lingering. It started yesterday afternoon with some snow, and it's moving its way up the coast.

New England's going to get pummeled, Joe and Mika.

So certainly a day to stay indoors, and we'll note a rare no school day, not even a remote learning day.

We thought no school days were a thing of the past, but at least in New York City, nothing.

No, nothing at all.

Ghost letting.

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