i think people are more enjoying it than anything else. >> dylan dreyer has been in the blue mobile for what two days or so and been following the storm as it's moved north. check back with you a little later. thank you, dylan. >>> we now want to get to washington, d.c. where dylan actually started the day today. some locations there already reporting nearly 30 inches on the ground. another person who's been out there on the ground and watching that snow accumulate is luke russert. the good thing at this hour, luke, is you don't have to turn away from the snow. i saw your report last hour and it was hitting right in the face and you had to turn the other way. i would do the same. >> reporter: yeah. the wind is died down a little bit. but it's actually still considerably stronger, richard, than it was when the day started. from the meteorologist we have on staff at nbc, this is kind of the last punch if you will -- >> luke, i apologize. we have to jump over to new york city's mayor, bill de blasio. we'll get back to you. you're fot going anywhere. let's go to bill de blasio with the late