you see nantucket, gusting over 40 miles an hour. 41. >> all right. thank you very much. my daughter, sally, was flying from texas. she landed on time late last night. my daughter, mary, up from philly, was on the train. delayed three hours. locomotive conked out. >> but she made it? >> usually just the opposite. >> exactly right. today is the biggest travel day of the year and that's why we have dispatched steve centanni to reagan national airport in washington where outside the weather is frightful. what's it like inside, steve? >> reporter: that's right. it's raining outside and it's pretty good inside so far. more crowds arriving as time goes on because it's going to be a very, very busy day, very crowded here at this airport. let's take a look down the long hallway here. as you can see, people are arriving with their bags, checking in with the ticket counters, they're looking on the screens to see if their flights are delayed. a lot of those delays are being reported. there are two-hour delays in philadelphia. 90-minute delays at la guardia. 200 cancellations so far

in nantucket. >> right. we're proud on nantucket that frederick douglass the first time he spoke before a white audience was in nantucket. his wonderful book, the narrative of his life, ends with that scene. on nantucket, we take great pride. >> and credit. >> right. >> yeah. >> looking at some of the figures who are known to people as established players, when the revolution finished and the civil war, you know, was completed, george washington, for example, 1775 seemed to be somewhat of an outlier as a future player of -- can u yo go in to that? >> yeah. it was fascinating. when i came up with the idea of this book, one of my concerns, oh, washington, you know, he's the walking marvel man. and what is he going to really, you know, be a buzz kill once he arrives on the scene after the battle of bunker hill. anything but. it's just fascinating to see washington. a man from virginia, arriving in new england, a couple of weeks after the battle of bunker hill where -- and this is a new england army. t

in nantucket. >> right. we're proud on nantucket that frederick douglass the first time he spoke before a white audience was in nantucket. his wonderful book, the narrative of his life, ends with that scene. on nantucket, we take great pride. >> and credit. >> right. >> yeah. >> looking at some of the figures who are known to people as established players, when the revolution finished and the civil war, you know, was completed, george washington, for example, 1775 seemed to be somewhat of an outlier as a future player of -- can u yo go in to that? >> yeah. it was fascinating. when i came up with the idea of this book, one of my concerns, oh, washington, you know, he's the walking marvel man. and what is he going to really, you know, be a buzz kill once he arrives on the scene after the battle of bunker hill. anything but. it's just fascinating to see washington. a man from virginia, arriving in new england, a couple of weeks after the battle of bunker hill where -- and this is a new england army. t

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