Doug Crisner

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With Bloomberg News Now, I'm Doug Crisner, and we begin with the massive winter storm spreading ice, snow, and sleet across the eastern U.S.

Bloomberg's Craig Allum is tracking the storm.

Now, the storm has grounded thousands of flights.

Data from FlightAware show.

More than 17,000 cancellations, more than 80 percent of departures have been canceled at Newark, LaGuardia and JFK airports, while cancellations at Washington Reagan National top 90 percent.

Here is Memphis airport official Glenn Thomas.

That is Memphis airport official Glenn Thomas.

Now this storm is also straining power grids.

Now the grid in Texas will be facing tight conditions through Monday as demand continues to climb.

And the U.S.

Department of Energy has ordered the grid operator in Texas to use backup features.

at data centers in periods of extreme stress.

Also facing cancellations, the NBA.

The league has postponed tonight's game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets, and the Dallas Mavericks were unable to fly to Milwaukee last evening for their game against the Bucs.

In Minneapolis, people brazed freezing temperatures last evening for protests and vigils after a second fatal shooting there by federal agents on Saturday.

Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Preddy, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, after he was subdued on his hands and knees.

Now, Preddy had a permit to carry a weapon, which the agents found on him before the killing.

The Trump administration is blaming Minnesota state and local officials for the fatality, calling Pretty a domestic terrorist.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison spoke at a press briefing earlier.