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Millions digging out. I'm Tom Graham. Fox News. A historic blizzard leaves several cities buried in snow. Some communities in the busy Northeast experiencing record totals. Fox weather's Katie Byrne on the frigid New Jersey shore. Schools and offices are already starting to announce closures again across the region as we have at least 19 towns and cities with an official blizzard. That means they had at least three hours straight of visibility, less than a quarter mile, persistent winds in the 30s. We saw this already break a number of records in New England, especially in places like Providence, where this was officially the largest snowstorm ever. It beat a record set in 1978. They got three feet of snow in Providence. The last time here in New Jersey that the whole state was under a blizzard warning was back in 1996. Power outages stretching from Virginia to Massachusetts. The FBI is leading the investigation. an armed 21 man breaching the perimeter In Mar in South Florida President Trump was not there at the time Fortunately the president was here in Washington He had hosted the governor dinner just a few hours prior And for someone of sound mind that would have been pretty easy to figure out But again, Mar-a-Lago is known as the winter White House for the weekends that the president spends there. Still a lot of piecing together to do when it comes to this suspect identified as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin. Authorities say he was able to breach Mar-a-Lago's secure perimeter around 1.30 yesterday morning. He was allegedly armed with a recently purchased shotgun and a gas canister. He was quickly confronted by a sheriff's deputy and two Secret Service agents. Martin was shot and killed. Fox's Alexandria Hoff in D.C. Nick Reiner pleading not guilty today in the killing of his parents, Rob and Michelle Reiner. Authorities say the acclaimed director and his wife were found dead with stab wounds in their L.A. home in December. Nick was arrested hours later. Stocks taking a dive today. The Dow falling 822 points. The Nasdaq giving up 259. The S&P sank 72 points. America is listening to Fox News. Joining me for the 52-episode podcast series, The Life of Jesus. A listening experience that will provide hope, comfort, and understanding of the greatest story ever told. Listen and follow now at foxnewspodcasts.com or wherever you listen to podcasts. President Trump gearing up for his State of the Union address tomorrow night, but some Democratic lawmakers plan to leave their seat empty to rally with a former cable news host instead. Some of the Democrats who are expected to skip the speech have already said they plan to attend a rally at the National Mall alongside former MSNBC host Joy Reid in an event that's sponsored by Midas Touch and Move On. Now, other Democrats who do plan to attend the speech are planning to bring victims and survivors associated with Jeffrey Epstein. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has already announced that two of the guests she's bringing to the speech tomorrow night are Minnesotans who were detained by ICE. All of this, of course, happening in the context of the ongoing DHS shutdown. Fox's Bill Malusian on Capitol Hill. There at least 73 people died in Mexico's attempt to capture a notorious drug cartel leader. Portions of Mexico going on lockdown following violence south of the border Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been in contact with Mexican leaders A senior official tells me Secretary Rubio is fully briefed up on what is going on on the ground in Mexico He has been in pretty continuous contact with the U ambassador there The Mexican government is revealing some information about how this operation to first locate El Mento and then target him went down. The defense minister. Through military intelligence work, we located a trusted person of one of Almencho's romantic partners who transported her to a facility in the town of Topalpa, Jalisco. On scene, his fighters opened fire. Almencho fled to nearby woods where special forces eventually found him in hiding. More fire was exchanged in which he was then wounded. Fox's Jillian Turner at the State Department, former British ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson, is under arrest in London. There's evidence in the Jeffrey Epstein files that Mandelson may have illegally shared inside government information. 72-year-old has had several positions in the British government. He was fired earlier. I'm Tom Graham, and this is TalkStocks.