ARLINGTON, Va. − A wall of snow, ice and rain was sweeping across the Northeast on Thursday, the first in a series of storms forecast to wallop much of the nation's northern tier over the next several days.

Precipitation will start as snow in New Jersey before changing over to sleet/freezing rain and then finally to plain rain.

A winter weather storm system will bring significant ice and snow across northern states starting Feb. 4. What does it take to be labeled a war criminal? For Henry Wirz, commanding one of the worst POW camps in history was enough.