travel bans are in effect in an area from philadelphia to new england this morning as a dangerous winter storm ramps up, threatening some areas with up to three feet of snow and hurricane-force winds. >> everything we know so far makes clear you can't underestimate this storm. >> this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, january 27th, 2015. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. millions in the northeast are waking up to a region paralyzed by a monster snowstorm this morning. heavy snow and strong winds are being felt from new jersey up past the canadian border. forecasts are calling for totals ranging from one to three feet of snow. travel bans are in place in

rhode island, new york city and parts of new jersey. mass transit is shut down in boston and new york. the blizzard is expected to last up to 36 hours in some places. kris van cleave is in comack, long island, just east of new york city. kris, good morning. >> reporter: marie, as of 3:00 a.m., the national weather service has recorded more than 15 inches of snow out here on long island. the wind is blowing. the snow, visibility is low, and driving is certainly very treacherous. snowplows faced the brunt of the northeast blizzard overnight as snow and strong winds battered long island. >> the wind and visibility and everything, it's not too good. >> reporter: police in humvees patrolled the snow-covered roads as the nor'easter kicked into gear monday evening, parking itself over the east coast, feeding off the ocean. >> here you can see the spin, right? look at the tail. this moisture plume goes all the way down to basically cuba. there is nothing but a lot of available moisture here.

>> reporter: that moisture means snow. forecasters predict up to three feet in some areas. six states have declared states of emergency. in massachusetts, connecticut and parts of new york, it is actually illegal to be out on the roads. >> this is a serious situation. if you violate this state order, it's a possible misdemeanor. it's fines up to $300. >> reporter: new york city, boston and new jersey suspended travel on all subways, buses and trains. airlines canceled nearly 8,000 flights. massachusetts called up its national guard as thundersnow was reported near cape cod. a big worry still, hurricane-force wind gusts reaching speeds over 75 miles an hour. >> if you lose power during the storm because of high winds, you might be without power for a period of 24 to 48 hours. >> reporter: the blizzard warning will remain in effect until wednesday.

anne-marie, the plows have been out around the clock. they are continuing to come back to this salt dome where we are to pick up sand and salt to continue putting on the roads as they're able to clear the snow away. we should also tell you local police have told us this storm has turned deadly. a teen died overnight in a sledding accident. anne-marie? >> kris van cleave in comack, new york, thank you, kris. well, as kris reported, this storm has virtually shut down an area from philadelphia to new england. government officials aren't just urging people to stay off the roads. they are ordering it. and the storm's effect is rippling across the country. brian webb is here in new york city. brian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. kind of an eerie quiet on new york city streets apart from the occasional pack of snowplows that drives by. this morning the travel ban is in full effect. roads have been declared off limits. public transportation has been suspended. and the message from public officials is clear, stay off the roads. streets and highways are shut down to everyone except

emergency workers. travel bans were enacted in a half dozen states. in new york city, violators faced a $300 fine. >> if you are in your car and you are on any road, you will technically be committing a crime. >> reporter: everything from subways to ferry service shut down. the goal, prevent travelers from getting stuck and allow plows and emergency vehicles through. and if you planned on flying, odds are you are grounded. more than 7,700 flights in the northeast were canceled. some airports won't be up and running for days, affecting travelers from coast to coast. >> they're doing preemptive cancellations across the board. they learned their lessons from previous storms, and they're not even attempting to try to maintain their schedule. so the simple reason that if they did, they'd end up with their planes out of schedule, their crews out of sequence, and it would take them 24 to 36 hours more for every day they were down just to get back on track. >> reporter: this morning, penn

station, home to the nation's busiest commuter railway, the long island railroad is deserted. and likely to stay that way at least until tomorrow. amtrak has suspended rail service in the new england region and modified service between new york and washington, d.c., today. anne-marie, again, the message for residents, stay at home. stay off the roads. and for the most part, it seems to be working. >> i'm glad to hear that. brian webb here in new york, thanks a lot, brian. well, winds near hurricane strength are predicted for cape cod, massachusetts. hundreds of national guard members are on standby. julie loncich of our boston station wbz is on cape cod. >> reporter: on cape cod, the blizzard of 2015 came roaring in. >> the visibility's getting a little bad. the roads aren't too bad yet, but it's started. it's definitely coming. >> reporter: crews tried to stay ahead of the storm, but with strong winds blowing the several inches of snow that have fallen,

it's a losing battle. >> just topping off and getting gas for my generator just in case. >> reporter: residents here are unfortunately accustomed to losing power, expected to be without electricity and heat for days. >> a few dollars in case it goes off tonight and i can come out to the van and at least get warm. >> just a few groceries but an awful lot of firewood. >> yeah. in case the power goes out. i want to be prepared. >> reporter: many here know it's going to be a long night and an even longer day tuesday digging out. >> just see what happens when we wake up in the morning, that's all. >> reporter: although it won't be an astronomically high tide, high tide is most certainly a concern. residents certainly looking to the ocean. high tide is expected to arrive around 4:30 tuesday morning. >> julie loncich of boston's wbz on cape cod, massachusetts. the storm is expected to sock the region until early wednesday. wbz chief meteorologist eric fisher has the forecast. >> well, this nor'easter taking shape now, really starting to ramp up. it's been deepening, and it's

slowly going to move off to the northeast over the next 24 hours. the snow increasing across the area. it will come down at a really good clip overnight into tuesday morning. blizzard warnings up from coastal parts of new jersey, the shore right up through new york city, boston and all of eastern new england. that's where you get the combination of snow plus a lot of wind blowing and drifting and poor visibility. so the morning is really the epicenter from new york northeastward across hartford, providence and portland. as we head deeper into the day, we're still tracking snow. it's not as intense, but it will continue to come down until wednesday morning. so this long-duration storm will have coastal impacts of wind, flooding and of course the snow totals. one to two feet over a huge area. local spots could see up to three feet of snow. and chasing records, the peak all-time storms in boston and new york city. a chance at them, but it's very tough to see totals this big. either way a lot of snow and certainly take it easy out there. many public transportation have been shut down. i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. a drone crash on the white house ground is raising new concerns this morning about the

devices. the secret service says a hobbyist came forward to claim responsibility. jeff pegues shows us how the accidental breach exposes a growing threat. >> reporter: just after 3:00 a.m., a secret service agent heard a noise and saw a small quad copter flying low over the white house grounds. the device crashed on the southeast side of the complex. the president and first lady are traveling overseas, but their daughters are in washington. there are strict flight restrictions around the white house, but small drones are hard to detect. white house press secretary josh earnest. >> the early indications are that it does not pose any sort of ongoing threat right now to anybody at the white house. >> reporter: but drones, or unmanned aircraft systems, are a potential security nightmare across the globe. in 2013, a drone was hovering over a crowd and then dropped at the feet of german chancellor angela merkel. law enforcement here in the u.s.

is actively looking for a system that could disable a drone. counterterrorism officials like new york city police deputy chief salvatore dupace believes threats from drones are limitless. chemical weapons? >> if the technology is there, which we're thinking, you know, it is and will be. >> reporter: guns? >> guns, definitely, we've seen that. we've seen some paintball video. very accurately hitting targets with paint. >> reporter: in monday's case, the drone was not weaponized, nor did it have a camera. the secret service says the drone's operator was using his for recreational purposes. but federal aviation administration is still developing regulations for commercial drone use. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. coming up on the "morning news," facebook glitch. the social media giant is hit with big problems overnight. details in "moneywatch." this is the "cbs morning news." details in "moneywatch." this is the "cbs morning news."

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cameras were rolling monday when gunfire erupted at a suburban minneapolis city council meeting. >> [ bleep ] >> get down. get down. everybody get down. >> that went right through the door. >> get down. everyone get down. >> somebody got shot. >> stay down. >> a man shot at police officers outside the new hope city council chamber, injuring two of them. they returned fire, killing the gunman. no one inside the meeting was hurt. the officers are hospitalized in good condition. former cuban president fidel castro has ended his silence over the restoration of diplomatic relations with the u.s. castro made the comments in a statement read monday at the university of havana. he wrote that he did not trust the politics of the united states, but he said that does not mean he rejects a peaceful solution to conflicts. the u.s. has charged three men with spying for russia. prosecutors say one was an employee in a new york office of

a russian bank, and he was arrested. and the other two held low-level diplomatic positions and have returned to russia. they are accused of passing information concealed in bags and magazines. and a former cia officer faces decades in prison after being convicted of espionage. a federal jury in virginia found jeffrey sterling guilty on all nine counts against him monday. prosecutors say he leaked details of a covert mission to derail iran's nuclear program to a "new york times" reporter. the conviction is a major victory for the obama administration and its unprecedented crackdown on government leaks. on the cbs moneywatch," social media hits a snag, and the government reportedly spying on drivers. jill wagner's at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. asian markets mostly higher ahead of the fed's first policy meeting of the year. tokyo's nikkei added 1.5%. hong kong's hang seng lost 0.5%.

here on wall street, the new york stock exchange plans to run on a normal schedule today, but many people could be home from work. the dow gained 6 points on monday. the s&p was up 5. the nasdaq rose 13 points. facebook was hit with an outage this morning. social media sites including facebook and instagram were down in the united states, europe, asia and australia. the widespread outage affected desktop and mobile sites. facebook displayed a message that said "something went wrong." the problem was fixed after about 40 minutes. the federal government's 2015 budget deficit will fall to its lowest level since president obama took office. the deficit for the u.s. treasury will fall slightly to $468 billion this year. that is according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office annual budget outlook for 2015. the death toll from faulty general motors ignition switches has been raised. at least 50 people have died in

crashes involving those gm switches. with only four days left before the deadline, more than 300 death claims have been made. claims are being accepted until january 31st. and it's reported that the government has been secretly spying on millions of cars in the united states. "the wall street journal" says the justice department has been gathering and storing hundreds of millions of records about drivers' vehicles. the program run by the drug enforcement administration is intended to seize automobiles, money and other assets from drug traffickers. anne-marie? >> jill wagner at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, jill. straight ahead in sports now, an angry new england patriots owner lashes out at the nfl and the media.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. two bodies were found in georgia near the car of a missing couple. bud and june runion disappeared last week after they traveled to the atlanta area to buy a classic car after putting an ad on craigslist. authorities arrested ronnie towns on charges of giving false statements. he was the last person to speak with the couple by phone. and dramatic coast guard video shows a pilot who survived

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san francisco's financial district.. and a robbery took place. what the suspects grabbed.. before taking off. a state of emergency has been declared in six states because of the northeast blizzard. thousands of flights and trains have already been cancelled and schools are closed today. and a c-h-p car catches fire.. and messes up traffic on the bay bridge. how the officer escaped the explosion. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:30.

here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. and here's another look at this morning's top story. a massive storm is delivering heavy snow and strong winds to tens of millions in the northeast. forecasters warn the blizzard could paralyze the region for days. drivers have been banned from the roads in several cities. nearly 8,000 flights are canceled. in new york city, the subway is shut down, and all transit service in boston is closed. the storm is expected to linger until early wednesday. and president obama wrapped up his visit to india this morning and heads to saudi arabia. the president meets with the new saudi arabian king, king salman. during his visit, the president will pay his respects after the death of king abdullah last

week. and ceremonies are being held this morning to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. about 300 survivors are gathered with leaders from around the world today. they are remembering the more than 1 million people, mostly jews, killed at the concentration camp in occupied poland during the holocaust. the united nations says an attack in ukraine could amount to a war crime. as many as 30 people were killed in the rocket attacks in eastern ukraine saturday. a u.n. official says the rockets were knowingly targeting civilians and violated international law. and in yemen, the u.s. has closed its embassy in the capital to the public. the state department says it's because of security concerns for employees over street violence. the decision follows the resignation of yemen's embattled president last week. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest forecast for the northeast blizzard. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news."

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a southwest airlines flight from san diego landed safely in dallas monday after being the target of an online threat. someone claiming to be affiliated with isis threatened to blow up the jetliner on twitter. it follows a series of false threats made against planes over the weekend. the fbi is investigating. meanwhile, the u.s. military is claiming a significant blow against isis. the u.s. says kurdish forces backed by u.s.-led airstrikes have pushed isis out of 90% of the syrian town of kobani. david martin got a rare look at how the targets are chosen. >> reporter: the target was a poultry farm that isis had turned into a staging area. it was located in syria, but the planning for this strike and hundreds like it was carried out some 6,000 miles away at shaw air force base in south carolina.

>> a little bit of debris over here. >> reporter: cbs news was given an inside look at the targeting center where intelligence analysts pore over satellite photos. >> in a way like a detective does, we put together the picture with all these bits of intelligence. >> reporter: in a typical week, staff sergeant penny and each of the other analysts investigate up to 20 different locations to find three legitimate targets. >> the ultimate intent is to build something that holds water that makes it to the end that is strikable. >> reporter: it's a battle fitting the precision of american weapons against an enemy spread out across two countries. >> precision is the ability to very specifically know the exact coordinates of any spot on the earth and to hit that spot. >> reporter: down to what? >> down to let's say a foot. >> reporter: colonel scott murray, the chief intelligence officer for the air war, told us what it took to destroy a building isis was using as a weapons factory. >> it was -- it's quite the

structure. it did take quite a few weapons to do it. >> reporter: the first two hit and the building disappeared in a cloud of debris. but 18 more satellite-guided bombs follow. each with a delayed action fuse. >> it just allows the munition to penetrate deeper. >> reporter: the air campaign is an impressive display of american firepower, but is it winning the war against isis? has the bombing campaign taken back any territory from isis? >> i'd say approximately 700 square kilometers have been regained. >> reporter: that's in iraq where isis still holds 55,000 square kilometers it seized from iraqi and kurish forces. in syria, isis is still expanding. >> isil has great leeway in northeast syria. they're not opposed on the ground in that region. >> reporter: david martin, cbs news, washington. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more on the northeast blizzard. wile have live reports and get

the forecast. plus, a new warning about exposure to radiation from medical imaging. and we'll meet a mom who's offering a new view of family life through her unique photos. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.

your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. good morning, taking a live look at the golden gate bridge

right now. maybe one car. we do this every morning about 4:30 and there's one vehicle. >> good to have you back. >> good to be back on this january 27. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i know. >> what are we going to do that i had? >> first we're going to go to traffic and weather. >> good idea. good morning. we have some interesting developments in the weather department. out the door 40s and 50s. 62 degrees. 62 in san francisco. look just how close the rain wants to make it into the bay area. today's highs in the 60. >> it's a mess in gilroy. east bound 580 there's an overturned big rig and it was carrying a huge load of glass. so they are doing one-way traffic control in the area right now. expect delays near lovers lane again you can see it east of the gilroy area. i know it's a