storm conch all night long. "now" with alex wagner starts right now. right now, we are awaiting the latest weather advisory for the power house blizzard bearing down on the northeast. it is a storm that could make history. take a look at our top of the rock cam. you can see just how fast the snow is coming down in new york city. plows are out in force this afternoon, with states of emergency declared in four states. some 28 million people are under blizzard warnings from the jersey shore all the way up to maine. millions more are affected by thousands of flight cancellations. boston's logan airport will cancel all flights starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern until tomorrow morning. andrew cuomo has said he is

waiting for that 4:00 p.m. advisory to determine the full extent of new york's travel ban and whether or not new york's subways will shut down. >> we are expecting a very high rate of snowfall starting later this evening combined with high gusts, gusts as high as 55 miles per hour, so get to wherever you have to get by 11:00. on a night like tonight, you really are jeopardizing yourself if you are out past that hour anyway. we learned all broadway shows in new york city will be cancelled tonight due to the storm. joining me now from boston is chris pallone. what's the word up north in boston? >> reporter: even though there hasn't been a lot of notice for this storm, friday into saturday

the models started showing the blizzard was coming. it appears that people are heeding the warnings. massachusetts governor charlie baker has been very emphatic. this might be a historical event. you need to be prepared for this. you might have to stay in your home maybe two, maybe three days lose power. make sure you have enough food. fill up your car with gas. be prepared for whatever might come this way. they're predicting 20 to 30 inches of snow here in the boston area. it is not just the snow that they're worried about. this storm is accompanied by high winds that could reach 55 mile an hour winds inland and 70

miles an hour on the coast. so people who live up on the north shore, plum island, all the way down to the cape they're boarding up their homes as if they are facing a hurricane because the tidal surge, the flooding that could accompany this storm, could be catastrophic for a lot of people. the cities and towns in the area are prepared to take on that snow. once it gets into the 2 to 4 inch per hour range, it is going to be very difficult to keep up. today as a commuting day was pretty quiet. it was not a normal monday to say the least coming into boston today. even today at 4:00 when you would normally see a lot of people i saw a lot of those people leaving at 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. >> how vulnerable is boston's

electrical grid? we were just doing research. a lot of new york city's electrical grid appears to be underground. not necessarily so in boston. a lot of it is above ground. will there be a broad power outage in boston at some point? >> the governor has been sharing with the media where they anticipate the highest amount of power outages could be. there might be widespread power outages on cape cod and plymouth. as we move inland the winds are supposed to be a little bit less. they're expecting fewer power outages inland. depending on how heavy the snow is they have tree branchs that could come down and take out an entire neighborhood for power. the infrastructure is not quite as underground here in boston as

it is in a place like manhattan. >> thanks for the update chris. >> sure. joining me now is bill carons. we are expecting an updated weather advisory. what are you seeing in terms of the forecast? >> don't get caught up in the updates. it is updated every 12 hours. the national weather service do their big updates at 4:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. east coast time. new york city, i just texted my wife. i told her get home. tell her it is time to go. i was thinking 6:00 to 8:00. this band of snow is over new york city. you can see we are moderate snow, but it is coming down already. this goes all the way out on long island. it is heavy to moderate snow. it is accumulateing about an inch, maybe about a half an

inch, an hour. we had a little bit of snow pellets. that made it slick on the roads too. it is time to get off the highways and off the roads in and around new york city and long island and soon up in southern new england. i don't think you have to wait until 8:00 or 6:00. get home now and get safe if you can. tomorrow it won't be like this. i was watching the wind gusts. only about 10 mile per hour winds. temperatures hovering right around 30 degrees. this isn't even blowing. tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. i wouldn't be able to stand that up. the snow will be about up here. the bottom line the worst of this blizzard the winds are going to add to the heavy snow. midnight to about noon tomorrow that's from portland to boston to worcester right down through

providence into new york city and the jersey shore. someone is going to end up with three feet of snow. i bet you i'm going to hear thunder snow. i'm going to hear claps of thunder. if you're close enough you'll see an eerie greenish hue in the clouds. that's the color the lightning looks like in snow with the way the light bends and refracts. >> i don't know what's crazy in that sentence the thunder snow or you staying out there all evening long. >> that's if. >> i want to ask you one more question, which is the wind seems to be the huge sort of -- the thing that distinguishes this particular blizzard but the wind in particular has a chance of sort of throwing like everybody's expectation of what snowfall looks like out the window. i read somewhere that the snow drifts -- i mean given 50, 60

mile per hour winds, that could be much higher than the two feet that is currently predicted. >> it is going to be hard to measure. if you're the lucky one, you may have 6 inches to 12 inches in it. if all that snow blows in your neighbor's yard they could have five to six foot drifts. when the wind is gusting 60 to 70 miles per hour, it could easily just blow all over. tomorrow windchill single digits. you're going to want to get out there and shovel to try to get ahead of this. but you could shovel and an hour later, the wind blows another foot back into your driveway. it is not until wednesday morning that i recommend that you get out there. it is not like it is going to be warm but at least the wind won't be as bad. >> this is one of the situations

where procrastination will actually help you. take a quick cocoa break. hang with me. we're going to go on the west side highway here in new york. we're hearing broadway will be going dark tonight in the city. >> yes. new yorkers are prepping for what will be a massive blizzard tonight. we have an inch and a half to 2 inches to accumulating and we're already getting the biteing snow in your face. the traffic here as been slower than normal. this would be bumper to bumper of people taking their way home. already the streets have been salted. city officials have tried to get ready for this blizzard. many city officials are saying that they want people to stay home tonight, to get home early from work. we know that the subway system

will at least be partially closed from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. tonight. the streets and roadways will be closed by 11:00 tonight. they want people in their homes and hunkered down for when it gets the worst. >> thanks for the update. after the break, more than 6,000 flights have already been cancelled impacting routes across the country. we have everything you need to know about travel delays. plus have you been hearing the term bomo genesis? we will look at how that phenomenon is making this storm especially explosive and as always, we want to hear from you good people. how are you preparing for the snow? what are you buying? what are you planning on eating? weigh in. >> this is not a storm to take lightly.

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rapid intensification of the storm. it has already been snowing for hours, but the worst of the snow is expected overnight and through tomorrow. the new york city area could see two feet of snow and parts of new england and boston could exceed that. wind gusts will be up to 60 miles per hour as well as power outage, tree damage and coastal

flooding. statewide travel bans go into effect in connecticut at 9:00 p.m. tonight. ground stops are in place at laguardia and newark airports. all flights in and out of boston's logan airport will cease starting at 7:00 p.m. tonight. joining me now is kate rogers. thanks for joining me. what's the latest on the air snarls? >> of course. alex as you said, there is certainly a ripple effect. there were only about 2,000 flights this morning cancelled or delayed. that number is now at 6300. ground stops have been enacted here at laguardia and also at newark airport. it is kind of turning into a ghost town at laguardia airport. we also saw major airlines like united and american completely stopping all their service to

select airports in the northeast beginning tomorrow including philadelphia boston, newark, laguardia where we are, and jfk. boston, they're still the only airport at this hour to completely suspense service at 7:00 p.m. tonight and continuing to tomorrow. they hope to have things back to normal by wednesday. they're saying the way things are going right now in the new york city area they wouldn't be surprised to see all flights cancelled in and out of this area tomorrow. >> are there flights scheduled to leave tonight out of new york that have not been cancelled? >> there are some have haven'tthat haven't been cancelled at laguardia. they have seen more than 50% of the flights out of this airport cancelled today.

newark airport has seen more than 87% of the flights cancelled. it is definitely getting worse and worse out there. >> thanks for the update kate. >> thank you. >> back with me is phil carons and professor jeffrey sax. phil let me start with bombogenesis. what is that for those who do not know? >> it is not as rare as the whole polar vortex. it happens probably six to ten times a year from october to march. it is when any storm quickly intensifyies intensifies. it has to drop 24 millibars in 24 hours. this storm is undergoing that process right now.

it is easily going to get past 24 millibars in 24 hours. even the storm we had on friday that brought this snow, that was a bombogenesis process also. it is kind of a catchy term but you get the picture. i'm starting to worry that new york city is already ahead of schedule. i was just looking at the radar. i don't see any breaks coming. i think we're in the steady snow now. the winds are picking up. it is only going to get worst from now. there are already 2 to 3 inches on the ground. we're at an inch an hour accumulation already. the heavy stuff is from midnight until noon tomorrow. that is what is going to make this historic the length and the duration. >> dr. sax, thank you for joining us by phone. >> what a pleasure. i wish i could come into the studio, but off the streets.

>> you have a good excuse today. we have been talking a lot about erratic weather patterns. we have focused on the warming of the earth. this would seem to -- for those who doubt climate change they will point to moments like this and say but it is so cold it is historic snowfall. is there an interrelation between extreme heat and extreme cold and extremely erratic storms? >> certainly the scientists think so. and the scientists say they are two big reasons why we're getting mega storms such as the big rainfalls in spring and summer and bigger snowstorms in the winter. with warmer temperature, the air holds more moisture in general and second the oceans are really warm right now. that means that extra amount of

precipitation in the warmer air over the oceans so the scientists are saying that while you can never be sure of any particular storm, we should be expecting this kind of trend. and i asked one of my colleagues just now what the record is for mega snowfalls. he points out that since the records starting in 1869 of the ten biggest snowstorms five of them have come since 2003. that suggests we're seeing a lot more of this kind of extreme event. that's what we expect. that's what the climate science says. while you can't say it about any particular storm, it's definitely consistent with those expectations. >> bill when we talk about predictions, there's an expectation that this part of the world will be hit by more bigger and deadlier storms but

this one in particular. this was not supposed to hit the northeast. this was supposed to go out to sea. what happened to change that path? >> alex i think you directed that to me. this storm was supposed to be about 200 miles off the sea a while ago. then it kind of switched saturday morning. that's not that unheard of. that was 72 hours in advance. we kind of knew that this storm was coming. we can't tie that into anything. if you look at the top ten snowstorms in new york city all since 2000, 2006 we broke the record, 18 to 20 inches in 2011 and again in 2013 yes, we have shattered some crazy records. so storms like this aren't unheard of. is the frequency of storms like

this increasing? i hope that kind of answers your question. you can never tie one event into anything, but when you start tying 10 15 different storms within a 10 to 15-year period that's when you start thinking. this storm has to throw the moisture back at us. it needs the energy. it needs the warmth from the ocean, from the gulf stream. the temperatures are above average from maine to the east coast. that's also responsible for this. the warmer the ocean water, the more energy that is available for this storm as it picks it up and tosses it back at us. >> and that is something we have also been talking about, the unprecedented warming of the ocean. dr. sax, hurricane sandy cost this area $71 billion of damage.

we don't know what the winter storm juno is going to do. it seems like framing this changing climate in an economic context is a pretty powerful way to get people to start carrying a little bit more about the changes that are happening to the earth. >> of course that's right. there's a simple cost-benefit analysis that we are making a terrible deal right now in risking massive, massive losses when the cost of getting the climate system safer would be very small indeed. it is just opposed by very strong invested interests. to keep this in perspective for everybody, i expect that most people heard by now that 2014 was the warmest year on the planet's instrument history. in other words going back to around 1870 when we've been

measuring the temperatures using a thermometers and other instruments. 2014 is the warmest in history. the trends and the dangers and dit disasters all over the world are clear whether it is droughts massive flooding, these kind of extreme storms, the storm that hit the philippines one after another after another of those giant mega storms. it is vast and getting larger but we have this powerful oil industry that has been fighting this. they bought the senate unfortunately. the republicans just voted down science again last week. they were given the opportunity to reflect on the most basic science that human activity significantly contributes to climate change and the

republicans voted against that 49-5 in the republican party. they're just on the take with the big oil money. >> yeah it is an ironic juxtaposition that the vote that happened last week in washington and what is happening this week on the northeast coast. thank you guys both for your full-time. time. >> great to be with you. coming up, late the games begin. republican presidential candidates were out in force. i'll tell you more about that coming up next.

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situation. the heavier snowfall will be coming down tonight, but it is already dangerous out there today. >> that was andrew cuomo just hours ago warning new yorkers to take precautions and stay off the roads as a massive blizzard hits the northeast. new jersey new york and connecticut have declared states of emergency. joining me now is the mayor of philadelphia michael nutter. thanks for joining me on a very busy day. >> sure. thanks for having me on. we're gearing up and we are ready for this storm. >> let me ask what are you telling -- when we talk about big storms like this the folks often that are most vulnerable are the elderly, the homeless they are young people. how specifically are you targeting outreach to those

communities? >> significant outreach through our interagency coordination. we have considered this one an all hands on deck. we have estimates from anywhere to 10 to 14 inches and some show more so we're taking this very very seriously. we're not taking any chances. we declared a code blue last night at 8:00 p.m. so that's in effect and will stay in effect for sometime. we have an outreach hotline for folks to let our workers know that there's someone out on the streets. they should not be out tonight, certainly tonight. we don't want homeless out if any bad weather, but certainly not in these conditions. we have another update at 6:30 this evening. we always talk about our senior citizens, our vulnerable citizens those who may be sick and shut down. check on our seniors, offer to

shovel their steps or sidewalk see if they need anything from the grocery store, but just check on them. we have a significantly senior age population in our city and i care very passionately about them. but from the streets department police and fire and emergency medical services to parks and recreation, the water department, we're in the process of converting hundreds of pieces of equipment that normally would be out -- we have cancelled trash pick up and recycling for tomorrow. all those vehicles being convert converted for snowplowing and snow removal activities. we are taking this very very seriously. we have had a very experienced team. they've been working together for a long period of time. we have a citywide plan for emergency operations.

we'll be updating our public here at 6:30 down at our emergency operations center which was activated at 1:00 this afternoon with full activation at 6:00 this evening. >> when we talk about the necessity of neighbors checking in on each other, philadelphia, of course, is the city of brotherly love. all cities on the east coast could do well to learn that lesson, especially now because it really does come down to people knocking on doors saying, are you okay, do you need anything especially for the very old and the sick? >> we are actually the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection. >> yes. >> it is a very serious situation. especially seniors and other vulnerable folks and the sick they are seeing these reports. it can sound like the world is almost going to end sometimes. check and see do you have enough

food and prosvisions. they shouldn't have to worry about shoveling the snow off their sidewalks. young people should extend that respect to their seniors. we have asked people to call in to our 311 line and let us know if there is someone in that situation. we're also looking to try to have some outreach with some young people we work with through our phl program, it's a program here in philadelphia. we're preparing for a serious weather event here. we're well experienced. we have a tremendously coordinated effort across a variety of agencies, and we're going to fight it with everything we can. one shout-out to our streets department. these men and women take these storms seriously. they are aggressive with these storms. they work 12 14, 16 hour

shifts. one of the reasons we have been successful is the enthusiasm and passion of our public employees here in philadelphia who really do take fighting these storms very seriously, very personally because they know they're delivering a high quality of service to the citizens of philadelphia and i'm very proud of them. >> that shout-out is well placed. the men and women are doing incredibly difficult, back breaking life-saving work. >> we're talking about wind gusts up to 30 35 miles per hour. it takes it tough. >> it is tough work and we all appreciate them. the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection, philadelphia mayor michael nutter. always good to see you. >> thank you. coming up hunkering down. state officials in the northeast are telling residents to stay in their homes and the backstreet boys are heading that warning.

more on that just ahead.

the snow is already coming down thick and fast here in new york city with up to two feet expected over the course of the night. back in 1888 new york was blanketed with 21 inches of snow. 25.8 inches crippled the city back in 1947 but the current record of 26.9 inches was named in 2006. while some new yorkers are reacting to the mayor's warnings with winter wit, the disaster preparedness is being taken seriously. supermarket chevroletshelves are stripped. the good news those lucky enough to snag an uber will not be hit with sky-high surge pricing. the bad news the backstreet boys

have cancelled their show this evening. all broadway shows tonight have been cancelled. ron, we know long island is due to get some of the worst of it. what does it look like in your neck of the woods? >> it's been snowing for a couple of hours straight since we have been standing out here along the long island expressway. that roadway over in this direction is heading east out of new york to the tip of long island. that traffic is at a standstill. you can see tractor-trailer trucks. it's taking a while to get off the roads. you can see it is moving very very slowly. this is an off ramp right over here. it is a trickle. the road is pretty well covered. we were talking to some of the sanitation crews and they were saying they prepared for this a

couple of weeks ago. it's starting to fall really fast now. i don't know how fast. we understand at the worst of it it may be 1 to 2 inches an hour or so and the expectation here is we could get above two feet of snow. up to 30 inches predicted. there's a gas station. there's a steady flow of cars coming in for more gas. sometimes the wind gusts. they're expecting the wind to gust as much as 50 miles per hour here. this is long island. we're surrounded by water. they are very concerned about storm surge, about beach erosion and all that. it is a big deal here. right now it is about 25 degrees. the snow has been falling pretty steadily the last couple of hours. it is big, chunky wet snow. they're trying to get the roads cleared by dark. it's not going to happen. the governor of new york andrew

cuomo, also said that he expects that at sometime tonight around 11:00 they are going to impose a complete ban of travel on the roads. they're hoping that people heed the warnings so we have a safe night. a very treacherous, but hopefully safe night. >> thanks ron. joining me now is chris pallone. how is the foot traffic where you are? is anybody still out on the streets? >> reporter: it is pretty light. i went for a walk around 3:00 this afternoon. that seemed to be a busier time. it seemed people. >> reporter: -- were trying to head to their cars to get home early. earlier this morning, the commute into boston was not a typical monday commute by any stretch of the imagination. traffic was very light, which just goes to show people here are paying attention to these

warnings. the warnings have only had a couple of days to register with the public. people seem to be listening to the warnings. boston and massachusetts will have a travel ban that goes into effect at midnight tonight. only emergency and essential personal percent personnel will be allowed out on the roads tonight. this could be a record-setting snow. it's not so much the snow they're worried about. we're expecting 50 mile per hour winds here inland and then 70 mile per hour winds along the coast at cape cod and the islands. that could bring down trees. it could bring down power lines. you could see widespread power outages. it could be a long time before power crews are able to get out there.

go home. plan to stay home tuesday. maybe plan to stay home wednesday, and just be ready to sit and wait it out for the next two to three days, if possible. >> thanks for the update chris. >> sure. coming up we will head -- i am going out into the storm and i'm going to talk with al roker live and direct from that winter white just ahead.

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andrew cuomo right now giving us another update on the storm. let's listen in.

>> so the estimates that we reached earlier we're now going to firm up. the mta and port authority will be closing the facilities at 11:00. if you have to use those facilities, you should plan to use the facilities and get wherever you're going by 11:00 because that's going to be a hard stop time. we are also restricting travel on all roads in the 13 counties from ulster sullivan south, including orange and putnam new york city and long island. that's 11:00. a travel restriction for all roads, state roads, local roads, city roads, town roads, except for emergency personnel.

this is a serious situation. if you violate this state order, it's a possible misdemeanor. it's fines up to $300 and that will go into effect at 11:00 also. the two lessons we have learned dealing with this situation more times than we would care to getting the subways and the railroad cards in a safe position is key so that when the weather does leave, we're in a position for the system to start back up. we saw that under hurricane sandy, so that's what we're trying to do here with the 11:00 closing down. and number two, in terms of keeping people off the roads, the roads are very dangerous. we have just been out to long island and driven around the metropolitan area. the roads are already very very

dangerous. they're going to be very hard to clear at the rate of snowfall we expect with the wind gusts with expect, so it's dangerous to be out there now. it is only going to become more dangerous, and at one point it is irresponsible. so 11:00 for all roads to close. i'm going to ask pat foye to give us an update on the airports and what he hears from the airlines and we'll take it from there. >> very extenseive delays and cancellations. all flights at laguardia tomorrow will be cancelled. significant cancellations at jfk as well. the typical advise we give is call your carriers if you're planning on leaving tomorrow and the roads have been reopened whenever that time is. very expensive cancellations at all airports.

expect significant delays. >> okay. anyone have anything else? superintendent? commissioner? questions? >> governor can you explain a little bit more about the closures? >> andrew cuomo, that's the third update he's provided us this afternoon. alex wagner standing by on the plaza now with a very special guest. >> with my very special guest, the great al roker. who else do you want to be outside with on a day and evening like this other than al roker? >> i know. >> it's the truth my friend. people at home should not follow our lead. >> stay in your homes and houses. do not go on the roads. government officials throughout the northeast saying stay at home. they're actually shutting roads down. i think the witching hour is

11:00. >> i think people can walk out and say, it doesn't look so bad, but it is going to get bad. >> the winds are going to pick up as this system gets wound up and makes its way back here to new england tomorrow. we're looking at blizzard like conditions. 35 mile per hour wind gusts, zero visibility low visibility. >> we've been hearing the snow is going to fall between 1 and 3 inches per hour. >> yes. >> that sounds fast right? >> this is about 2 inches. imagine that every hour, okay? >> give us a sense as a mile marker. >> your average snowstorm, you'd get maybe 5, 6 inches. that's considered a decent snowstorm. >> yeah.

>> here in new york city we're looking at 12 to 18 inches. some of the models predict up to 26 inches. out on long island about 26 inches. boston two feet or more. driven by 50 to 60 mile per hour winds. up in new england, power outages are going to be a very real possibility. >> you are a man who knows a snowflake well. you will see the last snowflake fall. >> we will be doing some streaming live starting at 8:00 going into midnight. then we'll pick it up again tomorrow morning. we'll be streaming "the today" show live. we're starting on the weather channel at 4:00 a.m. this is a huge system. even if you don't live in this area you're going to be

affected. air travel flights can't get there from here. >> yeah. >> it's going to have an economic impact. there will be costs to this. >> this is a whopper of a storm. >> yes. >> it's always good to see you. >> that's a very good term. a whopper of a storm. >> that's all for us. "the ed show" picks up our coverage now. >> big ed. good evening americans, and welcome to "the ed show" live from detroit lakes minnesota. it's breaking news. the northeast is bracing for what could be a historic blizzard. snow has already started to fall in new york city up to two feet of snow is expected in the new york metro area with dangerously high winds. mayor bill de blasio said it could be the largest storm in the city's history and urged residents to prepare and take