designated for sale in boston. a fourth ship was on its way, but it ran aground and never sailed again. then more ships were headed. in all four of these seaports the radical groups or the sons of liberty wanted this to be sent back to london. it wasn't so simple. the tea companies, in other words the designated agents of the east india company, they were very enthusiastic about giving up these generous new commissions. that was one group that wanted to see the tea land. another group that face the problem were the owners of these ships. they knew that if they were to just do with the sons of liberty wanted them to do that their ships would be liable to seizure and basically they would lose all of the money that they had invested in purchasing these ships in the first place. you know. ships weren't allowed to come into port with dutiable goods and then turn around. had to actually land the goods and pay the taxes. but despite this resistance from the ship owners in new york city and philadelphia the radicals were a

or one of the dramatic previous actions in boston like the stamp act riots or the boston masker. actually -- massacre. actually, i think i found the bullets during the boston mass kerr almost missed about four or five people who later participated in the boston tea party, and there are descriptions of them, you know, catching some of the fallen men in their arms. you've got to imagine that an experience like that would really lead you to be the kind of person who dump the tea into the water afterwards. so, yeah, the profile of the tea party participants is really interesting. >> go ahead. >> [inaudible] the popularity of coffee and tea. we think of 18th century, the great coffee houses and that. coffee became the dominant drink in this country because tea was associated with the english. and i wonder what the facts of the matter are. >> yeah, yeah. that's a very good question. the question was about the relative popularity of coffee and tea. europeans discover coffee, tea and chocolate all around the same time from about the 1580s into the 17th century. you know, chocolate is mor

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snowy boston. it's bad now and this isn't even the worst of it. the snow's been falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches every hour in that in the overnight hours that is expected to double, 2 to 4 inches of snow falling here in boston overnight. it's going to be a mess. forecasters are calling this a blockbuster storm. road crews are trying to get a leg up but it's a futile exercise, overnight, the northeast is going to bear the brunt of storm. again, up to 20 inches here in boston and surrounding areas. the massachusetts governor has declared a state of emergency. that's an edict, stay off the roads at all costs, especially for the danger when whiteout conditions are expected to be the worst. roads are already jammed with holiday travelers trying to dodge the full assault of the storm. they are trying to get ahead of this. again, that's an exercise in futility. overnight the issue is going to be power outages, officials are worried that with 30, 40, 50-mile-an-hour wind gusts that could cause massive p

we're in boston common, where it is windy. the snow is already falling at a rate of one to two inches an hour, and in the overnight, the hourly snowfall totals could double. it is a real mess here. forecasters are calling this a blockbuster storm. unlike any this region has seen in years. and road crews are trying to get a leg up, but it is a futile exercise, because overnight new england will bear the brunt of this storm. up to 20 inches forecast here in and around boston. the massachusetts governor has declared a snow emergency. essentially, an edict to stay off the roads at all costs, if you can, because of the danger. again, overnight, when the whiteouts are predicted, that could be a problem. but with trains canceled and air traffic crippled, the major roads are already jammed with holiday travelers trying to get on the front edge of the assault from this storm. one of the big concerns is power outages. emergency officials are worried that with 20, 30, 40, 50-mile-an-hour wind gusts, that could knock down electric lines a

of snow from new york to boston. it is crippling the transportation systems and causing problems for it travel across the country. here is featured as great as her mentioning it does start to get better here over the next six-nine hours. going through the night tonight and into tomorrow morning this bill begins to light and then pushes off to the east and for tomorrow afternoon the snow comes to an end and by the evening dry conditions prayed still some showers left around here in the bay area. in to the north prayed stretching from san rafael to vallejo into fairfield and back to back a bill. moving to richmond in at the next hour. the showers it should be done after midnight tonight and we're looking at a much better day for tomorrow with spawning fog and it could be better in some places. tuesday will have another it pacific storm system. strong winds, i will play more about it in the forecast ahead growing up. francisco fire department responded to a fire in a can of this building. it was put a quick feet with no

meanwhile the boston celtics are the main form team in the n.b.a. recording the thirteenth straight win with victory over the indiana pacers ninety nine eighty eight the final. go ahead boston starting well one handed helping then to see twenty three names in the first quarter and i held a four point advantage at the end of the night robinson thousands from the school board taking out with eighteen points on the night. pull fish chip game with the same tally as did rally and you had one of the plays of the day this past week giving boston the minds of one and two three. not to be frank from glen davis if it jumped up late in the fall if you can sell for eight hundred forty four to wrap up the. other games from sunday night the l.a. lakers recorded desperate straight wins with a victory as the toronto the houston rockets got some rest success on the road beating sacramento one hundred two ninety three and grant hill top score for phoenix with thirty points to stay to oklahoma to make steve nash adding twenty on his return from injury. now there is no

these are live pictures south of boston this evening. in some neighborhoods, they're getting around by boat. we'll head there in just a moment. first, the storm itself and the countless stories of people caught right in the middle of it. sharyn alfonsi among them. and we begin with her right here in new york. sharyn. >> reporter: good evening, david. well, that snow sure was pretty when it fell. but with the wind it actually felt like needles hitting your face. now we're left with the real pain, cleaning it all up. look at these giant piles of snow that have covered entire cars and left cities stranded. they're calling it the snownado. waist high drifts. weird bouts of lightning. blinding 70-mile-an-hour wind gusts. >> sometimes you could see 15 feet in front of you. sometimes 30. sometimes nothing. >> reporter: so much snow it brought the east coast to an eerie standstill. brooklyn, new york. washington, d.c. newport news, virginia. philadelphia fought mother nature with an army of plows. durham, north carolina, with an old broom. >> ev

boston has seen 35. we've seen even higher gusts than this. long island has gusts as high as 60, 70 miles per hour. and that is just whipping around that wind, creating those blizzard-like conditions, at least for the next couple of hours. new york city really getting hit hard. treacherous travel out there all along the interstates and it looks like into boston, the worst is still yet to come. just for the morning rush hour, and eventually all the snow heading into maine as well. now back to you rob and mike. >> quick question here. when should folks in new york expect all the snow to finally be out of here? >> well, it's going to still be around the early part of the day but i think the worst of it will be ending after about 6:00 or 7:00. so people heading to work early on, you're going to be running into major problems. for the later part of the commute it may not be as bad. snow around through much of the day and blowing snow with that with the winds. it's going to be pretty bad all day long in new york. >> ava, thanks a lot, appreciate tha

the sfo. >> i hope i can make it to boston today. >> at least he has a chance to get it. other it fires and have just given out. it was supposed to be an asset 04 layover. >> as if i could go to arizona. if i could go to a couple of different states and they said every other state even if you wanted to cut flights back to jersey are still booked. >> what are you going to do? >> go back, and read book my flight and hopefully see my family them. >> here is the problem. because of the holiday the flights are booked up with people so it is hard to get the passengers were booked on to other flights. they're telling me as well but they are not getting colors from the airlines because they are so busy. there are some delays and cancellations and when they try and call and get an update of what is happening with their flight they cannot get repute there is getting a busy signal. the best thing to do is to check on line if you can. >> our team coverage mr. jonathan blum with what the lines are doing for the airlines. >> it is slowly trickling and but one thing you might notice is

boston the forecast has been crazy, lynn. all the meteorologists up there are pulling their hair out at this point. yesterday looked like it could get a foot of snow in boston and then last night our computers flopped and maybe only a inch or two. a flip of a coin. >> that never bodes well for them. they get phone calls at the station. >> we're still 48 hours away. stay tuned. >> thanks so much. >>> upbeat economic data, sizzling stock markets and the feel-good auction of the year. your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up -- vincent jackson leads the charge against the niners, the celts continue their december to remember and quite possibly the dunk of the year. could we have it? we're running out of time. you're watching "first look" on nbc. [ phones ping, buzz ] [ laughs ] that's so dumb. [ laughter ] nice. [ male announcer ] don't be left behind. get it first with at&t. the nation's fastest mobile broadband network. period. rethink possible. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm

boston, 16 inches and counting. so many people are trying to get back home after celebrating christmas on saturday. and the traffic situation is just as you would expect. the green is everything is going all right. closer to new york, the red is at a stand still. we were tell youg erpier about the stranded motorists. they're having a tough time. linsey davis is at new york's laguardia airport for us. >> reporter: good morning, robin. hotel laguardia is up and running. people are brushing hair and teeth in the bathrooms preparing for another potentially full day here at the airport. flights won't leave until 2:00 p.m. this blizzard has stopped traffic cold. >> it may be tuesday when we get to go home. >> reporter: all three major new york airports shut down. all flights still suspended. the 250 passengers stranded at laguardia were grateful for cots. >> hopefully, we make it to india the day after tomorrow. my wedding is a week and a half. >> reporter: there was a moment of hope that jason would take off afterall whe

>> smith: seth doane in boston. thanks. here's your chance to witness the blizzard of 2010 in fast- forward. this took 20 hours in realtime starting yesterday afternoon in belmar, new jersey. using time-lapse photography, it takes only seconds. inch by inch, hour by hour. by the time it was over, almost three feet of snow was piled on a backyard table and umbrella. this monday after christmas was expected to give retailers one final sales boost for the year, but here on the east coast, the big storm kept a lot of shoppers home. however, this 2010 holiday shopping season has already been a good one. spending was up 5.5% over last year. that makes it the best since 2007, which was a record year. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," it gets marines into the fight on a cushion of air. but why should a new one cost so much? the pentagon's war on red tape when we come back. and reaching into the past to create a new tradition of giving. ah, it's stinging a little bit more than usual! yeah, you'll get used to it. the longer y

. >> reporter: and in boston. >> we're asking everyone to stay home, stay off the main thoroughfares. >> reporter: the blizzard has already caused treacherous conditions in the south. the storm is being blamed for at least two deadly crashes and throughout the region, the nor'easter has broken numerous records. in norfolk, virginia, more than a foot of snow has fallen so far doubling the previous record. in ashville, north carolina, nine inches fell and in tupelo, mississippi and macon, georgia, it didn't take much snow to break records there. the snowstorm arrived just in time to alter holiday travel plans. in richmond, virginia, steven sutton held off on visiting family in north carolina. >> it seems like i'm going go in the house and park the truck and stay there until monday morning. >> reporter: while the snow means holiday headaches for some for others-- including tourists to new york-- the snow only adds to the holiday spirit. >> last year we came it was pouring rain and we still came and this year it's... we don't care about the weather. we just like to see the city. >> report

not expecting a lot of snow or any for that area from boston to new york to philly but d.c.ginia is where you will get snow. just in d.c. but richmond could get 3 to 5. obviously cold today. light snow in d.c. watch out also for areas of kentucky, and indiana and illinois for freezing rain this morning. >> all right, bill. bearer of great news. we love it, thanks. >>> here, what one hollywood bad girl has to say about the pass and about today's crop. >>> she's about to do something in "playbook" she's never done. your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. it's the only listerine®t gets teeth two shades whiter. and makes tooth enamel two times stronger. get dual action listerine® whitening® rinse. building whiter, stronger teeth. get dual action listerine® whitening® rinse. boss: and now i'll turn it over gecko: ah, thank you, sir. as we all know, geico has been saving people money on rv, camper and trailer insurance... ...as well as motorcycle insurance... gecko: oh...sorry, technical difficulties. boss: uh...what about this? g

that's not counting the boston and other area airports. they don't know what's coming tomorrow. >> don, you're not seeing these crowds of people sleeping at the airport that we usually see? >> reporter: no, for a couple of reasons. one, they are sleeping, they are beyond the security gates, but also they have known about this for a while, checking into hotels and spending time in san francisco. >> don knapp at sfo, thank you. >>> a small fire on a passenger plane that made an emergency landing in oakland on christmas eve, the southwest flight was heading from sfo to lag friday night, but it touched down in the east bay after a cockpit indicator alerted of a possible engine fire. the plane was carrying more than 100 passengers and crew. no injuries were reported. the federal aviation administration is investigating. >>> southwest airlines had to turn back one of its planes in sacramento today to remove a passenger. the plane was taxis onto the runway when it had to turn around to let the unidentified person off because of claustrophobia. th

. >> reporter: this is the famous old north church in boston.s where our hunt for clues begins. >> in april of 1775, general gage was looking to send british troops out to lexington and concord, and do so in a secret mission, because his previous missions had been foiled by the sons of liberty, who had spies in the town of boston watching his troops' every movement. >> reporter: it was paul revere who came up with the plan to hang signal lanterns. >> and so he enlisted the help of who we think are a couple of different men. we don't know for sure because he only tells us that he chose a friend to help him hang those, to give those signals. >> reporter: to solve the mystery, you need clues. bob explains that there are two basic types -- >> so primary sources, the best way to put it would be those are sources that come from people who were alive or present at the time that events happened. so they are someone who are going to be able to give us an eyewitness account of the things that actually happened at that night. by contrast, secondary sources

tomorrow to boston leaving at 1:00 so -- >> fingers crossed?> yeah. hopefully it won't get cancelled again. >> the boards at sfo show flights scheduled to leave early monday morning. claire visiting san francisco from new york is actually glad her return flight was cancelled. >> i'm a bit happy. >> you are happy? >> yeah. 'cause, you know, extension for my holiday. (laughter) >> she is on a standby flight for later today but kind of hoping she has to wait until thursday. much less of an impact on airports in san jose where there are fewer direct cross country flights however there were cancellations there as well. john allston, abc 7 news. >> 4:35 now. we had our own precipitation over the weekend. nothing like they had back east but let's find out what's going to happen the next few days. christine hanson. >> tough to get around the bait area this weekend with all the rain. we saw up to half an inch of rain in the north bay last night but you can see national satellite images still showing the east coast is just covered in snow. where expectin

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by the time it hit boston and new york it was a heavyweight. here's jeremy hubbard with some of the folks still reeling from its punch. >> reporter: all across the east coast, people were digging out from a hurricane strength blizzard that brought snow, wind, water, even thunder and lightning. reeki wreaking havoc on the nation. from the carolinas to maine, the storm dumped as much as 30 inches of snow in some places and crippled the country in the midst of the holiday travel season. >> as it rolled off the coast, it kept intensifying. this morning at 9:00, the central pressure dropped to 964 milobars. the lower the pressure, the stronger the storm. that's the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane. >> reporter: you could see that winter hurricane in videos online like this one in bellmar, new jersey, a time lapse from the first flake and the following 32 inches. farther north, boston was one of the hardest areas hit, pummeled with snow, high seas and wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour nearby, leaving tens of thousands without power. 12 hours earl

south of boston, the storm swelled the ocean, causing flooding and fires. new york city has seen only five worst storms since it started keeping records, nearly 150 years ago. >> some of the streets would be cleared. some of the side streets. when i came out here, i realized how bad it was. >> reporter: snow to fell two to three inches an hour, trapping more than 500 subway passengers. >> i know. no heat. no nothing. >> reporter: new york's three airports opened last night. it's easier to move tons of snow, than passengers stranded nationwide, by more than 7,000 canceled flights. >> i came from milwaukee to cleveland. and my flight got canceled after i came here. now, i'm waiting on a flight to providence, rhode island. >> i was supposed to get out of here at 11:00. now, it's until thursday. >> boston's logan airport says it could be friday before every passenger is rebooked. >> it's like having three storms. we have the snow. we have heavy winds. when we get melting at the end of the week, we have to go out and scrape again. >> travel is a little easier by

with no plane in boston, monday's flight from boston to orlando also had to be canceled. now without the right crew in place, the orlando to laguardia flight was canceled, too. what's the best strategy to get you where you're going? first, know the tail number of the plane you're booked on so you can track its actual location. second, don't try to fix the problem online. >> have a conversation with a real human being. the internet doesn't think creatively; it only thinks linearly, and you will be stuck at the airport if you follow the internet. >> reporter: this woman talked with agents directly to get her and her husband back home to miami. they weren't scheduled to leave laguardia until friday, but her persistence with a ticket agent got her on a flight out of newark airport this afternoon. >> i stood in the long line, and a miracle happened and i got on. i not only did not get a standby ticket, but i got two tickets out of newark. >> reporter: but anger is boiling over here, too. one passenger just told us he was a passenger on a jetblue flight to west palm beach, that

meanwhile amtrack has restore ed service between new york city and boston this afternoon. we've been out here since about 9:00 this morning. i can tell you that as the sun dropped, the conditions have deteriorated and what forecasters are saying one of the big problems that we'll be experiencing now are these gusty winds with some of those gusts being estimated to be up to 50 miles per hour. they say that that will last for several days. heather tildes reporting live from -- childers reporting live, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and we're keeping an eye on the bay area airports, m onitoring flight delays and cancellations. coming up at 6:00, the latest on the delays and how passengers are coping. >>> the new laws include a new rating system from the nursing home. this is the first of its kind in the country. nursing homes will have to post federal ratings. these laws are designed to make it easy to make it easy to care facility. >>> owners of plug-in hybrid vehicles will be able to display a bumper sticker to be driven in hov lanes with a single o ccupant. the new law extends th

boston and philadelphia also affected by this. delta, american, united had canceled planes approached the day. i were to step of the way and show you the counter. there are people they're trying to rebut their flights. american is trying to fly it redeye to jfk but not sure if it is into a true. some people being told it could be two- three days before they get out of here. but as will some video essentially the lines. these are the people that are in line because their flights were canceled. a lot of frustrated faces. a lot of people and sells loans prayed trying to do whatever they can to rebut it. they're trying to go to the east coast and needed to read a book about flights. their flights were canceled again today. there's some people that need to rebut that they are actually being told that it does not matter what carrier day on it will be days before they get out. a look at what some passengers are going through. >> we went up to the front and it turns that they do not have another flight until the 30th, that is their state.

boston is expecting up to 20 in. of snow. in fact, the winter storm moving up the east coast is leaving a lot of north carolina high was covered with snow and ice. winter storm warnings have extended from georgia, through new england this morning. forecasters say the storm will strengthen as it moves to the northeast. its starting to bring blizzards and snowden york city and the new england community. here at home it was a soggy christmas as you just heard. on the left of video out of marin where wet road slowdown drivers on the highway, on the right to that's high waves hitting on the pier in pacifica. kron 4 dollars in checks of the secondary and found people took in stride. >> some areas are still flooded this morning, take a look at the corner of van ness and howard street you can see it's currently under water. it was a white christmas in the bay area. from oakland to san francisco the rain kept pouring for good part of the day. in fact, the national weather service even issued an urban and small street flood advisory fo

newark, new jersey, 20 inches. 13, central park, boston 11, still counting. baltimore and washington, d.c. missed out. only picked up a half inch to an inch. still snowing out there bet definitely lightened up in intensity. new york city just about done. heaviest during the day today in vermont, areas of maine and even boston could end up with a couple additional inches of snow added. as far as wind gusts, we had winds gusting to 80 miles per hour at the peak of the store prp hurricane force winds out on cape cod. numerous trees are down. that's the biggest problem for iran everyone in this region. a light powdery snow. not a fun day for kids at all. windchills, single digits. windy all day, too. so no one will be out sledding quite yet. more or less towards tomorrow. >> hopefully tomorrow will be different. >> airports none opening until later today. jfk airport knoll even opening until 4:00, 5:00. >> leaving people stranded. thanks, bill. >>> the u.s. embassy in egypt says it is, quote, deeply saddened by a traffic accident that killed eight americans and i

magic outscore boston and jameer nelson puts in the dagger 3. magic win and say bye-bye to boston's 14-game win streak. >>> new york hosted the bulls today. amar'e stoudemire making the knicks relevant again. they are off to the best start in a decade. that is amar'e stoudamire finishing with 20. bulls with several cold streaks, but derek rose with his spin move. something out of cirque du soleil wilson chandler drives, and knicks win, 103-95. >> there is one nfl game on today, dallas trails the cardinals in arizona 21-10 in the 3rd quarter. and tonight on sports wrap, a special lack back to the world series through the eyes of giants' players. >> looking forward to seeing that. >> a year it was. >> you betcha. >> coming up on the 10:00 news, it has been a very soggy christmas. find out when more wet weather is on the way. >> also the weather in other parts of country as travel are fire chiefed and if there is a ripple effect at bay area airports tonight at 10:00? >> that is our report. i'm ken wayne. >> i'm heather holmes and be can sure to kee

warmer in boston than it is in orlando, florida. doesn't happen that often but the cold air is moving south and hasn't spread to the east coast yet. that will happen as we go throughout the day tomorrow. these are the temperatures. it's a lot worse once we factor in the windchill. it's 7 in atlanta, windchill of 27 in new orleans. even in southern texas, san antonio has a windchill of 32 and now the worst of it by far everywhere in the white they he the negative numbers. international falls, it's kind of known as the icebox of the country, minus 40 windchill and in the negative numbers down to kansas city, columbia over to st. louis, chicago, with a negative 9. now, there's still some snow left but the snow part of the storm for the most part is over with. around international we had light snow. snow around cleveland with that lake enhancement you could pick up at least another 6 inches during the day today. right around baltimore and d.c., some of the light rain is changing over to snow as temperatures drop, veronica. be careful to

up in philadelphia and 19 in boston. it is piling up 3-5 be high. back to our what their in-store trecker. our storm is coming in. wet and windy conditions to develop tomorrow. let us take a look at the next 24 hours. mostly cloudy with patchy fog tonight. mostly cloudy with scattered showers tomorrow. it is after did. at 12:00 the rate will pick up in intensity. but 8:00 is heavier times and the right is very heavy. where are want to have more of your full forecast coming up. >> our coverage of trouble troubled goes into flight delays and cancellations. and this just in. a california appeals court has stopped the controversy also of government buildings. and salt governor leaves office. he has been selling them for $1 billion to balance the state budget under the deal does say would continue to use them to pay rent to ever purchased the. the government will not legally sell it without judicial equipment. all to believe it will move money in the long run. and bay area is the police arrested a man who broke into his devastate families held at locked

so we could be talking 14 to 20 inches in boston, 12 to 16 inch in new york city. that's where we have blizzard warnings in effect from new york city up to boston and then up into portland, maine. we have a blizzard watch in effect. we're going to see the snow and the blowing snow. winds, 35 to 45 miles an hour, some gusts possibly up to 50. so your visibility out there on the roadways will be reduced to zero at times. very dangerous. be careful if you're hitting the roads. >> okay. samantha mohr, thank you. >>> now to christmas in bethlehem where a season with little violence between israelis and palestinians is turning this holiday into one of the biggest celebrations in a decade. officials say more than 100,000 visitors are in town. that's nearly twice as many as last year. at the vatican, pope benedict xvi delivered his traditional christmas message amid tight security, following the mail bombings this week at two rome embassies. the pope prayed for lasting peace in the middle east and criticized china for limiting religious freedom. there has been some violenc

in boston, they dumped 25,000 tons of salt on the roads. and across the northeast, commuter trains slowly got up and running again, but many with very limited service. the real pain is being felt by those still waiting to fly. michelle miller is at laguardia airport with the latest. michelle, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, harry. well, activity has picked up at

. >>> in sports this morning san antonio and boston both extended their long nba winning streaks. the spurs made a fourth quarter comeback against the nuggets. san antonio beat denver 109-103, winners of ten in a row with the best record in the nba. in boston, paul pierce scored 11 in the second half and the celtics won their 14th game in a row on their home court. boston held off philadelphia and win 84-80. the celtics have the second best record in the league. carlos boozer scored 30 points against washington. the bulls rolled ahead in the third quarter against washington. chicago took the win, 87-80, their ninth win in their last ten games. in college football, number 10 boise state dominated the maaaco bowl in las vegas. kellen moore threw for two touchdowns. boise state finished the season 12-1. a quick break. when we come back this morning, we'll have another check of the morning's top stories and christmas countdown, why 11th-hour shoppers may not find the deep discounts they're used to. we'll be right back. d to. we'll be right back. - oh, we miss you, honey. - i'll be hom

. >> nonstop tomorrow to boston and leaving at 1:00. >> fingers crossed? >> yeah. hopefully it won't get canceled again. gite boards at sfo show flights scheduled to leave early monday morning. visiting san francisco from new york is actually glad her return flight was canceled. >> i'm a little happy about the situation, actually. >> you are happy. >> yeah, because extension for my holiday. >> she's at a stand by flight for tomorrow morning. she was hoping she has to wait until thursday. much less of an impact in airports like oakland and san jose where there are fewer cross country flights. there were cancellations there as well. live at sfo, abc7 news. >> thank you, john. >>> and for a better look at this blizzard, let's talk with lisa argen. >> well, we certainly have a lot of snow in the northeast. as we go in closer you can see the area of low pressure where the smell was coming from continues to pull northward from the mid-atlantic. as it does it will be wrapping snow around it through new york and from new england and right through connecticut. bliz

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no heat. >> reporter: amtrak has restored service between new york and boston.y mayor michael bloomberg said the biggest cost to the city would not be snow removal, but the loss of sales tax revenue from all those post-christmas sales that folks here just could not make it out to. t.j. winick, abc news, new york. >>> and passengers literally started clapping as the first plane since the blizzard landed at new york's laguardia airport. planes have also started landing again at newark and jfk airports after crews spent the day removing all that snow. some airline passengers could still be stuck for days. many planes are simply booked solid and airlines are operating fewer flights because of the economic downturn. >>> and to the north now, massachusetts has been pounded by powerful winds from that blizzard, and boston is still digging out from a record snowfall there. >> dozens of homes along the coastline are evacuated this morning because of the flooding. jeremy hubbard is in scituate, massachusetts. >> reporter: good morning to you. parts of scituate, massachuse

spent the last several years and 10 season working on television dramas such as "the practice" and "boston legal." next to him we have jamie floyd. broadcast anger for network news. many of you know her from her daily live broadcast "the best defense. next is a local attorney who has handled a number of high-profile cases including a nationally publicized acquittals of actor robert blake and civil rights lawyer stephen bingham. to his left is a career public defender from washington state. she is a blunder and has her own -- blogger and has her own

boston is right there. >> they played how you want to play as a team. they share the ball tremendously. they're very unselfish in how they play. they have a killer instinct. what they do is they do the dirty work inside. >>> jeff jones and american on the road tonight against unbc, the eagles 1-12 shooting to start the game for jeff jones. then au came alive. vanderbilt transferred charles hiytle playing in his first game as a eagle drove the three. had he eight point in his debut and later in the 1st half tony brewer with the hot hand hits three consecutive three-point others his way to a team high 18. american defeat unbc66-53 to avenge last year's loss and au snaps a three-game losing streak. >>> after sunday's loss to the bucs punter hunter smith, the infamous holder snap said if anybody should be cut he should. the skins agreed waiving smith today and replacing him with sam paulescu who takes over both punting and holding duties. this was smith yesterday. >> i don't give any blame to anybody who did anything in the other 60 minutes. we did all we c

so, philadelphia, new york and boston, a little bit later in the day. snowing throughout the evening. it's going to be a real mess tonight into tomorrow. they should be able to clean some the roads by tomorrow. they say if you don't have to travel, best to wait till tomorrow. the bad news for the shoppers, too, who want to get out. it's going to be a mess out there, as well. dan? >> yeah, it's only going to get worse from here. david kerley, thanks very much for your reporting this morning. >>> for people who are not snowed in, there are big christmas sales out there. holiday spending is up from last year. the national retail federation predicting seasonal sales will top $451 billion. that's a jump of more than 3% from last year. and retailers are hoping the registers will start ringing again this morning. jeremy hubbard is all alone in an empty mall in elmhurst, new jersey, this morning. hey, jeremy. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. quiet and calm right now, as you said. but it could be chaotic at the mall later today. this place ju

of snow and heavy winds. >> it is a dangerous circumstance into the evening. >> boston am followed suit. >> it is a serious storm. if it operates it as we will get through. >> that temperatures will be below freezing and wins will be high. >> they're telling travelers to get heavy early start. and stab the road. at cherry for kron4 newsz i am here with meteorologist pride. the winds are almost hurricane force. >> yes, they are causing what conditions in the northeast. they're very cold temperatures. years from trucker for over the past 16 hours and watch this note about the east coast. all of the major metropolitan areas are seeing heavy snow today. all the way to the united nation's capital into northern new england and future cash to show that this so will continue into the overnight hours today and into tomorrow morning. i eventually things are going to wind down into 6:00 tomorrow morning. this will push off the east coast and we will have some time for those airports to get caught up for tomorrow afternoon with is no coming to an end. here is the back of the bay area. it you shower

wet on i-95, from boston north. >> if you are flying today, you can expect some airport delays in sanles, salt lake city, las vegas, phoenix, boston and new orleans. >>> and now, to an abc news exclusive about the recall of a popular minivan. it involved more than 600,000 ford windstars with a critical defect. >> but why did it take years for the owners to finally be warned? our brian ross investigates. >> reporter: ford marketed its windstar van for families. touting a five-star safety rating, with big bird helping to make the pitch. but there was a serious, hidden problem with the windstar van and the rear axle that turns the wheels. a problem ford took years to do anything about. because of a design defect, the rear axle in the 1998 to 2003 models, can snap in half, unexpectedly. leading to more than 800 reported incidents, including this fatal accident outside boston just 2 months ago. the driver, 28-year-old sean bowman, was killed, about to go pick up his children. >> they asked, when is dad going to get here to get us? it was heartbreaking. it was screams and crying for hours.

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up towards boston and portland maine, new york city shows you the moderate to heavy snowfall. as far as the forecast this is the current pattern. this is the forecast as this takes us into late tonight into tomorrow morning. you can't pick up the circulation so tomorrow morning still showing heavy snow. once again most areas easily within this range of 10-15 inches. look at what happens into the late early morning and afternoon hours the snow moving out into the atlantic. we should have improving conditions out in the day out in the northeast. back here in the bay area we are tracking another storm as well. coming up, i will let you know when the heavy rain clouds move back into the bay area. that's coming up in a few minutes. >> also present -- plenty of snow in the sierra thanks 0 our christmas storm. some areas reported up to a foot of snow fell overnight. scattered showers are expected tonight as the area braces for the next storm. chains are required along i-80 and highway 50. find the latest weather conditions in the sierra as well as right here in the bay area by going

while in boston, in the heart of the blizzard, several airlines shut down operations altogether. at new york's jfk passengers who have been waiting a week to get to snow-socked heathrow learned the weather here is thwarting them now. >> we can't really be angry or it's just the weather. so, it's nobody fault. >> reporter: amtrak canceled all trains between new york and boston starting at 5:00 p.m. and a few in virginia, too forcing post-christmas crowds on sold-out trains to find another way home. at reagan national, gates were empty even before the snow hit as airlines pulled their planes out of the snowstorm's path. >> it is frustrating because it is not really snowing here. >> i've had two flights canceled and will miss my los angeles flight by ten minutes. >> reporter: the price family got stuck halfway between minneapolis and orlando, where disney world awaits. >> i just heard our flight is canceled and next time we can fly will be tuesday. >> reporter: even passengers in sunny san francisco got caught up in the cancellations. especially those headed east. the problem with r

or boston community capital, the crucial third step of the program. it's tackling a problem millions of underwater homeowners face. they could afford a market-priced mortgage but their banks foreclosed instead so they'll have to sell at market price anyway. alice cherry. >> if we can find an owner who has the ability to pay a mortgage at roughly market rate for that home, then we go out to the owner of the property, or the service, whoever it is who has charge of the mortgage and we attempt to negotiate a purchase from that entity. once we've bought, then we can turn around and sell back to the homeowner. >> reporter: the bulk of b.c.c.'s funding comes from investors and foundations along with some government money. first, b.c.c. buys a property at roughly market value, typically half or less of what the foreclosed homeowner owes. second, b.c.c. sells it back to the homeowner with a 30-year mortgage at about 6% at the moment, marking up the purchase price by 25% as a cushion against default. to further ensure that its investors get their money back, b