women were issued tavern licenses in new york city. very often this would go to impoverished widows as a way to make money. it was a kind of charitable work by the city. but actually new york according to sharon, new york actually had a lower ratio of female liquor license holders than other cities on the seaboard. so new york doesn't seem to have welcomed women into taverns in the same way. but women might also be the spouse of the tavern proprietor or there would be servant girls serving the patrons and so women were often present in that respect, but they would not have been welcome at these clubs which tended to be men only sorts of affairs. there were other ways for women to participate in leisure activity but the tavern and the coffee house was thought not to be a proper place for a respectable woman. sorry, up front. >> a marketing question. >> sure. >> would this book be an appropriate gift for a tavern owner? >> they'd have to be serious about the revolutionary history. it's a work of scholarship. it was based on my dissertatio

the blizzard warning has been lifted for new york city. 's been replaced by a winter storm warning for new york. so at least new york city faired much, much better than expected. but, mika the storm still moves up the coast. >> a couple hours to go yet, joe. let's get right to where things stand at this hour with the potentially historic blizzard that has virtually shut down the northeast in the united states. eight states are now in a state of emergency as the brunt of the storm moved in overnight. but moments ago, a blizzard warning was lifted for new york city, as joe mentioned. earlier forecasts called for up to three feet of snow in parts of connecticut, massachusetts, and new york. the numbers have now been downgraded and parts of new england are now expected to see the worse, about two feet of snow and major snowdrifts. wind gusts are already topped 70 miles an hour in nantucket. right now there are 60 million people under a winter weather alert and 30 million people facing blizzard condition. thousands are in the dark after losing p

new york airports. all of the flights at laguardia. non emergency travel is banned on new york city streets which means you are not supposed to come out and drive at all. subway rail and bus service suspended. new york city schools closed today as are many other school systems in the state. i want to get more on the conditions out there right now. let's bring in cnn's chris welch. chris, where are you right now? >> reporter: john, we actually just turned east on fifth avenue by the iconic apple store. the glass cube. look at the dash cam camera here. we are in the cnn roving vehicle. we have two sanitation vehicles in front of us. two garbage trucks. these garbage trucks have been outfitted with snow plows. we heard the mayor describing the force of snow removal vehicles. we know they had 1,800 dedicated snow plows. they added about 500 additional snow plows they attached on to the garbage trucks. let me tell you what we have seen. we have have been out here on the roads throughout the entire night. we started about 5:00 p.m. last night. we went through some of the bans and some of

meanwhile, in new york after the city of 8 million was brought to a virtual stand still, travel bans have been lifted but you would be hard pressed to find traditional new york traffic that we all know and really don't love but we know it well. most train service and subways are back up and running but on a very limited schedule. it is like waking a sleeping giant today in new york. for more on what we can expect in the next 24 hours, let's get to our meteorologist, bill karins. start with new york and work our way up to where the more serious trends you're following now in the weather. >> in new york people are starting to venture outside, realizing it is safe to do that now. low wind chills greet you in the teen range with light snow still falling, it looks more pretty than anything else. this is not the dangerous side of the storm. new york city was on the far western edge of the storm, did get 8 inches in central park 11 at laguardia. and out of long island 18 inches. wasn't a miss of the forecast by much 25 miles, 30 miles made the difference for new york city. philadelphia were

so new york city right now, things have kind of calmed down. but we're getting into some heavier banding of snow in new york city. so we're not out of the woods just yet. can you also see a lot of bright white across long island. and that's where we can expect to see more heavy snow as the evening and the night wears on. we're also watching heavier snow just starting to move into boston as well. this system makes its way up the coast tonight. it really intensifies. we're looking for snowfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches per hour in and around the new york tri-state area. the indication could be thunder snow falling. winds will be a big factor 65-mile-per-hour wind gusts, moderate coastal flooding. and then it continues on up into boston and new york 2 to 4 inches of snow per hour. wind gusts of up to 80 miles per hour. so we will continue to track this. thanks for taking our coverage ari, now back to you. >> thank you very much al roker with all the info and we will be right back after this. >>> we have the ability now to activate the national guard

i didn't call the mayor of new york city a hot mess. w york, he has ticked off the left and the right equalally. >> the d.a. in brooklyn not a conservative man asked for $250,000 bail. the guy has a gun and assault beef. he posts a picture of a guy shooting into a cop car. ure say she didn't make a mistake? >> not as egregious as you say. the guy has two other court dates on january 9, the date he has to return on posting this picture, the terroristic charge. he already has to be in court for two other major beeves and he has already posted $25,000 bail and $15,000 bail in both cases. it could be that this judge thought there is no way he is jumping bail whether he has that much skin in the game. the purpose of bail bill, is only to make sure the purpose shows up. >> that is the theory of it. you know the purpose of bail is to keep bad hombres off the street. >> not true. in most states that is true. you can factor in the dangerousness of the criminal act. they don't. and the irony here is that mayor de blasio supported a change in the l

new york. and if you're on the road, you're praeking the law after 11:00. also after 11:00 in new york cityss transit stops bridges and tunnels close no amtrak tomorrow between new york and boston. same story as you head up the coast into new england. forecasters say the snow there will likely come down fast. in some cases two to four inches per hour. the massachusetts governor is warning of widespread poweru6 outages that could in some cases last for days. again, that's from the governor. airlines have already canceled, get this, close to 7,000:oiv flights they also delayed an additional 2,000. officials say cancellations/z1 and delays will continue into wednesday if not longer. so let's get to team fox coverage out on correspondent rick leventhal is braving the wind but the snow is not coming down at this second. leasiç gabriel outside new york bus terminal. and we're live in boston where there will be a pwhopper. but it is not snowing. so what's that about? let's get to meteorologist janice dean in the weather machine live in the extreme this is not to say it is not coming. it's to say i

snow has already started to fall in new york city up to two feet of snow is expected in the new york o 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

here in new york a tale of two cities. to be sure. eautiful sublime, people starting to move around. about 22 degrees. we got ten inches of snow and that's called a miss. so ten inches of snow in new york city, and that is about as good as you're going to see. now out at the end of long island on montauk, such a different situation, you get to see the different face of the blizzard, we have christina alesci there. it was tough, it's going to get tougher out there how is it now? >> well the sun sup. so that's making visibility conditions quite good. as i mentioned before chris, i'm standing by the water. you've only been able to tell now at this point that we're at the ocean. you can see right here the ocean and how bad and how rough it is. that said you know one major area of concern in this community is beach erosion. that has to do with both the tide and how far it comes up. and where the waves are breaking. the waves are breaking quite far out and they're really not that high. we were expecting somewhere between 10 and 15-foot waves

the new york mass transit that never closes it keeps the city functioning, the new york city subway system and all transit will close at 11:00 p.m. tonight. it closed during sandy. and that will bring the biggest city in the country to an absolute stand still. amtrak is suspending all service through new england. 7,000 flights have been cabled. a third of domestic travel. we have essentially a lock down at all of the airports. if you're traveling in or out of new york tonight you're screwed. you probably already knew that. public schools will be closed tomorrow. boston schools closed through wednesday. broadway is closed no shows will go on tonight. the storm will peak by 10:00 a.m. in new york. by about 7:00 p.m. in boston. a lot of snow and accumulation. local state officials pleading with the public right now. you have seen them all day sounding very dire warnings up and down the eastern seaboard. take a listen. >> this will most likely be one of the largest blizzards in the history of new york city. i'm asking everyone to understand that and prepare accordingly. this is not like other

if you are on the roads, you'll get a $300 ticket the new york city city subway is shut down. i used to live in new york until a couple of months ago. how rare is that? how rare is it for the entire city to shut down all forms of transportation. it does snow in new york almost every year. >> caller: as far as i understand this is actually the first time that the subway has been completely closed because of the weather. the roads and the overpasses and the bridges connecting manhattan island those have been closed before but it's the subways that seem to be kind of a first time type thing. interesting that we do have this full ban on all travel here but, you know looking back here at columbus circle i've just seen a pedestrian vehicle drive by. so most people are adhering to this rule. >> okay. though should be careful not to get a ticket out there. >> we look forward to the next couple of days. this all should be done by like, tuesday. but later on in the week we have average or below average temperatures and also some storms coming as well. and that's going to make the clean u

>> in terms of new york city the snow bands are dissipating before reaching the city proper. outside of new york long island that's where the heaviest snow is currently located. hartsfield connecticut and massachusetts and rhode island. >> the winds. the wind gusts have been as bad? >> nantucket at 62 miles per hour. we are just under gusts of hurricane-force winds. you can imagine what that does to the snow. whips it up and causing drifts of 2 to 3 feet. >> i saw snow totals on long island close to 15 inches. it shows how little distance can create a big discrepancy. >> it is similar to the lake-effect snow event in buffalo, new york a couple of months ago. we are getting ocean-effect snow. it is putting the heavy band. new york is on the outer periphery. >> how long? >> it will be another six hours and tapering from the west to the east before it pulls up the new england coastline and end wednesday. >> if you are on the coast, you have a long several hours. >> the kids will enjoy it considering they have school off. >> snow days everywhere in the major cities. boston provide

there's an issue in new york city before we get to mike seidel. we've been focusing on new york city and we've been talking about the firsts in this particular location because the subways were closed down for the very first time because of a snowstorm. why is that important? first of all, you've got 6 million riders that use that every day. okay? what does that mean? that results in the output of money, of revenue. just to give awe nfve you an example, new york city puts out more gdp than five or ten different countries in the world. in the one day when it closes down, the risk is $3.5 billion gdp in this metropolitan area. that's what's at risk. that's why when the subways are closed down an the city is not operating why it has a ripple effect not only here in the city but across the country and the state and somebody who is watching what is happening with the subways, making sure they're moving and making the decision is ammananda quan. a spokeswoman for the mta. although you're part of the decision, you're really not. neither is the mayor. it i

these images just north of new york city moments ago brake lights everywhere. here in new york come muters jamming into the subways, the trains. and for the first time that anybody can remember new york city's subways closing down for the snowstorm. in the last 24 hours, from new england, all the way down to new jersey families stocking up. and all that's left empty shelves. we have team coverage tonight. ginger zee here with the new track. and who will be hit hardest? but we begin tonight with abc's gio benitez here in new york city, a city shutting down tonight. gio? >> reporter: david, good evening to you. you know this spot. this is new york's columbus circle. usually buzzing with people. but right now, it's beginning to a lot more like a ghost town. that's because this giant city is just coming to a screeching halt here. tonight, the worst of this nor'easter to hit. 30 million are under blizzard warnings. 30 inches of snow in some places. and tonight, new york city right in the bulls eye, preparing for the worst storm since sandy. >> this will most likely b

we do appreciate your information. >>> new york city hasn't taken any chances with this storm tonight, as well. there's a city-wide travel ban in effect right now ar all non-emergency response vehicles. at this hour the entire new york city subway system is shut down. we will have a live report from here in new york city at one of the city's salt depots. that's next. so stay with us. >>> welcome back to our live coverage of the snowstorm. we are looking at the blizzard of 2015. a finger of that storm hitting manhattan. this is the hour that mayor deblasio was concerned about. the preparation and response here in new york city part of what the mayor was concerned about, what he planned for. steadily. we go to amanda who's with a salt truck. salt trucks that are so key, as you know, amanda to keep the snow cleared from the roads here. are they out and about? what are you seeing? >> hi richard. we just saw a fresh round of trucks here at the salt depot here in lower manhattan. the snowfall has been coming slow and steady but the bitter cold that's been coming up and really increasing. al

only from tums. >>> welcome back live in new york city. watching the live microphones for the new york suty mayor who is about to give us an update on just what this city is prepared to do and what he's expecting out of this monster snowstorm that we're just now hours away from realizing. we have a light snowfall now. it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better for the eight million plus people in this city. who knows how many people came to the city today. many were warned don't come into the city as a commuter if you don't have to. they're cancelling a lot of the light rail. they're cancelling the service and subways later after tonight. and there won't be any way to get in and out of the city after 11:00 tonight. so there are a couple things we're watching in particular. not only for the mayor but we're also watching to see exactly what happens with those that are out and about. they're saying don't be on the streets. don't be out. it is dangerous. it is down right dangerous to be out on the streets. if you ever wondered what 12

we will see tomorrow what new york city looks like. obviously i said before the subways are shut down. that renders most of new york essentially inop frabl the standpoint of any basic commuting or business. at this hour we are seeing the blizzard intensify. obviously it has been lashing areas like cape cod and scituate massachusetts. it has been pounding eastern long island. national weather service essentially sticking to something that looks like the forecast they had before. craig, i imagine tomorrow even if we have another foot this looks like it's going to be -- if it is another foot it looks like it will be doable for the city tomorrow from a logistical standpoint. >> from a logistical standpoint i would say it will be. as you indicated public transportation. i was going to chat with this dog. what's the dog's name by the way. >> leo. >> leo? cute sweater and shoes he's sporting. what part of the city do you live in. >> down the block. >> just out surveying, is that what we are doing. >> only time he can come to times square. taki

snow has started to fall in new york city. andrew cuomo issued a travel ban for 13 counties in southern new york. the ban goes into effect at 11:00 tonight. this is a total travel ban. up to two feet of snow is now expected in the new york city metro area. there's little doubt severe weather events are becoming more frequent in the united states. many scientists think that there is a direct link between severe weather and climate change. this year alone we have seen a record drought in california that is devastating local economies. washington state has seen some of the largest wildfires in their history. earlier this month noaa announced 2014 was the hottest year on report globally. this graphic shows sea surface temperature abnormalities for this time of year. the blue is below average. gray is normal. red is above average, and white is high above average. meteorologists say high sea surface temperatures are helping fuel weather patterns we're seeing unfold in front of us, especially this blizzard. let me bring in paul dougla

certainly it was place in the new york city thanks to thousands of new york's finest. one of the reasons why times square is so secure isn't just because of all the thousands of police officers who are here right now. but also because of the preparations they made throughout this day. with the help of federal agents. they had chemical, biological and raid right field bomb squads and they swept through every parking garage, every theater, every hotel and every roof top prior to letting all these people in here. they sealed all the man cover. when they did do that, they didn't let in any backpacks or small backs. they are keeping this place as tightly controlled as you can possibly imagine. there were some concerns about possible protests because new york city has been the scene of protests the last five weeks or so. apparently when you have a million people in times square and events all over the city including madison square garden and central park and coney island, it is kind of hard to foon people. so they are marching up from sixth avenue. then they're trying to mak

that blizzard howling its way into new england but it largely spared new york city. cuomo lifted a travel ban for the city. the subways have resumed weekend service. travel ban replains in place for suffolk county and parts of eastern long island topped 2 feet of snow by this morning with it falling at 2 inches per hour at one point. though some parts of the northeast escaped the brunch of the storm, massachusetts has been especially hard hit. most of the state expected to accumulate at least 2 feet of snow by the end of the day. the national weather service recorded wind gusts of some 78 miles per hour on nantucket. roughlily 14,000 customers are without power in massachusetts. the blizzard now pounding new hampshire and maine, both of those states remain under a state of emergency. the weather channel's mike seidel is in plymouth massachusetts, with more on the impact there, especially along the coast. >> on the south shore of massachusetts, the wind gusted over 50 miles an hour for eight consecutive hours and at high tide early this morning the water came in here

it happened at 11:00 here in new york city. and not just in the city several counties as well. you can't be out on the roads notice you're in an emergency vehicle or unless you have gotten permission like we did, the media. what are you seeing on the road? >> reporter: yeah, hey don, we're right in the middle of it. it's starting to drift down. for the most part we've heard that travel band from the governor no one on the road except for emergency vehicle and some members of the media like us in our car. but you see out of our windshield right now, it's icy hard to see. for the most part i'd say, there are people still on the road. we still see some cars not many just a handful. the majority of them out here are emergency vehicles. we see workers with local state agencies and local agencies clearing the road. the peak of this storm what we heard from state officials was supposed to be about 4:00. and another concern here is flooding. high tide is supposed to happen in the 4:00 hour here. that's supposed to coincide with the peak area in boston. but that's something to take very

the warning area from about trenton down to lakehurst and then up closer to north jersey and new york city is still looking at fairly significant snow and then we still have that blizzard warning in new york city, long island and connecticut as i mentioned. what are we looking for in terms of what to expect? here's what's fallen so far and these are the latest numbers i was able to gap from the weather service reports coming in. some of them are several hours old but in brick township ocean county a few hours ago we were up to 6 inches. we're certainly climbing to seven maybe more than that now. furlong bucks county two and a half, one and a half in ambler. philadelphia only about a half inch of snow and probably not adding a whole lot more, maybe another inch or two, that would be about it and .2 in atlantic city with a little bit more to come. we are expecting very little snow little if anything in the western suburbs at this point. philadelphia is right on the edge of that one to 4-inch zone with the 4-inches probably closer to trenton and beyond and then it's four to eight in ocean cou

these images just north of new york city, moments ago, brake lights everywhere. here in new york, commuters jamming into the subways, the trains. and for the first time that anyone can remember, new york city's subways closing down for the snowstorm. in the last 24 hours, from new england, all the way down to new jersey, families stocking up. and all that's left, empty shelves. we have team coverage across the storm zone tonight. meteorologist ginger zee here with the new track and who will be hit hardest. but we begin tonight with abc's gio benitez here in new york city, a city shutting down tonight. gio? >> reporter: david, good evening to you. you know this spot. it's one of new york's busiest intersections, columbus circle. usually packed with people. but right now, it's beginning to look a lot more like a ghost town. and that's because this giant city is coming to a screeching halt. tonight, the worst of this nor'easter yet to hit. 50 million americans bracing. 30 million are under blizzard warnings across seven states. 30 inches or more of snow in some place

so there were variances within the new york city area. ws. long island was much harder hit than the new york city area. 16 inches on long island. suffolk county is still getting hit very hard and suffolk county is where we have serious issues the track of the storm as it moved north, suffolk county is the far end of long island, montauk point, they have significant issues and continue to have blizzard-like conditions, 12 inches of snow 14 inches of snow. and we will be redeploying much of the equipment from the new york city area mid hudson area to long island and specifically to suffolk. we are lifting all the traffic bans on the roads at 8:00 o'clock. nassau suffolk, new york city, westchester, rockland, 13 county area that was affected will all be lifted at 8:00 o'clock. we coordinated that with the governor of new jersey chris christie, who i spoke with this morning. obviously you can't open the traffic ban on one state unless you're coordinated with the other states because you don't want people on the roads in new jersey trying to ge

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beautiful day so far. >> msnbc's germane lee for news his hood, in brooklyn. >>> new york city, brooklyn as well. all parts of new york city we should know here. blizzard still bearing down on beantown though in a big way. #bostonblizzard, full of tweets showing how residents are coping. some are sharing some snowy scenes there from boston. others passing the time tracking the movements of a social media phenomenon called the boston yeti of 2015. that's right locals taking pictures of that retweeting him, or her, as surprise sightings of the snowman, those sitings seem to be spiking. >>> did your local officials over react or prepare adequately for the storm? you can take part in you online survey. you can also see the results of the survey at blizzardof2015.msnbc.com. >>> coming up, stranded. talked to an airline passenger who said he endured a night of hell. his words. he is stuck at jfk overnight. stuck on a plane for about six hours. i'll talk to him after this. and now for more of the blizzard hitting new england as well. maine residents tweeting on the #maineblizzard sharing some c

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 pre

new york and it's fine. we've got maybe 6, 7, 8 inches of snow in the city. what's it like in bridgeport? >> similar to new york. we had about 8 inches of snow so far. they're talking about another 6 to 8 throughout the day. so we're looking at a foot accumulation in total when the storm is done. we all feel like we dodged a bullet. the prediction was 2 to 3 feet. we prefer juno to nemo. >> there was a travel ban in the state of connecticut. some people might say, oh, city official alzheimer's, state officials overreacted because the blizzard really wasn't that bad. what would you say to those people? >> well we always prepare for the worst and hope for the best and i think considering what this storm could have been we definitely got the best but it's still a foot of snow. it's a major storm event with lots of hazardous driving conditions. we always encourage people to stay off the roads. we encourage them to stay indoors and don't use candles and space heaters and things like that that can endanger them. we ask them to move their cars to the alternate side of the street so we can clear o

to themselves. >> thank you. >>> new york city is starting to get back to normal. long island. new jersey is allowing drivers back on the roads this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the cross roads of the world have been looking more like the cross walk of the world. we mainly have pedestrians standing in the middle of the road taking pictures because this is not something you see every day. as you said that travel ban was lifted at about 7:30 eastern time. i'm not sure how long this peacefulness will last. for the next couple of days what new yorkers will have to deal with is this, the cleanup, the sludge the sleet, the mess. really nice. >> you look good though. >> we are all admiring you in your jacket there. >> very dry aren't you. >> yes. thank you. >>> we should also note that this storm will cause trouble in the northeast for probably another 24 hours. lonnie quinn is here in studio 57. >> i walked in this morning and gayle asked me what happened to our storm here in new york city. the forecasted position was to put the storm off of the east

new york area's three major airports. road travel is slowly returning to normal with bans being lifted. commuter rail service is resuming in the new york city area. this video just into us but amtrak's regional remains suspended between new york and boston. let's get the latest from laguardia airport. luke russert joins us from there. may be awhile before stranded travelers get out. >> reporter: it will be indeed, jose. the main reason because there's not the personnel here at the airport in order for the airport to operate effectively. part of the by-product of the roads being closed and the subway not operating was that it the necessary security personnel, airline personnel, they are not here. that's led to some passengers spending the night. >> did you spend the night here? >> i did. >> how did that go? >> fairly well. just made it work. >> did they give you a cot or anything? >> no they said there was some, but. i didn't see any available so i chilled in the chair. >> did you spend the night here last night? >> yes, it was very bad. i want to go home. i'm tired. >> reporter: so you see varying degrees of acceptance of the current state

here's the radar imagery, want to show you what's happening in new york city. the gray area shows light snowfall. at this hour light snowfall pushing in toward new york city. we had bands of heaviest snow, the heaviest confined to eastern long island. portions of bridgeport in connecticut, eastern massachusetts also getting in heavy snow as well. boston a mix of heavy snow also moderate snow beginning to push in toward the region. the bull's eye looks to be confined toward the area and to the north. of course, the winds are going to be howling, 44 to 55 miles per hour. closing in on about 80 to 95 kilometers an hour getting toward boston 65 to 75 miles per hour. now we're talking 120 kilometers per hour with the storm system. power outages certainly going to be really a problem on the immediate coastline. that's where we take -- we think widespread power outages a responsibility. farther scattered inland. interior new england, spotty in nature. the winds have not reached peak over the areas. in montauk, we had a gust closing in at 50 miles per hour. we think tha

the subway and bus system shuts down tonight at 11:00 in new york city. the transit system shuts down. schools closed here tomorrow. if you live in new york city you don't have to leave your house because really there's no place to go. schools are closed. subway system will be closed. even central park is closed. stay home and stay safe. al? >> what do you expect to see in the morning commute given all of that? >> reporter: i don't think we're going to see much of a morning commute. if people pay attention to warnings from government officials -- first of all, if you're trying to get to work and driving to work in new york city you're going to look at anything and get caught by cops. looking at a summons to an arrest. they made that clear. stay home. i don't think we'll see a heavy commute tomorrow. ideally we won't see any at all. al? >> nbc's anne thompson. thank you for your time. joining me by phone is hartford connecticut mayor. you declared a snow energy in hartford this morning. how are things looking now? >> caller: well we are still under a state

for new york city it depends where the back edge sets up. but you know worst case scenario they will be in the top five as well. >> the top five worst for new york ever? >> yeah. but if it sets up that way. i would say that long island up to southeast new england and boston is the prime spot for the heaviest snowfall for this storm. >> and the advice you have for people and there are maybe 60 million people in the path of this storm, the best advice you have is what? >> pay attention to your local officials because they are out there to try to protect you and make the prudent decisions that will help you work through this storm and to recover faster. >> the fact that it's going to hit overnight, that it will really start blasting away 8:00 9:00 10:00 tonight and go through the night, then into the early morning hours, what's the impact of that? because it's happening overnight? >> that's an amazing plus for being able to recover from this storm. most of the people obviously are off the roads so it gives the road crews a big head start in reco

there is a mini crisis brewing here in new york city. the nypd is so angry that they are engaged in a work slow down. arrests for minor crimes in the last part of december are way down. add to that thousands of new york city police officers despise the mayor, bill de blasio and continue to show disrespect by turning their backs to him. this despite the fact that police commissioner bill bratton asked the officers not to do that. thousands of cops defied their boss and turned away from de blasio when he spoke at the service. for those that don't live in new york city, there is a bigger picture. the progressive left believes the american justice system is unfair to black people. there is no question african-americans commit crimes way out of proportion to the general population. the real question is why. according to analysis by a "wall street journal"ist columnist blacks make up 14% of the population but account for 47% of all police killings. fbi stats, blacks are almost six times more likely as non-blacks to kill a police officer. that i

and new models at new york city are high. ndstill. the wind doesn't stop for 48 hours. this is what we have now. snow tapered off here in new york city for another 30 minutes. airplanes are already having trouble keeping up and we'll see a lot of these delays pile up as the day goes on and the icing delays and

last night in the bronx two new york city detectives were shot by robbers. men are expected to survive. this crime has further angered members of the new york city police department. as talking points reported last night. the cops using their discretion in enforcing the law on minor infractions and traffic violations. for the seven day period ending january 4th, compared to last year, new york city had a 92% drop in criminal summonses issued. 92%. that means traffic tickets, moving violations involving vehicles, low level beefs like drinking in public are being egg poured. it's estimated new york city took in $550 million in parking fines alone last year. so the cops are hitting mayor de blasio right in the pocketbook. now, many believe the police are wrong in imucketting a slowdown. others say not all cops are involved. that's not true. a 92% drop indicates the entire department is on board. cops on the street see this as a life/death issue. much like the antipolice protesters see the staten island cases as life/death. the police believe mayor de blasio is

the new york city area is under a warning and that starts an hour ago. iterate the one-day snow record set at 26.9 inches in 2006. this could be the record in new york city. but that is the least of it. this covers a 250 mile swath of the northeast. the national weather service estimates that some 29 million people will be effected more than 6,000 flights scheduled for today and tomorrow have been delayed and that does not include the domino effect. the blizzard begins tonight with a rapid drop in air pressure and it will peak tomorrow with roughly three inches per hour and wind gusts between 50-75 miles per hour and tomorrow night that blizzard still effected to be going strong for a number of folks and by wednesday morning the show should be over for most of new england and the digout and the massive clean-up will start. let's get right to msnbc meteorologist bill karns.-- bill karns. >> we were saying 6:00 to get off the roads and it may be earlier than that. this band of snow is sticking with us and shows no signs of going away. and this is a very imp

city in the next 12 or so hours. that's the equivalent of going from new york to los angeles back to new york in the next 12 hours. that's how much snow they have to remove out of the city. shows you even the 15 inches maybe not the 20 or 25 that new york city initially suspected. even then, it's going to be a significant weathermaker. take a look. gray areas show the best light to moderate snowfall. the heavier snow in the white. that's across eastern portions of long island. connecticut into massachusetts. i would say over the next seven ten hours, we'll get moderate snowfall across new york city. certainly could pick up heavy snow. when it's said and done, it's going to be here when it comes to records going down. worcester to boston plymouth cape cod. snowfall around two feet over the regions. the winds also of course a big story. 45 to 55 miles per hour in and around new york city. going to be a major issue. this is category one hurricane force from unanimous tuck tote portions of boston. 75 mile-per-hour gusts are possible. so you put that together with all the foliage, with all the himself across the region,

it's not easy in new york city. >> reporter: this may be one of the toughest jobs to get in new york city. this past year more than 90,000 submitted applications to become sanitation workers. the department hires 500 new workers a year. translating to an acceptance of 0.54%, a little over half a per cent. harvard university's acceptance rate is 5.8%. in other words it's harder to become a sanitation worker in new york city that it is to get into harvard. >> when i heard there was 960,000 applicants for the job, it made sense and made me think how hard it is to get a job. >> one reason being a sanitation worker is enticing may be the pay. the starting salary is low - about 34,000. when you factor in overtime, it averages about 47,000 in the first year. after 5.5 years, the salary jumps to 89,000. >> it's not bad, considering the annual pay for transit workers is $78,000. new york city teachers, 68,000, and parks employees, 50,000 per year. and since new york city sanitation workers operate snow ploughs, there's an ample opportunity for overtime. >> when we have a big snow fall we move

the breaking news here on cnn, the blizzard of 2015 it is battering the city of new york. e whole entire eastern seaboard -- pretty much northeastern seaboard all the way from maine to new jersey. we've got you covered. let me tell you what's happening in major cities across the northeast. states of emergency in major cities including here in new york city. at this hour if you are on the street in new york city and you are not an emergency vehicle, you are breaking the law. everyone has been asked to get off the streets except for emergency vehicles and certain members of the media. in this city that never sleeps and never shuts down there's no subway service, there's no bus service, no cabs and pretty much nobody out on the streets. if you're looking live at our camera now here from our blizzard mobile you're looking right here at park avenue in front of grand central. you can see emergency workers in the middle of park avenue. a few salt trucks and emergency vehicles. the mayor has told everyone to get off the streets. if you're on the streets here in a car, on a bicycle

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brian williams is next with storm coverage in new york city. >> good night, folks. >>> on our broadcast tonight, breaking news as this potentially history making blizzard unleashes its fury. states of emergency include some major population centers. tonight, the order to shut down new york city as boston and parts of new england brace for up to three feet of snow as an entire region awaits near total paralysis. >>> flight risk. a drone has crash landed on the white house lawn in the middle of the night as the secret service scrambles to conduct its own investigation. just think of the security questions this raises. >>> and petty theft. controversy erupts over one of the biggest hit songs in years. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. the mayors of new york and boston say they are preparing for the worst. new york has ordered streets closed to traffic starting tonight while boston will get all the snow they can handle. and on parts of the atlantic coast this will feel just like a wi

travel bans are in effect new york city subways shut down. hundreds of flights up and down the east coast are canceled. new york city could see more than a foot of snow and as we mentioned boston up to 24-inches. that's 2 feet. make sure you download the free 6abc storm tracker app. when winter storm warnings are issue the app will send you audio alerts and you can always access live storm tracker 6 radar. >> david there may be some people out there who had hoped for more snow. and you always pointed out there were multiple tracks it could go a number of ways. >> it was a tricky one to call but obviously we're not getting the snow that we were thinking we might even in the lower scenario that we called for and it is because the storm shifted farther to the east and blossomed a little bit later in the game. now that's not to say that we're totally dodging a bullet here. as you take a look we do have some heavy snow to the eastern half of the region and if i go in tighter on this there actually is a fairly heavy cell that's pushing down through

here is a live look at new york city where more than seven inches of snow has fallen. even before the snow started to accumulate the city that mefr sleeps virtually shut down. the travel ban in new york city which began at 11:00 last night remains in effect for nonemergency vehicles and mass transit is suspended until further notice. restrictions on nonessential travel in effect in massachusetts, connecticut and rhode island. air travel has also come to a crawl. at least 7,000 flights into and out of the region have been canceled. service on commuter rails like amtrak is also suspended. it's not just the record snowfall that's set to wreak havoc. coastal towns like boston and nantucket are already reporting significant flooding due to storm surges during high tide earlier. the storm could unleash 20 foot waves. take a look at this video from massachusetts. crews are cutting power to the area. they are trying to prevent any fires from sparking especially if there is flooding. the weather channel's mike seidel in plymouth, massachusetts, which is getting pounded by snow a

new york as well. here's what we know right now. the new york cityder a 35-hour blizzard warning that started just a half hour ago. the big apple could obliterate its 1-day snowfall record 26.9 inches. it's from february of 2006, mayor bill de blasio said this could be the biggest snowstorm in the history of new york city. but new york isn't the least of it. this blizzard warning covers a 250 mile swath of the northeast. the national weather service estimating at this point that 29 million people will being affected. more than 5,000 flights scheduled for monday or tuesday have been canceled so far. there have been lots more delays to speak of as well. this is what the time line looks like right now. all of this could change but this is what it looks like right now, it's up to 4 inches of light snow will fall. the blizzard starts tonight with a rapid drop in air pressure that blizzard expected to peak tomorrow with snow rates of 3 inches per hour. wind gusts likely going to be a big part of this story. wind gusts of somewhere between 50 and 75 miles p

new york city, 1994, 7.5 million people living in the city. by making the city that much safer, all 7.5 million of them benefited. the 50 million tourists benefited. los angeles, 2002, a city tour -- torn by racial violence for most of the last 50 years. the opportunity to try to heal that violence by using the police as the healing tool rather than the flashpoint for all the anger from the worst race riots in american history. how can you not succumb to that type of challenge? >> you have been in the forefront of using modern technology. some of it you designed here in your previous term. yet at the same time, it seems to me essential in every community for the police to have a relationship with the areas in which they serve. those are not in contradiction -- is that still true? >> it is still true. i frequently talk about the curator of the metropolitan police of london in the early 1800's, and later became british prime minister. he had nine principles of policing. when you read them today, they are even more relevant today than they were 1