worcester, massachusetts, 28.1 inches of snow. today that's in a 24-hour period that is amazing.hat shaerts their old record by 7 inches. just amazing to see what that storm system has done for them. new york obviously did not see the snow they were predict, upwards of 2 feet of snow but parts of the bronx still got upwards of a foot. central park got about 10 inches of snow. philadelphia this is very interest was expected to get 14 to 20 inches of snow. this storm developed just a little bit farther out by about 90 miles. philadelphia was 14 to 20. they got 1.2 inches of snow guys. i got to tell you, took them a while to bring those snow totals back too. the governments were clowed down, the schools closed and then this morning they actually put them on a two-hour delay. last night supposed to be closed today to a two-hour delay. amazing to see what happened. north and east we got more snow out of this system. >>> a police chase ends close to the capitol building during the state of the union. tonight the news4 i-team has uncovered new information about why the driver wasn't arr

nbc's chris pollone reports from worcester, massachusetts. >> this was the biggest storm and it was the largest storm on record in the month of january. >> reporter: from connecticut to maine, heavy snow and high winds blasted the region closing down businesses and schools and shutting down roads. now the cleanup and catchup is under way. here in new england's second largest city worcester, massachusetts, they're digging out from 34 1/2 inches of snow. it's the biggest snowfall ever. like many new englanders, he's racing to get things cleaned up before the next snow flies possibly later this week. the south shore of massachusetts and nantucket island took a beating from winds near hurricane speed and high waves which rocked the seawalls. state officials are accessing the extent of the damage and stranded air travellors are finally seeing signs of hope as airlines slowly get back in the air. >> once it stopped it's not like a light switch you can't turn it back on. it has to go through a measured practice. >> chris pollone nbc news. >>> loretta lynch looks like she's on her way to winnin

we could see up to 31 inches in worcester massachusetts. the west of the state has gone away a bit more lightly with a foot of snow. some of the travel restrictions have been lifted. the travel ban remains in place in the eastern part of massachusetts and pretty much no one is venturing out. >> we see a person in a picture in your area. our many still around? did most leave? >> i cannot quite hear what you are saying and the wind is blowing. people aren't really heeding it the advice of the authorities to stay indoors and hunker down. some people have been evacuated to care sensorcenters. there will be discussion about whether or not transport can reopen in the boston area and if the trains in the metro can reopen safely. at the moment, it will be the early hours of wednesday before that can happen and the clear up and impact will be shown. >> stay safe up there. >> you are watching bbc world news america. the only life they have known is war. they can hope for a fresh start. >> representatives from the u.s. and japan are meeting in tokyo t

chris pallone, nbc news, worcester massachusetts. >> they really got hammered. meanwhile, pretty minimal here and in new york, philadelphia. >> yeah. i tell you what philadelphia saw 1.2 inches of snow. >> less than us. >> much less than us. about half what we saw in our area. our location picking up anywhere between 1 and 3, some locations 4 inches yesterday. now we have a little tomorrow and maybe a little bit more on sunday. super bowl sunday, that's right a little storm moving in. high temperature today in the upper 30s, right now at 35 degrees. look at that windchill 26 right now, winds gusting between 20 and 25 miles per hour all day. already below the freezing mark in winchester around gauge urzburg and baltimore, down toward honeytown clurntly 32. it's going to be told tonight. once again we'll see the wind relax and when it does, we're not talking about cloud cover so no rain. those temperatures will fall fairly quickly. satellite and radar showing clear skies up and down i-95, richmond toward philadelphia. back towards the west you can see that storm s

worcester, massachusetts, received a whopping 34.5 inches yes, nearly three feet.ay the ban was lifted and transit is operational and logan is back open. but things are not back to normal. we have team coverage beginning with chris pallone back in worcester. what can you tell us? >> reporter: it is a slow and steady amount of progress being made here in worcester, massachusetts. this is the second largest city but they the biggest snowstorm. as you mentioned, 34.5 inches of snow, the previous record was 33 inches. they have 500 miles of roads and 16 miles of sidewalks that have to be cleared. many streets have gotten at least one pass with a plow but they are not very passable so crews are going through and trying to clear up streets as best they k. there are 400 trucks out on the roads but that is not enough to do this in just a single day. so the school board here has already canceled school again for tomorrow. that will be the third straight day that school has been canceled here and then they will make a decision tomorrow about friday. but the big concern is sa

chris pallone nbc news, worcester massachusetts. >>> it's not often texas senator ted cruz praises the white house but he gave first lady michelle obama a shout-out on facebook today. >> his post said, she stood up for women worldwide because she did not wear a sharia mandated head scarf in saudi arabia. in fact the first lady's bare head generated worldwide debate. >> "the washington post" was one of the first to report on this controversy. adam, i've been to saudi arabia western women aren't required to wear head coverings. was she making a political statement or just sort of keeping her own sense of personal style? >> well as my colleague wrote i think we can say the first lady always this thinks about what she's wearing. i think it's actually a pragmatic choice. remember the controversy her husband ka caused by allegedly bowing to the saudi king in 2009. i think she wanted to be herself. >> there is also the issue of whether she behaved appropriately or looked appropriate in the receiving line. some leaders shook her hand and some did not. i guess the question was if they were shun

. >> we have broken records here in the state of massachusetts. worcesternd we are mere inches away don, from knowing whether or not the city of boston will break their record, and i'm pull ping out the trusty measuring thing. we are at 23.3 inches right now. we are, wa what, four inches a away from the record here in boston. >> oh, wow. okay. >> yes. >> so look at you. you southern girl you are really getting into the snow, and handling it well. but still under a state of emergency there in boston? >> yes. still under a state of emergency. they will be lifting that travel ban starting at midnight tonight, so steve, if you want to pan this way, we can show you a whole lot of nothing and quiet quiet, because this is what boston looks like. we were talking to a couple of guys here in the north end, because they have been out and about walking on the north end, and they said brooke forget it, the streets are covered and the fire commissioner says no go on those side streets, and at midnight you can drive, but everybody, exercise the caution, and mbta tomorrow

massachusetts. that is representative of what is going on here in worcester. and people have been out today trying to get the city back open for business. school is closed today but some governmental offices did reopen today and businesses here along pleasant and main street some are open and some are closed. the ones that people had to get in and they had to shovel the sidewalks and others that couldn't get people in decided to take another day off and let the crews do their jobs off. worcester has five miles of roads and 16 miles of sidewalks so it is some time before it is entirely back to normal and the question is what do you do with the snowfall. the first pass of the plow comes by and then they pile it where ever they can. so this is what you see all over town, these huge piles of snow 10 12 14-feet high. as the days and weeks go along coming up, they'll start to remove these put the snow in a dump truck and take it off site and put is where it is not bothering anyone. but right now it is a tough slog. the roads are improving here as the sunshine comes

i've said for a long time that if you're west of worcester, massachusetts or south of providence youalready don't like new england patriots. add spy gate onto that many feel worse about it. now go forward a decade from spy gate and find out this is happening. do i think this really had an impact on a 45-7 absolute positive blowout of the indianapolis colts? no way. patriots would have won that game. it does not take away fuel for the fire for people that think the patriots have always been looking for unfair advantage. they keep doing these things to themselves in terms of their reputation and in terms of legacy of what should be regarded as one of the best nfl teams ever. they have no one to blame for that but themselves. >> there are so many questions unanswered in this whole thing. if hit comes to be that they purposefully cheated with these deflated balls, what do you think the punishment should be? >> well, the nfl i think should take it pretty seriously. i think they should take it seriously, not because it meant they won that game, but because the patriots have been in trouble

. >>> you're looking live at worcester, massachusetts.he big dig from the blizzard starts to get under way today. they're digging out from lots of snow. 33 inches. nearly 12,000 people are without power in this cold weather. some areas including boston could see a few more inches today. boston already has more than 30 inches on the ground. and the snow is still falling in maine right now. that winter storm is just one of the stories we're working on to get you up to the minute the minute you're up. >> richard jordan begins our coverage live at regular an. >> reporter: new cancellation just posted at reagan national. 30 flights canceled. 20 at wb bchltwi and just three at dulles. but we're expecting that the numbers will climb throughout the day. it is taking time for the airports to get back up to speed after the snow storm. part of the issue is getting the airplanes back in place. a lot of the major airlines took the planes out of the snow zone and now they have to get them back in and also get flight crews back in. so if you whereuyou a

you just heard, worcester, massachusetts, 26 inches of snow. governor charlie baker says he was bladglad they were able to get in front of this thing. >> this is clearly a very big storm for most of massachusetts. and i'm glad we had a little bit of advance warning to plan for it. i think that's going to help us in terms of our ability to get out of it early and to make it possible for people to get back up and operating as soon as upon sometime tomorrow. >> msnbc's chris continues to stand guard there for us from boston common. 18.2 inches i'm told was the last calculation there in boston. how are things looking right now? it looks like snow continues to fall. >> you know, craig, just a couple minutes ago i was excited to tell you that the snow is actually slowing down. it was just kind of meandering to the ground. in the last ten minutes now it's starting to fall harder again. obviously we're getting under one of those bands. i want to show you something. you mentioned governor charlie baker. he was talking today about why massachusetts is doi

the worcester sharks of the american hockey league have played in massachusetts since 2006.ll reportedly share the s.a.p. center with the big club now. >>> i'm anne makovec live in san francisco's mission district where firefighters are still working on hot spots there trying to put out a fire that started almost 12 hours ago. that is some of the video from last night when flames were shooting from the roof of this three-story building at mission and 22nd. one man died in the fire. six people were taken to the hospital were smoke inhalation injuries. and 46 people are homeless this morning. they live on the top floor of the building. there are offices on the second and businesses on the first. it looks like most. damage was done to the homes on top with smoke and water damage throughout. >> we're still just trying to put out the fire. there are still hot spots there. so it's not completely out. once that's completely out, then we'll return the building back to its owners. >> reporter: the red cross is helping displaced people this morning and firefighters have no idea what s

ses ter worcester >>> massachusetts, one of the states hit harder by the blizzard still whiteout conditions in this live pictures from milford, massachusetts. travel ban is still in effect throughout the state. snow is not expected to stop falling until later tonight. what happens to the homeless and elderly shut-ins? joining me by phone is the head of the massachusetts red cross ralph boyd. thank you very much. what are you hearing? what happened overnight? >> yes, andrea in eastern massachusetts, particularly in the coastal communities, south shore of boston, south dsz dszeastern coastal communities have gotten whacked here. high sustained winds, in several coastal communities, particularly on cape cod, constant or at least repetitive hurricane level winds causing power outages and really concerns about coastal flooding in low lying communities. at the red cross that's our principle concern right now as we await high tide along the eastern coast of massachusetts that we expect to arrive between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. we're concerned about those communities and in the afternaj we may see our s

and in worcester massachusetts, they broke records for snowfall. the city was slammed with 33 and a half inches, the previous record, well, just 33 inches, that was in aim of 1997. >> april? >> yes april. >> wow. whoos err whats chester. >> that's how it looks. >> smells like pneumonia up there. >> ya? >> that's right. >> how -- >> you have to know the quirky pronunciations, and it is tough to keep track of it all. we've got our share here in philadelphia, schuylkill expressway anyway, what to expect for the rest of the week weather wise, kind of breaking it down for you this morning, expect single digit windchills, some icy spots when trying to walk around, and some blowing snow polices in bucks county, four, 5 inches every snow, but it is blowing around, powdery snow. sunny, cold today. clipper system bridges light snow, tomorrow into friday. here's your fox future cast with a prediction of the clipper system, clouds roll in during the day thursday tomorrow then by thursday night, we're seeing some light snow move through. again, the clipper syst

this week blizzard didn't just bring snow in the middle of the storm, a woman in worcester, massachusetts gave birth to twins. and it happened in the ambulance. the twins were due february 27. they decided to come out a little early. paramedics made it just in time delivering little gabriel themselves before they could reach the hospital. >> and i could tell like he probably didn't deliver a baby before, so we're both like liking at each other like oh, high god. and he's on the phone saying her baby's coming. and then another big push my baby was out. >> glad it worked out well. gabriel's sister was born at the hospital and doctors say they can head home next week. it looks like mama and babies are doing just fine. >> they wanted to get out early for the snow. >>> 6:20 is the time. we are at 30 degrees outside our studios on what a good chunk of day will be receiptpretty decent. >> tom kierein here with your weather. >> and she named the baby snow and wind maybe windy and snowy. starting off this morning, we're just cold cold temperatures all around the region. we have a winter weather ad

and worcester, massachusetts, the biggest snowstorm ever recorded. we have bitter cold air across our area. and much of that is going to hang around, all the way into the weekend. we're tracking some light snow for tomorrow night. and a little more significant system coming in for super bowl sunday night. you can see the flags blowing. that's cold air coming in. 27 degrees, the winds 21 miles an hour. so feels like it is 13. felt like it was about 8 this morning in philadelphia and 10 below in the poconos. right now it is 16 in mount pocono. in the 20s across much of the rest of the area as you can see. and we're barely going to get to the freezing mark this afternoon and, of course it is not going to feel like it. we continue to see those northwest winds, driving in cold air. we have gusts of 25 to 30 miles an hour right now. and we're going to be seeing similar gusts during the afternoon. not like it is going to get windier. the wind is going to diminish tonight. that's going to allow the temperature to go way down to single digits. allentown, 8. r

the town of worcester, massachusetts, it was a bad wake-up call. 25 inches of snow this morning whenhey woke up and it is still coming down and coming down fast. joseph petty is the mayor and joins me live now by phone. we're looking at some pictures. and there's a snow blower going through. but it looked like a white-out. you are not that far from boston and yet you're still dealing with a heck of a lot more than the city of boston's had too deal with. do you have the kind of resources to handle this like boston does? >> oh, yeah, we handle the storms pretty well here. unfortunately we've had a lot of practice. a couple of years ago, we were named the snow capital of the united states in one winter season. we have a department of public works and commission does a great job. and the workers have been out there for over 24 hours now, pretreating the roads and plowing. the only concern we have in worcester, we have to give them a break sooner or later at evening time. take a few hours off and come back and hit the roads again. but they've been doing most of the streets, done a couple

. >>> worcester, massachusetts, closing in on an all-time record. 25 inches of snow and counting. from new yk city dodges a bullet, and our team is scattered far and wide today, tuesday, january 27th, 2015. >> from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today," the blizzard of 2015, with matt

this is kind of a typical illustration of the logistical and safety challenges that worcester, massachusettsng. this snow pile is 12 1/2 feet high. there are snow piles like this all over worcester and it is presenting a logistical and safety challenge. i will tell you why. they are basically running out of places to put all this snow. plows, snow crews, everybody is fanning out over the city trying to find places to put it but they are running out of places to put it and there may be some more snow on the way. i will talk about that in a second. you see piles of snow like this this is near city hall. you mentioned they dumped 34 inches of snow. the storm dumped 34 inches of snow on this city. it is the most they have ever had since they started keeping records in the early 1900s. what city officials just told us is they are telling people look just be careful where you're walking because they have run out of places where people can walk the sidewalks are often filled with snow as they try to figure out places to put this. there's no place to park your car on the side of the road. that's an

by midday worcester, massachusetts already had at least 5525 inches of snow and that number is quickly rising. earlier firefighters there battled intense flames in blizzard conditions after this multi-family home went up in flames. right now officials aren't only worried about the piling snow but a potentially more devastating aftereffect, coastal flooding. officials said areas of plum island, massachusetts, that flooded this morning. could still flood again. further south, this seawall crumbled in tuesday morning's high tide. there's a concern that more to collapse during this afternoon's high tide possibly flooding homes right in that area. officials are learning about snow drifts learning about the high winds and light powdery snow. amtrak canceled trips on several of its busiest lines between new york and boston. thousands of flights have been canceled. and many roads remain closed. >> it is very bad. these roads are not safe. the snow is still coming down, several inches an hour. >> reporter: in rhode island where the windchill could dip as low as minus 3 degrees, the snow is expe

. >> reporter: gabrielle and aaliyah couldn't wait another day to meet their mommy of worcester, massachusetts. the twin who were due february 27th decided to come five weeks early in the middle of the city's historic blizzard. >> it was ferocious. like the snow was going everywhere. you could barely see. >> reporter: she was home monday night when her water broke, and with her boyfriend's car snowed in they called 911. >> i was crying to the paramedics i can't walk i can't walk. you know he's like you can do it you can make it. so we get into the ambulance. there was, like snow everywhere. it was crazy. but that wasn't even my concern. i was just like please get me out of here and get me to the hospital in time. >> reporter: but little gabriel couldn't quite wait long enough to make the shortrom park avenue to umass memorial on belmont street so one of the paramedics had to deliver him in the middle of the storm. >> he looks down he's like oh my god, oh my god you breached and i could tell he probably didn't deliver baby before. so we're both like looking at each other like oh my god, and he'

a woman in worcester, massachusetts gave birth to twins during this week's blizzard and it happened inside an ambulance. these twins were due on february 27. they wanted to play in the snow maybe. they were a little early. a lot early. paramedics made it just in time. they delivered little gabriel themselves before they could reach the hospital. >> and i could tell like he probably didn't deliver a baby before. so we're both looking at each other like oh, my god. he's on the phone like her baby's coming. and then another big push and my baby was out. >> and his sister was born at the hospital. doctors say that they can head home next week. >> what a wonderful story she'll have to tell. very sweet. >>> you will need to bundle up today. another frigid start. >> amelia segal is live at the rockville metro station with how things are looking there. >> reporter: good morning. the hash tag we're usinging to describe the weather, brrs day. and that is certainly the case here. look at the temperature. a whopping 19.5 degrees. so us a head out this morning, you definitely need the warmest coat and

the sharks are moving their aaa minor league team from worcester, massachusetts, to san jose adding 30mes to the s.a.p. center on top of the sharks schedule. >> more life on the streets, people walking around, using the restaurants and the like and we just want to add to that. >> reporter: the sharks say san jose has become one of the top hockey towns in the u.s. the sharks ice practice facility is the largest of its kind west of the mississippi supporting some of the largest adult and youth hockey programs anywhere. the sharks say their minor league games will be good for families with ticket prices in the ten to $103,030 range. >> we -- in the $10 to $30 range. >> we think it's a good family environment, with good experiences, fun and more than just about the hockey. >> i think it's pretty cool. more hockey to watch, that's always good. >> reporter: families who feel they have been priced out of pro hockey games are already planning to support the minor league sharks when they arrive. >> the cost of the tickets much more affordable. therefore, we would be attending scenes like this o

. >>> you know, worcester, massachusetts, just broke its all time snowiest day ever. 36", three feetow. >> we are just praying for rain. >> we can't get a drop of rainfall around here. temperatures are in the 60s. right now it is warm and humid and cloudy in oakland. 10 inches of snow. we are warm. they're not. san jose 61. san bruno 61 degrees. had some showers close by today. storm system come up from the south that's why it's so warm despite the cloud cover. gave some rain to orange county. san diego county, los angeles. yesterday, but that storm like every other one since christmas eve has missed us and look at this difference. december the sixth wettest december ever in san francisco with nearly a foot of rainfall. average is 4." january also averages 4." we have not seen one drop of rainfall officially in san francisco. this month and we are going to end the month that way, as well. no rain between now and february. concord tonight 45. livermore 43. chilly but not cold. san jose you'll drop down to 44. san francisco staying around 50. the cloud cover like a blanket over top of

paticia lives in worcester, massachusetts, where the storm dumped nearly three feet of snow.weather at that point? >> goodness, the snow was going everywhere. up your nose in your hair and under my dress and everywhere. >> reporter: she was not due for another five week but the contractions were so strong by monday night, she was having trouble breathing, and she had a big problem. >> our car was under snow, and so there was no driving, no nothing, and no cabs. >> reporter: her boyfriend called an ambulance. a travel ban was in effect except for emergency vehicles. >> one of the paramedics guys slipped on the ice outside my house. i didn't think -- i didn't know if we were going to -- make it to the hospital in time. >> reporter: she was right. her water broke just minutes after she got into the ambulance. >> i felt another big urge to push, and my son was right there breech. and i felt another big push and there he was right there on the stretch stretcher. >> reporter: she had the umbilical cord cut in the ambulance. baby gabriel was perfect, born at 9:24 p.m. monday. patici

the storm that just passed buried the town of worcester, massachusetts, in nearly three feet of snow.that's not far from where my father lives. he got that much snow. took him 3 1/2 hours to dig out. the amazing thing is he did not lose power. most people did not lose power because the snow was so light and fluffy that it did not cause the outages that some feared. down on the coast, it was hit especially hard. high winds eroded so much of that coast destroying several homes and tore down part of a seawall. brian todd joins us now near where that wall went down. what are you seeing? >> reporter: this town just starting to recover. they were hit with three different elements from this storm. of course the devastating snow the wind and whiteout conditions but also the storm surge. they are just waking up to that this morning and assessing the damage recovering from it. you have utility crews down here on this main drag here in marshfield starting to get the power up. some lines were damaged. the real damage was a little bit in this direction where the storm surge breached a seawall. tha

worcester, massachusetts, got 34.5 inches of snow. that would be an all-time record.ton set a record for january with 22 inches at logan. providence rhode island set a daily record with 16 inches falling yesterday. and the united nations says intense storms like these will be more common. we're getting distracted by things that perhaps don't matter as much. >> climate change is real. we're all obsessed with deflategate. let's keep in mind there's something about which you should give a [ bleep ] like tom brady the world is getting hotter and hotter and you know why? we humans are pumping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere when we burn fossil fuels and when tom brady and bill belichick start talking for 2 1/2 hours at press conferences spewing out carbon dioxide making climate change that much worse. >> so yes, climate change also means more intense storms. let's put aside deflategate and talk about climate change and how it's affecting our lives. i'm joined by a climate expert. hi joe. >> hi. thanks for having me. >> thanks for being here. explain to our viewers how cli

paticia lives in worcester, massachusetts where the storm dumped nearly three feet of snow. bad of the weather at that point? >> good not, the snow of going ever -- goodness, the snow was going everywhere. up, in your hair under my dress everywhere. >> reporter: paticia wasn't due for another five weeks, but the contractions were so strong by 9:00 p.m. monday she was having trouble breathing and had a big problem. >> our car was under snow. so there was no driving. there was nothing. there was no cabs. >> reporter: her boyfriend called an ambulance. a travel ban was in effect except for emergency vehicles. >> one of the paramedics guys slipped on the ice outside my house. i didn't think -- i didn't know if we were going to -- make it. >> reporter: she was right. her water broke just minutes after she got in the ambulance.$#;( >> i got another urge. >> reporter: she had the umbilical cord cut in the ambulance. baby gabriel of perfect, person at 9:24 p.m. machine. paticia hoped to get to the hospital before his sister pushed out, too. two minutes later she was in the o.r. at u

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nbc's chris pallone is in worcester, massachusetts, who got 34.5 inches of snow. biggest snowfall on record. we see it behind you. >> reporter: that's right, tamron this is the second largest city in all of new england and boy do they have their work cut out for them. getting rid of 34.5 inches of snow. schools and many businesses are closed today, it will facilitate cleanup. where do you put all of that snow? you put it here in giant piles. all they want to do at this point is to kind of triage all the snow. get it out of the street then get it out of the sidewalk they put it wherever they can, then come along later, start trucking it off site. we have good news in the past hour, though. as i drove into worcester a couple hours ago, all the streets in the city were snow covered, hit by the plow once or twice, but were still pretty slick, as the sun is starting to come out, even though it is below freezing with ice melter you can see the street was starting to see asphalt under the street. that will improve tracks as the day goes along. as the sun goes down later,

some of the totals in massachusetts may heads toward three feet around worcester. then it gets really cold by the weekend. we could have another storm here by the first of next week. jose, back to you. >> mike seidel thank you very much. let's go down the atlantic coast to the jersey shore. reynolds wolf is there. what are the conditions like? >> conditions here are a bit snowy and breezy as you would anticipate. i'm here along this road that feeds over towards the garden state parkway. i'm looking at these signs. these are rules you have on the road. mother nature plays by her own rules. the rules we live by is the snow showers coming through. at times, visibility has been pretty bad. not blizzard like, but still pretty rough. and roads at a time were really in bad shape but they have improved. governor christie lifted the driving ban so cars are coming out, but people are urged to please use caution if you have to go out and about because conditions not optimum. we do anticipate things are going to get better on the roadways. bad news is we're going to have all k

. >> james:she lives in worcester, massachusetts. where the storm dumped nearly three feet of snow. >> james:she wasn't due for another five weeks, but the contractions were so strong, she was having trouble breathing. >> james:and they had another problem. their car was stuck under snow. >> james:so her boyfriend called an ambulance because a travel ban was in effect except for emergency vehicles. >> james:paramedics arrived and her water broke minutes after she got in the ambulance. >> james:baby gabriel was born in the ambulance. and baby aliyah was born 11 minutes later, once they had arrived at the hospital. >> james:for now, the babies are being kept in special incubators to help keep them warm while they grow. >> james: and broke out last night in san francisco crews are still there try to stamp out hot spots to have the latest coming up in a live report also this morning a body found in a suitcase in san francisco will have information on that investigation as well the puppies still of ahmanson teenager on a minibus more deta

worcester, massachusetts. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to ask how the underwear bomber and richard reid were able to enter this country. i understand the underwear bomber did not even have a passport. guest: let me take the richard reid question. i am glad you brought that up. it comes up quite often. richard reid was a british citizen traveling under the visa waiver program. this was back in december, 2001. that is quite a long time ago and in the interim there has been a number of enhancements made to prevent another richard reid from happening. for example, the individualized screening that i mentioned that is part of the electronic system for travel authorization was not in place in 2001. it would be now. i think it is a bit telling that when people look for examples of bad actors exploiting the visa waiver program they have to go all the way back to 2001 and richard reid because, frankly, there are not any more recent examples. one of the more recent examples, the underwear bomber -- i do not know that it is right he did

i really think the most will fall for places like worcester massachusetts, and for portland in mainesouthwestern winter advisories though. some of the mountains just east of l.a. and san diego going to pick up snow above 7,500 feet. heavier rains surrounding that and that high kind of rotating clock-wise and phoenix 68 today. that's >> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with increasing clouds and dry and mild from low-to-upper 60 with a chance of scatter light shower in the seven-day forecast temperature. we have spring warmth and >> all that weather brought to you by carmax. we'll be tracking the storm all day here on abc. >> ginger, thank you. >>> we're switching gears to a story that's very serious, and we want you to be aware if you have children around. our diane sawyer teamed up with "the new york times" journalist and author nicholas kristoff for a look inside the world of sex trafficking in america. it's all part of kristoff's upcoming pbs documentary series, "a path appears". >> reporter: by night and day across the country young american girls controlled by pimps a

worcester, massachusetts 3shgs 3.5 inches of snow for an all-time report in worcester, mass. hudson 36. now, while the nor'easter kicks out and away leaving little chance to dig out before the next storm system pushes in the end of the week. looking dry in the west from now until thursday and probably into the beginning of the day friday. we are looking at a storm system impacting the four corners region starting friday and continuing into the weekend. 67 degrees in las vegas today. 76 in los angeles. and 62 in san francisco. gayle? >> all right. you're smiling while you say that. thank you very much. >>> these are very tough, new questions this morning about why meteorologists got the blizzard new york city so so wrong and why the entire city was shut down. we'll get into that ahead on cbs "this morning." >>> this morning waiting to see if a prisoner swap with isis will save a vappenese hostage's life. jordan's government says it will release a failed female suicide bomber in exchange for a jordanian pilot. the terror group's 24-hour deadline for killing the japanese hostage

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worcester, massachusetts, with its biggest snowstorm ever.ook at those numbers. 4.5 and so many more impressive numbers coming from all over the cities and states from anywhere in maine through new hampshire, connecticut and, yes, long island still a few lingering snow showers up in maine but i'm telling you, the cold is what you will notice this morning, mt. washington 27 below. the windchill here 6. the next storm comes through thursday and thursday night it looks very light certainly in comparison. nothing light about what happened in boston. that's where our rob marciano has been doing an impressive job, rob. more than two feet of snow. >> yeah here in south boston ginger they got three feet. now this road may look drivable you but it's a really tight road in south boston. because of that you can barely get a small plow through. the cars on either side get completely buried. there's a car underneath that. can you imagine? the only way to get to work or anywhere is to use one of these and dig yourself out and it's not just here in boston m

worcester, massachusetts, with its biggest snowstorm ever.ook at those numbers. 34.5 and so many more impressive numbers coming from all over the cities and states from anywhere in maine through new hampshire, connecticut, and, yes, long island, still a few lingering snow showers up in maine but i'm telling you, the cold is what you will notice this morning, mt. washington, 27 below. it fees like. the windchill here, 6. that next storm comes through thursday and thursday night it looks very light certainly in comparison. nothing light about what happened in boston. and that's where our rob marciano has been doing an impressive job, rob. more than two feet of snow. >>> ginger south boston just got buried last night. 31 inches of snow this street has been plowed. but there haven't been any cars going by because they all look like this this -- buried in snow. the only way to get to work or anywhere for that matter is to use one of these and dig yourself out and it's not just here in boston, millions of americans are doing exactly this this morni

. >>> worcester, massachusetts, closing in on an all-time record. 25 inches of snow and counting. from new yk city dodges a bullet, and our team is scattered far and wide today, tuesday, january 27th, 2015. >> from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today," the blizzard of 2015, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. nice to have you along, tuesday morning, 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. still happening out here on the west coast. look at plymouth, massachusetts. snow still coming down hard. >> even from 3,000 miles away on the west coast you can hear the sigh of relief though from people in the new york city area because we really got lucky with this storm. though as you say, the same cannot be said for the people to the east of us and to the north. >> that's right. we want to get to the latest on the storm. states of emergency declared in eight states from pennsylvania all of the way up to maine. but as the system is moving north now, many of those travel restrictions that were put in place are being lifted. >> how do

worcester, massachusetts. good morning. caller: good morning.ould like to ask how the underwear bomber and richard reid were able to enter this country. i understand the underwear bomber did not even have a passport. guest: let me take the richard reid question. i am glad you brought that up. it comes up quite often. richard reid was a british citizen traveling under the visa waiver program. this was back in december, 2001. that is quite a long time ago and in the interim there has been a number of enhancements made to prevent another richard reid from happening. for example, the individualized screening that i mentioned that is part of the electronic system for travel authorization was not in place in 2001. it would be now. i think it is a bit telling that when people look for examples of bad actors exploiting the visa waiver program they have to go all the way back to 2001 and richard reid because, frankly, there are not any more recent examples. one of the more recent examples, the underwear bomber -- i do not know that it is right he did not

a live view now of worcester, massachusetts.is dumping a messy and icky mix of freezing rain and snow including this in alabama late last night. yuck. >> janice dean back outside tracking it all for us. good morning again, janice. oh you don't have somebody holding the umbrella at this time. >> i don't pay enough money obviously. you know what? it has calmed down a little bit. we are getting a dry slot in this nor'easter coastal storm here in new york city. a little bit of light precipitation but not enough to warrant my own umbrella holder. take a look at the maps and i will show you what we are dealing with icky and yucky yes meteorologist call terms using all day today. snow and freezing rain and just plain old cold rain. new york city see the dry spot moving in. north of the city. west of the city getting ♪ look at boston a few inches out of this system. winter weather advisories in the pinks. those are are winter weather warnings. in some ways we could see easily 5 to 8 inches of snow. there is a look at the first alert for

worcester. this portion of massachusetts is a very heavily traveled area. not so much right now. the volume is decreasing. people are trying to get ahead of this storm, off these roads so that these emergency crews, these snow removal crews can prepare the roads as best they can. we were just in back of a truck that was spreading down a mixture we think of salt and sand to try to make it easier for those folks still out on the road to get where they need to go. a travel ban is going in effect here in massachusetts at midnight. in addition, they're shutting down public transportation. it's every reason for people to be on the road now if they have to but get off as soon as they can. >> you be safe as you travel because clearly they are predicting that the worst is yet to come. we just approach the hours they're most concerned about. >> reporter: absolutely. we'll be careful. >> rahema thank you for your time tonight. stay safe and warm. >>> mayor bill de blasio of new york is going to be speaking shortly. we are encouraging you to listen to the admonition of public officials. your

we want the take you to massachusetts where the situation is considerably more serious. we're seeing more than 2 feet of snow already for worcesters to the marsh field pd. i said it's not over but it will slow down through the day in new york city. going to stick with you there in boston all the way through tonight and then move off into maine for the overnight into early wednesday. that's the timing much more clear tomorrow. that's the with picture. let's check closer to home and yes, very warm there in billing at 63. >> storm tracker 6 double scan showing you still have snow popping down through southern bucks county, around mercer county. philadelphia getting lighter stuff at this point. every now and then there's a brighter shade of light that indicates heavier snow bands. as we look at your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast the show should be winding down and ending around lunchtime. a high of 30, windy and cold maybe afternoon clearing. snowfall amounts were not as high as expected because the storm was slow in intensifying. muriel? high high-five for snow day. first time you've seen snow. >> first time i've seen snow. >

a band set up and to massachusetts where the situation is considerably more serious. we're seeing more than two feet of snow already for worcestern thanks to the marshfield pd for putting that out there. it's not over but it will slow down through the day in new york city. going to stick with you in boston all the way through tonight and then move off into maine for the overnight into early wednesday. so that's the timing. much more clear tomorrow. >> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area forecast. chance of a stray shower this morning with sprinkles and then clouds this afternoon. leader and cool with fog running tonight. another warm and spring weekend is on way. today, the southern winds and the cloud cover it will be low-to-mid 60. tonight up to 20 degrees cooler with low-to-mid 40's and upper 40's around san francisco and oakland and the coast. the seven-day forecast still to 70 >> so this little one, what's your name. >> muriel? high high-five for snow day. first time you've seen snow. >> first time i've seen snow. >> we're enjoying it out here. >> like hearing those firsts. >>> today's "heat index,

a band set up and to massachusetts where the situation is considerably more serious. we're seeing more than two feet of snow already for worcester the town thanks to the marshfield pd for putting that out there. it's not over but it will slow down through the day in new york city. going to stick with you in boston all the way through tonight and then move off into maine for the overnight into early wednesday. so that's the timing. much more clear >> good mornin washihington, 32 degrees downtown and still some snsnow bands acrcross e region west oi-95 from winchchester through rrentoton. a winter weath advory n effect until 10:00 this morng. it will bebe breezy today and it els lilike the teensnd 20's. we should warm into the e 30's this a afteron butut with luste he conditions, i it will feel like 20 and we cocould get some suhine before the day is done but skies wiwill clear tonight and drdrop down into the teens. >> so this little one, what's your name. >> muriel? high high-five for snow day. first time you've seen snow. >> first time i've seen snow. >> we're enjoying it out here. >> like hearing those firsts. >>> today's "hea

i checked storm totals in and around massachusetts, strusberry in the center of the state near worcester, 18 inches. up near the border, 16 inches of snow. it's blowing, wind gusts up to 20 30 up to 40 miles per hour. down on the cape and islands we've seen wind gusts on nantucket island of nearly 80 miles per hour. that's higher than hurricane force. so that means there are at least 10,000 people without power in massachusetts, most of those in southeastern massachusetts and cape cod at this point. as the storm keeps going, they say the intense snowfall coming at a couple inches maybe more than that an hour could continue through noon eastern time. the storm itself will continue past midnight into wednesday a little bit. so this is certainly an intense storm that was promised in new england, milissa. >> it looks bitterly cold. let's say warm. let's go to mike seidel who is reporting and filed this report from plymouth, massachusetts. >> what we have this morning is surge, high tide. the tide going out, down to the cape. right here the water came up and covered the entire front yard. you

massachusetts. the city of worcester hadn't seen anything like it. the national weather service says the old record of 11 inches of snowfall in a single day was shattered on tuesday when the city got almost 32 inches. >> i'm so excited. i love the snow. so i'm enjoying this. >> reporter: the storm also broke the daily snowfall record in boston which got more than 22 inches of snow. as the storm kept dumping snow on new hampshire, crews struggled to keep up with the clean-up. >> i make a path about every 45 minutes. mother nature is winning. [ laughter ] >> reporter: for some living on hampton beach, it's been a pleasure. >> it's great. i love it. new england weather is perfect. >> into the too bad. we haven't lost power. we're prepared. >> reporter: new york city didn't get nearly as much snow as forecasters predicted and the mayor is taking criticism for what some think is an overreaction to the forecast. >> two feet of snow would have pardon mized this city so we did was -- would have paralyzed this city so we did what was necessary to keep the cit