but on march 13, 1764, the voters in boston at a town meeting decided to allow anyone to come into boston be inoculated until april 20. the disease had gotten so bad they said we will put away the rules and let even people from outside boston come in and inoculate. the people in charge of caring for the poor agreed to reimburse any physician who inoculated the poor for free. even the poor would be able to afford the procedure. they would pay for it. the town quickly became one great hospital as thousands of citizens went through the operation and hundreds more came in from other communities and colonies to take advantage of the opportunity of receiving lifelong immunity to this disease. in the spring of 1764, boston embarked on the largest general inoculation in the western world. by march 29, an estimated 3000 people have been inoculated with only three deaths reported. only .1%. they are getting more efficient as they practice it. john adams and his brother peter did not rush into boston immediately after hearing the ban had been lifted. they almost waited too long. john boehner farewel

the boston's general -- but boston's general inoculation created such a demand for the procedure in boston, throughout new england that for many americans victory over the british in the revolution was of secondary importance to securing their own independence from smallpox. when ordinary americans decide to take up arms against the world's strongest military force, their lives were threatened by both tyranny here and epidemic smallpox which broke out again in massachusetts in the winter of 1773 and 1774. demand for the procedure was rising. which was driving up the price keeping it beyond the reach of poor americans. motivated by fear of infection americans demanded solutions from their leaders. because disease threatens all levels of society remedies that only benefited the rich and powerful were unacceptable. bostonians shared the experience of enduring the smallpox epidemics and large-scale inoculation provided them with a well understood protocol for preventing disease. bostonians had a shared sense of susceptibility to smallpox. their fear of the disease stood in stark contrast to th

the city of boston -- >> that was the mayor of boston and other boston officials urging people not to ski on main arterial streets. it will be one of the record books there like 1978 which steve kornacki was talking about. >> this thing was truly a monster. in massachusetts you had up to 4 1/2 feet of snow in some places. you had wind at 70 miles an hour in boston 2100 homes destroyed. there were 29 people in massachusetts killed by this thing. so obviously it was a serious storm but it was also something that if you were 40 or over and you're from new england, you're still talking about this. you're still telling people about this. you still remember this. if you're under 40 you grew up hearing about it from all of those people. >> on a big new england weather day like today our coverage would not be complete without steve. now, i also grew up in massachusetts and i also remember hearing lots of stories about this storm as a kid. what were the lessons from this that people are still taking? >> the number one lesson of the blizzard of '78, sort of applies to what we're talking about h

biggest headlines here in boston stay indoors, travel ban still in effect here in boston in the surrounding region. but before we talk about some really serious situations happening down on the south shore area with some of the flooding which keep in mind high tide happening in this show. pan over this way, if we can. we're here at the boston harbor. >> all right. we're having just a little technical difficulty there where brooke baldwin is. we'll be taking you back to boston as soon as we can. obviously that's one of the hardest hit areas. i am brianna keilar. i'm in new york. there are states of emergency still in effect for seven states. that's 58 million people who are in the path of this storm. here are the numbers that we're getting right now, the largest snowfalls in farmingham massachusetts. 30 inches. in orient new york on long island there are 28.5 inches of snow. so just outside of new york city. and then in worcester, mass 25 inches. some areas in boston looking at 30 inches. and we are getting reports of at least two deaths in su if, fffolk county new york. one an elderly man w

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also rhode island and boston. coastal areas are expecting near hurricane force kinds that start in just a little bit as the storm moving off of the warmer ocean back west arching down through new england. we're going to see possible whiteout conditions high winding, fears of mass power outages. there is a travel ban right now. this is relatively unprecedented. nonemergency vehicles starting at 9:00 p.m. in connecticut. the new jersey transit is closed. 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. bos

it's not letting up in boston of course. the city bracing for up to another foot of snow and that snow combined with the high winds, it's all making it very difficult and extremely dangerous for first responders to do their jobs. all of this of course as high tide approaches on the coast where flooding could be the biggest problem as you just heard from brian and alexandra. so how are emergency management officials dealing? how are they preparing? we'll talk to them when we come back. she inspires you. no question about that. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain

got boston right. they all got boston. what didn't happen is the snow back out here. snow did not wrap around hard enough an get back to new york city because the storm moved 100 miles farther east than the two inaccurate models predicted. it's garbage in garbage out. we didn't know what to believe. we have to say that. we can't underforecast and be blown out bay 30" snow fall and it was wrong. >> right. they were wrong. as you said it was a new model. i know those old models have gotten hurricane sandy right. i want to talk more about you in a moment. you were specifically praised by head of the national weather service today. harry, first of all, the difficulty here in predicting. there's so many people that are mad because we seem know everything about the weather now. you can look at the doppler affect. you're saying the atmosphere has an infinite number of levels that have to be measured in order to get something right. the chances of getting something completely right that's this big are pretty hard right? >> that's exactly right. the fact of the matter is, i ca

we heard from the mayor of boston. down for several more hours, and there are continuing problems caused by this storm. potentially of historic proportions in massachusetts and other parts of new england. it's still causing heavy snow high winds, coastal flooding. joining us on the phone is brigadier general gary keefe of the massachusetts national guard the task force commander for the storm. general thanks very much for joining us. i know you've got a lot going on. i know the national guard your men and women, rescued some residents earlier today along the massachusetts shore. how many people were rescued? >> all in all, wolf we ended up rescuing about 15 folks in different areas along the coastline within the commonwealth. >> what as the problem? >> a lot of it was something, the storm surge and just the winds caught a few people off guard and the roads ended up being flooded and folks were stuck in areas that normal vehicles couldn't get them out of. so we've got these light/medium tactical vehicles great for high

and boston. logan airport no longer flights getting in or out.sday afternoon. the roads of ; this travel ban. a lot of people will be staying inside becar2!÷ there won't be many other things to y222+ do. a lot of things closed. >> molly thank you very much. we'll be checking in with you throughout the night. coming up, we'll go up and down the eastern seaboard and get new predictions from the fox weather center. we'll also check in on a town on long island, new york that took an absolute beating during super storm sandy. the word is that there could be some coastal erosion there tonight. they've already had about six inches of snow according to the latest totals. we'll have a look at!sça the other day's big headlines. that's coming up from this special edition of fox news desk. "hannity" taking the night off hopefully warm and dry inside somewhere. you drop 40 grand on a new set of wheels, then... wham! a minivan t-bones you. guess what: your insurance company will only give you 37-thousand to replace it. "depreciation" they claim. "how can my ca

but we're not just in boston here. again, just a quick reminder we're waiting and watching for mayor marty walsh here in boston to give an update on the situation here in boston. we also have crews all around the northeast, including a crew in montauk. this is the far east tip of long island. flooding issues there. lots of snow still falling. you're watching cnn. we'll be right back. how much money do you have in your pocket right now? i have $40 $21. could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement? i don't think so. well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. ♪ ♪ if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira giving me new perspective. doctors have been prescribing

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about 30 miles south of boston. that will get you to scituate and what you're looking at right now. it's a very exposed area. with those nor'easters, they typically flood out. the next high tide we're talking about winds backing away. that means we'll get more of a northwesterly wind. so the high tide won't produce what you're seeing there. i think the worst of the flooding has already happened. we have to wait for that water to recede. i don't think we're going to be talking about the kinds of levels we've seen because of the combination of a couple of tides that we saw with that strong northeasterly wind. >> that's encouraging at least for later. but looks pretty awful right now. as you say, that warning is all along the coast of massachusetts, not just there in scituate scituate. stand by. another casualty of the storm, this coastal surge we've been talking about, the major seawalls in various areas, including in marshfield, massachusetts. brian todd is traveling in the area right now. brian, what are you seeing

i was up here in boston for the weekend. they said stay in boston.appen. i said okay. so far i was out here until 1:00 in the morning. same story, different day. continues to come down and just let me show you trudging through it a little bit. it is just below my knee. i'm 5'9". about 18 inches. nantucket is the huge worry down the cape coastal flooding and pictures we've seen is tremendous. that's what we'll listen for when we hear from the governor in half an hour. he'll update us. the other part of the story -- hi, guys. i have whitney, grace and dave with me. what boston blizzard isn't complete without cross-country skiing. they live in the north end here in the harbor. you compared this to the blizzard just two years ago? >> in 2013 right. very similar. the cross-country skiers and flag football players and otherwise just plows. this is why we live in new england. >> reporter: this is why you love new england. grace you were just saying no school today and -- >> no school today or tomorrow. >> reporter: what are you doing today while not in scho

the city of boston the areas around boston are expected to get hit pretty hard tonight with the snow. let's check in with steven smith, the city editor for ""the boston globe "". what are the conditions like in boston right now? >> what we have seen, betty, in the past couple of hours is a further deterioration. we are seeing the snow pummel the region more ferociously and all eyes are turned to 4:30 this morning. that's when we expect high tide along the coast of new england. we know from past experiences that towns up and down along the massachusetts coast are vulnerable to this combination of wind and sea. there's a fair amount of foreboding waiting to see what will happen at that hour. >> boston is no stranger to snow. are people there heeding the warn withings or are they shrugging this off? what's the mood there? >> reporter: it's interesting. if you look out of our newsroom on the interstate 93 over the past hour you have seen less and less traffic and governor charlie baker declared that all cars and trucks should stay off road starting at midnight except for emergency vehicle

tonight heavy bands will move into new york and boston. when it's all said and done this is what we're thinking here. again, 6 to 8 inches. 8 to 10, 10 to 12, 12 to 24 some areas over 2 feet. notice the gradient of the colors. whoever gets on the western side of this is not going to get much snow. it's dangerously close to new york. we may luck out here. i don't think we will. i think we're still talking about a foot plus in new york and further to the east boston no question about it you're looking at a couple feet of snowfall by the time we're done with this storm here. but even if new york doesn't get, say, the snowfall tallies that we've been talking about, 12 to 24 inches because the wind is going to be at 50 to 60 miles an hour the snow drifts are going to be enough to be a problem here and we're going to continue to pile up that snow as you saw miguel there, the snow very fluffy it's very cold. it's not going to be that heavy, wet snow. it's going to be pushed around by the wind as we head through tonight and that's when blizzard co

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same story for boston.using the best technology and computers. down here to new york, about six inches of snow. i can't make a forecast that says six to 24. i think 10 to 14 with the potential for more. if we get those two to three inch snowfalls with thunder snow, all of a sudden we could get higher amounts. i think the numbers, 10 to 14 for the city certainly boston you will push 30. >> you don't take all the models and do an average of all and try to come up with the best estimate along those lines? >> that's called cancer. you can't do that. you can't just say, throw them together and divide by three. doesn't work. >> thanks very much chad. we will get back to you shortly. >>> travel in and out of the northeast is grinding to a halt. it's more than 6,600 flights canceled. la guardia has been hardest hit. rene is on the scene for us. there are no flights coming in and out of new york. and there won't be any tomorrow i suspect. >> reporter: it's 6:00 p.m. on a weekend evening. take a look at the ticketing

and in boston steft.ns of nump nump port smith and back up into portland, maine. all of these locations have a chance of at least two feet maybe three feet of snow and that's why this will be an historic storm. talking life-threatening storm. emergency workers will not be able to get to these people. thinking, 29 million people. probably a couple hundred of them pregnant near full term. you got people making tough decisions now. imagine you're expecting. what do you do? go to the hospital now or risk being at home and going into labor? so many problems are going to be because of this. >> and bill, you're saying monday morning. you're saying really this is going to be a problem, the first, the snow and bitter cold until at least thursday? >> i bet power crews won't get all the power on until the end of the weekend, that bad. power crew don't have snow plows. they have to wait for the roads to be cleared. tuesday, the storm, lose power. snowed in. wednesday plows try to go to work. hopefully done by the end

boston, mass 22-26. and we could see the three-feet zone along the pike so framingham, up through parts of cape cod and we could see higher -- isolated higher amounts. portland, maine, 20-24, hartford, 18-22 and philadelphia 8-12e and lesser amounts in the mid atlantic. everybody will get in on the winds and blowing and drifting snow. so i would say, craig, now is the time we have to start thinking of getting off the roads, especially from new york on south. getting gnarly out there. >> and you mentioned the winds. how severe are we talking? >> hurricane-force winds will kick in this evening. they will intensify as the storm intensifies overnight. so winds in many cases are upwards of 50 miles per hour and that means the blowing and drifting snow is going to continue to drop the visibility. visibility will be down to zero at times. so we'll have persistent white-out conditions for three hours or more which is what makes a blizzard warning. we'll have that through tonight and tomorrow morning. dominica. t

the city of boston was, you know literally blown apart during the boston marathon bombings, but our bookd the healing process of these survivors and how they're coping with their injuries with their ptsd as dave said and moving on with their lives or at least trying to. >> and when things like this happen, brooke like here in boston one of the first things we saw was how the new york police department responded and came up to boston and they set up trauma teams to deal with issues the boston police were dealing with. we expect that boston will reciprocate that in some fashion with the people of paris. >> i just still hear that announcer at the boston starting line last april saying let's take back that finish line. the book is coming out. it's called "boston strong: a city's triumph over tragedy." gentlemen, i want a copy. pretty pleased. dave wedge, casey sherman, thank you p. thank you. >> just ahead, children and teenagers trying to join isis. huge concern for parents, obviously. in one place, there's actually now a hotline that's been set up for parents to call. and next a man who hi

but -- boston. but it did go to boston. it's not really accidental because as you can see it all happened by empire which they hadn't really planned they hadn't really organized and which was run in a kind of a hand-to-mouth sort of way. it was run in a spontaneous way in response to events as they actually occurred. and so eventually it would lead to the night of december the 16th 1773, when suddenly it blew up in their faces. there's one final point before i come to read the section about the book which actually deals with what occurred in london and that has to do with the question of treason. now, you see again this is a rather strange thing. if you read american histories of this particular period, you'll often find the authors expressing a sense of amazement about the fact that the british thought the tea party was treason. it seems rather baffling. as i say, it was a riot, certainly. it was criminal damage. it wasn't theft because they didn't steal the tea they just dumped it in the harbor. and, indeed one of the mos

just how ready is boston for this storm? >> boston is prepared. >> reporter: the coast bracing for winds of hurricane force and residents there are boarding up and hunkering down. >> we're using two by tens in order to protect all the glass. >> reporter: and tonight, a medical warning. nearly 12,000 people are injured and 100 people die from medical emergencies related to shoveling snow every year. david, the other big concern tonight, especially here in eastern new england, where the winds will be the worst, power outages. and if you need electricity to sparkfurnace, that means no light and no heat potentially for days. in what is life-threatening cold. david? >> rob marciano in boston. >>> and the ripple effect tonight across this country already. more than 6,000 flights already canceled. lines at logan in boston. that airport halting flights tonight. stranded passengers at laguardia here in new york. and outside, the race to de-ice those planes. and this evening, they are readying the powerful snow plows they use on those

it is midnight in boston.ht, blocks and blocks of the city are cordoned off. is it a debris field filled with shattered glass and abandoned belongings by the thousands. something special happens when you come to transunion.com. you get in the know. and when you're in the know about your credit, you feel confident, ready for anything. at transunion.com you get instant credit alerts to keep you in sync. you can even lock and unlock your transunion report with the swipe of a finger. come to transunion.com. and get in the know. >>> the sun just coming up here over a very stunned city. this is boylston street just a few blocks down. >> the morning following the bombing there were a lot of people out a lot of runners felt like they were going to you know, show the city and show all of america that they weren't scared to be out on the streets and weren't scared to be out running. >> no unexploded explosive devices found. over 150 people were injured yesterday in the blasts. some gravely. >> any information that you h

town in boston today. i want to give you a look at boston common, which ordinarily at noon would be filled with people crossing the common to get lunch or work or wherever they wanted to go take the subway, what have you. there are few people traversing through the park here. some taking pictures. others walking their dogs. we've seen that pick up a little bit over the last hour or so as more people i think are getting stir crazy from being inside over the last 12 to 24 hours. we've seen a few hearty souls venture out on boston common. but not too many. the roads are a different story. on the roads, all we've seen all day are snow plows and emergency vehicles because that's all that's allowed. the travel ban is still in effect for people who are not essential personnel as they are calling it around here people who don't have jobs that take them to hospitals or places where they have to get to work. the roads are still relatively empty of traffic right now. that's because a lot of them are not quite plowed.

you can see boston's d.o.t. department of transportation alerting drivers to the wicked big -- i knew i couldn't do this. wicked big starm coming. jennifer gray is in boston this morning. hi jennifer. >> reporter: hi carol. yeah conditions are deteriorating quickly. the wind gusts are what we're noticing. the wind gusts are picking up. you can see behind me the snow is just blowing. when you have one of those gusts coming it's picking up the light snow on the ground and takes it away. it is a delicate balance. it's keeping the snow off the power lines. not many power outages in boston. in nantucket, it's a different story. wind gusts of 78 miles per hour and 13,000 power outages. we have our weather station here that i bring with me every time we go on the road. we have wind gusts 30 miles per hour where i'm standing but i have a feeling that now we're getting some a little bit higher. i'll have to go check it. we've been measuring the snow. you can see how fluffy it is. it's hard to measure because with all of

joining me now from boston is chris pallone. what's the word up north in boston? >> reporter: even though there hasn't been a lot of notice for this storm, friday into saturday the models started showing the blizzard was coming. it appears that people are heeding the warnings. massachusetts governor charlie baker has been very emphatic. this might be a historical event. you need to be prepared for this. you might have to stay in your home maybe two, maybe three days lose power. make sure you have enough food. fill up your car with gas. be prepared for whatever might come this way. they're predicting 20 to 30 inches of snow here in the boston area. it is not just the snow that they're worried about. this storm is accompanied by high winds that could reach 55 mile an hour winds inland and 70 miles an hour on the coast. so people who live up on the north shore, plum island, all the way down to the cape they're boarding up their homes as if they are facing a hurricane because the tidal surge, the flooding that could accompany this storm, could be catastrophic for a lo

miguel is in boston. thank you for joining us. give us a sense. boston is good at snow. they know it's coming. how they doing? >> reporter: chris, good evening. yeah, they are bracing here in boston. they're a hearty bunch, used to cold weather. as you know this is a historic storm. they're already if in overdrive. 700 vehicles are working around the clock today. they're also dropping 35,000 tons of salt on the streets in this area starting right now. the roads are going to be treacherous later tonight, visibility going to be zero. they're asking and pleading for the public to stay off the roads. it's going to be very dangerous. they're asking to keep roads open only for emergency first responders. they're working so hard at the front edge of this storm. roads are only going to get worse as you know. they're asking the public to stay home at all possible. >> it's up to a person's judgment unlike new york and other states where they say it's illegal if you stay out on the road after 11:00. >> reporter: they're asking folks to use better judgment to stay off the roads. it

cities like philly new york boston.ng put on alert for potential snowfall and dangerous windchills as well. mike bettis is with the weather channel. he's in chicago for us on this monday morning. i see come out of the mouth there. the windy city earning the name today. how cold is it? >> it's a shock to the system craig. when you step out the door this morning and you feel the temperatures below zero and you throw in the wind. the windchill is 20 degrees below zero this morning. i thought one thing this morning that was fascinating. it's what is happening on the chicago river itself. you see the unfrozen river. it's been very mild in december and the arctic chill and the steam flowing off the river this morning. everyone heading baaing to work and school on the first monday after the new year is greeted by this in chicago is not alone. green bay was 20 degrees below zer o'and the arctic air is on the move east south, places like nashville and atlanta will experience temperatures this week hovering anywhere from 10 and 1

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 winter hurricane. blizzard warnings, not winter storm warnings but blizzard warnings, are posted in seven states. five different states have declared states of emergency. and parts of the entire region could be paralyzed for days. we have the entire region covered here tonight. we want to begin with nbc's anne thompson in new york where the evening rush really took place this morning as everyone went home. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it certainly did. the city that never sleeps is shutting down. new york is getting hit by this storm in waves. come take a look at manhattan's iconic fifth avenue. it is relatively empty as the city prepares for what could be a long and dangerous night. with alarming speeds the blizzard began blasting new york this afternoon. a storm that could be one for

to philly new york and boston. but spreading to other big hubs as well atlanta and chicago. it may be wednesday before the nation's airlines even attempt to put all their planes back in the air. yeah don't expect any flights at all tomorrow. late word on amtrak it is now closing or suspending all operations in the northeast from new york to boston effective tomorrow. so amtrak also shutting down brian. >> tom costello with an incredible scene there at laguardia airport here in new york. tom, thanks. >>> in covering weather we have learned terminology like superstorm polar vortex. and with this storm there's a new one bombogensis. >> reporter: when you have rapid deepening of a storm, it explodes if you will. drops 24 millibar in 24 hours or less. that's what we're expecting with this storm as it makes its way up the coast. it is going to really intensify. so we have blizzard warnings for 29 million people from maine all the way to new jersey. and it's just going to get worse as this system makes its way up you can

the city of boston really preparing as well.know the mayor has called for a snow emergency to begin at 6:00. they are citing concerns about cars on the road. they will ask people to get cars off major roadways by 8:00. people have a little more time right now to get ready for this one. >> alexandra field in boston. it will get worse there. stay safe. thank you so much. if boston is something of a bull's eye for this storm, what is that city doing to get ready? could people there be feeling the effects long after this blizzard winter storm juno has passed? let's go live to boston mayor marty walsh. mayor, thanks so much for joining us. obviously your city has been through blizzards before but the warnings from you and from the new governor are very stark. why does this storm have so many leaders there so concerned? >> well really what we're seeing in the news channels and the weather forecasts, they're all saying anywhere from 24 to 30 inches of snow. the way it's coming in it will be a long storm over the whole course of tonight

atlanta could hit 15 degrees. >>> and jury selection begins this morning in boston in the boston marathonl of dzhokhar tsarnaev. selecting the panel from a pool of more than a thousand could take weeks. >>> the new congress is getting ready for the swearing-in on tuesday. the new senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will be get 13g new senators, all but one of them republican, as the party takes control of the chamber with a 54-vote majority. in the house john boehner will be getting 58 freshmen including 43 republicans. >>> at the vatican pope francis name 15d new cardinals. in st. peter's square the pope said the cardinals come from 14 nations. he also announced a meeting of the cardinals on reform of the vatican administrative bureaucracy. >>> an under ground beer pipeline is coming in belgium. the pipeline could dramatically reduce the number of trucks in the city of roouj. it will be capable of carrying 1,500 gallon of beer an hour. they sure do like their bier. >>> coming up on the "cbs this morning" the device on taking a break on your mobile devices. i'm anne-marie green. this i

the boston yeti, 2015, all kinds of attention.ing the streets of somerville, massachusetts. some speculate it could be responsible for deflate-gate and otrs say keeping track of the yeti wl be the highlight of today's day. >> people are inside and looking for things to do. >>> coming up, other pictures to show you. john legend and his wife chrissy teigen, pictures we had to get screened and make sure it was all right to show some of them. they are that steamy. we will give them to you in "the skinny.." >> you officially had a lot of our viewers agree to stay and watch this. >>> how about a bowl of soup on this stormy winter morning and how about a special soup. it is part of a weight loss trend. we are serving it up on "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by delsym. >> announcer: "world news now" brought to you by delsym. that's why so many people are turning to delsym for longer lasting cough relief. delsym has an advanced time release formula that helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. up to

we're in boston common. it's still ongoing. the latest snow total, boston logan airport -- >> skiers right behind you? there are some skiers right behind you there. >> yes. >> as if on cue. >> well, i paid them. obviously i paid them to do that. it didn't cost very much. that's good. also i am currently wearing snowshoes as well. this is something that i actually learned today to do for the first time. i figured what could go the wrong trying it on live tv for the first time. >> keith. >> this is the kind of a day it is here in boston. i got to get over this. got to go over the hump. we're good. we're good. >> i don't want your weather channel bosses calling us. >> oh, well -- >> all of a sudden he plows into a tree. no no, no, this is keith venturing out on his own. >> as long as we don't lose cantore, that's good. >> or mike seidel for that reason. at least you know where you stand there. >> i know how it goes. we can -- i'm dispense i believe. so this is -- you know we got probably 15 16 inches of fresh snow on top of it her

nick val enya there from the streets of -- valencia there from the streets of boston. >>> boston, a big city. a lot of snowplows, resources available. we should note that smaller northeastern communities also getting hit hard by the storm. coastal communities, in fact, only -- not only dealing with the snow but the strong winds. we have the latest from new york and rhode island. >> reporter: we're on the very end of long island. this is montauk which is a small fishing community currently getting pummelled. you see the snow just blowing all across the roadway here. this is main street. this is the downtown area. you see not a soul in sight as the storm really bears down. this is an area expecting to get two to three feet of snow by the time this is over. in fact, that's supposed to continue well into tuesday afternoon. the biggest concerns here are not just the snow but the high winds. wind gusts that are near hurricane force that are also pushing a huge storm surge into this island community. they are anticipating possible coastal flooding. they're anticipating possible erosion of the

when it's safe to be able to travel in the city of boston.orrow, city hall will be closed for anyone except for emergency personnel. in part of that reason is to keep the roads clear as we continue to battle the storm. in other words, still very much in the middle of the storm here in the city of boston, and safe concerns remain a very serious concern of all of ours. it's not easy to stay ahead of a storm this size, but we have been able to use all the city resoursresources to do the best we can. our emergency operations center remains open and will continue to too so through the recovery. we still have out in at the street right now 700 laws and -- 700 plows. we're using snow farms and i ask all the residents of boston to be parent with us as we get out there. we were ahead of the storm pretty well and then around 11:00 when the storm picked up our roads got hammered again particularly the side roads. so we're asking you to be patient and we'll get to your roads. the next stage we're working on is snow removal. we're working in our priority

here in boston compare tyly we have only had a 28-mile-per-hour wind gust. it will get worse as we go along. i've been monitoring the forecast and we're expecting to see the worst of this storm staerlt to roll through in the next three hours or so up until about noontime. the snow that's falling in boston right now, which is a very fine, powdery dry snow it's piling up very slowly over the course of two to three hours, it only piled up about three-quarters of an inch to an inch in the city of boston. that's going to get more moisture in it as the front moves on and we'll see a lot more accumulation, is so people who go to -- they're going to be really surprised by what they see and the winds will certainly match that we have gusts and sustained winds anywhere north of 40 50-mile-per-hour here in the boston area. but right now, the trouble is really along the coast, all the way up to plum island on the north shore of massachusetts, down to the tip of cape cod, chris. >> chris, in boston thank you very much. hopefully everyone will stay state of tonight, liste

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logan airport in boston is still closed. we just learned there will be limited flights at 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 ava

they saw 24-plus inches here in boston. but boston just part of the story.le northeast coast -- white. some places like the towns of auburn hudson and linenberg, ma mass, got three of snow. connecticut, thompson 33.5 nashua 33.2. long island is complaining. people got hit on the island hit hard and it ain't over. >> you contract the record-breaking results. >> this morning we'll tell you why the forecasts were off and how a new weather model may be the wave of the future. so back to you for the moest moment chris. >> as you know i'm confused by why people are upset about that. i look forward to hearing your discussion on it. here's what i do know the monster storm wasn't just about snow and snowfall. it's about everything that a blizzard remember that's a defined term. it means wind, damage and flooding along the coast. you have that combined with a failing sea wall which happened here in massachusetts, you had residents forced to run for their lives. so people all in the northeast saw, heard and felt things that they will never forget. here's what it was li

boston's logan airport is shutdown until late tomorrow. there's a statewide ban on all motor vehicle travel in place. you will be fined $500 if you violate that. don't. stay home. the emergency vehicles need the space to operate right now. hundreds of school systems, including those in boston have been canceled. classes have been canceled today. no mail today in boston. the postal service has closed many post offices across the state. national reporter nick valencia has joined us live from the ground in boston. nick i can actually hear the wind up there. what is it like? >> reporter: you were talking to chris welch a while ago in new york. it is more of the same here in boston. the wind has started to pick up in the last hour. that's causing lots of problems. this is probably the most empty we have seen the streets in the overnight hours of traveling through the city. the cars that we do see on the roads right now at this hour are emergency vehicles. massachusetts department of transportation tweeting a while ago they have more than 3,500