how has that impacted bridgeport or has it? >> has it impacted bridgeport? not yet. the winds are howling out there. i just took a ride around the city and i could feel the truck moving with the wind. it's picking up. >> you say you took a ride around the city. are people heeding the warnings? are they staying indoors? are you seeing any kinds of possible problems out there? >> our citizens have done a great job adhering to our park bans. it's truly a partnership with us and our citizens. they did a great job of maintaining clear lanes for our operators to have a safe operation. >> that's really really important as plow trucks try to get through and make a way once that ban is lifted and people can't get out on the roadways. you know connecticut is under a state of emergency. there is, as we mentioned, a travel ban. do you expect any of that to change tomorrow? and if so any idea what time that might be? >> i think tomorrow's going to be a day where we're going to maintain this operation. i see the ban holding through -- completely through tuesday. operational period

what's the situation like in bridgeport? >> in bridgeport it is like the calm before the storm. we have had significant snowfalls all day but nothing overwhelming at this point but you can feel it. it is starting to change a little bit and getting more intense and we know what is coming will not be fun. >> absolutely. as we look at the radar you see it is definitely headed your way with. what preparations have you made for the storm? >> we have been going with the motto, -- stay home stay safe. we have been telling everyone since we declared the local emergency since 7:00 this morning to get off the roads, clear cars off the streets so we can have the ability to plow the roads and create safe passage around hospitals and the fire houses and all of the places that are essential for the city of bridgeport to maintain safety. >> do you feel your city is prepared? >> we are definitely prepared. this one is not going to get away from us. i can assure you of that. >> i like the confidence there. if you are concerned about something, what areas are you most concerned about tonight? >>

so when do you expect life will get back to normal in bridgeport? >> life's going to be back to normal tomorrow. we're working really hard to get our schools open tomorrow so that the children only miss one day of school. i know my kids will be disappointed to hear that but we want our kids in school so they can get their scores up. they're not going to do that by staying home. our public works crew here is second to none. i mean we always win the state competitions for driving and things but you really can see their skills when mother nature puts them to the test. we're proud of our workers, our public works director george garcia has done a tremendous job with his crew. our chief joe gaudet has done a great job. thanks to cnn for the information you have been able to get out to people. they rely on it to stay safe and improve the quality of life in these challenging times. >> mayor bill finch, thank you so much for joining me. i appreciate it. a big welcome to you. thank you so much. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," 70 mile per hour winds and

ford street heading towards 4th street in bridgeport, just across the river from norristown. this is a main road it's fairly clear but if we go up one of the steep hills in the borough, the residue of a lot of salt. i talked to the borough manager a little while ago. his eight crews have been working tirelessly throughout the last 24 hours to try and get these roads clear. however, some places in our area, there's still a lot of frustration. >> most of the big roads aren't terrible but some of the side roads are pretty snowy and icy. >> reporter: for some drivers, a bit of frustration, nearly 24 hours after the snow has ended. >> this is a hill i would take my time coming out. i going to take time going up and downhills. the blocks around here are a little bit smaller. >> reporter: for others they don't expect what they never had. >> i think it's difficult for the trucks to get around. i live in a cul-de-sac street. it's never, ever done. >> reporter: when it comes to the long hills and narrow streets in roxborough and manayunk the streets department says be patient, they are

he was worn across the river in bridgeport ohio.n he was five years old, his dad moved to wheeling. his dad was in the wholesale grocery and also as a stockholder in the steel and iron industry, and in nails. which was big in wheeling. being located on a national road and with the river, which was a major highway, and also with the railroads, cut nails where produced to make all the things out west. this was an important part of our industry. being an industrialist meant you are an entrepreneur. that you saw the opportunity to make money and new -- knew the connections and people to work with at that time. mr. oglebay had all those advantages. he succeeded his father as a bank president of a bank in wheeling called the northwestern bank of virginia. he succeeded his dad as president in 1876. he was 28 years old, the youngest bank resident in the united states. -- president in the united states. he saw people were getting into steel, and iron, and iron or. he realized where the future was area that is when he decided to get fully rev

he was actually born across the river in bridgeport, ohio. march 4, 1849.hen he was five years old, his dad moved to wheeling. his dad was in the wholesale grocery industry, but he was also as a stockholder in the steel and iron industry, and in nails. which was big in wheeling. wheeling made and produced a lot of cut nails. being located on a national road and with the river, which was a major highway, and also with the railroads, cut nails were produced to make all the things out west. this was an important part of our industry here. at that time, being an industrialist meant you are an entrepreneur. that you saw the opportunity to make money and knew the connections and the people to work with at that time. mr. oglebay had all those advantages. when he was a young man, he succeeded his father as a bank president of a bank in wheeling called the northwestern bank of virginia. he succeeded his dad as president in 1876. he was 28 years old, the youngest bank president in the united states. he saw at that time, the opportunity that people were getting into s

they are returning a favour that new london did for bridgeport a few years ago.hen things hit hard the small towns try to help each other out. there's no time to wait. more expected as early as friday. >> paul beban, thank you >>> it may seem like many dodged the storm. as he said it's causing problems along the coast and meteorologist nicole mitchell has more. >> the snow totals are racking up. if you didn't get it, you should be thankful. look at the totals. we have parts of massachusetts that have seen three feet of snow. connecticut close to that and the depending what side of new york you are on. la guardia. and on the other side of new island it's measured in feet. closer to the coastline you got more. closer to the coast line the heavy bans. not just the snow winds are high. blizzard warnings are town but we have a lot of storm warnings. a lot excited well 4:00am. but winds are still high. somewhere like portland into main 43 gusting - gusting to 43. in parts 6 massachusetts, hurricane force, over 70 miles per hour. this is slowly starting to ease with the

bridgeport had a big storm needed extra snow nows. this time the food shoe is on the other foot, and you see cities up and down the coast lending each other a hand. >> paul, appreciate it. some forecasters have predicted a so-called storm of the century. new york officials pointed to the forecast as they tried to defend their decision to shut down much of the city. jacob ward joins us live from san francisco. jake share with us on the size of forecasting. how did forecasters get it so wrong in some cases? >> well, the united states really has a forecasting problem. it's not that we don't have enough people outside looking at the sky. we don't have enough computers that are powerful you enough to simple simulate the forecast. up to this time, they had two hence. europe has one of the largest weather from computer. why does that speed matter? it usually determines accuracy. >> remember hurricane sandy in 2012? european forecasters got it right. american forecasters got it wrong. the european center for medium range forecasts predicted s

this is a side road from the bridgeport port jefferson ferry terminal. this is getting snow covered. >> we're seeing an intense snow band move through the new york city area now. >> i'm going to show you an idea of what we're dealing with. all this wind-- here's some snow. you're going to see it go up. check that out. ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> jon: behold! gravity! come on, guys. it's supposed to be snowpocalypse. you have to do better than this. >> we're going to slide down this hill real quick. there was this parking lot was completely completely full and now it is completely empty. ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> jon: so a parking lot that was once full over time became empty. and yet somewhere else one would imagine a parking lot that was once empty has become full. ( laughter ) as the circle of parking-- and while weather reporters bearing witness to a storm's power has become a bit of a cliche, the constantly evolving innovative industry has once again upped their game. i give you anchor in a car. >> good evening from the snow-bound and eerily quie

conshohocken and bridgeport, they have another bat toll fight, parked cars. >> i'd rather them wait for them to take my time than my car being destroyed by one of the trucks. i will wait. >> reporter: waiting was frustrating for debbie eckhart. >> kudos to the streets department? >> yes, and to you who brought the story to light. >> reporter: it's clear and she's hoping it is going to stay that way. >> they even did the hill little down there. i hope it continues for the rest of winter. >> reporter: you're looking live now at caldwell line in ridge pike on the border of conshohocken and plymouth township. rush hour drivers are heading home moving at a pretty good speed there, not going too fast. again, penndot says on roads like this they are still going to be out watching for ice spots. they encourage all drivers to be careful. remembering that even though the roads were salted today, it doesn't mean that they won have a freeze-up overnight. reporting live deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. 4- bad, wait until you step outside. >> it hits you. feels even colder. let's go to nbc

but we were outvoted by one vote on bridgeport, as you know, and i -- you know, i don't, i don't think there's any realistic chance, i think the study will show that it is not feasible. other if it is, it is not worth it, even those who might be inclined. i tend to doubt it will move through the bridge port and the -- colleagues who voted for the studies, made fairly clear they were about likely to vote for actual implementing a toll. so the question to you, do you see this as -- actually this bill is actually moving forward or is this more, i don't want to say -- more of a, of a threat or do you think they might actually want to move it forward to foreclose this for all-time. >> i think it depends on the timing. i think what they have done is stake ground, the earliest possible point and time that they could, which is december 1st. the timing on this is we won't see chillies really getting active in terms of considering measures until february, but probably more like march. so i'm not aware of the timing if the study has been completed or the timing would be complete before then. i th

. >> yes, this is 422 westbound, coming up on the bridgeport valley forge exit, and it is clear. but then i was on germantown pike going through plymouth township and that was snow scored. so, kind after mixed bag out here, just be aware that it will not keep from where you're going but definately will slow you down. there are some roads that are but if you're going too fast, could you get in some trouble. >> we'll stay with you throughout the morning thanks buddy. >> over to bucks county now where several towns are under snow emergency. and that essentially means that they're required to move their parked vehicles from roadways so the plows can get through. makes sense. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins us from one of those, in levittown with a look at conditions there. and oh we see the wind blowing there jan good morning. >> reporter: erika ukee, good morning. that snow emergency good ideal, the blacktop that was showing, with all of the salt on the roads now complily covered, all of the snow being churned up by cars tires and seeing a lot of slush. the intersection

because i used to work making helicopter blades at a factory in bridgeport, connecticut. my father was also an arrow nawtic engineer and he worked at the same factory for eight years and he even warned me about getting into helicopter, not the safest thing in the world. my thing in this movie is to take off from a rooftop in la from a helicopter -- i'm not flying it. i had to go up in the -- i'm afraid of heights, too. we took off and we had all new lines the director just gave me at the last minute, so i have those between my legs where the camera can't see them and it's all glass in the front, i'm sitting in the front of a little helicopter and just as we're taking back, the director said, all right, you want to run those lines with me, practice them. i said i cannot even talk to you right now. i've got to focus on how -- where we're going to land and hit the ground, you know. >> yeah. >> but in hindsight, it was a great experience, just flying over the 405 and dodger's stadium. >> if you could landal it, it would be great. >> oh, yeah. after a half hour, i said to myse

south jersey and delaware, we have snow showers, they are south of middletown, delaware, bay side, bridgeportand millville, close to this, not a big impact, but a light accumulation is possible. we have a winter weather advisory because of the snow showers and the fact later on they could change over to drizzle and freezing drizzle would be a problem on untreated surfaces. snowfall totals under-performed in southeastern pennsylvania. huff's church in berks county, 1.3. philadelphia half inch. wilmington a little over two. the farther south in delaware and south jersey the more you have in the way of 2 1/2 to 3 inches or more that's where side streets will be snow covered and maybe more difficult getting around this morning in the southern regions. 32 if philadelphia. 31 in wilmington. so far everybody is on or below the freezing mark. as we go get back to work, kids, some of you had a delay yesterday, there will be a delays this morning the smart phone will be tell you 32 in philadelphia. down as far as 29 by 8:00. this afternoon we get more comfortable. highs in the low 40s, 43 is the high i

we have great public employees in the city of bridgeport. they're pretreating the roads, plowing. we're a lot like brooklyn and new york. many of you know those conditions narrow street cars on the streets. we've had residents to cooperate with our great public employees and get the cars out of the way so we can keep everybody safe and keep the roads open. >> has the city taken steps to protect elderly residents? >> caller: very similar to what mayor walsh was saying. it's all hands on deck. we have an emergency operation center where we have people that work with the disabled population senior homeless. our police officers are out scouring the city making sure the vulnerable people the homeless are brought to shelters. we do have a travel ban in connecticut that governor maloy asked for at 9:00 p.m. police officers will stop people asking people where they're going. if it's a firefighter, public works person going to a soup kitchen, keep going to where you're going. if you're just out driving, you've got to go home. we've got to get people off the street. it's going to allow us t

in bridgeport mayor finch who co-chairs the energy independence and climate protection task force has transformed an old unused landfill into a green energy park. this clean energy project generates five meg watts of power through solar panels and fuel cells. not only that, it's supporting bridgeport's local economy, creating 92 jobs and generating 7ed in $7 million in new tax revenue. knowing an export driven approach was needed to fost err 21st century economy in keeping jobs in the united states, mayor fisher and mayor gray have initiated an innovative partnership between louisville and lexington to spark the growth of high-quality jobs in advanced manufacturing. an in an effort to revitalize the desolate downtown in tacoma, mayor strickland has driven an urban renewal for a city's business district through light rail affordable housing and street retail development. there are countless examples like the ones i mentioned with many mayors in the room here today. we're the ones who are best suited to meet the demanding needs in a better way where we're delivering real results. is may

in bridgeport mayor finch who co-chairs the energy independent and climate protection task force hasransformed an old unused landfill into a green energy park. this clean energy project generates five megawatts of power through solar panels and fuel cells. be only that, it's supporting bridgeport's local economy, creating 92 jobs and generating 7 million in new tax revenue. knowing that a regional export-driven approach was needed to foster a 21st century economy at keeping jobs in the united states, mayor fisher and mayor gray have initiated an innovative partnership between louisville and lexington to spark the growth of high-quality jobs in advanced manufacturing. in an effort to reviet lait the desolate downtown of tacoma mayor strickland has driven an urban renewal for a city's business district through light rail, affordable housing and retail development. there are countless examples like the ones i mentioned with many mayors in the room here today. we're the ones who are best suited to meet the demanding needs in a better way where we're delivering real results. is mayor lee

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 that will get up to 65 to 70 the next couple of hours. reason i think there's more to come the storm system parks over the gulf stream. the water temperatures relatively mild. this is really going dry out significant moisture when it comes to accumulations in the region wh

we can go to the maps and see everyone is well above freezing. 41 in bridgeport. light snow showers there. and nothing in philadelphia and no more ice arth the northeast. our next system will be a clipper system from the great lakes an back to the northeast. we are not expecting ice but light snow. it has been a very tame winter and that trend will continue. we're talking about pain a couple of inches of snow wednesday into wednesday night. low pressure off the coast so travel could be impacted for the big cities of the northeast again. philadelphia to new york city. this is a future tracker, how much snow we are expecting and the light gray is 1-3 inches. not a blockbuster. from the suburbs of philli into new york and into new england. tomorrow k0e8d in the great -- cold in the great lakes. looking good tomorrow for one more day. rain and snow in chicago with temperatures in 309s and-- 30s and then on wednesday it moves into the north east later on in the day, wednesday afternoon and wednesday night. otherwise the quiet winter continues with no major storms on th

in bridgeport the borough says despite having hills and narrow streets, eight crews made progress fast keeping the streets there clear for this morning's commute. >> back out live here. as we head down this hill towards sutcliffe park there's a car. people are taking it easy. just because the streets look clear, it is getting dark it's icing up out there. you'll want to take it easy. reporting live in storm force 10, conshohocken deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> there's an easy way for you to access quick information from us. remember get important weather info delivered to your smartphone or tablet with the nbc 10 weather app. it's a free download on our website, nbc10.com. >>> video just in from camden county where a standoff came to an end about an hour ago. you can see s.w.a.t. teams taking a man into custody. this is addison avenue in haddon township. we first broke this story for you on the nbc 10 news app. it's not clear what led to this afternoon's standoff. while it played out, police put strawberry elementary on lockdown. authorities have lifted that lockdown. we can report n

nearby bridgeport has sent some of their resources to add to the crews. i also asked him if he thought that they would be seeing any sort of federal aid any time soon. this is what he had to say. >> any federal or state assistance is very very welcome, but we are fortunate that this is our first major storm of the year so our budget so far is holding up. our salt supplies so far are holding up. we get two, three more storms we're going to be in a lot of trouble. it's still early in the season. any federal assistance would be welcome here in new london. >> reporter: yeah certainly welcome. you can see one of the big trucks. we've been seeing trucks and plows. emergency vehicles are getting by. no emergencies, carol. very good news. very minimal power outages. also very good news. so interesting to see how different this storm hit if you're in the northern part of the state of connecticut, 33.5 inches of snow. western connecticut saw only about 5 inches of snow. so it depended on where you were in the state. one thing i'll agree with for sure what nick vale

this is a side road from the bridgeport port in jefferson ferry terminal. getting all snow covered. this is just the beginning. this is not the end. there's a state of emergency here for port jefferson. this village, which is a residential community here on long island in suffolk county. we just spoke with the mayor and is he she's with this state of emergency we're asking everybody to stay off the roadways but right now people are still on the roadways likely trying to get home. she says people are going to have to go to the grocery store and get what they need but most importantly when you're home stay home. the long island railroad about a mile up here on main street here in port jefferson to the left, about 26 extra trains are going to be leaving from new york city all the way to come out here. then service will stop at 11:00 tonight. if we look at tomorrow looked on the website, they say we're going to have engineers -- extra engineers on hand to make sure the switchers that control the tracks are still heated that they are not sticking and good to go.

bridgeport, connecticut, 3, burlington, vermont, 1. new york, 8.e i am standing right now, the low is 11 right now. it's about 15 but with this wind chill, victor, its about negative 2 feeling. my face is most certainly colder than it was earlier this week during the blizzard. you know, there's a lot of snow around me already. when i talked to the mayor about back to back snowstorms that really present a challenge for this city, there is another one potentially coming through here. several more inches of snow sunday into monday. take a listen to what he said about that. >> that's why we've had baparki bans to allow the crews to go in and remove the snow. but every time when you tun to have snow coming down, it is a challenge to find a place to put it. but, you know, last year we were rated as one of the seven best cities in the united states for snow removal. so we're kind of used to this. and we're working on it really hard. the crews deserve enormous amount of thanks and appreciation because they've done a great job. >> so whether he talks about

from areas down in the southeast, danbury, bridgeport southwest, pardon me.r the blizzard warning, much like new york city where the warning for the blizzard has lifted. but you can see the snow is really coming down. every once in a while. check that out. look at that. i don't know if you can see that wind alisyn but the gusts, we're measuring wind gusts, the weather service is measuring about 45-mile-per-hour gusts. when it's not windy, it's actually very calm and peaceful and the snow is just falling. around 3:00 a.m. the national weather service said that there was about eight inches of snow falling. we were out here around 4:30 a.m. and it sure felt more than just the eight inches. you have to remember the wind is pushing all of the snow into drifts you can see good evidence around the pillar there's a lot of snow on the ground. some of it is moving because of the wind. but it continues and it's not stopped snowing. we're in the thick of it they're expecting it throughout the day. they're expecting the blizzard warning to last throughout the day today. s

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in bridgeport connecticut. 3, burlington vermont, 1. new york 8.d where i am the low today is 11. although right now it's a little bit warmer 16. but that doesn't factor in any of the wind chills. so right now with wind chill, it feels like zero here and across the northeast, winds like this. and on top of that fred another storm is coming sunday into monday. and especially in massachusetts, they're warning that that storm is going to bring really dangerously low wind chills negative 20 to negative 30 degrees. so that's something people have to be aware of and plan for, preparing for. i can tell you right now, it's already windy here very gusty. the gusts here in boston and new york are up to 40 miles per hour. that's just a few miles per hour below tropical storm force wind gusts. and you feel that when you're standing outside. i'm colder today than i was earlier this week when we were standing outside in the blizzard, fred. >> oh my. you have convinced me. i'm now feeling the chill. i'm glad the businesses are open behind you so go in and get som