central park in new york city, almost 5 inches of snow is almost unheard of, wasser, mass., 5 inches, danbury, connecticut, 9. and one in new jersey with a foot of snow. the storm almost looks like a tropical storm. that's the center of it. south of nantucket. its anding over the interior sections. it's wrapping in some warmer air, changing over snow to rain in areas of long island. the temperatures have warmed up even at the upper levels of the storm. that will help things during the day today. the worst of it definitely on cape cod right now. look at the wind gusts. 59 on martha's vineyard, 55 on provincetown. cape cod, this is the worst of it for you. you're getting the rain and the pounding wind. w worcester, the snow with the leaves on the trees aren't doing so well. major highways fine. secondary roads slushy. during the afternoon hours the roads will clear up. most of us will head into the 40s. it will be a slushy, wet mess by later this afternoon. >> it will warm up and melt off. >>> president obama is back at the white house this morning where he will begin to work with congress on t

the wall metaphor, the separation between church and state, into the vernacular in a letter to the danburyt association and that was a critical thing. he -- on his religious views he was a -- somewhat of a skep i can. he described christianity as the mere abracadabra of men calling themselves priests of jesus. (laughter) he didn't do well at liberty. >> jon: so when he went to go at speak at falwell university, how did that go over? >> it wasn't -- >> jon: not a big hit. he was called an atheist a at a time. >> an atheist in religion and a fanatic in politics by alexander hamilton of whom jefferson responded after saying that they were daily pitted in the cabinet like two cocks constantly at each other. >> jon: sure. (laughter) that will happen in a cabinet. (laughter) >> pressing on -- >> jon: please. (laughter) am i soiling your pulitzer. (laughter) i'm getting a little tarnish on your pulitzer. >> please don't say "soil." (laughter) as a favor. >> jon: you give as good as you get there. >> as a favor, baby. and then skwrofr son responded by saying he declined to have his reputation slan

in danbury, connecticut, this morning.again to you. >> hi, i was told to hang out because you guys wanted to have some fun. man, this has been crazy. whoo! >> i don't know who told you that, al. >> anyway, let's see what we've got. yeah, boy, oh, boy. >> do you bring that stool with you on all your shoots? >> i always travel with my own stool. let's show you what we've got starting with tomorrow as we look ahead toward the weekend. we've got plenty of sunshine in new england finally, mild conditions through the gulf coast, look for some snow showers, back through the mountains of the pacific northwest, heavy snow through montana, saturday, risk of strong storms in the mid plains, wet weather making its way into the upper mississippi river valley. lots of snow through the western plains. sunday, sunday, sunny skies awe long the eastern seaboard. things get nice and mild after the rough week and a half we've been having wet weather through the mississippi river >> good morning. a slight chance for a passing snow shower this

al roker in danbury, connecticut, what's it look like up there? >> reporter: well, a little bit like a winter wonderland, matt. records yesterday with all this snow. the earliest 4-inch snow ever. newark getting the biggest one-day snowfall in november ever. and i tell you, as you look at this system, we've got a time lapse of it from when it started going on to last night. and you can watch as cold air is drawn in, it's bringing in a lot of snow. this is a classic nor'easter. just very early. and the other part of the problem was it came right on the heels of having to deal with a hurricane. and guess what? we're not done with it yet. just ten days after hurricane sandy, this second storm was a sucker punch to the storm-ravaged northeast. the heavy snow causing accidents and more power outages to thousands of people here in connecticut. ahead of the storm wednesday, we were in point pleasant, new jersey, where workers built up dunes to protect the stripped and battered coast. >> reporter: nobody can remember this happening, within a week and a ha

bronxville, new york, 9.5 inches, canbury -- danbury, close to 9 inches. and yesterday's commute was next to impossible. okay, where's the storm right now? it's still off the coast, we're still seeing some blustery conditions, even a little moisture across areas of long island up towards connecticut, massachusetts and in towards northern demand. it will start to die down as the storm eventually pulls a little bit more northward, but we're still dealing with those wind gusts and, of course, we're going to be dealing with delays or cancellations at the airport and that, of course, is going to cause a ripple effect. just want to show you those temperatures overnight tonight, low 20s in a lot of these areas that don't have power unfortunately, jenna. jenna: a lot of people talking about different models we look at for the election, for politics, janice, but the models you guys have been looking at have been 100% correct for the last couple weeks. unfortunately -- >> reporter: right. jenna: but you've been right on. >> reporter: we just want to get the message

danbury, 8.8 inches. to show you where it is. moving up towards the coast of new england, but we're still seeing some snow and rain and sleet across long island, southern connecticut, up toward massachusetts. then we also have gusty winds, 40, 50 miles per hour. i just want to show you the lows overnight. 20s across new jersey and still freezing up towards new england. so we got another cold night to go and hundreds of thousands of people still without power. back to you. >> steve: we just can't get a break. >> gretchen: going to be a long winter. >> steve: it is. it hasn't even started. >> brian: last year when it snowed in october and it was a pretty mild winter. so i'm going to go with mild winter. >> i'm going with that forecast. >> brian: i don't get caught up in the maps and the globe. >> steve: we've had a lousy fall. let's hope for a better winter. >> gretchen: thank you so much. good to see you. new york's emergency management director sacked. governor andrew cuomo fired steven kerr apparently af

you're looking at danbury, connecticut. can you believe this? >> no, i can't. >> november 9th.elcome to "morning joe." with us on set, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle and national affairs editor for "new york" magazine and analyst john heilemann. and we have a weather story to start with. >> this is the new normal. >> it's unbelievable. >> across the northeast and connecticut last year, we had a hurricane first, and then we had a snowstorm at the end of october. the same thing's happened again. i mean, the fact that people on long island, people on staten island, people across new jersey have no power right now and are having to deal with another nor'easter, this time they're shivering in their homes instead of what we always did in florida which was sweat in our homes. much better. >> in some places there's no place for people to go. it's a devastating situation. we begin this morning with hundreds of thousands of americans remaining without power during an unseasonably cold spell in the northeast. adding to the damage left by hurricane sandy. a nor'easter blew through