nbc's ron allen is in hartford for us. ron, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, brian. this is still the scene in so many places across new england. look at all these trees and power lines still down. all these homes in the dark again tonight. in fact, across the state of connecticut, more than half the residents still do not have power. it's been three days, and it may be more than a week. work crews made some progress today but the damage across the northeast is overwhelming. destruction caused by that disastrous mix of heavy, wet snow falling on trees with fall foliage that pulled down power lines. >> the number of crews -- i think i'm right about this -- is unprecedented. >> reporter: this record-breaking nor'easter roared up the east coast this weekend dumping as much as 31 inches of snow in northern new england. over 1,000 trees were lost in new york's central park. and it was deadly as well. with at least 11 people killed. and some narrow escapes. >> if i would stay in the car two more seconds, i would be dead today. >> reporter: many worry if this bizarre hallow

being driven by print. >> well, i'm not the "hartford courant." i'm somebody-- i'm a whole new operation here. >> if i'm starting something new in a community like hartford, i would go on-line and i'd make some basic commitments. one is you're gonna get every school lunch menu. you're gonna get every city council agenda. i'm gonna have somebody sitting in the front row at every city council meeting and the planning and zoning commission. and i'm gonna tell you what every high school team did last night and who's playing next friday. i would make some basicd deliver on that and not be a lot more ambitious than that because the business model won't support-- >> and you'd say don't print. >> we probably don't need to print that kind of product. >> a question to both of you. let's think of this as a race between newspaper sites trying to shrink down and become multimedia and new media-- multimedia sites trying to ramp up and aggregate and do original content, combining the edge, the attitude, all of that, to be a relevant and a survivable site. who wi

>> reporter: that's the great unanswered question, scott, a opokesman at hartford would not answer it. they are investigating the incident, as is the department of transportation. but kate hani at fliersrights.org pointed out the airport managed to get ambulances and police cars out to some of those planes so why no stairs? >> pelley: that begs the question: can the airport be fined under the passenger bill of rights? >> reporter: well, that's interesting. the bill of rights excludes the airports. shey managed to get themselves written out of that case. they are not subject to the $27,500 fine per passenger and some passenger rights advocates are saying now they should be. >> pelley: anthony, thank you very much. this story got us wondering just how many flights have violated that three-hour delay rule since the rule took effect? our research department dug into it and tells us that in the 16 months before the rule there were 977 such delays but in the tame length of time after the rule was passed there have been 54. this much snow this early hasn't been seen in this part of the count

in hartford, you get outside of the city, more like upper 20s.e'll see a warming trend throughout the week. it hasn't been terrible throughout the week. we melted a lot of snow. in is an image from last weekend to show you how much snow was on the ground. now we're going to advance this and take this to present day. look at that. yeah, just a little bit over there in parts of connecticut, into western mass, into new hampshire, on up into parts of maine as well. it is slowly whittling away. hopefully they'll see some good improvements and get that power back on for all those people. no weather really expected in term, of stormy conditions for the northeast till thursday. all right, so there's really two storm systems today we're tracking. one in the nation's midsection. one across parts of the west. snow and wind makers are really going to be the big story with both of these. there you can see the winter storm warnings will remain in effect across the rockies. 4 to 8 inches out there. out west, we're looking at a good foot. that system is going to

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we'll see. >> susan candiotti, thanks so much from west hartford. appreciate that.s here in the "weather center". it was about a week ago we had that surprise storm and how miserable that some people were shivering. >> i know. temperatures have warmed up a lot. i want helps a little bit. realistically, look at this temperature map. 40s, 50 degrees in hartford right now. at 50 degrees without heat, i mean, right? what do you think your temperature in your house? >> no. i would be a wimp. >> 68, right? energy-efficient. >> 68. pump it up to the 70s. >> you don't like the cold. most people are wanting to have heat with temperatures. overnight tonight it will drop down to 32 in hartford and they will gradually warm up throughout twek. temperatures will get better but it's uncomfortable. it's brutal. you have to prioritize. if your whole street or neighborhood is out you'll get power back first unless it's just one block. at least no big weather systems affecting them, at least not before that midnight dead lylid. two big stms. moving across the rockies into the plains.

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the epicenter was the right here, bradley field outside of hartford connecticut. passengers on this flight were stuck on the tarmac for almost eight hours while the frustrated pilates needed to the airport officials for help. >> is there any way you could get a tug and a tow bar and get us towed to a gate or something? take as anywhere. >>craig: the flight left for lauderdale bound for new work the jersey. the plane had to be diverted to hartford where it sat. >> by 7:00 p.m., there was no more food at all. there was barely any water. the bathroom's stopped working. >> people were yelling and standing up, people were getting irritated. >> the captain kept pleading for help. >> we need a hug and a tow bar. >>craig: the passengers were finally allowed off at about 9:00 p.m.. >>craig: an investigation has been open to. under the passenger's bill of rights, airlines can be fined for failing to provide water, food, bathrooms or failing to allow them off of the airplane. those regulations were adopted after an incident on a jet blue slide back in 2007. >> the loophole i

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the pilots low on fuel diverted to hartford airport 100 miles away. jetblue says that airport was overwhelmed with two dozen other diverted flights. inside the plane snacks and water ran out, toilets backed up. >> i had a paraplegic onboard that needs to come off, i have a diabetic on here that's got an issue, i just got a get help. i don't care, take us anywhere. >> reporter: the nightmare experienced before during another storm in 2007 which helped convince the government to ban long tarmac delays. lisa stark, abc news, reagan national airport. >>> this morning a million and a and a half are still without pour after the storm. the governor says the damage in new jersey could be worse than after hurricane irene. 60 extra utility crews from southern states are on the way there and with down power lines and dark streets halloween trick or treating had to be postponed or even canceled for many children. but in some towns there were creative solutions. in paramas, new jersey, they put on a nearby party. in nearby wayne parents organized a trunk or treat,

and "the hartford courant" documented that he went around hartford, basically strong arming all the lobbyistsf you don't support me, your legislation will die in the general assembly. and i don't like to be negative, but that's the reality. do i feel slimed by what i had to do, you bet you. and do you think there are a lot of better things i would advise my students at wesleyan than to run for public office? yes. i would never encourage anyone smart young person to run for office right now, unless it's a federally funded receipt -- >> and that's the tragedy. >> that's the reality of the situation. most of the people when i said, i'm getting out, most people said, we understand and you're too good. and most people say $150,000 in your first go at public office is not impressive, it's not enough, wait your turn. you just becoming part of the system that perpetuates the inability to get anything done in washington. end of story. >> jimmy said it, karen, but that really -- i can't think of anything more tragic for the future of this country than a professor at wesleyan running for congress and th

only a couple tenths of an inch from hartford to boston to manchester.o the general rule is have the umbrella from new york up through new england. i think even our philadelphia to d.c. for the most part, you're going to be dry today. it's also very cold in the middle of the country. this wind chill map is one of the coldest ones we've seen so far this year from denver to chicago. at least in that area it's going to be sunny and nice as we go throughout the afternoon. >>> bill, thanks so much. >>> well another award for country's princess. and another award for legendary actor. >>> plus the latest stunning setback in what was suppose to be his big comeback. your "first look" at entertainment is straight ahead, you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ...got promoted to director? so 12 seconds ago. we should get him a present. thanks for the gift basket. you're welcome. you're welcome. did you see hr just sent out new... ...office rules? cause you're currently in violation of 6 of them. oh yeah, baby? ...and 7. did you guys hear that fred is leaving? so 30