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. boston schools closed through wednesday. broadway is closed no shows will go on tonight. the storm will peak by 10:00 a.m. in new york. by about 7:00 p.m. in boston. a lot of snow and accumulation. local state officials pleading with the public right now. you have seen them all day sounding very dire warnings up and down the eastern seaboard. take a listen. >> this will most likely be one of the largest blizzards in the history of new york city. i'm asking everyone to understand that and prepare accordingly. this is not like other

i don't think there is more of a prepared city in the country than new york city is right now. it's incredibly complex. a lot of people. >> there is something new that just in the last several years came into being. that is the snow emergency. when you declare a snow emergency, it means off the streets. several years ago we had people who were absolutely paralyzed in the middle of new york city streets and they abandon their cars. so no clearing could happen. and emergency vehicles couldn't get anywhere. ambulances were stuck. people were dying. >> and it's a deadly condition. >> what happened? >> so much work going on now that the cars will be cleared. people, i think, will heed the warnings and be off the streets. but it's very dangerous situation. children, the elderly, anybody really is going to be in harm's way seriously if they're caught in this storm. >> do you think, you know, governor dan maloy in connecticut i'm sure is about the next state that we're going to hear as a state of emergency that already happened while bev been talking, he has already said travel ban in p

in the history of new york city that has never happened. ave never closed the transit system for snow. this goes for aá?zi!)z dozen other counties in new york. and if you're on the road, you're praeking the law after 11:00. also after 11:00 in new york city the mass transit stops bridges and tunnels close no amtrak tomorrow between new york and boston. same story as you head up the coast into new england. forecasters say the snow there will likely come down fast. in some cases two to four inches per hour. the massachusetts governor is warning of widespread poweru6 outages that could in some cases last for days. again, that's from the governor. airlines have already canceled, get this, close to 7,000:oiv flights they also delayed an additional 2,000. officials say cancellations/z1 and delays will continue into wednesday if not longer. so let's get to team fox coverage out on correspondent rick leventhal is braving the wind but the snow is not coming down at this second. leasiç gabriel outside new york bus terminal. and we're live in boston wh

york city has about 25,000 people at this time. new york city was unlike boston or philadelphia in other ways. unfettered by the cultural predominance of stricter quakers or the descend ents of puritans new york city's ethnically diverse population the only way they could find common ground was over their desire to make money and then also just, you know hanging out over bowls of punch and tack ards of ale. they had a close and symbiotic relationship with the city's commercial life. tav erns sprang up in all parts of the city. it was easy to turn a house back into tavern and back again. easier than establishing a church which took a lot more doing. new york's networks of tavens became pipelines of communications. new york city was a principle stop for the packet boats and these ships deposited the mail, gossip, and newspapers that found their way into the public houses. taverns were places for government business, job recruit am military enlistment, and signing up for privateering expeditions. they could discuss matters of political im

the big cities in the northeast. certainly new york city the city's subway system was shut done. 100 years because of the snow. one group of people happy about this? the students the plows in the commercial sectors in new york city are plowing their own areas because they were that worried about what's going to happen. they're moving through and there's a lot of that. let's bring in chad myers. the big thing is -- >> look at you, you're crying. >> i'm not crying. >> the sad thing is that people will see this

we're in new york city, a lot of the media is in new york city it was a relative bust. t eastern new england, this is an historic event. thankfully we haven't lost too much power. >> that's epic what's happening in wooster. >> the wooster area if you talk to friends and relatives there, they'd be telling you this is one of worst storms they have ever seen. we don't want to give the impression because new york city is now back up and running that this isn't an historic event. this is one that will go down in the record books and will be studied for many different reasons in eastern new england. i'll update you. probably three hours from now we'll probably hit the all time record snowfall record there. >> we'll watch what's going on. the big story in new york and boston and a little bit of washington is the travel story and the paralysis because of the shutdown of buss and trains. let's go to laguardia with luke russert, who is very lonely. are officials indicating when flights might resume there? >> it's unclear. there's over 4600 flights today being cancelled from these

the big cities in the northeast. certainly new york city the city's subway system was shut done. for fifrts time in more than 100 years because of the snow. one group of people happy about this? the students the plows in the commercial sectors in new york city are plowing their own areas because they were that worried about what's going to happen. they're moving through and there's a lot of that. let's bring in chad myers. the big thing is -- >> look at you, you're crying. >> i'm not crying. >> the sad thing is that people will see this and say, i'm going outside this is fine, i don't care about the emergency thing, you see the car coming by us technically, if he gets stopped, it's a huge ticket. >> it is. $100 or more. >> what should we know? >> new york got missed. but it's the exact forecast we talked about yesterday, on the gfs, we saw yesterday, 10 to 12. but it's the first time we took the model out for a test drive. we took the brand new model out. the brand new car out and we liked it. who is not getting missed connecticut, rhode island long island massachusetts. the word

there is a mini crisis brewing here in new york city. the nypd is so angry that they are engaged in a work slow down. arrests for minor crimes in the last part of december are way down. add to that thousands of new york city police officers despise the mayor, bill de blasio and continue to show disrespect by turning their backs to him. this despite the fact that police commissioner bill bratton asked the officers not to do that. thousands of cops defied their boss and turned away from de blasio when he spoke at the service. for those that don't live in new york city, there is a bigger picture. the progressive left believes the american justice system is unfair to black people. there is no question african-americans commit crimes way out of proportion to the general population. the real question is why. according to analysis by a "wall street journal"ist columnist blacks make up 14% of the population but account for 47% of all police killings. fbi stats, blacks are almost six times more likely as non-blacks to kill a police officer. that i

these images just north of new york city moments ago brake lights everywhere. here in new york come muters jamming into the subways, the trains. and for the first time that anybody can remember new york city's subways closing down for the snowstorm. in the last 24 hours, from new england, all the way down to new jersey families stocking up. and all that's left empty shelves. we have team coverage tonight. ginger zee here with the new track. and who will be hit hardest? but we begin tonight with abc's gio benitez here in new york city, a city shutting down tonight. gio? >> reporter: david, good evening to you. you know this spot. this is new york's columbus circle. usually buzzing with people. but right now, it's beginning to a lot more like a ghost town. that's because this giant city is just coming to a screeching halt here. tonight, the worst of this nor'easter to hit. 30 million are under blizzard warnings. 30 inches of snow in some places. and tonight, new york city right in the bulls eye, preparing for the worst storm since sandy. >> this will most likely b

there's an issue in new york city before we get to mike seidel. we've been focusing on new york city and we've been talking about the firsts in this particular location because the subways were closed down for the very first time because of a snowstorm. why is that important? first of all, you've got 6 million riders that use that every day. okay? what does that mean? that results in the output of money, of revenue. just to give awe nfve you an example, new york city puts out more gdp than five or ten different countries in the world. in the one day when it closes down, the risk is $3.5 billion gdp in this metropolitan area. that's what's at risk. that's why when the subways are closed down an the city is not operating why it has a ripple effect not only here in the city but across the country and the state and somebody who is watching what is happening with the subways, making sure they're moving and making the decision is ammananda quan. a spokeswoman for the mta. although you're part of the decision, you're really not. neither is the mayor. it i

they have to clear some 6,000 miles of roadways from new york city to los angeles back to new york citythe next 12 or so hours ahead of the system and after the storm system departs. you think the airline industry is losing a lot of money? they certainly are. about $6,000 per flight. much higher number for the passengers that number for them would be about $58,000 combined losses when you factor in the meals, lodging and also lost work. so a lot of money and a lot of damage here across the northeast for the next couple of days. we'll have more news with john and zain coming up shortly. you only know in a fire to get out, to escape and now ok you are outside and you are safe but what do you do now and that's where the red cross came in... . we ran out of the house just wearing our pajamas. at that point just to even have a toothbrush that i could call my own was so important... . ...you know it just makes you feel like a person again. every 8 minutes the american red cross responds to a home fire or other emergency. you can help. please donate now. >>> welcome back to our viewers in the

we will see tomorrow what new york city looks like. obviously i said before the subways are shut down. that renders most of new york essentially inop frabl the standpoint of any basic commuting or business. at this hour we are seeing the blizzard intensify. obviously it has been lashing areas like cape cod and scituate massachusetts. it has been pounding eastern long island. national weather service essentially sticking to something that looks like the forecast they had before. craig, i imagine tomorrow even if we have another foot this looks like it's going to be -- if it is another foot it looks like it will be doable for the city tomorrow from a logistical standpoint. >> from a logistical standpoint i would say it will be. as you indicated public transportation. i was going to chat with this dog. what's the dog's name by the way. >> leo. >> leo? cute sweater and shoes he's sporting. what part of the city do you live in. >> down the block. >> just out surveying, is that what we are doing. >> only time he can come to times square. taki

snow has started to fall in new york city. andrew cuomo issued a travel ban for 13 counties in southern new york. the ban goes into effect at 11:00 tonight. this is a total travel ban. up to two feet of snow is now expected in the new york city metro area. there's little doubt severe weather events are becoming more frequent in the united states. many scientists think that there is a direct link between severe weather and climate change. this year alone we have seen a record drought in california that is devastating local economies. washington state has seen some of the largest wildfires in their history. earlier this month noaa announced 2014 was the hottest year on report globally. this graphic shows sea surface temperature abnormalities for this time of year. the blue is below average. gray is normal. red is above average, and white is high above average. meteorologists say high sea surface temperatures are helping fuel weather patterns we're seeing unfold in front of us, especially this blizzard. let me bring in paul dougla

wasn't a miss of the forecast by much 25 miles, 30 miles made the difference for new york city. philadelphia were worse than new york city, were expecting 8 to 10 only picked up two inches. those areas did better than expected. that forecast if you want to give it a grade, give that a d. but anywhere from central connecticut out through cape cod, up through all of massachusetts and coastal maine, this forecast is spot on. the timing has been on impacts have been on. the only impact is less than expected was the power outages. still losing all of nantucket is big and trying to evacuate long island in this weather is dangerous, that's an interesting situation. the rest of the power outage in 20 to 40,000 person range is probably lower than expected. one of the reasons why, the storm was a little further off the coast. if that happens, it means more cold air is able to come from canada. instead of being a heavy, wet snow, it was a light, fluffy snow. it doesn't stick to power lines and trees, doesn't add weight. when the wind blows it doesn't add weight to the trees. that's one of t

at this hour we have states of emergency in seven states including new york city. travel ban s in connecticut, massachusetts and rhode island. late tonight, new jersey issued a travel ban. >> absolutely. this is a big storm you are seeing right now with 30 million people in its path. depending where they are as the storm continues to move in millions are in for a night of heavy snow and gusting winds. coastal areas are preparing for storm surges. emergency personnel are watching for possible power outages. i want to start with the latest from our weather team. for that bring in our meteorologist. people want to know what kind of conditions we are seeing out there right now and where's the storm the strongest? >> the storm is strongest over new england, southern new england. that's where we are looking at the worst conditions and where this historic storm is ramping up. providence to boston is where the worst is. blizzard warnings are in effect from coastal new jersey to bangor, maine. with blizzard warnings it is not necessarily the amount of snow you will get but t

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so new york city right now, things have kind of calmed down. but we're getting into some heavier banding of snow in new york city. so we're not out of the woods just yet. can you also see a lot of bright white across long island. and that's where we can expect to see more heavy snow as the evening and the night wears on. we're also watching heavier snow just starting to move into boston as well. this system makes its way up the coast tonight. it really intensifies. we're looking for snowfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches per hour in and around the new york tri-state area. the indication could be thunder snow falling. winds will be a big factor 65-mile-per-hour wind gusts, moderate coastal flooding. and then it continues on up into boston and new york 2 to 4 inches of snow per hour. wind gusts of up to 80 miles per hour. so we will continue to track this. thanks for taking our coverage ari, now back to you. >> thank you very much al roker with all the info and we will be right back after this. >>> we have the ability now to activate the national guard

cities. nearly 8,000 flights are canceled. in newthe subway is shut down, and all transit service in boston is closed. the storm is expected to linger until early wednesday. >>> and president obama wrapped up his visit to india this morning and heads to saudi arabia. the president meets with the new saudi arabian king, king salman. during his visit, the president will pay his respects after the death of king abdullah last week. >>> and ceremonies are being held this morning to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. about 300 survivors are gathered with leaders from around the world today. they are remembering the more than 1 million people, mostly jews, killed at the concentration camp in occupied poland during the holocaust. >>> the united nations says an attack in ukraine could amount to a war crime. as many as 30 people were killed in the rocket attacks in eastern ukraine saturday. a u.n. official says the rockets were knowingly targeting civilians and violated international law. >>> and in yemen, the u.s. has c

snow has already started to fall in new york city up to two feet of snow is expected in the new york o area with dangerously high winds. mayor bill de blasio said it could be the largest storm in the city's history and urged residents to prepare and take

and we do expect a very heavy band of snow to move through the new york city area. teriorate. >> so these are blizzard conditions. >> exactly. >> what about new england. we call those guys the cavalry behind us. because a lot of them will show up. and do the columbus circle when we're here, but that's good. >> no respect for our live shot. >> no but that's music to "the new yorker's" ears. >> what about the new england area? >> they're seeing the heaviest of the snowfall at the moment and the strongest of the winds. nantucket had a wind gust at 62 miles per hour. you're talking about snow coming down at 2 to 3 inches per hour and you have those kinds of winds. you'll see it drift upwards to 2 to 3 feet by tomorrow morning. and just because the plows are out like this doesn't mean a whole lot, because that snow will drift right back over the roads creating a dangerous condition. >> don't think it's over even if the snow's over or if there's a lull in the snow. >> that's right. the potential of wind chill is a major factor. with the winds picking up to near hurricane f

all tried to recruit new york city residents. of the suspects appeared in court before the blizzard. the other two have fled to russia. >>> breaking news this morning. historic blizzard shutting down cities. the northeast blanketed with snow. dangerous winds are here and more coming. travel bans are in effect. we are breaking down everything you need to know next. i know... this third shift is rough... it's just a few more weeks max! what are you doing up? it's late. i just wanted to have breakast wih you. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yeah, everybody knows that. well, did you know that playing cards with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast? ♪ you got to know when to hold'em. ♪ ♪ know when to fold 'em. ♪ ♪ know when to walk away. ♪ ♪ know when to run. ♪ ♪ you never count your money, ♪ ♪ when you're sitting at the ta...♪ what? you get it? i get the gist yeah. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. [ male announcer ] are you so stuffed up, you fee

that blizzard howling its way into new england but it largely spared new york city. cuomo lifted a travel ban for the city. the subways have resumed weekend service. travel ban replains in place for suffolk county and parts of eastern long island topped 2 feet of snow by this morning with it falling at 2 inches per hour at one point. though some parts of the northeast escaped the brunch of the storm, massachusetts has been especially hard hit. most of the state expected to accumulate at least 2 feet of snow by the end of the day. the national weather service recorded wind gusts of some 78 miles per hour on nantucket. roughlily 14,000 customers are without power in massachusetts. the blizzard now pounding new hampshire and maine, both of those states remain under a state of emergency. the weather channel's mike seidel is in plymouth massachusetts, with more on the impact there, especially along the coast. >> on the south shore of massachusetts, the wind gusted over 50 miles an hour for eight consecutive hours and at high tide early this morning the water came in here

♪ >> from our studios in new york city, this is "charlie rose." >> bill bratton is here. is the police commissioner for new york city. he served previously under mayor rudy giuliani. he was also commissioner for boston and l.a. police department. crime in new york city continued to fall in 2014. homicides fell to the lowest since 1963. yet the nypd confronts challenges. thousands of new yorkers have taken to the streets to focus -- protest against the nypd's approach to policing. they responded to the staten island grand jury's decision not to prosecute the death of eric garner. there has been a widening between police, police unions, and the mayor, who expressed solidarity with some protesters. tensions peaked after the killing of two officers last month. offices turned their back on the mayor at funerals. they also had a significant slowdown in arrests and summonses. recent numbers show enforcement activity is rising, but still short of last year's levels. the washington post wrote "the spirit of community-police partnership has been damaged in new york and around the c

it didn't get the forecast right for new york city. >> mother nature is hard to predict. i know you showed me that great new model that you had but, still, it could be wrong, too, because you can't predict the weather. i mean you have the toughest job, right? everybody says you can be wrong and you stelill keep your job, but it's not that easy is it. >> computer models will never be perfect. the computer models separate the atmosphere into a number of layers maybe like 10 or 12 or 15. the atmosphere isn't 10 or 12 or 15 layers it's an infinite number of layers. we can't put that into a forecast. it would take you five days to make a 24 hour forecast if you put everything in it. the computers aren't fast enough to get everything in it. when we can get everything in it it will be better. for now you've got what you got. you get what you get. >> that's right. darn it. chad myers, thanks so much. >> you're welcome. >>> our team coverage is just getting started. before we head to break, blizzard tweets are piling up faster than the snow. twitter hashtags. it's not just in the n

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seven inches of snow in new york city. which is really nothing. n in long island just a few hours out a suburb of new york city we are talking about 20 inches of snow in some places. the blizzard warning still happening. again much of this storm really hitting providence, rhode island, boston, massachusetts. , hartford, connecticut. those areas are expecting that two feet of snow. 7,700 flights canceled. and we've got about more than 2,000 delays throughout airports. the good news is new york this area, new jersey seems to have been spared. but again long island is still getting hit. >> and then as far as the airports go go we are sharing the pictures the snow coming down. certain lay ripple effect. new york la guardia and new jersey the airports were -- or boston i know is completely closed which will stay the same. new york's la guardia will that reopen again? >> reporter: we are still waiting on word whether la guardia will open up again. i know it will take some time to clean that area up. those flights that were canceled are already canceled.

was performed in 2009 on the new york city subway. he followed it up with "the sweet cheat," a play about a post-apocalyptic new york that was performed in an abandoned warehouse north of the city. and he's not the only one making site-specific theater. in fact, one of new york's more popular long-running shows is "sleep no more" an avant-garde retelling of shakespeare's "macbeth," performed in three adjoining warehouses in manhattan designed to look like an old hotel. john gould rubin has also used the site-specific format in his own work. >> i did it because it was much less expensive and because it would endow the audience, which- - with an entirely different experience. you're in an experience if you go to the theater which is one that you're accustomed to. but if you go to a place, the address of which you've been given that morning by a telephone or an e-mail, you're already primed for an unusual experience. and so, it is economics. but it's also a way of endowing the audience with an unusual experience. >> we are not here for yo

states of emergency in major cities including here in new york city. u are on the street in new york city and you are not an emergency vehicle, you are breaking the law. everyone has been asked to get off the streets except for emergency vehicles and certain members of the media. in this city that never sleeps and never shuts down there's no subway service, there's no bus service, no cabs and pretty much nobody out on the streets. if you're looking live at our camera now here from our blizzard mobile you're looking right here at park avenue in front of grand central. you can see emergency workers in the middle of park avenue. a few salt trucks and emergency vehicles. the mayor has told everyone to get off the streets. if you're on the streets here in a car, on a bicycle in any way after 11:00 p.m. which is right now, you face a $300 fine if not worse, if you cause an accident or some sort of emergency. more than 7,000 flights were canceled between today and tomorrow. so if you're in the airport, traveling, you better call your carrier, because chances a

he had a news conference shortly after 1:00 here in the city. the governor saying that starting at 11:00 this evening, there will be a total travel ban in the state of new york. governor cuomo saying all nonessential vehicles that is all nonemergency vehicles will not be allowed to be on the roads in the state of new york after 11:00 tonight. the governor also saying that long island railroad will run early departures and shutting down lirr sometime between 10:30 and 11:00 tonight. and the governor saying in addition to the plowing of the streets, because of the amount of the snow we are expecting to see, roughly 3 inches per hour at some points tomorrow he basically are letting folks know that it is going to be virtually impossible to snow -- to plow all of that snow quickly. again, state of emergency has been declared in new york. state of emergency has been declared in four other northeastern states including massachusetts and that is where we find my friend and colleague mike seidel who continues to track things for us. mike, has the scene c

here's the radar imagery, want to show you what's happening in new york city. the gray area shows light snowfall. at this hour light snowfall pushing in toward new york city. we had bands of heaviest snow, the heaviest confined to eastern long island. 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 tha

here in new york city state highways are closing in the empire state. mass transit in and out of new york city may be suspended as the mayor says quote, this will most likely be one of the largest blizzards in the history of new york city. the city says no cars are going to be allowed on the roads after 11:00 p.m. now, in connecticut, north of here thousands of children sent home from school early today. a state-wide travel ban is going to go into effect at 9:00 p.m. the mayor of boston meanwhile, says quote, do not leave your house. that city has banned the use of cars after midnight and canceled school tomorrow and wednesday. the commonwealth of massachusetts has 500 members of the national guard at the ready. the governor there says this is a top five historic storm and we should treat it as such. at the airports in the northeast, thousands of flights have been canceled already. we just found out seconds ago that there's a ground stop on incoming flights to laguardia airport here in new york and newark airport in northern new jersey. bottom line stay

for new york city it depends where the back edge sets up. but you know worst case scenario they will be in the top five as well. >> the top five worst for new york ever? >> yeah. but if it sets up that way. i would say that long island up to southeast new england and boston is the prime spot for the heaviest snowfall for this storm. >> and the advice you have for people and there are maybe 60 million people in the path of this storm, the best advice you have is what? >> pay attention to your local officials because they are out there to try to protect you and make the prudent decisions that will help you work through this storm and to recover faster. >> the fact that it's going to hit overnight, that it will really start blasting away 8:00 9:00 10:00 tonight and go through the night, then into the early morning hours, what's the impact of that? because it's happening overnight? >> that's an amazing plus for being able to recover from this storm. most of the people obviously are off the roads so it gives the road crews a big head start in reco

>> you know, it depends, of course on which city you're pinpointing. new york city a city we talked about often in the last 24 to 36 hours, the models said 15 or 25 somewhere in the middle. another six to seven inches possible. that takes us close to 14 to 15 inches when it's said and done. look at the eco-pancive cloud field. 3,000 kilometers 2,000 miles. that's the storm system across the tennessee valley all the way across into the atlantic ocean as far as how far it spans. across the city of new york 1, 1,-800 plows. 12,000 ton of salt have been placed. officials have to work some 6,000 miles of roadways across the city in the next 12 or so hours. that's the equivalent of going from new york to los angeles back to new york in the next 12 hours. that's how much snow they have to remove out of the city. shows you even the 15 inches maybe not the 20 or 25 that new york city initially suspected. even then, it's going to be a significant weathermaker. take a look. gray areas show the best light to moderate snowfall. the heavier snow in the white. that's acr

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city. tisch has worked closely with the past mayors to improve new york city's gritty image. d kick off the new york times square makeover. he was instrumental in the campaign to bring tourists back after 9/11. so far, his efforts seem to be working. new york had 54 million visitors in 2013. the regency sold out for super bowl weekend about a month before it even opened. it is not just about keeping hotels full. tisch says tourism is critical for the new york economy. >> what is it really about? >> it is about the jobs. it's about good jobs. it is about the ability for visitors to come and spend money so we that can hire more new yorkers. if you look in new york city alone, 330,000 people are making a living in some aspect of travel and tourism. we are also reaching out to the right visitors. that international traveler is extremely important. the international traveler stays longer and spends more money here. >> he is hoping the locals will return as well. since 1970, the regency has been home to the power breakfast. business leaders and politicians would convene every mornin

spiral bands, spiraling snow with ocean-effect snow blasting maine and boston and down here to new york citycity are high. this city will come to a standstill. the wind doesn't stop for 48 hours. this is what we have now. snow tapered off here in new york city for another 30 minutes. airplanes are already having trouble keeping up and we'll see a lot of these delays pile up as the day goes on and the icing delays and

new york city.ng where you are? >> hey shep. we're outside con edison's east river plant and we're seeing a lot of activity within this power company, which supplies power to manhattan and all throughout the region. these power companies are gearing up for the long days ahead. we know they're going to be problems here at con edison. there's no exception there. we were able to take our cameras inside what they call the command and control center today. con edison's power lines run underground near manhattan and keeps the power protected but they tell is they see problems red wings 48 hours after the snow dumps as the road salt melts off. all the runoff goes underground where the lines are. conned spokesperson says lessons have been learn from the last two major storms, hurricane irene and sandy. that has prompted con ed to perform what they call storm hardening measures. they have built walls around the substationsstationsstations and installed submersible equipment and resources from other out of st

the warning area from about trenton down to lakehurst and then up closer to north jersey and new york city is still looking at fairly significant snow and then we still have that blizzard warning in new york city, long island and connecticut as i mentioned. what are we looking for in terms of what to expect? here's what's fallen so far and these are the latest numbers i was able to gap from the weather service reports coming in. some of them are several hours old but in brick township ocean county a few hours ago we were up to 6 inches. we're certainly climbing to seven maybe more than that now. furlong bucks county two and a half, one and a half in ambler. philadelphia only about a half inch of snow and probably not adding a whole lot more, maybe another inch or two, that would be about it and .2 in atlantic city with a little bit more to come. we are expecting very little snow little if anything in the western suburbs at this point. philadelphia is right on the edge of that one to 4-inch zone with the 4-inches probably closer to trenton and beyond and then it's four to eight in ocean cou

so in response to the growing threat that the new york city government, new york city police even under this new mayor have continued to commit resources to that priority. rose: is the level of communication between nypd the justice department the f.b.i. a law enforcement agencies domestically and foreign at the highest 11. >> it's the best it's ever been. rose: that's essential. >> it is essential. i would defy you to try to find somebody on either side of the fence, nypd side or the federal side that would not say that the relationships now are the best they have ever been which is important because we are continually trying to improve those relationships. we need as much trans piece we need to have a seamless web of enter activity between us. i really believe that we do have that personal relationships with the f.b.i. and other agent sees and we socialize with each other, go to professional con fences were each other and we are in really constant communication. >> that's absolutely critical. rose: it has been said to me that the biggest concern by law enforcement is somebody is going

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in a big city like new york city.entially there is only one issue, that's the relationship between mayor and the police. so that they create a safe public envirnltd. with that nothing else matters, not taxes, nothing else. << i don't know if everybody knows there are 60 million people in the new york city metropolitan area. and if you don't have control, if you don't have control, this place goes fast. ladies? >> remember, we had 20 years under giuliani and bloomberg where they were able to reverse this kind of thing and get us to a point where most of us and it's taken de blasio a year to turn it all around. >> he has not turned it around. >> destroyed it. >> all right. >> got to go. next on the rundown can big time athletes and movie stars calm racial tensions in the u.s.a.? we will talk with a former nba store jaylen rose. later is it legal on prince andrew having sex with an american minor. factor is coming right back. shopping online is as easy as it gets. wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers, carpenters and e

new terror threats against new york city and threats against the new york city police department specifically. we'll bring you any news that comes from that momentarily. >>> first, to jennifer griffin live this afternoon at the pentagon. are pentagon officials saying whether any classified information was leaked here? >> well, shep, according to the pentagon, no. they say the information that was put online was publicly available on the internet. the slide and plans they purportedly posted were from an open source from m.i.t. but not only did the banner of their arabic and english centcom twitter page say i love you isis but one tweet says isis is already here. we're in your pcs, in each military base. the official centcom youtube site began playing isis propaganda videos with tight. s such as all soldiers of truth go forthwith fiery images of isis fighters. perhaps most disturbing were the personal details that the hackers published of u.s. army commanders and the top leadership of the u.s. military, including personal e-mails and phone numbers. some numbers we tried and were outdated. old n

just after the commute conditions will deteriorate here in new york city and then by about 9:00 10:00 in new england. i want to show you the future cast. as this system comes up the coast, it will rapidly intensify. with that it means the winds will pick up and snow will pick up and that's making for these blizzard conditions. by midnight and overnight, that's where we'll look at the heaviest snowfall. where we have this swath of white from new haven up to boston overnight that will continue. likely in this swath we're looking at 2 to 4 inches per hour and that's why this snow totals are going to be so high over the next 48 hours. this storm does die down after lunchtime on tuesday. on the back edge of it we could see an additional one to two inches. here's a look at the warnings we have. blizzard warnings from coastal new jersey all the way up to bangor maine. we do have winter storm warnings now effect for parts of the northeast, philadelphia included in that all the way down to baltimore and d.c. a lot of people are affected by this and this will persist at least until tuesday afte

travel bans are in effect new york city subways shut down. hundreds of flights up and down the east coast are canceled. new york city could see more than a foot of snow and as we mentioned boston up to 24-inches. that's 2 feet. make sure you download the free 6abc storm tracker app. when winter storm warnings are issue the app will send you audio alerts and you can always access live storm tracker 6 radar. >> david there may be some people out there who had hoped for more snow. and you always pointed out there were multiple tracks it could go a number of ways. >> it was a tricky one to call but obviously we're not getting the snow that we were thinking we might even in the lower scenario that we called for and it is because the storm shifted farther to the east and blossomed a little bit later in the game. now that's not to say that we're totally dodging a bullet here. as you take a look we do have some heavy snow to the eastern half of the region and if i go in tighter on this there actually is a fairly heavy cell that's pushing down through

the airports in new york city in this area completely snarled over the last two days. some good news though that we can pass along to you right now. amtrak announcing a little while ago it is going to be resuming limited operations in some areas in the northeast today. nbc's luke russert live for us at laguardia airport. luke, i know you spent some time or have been spending some time with folks who were stuck there overnight. at this point any hope they get to their destination later today? >> probably not later today for the majority of people that they've spoken to craig. i've been here since 4:00 a.m. literally two minutes ago before i came on your iriair, i heard my first airplane. making some progress. i can also report we've had one flight so targeting out tonight. it's a spirit flight 180 going to ft. lauderdale. i spoke to a passenger on that one. i said you must be happy to go to ft. lauderdale. yes, indeed so. there is a little bit of movement but i stress the word little. if you look at the big board almost every single flight with the exception of that one