the blizzard warning has been lifted for new york city. 's been replaced by a winter storm warning for new york. so at least new york city faired much, much better than expected. but, mika the storm still moves up the coast. >> a couple hours to go yet, joe. let's get right to where things stand at this hour with the potentially historic blizzard that has virtually shut down the northeast in the united states. eight states are now in a state of emergency as the brunt of the storm moved in overnight. but moments ago, a blizzard warning was lifted for new york city, as joe mentioned. earlier forecasts called for up to three feet of snow in parts of connecticut, massachusetts, and new york. the numbers have now been downgraded and parts of new england are now expected to see the worse, about two feet of snow and major snowdrifts. wind gusts are already topped 70 miles an hour in nantucket. right now there are 60 million people under a winter weather alert and 30 million people facing blizzard condition. thousands are in the dark after losing p

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

only from tums. >>> welcome back live in new york city. watching the live microphones for the new york suty mayor who is about to give us an update on just what this city is prepared to do and what he's expecting out of this monster snowstorm that we're just now hours away from realizing. we have a light snowfall now. it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better for the eight million plus people in this city. who knows how many people came to the city today. many were warned don't come into the city as a commuter if you don't have to. they're cancelling a lot of the light rail. they're cancelling the service and subways later after tonight. and there won't be any way to get in and out of the city after 11:00 tonight. so there are a couple things we're watching in particular. not only for the mayor but we're also watching to see exactly what happens with those that are out and about. they're saying don't be on the streets. don't be out. it is dangerous. it is down right dangerous to be out on the streets. if you ever wondered what 12

>> in terms of new york city the snow bands are dissipating before reaching the city proper. outside of new york long island that's where the heaviest snow is currently located. hartsfield connecticut and massachusetts and rhode island. >> the winds. the wind gusts have been as bad? >> nantucket at 62 miles per hour. we are just under gusts of hurricane-force winds. you can imagine what that does to the snow. whips it up and causing drifts of 2 to 3 feet. >> i saw snow totals on long island close to 15 inches. it shows how little distance can create a big discrepancy. >> it is similar to the lake-effect snow event in buffalo, new york a couple of months ago. we are getting ocean-effect snow. it is putting the heavy band. new york is on the outer periphery. >> how long? >> it will be another six hours and tapering from the west to the east before it pulls up the new england coastline and end wednesday. >> if you are on the coast, you have a long several hours. >> the kids will enjoy it considering they have school off. >> snow days everywhere in the major cities. boston provide

here in new york a tale of two cities. to be sure. eautiful sublime, people starting to move around. about 22 degrees. we got ten inches of snow and that's called a miss. so ten inches of snow in new york city, and that is about as good as you're going to see. now out at the end of long island on montauk, such a different situation, you get to see the different face of the blizzard, we have christina alesci there. it was tough, it's going to get tougher out there how is it now? >> well the sun sup. so that's making visibility conditions quite good. as i mentioned before chris, i'm standing by the water. you've only been able to tell now at this point that we're at the ocean. you can see right here the ocean and how bad and how rough it is. that said you know one major area of concern in this community is beach erosion. that has to do with both the tide and how far it comes up. and where the waves are breaking. the waves are breaking quite far out and they're really not that high. we were expecting somewhere between 10 and 15-foot waves

new york. and if you're on the road, you're praeking the law after 11:00. also after 11:00 in new york cityss 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 where there will be a pwhopper. but it is not snowing. so what's that about? let's get to meteorologist janice dean in the weather machine live in the extreme this is not to say it is not coming. it's to say i

women were issued tavern licenses in new york city. very often this would go to impoverished widows as a way to make money. it was a kind of charitable work by the city. but actually new york according to sharon, new york actually had a lower ratio of female liquor license holders than other cities on the seaboard. so new york doesn't seem to have welcomed women into taverns in the same way. but women might also be the spouse of the tavern proprietor or there would be servant girls serving the patrons and so women were often present in that respect, but they would not have been welcome at these clubs which tended to be men only sorts of affairs. there were other ways for women to participate in leisure activity but the tavern and the coffee house was thought not to be a proper place for a respectable woman. sorry, up front. >> a marketing question. >> sure. >> would this book be an appropriate gift for a tavern owner? >> they'd have to be serious about the revolutionary history. it's a work of scholarship. it was based on my dissertatio

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

certainly it was place in the new york city thanks to thousands of new york's finest. one of the reasons why times square is so secure isn't just because of all the thousands of police officers who are here right now. but also because of the preparations they made throughout this day. with the help of federal agents. they had chemical, biological and raid right field bomb squads and they swept through every parking garage, every theater, every hotel and every roof top prior to letting all these people in here. they sealed all the man cover. when they did do that, they didn't let in any backpacks or small backs. they are keeping this place as tightly controlled as you can possibly imagine. there were some concerns about possible protests because new york city has been the scene of protests the last five weeks or so. apparently when you have a million people in times square and events all over the city including madison square garden and central park and coney island, it is kind of hard to foon people. so they are marching up from sixth avenue. then they're trying to mak

new york city and long island. , a travel restriction for all roads, state roads, local roads, city roads, town roads, except for emergency personnel. this is a serious situation. if you violate this state order, it's a possible misdemeanor, it's fines up to $300. and that will go into effect at 11:00 also. the two lessons we have learned dealing with the situation more times than we would care to getting the subways and the railroad cars in a safe position is key so that when the weather does leave, we are in a position for the system to start back up. we saw that under hurricane sandy, so that's what we're trying to do here with the 11:00 closing down. and number two, in terms of keeping people off the roads, the roads are very dangerous. we have just been out to long island and driven around the metropolitan area. the roads are already very very dangerous. they are going to be very hard to clear at the rate of snowfall we expect with the wind gusts we expect so it's dangerous to be out there now. it's only going

new york airports. all of the flights at laguardia. non emergency travel is banned on new york city streets which means you are not supposed to come out and drive at all. subway rail and bus service suspended. new york city schools closed today as are many other school systems in the state. i want to get more on the conditions out there right now. let's bring in cnn's chris welch. chris, where are you right now? >> reporter: john, we actually just turned east on fifth avenue by the iconic apple store. the glass cube. look at the dash cam camera here. we are in the cnn roving vehicle. we have two sanitation vehicles in front of us. two garbage trucks. these garbage trucks have been outfitted with snow plows. we heard the mayor describing the force of snow removal vehicles. we know they had 1,800 dedicated snow plows. they added about 500 additional snow plows they attached on to the garbage trucks. let me tell you what we have seen. we have have been out here on the roads throughout the entire night. we started about 5:00 p.m. last night. we went through some of the bans and some of

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

meanwhile, in new york after the city of 8 million was brought to a virtual stand still, travel bans have been lifted but you would be hard pressed to find traditional new york traffic that we all know and really don't love but we know it well. most train service and subways are back up and running but on a very limited schedule. it is like waking a sleeping giant today in new york. for more on what we can expect in the next 24 hours, let's get to our meteorologist, bill karins. start with new york and work our way up to where the more serious trends you're following now in the weather. >> in new york people are starting to venture outside, realizing it is safe to do that now. low wind chills greet you in the teen range with light snow still falling, it looks more pretty than anything else. this is not the dangerous side of the storm. new york city was on the far western edge of the storm, did get 8 inches in central park 11 at laguardia. and out of long island 18 inches. wasn't a miss of the forecast by much 25 miles, 30 miles made the difference for new york city. philadelphia were

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

these images just north of new york city, moments ago, brake lights everywhere. here in new york, commuters jamming into the subways, the trains. and for the first time that anyone 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 across the storm zone tonight. meteorologist 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. it's one of new york's busiest intersections, columbus circle. usually packed with people. but right now, it's beginning to look a lot more like a ghost town. and that's because this giant city is coming to a screeching halt. tonight, the worst of this nor'easter yet to hit. 50 million americans bracing. 30 million are under blizzard warnings across seven states. 30 inches or more of snow in some place

so there were variances within the new york city area. ws. long island was much harder hit than the new york city area. 16 inches on long island. suffolk county is still getting hit very hard and suffolk county is where we have serious issues the track of the storm as it moved north, suffolk county is the far end of long island, montauk point, they have significant issues and continue to have blizzard-like conditions, 12 inches of snow 14 inches of snow. and we will be redeploying much of the equipment from the new york city area mid hudson area to long island and specifically to suffolk. we are lifting all the traffic bans on the roads at 8:00 o'clock. nassau suffolk, new york city, westchester, rockland, 13 county area that was affected will all be lifted at 8:00 o'clock. we coordinated that with the governor of new jersey chris christie, who i spoke with this morning. obviously you can't open the traffic ban on one state unless you're coordinated with the other states because you don't want people on the roads in new jersey trying to ge

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

i didn't call the mayor of new york city a hot mess. w york, he has ticked off the left and the right equalally. >> the d.a. in brooklyn not a conservative man asked for $250,000 bail. the guy has a gun and assault beef. he posts a picture of a guy shooting into a cop car. ure say she didn't make a mistake? >> not as egregious as you say. the guy has two other court dates on january 9, the date he has to return on posting this picture, the terroristic charge. he already has to be in court for two other major beeves and he has already posted $25,000 bail and $15,000 bail in both cases. it could be that this judge thought there is no way he is jumping bail whether he has that much skin in the game. the purpose of bail bill, is only to make sure the purpose shows up. >> that is the theory of it. you know the purpose of bail is to keep bad hombres off the street. >> not true. in most states that is true. you can factor in the dangerousness of the criminal act. they don't. and the irony here is that mayor de blasio supported a change in the l

last night in the bronx two new york city detectives were shot by robbers. men are expected to survive. this crime has further angered members of the new york city police department. as talking points reported last night. the cops using their discretion in enforcing the law on minor infractions and traffic violations. for the seven day period ending january 4th, compared to last year, new york city had a 92% drop in criminal summonses issued. 92%. that means traffic tickets, moving violations involving vehicles, low level beefs like drinking in public are being egg poured. it's estimated new york city took in $550 million in parking fines alone last year. so the cops are hitting mayor de blasio right in the pocketbook. now, many believe the police are wrong in imucketting a slowdown. others say not all cops are involved. that's not true. a 92% drop indicates the entire department is on board. cops on the street see this as a life/death issue. much like the antipolice protesters see the staten island cases as life/death. the police believe mayor de blasio is

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 available so i chilled in the chair. >> did you spend the night here last night? >> yes, it was very bad. i want to go home. i'm tired. >> reporter: so you see varying degrees of acceptance of the current state

the subway and bus system shuts down tonight at 11:00 in new york city. the transit system shuts down. schools closed here tomorrow. if you live in new york city you don't have to leave your house because really there's no place to go. schools are closed. subway system will be closed. even central park is closed. stay home and stay safe. al? >> what do you expect to see in the morning commute given all of that? >> reporter: i don't think we're going to see much of a morning commute. if people pay attention to warnings from government officials -- first of all, if you're trying to get to work and driving to work in new york city you're going to look at anything and get caught by cops. looking at a summons to an arrest. they made that clear. stay home. i don't think we'll see a heavy commute tomorrow. ideally we won't see any at all. al? >> nbc's anne thompson. thank you for your time. joining me by phone is hartford connecticut mayor. you declared a snow energy in hartford this morning. how are things looking now? >> caller: well we are still under a state

travel bans are in place in rhode island, new york city and parts of new jersey. mass transit is shut down in boston and new york. the blizzard is expected to last up to 36 hours in some places. kris van cleave is in comack, long island, just east of new york city. kris, good morning. >> reporter: marie, as of 3:00 a.m., the national weather service has recorded more than 15 inches of snow out here on long island. the wind is blowing. the snow, visibility is low, and driving is certainly very treacherous. snowplows faced the brunt of the northeast blizzard overnight as snow and strong winds battered long island. >> the wind and visibility and everything, it's not too good. >> reporter: police in humvees patrolled the snow-covered roads as the nor'easter kicked into gear monday evening, parking itself over the east coast, feeding off the ocean. >> here you can see the spin, right? look at the tail. this moisture plume goes all the way down to basically cuba. there is nothing but a lot of available moisture here. >> reporter: that moisture means snow. forecasters pre

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

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

if you carried the "new york tribune" under your arm in new york city in the 1850s it was a given that you were a republican and that you were antislavery. if you carried the "new york herald" under your arm it was a given you were a democrat and didn't care much about the institution of slavery, and if you had to choo between union and slavery or business and slavery, slavery would get the second level. people wore it proudly, as proudly as they voted. people were not voting in a pure secret ballot condition in the civil war era. people voted by streaming to the polls, seeing if people would be comfortable with this today when we cherish our secret ballot when president obama is trying to vote and people are saying don't -- don't kiss my girlfriend, or whatever that was about. but it was even more open and more raucous in the lincoln era. you picked up your ballot before you got inside the polling place, and people off erred you either a republican ballot or democratic ballot. blue ballot or red ballot. so everybody knew who would you vet for, and then you deposited the ball president

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

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

to themselves. >> thank you. >>> new york city is starting to get back to normal. long island. new jersey is allowing drivers back on the roads this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the cross roads of the world have been looking more like the cross walk of the world. we mainly have pedestrians standing in the middle of the road taking pictures because this is not something you see every day. as you said that travel ban was lifted at about 7:30 eastern time. i'm not sure how long this peacefulness will last. for the next couple of days what new yorkers will have to deal with is this, the cleanup, the sludge the sleet, the mess. really nice. >> you look good though. >> we are all admiring you in your jacket there. >> very dry aren't you. >> yes. thank you. >>> we should also note that this storm will cause trouble in the northeast for probably another 24 hours. lonnie quinn is here in studio 57. >> i walked in this morning and gayle asked me what happened to our storm here in new york city. the forecasted position was to put the storm off of the east

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

if you are on the roads, you'll get a $300 ticket the new york city city subway is shut down. i used to live in new york until a couple of months ago. how rare is that? how rare is it for the entire city to shut down all forms of transportation. it does snow in new york almost every year. >> caller: as far as i understand this is actually the first time that the subway has been completely closed because of the weather. the roads and the overpasses and the bridges connecting manhattan island those have been closed before but it's the subways that seem to be kind of a first time type thing. interesting that we do have this full ban on all travel here but, you know looking back here at columbus circle i've just seen a pedestrian vehicle drive by. so most people are adhering to this rule. >> okay. though should be careful not to get a ticket out there. >> we look forward to the next couple of days. this all should be done by like, tuesday. but later on in the week we have average or below average temperatures and also some storms coming as well. and that's going to make the clean u

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

we do appreciate your information. >>> new york city hasn't taken any chances with this storm tonight, as well. there's a city-wide travel ban in effect right now ar all non-emergency response vehicles. at this hour the entire new york city subway system is shut down. we will have a live report from here in new york city at one of the city's salt depots. that's next. so stay with us. >>> welcome back to our live coverage of the snowstorm. we are looking at the blizzard of 2015. a finger of that storm hitting manhattan. this is the hour that mayor deblasio was concerned about. the preparation and response here in new york city part of what the mayor was concerned about, what he planned for. steadily. we go to amanda who's with a salt truck. salt trucks that are so key, as you know, amanda to keep the snow cleared from the roads here. are they out and about? what are you seeing? >> hi richard. we just saw a fresh round of trucks here at the salt depot here in lower manhattan. the snowfall has been coming slow and steady but the bitter cold that's been coming up and really increasing. al

we talked about it missing new york city. we were going to get hammered t did not happen. other people in the eastern long island and massachusetts rhode island, connecticut, up in maine, new hampshire and vermont. if you get a storm like this and you're on the ocean it is a double-whammy. martha: everything we sort supposed to get arced up and hit them hard. >>> how about this house special committee on benghazi holding a hearing this hour on capitol hill. we learn behind the scenes drama is slowing down the investigation with both democrats and republicans at an impasse over the potential witnesses that they will interview. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has been digging into this. she joins us live from washington. what is this conflict all about, catherine? >> reporter: well, thank you martha. this morning we have this hearing, it's a status hearing with two witnesses, one from the state department and the second from the cia and the hearsing has really become a flashpoint for democrats and republican

it happened at 11:00 here in new york city. and not just in the city several counties as well. you can't be out on the roads notice you're in an emergency vehicle or unless you have gotten permission like we did, the media. what are you seeing on the road? >> reporter: yeah, hey don, we're right in the middle of it. it's starting to drift down. for the most part we've heard that travel band from the governor no one on the road except for emergency vehicle and some members of the media like us in our car. but you see out of our windshield right now, it's icy hard to see. for the most part i'd say, there are people still on the road. we still see some cars not many just a handful. the majority of them out here are emergency vehicles. we see workers with local state agencies and local agencies clearing the road. the peak of this storm what we heard from state officials was supposed to be about 4:00. and another concern here is flooding. high tide is supposed to happen in the 4:00 hour here. that's supposed to coincide with the peak area in boston. but that's something to take very

the breaking news here on cnn, the blizzard of 2015 it is battering the city of new york. e whole entire eastern seaboard -- pretty much northeastern seaboard all the way from maine to new jersey. we've got you covered. let me tell you what's happening in major cities across the northeast. states of emergency in major cities including here in new york city. at this hour if you 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

new york city got about 11" and for new york city that's pretty measly.new jersey they got as many as 10". i saw him on twitter very early this morning apologizing saying quote, my deepest apologies to many key decision makers and so many members of the general public. you made a lot of tough decisions expecting us to get it right, and we didn't. once again, i'm sorry sorry. chad meyers here again. a lot of people are looking at forecast and in reality they are calling it the busted blizzard and people in new york are very angry as they want to do. what happened? >> they got the day off for free. no. what happened erin. >> there is a positive. there is a silver lining. >> the two models both typically very accurate were agreeing that new york city would have 24. our new very good now, brand new gfs model that we didn't know was good because we hadn't really taken it out for a test drive just slammed it. got boston right. they all got boston. what didn't happen is the snow back out here. the snow did not wrap around hard enough an get back to new york city

i was covering it here in new york city. so this would be a historic storm. l up and down the coast from central jersey up towards maine. boston in some of the forecast modeling we're showing west of the city over three feet of snow, which would be crippling. a crippling snowfall event. there is their top five. again, over 27 inches in a two-day event which happened back in 2003. so, if you take that into account, and the fact that the national weather service is saying in some cases over three feet of snow yes. it warrants the mayor of new york city to say be prepared for something that you perhaps have never seen before. harris. >>> all right. janice we're going to step away. we'll come back to you as the news warrants. i am looking at some of the weather warnings that are coming out. janice just told us. now i'm seeing it actually happen. the warning is in place earlier. eet... return on investment isn't the only return i'm looking forward to. for some every dollar is earned with sweat, sacrifice, courage. which is why usaa is honored to help our members wi

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new york city, times square is practically a ghost town. pretty much the only folks in new york city right now are the folks who are shoveling walkways. that is an unusual sight, even in new york city. times square is normally bustling this time of the evening. certainly a dicey next few days across the country. this massive storm packing powerful wind is expected to be measured not in inches but in feet of snow. from philadelphia to boston, home to more than 35 million people. >> we have to do our best to respond to the number one issue which is always public safety. >> people are expected to be without power for days. some jurisdictions are only allowing plows and emergency vehicles on the roadways to cut down on accidents. >> stay off the streets, stay off the sidewalks. >> while new yorkers made what could be a final run to the grocery store for a couple of days, some of the d area were just trying to get home. >> i was supposed to go to buffalo through philly, and that was canceled first thing in the morning. >> she has been waiting at

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 a stormy new york city good morning. ay with us, bloomberg "surveillance." ♪ >> good morning. bloomberg "surveillance," i'm tom keene. the markets will be open today. even though much of new york city is close. a morning must read. >> this comes from klaus, he advises companies, telecom companies on how to deal with wi-fi. he wrote that they are going to offer a cheap wi-fi-based phone service. wi-fi services can carry a price of zero to ten dollars a month. this will have consequences for the mobile industry. in the studio, richard farley, a partner at paul hastings. dressed with class. no sweater. >> i made shorture i -- i made sure i had a two inch heel. >> you've spent your career advising companies. one of the things we are seeing with verizon and at&t is the possibility that these tens of billions of dollars they have spent on spectrum acquisition and infrastructure might be a stranded asset. >> that is the history of the industry. you have to see which investments will pay off and which will not. good that's an bad

it is tough in new york and new york city.a, washington reagan airport, because we have a little light snow going on. boston logan airport after 7:00 p.m. all airlines cancelled flights. the airport hopes to remain open, keep runways plowed try to keep up with it. a spokesman telling me they'll plow until it is too dangerous for employees to be on runways. >> nbc's jay blackman thank you for that update. appreciate it. >>> a few hours from now, that blizzard will blanket the northeast. no question about it. the snow is already falling. may look pretty but there are dangers everywhere even outside your front door, kids, the elderly may be especially at risk in the storm. dr. devi good morning. a snowstorm is a great time to be a kid, could be dangerous. >> i agree. they have the same risk that we do as adults. and more at risk for slips and falls. can have head injuries related to hitting the pavement or hitting tools. >> it is dangerous to be outside when it gets as cold as it is expected to get in the northeast. >> of course.

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

new york city is the largest city in the country. los angeles is the second largest city in the country. chicago is the third. in the history of our country there has only been one woman who was mayor of one of those if is. in 1979 that's when she was elected, her name was jane will your honor -- jane burn of chicago. she was elected largely because of a snowstorm. the unfortunate mayor of chicago in 1978 and and there was a huge storm in 1979 and the mayor could not get it done for that storm. he tried to put a brave face on and say everything was fine, but it wasn't. chicago threw him out. in the democratic primary for mayor which is all that mattered in chicago at the time. jane burn beat the incumbent mayor. that's the one time that one of the three largest cities in america elected a woman to be mayor. >>> snowstorms can have a big political impact. >>> the state of emergency continues in boston. people are not permitted to drive their cars and almost everything is closed. the governor says it is worse than the hurricane of '38.

these were the times new york city were in very dark financial shape. ers of the city at the time came together to talk about how to save new york city. >> and they did it right here? >> will because, everyday they would say, where should we meet? my father said, it is a bit selfish on my part because all i have to do is take an elevator, but let's meet at the regency. [laughter] that is literally where the term -- in the mid-70's, where the term power breakfast started. we will re-establish the regency as the home of the power breakfasts, the place where people want to come to see and be seen. >> coming up, what kind of hotel room does $100 million buy? what is the most expensive part of this room? >> the bathroom. the bathrooms are very, very expensive. ♪ >> just before it reopened, jonathan tisch, chairman of loews hotels, gave me a tour of the newly renovated loews regency in east midtown manhattan. >> here we go, betty. after you. >> all right. newly renovated rooms. quite 1920 of the regency hotel. >> you have designed -- you picked out almost ever

also, right now we're waiting to hear from the police commissioner in new york city, set to talk about 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 t