new york city would be but an interim capitol. no one seemed happy with new york city. york city was slow to ratify the constitution. this is why hamilton and jay and madison wrote the federalist papers that new york city would even ratify. washington was worried will i go to your city for my are now grown it's not even ratified as a state. that undermine everything can be the president if we don't have a city? and nobody seemed to like new york city unlike today where everybody likes near city. thomas jefferson claimed new york city in spring and fall they never have as far as i learned for them ten months of winter. only two of somerford they would agree right now as i'm taking this with the snow. ames and eric city long before the company of springfield. he described new york city is overrun by hogs, dogs, and garbage and not much else. no one liked new york city. they spent only months in new york city and then there is a deal cut. next slide. the deal will be cut in new york city on june 20, 1790. let's pry the second most famous dinner party in history i guess behi

doozy of a storm, especially new york city, areas north and west. w jersey and areas of new england, 18 to 24-plus inches of snow. going to be quite the snowstorm, jerrick ka, back to you in the warm studio. >> it feels chilly, trust me. jeff in new york. thanks. >>> first time in less than two months, 100,000 americans have been hospitalized for covid-19 ut january still the deadliest month in covid crisis. more than 94,000 people have died this month alone. cbs's lilia luciano is in los angeles with the latest there. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, a new federal mask mandate will be in force starting monday for all public transportation. bus, cab, plane or train, must be wearing a mask. as anxious californians struggle to get a vaccine. southern california's matt massive vaccine efforts, anxiety and protest at dodger stadium staged by anti-vaxers trem praepra temporarily stopped shots and made people frustrated. >> it's exhausted on us. would like million doses in our freezer. >> reporter: l.a. county has highest death county in u.s. covid

new york. heavy snow connecticut. very heavy snow new york city and into new york city. the poconos, adirondacks and cat skills. boston and the cape you have mixed over washing away some of the snow totals. by 8:00 tomorrow morning things begin to taper off. that's 24 hours from now. we get a lot of snow between now and then. some spots, i'm assuming, some spots in northern new jersey, morristown, whatever the numbers will be will pick up between 24 and 30 inches of snow. let's hope that bull's eye is not over new york city. so many streets, so many people and so much of a bigger headache with 15 compared to 30. >> recipe for a tremendous problem. thanks so much. >>> president biden will meet today with ten republican senators who have drafted their own alternative to the white house coronavirus relief plan. this is only 1/3 of the cost and provides 1/3 of the help when compared to the president's $1.9 trillion plan. a senior administration official said mr. biden is open to some negotiation but the white house doesn't want to agree to the gop proposal and come back and

it was not a question of new york city or not -- or not new york city.wound up spending a billion dollars on the lord & taylor building, they are doubling down in new york. hindsight is 2020. i think it was a good move not to through with the deal. tom: art chang, we have to leave it there. he has a mayoral candidate of the democratic persuasion in new york city. what did you learn? that was interesting. lisa: i think this is an interesting and dynamic economy. there are a lot of people running and it is a pivotal time for the city. you think i'm going to run? i am going to write a book. i promise i will donate the proceeds. tom: what a crowded field. they have the rank thing going. lisa: that is key. the idea if you do not vote for one person come if you like somebody and rank them first, you can put a second candidate who might be more likely to win and you are not throwing away your vote. it is a key change in the voting procedure other places are looking at. tom: looking at that across many other localities and nations as well. on the data front, we

tonight, news the dangerous south african variant of the virus has been detected in a patient in a new york city hospital. that patient brought to new york from connecticut. that variant confirmed in at least eight states. and dr. anthony fauci warning of cases of reinfoection when it comes to the south african strain. while at the same time tonight, scientists are now tracking seven new covid variants originating here in the u.s. and tonight, governor cuomo acknowledging his administration mishandled data on nursing home deaths in new york during the pandemic. >>> tonight, former president trump giving a thumb's up today to supporters after being acquitted in his second senate impeachment trial. and tonight, the seven republican senators who voted to convict, what some are now facing back home. and that warning, those words from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, right after he voted to acquit trump. mcconnell saying he didn't get away with anything yet. what did he mean by that? we're live on the hill tonight. >>> also late news from the hill this evening. house speaker nancy pelosi launc

new york city allowing indoor dining at 25% capacity and montana lifting its mask mandate. this, as a new report suggests the uk variant is likely more deadly. >>> subway stabbings. new york city adding 500 officers to the transit system after two separate killings on the a-train. two other people slashed or stabbed on the same line in just 24 hours. what we've just learned from police. >>> the major earthquake overseas. the 7.3 magnitude quake rattling fukushima, japan, and surrounding areas. hundreds of thousands now without power. >>> and a golfer's big dream. the setbacks and determination driving one man to his first pga tour. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us on a busy saturday night. i'm whit johnson. we begin with the historic end to the second impeachment trial of former president donald trump. this time, accused of incitement of insurrection, after the violent assault on the capitol. tonight, the senate has acquitted the former president by a vote of 57-43. seven republicans joining every democrat in voting guilty. but falling short of the two-thirds majority

new york city mayor bill de blasio didn't sound too surprised by that accusation and background can. >> it's a sad thing to say, but that's classic andrew cuomo. a lot of people in new york state have received those phone calls. you know, the bullying is nothing, i believe him and it's very, very sad. no person who is telling the truth should be treated that way, but yeah, the belittling, the demand that someone change their statement right that moment, many, many times i have heard that and i know a lot of other people have heard that. >> harris: you're watching "outnumbered," i'm harris faulkner. today, my cohost emily compagno, dagen mcdowell composed of "no interruption" on fox nation, tomi lahren and the virtual center seat on the couch until we can be there together, joe concha. media and politics columnist for "the hill" and fox news contributor. great to see you. joe, i begin with you. you don't have to focus on new york, a lot of people were focused on its governor ahead of the pandemic and look at this now. >> joe: look at this now, now the feds actually investigating. this

whiteout conditions here in new york city. the tops of buildings in times square there hidden by one of the heaviest snowfalls in years. in new jersey tonight, hazardous driving, cars stuck in several inches of snow right there on the highway. a fire truck upside down in virginia. we learned of four firefighters injured. and then the rescues tonight. these images from connecticut. a truck into the water. first responders jumping in, lifting two people into a ladder truck. hundreds of flights canceled up and down the coast. only snowplows on the runway at new york's jfk airport. there are many roads closed tonight. train servic halted. even some new york city subways now shut down. of course, the midwest got slammed, then this hit here and it will keep going for many more hours to come. meteorologist rob marciano leading us off from just outside philadelphia tonight.onight, th the biggest nor'easter in years. near blizzard conditions and howling winds blinding drivers. states of emergency up and down the coast. >> if you must be

todd: new york governor andrew cuomo backing calls for police reform as the new york city council announcest of the nypd. here to react, new york city councilman, joe borelli and founder of the wounded blue lieutenant, randy sutton. joe, the city council has tried to make it sound as benign as possible, reducing the footprint. in reality, what does this mean for new york city? >> well, let's start here. we totally shouldn't take their word for it that this is going to have no impact on the ability of the police department to protect us from crime. i mean, just look at the last year's worth of legislation that the council has already done, from reducing the head count to criminalizing cops for doing their job. i don't think we should trust what the city council and the body says will help police officers. this is only going to have the impact of making it more difficult for any member of the nypd to basically investigate, arrest and then bring a prosecution against a potential perp. todd: lieutenant sutton, let's look at the numbers. new york city violent crime in 2020 compared to 2019, it w

these two chairs actually did come up from new york city with the grants. in fact, grant road in these on the train on the way up from new york city. because mr. drexel left is to become a memorial, his son left his personal belongings. we have some very personal items that show that grant was here and he was at home here. and that he went through some very tough times here as well, because we have his fruit bowl and his spittoon, hairbrushes, toothbrushes, stockings, his clothing here, the beaver hat he is wearing in the photographs that were taken here. we also have the food mashing equipment used to process his food so he could try to take some nourishment. it was very difficult, though. a really interesting item in this room is grant's original medicine is still here, the bottle with the original liquid and the original substance. most people guess that what they were using for medication was something like morphine or some heavy set it like that. the only problem was that grant couldn't take medicine that because it was just too powerful and he would no

>> janessa, i can tell you the new york city streets deserve kudos because i live in connecticut and s when i left early this morning were still not plowed new york city looking much better than other parse of the northeast right now. janessa, thank you fov for that. let's turn to bill karins for what to expect in the coming hours of this storm. bill, like i just alluded to, it is conditions were terrible in certain parts that were not plowed yet how bad could it get this is we're still not at the worst of it >> i'm going to tell people in southern new england, including new york city area, don't be on the roads from early this morning until evening. we'll see snowfall rates that plows won't be able to keep up with 75 million people impacted from the storm. lighter amounts from kentucky to virginia that's where roads could be icy, sidewalks, too the high impactful stuff is north of philadelphia and going to be around new york city all day long and into southern new england later this afternoon and boston as we head through the evening hours. the snow already from buffalo to albany and

if you are in new york, you can go out to dinner, go to the movies, go to the bars -- new york is alive. people underestimate the life of new york cityjust as we had the rise of the suburbs, we will see people working closer to their homes. that ring around new york will do well, but office space will come back in the next few years. it may not be as perfectly as before but it will be nice. sonali: how do you feel about your counterparts in the financial industry moving to florida? howard: if you told a 50-year-old that he could be a snowbird, he wouldn't believe you, but the concept of everybody knowing how to zoom means that people can do their work somewhere else. the challenge to the politicians in new york, do they understand that if you raise taxes on new yorkers, and those new yorkers leave, then you haven't raised taxes. you have raise the rate but not the revenue. you are going to see politicians make mistakes and it will deeply harm new york. people will move. it is key to understand that people can vote with their feet. if they leave new york because the tax rates go up, that is not good. new york is great. do not underest

we will have a clean slate and i will make my point to the governor that without new york city there so if the governor has political further aspirations he has to help me rebuild the city. tom: thank you so much, running as a republican as a mayor and of course, many candidates heating up for those of you not following the race. a spirited conversation. lisa: there is a big debate not just about new york city, but about the coastal cities and how do you rebuild areas that have gotten decimated in the question of what is the office market going to be going forward and how do we keep the tax base and high tax states and a time where places like florida and texas are learning businesses away, and these will be pivotal conversations for anyone who takes the helm and it comes at a key time. tom: futures up 10 and i will say hello for the dailies, it is a good take. lisa: it comes on the back of real good economic data. jobless claims coming in much less than expected, that it raises a question of whether we are getting enough speed, enough critical speed to get the other side. tom: every

this afternoon there will be an anti-hate rally in new york city. ding senate majority leader chuck schumer and new york attorney general letitia james are expected to show up. had an are you seeing? >> reporter: there are a lot of notables here and the asian-american community has come out in force because of the escalation of anti-asian crime. mayor bill de blasio was just speaking. before him was the attorney general of new york, leticia james. he says an attack on asian-americans is an attack on all of us. senate majority leader schumer spoke also, reiterating that. as you said, in 2020, according to the police department, there were 29 cases of anti-asian crime. in 2019, there were three. let me just tell you, thursday night, right in this vicinity, and we do have some video of this because surveillance video is catching a lot of this, an asian-american man was just walking along and a perpetrator came and stabbed him in the torso from the back. the asian-american man is now in critical condition in a hospital. now, three hours later there was a

cbs' meg oliver is going to lead off our coverage from new york city. good evening, meg. >> reporter: norah, good evening. new york city health officials are trying to learn more about this new variant and just how prevalent it is. researchers here at columbia medical center told me, in the last two weeks, they've seen a 13% increase in the number of new cases. tonight, an east and west coast punch of new covid variants. first, a new strain in california, and now a home-grown mutation is spreading in new york city. dr. david ho's team at columbia university was one of the first to detect the mutation, noting similarities to the more- contagious south african and brazilian strains. >> we don't know whether it's more transmissible, but we see it rising in prevalence within our patient population. >> reporter: dr. ho says the mutation, seen here in red, alters the spike protein, which enables the virus to dodge antibodies. that could result in a weaker immune response. so if you've received a vaccine, you could get reinfected. >> well, we don't know that fo

cbs' mola lenghi leads off coverage west of new york city in montclair, new jersey. good evening, mola. >> reporter: good evening, norah, the snowfall has been relentless. here in montclair, new jersey, it's been coming down for more than 24 hours nonstop. the plows have been working the roads all day long. this pile right here is an indication of just how much snow they've pushed off of the roads. as you can see, nearly up to my thighs. all the while, it has been a deadly day in some of the hardest hit parts of the country. the warnings from officials were clear. >> stay inside, if there's any way you can avoid traveling. avoid traveling today. >> reporter: because the conditions were far from clear. blizzard-like, as the first major winter storm of the year blanketed 67 million people along the east coast. >> it's been very busy since about 8:00 on sunday morning, we've responded to 372 crashes altogether, all across the state of maryland. >> reporter: in connecticut, two people were rescued after their truck slid off a road and into this pond. in virginia, this fi

he is discriminating against new york city. her two weeks to get to 25%. it is brutal. you know the temperatures here in new york city. you guys are based here, too. in the teens and 20s. how can anyone survive on outdoor dining? the worst part is he isn't even doing it based on science. >> harris: outdoor dining with a foot or two of snow. we have a restaurant owner on staten island. it has been said too little too late. is that true? >> very true. we've tried our best to do outdoor dining at 20 degrees it's literally impossible. then waiting another two weeks, the busiest weekend in the year not allowing us to open up friday, saturday, sunday is a disaster. >> harris: the busiest week of the year. you aren't going to open until valentine's day, is that correct? >> correct. i can't put people outside in 20 degree weather between the staff and etc. the best thing to do is wait for valentine's day. i try to push for the friday, saturday. i don't think it's possible physically. >> harris: i hear the frustration and wonder what the

teachers in new york city needed resources. teachers all across the city need to make sure the systems work in schools. we need to make sure that you can open windows. you need to make sure that places are cleaned. ultimately, this is what we are asking for. now, with this administration, they want to do it. so ultimately, and they want to do it regardless of whether somebody is a blue state or a red state or a purple state. and that is really good news for the american people. i just wish we had it 10 months ago. host: beyond the pandemic, what is your prediction on where hybrid learning, virtual learning will fit in the whole specter of teaching, particularly k-12? guest: i think that some aspects of virtual learning are going to be here to stay. some aspects i think have been helpful, but you have to also make sure that the 16 million kids that still don't have high-speed internet get it, and that they still don't have appropriate equipment. the kind of group work that has happened in some schools, the reinforcement that has

this is a message we have to get out, not just in new york city but all over this country. stop asian hate. stop it now. >> just in new york city, police recorded 29 racially motivated crimes against people of asian descent in 2020. that's compared to just three in 2019 and almost all of those attacks last year were attributed to coronavirus motivation. just last night, four men of asian descent were stabbed in brooklyn. one died and on thursday, a n c. at today's rally in new york city, several people told cnn they are living in fear. >> i walk out the door and i brace myself, i prepare myself and just, i make sure i no longer listen to music when i'm walking around. i no longer listen to podcasts or distracted in any way. i want to make sure i pay attention to whatever might be happening around me. that's where i am right now. >> many of my family members are living in fear and anxiety. the attack just a couple of nights ago is a man stabbed in the back randomly. this is not a way to live, to walk with our backs against the walls, always in fear. something must be done and

experience amazing at your lexus dealer. >>> it's a live shot of an area of new york city that many ofyees hold dear, 30 rock down there. a live shot of new york, still dark, 5:20 a.m. eastern time let's get a check of this morning's other top headlines. nbc's frances rivera who's normally in that section of town joins. >> good morning to you let's start with a potentially poisonous attack under investigation in florida someone gained remote access to the computer system at the water treatment facility in oldsmar, florida, just outside of tampa the suspect was able to change the levels and send a burst of lye into the water system. the public was never in danger adding they don't know whether the breach originated within the united states or outside the country. >>> a pair of rare nike sneakers designed for president barack obama in 2009 will go on sale starting at $25,000. the size 12 1/2 hyper dunks are one of only two pairs in existence. they were made to honor obama's love for basketball. the shoes are displayed at z sou southerbys. >>> mary wilson, cofounder of the supremes has di

bearing down on the northeast right now could end up being one of the top five heaviest snowfalls new york city has ever seen. more snow will likely fall today than has fallen in the past five februarys combined, and that's just new york. washington, d.c., the baltimore area, they just saw the most snow they have seen in nearly two years and more than ten inches blanketed chicago over the weekend, the largest snowfall in the city since 2015. bill we are is our cnn climate correspondent. he's out and about in new york city. so, bill, how many inches so far, my friend? >> reporter: i don't know what we've got so far, brooke. the forecast is 18 to 24. we're getting about an inch, inch half to two an hour. the all-time record in 2016 27.5 inches. this does not look like global warm. how does climate change fit into this? this is exactly what happened. three of the ten driest winters happened in the last 20 years so we're not getting as much winter, getting mild winters, but when the storms come they are powerful. six of the ten biggest in history have happened in the last 20 years and we have recor

heavy snowfall blanketing new york city overnight is only the beginning for the region's first winter storm of the year. on the roads, cars tried to navigate the slick conditions from new jersey to maryland. earlier sunday, heavy snow caused major accidents, even leading a fire truck in virginia to flip over, injuring four firefighters. >> we ask that residents help us with our efforts by remaining indoors unless absolutely necessary. >> reporter: baltimore mayor brandon scott is telling people to stay off the roads so the snowplows can do their jobs. and in new york city -- >> we could see ground blizzards and whiteout conditions with some of the extreme winds and the rate of snowfall being as high as it is. >> reporter: officials asked residents to do something familiar to them over the course of the pandemic, stay home. coronavirus vaccine appointments were canceled and rescheduled, setting back the rocky vaccine rollout even more. >> last thing we want to do is urge our seniors to come out in the middle of a storm like this. it doesn't make sense. >> reporter: over the weekend, pa

winter storm warnings in effect again from new york city, philadelphia, west and north of new york upd the new york city area, an additional 8-12. scranton, over a foot for you. looks like, boston, you're going to be on the lower end of these snow totals but, again, we're into a situation of now casting where snow is hard to forecast, so we'll be doing it as it happens throughout the day today. back to you. steve: janice, thank you very much. in addition to the snow there's high winds, and the worry people will lose electricity which is the last thing you want during a blizzard. meanwhile, 18 minutes before the top of the hour, kamala harris, our vice president, getting national attention for her remarks about the challenges specifically facing west virginia and the administration's climate agenda. ainsley: according to the vice president, all of those skilled workers who are in the coal industry and transferring those skills to what we need to do in terms of dealing with reclaiming abandoned land mines, what we need to do around plunging leaks from oil and gas wells and transferring

new york city closing all 20 of its vaccination sites. and all city schools shutting down, going fully remote. airlines issuing travel waivers tonight. more than 900 flights cancelled already. new jersey issuing a state of emergency with snow emergencies beginning tonight in philadelphia and the poconos. >> stephanie, joining us from lower manhattan. schools up and down the eastern seaboard, stephanie, are closing? >> reporter: exactly. many school districts have already been ordered to close. but that's the actual school building. with millions of students already learning virtually, many of them will be expected to log on. tom? >> stephanie, thank you. >>> here's the thing, this major storm is expected to last not hours but days. for more on the timing and the track, let's get right to rob marciano. rob, walk us through the next several days. >> reporter: tom, you said it. it will be the duration of the storm that will be the killer as far as snow accumulation. the center of it is still over ohio. take a look on the mop. still snowing in

that's going to be the case across new york city into interior sections throughout the day. ore you can see blacktop we hav plows that have been deployed, so new york city doing a wonderful job the cleanup, it happens today. we're going to watch this system pull offshore, but our next system comes in by sunday, guys. >> you've got to have fun in it, too, later today safe as well all right. >>> this year's puppy bowl preview next something great from mr. clean. stop struggling to clean tough messes with sprays. try clean freak! it has three times the cleaning power of the leading spray to dissolve kitchen grease on contact. and it's great for bathrooms! just keep pumping the power nozzle to release a continuous burst of mist and make quick work of big jobs. it even works on stainless steel. it cuts through 100% of dirt, grease and grime. available with easy-to-swap refills. to get three times the cleaning power, try clean freak from mr. clean. how did kellogg's combine crunchy oat clusters with a touch of honey... plump, juicy raisins and tasty fiber into one delicious cereal?

times square alliance workers sweeping the steps of new york city times square. e he driving in this which is why new york, new jersey, connecticut and pennsylvania understates of emergency. in new jersey we saw 661 crashes since the storm be and was one person is dead from hypothermia. in new york city, in person learning, vaccine appointments have been canceled for a second day in a row and those above ground subways are still shutdown. i want to show you something if you could turn around. sometimes the roads look clear like what this looks like right now but with the snow coming down look how slick this is. might look like it is safe to drive but it is not. it is slushy, slick because the snow, be careful, temperatures are still below freezing, be careful out there. todd: we have all covered in our local markets, you were in indianapolis, how does this compare to one 0 member from your time in local? todd: indiana, anybody from indiana knows we get a lot of lake effect snow from chicago. we've seen some pretty bad snowstorms. this one has been pretty bad in my

democrat new york assembly member ron kim says cuomo threatened to publicly tarnish his reputation if he didn't back him amid the scandal. the governor's office called it a lie. now new york city bill deblasio is weighing in. >> a lot of people in new york state have received those phone calls. you know, the bullying is nothing new. i believe ron kim and it is very, very sad. >> harris: bryan llenas is live in brooklyn. why is the governor going after this assembly member? >> harris, because democratic assembly member ron kim is leading an effort to convince his democratic colleagues in the new york state assembly to strip governor cuomo of his special pandemic emergency powers. the powers that give cuomo the authority to make unilateral governing decisions as to how new york handles covid-19. kim is accusing the cuomo administration of abusing its power and purposely withholding nursing home death toll date why from state lawmakers and the public because the fear of political consequences. we know reportedly this is now under investigation by the f.b.i. now kim says he knows this because he was in a private meeting where cuomo's top aide admitted it. this is deeply personal f

here in new york ci i'm wives and survival. here in new york city l'm not — wives and survival. ity i'm not seeing rats on the subway is much which is frankly a bit of a relief but once the crowds return and the food, will the rats be back? , , ., ., be back? yes. it is a great point. you can put— be back? yes. it is a great point. you can put your— be back? yes. it is a great point. you can put your shirt _ be back? yes. it is a great point. you can put your shirt on - be back? yes. it is a great point. you can put your shirt on that! i be back? yes. it is a great point. j you can put your shirt on that! in the 25 years i've been teaching, you can put your shirt on that! i�*i the 25 years i've been teaching, no food, no rats. this is a memo on us for a big way, wherever we go we go we tend to spill food or put it out easily to get the bags or litter baskets and so forth. with the decrease in the subways and people on the subways and decrease of people in the person these kinds of things that rats have re—shifted their activity zones. can things that rats have re-shifted their ac

in reaction to florida travel restriction from congressman matt gaetz first alex hogan live in new york city>> good evening, continued blowback against governor andrew cuomo the new york state assembly republican leader telling me today he's calling for a special session this week to open an investigation and remove cuomo's pandemic emergency powers. >> i was pleased at the report team democratic senators that seem to be willing to be able to do that let's see where the senate goes and i would urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on the state assembly to urge for that and we need to do that immediately. >> lawmakers calling this a clear cover-up new data showing the death toll of nursing home residents nearly doubling during a phone call this week the secretary to the governor melissa derosa telling democratic state lawmakers that the cuomo administration has been withholding the true number of deaths, in response to all of this cuomo's office released the following statement we explained the trump administration was in the midst of a politically motivated effort to blame democratic

and you pointed out new york city. there's now a crime wave spiking, as you know, in new york city. ang of armed robbers rampaging and stealing -- they were, they had weapons in a chanel store down in soho in new york city. gianno, it was a brazen daytime attack. it's called the grab and go crew. they're wanted for raiding up to 20 other high-end stores, and we've talked to police here in new york city and law enforcement are. they keep saying this is tied to the defund the police push. the fact that they're doing this so brazenly in broad daylight, your reaction. >> well, this is one situation, but it's not isolated. criminals feel more brazen because they feel as though they're not going to be, they're not going to be prosecuted, they're going to be let go in situations. you look at what's going on with our county can prosecutors, how they're allowing these criminals to be released back on the street at a moment's notice after going in. and then you also have to keep in mind because of the environment, there are a lot of officers who are afraid to go in and really arrest some of th

here in new york city, vaccines are lowest in the communities where the most people died. they new variant of the virus has been discovered in new york, the effort to persuade people to take the vaccine has intensified. many have questions about the science as i discovered when reporting from the bro. they have very different views on the coronavirus vaccine. >> reporter: i'm still on the fence. reporter:she's trying to get an appointment. >> it usually takes over two years for a vaccine to be made and it has been how many months and we have a vaccine? i just feel like it is too fast for me. reporter: as a community organizer in the bronx, she feels a sense of responsibility. >> i don't want to be a guinea pig, but i've also seen how 500,000 americans have died and it's important if i do community work and i am in the community, in the frontlines, that i set an example. reporter: the bronx is reeling from the pandemic. families have lost loved ones and jobs and after this turbulent year, doctors are finding people have many questions about the vaccine. >> there is a lot of

it shows you why bill de blasio is not just the worst mayor in new york city history but the worse mayorl: well, i agree with him on the worse mayor ever in new york city history. but again, win one for the parents and the kids because frankly it's an outdoor activity and there's enough -- we just need it. the kids need it. jillian: let them skate. cheryl casone live for us. thank you. former president trump is set to speak at the conservative political action conference in florida on sunday, it will be his first major public appearance since leaving the white house. reports say trump will address the future of the republican party and the conservative movement. he is also expected to take on president biden's policies. so we will see what happens and keep you updated. laura trump says this is what we can expect to hear from the former president. >> obviously it will be the first time anyone has heard from him since he left office and i think one of the things we're going to hear from him is thank you because the outpouring of support for donald trump since he left office has been so inc

gerry: one of the particular concerns big city like new york, san francisco, l.a. what are the things that we seen in the last year or so in smaller cities like minneapolis, really hollowed out with the particular problems being in minneapolis that is a concern many of us are old enough to remember the 1960s when there was a terrible flight from urban areas which took decades for the cities to recover like detroit, are we seeing that to? >> were seeing a real variety of experiences minneapolis and portland have just shot themselves in the foot and they will pay for, seattle which was a city a lot of people were going to now has almost insane city council and bezos has been moving jobs out of their, their are some that are doing really well and if you look at the metro areas indianapolis, columbus, dallas, austin, nashville there is a whole group of cities coming up as other cities begin to go a little bit down the hierarchy of place in america is changing and it's going to be very fascinating to see how it ends up. gerry: that might be the most interesting take away

this is the radar right now, the areas getting hit the hardest are south of new york city. >> the jackpot is expected to be in northern new jersey. and new york's hudson valley. >> road conditions are already being described as slick around philadelphia and this is only the beginning. r me aas, it's the biggest snowstorm in years. >> putting everyone on alert, please make to the maximum extent you humanly can make alternative plans for monday right now. >> reporter: forecasters are warning about treacherous conditions across much of the northeast through tomorrow. facing blizzardlike conditions. up to 2 feet of heavy snow along with potential power outages along the coast. >> it's going to be the duration of this snow as far as the snow amounts go. we haven't seen the coastal low develop. look at hoflsldi northwest of that low, heavy precipitation, not ending until late in the day on tuesday. >> reporter: new york city public schools are switching to remote learning. covid vaccination points are become rescheduled. and for those who go out, road road crews are spreads salt. >> we'll be ge

. >>> tonight, the new coronavirus variant spreading here in new york city. also at this hour, the former u.s. gymnastics coach charged, and we just learned tonight he has taken his own life. >>> first the coronavirus. health officials tracking this new strain in new york. what we know so far and pfizer and moderna already working to modify vaccines to target these new variants. and the johnson & johnson one-shot vaccine, will it get emergency authorization tomorrow? and if so, the numbers tonight, how soon will americans be getting it and how many million doses in the coming weeks? >>> a disturbing headline unfolding of former olympics gymnastics coach has died by suicide just hours after being charged with two dozen felonies including sex assault and human trafficking. te coach with ties to former coach larry nasser. where his body was found. >>> the acting chief of the capitol police warning congress about threats to attack president biden's address to congress, warning that extremists want to blow up the capitol. >>> also the house tonight passing the equa

the snow though has moved away from new york city. lly snowed that much in downtown boston, but you get out into the suburbs, blue hill, 12, 13 inches. downtown, 1 to 2 inches of concrete snow. still snowing upstate new york right now. still snowing in parts of new jersey. we're going to get new snow totals soon but they are piling up right now. they piled up last night as well. most of the snow will be west of where it was yesterday because there's some dry air that's wrapped into the storm down into new york city, into long island. the air is dryer. not snowing as heavily as it was here. spaces in new jersey, new york 30 inches and it's heavy, heavy snow. be careful when you're shoveling it today. do it in three foot sections. take a break. this is very heavy snow. lots of weight on your driveway and lots of >> yeah. a lot of folks get injured doing that thinking they can get it done quickly. important to pace yourself when there's that much powder on the ground. chad myers, thank you so much for the update. >>> president biden expec

southern new york, 22 inches dan bury, 19 that's where the snow was overnight. we'll get those reports in early today. as far as new york cityicially in central park that makes it the 16th largest snowstorm in new york city history. if we get another 2 inches, we can get into the top ten i'm not sure we're going to get there. hartford, a foot of snow too warm in boston, and a couple inches in albany, we'll get that total later today. temperatures are cold for the clean up a lot of spots in the 20s, big cities in the low 30s, and the blue on the map shows where we have light snow, down around washington, d.c. a little bit. the heavy stuff, though, is really going to be focused in northern new england, and maine and vermont, everyone else just another inch or so the rest of the forecast for today, pretty cold day in the great lakes, through the southeast, kind of windy, middle of the country is fine, and dominic, here's the next story over the next seven days, we have more snow to come areas of purple could see additional heavy snow. great lakes, i'm watching you thursday into friday, and for the northeast, possibility of anot

so sites in new york, new jersey and this one near philadelphia are now shut down. >> that's the empire state building. >> reporter: new york city streets nearly impassible, even above ground subway service suspended. wabc's mike marza. >> and when you put your face right into it, it does feel like needles stabbing you right into the face. brooklyn getting hammered by this snowstorm right now. >>ter: iqunswie hr cstet of si hundreds of flights canceled. our gio benitez at jfk airport. >> we are feeling some very strong wind gusts here at jfk airport. and you can just see that runway packed with snow. nearly every flight canceled today here in the new york area. more canceled tomorrow. and that also may affect cargo flights carrying vaccines. >> reporter: in pennsylvania, conditions not any better. >> it's been pretty bad. drtingt this poi ow, thros rioars ng the long-a oening of in-person classes. outside richmond, virginia, sunday, this fire truck overturning, injuring four firefighters. the storm plowing across the midwest this weekend. snow again in chicago. lake michigan covered in ice. neighbors banding together to help thi

you can see, i mean, new york city people we are troopers, getting it done.to quickly change, even though we have about three inches on the ground, up to six inches in some parts of new jersey already, things will likely turn into blizzard conditions going into this afternoon, so finally preparations is really key here. we have our plows out and about, and man, this afternoon, over a foot of snow in some areas. >> be prepared for that. janessa thank you so much. go somewhere warm. thanks. >>> up next, battle lines awn vgia tech do it! run your dishwasher with cascade platinum. and save water. did you know certified dishwashers... ...use less than four gallons per cycle, while a running sink uses that, every two minutes. so, do it with cascade. the surprising way to save water. ♪ got my hair ♪ ♪ got my head ♪ ♪ got my brains ♪ ♪ got my ears ♪ ♪ got my heart ♪ ♪ got my soul ♪ ♪ got my mouth ♪ ♪ i got life ♪ ♪♪ would you like to try a breakfast sausage made with plants? plants it's delicious and i'm a kid so if i like it... mmmm. morning star farms, america's fa

elise preston is in new york city, and the city is currently under state of emergency? >> reporter: that state of emergency restricts nonessential travel here in new york city. still city employees are working to keep it safe for those who have to venture out. powws wor p eaough theortheast. ant dafe and route urn mediel t feet of snow has fallen in some places like here in new jersey. >> as soon awe plow it's covered again. we have to stay on top of it constantly. >> reporter: more to come today. >> i'm actually out because i'm about to buy a snowblower. >> reporter: officials want all nonessential personnel off the roads. >> if you don't need to be out, go back to your house immediately. if you're in your house, don't leave. >> reporter: here in new york city, coronavirus vaccine appointments have been canceled and schools are fully remote for a second straight day. >> this ball game is not over, we expect a lot more snow before it's over. >> pennsylvania blanketed with snow, but not for the naked cowboy. fun and games for many. >> had a wonderful 2020, great huds of a

especially new york city. just areas north and west into northern new jersey, eastern pennsylvania and other areas of new england. we're going to see 18-24 plus inches of snow. it is going to be quite the snow storm jericka, tossing it back to you in the warm studio. >> duncan: but it feels chilly in here. jeff berardelli in new york, thank you so much. for the first time in almost two months, less than 100,000 americans have been hospitalized for covid-19. but january has still proven to be the deadliest month in america's covid crisis. more than 94,000 people have died this month alone. cbs' lilia luciano is in los angeles and has the latest there. lilia, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. a new federal mask mandate is going into affect and will be in force starting monday for all public transportation. that means if you are traveling by bus, cab, plane or train you must be wearing a mask. this as anxious californians struggle o get a vaccine. southern california's massive vaccine efforts picke

it is just empty in new york city. arlier this hour, new york governor andrew cuomo is under investigation by the fbi and the u. s. attorneys' office in brooklyn. a senior official familiar with the inquiry says it involves how state task force members handled coronavirus deaths at nursing homes and long-term care facilities during the pandemic. overnight, the cuomo administration said the doj has been looking into this for months. we have been cooperating with them, and we will continue to. at issue is the cuomo administration's failure to report until late january the number of hurriesing home residents who died of the virus after being transferred to hospitals. and now after increasing the official death count to more than 15,000. a top aide for cuomo admitted last week on a private conference call with democratic lawmakers that the state had withheld data because it feared an investigation by the trump justice department. she said we froze. secretary to the governor me list sa derosa said in part that she was explai