blinding conditions in portland, maine. nbc's john yang is there where he filed this report moments ago when he could still almost see the camera. >> reporter: brian, this is what portland, maine, has looked like since before sunrise. the snow coming down at the rate of about two to four inches an hour, wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour, building up big snow drifts. this one is about 18 inches deep. but if i go into an area where the wind is coming from i can get to a spot where there is hardly any snow at all. here it's only about two inches deep. now, for drivers, that means they can be going along on an otherwise clear street and turn a corner and suddenly come across a deep snowdrift. brian? >> john yang in portland, maine, tonight for us. john, thanks. as this storm is fixing to spool out to sea, and that will be welcome, the damage to transportation was done early. and it's been lasting. a lot of plans were ruined flights canceled and days spent home from work and school. watching the air for us tonight, nbc's tom cos

portland. but it is a relatively quick dig nifout dig-out here in maine, these folks are used to this sort of stuffness as usual here in downtown portland. the one thing is the crews stayed ahead of the snow as it fell yesterday. they were plowing as the snow was falling. they were helped by the fact that a lot of drivers -- maine drivers stayed off the roads voluntarily. this is the one state in this region that did not have a mandatory driving ban. and when the public safety office spokesperson was asked why that was, he simply said "we're maine. we know to stay off the roads in a snowstorm." ands can see things are back to normal. >> i've been to portland. great restaurants and great breweries in portland as well. what are they saying in terms of some possible long-term effect on the lobster industry there. i know it is an odd question perhaps, but we know that is a huge industry there in portland maine. are they concerned at all that this last of cold will have residual effect on the most popular staple export? >> reporter: that is one question we haven't explored. but are you talking about the

one of the hardest hit areas at this hour is in portland maine.ant to go back to george howe in portland maine. i know it was getting bad. we lost the transmission. has to feel that way with the wind and the snow. >> reporter: erin right on. you see the wind coming through. plenty of snow coming through. walking around on the streets, no one on the streets. keep in mind never been a travel ban in this state. but what we're seeing people deciding hey, i'm going to stay inside instead of going out here. jordan pan over to the businesses. you can see the storefronts there. a lot of snow fell here. some 16 to 18 inches. erin they're expecting another 7 before the snow passes on over the night. >> another 77. as we said here they're saying 3 to 6. we'll see if it happens. it would be a big record here as well. george howell thank you very much. live throughout the evening in portland. for many the snowstorm was no snowmageddon snowmageddon. it was a blizzard of bloopers. here's jeanne moos. >> amazing grace ♪ ♪ how sweet the sound ♪ >>> actually it was

now live from portland maine. what are you seeing there. >> it's starting to snow lightly but the forecast says it will pick up in the next couple hours cooped fall at a rate of an inch or two an hour through wednesday morning. they forecast as much as two feet of snow in portland. right now it's 11 degrees. winds gusting around 12 to 15 miles an hour. already a parking ban in effect through wednesday, noon to help the plows get through. schools closed on tuesday. airlines cancelled flights on tuesday. we were on the last flight to land in portland last night around 5:30 yesterday afternoon. that plane turned around and headed back to chicago. that was the last flight to leave portland. right now they are batting down and getting ready for this storm. >> for good reason because it is not over yet. let's get the latest where this storm is and how far it has come to shore and all kinds of details we need to get. a lot of people want to know, all right, what is next. we keep saying the worst is still to come. >> we'r

live pictures of portland maine. it's certainly intense up there, but the brunt of the storm skipped other big cities. some people are talking about how the forecasters got it wrong, or whether the governors en masse had the right respond. we'll have all that coming up. we start with tonight's lead. the obama comeback. the president's job approval rating is now back up for 50%. just shy of his winning percentage from his reelection. it comes just days after obama reenergized democrats with his progressive agenda in the state of the union. gop leaders don't know what to say about it. so they've come up with an unbelievable talking point. >> the president's prescriptions have actually made things worse. whether it's obama care, whether it's the rules and regulation out of this administration. >> things are getting better but the point is who is benefiting from this? the so-called 1% that the president is always talking about have done quite well. >> so now republicans want us to believe they care about inequality is it

. >>> portland, maine, the largest city in the state and at one time its capital. it's a deep water port on casco bay, an inlet to the atlantic ocean, which explains its role as a major fishing center. pearl smith worked as a fish packer. every day, she boxed crates of fish for shipment around the country. it was hard work with little pay. after work, she was a frequent customer at a bar near the docks, as was bill bruns, a man 13 years her senior. bruns was a trucker. his job was hauling fish from maine to montreal. the two had a lot in common. they liked to drink, and they were unlucky in love. pearl had been divorced five times, and bill's third marriage had just ended. they fell in love and were married in the summer of 1986. their relationship appeared to be close. they met for lunch each day at this restaurant on the docks. but on august 13th, 1991, pearl's daughter called police to report her mother missing. she said pearl failed to show up for a family gathering she had been looking forward to. >> my mother was very loving, very caring. everybody's best fri

portland maine, look around here. and you see these snow berms. in some cases, i mean these are really up to my waist. they got some 16 to 18 inches of snowfall here in portland. it's not unusual for this city to get that much snow but again, in one storm system it is a lot for them to deal with. we've seen snowplows going up and down the street doing their best to clear the roads. and then jordan can we look down the street there? i want you to see where the snowplow is. you see also the blowing snow? we've seen a lot of that. the winds have been very intense out here to the point where it could lead to whiteout conditions for a lot of the people you know if they were to venture out onto the roadways. again, most people are staying home. they were advised to stay off the streets. and now it's a matter of waiting for all of the snow guys to melt and go away. that could take several weeks for business to get back to normal here in portland. john christine? >> that's the scene in maine. what about connecticut? a big part of it just got hammered by th

. >> cnn's george howell is in portland, maine.e he is. >> reporter: so i want to show you the situation here in portland maine. when you look around, you can see snowplows are doing the best that they can do to clear the streets. but look at these snow berms. in some cases, it's up to my waist. a lot of snow fell in just a short amount of time. some 16 to 18 inches fell and they picked up another 6 to 7 inches overnight. so a lot of snow to deal with. and then also the winds. the winds have been intense. you can see from time to time these winds just blowing through the snow blows, as well. it's created whiteout conditions but here's the thing, officials did ask folks to stay at home to stay off the roads so crews could do their work. in many cases the roads have been very clear so that the crews can clear these streets. now it's a matter of waiting to see when all of the snow melts. that could take a couple of weeks before business gets back to normal here in portland. george howell cnn, portland maine. >>> a former russian spy m

getting stronger every moment in portland maine. you're far north if i were to talk about a point "b" john. >> that's right, richard. what you're talking about in new york and especially in massachusetts, on its way here at wcsh a band of about two to three -- a band of snow falling at a rate of about two to three inches is about to move off on shore from the ocean. so, it's going to get a lot worse here in the next couple of hours. the conditions have been relatively stable with this -- what you're seeing, this heavy -- relatively heavy snow. there's officially a tenth of an inch that's fallen since midnight. that's going to pick up during the daylight hours. heavy, strong winds throughout the daylight hours today. into tonight, tapering off tonight before ending tomorrow morning. they are predicting anywhere between 18 and 24 inches of snow here. not quite a record. the record is about 32 inches. that fell in february of 2013. but they're still preparing for the big storm here. parking bans in effect until wednesday to get the sno

this is portland, maine, where the snow is coming down and the streets are we deserted. the storm dumped as much as 2.5 feet of snow in places, but which places became an issue today. predictions that the new york city area would see an historic blizzard and paralyzing snowfall did not pan out. as the storm shifted overnight, long island, east of the city and massachusetts took the beating. we have a series of reports tonight beginning with anna werner who joins us in boston. anna? >> reporter: scott, the snow is still coming down here. as you can tell from this big pile of snow behind me, the snowplows are still working overtime trying to keep the streets clear. now, the city of boston had more than 26 inches of snow. outlying areas saw more than 31 inches of snow from this major storm. hurricane-force winds up to 76mph created dangerous white-out conditions in many cities across massachusetts. this time-lapse video showed the buildup in boston as snow fell at a rate of 2 to 4 inches per hour. 30 miles to the southeast in the coastal town of scituate, a storm surge floo

new york city boston in to portland maine. we could see severe drifting and blowing if you associate the strong winds by the time it is said and done one to two feet expected across new york city. north of new york city in to central massachusetts could get over two feet. meanwhile, across the west with some showers across southern california. reena and t.j. back to you. >> thank you, stephanie. >>> the other major story we are following is the president's historic visit to india. he became the first american to sit in the viewing stand for the republic day parade. jim avila was first in cuba and now traveling with the president in new delhi. >> reporter: this is a ceremony of pomp and style. the first lady in a colorful dress made for her by an indian designer living in new york while the president and indian prime minister embraced heartily. it is a great honor. >> reporter: there were man hugs all day and greetings of namaste from president obama. the visit to he memorial honoring gandhi where the president laid a wreath an

cnn's george howell is live for us in portland maine.he scene for us there, george. >> reporter: zain look around. it's quite a mess up here. you can see these snow banks that are up close to my waist, a lot of snow. you can see i kind of fell there. you have to be careful. >> are you okay? >> reporter: i'm okay. i'm going to make sure i'm okay. but a lot of snow fell in this area. 16 to 18 inches in the last several days and they're expecting to pick up maybe another 6 or 7 inches before it's all said and done. i can tell you the bands that have come through, we've seen the last of those bands. but we still feel the wind from time to time pick up. zain i know the temperature there in the studio if i'm correct here they keep it right around 70 degrees. pretty good. take a look over here. 19 degrees. not very warm out here. pretty cold. so right now, i think it's a matter of just waiting to see when all of this melts for things to get back to normal. i can tell you from what we've seen a lot of people have definitely paid attention to the

burnett from our nbc station wcsh live for news portland, maine. what's it look like right now, a.j.? >> very snowy still outside, craig. we've got this very light, fluffy snow. i'm referring to the weight of the snow. if you think of it as kind of difficult to make a snowball that's at least one good portion of the storm. a lot of times when you get nor'easters in maine along the coastline especially you get a pasty wet snow that sticks to tree limbs and power lines and brings those tree limbs and power lines down. it is so cold craig right now, it's 9, 10 11 degrees or has been through the better part of the day today that this has no choice but to be a very powdery snow. however, we've had a lot of wind today, numerous gusts past 60 miles per hour. as a matter of fact, both bangor and portland at the jet port where they take these measurements very fied earlier this morning as a blizzard. we're talking about three consecutive hours where visibility was below a quarter mile and he had sustained winds at least or frequent gusts of 35 miles per hou

. >>> and now to portland maine, where they picked up nearly two feet. and john yang is there.nderstand the snow is still falling but the temperatures have not. >> it is still cold. it is a big difference from yesterday it. was in the teens yesterday and the wind brought the windchill down to minus two. but if you look behind me life has returned pretty much to normal here in portland. cars and traffic busy here in downtown portland. things are normal since this morning. you look down the street and the canyon of plowed snow up on the sides. this street just 24 hours ago, you couldn't see half a block. the snow coming down at the rate of 2-4 inches an hour. but you can see the roads are clear. the crews were working on the streets all during the snowfall staying ahead of the falling snow. they were helped by the fact that people stayed off the roads. even though there was no mandatory traffic ban in maine, as there was in the other states hit by this storm. when the official at the department of public safety was asked why that was, why there was no ban, he simply said we're ma

portland maine is scrambling to get rid of two feet of snow. at fresh snow has begun to fall. miguel is in portland for us. how much are you expected to get there exactly? >> reporter: they could get up to 10 inches. may be a little less. for portland maine in january, that is a dusting. this stuff, giant hills -- let me see a if i can do this without killing myself. giant piles, two feet they had last week or last couple of days with the blizzard. this pile here. i'm going to try to do that next live shot. that's what they're having a tough time with now. they have storm after storm coming through, possibly another on monday. roads are in good shape. lots slush but not freezing over. part of the problem in the northern part of the state, northern maine, they'll have high temperatures and winds. some schools have closed and office buildings. for the most part people are going about their business and getting to it. these storms one after the other after the other getting boring. they have 40 inches on the year so far. that puts them above the me

nbc's john yang in portland maine.ng to take you back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." earning more than $2 4u7bz million in the last couple of weeks. also set up a debate about whether the film encouraging war and eastern glorifies snipers. michael moore tweeting last week -- my ingle was killed by a sniper in world war ii. we were taught sometimers were coward, they'll shoos you in the back. what wouldese do? oh, i know what he'd do. hide on top of a radio and shoot people in the back. seth rogan also took heat for a tweet -- it kind of reminds my of of the -- rogan later tried to clarify he wasn't criticizing "american sniper." my comment was not meant to have any political implications. somebody else did it. bill maher criticized what he called the lack of nuance. >> "hurt locker" made $17 million, because it was a little ambiguous, thoughtful. this one ask just american hero he's a psychopath patriot, and we love him. >> well on the other side sarah palin this weekend slammed, who else hollywood libe

portland, maine and into nova scotia. that's the area really hit with this storm.h or so in new york city could make slick spots on the streets but you don't see an organized pattern of heavy snow. kind of a fluffy snow that's going right on by. that's the winter storm warning area though. so for parts of new hampshire down to gloucester and maine and significant smoenow in nova scotia. as it hits the atlantic, it will do the same thing as it did on monday. bow out, trying to make a nor'easter but because of the position here, not here, farther to the north. maine, nova scotia and the bay of fundy, snow for you. winds 50 to 60 miles per hour. what boston will see, probably around two to four inches on up farther to the north. you see the bombs, that's two or three feet of snow up to nova scotia. there's boston, somewhere between 4 and 6 on the euro and the 2 to 4 to the gfs and we looked at all of these last week. portland, maine, you can be the winner or the loser. that's about it. >> all over the map there. the storm on the horizon though for early next week, how

i just want to show you, i'm in portland maine, downtown. here they got about 27 inches of snow from the blizzard. take a look at this carol, this is a lot of snow around on the ground before it started snowing today. there are snowplows of plowed snow stacked up. when we got here this morning, crews were scrambling racing against the snow trying to clear the streets. trying to clear the snowplows with dump trucks trying to get the snow out of the city because 6 to 10 more inches are expected to fall between today and tomorrow with the potential, carol, with a third storm, another storm to come sunday into monday. all of this is significant, because when you get to that many that high of snow totals on the ground that leads to problems removing the snow. plowing the streets, keeping everything clean, also rooftop safety concerns. and of course all of that on top of the potential for power outages with storms like this carol. >> sara ganim reporting live from portland maine this morning. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," a deadly hit and r

that is portland maine as the storm makes its way up the east. it could receive up to 30 inches of snow. a bit of good news. so far, forecasters say it's not as bad at least in the new york metro area as they first thought. still around 7,000 flights have been cancelled nation wide. that includes some coming into and leaving the bay area. sfo duty manager said 85 flights have been cancelled. it amounts to 36 departures and 49 arrivals. flights to new york, philadelphia, boston and newark all impacted. >> our weather, certainly something on the radar, but it's a welcome sight for us. >> yeah, definitely. we need it all of january has been so dry. >> you know what, the storm system is really warm, it's keeping it from the south move to get north. and our temperatures really reflecting that warm air moving in. 61 degrees in san jose. you're 55 degrees in livermore where typically your average daytime high is about 58 degrees. we're going to blow way past those highs yet again today. we're going to see showers in the forecast in the first part of the

and portland, maine, where i worked for minimum wage when i got out of college, all battleground forroposed wage hikes this year. here to discuss it all, rich lowery, editor of "national review" also a fox news contributor. david and jamie are back as well. rich, are you surprised to see this? los angeles, new york, d.c., i can imagine that but seeing it spread to louville kentucky portland, maine. >> you had referenda even in red states pass this election. one of the few bright spots for liberals in the 2014. the fact is this is a very superficially appealing policy. and the victims are entirely invisible. it is impossible to organize people who didn't get hired because of a minimum wage. so makes the case against it very difficult to make. >> i would disagree a little bit. i agree with your first part, it doesn't work in terms of jobs. it's a jobs killer but you can see it. michigan raised its minimum wage and michigan already seen results. "wall street journal" had a terrific piece about this one restaurant in michigan. a non-profit restaurant. melissa: we had them on the show, da

a live look here in portland maine. you can see the wind is kind of shifting the camera there. you see snow falling steadily. it was a picturesque scene before the wind picked up. blizzard warnings still in effect for parts of new england and the main coastline there. winds up to 40 miles an hour. gusts up to 55 miles an hour. certainly different conditions there in that part of the country. >>> 19 minutes after 4:00 and now we're moving on to super bowl xlix. we're five days away from the sunday night showdown between the new england patriots and the seattle seahawks and have we mention thad you can watch the game right here on nbc 10? if you have not heard that you can take note. this is the place to watch it and there's our countdown clock. five days and 14 hours. look at that. >>> video here for the patriots. tom brady, center screen, getting off the screen yesterday, trying to shake the shadow of deflategate that has somewhat tainted their championship. there's the owner robert kraft. keith jones is live with coverage. keith, what's going on now that both teams are in town

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you can see i'm in the downtown square in portland maine. there are plenty of people out here walking around driving around. it's snowing but it's not nearly as bad. the reason that this snowfall is significant is because look around here kate. look at how much snow is already on the ground. here in portland this is from earlier this week. 27 inches were already on the ground from the blizzard this week and that makes snow removal really really difficult because today even more snow is falling. between 6 and 10 inches. when we got here this morning, we saw crews were trying to get rid of the snow piles. the plow piles that have built up because they need to get snow out of the city to plow again as this storm moves through. and then possibly a third storm that might be coming sunday night into monday. kate? >> we'll watch this and everyone will be interested in it throughout the weekend. sara thank you so much. >>> at this hour jurors are hearing testimony in the murder trial of former nfl star aaron hernandez. a trial that's taking place ju

miguel marquez in portland maine, tonight. what's the latest there, miguel?e going to need a bigger boat or at least a bigger snowplow here. 10 to 12 inches here across maine. the wind has started to kick up here in the last few minutes. so 10 to 12 inches in maine. this time of year but two feet of snow this is an 8 foot pile in downtown portland that's sloezing things down for folks here. another 10 inches tonight, perhaps. the snow is meant to be very heavy overnight. this wind and the piles of snow is what they're really concerned about and those temperatures the temperatures down into the single digits and with the windchill down below zero way below zero. the roads, the plows have been able to keep up with the roads for now. but with the wind coming in the temperatures dropping and more snow on the way, it is more and more difficult for them. they don't allow any cars to park alongside of the road right now in the hope that the snowplows at night can get through here and pile up the snow off to the side and then move it out of town ahead of the next sto

something similar, though, happened today in portland, maine, where the always fearless "portland presscided they were going to flip a one-finger first amendment salute to somebody else who was trying to shut down news coverage of something that people have a right to know about. in portland, it concerns the case of a prominent local attorney who was facing multiple felony charges stemming from a domestic violence case. the court proceedings were not that remarkable. the man sbld a plea in conjunction with one of the charges which resulted in some of the other charges being dismissed. but here's the thing. here's why this is now. >> big story. the guy who was on trial somehow convinced the judge in his case that his court case should be treated as a secret. he somehow persuaded the judge to direct members of the media who were covering the story that they would not be allowed to report on what was happening at the trial. this is from the "press herald." the judge told members of the media as the hearing began what they could and could not report. a reporter protested the order and asked

in portland, maine folks are digging out from over 20 inches.setts, over 21,000 people without electricity. >>> at airports the push is on to get stranded travellers back on planes the storm canceling over 7,000 flights. today just over 600 have been scrubbed. so still reeling from it, especially in new england and here in the northeast -- new york i should say. >> setting up just like last winter. last winter very warm and dry in the west and in the east snow and wet. we're hoping to change it have it wet in the west and warm in the east. >> deja vu. >>> homeland security secretary jeh johnson heads to phoenix in glendale arizona. i'm francis rivera we thank you for watching "early today." hope you have a great wednesday and a great rest of your week. >>> saying goodbye. friends and family of a jogger killed by alleged street racers prepare to light candles in her honor, while those men under arrest get ready to facing a judge. >>> and it's official. what they have to say about when police officers should be turning on their body cameras. >>> p

in boston, providence, rhode island, and portland, maine two feet plus. a travel ban remains in effect in new york with the city subway system completely shut down. other cities and states also restricting travel due to the storm. >> it could be a matter of life and death. and that is not being overly dramatic. so caution is required. >> reporter: the weather causing problem for people traveling by air as well. around 8,000 flights have been canceled and many may not take off until wednesday. >> we got here at 4:30 and learned our flight to baltimore was canceled. >> reporter: snow is expected to fall throughout much of the day on tuesday but boston could bare the brunt of the storm. the governor of massachusetts declaring a state of emergency. >> the plows are in fact out on the roads. we have about 2,000 trucks that are currently out at this point in time. >> reporter: in addition to massive amounts of snow, hurricane forced winds are a major concern as well. especially in coastal communities. >> folks that are located in coastal areas should be very vi

portland, maine, same for you. hart ford, 16 to 20. a pretty steep cutoff on the back side of this. the gust potential is very high down to philadelphia. baltimore only looks like three to six for you. philly, eight to 12. now, the storm right now is over the southern and central appalachians. we have light snow out ahead of it so it's snowing in many areas this morning from pittsburgh. you may see some light snow near new york city this morning. only one to two inches during the daylight hours. not until we get until 8:00 p.m. this is light stuff today. 8:00 p.m. is my cutoff time to be off the highways in southern new england, long island expressway and the jersey turnpike and the garden state. stay there at your destination and a lot of the roads will be closed anyways. as far as midnight this is when the blizzard will begin. midnight tonight to about noon tuesday is when the peak of the storm will be. that's when the most wind damage will be done. that's when the coastal flooding will occur. it's not about until wednesday morning that we'll be finally able to really get outside

i. 95 from maine, bang door portland port smith area.hen we go to the cameras and reporters live towards plymouth and eastern mass it's a full-outrages blizzard. as we said hartford to new york city to new jersey it's going to be you clean up from a little might be nor snowstorm and go about your business later today. >> no doubt about it. as you said it is eastern new england's problem right now. that means it's john yang's problem because he's in the heart of the storm right now up in portland maine. john, we're looking at the maps. you are just getting absolutely hammered. tell us how bad it is right now and what a contrast it is in new york. >> joe, you're right. for the last couple of hours, it's been snowing at this rate. it's about a rate of a little more than -- more than two inches an hour. the winds have been about 20 miles an hour. not as strong as bill was talking about down south of us in massachusetts. but still, it's blowing the snow. you've already got the snow building up in drifts. it is going to keep snowing at this ra

this is not unusual now for portland maine. but at the same time it is a lot of snow to deal with. really on the tail end of this storm system. so, what we're seeing now, we're expecting over the next two to three hours, the last few bands to come through here. when that happens, we expect the winds will die down a bit. the winds are pretty intense and right now we're kind of in between snow bands. the last snow band came through just about five or ten minutes ago. >> it's been windy like that all day, right, george? >> reporter: yeah. i mean it's been pretty intense. we got up here just about an hour and a half ago. you know when we got here the winds were really really high. we're in sort of a lull right now. let's move over guys while this snowplow comes on through. i don't want anyone to get hit by the snowplow of course. what you're finding on the streets, no one is on the streets. that's the good news. a lot of people are kind much heeding that warning to stay at home until all of this is said and done. >> george appreciate your reporting. thanks. the blizzard is hitting nant

blizzard warnings are up from atlantic city, new jersey, to portland, maine. 52 million people are in the path of this nor'easter. forecasts are calling for as much as three feet of snow. state and local governments have begun closing roads and shutting down public transportation. we have team of correspondents covering the blizzard of 2015. first we'll go to don dahler in new york where the entire subway system is about to close. don? >> . >> reporter: yeah, scott, the last time new york city saw snowfall like what's being predicted for tonight was february 2006, 26.9 inches fell and virtually shut down the city. the mayor warns that tonight's storm might be even worse. [horn honks] the numbers are daunting a city of 8 million people with 6,000 miles of streets. to try to stay ahead of history, it will take an army of 2,300 snowplows and salt trucks. their routes tracked by gps. >> we don't want the lose a storm like that. >> reporter: you don't want the lose control of it? >> you have to stay on top of it. >> reporter: nespoli is president of the sanitation worker's unit. he's tryin

air some winter storm warnings and advisories in d.c., philly, new york boston corridor up to portland, maine. a lot of rainfall across the southeast today. wintry precipitation moving into d.c., and most of it on the 95 corridor and just off to the north and west as it rapidly deepens tomorrow night and becomes a very powerful storm off the chest of new england. in terms of snow totals, a lot of the big cities about 2 to 4 inch, which is actually the biggest snowstorm we've seen so far this season, but just off to the northwest side, new york into hartford into boston could see up to 10 inches of snow out of this one and a lot of folks have not seen a storm that big so far this season scott. >> pelley: eric, last weekend there was a surprise ice storm that caught people off guard. nine people were killed. is this storm going to be different? >> that particular storm on sunday was very short notice. it didn't become evident that freezing rain would be a large issue until about the day before. good news with this storm you're seeing it days in advance. word it. connecticut much more prepared.

turns out the fbi's art crime team was already hot on the trail of the paintings stolen from portland, maine, in 2013. they were next spotted during a traffic stop in texas a year later inside a green mercedes and only to turn up again in north hollywood, california. >> art crime is a sophisticated type of crime. it's not just a local matter. it tends to be something that's going to cross state borders and international boundaries. >> reporter: now facing charges of possessing stolen goods, roberts according to an fbi affidavit said, he believes the paintings were not stolen, all along he had been trying to crack the case at the direction of the fbi. investigators aren't talking. neal karlinsky able news, los angeles. >>> still ahead on "world news tonight," what could very well be america's tiniest hotel room. what one man is charging for a night to sleep right there in the trunk of his tesla. our "instant indix" straight ahead. about half of men over 40x" straight ahead. e" straight ahead. guys with ed get and keep an erection. and remember, you only take it when you need it. ask your doct

snow sent cars skidding in portland, maine, and on new hampshire's lake winnipesaukee a truck fell through the ice. the driver made it out though. another big storm is expected to bring snow to the plains tomorrow night and then move east. chicago, philadelphia, new york, and boston could get six to 12 inches by monday. when it comes to snow removal it turns out that secretary of state john kerry has no diplomatic immunity. kerry was fined 50 bucks for failing to shovel the walk at his boston home. he was in saudi arabia. mitt romney sold his house in the boston suburbs last year and a couple weeks ago he said he had his eye on a house in washington, but no more. today, he announced he will not make a third run for the presidency. here's nancy cordes. >> reporter: romney made the announcement in a pair of conference calls with his inner circle. >> reporter: it was a sudden reversal for the former massachusetts governor who spent the past few weeks courting donors and arguing third time's the charm. >> people get better with experience. ( laughter ) >> reporter: but sources say while respec

eastern long island, rhode island, boston, and portland maine, got about two feet.'s check in with eric fisher, the chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston, wbz. eric, what's coming next? >> scott now our attention is turning towards the southwestern united states, over the super bowl where i have a wet forecast over the next several days. the storm is slow moving heading eastward into the weekend, bringing in the rain around phoenix, much of arizona, but a lot of snow, mountains of new mexico, into the san juans, of southwestern colorado seeing significant snowfall over the next 48 hours. that storm heads out to the plains on saturday and starts to head eastbound. we'll get an area of snow moving across the ohio valley and d.c., philly, new york and boston as we head towards monday. early indications on this one, several days out, a broad strip of six- to 12-inch snows and we'll have to watch this one very carefully, scott. anyone who has two to three feet in their backyard needs to see the progress, because if it moves a little farther north on monday the