that's poughkeepsie. >> because we can't say it on the air. you get in trouble.tuff like that. >> everybody say poughkeepsie. >> there you go. >> here's what you might want to try with your loved one, your husband, spouse. there's something called love is art. >> waiting to hear you explain it. >> so what you do is you take like a canvas, a blank canvas -- >> this comes in -- >> for your enjoyment. >> show them how big the thing is. >> it's big enough for two. >> a nice large canvas. >> okay. >> and then you put paint on it, which comes here. it's got all kinds of paint. >> you sprinkle paint on it, and you put on a shower cap and then you and your -- >> significant whatever. >> it is. >> yes. >> you roll around. >> you go to poughkeepsie. >> you know what's weird is you take this as art, and people are hanging it up in their homes. i know. nasty. >> we believe in santa monica is happens a lot. >> we didn't endorse it. >> anyway, it's $60. it's called the love is art kit.com in case anyone at all is interested. >> and ho da left something out. >> what? >> >> hoda

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earlier this morning a man was actually hit and killed by an out-of-control car in poughkeepsie. a state of emergency is in place all across new york state. rail service has been suspended from manhattan to upstate and in boston. we've been talking a lot about the wind here, logan airport measured one wind gust at 76 miles per hour. that is about hurricane force here. let's go straight to susan candiotti. i can tell out of the corner of my eye that snow is really coming down. >> reporter: it is. it's picked up again. you know, it ebbs, and it flows. now it's running sideways. sometimes it comes straight down, and you're getting some of that wind gust right now. columbus park, there's a gust coming through right now. boy, you can see that really through the lights but off there in the distance, brooke, is a little section of boston harbor. now, the water is actually quite calm, of course, we're protected in here. and so you don't see any of the boats rocking away but as you look at the some of the snowdrifts over here, this is what's going to be happening as the day goes on. let's

frapsz hospital in poughkeepsie, new york, and they pronounced him dead there. >> sharon, i am so sorryor your loss, as we say. >> yeah. our family is really devastated. i wanted you to know he was actually the best brother and we have a brother and sister down in north carolina, a brother and a sister in poughkeepsie, new york, and myself. i'm here in manchester, new hampshire. he also had two young gentlemen that was from his deceased girlfriend, her grandchildren that he also called his grandchildren, too, jason and matth matthew. i'm sure we're all going to miss him so much. >> absolutely. sharon, thank you so much for sharing stories about your brother, who was killed as a result of the snow storm. so far the only fatality that has been reported. it is a warning to everyone who goes out in the snow. there are dangers there as well. sharon, thank you so much. we'll take a break and be back with more after this. can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon... we've got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. let's say you pay your guy around 2% t

it was on a snowy road in poughkeepsie. a state of emergency is in place across the state.service has been suspended from manhattan to upstate, and i want to go back to boston. back to indra petersons. indra, i'm hearing from my producers as they have been watching your shot that it's really, really started to come down now. >> you know, it is starting to come down a little heavier. the gusts -- i was going to say, have kind of calmed down. we're not seeing too many of the strong gusts i was seeing a couple hours ago. i'm going to try to run and knock on wood just for that. >> i did it for you. >> we'll be talking about snowfall rates. snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches an hour, even 3 to 4 inches an hour. we have been seeing that. visibility keep switching from about a half a mile to less. there were two storms that now have merged. there was a time we were watching the models. were these guys going to merge? the european model said by last sunday that these were going to merge. we're seeing the low off the coastline. we had all this warm moist air from the storms produced in

police say somebody died in ray storm-related crash in poughkeepsie new york.he boston area being slammed with hurricane-force winds and looks like connecticut is taking the brunt of the snow and up to two feet of snow in some places, more to come elsewhere falling at a clip of 3 inches an hour. and hundreds of cars now stuck in that snow on long island on the long expressway and sunrise highway. the roads are closed now to just about everybody except those emergency vehicles. police say nose have been rescued but still some are stranded. we'll have an update from long island in always ji fjust a few >>> it knocked out power to 600,000 households and businesses across eight states. winds are gusting in some places 70 miles an hour. that won't help and, that, of course, is tearing down the tree limbs and power lines and leaving families in the dark and bitter cold. massachusetts is hardest hit. at this particular point, that is. >>> in rhode island, more than 800,000 customers don't have electricity, more than a fifth of its population. poppy harlow is there. >>

that was poughkeepsie, new york. across the state a state of emergency is in place. rail service is suspended from manhattan to upstate. i want to take you to a place now hard hit by superstorm sandy staten island. tonight, maybe i should say now this morning, has a lot of people on edge. scott mcgrath lost the first floor of his home to sandy and he like so many others are rebuilding and bracing for what's ahead. >> everybody has fear, you know. you seen the gas lines this afternoon. people were on the -- they -- the gas stations were running out of gas because people were getting their generators and cars full because it was a hard hit. if this tide is high like they are expecting and the high winds we're in for a long night. >> gary tuchman, part of this long night right along with folks like him. gary tuchman is live in staten island. how bad is it? hopefully not as bad as they were anticipating. >> reporter: well, there was a lot of anxiety, brooke. there's no question about it. it is certainly not as bad as connecticut as rhode island, massachusetts, new hampsh

police say someone has died in a storm-related crash in poughkeepsie in new york. meanwhile, the boston area slammed with hurricane-force winds and looks like connecticut is taking the brunt of the snow. more than 2 feet in some places and there is more to come. elsewhere, it is falling at a clip of 3 inches an hour. >>> hundreds of cars are stuck in the snow in the long island expressway and sunrise highway. the roads are closed on about everybody but emergency vehicles. police say that most people are resc rescued, but some are still stranded. we'll have an update in a few minutes. >>> and the blizzard has knocked out power to more than 650,000 homes and businesses across eight states. you can see that in a breakdown we've got for you here. winds gusting up to 70 miles an hour and that's tearing down tree limbs and when the limbs go down, they tend to drag the power lines with them. massachusetts is hardest hit at this point. in rhode island, though, more than 180,000 customers don't have electricity. and that is almost a fifth of that tiny state's population. an

police say someone died in a storm-related crash in poughkeepsie, new york, please be careful if you're out traveling. also the storm has caused more than 1,700 flights to be canceled today. and that number is certainly expected to increase. there will be no flights out of boston's logan until at least sunday. it's a similar story at new york's airports, no flights in or out. and remember as always to check with your airline to verify the status of your flight before you head out. our team of reporters is all over this storm. poppy harlow in providence, rhode island, susan candiotti has been trudging through the snow in boston, and then mary snow in staten island, an area hit by superstorm sandy. first up, poppy harlow. let's get the conditions where you are. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, marty. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us on this snowy saturday. the sun has come up, the snow has slowed down, the wind gusts are less freekd than they were all through the night. it was torrential here through the evening. i can see down the block, i couldn't see that in the

prospect, connecticut and poughkeepsie, new york died from car accidents.s own porch. in germantown, new york, a snowplower died while he drove over an em bangment clearing his own drive way. massachusetts governor duval patrick just announced the state's travel ban will end at 4:00 p.m. today. welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." this storm is lingering over parts of new england right now. the snowfall is still piling up in certain locations. weather channel meteorologist today santos is joining me now with this question, todd, when will things return to normal? >> reporter: hey there, alex. it may take awhile for many areas. because this is coming into saturday they've had time to work at clearing the roadways. awe yoengsed we're still dealing with a lot of areas of snowfall. monday we should have chance of rain in and around above the boston. that may help melt things quickly. the system is starting to move away from the coast. not out of the woods for cape cod. i wanted to mention some of the five boroughs. snowfall totals between 5 and 10 inches.

be a place where, if you're planning an attack against me and you're safe, from i don't know, poughkeepsieke you out there? >> the memo doesn't deal with na directly but you can bet the answer is yes. mali -- anywhere where we think al qaeda might be active and there's a war zone, which mali is, would be covered. >> i have to wrap it up. define imminent. >> i can't. >> you can't. >> and it's imminent is not like an hour

poughkeepsie, new york, for example, which is no. 6, it has an ibm facility there.hat has a boost in the patent count. nevertheless, places that are invented, please is creating the most new stock are the places that you want to live -- the place is creating the most news staff are the places that you want to live if you want to get a job. geography matters. host: here's a question on twitter. what about pilots? a lot of baby boomers are retiring in that field. about if we're talking commercial pilots, for example, i do not have the exact numbers here. i would be a little concerned about the airline industry in general. it seems to go through a lot of ups and downs and it is tough to have a long, stable career in an industry like back europe's -- like that. host: are there fields where there aging out because of a bubble and the christian science marr to shows there may be opportunities for careers? guest: there are several. education pops to mind. lots of baby boomers are retiring and beginning to leave some openings. but i have got to say that one of the trends i

be a place where, if you're planning an attack against me and you're safe, from i don't know, poughkeepsie, they can take you out there? >> the memo doesn't deal with na directly but you can bet the answer is yes. mali -- anywhere where we think al qaeda might be active and there's a war zone, which mali is, would be covered. >> i have to wrap it up. define imminent. >> i can't. >> you can't. >> and it's imminent is not like an hour or a day. the memo defines imminent in such a way that it could be, you know, pretty soon, which again gives the executive branch enormous life or death powers. >> jeffrey toobin, i knew you'd have the answers or ones we can get to. that's all the time we have. thanks for watching. newsro"newsroom international" next. >>> welcome to "newsroom international." i'm suzanne malveaux. taking you around the world in 60 minutes. what's going on now. austria, american skiing sensation lindsey vonn has been airlifted to a hospital after a serious crash on the slopes today. it happened during opening event at the alpine ski world championships. the hospital says she suff

. >> reporter: one of the other good samaritans was his best friend visiting from poughkeepsie.he was the first one to jump on the track. matt kozar, abc news, new york. >> according to a city council hearing, 141 people were hit by subway trains. 55 of whom died. this is a little more common than you may think. >> wow. not only that, but in december there were two people who were pushed on to the tracks. >> ride safe, everybody. >> please. >> we'll be back. can help you get there. ®(eszopiclone) like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. lunesta should not be taken together with alcohol. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations, or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactions such as tongue or throat swelling occur rarely and may be fatal.

caller: i am near poughkeepsie. we have a lot of lives disease in this area. -- lyme disease. it can cause mental illness. there was a man on the glenn beck program is set 1/3 patients in a mental institution had lyme disease. both of my children have had it. my daughter has depression and ocd after having lyme disease and epstein barr disease. she was not even diagnosed with lyme. not until i found aliterate doctor was sheik treated and it simply went away. it i shudder to think how many credible if they do not have the five, they're just dismissed and sent to a psychologist. the various medications are not going to help them. host: let's get a response since we're running late on time. guest: lyme disease can cause mental illness. it does not cause symptoms similar to bipolar or schizophrenic young. especially the have not had those symptoms before, they should be tested for lyme disease because it is a treatable condition as you have found out in your own family. host: you point out in some of the work you have done that there have been commissioned over time, president car

poughkeepsie, eastern long island, things will be significantly worse than we see in the city itself. timing there is late tomorrow and into tomorrow night. you see amounts tapering off as you head farther south and west. the idea here is that a lot of people see a foot of snow. some people say two feet of snow. maybe in a few spots in and around boston we could see three feet of snowfall out of this one. your top five snowstorms, the biggest, presidents' day in 2003. some model res saying we may beat that total in boston. not written in stone, but these are ones that everybody remembers. we stop that, that indeed will be something to talk about. travel tomorrow and into today, that's not going to happen. rearrange your plans. >> some snow good. three feet? no good. right? >> yeah. >> unless you operate a ski place or you want to go skiing. >> my regular flight to teeter teeterbor on is out of the question. >> private jets have a little more leeway in getting out. eric is going to get me a specialized weather forecast for teeterboro. in the meantime, airline webs two developing storie

cold and take a look the at the weather maps, it's 19 in new york and 15 in boston, minus 2 in poughkeepsiereezy and the wind chill is obviously a promise and still over 300,000 people without power tonight and tomorrow temperatures in the 40's, but there's rain coming and we'll talk about that. another big storm that we're dealing with is in the central part of the country. as you move forward here, you're going to see the big storm bringing snow across the northern tier and severe weather into the south. you can see where the blizzard warnings are, across the northern plains and move forward one for me this and you can see, blizzard warnings from northeast colorado and stretched up to minnesota and north dakota and a few areas over a foot of snow and blowing some major problems and move one more for me down to the south and this is where the tornado threat is today. a ford watch across central texas that's in effect until 9 a.m. and that threat will increase throughout the day as the sun comes up and we'll see a special kind of a bulls eye for the tornado possibility across louisiana and