this is the old one that bumping up quite a bit of snow upstate new york and new england. l wind down tonight and tomorrow. tomorrow we expect to see five to ten inches across d.c. and new york corridor, ten to 20 upstate and inland. wind will be a huge issue with this. we could see hurricane force winds. the amount of snow that d.c. and new york gets the confidence is fairly low because it will start as rain, go over to snow. how long that warm air sticks around is a huge question. the wind and how this thing winds up is certainly going to be impressive. batten down the hatches tomorrow night and into friday. >>> using my powers of deduction, i'm detecting a pattern in our weather. how long is this expected to last >> as far as the winter weather is concerned? >> until spring. >> this storm after storm after storm. >> i don't see a huge ends in sight. it has to do with the el nino. and also what's going on out in the atlantic. probably will continue for the next week, week and a half. >> i hope we get stuff to sled in not just junk. then it's just hard work. >> thanks. 52

upstate new york or pennsylvania they had blizzard conditions. white out conditions which we know we have. we got off pretty easy today with winds really strong and we are still dealing with wrap around snow showers from the strong low pressure that is sitting just off the coast of long island new york with the back side of the low pressure system. that's what we are concerned about and that's what we are going to be dealing with. overnight tonight and first part of the weekend some stronger bands of snow showers moving in towards western pennsylvania and new york and that's is in our area tonight and we see scattered storms. we have a winter weather advisory in effect for another 15 minutes and expire at 6:00 o'clock tonight because again we are just not going to get that much snow from the system. but again we still can see some flurry from the storm system and again out towards the west, still under a blizzard warning until tomorrow morning here. so if you have travel plans to travel west, might want to push that back 24 to 48 hours. so overni

. >> in upstate new york, hundreds of cars and trucks got stuck when snow shut down the i-84. the 40-mile stretch of highway was closed for about five hours yesterday, a real nightmare there. there was so much snow that state troopers used snowmobiles and atvs to reach stranded drivers. new york's central park got almost 21 inches of snow, which makes february the snowiest month in the city's history. some stranded truck drivers were surprised by all of this. >> new york is known for keeping the roads really, real lly impeckably clean. >> if they got stuck, they had to wait for the tow truck to pull that guy out and clear that spot up, then it's like a domino effect. >>> a river dam that was threatening to collapse because of this storm will likely hold. that is good news. it is word from officials in freetown, massachusetts. the water started spilling over the dam this week, and about a dozen people were advised to get out, leave their homes. just last night, officials said the water will probably recede, and the dam should be okay. this, of course, was a huge relief because

new york and philadelphia. and tens of thousands of people in upstate new york are without power. urrently we have about three to five inches on the ground in new york city. the worse of the storm isn't expected until later today through friday. this same storm is expected to stick around through throughout the weekend in the northeast. lindsay davis new york. >>> i noticed the wind is starting to pick up. >> it is. it is the beginning of a very powerful night of wind that will last through midday tomorrow. we always thought the wind would be the bigger issue with this storm. we got snow last night. did not stick well. we'll get more snow tonight. it problem hi won't stick all that well but maybe a little better. colder air will come in. let's look at maryland's radar. we detect snow out there across northern marylan . a lot is not touching the ground at the moment. it is radar-indicated above. none the less we are seeing a little bit of activity out there. i'll take you in closer to home and again you can see, for the most part, there is not much above the city. toward northern ha

in new york city, things turned deadly when a tree struck and killed a man walking through central park. and even in regions used to major snowfall like upstate the storm has people worried. syracuse university can semied classes for just the third time in the last 17 years. it's enough to make you crazy. even in a part of the country that's no stranger to winter snow, but nothing like what's hit this season. in scranton, pennsylvania, residents have had enough. >> down here about 20 years. this is probably the worst one. >> never seen anything like this? >> no, not consistency of storms, one afternoon another. >> reporter: this is the sixth major winter storm to affect the east coast this year. philadelphia, baltimore, washington, d.c., wilmington, delaware, atlantic city, new jersey, have all surpassed their all-time winter snow records. and this very powerful nor'easter is unusual in its path, direction, duration and even the types of weather extremes. it's path and direction? this storm moving inland, then does a loop, then pucks off the shoreline. the duration of this storm, probably two to three days before it clears new england. and ty

new york city, it proved deadly. a tree limb weighed down by fresh snow crashed down, killing a man. in upstate new york and new england, the storm peopled more snow on top of the foot that fell just a day and a half ago. more than 100,000 homes are still without power throughout the northeast. philadelphia's expecting another eight inches of snow on top of the record 73 inches that they've already had. and in eastern pennsylvania, almost 'em mre mettic of this hard, cruel winter, a snowplow lay defeated by the snow. many people are weary of the seemingly endless white winter. >> down here, about 20 years, this is probably the worst one. >> reporter: how much snow you have here in scranton? >> probably too much for the next five years. but some years, some winders are bald, some are good. this was a bad one. >> reporter: so bad that syracuse university took the rare step of shutting down for the day. some students spent the day sledding. and the step's public school system was one of just many school districts that closed for the day. >> made my bed, did everything i would do for school and my

weather channel meteorologist mike seidel is in upstate new york, binghamton, to be exact. mike, what unusual construction of this storm. some heavy intensities, and depending on where folks are watching tonight, they want to know, when is it going to stop? >> reporter: this storm is kind of stuck. it tried to go east, it couldn't. yesterday went west towards new york city. take a look at the giant swirl trying to move north. it's blocked in by high pressure up around greenland. what it's going to do is slowly meander into new england. as it does so, it's going to weaken. it's not as feisty as it was. those 60 mile-an-hour wind gusts have been replaced by 30 mile-an-hour wind gusts. as you see on the radar satellite composite are swirling bands, snow squalls. for most of us, we are looking at another inch, maybe two, maybe three inches of snow, but without the heavy consistency of the snow, without the strong winds, additional power outages are unlikely, except for the trees that give way to the weight of the heavy snow. over the weekend, a slow improvement. however, we've

they were backed up along interstate 84 in upstate new york. those who tried to defy the powerful snowstorm and ended up stranded, more than 12 hours. randy was moving from connecticut to florida. >> it came on sew fast and so quickly and so strony that it was -- there was nothing anydy could do. >> reporter: justin was driving from maine to new york. >> all i got right now is a powerade, and i'm sipping on that. i don't have anything to eat. >>eporter: this churning, punishing megastorm has gripped the entire northeast from maryland all the way to maine. for nearly 36 hours straight it has snowed and snowed. >> sort of turning into the storm that doesn't end and this point. >> reporter: this wintry assault has left more than 1 million people without power, as overnight temperatures plunged into the teens in some places. >> power has been out all night at my house. >> we get customers back on, another circuit would go out. >> reporter: in new hampshire, a state accustomed to brutal winters, a state of emergency declared after more than 300,000

he was one of 12 children in upstate new york. >> i don't think i can overstress what it was like toan african-american family in a german and italian community in the late '50s, early '60s. they were good people, but there was no blending. there was always this question out, who am i? >> reporter: creating a safe place to look inward, he founded a dance company in the '80s with his late partner arnie zain. now he has a new piece on lincoln. always pushing boundaries, to be an original, to be real. now making broadway stretch. >> look at this space, look at these lights. i want you to believe that we're in nigeria, 1978. wow, how did that happen? >> reporter: one of the mottos or messages of this show is originality, not artificiality. you give the dancers a chance to let them be original in their own work. >> yes. if broadway could be that way. that we're actually saying to the world, take a solo. go for it. what you got? >> reporter: teaching a new dance for a new audience eager to see more. ann curry, nbc news, new york. >> great story. one more story before we go tonight from the

the benefit of existing public-private partnerships is also on display in upstate new york in my very district. the air force research laboratory, the roam lab, as we call it, hosts the main offices of the air force research lab's information directorate. rome's lab's scientists and ennears uses the latest computer and technology a new way to defend us against attacks. the valley is known to a number of companies that are engaged in cutting edge cyber research, companies that will use the graduates who come out of college with degrees in cybersecurity. large companies such as park technology, b.a.a. systems, i.t.t. industries, northup and smaller home-grown companies such as black river systems, assured information security, new york state corporation, research associates of syracuse. today the afrl account for thousands of jobs in central new york. men and women doing critical research on our nation to help fend off cyber attacks. there is no doubt that these companies are critical public-private partner shipts that they've -- partnerships that will benefit from this program. but mor

upstate new york and much of pennsylvania and into new england, they're getting heavy rain right nowgradually much of that will turn to snow as well. forecast for us for today looks like this: a few snow and rain showers here and there, mostly cloudy today, but as we've been mentioning all morning with the sun breaking through. not bad. our big story later today is the windy conditions that develop. winds out of the northwest at 15-20 miles per hour, gusting up to 35 miles per hour this afternoon and this evening. for tonight, overnight low of 30. still quite windy. in fact even stronger. winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour, a couple of snow showers are possible here and there but no accumulation. five-day forecast, still can't ule out a few snow showers and we might change that if the system is moving quickly. saturday and sunday look quiet. more clouds on saturday than sunday. highs in the low to mid-40s. that's the latest on what is happening with the weather and now let's good to julie wright and get the latest on traffic. julie. >>> making the trip in virginia along northbound

[applause] test case, new york, upstate new york. while everyone was focused on new york 23, all rights, and losing their minds about what happened in new york 23 and they should because that was the biggest cluster you know what i've ever seen. it was crazy. should not have happened, should not have been. but, while folks were focused on new york 23 congressional district, guess what we did? we want to county executive races. now you may say to yourself, big deal. will the counties are as big as some states in population. and what it meant was whether with westchester county, where barack obama won with 60% of the vote last year, republican out of the county this year. because we won the election. so the point is when you go and engage, when you're prepared to compete, when you're prepared to go after the ground, you may not get it right now. you may not get at the next time, but there will come a point where you will. and so whether it's california or new york, where he happens to be, where we've not been competitive before, our goa

[applause] test case upstate new york and everybody was focused on new york 23. that was the biggest cluster you know, what i have seen. should not have happened. should not have happened but well folks were focused on the 23 congressional district guess what we did? 312 county executive race is. you may say big deal but some counties are as big as some states in population. that meant whether westchester county where barack obama lined with 60% of the boat last year or a republican and now runs the county this year because we won the election. the point* is when you go and engage am prepared to compete and go after the ground, you may not get it right now for the next time there will come a point* where you will. where there is california or new york, where perhaps to be where we have not been competitive before our goal now is to be competitive to get good candidate to run and support them to make the investment necessary for them to win. before and nobody would have been a vice to invest in massachusetts or new jersey. because republicans just don't win there

new york. t it always seems to be snowing upstate new york. spots west are a little colder, especially in culpeper. light winds they must have breaks down to 21. pax river is damp and moist with that snow. in the lower 30s. only an inch south. some areas had six inches. we will tell you who got what and a look at the storm potential when we join you at 5:15. here's angie. >>> thank you so much, howard. hello, everybody. welcome to wednesday. you want to factor in extra minutes if you are one of the few out there trying to make it to work or going to school. in rockville, this is something we have been tracking since overnight. it is closed at gaither road because of an overturned tanker truck. crews are trying to remove the fuel from the truck. there is a way around it. take 355 to red land. and those are two alternatives. moving outside to 270, heading southbound you are all clear. building volume going northbound and that's because at shady grove we have a issue. it is adding to the slow go. this is something we have been tracking. on the am

[applause] test case you were, upstate new york while everybody was focused on the new york 23 and losing their mind over what happened in the new york 23 and they should because that was the bigger cluster i've ever seen, it was crazy, should not have happened, but one of folks were focused on the new york 23 congressional district guess what we did. we won the two county executive race is. you might say to yourself big deal. well the counties are as big as some states and populations. and what it meant was that there it was westchester county where barack obama won with 60% of the vote last year a republican now runs the county this year because we won the election and so the point is when you go and engage, when you're prepared to compete, when you are prepared to go after the ground you may not get it right now, you may not to get it the next time that there will come a point when you will see whether it is california or new york, wherever it happens to be where we've not been competitive before our goal now is to be competitive to get the new candidates to run to support the candidat

lake-effect snow into upstate new york. don't get used to that. we're looking at big changes in the weather. we have a winter weather advisory posted for the d.c. area, also for baltimore. it's not in effect right now, but it will be in effect 6:00 p.m. tuesday night into wednesday. get ready. we're expecting 5 inches of snow. some computer models say 8 inches. we're watching the storm closely because it looks like it's going to be worse for northern new england than what we're going to see further out to the west. here's what we're looking at to show you quickly. a slight chance for snow. 50% tuesday and on to wednesday. i think we have a better chance of seeing heavier snows in northern new england. don? >> bonnie schneider, thank you very much. >>> new problems for those ten american missionaries in haiti. they remain behind bars on kidnap charges and now their haitian attorney tells cnn he has quit. >>> federal air marshals were supposed to be the first line of defense against terrorists on a plane, but cnn investigative reporter drew griffin

legislative agenda or they are going to lose in a lot of -- in a lot of districts, you know, like that upstate new yorksn't going to elect somebody be that conservative. >> can they overdo it? >> sure. the republican party has been pulled in this direction since ronald reagan's time, talking about in your last segment, chuck mathias and jack danforth and the entire republican party is more conservative than they used to be. wherever the baseline moves, people want to move it further. not going to adopt the tea party agenda in full but to a striking extent, the republican party is monolithically -- >> do you think it is possible, ron, susan, you don't remember this except you learn it had in school, i will ask you the first question, sometimes a party is on a roll to victory and they just signal something too whacky and scary, like spiro agnew in '70, headed to huge victories in the '70 midterm, the nixon party, agnew sounded crazy and they lost a lot of the race these could have won otherwise. cot republicans suffer from overkill with the tea party crowd? >> i mean, i think they could. on the other han

as you head over towards paths parts of pennsylvania and new jersey and upstate new york, we are goingo be talking about a pretty significant snowmaker. this is a pretty reliable model. snow down across parts of the appalachian. some areas it leaves 2 feet up towards the poconos: go over towards boston, probably pretty much all rain. >> shepard: that's unusual. they usually get spanked. >> they do. this one is going to be more rain for them. >> shepard: i'm looking forward to june. [ laughter ] >> shepard: thank you, rick. >> can't come soon enough. >> shepard: let's get to haiti. food agencies are struggling to clean and shelter thousands of people left homeless by the earthquake. need for clean and sturdy housing is becoming more urgent there as the nation's rainy season approaches next month. we have h. heard reports of recent months covered in mud and exposed to disease because the terrible sanitation conditions. the conditions on the ground in port-au-prince are being compared to new orleans after katrina. but now an architect based in miami who had a hand in the recovery effort h

completely adopt their legislative agenda or they'll lose in a lot of districts, you know, like that upstate new yorkistrict that just isn't going to elect somebody that conservative. >> can they overdo it? >> sure. the republican party has been pulled in this direction since ronald reagan's time as you were talking about in the last segment. the entire republican party is more conservative than it used to be and no matter where the baseline moves there are always people who want to move it further. they're not going to adopt the tea party agenda in full but to a striking extent the republican now is a conservative party especially on role of government issues i think post george bush. >> you don't remember this except you learned it in school. sometimes the party is on a road to victory and they just signal something that's too whacky and scary like spiro agnew back in '70 where they were headed towards huge victory, the nixon party and agnew said a little crazy and they lost a lot of races they could have won otherwise. could the republicans suffer from over kill with the tea party crowd? >> i thin

he was 1 of 12 children in upstate new york. >> i don't think i can overstress what it was like to grow a german and italian community in the late '50s, early '60s. they were good people, but there was no blending. so, there was always this question about who am i? >> reporter: creating a safe place to look inward, he founded his dance company in the '80s with his late partner, ari zane, bringing together a diverse set of dancers, even now with a new piece on lincoln. always pushing boundaries to be an original, to be real, now making broadway stretch. >> look at this space. look at these lights. i want you to believe that we're in lagos in nigeria in 1978. wow. how did that happen? >> reporter: one of the mottos or messages of this show is originality, not artificiality. you give the dancers a chance to let them be original in their own work. >> yes. ah, if they could all be that way. we're actually saying to the world, take a solo, go for it. what you got? >> reporter: teaching a new dance for a new audience -- ♪ -- eager to see more. and to see more of bill t. jones, head to our webs

. >> reporter: from upstate new york, doug and caroline finke don't see gators too often, never this was just going to say what stops us from just going up and trying to pet him? >> reporter: common sense? >> i know that. but not everyone has it, like me. >> reporter: this is florida's everglades national park, a spot called shark valley. the name totally misleading. it's home to wading birds, water birds, roosting birds, and apparently very friendly birds. >> the birds in europe are more shy. you cannot come as close to a bird like here in the states. >> reporter: really? >> yeah, i cannot understand why. >> reporter: but what shark valley is most noted for is its alligators. hundreds of them. there may be no other place in the world like it. every few feet along the 15-mile trail, there is a gator lazily sunning itself. fortunately, less interested in the humans than they are in it. look at this. there's an alligator right here. literally, he's sitting up on the rocks in the bushes. alligators apparently do grow on trees here. are they scary? >> no. >> reporter: no? >> no. >> repor

they matured and recognized more of their political muscle in upstate new york. big way in the massachusetts miracle two weeks ago. they recognize that as they grow there are issues. they have made it very clear they're unhappy with the way things are going in washington, not just with the democratic majorities in washington and the white house, but with the republicans. this is a working series of seminars and workshops to do with the political mechanics and a megaphone to tell the rest of the country they are tired of being ignored. justin phillips, the key organizer of this convention. >> there is a lot of frustration, and some anger. you saw that lost in august that the townhall meetings. so people are frustrated. what is the big underlying message? i can tell you, it is this. government is not listening to us. >> reporter: that has been a combined for a long, long time with all sorts of independent and outside political movements beyond just democratic and republican politics for years, megyn. most of them have not taken off. this one has tremendous potentia

up to feet in upstate new york.working to restore power to up to a million people who lost electricity during the storm. after hundreds of flights were canceled, airports are getting back to normal. if you are flying in or out of this region today, you will do well to check with your airline to make certain your flight is not delayed. back to you. >> thanks so much. embattled south carolina governor mark sanford is closer to a divorce. a judge said she will grant jenny sanford's request. they split after the governor admitted an affair with a woman. the social secretary desiree rogers resigned who was criticized for handling of the administration's dinner where a virginia couple crashed the party. >>> tiger woods losing another big endorsement. the maker of gatorad. he apologized for infidelity. now back to amy and ginger. >> ginger we have of wmaq is here with a check of the forecast. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. we can turn to the forecast away from the earthquake for a moment. ohm for a moment because

weather channel's mike seidel is further upstate in binghamton, new york, tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it's a swirling snowstorm near upstate. what makes this so different from the epic storms earlier this season tonight it's moving west toward the coast, not north and east like most storms do. it's blown a lot of warm air off the atlantic and raining in vermont and new hampshire and all southern england getting heavy rainfall. we have flood warnings from another one to two inches of rain from parts of maine into new hampshire and boston. it's been raining as far west as albany. back where it's snowing, one to two inches per hour tonight and winds gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour. by tomorrow morning expect power outages. how much more snowfalls? some totals will mean two feet or more with drifting and blowing snow. new york city, another six inches of slush. there were hundreds of flight cancellations and more flight problems tomorrow. good news for philadelphia and washington coming off their snowiest seasons on record, they will be spare

and as we go up towards new york, yeah, the low pressure right over top of us, so we're seeing those big, thick snow flakes. and across upstated pennsylvania where they're going to continue to see this snow. so i don't know when it's going to end. maybe may? june? jane: i'm not complaining. >> oh, thanks, guys. jane: we have some breaking news to get to. jon: we have live pictures now from oklahoma city community college where there is a report -- and i have to stress at this point it is only a report -- of a gunman on campus. you can see the squad cars parked in front of the building, these are live pictures just coming into the fox newsroom. live pictures as the students stream out, the police go in, and everybody tries to figure out contactually what's going on. this on the same day a teacher reportedly was shot, well, was shot outside a elementary school in tacoma. this oklahoma city community college where students are streaming out, the school reportedly locked down but clearly they're letting some of these students out of the building after a report of a gunman on campus. we are working to get more information. when we

smith listed potential expansion groups in upstate new york. a february 2, 2009, email from ms.smith's deputy to two individuals explained how to set up a wage an hour watch group. on february 18, 2009, email from ms. smith's deputy to an outside group noted plans to expand the program. the february 27, 2009, email from ms. smith's deputy memorialized a meeting with the six pilot groups and included a paragraph on training in june in both new york city and upstate for purposes of expansion. an april 9, 2009, email exchange among ms. smith's subordinates listed several groups for expansion. after ms. smith testified and answered written questions made denying expansion plans, her department continued to promote expansion and looked to recruit new members. for example, on may 15, 2009, email to over 20 outside individuals requested application forms be submitted by june 15. a june 1, 2009, email to outside parties announced preparations to expand wage an hour watch. a third 3, 2009, email from an outside public interest group offered over 40 individuals the opportunity to join wag

the heaviest snow is being dumped on upstate new york.ste of the snow but a big taste of the wins that will continue through the afternoon 3 the highs today will only be in the 30's. in and out of the clouds tomorrow and still breezy and by sunday, it will be good and temperatures next week will be in the 40's. >>>> one important change in alexandria, mount party community school is without power. students are directed to go to the school and from there they will be bused to other schools. at the end of the day, they will be bused back and will take their normal buses home. we will be right back. with fios you have instant access to news, traffic and weather without changing the cnnel. i will be ready for whatever the day throws at me. uh, looks like torrential rain, bumper to bumper traffic and some kind of weird smell downwn. i will be working from home today. my sister's coming. i can make it. i'm sure she's lovely. [ male announcer ] instant weather and traffic without changing the channel and 2 times more very satisfied customers tha

[applause] >> test case, new york, upstate new york. now, while everybody was focused on new york 23, all right, and losing their minds over what happened in new york 23 -- and they should because that was the biggest cluster you know what i've ever seen. all right. it was crazy. it should not have happened. but while folks were focused on new york 23's kongal district, guess what we did. we won two county executive races. you may say to yourself, big deal. well, the counties are as big as some states in population. and what it meant was whether it was westchester county where barack obama won with 60% of the vote last year, a republican now runs the county this year because we won the election. and so the point is when you go and engage, and when you're prepared to compete, when you're prepared to go after the ground, you may not get it right now. you may not get it the next time. but there will come a point where you will. and so whether it's california or new york -- wherever it happens to be where we've not been competitive before, o

so the farther away from the coastline, the more snow. 12 to 24 inches in upstate new york. eastern pennsylvania, 6 to 12 from philadelphia to new york. i think more in philly than new york. either way, it's going to be enough to slow things down, to say the least. the fourth major winter storm of the season. and in some parts of the northeast, it will be crippling. we'll talk more about this and the blizzard condition expected later on in the program. john, kiran, back to you. >> all right, rob. thanks. it seems like week after week we keep getting zapped. >> like the winter of 1996, 1996, 1997, snowstorm after snowstorm. >>> march is just around the corner. >>> the senate is voting to extend the patriot act for a year. and that includes, court-aproved wiretaps on phones. it enables authorities to keep important tools in the fight against terrorism and now heads to the house. >>> new york governor david paterson following an investigation of a report in "the new york times." the woman in question had accused johnson of domestic violence. >>> the hero from tuesday's school sh

[applause] test case, new york, upstate new york. hile everyone was focused on new york 23, all right, and losing their minds over what happened in new york 23 and they should because that was the biggest cluster you know what i've ever seen. it was crazy. should not have been here should not have happened. but while folks were focused on new york 23 congressional districts, guess what we did? we went to county executive races. because we one fathi election and so the point is when you go and engage in our prepared to compete, when you are prepared to go after the ground you might not get it right now. you might not get the next time that there will come a point when you will. so whether it is california or new york, wherever it happens to be where we've not been competitive before, our goal now is to be competitive, to get good candidates to run to support the candidates and make the investment necessary for them to win. everyone else i said before wouldn't have led by steny one to invest in massachusetts. they wouldn't have advised

weird turn if you will and ended up dumping more than two feet of snow in parts of new jersey, upstate new york, and pennsylvania. that's where hundreds of members of the national guard were actually called up to help deal with all the snow. a combination of 50 mile an hour wind gusts in some places, heavy wet snow, proved deadly in new york city when a hundred pound tree limb came down on a man in central park. >>> a powerful and strange storm has meteorologists fascinated but travelers frustrated and we're all over the extreme weather this morning, rob marciano live, we have reynolds wolf live outside in the elements in philly. first we're going to check in with susan candiotti in central park. this was a scene of tragedy when a huge elm limb went down on somebody that was there. >> oh, yes. it's a horrible tragedy, to say the least. but messy is the watch word here today. look at the snow we're in at the foot of central park on the south end of it right now in columbus circle and you can see some of the tire tracks here. you see they got about a foot of snow here. it has been snowing nonstop

compete because the people need us to and it's about time we do that three [applause] test case upstate new york while after it was focused on new york 23 and losing their minds of the what happened in new york 23 and they should because the was the biggest cluster you know what shouldn't happen. should never have happened but while folks were focused on the new york 23 congressional district guess what we did. we want to county executive races. you might say to yourself big deal. the counties are as big as some states and population. what it meant was whether it was westchester county where barack obama won with 60% of the vote last year a republican now runs the county this year because we one fathi election and so the point is when you go and engage in our prepared to compete, when you are prepared to go after the ground you might not get it right now. you might not get the next time that there will come a point when you will. so whether it is california or new york, wherever it happens to be where we've not been competitive before, our goal now is to be competitive, to get good candidates to

compete because the people need us to and it's about time we do that three [applause] test case upstate new york while after it was focused on new york 23 and losing their minds of the what happened in new york 23 and they should because the was the biggest cluster you know what shouldn't happen. should never have happened but while folks were focused on the new york 23 congressional district guess what we did. we want to county executive races. you might say to yourself big deal. the counties are as big as some states and population. what it meant was whether it was westchester county where barack obama won with 60% of the vote last year a republican now runs the county this year because we one fathi election and so the point is when you go and engage in our prepared to compete, when you are prepared to go after the ground you might not get it right now. you might not get the next time that there will come a point when you will. so whether it is california or new york, wherever it happens to be where we've not been competitive before, our goal now is to be competitive, to get good candidates to

. >> jimmy: i grew up in saugerties, new york, upstate. there. >> jimmy: i went to hyde park they have the franklin roosevelt museum, which is awesome. the mansion is just so cool. we used to go there on trips. that was vacation for me and my family. >> that's sad. >> jimmy: "look, kids, that's a mansion." [ laughter ] it was so cool. >> "don't touch anything." >> jimmy: yeah. "don't touch anything. get off of there, jimmy." yeah. those were my parents. [ laughter ] >> god bless them. >> jimmy: yeah, they're just sitting out there in the lighting. but anyways. it was one of my favorite places to go. and you do a bit at the museum. you do a -- >> i narrate. >> jimmy: you narrate the whole tour. >> yeah, i do. i narrate the whole tour. >> jimmy: i love that. that's so cool. >> you know, it's funny, because you mentioned gabe. when they dedicated that, you know, whatever you call that thing, that tour, i went to talk about it. and i'm standing there outside. for those who haven't gone to hyde park, it truly is beautiful. >> jimmy: i love it.

new york. i don't like the sound of that, mike. >> well, this is the first storm and you've got rain in new york city. but here in the upstate area, in albany, some of the hillsides have had nearly two feet of snow. this one is going to wind down. it's the next one that will have the real impact. tomorrow, the storm cranks up. wind and rain for boston. we've got delays at laguardia and philadelphia today. if you're flying in and out of the northeast tomorrow, boy, i'll tell you, the flight times will be fraught with delays and likely cancellations. then the snowfall tomorrow. 8 to 12 in philadelphia. trenton, 10 to 15. right now we're going to new york city, 5 to 8. temperatures will be around freezing and the streets will be white in most areas. a slushy storm but a real mess going into thursday and friday. of course, we'll keep you posted from our live location on the weather channel. >> sounds lovely. all right, mike, thank you. >>> one rhode island school just fired its entire teaching staff. i kid you not. over 80 educators just got the boot. we'll tell you why and if they're hiring. >>> plus, a 17-year-old girl is arre

state officials also plan to ensure upstate trade unions would be eligible. documents also show the new yorkartment allows unions to participate in wage and hour law investigations, including interviews of workers with potential claims. ms. smith's interaction with some of the organized labor allied groups goes back to when she headed the labor bureau for the then-new york state attorney general elliot spitzer. records show these groups shore up neutrality. states had official identification cards they could use in any business in new york possibly allowing them to avoid policies to gather information on employers and employees. unions were allowed to contact employees or employers at their home or at the business as part of community organizing. ms. smith twice also attempted to alter a long-standing legal position to restrict charter schools for the benefit of organized labors. once while in the attorney general's office, and in 2007 and again when she became commissioner of labor, in both instances she was reversed by a court. commissioner smith also maintains the senior executive for out