in western massachusetts 2 feet of snow had fallen and the snow is blamed for at least five deaths. they have canceled service between washington and pittsburgh with the leas along the northeast corridor. this is what you get with wet roads and freezing temperatures. there were several car accidents in montgomery county last night. there was a big police response. another driver lost control and there is no word on whether anyone was injured. conditions are much better now and for more on what to expect -- >> we are looking at quiet conditions for the overnight hours, with clear skies. the temperatures are holding in the lower 50's. out to the west we have temperatures in the 40's. winchester is at 43 and petersburg -- and yesterday the highs were in the low 40's. this is where we look for temperatures around the freezing mark. we will see a fairly nice halloween monday. just in time for next weekend -- we will have the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> a free text that left 100 people without power. contact was made with power lines about 1:00 this afternoon around 8700 after

two feet of snow on the grounds in parts of western massachusetts. cold out here, 35 degrees right now. temperatures up to the mid 40s and that's bad news for people who don't have heat or power. some of the utility companies say it could be tuesday or wednesday, before the lights back on in some places. lester. >> ronally len in central parking thank you. >>> states of emergency declared in several states. mike side nell west milford, new jersey. mike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. in the hills of passaic county, 45 minutes from midtown and where you are sitting at 30 rock. we've had 12 to 19 inches of snow. highest totals in the state of new jersey. take a look back yesterday to heavy snow coming down. as much as an inch of hour this morning, you can see how it's stuck to the trees and still on the trees. a lot of weight and a lot of stress and it won't take much more for more limbs to come down. speaking of that, this big limb came down. 8 to 10 inches of diameter. took down two big transmissions lines. some customers will be wi

this is windsor, massachusetts, western massachusetts in the berkshires. n from the mountains, as well. peru, massachusetts, melbrook, new york, and north of new york in the beautiful hudson valley. elevation, as well, duchess county. 17.9, 16 inches, remarkable on so many fronts. the big cities, hartford, if you saw pictures from hartford, the images of these fat flakes. looked as though someone was dumping snow on the anchors and meteorologists out there. and we had a lot of thunder snow. we'll talk about why we saw that. shattering old records. central park from the 1800s has kept records. they have never, ever, ever had one inch of snow in october let alone 2.9. philadelphia, .3 inch. thunder snow. that's why we've seen such incredible totals. what is it? it's a snowstorm with thunder and lightning coupled with it. you can hear it. and what happens is usually when you look up and when the snow's coming down, the clouds are kind of flat. unlike the tall thunderstorm clouds in the summer that you see. so these flat snows develop little -- flat clouds deve

where i live in western massachusetts, north hampton, had a great town asset in the form of pleasant street video store, a mom and pop movie rental store with a genius staff and an incredible selection of all the greats. old movies, rare movies, cult movies, foreign movies, hard to find stuff. the whole staff understood it all and could talk you through it. it was a one of a kind place, a great resource. but then i mean you know where this is going, right? about four months ago, pleasant street announced they were closing up shop. our little movie rental shop that could no longer compete with the new online world of movie rentals. instead of just shutting down, the good, good, good people at pleasant street video in north hampton, massachusetts, did something cool. they decided they wanted to stay an asset to the town of north hampton, mass, even as they were going out of business. so pleasant street figured out a way for an $8 donation, anybody could effectively adopt one of the movies from the store's collection and then that movie would be housed forever at the public library in t

. >> way up in the northeast, 30 inches in western massachusetts. >> my hometown got hit pretty hard.ople in western maryland, and western virginia. three and a half inches in clarksburg. 50 feet elevation made quite a difference. >>> let's get you going this halloween morning. a patch of fog up in the mountains. by noon 59. by 5:00 cloudy and 54. right now 37 degrees. you see the clouds out to the west moving in from the southwest, into ohio now and kentucky and michigan light showers there. more clouds this afternoon. mid-20s in frederick. winchester 32. little milder off to the east. there is freezing weather in charles county annapolis that is our warm spot. 37. he is right out an even freezing. 32. our highs range from the low in winchester and upper 50s in southern maryland. monika santani stepping in 4:30 monday. >> reporter: it is the construction in the usual spots. i have marked them for you with columns on the map. let's start off with the north side of town. a live picture on the outer loop at new hampshire avenue. the right lane blocked only for 20 to 30 minutes and then

the heaviest snow, nearly three feet of it, officially 32" was measured in western massachusetts. the storms are closing scores of schools. some communities even canceling halloween trick-or-treating. they're going to hold off, possibly, until next weekend. >>> california's top leaders could decide to scrap the state's $45 billion high speed rail line. lawmakers are set to get crucial details they need to make this decision by tomorrow. the high-speed rail business plan will include new cost estimates, funding sources and projected ridership. in california -- if, california, rather, does not break ground on the rail line by this time next year, it will have to give back more than $2 billion in federal stimulus grants. starting construction right now in the central valley could mean spending $9 billion taxpayer dollars to build a small section of the track. >>> one group that won't be roaming the streets tonight, sex offenders. police pushing to keep homeless sex offenders at bay. it's called operation boo. san francisco and three other cities, homeless sex offenders will be requir

some spots over 30 inches in western massachusetts. there's more people without power more damage and destruction with this storm than with hurricane irene and that may have a direct impact across new england. this will go on for the next few days probably for the extent of the week. 30 in baltimore but above freezing into the northeast and into the 40s across the great lakes. so there's really not a lot of really cold air left over here. and as let's see if the clicker works this morning. if not we will run the manual controls. we are looking here at our storm wrapping up across the great lakes. that is new storm that's not a potent storm and it's dragging a cold front and will slide to the southeast and reenergize another system off the coast. similar to when we dealt with except this one is going to be farther out to sea. want to show you the maps here. watch the cloud increase today. watch the showers move in probably after midnight and could be showers lingering early tomorrow morning through midday and that is across the delmarva

for four decades, we taught high school and college in western massachusetts. we are retired and we would like to move into our house. we used much of our life savings to buy it. we want to live in the same building as our children and grandchildren, but of course, we envision a separate life for ourselves. the life we have enjoyed as a couple for decades. we bought a house that needed extensive renovation, but the price was one we could afford, unlike all the other properties we saw that matched our needs. we would like to have a door separating our floor from the floors occupied by our family, like most people, we value our privacy. the reasons why we want a stove are obvious. we like to cook for ourselves and invite friends over for dinner, too. in his letter, the d.r. requester expresses concern about being able to find parking once we are moved in. we would like the d.r. requester to know we have always used public transportation and will continue to do so. we are here for the long haul. we ask the planning commission to consider our situation and do what

communities in western massachusetts are among the hardest hit with up to 27 inches reported in some places. >> there is no power right now. we're just using candles and flashlights and off to work we go. >> reporter: the 750,000 without power in connecticut broke a record for the state pummeled by hurricane irene just months before. >> this is the largest number of power outages that we have ever experienced. >> reporter: in new jersey where more than 600,000 lost power including governor chris christie, utility officials warn of lengthy outages. crews are working in up to 19 inches of snow where downed trees and messy roads are hampering efforts. some occupy wall street protesters in new york have weathered the storm. newark liberty and kennedy airports experiencing long delays saturday along with philadelphia's airports. >> power is going in and out. bathrooms are locked. >> reporter: as for the power outages, there will be added danger to halloween night as millions of trick or treaters will head out into the night without streetlights. >>> to sports now, the once promising seaso

nearly 50 passengers were also stranded on board an amtrak train in western massachusetts overnight though they did have food and water. we drove into the city of meridan, connecticut saturday night. looks like a ghost town. it's only quarter past 6:00 at night. so many lost power because leaves till cling to many tree, twice the pressure on branches. they easily snapped sparking fires and blackouts. >> it looks like armageddon. >> reporter: for countless children the early storm has put the trick-or-treating set to begin in 24 hours in jeopardy. with all the downed power lines and blocked streets in west hartford dylan and megan richards' ans aren't sure about going door to door. >> people put their lights on. we won't know if they're home or not. >> we have to make sure it's safe before we do anything. >> reporter: the damage has already been done. 250 schools here in connecticut will reportedly be closed tomorrow when classes resume, all depends on when those communities get their power back. david? >> t.j. winick leading off us. jeff smith, meteorologist with wabc in new york. seems aw

. >> among the hardest hits, western massachusetts with a least 27 inches of snow. thank goodness that is not us. the morning, happy halloween. i'm mindy basara. >> mother nature played a trick on us. it has been 10 years since we have seen snow in october. we're not expecting any snow today. there are some areas of fog, 36 degrees. the fog should dissipate throughout the day. 55 this afternoon. milder weather will be expected midweek. that is the latest on the weather. >> good morning. we're starting off with a couple of problems. this is providence road. the right lane is closed with an accident. over towards 95, you may find some delays. newbury street at smith avenue, some fire activity. closures in effect. for the south on the eastern shore in chester, we have some downed wires along maryland 18 at u.s. 50. everything else is pretty much up to speed. southbound 95 through howard county, problem free. this is traffic and will check some cameras. this is dogwood road and so for up to speed. no problems on this portion of the beltway. we're checking on this accide

through most of western massachusetts millbrook new york 21 in. lycopod, new jersey 20 in. of snow that storm is he up in the canadian maritime strike now it was the equivalent of a cat could agree to hurricanecategory two hurricane we could get wednesday thursday rain here in chicago. we will warm up into the 60s over the next couple of days. here is what's happening over the next 10 days the cool air is gathering to the north but we have a shot of warmth coming in here tomorrow and will not see cool weather for a few days. the coming weekend will be warm holding that cold air at bay. and another warm air mass will come and after that ... we have a next good couple of weeks ... november is typically the fastest-growing month in chicago. there's a winter storm watch in effect in one hammingwyoming and the plains states. more of the country has warmed over the last 24 hours ... that has cooled off. the 51 degrees now at o'hare. it will be a dry day tomorrow will be into the '60s. the humidity is 56% the water temperature 53 degrees. we had about 1 in. of rain in the city yes

parts of albany and across western massachusetts and connecticut and by midnight tonight, you are still going to be dealing with it. it it's not as high what we're seeing in new york city. three inches of snow but snowing in albany. boston will get some of the snowfall by the overnight hours and 6:00 a.m. sunday it should be over in new york city. the storm will be coming down in parts of maine and eastern portions of massachusetts. take a look at monday, long gone nothing happening. it will be a beautiful day. so the storm system, we're talking about six to 12 inches of snow along that area. you see it shaded in blue. this is in addition to what we've reported across in the region. here is a look at winter storm warnings. >> gregg: this is so much worse in january and february, because all the trees have leaves at our house. we trees have come crashing down anywhere. it may be really a mess and may be long time beyond the snow fall. >> heather: new developments in the gun running investigation. eric holder will sit before a house committee and answer questions. he is accused of lying a

into the northeast the heavy snow from northwestern new jersey all the way to central and western massachusetts, again, 9 to 12 inches. some areas may see up to a foot or more. >> good morning, everyone. the quiet before the storm today. a few clouds hanging around. it is going to be a coo day. the high temperature 54. ♪ she's a brick house >>> this morning on "today's" real estate what can you get for under $300,000? if you're in the market to buy or just looking around our brick house barbara corcoran is here. good to see you. >> good morning, al. >> let's go to omaha, nebraska. we have a nice one. five bedrooms under $300,000. >> omaha is just across the missouri river. you could throw a stone and look at -- let me start again. the tudor style home as great curb appeal. doesn't look to me like a $279,000 home. the open kitchen has gleaming wood floors, an open dining room with glass doors leading to a nice big deck out back. the dining room has too many lines for me. makes me itchy but the trade ceiling and decorative molding, if you could calm the room down are beautiful. there is a big dec

on branches causing scores of trees to falcon tributing to 3 million outages communities in western massachusetts are among the hardest hit up to 27 inches reported in some places. >> no power right now, and we are just using candles and flashlights and off to work we go. >> 750,000 without power, in connecticut, broke a record for the state, pummeled by hurricane irene months before. >> the largest number of power outages that we have ever experienced,. >> in new jersey more than 600,000 lost power, including governor chris christy, utility officials warn of lengthy outages crews are working up to 19 inches of snow, where downed trees and messy roads are hampering efforts meantime some occupy wall street protestors in new york weathered the storm, newark liberty and kennedy airport experiencing long delays saturday along with philadelphia's airport, commuter trains in connecticut and new york experiencing delays. >> power going in and out, bathrooms locked >> chef as for power outages there will be added danger to halloween night as millions of trick or treaters head out into the night without s

winter storm warnings without you see the pink across western massachusetts and vermont and connecticut and a big strip across much of pennsylvania and toward west virginia and virginia. a lot of snow falling across interior sections by october standards with 6" to 10" and the cities that did not get snow, we saw snow yesterday in interior sessions and rain across the coast, this is going to see snow mixing in with this and we will likely see snow fall accumulating 1" to 3" and boston, maybe 1" to 2" and philadelphia 3", and interior sections getting the bull's eye of this but you do not see this often, three times in new york city where we had snow in october and this the be will biggest snow fall we have ever seen in october. >>neil: massachusetts taking the brunt of the first season and over the weekend it could get worse. maybe much worse. and now on the phone from boston. this storm coming as a bit of a surprise. >>guest: it is scary. i hate to use that word on halloween weekend, but, listen, here in boston we are prepared for whatever mother nature happened to drop our way. we are

it was causing rain up there to continue now, maine, new hampshire, into western massachusetts. that's pretty much the cutoff. for us, now we're getting in that dryer air. here comes the sunshine. beautiful weather on tap really well into early next week, hopefully. looks like it, at least. big area of high pressure. in fact, to the west of us. you may find this hard to believe. southerly winds, up in the dakotas today, temperatures were near 90 degrees. record-breaking. now, it's not going to get that warm here. but we may get to 80 on sunday. high pressure. there it is. it's going to dominate our weather picture. a weak front coming through thursday means a little cooler air as the winds go back to the northeast. but all in all, nice. take a look. felipe is a tropical storm. it's going to make a big right turn. maybe become a minimal hurricane. and die in the atlantic. another thing to keep in mind. this area of precipitation. front stalled out in the atlantic. something might be kicking up here in the bahamas over the next couple of days. it's something we'll have to be watch

getting as much as two inches per hour now in parts of pennsylvania, into upstate new york, western massachusetts much as a foot of snow before all is said and done. this is the forecast and you can see west of i-95 the worst of it. the closer to coast you are the more rain you're seeing. some very difficult travel conditions all throughout. here's a live picture for you in washington, d.c. where it started to ♪. not expecting a lot much accumulation. mostly a wintry mix. temperatures tonight very cold and warm up very quickly. by tomorrow morning this will be out of here with the exception of northern maine. we're hearing hundreds of thousands of people without power. a lot of leaves the trees. branchs are coming down and bringing out that power. we'll have more coming up with our weather forecast and track this nor'easter a little later in the show. >> we look forward to that. the message to keep bullying keeps spreading to fight bullying keeps spreading. cnn education contributor steve perry introduces us to a group singing about haters. it's this week's perry's principles. >> reporter: they a

couple of snow showers potentially in northern pennsylvania, new york state and the cat skills, western massachusetts. this gets out of here though thursday night. so friday is chillier but see the moisture there? that heads this way for saturday. saturday, we may not get out of the 40s with the chilly rain and i mean mid 40s. today 70 and an isolated shower late. torrent we're going to be into the 50s again. tomorrow we don't recover much. 64. winds are going to pick up out of the northwest late in the day. it will turn cold and chilly on friday. 53 and saturday, a cold rain, mid 40s. okay sunday still chilly. monika samtani, take it away the wednesday morning. >>> well, we're going the first take a look at a map of the beltway. if you're planning to head northbound on i-95 in virginia, you want to watch out. i just got word of a disabled vehicle in springfield at route 644. and it's blocking the left lane so if you're just heading out the door there, watch out for that. let's zoom in first to the east side of town. in problems here on the bw parkwayer route 50 inside the beltway. a live look at rou

the way up to new england, anywhere from 9 inches of snow in skyland, to more than 2 feet in western massachusettsstill over portions of maine today. that will be moving out tonight. all that snow has to melt eventually too. we'll see temperatures climb and it will start meltin >>> around the bay area this morning, we're seeing 40s to 50s to start the day. eventually, more low clouds approaching the coast. a little bit of a cool down for san francisco and the coast today. should be still well into the 70s. tomorrow, halloween looks a little cooler but dry. tuesday, we'll see gusty winds, dry conditions. thursday and friday, chance of showers. much cooler temperatures. we're talking highs, 50s and 60s by next weekend. now hire is lester. >>> are you ready for halloween? our costumes revealed, right after these mess aims. it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated as shipping it, though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that is easy. best news i've heard all day!

kind of paralyzed in the northeast, especially in western massachusetts and connecticut. why?toric storm on so many fronts. no pun intended. in terms of snowfall totals for the day, for the month. of course hartford coming in with 12.3 shattering old records. newark, new jersey, central park. in central park there has never been since records have been kept since the 1800s one inch of snow in october. and almost three. philadelphia as well. again, over 2 million without power. of course in connecticut and massachusetts, already three storm related deaths. airline flights. i've been reading on these blogs and hearing and seeing these airline passengers that have tweeted, these jetblue flights yesterday from ft. lauderdale going to newark, instead of going to newark were moved to bradley at hartford, at hartford airport, on the tarmac seven hours. of course everyone can treat and take pictures and talk about how ugly it's gotten. right now, no delays from the faa this morning. treacherous road conditions. just reading that the governor of connecticut saying only emergency vehicl

there's one town in western massachusetts that had, if you can believe this, four informational meetings before they came together to see what that it thought. and they said, it's no good, as proposed. they also went into the streets. they tell us about a wonderful fracas. you can call it a brawl. in albany new york. it started when a group -- they called themselves that in upstate new york -- celebrated the 4th of july in 1788 by burping a copy of the constitution. ceremoniously. after all, it threatened everything they fought for against the british. it was appropriate to burn it and for good measure they threw in a notice of virginia's ratification. that provoked some federalist and the federalists counterattack and trashed their favorite drinking place. you know, this is a rough place. what these documents do in other words, they tell us much more than about conventions. they give -- tell us about the broad public debates. they give us a picture of america in 1787 and 1788. look, my job -- what was my job? my job was to pull a story out of these documents, find a way of organizing it

communities in western massachusetts are among the hardest hit, with up to 27 inches reported in some places. >> there's no power right now. and we're just using candles and flashlights and off to work we go. >> reporter: the 750,000 without power in connecticut broke a record for the state, pummeled by hurricane irene just months before. >> this is the largest number of power outages that we have ever experienced. >> reporter: in new jersey, where more than 600,000 lost power, including governor chris christie, utility officials warned of lengthy outages. crews are working in up to 19 inches of snow, where downed trees and messy roads are hampering efforts. meantime, some occupy wall street protesters in new york have weathered the storm. commuter trains in connecticut and new york also experiencing delays. as for the power outages, there will be added danger to halloween night, as millions of trick-or-treaters will head out into the night without street lights. in west milford, new jersey, julie banderes, fox news. >>> as mentioned, this rare october storm has occupy protesters in n

communities in western massachusetts are among the hardest hit with up to 27 inches reported in some places. >> there's no power right now and we're just using candles and flashlights and off to work we. go. >> reporter: the 750,000 without power in connecticut broke a record for the state pummeled by hurricane irene just months before. >> this is the largest number of power outages that we have ever experienced. >> reporter: in new jersey where more than 600,000 lost power including governor chris christie utility officials warning lengthy outages. crews are working in up to 19 inches of snow where downed trees and messy roads are hampering efforts. meantime some occupy wall street protesters in new york have weathered the storm. newark liberty and kennedy airport experiencing long delays saturday along with philadelphia's airport. commuter trains in connecticut and new york also experiencing delays. >> power goes in and out, bathroom locked. >> reporter: the power outages will mean added danger to trick- or-treaters heading out without street lights. >>> no heavy wet snow in the me

look at that out in western massachusetts. over 2 feet at plainfield. 27.8. the major cities, incoming new york, which got about 3. boston didn't see that much, philly didn't see that much. but boy, you head not that far away in the suburbs and you got into the whole mess. fortunately, the last of that snow is about ready to leave maine. so we'll be drying out in the northeast today, but as you just heard, it will be windy and chilly. sunshine for most of the rest of the east. a little bit of snow, not rain. a beautiful day across the southern plains and a little rain in the pacific northwest. the hottest weather feels like summer in the southwest. 91 here in phoenix, 73 in los angeles. so if you're tired of the snow already in the northeast, you can always jet out here to the west. craig? >> that'd be nice. jeff, thank you. appreciate that report, buddy. >>> one of the states hardest hit by the big snowstorm, massachusetts. reporter sigourney has the very latest from one town that really got slammed. good morning. >> reporter: hey, craig. we are sitting here

western massachusetts with one of the hardest hit, 27 in. of snow.et us go to new jersey and show you as the snow fell and zero bridge in new jersey. this was from 10 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.. >> mark: states of emergency have been declared in new jersey, connecticut, massachusetts and parts of new york. we had several flights and stranded over at hartford airport. people stood up for nearly seven hours in the tarmac. >>justine: a few more pictures to show you, this is what we should see maybe in december, or january and even february but this is a picture from october. what i love about this is not only do you see the fall foliage and the front but all that snow in the background is a mixture of things happening. the temperatures are expected to start going up on monday. the heavy wet snow will start melting in that is according to the national weather service. one more picture of a house covered in snow, this is a time when people should be raking leaves but instead they will be shoveling. >> darya: we have nothing like that here, and we are thinking i

speaking of new england, connecticut, western portions of massachusetts, how about two feet of snow foroween weekend? that's pretty amazing. out there right now 37 degrees with winds out of the north-northwest at 15. that gives us the windchill of 28 miles an hour, 28 degrees, rather. anybody that's outside is definitely feeling the cold. it's going to stay here during the day tomorrow, at least we'll see sunshine on monday, however, a little bit of a different story. the clouds move in, we could see some showers from another coastal storm. this one i think will stay out to see. tomorrow morning, mostly clear, very cold and breezy. 27 to 39 degrees. tomorrow afternoon, mostly sunny. very chilly afternoon with lots of melting. we could see more freezing overnight tonight. there's your four-day forecast coming in, 55 on monday, 54 on tuesday. and warming up wednesday and thursday next week, really looking good. >> thank you, doug. >>> coming when you believe in the future, you're always looking ahead... to what's next, to what's possible. confident that taking action now, is the way to cr

as we make it to the northeast, in the northwestern portions of new jersey into western massachusetts, nine to 12 inches of snow. some areas could see up to a foot. we are talking anywhere from one to three inches up into northern new england. it's going to be a mess and move in quickly and then move out quickly. brian? >> al, thanks. >>> now to new signs of life on wall street. if you were watching the market yesterday you know the dow closed up more than 339 points on thursday. a surge fuelled by an agreement to contain the european debt crisis, meaning the good news was europe's economy didn't collapse. so what does it mean for all americans? jim krcramer, host of "mad mone on cnbc is with us this morning. it's perverse that this passes for good news but there were a lot of green arrows up yesterday. >> this is right. you would think avoidance of something wouldn't be a big deal. it's a big deal because it kept the markets down for months. it's a good sign. >> average americans, especially in this economy. say they can't afford to be in this market except for things like pension fu

the picture yesterday, of what some people were saying, seven inches of snow in western massachusetts. this was a really big deal. a lot of people getting that first hit of snow. and now, what happens to the rest of the snow? the idea here is as this system loads in, it has plenty of cold air. it has plenty of moisture. it is a classic new england nor'easter. sorry. my lips are a little frozen. as you see the zones in pink here, we're looking at six to ten inches of snow expected. remember, this is going to be a very wet system. it will go from rain to snow to rain to snow. it's getting loaded with atlantic moisture, some tropical moisture. and it will make snow in colder locations. coastal areas, like new york city, even philadelphia, i would put in the smaller snowfall totals. new york city into boston. it will start with what will be cold rain. then, overnight, it will go to a little bit of snow, as well. you'll have a dusting and accumulation. we'll get serious with the totals and who gets what, later on "good morning america." you'll not be able to say the word surprise with this

those wet leaves, and that's what brought the trees down in big numbers in commitments in western massachusetts among the hardest hit, snowfall totals topping 27 inches in the plainfield, mass. david lee miller is live in new jersey, another area that got really hard hit by this bizarre halloween snowstorm. david lee? >> reporter: indeed. west millford was really slammed on saturday. this community, martha, got 19 inches of snow. relate me show you some -- let me show you some of the damage in front of the municipal building. take a look at this tree in front of the building, literally sliced in the two. and take a look at the branches on in the tree. you mentioned the leaves on the tree, and that was what really caused so much of the problem here. at this time of the year the trees have between 50 and 80 % of their leaves still intact, and simply because of that the snow adhered to the leaves, and the branches snapped like twigs under the weight of the snow, and then what resulted is that many of those branches fell on top of power lines n. the state of new jersey alone, there are some 360,000

a little tiny one in western massachusetts that does a great job. >> okay. . nancy metcalf and dr.hank you both. >> thank you. >> great information this morning. for more tips on choosing the best health plan, go to our partner in health, webmd.com and you can search health insurance. >>> later a look at what is next for apple after the passing of steve jobs and who can fill his legendary shoes. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. the the. >>> coming up this morning, the i future. what will apple be like without steve jobs. we will find out what is in store for the company and its legions of devoted followers. there is a report he had plans the next four years. >> a genius. we will look at the i family. steve jobs was one of the most private of public figures but we are actually going to take a look at the people who were so much a part of the man. his wife, his sister, so many of his family members. >> a lot of folks didn't know he was adopted. interesting story. >> it's coming up. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. >>> the statue of liberty and a big old cruise ship. n

a look at where the brunt of all of this came in across eastern pennsylvania, in to western connecticut, massachusetts, vermont, new hampshire and in to upstate new york. that is where we saw the one foot totals. and some of you exceeded that by a bit. take a look at the big winner, so to speak there. jaffrey new hampshire. west milford, new jersey 19 inches and west hartford almost a foot. newark 5.2, just shy of three in central park but that was the record in philadelphia coming in with .3 inches. that snow impacting halloween for some people. don, worcester, massachusetts they had just shy of 15 inches of snowfall there and they decide it is too risky for trick or treat. so they decided to postpone it until thursday when temperatures are expected to be in the 60s. they said better safe than sorry, kids. put the costumes away for a couple more days. kind of a bummer but kind of agree if you have that many limbs down, a lot of people without power. go ahead and put it off for a couple of days. the rest of the country, what can you expect for halloween or trick or treating, good weather wise. we expe