both laguardia and newark. so the airports there are still open although so many of the flights are still canceled really more than half of them at this point, when people are looking at the boards it's all red, they won't be using all of the runways at this point so that again is a ground stop on all of these incoming flights to newark and laguardia. we have rene marsh live for us at laguardia. tell us a little bit more about this and what this means. >> reporter: so essentially, this means that if you are on a flight that's bound for one of these two airports it's just going to sit there for some time until this is lifted. the problem here at laguardia airport, just peeked outside, the wind is definitely a factor and the snow is coming down at a pretty good rate so visibility is an issue. we know the runways here at laguardia are pretty short so when you factor in wind you factor in the fact that visibility is low and you have a shorter runway it's a very terrible mix. what we have is that ground stop and as

at laguardia where no one's really laughing. good morning rene. >> reporter: i will laugh at that joke carol. do you want the good news or padbad news first? >> i always like bad news to get it out of the way. >> reporter: bad news we're talking a lot of cancellations. already in this thousands and already in the thousands tomorrow as well. you take a look at the boards you can see we're starting to see them light up. red is not what you want to see if you have a flight coming out of laguardia airport. we are seeing more and more red as the morning goes on. more than 2100 cancellations already. when you talk about the airports that are really getting hit the hardest, it's along the northeast region talking right here laguardia more than 500 conditions cans lake cancellations in and out of the airport. laguardia and newark and jfk. those are just to maimname a few. they're having trouble in chicago as well. good news there are some flights still leaving out of laguardia. you look behind me this is the tsa line checkpoint at lagua

a deserted laguardia. many airlines are right now flying planes into the new york airports even though the concourses are closed. empty to all pedestrians. so what does that mean? the planes are coming in empty. the hope is in 12 hours a lot of this red here that says canceled will be turning to green. in the big apple today, the big dig out started early at the three major airports. not a minute too soon for hundreds of passengers stranded at jfk overnight. after first sitting for five hours on a virgin atlantic flight that never left for london. >> i'm unable to leave the terminal because all the roads are closed. we're unable to go through security. we're unable to go anywhere. we have to sleep on the floor at jfk overnight. >> reporter: at laguardia, roughly 50 people spent the night and most of the day waiting. >> it is a bit frustrating. because i feel like i'm trapped you know. i can't get back there and i can't go back to houston. >> reporter: nationwide, 7,500 flights canceled yesterday and today.

a deserted laguardia. many airlines are right now flying planes into the new york airports even though the concourses are closed. empty to all pedestrians. what does that mean? the planes are coming in empty. the hope is in 12 hours a lot of this red here that says canceled will be turning to green. in the big apple today, the big digout started early, at the three major airports. not a minute too soon for hundreds of passengers stranded at jfk overnight. after first sitting for five hours on a virgin atlantic flight that never left for london. >> i'm unable to leave the tunnel because all the roads are closed. i'm unable to go through security. we're not allowed to go anywhere. we have to sleep on the floor at jfk overnight. >> reporter: at laguardia, roughly 50 people spent the night and most of the day waiting. >> it is a bit frustrating. i feel like i'm trapped. i can't get back there, and i can't go back through there. >> reporter: nationwide, 7,500 flights canceled yesterday and today. the air space

a deserted laguardia. many airlines are right now flying planes into the new york airports even though the concourses are closed. empty to all pedestrians. what does that mean? the planes are coming in empty. the hope is in 12 hours a lot of this red here that says canceled will be turning to green. in the big apple today, the big digout started early, at the three major airports. not a minute too soon for hundreds of passengers stranded at jfk overnight. after first sitting for five hours on a virgin atlantic flight that never left for london. >> i'm able to leave the tunnel because all the roads are closed. i'm able to go through security. we have to sleep on the floor at jfk overnight. >> reporter: at laguardia roughly 50 people spent the night and most of the day waiting. >> it is a bit stressful. i feel like i'm trapped. i can't get back there, and cast go back through. >> reporter: nationwide, 78,500 flights canceled. the air space thinning out yesterday and last night. before a slow recovery today.

this is laguardia airport. it's essentially a ghost town tonight. 80 to 90% of flights in and around new york in boston and philly canceled. that's going to go to 100% later tonight into tomorrow. the airlines don't want their planes sitting on a ramp in a blizzard. so they're moving all those planes out now. for airports, airlines and their passengers, this monday has been all about getting ahead of the storm. 6,500 flights into and out of the northeast today and tomorrow canceled. on flight radar 24, air traffic over the northeast thinned out dramatically as the day progressed. in pittsburgh, michelle johnson was trying to get to boston. >> three re-scheduled canceled flights is difficult to wonder when you're going to get home in three feet of snow. >> reporter: the flights that did fly were mostly full. our flight into laguardia just a few minutes delayed, but it's likely to be one of the last into new york as the airlines proactively cancel flights into and out of the northeast. martha kramer is stuck in p

ground stops are in place at laguardia and newark airports. all flights in and out of boston's logan airport will cease starting at 7:00 p.m. tonight. joining me now is kate rogers. thanks for joining me. what's the latest on the air snarls? >> of course. alex as you said, there is certainly a ripple effect. there were only about 2,000 flights this morning cancelled or delayed. that number is now at 6300. ground stops have been enacted here at laguardia and also at newark airport. it is kind of turning into a ghost town at laguardia airport. we also saw major airlines like united and american completely stopping all their service to select airports in the northeast beginning tomorrow including philadelphia boston, newark, laguardia where we are, and jfk. boston, they're still the only airport at this hour to completely suspense service at 7:00 p.m. tonight and continuing to tomorrow. they hope to have things back to normal by wednesday. they're saying the way things are going right now in the new york city area they wouldn't be surprised to se

here in new york luke russert, we join him live at laguardia airport. what is the scene like as travelers find themselves stranded? i was flying back in to laguardia yesterday. they diverted us like at 11:00 a.m. they diverted us to kennedy. thought they could handle the situation a little bit better. explain what you're seeing today. >> reporter: yeah, well, good morning, thomas. as you see behind me what would often be a somewhat busy road at this hour with people starting to get to their flights, early morning shuttles it is empty because there are no cars on the roads. that's because honestly thomas there is no flights here to take. and we don't even see that many people here at the airport. you see right here to my right, the sort of luggage cars well they're not going to be used a lot today. i looked at the boards all cancellations and delays as you heard earlier, over a thousand so far in the area. but, thomas i got to tell you, your story, you just mentioned, it is important, because it seems that authorities by being so proactive early on reall

rene marsh live at laguardia thank you so much. you can get a sense of this storm's impact right from your facebook or twitter feed. cnn's tom forman has been inside cozy warm snuggly, all toasty and nice. he has been monitoring social media all day. tom, what are you finding? >> reporter: a lot of people who aren't cozy and nice. this is the west side highway where you are. a lot of people have been posting images of things like boston from the air with the snow there before the new layer comes in. warnings on the road expect high winds, low visibility avoid travel out there. that was from the queens -- brooklyn-queens expressway. lot of pictures like this. this is a whole foods. people packing the place trying to buy things up and this is the result of all that. lot of places already with empty shelves out there and this is one of my favorite pictures. look at that. that's in yonkers north of town 5500 tons of salt ready to go out on to the roads. then can, there are other images out there. 90 minutes apart, the view from up ther

look at this, this is laguardia airport. it's essentially a ghost town tonight. 80 to 90% of flights 234 and around new york in boston and philly canceled. that's going later tonight into tomorrow. the airlines don't want their planes sitting on a ramp in a blizzard. so they're moving all those planes out now. for airports, airlines and their passengers, this monday has been all about getting ahead of the storm. 6,500 flights into and out of the northeast today and tomorrow canceled. on flight radar 24, air traffic over the northeast thinned out dramatically as the day progressed. in pittsburgh, michelle johnson was trying to get to boston. >> three re-scheduled canceled flights is difficult to wonder when you're going to get home in three feet of snow. >> reporter: the flights that did fly were mostly full. our flight into laguardia just a few minutes delayed, but it's likely to be one of the last into new york as the airlines proactively cancel flights into and out of the northeast. martha kramer is stuck in paris on busin

look at this this is laguardia airport. it's essentially a ghost town tonight. 80 bank account to 90% of flights 234 and around new york in boston and philly canceled. that's going later tonight into tomorrow. the airlines don't want their planes sitting on a ramp in a blizzard. so they're moving all those planes out now. for airports airlines and their passengers this monday has been all about getting ahead of the storm. 6,500 flights into and out of the northeast today and tomorrow canceled. on flight radar 24 air traffic over the northeast thinned out dramatically as the day progressed. in pittsburgh michelle johnson was trying to get to boston. >> three re-scheduled canceled flights is difficult to wonder when you're going to get home in three feet of snow. >> reporter: the flights that did fly were mostly full. our flight into laguardia just a few minutes delayed, but it's likely to be one of the last into new york as the airlines proactively cancel flights into and out of the northeast. martha kramer is stuck in paris

we have team coverage for you as well as anna coyman is at laguardia laguardia. david lee miller is in boston. >> what's notable now is that this is 4:30 in the morning local time. that is significant because that is high tide. at this hour there could be some very moderate flatting throughout the state of massachusetts. we are told there could also be some significant beach erosion and there could be mandatory evacuations. the national guard, 500 have been put on stand by. one of their top priorities could very well be working with these flooding areas. as for downtown boston you can see this main thoroughfare has been plowed for the last several hours. just the last few moments we saw half a dozen plow trucks come by. some people trying to enjoy the storm, i've noticed this a moment ago heather. take a look at this. here you can see a couple of local residents out early. i have to ask you very quickly, you've got a snowboard here. what are you thinking? >> we just wanted to go out and enjoy the blizzard while we can. we're from california so we don't see too mu

that wasn't the case here at laguardia. there might be a few flights coming in today, but a lot of the planes are not around. they still have to be brought in here. i think probably tomorrow mid-morning is when you see laguardia up and going. the personnel has to arrive first. they still haven't gotten here yet with the subway just reopening reopening. >> looking behind you, there's nobody back there. >> reporter: it's a ghost town. i wish it was like this when i was late for a flight. tsa line doesn't exist. >> don't we all. luke, good to see you, thank you. let's go to the heart of boston massachusetts. still has a long way to go. what's going on there this morning? >> reporter: jose, for all the talk about how disappointing the storm was in new york, we got it all here. it has been dead on in the forecast, 20 to 30 inches of snow all around the boston area. i want to show you i'm on boston common, one of the oldest public parks in america. as you can see, a lot of snow a lot of bare trees, but not a lot of people now. ev

that includes laguardia and jfk. we have thousands of flights being cancelled and the aftermath of that to cover. let's go straight to meteorologist bill karins for the latest on the storm track. >> we're seeing the peak of the storm. the snow totals are coming as everyone is waking up. we're getting impressive reports. connecticut is the leader on the board at 26 inches of snow. now we have our first two feet snow reports coming in. just to show you what a difference it makes. central park and new york, eight inches of snow. we can drive east and get 25 inches of snow. out on cape cod, the latest was a foot and a half. i'm still waiting for boston areas. the last reports during the middle of the night towards early morning was around ten inches, but those totals have probably gone up. the storm exploded. it was just as powerful as expected. that hasn't changed. the storm was 25 to 50. that was supposed to make it to new york city. that's why new york city only got eight inches of snow instead of the double of that.

nbc's luke russert is at new york laguardia airport. we know it is quiet there, two days out, airlines were suggesting people change their plans. they were offering to cover the expense of changing flights to get everyone where they needed to be. >> reporter: yes, tamron and i think i'm going to pick up on a point you were making there with the official the official you had on said one of the reasons we get back to speed so quickly is because we did shut down the roads and the subway. what you're seeing here at laguardia is an airport that is a ghost town. it is essentially empty. one of the byproducts is that sometimes when you see a storm like the one that hit earlier this morning, you'll see these horrific images of hundreds if not thousands of people on cots with lack of food water, lack of ability to charge their phones. there are only about 70 here at laguardia that ended up spending the night. take a look. >> did you spend the night here? >> i did. >> how did that go? >> fairly well you know. just made it work. >> did they give y

two nights at laguardia. i'll keep my fingers crossed that i can leave tomorrow. >>> and good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. parts of the northeast are still getting pummeled as a record setting blizzard moves up the coast, 50 million people from maryland to maine have been impacted in varying degrees in the storm. from the latest on the forecast i'm joined by meteorologist bill karins from rock fell ar plaza. who's getting hit and who escaped? >> reporter: we have one last really heavy band right through downtown boston. we've got about 20 inches on the ground in boston and they are in band that could produce another 2 to 4 inches in a short period of time, whatiteout conditions. everyone is off the roads and watching off their windows with the exception of the snow plow drivers. that's one of the things to watch. that band as it shifts off the coast during the day. then we'll watch our friends in maine who have about a foot foot and a half on the ground they'll deal with the heavy snow in the coast

rene marsh reporting live from laguardia. connecticut governor daniel malloy is holding a news conference to hell his citizens how to prepare. let's listen. >> we'll provide updates as conditions adjust. continue monitoring the media throughout the day for updates. recapping, this is potentially a dangerous storm with significant accumulation of snow heavy wind and coastal flooding. it is imperative that you have a plan in place to get home safely this evening before the heavy snow begins and remain there through the duration of the storm. the storm will no doubt pose significant challenges. that's why we are working around the clock to mitigate problems as they arise but we also ask that over the next 24 to 48 hours that our residents remain patient and get ready for the storm. we have been down this road before in connecticut. every time we have met the difficult challenges together. we're a resilient state and we'll get through this storm together. be safe and have a plan to look out for yourself and your neighbors. and wi

lauderdale here to laguardia. i spoke with one passenger who was able to get a boarding pass on that flight. and she's just very excited because she spent 24 hours here sleeping at laguardia. i spoke with several others who did the same thing. and it's not just here. we're talking about a ripple effect at airports along the northeastern corridor. jfk, newark airport had a tough time as far as cancellations. boston had a tough time as well. the top five airports that really got hit hard again, newark jfk, laguardia, philadelphia all of them really seeing lots of cancellations. but the first sign that things are slowly coming back to life with this one flight coming here limited operations at some of the other northeastern airports, wolf. >> it's encouraging, especially in new york obviously not hit as hard as a lot of people had feared. rene, thank you. new york city may have escaped the worst of the storm but the same can't be said for areas outside the city. we'll talk to an official from long island especially t

here at laguardia, there was some good news this afternoon. the first flights started arriving and departing. and that meant knopp was on her way home. >> reporter: you just got some really good news. >> i did. i'm getting out of here at 2:45 today. i'm so excited. >> reporter: well spirit airlines is the only carrier we see operating here at laguardia at this hour. limited flights at jfk as well as at newark. airlines are saying that they hope to get to more normal operations by wednesday. fkt of course we'll wait and see. we still see cancellations listed for wednesday. >> rene thank you so much. >>> coming up stranded on nantucket. a desperate situation on that island, right now completely cut off from the rest of massachusetts and out of power. how residents there are handling the power outages and the flooding and more. that's right ahead. begins with the cloud. this is "titanfall," the first multi-player game built and run on microsoft azure. empowering gamers around the world to interact in ways they never thought possible. this cloud t

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. >>> laguardia looks like this it is a ghost town. a third of the air travel in the united states goes through new york air space, lands in it comes out of it or transits through it. right now this air space is essentially a no-go zone. >> a no-go zone. as we mentioned earlier, major cities across the northeast are paralyzed this morning after officials preemptively took action hours before the storm. tomorrow seems to be the best case scenario for many airline passengers after 7500 flights in and out of the region have been canceled for today. you can imagine the ripple effect this has for the rest of the country. airline officials say virtually no activity is expected today at major hubs including kennedy and laguardia airports in new york and logan airport in boston. public transit is also shut down across the east coast. these hard to believe images from the big apple show empty subway cars in the city that never sleeps. but it now is at a stand still. trains are also not running in boston and throughout connecticut and new jersey

nbc's luke russert live for us at laguardia airport. luke, i know you spent some time or have been spending some time with folks who were stuck there overnight. at this point any hope they get to their destination later today? >> probably not later today for the majority of people that they've spoken to craig. i've been here since 4:00 a.m. literally two minutes ago before i came on your iriair, i heard my first airplane. making some progress. i can also report we've had one flight so targeting out tonight. it's a spirit flight 180 going to ft. lauderdale. i spoke to a passenger on that one. i said you must be happy to go to ft. lauderdale. yes, indeed so. there is a little bit of movement but i stress the word little. if you look at the big board almost every single flight with the exception of that one to ft. lauderdale still has canceled next to it. the big question when will the airport be up and running? probably about mid morning tomorrow and by tomorrow afternoon it should be up to full strength. the republican realason is becaus

all flights at laguardia. non emergency travel is banned on new york city is streets with subway and rail and bus service suspended. for more on conditions on the streets of new york i want to bring in cnn's chris welsh. we should be clear this thing is not over. it is too soon to have any kind of a damage assessment here. the snow is still falling and winds pick up later in the morning. >> reporter: that's absolutely correct, christine. i want to point out the governor certainly did not mince words yesterday when he urged people to be cautious. take a look at the front of the vehicle. we are in the cnn roving coverage vehicle here. we are in midtown manhattan, on the west side near the west side highway. we have been driving throughout the night. we have not seen the heavy accumulation that many people were predicting would happen would be on the ground by now. 4:30 in the morning now. you can see the plows have been going through here pretty regularly. you have lines of taxis here. we're turning on to tenth

laguardia shutting down tomorrow night. with more on the massive storm wreaking havoc on travel plans of millions of people flying in and out of the u.s. we have rick seen any. so far more than 2700 u.s. flights canceled today. over 1500 delays. here is what travelers should know, fair compare ceo rick sini. thanks for coming on the show. you look like you're somewhere else super sunny. >> hi, gerry. gerri: it is totally different here. i want you to respond first off. we got news from the governor himself that laguardia is closing tomorrow. is this unusual to have an entire airport especially one as important as laguardia shut down? >> absolutely it is unusual. we don't see these kind of events. we've seen a couple of them the last three or four years, when they do happen they basically wreak havoc all the way across the country. i was noticing earlier tomorrow and wednesday, los angeles already canceled 55 flights both days which is same kind of flights they canes he would in washington, d.c. it has a huge trickle-down ef

a line of cots at laguardia airport in new york. as far south at florida tonight, these women using their bags as foot rests. abc's david kerley on that part of the story tonight. >> reporter: it's a race to reopen new york's airports. and it wasn't an easy day nor night for stranded passengers. >> i am stuck at jfk airport. >> reporter: a late virgin atlantic flight didn't take off from jfk. six hours on the tarmac say passengers, then back to the gate. but road travel restrictions were already in place. >> i'm a little tired, from the bags under my eyes. i have been in the airport for around 20 hours now. there was no contingency of any sort nowhere comfortable to sleep. >> reporter: at laguardia, at least they had cots. but stuck all the same. >> it has been exhausting, so emotionally exhausting to be at the airport and not have anywhere to go. >> reporter: look at the flight map. 2:00 yesterday, over the northeast. to a nearly empty sky at 2:00 today. and it rippled across the country. chicago -- >> i'm stuck. i'm stranded. nowh

how are they passing time there at laguardia? >> reporter: kind of the same way the media is passing the time, craig, sitting in the cav cafeteria and looking at their phones and enjoying the one coffee place that's open and lunch place. i've got to tell you, there's been criticism of the governor and mayor de blasio for preemptively closing the roads and shutting down the subway saying that that was too much for too little of a storm. but, when the airlines started canceling flights last night, that really did allow for a lot of people to check into a hotel or alter their travel plans. so thankfully we didn't see these horrific scenes that usually accompany a blizzard of this magnitude where you have people sprauled out on cots not enough food or chargers. all of that being said for the 70 or so that spent the night, not too pleasant. take a listen to what they had to tell me. did you spend the night here? >> i did. >> reporter: how did that go? >> fairly well. you know just made it work. >> reporter: do they give you a cot or a

trapped at laguardia for 12 14 hours at this point. how are you faring? how is the airport at this point? >> i've been here about 12 hours, ms. alex wagner. the airport is slowly but surely getting back up to speed. about an hour ago, there was a flight that arrived, an airline from ft. lauderdale. >> was that hailed with applause when that plane landed? >> yes, yes. >> were people excited? >> yes. there's also a flight from las vegas that seems to be on time. while most of them are cancelled for today and late into the night and perhaps early into the morning, there are a few that are starting to move forward as normal. a few things we should mention. the reason why we have so many cancellations is the protective measures put in place by the airline companies really starting late last night, but also the road ban that the new york officials put forward. the subway ban. what was the by-product of that? all the people that run the airport, they weren't able to get into work today, so this airport really is a ghost town. they have started to trickle in a fe

a line of cots at laguardia airport in new york. as far south at florida tonight, these women using their bags as foot rests. abc's david kleley on that part of the story tonight. >> reporter: it's a race to reopen new york's airports. and it wasn't an easy day nor night for stranded passengers. >> i am stuck at jfk airport. >> reporter: a late virgin atlantic flight didn't take off from jfk. six hours on the tarmac say passengers, then back to the gate. but road travel restrictions were already in place. >> i'm a little tired, from the bags under my eyes. i have been in the airport for around 20 hours now. there was no contingency of any sort nowhere comfortable to sleep. >> reporter: at laguardia, at least they had cots. but stuck all the same. >> it has been exhausting, so emotionally exhausting to be at the airport and not have anywhere to go. >> reporter: look at the flight map. 2:00 yesterday, over the northeast. to a nearly empty sky at 2:00 today. and it rippled across the country. chicago -- >> i'm stuck. i'm stranded. nowh

good to see you. >>> the latest from laguardia airport in new york. tom, good morning. >> reporter: hey, jose. good morning to you. yeah. we are right now looking at 650 flights cancelled nationwide, but dmar to more than 7,500 cancelled on monday and tuesday. laguardia is getting back up to speed slowly. people in the terminals. yesterday you could roll a bowling ball down the middle of this concourse, this terminal and wouldn't hit a soul. we've seen that those cancellations so far we do have at laguardia are mostly on the departure side right now because we don't have the planes in yet to take people out. so that's a slow process. it is evolving and will take several hours and the airlines telling us probably take 24 48 hours or so to get all the planes back into boston philly new york all the airports in new york hartford and then begin getting people on those planes and begin getting the routes filled out again. this is a process. it's not going to be happening instantaneously as the united operations chief said to us you don't just flip a light

a line of cots at laguardia airport in new york. and as far south in florida tonight, these women using their bags as foot rests. abc's david kerley on that part of the story tonight. >> reporter: it's a race to reopen new york's airports. and it wasn't an easy day nor night for stranded passengers. >> i'm stuck in jfk airport. >> reporter: a late virgin atlantic flight didn't take off from jfk. six hours on the tarmac, say passengers, then back to the gate. but the road travel restrictions were already in place. >> as you can see, i'm a little tired, from the bags under my eyes. we've been in the airport for around 20 hours now. there was no contingency of any sort, nowhere comfortable to sleep. >> reporter: at laguardia, at least they had cots. but stuck all the same. >> it's been exhausting. it's so emotionally exhausting to be in the airport and not have anywhere to go. >> reporter: look at the flight map. 2:00 yesterday, over the northeast. to a nearly empty sky at 2:00 today. and it rippled across the country. chicago -- >> i'

here at laguardia, there was some good news this afternoon. the first flight started arriving and departing and that meant nopp was on her way home. >> you just got some really good news. >> i did. i'm getting out of here at 2:45 today. so i'm so excited. >> reporter: well good for her. long gone at this point. she's probably on her way on that second leg of her flight back home to denver. all this said although we are seeing these limited flights, limited flight operations resume at these airports, travelers are not out of the woods yet. we're still seeing cancellations slated for wednesday. that being said the major airlines hope to get their operations back to normal tomorrow. wolf? >> let's hope that happens. rene, thank you. this is far for over for millions. >>> up next chad myers is tracking the blizzard and has important new information. >>> plus a new isis tactic. details of the terrorist proposal that could potentially save the life of two hostages facing death. alright, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours but aleve can last 12 h

laguardia airport, at least in new york city i should say, you have laguardia airport that's getting back on track. the first flight left just minutes ago, bound for sunny ft. lauderdale florida. i bet those folks are so happy to be on that flight. cnn's renee marsh joining me now from laguardia airport. what's the latest there tthere, renee? >> there's still thousands and thousands of cancellations today, more than yesterday. as you highlighted, we are starting to see signs life is coming back to airports. when you look around it doesn't look like much is going on but you just mentioned that first flight spirit flight heading to ft. lauderdale scheduled to take off just a few minutes ago. we are hearing from many of the major carriers. they are saying they will slowly be resuming operations at jfk as well as newark airport. they have limited operations. we also know by wednesday they're hoping to really get back up to regular operations. of course we'll have to wait and see, brianna. >> all right. renee marsh at laguardia. thank you so much. more special coverage of a quick break. y

when do we think that laguardia will be running back up to normal? probably mid morning tomorrow tomorrow afternoon, the reason is as follows. you still have a lot of weather to the northeast of here. starting to clear up around new york city. but a byproduct of the protective cancelations yesterday and of the subway being shut down and the roads being shut down well, laguardia airport does not have necessary personnel right now to run it full capacity. i'm talking tsa agents counter agents, people in the cafeteria. they are not here yet. they're trickling in. they're getting here slowly but surely. until they arrive and the manpower is here the juice is flowing, the airport can't get back up to normal. so thousands of cancelations as you mentioned. the airlines have been nice in terms of not charging for changes and what not. there were about 70 people stuck here overnight. i spoke to them. most of them said they got caught. it was one of those horrific scenes you see in other airport where's people are fighting over charger outlets and what not. if

. >> they rerouted me to laguardia. then they tell me that my flight to laguardia was canceled not canceled but the last one to go out would be at 4:00 and i won't get here in time. >> we're actually trying to get to l.a. and we're connecting through boston. found out the flight is canceled, and the flight is canceled to l.a. we decided instead of getting stuck in boston, we're going to go south to the beach maybe enjoy a little sun and head west. >> i was forced to change it. i was hoping that storm wasn't going to hit too bad because i know it's not too bad down here. figured it wouldn't be too awful. >> what are you going to do for four hours? >> take a nap. >> the last lady was from buffalo and she was kind of laughing a little bit at all the hubbub over the snow and happy there was no snow at the other end of buffalo. this is all going to have a ripple effect. if you're planning to travel tomorrow or wednesday by air you better check with your airlines. what happens is the planes don't fly they get out of place and

the worst cancellations are newark jfk and boston logan and laguardia. >> don't go anywhere tomorrow. you are not getting anywhere tomorrow. think about how you want to hunker down today. >>> we will move on. new developments this morning. the story of the two japanese hostages held by isis. developments are potentially awful. video that reports to show isis beheading one of the men, haruna yukawa. a known isis supporter posted this videoindividualvideoindividualvideo online saturday. on the video, a voice claiming to be goto claiming that japan did not pay the $200 million. the video says isis will drop the ransom and release goto in exchange for a female victim terrorist facing the death penalty in jordan. we have news on this front. japan has an envoy in jordan to coordinate with every side on the crisis hostage. cnn's will ripley has the story from tokyo. will what is the latest? >> reporter: this is an unpredictable hostage crisis. isis is changing the rules as they go along. yes, japan has sent a delegation from tokyo to jordan. we know that this is a major priority for prime mi

kate rogers has more from new york city's laguardia airport. >> reporter: snow is falling all around us both airlines and airports are taking winter storm threats very seriously. as of this evening, more than 6,300 flights have been completely canceled between today and tomorrow. continuing into tomorrow tuesday, and hoping to have things back up and running on wednesday. also united and american airlines completely suspending service tomorrow to northeast area airports including laguardia where we are, jfk, boston philadelphia and newark airports. the passengers and travelers we caught up with here today arrived hours early, hoping to beat the storm. >> we changed to an earlier flight. >> i'm a little concerned that you know if this does live up to the hype that things won't be clear in time and i'll get stuck in columbus for the weekend. >> reporter: we've been was behind me turn redder and redder throughout the day with the cancellation also. what does this mean for the airlines. you can expect revenues to take somewhat of a hit other the next several days but don't expect earning

kate rogers has more from new york city's laguardia airport. >> reporter: snow is falling all around us both airlines and airports are taking winter storm threats very seriously. as of this evening, more than 6,300 flights have been completely canceled between today and tomorrow. continuingnto tomorrow tuesday, and hoping to have things back up and running on wednesday. also united and american airlines completely suspending service tomorrow to northeast area airports including laguardia where we are, jfk, boston philadelphia and newark airports. the passengers and travelers we caught up with here today arrived hours early, hoping to beat the storm. >> we changed to an earlier flight. >> i'm a little concerned that you know if this does live up to the hype that things won't be clear in time and i'll get stuck in columbus for the weekend. >> reporter: we've been was behind me turn redder and redder throughout the day with the cancellation also. what does this mean for the airlines. you can expect revenues to take somewhat of a hit other the next several days but don't expect earnings

renee marsh is at laguardia airport. are they canceled all tomorrow as well? >> well yes, anderson out of laguardia they are all canceled. you will not see any activity. you talk about abnormal this is abnormal. this is one of the country's busiest airports. look we're the only ones in here. you look at the machines no one there. you look at the ticket counters, empty. this is the scene at a lot of the country's busiest airports. because the problem is thousands and thousands of flights have been canceled. this scenario will replay again tomorrow. already more than 4,000 flights have been canceled. so if you're trying to fly, your eve really out of options, i should tell you tomorrow. and for wednesday they're already starting with cancellations as well. as much as this is a headache anderson for people who want to get to their destination and cannot it actually in the long run will help these airlines ramp up operations faster once this storm passes through. because what the airlines don't want is for the plane to be stuck in all of the snow that i see out th

all of the flights at laguardia. non emergency travel is banned on new york city streets which means you are not supposed to come out and drive at all. subway rail and bus service suspended. new york city schools closed today as are many other school systems in the state. i want to get more on the conditions out there right now. let's bring in cnn's chris welch. chris, where are you right now? >> reporter: john, we actually just turned east on fifth avenue by the iconic apple store. the glass cube. look at the dash cam camera here. we are in the cnn roving vehicle. we have two sanitation vehicles in front of us. two garbage trucks. these garbage trucks have been outfitted with snow plows. we heard the mayor describing the force of snow removal vehicles. we know they had 1,800 dedicated snow plows. they added about 500 additional snow plows they attached on to the garbage trucks. let me tell you what we have seen. we have have been out here on the roads throughout the entire night. we started about 5:00 p.m. last nigh

rene marsh is standing by at laguardia airport to talk about the travel situation. here's a hint. it's awful. alison kosik is in brooklyn where new york's mayor bill bede blasio will speak soon and we have chad myers outside in manhattan. >> let's get straight to chad. new york's mayor is telling folks not to underestimate what is headed their way. what do folks need to know? >> reporter: i just got the brand new models in just a minute ago. one model says for new york city 2 inches. the other model i looked at said 27 inches. i hate it when models don't agree to that extent. how can it be a forecast here in the same models with the same type of start and completely different finish? here's the problem. i think we're going to see some spots that have 36 inches of snow. i honestly do. i don't believe we'll see snow in big cities like that although it's a possibility. sometimes i can shoot eight over par and i think that's good. normal game is between 20 and 25 over par. so it just depends on what mood my golf clubs are in and i think it depends what mood mother nature gets in when

they did tell us laguardia is treating them pretty well. they have cotts, water and even got toothbrushes. >> going to stay here again. saves me money, although i booked a hotel but i couldn't get there last night. >> okay. >> no taxis. >> all i can think about is sunnies nassau, bahamas and i'm anxious to get back. the slogan we have it's better in the bahamas and i've proven that to be true. >> you can see, they're still in good spirits. united is the only one that actually has people working at their ticket counter here. and we did see a lone united plane on the tarmac amidst all the snow plow but no word if that's getting out of here any time soon. -mile-per-hour my money is on no. >> thank you so much. >> it may not be that ugly out in new york city. it's ugly in the markets. seeing a little buying, netflix now positive. rick santelli, you must be watching some of this action today? >> oh, yeah. some of it, trying to watch all of it. i guess there's two questions everybody is wondering about. one, does this affect the normalization by

i have been using that example about kennedy and laguardia airport. eventually a guy from the port authority called me. he discussed the plans we had to fix it. he said some in that was right. he said the real outrage the air traffic control system. we in the u.s. have a air traffic control system based on vacuum tubes. like the old-fashioned television sets. as a consequence it does not have enough capacity for all the flights. sometimes they use yellow stickies to the track of all the flights. apart from the fact that it d oes not make me feel safe, it means less flights fly and more circling the airport which wastes energy. they are not training any new 25-year-olds to fix backing tubes. eventually the people who know how to make it work are going to retire. we have a lot of fundamental infrastructure investment. making them is a major source of middle-class jobs. this is something that increases demand, puts people to work. increases the supply potential of the economy. takes a big burden off our children. the idea that when we borrow money, that

laguardia said when i make a mistake, it's a beaut. that entered the american lexicon and became very famous. white houses are very reluctant to apologize. it was breathtaking and good to hear this from the white house and it makes them more credible. you believe them now. what's alarming and what mr. stern said, however, is that security problems are a concern. the secret service didn't have time to get it organized and they couldn't have the president disrupting paris, there's something wrong with that. >> the secret service said they were not asked about a trip to paris. >> that's good to hear. we're constantly told the president must be as safe as possible. no, not at all. the president can't be too safe. of course, he can. it's like driving. shouldn't driving be as safe as possible. no. we'd have cars that could only go ten miles an hour and we'd ban left turns. there are risks and presidents have to take some minor risks occasionally to do their jobs. >> rob. >> look. i don't think the president needs to be at this rally. we defi

i have been using that example about kennedy and laguardia airport. eventually a guy from the port authority called me. he discussed the plans we had to fix it. he said something that was right. he said the real outrage the air traffic control system. we in the u.s. have a air traffic control system based on vacuum tubes. like the old-fashioned television sets. as a consequence, it does not have enough capacity for all the flights. sometimes they use yellow stickies to track of all of the flights. apart from the fact that it does not make me feel safe, it means less flights fly and more circling the airport which wastes energy. they are not training any new 25-year-olds to fix vacuum tubes. eventually the people who know how to make it work are going to retire. we have a lot of fundamental infrastructure investment. making them is a major source of middle-class jobs. this is something that increases demand, puts people to work. increases the supply potential of the economy. takes a big burden off our children. the idea that when we borrow money, that

here at laguardia it's a tie with boston logan. at 157 cancellations here. 157 cancellations at boston logan as well so more numbers for you. at jfk, 102 cancellations. philadelphia international, 81. and then at newark we're seeing 70. we're expecting those numbers to change as things go along. you know basically the crews have been working overnight, working overtime doing what they can to clear the runways so the planes can get back out there and operations can get back to normal. despite all the efforts, we did see a number of people who were stranded at the airport, they were stuck, pulling up a bit of concrete sleeping on the floor, sleeping on the tile. but in terms of the way things look i want to you look out here live at the security line here at laguardia things looking not too bad and we're told things are going to get better and better. it's going to take a little time for operations to get back to where we want them to be. alisyn? >> man that floor does not look comfortable, though. jason. we hope people can get out s

cnn's rene marsh is at laguardia airport with more. >> reporter: it used to be that bomb threats were called in but now it is social media. a u.s. official is telling cnn it is becoming an every day occurrence. you see the uptick specifically this month after a bomb scare on a flight from atlanta to raleigh on january 17th. following that incident we are told that there were more than 50 similar incidents. now the fbi is investigating all of these social media threats. they are tracing computer ip addresses to track down these culprits. we should note it is a federal crime. the punishment could meantime behind pars or a hefty fine. at this point what is causing the uptick? you talk to law enforcement officials and they are blaming the publicity. >> rene thanks. >>> the secretary of homeland security says there is no credible threats against sunday's super bowl. he is confident the game will be safe and secure. jeh johnson says everyone entering the university of phoenix stadium will be scanned and patted down. >>> new england is getting a breather from the snow. it will not last long.

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we go to laguardia in new york and great tom costello. new york is the great central, great center there of travel in this country. it's where everybody comes to when they come to this country practically. what's happening? >> reporter: take a look behind me. ever seen laguardia look like this? it's a ghost town. a third of the air travel comes through this airport, comes in or exits out. right now this is essentially a no gone zone. 80% of flights in new york boston philly all cancelled. we're going to 100% of flights later tonight and tomorrow. there's nothing moving. nothing will move. right now airlines are taking the last steps to move their planes out of the blizzard's path. no airline wants to see their planes sitting on a ramp when you have blizzard and icing conditions coming in. they moved those planes to warmer conditions. they'll sit out the storm and come back 48 hours later. boston philly metroplex, entire northeast, will be without air service 24 48 maybe 72 hours as they get back up to speed. amtrak cancelling services ton

laguardia opened up, but not up to speed. also newark, new jersey hartford connecticut boston the big trouble spot across the country. logan airport got just about two feet of snow. they are still digging out. so far here at reagan there is only one flight that is coming in from boston that is a us airways flight expected to arrive here at about 7:040 this morning. that is the only one from boston that is still coming into reagan today. reporting live at reagan national richard jordan news 4. >> it should be easier to take a train to the northeast today. amtrak says it's restoring normal service between d.c. and new york. there will still be a modified schedule for trains continuing on to boston and on lines throughout new england. >> homeless shelters are quickly filling occupy. today d.c. will start its annual point in time count. more than 1100 homeless children are living with their families in d.c. shelters. earlier this month, we told that you d.c. general is at capacity. the city is leasing hundreds of hotel rooms now