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prerevolutionary new york city. as central meeting places, taverns stimulating discussions about british policies and helped fostary patriotic spirit leading up to the revolutionary war. the fraunces tavern museum hosts this hour-long event. >> all right. i feel like 13 toasts would have been an appropriate way for us to get started too. everyone who grabbed a drink, you're in the right spirit. so i'm going to start with a story. on january 3rd 1775, john case walked into drake agencies tavern on water street. case was a 60-year-old loyalist from suffolk county and drake's was an odd place for a loyalist to be. the tavern was a popular hangout for sea men and revolutionaries and jasper drake himself was the father-in-law of eye sick sears. the tavern's patrons included sears and alexander mcdoug gal who invited case into a discussion of politics. when case would not back down sears and several of his companions nearly bowled him over with the force of their eloquence and noise. seeking to restore order to the conver

the parts of new york particularly new york city dodged the worst part of the storm. it is still having a big impact. governor cuomo declared a state of emergency for the southern counties. thousands of flights canceled at the airports. non emergency travel banned on new york city streets. we have not seen many cars out here at all. fewer than ten cars in the last several hours. subway and rail and bus service suspended. new york city schools are closed today. having a big impact here. having a big impact christine, all over the region. >> john you are right. it is inconsistent the kinds of snow totals and impacts we are seeing. the philadelphia and suburbs, this point, at least, dodged a bullet like manhattan. still snow accumulation no question but not the worst snow totals many had been fearing, john. new jersey, we are watching new jersey. it is getting walloped by the blizzard. governor christie declaring a state of emergency. mass transit shutdown. newark airport remains open. 3.3 inches of snow there as of 1:00 a.m. in the morning. still some falling. the cance

new york city should have a big mayor. new york state. they should have a bigger person in public office. we'll take what we can get. >> you have your own personal view on that. >> reporter: mr. mayor, thank you for being with us. alisyn we have rosa flores out there. very different world in connecticut. rosa please tell us what you're dealing with there. >> reporter: hi. good morning. you know the wind has been whistling through the buildings overnight and throughout the morning. the temperature, about 19 degrees with the wind chill about 2 degrees. i talked to the mayor. i want you to take a look around me. he told me that they were expecting about 30 inches of snow with about 2 to 4 inches an hour and just by looking around you can see there's a lot of white here. now i want to kind of show you what we're dealing with here so i've got a little measurement device here chris, that i'm hoping to pluck into the snow and you'll be able to see for yourself exactly what we're dealing with. this is on the side of the road so there is some plow

records here in new york city. also rhode island and boston. coastal areas are expecting near hurricane force kinds that start in just a little bit as the storm moving off of the warmer ocean back west arching down through new england. we're going to see possible whiteout conditions high winding, fears of mass power outages. there is a travel ban right now. this is relatively unprecedented. nonemergency vehicles starting at 9:00 p.m. in connecticut. the new jersey transit is closed. the new york mass transit that never closes it keeps the city functioning, the new york city subway system and all transit will close at 11:00 p.m. tonight. it closed during sandy. and that will bring the biggest city in the country to an absolute stand still. amtrak is suspending all service through new england. 7,000 flights have been cabled. a third of domestic travel. we have essentially a lock down at all of the airports. if you're traveling in or out of new york tonight you're screwed. you probably already knew that. public school

york city side of things from the new york state side of things it seem the like new york city mayor bill die blaus yoe and governor cuomo really wanted to get out ahead of this and they did not mince words when they said that this storm had the potential to be life threatening, deadly. this storm had the potential to be historic. of course the models that we have seen over the last couple of days really showed that this could have been, really, a history maker. one for the books. you know we saw 2006 saw over 26 inches of snow. that was, that's essentially the largest snowfall here on the record books. there was some thought that we could hit that tonight. now, if you were to look at the streets where we are now, one might say it doesn't look like we're going to get there. of course there's still a chance. we could get a big blow tonight over the next several hours, but i think most folks would guess, at least where we are in the heart of manhattan, we might not see that record-breaking snowfall here tonight. >> very quickly, when we look around you, we see people standing on the st

i'm shepard smith in new york city. and for the next hour as the brunt of the storm is headed our way, we'll update you on exactly what our meteorologists are predicting, how bad they now believe it's going to be and where. we'vex"aÑ had a break in new york here for the past few hours. very little snow at all here in midtown or really across the krd(ñ region. got about 3.8 inches in central park. about six inches in queens. a couple inches on the long island shore, a couplez the boston area. but all of it's changing. and we have brand new predictions. big picture here our team in the extreme weather center says it's about to get a whole lot worse and potentially very dangerous. walk over to the wall. tens of millions of people in the way of this monster. the blizzard is taking aim really everywhere new jersey, northern baltimore up through new york, up to boston and back up into maine including every major city in between. governors in seven states declared states of emergency. andtu really going to crank up over the

all new york city schools closed. others flocked to the grocery stores lining up in the snow to stock up on dwindling supplies and get ready to stay inside. you don't want people in the middle of that blizzard? >> no. it going to be like standing out in the an arctic. it could be 60-mile-an-hour winds, with blizzard-like conditions. whiteout conditions. that's the last place you want to be. >> they have really gotten the word out here in new york. gio back with us live. i know they are going to reduce service on the subway and then close it down completely as we reported, with no indication as to when it reopens. >> reporter: that's right. it is closing down tonight, david, at 11:00 p.m. totally suspended. most of that mass transit system shut down. we just have no idea when that's going to reopen. >> really that's a first. gio, thank you. tonight, school already canceled for more than a million children tomorrow. one of the real fears as we head into this evening, the winds. up to 75 miles an hour and the power now,

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snow has started to fall in new york city. andrew cuomo issued a travel ban for 13 counties in southern new york. the ban goes into effect at 11:00 tonight. this is a total travel ban. up to two feet of snow is now expected in the new york city metro area. there's little doubt severe weather events are becoming more frequent in the united states. many scientists think that there is a direct link between severe weather and climate change. this year alone we have seen a record drought in california that is devastating local economies. washington state has seen some of the largest wildfires in their history. earlier this month noaa announced 2014 was the hottest year on report globally. this graphic shows sea surface temperature abnormalities for this time of year. the blue is below average. gray is normal. red is above average, and white is high above average. meteorologists say high sea surface temperatures are helping fuel weather patterns we're seeing unfold in front of us, especially this blizzard. let me bring in paul dougl

this band of snow is over new york city. you can see we are moderate snow, but it is coming down already. this goes all the way out on long island. it is heavy to moderate snow. it is accumulateing about an inch, maybe about a half an inch, an hour. we had a little bit of snow pellets. that made it slick on the roads too. it is time to get off the highways and off the roads in and around new york city and long island and soon up in southern new england. i don't think you have to wait until 8:00 or 6:00. get home now and get safe if you can. tomorrow it won't be like this. i was watching the wind gusts. only about 10 mile per hour winds. temperatures hovering right around 30 degrees. this isn't even blowing. tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. i wouldn't be able to stand that up. the snow will be about up here. the bottom line the worst of this blizzard the winds are going to add to the heavy snow. midnight to about noon tomorrow that's from portland to boston to worcester right down through providence into new york city and the je

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with new york city subway and buses shutting down at 11:00 p.m. the message to residents, don't take this storm lightly. >> this is a different kind of storm than we've a had before. this is the first weather event of this magnitude of this season thank goodness. >> this is a top storm. we should treat it as such. it will remain as such throughout the course of the storm. >> it will likely be one of the largest in the history of new york city. it's not going to be like other snowstorms. it's going to be by all indications be worse. >> the storm reeking havoc with air travel in the northeast with more than 6,000 flights cancelled today and tomorrow. all day long communities and residents have been in preparation mode stocking up on supplies and bracing for the worst. >> biggest concern that i have and a lot of people on the coast is losing power. >> plan is to get home as soon as i can and be safe. >> milk eggs bread, butter all the good stuff. >> i don't want to go hungry. i need to eat. so i came out here. i didn't realize how busy it was. it's b

travel bans are in place in rhode island, new york city and parts of new jersey. mass transit is shut down in boston and new york. the blizzard is expected to last up to 36 hours in some places. kris van cleave is in comack, long island, just east of new york city. kris, good morning. >> reporter: marie, as of 3:00 a.m., the national weather service has recorded more than 15 inches of snow out here on long island. the wind is blowing. the snow, visibility is low, and driving is certainly very treacherous. snowplows faced the brunt of the northeast blizzard overnight as snow and strong winds battered long island. >> the wind and visibility and everything, it's not too good. >> reporter: police in humvees patrolled the snow-covered roads as the nor'easter kicked into gear monday evening, parking itself over the east coast, feeding off the ocean. >> here you can see the spin, right? look at the tail. this moisture plume goes all the way down to basically cuba. there is nothing but a lot of available moisture here. >> reporter: that moisture means snow. forecasters pr

new york city it wasn't that bad. we're kind of angry that the mayor shut the city down because, you know we had stuff to do. >> you know what the national weather service said 24 to 30 inches. that's a big storm. i'll show you why they had 24 to 30 inches but i'll tell you why that's good news. it's like test driving a brand-new car. we have a brand-new computer model that the weather service spent millions of dollars on to beat the european model, and this model did well. we just didn't know to trust it yet because it's the first time you take the car out for a spin you don't want to step on the gas too hard. this was the computer model that was right yesterday. the gfs, the brand-new gfs model. this didn't get listened to very much because the old stand by this was listened to. 24 inches plus new york all the way over to boston. look how different that was. >> wow. >> the first model, the real good model, the new one, is about 8 to 12. that's what we got. that's exactly what we got. didn't get the 24. that's how th

it's just after 2:30 in the morning in new york city. what's the scene on the streets, and how bad are conditions there? how bad are they likely to get? >> reporter: yeah. we're pretty lucky we're in a heated blizzard mobile. we're in a blizzard mobile with fwour-wheel drive. that's the good news so far. what we've seen over the last several hours is really you know we went through a period around 7:00 or 8:00 tonight that saw pretty significant, steady snowfall. decent amount of win, but nothing too outrageous. nothing like the potential for the hurricane-strength winds that we've been talking about with this storm. for the last couple of hours, it has sort of come and gone. we've seen heavier spurs of snow. if you look at our camera out the front of the car here, you can see it's really -- it may not even look like much on camera. it's a fine snow now. almost looks like it creates a haze or fog in front of us. and the winds, though have picked up a little. what we can tell you is a lot of the forecasters were thinking here in manhattan

for new york city it depends where the back edge sets up. but you know worst case scenario they will be in the top five as well. >> the top five worst for new york ever? >> yeah. but if it sets up that way. i would say that long island up to southeast new england and boston is the prime spot for the heaviest snowfall for this storm. >> and the advice you have for people and there are maybe 60 million people in the path of this storm, the best advice you have is what? >> pay attention to your local officials because they are out there to try to protect you and make the prudent decisions that will help you work through this storm and to recover faster. >> the fact that it's going to hit overnight, that it will really start blasting away 8:00 9:00 10:00 tonight and go through the night, then into the early morning hours, what's the impact of that? because it's happening overnight? >> that's an amazing plus for being able to recover from this storm. most of the people obviously are off the roads so it gives the road crews a big head start in rec

there is a mini crisis brewing here in new york city. the nypd is so angry that they are engaged in a work slow down. arrests for minor crimes in the last part of december are way down. add to that thousands of new york city police officers despise the mayor, bill de blasio and continue to show disrespect by turning their backs to him. this despite the fact that police commissioner bill bratton asked the officers not to do that. thousands of cops defied their boss and turned away from de blasio when he spoke at the service. for those that don't live in new york city, there is a bigger picture. the progressive left believes the american justice system is unfair to black people. there is no question african-americans commit crimes way out of proportion to the general population. the real question is why. according to analysis by a "wall street journal"ist columnist blacks make up 14% of the population but account for 47% of all police killings. fbi stats, blacks are almost six times more likely as non-blacks to kill a police officer. that

as you can see it is coming down in new york city. i don't know if you can tell through the camera and the television screen it is cold out here but it is real cold. that's why i'm out here to dem en straight to you we are not lying. there is a winter storm. you can see me. this is information coming straight to you. we will continue to cover the storm live after the break. >>> roads are already shut down here in new york. i believe in rhode island they have shut down as well. there are five states that have travel bans as we head in to the evening. nonessential vehicles asked to stay off the road. seven states under a state of emergency. 60 million people under a weather watch. we are looking at historic highs, possibly through parts of the northeast. in situate, massachusetts, getting pounded right now. the snow and wind picking up in new york. the subway system shut down in an unprecedented move. second guessing from folks whether it was strictly necessary. we will see tomorrow morning when the city wakes up totally paralyzed. no m

york city. so that's what we're expecting from the snow. and again building higher as you go up toward new york and long island. temperatures right now if you're headed outside 26 degrees in philadelphia, 27 in allentown and millville. and a high today of 30. temperatures not really going very f looks like the snow, the last of it, will probably taper off late this morning. karen what about roads early on? >> well, with a little snow in philadelphia and areas north and west you can certainly get out if you need to but that doesn't mean you're not going to see a little bit of snow on the roadway. west conshohocken at fayette street and you can see all the tire marks through the snow right now. it's certainly going to be a little bit slick so be careful as you're heading out on the secondary roads. main roads are in great shape. church road at east main street a new accident in lansdale. a new accident in bryn mawr that has bryn mawr avenue closed near route 3 west chester pike. hearing that a veh

new york city virtually a ghost town. most people seem to be heeding the request from the mayor and governor today to stay off these streets unless you absolutely have to be. we have, though seen a number of vehicles violating the travel ban. mainly taxis. some other cars for hire as well. by and large, the people the pockets of people that we have seen largely in times square these are blizzard tourists so to speak. folks who have come out to snap some really cool pics before the worst of this thing really comes. so again, that's the latest from here on 6th. got a red light here. that's probably a good time to stop this thing and send it back to you. >> craig melvin thank you so much for that report. that's been the situation as we look at the streets here in new york city. that is ebbs and flows. sometimes the snow goes down sometimes it picks up. with the gusts of wind and whether it's sustained or not, a live picture here as we do look at an area that's so famous. times square. you can see there's still snow on the gr

in a big city like new york city. essentially there is only one issue, that's the relationship between mayor and the police. so that they create a safe public envirnltd. with that nothing else matters, not taxes, nothing else. << i don't know if everybody knows there are 60 million people in the new york city metropolitan area. and if you don't have control, if you don't have control, this place goes fast. ladies? >> remember, we had 20 years under giuliani and bloomberg where they were able to reverse this kind of thing and get us to a point where most of us and it's taken de blasio a year to turn it all around. >> he has not turned it around. >> destroyed it. >> all right. >> got to go. next on the rundown can big time athletes and movie stars calm racial tensions in the u.s.a.? we will talk with a former nba store jaylen rose. later is it legal on prince andrew having sex with an american minor. factor is coming right back. shopping online is as easy as it gets. wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers, carpenters a

jersey and parts of new york state, including new york city. joining me is msnbc meteorologist and a concern here. you don't want the potentially 60 million people affected by the storm to be out in the streets, any of them for the concern of death or damage here. >> no. exactly. this is a good call. you can never be too careful. the storm is setting up. it is a dangerous one. we have seen it with rehema driving on the roads. the ice is coming down. getting reports to the north of freezing fog. we are going to have conditions that are going to continue to worsen as we head through the overnight and early morning hour. we notice from your live shot the snow is starting to pick up. in manhattan we are getting a heavier band that's moving through. this is a band of snow pushing through long island. the set up right how has been the heavy snow in rhode island. some of it pushing in to coney island manhattan, white plains. the snow is picking up. this will be the case. we will have those bands that will come in and out over the next several hours. t

of new york city. believe they have 5-6 inches in snow in central park. the problem is the next time they talk like this, will people listen? >> reporter: i can't be responsible for what people will do. >> reporter: do you as a forecaster worry about that? >> reporter: no, i don't. what i worry about fist nailing the forecast. you have to fight from the ground you stand on at the time. every weather situation is unique. you have to look at it and evaluate it as best you can. this is a southeastern new england storm. 15-minute. i'm not saying i was right about new york city. i felt new york city was going get close to 20 inches of snow. but every weather situation is unique in and of itself so you have to study each one as they come along and match it up against things you have seen before. bring in the computer models, link the evidence and try to predict an answer. i have been emailing people at fox saying january 26 to february 10 is going to be storm after storm every three days and a lot of cold we

new terror threats against new york city and threats against the new york city police department specifically. we'll bring you any news that comes from that momentarily. >>> first, to jennifer griffin live this afternoon at the pentagon. are pentagon officials saying whether any classified information was leaked here? >> well, shep, according to the pentagon, no. they say the information that was put online was publicly available on the internet. the slide and plans they purportedly posted were from an open source from m.i.t. but not only did the banner of their arabic and english centcom twitter page say i love you isis but one tweet says isis is already here. we're in your pcs, in each military base. the official centcom youtube site began playing isis propaganda videos with tight. s such as all soldiers of truth go forthwith fiery images of isis fighters. perhaps most disturbing were the personal details that the hackers published of u.s. army commanders and the top leadership of the u.s. military, including personal e-mails and phone numbers. some numbers we tried and were outdated. old n

york city or in the new york area too early to tell? >> i think we already have six inches on the ground. so it's still a sizeable threat to the city. an additional four to eight inches expected here. but we've brought down the totals hooere in new york city. we're thinking between new york city and the hudson river we'll see that very western edge of this particular storm. and then the further east you get, massachusetts, and connecticut -- >> and new england still going to get the brunt of it. listen it's better to be prepared. it's better to be overprepared than not at all. >> without a doubt. i think they made the right call to close down the city and the roads here. it's better to be prepared than not to be prepared at all. so we need this stuff. >> i'mappreciate that. >> we have producers, and crews all over the northeast. we're covering this storm for you here on cnn, we'll have the latest right after a quick break. ugh... ...heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to t

new york city spared the brunt of this storm. not the same story though in other parts of the northeast. parts of the northeast getting absolutely hammered right now. travel slowly starting to get back to normal in some states. travel bans have been lifted in parts of new jersey connecticut, massachusetts, and here in new york as well. massachusetts, though, really still in the crosshairs right now. snowfall expected to get more than two feet in some areas. coastal flooding becoming another major concern. also expected to get hit hard maine and new hampshire. both of those states still under a state of emergency. officials still urging people to stay off the roads and to stay at home. let's kick things off with our meteorologist who continues to follow the storm's track. who is getting hammered right now? >> right now eastern massachusetts and rhode island. they are in the brunt of the storm. we have impressive snow totals. this is a new update. for mass 30 inches. worcester 26 inches. boston, 21 1/2 with an inch of snow coming d

we're protected in new york city. we have a lot of buildings that present protect us from the strong winds, but along the coast there's nothing to stop the wind. so she's in the brunt of it. the water pushes up the waves. the problems with the coastal surge. and the stronger winds are along the coast. >> what about the timing of the storm? initially we said between midnight and 6:00. still same timing? >> absolutely. the heaviest of snow bands still moving through as we speak. new york city has a pretty heavy snow band as you see behind us. still another three to four hours out, it's good that the roads have been closed that's when the strongest of the snow bands will come through around 6:00. then we see them taper off around noon on tuesday. but just because the snow has let off doesn't mean the storm is done. >> we can't see anything. 12:29 here on the east coast. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. you do a lot of work on cnn. >> international. >> we're going to head off to bo

new york city spared the brunt of this storm. not the same story though in other parts of the northeast. parts of the northeast getting absolutely hammered right now. travel slowly starting to get back to normal in some states. travel bans have been lifted in parts of new jersey connecticut, massachusetts, and here in new york as well. massachusetts, though, really

in response to the growing threat, the new york city government and new york city police have continued to commit resources to that priority. >> is the level of communication between nypd, the justice department, the fbi, the law enforcement agencies domestic and foreign, at the highest level? that's essential, isn't it? >> it is essential. i would defy you to try to find somebody on either side of the fence, the nypd side, the federal side, that would not say that the relationships are the best they have ever been. which is important, because we are continually trying to improve those relationships. we need transparency. we need to have a seamless web of interactivity between us, and i really believe we do have that. personal relationships with our colleagues, the fbi, other agencies. we socialize with each other, we go to professional conferences with each other, and we are in constant communication. that is critical. >> it has been said to me that the biggest concern by law enforcement is that somebody is going to find a way to slip into this country with some kind of weapon, a dirty

from a stormy new york city good morning. stay with us, bloomberg "surveillance." ♪ >> good morning. bloomberg "surveillance," i'm tom keene. the markets will be open today. even though much of new york city is close. a morning must read. >> this comes from klaus, he advises companies, telecom companies on how to deal with wi-fi. he wrote that they are going to offer a cheap wi-fi-based phone service. wi-fi services can carry a price of zero to ten dollars a month. this will have consequences for the mobile industry. in the studio, richard farley, a partner at paul hastings. dressed with class. no sweater. >> i made shorture i -- i made sure i had a two inch heel. >> you've spent your career advising companies. one of the things we are seeing with verizon and at&t is the possibility that these tens of billions of dollars they have spent on spectrum acquisition and infrastructure might be a stranded asset. >> that is the history of the industry. you have to see which investments will pay off and which will not. good that's a

he's the mayor of new york city. his number one job is to protect the people that have elected him to serve. what he heard was this could potentially be one of the worst storms to ever hit new york city. we were told similar things and we reported it here yesterday. he was precautious. if it were the other way around, he didn't put all that in place and things did happen everyone would be freaking out today. are we too harsh? are the american people wrong here? i think you're damned if you do you're da many,ned if you don't. >> on the other hand, there is no more concrete or real political task for any elected official than that that is presented to a mayor or a governor or a county executive or whatever when there's a huge bunch of snow in the streets. because as you probably heard on this network earlier today, the late mayor of new york laguardia said there is no democratic or republican way to clear the streets. >> yep. >> right. >> and it's the most concrete manifestation of whether a leader is really a leader.

york city. they want to throw these statistics around? this is volcano ready to pop and you know what? let our cops do their job. let bill bratton run the police department. big bird go bactigras sy mansion and do whatever you do behind those big high walls thaw built there. i don't know what he does there but he does something in the backyard. >> he can't get out of bed. he is lazy. >> show how tired he looked. >> he is arrogant. i don't know why he is tired because the guy can't get out of bed going according to reports. >> i'm not lazy. i'm just so tired. >> i know where you're going with that. he is also a hypocrite jedediah. you remember protesters when they took to the streets of new york they were chanting, nypd kkk and how did mayor de blasio react just two weeks ago? he stood up and he lectured police on the first amendment. that the protesters had right to say kkk and nypd. isn't this interesting now, that the police force is exercising their first amendment right but bill de blasio, a

i'm in central park in new york city. this is the epicenter of what could be the largest snowstorm in this city's history. this blizzard has been called historic and life-threatening with snowfall up to 2 feet or more in new york. as much as 30 inches a record in boston. gusting winds expected to hit -- excuse me. with winds up to 65 miles an hour. you can actually see it from outer space, how ee norm mace the storm is. it stretches from maryland to maine. 60 million americans are in its path. the governors of new york pennsylvania rhode island have all declared a state of emergency, forcing people to stay home. they have shut down highways airports and tunnels. that is historic. here in new york city shutting down the subways for one of the few times in history. the city has closed 6,000 miles of roadway banning cars from the streets after 11:00 tonight. that in and of itself a record. new york city highway is also closed. trucks dropping up to 126,000 tons of salt on roads. and new jersey is shutting down trains until t

new york city and long island. that's 11:00, a travel restriction for all roads, state roads, local roads, city roads, town roads, except for emergency personnel. this is a serious situation. if you violate this state order, it's a possible misdemeanor, it's fines up to $300. and that will go into effect at 11:00 also. the two lessons we have learned dealing with the situation more times than we would care to getting the subways and the railroad cars in a safe position is key so that when the weather does leave, we are in a position for the system to start back up. we saw that under hurricane sandy, so that's what we're trying to do here with the 11:00 closing down. and number two, in terms of keeping people off the roads, the roads are very dangerous. we have just been out to long island and driven around the metropolitan area. the roads are already very very dangerous. they are going to be very hard to clear at the rate of snowfall we expect with the wind gusts we expect so it's dangerous to be out there now. it'

new york city. it's been replaced by a winter storm warning for new york. so at least new york city faired much, much better than expected. but, mika the storm still moves up the coast. >> a couple hours to go yet, joe. let's get right to where things stand at this hour with the potentially historic blizzard that has virtually shut down the northeast in the united states. eight states are now in a state of emergency as the brunt of the storm moved in overnight. but moments ago, a blizzard warning was lifted for new york city, as joe mentioned. earlier forecasts called for up to three feet of snow in parts of connecticut, massachusetts, and new york. the numbers have now been downgraded and parts of new england are now expected to see the worse, about two feet of snow and major snowdrifts. wind gusts are already topped 70 miles an hour in nantucket. right now there are 60 million people under a winter weather alert and 30 million people facing blizzard condition. thousands are in the dark after losin

these were the times new york city were in very dark financial shape. the leaders of the city at the time came together to talk about how to save new york city. >> and they did it right here? >> everyday they would say, where should we meet? my father said, it is a bit selfish on my part because all i have to do is take an elevator, but let's meet at the regency. [laughter] that is literally where the term -- in the mid-70's, where the term power breakfast started. we will re-establish the regency as the home of the power breakfasts, the place where people want to come to see and be seen. >> coming up, what kind of hotel room does $100 million buy? what is the most expensive part of this room? >> the bathroom. the bathrooms are very, very expensive. ♪ >> just before it reopened, jonathan tisch, chairman of loews hotels, gave me a tour of the newly renovated loews regency in east midtown manhattan. >> here we go, betty. after you. >> all right. newly renovated rooms. you have designed -- you picked out almost everything in this room. >> i can tell you

it's not easy in new york city. >> reporter: this may be one of the toughest jobs to get in new york city. this past year more than 90,000 submitted applications to become sanitation workers. the department hires 500 new workers a year. translating to an acceptance of 0.54%, a little over half a per cent. harvard university's acceptance rate is 5.8%. in other words it's harder to become a sanitation worker in new york city that it is to get into harvard. >> when i heard there was 960,000 applicants for the job, it made sense and made me think how hard it is to get a job. >> one reason being a sanitation worker is enticing may be the pay. the starting salary is low - about 34,000. when you factor in overtime it averages about 47,000 in the first year. after 5.5 years, the salary jumps to 89,000. >> it's not bad, considering the annual pay for transit workers is $78,000. new york city teachers 68,000, and parks employees, 50,000 per year. and since new york city sanitation workers operate snow ploughs, there's an ample opportunity for overtime. >> when we have a big snow fall we move i

was performed in 2009 on the new york city subway. he followed it up with "the sweet cheat," a play about a post-apocalyptic new york that was performed in an abandoned warehouse north of the city. and he's not the only one making site-specific theater. in fact, one of new york's more popular long-running shows is "sleep no more" an avant-garde retelling of shakespeare's "macbeth," performed in three adjoining warehouses in manhattan designed to look like an old hotel. john gould rubin has also used the site-specific format in his own work. >> i did it because it was much less expensive and because it would endow the audience, which- - with an entirely different experience. you're in an experience if you go to the theater which is one that you're accustomed to. but if you go to a place, the address of which you've been given that morning by a telephone or an e-mail, you're already primed for an unusual experience. and so, it is economics. but it's also a way of endowing the audience with an unusual experience. >> we are not here for y

york city and new models at new york city are high. this city will come to a standstill. the wind doesn't stop for 48 hours. this is what we have now. snow tapered off here in new york city for another 30 minutes. airplanes are already having trouble keeping up and we'll see a lot of these delays pile up as the day goes on and the icing delays and all that. it's the snow accumulation and wind will affect people here and if you lose power, you can lose heat in your house. i have seen people get smashed in the doors here at time warner center. they think they can get in but the wind is blowing so hard they get smashed on the way out. that's why the revolving doors are there. they are not treating passengers through them like revolving doors are. it's tough out here. wind blowing at 35 miles per hour carol. >> all right. chad myers, this could be heavy, wet snow too. it's likely that many people will lose power, right? >> it is the closer you get to the coast, the heavier it will be. here it will be 10 to 1 snow. if you get 20 inches of s

>> well for anybody who is a bad guy in new york city if you think that this is the time to the have a free for all, think again. because the nypd is not going anyplace and they will continue the police the city, and this is for those who want to commit terrorist attacks as well. the nypd is not taking their eye off of the ball and if anybody believes that there is a gap of security in the city, and they are taking a nap because of the current climate that exists with the mayor, that is not happening. the officers are out there, and acts committed right now across the five boroughs of new york city by police officers out there saving lives and tending to those who need them and responding to the 911 calls as they would 24 hours a day for 365 days a year as they have for 100 some-odd-years. and so with the smaller quality of life crimes like happened on staten island, that is yet to be resolved. >> and tom fuentes, former fbi director, how do you look at this crime in new york city indicative of the nation? >> well, deb, it is how the police officers feel not only in the country, but

fox news, new york city. i dare you. >> yes. >> there is a party. >> i didn't know >> the king of the kid cam tonight. man. >> just warming up, bringing people together. >> i'm saving mine for my girlfriend. >> it's too late. yes. yes. yes. just have to get people -- yes. >> get her >> there you go. is everybody warm out there? >> yes. >> i mean, this is just, well here is the thing. about new year's eve is free stuff. i'm kind of a hoarder. i've just been collecting stuff off the ground. i see nothing wrong with that. our streets are clean. >> is that a yoga ball? >> it's a balloon. here is the thing that is nice about me having this stuff. i can bartter for other things. >> there is two nice girls here. they have tiaras on their heads i will give you all of this stuff. it's great stuff off the floor. is that a yes? or no? i didn't think so. i'm giving free air time. quick. >> so i'm sorry. >> i don't know if we have service. >> we like those women. >> thank you. >> and the crowd is getting bigger with times

the tourists are back out, got the word new york city is open. friends from brazil and they're more fascinated than anything else with the snow. obviously wanted to see the big blizzard, but they're not complaining too much about getting around and out of hotel rooms today. couple things that are interesting. the cameraman's van was hit by a chunk of ice falling off the buildings. around new york city that's a concern with storms like this the storm is up there, sticks to roofs, and start to melt as the buildings heat up through the day, and ice falls. that's a known hazard after a storm like this. hopefully not too big of chunks. between the last time i was with you, i ran inside wanted to do analysis of where the storm was forecasted to be and where it actually was to get a -- i was estimating 25 to 50 miles. if we have the weather 2 computer up the forecast you're looking at here with snowfall and the l on the left that was position of the storm we were supposed to have this morning. that was yesterday morning's forecast. the position of the l

in a big city like new york city. essentially there is only one issue, that's the relationship between mayor and the police. so that they create a safe public envirnltd. with that nothing else matters, not taxes, nothing else. << i don't know if everybody knows there are 60 million people in the new york city metropolitan area. and if you don't have control, if you don't have control, this place goes fast. ladies? >> remember, we had 20 years under giuliani and bloomberg where they were able to reverse this kind of thing and get us to a point where most of us and it's taken de blasio a year to turn it all around. >> he has not turned it around. >> destroyed it. >> all right. >> got to go. next on the rundown can big time athletes and movie stars calm racial tensions in the u.s.a.? we will talk with a former nba store jaylen rose. later is it legal on prince andrew having sex with an american minor. factor is coming right back. patented sonic technology with up to 27% more brush movements. get healthier gums in two wee

another inch here in new york city. it's the big story, the boston snow that's still to come. the onshore flow bringing in the snow. the onshore flow wasn't strong enough yesterday to push the snow as far west as new york city. that's why it didn't get the snow here and that's why this is good news story that people go out and play in it right now rather than go out and shovel in it. this storm at 11 inches is manageable for the city. you double that number and all of a sudden it takes three times as long to move that much snow. here's your windchill factors. be careful outside. be sure pets are inside. 2 below in springfield. 9 below in boston. windchills because of the winds, nantucket, just had a gust of 64 miles an hour. >> they don't have power. >> they don't have power. the windchill there is 10. wind blowing through the house. i know windchill factor doesn't get into the house but it can blow through the cracks in the house and inside gets as cold as outside. nantucket, high gust was 78 miles per hour. >> that would be scary, right?

it is 10:00 here in new york city. and in one hour the city's mass transit system will shut down can completely in the face of this storm that has been slamming the northeast from new jersey up to maine. it will hit up to 30 million people and is expected to drop more than 2 feet of snow in some areas, topping wind gusts of 60 miles per hour. that could make for whiteout conditions and snowdrifts could top 5 feet. governors now in seven states have declared states of emergency and by midnight travel will be effectively banned in massachusetts, rhode island connecticut new jersey and part of new york state, including new york city where i'm reporting from. we are going to bring you a lot of fresh information here. reporters across the northeast today, and we start with nbc ease meteorologist dillen drier in boston. what can you tell us about what's happening now? >> reporter: well we are just starting to see this whole thing get started now. 10:00 was that time frame where we start to see heavier storm. and right now we

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