Every day since october 23. I feel totally safe. Axelrod and former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. Is he going to make his own run for the white house . Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. 85 million americans are now dealing with a blizzard that could well make history by the time its over tomorrow. So far, at least 17 people have died in this storm. 40 inches of snow have already fallen in glengarry, West Virginia. Up to 30 inches are in the forecast for new york city. Hurricaneforce winds of 75 Miles Per Hour created blinding whiteout conditions in virginia. 11 states plus washington, d. C. Have now declared snow emergencies. Tonight, coastal communities are flooded, hundreds remain out in many the storm beginning in new york with marlie hall. Reporter pie 4 00 this afternoon, new york city was on lockdown, no cars allowed or buses and many trains stopped. This is why. There is a travel ban in the city until further notice. This is a very big keel. Reporter with 50mileanhour wind and more than two feet of snow and ice, mayor bill de blasio said new yorkers need to listen. People have to take scrr seriously whats going on here and recognize theres a lot of danger and a lot of disruption thats going to occur because of this storm. Reporter just a year ago, the mayor was heavily criticized for overreacting, closing roads and shutting down mass transit for the first time in the 110year history for a storm that turned out to be a bust. But today was different, significantly worse than earlier state new yor with it. And thats when the situation becomes most dangerous. Reporter already, there have been more than 300 dispens, but none of them fatal. The n. Y. P. D. Threatinned to arrest drivers who done here in the city right now are here for the night. Many area hotels are offering who are communities along the jersey shore. At cape may, the morning high tide was over nine feet breaking the record set during Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Jericka duncan is up the coast in masasquan. Reporter chunks of ice the siong the new jersey coastline with roads shut down by the storm. Officials barnegat issued a mandatory evacuation. Thats when i started getting like how much water are we getting in here . And thats kind of sort of getting into a little panic moke. Reporter Mantoloking Police chief worried high tides tonight is going to cause flooding. All of the water is going to dump into our side streets. Reporter how many homes are we talking could be impacted . Probably 200. Mantoloking, a 45foot wall built after sandy is the only thing between this tremendous surf and these homes. Honestly, we feel a form of posttraumatic stress. Theyve rebuilt, right. Theyve come back bigger and stronger and then you have another one at your door. Reporter governor chris christie, who emergency in six years so wehe water behind me is rising by the minute as another high tide moves in. Axelrod Jericka Duncan on the hardhit jersey shore. Gereek athank you. There is worst places to be snow bound than board a cruise ship. A Royal Caribbean cruise ship was due to dock tomorrow at the thatont keep whipping here outside the maryland Emergency Command Center where we have seen more than 22 inches of snow making this one of the top 10 winter storms on record. Even plows had trouble getting through, and the roads remain treacherous across the state. We even saw a modified military vehicle with massive fourfoothigh tires. Of driver tells us he was rescuing plows and fourwheel drive vehicles that got stuck on the Eastern Shore in the coastal areas and ocean city, maryland, this has been a flooding event with moderate flooding and some damage. The best advice here is stay home and stay warm. Jim. Axelrod mike, thank you. Moving south, just a ways now to the nations capital, kris van cleave shows us how the blizzard is redefining the idea of washington gridlock. Reporter the trip up a snowcovered hill took a stuck and burst into flames. Conditions are treacherous for first responders, even the plows found themselves stuck. And whiteout conditions almost blotted out the washington monument. A dangerous game of chicken played out on city streets pedestrians and drivers checking out the storm competed for space with snow plows and emergency vehicles. Mayor muriel browser there are too many people on the streets, both driving and walking. We need you to stay home. Reporter we found Myles Matteson riding his bike down the middle of 14ing street. Do you think its safe, though, with the car are reporter 800 shovels. Yes, 800. Reporter and theyll need them. This time lapse shows how the do you have a sense for the time line of digging out once want snow stops. Geldart. Thats a big question right now. Its a big question for us as well. Reporter washington, d. C. Averages 19 opinion 5 inches of snow a year. This storm is on pace to bring that and maybe more in just one day. Jim, both the secretary of defense and the Vice President were supposed philadelphia tonight. Adds can beg reports, philly is expecting up to two feet of snow before the storm is done. Reporter these are university trying to push their overseeing the effort is pin pen secretary of transportation leslie richards. Historically, they were saying this could be the biggest storm weve seen here in 90 years. Reporter outside philadelphia, there have been more than 80 rescues of drivers stuck in snow. In downtown, nearly 18 im well beyond the idea of winter wonderland. You know, theres no romance to a blizzard in my mind. Reporter back on the has tweeted, it is becoming increasingly unlikely that duquesne will be able to leave the turnpike tonight. Preparing for another night on the bus. We have been told that pennsylvanias governor is using the National Guard and every resource hes got to get that team and those people off of that turnpike tonight. In montgomery county, pennsylvania, where we are right now, the measuring stick shows 22 inches. Jim, among the reports of problems in this area, there are ambulances with patients inside of them that have actually gotten stuck in the snow. Axelrod David Begnaud up to his knees in it in pennsylvania. Thank you. David mentioned that 85mile turnpike that is closed tonightince about 6 15, 6 30 yesterday. Axelrod have you had any Law Enforcement knock on the door of the bus and this now nearly 24 hours. Is it sti power in North Carolina alone. Mark strassmann is in charlotte. Reporter across the utility worrs storm center for the carolinas. Reporter inside duke energys war room, john clusters . Yes. Theyre in the areas are tha it down. Reporter this map shows restoring . One of our challenges is just hes on cape cod for us tonight. Where its apparently bad enough for the goggles. Eric . Reporter jim, it is clearon blizzard conditions here. If its impossible for a storm you talk about all week long to overproduce we might have that tonight, looking at tremendous snow totals, coastal flooding and, of course, here in cape cod it is an extreme winter night. Lets take a look at some of the totals coming in. New york to d. C. , astronomical figures. The latest reports are as of 1 00 in the afternoon. They only do official reports every six hours. Its been snowing all day, both cities likely to go over 20 inches of snow and come close to the greatest . Orms on record. Huge totals there, even bigger just to the west of d. C. Parts of West Virginia reporting closing in on four feet from this storm. Now as we head through the overnight hours, very slowly, the storm is now what we call stacked. Its the same low pressure from the surface all wait up. 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Were probably less than a mile. Reporter Southern California gas company c. E. O. Dennis arriola asked to do this interview as close to the leak as possible. So were closer than the homeowners. Are you uncomfortable . No, absolutely not. Ive been out here almost every day since october 23. I feel totally safe. Reporter arriola says the gas company is close to finishing a relief well to cap the leak. Its more than 8,000 feet down. When we intercept the leaking well, we basically have to hit the size of about a watermelon. We have to be very exact. Reporter once the leak is fixed, the bigger question what to do with the gas . Shut it down want this well and this area as a whole shut down. Theres a lot of but for electricity. Reporter so then thats a no, you cant shut it down. What im saying is its necessary to serve the residents that live here, as well as the 21 Million Consumers that we serve throughout all of the los priorities straight. They may think that this natural gas is an asset. For those of us in porter ranch, we view it as a toxin. Methane is not a toxin. Reporter nose bleeds, nausea, headaches, things that causin facing the gas company wont end any time soon. Mireya villarreal, cbs news, porter ranch. Axelrod up next, another name bland new york billionaire may entertain race for president. Be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. Go talk to your doctor. Get complete protection with t party, and he wants to jump in if it looks like the election is going to come down to donald trump or ted cruz versus bernie sanders. Hes not ruling out running against Hillary Clinton if she emerges from iowa and New Hampshire seriously wounded but its an even lesslikely scenario. 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