He didnt mean to cause tina and rejay. Rap about the weather. Oh just a live moment. You cant do anything about it. Justin, we love you and will check back in with you. President obama is arriving in saudi arabia this morning along with a huge delegation to offer their condolences for the death of king abdullah. The visit follows his shortened trip to india. Made history there. Devin dwyer is traveling with the president. Good morning, reena and t. J. This was a president ial visit all about symbolism and style. Officials say it made the u. S. Strategic alliance with india even stronger. President obama leaves new delhi after three days of pomp and ceremony. His budding friendship a bro mans, with Prime Minister modi has been on display here. Mr. Obama is the First American president to visit india twice. The sign that india is a re in the fight against terrorism, Climate Change and growing trading partner. There was a breakthrough in a Civil Nuclear deal renewed Defense Partnership and an announcement of expanded u. S. Investment in india, which the white house says will mean more jobs at home. Later today the president turns to a much different alliance. Hes skipping a trip to the taj mahal to make a rare impromptu visit to saudi arabia there after the death of king abdullah. The white house says mr. Obama will pay his respects mark the transition to sing saulman and discussion the situation in yemen. She bringing two top officials with him including john mccain, nancy pelosi and former bush secretary of state condoleeza rice. Reena and t. J. . Thank you so much. As we end the first block here of the show, as we always do like to lighten things up going to the commercial break and if you were watching us yesterday morning with we mentioned something about bubble wrap. It was bubble wrap appreciation day. Who knew this was such a thing. This is at Oral Roberts University in tulsa. They got together to try to set a record for simultaneous bubble wrap popping and they had races inside the balls. Their bubble wrap record attempt needs to be verified. They love their bubble wrap at oral roberts apparently. Yes. Coming up the return to the top story. Everybody is talking about the weather, the blizzards impact on the northeast. The new England Patriots facing controversy as they arrive in arizona for the super bowl. What the teams superstar quarterback is telling fans. And a clothing fan popular among babies and toddlers turned to high fashion for grownups. Would you wear a onescy onesie . No announcer world news now weather brought to you by resolve. Does your carpet ever feel rough and dirty . Dont avoid it. Resolve it. Our new formula with a special conditioning ingredient softens your carpet with every use. Its resolve, so you know it cleans and freshens but now it also softens. Resolve. A carpet that welcomes you. 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See how much coverage you can get for just 9. 95 a month. Call now for your free information kit. Of course our big story today, the blizzard hitting the northeast at this hour. New york and new england getting hit hard. Wabc is covering all of the angles. Crazy, crazy the city that never sleeps has essentially been shut down tonight. This is flatbush avenue. It is so empty right now. This so that crews can clean these streets as seamlessly and quickly as possible. From the Upper West Side usually a place where you can find food or anything else anytime but tonight a ghost town. Take a look. Its not completely empty. It is definitely as close to empty as i have ever seen it, of course but it is not empty and all of these folks are supposed to be somewhere by now. It seems like most of the folks we spoke to seem to think you can get a taxi by 11 00 or su 11 00 but they shut down after that. Thats not what the mayor said. Thats what they heard. So most of those folks are stranded here. We thought wed go outside and give you an idea of what manhattan looks like when a big snowstorm conspires to shut it down. Up 7th avenue, look at how desolate this is. They are walking in the middle of the street. The taxi cabs diminished. So unusual not to see a cab here on times square. West side highway, how often do you see this. Never seep this. The folks coming on shift right now will face two to four inches per hour. Even if we made a pass you could see four inches within the next hour. It has been a little icy. It would be nice if we could keep people off the road. Make our job go smoother. Reporter let me know what residents in new jersey are dealing. This pile of snow is what has been plowed just from a parking lot. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Quiet here in connecticut and surrounding areas. Within the last hour or so a lot of people have gone hopefully back to warm hotels or warm homes because its gotten colder out here. The snows picked up. You can see the novelty of the night is lets have our picture taken in the middle of the snowstorm of 2015. Most people would shy away from a blizzard. You guys are coming in to it. I have never seen snowfall in my entire life. Im sure extreme heat snow wont do anything to us. I will get some food take it in to the hotel and stay warm and safe. One two feet is epic. They are talking disaster. Im from south florida. This will be the First Time Ever go sledding. I was excited to buy sglit the wind keeps cranking. Occasional gusts over 30 miles an hour. When it does this powder on the street sort of sprays and creeps eerily down columbus avenue. Wow. Yeah. People are out for different reasons. Thats true. Some people dont get a chance to see snow and are from other places and some people just hungry. Not going to find too many place s open. Ill tell you. I was surprised when i came in this evening i saw a buy on his bike delivery guy doing his thing. Some are out there but not by these pictures. Well be right back. The noreaster caused a couple of nba games to be postponed but one sports game will certainly not be delayed. The countdown to super bowl xlix is on. As you may have heard theres still some Unfinished Business to attend to. Cecilia vega is in phoenix. Reporter the nfl conceding the super bowl will be played without knowing if one of the teams broke the rules on the way there. Saying the deflategate investigation could take several more weeks. This following a report the league now has a person of interest allegedly a patriots locker Room Attendant. Whos ready to Party Reporter cheering fans braving the cold gave the patriots a rousing sendoff. We have the best fans in america. Reporter the team touching down in phoenix where the Team Owner Robert Kraft angrily responded to 0 the allegations. I want to make it clear that i believe unconditionally that the new England Patriots have done nothing inappropriate in this process or in violation of nfl rules. Reporter you can see the preparations are underway. The countdown to the big game is on. But the questions wont go away. Brady says the nfl will not question him until until after the game. Seattle seahawks star player Richard Sherman is pulling no punches. Will they be punished probably not. Reporter deflategate threatening to suck all of the air out of super bowl xlix. This is the hotel where the patriots will be staying all week. Sure to face more questions about deflategate. Nfl saying deniently no one should draw conclusions of who it has and hasnt interviewed yet. Cant we play the game please. Ready. A lot of people want to see what goes on. I dont care how much air is in the ball on sunday. Just kick off. Lets go. A trend alert for you. The onesie not for kids though. Not sure about this one. 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See how much coverage you can get for just 9. 95 a month. Call now for your free information kit. Live look outside. New yorks Upper West Side. Were in the middle the brunt of this bliz afrd here in new york city. Expecting a foot to two two feet of snow here but other areas of the northeast probably getting the worst of it. Uhhuh. And smack dab in the middle of awards season means we get to see some of the seasons latest and greatest. It is not just the snow but the highprofile models now. One style is trending really big right now. Here now abcs sara haines. Reporter from red carpet ready rompers, to one pieces jump suits are all the rage. But what if you want to give up the pain of high fashion in favor of a more casual couture look without sacrificing style . Behold the onesie. Katy perry and mod are too. I think of a pint of ice cream. But we are seeing celebrities putting on heels and jewelry and look elegant. This is taking the jump suit to the next more comfortable level. Reporter anyone can get in on the look from 25 at forever 21 to a 200 zoop it up number. And no print is off limits. A way to show people who you are and what you are in to. Express yourself. Exactly. Reporter how practical are they for everyday wear . I suited up and hit the streets of new york city to find out. Turning some heads along the way. Would you wear this . Yeah. Reporter use three words to describe me right now. Loud cute and pink. Reporter what did you think when you first saw me. Even though it is camouflage not blending it. Do you like it . Is there a right way to wear it. You have the zippers going on the little tachlg i wouldnt add anything. You are okay with this. Yeah sure. As long as you dont have to wear it. Exactly. Reporter who better to give me advice on how to rock one. Hi sweet baby. Something tells me they have a little experience in the onesie department. Hands in the air like you just dont care. Whoa whos in the onesie . Would you wear one . Onesie . Where . Out in public. I dont know. Maybe on the slopes. Of all the pictures they put together of me this is the best one. This is your favorite picture. Yes. At least im doing something manly and studly in a onesie im on the slopes. Graphics dont do that. Good morning. New york city the city that never sleeps is certainly quiet right now. A rare sight on the streets of manhattan. Virtually nobody out. Multiple travel bans in multiple states even the new york subway not working at this hour. Were in the brunt of what we are told will be a historic blizzard on this tuesday, january 27th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We lobbied to do the whole show outside. We wanted to because we want to be out there, the people and elements. Sure. Then we thought toasty studio hot coffee. Never felt so good in here has it. Never has felt so good. It is something else. It was a little bit. Nobodys really out right now. We said out with the people but nobodys out and they are not supposed to be out and dont want to be out at this sfwloint the governor of new york said it is a misdemeanor. I was wondering if we committed a misdemeanor being on the streets. If you are caught in your vehicles 300 fine. Most people listening. We did see a lot of cars out there. A few folks Walking Around getting where they need to be to wrap up their evenings maybe but no vehicles out at this point. People heeding the warning. The monster snowstorm hitting six states. New york under a travel ban, no cars allowed on the road. Bus, subway with Commuter Train Service suspended. Abcs Marci Gonzalez has the latest. Mahrecy, good morning. I love to hear how you are rubbing it in how nice and toasty it is in the studio while im out here in the snow. It picked up within the past howe few hours. Where we are at least, only a few inches of snow accumulated but that is quickly changing. The worst of the storm now moving in and much of the northeast could be buried beneath a few feet of snow. This will most likely be one of the largest blizzards in the history of new york city. That prediction prompting an unprecedented level of response. Roads, bridges and tunnels in new york city shut down for everything but emergency vehicles. Subways and a lot of commuter trains arent running either. When they say go home early you are better off going home early because you are not getting home, especially when it is like this. Reporter 4500 flights cancelled tomorrow the Ripple Effect felt nationwide. Not just the snow causing problems. Wind gusts could be up to 75 miles an hour in some areas leading to whiteout conditions and potential for widespread power outages. This is going to be a significant storm. Should not be taken lightly. Reporter students and thousands of workers in the northeast getting a snow day, potentially unlike any they have seen before. The worst of the blizzard is expected to continue over the next few hours, though the snow isnt expected to stop until later this afternoon. T. J. And reena. Do we know anything about the strict travel ban here in new york . Have you seen any police enforcing that . Ill tell you what, that went in to effect at 11 00. And we saw a few cars driving around here and taking the risk. They could face a fine up to 300 if they are caught. So far, police have not busted anyone in front of us but definitely time to take precaution and im wondering how you guys got in to work tonight with all of the travel bans. It was a secret. Secret operation. We got quiet. We didnt do anything wrong, mahrecy marci before it shut down. Come on back. This is hot coffee on the third floor. All right. Im on my way. Marci gonzalez live in the storm in new york. Thank you so much. The blizzard warning covers hundreds of miles and as she mentioned we are in the middle of it now. Lets get the latest from meteorologist Justin Povick. Whats the latest . Reporter good morning, reena and t. J. The latest is the storm system continues to follow its path. It is really not changing up a lot. Heavy snows continue to edge their way westbound in to new york city right now where it is snowing one to two and even three inches per hour. Five six hours do the math. We are looking at a substantial snowstorm. Yes, an allout blizzard as the pwindscontinuetoincreaseup corridor from new york city hartford boston whiteout conditions. Travel disruptions extensive raffle delays Airport Closure and cancellations. Temperatures feel below zero. Bundle up if you have to be out and about but i would not advise that. Look at the wind gusts here 38 miles an hour currently at boston. The winds are howling. The snow coming down at a heavy clip and it will continue in to tuesday and tuesday night. T. J. And reena, looks like the storm system is just now getting underway. Just now getting underway. It doesnt look like it outside for a lot of folks. Justin povick thank you. Check back with you throughout the morning and all of the snow on the ground of course keeping thousands of flights from getting in to the air. Storm grounded more than 8,000 flights so far, paralyzing the northeast five main airports. Abcs david kerrly with the latest. Reporter it is a snowy struggle deicing jetliners but airlines are throwing in the towel as the storm intensifies. Major Airlines Serving the northeast are grounding their jets and expect to be idle. Unhappy faces in lines. Im exhausted and annoyed and just want to go home. Reporter bostons Logan Airport will use the beast of the machine which boasts 450 mile an hour blower and plow blade but it wont be nuchl logan has no scheduled flights, five major airports will in essence be shut down much of the next 24 hours and these cancellations ripple through the entire airline system. Touching dallas chicago, denver and indianapolis. Delaying the Kaufman Family florida vacation. Got here and learned the flight to baltimore was cancelled. We have a connecting flight but cant get there. Reporter all the way in the west coast stuck in l. A. All the flights are cancelled and we are not going home for another two days. Reporter not just the snow these are blizzard winds making landing difficult. Tuesday will be a quiet day at these gates and others in the northeast. David kerley abc news, washington reagan airport. Stay with us as we cover this historic blizzard. Later this hour. Find out what it will take to get the airlines up and running normally once again. A tragic accident for nato forces training in spain. Ten people were killed when an f16 fighter jet crashed on takeoff and slammed in to over planes on the ground. Eight of the dead were french and two from dprees. 21 were injured some suffering severe burns and a number of military jets and helicopters were damaged. Were now hearing from the pilot who ditched his plane in dramatic fashion after running out of fuel over the pacific ocean. We showed you this incredible video captured by the coast guard. The single engine plane nose diving 250 feet from hawaii. He pilot deploying his parachute system just in time and softening the water landing and great to feel everyone who came to his rescue. Coordination with coast guard and Holland America has been more than impressive. Reporter the pilot was able to climb in to his life raft after hitting the water the coast guard arranged for him to be rescued by a nearby cruise ship. The fbi busted what agents say is a russian spy ring. A russian banker who worked in new york is under arrest. The indictment claims they were gathering sensitive economic intelligence. Potential sanctions against russian banks and efforts to develop alternative energy resources. Other two suspects worked for the russian governments have diplomatic immunity and no longer in the u. S. Also here in new york melissaivers filed a malpractice suit in the death of her mother. Joan rivers died last september after routine endoscopy. Melissa rivers is suing the manhattan clinic where it happened as well as the doctors who treated her mother. Federal inspectors cited her mother for failing to detect her failing vital signs and not providing timely intervention. We are hearing from Lance Armstrong for the first time in a while since the doping scandal. He said the last two years have been brutal since he admitted to cheating reigning over the cycling world. He said he knew it was a bad decision and if he was still racing he wouldnt do it again but also making a brutally frank admission. If you take me back to 1995 when it was completely and totally pervasive, probably do it again. People dont like to hear that. Yeah he said he would probably do it again. Some honestly main from armstrong. He was stripped from his seven Tour De France tight tls a enhe said if he could do it over again he would want to change the way he treated over people. Today is media someday at the super bowl which marines plenty of reporters will be asking questions about the deflated footballs. The team arrived in arizona a yesterday. A report that the nfl has zeroed in on a patriots locker Room Attendant as a person of interest in the investigation. Before leaving boston Quarterback Tom Brady fired back at critics who say hes a cheater. My feeling got hurt and then i moved past it. And it is not serving me. Whats serving me is try to prepare for the game ahead. Reporter patriots owner robert kraft made an unexpected appearance at his teams News Conference in arizona saying the nfl owes the patriots an apology if the investigation finds no wrongdoing. Turn to the snow in the northeast. It sparked a creative flame inside of one School Principal in rhode island. Matt the head of the Moses Brown School in providence thought that robo calls, text and tv and radio announcements about the school being closed wasnt enough. So he did this. School is closed school is closed because the snows too deep school is closed school is closed you can stay and bed and sleep. 17,000 hits more than 17,000 actually since it was posted yesterday. The production value, however, slightly suspicion can considering a storm is hitting now. I heard about this in the morning meeting and then saw it. This is fantastic. I love this. I love it. The mix coming your way in a second. Looking for companionship during the northeast blizzard. 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On the phone with us to help us sort the travel details is travel expert and blogger brett schneider. Brett, welcome. Reporter thank you. How long will it take . I always wond wither if you have a ticket couple days down the road how people going to be affected how long will the cancellations affect airline traveling. We are not sure. We have to see how much snow comes down and how long it takes to clear it out. Everyone thinks of the airplanes that need to come in and out and just the people that need to get to the airport to work those flights. It is a matter of getting the airports clear and roads clear and Public Transit going. So well see. Do you give the Airlines Credit at this point. Are they doing the best they can or do you see areas they can improve when the storms hit . For the most part they are doing the right thing, cancel in advance, get the airplanes where they need to be so they can recover quickly as soon as things get better. Sometimes they get too conservative. You see some things for example, in philadelphia where u. S. Airways, part of american cancelled pretty much the entire day i guess today. You know the impact in philadelphia may not be as great as it is inew york or boston. But probably better to be safe than sorry. Im a positive person. I always like to see the Silver Lining. What do they say the chinese character for crisis is actually opportunity. Is there a chance that theres some Silver Lining in all of this for people who are stranded . Can you get something out of this . Is there any bonus miles or anything that can be reached . Probably not. Usually when it is a weather issue, the airlines will say they will do their best to get you where you need to go as soon as you can. I think the best thing people can do is maybe make some friends, catch up on movies do something to help pass the time. So theres no chance of them offering you 75 credit toward your next flight. Reena, stop. Im just wondering. Stop reena. Could there be something positive . It is unlikely. You can always try to ask the airlines for it but it is unlikely in a situation like this which is really out of their hands. I just guess Everyone Wants to get home. Right. Brett, it has been unbelievely pleasant talking to 0 you. When they said cranky flyer was on the phone i thought it was going to be an angry guy. Maybe because i live in california. Oh now we get it. Thank you for spending time with us. Thank you for having me on. Good to talk to him. Coming up beauty bombshell. The hair style risk that didnt pay off for one Miss Universe contestant. Whats the bieg deal about having short hair. And the perfect food for Winter Weather. The soup diet and Surprising Health benefits. Could this be all you need to survive the storm or any weather for that matter . You are watching world news now. Announcer live look outside the studios. You can see the snow coming down. Dont know how intense this could be. Were told were in the thick of it. Well see in the next couple of hours. Cant get more personal than a womans hair, right . Okay. Dont comment on my hair okay. The color the style. I says a lot about who we are. For women competing in pageants going against status quo could be ris we are up all nightline with a woman who has fantastic hair juju chang. Jamaica. Poised beauty. Beautiful. And most of all confidence. As miss jamaica kaci fennell seems to have everything it takes to win Miss Universe except perhaps one thing. As you can see, i dont have long bristles like everyone else. Reporter some say her hair cut may have cost her the crown. Her diehard fans voiced disappointment when this happened. The fourth runner up is jamaica reporter ultimately losing out to the longhaired miss colombia colleen that vega. Trending in the twitter sphere the hashtag miss jamaica should have won. And the world isnt ready for a rebellious beauty contestant and the only one that didnt look like an International Barbie clone. Halle berry first rocked the look and a short cut can come with controversy. Oh my god. You cut off your hair. Reporter when keri russell locked off her locks during the Second Season of felicity her new do was blamed for the drop in ratings and while Anne Hathaway may have won for her performance in less miserables plenty of fans gave her hair style two thumbs down. As Sandra Bullock pointed out in miss congeniality pa sents can have a cookie cutter look. But this proves beauty comes in many styles. Even if the crown sits for now on a longhaired beauty. Juju chang, abc news, new york. Her grandfather was very upset and was very vocal and said some underwritten factors that the judges didnt tell them you need to have long hair and criticized for saying there was an unwritten rule. Short hair is fantastic. People with longer hair are always envious of women with shorter hair that can pull it off. You can pull that off. We know our limits. We were nervous to try it. There is an amazing sensation for her amazing this one feels fantastic for me. And combined ah its a completely new sensation for us both its opened up a whole new door for us ive come to clean your pool but we dont have a pool ill come in anyway next week im going to be a maid ky yours and mine now discover our exclusive line at ky. Com eh, you dont want that one. Yea, actually i do. Its Mucinex Fastmax night time and its got a nasal decongestant. Is that really a thing . It sounds made up. Mucinex fast max night time for multisymptom relief. Breathe easy. Sleep easy. Lets end this. I take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. Because it gives me. Zero heartburn prilosec otc. The number 1 doctorrecommended frequent heartburn medicine for 9 straight years. One pill each morning. 24 hours. Zero heartburn. Okay. Time for the mix. This kind of weather makes people want to snuggle up to somebody warm and cuddly. Snuggle up okay. Dont you think, cold weather. You sanitized that very well. Please continue. Some people dont have someone in their lives. So they are taking to craigslist to find a blizzard boyfriend or girlfriend. Look at some of these ads. Singhing blizzard buddy, hoboken, cooking, drinking movies and cuddles, another sneaking cuddle buddy for pancakes coffee and hot chocolate all day long. Coupe couth sleepover friend wanted downtown brooklyn requires significant cuddling. This is what we call it now, sleepover friends. Blizzard boyfriends and girlfriends and also nsfw. What is that. Not safe for work. I wouldnt look up the ads. Oh so these are code words, cuddle and pancakes. Thats what the kids call it now, huh pancakes . Let me turn to a sweeter story. This kid, how old is he . Im not sure but this little hockey player. His name is alex. You can see him. The kids get to an age and teeth start to fall out and he came up with an idea to tie a string to it and the other end to a hockey puck. Dont say we are going to show it on television. He did this and apparently the tooth came out. There he is. The tooth comes out. Brave boy. We do not recommend this folks. We do not recommend this. That is frightening and hes brave. Brave little boy. Viewers at this hour have trouble sleeping. I dont want to tell them the next story but a way to get yourself to sleep in a matter of seconds they are claiming. An amazing trick by dr. Andrew weil. Heres how it goes. You breathe through your left nostril, through your mouth your left nostril. This is supposed to calm you down. Breathing through your left nostril is the key to relaxation and falling asleep they are saying. Left nostril. And blocking off your right nostril slows your breathing to four breaths a second and it puts you to sleep. Looks like im picking my nose. Im going to put my finger down and take a few abdominal breaths in the beginning and pretend you are walking downhill. And guided meditation that can help. I will take your word for it. I will try anything. If that doesnt get you to sleep try one of these. A double down dog from kfc. It is a hot dog and the bun is fried chicken. Graphics dont do that. Good morning from new york city. The city that were told never sleeps but it is sure quiet. We are standing in the middle of the street in new york city and it is pretty empty. Three governors in connecticut, new york and new jersey have issued a travel ban. It is technically illegal to be on the streets right now. We can feel the wind whipping through right now. We are in the brunt of what could be a historic blizzard on this tuesday, january 27th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Im sorry. Good morning, everyone. Im reena ninan. This is t. J. Holmes. We were talking about our worse moment on television ever. Are we on . Are we on . That was hard i have to say. Only idiots on the street by the way. There was a police car circling around. Because they are taking this ban seriously. You are not supposed to be out there. As you see there are no cars on the road. The ban has been in place a few hours now. At 11 00 p. M. A lot of places have the bans. People are heeding the warning. It costs 300 bucks if you are caught out there driving around. You can see them trying to get the snow off the road. A live picture outside of our studio, just down the street here. It is kind of nasty. This is the middle of this massive snowstorm right now. So far it is paralyzed the northeast. Six states in the northeast under a state of emergency. 35 Million People all the way from philadelphia to maine hunkering down and bracing for snowfalls up to three feet in some areas. The new york area expecting eight to 16 inches. Philadelphia expecting up to 14 but boston expecting so much more. More than two feet. Schools are closed for today and likely tomorrow. The travel bans in place. At least four states, private cars and vehicles are banned from the streets of new york city and across the entire state of new jersey, connecticut and massachusetts. In new york, listen to this, commuter trains in and out of the city suspended, subways, buses, ferries shut down. No one is coming in or leaving the northeast by air either. Since yesterday a total of 7600 flights have been cancelled with the northeast five main airports in new york boston and philly essentially shut down which is of course creating a domino affect for other parts of the country including dallas, chicago, denver, los angeles and International Arrivals and departures. Boston expected to take the brunt of the storm. Massachusetts governor arlie baker told residents yesterday, when you wake up in the morning, it will look like a blizzard. Look at these pictures. You can see you wont have to wait until morning. It is happening now. Incredible snowplows pretty much all over three states in our area, new jersey, connecticut and new york. Take a look. Abcs josh haskell is in boston with the latest. Josh . Reporter good morning reena and t. J. From a windy, frigid boston where snow is flying in all directions. I actually had to walk backwards to our position here near the Boston Harbor because the snow was blown in my face and very painful. At the moment we have about three inches on the ground. As the hours continue in to tuesday, well see up to three or four inches of snow an hour. And when it is said and done on wednesday, we are looking at possibly two feet here in boston. Now the blizzard has brought many parts of new england to a standstill. Airports are shut down, including Logan Airport. A travel ban in effect. Schools will be closed on tuesday. Public transportation is shut down and National Grid said that probably onethird of the 1. 2 million customers could lose power. Coastal flooding is a concern in places like scituate, massachusetts. Boston has 35,000 tons of road salt and crews have spent the day on monday treating those highways. Now, the roads here in boston are pretty much cleared at the moment. Definitely helps with the fact theres no cars on the road. So that makes the whole process faster. But when you are expecting so much snow over a period of just 36 hours, the city of boston is pretty much shut down. Reena and t. J. . Okay. Abcs josh haskell in boston. Thank you so much. The northeast is facing difficult hours ahead. Meteorologist Justin Povick has the latest from accuweather. What a morning. Hows it going . Good morning, reena and t. J. Well a very active thats definitely how its going throughout the northeast and in to new england. We have been watching the radar closely over the past half hour. What i have noticed is the heavier snows edged from new york city toward trenton and philadelphia even though on the lighter, lower end of the snow totals still looking at hazardous travel conditions through the overnight and could see several additional inches of snow over the course of the next three to six hours. Heavier snow is lifting north throughout long island heading in to boston. Narragansett, new jersey, providence and to the cape where the winds have been howling, creating real feel temperatures below zero. Sauz tuesdays temperature s look at the wind gusts in boston 38 miles an hour. Thats why we call ate blizzard. Heavy snow and gusty winds. Before it is said and done, yes, we will have paralyzing effects with two to three feet of snow. Lets say west of boston toward hartford and worcester. Yes, this will be a snowstorm for the record books for some regions. Justin, we are checking in with you again. Thank you so much. Our coverage of the blizzard does not end here. The latest from long island which is getting hit hard. We will check in with them later this half hour. Another major story we are following, an episode out of the cold war. The fbi cracked an alleged russian spy ring and one man is under arrest. Two other men who were his alleged handlers have diplomatic immunity and are no longer here. Brian ross has the story. Reporter it was a fitting day for the latest chapter of the cold war to unfold. A russian banker working in this new York City Office building arrested in the middle of a snowstorm as a spy. In a federal indictment, prosecutors said the fbi was on to Evgeny Buryakov for two years as he worked for todays version of the kgb, spying on american businessmen, using code words like tickets, umbrella and hat to schedule meetings with his two handlers who were charge also charged. The fbi is very good at this. I would not want to run up against the fbi in an operation like this. Reporter the stuff of fiction. Like the tv show the americans about a soviet spy couple living in a u. S. Suburb but it really happened. It was just five years ago the u. S. Busted a real life russian sleeper spy ring that included american couples whose children did not know their parent s were spies. And a 28yearold red head named anna chapman, who prosecutors said used her charms to infiltrate prominent business and government circles in new york. In the end, the russians were swapped for american spies in a Dramatic Exchange at the airport in vienna. Prosecutors said the new russian spy ring was attempting to recruit its own Anna Chapmans by seducing Young American women willing to spy for russia. Brian ross, abc news, new york. The sixth final victim of after fire has been found. The last remains located a week after the 16,000 square foot home was engulfed in flames with tech executive don pyle, his wife and grandchildren inside. The investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire. They say the 9 million mansion had no sprinkler system. Devastating end to the search for a missing couple using craigslist to find a vintage car. Two bodies believed to be bud and june runion were found in a rural area 200 miles from their home. They havent been officially identified yet. The cause of death is yet to be determined. Police have made one arrest an believe the man they arrested may have lured the couple to rob them. A small airport in colorado. A chopper came down along the runway where it broke in to pieces. Witnesses heard an explosion. It is not clear whether it was the crash itself or if something happened before it. An faa spokesman said the helicopter was on a training flight. The victims have not been identified. There are new warnings for people who may have been exposed to measles in the latest outbreak out west. Signs are posted at costco in gilroy, california. A shopper who was there a week ago has come down with the disease. The number of people sickened in the outbreak that started in Southern California has grown to 87. Most of them were not vaccinated. Kobe bryant cant get a break these days, can he . He is getting ready for shoulder surgery. Expected to have this tomorrow and now the 36yearold is going to end up missing this season as well. He suffered a torn rotator cuff in a game last weekend. The surgery will try to repair that. All in all it will be the Third Straight season that he probably will not finish the season. He is getting up there in years, in age and still chasing another championship or two but hes having a tough go with injuries in that 36yearold body. Turn to the new England Patriots right now. They can expect plenty of questions about the deflated footballs at the super bowl media day. The team arrived in arizona yesterday. A report surfaced that the nfl zeroed in on a patriots locker Room Attendant as a person of interest in its deflategate investigation. The patriots owner robert kraft said the league owes his team an apology if the investigation turns up no wrongdoing. There might be a reason to be jealous of the patriots this morning, they are in arizona, temperatures in the low 70s. Back here it is a blizzard and things are a little craze. Little crazy, case and point. The boston yeti, 2015, all kinds of attention. Sighted wand withering the streets of somerville, massachusetts. Some speculate it could be responsible for deflategate and otrs say keeping track of the yeti wl be the highlight of todays day. People are inside and looking for things to do. Coming up, other pictures to show you. John legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen, pictures we had to get screened and make sure it was all right to show some of them. They are that steamy. We will give them to you in the skinny. You officially had a lot of our viewers agree to stay and watch this. How about a bowl of soup on this stormy winter morning and how about a special soup. 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The blizzard hitting the northeast, slamming long island new york with gusty winds and drifting snow. Coverage begins with tom thomas. We spoke to him a short time ago. Long island is pounded by the blizzard right now. Especially the east end. Along the long island expressway, which shut down at 11 00, it is a dark, deserted drive. The only vehicles you see, if you see any at all, are plow vehicles or Emergency Management vehicle. We were lucky enough to ride along with Suffollk County Police department. At one point we were able to walk across one of the busiest highways in all of america. It just completely deserted. There were no cars out there. At some point, the snow was falling so hard, visibility, i would say is 50 to 100 feet. Thats how thick the snow is. It is falling in every which way. You look up at a light and see the snow coming sideways and down and it is endless. It is a complete whiteout right now in this part of long island. The wind is whipping so hard. We had done the forecast that there would be Hurricane Force gusts and we felt some of those tonight. The wind at some points could possibly knock you over if you werent standing too sturdy. Thats how strong the wind is. The conditions getting worse by the hour. But folks not on the roads. They listened to the warning and stayed off the roads tonight. Local, county and state roads. We are not seeing people driving around late at night. Which is a very good sign. It means people did listen to the warnings. Cavalier attitudes out here and people will hopefully stay indoors until it stops snowing which is tomorrow and by that time we could see possibly three feet on long island. Reporting from long island, tom thomas, abc news, new york. Thank you so much, tom. We knew the coming hours, we couldnt tell what direction or magnitude the storm would be taking. We are hearing from the National Weather service they are cancelling the winter storm warning for the philadelphia area. A system that drifted 90 miles east of the forecasted area. So it is suddenly decreased the snow. Dont start to relax yet, folks. I will keep my snow boots on. Yes. Coming up, the outrageous comments from Lance Armstrong that may or may not surprise you. Also sam smiths song nominated for three grammys sounded like a hit from 25 years ago. You decide. Thats in the skinny. Skinny so skinny well with, its been a while since Lance Armstrong was back in the news. If you were looking for a feel good, turning things around type story, well, this isnt it. Kind of, right . Well, maybe not. He managed to turn things around a bit, though. Hes at least being honest. Give him that. 43yearold cyclist who was stripped of his seven Tour De France titles for using performanceenhancing drugs, said he would do it again. He explains if he was racing today in 2015 he would not do it again but he said quote take me back to 1995 when i was pervasive i would probably do it again, end quote. You may remember armstrong finally came clean about doping to Oprah Winfrey in 2013 and said he wishes he could change the man who did those things. A little honest there. Thats something. British singer sam smith settled with rocker tom petty over similarsounding songs. The 22yearold smith will be sharing royalties for his hit stay with me due to a likeness of a major melody in pettys hit wont back could be. Smiths rep added there are similarities but added it is a complete coincidence. See for yourself. Oh what wont you stay with me cause youre all i need well i wont back down no i wont back down when you kind of put it like this, possibly, maybe . It is a coincidence, so why settle then . Even though smiths song is nom nated for a few grammys the awards folks said that petty isnt eligible to win for stay with me. Petty has at least three of them and he will get royalties coming his way. Caching, caching. One of disneys favorite princesses will be played by emma watson. 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Get exercise and come get ready to watch world news now. With that, some of the weather out there, no matter where you are right now in the country you see this weather and may want a bowl of soup. Sounds pretty appetizing. But soup has made a comeback but not as a comfort food. Actually the opposite. Dieting soup is what they are talking about. Experts say it can kick start a healthy lifestyle. Heres abcs abbie boudreau. Reporter we have all heard of juicing, and what celeb hasnt been spotted drinking their fruits and veggies hoping to reboot their bodies. But could souping be the new juicing . That was fun. That would wake you up. Reporter Alina Thurman said souping promotes a highfiber heart healthy option that can keep you full and help you lose weight. Technically about a pound a day easily. Reporter soupelina offers a three or fiveday cleansing plan. Mailing you five different soups to eat each day totaling 1500 calories. On the menu, lentil me entertain you and dont squash my dream. Of course you can diy too. You can put nuts in here and veggies and some broth. Reporter nutritionist Rachel Beller says there is no evidence that souping or any socalled cleanse helps to rid the body of toxins but she says souping can kick start healthy habits. You are keeping all the fruits, vegetables and nutrients. Reporter another positive the heat. Some vegetables when you heat them you release some important nutrients like lycopene from tomatoes or carotenoids. She said it is typically rich in fiber and low in sugar but watch for sodium. Soups have a tendency to have a lot of sodium because thats what is going to punch up the flavor. Reporter still eliminating solid foods can take getting used to but if you can do without the chew, slurping your supper is definitely not so bad. Abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. On a day like today i will stick with the marshmallows and smores. It is a smore day, not a soup day. Chicken noodle soup day. Chicken noodle soup. I will give you that. Day. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] a Winter Weather alert. It we are getting you around a potentially icy commute. King george county, prince william, and Spotsylvania County schools are closed. Manassas city Public Schools are opening two hours late. The federal government is operating on a twohour delay as well. We will head over to jacqui jeras. Jacqui, everyone i am assuming is seeing a little bit of snow
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