108.6 inches of snow a little more than nine feet of this. of course this melted over the past couple of days. but what tipped the scale? well if i grab this top layer of snow it is this. 2.9 inches of snow fell last night, according to the national weather service and that tipped the scale, making this winter the snowiest on record for boston. beating out the old record of 1995-96 when it was 107.6, only by an inch. so we got a lot of snow here still to melt. and i ll show you that is happening right now. if you look over here you can see the thaw going on. and punxsutawney phil said we re having six more weeks of winter and he wasn t lying. and soon after this record was set the mayor of boston sent out a tweet saying super bowls,
to break their all time snow record of 107.6 inches. all eyes on december who? hillary clinton. the former secretary of state making her first appearance since being accused of conducting personal business on her account. what does she have to say for herself? not a whole lot. she stepped out but ignoring the controversy. she got a hero s welcome. i suppose it is only fair to say don t you some day want to see a woman president of the united states of america? ms. clinton failing to mention controversy over money that she accepted from foreign governments while she ran the state department. the white house refusing theo answer the big question. does the white house believe hillary clinton broke the law?
we are here in boston just waiting to cross that line to break the record for all-time snowiest winter ever for the city of boston. the record was set back in 1995 96. that season this area picked up 107.6 inches of snow. we need two more inches to break that record. we re trying, but the city of boston, the people i ve spoken with say they don t want any more snow. we had four major snowstorms in just four weeks, from the end of january through the first few weeks in february. and a lot of that snow is right here. this giant mountain behind me is a 40-foot-high pile of dirty snow. it s what s been collected from the city and it s been dumped here at this snow dumping site. now residents really just don t even want to break that record. but there s a possibility we could, especially as we go into thursday. there s a bigger storm system that s going to bring snow back through the midwest, through the ohio river valley but washington, d.c. philadelphia new york city by thursday could en
let s check in with meteorologist jennifer gray. she s in the severe weather center for us. i guess if boston suffers through all of this terrible winter they might as well get a record for it right? you know what? it s nothing you want to brag about. they have been through a lot so we might as well break the record. you re exactly right. we only need a little more than three inches right now, 104.1. they need to get to 107.6. they have two shots this week. we could get a little bit of snow on wednesday, could also get a little bit on thursday. so that s what we will be looking at as we go through the next couple of days getting that record for boston. you are oh, so close. we are looking at this storm system in the southwest getting its act together. of course, we did see some lightning strikes and also some hail in southern california today, which is a rare sight. we also have winter storm watches and warnings in place all around the four corners, including places just to the west
of planes cancelling more than 2,000 in dallas alone. the storm bringing chilly september, a few muches in boston they could reach the city s all time record snowfall which is 107.6 inches. the stage is set for benjamin netanyahu s controversial speech to congress. prime minister arriving in washington with tensions between the white house and israel are at an all-time high. they are now accusing each other of dangerous politics. kevin, good morning. good morning to you. they are not backing it in part because the invitation was extended by the speaker of the house. they don t want to be seen as taking sides in the up coming israeli election. critics make great points like