connecticut. as far as the airport closures are concerned, number of them as you mentioned, maybe later on this afternoon some of these beginning to open up at jfk, laguardia, newark all those closed, same with bradley, windsor locks. boston is open. here s the radar. you probably can still see a bit of a swirl in the radar. that is the storm itself which is just now scooting across southeast massachusetts and that will begin to wind itself out and go away. when that happens the blizzard warnings will be dropped as this storm system begins to move from west to east. i don t want to call this a ghost town, guys, but you have a little bit of traffic here, roads not so bad. they did a great job of keeping on top of things now that the snow is pretty much come to an end. this is a town hall. this is shut down. they haven t come down to clear the sidewalks at all. a company or government workers on furlough. kids as you know are out of
for you? where are you, peter? i was in the emergency operations center earlier this evening. i think it will be a long night for all of us, but that s what we re here for, and we re very pleased with the preparations so far, and we ll be briefing governor rell again at 5:30 in the morning prior to the rush hour to make sure that we re on track. all right. peter boynton, the commissioner of connecticut s department of emergency management and homeland security joining us on the line there. thanks very much from hartford, connecticut. you can find out about the travel delays in your area online if you go to cnn.com/travel. click on the link airport delays, and you ll find a status update on the busiest u.s. airports, the average delay time and what is causing it, and some of those airport closures as well in the new york area. we ll be right back. stay with us. you re watching cnn newsroom.
service from new york to maine. crews worked through the night to clear the tracks and now amtrak says that there is limited service between new york and boston this morning, though there are major delays. trains are also canceled between richmond and new mort news, virginia, annewport news,virgin. airports, such as jfk, ant city international. john f. kennedy airports are closed. peter barnes is joining us. peter it looks kind of waupl where you are. reporter: that s right, rick, the airport s operations here are back to normal. they had snow crews out over the weekend to make sure the runways were clear. we had a little light dusting. otherwise they are ready to go here. up the east coast as you mention we have airport closures in new york and north of that, that s got some folks stranded here
let s show you live pictures of the road that leads to laguardia airport. in both directions there, the road is open and people are taking to them just fine. commuters trying to get around here after major road closures. also major airport closures, like laguardia, about the resume operations coming up at 4:00 p.m. when i say resume operations, they re only opening one runway while they slowly get back up to speed. jfk will try to resume operations at 6:00. if you are going to drive to laguardia, the roads are passable. that s for sure. the new concern about drug companies possibly corrupting the faculties of medical schools. some have taken tough stands em
welcome to morning joe. it s 7:00 in the morning here in new york city. that s a live picture of a pile of snow in a parking lot in boston. it s ugly out there. airport closures here in the new york area. i have to say coming in today we were worried about even getting here but they did a great job, the sanitation crews in new york city clearing out major roads broadway getting people up and down the island of manhattan. they re working furiously to get those cleared. not too bad actually in new york city. great job by the city here. washington, d.c., just some light snow flurries. got some reports on the ground now. really the problem is just drifting. the snow is gone. but you still have some high winds blowing things around. there s a look at the blizzard still making its way up the northeast. some airports to tell you about. laguardia here in new york city closed until 2:00 p.m. newark till noon. jfk 4:00 p.m. a lot of people have been waiting a long time to get out