eastern seaboard. 5,300 at last count. full forecast a few minutes away. chad myers said ten more hours of snow in new york city. in other news, subpoenas may be required to get information about the wiretapping allegations from the justice department. that is cois according to the je committee. the new deadline is set for monday. the same day the intel committee begins the first public hearing of the u.s. election. listen to the president s press secretary sean spicer. seeming to walk back the president s accusation. he doesn t really think that president obama went up and tapped his phone personally. there s no question the obama administration that there were actions about surveillance and other actictivities that occurr. the president used wiretap in quotes to broaden activities.
that means a lot of people staying off the roads, hopefully during rush hour between 6:00 and 9:00. that is when we will be watching the roads. many people may convenieventure take a look or go to work. not seeing many plows. the snow is piling up heavier here than new york city. once again, slippery conditions. driving the car today is steve. he is nice and careful, thankfully. we will update you. christine. heavy ow hello, steve. please please be careful. we are telling people to stay off the roads. do as we say. philadelphia among the areas under a snow emergency. the city taking a brunt before the storm heads up to new york city. let s get to ryan young live in philadelphia. good morning, ryan. looks like it is hit solid
and get that mixed together and then push into the river because you have the pollutants going into the river. no salt this time. only sand. i ll take you to the snow pile. this is the first snow pile we had. it is looking pretty good. four feet high. these guys here are plowing. this is the 10 to 1 snow i talked about earlier. you will get 20 inches of snow if you melt this into a bucket. for a while, around 1:00 this afternoon, we will start to see a mix over a rain/snow mix. a really wet, heavy yuck snow. that is not good for anything but getting you wet. boston, the snow is just starting. philadelphia, it has been snowing most of the night. new york city, 3 to 4 inches for you. a little bit of a turnover of rain/snow mix. the closer to the coast, the more it will be wet. rain in boston.
it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. snow we have been worrying about is falling across the northeast. this is the early hours. it is expected to be heavier throughout the morning and falling throughout the day. heavy snow all morning. tens of millions of people are under a blizzard or winter storm warnings. states of emergency from maryland up to new england. making more dangerous and deadly conditions. here in new york city and boston expected to be hit hard. new york to get a foot of snow or more. parts of massachusetts up to 2 feet. high winds creating whiteout conditions. schools are closed in boston and philadelphia and new york city. they made that decision yesterday. preemptive cancellations. airlines have done the same. 5,300 flights in the u.s. according to flightaware.com. amtrak is running a modified
thanks, chad. 1,600 snow plows in the new york city area. the area poised to shatter snowfall records today. the all-time mark for march is 16.5 inches back in 1888. we have alison kosik on the roads for us with more on the current conditions. tell us whethat you are seeing there. chad is saying the further out is where you get a lot of snow. reporter: i m seeing the snow come down here in new jersey at a good clip. we are on the new jersey turnpike. take a look. yes, we have a traffic jam at 4:30 in the morning. not so much because of the number of cars and trucks on the turnpike. ahead of us is a salt spreader. the turnpike has been plowed at least once. you see where you can see the pavement. as far as public transportation for new jersey, we see new jersey transit on weekend