i m mike marusarz sitting in for haven of for vinita nair. and i m rob nelson. an unusual blizzard has now stranded thousands on the east coast. here s what is looks like right now. a mess out there. midweek until travel is back to normal on the nation s roads, rails and also in the air. and it s going to take longer than that to dig out of the record snow that s been dumped in some areas. emily schmidt is braving the cold this morning and she s in washington. hello, emily. reporter: rob and mike, good morning to you. here in washington, the windchill in the single digits just a couple miles up the road, we re talking about in the double digits. all along the east coast, post-holiday blues are coming in a distinctive shade of white. the latest weather reports are qualifying this storm as a blizzard. and unfortunately, our city is directly in the path. reporter: new york city and its 6,000 miles roads could soon be under at least a foot of snow. we re asking every
the state of emergency there. the snow s been falling at a dramatic rate in boston since last night. jeremy hubbard is there with the latest. good morning to you, jeremy. reporter: rob, mike, good morning. it s bad now and this isn t even the worst of it. the snow s been falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches every hour. in the overnight hours that is expected to double. 2 to 4 inches of snow falling here in and around boston overnight. forecasters are calling this a blockbuster storm unlike any the region has seen in several years. that s saying something. this region is used to a lot of snow. road crews are trying to get a leg up but it s a futile bear. overnight the northeast is going to bear the brunt of this storm. again up to 20 inches forecast here in boston and in the surrounding areas. the massachusetts governor declared a snow emergency. that s essentially an edict to stay off the roads at all costs if you can because of the danger, especially overnight when the whi