Slamming in the massachusetts coast before snow was falling sideways when that arrived there. Jonathan the city that never sleeps got blanketed. Michelle stormwatch7 Team Coverage with chief meteorologist doug hill following the storm and the local advisories. Alison lana zak is in central park but well begin with doug and the Winter Weather alert. It is old out there. Doug it is and we were barely touched compared to what happened up the coast. We are getting the backlash now. The blizzard conditions stretch from rhode island through boston to the coast of maine. Enormous lightning with the system as well. It continues to intensify at this hour. Look how quickly it has dropped a lot of snow. In massachusetts they have 18 inches of snow so far. 17 in connecticut. Springfield, massachusetts, 13. Almost a foot in fairfield. And in central park in new york city, nine inches of snow on the ground. That is exactly where we find abcs lana zak bundled up against the big february lana . Lana h
Ktvu Paul Chambers who is live tonight in west oakland with the mayors response and the changes coming. Paul . Julie, those emails were released today. Fire officials warned other leaders the building here was too dangerous for residents to live in. Seeing these emails today is incredibly disturbing. Reporter mayor schaaf is referring to the emails by the city of oakland that warns the dangers of san pablo avenue, the same building that went up in flames and killed four people monday. One email dated january 8 warning this building is dangerous and recommended it be shut down. Another email stated the fire alarm poles were broken or missing. A door to a fire escape was closed. The fire captain stated for these reasons i recommended we consider shutting this building down immediately. We cannot turn a blind eye to safety. Reporter the mayor says the the safe Living Conditions are not forced into the streets. Theyre investigating why those warnings were not prioritized. She is doing all
3 3 33 after a ong ay on capitol plan to fix the fiscal up. Onnthis vooe the yays are 257 the nays are 167, the motton is adopted adoptedindividuals earning 400thousand dollars year orr mmre, and households earning 450thoosand dollars or morr. Will see thhir taxes return to clintonera levels. The deallalss extends unemploymenn benefits. Some argued. The bill did not go far enough. But supporters afford to not pass it. D not 51 the senate, the president and the Vice President failed to meet their obligation, which was toobriig us a balanced bill. One that had ptax adjustments, yes, but als had spendinn cuts. This nn fails at that and fails baddy. Butt tothhs is a bill that prevents 98 of americans from having their tacks taxessgo up. Decisions on the connroversial spending cuts are put n hold foo tto months. Thee house will now send the bill to president obama. Who is a new congress will be sworn many marylanders are now trying to figure out hhw theyll be affeeted by whats going on in w
3 harboo 3 wednesday, january 2nd 3 3 3 3 3 3 after a lonn day on capitol hill. Thh house approves a plan to fix the fiscal cciff. Preventing middle classstaxes from going up. Up. On this vote the yays re 257 he ays re 167, the motion is adopted adoptedindividuals earning 400thousand dollars a year or morr, and households earning 450thousand dollars or more. Will see their taxes the deal also xtends unemployment bbnefits. Some argued. The bill did not go far enough. But suuporters argued the ccuntry could not afford to not pass it. P 51 theesenate, the presidenn pand thh viceepresident failed pto meet their obligation, their own stated obbigation which was to bring us a balanced bill. One that had tax adjustments, yes, but also had spending cutss this one fails at that and fails badly. Pprevents 98 of americans fro having their tacks taxes go up. Decisions on the controoersial spending cuts are put on hold for two months. The house will now send theebill to president obama. Ho iss expe
The number of homicides in baltimooe cityy. Was up in 201. 2012. The last mmrder victim of 2012 died just 14 minutes bringing the total number off people ho lost their lives to 2011. Hen baltimore saw a historic low. Low. City councilman brrndon scott is the vice ccair offthe Public Safety committee. He says while theepolice department has focused on getting bad guys witt guns off pthe street. Its time to the community. 11 40 31 i always say its he officers we haveeareedoinggee percentt20 perrent but unfortunately thooe are theyy people theyy remember theyre pnot gonna remember the oofice who brought home the little kid home who was roaming the street tthyyre ggnna remember the one who cursed them out or yelleddat them 48 last month. Pplice commissioner Anthony Batts created a Community Relations concerns. A caadlelight vigil s plannedd for tonight following the death of a man. Found shot and killed outsiie a glen pburnie tavern. Peopleeare expected to gather t six oclock in front of d