Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. A slowmoving storm in the northeast is not done yet. The system is expected to bring more snow to the new england area this morning. Yesterday more than a foot of snow fell in some places making travel nearly impossible. More than two feet of snow dropped in northern new york. Hundreds of flights were grounded in the region. And tens of thousands of people are without power. Laura podesta is in new york. The storms aftermath still being felt. Reporter yes, thankfully not here in new york city, but in massachusetts snow is still coming down right now. Boston canceled school for today. In some places in that state, the snow is predicted to accumulate at the rate of two inches per hour. Throughout the northeast, children enjoyed a Winter Wonderland yesterday. And while the adults tried to share in their experience the kids are having a great time, and i love this time of
Alaska, arkansas, colorado, idaho, north dakota, and broward, miamidade, duval and palm beach. Remember the chaotic scenes at the start of the pandemic, the desolate city streets, the frantic emergency rooms, lack of medical equipment and no end in sight . The u. S. Faces the very real possibility it will find itself right back there and soon. This is even as the president admits the quiet part outloud that he has no plans to put science first. The u. S. Is averaging more than 56,000 new cases a day. Up 60 in five weeks. Now, remember cases are whats known as a leading indicator. First we have more cases, then more hospitalizations, and then sadly, more deaths. Nearly the entire country is either trending the wrong way right now or at best, treading water. Cases are increasing and were seeing this happen because were getting colder weather, and were losing that natural social distancing that happens from being out of doors, and people are getting tired. The American People have given s