join us every sunday 4:00 eastern time. stay tuned for the latest news right here in the newsroom. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin with the latest on the rare and deadly snowstorm that hammered the northeast this weekend. it is winding down now but not before knocking out power to more than 4 million people. four states have declared emergencies. new york, new jersey, connecticut and massachusetts. all kinds of travel across the east coast is impacted. this amtrak train from rochester, new york, was stranded near palmer, massachusetts, for 13 hours. many flights were also grounded or diverted. airlines are still trying to clear out the backlog. the storm is blamed for at least five deaths. a pennsylvania man was killed when a snow-covered tree fell into his house. two people were killed on icy roads near philly. two others died in connecticut and massachusetts. cnn is covering every angle of this storm. our chad myers is in york, pennsylvania. susan candiot
unexpected, no question about it. but this has to be startling. i have to say that things don t shock me. i was shocked by this. reporter: did your heart skip a beat? could you what happened? i don t know. i think i called home and said, i m coming home. i m stopping my errands for saturday and first i thought that she should come get me, my wife should come get me, and i said, no, the car s drivable, but no back window. reporter: you were out here for about 36 hours or so without power. finally the power s back up. we take for granted so much what it s like to have electricity. what s it like to camp out in your house for 36 hours without it? first, let me give credit to meta, they worked tirelessly in this neighborhood with the tree people cutting it down. you know, you put up with it. we read by flashlight. it got cold, but the bed was the warmest place in town. you know, the thing is, we re such an information-based society, no tv, no internet, no phone. could