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Trunks, and the debris off the road. its some of the side roads that are really a bigger problem. the side roads have among other things, power poles that have come down and power lines that are down and those power lines could be hot so the authorities are urging people to please stay inside. i know you want to get out there and be curious to see whats going on but dont go out there because its what happens after the hurricane passes your home that could be just as bad. were on sort of the west...

Corporation. weve challenges from baker ris who say we dont want to make cakes for same-sex marriages. does the outcome of those cases change? so far they have been going heavily against people who are raising those objections. a lot is going to depend on how the court does this. they could find that corporations have religious rights but they could also say this isnt a substantial burden on those rights or the government has a compelling interest. so theres a lot of side roads that the court co...

Sanding or trying to clean up the side roads, anything along those lines? >> yeah. actually, a couple miles back there was fire hydrants for some reason that were busted and they were bubbling out water. it was on the median. i dont know how they were able to get through. they were coming down the middle of the median to fix those, the pipes that are busting. so i was impressed with that. otherwise theres a lot of yellow flashing lights ahead of me. i dont know specifically if there are -- to me...

New jersey. i will ask you about where some of the highest snow fall totals are. it looks like they are all cupcakes behind you, those cars? >> reporter: yes. ill tell you that. this is one of the areas that was hardest hit. snow drifts over a foot. this is what commuters woke up to. some not bothering to dig out. for those that did take off, very hard going in the early morning hours. we have had officials throughout new jersey working around the clock to clean these roads. the big risk is frig...

Sepphoris, a frequent target of jewish rebels. according to journalist lesley hazelton, author of "mary: a flesh and blood biography of the virgin mother," mary was not just an observer, but directly involved in the politics of her time. >> theres no doubt in my mind that she -- because she knew the ins and outs and all the side roads of the hills, where the caves were, where you could hide, where you could safely go and nobody could track you, even at night without a moon, especially on moonles...

>> i would assume that she looked like other middle eastern women, which would have been dark haired and dark skinned. and she probably would have been about the same height as women of her time. and what we know about that is, thats probably five feet -- 51", 52", somewhere in there. >> and scholars say her name wasnt mary, but mariam, in the aramaic language she spoke in a small town called nazareth. it was a rural existence, governed by the rituals of jewish life, and by roman soldiers in the...

There you see it right there, a huge explosion at a con-ed plant. >> trees are down on the main roads, side roads and also the parkways. it is dangerous out there. >> these are scenes from down in the lower east side of cars completely submerged. >> we knew this was going to be a very dangerous storm and the storm has met our expectations. >> sandy triggered a massive fire in the queens neighborhood of new york, also known as breezy point. at least 50 houses have burned to the ground. look at th...

The protests. thats been relatively easy for the past few hours. the real fight they are facing is one of these side roads heading down to luxury hotels away from where im standing. thats where protests have erecterect ed bear raids. this has been nearly nine hours of slashes since the police moved in early in the morning.r. this has been nearly nine hours of slashes since the police moved in early in the morning. some protesters were pulled back as armor trucks and rocks, molotov cocktails, see...

>> shepard: roads are still closed and 10,000 homes and businesses still have no power three days after a massive blizzard. slammed the northeastern u.s. this weekend: get this now. the storm dropped up to 3 feet of snow in some parts of new york and connecticut and the commonwealth of massachusetts. at least 15 said to be dead and the u.s. and canada which was also walloped. fortunately airports were getting back on schedule. some say the clean up has been simply too slow for them. >> this is c...

Storm. get things as ready as possible and just as we did for this storm, we thought we did a great job of preparation. the best thing about these storms, you usually h get a heas up. we were 48 hours out with things prepositioned. you cant do anything about mother nature. hopefully you can prepare yourself the best way possible. >> you got close to three feet or more in many areas, boston included, worcester, other parts of massachusetts. at this point how is the cleanup going and what do you e...