massachusetts. boston has 35,000 tons of road salt and crews have spent the day on monday treating those highways. now, the roads here in boston are pretty much cleared at the moment. definitely helps with the fact there's no cars on the road. so that makes the whole process faster. but when you are expecting so much snow over a period of just 36 hours, the city of boston is pretty much shut down. reena and t.j.? >> okay. abc's josh haskell in boston. >> thank you so much. the northeast is facing difficult hours ahead. >> meteorologist justin povick has the latest from accu-weather. justin what a morning. how's it going? >> good morning, reena and t.j. well, a very active, that's definitely how it's going throughout the northeast and in to new england. we have been watching the radar closely over the past half hour. what i have noticed is the heavier snows edged from new york city toward trenton and philadelphia even though on the