Hello once again, top of the hour. Hello from the World Headquarters cnn, im brooke baldwin, once again welcoming our viewers in the United States and all around the world covering a huge story for you right, the blizzard, blanketing much of the northeast and new england, bearing down on 50 million people, problems are piling up. Look at these pictures with me. Well begin in massachusetts. Live pictures of our driving camera. More than 380,000 homes and businesses are without power at this point in time, and you know those numbers will change, but that is more than half of the total across the region, just about 614,000 customers scattered across 9 different states, no power right now. Look at that, fenway park, just about zero visibility, more than a into the and a half of snow already falling in parts of massachusetts. In new york, the worst of the storm is hitting in the predawn hours. Some cab, some vehicles out and about around Columbus Circle in this eerie calm of night. We learned a man, 74yearold man has died after he was hit by a car that lost control on a snowy road in poughkeepsie, new york. Rail service has been suspended all the way from manhattan to upstate and a state of emergency is in place all across new york. On Staten Island, we keep coming back to this here, live pictures, the snow falling there, the blizzard, just adding to the misery from the last big storm. Superstorm sandy hit in october. So many still reeling from that still trying to get their heat and power back on, and, again, welcome. We are sitting in the cnn Weather Center where we are watching the snowstorm move all across the northeast, were live here in the middle of the night for you continuous updates on conditions, we have a team of reporters all across the region. Take a look. Susan candiotti in boston for us, gary tuchman in Staten Island and alison kosik in new york. Lets begin in boston. Look at these cars. Think about getting that snow off that car. 19 inches of snow has already fallen and 70mileanhour wind gusts could whip up snow drifts six or seven feet deep. Susan candiotti, let me come back to you for me in boston. How are conditions there . Reporter well, the snow is swirling. It is miserable. It is cold. But i have to say it doesnt feel quite as cold as it was, you know, a few hours ago, although when i checked the temperature gauge which youre never quite sure if theyre quite right, its reading about 19 degrees, 20 degrees here. And it makes you remember that because of the freezing temperatures that if youre driving or if youre walking, remember the road underneath all that slush would be freezing, so the snow coming on top of that, it can make driving obviously very treacherous so when you see my colleague Julian Cummings driving about, hes going very slowly and so far so good. As long as you have the snow on top, he seems to be taking his time and making it out all right. On occasion, at this hour, people Walking Around, i have seen. College students, others, but obviously very you dont see that very often here. But sometimes people telling us theyre simply out for a walk. Every one youve run into over the past several hours talk about theyre prepared for the storm. They have enough food. They have their batteries and flashlights in case they lose power. But looking around here at least in this section of boston they havent lost power yet unlike as you mentioned, brooke, more than 380,000 customers other parts of the state. Walking around here earlier, just in the last hour, these were the footsteps oh, look at that they. Theyre already filling up. How quickly the snow is falling. Reporter thats right. As you go on, you know susan, we cant hear you, but we can see where that mark is made. You can see how deep your feet are in that snow. Susan candiotti in boston and Staten Island, Staten Island is one of the places hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy a couple of months ago and a lot talking to them. He they didnt feel as prepared as this massive mrs. Was about to hit. Lets go to gary tuckman in Staten Island all night long. Gary, so far, how much snow are you seeing . Reporter brooke, all night, all afternoon, all morning weve been here. When we started the day there was absolutely no snow whatsoever on the streets, sidewalks, on the grass. Theres a plow coming. I want you to take a look at this plow for a second. The reason i wanted to point it out, they have come down the street in the last three hours probably about 30 times. You may say why do they come down here 30 times . Number one, were here. Number two, no one wants to ignore Staten Island anymore because what happened on this street in this part of Staten Island was nothing less than devastating three months ago when Hurricane Sandy came. We need to point in that direction again so we dont get hit by him. In Staten Island, 23 people died. That is more than 50 of the entire total population who died in new york city during Hurricane Sandy in october. This borough was devastated. Staten island is used to being ignored because its the smallest borough and it is not being ignored anymore. Theyre doing a great job of clearing this street so looks like theyve had about 8 to 10 inches. The winds havent been that heavy compared to connecticut, massachusetts and rhode island and a lot of people here who were anxious before this are breathing a sigh of relief. Right here you can see there were many houses in this block that were destroyed. This was a house when Hurricane Sandy came through and no longer is. It is rubble. The house right next door was heavily damaged and people have been busily repairing it hoping to move in this week. It looks like they wont be able because they were afraid of the blizzard and hope to move in monday they were telling us. Theyve had a lot of tough times lately. Theyre very grateful at this point it doesnt appear the storm is as serious in this particular area as they thought it would be, brooke . Knocking on wood that remains the case. Gary tuckman, thank you very much in Staten Island. In new jersey, governor Chris Christie is telling folks its a complex storm and in typical Chris Christie fashion hes not pulling any punches. Watch. The overall safety issue is obvious. Stay home. Avoid unnecessary travel. If youre out during the storm, stay behind salt trucks and plows and drive slowly. Accelerate, brake and turn slowly to avoid losing control of your vehicle. Just generally be smart and be careful and if you can be off the roads that would be even more helpful. It allows our vehicles to be able to clear, salt and sand the roads much more efficiently and effectively and it keeps you out of harms way. Were ready, were prepared to be able to make the roads and the bridges and the railways passable for our citizens. But we would hope that tonight into tomorrow morning during the bankrupt of the storm that you would all just take the opportunity to stay home with family ainge friends. Days ago we should point out Chris Christie met with some of the victims from Superstorm Sandy and so many are trying to get back on their feet and this blizzard is making travel tough for one nba team, downright impossible for two others. The New York Knicks stuck in minneapolis right now. San antonio spurs, they had a delay of a trip to new york until this afternoon and the brooklyn nets, they are hopping a train instead of a plane trying to get back to new york after playing in washington, d. C. , but as you look at these live pictures over beautiful manhattan, conditions are perfect for making snow angels and here we are in the middle of the night enjoying ourselves a tad. Look what alison kosik did. Reporter okay, brooke, this one is for you. Whoo yeah. Okay. Time to dry off. Yay. Snow angel. Thats a nice one. It is a nice one, alison kosik, you are such a trouper. People on twitter, get alison kosik make an angel. Cutest thing ive ever seen. How is it going out there. Reporter the crazy things we do at 4 00 in the morning. Think about it. Were talking about snow. Its out there. Looks beautiful. Why not play in it, right . Its part of the fun, part of the experience but what were seeing right now is the snow is kind of tapering off and everybody is coming alive again and everybody is shoveling the snow off the sidewalks, the plow there for the sidewalk is going crazy. I think its going at 60 miles an hour at this point getting it off the sidewalks because now is the time to bring them out because the snow is beginning to stop, brooke. Okay. Alison, thank you very much. Just talking to Karen Maginnis in the Weather Center because you were saying really right now boston getting hit with that second band. They have just issued another warning. I was talking about a band, a heavy band essentially kind of dissecting new england. Okay. Well, that heavy band with the snowfall rates up to 3 inches an hour is currently moving right across the eastern massachusetts area but not just there but extending down into connecticut and upwards near New Hampshire so that back side of that band we were talking about two hours ago is presently moving across the region. Snowfall will be heavy again. Susan candiotti was saying it doesnt seem that cold but the wind was picking up. The whole system, our blizzard that did produce the snowfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches per hour and the other thing is this coastal flooding. In weymouth, falmouth and marshfield. Water is coming into the homes in weymouth and seeing coastal flooding in marshfield. Theyll see another high tide around 9 30 in the morning but by then i think that area of low pressure, this storm system, is then going to start to pull away so well really see it decreases by midmorning, so midday, we start to add it all up and make our comparisons to that 1978 historic blizzard but this one already life, limb and property in grave danger and weve got reporters out covering this. When you talk to julian who has been on the road for us 12 hours, people lightheartedly on their snow skis and that sort of thing but Power Outages is the big thing, downed trees and downed power lines because its become so heavy in some areas and gary tuckman was talking about Staten Island. They saw 11. Jfk and laguardia separated by 12 miles. One saw three times as much snowfall an the other. Its just incredible. All about positioning, you know, how the snow comes in. Thank you very much. Weve been talking to a lot of people because were here for you trying to cover the blizzard and guess who just picked up the phone and called me. The mayor of newark, new jersey. You will hear what cory booker had to say to me at 3 00 a. M. Want to get you a quick update on something Karen Maginnis was talking about, marshfield southeast of boston. This is an area where there have been reports of water rushing in some of the homes in this semi Coastal Community and talked to the emergency manager there and they told us it has subsided for now. Obviously great news but also told us they are anticipating another high tide around 10 00 in the morning so we will see if hopefully the water stays away or whether or not it will continue to flood. Marshfield, massachusetts and were checking on cities throughout the blizzard zone here tonight. Covering all these different states for you talking to red cross, different city managers, some of from the boston globe and someone who called me at 3 00 in the morning, definitely awake out and about on the city streets. Newark let me try that again, newark, new jersey, mayor, cory booker. Roll it. Tell me what you have seen so far on the streets of newark . The conditions are worsening. Walked through all five wards of the city checking in on our crews we have out there as well as conditions on the street. A lot of stranded cars now. A lot of people out that shouldnt be. So its just, you know, very perilous out there, and people need to understand that. Stay indoofrs and hunker down for the night. Conditions will be bad throughout the morning tomorrow. So this is not the time to take this lightly. Very dangerous conditions, especially around Motor Vehicle accidents. And we also are on alert for possible Power Outages for newark if the wind starts to pick up. So im grateful for the hundreds of workers we have out there from Law Enforcement to folks plowing and salting streets. A lot of work ahead. As the sun will begin to rise in a couple of hours, thats when, as you mentioned, we will get a better chance to see the damage done. Hopefully the streets are cleared. First responders can get out and about. Whats the biggest challenge, you think, come tomorrow morning . Well, i think its just the mess and im getting rid of this from our streets, and hopefully people will stay in and stay secure. If we are able to be spared, and i know there are a lot of people are struggling without power, if newark and surrounding areas survive Power Outages, the biggest thing is to get the roads clear and safe so as people move about we dont see the kind of accidents that often come with icy conditions. And, again, the most urgent thing i could ask people to do is stay indoors as much as you can tomorrow but also be compassionate and check on your neighbors, check on the elderly or people shut in. If you go out to shovel your driveway, see if there are people who might need a little bit of assistance. The storm is tough but when we pull together, we are a lot tougher. We are thinking of all of you guys especially those hit so hard from Superstorm Sandy and here you have this massive, massive snowstorm. Before i let you go, before i let you go to bed, we all know you, cory booker, handson kind of mayor. Do you anticipate having to help out yourself if necessary tomorrow . Yeah. I think we all need to take that attitude. Obviously my primary concern is working with my command staff to do whats necessary to get the streets clear. But i always go out with a group of folks with shovels and other supplies. So should we see somebody in need, we always try to jump out and help. So its a good spirit that i found in newark in past storms and past weather emergencies as well as snowstorms that folks are helping each other and i try to do my part, as well as demonstrate this is a time where we all need to be handson and being of assistance. I have a great command staff. Most of my senior staff turned in an hour or two ago and they are ready for tomorrow. The citys really working in partnership with county authorities, state authorities and new jersey has proven a lot of resilience, especially coming out of sandy. The storm was brutal and difficult, but in many ways in terms of storm preparedness it made us that much stronger. Grateful for a good team. We got a big day tomorrow. Ill be out on the streets tomorrow, as well, doing my best to be of service during a long, difficult day. Cory booker, newark, new jersey, mayor sleeping soundly as he and other leaders will have a tough day tomorrow. Were live again, 4 0 in the morning watching and waiting with this blizzard, Julian Cummings driving the street through the streets of boston. Well talk to julian about the lighter moments between the snowball fight he came across and also some Cross Country skiers but also keep in mind boston very much so getting hit by that second band of snow and talk about that, special coverage northeast blizzard next. All right, give me a spot. You know my motto safety first. They could be dangerous. I think we should call animal control. Animal control . Psh. To be safe. Dont worry. I got this. Its a new motto. Announcer you dont have to be perfect to be a perfect parent. There are thousands of teens in foster care who dont need perfection, they need you. Nearly 400,000 people in the state of massachusetts out without power right now. These are live pictures from what weve now dubbed our boston driving cam. Aka producer Julian Cummings driving around boston giving us a better glimpse of who is out and about. Hopefully not too many people. Weve seen the Christmas Lights on the trees so the power is on at least for this road and talked to julian off and on through the night and afternoon. He caught a couple of things, snowball fight, some people Cross Country skiing. Here he is. Julian cummings taking us through it. Youre looking at an impromptu snowball fight with probably ten people. The bars are getting out and everyone is rushing down the street. The plows just broke it up and the Fire Department broke it up. And they were serenaded with tons of snowballs as well. Serenaded by snowballs. I see a car in the picture. I know you have been driving around. When we were talking earlier this afternoon, we know the governor of massachusetts, deval patrick, enforced this travel ban. You couldnt be on the roads after 4 00 in the afternoon. Governor dan malloy did the same thing in connecticut. So whats the deal . Why am i seeing cars . There are basically a few cars here and there, but theyre usually following Emergency Vehicles, plows, or some people with plows of their own, pickup trucks helping out. But for the most part, other than vehicles like ours, we are exempt because were media, but people are not hitting the roads. We have been out here since 2 00 p. M. , and its getting really bad. Its pure whiteout conditions, and, you know, were taking it very, very slow, being careful out here. We are still looking at this snowball fight. It looks to be almost like one, two dozen people out as the bars are letting ou