the region are calling snowtober. right now 2 million people are without power. four states have declared emergencies -- new york, new jersey, connecticut and massachusetts. officials predicted the downed trees were going to be a major problem and they were right. take a look. the storm is being blamed for three deaths so far. a man in pennsylvania was killed when a snow-covered tree fell into his house. two others died in connecticut and massachusetts. people in connecticut have lost power there. they're being told it will be a while before it comes back. the governor says they've been waiting for road conditions to improve before sending out repair crews. we're covering all angles of the major storm. chad meyers is on the ground in pennsylvania where there are massive power outages and our alexandra steele is in the severe weather center with more on the snowstorm and what travelers can expect today. let's start in pennsylvania. socked by the snow. our chad meyers is in york this morning. chad, just how bad is it where you are now? >> reporter: good morning. it depends on where you are. this is almost an elevation issue but also did your road get salted issue. the road behind me, mount zion road, doing very well. people getting traction. it looks a little shiny over here but that shine is tultly melted because of the salt they put on it. up on the hill over here the trees are not as bare as they are here. all the leaves on the trees back there on a ridge all that significant amounts of snow. people watching these limbs crack this morning bringing more power lines down. if you didn't treat your road -- or your roadway didn't get treats, it will look a little bit like the barking lot here. that is one sheet of ice. you need a zamboni to fix that. it is so slick out there, it is pretty much unbelievable. something else when the sun's coming up, we'll warm the temperature. even though it is 28 right now, it will warm to about 35. all of this that's on the road will begin to spray on your windshield in front of you, all these tires will spray this into your windshield. if you don't have that little blew or green colored liquid in your washer fluid it is just going to be one mushy mess as you try to push that muck back and forth. make sure that that reservoir is full of that blue or green stuff that's good enough to be under 32. don't just dump water in it because that is just going to freeze as you spray it on your windshield. >> chad, just how are people coping? this is not good news and i know that a lot of people are in hotels and people who, frankly, can't afford to be there. >> reporter: well, that's what we found at our hotel last night. even when we were coming back, we came back from our live shot at 10:30 last night, there were people in line trying to check in. ladies were saying we have a couple of rooms left but we didn't anticipate anything like this. this morning we were empty. no one was here. the cnn crew was here and then all of a sudden now every room in the hotel room filled up somewhere between $99 and $150. then you have to pay for some food outside, family of four -- this may have already cost them $200 to $300 just for one night without power. now power companies are saying that may be ten days. $200 times 10, now you're talking about a $2,000 bill when your house doesn't have power. when people can't afford to even buy gasoline, $2,000 is not something they expected. it is going to be a little bit of a hardship on some of the people here. >> it certainly is. chad meyers, thank you very much. we'll get more on where the storm hit. meteorologist alexandra steele. >> the berkshires were ground zero. where chad was, that's where the heaviest snow was up until that point. then we saw this area of low pressure develop and really bomb out as we say meteorologically, right off the delmarva peninsula, then robust even thunder snow. did you hear it? did you see it? it is quite rare and we did have this. record breaking totals in the northeast not only for the day but for the month of october. hartford, 12.3 inches. since records were kept, shattering the old record of 1.7. in newark, new jersey, 5.2 breaking old records. central park, records being kept back from the 1800s, never have they ever had one inch of snow in central park in october in new york. so it is quite rare. philadelphia, .3. let's look at what else we saw and where it is now. of course that area of low pressure really moved up the coast quite rapidly. i mean it was quite a 23, 24, 25, 26 hours, it was amazing. here is where it is now. we're going to watch right now this morning, we are seeing a few flurries in maine in bangor to portland but that will all move out. the area of low pressure will continue to scoot away. behind it some pretty brisk northwesterly winds. though temperatures will warm up into the 40s with these cold northwesterly winds, it will feel a lot chillier, only in the 20s and low 30s. we'll talk about the forecast for the rest of the country and also talk about thunder snow, what it is, how did it happen? that's all coming up. >> i was surprised to learn what it is. we'll wait for that. now yesterday the snowstorm didn't dampen the spirit of those occupy wall street protesters. remembe remember, that's where it all started. susan, conditions are much better. how are protesters holding up out there? >> reporter: well, alina, they made it through the night. temperatures are still in the 30s but the snow and the rain and the sleet are gone. after the city yanked those generators and propane tanks saying they were unsafe, protesters had to do the best they could to brave miserable conditions. here's a look. despite the conditions, the chant is "in the snow, in the street, occupy wall street," they're still marching in this sleet. it's rough out here. you spent the night here? >> yeah. i've been here 20 days. >> what was it like all night? >> it was freezing cold all night. terrible. >> how did you planning to stay warm? >> just had to kind of huddle together and just try to keep our body heat together and stay warm that way. >> reporter: the obvious question is how can you bear this? >> i don't know. it's just for the cause, i suppose. >> reporter: how long do you think can you stand these conditions? >> until something gets resolved in washington. >> but who knows when that's going to be? >> that's true. >> it could be a long, hard winter. >> it could be a long, hard winter. that's correct. >> reporter: walking through the park here, it is filled with tents. over here, we've got the place that's always had everyone serving food. they've got some fresh fruit coming in here. got the shipment of bananas that just came in to hand out to people. is this your tent? >> yeah. >> can you show us? >> everything's folded up but you're more than welcome to come in. >> let's take a quick look. you're prepared to stick this out through the winter? >> yep. >> why? >> it's worth it. i'm so passionate. it's worth it. it's worth it. i'm ready to see change. >> reporter: of course, what they really can't change or do anything about is the weather. volunteer medics tell us that they treated at least ten people for hypothermia but the one thing these protesters tell us time and again is that they won't let bad weather force them out of this protest and this movement. alina? >> susan candiotti, thank you very much. confrontations between occupy protesters and police are becoming more frequent and more violent. demonstrators marched yesterday in oakland, california. a much larger turnout than in previous days. some say scott olson is the reason. you'll remember he's the iraq war veteran who suffered a skull fracture on tuesday after allegedly being struck by a tear gas canister in a face-off with police. in denver, it got pretty ugly in front of of the state capital yesterday. police used pepper spray on protesters who wanted to camp there. a total of 20 were arrested. one unidentified witness describes how it all went down. >> only thing that happened is they asked us to take a tent down. some kid was standing too close to him. they just started attacking everybody. spraying people with mace, arresting them. we did nothing. this is supposed to be a peaceful protest and they're attacking us like we're in a third world country. >> denver police defend the officers' actions saying one police officer got pushed off a horse and two more were kicked by protesters. a college football player sidelined with a devastating spinal injury may never play the game again, but on saturday, he led his team back on to the field. his inspiring story is next in sports. but first, traditionally, california has been on the cutting edge of being green. but did you know it's no longer the country's most energy-efficient state? 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[ male announcer ] sustainable solutions. fedex. solutions that matter. welcome back. we asked you what state replaced california as the most energy efficient state this year? well, it is massachusetts at the number one spot. this according to the american council for an energy efficient economy. california actually dropped to number two, followed by new york, and oregon. miserable weather in new jersey, but it didn't matter as rutgers university, it was a big deal yesterday. applause and cheers, deafening as the team's former defensive tackle eric will grand paralyzed from the neck-down basically led his team on to the field. it is the first time he's been back on that field and it was really an emotional time. wasn't it? >> you said it right. emotional, inspiring considering everything that this young man has gone through in the last year. i mean last october eric la grand's life changed in a split second. he broke his neck during a game against army, was left paralyzed in the neck down. yesterday he is righting in a moatized wheelchair wearing his number 52. he led the team out of the tunnel and on to the field. the stadium because of the weather was about half-full but those that were there held up signs and said "believe," they were chanting "52," "52," inspiring considering all this man's been through. doctors told him he would have a 5% chance of walking again. he's now standing for 40 minutes at a time in therapy and he says he will walk again. >> that is amazing. let's hope that that happens. meanwhile, joe paterno -- i got it right when we were talking in the break -- penn state coach, winningest coach. >> he's 84 years young. he's coaching from the press box now for a number of reasons but yesterday he earned win 409 which means he became the winningest coach in division 1 football. his team didn't actually score a touchdown until the last minute and then they avoided going into overtime because illinois couldn't kick that 52-yard field goal between the yuprights. it is an ugly game but a win and one that will forever be recorded in the record books. >> and a big parade in st. louis? >> 4:00 p.m. st. louis time, a parade through the downtown streets of st. louis, ending at the busch stadium. the iconic clydesdale horses. have your digital camera, folks. the budweiser horses. but yes, lots of confetti, lots of pictures. should be a good time for st. louis fans. >> joe carter, i look forward to that. great to see you. what's in a name? for hundreds of girls, literally named unwanted, it is everything. and now they get a chance to start over again. we'll tell you whering it happening, what it is all about ahead in our "morning passport." and you've heard a lot about corporate greed and ceo salaries later from those occupy wall street protesters. so how much money do you think fortune 500 corporate board directors made last year? $154 an hour? $313? or $934? we'll have the answer for you in just a moment. 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now it is very interesting because of course this is not all of india. india has banned sex selective abortions so when you go for an ultrasound in an indian hospital they're not supposed to tell you but you know what happened with sophisticated ultra sounds? you can often tell anyway. and the gender gap in this particular region is wide. for the average indian you have throughout india around 900 or so girls for every 1,000 boys. but in this particular region, there are around 800 or so. so big gender gap and trying to bridge that gender gap. but certainly this was a particularly beautiful ceremony and you think about the meaning of a name. and i looked up your name. alina. alina is actually noble, kind and bearer of light. >> i know what, thank you for doing that because i never knew that until now. >> well what's in a name? i looked up mine as well. nadia is russian. it means hope. a naming ceremony we take for granted that we like our names or we have a name and we're known, but these 285 girls in india got to be called the name they would like. >> let's hope by bringing this to light that hopefully it will change in those circles. >> yes, please, not to think that all indians -- hindus often revere their daughters, many goddesses are female. so a hopeful day in india. >> thank you very much. looks like winter couldn't get here fast enough. after yesterday's freak snowstorm, lots of people in the northeast aren't going anywhere fast. we'll have an update on the travel delay picture next. but first, a lot of folks are visiting haunted houses this weekend. h hau hauntworld.com released a list of the scariest ones around. plk before the break we asked you what is the scariest haunted house in america? well, according to hauntworld.com -- it is, b, the bates motel and haunted hayride in philadelphia. the hayride is located in a 200-year-old forest. also the penn hurst asylum is located in a 100-year-old abandoned mental institute. cnn i-reporters have been documenting the northeast october snowstorm. take a look. this i-reporter snapped a noe photo of a snow-covered car near his home in putnam county, new york. wow, that's something you don't want to see any time, much less before halloween. and this i-reporter got this picture of a downed tree near his home in denville, new jersey. he grabbed a power saw and tried to cut his way out. going nowhere fast, those are the travel plans for lots of people who got caught up in yesterday's freak nor'easter. meteorologist alexandra steele has more on the flight delays throughout the northeastern u.s. this morning. this is something i'm watching very closely because i'm trying to get back up to new york later today. what's it looking like out there? >> you and so many. kind of paralyzed in the northeast, especially in western massachusetts and connecticut. why? it was an historic storm on so many fronts. no pun intended. in terms of snowfall totals for the day, for the month. of course hartford coming in with 12.3 shattering old records. newark, new jersey, central park. in central park there has never been since records have been kept since the 1800s one inch of snow in october. and almost three. philadelphia as well. again, over 2 million without power. of course in connecticut and massachusetts, already th