Problem. Could thousands of other commercial aircraft be at risk in. At russian spy ring. Coded messages. Secret meetings. Two decades after the cold war, the fbi bust an alleged Russian Intelligence Network in new york city. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking now. The blizzard that just wont quit. Its high tide right now in new england. Millions are threatened with coastal flooding from the epic storm that dumped more than two feet of snow in some places and lashed out with nearhurricane winds. Seven states declared emergencies. This a very dangerous storm still. You can see one example right here as firefighters battle a windwhipped blaze in the middle of a blizzard. Snow is still coming down hard in a lot of parts of the region and will keep falling for several more hours. Several hundred plows are out in boston in the middle of it all and could see record accumulations. Our correspondents and analysts and newsmakers are all standing by. Lets begin with the latest. Brian todd is on the massachusetts coast. Reporter fierce winds created whiteout conditions up and down the northeast coast. Weve got the wind causing whiteout knz. Youve got the tide coming in causing potential flooding. We felt it firsthand on the jersey shore. The wind is just whipping us in the face from the north to the south. Along the coastline south of boston, the National Guard evacuated residents in the town of marshfield after a 100foot section of seawall was breached, causeing dangerous flooding and damaging homes. A storm surge with huge waves in some places caused extreme flooding. And then theres the snow. We fully expect there are parts of eastern and Central Massachusetts where people may get as much as another five to ten inches of snow on top of what they already have. Reporter but this historic blizzard is not over still blink eliminating much of new england in a massive amount of snow. Parts of new england bracing for more than two feet of snow. Connecticut is trying to dig out after receiving more than 20 inches of snow in some areas. And rhode island is still being battered by the storm and the governor is warning everyone to stay off the roads. Even the highways are not really passable. Theres zero visibility. So my message continues to be as follows the travel ban is still in effect. We want everybody off the roads. Reporter this afternoon as we drove along route 95 from connecticut to massachusetts, we experienced extremely difficult road conditions. That was brian todd reporting for us. Brian, thanks very much. Were going to get back to you shortly. Boston right now is in the middle of the blizzard and the snow continues to fall. When all is said and done, this storm could rival some of the citys worst. Brooke baldwin is in boston for us. Set the scene for us. Whats the latest . Reporter wolf im so mindful of you being from buffalo new york. Im sure growing up there youve dealt with a lot of this. But take a look. Im honestly losing track of the hours weve been out here but just i think it really shows trudging through this stuff. Very slowly and carefully. We were here yesterday. It was up to my ankles. You can see its up to my knees right now. We heard from the mayor of boston, marty walsh, this afternoon. He gave a News Conference and basically was saying the city itself has seen more or less two feet of snow, and i dont know if you can tell but it definitely is still coming down just a little bit lighter than it has earlier this afternoon. Weve been in it since the morning. But they were saying people in boston should anticipate it continuing to come down until 3 00 in the morning. It is possible that boston will see a record setting snowfall. I was actually in the boston area over the weekend, and once the storm really started to percolate, what everyone was talking about was the blizzard of 78. That wont happen as far as the damage thbsank goodness because nobody had as much of a headsup, but its the blizzard of 2003 the floods is the story as you were talking to brian todd along coastal massachusetts, in scituate marshfield. That is really really the story wolf. Brooke stand by. We have the mayor of boston marty walsh on the phone right now. May mayor, are you still in the middle of the storm . Is it almost over . Set the scene from your perspective. Im watching the local media, and it looks like we have a patch of clear skies above us right now, but were surrounded by more snow coming in. Were expecting another six inches by i think 1 00 in the morning the last report was. And then wind until 4 00 a. M. So well have snow drifts all over the place. So weve made some precautions tomorrow to shut city hall down and have emergency personnel. Were trying to plow the streets and get the main arteries open. Theyre open but trying to get them curb to curb majority of workers can get to work with safety and without inconvenience. You think youll get near the 27inch record you had back in 1978 and 2003 . Youre getting close to that 27 inches, right . Yeah. They say were getting very close to it. Hopefully it moves off the coast and we wont hit the record. This is one record i dont want to break. Id be perfectly happy if the snow was to go out to sea now and allow us the opportunity to do the proper cleanup we have to in the city. The snow is really going to come down well into the evening, overnight maybe, right . Thats what theyre saying. Right now in boston, its not snowing much. There are wind drifts, looks like its snowing but as of now its not snowing. But theyre saying there will be another burst of snow that comes to us before the night is over. We know theres been lots of flooding problems on the massachusetts coast. Are you facing any of those problems in boston . No not really. Just a couple of roadways in boston weve had to shut down over the course of the day. But were not getting whats happening in scituate and other places like that because the beachfront property in the city of boston is back a bit. Were not getting that type of erosion on the seawalls and galeforce winds and tide pounding. But there has been a couple of roads closed. Well probably have to close a couple tonight for a little while. But were not seeing some of concerns that the homeowners have around the commonwealth. What about Power Outages . Weve been lucky in the city of boss at any. As of the last time i got a report at 3 00 only three homes are without power, and they werent necessarily due to the storm. We had about 155 last night. We were able to get them back up with emergency generators today. Now i believe we only have three in the city of boston that im aware of. We didnt get that heavy snow with the rain so the power lines were pretty much in good condition. And what about the whole notion of the driving in and around boston . You still have restrictions as far as people getting on the streets . Yeah im keeping the parking ban in effect until sometime tomorrow so we can get people to get from curb to curb clean. The governor of massachusetts has the emergency ban in place, no driving. Hell have a press conference in a bit and address that there. Were trying to clear the tracks and the entry ways into the different subway stations. So thats down for now. I know theyre trying to get that open for the morning commute if they can, or at least the best they can. What about the schools . Schools are closed tomorrow and were going to make a determination on thursday depending on what type of snow removal has to happen. Thursday is really about Public Safety here in the city. Its going to be seeing where we are with Public Safety. Do we have enough clearance on the sidewalks for buses to get by . Are the large snow piles on the corners will we have enough time tomorrow to remove them. I take it Boston Logan Airport is pretty much closed. Yes. Logan hasnt had any flights today. I talked to the director of mass port a couple of times. The airport is pretty much down right now. I know theyre working over there hard to clear it up. Theyre right on the edge of the ocean so as far as what happens with the snow and the snow drifts after that thats where their problems come into play. Mayor, good luck to you in boston. Marty walsh, mayor of boston. Well stay in close touch. Thank you wolf. Appreciate it. Battered by the blizzard the massachusetts coast now facing serious flooding. High tide is just rolling in. Alexandra field is joining us from scituate in massachusetts. Looks pretty bad over there, alexandra. Whats the latest . Reporter yeah, wolf. Its gotten absolutely wicked in an ironic boston sort of way. Just up this road is the seawall. We were just out there standing there and even before high tide these waves were whipping up over that wall forcing rocks and sand and flooding into the neighborhoods. The water came rushing down this street earlier today. This is a neighborhood that totally flooded out. Were talking about basements here that were flooded, four and five feet the water coming up over the seawall, swirling into this neighborhood. Then coming out here onto the street im on and whipping across the street. On top of these high winds we have the snow accumulating. But this is really the moment that people in scituate have been bracing for all day long. Theyre keeping their eyes on the seawall. You cannot see it because the visibility is so bad out here. But they are waiting to see if that water comes pouring over that wall with the same kind of force that they saw earlier today. This is a neighborhood that is very prone to floodzing. You have the harbor on one side and the ocean on the other. But theyre not used to this kind of flooding. Thats what they told us earlier today. When high tide came this morning between 4 00 and 5 00 they said they were just really taken aback by the kind of water they saw, the volume of the water that they saw, really settling into these neighborhoods. There are people who have decided to stay in their homes on this street. The National Guard came through. They were evacuating people who wanted to go. Police have been coming through here in highaxle vehicles. A lot of this road earlier today was completely impasseable waterlogged. A lot of that water turning into ice and slush now. Youve got more snow coming down on top of it. Over the next hour we should see the effects of whats happening right now, which is the high tide. Well see how much of an impression it makes and whether or not that causes more significant flooding than what people here in scituate have dealt with already today. Its not just in scituate. Were told that all along the coast the Atlantic Coast of massachusetts, there are Flood Warnings right now. Isnt that right . Reporter yeah absolutely. Down along the Southern Coast were talking about the area that is south and east of boston heading out toward the cape. These are the coastal communities which can be very prone to flooding during big storms. It is quite common for these communities marshfield, hull scituate, to be on alert and on the watch for flooding because you get these factors that really combine. You get the high tide coming in as well as the storm surge, thats when people end up under water. You know, again, when you talk to people in scituate they have faced this before. They did take measures to try to prepare for the storm that theyre seeing now. They actually cut power to a number of neighborhoods last night in advance of the storm so that you didnt have problems with downed power lines or the possibility of electrical fires, wolf. Stand by. Well get back to you, alexandra when the high tide happens and how serious that flooding will be. I suspect it will be bad. The storm certainly has absolutely smothered air traffic. Another 4700 flights have been canceled today. Lets go live to cnns aviation correspondent rene marsh at Laguardia Airport. We just heard from the mayor of boston. Bops ton Logan Airport still shut down. Whats going on over there . Reporter runways are shut down there. Theyre under snow. You mentioned nearly 5,000 cancellations. Thats way more than yesterday, and its still a ghost town here at laguardia. I mean usually you would see passengers and these kiosks checking in. The Conveyor Belt not moving no motion. Check out the ticket counters. No one is here. Its pretty much just the media. We have seen signs of small progress with Spirit Airlines the only carrier it appears at this point to be operating here out of laguardia. I mean, take a look. The situation looks a lot like it did yesterday, all of these flights still very much canceled. But we do know again, that airlines are starting to resume limited Flight Operations at some other airports as well jfk, newark again, very limited operations. As far as when will they be able to get to more of a normal rate . We are hearing from the airlines they are hoping to do that tomorrow. Now, keep in mind that doesnt mean that everyone is going to get to their destination tomorrow. However, we will see an increased level of flight activity, wolf. Rene, well get back to you as well. Rene at laguardia in new york. Up next, an epic storm hammering new england right now. You heard from the mayor of boston, not letting up. Several more hours of snowfall. Record snowfall in some places. Now theres coastal flooding that poses another danger. Well get the latest forecast. Stand by. 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Potentially of historic proportions in massachusetts and other parts of new england. Its still causing heavy snow high winds, coastal flooding. Joining us on the phone is Brigadier General gary keefe of the massachusetts National Guard the Task Force Commander for the storm. General thanks very much for joining us. I know youve got a lot going on. I know the National Guard your men and women, rescued some residents earlier today along the massachusetts shore. How many people were rescued . All in all, wolf we ended up rescuing about 15 folks in different areas along the coastline within the commonwealth. What as the problem . A lot of it was something, the storm surge and just the winds caught a few people off guard and the roads ended up being flooded and folks were stuck in areas that normal vehicles couldnt get them out of. So weve got these light medium tactical vehicles great for high water areas and allow us to help people get out of harms way. As you know its high tide on the massachusetts coast, the coastal Flood Warning is in effect i think throughout all the coast of massachusetts. At least until 8 00 p. M. Eastern. This could get very dangerous. You guys might be getting really busy rescuing other folks, right . Yeah youre right on that. Were now actually refolk you using our mission from stranded Motor Vehicles to high water rescue missions. Were looking to reposition our fogss looking along the coast, plum island, newbury port hull scituate. Do you have enough personnel and equipment . We do wolf. Weve got authority by governor baker to go to 500. Were sitting at 404 soldiers and airmen right now. The governor said if we need more, well put the request in. But were ready to go. Youre approaching at least in the boston area clos