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Testing a new product, a hot dog wrapped in Fried Chicken with liquid cheese on top. The new meaning of kfc is killing fatties cardiologically. Todays eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. A huge winter storm this morning is pounding the northeast. Millions of americans are hunkering down at home. It is snowing heavily right now across much of new england. Here is a look at eastern massachusetts. A travel ban is in place in massachusetts as well as southern new york new jersey, connecticut and rhode island. Many cities and towns will not receive mail today. This storm affects tens of millions of people. By the time it is over boston providence could have around two feet. New york city is likely to have up to a foot of snow. A blizzard warning is still up in long island and the coast. We have correspondents along the northeast this morning. Reporter im doing something only possible once a year. I am standing in the middle of times square and it is virtually empty because there is a complete and total travel ban. Only emergency vehicles are allowed on the roads. The subways, bus lines and rail lines are all shut down. New york city itself got a glancing blow from the storm. We have gotten between five and seven inches. We could get more as the day progresses. On long island they are experiencing near blizzard conditions. For the millions of commuters trying to make it home last night before the travel ban the precautions have proven more painful than the event. Heavy snow is blanketing new york citys roads and sidewalks this morning. Thi storm dumped about a quarter of what meteorologists predicted. Even that was enough to bring the city that never sleeps to a stand still. For every day new yorkers it is pretty clear. This is not business as usual. State officials issued a travel ban shutting down subway and Commuter Train Services telling people to stay off the roads to make way for emergency crews. It only takes two cars to get stuck and the traffic backs up and that is it. Thank you for the incredible efforts. Volunteers from the American Red CrossGreater New York were on stand by through the night. They have enough disaster supplies to help 50,000 people. Watt we have here is a cart with 40 cots and 80 blankets. There are 400 cots within this box truck. Reporter on the jersey shore where coastal flooding is threatening many low lying communities governor Chris Christie said he is confident that his team is ready to combat the elements. We had hurricane irene and hurricane sandy. For better or for worse we know how to deal with these situations. Reporter although the worst of the storm here in new york has already passed i dont do snow i really dont. Reporter it could take days to clean up the mess left behind. The good news is the sun will come out again. We just dont know when. Reporter we also dont know when the travel ban will be lifted possibly today or maybe not even tomorrow. New York City Schools are closed today and that has happened fewer than ten times over the past five decades. Wall street will be open. All right. They always muddle through. I love the one that said i dont do snow. Im with her. As you go east the snow gets heavier and wind is stronger. Some people are finding cover under subway tracks in brooklyn. Reporter good morning. Crews have been working through the night here clearing snow away trying to keep up with this storm and keep the roads free of snow. Lets show you what it looked like from inside one of the snow plows this morning. This is the view from the front seat during the height of the storm. It was snowing at a rate of three to four inches an hour. In new york the National Weather service recorded 20 inches of snow so far here on long island. The governor issued a travel ban throughout long island to keep cars off the roads and allow crews to clear the snow. Long Island Railroad service which sees about 300,000 commuters per day were suspended at 11 00 p. M. Monday night and that continues this morning. As blizzard warnings remains in effect at least until wednesday we are hearing the wind gusts of up to 55 Miles Per Hour continue across the island. There is the possibility of some gusts hitting 70 Miles Per Hour on the east end. Those winds could lead to wide spread Power Outages. Coastal flooding is a big concern here with high tides forecasted to be two to three feet higher than usual. Schools across the island remain closed and we can tell you that this storm has turned deadly here on long island. Local Police Telling us one 17 year old was killed in a sledding accident overnight. Thanks. Powerful winds and high surf are causing severe coastal flooding south of boston. The massachusetts coast could see blizzard conditions through much of the day. Anna, good morning. Reporter good morning, charlie. They are having problems along the coast. Here in the city in the heart of the city nobody is out here. Lets talk about the kind of snow we are dealing with here in boston. You can see how light and fluffy this is. That is good news when you talk about Power Outages because the lines and the trees dont get as heavy. Thats less breakage. When you talk about plowing the streets this light snow you plow it away. It has a tendency a lot of it to come back after the flows come through because the wind just blows it back on to the street. Good and bad situation with the type of snow we are experiencing here in boston. The governor has told everyone else to stay off the streets. Overnight an army of 2,000 plows outnumbered cars in the streets on parts of boston. Desperately trying to keep pace with the fast falling snow. At times pounding the city at a rate of two to three inches an hour. The visibility is getting a little bad. The road is not too bad yet. Reporter in the coastal town where high tides are creating the threat of flooding officials protectively shut off power to 200 homes hoping to prevent electrical fires. We have been through blizzards before and i am certainly confident we are prepared. A storm this size poses a threat to Public Safety so we are taking this storm very seriously. Reporter throughout the region windy, snowy and icy conditions made driving dangerous. Part of interstate 495 was closed after this tractortrailer spun out. When you wake up in the morning it is going to look like a blizzard. Driving in the commonwealth unless you have to is not a good idea. Reporter while some ventured outside wind gusts kept most indoors. With up to three feet of heavy wet snow expected more than 1,000 utility crews are standing by for what could be significant Power Outages in parts of the state. So this is a main drag in boston. Normally you would see the morning traffic, everybody heading to work. This morning weve got about ten snow plows we have seen and two cars and just a couple of lone walkers. Everybody still sleeping. Thank you. And here is a unique perspective. Check out the view of the storm from space. Its energy towards the northeast meaning more snow for new england. This is portland, maine. Reporter i feel like im in a snow globe. It is very light. Several inches have fallen overnight. Surprisingly here at the Ferry Terminal they are still operating. They just called an announcement that they may be suspending service. People here say they are used to this kind of weather. This particular terminal continued service through the blizzard of 2013 just two years ago when they got over 30 inches of snow in a matter of two days. All in all people are staying off of the roads. The governor of maine declared a state of emergency this morning so there is definitely extra added precaution out here. That wind is starting to whip even though it is very soft snow when that wind whips up and smacks you in the face it definitely stings. Later on in the broadcast we will try to hop on one of the ferries to get a different Vantage Point and give you a sense of what people are dealing with here in portland, maine. Travel delays are the norm this morning. Some people are stranded and sleeping at new yorks jfk airport. Nearby hotels are booked. Travel woes will continue today for millions. Right now nearly 4,900 flights are grounded because of the storm. Lonnie quinn is here in studio 57, chief weather forecaster for wc wcbs tv. Is it safe to say the storm was not as bad as predicted in new york city . I think that is a fair statement. Here is the deal. The storm it just shifted by about 50 miles. That is why the governor had to make the call that he made and the mayor. Look at the conditions out on long island it could very well be new york city. While we were sleeping it pushed a little more off to the east. We see the big totals right now we are dealing with them out on the east end of long island all the way up the coast of maine. So you are dealing with heavy snow around boston and then clearing by the time you get to wednesday 11 00 in the morning off the coast of maine dusting our hands of this one. As of right now blizzard warnings in effect from the east end of long island all the way through the coast of maine to the canadian border. National Weather Service only takes care of our country so that is the picture there. How much more snow . It looks like another foot on top of what you have. You go well inland it is another three to six inches. We are not done until you get to late tonight into tomorrow and that is for the coast of maine. That is a picture at the National Weather. Youre fair to say that new york city took a hit but not the worst hit. The worst was east of the city at long island. Our storm coverage continues all morning. We will show you a new app that lets people follow the snow plows in their neighborhood. You can find out whether your street has been plowed. That is ahead here on cbs this morning. The fbi is taking credit this morning for breaking up an alleged russian spy ring. Prosecutors say one suspect posed as a Bank Employee and tried to send information back to russias intelligence agency. What the apparent spies had planned. Prosecutors say this russian spy ring had been operating since 2012 in new york city. The fbi used informants and hidden cameras to build their case. The alleged spy appeared in court on monday. The Justice Department argued that he was employed at a rush bank in new york as a cover while working for the svr. Investigators say he and two others attempted to recruit new yorkers to be russian intelligence sources as they tried to gather u. S. Government documents to help the russian government collect information about potential u. S. Economic sanctions against russian banks. U. S. Officials say ultimately the plan failed. There are questions about how much damage these spies could have done. According to the criminal complaint he at one time used an internet search on his work computer to gather information on the sanctions against russia. Bail was denied for the alleged spy who could face up to 15 years in prison. Prosecutors say the other suspects have not been arrested and left the country. They had diplomatic inunity when here. I want to give you the update on the pilot of a wayward drone. He could face criminal charges. The device crash landed early monday. The breach is raising new questions about security at the executive mansion. The first daughters were inside. The drone is a remote controlled quadcopter with four rotors. It is too small to be detected by radar. The secret service says the operator, a Government Employee called to turn himself in after the incident. He says he was using it for Recreational Purposes and lost control. A locker Room Attendant may be the focus this morning in the deflated football investigation by the nfl. The new England Patriots arrived in phoenix for super bowl xlix. Owner robert kraft is lashing out of the investigation. The team tired of all of these allegations, jan good morning. Reporter good morning. The nfl would obviously like to put deflate gate behind it so people will start focusing on one of the biggest spoorting events in the world. This morning it is pretty clear that we are not going to have answers before sundays game and robert kraft is furious at how things have unfolded. I am disappointed in the way this entire matter has been handled and reported upon. Reporter owner said the new England Patriots did nothing wrong and that ted wells, the lawyer hired by the nfl to investigate eventually will reach the same conclusion. If the wells investigation is not able to definitively determine that our organization tampered with the air pressure in the footballs i would expect and hope that the league would apologize to our entire team. Reporter the latest reports raise even more questions. One leak says a Surveillance Video shows a patriots locker Room Attendant taking the footballs to another room before bringing them out to the field. Another report indicates the attendant was in that room a bathroom only about 90 seconds raising questions about whether he could have deflated the footballs in such a short time. Kevin clark, wall street journals nfl reporter said if there was wrong doing it is hard to believe a low level employee was solely responsible. This idea that they wouldnt be ordering it is crazy. The public wouldnt buy that. Reporter beellichick refused to address the latest report. My attention is focused on seattle seahawks. Right now the only thing i am focused on is the seattle seahawks. Wells said no conclusions should be drawn. He added in the interim it would be besz if everyone involved avoids public comment. While the nfl is looking at this unnamed locker Room Attendant investigators have not yet determined if he is responsible for any wrong doing. Facebook says an outage that knocked users around the world offline this morning is not the work of hackers. Instagram was also down. A group called lizard squad claimed responsibility but Facebook Says this was not a urresult of a third party attack. Facebook says the problem is fixed and both services are back up. Thats interesting. It is 7 19. Ahead and only on cbs this morning why many cat scans may not be worth the time or the exposure. 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