and when kenya smith left the navy after 14 years, show thought that two she thought that two masters degrees and military experience would help her get a job. two years later she s still looking. and a special welcome to the service men and women watching on the armed forces network. thanks for joining us. we re glad you re with us. and we begin with a major storm battering the northeast. right now around two million people are without power. four states have declared emergencies. new york, new jersey, connecticut, and massachusetts. want to take a live look now at new york city, columbus circle. a very dark columbus circle. new york, by the way, did not get the worst of it. here s what it looks like in massachusetts. officials predicted that downed trees were going to be a major problem. and take a look at that they were right. the storm is being blamed for three deaths so far, one of them in massachusetts. a man in pennsylvania was killed when a snow-covered tree f
haul. more than 700,000 are without electricity there. utility crews are out right now assessing the damage. connecticut light and power says all of the cities and towns its services were impacted by the storm and us it could be a week before all power is restored. cnn crews working every angle of this major storm. susan is in new york, chad meyers in pennsylvania and jacqui jeras is in the severe weather center. let s go first to new york city. the metro area there. fun for some, a nightmare for others. that freak winter storm gave one family a jack-o-lantern snowman in new jersey. a couple of miles from the hudson river and downtown manhattan. let s go to manhattan where we find our susan candiotti. the snowfall has caused a lot of headaches there, although the sun is finally shining behind you? it s beautiful here, but i think everyone would agree when you re flying during the winter, there can always be problems. there were problems and it isn t even winter yet. most of