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Bill: this morning, we have new details about what happened on board four different planes, three of which belonged to jetblue, that left passengers strand on a tarmac for more than seven hours. a plane diverted from florida to newark forced to land at connecticut s bradley international, that s north of hartford, because of this freak winter storm, and it s not winter, it s fall! passengers say they had no food and no water and no working bathrooms and even the pilot expressed his dismay at his employer. we can t seem to get any help from our own company. i apologize for this, but is there any way you can get a tug and tow bar out here to us and get us towed somewhere to a gate or something? i don t care. take us anywhere. jetblue 504, roger, i will talk to operations and see what they can do. were you able to resolve the situation in the back or is that ongoing? we ve resolved it for now. we ve got the show of ....
Well milford, new jersey. what a scene it is there. david, what s the latest this morning there? reporter: well, let s start with this, bill. in total, west milford received 19 inches of snow over the weekend, that is the record for the state, but the entire state of new jersey has been affected by this storm, the governor said a short time ago that there are now some 1200 department of transportation crews on the road, trying to clear downed trees, trees like the one behind me you can see over my shoulder, this tree literally split in half. he said there are some 1000 utility crews also on the streets, trying now to restore power. let s bring up some of the latest statistics that underscore how many people have been affected here, and in the state of new jersey, we are now told about 300,000 people are without power. that number, down significantly from the 600,000 or so over the weekend. one of those affected was governor chris christie, he now has power. hundreds of thousands have ....
The power outages. one woman described the situation here as sounding like a world war, when the limbs collapsed around her home. listen now to some of the people who were affected: all of the sudden, we heard the trees in the back yard just falling and all the branches around just falling. it was really scary. as it it was if the world was ending and everything was slowly crashing down all around you. it was absolutely frightening. it reminded me of when people talked about being in hurricanes. reporter: an bill, you made a very good point early on. the cleanup operation is going to be relatively fast but the consequences of this storm are going to take months if not years to recover from. one other very disturbing statistic, in new york city s central park hs estimated that 1000 trees were damaged by this storm and may have to be removed and that s just central park alone. damage extends from maryland all the way up to vermont. bill: something else. david lee miller, thank ....
Like to pet the pumpkin. alisyn: oh, a nice pumpkin. dave: i had a dime for every time clayton asked alisyn to pet his pumpkin i d be a wealthy man. we start with a storm in october. it was historic. the effects of the deadly east coast snowstorm now being blamed for at least three deaths in connecticut, pennsylvania, and massachusetts. one of those people, an 84-year-old man killed when a snow covered tree limb crashed through his home. another person reportedly electrocuted by a downed power line. alisyn: oh, boy. the storm has also knocked out power to more than 2.3 million homes this morning, and businesses from maryland all the way up to maine. officials warned it could be days before the electricity is completely restored to them. clayton: and even governor chris christie without power. alisyn: s among those. clayton: and slight train delays and also on the horizon expect today create a domino affect for travelers across the country. ....
clayton: michele bachmann is like me can t make up her mind. she had to pick two. saving private ryan as one of her favorite movies, classic steven spielberg and of course be brave heart the mel gibson classic that won best picture and i think he won best director for that. alisyn: both fierce war battles and the chely long film or and let s get to the headlines and talk about the crazy storm, we have new video out of worcester, massachusetts to show you. this is one of the many cities blasted by an unseasonable winter storm. and fox news found there have been three deaths, and this morning, millions are without ....