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N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy to provide winter storm update. How to watch live today. (Feb. 1, 2021) Updated Feb 01, 2021; Gov. Phil Murphy will provide updates on the winter storm that might drop more than 20 inches of snow on parts of northern New Jersey at an 11 a.m. press conference. It will be held at the state’s traffic management center in the Fords section of Woodbridge and be streamed live on the governor’s YouTube.com channel. Murphy will be joined by Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, State Police Superintendent Colonel Pat Callahan, New Jersey Board...

The threat of violence on Inauguration Day is very real and not just at the U.S Capitol, said New Jersey's homeland security director in a one-on-one interview.

State officials are hoping to thwart a plot that would resemble the unprecedented attack on the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday that led to five deaths.

In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom said, "Everyone is on high alert." In New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy said, "We do not want to underprepare." In Washington state, Gov. Jay Inslee warned that his state "cannot tolerate any actions that could result in harm." At least 10,000 National Guard troops are scheduled to provide supplemental security in coming days at the U.S. Capitol, scene of last week's deadly riot. Similar steps are being taken in capitals across the nation amid FBI reports of possible armed protests starting Sunday through the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Jan. 20. I...

Murphy Tells Counter Protesters to Stay Home By Fred Snowflack | January 11, 2021, 2:29 pm | in Columnist As Phil Murphy was holding his COVID briefing today, reports reverberated throughout the land about FBI warnings of armed protests by right-wing groups beginning Sunday in all 50 states. “We’re very much aware,” the governor said of whatever is planned for Sunday. Protests at state capitols are common, but in the wake of last week’s “insurrection” in Washington,  there’s probably nothing common about police preparation. Typical...