. . > . you're watching al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm jonathan betz with a look at the top stories. >> no deal on iran's nuclear program. key issues have yet to be solved as the talks in gen -- geneva go late into the night. >> rebels in syria take control of an oil field cutting off the go. >> a thanksgiving travel problems all the way to the east coast with a front moving in.

>> time could be running out on talks in geneva over iran's nuclear program. there are still major disagreements that could keep a deal from happening. secretay of state john kerry joined negotiations in geneva this morning, but is travelling to london tomorrow. the goal is to keep iran from developing war heads, something the british foreign ministery says is a threat to stability. phil ittner joints us live from geneva. are they close to a deal? >> it sounds from all indications we are getting from pretty much behind closed doors that they are really down to the wire. it could be the make or break moment. because it's that, it could go either way. there's some talk that it's pessimistic. there's some talk saying that they are 90% there. there's just a few issues

outstanding, not least of which the statement that's just recently come out from a high-ranking member of the iranian delegation, a deputy foreign minister that days any document that does not include the wording that iran has the inalienable right to enrich iranian will be unacceptable to the iranian side. it's down to wording - what is going to be in this potentially historic document. and they haven't decided yet, and it could, as i say, go either way. >> so no deal is reached, what happens next? >> well, general as you mentioned john kerry plans to go london tomorrow. also we heard from the high-ranking iranian member that they are putting a finite time on this saying it has to be decided no later than noon on sunday. there's a good amount of

activity in geneva. there's preparations for a press conference, maybe that some member of the p5+1 may make a statement. this is not over tonight. if it goes into the wee hours of the morning there's certainly the possibility, although nobody would like to see it, that this would continue into yet another day. nobody expects it to be a full day, but these talks are important. they will continue, it is believed, until some moved can be made. if that's possible. >> we'll see what happens. it could be a long night. phil ittner live in geneva - thank you for that. >> we'll bring in our mideast correspondent who is here on the set to talk about this. this is an interesting debate. maybe we are asking the wrong question. maybe it should be is it

inevitable that iran should get a nuclear weapon and the focus should be on managing that. >> no, it's not inevitability. we have experience in the past with pakistan and north korea - trying to get that and it failed >> backfailed. >> we can stop iran getting a nuclear weapon. u.s. sees the middle east as less safe if iran has a nuclear weapon. perhaps saudi arabia will go after one if iran has one. imagine the middle east with israel, saudi arabia and iran going nuclear. that's a dangerous place. >> is it reasonable to expect if they had a nuclear weapon, that they'd use it. a lot of countries have them, but the assumption is they'd never be used. >> even some israelis admit that even though the prime minister benyamin netanyahu - even though the israeli government is basing their priorities, their policy as if iran might use it dar tash some of them admit there's no

way iran would use it. the u.s. would say we can't let them get to that point, it's too dangerous for iran, saudi arabia and israel to have nuclear weapons, we need to take away nuclear capacity and encourage moderates. we need to change iran. the only way to do that, encourage the moderates is take the capacity and make a wemon. >> some argue that the way to encourage moderates is to keep the sanctions. >> that's what a lot of congress is saying - there are tens of billions of dollars of sanctions on iran, on the oil and gas programs that are working. the reason iran is talking is all of the sanctions. and the israelis, congressional leaders will say, "we need to keep the pressure on, give them three months, increase the sanction, they'll come closer to us", the administration says, "no, now is the time." >> is it a fair argument, if youees on the -- if you ease off

the sanction, the economy comes good, you lose negotiating power. >> you may. the counter-argument is this - we are talking about $7 billion-$10 billion relief in six months. iran would lose $25 billion to $30 billion from sanctions that stay in place. the administration says we'll ease the economy a little but it will not change the game. iran cannot accept the current sanctions to continue and it will want a long-time deal that may take away a right to enrich. >> explain to people how if iran is suffering to much with sanctions, why it is digging in its heels. >> let's under in there the policies of iran. the iranian leadership, no

matter how moderate or conservative sold itself to their people as, "we have the right to enrich. the nuclear enrichment treaty gives us the right to enrich" >> where is it important? >> inside iran the people - it's a national argument. saying we need to stand up to the u.s., we need to do this and have power we haven't had for a little while. within iran there's an insistence with that. if the u.s. and iran can get to a point where they had a deal where iran can go back to its people and say, "they let us enrich", and the u.s. can go to the americans saying, "we stopped them from extreme enrichment, that's diplomacy and then we have a deal. >> that's a big question. thank you for that insight. on to other news in syria, a blow to the assad regime as rebels seize a large oil field. activists say the loss of the

field means all of assad's access to fuel has been cut off. government forces will have to rely on imported oil. it's unclear if infrastructure was dammed in the take over. it comes as inspectors make progress dismantling stockpiles. the next step is to destroy the arsenal. we explain why that is bringing new challenges. >> the plan to destroy syria's chemical weapons is on schedule. damascus declared its stockpile in september. by the end of last month it confirmed facilities have been rendered inoperable. the lingering question is how the arsenal will be destroyed. the head of the organization for organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons said the most dangerous substance, roughly 500 tonnes, are likely to be destroyed at sea. >> there are some facilities manufactured by the united

states. and which can be transported easily and installed easily either on a ship or on land. i think the experience if as itties. >> that looks like an american-led side. for the category 1 side, they'll take the lead. >> the second category with regard to less toxic substance, which are comparable to those chemicals which have been available for commercial purpose, and can be destroyed in commercial disposal facilities, and for the second category. we made the appeal. that's yesterday. we asked to commercial companies which are interested in taking over taking over the section of

those. >> it will cost 45 to a million. companies have a week to express interest. the recent move is an indication of a push to meet the deadline under a deal to remove the weapons arsenal by syria. >> egypt has expelled turkey's ambassador. diplomatic relations are deteriorating. we have more from turkey. . obviously having a little trouble with a report. we'll try to bring it to you later. we'll bring to to other news, it's a crucial news for the united states and afghanistan. the gathering of tribal leaders

wrapped up. they were voting on whether to keep american torses after 2014. before the meeting afghan president hamid karzai said he would not sign an agreement before the election in april. the position upset tribal leaders. >> hamid karzai does not have the right to say these words. i'm saying this is a big mistake i'm making. whatever we want from them, whatever hamid karzai wants from them, it's been accepted. he wants to delay the agreement. this is not for the benefit of afghanistan. it's to the detriment of afghanistan >> the agreement means 10,000 u.s. troops will remain in afghanistan in 2014. >> we have weather new, a major

storm system heading east across the united states to cause chaos in several states. eight deaths have been blamed on the storm. three in california. strong winds brought down trees and power lines. in other parts of the state heavy snowfall made driving conditions treacherous. storm warnings are still in effect. in nevada the same storm system brought rain. dozens of accidents were reported. flights were also affected. plane were delayed by up to three hours. there's a big mess. >> let's go to the metrologist. the big question is whether there's going to be travel problems for thanksgiving. it's coming up fast? >> what do you get when you add in cold air. a lot of moisture on top of that, thanksgiving. >> it seems like it's a pattern building up. not just weeks, but years, can we say.

there's travel problems. we definitely have them going on. we have them continuing all the way through the week ahead because of this storm system bringing the 70 mills per hour wind gusts. >> the quined winds may be dumping snow fall. we have it >> we have snowfall, we have a prime set up. temperatures cooling off. we have 4 for salt lake city. if we head to albur curbingy,that's why we are down at freezing. we have sunny skies. it's not the case. not for denver. we have issues with rain. ice accumulation, slippery roads, a lot of accidents

happened. we are expecting the same thing to increase overnight to tomorrow. we have freezing rain through parts of west texas. there are concerns of winter weather warnings because of ice on the road. we'll have more on that coming up. >> we are learning details about the killing of an officer at the los angeles international airport. gerardo i. hernandez was shot 12 died. it took paramedics half an hour to get to gerardo i. hernandez. >> on the tarmac in georgia, a passenger screams bomb on the plane. >> it's a bomb on the plane. it's a bomb. >> there it is there. it happened on a spirit airlines

plane. the flight landed at the atlanta airport. police were alerted by the pilot by a man that made several outburstses. several states are gearing up for a bidding war. the company is trying to decide where to build the triple 7 x. ss a project that would create thousands of jobs. boeing planned to produce it in the united states. >> more delays for the affordable care act. up next what the government is doing to help the americans sign up for insurance. helping the homeless keep what little they has. a backpack making life more

tolerable. >> more delays for the affordable care act. federal officials extended a deadline for americans that want to sign up.

it's proof the president's health care plan is not working. we have more. >> americans have extra time to sign up online for government health insurance. consumers have eight days to sign up for coverage that takes effect january 1st. the enrolment period for the second year of obamacare delayed. the 2015 open enrolment period was scheduled october 15, 2014. now the federal health exchangeses offer enrolment and will last through january 15th, 2015. officials say it will give people more time to evaluate their insurance options for the 2015 enrolment period. after reviewing 2014 information. >> we are doing this because it makes sense for insurers to have clear sense of the pool in the market. >> the latest delays are giving critics of the affordable care

act a round of ammunition. the house energy and commerce committee released documents claiming the white house, heath and human services new the healthcare.gov site had serious problems before it launched. hhs secretary denies that she ignored the warning signs. >> action plans were in place to address those issues and problems. >> new reports claim white house officials were ipp flexible and would not negotiate with the contractors to extend the site. >> do you believe the system was delivered on october 1st. >> it wasn't performing as well as we liked and had more glitches than we anticipated. >> do you think glitches is the proper word to describe the rollout. >> i think there are problems. >> problems barack obama admitted to. >> i think we underestimated the complexities of building out the

web set needed to work the way it should. >> the administration insists that the health care website improves. the president hired outside help to fix it and appointed a chief economic advisor to oversee repairs. >> there are 600,000, many worry about losing. we talk about a program trying to help. >> as night falls on chicago the city's homeless find shelter wherever they can. there's fear few possessions could be stolen. brian is among more than 2,000 homeless chicagoans getting free backpacks to hold everything from clothing to documents. >> there's a bunch of compartments. it's waterproof. >> it looks the same. >> city packs is the backpack of a brain child of chicago

businessman ron kaplan. using money from a family foundation, ron kaplan partnered with high sierra to provide the packs. he started giving them away last year at chicago churches and expanded the program this year to boulder colorado. >> living in chicago, seeing people with plastic bags, and inadequate means to carry their stuff. shouldn't there be a back hack or some device. >> these packs were designed for the homeless. they are large, weather resistant. in here is a rain porcho. this is a strap that cab be worn around the owners wrist so nobody can steal it while the person is sleeping. >> you are the one with the rip in. >> the designers used input from the homeless to design the packs. this version will be made in a lighter colour to deflect heat and comes with a rain porcho.

>> a lot of the ha wians have a build, making the neck opening larger and bigger is critical. >> thank you very much. by the end of the year, citipak hopes to have 5,000 packs on the backs of the homeless in schik and boulder. the program expands to mauie next month and boston and texas. >> it's been a month, and now brian no longer has to hide his belongings to prevent left. >> for bryan solorzano, that's security at a time when he has little. >> time for the sport. bad injury for the bulls. >> bad news for the bulls.

results are in. derrick rose has a torn mennize cues and will need to undergo surgery. no timetable has been set for a return. the scary thing about the injury is it was hurt on a noncontact play. >> in the loss to portland 25-year-old rose has a torn mennize cues taking anywhere from 2-4 months to recover, depending on the severity of the tear. the grizzly's mark gasol sprained his knee. >> there were seven touchdowns, including a triple winner.

the mid-shipps men won the shoot out. we'll have more college football highlights including a win by michigan state. >> we'll talk about it then. two teachers looking for a way to help millions of students came up with a scheme - travel the world in a tuk tuk. it's to show people how to educate children in remote areas. >> take two teachers, three wheels and a goal to help 61 million children and you have one record-breaking advent u. >> i'm rich. >> i'm nick. >> meet richard sears, nick gough and a travel commianion, tommy tempo. a motorized rickshaw. >> these vehicles are great. we talk about going on a long expedition on a vehicle, in a tuk tuk. then we became teachers, got

interested in development and the roll education plays. they made it their mission to visit rural areas, where education is lacking. using social media they race awareness of how people can help, donating to education charities. >> the journey began in britain. they travelled the length of the continent. by may it reached asia, spending half a year there before heading to the americas. they are in peru, crossing 37 countries, clocking in 37.5,000 kilometres. they are believed to have broken the record for the longest trip. it hasn't come out a share of mechanical troubles. >> our journey is relatively depressing. we had to get it fixed every one or two days. we got to the stage where it

kept on breaking. >> that meant they've had to walk for some of the distance. they say it was all worth it, and the name of education. their motto - every child matters everywhere. >> still ahead - wanting to be whiter. why some call an advertising campaign racist. others say it's no big deal. >> later one of the world's most violent countries set to choose a new leader. we look at the presidential elections in honduras.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a look at the top stories. a storm system is heading east after causing chaos and deaths. metrologists say the storm could disrupt travel. in syria, a blow to the assad regime. rebels seize an oil field.

the loss of the field means assyrian's -- bashar al-assad's access to crude has been cut off. >> iran says it cannot accept a nuclear agreement that does not recognise a right to enrich rain yu.. a demand that has been repeatedly rejected. >> tomorrow is election day in the republic of honduras. voters go to the polls to choose a president and a congress. the presidential race pits the leader of the national party against xiomara castro del zelaya, wife of manuel zelaya, a leader forced from office in a coup. it was too close to call after a campaign dominated by an issue of crime. it has the highest homicide rate with 91 killing for every

100,000 people. >> with crimes rampant. voters must stay safe. we heard reports of intimidation of one party and its members and people here observing the election and what we saw on saturday in the capital was the head of the police and an army general were standing right next to the head of the national electoral commission. they were guaranteeing that the vote would be fair and free. they are sending thousands of schedulers and police making sure that voting stations are safe. >> that's what we are seeing. it's concern of voter intimidation. there has been a history of political violence with people attacked and killed. we have the highest ranking members of the army convincing hondurans that it will be a free and fair election. polls show the candidates dead

even. is there concern if there's no winner named that we could see more violence. >> there is concern for that. one of the spokespeople for the leftist party, the party, it's the former first lady, one of the leading can't dates. she's the wife of the deposed president. who was forced out in the 2009 coup. what that party is saying is that they have an independent polling organization that they'll use to count real votes once they have the right to count those. you have members of other partyies saying they'll track the vote. we are from experts saying that the problem is all of the polling that's public and internal polling of these groups seems to point to the fact that it's a tight race. it is among the top two and top four canned dassies. what they are concerned about the results made public on

monday. it might lead some of these parties to reject the results. now, the party may not call for massive protests or violence, but we might see people so fraust rated for the weak demonstrations, especially since the 2009 coup. that we might see interpretations run high. it's unclear, people are on alert, the police and army are taking it seriously. we know that from the fact therm flanking the head of the electoral commission and promising it would be a free and fair vote. >> you mentioned there were a lot of candidates running in the race. especially so close to the election. >> we have a leading candidate. he's the president of the national congress. he's from the national party that's the power - the party in power, and he's promising it maintain the tough law and order policy. there's some members of a

military police force out in tough areas of honduras, and he's saying he wants to address the force and maybe up to 5,000 people would be in the military police unit. it's taking on a lot of responsibility that the police can't - they have been deployed because they lost faith. it's a corrupt organization. the rival is promising a different level of crime, saying they need for police on the streets. and perhaps not go in with machine-guns and be a law and order organization. that's the main point. she is promising jobs - more jobs. they are promising more jobs. those are the key issues. they are not it distinguishing themselves with so many specifics on the economy. they are saying they'll increase social spending. they are running on that

platform. >> for more insight we turn to jen mer mccoy. from the americas carter center. i asked how the government may be able to confront the challenges faced. >> it's difficult. we can't depend on honduras. a lot has to do with the drug trade. some of it grew as a result of mexico's focus on fighting their own drug cartels, so a lot of the drug trade is coming through honduras. it is going to require not only efforts by hondurans, but regional efforts and new approaches to resolve that. within honduras, the crucial thing will be whether the parties can get together afterwards to talk about very important. agreements to be able to address this. there are some disagreements over the best way to provide

security, whether it should be the military or other community policing effort. but the people want security. it's up to the parties and new government to be inclusive and seek these kind of accords to move forward. >> that was jennifer mccoy in honduras with the carter center. it's been two weeks since typhoon haiyan ripped through parts of the philippines, now the displaced are rebuilding. people are helping to clear debris. each person receives $11. as more debris is removed more casualties are being discovered. meanwhile relief efforts are picking up. paul beban has more from tanauan. >> there's barely a building left standing in a town a quarter mile from the sea.

inside town hall. it is hot. dark. and dirty. water pours from above as sick and injured stream in. this shell of a structure is the best they can do for a hospital. one bright stop here is the vice-mayor, flores is a paediatrician. he has been working around the clock since the storm. >> no matter how tyring it is, i do not consider fatigue. i have to provide service for my people. people are coming from miles around with fevers, diarrhoea and infected wounds. this man, whose home was destroyed told them it tik 10 days to get here, but getting medical attention was more important than the house. they are finding bodies, and trenches and mounds of dirt is

where they were burying hundreds of bodies, but now they'll stop that. this is where medecins sans frontieres is putting up the new hospital because city hall where they set up the temporary hospital is too damaged. >> there's waterfalling, no electricity. we had the roof collapse. >> louise johnston is a field coordinator. >> we'll set up a hospital. we'll have a paid at rick ward and maternity section. there's no care for pregnant women and child birth. >> using tents that inmate in minutes a fully functional hospital is up and running in less than ta day. >> in the courtyard of the hospital in tacloban. 12 miles up the coast from tanauan, msf will run an er and surgical intake center.

we have been working all night. people are it can wait. msf says they'll stay here until tacloban rebuilds hospitals like bethany. >> given the scale of the destruction. they won't be leaving any time soon. >> a third section of a supermarket collapsed in latvia. more than 50 died in the original collapse on thursday. the country's president called the disaster murder. >> thousands of pakistanis are calling to an end to u.s. drone strikes, gathering in protest. they blocked one of two main roads to bring supplied in afghanistan. >> one thailand is criticised for skin whitening campaign and targets dark-skinned women.

it's raising questions about race relations? that country. >> like many young thai women uangsumar does not like the way she looks. >> translation: i think i'm dark. >> the 23-year-old wants her skin lighter >> translation: i like people with fair skin. almost all that girls would prefer fair skin. people with fair skin are more advantages. >> thailand's skincare industry is worth more than half a billion a year. one the biggest lines is whitening products. citra makes whitening creams and lotions, it's one of thailand's biggest. it held a contest. calling for photos of female university students holding a whitening product. the advertisement appeared to offer scholarships to students with fair skin.

>> the face of the beauty industry has pale skin. >> women here are told they need to be whiter to be pretty. the bias is deeper than skin colour. >> if you look at social structure with social classes. women of lower strata seem to be of darker skin. >> the assumption is the fairer you are, the higher your class. >> that perception a rooted in a narrow education of history, mostly focused on the monarchy. >> we never learnt about the history of commoners. that report for common people. it's non-existent. that's why when it comes back to this respect for a different ethnicity. people of different colour. we treat it as humour. >> in casing like the contest accusations of racial insensitivities are not understood by all ties.

>> translation: when i saw the ad i didn't think anything, they are selling to a thai audience. >> as the borders of the is global markets disappear some feel their messages are received beyond the targeted market. >> still ahead - it's another college football saturday. with a wrap up of today's big games. >> in a magazine photo of buffed bods prompts students to bear all to make a point.

>> stoount at an atlanta college

are taking issue with a body issue. they made their point by posing nude. jonathan martin says it has triggered a conversation. >> posing nude for some of america's stop athletes, espn body issue carries the tag line, "bodies we want." it sparked a conversation between darren martin and jared loggins. >> here the are the ideal perfect physiques. we wanted to do something that caters specifically to our campus, to what we have. >> you have different bodies and different people struggling with internal issues affecting the bodies. we wanted to have the conversation. >> historically the college is taking a bold spin on espn's issue, the maroon tigers body

issue, moving beyond barriers features student from morehouse, spelman, and clark university. posing nude and revealing personal stories. one talks about being an athlete and having anorexia. >> from 18 until 30 i had issues. i thought that it would be something that i would - i would have to confront stuff from my past. >> i was considered the chunky kid, also with my skin. not more so sign tone, but having the nervous habit of picking my skin. >> morehouse faculty was hesitant about posing nude. but got on board after realising the impact it would have. >> i think it's the main thing, it's important to be comfortable with who you are, and who you might be if you want to make a

change. that should come internally. that shouldn't be - we shouldn't make the exchanges because of forces from the outside. >> i want to do this to pick up the addition and know that it is absolutely okay to talk about their bodies. to talk about their struggles, flaws, triumph. >> with more than 80,000 online view, the maroon tigers provocative issue is its popular. >> i know you think it's ridiculous, but i think it's agreement >> i think it's great what they are doing, i wish we had it back in the day. >> would you oppose it? >> i don't know. i have no shame in my game, i tell you that. >> okay. seeing the athletes bodies it's, "enough the perfection", it's nice to see imperfections. >> bodies in the nbn.

>> derrick rose - his body is not holding up. >> chicago's derrick rose has a torn mennize cues. he needs to undergo surgery, no timetable has been set. the scary part is the bull's superstar hurt it on a noncontact play. the right knee gave out. >> remember, the 25-year-old rose was coming back from a torn acl in the left knee. >> now he has a torn mennize cues that could take 2-3 months to recover. >> the big game in college football. arizona is up against number 14 at the rose ball, a victory by the sun devils. >> full disclosure. >> highlights later. in the here and now. number 13, michigan state. connor cook - in play. lays it out to bennie fowler.

trust me on this. i can predict the future. kick into high speed. that 87 yard hook up giving the spartans a lead. cook throws another touch dawn. and gets the ticket to the gun show. michigan state flexes their muscles. they hammer the wildcats. the spartans heading for the championship. where they face ohio state. >> we have a lot of guys making a lot of plays. >> how do you characterise the work of defense? >> solid. very solid. they've given up six points, they have a great offence. and guys that will make play. >> this is significant. a trophy in your locker room, what does that mean or feel like. >> there's one goal down. we have a win next week, we

finish the season and go to the playoffs. >> roll, time, rom. alabama the number one team putting a hurt on chatan agoa. >> off the put return for ben. christian jones playing catch me if you can. no one will catch him as he shakes and bakes his way. 75 yards to the house. in total control. >> later aj mccarran getting into the act as he shoots it down the pike. alabama spank chatan agoa. next up the iron bowl. al jazeera will be there. >> if you are happy and you know it clap your hands, bab stoops at number 20. oklahoma running wild. brennan clay passing to the outside. kiss him goodbye. clay taking 64 yards to the happy place. in the fourth clay does it

again. a senior from description ranch racking up two touchdown. oklahoma winning big. 41-31 is the final. stoops past switzer with the most wins. >> i was placed all day. we had some coverage issues. other than that, we played to run against them. we ran the football really well, and, you know, got some turnovers and stops in the second. >> we are going into the biweek, what do you need to do. >> try and get the guys back. we are thin with another injury, really just getting some of the guys back and out the last game against oklahoma state. >> laying it up in a final game. he went out in style. boy, hooks up with mike williams

with a 100th career touchdown. 14-0 on the sita dale. five touchdowns. up 21-zip. the tigers go in for the kill. >> dan gets mauled by gary peters. he is off. clemsen did the fix. we have had great quarterback rivalries over the years. sunday night the spotlight will be on peyton manning and tom brady. >> they are two living legends. the numbers speak for themselves. peyton manning and tom brady threw for over 110,000 yards, 818 touchdowns. four superbowls, brady three to peyton manning's one. and six mvp, including three super bowl mvps. >> we'll have to be on our game

because their offence is capable of scoring points quickly and certainly if you have a lead, how quickly they are able to come back because of time in that. >> sunday night will be a 14th meeting between two future hall of famers. 36-year-old brady has the victory with nine. more passing yards and touchdowns. >> it's a good football team. one of the great quarterbacks. >> these two icons have had epic battles, including the 2006 afc championship game. brady and the patriots tout to a lead. peyton manning instigated a comeback, rallying back from an 18-point def stit securing a 38-34 victory. the rest is history as manning wins his one and only super

bowl. in 2004. peyton manning sent a record throwing 49 touchdowns, many thought it would not be broken. in 2007 brady broke the record tossing for 50. >> peyton manning is having a career year and is on pace to shatter the mark. >> documenting my respect for thomas a quarterback, the way he preparation, the way he's better each season than before, telling you how he obviously approaches the off-season, takes care of his body, challenges himself every year. >> with manning at 37, and brady at 36, you may want to enjoy sunday night because we may not have more meetings between the two legends. the >> the yankees making a slash, according to reports - they have

agreed to terms, for brian, $85 million for a 5-year for 25-year-old mccann hitting 25 homers in the last six seasons, making a splash, spending money like it's monopoly. >> it's stunning to hear about those contracts with the baseball players. >> space was not the final frontier for the olympic torch. organizers continued to find unique places. today it was taken, if you can believe it, under water. a scuba diver carried it into a russian lake. the flame stayed lit thanks to a waterresistant flare. >> rebecca will be back with weather next.

>> finally the skies over sicily were covered in black smoke and ash. mt etna, a tall active val cano erupted sending ash into the sky. a local highway was closed. no reports of damage or

evacuations. damage could be the story when we talk about ice accumulation about parts of texas into oklahoma. overnight we'll see ice increase. now, what we are watching is a large storm across the u.s. we have a big area of low pressure to the south-west. wind to calf -- california, snow from arizona to north mexico. this is pussing snow up into parts of texas. the set up is to bring in the cold air from the north. and it settles down to the ground. moist air that is warmer is over the top. >> the results of a storm swirling in, moisture - starting as rain, it's changing to either mixed rain and snow, or just snow or the deadly freezing

rain. we are going to one of the busiest travel weeks of the year and ice on the roads is not only something you can see, but when you hit it you slide. we have the set up in place of gold care from the north. it's been blustery. it's pushing in with gusts. what we are seeing it these two factors that come together. it changes over to snow in amarillo. the big concern again is this batch of moisture, it's moving across texas into oklahoma. >> it's rain for the sweest. it will -- sooest. it will be shifting over. >> timing here, sunday morning - that's the day it will get hit. >> it will be larger snow accumulations further into the

new mexico mountains, we'll look at over 4 inches of rain. the probability of that is 7%. we are talking a lot of snow in the mountains. the wind gusts are up to many miles an hour. we have lake effect snow, and lake effect snow advisories - two kinds, because some are a little stronger, heavier bands developing around here. parts of buffalo. getting heavy snow. winds are gusting up to 30 miles per hour. cold air is working in. right now it feels so chilly outside. it feels like 6 degrees below zero. you'll see how cold it feels for miniappa lass. 13 feels like 8 - it is a cold stretch here. the temperatures now are just getting colder from the blast of arctic air coming out of canada. as we get to the morning lows,

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