time and best of luck at the oscars. >> thank you. >> the show may be over, but the conversation continues at our website, on facebook and google plus. you can also find us on twitter. we'll see you next time. michael dunn >> good evening, everyone, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york. >> another ice storm sweeping across the south. with planes grounded, roads impassable and warnings of mass power outages. >> 18 patients at one hospital exposed to an increwable disease. what went wrong in the operating room. >> ray of light - pilots blinded by raisers, the surge in incidents and the mission to find the culprits.

>> stop the press, he's a door to door throw back to a simpler time. meet the oldest paper boy in america. >> in a season of bitter cold and bliz ards this may be the worst wave of extreme weather. the satellite gives a picture of what looks like a sheet of ice across a swath of the south. 100 million are in the storm's path. officials are using words like catastrophic and unprecedented. robert ray is live with us in roswell georgia, outside of atlanta with more. >> jop, this town, a northern suburb of atlanta has gone through the process of shutting

the doors. restaurants and businesses over my shoulder shut down. they will not be open tomorrow or perhaps the day after. all of atlanta sort of under a gridlock. everyone hunkering down as over 500 national guards are out waiting for the storm to hit. 2500 power trucks from around the region are waiting for the ice to come in. schools and businesses closed. teams of salt spreaders moving around the interstate. and the governor, nathan deal, giving hourly updates saying this earlier. >> everybody needs to be patient, as prepared as possible and be ready for the next two days. to not assume your normal routine. >> john, 2200 flights have been cancelled in haertsville

jackson, airport in atlanta. it's the busiest airport in the world. according to a speaks person, black spokesperson, they can't remember that meaning being cancelled. >> more updates from the governor. what is different from last time? >> two weeks ago, the traffic gridlock - officials took it as a big-time lesson. the governor nathan deal opened his own emergency committee of meteorologists, who are giving him extreme guidance throughout the process. mayor of atlanta contracting a salt spreader. 32 more giving the fleet 60. they are pretreating roads with sand. a lot of lessons learnt from two weeks ago as this major swath is about to hit the region. augusta, georgia, that holds the

tournament that we wash, could take the biggest pursuant of it with ice and snow, here in the next 24 hours. >> robert ray outside of atlanta. joining us on the phone is buzz wyc. welcome back. >> thank you, good evening. >> what is the situation there. are you ready. i think i know the answer to this question. >> i think we are quite ready. we had the ability to put a lot of effort into this. we had good lead time on the tomorrow. and what we are seeing about the process of the tomorrow is disturbing. you mentioned the term catastrophic. that is what we heard also. we anticipate the storm to begin between four and six predawn hours of tomorrow morning. we accept ice, freezing rain, sleet, which could be plummeted by snow. we anticipate up to 10 inches of

snow in some parts of the far north. >> it's not right. when is the last time you had a storm like this. it has been some time. i think there has been some parallels to be drawn between this and the super bowl storm that caused considerable problems in relation to power outages. that is among two issues that we are looking at. we want to encourage people not to travel, and the efforts to keep the roads open are primarily for emergency vehicles, and we are concerned about power outages, and that people conduct themselves safely in the event that that occurs, and they are not bringing grills to heat their homes or candles to light their homes, and they use serious precautions. >> how many salt drugs does georgia have out on the home? >> dot has a large fleet. i don't know an exact number.

they are primed, ready, and what they are doing at the moment is trying to pick the ideal window of opportunity so they don't get out there too early, and have the anti-icing material dissipate. >> sounds quiet in georgia tonight. we appreciate you joining us, buzz with georgia emergency management. >> rebecca stevenson is here with more on the path of the storm. >> we have had jackson mississippi reporting areas of freezing rain, and we are getting freezing rain stretching to parts of the louisville. we are looking at temperatures. if the temperatures stay in the lower 30s around atlanta, we have a lesser chance of getting the significant ice totals. now it looks like the temperatures will be dropping to the upper 20s, taking us closer to an historic storm. we talk about catastrophic.

the moisture coming up on cold air could deposit up to an inch of ice from parts of central georgia into south carolina. add four to eight inches, and the roof cannot take the weight. neither can powerlines nor trees. with wind gusts picking up, they'll take down trees and powerlines. power outages could be for several days. expect the carolinas to receive ice accumulation. it will continue throughout the day on the wednesday. highest accumulations will be central georgia into southern carolina. it will wrap around moisture and the storm, bringing in snowfall totals. we'll watch the storm, it will take aim on the north-east bringing a fine line between snow and rain on the east coast.

>> thank you. severe weather is taking a toll in england as we have been reporting. the river thames is rising to its higher level in years. simon mcgregor-wood reports on that. >> willow way is under water. foot by foot, house by hour, the river thames has taken over. about 50 people lived here. most of them moved out. it's the same story all along the stretch of the river. hundreds of homes lost to the water. all michelle gray can do is rescue her possession through freezing knee-deep daughter. inside this is her kitchen and these are the clothes she needs for work. >> it's been difficult. the house was dry in february and managed to go to work and come home. this time it came up very quick, within the space of 24 to 48 hours, no warning, no

nothing. it came straight in this time. >> the small riverside community was built in 1947. it has not seen flooding anything as bad as this since then. it's been the wettest december. all across the southern part of the u.k. in other places the flooding is worse, and has been for much long are. >> here in somerset in the south-west of england, hundreds of square kilometres of low-lying flan has been flooded for weeks. villages and farms cut off. further west rail lines washed away. the forecasters say more rain to come. global warming and climate change are to blame, some say. wetter winters like this the norm. it doesn't stop the politics.

governments doing too little, too late. >> everyone needs to get on with the vital work of bringing the nation's resources to get the road and rail moving to help those flooded to plan for the future and learn the lessons of a difficult situation we are in. >> with less public money to spend, tough choices lay ahead - which areas to defend, which to give up to flooding. in willow way they've been left to fend for themselves. for grmichelle gray and the either, it could be a sign of what is to come. >> it looks like congress is trying to avoid a dramatic government shutdown. how's democrats won a vote to raise the debt ceiling. the bill passed after republican leaders chose not to tack on budget cuts. a measure could be voted on

tomorrow. a 17-day government shutdown occurred last october. >> tonight at the white house, a state dinner. mike viqueira is outside with more on the visit to the united states. >> state visits are about friendships and symbolism. there was a great deal of that tuesday at the white house. there were comments from both presidents. they were lauding each other. talking about the long friendship that both countries had in the course of the last 250 years. there was a bilateral meeting in the oval office, followed by a press conference, in which they spoke for little better than an hour. both presidents, tough on syria, president obama saying the situation was crumb bling, there were deadlines missed by the regime, to remove chemical

weapons, reminding everywhere of the military force. it was an interesting point. the french had been upset when president obama pulled back from the strikes. he appeared in the rose garden. he said he was going to go to congress to approve the stricke. president obama spoke harshly, forthrightly, i should say, about russia and their role, asking them to do more to stop blocking humanitarian assistance and evacuation of syrian refugees. >> they are concerned about the wellbeing of syrian people when there are starving people. it's not just the syrians, but the russians, as well, blocking the resolution, that's an example of diplomatic work that we are engaging in now.

>> there were two other major issues that were talked about. one was iran. the other was n.s.a. spying. on the last score president francis hollande said mutual trust was restored after the n.s.a. spied on his phone calls, that was revealed. the centre piece was a state visit that is with all the bells and whistles. the barack obamas tented off part of the white house lawn. there were movie stars, u.n. ambassador and others, gathering to have dipper, rib eye with wines from washington state, california, a sparkling wine from virginia, and enterment from mary jblige. and on the second day he will

head off to talk to tech titans. >> next we have guillaume debre. the washington correspondent for tf1. good to have you on the program again. >> good to be here. >> this was a big day in washington. you attended the state luncheons. >> francis hollande is ecstatic to be here. he hasn't had good news, the unemployment rate in france has gone up. polls are low and the french media will be kav eted by president obama -- coveted by president obama and joe biden. it's a great pr move for him to be here. i spoke to him. he was delighted at the whole message that he was sending home.

to be able to reinforce the alliance that he has with washington. >> what does it say about the relationship between the u.s. and france? >> a couple of things. francis hollande has been a steady alley of president obama, on every core issue on the international scene. better than that, when president obama made him look like a fool, like on syria, when he - francis hollande was blindsided by, you know, president obama calling off the strikes, and privately francis hollande was furious. he never said so publicly, and never criticised the u.s. on the n.s.a. spying program. he's been tame compared to angela merkel, or the brazilian president who cancelled her state visit. he's been a good sport. i guess he got his diplomatic

treat, his state visit, as a reward. >> what is the difference between the relationship between the u.s. and france, just after 9/11, when people talked about the boycott on french fries, and today? >> you know, senior advisor to the u.s. president said to us on a conference call that, you know, we have come a long way from freedom fry. it's true. the relationship between paris and washington warmed tremendously, thanks to sar cosy, who moved dramatically, france, into the camp after the former president was an opponent to the policy of george w. bush. on every issue, even the free trade agreement, on every issue, from libya, syria, the middle east, iran. paris and washington has been in

sync. if barack obama had to choose between london or paris, which is the best ally, very cleverly president obama did not want to choose and compared it to his two daughters, not choosing between the two daughters. if london was the poodle of washington, i don't know what paris is [ speaking foreign language ] paris has been a good ally to president obama. >> what did france and the u.s. take away from this encounter? >> well, a few things. politically it's good news for both presidents. they need to shore up their popularity. francis hollande has not much to show, and his big successors are the international scene. for president obama, it's been a tough six months. you talk about syria and his handling of the crisis has been

heavily criticised. there was the n.s.a. spying program which cost dearly. he needed that alley of his, and to show that, so they have an from in making sure they project an image of alliance. that's what they did for the past 24 hours. >> good to have you on the program again. thanks very much. tonight officials investigate a deadly plane crash in algeria. 77 people aboard a military transport jet were killed. the plane was carrying soldiers and their babies from the southern deserts to the mediterranean coast when it went down. >> for america's airline poilts, laser pointers are a nuisance, they are a growing danger. an fbi agent points to what needs to be done to put an end to it. richelle carey is here. >> these are the laser pointers that you have seen in

presentations, maybe you have used one, in giving a presentation. it's wild to think they can be this dangerous, but they are. they are about the size of a ben and emit a focused beam of light. the fbi said they are shined into airplane cockpits. when it happens, it can cause temporary blindness for the pilot, obscure visibility. it has grounded a number of planes, and a jet blue flight this last december. it is illegal. and the fbi is offering a $10,000 reward for anyone doing this, and it's happening more and more often. i have numbers. 11 aircraft per day had lasers aimed at them. it's about 4,000 planes total, up from 46 in 2004. >> where does this happen most often.

it is common at the airports in los angeles. obviously it's dangerous if a pilot can't see, but sometimes they need medical attention, after they had this light in the eyes. as i said, it's a crime. this is going back to 2012, that's when president obama made it a crime, punishable by five years in prison or a $250,000 fine. obviously the federal bureau of investigation are setting it up. >> it's a serious problem. taking the stand. he's accused of murdering a teenager that was playing loud music. what he told the jury. >> rampage - a report on the search for a tiger who killed at least 10 people.

>> in florida, a pivotal day in the murder trial of michael dunn, accused of shooting dead a teen after an argument over loud music. was it self-defence or murder. today the defendant took the stand and our correspondent was there. >> i have every right of self-defence, and i took it. >> michael dunn repeated the sentiment at every opportunity,

testifying in his own defense. in an emotional moment the 47-year-old florida software engineer described what was going through his mind. he said he was concerned about his safety and that of his fiancee. she had gone in the store at jacksonville gas station to buy a bottle of line. >> it wasn't just my life i was worried about. >> dunn said he saw what looked like the barrel of a shotgun, that the victim jordan davis got out the suv, and was threatening to kill him. >> i was in fear for my life and probably was stunned. >> during cross-examination the prosecution argued that doesn't sprayed bullets into the suv. he was asked why he fired at the suv while the driver backed away. dunn responded he kept shooting to keep their heads down, so

they wouldn't shoot at him. he said he didn't shoot to kill. there was no sign that anyone shot at him. >> you could have imagined a gun; correct? >> anything is possible. it's not likely during his dlats and actions reinforcing me what my eyes told me. >> during the battle the prosecution stressed that doesn't never told his fiancee that he didn't say that the children had a gun. >> did the defendant tell you that he saw a weapon in the suf? >> in. >> there was no mention of a stick? >> no. >> there was no mention of a shotgun? >> no. >> there was no mention of a barrel? >> no >> dunn testified why he was so irritated with the thumping music. he says he has hearing loss, that makes the other more

sensitive. >> there are signs of a possible thaw in the icy relationship between north and south korea. the two nations are meeting in high level talks. economic development could top the agenda. north korea expected to demand the restart of lucrative joint tourism projects. officials want south korea to downsize military drills with the u.s. let's go to korea and talk about what prompted the meeting? >> that is obviously the big question. in terms of the mechanics of all of this, it was prompted by a request from north korea, which we learnt on tuesday local time, from the south koreans, that the north koreans made on saturday, at the weekend, asking for a high level meeting, a rare event, the only in the last

seven years, the last happening in 2006. the north koreans requesting the presence of someone from the presidential office from the south korean delegation, which they have got. there's a high ranking person on the north korean side of these talks. as for what they want out of it, the leader of north korea, kim jong un, talked significantly about trying to improve the economy in north korea, so it may be they are after, in the short term, the reopening of south korean tour groups are or the readmission of south korean tour groups, something that has been stopped things 2008 when a south korean tourist was shot by a north korean guard. what will eventuate from these, we have yet to find out. we know the first session has taken place. it's an open agenda meeting. no set rules, no structure to it, making it all the more interesting. >> we understand that the two sides are expected to talk about

the resunls of reyun -- resumption of reunions of families divided by the korean war. how likely is that to happen? >> both sides agreed to it. the invitation was made at the beginning of the year. it was something hugely important for the tens of thousands on the waiting list, as they get older. more than half are in their 80s, trying to see people they have been separated from for more than 50 years. initially north korea related it saying the military exercises means they could not meet when bullets were flying on the korean peninsula. then south korea came back said they would allow it to happen. the south koreans's the annual combined exercises will start

february the 24th. there'll be an overlap. the question is whether they can set the ground rules. south korea was regular reunions, or whether north korea will stick by its call for the cancellation and use it as a reason to pull back. >> harry fawcett in seoul. thank you. >> coming up, patients exposed to a fatal disease and questions about what happened at the hospital. the latest on the dangerous ice storm hitting the south tonight.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york. we have a lot to cover this half hour. >> i have been exposed. my diagnosis, we don't know. i have a 2-year-old to live for, mummy may not be here.

>> medical error. 18 patients exposed to a potentially deadly brain disease disease at the same hospital. >> the mob's heroin connection. the authorities break up on international ring, possibly keeping tonnes of drugs off u.s. streets. >> on the proul. a tiger is terrorizing parts of india. >> richelle carey is back with the top stories. >> celebrities, documents all at the white house. president barack obama held the dinner in honour of francis hollande. francis hollande honoured world war ii veterans. he held a joint conference. francis hollande heads to silicon valley and will meet with tech leaders. >> a victory for the democratically controlled house of representatives, voting to raise the debt ceiling. it passed with no additions.

the senate could vote on the measure as soon as tomorrow. another round of snow and ice sweeping across the south-east and tomorrow. officials warned residents of a danger ahead of time that left the city of atlanta. 100 million people, 16-00 flights have been cancelled. more to cox. >> rebecca is following the path of the storm. >> especially as the storm is moving towards atlanta. we have gotten rain in georgia right now. it is being reported as rain, and one reporting site having a mix of snow in that. the ice storm warnings are in effect, greatly in georgia and south carolina. as the storm is moving in, we

have had a changeover of snow. the storm is rapidly moving eastwards. the set up of the storm is bring powerful conditions, dangerous conditions for the folks in the south-east. north central georgia, you have significant icing. on top of that snow piling up, and that will continue through the afternoon. as we get the storm tracking through the north and southe southern -- south carolina. it will come on top of snow fallen. 6 inches. ice accumulating and several numbers of on top of that. we are expecting power outages. we are going to get severe damage from this. the track of this storm, initially coming in to the south-east, and further inland to move up to the north-east. the major airports will go all the way up to d.c.,

philadelphia, new york and boston by the time we get to thursday and friday. >> tonight - the growing fear from a hospital in north carolina. it's a nightmare for 18 patients who have been exposed to a deadly disease. they were treated at the melbourne health forsythes center in sale 'em, with apparently the same instruments used on a patient with creutzfjseldt-jakob. >> she said it's not the hospital's fault, but they are taking full responsibility. >> i'm angry that something so little could cost me my life, and my daughter. i want grandkids, you know. i want to be there. >> joining us to talk about this

is dr dmitry aldon, a liver surgeon based in new york. it's good to see you. how does this happen? >> it happens because of sterilisation techniques that are broken. normally surgical instruments are processed using standard procedures. however, in the case of this disease, normal sterilisation process does not kill the agent. it is required to perform special steps to sterilise the pruments. instruments usually are disposed of. >> they should have gotten rid of the instruments. >> they should have gotten rid of them or used disposable instruments or gone through a process of sterilisation, which requires technical steps and special temperature, and timing

for sterilisation. >> is it standard procedure or is it something new. >> it's in c d.c. guidelines to sterilise the instruments after being used on a patient with these conditions. it is a general recommendation to consider disposable instruments. >> what you say is they used the same instruments that weren't properly sterilised. >> they were sterilised for common conditions. in this situation, they were not. >> how should those tools be sterilised. they have to raise it to a higher temperature. >> actually, it's complex. one of the studies suggest, first of all, that the instruments, after use like this, have to be soaked. if they are allowed to dry for an extended period of time, the

infectious agent will stay much longer and will be more resist and to the sterilisation techniques. certain temperatures have to be maintained during the sterilisation process and should be blof 134 -- below 134 sterilisation temperature. the instruments have to be soaked in special solutions. >> 18 people were exposed to the disease, but don't necessarily have the disease. how likely is it that they'll come down with it? >> it is low. the problem is it takes years to develop. once it developments, it's deadly, there's no treatment and patients die within four months. >> how many years could it be? >> 20 or 30 years. >> what is the recommendation for patients like this? >> unfortunately, i don't know

of recommendations, it's an unfortunate event. they have to be monitored. because it opportunity have a specific treatment, all we can offer is observation. >> it's a warning to hospitals and doctors to use the proper procedures here. >> in the united states 47 million procedures are performed, 300 cases are recorded, most sporadic. this is unique and unusual. i would like to calm down our viewers and say the majority of procedures are safe. >> it's extremely rare that this would happen. >> it is very rare. >> is there any idea how to did happen. do you have a sense of it? >> it is clear. the patient with the condition was treated in the hospital. he unwent a surgical procedure. the instruments used were

sterilised using standard sterilisation techniques. the guidelines of c d.c. and the guide lines, they were not followed and that's how the other 18 patients were treat with the same set of instruments, which is a standard procedure to use the same instruments for the same operation. >> good to have you on the program. thank you for your ipp site. >> in rural tennessee, a man is dead and a woman in critical condition after a bomb delivered in the mail exploded. the package arrived at the home of the 74-year-old victim, a retired lawyer. state officials are investigating the incident that happened monday night, about 30 minutes outside of nash victim. they are offering been $8,000 reward for any information. police say he was the target. >> a drug bust spanning three

contain events. three dozen people suspected to be members of the mafia are in custody. they are suspected of setting uch a drug trafficking organization. >> it was after midnight in new york, when federal agents launched their crackdown, rounding up suspects in a plot to establish a new international drug shipment pipeline. first words of the bust came in a tweet which read: >> in the transit reaction fbi agents arrested seven suspected members of the mafia organization. at the same time italian authorities nabbed associates of another crime organization in the calabria region of italy. >> american law enforcement determined they aimed to move deadly nor cottics across

boundaries, attempting to build a bridge of criminality and corruption, stretching from south america to italy and back to new york. >> five of the suspects live in new york, including a bakery owner. according to the indictment, the the father-in-law is a member of androgida. italy's version of the mafia. >> they sold allegedly a kilogram of heroin and plotted to ship 500 kilos of cocaine from south america to italy, concealed in frozen food. it was the first time they attempted to gain a toe hold in the u.s. >> translation: they can and have to be considered a powerful organization for handling of international drug trafficking. >> they maintained a money laundering network, handling

proets from narcotics. >> it is often said that sports is a mike row cos im of society. when it comes to socialish use it may have led the way to social acceptance and change. michael eaves joins us. we saw that with race relations and other aspects. sometimes when it comes to accepting gays in locker rooms, sports is lagging behind, especially sports played by men. they have been slow to follow society's lead. the trend seems to be changing, thanks in part to heterosexual athletes advocating on behalf of counterparts. hudson taylor found an athlete ally. recently he travelled to sochi to push the principal 6 initiative. i spoke to taylor about sochi, and sam's pursuit and asked how

he should balance being a gay rights athlete and a football player. >> athletes are athletes first, many of whom are stepping into the advocacy role. michael wants to play football. i think regardless of how involved he gets with the lbgt rights movement, he's a role model. he needs to play the game he loves, play it well. the visible demonstration of being true to himself will say enough. >> you returned from sochi, start of the 2014 winter olympics. and we thought there would be so much more public protest from the fans, and the athletes themselves. we have not quite seen the activates um we expected. why is that? >> we have to be cognisant of the fact that athletes have been competing for this moment their entire life. some had the dream since they were six years old. they are there to compete, potentially winning an olympic

medal. once you see athletes stepping off the poewedium, you'll see more athletes taking the stance, having been in sochi, and talking to olympians, there's a desire to use the opportunity to show support for l.g.b.t. lights. competition comes first. >> a reason that hudson went to sochi was for the initiative by ally principle six, which speaks to the charter reading in part: >> why was that parts of the olympic charter so significant to bring up at this plaem. >> the ioc has rule 50, not allowing athletes to make political demonstrations. the only way to make it not political was by making it about

the olympian charter. it enables athletes to be truthful, but all the while not violating russian law or the ioc's charter. >> how pont is the platform of sports -- important is the platform of sports and gay rights issue. >> it's on the back of any sports page. you know, it's sports trophies that are lining the hallways. athletes have cultural capital, and the ability to influence public opinion. not only on the lbgt community but any issue. it holds a role in the despite of the culture. jackie robinson ha progressed this country forward, and michael sam and the l.g.b.t. athletes are doing that. >> john hudson told me when he

went to sochi, he had a target on his back, because he was going to advocate for gay rights issues. he believes that there's issues that need to be addressed in russia and other parts of the world. >> the story is not over. >> it is not. it will go on for quite some time. seems every day we'll get something related to it. >> on wall street investors liked what they heard from the federal reserve chair. the dow gained 200 points. janet yellen told the house financial services committee the nation's economic recovery is far from complete. because of that the fed would keep interest rates low for now. >> in our first person report a closer look at the deadly tiger attacks. one animal responsible believed responsible for claiming 10 lives. the director of the wild live conservation society had a near

on on what may be behind the killings. >> in some sense we have to view the conflict between tigers and humans emerging in some parts of india as a price for conservation success and recovering tiger populations. when a tiger comes into human populated areas, mobs form quickly. the situation escalates. this is not man eating. this is accidental killing. there are instances, and these are tigers that lose their fear of human being and see them as prey and stalk and hunt them. these animals are dangerous and they need to be immediately, rapidly removed. the problem is, you know, india

has a culture of tolerance for wildlife and nature. there is also sentiments of cann mall rights and welfare. some oppose killing of man-eating tigers. killing of the tigers is helpful in the long run to have more white tigers. we have to view this as supporting tigers, increasing numbers, rather than trying to save every individual tiger. we have to look at it in perspective, it's not that it's a problem that threatens lives and livelihoods. hundreds of people are dying from causes, including snake bites and elephants are killing 10 times more people. i think we need to keep the perspective that this is not something that is life threatening to the entire population of the region.

we need to view the issue as conservationist, not people saying "we don't want tigers, let's wipe them out", or saying distingui "we have to kill every tiger." india is home to more than half the world's 3200 tigers. most living in wildlife reserves. coming up, our pictures of the day and america's oldest paper boy. at 95 why he gets up to work and what is the key it a long productive life.

>> ice storm warning in effect for not only most of georgia,

but... >> >> an ice storm warning is in effect for most of georgia and south carolina. it will be coming down as high as an this much, especially into central georgia, getting through the day on wednesday. the storm topping it off with several numbers of of snow on top. ice. that will mainly happen in the northern portions of mississippi, alabama, georgia and south carolina. know amounts will come to 4-8 inches. kentucky, tennessee, will have higher amounts of snow and wind gusts. icing on trees and powerlines, wind gusts of 20-25 miles per hour, bringing it down fast. we expect power outages to be widespread. the temperatures will warm

slowly as we get through the day. the ice storm making its way a little further up towards north carolina. still at 3 o'clock wednesday, the ice will come down, and north of that is where it will have more snowfall coupling down. this will be a powerful storm, this is why we call it potentially a catastrophic storm. more on your news and the latest updates next.

>> shirley temple black, a beloved star has died. she sang, acted and danced into americans' hearts. she started dancing at three, and starred in 43 feature films before retiring in her 20s, as an adult she became an ambassador to ghana and czech. we would like you to meet frank

wheeler. he lives in iowa, where he delivers newspapers. he's 95 years old. we have this report from montezuma. >> the oldest paper boy in america said he's still doing what he knows best, working. >> i was born and there was eight of us kids. depression. work. >> at 95, despite colon cancer and a broken arm, that seems to be working. he started at 5am. no alarm clock required. >> he was born in the days after world war i. >> he started a construction business in 1936. when his son operates still. he served as a sailor.

frank stopped working construction, about the time he moved on to delivering newspapers. many are younger than he is. >> how are you? >> good. >> he waltzes and exercises. that looks a little different than it used to. he doesn't smoke or drink and sets an example for his son, now 60 himself. >> you see that in families. the mother and father smoke. they'll pick up the habit. >> if someone is a good example, you'll probably follow that. >> that's what we tried to instill in our children. >> neither has much patients with the younger generation. >> they expect a check to come. that's my opinion.

>> college students, high school, want to do a job. too many of them. they don't want to do it. >> are you going to stop working? >> no. >> i don't know. i figure when the more tirn picks him up, it will be the time that he stops working. >> by the time the sun rises, fraping's work day is done. stories like his is more common. the key is to get up the next mark and do it all over again. >> now to our photo of the day, best in show. this wire fox terrier won the 138 westminster kennel club dog show in new york. headlines are next.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are tonight's top stories. >> people of the south-east are battling another storm with waves of snow and ice. the storm is on the move now and

is expected to reach the north-east by tomorrow night. there'll be snow, wind and travel delays. 1600 flights have been cancelled. a state dipper at the white house in honour of the french president. the presidents held a joint press conference. francis hollande heads to silicon valley valley to meet with tech leaders. >> house democrats won a vote to raise the debt ceiling. additional budget cuts and concessions were tacked on. the senate could vote tomorrow. >> michael dunn took the stand, on trial for shooting an unarmed black teenager jordan davis. he said he feared for his life and felt he had no choice. it happened at a convenience for in jacksonville. >> authorities made a major mafia bust.

two dozen mems bers accused of being members of a drug-smuggling win. >> high-level talks in north korea and south korea. north korea wants south korea to downsize military drills with the u.s. those are your headlines. >> on "america tonight," in his own defense. accused of gunning down a 17-year-old, explains why he has to stand his ground. >> he said he's threatened. and i said you're not going to kill me, and i shot him. >> and president obama said that crisis could destabilize the