first time he stood up, priceless. >> as i went up, his jaw went down. he is like -- and this kid is the type of kid, he's not -- he always has something to say very quick comment. he had nothing to say that day. >> amazing story. anderson cooper 360 with john anderson cooper 360 with john berman starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com thanks so much. i'm john berman filling in tonight. the storm that's causing a holiday travel mess in so much of the country. it's been updated to nor'easter status but the national weather service and looks like it will get worse before better. they will get brutal winds tomorrow, which i'm sure you're told is the business els travel days of the year. this could cause a major domino effect if airports in new york, philadelphia and boston see delays. right now there are 180 flight

cancellations nation wowide for today and tomorrow which isn't bad unless you're supposed to be on one of those flights. on the ground the scene is chaotic with rain, snow, ice making for treacherous driving in much of the country. large swaths of the country woke to blankets of snow this morning. crews scrambling to keep up with the weather for the morning commute. in wisconsin, despite the best efforts of authorities, dozens of accidents littered highways. >> there is a point where there is nothing you can do. it's glare ice and you're a passenger in your own car. >> reporter: in pennsylvania, participants of the state are expecting accumulations of up to 18 inches. the massive storm is so large, it spans the entire length of the united states. in arkansas, rain mixed with dropping temperatures created black ice conditions and caused accidents across the state,

including a 12-car pile up on interstate 540. >> i get on the highway and next thing i know i'm spinning, trying to grab my wheel and i hit the wall and jumped out to make sure my kids were okay. >> reporter: beyond the roads, air travel is a major concern for millions of americans. the storm continues to cause scores of flight cancellations, heading into tomorrow, one of the busiest travel days of the entire year. >> so let's get the latest on the storm from meteorologist chad myers. it is crunch time, how are things looking? >> getting colder because the sunset. that's what we thought about. we talked about this. the most dangerous part of this storm would be after sunset tonight. that happened. the roads are cooling, air is cooling and we're turning pink. pink color means rain that's freezing at the ground when it hits the ground as freezing rain or sleet that's falling through the sky, rain drops coming down

and freezing before it hits the ground and it sounds like little thi ting, ting, ting. all the way back towards columbus same story and raining to the south. the colder air entraining into the system really is concerning me about what this means for the next couple of days. and what travel will be like across pennsylvania, really for tonight. it could be a disaster. my parents grew up in pennsylvania. it's a hilly place. you don't need ice at all going up and down the hills, so stay off the roads if you can. advance to tomorrow and here is where it gets bad. an hour to two-hour delays in d.c. new york metro two to three hours. you're saying wait, it will only rain in boston. how do we get through three to four hour delays? wind gusts to almost 60 miles per hour there. new york city, 40 miles per hour, d.c. 30 miles per hour,

airplanes can't take off and land at the duration and distance they want to be. they want to be every minute, every two minutes. when you get this type of wind, it's maybe every four minutes. you get long delays. >> i'm bad at math but those delay numbers look very, very bad to me. the national weather service called this a nor'easter. >> it's a storm that has gone into the developmental stage with cold air coming down to the north coming down here and the water across the atlantic ocean is still warm. i don't want to surf in it but it's relatively warm. compared to the air at 30, the water being 60, you get a coastal low and bombs out and becomes much deeper, much lower pressure, much higher wind. that happens when the low comes out of the gulf of mexico and swings up the east coast and keeps going toward nova scotia.

it wasn't a big wind maker. winds maybe 20 but with this bombing out, this nor'easter quote, you'll get winds to boston tomorrow 60 miles per hour. that's what that means. >> all right. we have that to look forward to. thanks so much. we have coverage all over the country as travelers try to get where they are going before thanksgiving. gary tush man is in washington and david in buffalo and george, want to start with you. you have the prettiest picture there. you're in buffalo. you know, it snows every now and then in buffalo. still, we're on like thanksgiving eve here. how is it going up there? >> well, look, you know, we've seen this snow come down light through most of the day, but as chad said, it is starting to come down heavier, just now starting to stick to the ground and john, this is just the beginning. we understand the city of buffalo they are preparing for 4

to 6 inches of snow and what they call the south earn tier and northwestern pennsylvania can see 6 to 8 inches, even a foot of snow. that's great news for the ski resorts, but like we said throughout the program, bad news considering this plays out overnight into wednesday, which is the busiest, if not one of the busiest travel days of the year. >> even grizzled hardened snow veterans, george, want to get where they need to go on thanksgiving day. i imagine there are people pretty upset out there. >> well, upset in buffalo, not necessarily. when you talk about 4 to 6 inches of snow in the city, they know how to deal with the snow. the officials have snow plans and several plows, 25 to 30 that will go out, some 60 people will clear the roads overnight and john, a lot of salt. they have enough salt here to clear the city for at least three days. >> good. well at least they are prepared. george, great to hear.

let's go to gary tuchman right smack dab in the middle of i-95. gary, how are things? >> john, the heavy rains are coming down in washington. inside the beltway, outside the beltway, on the beltway. there are big traffic problems tonight, lots of accidents and we're seeing that all throughout the northwest we expect and thanksgiving eve, eve, tomorrow thanksgiving eve the problems will be acute in the northeastern united states because starting in the southern s say bushes of washington and 17% of the u.s. population resides there. there is 2% of land and 2% of the population and on beautiful sunny days and clear nights, traffic problems are immense on tuesday night and wednesday night before thanksgiving and when you have these heavy rains, when you have the freezing rains and possibility of snow, you are expecting serious problems. 39 million americans are expected to be driving more than

50 miles away from home for thanksgiving, that's one out of every eight in the northeast. that's a big problem with weather like this. >> bad enough on i-95. the last thing they need is this rainstorm. thanks so much. let's go to david mattingly. david, we saw delays there, cancellations today. what's the expectation for tomorrow? of course, this is one of the busiest airports in the world, such a crucial hub. how do things look? >> well, it is the busiest airport in the world. this is the busiest week, 1.5 million people are expected to come through before the week is over. a quarter of a million people just tomorrow alone with all that weather uncertainty. and you were seeing how it was in d.c. and up in buffalo, how the dominos are stacking up along the east coast. right here, we're waiting to see how those dominos fall along with the airlines and all the passengers waiting on those flights and those connections here through atlanta. i spoke to the leading carrier

here, delta, they have already cancelled a hand full of regional flights tomorrow. they did that proactively knowing there would be problems and delays trying to give passengers time to make other arrangements. right now, they are looking at those long flights, the uninterrupted flights from atlanta to new york, to boston, to miphiladelphia, the problem areas, they will make a decision tomorrow. passengers are told to do two things, stay in touch with your airline to keep days on the flight and options if there is a cancellation, watch the weather and be patient, john? >> great advice. david mattingly, gary tuchman, george, thank you. what you need to know to make your thanksgiving travel as smooth as possible and what your rights are as an airline passenger if you find yourself stuck at an airport. amy has the answer. she's the news editor for

"travel and leisure magazine." amy, the first two things i think people think of doing is complain and drink. neither are useful. >> sometimes. >> what are your rights? what can you expect from the airlines, what can't you expect? >> the bad news is when it's weather causing the delays, you really don't get much. they are not obligated to do much. they are obligated to get you out on the next flight possible but that could be days as they try to untangle the mess and they are not obliged to give you travel vouchers or meal vouchers. airlines are being more flexible because they understand these are extraordinary circumstances and want to untangle the mess they are caught in. a lot of them are waving rebooking fees if you try to change your plans at the last minute. >> that's nice of them but how hard is it to rebook during the thanksgiving week? there is not a lot of extra

capacity. >> that's the main problem is getting on an alternate flight. it could be good to look for other destinations if you can get close to the final destination and drive there if you route through another airport, maybe a lay over airport is a problem. look for alternate routes and also, consider an alternate carrier. usually airlines don't let you book on other carriers or won't sort of rebook you on another carrier, but they may be more ocho bringing right now. >> basically, you're hoping for goodwill at the terminal or goodwill on the phone. they don't have to do it. >> they don't have to do that. one option, the nuclear option sort of, if you want to cancel your ticket and ask the airline, your first airline to wave the change fee, which can be up to $200, cancel your ticket, take a travel voucher for your original airline and book a new ticket on an entirely different carrier. it could be very expensive but may be the only option.

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tonight, president obama's health care overhaul is facing a new challenge. the supreme court agreed to hear a pair of cases contesting the affordable care acts contra sepgsz rule. the issues that justices will be weighing in of are thorn knee and complicated to see the least. many are exempted for contraception coverage but for profit corporations are not. the companies behind the two cases say they should not have to provide health insurance that covers certain types of contraceptives. there is a lot ocho talk about, jeffrey toobin and sunny hostin. jeff, obama care is obviously become such a loaded issue in so many ways, both politically and in front of the supreme court, legally, as well. at the heart of this case, this case the supreme court has taken

on, it's a first amendment issue whether corporations enjoy the same religious rights as people, correct? >> that's one issue. what makes the case so complicated is there are a lot of hard issues. does a company organized for profit have the right to religious feelings? that's one of the questions in this case. another question is can you force individuals who own that company to do something that violates their religious groups, and can you tell individuals that everybody else is covered by one law, but you don't get coverage for birth control because your owners have some different religious view. >> you have a clear position here, you do -- you think these corporations should not be forced to violate their personal religious believes. >> right, i think jech is right. the interesting thing is the multitude of issues but the court is faced one with issue

that's not escapable here. the fact the court will have to answer the question, do the corporations, owners have particular religious views, can they become pe compelled violat? our view is they cannot be compelled and that's the court case that will be heard and i think it's going to be a monumental issue. it's got president obama's health care law, a religious issue and abortion component. it's going to be a blockbuster case. >> sunny, i saw you nodding your head a wee little bit there. >> yeah, i think there certainly is an important compelling interest, and that's a woman's right and ability to control her own body. i mean, now where do you draw the line if a corporation can say you can get condoms, which i believe one of the corp cases are saying but you can't get the after morning pill. and you can't get this kind of birth control or that kind of birth control. i mean, this is a very, very

important case, and i'm -- as a woman, i'm shocked that someone would say that a corporation, a profit corporation would have the ability to make those choices. >> jay, i want to follow up on that because this is a bit like a sex ed class because it's not saying no contraception should be allowed, they say certain kinds, so why that distinction? >> well, that's because of the religious group, the religious conscious of the owners of the companies. the idea the corporation's owners, the people that founded the corporation, own the corporation and run it can't set the terms of the insurance benefits they are offering employees is a bit outrageous and the distinction between what sunny said and the actual case here, there is no government mental compelling government l interest in our view. >> what about a woman's right to birth control -- >> hold on, the ability to

obtain contraceptives. nobody is saying they can't obtain contraceptives, the employer is saying i don't want to pay for them. >> the terms of insurance are set by the government all the time. if you have a corporation where the -- >> no. >> -- where the employer, the owner says, you know, we don't want to have black people work there so we won't offer insurance to our black employees. that's something that's illegal. >> that's right. >> of course, because there is a compelling government interest to radical racism and in this particular case birth control or whatever it might be, whatever -- >> wait -- >> it's not that compelling -- >> [ overlapping speakers ] >> so obviously it's not compelling for a woman to have the right to choose -- >> the majority here -- >> that's not a compelling be interest in your view? >> i think that's conflicting the issue before the court. the case is not whether women have the right to contraceptive.

of course they do. they have the right. the question is can an owner become pelled to violate the religious conscious, no doubt about it, all three of us agree it will be divided. >> let me follow up with jeffrey, your favorite thing, i want to ask, predict where the court might go on this and is there any middle ground? >> i think there potentially is middle ground. usually the safe bet is four conservative votes one way and the liberals vote one way and anthony kennedy decide. there are moving parts we may be surprised. they may manage to find a common ground that doesn't break down a long the traditional grounds but that's one of the things that makes this case so interesting is you have so many crosscurrents, but the safe bet is usually 5-4 with anthony kennedy deciding the outcome. >> and you're always right about these things. thank yo so much for joining us.

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in raw politics tonight, there has been a big turn around for the battle for congress in the midterm elections next year.

republicans have an edge among registered voters 49% to 47%. a month ago democrats had the vad an take, 42% to 50%. that's before obama care reach add fever pitch. joining me to talk about this, john king. so john, it was just a month ago we were talking about the republicans in big trouble. they were going to get creamed in 2014 because of the government shut down. now it's the democrats looking up at the republicans. is this all about obama care? >> it's mostly about obama care and the democratic bounce after the shutdown evaporating. look, the air is out of that balloon, you're right. there was democrats dreaming of speaker pelosi again thinking they could take back the house. forget about that for now. john, it tells you we're back into a normal political environment. democrats are winning in the cities and republicans winning in rural areas and winning with

down scale income voters and a normal political environment. the problem for the democrats is history tells you, a normal political environment means a huge midterm election in a second term president, the six year itch election history says on average the president's party loses 19 seats in the house. if the democrats lose 19 seats in the house next year, republican haves a shot of keeping the house majority and getting the half dozen plus seats they need to take the senate. so this is going to cause a lot of jitters, maybe stronger words among democrats. >> one of the most overused cliche is a year is an eternity and it is a year until the election but there are dates before that that democrats are looking at and one comes next week, healthcare.gov is supposed to be up and running at 80% next week. that has to be crucial for democrats. >> it is and if it's at 79.5,

i'm not trying to be a clown hear, the members of the president's party are walking away. his approval rating is in the 30s. democrats and generic ballot losing heading into the midterm elections this is going to be about personal survival in congress, not about the president of the united states. so if the president is under performing, meaning that website is under performing, any additional problems with obama care, watch out. you seen jitters among democrats, disloyalty. they will run. just ask george w. bush late 2006 into 2007, his party would not stand on anything. if that happens to this president, it's a problem and given the poll numbers, both his numbers and the new poll today it's increasingly likely you'll have a panic. >> it's history this white house does not want to see repeated. thanks so much. >> thank you. there is more happening tonight, susan hendrix has the 360 news and business bulletin. john, president obama declared parts of illinois a

major disaster area after tornados tore through the state. one twister that hit washington was an ef 4 packing winds of up to 190 miles per hour, at least six people were killed in the state. a connecticut judge has ordered the release of 911 recordings from the sandy hook school shooting but the tapes remain sealed until december 4th to give the prosecutor a chance to appeal. the prosecutor says the recordings would be too painful for victims' families. 26 people died in the attack last december, including 20 children. an italian prosecutor says the 26-year-old american should get a 30 year sentence for killing her roommate in 2007. knox was convicted in 2009, then freed two years later on appeal but a retrial was ordered on grounds the jury that acquitted knox was not considering all evidence. the dow jones ended slightly higher for a new record close of

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tonight, a reality check on a story that's been getting a lot of attention nationwide. on its face it's flat out shocking. video showing young people seemingly randomly assaulting people on the streets of pittsburgh. there are reports similar to this in a number of cities. today a woman in brooklyn was punched in the face by a stranger. police are investigating it as part of the knock out game, a brutal game where kids and teenagers assault random strangers for no other reason than the thrill. the question is is this an actual trend or a catchy label? pamela brown has been investigating. >> reporter: it's shocking to watch but this is happening, whether the victim is walking down the street like this or taking public transportation

like this unsuspecting rider. these videos show people being sucker punched by people who are believed to be complete strangers. while unprovoked attacks on strangers are not new, the question whether these could be part of the knock out game where a person punches a stranger with the goal of knocking them unconscious with a single blow captured the attention of law enforcement. >> we're trying to prevent it to become wide spread. it's difficult to say because they are classified as simple assault, aggravated assault, perhaps robbery but there are a hand full that could fall into this category. >> reporter: police in new jersey and missouri are linking two deaths to the knock out game. a vietnamese man in st. louis in 2011 and a homeless man in september. this video shows the suspects walking away. attacks have been reported in at

least four states and the district of colombia in the last three years. just this month in brooklyn new york, two elderly women were attacked. police are investigating at least one of those cases as a hate crime because the victim is jewish. despite speculation otherwise, authorities say there is no evidence so far that any of the attacks are racially motivated. in philadelphia police say a group of teens jumped a passer by walking into this pizza joint. police arrested a 15-year-old and 17-year-old in that case. the victim wants answers from his attackers. >> it's not like they are going and getting anything. they are doing it for spite, for fun. it's not good for a neighborhood or for any community. >> reporter: in some cities r police are reluctant to link it to the knock out game because the evidence doesn't support it or a concern that bringing attention to it will breed copy cats. >> the press named it the

so-called knock out game. we don't discount that exists, it's a possibility. we have investigated and continue to investigate. >> reporter: whether the knock out game is real or not, the penalty for the crimes can be stiff. in st. louis where the victim was killed, the 20-year-old suspect was sentenced to life in prison. pamela brown, cnn, new york. >> phoebe doesn't care what you call the crime, it happened to her. she was on her bike and joins me tonight. phoebe, walk us through what happened to you. >> on friday, november 15th, i was biking home and i was biking up 11th street in colombia heights, and as i was making my way up the hill, i noticed there was a group of teenagers biking up the hill ahead of me, and by the time i got to -- close to

the top of the hill, they had stopped and i continued biking and they separated themselves into two groups. there was about five kids on the right-hand side, and three kids on the left, and as i approached the group, i had to bike through them, and i said excuse me, as i was biking through, and just as i was passing through the group, one of the kids of the group biked off and cut me off, cut my past of direction off and turned his bike so that he was going down the hill as i was going up it and as we passed, he reached out and punched me in the face and said woop pow as he hit me in the face and the whole group of kids laughed. >> so you obviously knew you had been punched in the face. you knew you had been assaulted. at what point did it occur to you it was more than a one-off

attack? >> i didn't think too much about it. you know, i was bothered by it. it was annoyed by it. it frustrated me. it upset me that a group of kids were laughing at me after having hit me. i wasn't, you know, seriously injured, and i mentioned it to some friends, and they said that it sounded like it was the knock out game, which i had never heard of before, so i googled it and when i googled it, the second news line that came up was knock out game comes to colombia heights, and i found that very curious since i was in colombia heights, and i read the news article and it stated that the night before, a woman was walking down 14th street in the same neighborhood, and was punched in the back of the head. as i learned more about it, it was a group of kids on bikes. they all laughed when it happened. so it did sound very similar to

what happened to me. >> one of the ironies is you work on youth programs. you spend time with teenagers and bring an inside perspective on the thought process here. what do you want the people who did this, what do you want them to think about? >> yeah, i think that's a great question. and i think, you know, that was one of my main incentives, the reason that i called the police was because my understanding of teenagers is they just don't always think about the ramifications of their actions, how they can hurt people, how they can, you know, cause problems for the rest of their lives. and i think that's an important thing for them to recognize, and, you know, for me, i can only speak about my individual incident that happened, and i'm generally somebody who prefers to think about what is behind something versus why someone did it, and i think that is

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bruised hurting and dirty because it's been on the streets rather than being confined and clinging from its own security. they spent too much time to parse doctrine and give shoes minute. it's the first major document this pope has written by himself since becoming pope, another of the key messages, he said the world changed and the church must change with it. in other words, it is a major break from the past. earlier i spoke to cnn senior vatican analyst john allen. john, this is a pretty remarkable document with some awfully startlingling wage. in your priest today you write it's an i have a dream speech from pope francis. what do you mean by that? >> this document, 2 24 pages in length, a vision statement how francis understands the role of the catholic church begins with a dream. francis says he has a dream of a

church that's more missionary and focused on out reach rather than collapsing on itself and more merciful, that is that doesn't focus on what he calls rules that make us hash judges, but instead, is more tolerant and compassion et and to achieve, he signals he's open to change on a staggers variety of fronts. it's not that everything is up for grabs. he says on women priests and abortion, two controversial fronts, the things are not going to change but beyond that, he said that he's interested in a decentralization of the power of the pope, a kind of da mocktizing of the church and wants to empower lady. he wants a more generous line on admission to the sackments of the church, especially communion, which could have implications not just for divorced and remarried catholics and there are millions of them around the world but prochoice catholic politicians in places like the united states where some bishops have threatens to

publicly turn them away in the communion line. he's clearly letting loose the winds of change in the catholic church in multiple arenas. all of it is calculateed to achieve this vision, this dream of a more missionary, more merciful roman ka thol sis m. >> there are suggests, at least, you mentioned a few of big changes here. whose threatened by this? >> well, i mean, look, change is all threatening whether change in politics or the economy or change in religion. so certainly, there is going to be an old guard in the vatican that's very wedded to older ways of doing business that is not going to like this. there will be some conservative and traditional sectors of opinions of the grass roots that the worries that francis is toss the baby out with the bath water but let's in the miss the big picture. in every region of the world where public opinion can be scientifically surveyed, francis

has the approval rating that politicians and celebrities would crawl across hot coles to obtain. the impression is he has overwhelming grass root support and that gives him the political capital that any leader needs to push through a change program. >> john allen, always eliminating to speak with you. over the past eight months, pope francis matched words with actions. it's a cliche but it's true. he talks the talks and walks the walks. he embraces a severely disfigured man goes viral. it's a symbol of this pope's compassion. ben tracked down the man and learned it wasn't just powerful for him, it was profoundly important. here is his report up close. >> reporter: after four hours of work, reva is done, five days a

week he does odd jobs for the old early in northern identitily. by the way, did you notice something? yes, 53-year-old vinicho sumps from a genetic condition. his body is almost completely covered from head to toe with growths, swellings and sores. his mother had the same condition as does his sister. he's had it since the age of 15. his appearance often terrifies strangers. he recalls trying to take a seat on a bus, but being told by the passenger next to him to sit somewhere else. >> translator: i wanted to answer back, but i controlled myself he says. i felt my blood pressure rise. i wanted to leave the bus, but i had a doctor's appointment. there were lots of people on the

bus, but no one said a word. not all strangers, however, react like that. >> reporter: earlier this month he went with his aunt to st. peters' square where pope francis approached him and without a moment's hesitation, kissed and hugged him. >> translator: when he embraced me he recalls, i quivered, i felt a great warrant and cat lynn that was struck but the manner. >> translator: i looked down at his shoes, they were like this she says. i thought yes, this is someone who really walks and someone if he weren't wearing that clothing, you wouldn't even know he's the pope. >> reporter: since then vinicho

returned todayly routines. he continues to work and route for his favorite soccer team, but something has changed. the pope's simple embrace was a signal to millions that underneath his tortured surface is a fellow human being. >> translator: i feel stronger and happier he tells me. i feel like i move ahead because the lord is protecting me. >> reporter: however, he still has some unfinished business with pope francis. >> translator: i hope he calls me so we can have a face-to-face meeting. i have many things to tell him. what do you want to tell him i ask? >> translator: that's a bit private he replies, it's between him and i. >> reporter: he returns home from work on his bike, his dignity far more apparent than

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back now to our breaking news, let's get the latest on the nor'easter and those flight delays that are really piling up. chad myers monitoring this in the weather center. chad, what's the latest? >> from montreal to florida, that's how big the storm system is. here is a live shot from atlanta, georgia. coming down, winds picking up. here is what happens when that happens. hearts field, all planes trying to land. those planes aren't trying to land, they are doing circles up here in northeast, georgia. -off hate it when your plane goes around and around and around. that's what they are doing in south georgia, as well. when you look at the flight board all you'll see is this word, delayed, delayed, delayed, delayed at heartsfield-jackson and that's from the low ceilings and a wind shift at the city of atlanta. >> chad, that's amazing. those are remarkable and

depressing. i've never seen the circles before. you've been talking about the wind of the nor'easter and there are concerns. what does it mean for the macy's parade and balloons? >> you can't have a sustained wind over 23, you can't have a wind guest over 34. i've watched this parade for 47 years since i was three. i've seen these guys trying to hold the balloons down, the big floats, especially my favorite under dog, everybody knows that since i've been talking about it all day long. the threshold for the morning parade is 34 for the wind guest. here is what we have now, 25, here is tomorrow afternoon and that's the wind gust at parade time, right on the number. if it's higher than that, they cancel the balloons, if it's lower than that, the pa loons fly. it's amazing to see that's the number the threshold is. >> chad myers, thank you so much. we hope you get your under dog. that does it for this edition of

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