about it. spent and over the last couple weeks, wolf, more stories have come out, along the lines of the theme of did chris christie abuse his power as governor. and so as -- as he is sworn in today -- >> gloria, hold on for one moment. lieutenant governor kim guadagno being sworn in for a second sturm right now, as well. >> and that i will bear true faith. >> and that he will bear true faith. >> and allegiance to the and to the governments. >> and to the governments. >> established in the united states. >> established in the united states. >> and in this state. >> and in this state. >> under the authority of the people. >> under the authority of the people. >> and that i will faithfully. >> and that i will faithfully. >> impartially. >> impartially. >> and justly. >> and justly. >> perform all the duties. >> perform all the duties. >> of the office of lieutenant governor. >> of the office of lieutenant governor. >> according to the best of my ability. >> according to the best of my ability. >> so help me god.

>> so help me god. >> congratulations. >> thanks. >> there it is, the lieutenant governor, also at the center of a political storm, allegations being leveled against her by the mayor of hoboken, new jersey, dawn zimmer, that she threatened to with hold superstorm sandy aid to hoboken, unless the mayor of hoboken approved a real estate development project. chris christie is now going to deliver his inaugural address, second inaugural address. let's listen in. >> thank you.

thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you all very much. thank you. thank you all very much. lieutenant governor guadagno, senate president sweeney, speaker prieto, republican

leaders cain and bramnick, all the members of the supreme court, members of our congressional delegation, members of the new jersey state legislature, members of my cabinet, family and friends. today, once again, the people of new jersey have given me the opportunity to serve. and i can each and every citizen for that honor. and once again, i have taken an oath where i have sworn to promote the peace and prosperity of our great state and its citizens. and a long oath it is, chief. a long one. it is an oath that i have lived by for the last four years, and it is the oath i will live by for every day i am privileged to call myself your governor.

the oath, though, is just a symbol of the bond that we have created with each other over the last four years. we have endured the worst economic recession of our lifetimes. and we have begun to triumph over it. we have confronted entrenched interests and their endless stream of money that have previously stood in the way of fiscal sanity for our state, and educational excellence for our children. together, we have pushed those interests back and put our children's future first. we have survived the worst natural disaster in our state's history. and we have worked together to restore, renew and rebuild the state that we love.

now, each one of these challenges have been met by a new, unified force in public life of new jersey, setting the tone for an entire nation. a tough new jersey. a resilient new jersey. a proud new jersey. a new jersey that has put aside political partisanship on the important issues to our people. to take advantage of the opportunities each of these challenges has presented us with every day. a new jersey that's brought pride to our people, and leadership to our nation. and finally, this past november, new jersey has had the chance to decide if the bonds we have formed were strong enough to endure the heat of today's political campaigns. would our elections confirm that the change we set had arrived on

this very stage four years ago? truly be beneficial for all of our citizens? because you see, elections are about more than tv ads and debates and rallies. each vote cast is an act of faith and trust. faith in the strength of the bonds we have built, trust in the hope that tomorrow will bring a better job for our people, a better education for our children, and a better day for all of our citizens. now, the people -- now the people have definitively set the course for the next four years. they have affirmed the decision to take on the big problems. they have validated the idea that our answers to our problems

must be bold. they have rewarded the principle that we must tell the truth about the depths of our challenges and the difficulty of real solutions. and it wasn't just some of our people who affirmed this course. it was not a vocal pa ralty like four years ago. no, it was the largest voice of affirmation that the people of our state had given to any direction in three decades. suburbanites and city dwellers, african-americans and latinos, women and men, doctors and teachers, factory workers and tradesmen. republicans and democrats and independents, together, they have demanded we stay the course

they have helped set. to stand up for what is right. to fight the fights worth fighting. and most of all, to work together to make government work for each and every one of those voices of affirmation, for each and every one of our people. you see, the people of this state know that the only way forward is if we are all willing to take on what is politically unpopular. if we are all willing to share in the sacrifice. if we are all willing to be in this together. now, we have no moral option in my view, but to heed the voice of the voters, and that is exactly what i intend to do.

today, i thank all those who have once again placed their faith and trust in me, and i make this promise. i will not let up. i will insist we work together. and i will make this government truly work for those who pay for it. you see, i do not believe that new jersians want a bigger, more expensive government that penalizes success and then gives the pit ens left to a few in the name of income equity. what new jersians want is an unfettered opportunity to succeed in the way that they define success. they want an equal chance at the starting line, not a government guaranteed result. why? because through hard work and being rewarded for that hard work, they know that they are

part of their own success. we should make sure that government pursues policies that believe in the effort, the talent and the optimism of new jersians, not in the power of all mighty government to fix any problem, real or imagined. so let's be different than our neighbors. let's put more money in the pockets of our middle class by not taking it out of their pockets in the first place. one of the lessons i've learned most acutely over the last four years is that new jersey can really be one state. now this election has taught us that the ways we divide each other, by race, by class, by

ethnicity, by wealth, and yes, but political party, is neither permanent nor necessary. you see, our creams adreams are the same. a good job, a great education for our children. safe streets in our neighborhood. and core values which give lives real meaning. those dreams are not unique to any one group in our state. and while government has a role in ensuring the opportunity to it accomplish these dreams, we have now learned that we have an even bigger role to play as individual citizens. we have to be willing to play outside the red and blue boxes that the media pundits put us in. we have to be willing to reach out to others who look or speak differently than us. we have to be willing to personally reach out a helping hand to a neighbor or a friend, suffering from drug addiction or depression or the

dignity-stripping loss of a job. new jersey came together as one community when it mattered most. and now we must stay together. people of every background and belief. the government and our people, to help our fellow citizens reach their dreams. now there are times when we need to get along and just get things done. because as pastor joe carter said just this morning at the new hope baptist church, all of us may be one yes away from our miracle. now, that's true for each of us, as individuals. for our state and for our nation. just one yes away from our own miracle. for the fact is that every one of god's creations has value.

every person, no matter what challenge they are facing in their lives, must believe that they have inside of them all of the god-given ability needed to be happy. and they will not believe that if all they hear from us is that life is unfair and that only government can fix that unfairness. they must first believe that self worth comes from inside each of god's beings. government cannot solve every one of these problems. government can only be one part of the solution. the unity our people have felt in the last year-plus as we have confronted tragedy and challenge, must be the unity we build on to give every person a chance to reach their dreams.

now those dreams begin for everyone with a growing economy. this growth will not happen by following the path that some of our neighbors seem prepared to pursue. for those that prefer economic growth and opportunity to government redistribution and higher taxes, i have this to say to you today. come to new jersey. you will be welcome here. in addition to a growing economy, here is how our government, our government, our government will lead the effort to create opportunity in new jersey. we will make it our priority to have every child in new jersey have a chance to get a good education. no matter what adult we have to offend, no matter where you came from, no matter what sacred cow

we must slay, no matter how much we have to change the conventional thinking, we will no longer stand for the achievement gap which exists between our best and least-educated children. this government, our government, we will end the failed war on drugs that believes that incarceration is the cure of every ill caused by drug abuse. we will make drug treatment available to as many of our nonviolent offenders as we can, and we will partner with our citizens to create a society that understands this simple truth. every life has value. and no life is disposable.

this government, our government, we will fight to continue to change so that we value our differences and we honor the strength of our diversity, because we cannot fall victim to the attitude of washington, d.c., the attitude that says i am always right and you are always wrong. the attitude that put everyone into a box that they are not permitted to leave. the attitude that puts political victories ahead of policy agreements. the belief that compromise is a dirty word. you see, as we saw in december regarding the dream act, we can put the future of our state ahead of the partisans who would rather demonize than compromise. as your governor, i will always be willing to listen, as long as

that listening ends in decisive action for the people who are counting on us to do our job. because you see, in the end, i have had no greater honor in my life than having twice been elected by my fellow citizens to be the governor of the state of where i was born and raised. with that honor comes solemn obligations to make the hard decisions, to raise the uncomfortable topics, to require responsibility and accountability. to be willing to stand hard when principles are being violated. and to be willing to compromise to find common ground with all of our people. to work, every day, night and

day, to make new jersey all it can be. in short, to be the governor. to my fellow new jersians, we started this journey together in the dark and foreboding time. in our history when hope was at a premium and trust had been squandered by a government that had been unwilling to tell you the truth. today, we enter the final leg of our journey together. with more hope than we have had in years, and with the trust that comes from partners who have shared with each other the hard truths that come from decisive action. we are at the dawn of a new age of pride and growth in our state

and its people. let us move forward with the strength that comes from the belief that we have in each other. i believe in you, new jersey. and i always, always will. it's only fitting that in this administration, with more hurricanes, snowstorms, flooding and disaster of the natural sort, that of any administration i can remember in my lifetime, that we begin the second term in the same way.

so to the folks who could not quite make it down the new jersey turnpike to be with us this morning, i understand. to the hardy souls who are here, you have my thanks. and i end by saying what comes directly from my heart. god bless you. god bless america. and god bless the great state of new jersey. you're watching special hiv coverage of the inauguration of new jersey governor, chris christie. i am jake tapper in trenton, right outside the building where the governor just delivered his remarks, laying out his plans for the state. you have to wonder, of course, will all of the controversy currently surrounding his administration complicate his efforts to get done the things he outlined in his speech.

and what about a possible run for the white house in 2016. back with us from washington, d.c., for our special live coverage, my colleague, wolf blitzer. our chief political analyst, gloria borger, and cnn investigations correspondent, chris frates. wolf, your take on governor christie's speech. does this help him at all? will it help him get past any of the controversy, do you think? >> i think it will help him. i think it was a powerful speech, and he delivered the proper tone. it would have been a really amazing speech if he didn't have these clouds of these current scandals in new jersey hovering over. that would have been a nice step in the direction potentially toward a 2016 presidential run. he's obviously being well-received right now. you look at that standing overation he's receiving. he clearly wants to take the high road and try to bring everyone together in new jersey. certainly not going to be easy, given some of the accusations that have been hurled against his own aides, accusations that he has acknowledged, especially in the decision to close some of

those lanes leading to the george washington bridge, which were totally inappropriate. he's got a lot of problems right now. but i think on the whole, it was a very strong speech, a powerful speech, that will help him. let's just see if there is anymore evidence that links him to any of -- directly links him to any of these scandals. if there isn't anymore evidence, then certainly he will be well on his way to recovering his political standing in new jersey. >> reporter: gloria, there was a poll out yesterday, pew, suggesting that governor christie's unfwafr favorable ratings among democrats and independents have doubled his poll numbers in general taking a dip. how much trouble do you think he's in long term? >> you know, it's hard to say long-term. there is a new poll out just an hour or so ago, which shows that chris christie has lost ground with the people he was talking about in this speech today,

independent voters. he made a point in the speech to talk about the broad coalition that got him elected as governor. and we all covered that, and republicans were very impressed by it, as were democrats, you know. and he spoke about it today, saying that people had given him their faith and their trust, whether they were african-american, latino, men or women. and if you look at these poll numbers coming out today, you can see where his problem is. those independent voters, you just put this up on the screen. 58% do not believe him. and as a governor who is talking about trust today. and in a match-up against hillary clinton, i know this is early, jake. very early. but what was impressive was that he had been kind of neck and neck with her, and this latest quinnipiac poll shows that he is now lagging eight points behind her. and it's those independent voters that have deserted him, at least for now. how he handles this will make a large difference in how we look

at this six months from now. everybody wants to see how chris christie handles this crisis. >> reporter: right. of course, we are several political lifetimes away from 2016. >> right, exactly. >> reporter: chris frates, i want to bring you in here. hoboken mayor, dawn zimmer. this is the one who has suggested that top officials of the christie administration suggested that sandy relief funds were tied to her approval of a development project in hoboken. she has long been a supporter of the governor. were you surprised by the allegations she made over the weekend? >> well, i was, jake. and here's why. because when the story broke and reporters started asking jersey mayors, have you felt any retribution because you didn't endorse the governor, or did you feel pressured to endorse the governor, to receive sandy funds? mayor zimmer told a new york public radio station that, you know, she wondered if maybe she was getting retribution, but she

certainly hoped that wasn't the case. i talked with her personally shortly after that, and she told me, quote, i don't think it was retaliation, and i don't have any reason to think it was retaliation. and then a week later on saturday, we saw her say, actually, i do believe it was retaliation, i believe i didn't approve a development project that the governor favored, i believe that's why he's withholding sandy funds from me. and then on cnn on sunday, she went a little bit further, and tied the governor to it directly, saying that when she spoke to the lieutenant governor, the lieutenant governor said this message comes directly from governor christie. we need you to support that redevelopment plan in order to get sandy funding. and when the mayor has been asked, well, why are you doing this now, particularly after you've been supportive of the governor? she tweeted earlier this summer she really supports governor christie. you know, she said, well, i was afraid to come out. but certainly republicans are looking at this changing story, and wondering a little bit, is this a fish tale, where with

each telling it gets a little bit bigger, and they're starting to wonder, who is telling the truth here? >> reporter: all right. we're going to take a quick break. on the other side of the break, he'll speak with one of governor chris christie's staunch defenders. back after the break.

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welcome back, i'm jake tapper in trenton, new jersey. you're watching a special edition of "cnn newsroom," covering governor chris christie's inauguration. i want to talk to a big christie supporter, even though he lost back in 2009. he's now, of course, running for congress, as you may know. he continues to be a christie supporter. the governor reasonable helped long gan raise money to retire the debt he racked up in his senate race, which he lost to now senator cory booker. steve long gan, thank you for joining us. has the governor indicated he will formally support your run for congress? >> no, we haven't talked about that, jake. but i'll tell you, i thought that speech today was a powerful one. and that speech explains why the democrats are so committed to pulling down the image of this

governor. when chris christie became governor, he inherited two catastrophes. one was the fact after the administration's of jim mcgreevey and jon corzine, new jersey had the highest income taxes in the country, highest property taxes, third highest sales taxes and number one outward bound migration state in the nation. that was followed up with hurricane sandy, the most devastating catastrophe the state has. yet this governor has taken on the labor unions. the government workinger unions. he has taken on the pension system. he is putting new jersey back on track. but most of all, what you saw in that speech is that he stands in the way of the democrat agenda of raising taxes. he made it very clear in that speech that he's not going to stand for higher taxes to expand the state's already massive income redistribution scheme. and he's going return to the core principles of economic growth that this estate needs so badly. that's a big black -- to the majority leader to the assembly majority and their desire to raise taxes and grow government even bigger.

big reason to take down the governor's image. because he's doing a great job. >> reporter: well, with all due respect, i mean, the democrats -- you may accuse them of overreaching and may not agree with all of the charges or believe all of the charges. but we know the bridgegate story does look fishy, based on the e-mails that have come out. and these scandals, whether or not you believe each one of them, they are stacking up. and they could impede the governor's ability to do what he wants to do. do you think that he should have addressed the scandals and accusations today in any way? >> i think in his speech today, his inaugural speech, had he to talk about his vision for the future of this state. because that overrides everything else. the scandals are a result of an effective -- it is an effective piling on by the democrat party. they come out with this special investigation committee, they bring in the prosecutor, who went after blagojevich in

illinois and the mayor of hoboken changing her story, had an epiphany and now has come forth and talking about being strong-armed, yet there is absolutely no proof whatsoever. look, this governor is the biggest threat to hillary clinton. we saw that in polls recently. and they have a real need to take down his image. and yeah, they're doing it. but i believe over time he will come back by being persistent, tenacious and consistent. he'll be proven innocent of these scandals. >> reporter: so there is nothing, mr. lonegan, nothing you have heard in the last few weeks about the christie administration that gives you pause? because even governor christie has talked -- fired two people and talked about how disappointed he was by the bridgegate scandal. surely you'll grant me that is disturbing and that should not have happened. >> it is disturbing and it absolutely should not have happened. but what people want to see in a president and a governor is leadership. someone who steps up to the

plate and makes a decision and takes responsibility. he fired two people that were very close to him, on a personal level. that had to be very, very difficult to do. and he admitted, it's very, very wrong. we all admit that. it was a very foolish move. but what we're watching now is a pure pile-on and there is not one shred of evidence, not one, that he knew anything about this. the minute that evidence comes forth, i'll have a different message. i promise you that. as of now that, doesn't exist and i don't think it's going to exist. >> reporter: republicans in general have not really changed their opinion of christie, at least according to polling. since the bridgegate scandal broke. do you see this all blowing over in a few months? it sounds like that's your view. >> i think 90 days from today, this will be history. there will be some remnants and people will have changed their vision of the governor. those independent voters, those democrat voters that were supporting him. they will have been affected by him and that's exactly what they want to achieve through all this theater at ricks and assaults. again, we watch the mayor of

hoboken suddenly changing her mind, discussions she had last night. if anybody understands hudson county politics, try to get a building permit or a development project through in hudson county. kim gad ago was to get economic growth moving. if she said to the mayor, we've got to move these projects, let's see them move along, don't get hung up in red tape, suddenly this mayor has a new interpretation of what that means. that's pure politics. and hoboken is receiving tens of millions of dollars of aid. there is no sign that anything has been held back. they have a lot to prove to make this truly stick. >> reporter: steve lonegan, thank you so much for your views. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> reporter: so how does this impact governor christie's possible run for the white house? "crossfire" co hosts newt gingrich and stephanie cutter will join us next with chris

christie in the crossfire.

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special live coverage of the inauguration of new jersey governor, chris christie. i'm jake tapper in trenton. just a few minutes ago in the building behind me, governor christie outlined what he plans to do for his state. but, of course, a lot of people around the country are wondering, what will happen to christie. because he is the presumed front runner for the gop presidential nomination. and there are so many scandals and controversies swirling around him right now. newt gingrich and stephanie cutter are hosts of cnn's "crossfire." how much damage has this scandal done to chris christie's potential 2016 run and can he recover? newt, i'll start with you. >> i think it's a lot like, to use the current football analogi analogies, he clearly has had an interception. this is not how he wanted to start. the bridge scandal clearly has slowed him down. it will nag him for another couple months. whether anything else comes out, i'm not at all convinced. but there will be some turmoil, there will be some difficulties.

i thought he looked good today. he's lost weight. he's gotten a haircut. the speech was pretty good. in fact, very good, for a prepresidential speech. and he's simply got to weather this. if another big shoe drops, that's a different story. but in the absence of something really big happening, i suspect he lives beyond this, and he is one of the major competitors. >> reporter: stephanie? >> well, to continue the football analogy, this is more than an interception. this is a major fumble on his part. he clearly wasn't planning for this in his run towards the presidency. i think that was reflected this weekend in his speech to donors. it is a long time between now and 2016, and anybody making forecasts about what this will ultimately mean for chris christie is really throwing a coin up in the air and seeing which way it lands. but i will say for this current moment, according to opinion polls coming out, it has really hurt him.

he's dropping independents like hot cakes. in terms of the leadership test, according to a q poll out today, those who believe he would make a good president dropped by double digits over the last month. that means something. it doesn't mean it's not recoverable. but that does mean something and something he needs to watch. i think that's why in listening to his speech today, he really was talking to independents, to try to get those numbers back up. i don't think this speech will do it. i think what will do it is putting this investigation behind him, and that is completely out of his control. >> reporter: mr. speaker, there it hasn't really -- >> go ahead. >> reporter: go ahead. >> i was going to say two things. one, remember that seattle started the game with a fumble right inside their own 20 yard line and came back to win. second, i don't think that christie is particularly the front runner. i don't think there is a front runner. but what this has done is put him into the pack, you know, and i think it's taken some of the charm off, and some of the "time" magazine cover effect off. he's got to work his way back.

if there is no major problem, he will work his way back. and he'll be one of the five or six major contenders. nobody is going to be more than that. because there's no natural front-runner in the party right now. >> i agree with that. >> reporter: speaker gingrich, if i could just ask you, his poll numbers with republicans appear unaffected. it's -- his unfavorables have gone up significantly with democrats and independents on a national level, but republicans, their opinion of him appears to be unchanged. does that mean that these scandals might not be fodder for potential it primary opponents? that republicans really won't be able to use these against him, should he run, because republicans don't really care? >> i want to build on what stephanie said a minute ago. this is so early in the process that it's very unlikely that this scandal is going to matter in late 2015. one of two things is going to happen.

either it's going to get a lot worse for him, in which case he's out of the race. or it's just going to have been noise. it will have been a long time ago by then. and it won't be a major factor. but it's very unlikely in its current form. remember, also, republicans deeply dislike the media. and so having the media attack chris christie actually probably strengthens him among republicans. >> reporter: stephanie, you want to get a last word in there? >> well, you know, i agree with much of what newt said. the only thing that i'll say is that in terms of christie becoming the nominee, he's got a lot of other problems beyond this scandal. this scandal is real. 73% of people in the q poll have heard about this scandal. that's nationwide. that's pretty significant for a sitting governor. for 73% of the american people to have heard about your scandal. but he has other problems in the republican party in terms of whether he's a conservative or a moderate, his economic record, some of the tax increases across that state. so, you know, chris christie --

he's long had a glow about him. but that glow is wearing off, both in terms of the scandal and people really taking a look at who this guy is and what his record is. >> stephanie cutter and newt gingrich, thank you so much. coming up, temperatures up to 25 degrees below normal. more than 2,000 flights cancelled in the midwest and east coast getting slammed with another winter storm. we'll show you who is going to get hit the hardest. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. what are you guys doing? having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support regularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips'.

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this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, i'm suzanne malveaux. you've been watching a special edition of "cnn newsroom" covering the inauguration of new jersey governor chris christie. we have some headlines and also breaking news we have been following this morning. want to just read this to you here. it's very little information, but this is the information that we have. we understand -- this is out of purdue university here, that a suspect is now in custody. we're taking a look at these ariel views. this is from wthr. but purdue university is reporting that there was a shooting on campus, and that one person is in custody. i want to read all of the

information that we have now until we get more details. according to our report, cnn is reporting that a suspect is in custody after a reported shoot on the campus of purdue university. this is according to posts on the school's official twitter account. this was just within 15 minutes or so that we are getting this breaking news. you can see below there, it looks like people are beginning to gather outside of the school and on the campus to get a sense of what is has taken place, an investigation, of course, is under way. now, the posts -- these are the posts. the posts said that it's simply asking people on campus to shelter in place. that they are still searching the area. they are still searching the campus, despite the fact that there are reports that at least one person is in custody. there is an active search that is taking place on campus. this is in west lafayette,

indiana. purdue university. details of the shooting not immediately available here. now, the university, of course, is trying to get ahold of as many people as possible. the students on campus, as well as the professors, to stay in place. i want to bring in our security analyst, mike brooks, on the phone with us. mike, first of all, if somebody is in custody, i assume that they don't know whether or not there is one or more alleged shooters involved. that this right now would be an important time for them to alert the students, and tell them what they should be doing at this time. how are they doing that? >> exactly. most universities now, suzanne, have a system in place for emergency notification. and usually they will get -- the students will get that via text, via e-mail and sometimes even a telephone call. but just the fact that they say they are to shelter in place. that's because they want to make sure that if this -- there is just one shooter that we think

they have in custody right now, one person in custody, they want to make sure that shooter was by themselves. and one of the things that i know they do have on campus is surveillance cameras. so they'll go and take a look exactly the movements of this person before and after the shooting took place to see whether or not this person is by themselves or not. that's one of the big things and that's why they're telling people to shelter in place right now. >> and mike, i understand there are 30,000 undergrads there. how do they manage something like that, how do they manage to keep everybody in place to identify where the suspected shooter might be, and to start searching, to look in this university and this school? this is a big, big campus. >> no, it's a big campus. and that's why the surveillance video i was talking about is so important. because they're going to be able to hopefully isolate where this person came -- you know, came from. where the shooting took place. where did this person go afterward. the movements of that person before, during and after the shooting, suzanne.

and, you know, the university campus police, they train on a regular basis with the local law enforcement for active shooter situations such as this. so -- and i guarantee you, at the beginning of the season, the school season, most of the students will have signed up for these emergency notifications. it's encouraged, especially for incoming freshmen. these people who haven't been to the university before, haven't been in university life to sign up for these notifications should something like this happen. >> all right. mike brooks, thank you so much. appreciate it. we're going to take a quick break as we follow this breaking news here. but what we understand so far, at least one person in custody, officials from the twitter site of purdue university reporting that there was a shooting that took place at that university just moments ago. we're going to have more after we take a break. [ coughs, sneezes ]

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time to pull out the hats, gloves, heavy coats. we're talking about a wave of cold air moving across the eastern part of the united states, plunging temperatures up to 25 degrees below average, covering some cities already with lots of snow. more than 2,000 flights have been cancelled, and as well as new jersey governor chris christie's inaugural party. meteorologist jennifer grey is joining us. wow. is this really happening again? >> oh, yeah, it's happening again. we are seeing temperatures well below normal. we're going to see a lot of snow. in fact, some areas could see more snowfall than they normally

get the entire month of january, just in this one event. so that puts it in perspective for you. look, anywhere from d.c. all the way up to new york, boston, will be getting that snow very, very soon. early afternoon into the late afternoon. so look at d.c., baltimore. you can see a lot of snow there, already pushing into new york city, long island getting a lot of the snow right now, and then it will be pushing into the extreme portions of the northeast just in the next couple of hours. let's track this, hour by hour. and you can see, snow already starting to fall in portions of the northeast. this is rush hour this evening. 6:00 p.m. this evening, you can see a lot of snow from d.c., new york, and boston. so i-95 corridor is going to be very, very hard to travel. so if you could cut your day short, that is going to be the best plan. still some lingering showers across the boston area in the wee hours of tomorrow morning. and then pushing out. the cape still getting some snow as of 7:00 tomorrow morning. so this is a relatively

fast-moving system. it's going to be today, tonight and early tomorrow morning. but places like new york city and d.c., snow already ending by tomorrow morning. so basically just today is what you'll be dealing with. this is going to be push offshore as we go through the afternoon tomorrow and pushing into canada. so here are your snowfall amounts. and impressive. portions of massachusetts, look at that, 8 to 12 inches of snow. we'll see 8 to 12 inches possibly along the jersey shore. and then 4 to 8 inches possibly in d.c. places like philly, new york, we could see anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of snow. and so this is another huge system. temperatures are going to be dropping out. we're going to see some areas in the teens, and we are going to see a slight warmup as we get into the weekend, if that's a little glimmer of hope. but the next couple days, very cold and folks will be dealing with a lot of snow. >> my goodness. can't believe it's happening again, jennifer. we're going to all bundle up this week, as well. good thing is, it's not going to

last too long. thanks, appreciate it. following this breaking news story, as well. want to bring you the latest update out of purdue university. this is west lafayette, indiana. a reported shooting there. a university official is alerting students via twitter, about 30,000 undergrads on that campus. what we have learned so far is that there is one person who is in custody. there is an active search of the campus that is taking place still as they tell people to stay in place. to take cover as they do a room-by-room, building-by-building search of purdue university. but again, one person in custody after a reported shooting on that campus location. as we get more information, we'll bring that to you. you're looking at the live pictures from wthr, as they alert students of what is going to take place this afternoon. well, thanks for watching "cnn newsroom" with wolf blitzer

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-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com right now, so-called black widows are threatening an olympic tradition as russia goes on high alert for a possible terror attack. also right now, a major snowstorm hitting the eastern half of the united states and keeping air travelers on the ground. more than 2,000 flights already have been cancelled. and right now, chris christie takes the oath of office for four more years. at the same time, he faces an avalanche of allegations since his election victory. hello, i'm wolf blitzer, reporting from washington. all that coming up. right now we start with some breaking