it was policy, the school said. well, the reaction since then, his teammates shaved their heads in support. next, some 200 students staged a sit-in to protest the move. even a social media campaign with the #lettimplay. finally the school went back on its decision and tim is back on the court where he belongs, and school says it was all just a big misunderstanding. sure it was. tim says in a tweet, #nicetry. the power of people coming together and the school doing something in a controversy. that's why it's the good stuff. >> that's why we bring it to you. now we're going to bring you to carol costello in the newsroom. >> thank you so much. "newsroom" starts now. good morning. thank you so much for joining me. i'm carol costello. this morning, the mason dixon line is covered in ice and etched in misery.

in atlanta, this is the challenge of the hour. most of those cars you see littering interstates like the zombie apocalypse are abandoned. and, of course, a big obstacle in getting the area up and rung. beginning next hour, the national guard and state agencies will shuttle those drivers back to their cars. the impact stretches far across the south. in alabama, some 10,000 school kids are waking up in their own beds this morning. they spent tuesday night camping out at school. about 1,600 other kids were still stranded overnight. alabama's governor, like many elected leaders across the region, says the problem wasn't a lack of preparation. but an unpredictable storm. >> no one knew exactly where the line of freezing rain and snow would take place. unfortunately the predictions were not exactly what we thought they would be. no one has any control over that except the lord. >> here's a reminder of just how

foreign this rare winter is. one pensacola motorist, in typical florida attire, giving florida drivers a quick lesson in how to drive on ice. for the daring atlanta area drivers who venture on to the interstates, this is the roadside obstacle course facing them. cars parked haphazardly, creating a snow slalom. that's why officials are urging people to stay home, if they can, so owners can retrieve their cars and snow removal equipment can get its first pass in some of these areas. with more than a million commuters stuck in traffic, sometimes for ten hours or more, political leaders are bristling at the firestorm of criticism that's now raining down upon them. atlanta's mayor is pushing back at the haunting images of clogged interstates and paralyzed highways. a clearly frustrated kasim reed says his city's staff should not

be vilified for failures at the state level. >> i think rather than play the blame game, we have shared responsibility. but i want to state clearly, i don't have jurisdiction to clear interstate highways in the city of atlanta. i'm responsible for the streets that are in the city of atlanta. we got our streets cleaned. we kept our hospitals open. we kept our people safe. and the city of atlanta is running again. >> running may be overstating it. this morning it's more like lurching. this morning, highway officials are working to remove the vehicles still abandoned on atlanta highways. this after a day long stretch of interstate looked more like a parking lot. >> you just look at the map, it is filled up with red, it is jammed around town. >> less than three inches of snow and ice fell on tuesday afternoon, and it led to miles and miles of gridlock and chaos. a twisting traffic jam that even

emergency vehicles and snow removal teams had a tough time breaking through. overturned semis and a burning car left abandoned for hours. >> okay, my car skidded off the road. >> this cnn meteorologist documented her treacherous journey home. >> i'm going to go ahead and get out now because it's pretty scary to stay in here. i'm not alone. there's emergency vehicles behind me, as you can see there. i need help, but they can't help me because there's a serious accident up the road. >> the slick roads causing over 1,200 accidents. state troopers tagging these abandoned vehicles to indicate there's no one inside, as tow trucks slowly haul away the mess. the national guard handing out supplies for people forced to spend the night in their cars. others, like don, ditched his car instead to trek five miles by foot to get home. >> the ice was awful. i i must have fallen about five

times. >> 50 atlanta school children finally slept in their beds last night after having to spend a bitterly cold tuesday stranded on the school buses. over others hunkered down, spending the night at school. the perfect storm in a southern state crippled by a lack of preparation to prevent such chaos. the worst of circumstances seem to bring out the best of people throughout the storm and its aftermath. good old fashioned southern hospitality is certainly on display. nick valencia is in atlanta. >> reporter: the country's ninth largest metro area looked more like a parking lot. thousands of motorists stranded. no food, no water, no shelter. but like you said, thankfully for them they live in a city with a little southern hospitality. hours seeming like eternity, for thousands of atlanta motorists trapped in their cars. major stores like home depot and kroger staying open to shelter

stranded passengers. the national guard handing out meals and blankets. >> we've got the meals ready to eat. just basic nutrition. it's what your soldiers are eating in afghanistan. >> reporter: but it was the everyday people who immediately banded together to help those in need. robin and greg jacobs housed 22 kids stranded at the local el y -- elementary school. >> everywhere in the streets, people were trying to help everybody. >> reporter: social media exploded with stories of other atlantans springing into action, helping out string motorists. >> me and my wife wanted to see if we could help push people up or do whatever we could do to help. >> reporter: this man, throwing chains under tires to help cars gain traction. >> you've got to do what you can to help. >> reporter: these good samaritans handing out food and water. >> we're just trying to help out. my wife was stuck five hours and we thought that was bad. woke up this morning and realize people are here 24 hours.

>> reporter: the gridlock led hundreds to abandon their cars. for nick anderson and his pregnant wife amy, walking wasn't an option when she suddenly went into labor. >> the contractions got so strong. >> reporter: an officer on his way to a traffic accident saw the couple on the side of the road. >> i walked over and i said, are y'all broke down? he said no, actually, we're having a baby. >> reporter: equipped with a first aid kit, the three delivered a beautiful baby girl in the midst of chaos and frustration. they're doing just fine. they eventually made it to the hospital with the help of that officer. all three are home happy and safe. it's these random acts of kindness that really made a big difference in that mess that was atlanta yesterday. >> we're going to have the police officer in the 10:00 a.m. eastern hour of "newsroom" to talk about how he helped deliver that baby. >> reporter: it's quite a story.

they'll be telling that for decades. >> nick valencia, many thanks. we're also going to talk to another good samaritan who went to rescue stranded drivers in his jeep. he was armed with coffee, blankets and a bottle of bourbon. he should have good stories. russian officials have two terrorism suspects in custody who may be connected to the bombings there last month. today police have identified the suicide bomber who attacked a train station in volgograd. that bombing killed 18 people this december, as well as the suicide bomber who blew up this trolley the next day, killing 16 people. remember, volgograd is a major transportation hub, a few hundred miles northeast of the site of the winter olympics. phil black is live in moscow to tell us more. hi, phil. >> reporter: hi, carol. they've identified two men who they say are the actual men who blew themselves up at the train station, killing 43 people.

three weeks after that attack, there was a video posted on a well-known jihadi website featuring two men who claimed to be getting ready to go out and carry out those attacks, strapping on their suicide vests. they said those are the guys behind it. and these are the people that also said there would be more attacks in russia in the lead-up to the sochi games and the sochi games themselves. while russian authorities say they've identified two men, they will not say if the two men featured in that video are the two names, the two people that we are talking about. but one of those men in that video says his name is suleman. the names released by russian authorities today also indicate that one of the men was suleman. so a likely link there. russian police say they've also detained two men who they say helped these men carry out the attacks. two brothers who are accused of helping the men travel to volgograd from dagestan. dagestan is that hot bed of islamist insurgency and terrorism that exists in russia, that is very much the focus of what is perceived to be the ongoing threat in the lead-up to these coming sochi winter

olympics. >> thank you. also this just in to us. a new report shows the u.s. economy grew in the final three months of 2013. and that could lay the groundwork for stronger roads this year. >> good morning, carol. so the question is, did the economy look good at the close of 2013? yeah, it looked pretty good. the u.s. economy grew at a 3.2% rate. this is from october through december. we'd like to look back to 2011. here's how it looked. 3.2% is actually one of the stronger readings for the last quarter, even though it's down from the third quarter. now, wall street seems to like it. we are seeing dow futures up 90 points. so what the heck is gdp? gdp is one of the biggest reports that we get. it's sort of like the economy's report card. this particular report, carol, everybody is kind of curious how that 16-day government shutdown

in october impacted growth, and you know what? it looks like it wasn't too dramatic. apparently reducing this figure by about .3 percentage points. without the shutdown, gdp would have been more. it would have been 3.5% instead of 3.2%. then we like to look at what drove the growth. consumers spent more. exports went up. also stronger business investment, and that's good stuff because it shows businesses in america have got more confidence in the economy because they're handing out their cash. but the overall number was dragged down a bit by a decline in federal spending. here's the bad news. when you look at 2013 overall, the economy grew at only a 1.9% rate compared to 2.8% in the prior year. that's lousy. but because there was that pickup in momentum in the second half of last year, some economists say that this could be a good sign of things to come if that momentum continues into this year. >> i hope it does.

many things to you. still to come in the newsroom, in and around atlanta, the paralyzing snow and ice beginning to melt. and the blame game -- well, it's hitting up. here's cnn's victor blackwell. >> reporter: carol, the mayor is pointing at the state and the school districts. the governor is pointing at the national weather service and meteorologists. people who live here in atlanta are pointing at the may yr and the governor. so, coming up in just a few moments on day three of this mess, why the state has issued a civil emergency warning here in the atlanta metro area. [ tires screech ] [ car alarm chirps ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we inspect, analyze, and recondition each one, until it's nothing short of a genuine certified pre-owned mercedes-benz for the next new owner. [ car alarm chirps ] hurry in to your authorized mercedes-benz dealer

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there's no one doing any better job than we're doing in the city of atlanta. >> more than 1 hundred accidents on roads. cars abandoned. children stranded in schools overnight. >> the national weather service continually had their modelling showing that the city of atlanta would not be the primary area where the storm would hit.

>> meteorologists say not so. cnn's chad myers and other local meteorologists -- >> could see accumulations of one to two inches. are. >> predicted that two inches of snow would fall in atlanta on tuesday morning. >> for atlanta, it is a devastating two inches of snow. that will literally shut down the city. >> reporter: outraged georgia residents are blaming the governor and atlanta mayor kasim reed for bringing the area to its knees. >> i expected that georgia will be more prepared, since in 2010, we had the same ice on the road. noticed that there's no -- haven't seen any salt trucks. no d.o.t. no police, nothing. >> it is the government's job to make sure that their citizens are safe. >> reporter: so what did they know and when? a winter storm watch was issued early monday morning, upgraded to a warning by early tuesday, a full eight hours before snow started to fall. >> there's not anybody in this room that could have predicted the degree -- and the magnitude of the problem that developed.

>> reporter: quite possibly the biggest mistake was not closing atlanta area schools on tuesday morning. governor deal also waited until 5:00 p.m. to declare a state of emergency, long after other states had done so. roadways quickly clogged up with thousands of drivers trying to head home at the same time. but who's to blame? >> we have shared responsibility. but i want to state clearly, i don't have jurisdiction to clear interstate highways in the city of atlanta. >> reporter: state officials and the mayor, they declared early tuesday morning before the snow started this they were ready for the storm. but when things got really bad just after noon on tuesday, where were they? they were both at the ritz-carlton with other business, political, and economic sector leaders. look at this tweet sent out by governor nathan deal. he tweets, "i was honored to introduce mayor kasim reed, named the 2014 georgian of the year.

congratulations." and he signed it nd. he was there at the ritz-carlton in downtown atlanta as tens of thousands of people were rushing home. we use the word rush, but they weren't moving too quickly. >> you got that right, victor. thanks so much. and by the way, we have extended an invitation for governor nathan deal to be on cnn repeatedly, and each time, our requests have been denied. but the invitation still stands. stranded cars and dangerous conditions. all too familiar to our next guest. he was the man in charge of the recovery efforts following hurricane katrina. retired army lieutenant general russell honore joins me now. good morning. >> good morning, cnn. >> thanks for being here. you know, atlanta isn't alone. alabama had massive problems, too. to be fair, new cities don't exactly have massive public transit systems like new york and d.c. is it really our dependence on cars that caused a bit of this

problem? >> yeah, talking about red roads. twice a day in atlanta the roads go red, meaning you can't move for a period of time. early in the morning and late in the evening. i mean, you experience that. i lived in atlanta for six years, so it does have a transportation problem. but it also has a security problem from the state as well as the city and being able to respond to these weather disasters like this snowstorm and like tornados that can come through the area. they have a problem and they've got to fix it. the first step towards fixing it is admitting they've got a problem. atlanta and the state of georgia, both of them inside the same ten-block area, need to have a joint command and control center. >> it does make you wonder, there could be another big weather event, that's for sure. but what if something happens like a terrorist attack and the state and the city have to come together? >> absolutely.

they will be exchanging business cards at the scene of the event, something we never want to do. they have to create a capacity, so when people come to atlanta, they're not looking over their shoulder wondering if they're going to be able to leave atlanta when they arrive there. this is a world class city. as i said, i lived there for six years and will be back next sunday. i look forward to coming to atlanta. but the infrastructure for security, the state and the city must come together and form a joint center as well as give the authority to the mayor of atlanta to run that city and inside that perimeter for emergency response and preparedness. >> well, hopefully there were lots of lessons learned this time around. general russell honore, thank you for your insielght. still to come, you know we have to talk about justin bieber because he's getting very, very familiar with the inside of police stations these days. jason carroll following bieber's latest arrest in toronto. >> reporter: well, carol, it's

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justin bieber is becoming very familiar with the booking process of police stations. he turned himself into toronto police and was officially charged with assaulting a local limo driver a month ago. this was a week after he was arrested in miami beach for dui

and driving on an expired license. before all of that, the l.a. county sheriff's department raided bieber's $6 million mansion, looking for evidence in his alleged role in an egging incident at his neighbor's house that caused nearly $20,000 worth of damage. whew. jason carroll live in toronto to tell us more. good morning, jason. >> reporter: good morning to you, carol. right now, it's pretty calm outside the hotel where justin bieber checked into his room last night. much different story from what we saw last night outside that police station where a huge crowd gathered to watch justin bieber deal with his latest brush with the law. one week, two countries, two arrests. justin bieber in trouble with the law. again. turning himself in to toronto police wednesday night amidst a crush of paparazzi and screaming fans. the pop star facing an assault

charge in connection with the hitting of a limousine driver several times in the back of the head last month. bieber's lawyer telling cnn, "our position is that mr. bieber is innocent. bieber himself seemingly unfazed by the negative publicity. posting this video to instagram just minutes before his arrival at the police station wednesday night. the superstar now facing potential legal battles in three jurisdictions. >> mr. bieber, you are charged with the following. >> reporter: in miami, bieber's lawyer has filed a not guilty plea to charges of dui, resisting arrest, and driving with an expired license after he was arrested last week for alleged drag racing. meanwhile, detectives in los angeles say they are tightening up their case against bieber in the alleged egging attack of his neighbor's home, with prosecutors expected to announce as early as next week if bieber will face felony vandalism charges. is bieber out of control? some legal analysts say the

outrage over his behavior has been blown out of proportion. >> i don't know that he's out of control. he's a 19-year-old kid with more money than he knows what to do with. >> reporter: his detractors have had enough of his antics, with over 100,000 people signing an online petition, calling for the canadian teen to be deported from the united states. how will bieber behave going forward is unclear. his fans say they're confident he can handle whatever comes his way. confidence just happens to be the title of the song from his latest video released just yesterday. and bieber released after just about two hours in custody. that misdemeanor assault charge is basically a misdemeanor charge. so if he's convicted, he faces very little, if any jail time. his next court date here in toronto, march 10th. carol? >> jason carroll reporting live

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good morning. thanks so much for joining me. i'm carol costello. the dow looking at a higher open this morning, after a new report shows the nation's gdp grew more than 3% in the last quarter.

the dow up a little over 85 points. check our top stories now, at 33 minutes past, nine people, all members of one family have been killed after a fire ripped through a greenville, kentucky home. officials tell cnn six bodies have been recovered. three are missing and presumed dead. two survivors, the father and an 11-year-old child have been flown to a nashville hospital with severe burns. investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire. the royal caribbean cruise ship plagued with a nasty stomach bug has set a new record for the most passengers sickened in the past 20 years. the cdc says at least 630 passengers and 54 crew members had symptoms consistent with norovirus. >> got very ill. vomiting and diarrhea. and it was that way about a good 24 hours plus. >> i was on the floor. i was just laying down. i was so sick. >> the ship returned from sea

yesterday and some people were taken away on stretchers. the cruise line says it's sanitizing the ship and passengers will get a 50% refund and a 50% discount on a future cruise. today an italian court could issue a new verdict in the case against amanda knox and her ex-boyfriend. they're accused of murdering british exchange student meredith kercher in italy in 2007. the pair was convicted in 2009, then acquitted two years later. knox is back home in seattle and insists she is innocent. today president obama heads to wisconsin where he'll tour a ge plant as he continues his post-state of the union push. when the president arrives, he will be greeted by the republican governor, scott walker, who has previously clashed with the president on everything from obama care to unions. but a propane shortage in wisconsin prompted governor walker to write directly to president obama, sending this letter, asking for federal help in dealing with the crisis. our chief national correspondent

john king joins us now. good morning, john. good morning, carol. this is pretty smart politics by governor walker. he is a republican, as you noted. he's been a nemesis of the president on health care and labor issues. national democrats don't like him. he's up for re-election this year, thinking about if he wins that race, running for president in 2016. so why would he greet the democratic president? there is a crisis, this propane issue is being raised by a number of governors across the country. it gives scott walker a chance to say sir, we could really use your help. that will help him in wisconsin. that will help him with other governors in the midwest who have this crisis. and it also draws attention to a great political story right now. his democratic opponent who is trailing in the race right now is one of the democrats who keep coming up with scheduling conflicts when the president wanders through town. the democrat won't be there to see the president today. so scott walker gets to do some official business. he'll look the president in the eye, show him respect, greeting him when he comes to the state and every story about him will say the republican governor showed up and the democratic

candidate ran away. >> so this is really strange, because i'm sure you remember this. another republican governor chris christie found himself smack in the middle of a controversy when photos like the one we're about to show you were taken with christie and obama at the jersey shore. now, republicans were really angry at chris christie for, you know, seemingly being buddy buddy with president obama. >> i'll bet you more than a dollar that you will not get a fist clasp like that. you won't get the hug that charlie crist gave president obama when he went to florida that time. but to defend those two governors, charlie crist and chris christie at the moment, yes, they knew they were taking a political risk but they were applauding the president for helping their state at the time of the crisis, whether it's the bp oil spill, or superstorm sandy. but you're right, among some republican base voters, they'll want to see the body language when scott walker greets the president today. watch the president come down

the stairs, i think you'll see a respectful handshake, a brief conversation. governor walker knows he's trying to do some state business, but there will be a lot of republican national eyes on him today. >> all right. john king, many thanks, we appreciate it. jake tapper will sit down with president obama for his first exclusive interview since the state of the union. you can see that tomorrow morning on "new day" and on "the lead" with jake tapper. it all begins at 6:00 a.m. eastern right here on cnn. still to come, super bowl seats now going for an average $3,000. sounds high, right? but actually, those prices have dropped. don lemon has our story next. 2 open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years...

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selling super bowl seats in a buyers market. the secondary ticket market has dropped 25% over the last week and a half. don lemon is on super bowl boulevard. >> reporter: better known as times square. this doesn't feel like new york, carol. probably doesn't look like new york city. folks usually have a lot to do in times square, like get to work this time of the morning. but they're out and about today, they're doing toboggan races, learning how to throw a football, how to punt a football, how to do a field goal. that's just happening in times square. a lot of people are looking for tickets, too. the cheapest one you'll probably get is about $1,500, unless you want to do what the rich people are doing, unless you want to go for the ones that are close to a million dollars. prices for the big game?

not for the faint of heart. >> it's about seeing your team. >> reporter: it's jesse lawrence's business to know. he's the founder of tick iq, a service that tracks and sells big event tickets. >> this is the trend that they're in. this is the ticket itself. over the last week, this zone has trended down 31%. >> reporter: the average ticket here is going for just over $3,000s. that's down about 25% from the end of the playoffs, the first day they went on sale. why? >> distance is part of it. seattle fans and denver fans have a long way to come, 4,600 miles. and weather. >> reporter: the country is in a deep freeze, but one man that's not letting that stop him, seattle businessman, seahawks fan, john chen. >> go hawks! >> reporter: chen is making what he hopes is a suite bet on luxury suites, paying over a million bucks for three of them,

then selling off 88 individual spots, hopefully for profit. >> if you want to come to the super bowl, just show me $30,000 and i will put you on the week dream of your life. >> reporter: a dream that includes accommodations, new york style fine dining and a v.i.p. experience at the "maxim" magazine party. >> over half the seats are sold. i've got a little under half left. and the deal flow over my desk is mad. >> reporter: i can afford to give you $60 right now. >> i told you, $29,950 of value. we're doing trades. i have the weirdest, wackiest. a combination of cash and chocolate. >> do you think he's going to do it? >> i think it's an uphill climb, but he could do it. >> reporter: we'll see with prices continuing to go south, like the weather. so he still has to sell about --

almost half of the suite tickets that he bought for over a million dollars, carol. but if you can get off the interstate there in atlanta, i can get you on a cruise ship that they're turning into the bud light hotel. i can probably get you into the maxim party and maybe the espn party and some other things. i'd love to come here and have some fun with me. you know, bring $29,000. >> i will, when i get a hold of the national guard to get my car off the highway, i'll be there. just kidding. >> oh, sorry about that. stay warm down there. >> thanks, don lemon. plenty of moms can tell you when your baby is ready to be born, it's going to be born. even if you're stuck in traffic in the middle of a terrible storm. it happened to one atlanta consumer. a police officer drove by right at the right time and pitched in to help. we'll talk to him next in the newsroom. [ julie ] the wrinkle cream graveyard.

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target hack attack. the retailer now saying hackers were able to get into the system by using stolen credentials from a different company the store works with. alison is in new york with more. >> this winds up being the ah-ha moment for investigators. this gives new clues on how the attack was carried out. basically, hackers got to target through one of its vendors. so what does that mean? target is a really big company. it works with a lot of supplier and other companies as well. those companies have access to some of target's data bases and systems. so hackers got to those internal systems by stealing credentials from one of target's partner companies. now, no word yet on which partner was breached. but, target has clamped down on access to some of its systems while it tries to figure all this out, especially for these big companies. you have to remember, it really isn't possible to act in a vacuum, because it shows that when these companies work with

others, it's really, really hard to have 100% control over what's happening. carol? >> so you say this is the ah-ha moment. does that mean we're closer to knowing who the the secret service is investigating. at a senate hearing yesterday eric holder said they're committed to finding the perpetrator. meantime, if they can figure out the how, i'd say that's just as critical. we need to know how the hacking was done to prevent it in the future. many security experts say target likely wasn't the only one targeted. pardon the pun. >> you had to do it. we understand. thank you allison kosik. still to come in the newsroom, only 50 years since beatle mania came state side. now hearing from someone close to the band in its very early days. [ male announcer ] ever wonder why no other mouthwash feels like listerine®?

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nearly 50 years ago the beatles landed in the united states for the first time. today we get a sneak peek of what it was like on the inside from a woman there from the start. freida kelly was 17 years old when she was hired as the secretary for the beatles fan club when they were a local act trying to make it. michelle turner has her story live in new york. can't wait to hear it. >> she's great, carol. she has so many stories. she can claim to be one of the wildest rides in all of music. worked eight days a week as secretary for the beatles fan club for ten years. over five decades she has cherished and been quiet about her relationship with the fab four. most would have boasted. i had the chance to interview

her earlier this week in liverpool. take a look. >> america welcomed the beatles when they made their ground breaking appearance on the ed sullivan show. ♪ i want to hold your hand >> freida kelly knew them as john paul, george, richie that's ringo to you and me. she was 17 when she was hired to be their secretary of the local band hoping to make it in liverpool. there's a couple of lyrics from a certain song. >> i think it was for a lot of us. >> anything go beyond a crush? >> not really, no.

that's personal now any way isn't it? >> kelly worked with the fab four as they became international sensations and admits to playing favorites. >> i did have favorites. you know i was in love with paul for a week or two. if george gave me a lift home, you know what, i preferred george. richie was so nice and asked about your family and dogs and everything. i thought oh i've got a soft spot for him. ♪ >> she says she had a playfully contentious relationship with john. >> you always knew where you were with john when he came in the office. you knew what mood he was in and how far to push or not push him. >> you know, it's good to see your face when you talk about them. at the end of the day it feels

like you're still a fan. >> i am a fan. i'll always be a beatle fan. >> carol, she had so many great stories. i got choked up for a second. she has so many great stories. you heard her say she knew how far to go with john lennon. john fired her at one point because he thought she was paying more attention to the moody blues during the concert tour. the other three said are you crazy? he had to come back to her and beg her to come back. he even got down on one knee. that was definitely a memory she loved. she also read all of the fan mail and tried to respond to it. she said, you know, some requests from the girls were madness. she loved it. she has so many great memories of being with them ten years. >> just madness. i can only imagine what the requests were. i find it fascinated so many

people are still interested in the beatles this many years later. >> i said that to her. i said, why doing we have this fascination five decades later for them? she said it was about the music with them. they were -- she called them innovative. at that time she met them when they were playing in a bar in liverpool. she would go there to have her lunch. she was a secretary. she said they were friendly, would interact with the crowd, had this wide eyed innocence. she thinks that's why everybody really loved them. carol, great melody, great song, four good looking young fellows. come on. >> how can you go wrong with that? >> i asked her if she went out on a date. she's tight lipped. she says they may have given me a ride home a time or two. she would never say yes, i dated. there were rumors her and paul mccartney got engaged.

she said they didn't. she wouldn't go there with me. >> she was a sweet lady. michelle, thanks for a great story. the british invasion premieres tonight on cnn. the next hour of cnn "newsroom" starts right now. good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. it's one week until the start of the winter olympics. this morning russian officials have two terrorism suspects in custody who may be connected to a pair of bombings last month. police are identifying the suicide bomber who carried out the attack on a train station in volgograd that killed 18 last month. as well as the suicide bomb their blew up the trolly killing people. volgograd is a few hundred miles northeast of sochi, site of the

went ointer olympics. phil black is live to tell us more. hi phil. >> they identified the bombers after the attacks but kept that information secret because of security and operational reasons. the key question is whether the two men identified are the two on the video claiming responsibility seen strapping on their suicide vests, talking about carrying out attacks and promising there will be more attacks like these in russia during the lead up and during the olympics. authorities are yet to say if those two people are the same responsible for those attacks. in addition to identifications, authorities have arrested two other people in connection with that attack in volgograd. two brothers who were

accomplices who carried out the attacks. they're still investigating looking for other accomplices including those they believe are the master minds behind the attack. these are a look at the ongoing security challenge to russian authorities in the lead up to the sochi games not just in sochi itself and the possible threat that exists in other areas across this country. >> phil black reporting live from moscow. thank you. we have to talk about justin bieber. just another day, paparazzi, screaming fans and a long walk to the police station. crazy right? bieber turned himself into toronto police yesterday. he's been charged with assault during an encounter with a limo driver about a month ago. it's the latest in the series of legal issues for the teen pop star. last week bieber was busted in miami beach for dui, reportedly telling cops he had been

drinking and smoking weed. days before, la detectives raided his $6 million mansion searching for evidence for egging his neighbor's house. 100,000 have signed this petition calling on the u.s. government to kick the canadian singer out of the country and revoke his green card. what does this mean for the star? let's bring in our analyst. good morning. >> good morning carol. >> what does this mean for justin bieber? >> i don't think he's going to get deported. that's the big issue, something everyone is you ctalking about. it's difficult to get that visa. once you get the visa, it's

difficult to provoke. he would have to be convicted of a violent crime or felony punishable to up more than one year. it's unlikely. when you look at the trouble he's in, even in florida with the dui which in my view is the most serious, he's really only looking at six months for that. in california, which is sort of the egging vandalism case, i don't think that's going anywhere. i will tell you this. i've prosecuted many cases as you know, carol. i've had defendants after completing time tell me you saved my life by prosecuting me and putting me in jail. i was on this downward, out of control spiral. i think that's what we're seeing. i mean, when you compare to lindsay lohan, we haven't heard of her getting into trouble, right? look at chris brown in anger management and rehab. looks like he's getting his life on track. this may be the time for authorities to get involved and prosecute justin bieber and put him on the right track. i think we're seeing a young man

in a lot of trouble. >> you're right. maybe that's the only thing that will work for hip. look at mobs of fans surrounding him in toronto. it's not doing anything to shrink his fan base, all these problems he's having. >> no, it's not. in fact i discussed this issue last night on ac 360. i've gotten tons of tweets, people supporting him saying he's just a 19-year-old, just having fun. you know, lay off of him. he shouldn't be prosecuted for it. that's amazing to me. i think we're really seeing a young man, again, in trouble, perhaps a substance abuse problem. someone spiraling out of control asking for help. we're sort of ignoring it. there's no consequences so far to his actions. what's fascinating, before he turned himself in, he posted on instagram telling people, check out my new album. he's not taking this very seriously. perhaps it's time for a wake-up

call. >> i don't know why his parents are, carol. what's going on? >> his dad supposedly parties with him. >> allegedly. >> he's a wealthy young man s. he going to listen to his mom when she says stop it son? i would because i was in deathly fear of my mom. >> siame here. >> thanks so much. after two years after being acquitted in the murder of an exchange student, knox and her boyfriend wait to hear if they'll face trial again. erin is in florence, italy this morning to tell us more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning carol. we're hearing most of the lawyers for the prosecution and the defense have returned to the courtroom a waiting a verdict. the judge instructing the court earlier today today not to expect a vermont before 11:00

a.m. eastern, 5:00 p.m. local time. we expect one of the defendants, amanda knox's former boyfriend to be present in court to hear the verdict. he was there earlier this morning. his father telling cnn he's absolutely terrified. he wants to face justice. we also expect the family of meredith to be present in court as well. her brother lyle and sister stephanie will be there, we heard from her attorney when the verdict is read out which we're expecting in coming hours. >> erin, thanks so much. from atlanta to birmingham, warmer temperatures can't come quick enough. the deep south remains paralyzed for a second straight day. in alabama, more than 1600 students still stuck at school. another 10,000 kids and their teachers were able to go home yesterday. schools, businesses, governments across the south are shut down

again today. here in atlanta, snowplows and salt trucks are busy clearing the roads. in the past minutes, georgia governor deal spoke to fox news where the republican gov apologized for tuesday. he said the first priority was getting to stranded children. 2,000 cars are still abandoned across atlanta. starting this hour, some of the drivers that had to walk away because of the storm will finally get help to free their cars. cnn george howell is in atlanta with more. >> reporter: good morning. we're starting to see people walking to their cars, thousands of cars on the highways here, especially on interstate 75 corrid corridor. if we could drive to show you. we'll switch to another camera to give you another perspective. there are plenty of cars out there.

today is the day for people to go out, carol, and find those cars. there are two locations in the city of atlanta for people to go to meet up with officials. officials will take them over to find their cars. the second thing that's happening, cars are being picked up. that's good news. second thing here -- want to step out if you'll bear with me. it's 19 degrees in atlanta now, expected to get up to 41 degrees which is balmy for me coming in from chicago. there's plenty of ice on the roads. the challenge for drivers, especially when you get right along those highways, overpasses and under the highways as well, just watch out for the patches of ice. as the temperature picks up, carol, the good news is we'll start to see the ice melt away. we're seeing it i happen now. carol, make no mistake about it, there's plenty of ice on the sides of the road, on the highways, under the underpasses.

drivers here in metro atlanta need to take heed. >> all right. get out of the road. that car going by you scared me. george, thanks so much. all right now let's share stories of ordinary people sharing extraordinary heart. tj is one of those people. he heard of stranded motorists walking home two to three hours temperatures in the teens. he jumped into action firing up his four wheel drive heat. he packed hot coffee. he's got a cast of brandy. tj joins me now. thanks for coming in. >> appreciate you having me. >> you jump in your jeep. where did you head? >> it happened our night went as normal. we are dentist, closed our office early. got our kids home, had a normal fun day in the snow with kids. got them to bed. my wife and i were literally a click of the light away of

falling a sleep. she finds a page on facebook called snowed out in atlanta. we had been following the stories throughout the day. the resounding area was our streets right outside our subdivision. she was one who commented and said should we get up and do something? we got the four wheel drive jeep. that was it. we got up, and that was about 9:00 p.m. we got home about 1:00 a.m. >> you're driving carefully around the streets. you come upon the first stranded person and what happens? >> it was as simple as saying you need a ride? where you going? no one declined. that was it. we kept making the eight mile loop right near 75. people were just getting off leaving their cars. then i'd get them as far to east cob as i could. it was amazing. sometimes we picked up groups of

people that knew each other. others it would be one person -- another person -- the bonding that happened in this crisis and the suffering they were going -- it was a beautiful thing. >> when you got in your car you had what looked like a thermos of coffee, blankets and flask of bourbon. what were you doing with that exactly? >> that was the second morning. i woke up the next morning and thought these people probably spent the night in their cars and there's another influx of walkers. there was. my wife and i were more prepared. we got the hot tea, blankets. we made hot butter rum in our kitchen. i had the bottles sitting there. it was the last thing i grabbed. every guy i offered it to, their face like -- the tea, i'm okay. the bourbon -- it was awesome. >> i'm going to ask you a

question, it's a serious one. who do you blame for the mess in georgia? >> i was thinking about that. i've been in the green room watching the coverage of this. as with most things, i believe it's hard to blame one person. the mayor, governor, school people, whatever. come on. it's always a group concerted effort. somewhere along the lines, someone should have known. i say someone like i'm talking about one person. again, there are groups of people -- >> is it safe to say you think public officials failed the city of atlanta and state of georgia? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. if it happens again, you will what? >> oh help out. >> you're such a nice person. in fact -- what time am i getting out? >> go to city hall or the state house, right? thanks so much for coming in. thanks for helping people. that's awesome. >> my pleasure. >> thank you. still to come in the

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vomiting and die diarrhea. i was lying down. i was so sick. >> the ship returned from sea yesterday. some had to be taken away on stretchers. the crew is sanitizing the ship. passengers get a 50% discount on a future cruise and 50% refund. officials tell cnn six bodies have been recovered. three people are missing and presumed dead. two survivor, father and 11-year-old child have been flown to nashville with severe burns. investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire. edward snowden has been nominated for the noble peace price. two norwegian lawmakers made the nominations. they said the leaks may have damaged the security interest of several nations. snowden is wanted in the united

states on charges. peyton manning faces a dual challenge in sunday's super bowl. can he lead his team to a victory? manning has one super bowl ring. if he wins a second sunday, is his push enough to elevate him to the second of greatest quarterbacks of all time? say it ain't so. if manning and the broncos win, all things considered, peyton will be the number one quarterback in the history of the nfl. that is a quote. we say, really? better than four time super bowl winner joe montana? joe, good morning. >> good morning, how are you? i'm good. i'll pose that question to you. if peyton manning wins the super bowl, will he be the best quarterback in the history of the game?

>> there's always a great argument for that. the numbers he's thrown up has been tremendous. he's having a great career. when you look at all the guys named there, the game has change s ed so much. enjoy everyone while they're playing. whoever you want to argue can be up there. you can make a case for anybody on that list. i enjoy watching him play. he's fun, having a great time. >> that's so diplomatic. >> is he better than you were? >> well, if i said he was better than me, i shouldn't be sitting here. we're all competitive. right now he's better than me for sure. >> right at this very moment, but not back in the day. that's right. >> what's it like to be considered the greatest at your profession? >> it's kind of scary feeling when people talk to you that way. like i said, there are a lot of great players back in the time.

i'm happy people put me in the category and enjoy what had i did so many years. the only bad part is, i wish i was still playing. >> we do too. i enjoyed watching you play. that's for sure. we have to talk about the other super bowl quarterback russell wilson because he's been kind of ignored. talk about russell wilson. will it be difficult for him with everybody thinking manning is going to beat him? >> it is easier. it takes pressure off the young guy. i think the reason he's getting ignored the last five or six games, he hasn't been outing up numbers he's had before. they've got a guy called beast mode over there have talking the ball and running with it. when you put your ball in that guy's hands and ride him to the super bowl, you're going to do it. the nice thing about russell, he doesn't makes a lot of mistakes. that's what you need in this game. you've got to not make a lot of mistakes. any time you can run the ball

and control and keep manning on the sideline, you've got a good chance to win. >> absolutely. let's talk about the price of a super bowl ticket. actually the price of a football game ticket. it's far beyond most fan's budgets. do you think football games are getting to be too expensive for the average fan? >> salaries are creeping up to catch up to a lot of other -- like the nba and major league baseball. there are a lot more games. that's whey the price is going up. every game they play is critical. i played baseball in high school. i loved the game. you play 162 games. it's easier to go to a game. when you've only got 16 of them and they mean that much -- like i said, salaries are going up. somebody has got to pay unfortunately. >> unfortunately that's the fan.

do you see a game coming -- it's great to watch in the comfort of your living room. cheap beer, right? better food. so the incentive to go to the game isn't there such. if you watch on your hd tv, it's a great experience. my question to you, for more fans aren't live in person at the game, will that affect the game itself? >> well, yeah. it's always fun to have the stadium full and hearing people cheering even though you don't pay attention to them much. especially at the quarterback position. until they get too loud where it makes it hard to hear the signals. in most cases you love to have the fans there. you want the stadium full. as a player you notice when they're not there for sure. whether that tells you if your team is doing well or not, probably says you're not doing well if stands aren't full. usually those are pretty packed. >> joe montana, thank you for being with me this morning.

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the president makes another stop on his post state of the union road trip taking his message to wisconsin today pitching his plan to get middle class americans back on solid footing. his economic message may be overshadowed by issues surrounding gun control. we are live with more. good morning brianna.

>> good morning to you carol. that's because the high school outside of nashville that president barack obama will go to both a 15-year-old victim who passed away and a 17-year-old sophomore charged with shooting that victim, students at this very high school. the travel was arranged by the white house before this incident happened on tuesday. we would expect president barack obama to address this as he visits the high school today. we also understand he'll be touting his economic message as originally planned. >> president barack obama is promoting his go around congress economic message from the state of the union address. as he pitches his plan, the issue of gun violence is following him to nashville where he's scheduled to tout public private partnerships at a high school reeling after one of the students was killed by gun violence tuesday. a 17-year-old student is charged with killing his 15-year-old

friend inside this apartment building. witnesses told police the student was playing with the gun when it discharged. last year gun control was front and center in obama's state of the union. >> the families of newtown deserve a vote. >> after a failed vote in congress to expand background checks -- >> the amendment is not agreed to. >> gun issues got a mention in this year's state of the union union. >> i'm trying with or without congress to help stop tragedies from visiting americans in movie theater, shopping malls or schools like sandy hook. [ cheers and applause ] >> on wednesday, there were campaign style stops to push an increase in the minimum wage at the costco warehouse in maryland. >> no one that works full time should have to raise a family in poverty. i believe it's time to give america a raise. >> and a new time retirement

account for americans that don't have 401k at a steel plant in pennsylvania. >> where i can take steps to expand for more families regardless of what congress does, that's what i'm going to do. >> reporter: now we are told carol, by authorities, that counselors have been brought in to this high school in nashville that president barack obama will be visiting. it's unclear talking to aids at the white house how the president will address the terrible incident. we expect he will. it will be difficult for him to avoid as he is there at the high school. >> understood. brianna reporting live from the white house this morning. cnn jake tapper sits down with president barack obama for his first interview since the state of the union. you can see that tomorrow and on the lead with jake tapper at

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good morning everyone. thanks for joining me. i'm carol costello this morning. the mason dixon line is covered in ice. in atlanta, most the cars you see littering the interstate are abandoned like the zombie apocalypse. starting this hour t national guard and state agencies are shuttling those again. drivers are back to their cars. the impact stretches far across the south. in alabama, 10,000 school kids are wake up in their own beds. they spent tuesday night camping out at school. 1600 others were stranded overnight. alabama's governor blamed the weather forecast. >> no one knew exactly where the line of freezing rain and snow would take place.

unfortunately the predictions were not exactly what we thought they would be. no one has any control over that except the lord. >> the governor of georgia nathan deal and atlanta mayor are taking heat for allowing a few inches of snow to paralyze one of the nation's largest cities. this cartoon of the two making snow angels as the city ground to a halt is in the atlanta constitution. today on the "today" show, mayor reed pushed back on claims he didn't respond quick enough. >> within 24 hours the roads in the city of atlanta were more than 50% pass bable. i reviewed your report. it focused on our city a es highways which the city does not have jurisdiction for. most of those were not in the city of atlanta. >> okay. so what about the governor of georgia?

for the record we have repeatedly asked nathan deal to join us. he has declined our requests. he did agree to an interview from the comfort and safety of fox news. when so many were stranded in gridlock focussing on their own misery, there's time for joy. a couple driving to the hospital ready to give birth to their third child realized they were not going to make it in the snow jammed traffic. >> we were going. my husband was driving on the side. everyone is beeping at us because they're in the gridlock. we came to a spot that we couldn't get through at all. that's when i told him, we're going to have to this baby in the car. >> so they did. they had their baby in the front seat with a little help from this man, officer timothy sheffield of sandy springs. good morning. >> good morning. >> i love this story. you were out trying to help. you were responding to an

accident and came upon this car. what happened? >> i was just on the way to the accident. i was checking on stranded motorists as i went along. i saw this suv. big suburban pulled over on the side. i got out and asked the driver, are you stuck, broke down? he said no, real calm, we're having a baby. i'm like oh okay. i thought maybe they were having contractions. when i walked up to the front i could tell the baby was coming right then. >> you saw the baby's head right? >> i did. i could see the baby's head. he was on the phone with 911. i could hear her. she was doing an amazing job keeping him calm. >> she was keeping him calm? >> you know, she was telling him what to do. i went back and got the first aid kit and came back to the car. you know the baby popped out. >> at one point he tried to pull the baby out. you said -- >> once the baby's bed popped

out -- he was helping. he had the phone in his hand talking to 911. when the baby's head popped out he grabbed the head and started to pull it. i said no, no, no don't pull. the mother, a champ. you know, just pushed one more time and the baby came out. so i looked down because the baby wasn't crying at first. then it started to cry. then it quit. i checked the air way to clear the mouth. you could hear the 911 operator on the same -- working as a team we said go ahead and clear the mouth. i went back to my car to get a blanket or my jacket. at i saw the fire department pulled up. they did an amazing job. couldn't have got there think quicker. >> the other amazing thing, there were two other kids sitting in the back seat? >> there was. i talked to my wife. the kids were just looking down, real calm, very well behaved. that family is amazing.

they were well organized as a team. >> you're right. they were calm and collected or traumatized. i don't know exactly. >> exactly. >> i know the baby is a girl. they can't name the baby after you. >> that's a good things. it was a beautiful little girl. >> you've been through this scenario a couple of times. you're almost a nurse practitioner now. >> i guess sometimes i get to be at the right place at the right time to see amazing things. it's good. >> i've been asking everyone this question who comes on our air. it's a sensitive question. i'm going to ask you. you can answer it or don't, feel free. who doing was to blame for the huge mess in the atlanta area yesterday? >> you know, that's -- you know everybody tries to play the blame. atlanta say huge city. i think with the traffic and everybody trying to leave at one time, it just makes it hard to do your work.

as far as pointing finger, i couldn't. i was glad to be where i was in sandy springs because they do an awesome job. everybody worked great together. >> you did an awesome job. thank you for coming in to share your story. it was great. thanks so much. the streets of atlanta look like a scene from the walking dead cars still fill the streets. george howell there this morning. >> reporter: still snow on the ground, ice in places. good news, temperatures are going up and people are getting back to abandoned cars. we're tracking it here on the roads. we'll show you what we can find here as cnn "newsroom" continues. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because you can't beat zero heartburn. woo hoo! [ male announcer ] prilosec otc is the number one doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 8 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn.

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thousands of cars still stranded on the streets of atlanta. they could be gone soon.

the city looks to recover them after two days of shutdowns thanks to two and a half inches of snow. george howell is in atlanta. good morning george. >> reporter: carol, good morning. so right now we're at a location, one of two locations in the city of atlanta where people can go to retrieve their cars. want to switch over to this other camera view so you can see what we're about to see. police here in place, the national guard as well. this is where they're staged so people can come leer and ask questions, find out exactly where their cars are. the national guard will help them to get to those cars. you know, i want to get out and show you what we see. you see the national guard. you can see in front of this church is what it really is. some people brought their cars here when the event happened. they brought their cars here and left the cars here. you hear stories about people walking for hours to get home,

walk hoing hours to find a placo be safe until they could get home. we're talking a day after the event, people are coming back now getting in touch with officials trying to get their cars back. >> george howell, reporting live. thanks so much. still to come in the "newsroom," he's the son and brother of former president bush. will jeb bush follow in their footsteps and launch his own bid for the white house? you'll hear his answer next. what do blake shelton, keith urban and craig morgan have in problem? they're members of the grand ole opry. check with our country music star craig morgan. >> i'm country singer craig morgan.

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jeb bush's mom may not want him to run for president in 2016. he doesn't seem to be ruling out a bid just yet. bush was touring a miami area school told wplg about his timetable for a decision. >> i'm deferring the decision to the right time later this year. and the addition will be based on can i do it joyfully? we need candidates lift our spirits. it's a pessimistic country now. is it right for my family? >> bush also addressed his mother barbara noting while she promised she would stop publicly saying he should not run for president, she is 89 years old, speaks her own mind and he loves her very much. our chief national correspondent

and anchor of cnn's new show "inside politics" joins me now. good morning john. >> i don't think barbara's outspokenness has anything to do with her age. she's been doing that for a long time. >> she has. she has her own mind. if the primary was held today, bush would have a good chance among republican voters. >> it's interesting. most people think i've heard that before, will make my decision down the road. i've listened to radio interviews and others he's done from time to time. if you listen to jeb bush, he sounds more open to running than he has in the past or more open to the idea than he normally allows. normally he says i don't want to talk about that or it's way down the road. there he talks about needing more candidates, people are down in the country. that seems like a guy further along in the thought process if you will. you showed poll numbers.

a lot of people say oh no, another bush. that's one of the reasons his mother says don't run. we'll have a bush and clinton. especially as chris christie has stumbled. more established main stream republicans say we need a governor or former governor, somebody that can reach outside the traditional republican base. bush has proven that in florida. he's an ideas guy. he doesn't say no when the democrats propose something. he loves debates about ideas. a lot of people feel when the party is struggling, that's the guy you want. >> hillary clinton has a whopping 73%. who can beat her? >> let's suggest an early campaign song. we'll go retro, mc hammer, "can't touch this."

>> let's say you're two governors, all people looking at this, even the sitting vice president of the united states, look at that. that's 60 points carol. never, never. washington post and abc has done this early primary polling 30 years and have never had anything close to this. don't look at just the polling numbers. look at infrastructure. campaign finance people. people that work for president barack obama in 2012, strategists in the democratic party, all building a campaign and financial infrastructure for secretary clinton to run. will she run? we'll see in a year or so. there's never been a campaign like this. that's a steep hill. >> you're not kidding. thanks and congrats on your new show. the mystery surrounding the path of a passenger on the as n

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checking our top stories at 57 minutes past the hour. any minute now, the verdict in the case against amanda knox and her ex boyfriend accused of murdering an exchange student meredith in 2007. she was convicted in 2009 and acquitted two years later. knox is back home in seattle. she says she's innocent. there are new details in the target hack attack. the company believes the breach started when hackers gained access to systems by using stolen credentials from a

different company the retailer works with. target is limiting access to systems the venders used while the investigation moves forward. a new report adds to confusion surrounding the death of a 16-year-old passenger a board the asiana plane that crashed in san francisco. >> good morning. this story has presented a public relations challenge for the san francisco fire department ever since this occurred. essentially the fire department is saying she may have been run over by a couple of fire trucks, this chinese teenager. at the end of the day, it doesn't matter because she was already dead. let's look at this dramatic video released a few weeks ago. this is a helmet camera worn by one of the firefighters. >> whoa, whoa, stop.

there's a body. there's a body right there. right in front of you. >> now what that video clearly shows is the fire department knew there was a body there. what they're saying now according to this report that they released to the ntsb that she was already dead. they say they're basing this on the fact that her injuries were similar to those of another passenger who was thrown by the plane who died as a result of being thrown from the plane. they're saying essentially she may have been run over by the trucks, but she was already dead. the county coroner said he performed an unbiassed review, performed this with integrity and said she died as a result of being run over by the fire trucks. this ultimately may be settled by the courts. the family of the 16-year-old chinese teen filed a legal claim against the city. right now it's just two sides battling it out here.

no question, this is an interesting development. carol? >> dan simon live from san francisco. that will it do for me. "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts now. it's an abandoned car perg toir after atlanta's rush hour from hell. tow trucks taking over where snowplows, salt trucks and public officials failed. also this hour, justin bieber's wrap sheet goes national. after getting busted in miami beach, he's in trouble in toronto charged with assaulting a limo driver. a man was dying of a heart attack across the street from a d.c. fire station as his daughter begged firefighters for help. did they