need his help but we're not going to give him a summons. that's so nice. how about you get out and fill the potholes so bobby doesn't have to and if you don't do that reward him for taking it into his own hands. he's the good stuff. >> he can come in to the city. >> he would be very busy. bobby thank you for showing what a citizen can do on their own time. appreciate it. a lot of news. let's get to you the "newsroom" and miss carol costello. >> thanks guys. have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. good morning, i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining e me. the seahawks rein supreme. 43-8. and this is what seattle looked like right after the win celebration getting wild, hundreds if not thousands in the

streets, some fans starting bonfires tossing furniture into the flames. the seattle head coach pete carroll just finished speak about the win. we'll check in with rachel nichols in a minute. we'll talk about all that and how tlam ads were this year except for that puppy in a minute. first let's start with this. there's been another massive credit and debit card breach. if you stayed at a hilton, marriott, sheraton or westin hotel check your bank accounts now because information belonging to thousands of hotel guests may be in jeopardy. all of this, of course, coming on the heels of last week's cyber attack on yahoo! mail and before that target the largest breach in u.s. retail history information from 110 million target customers stolen. cnn's christine romans live in new york with this latest breach. good morning, christine. >> reporter: here we go again the same security firm that first told bus that target hack now saying there has been a hotel hack. all of these hotels managed by a

company called white lodging in maryland and banking industry security experts were noticing there was a common denominator. people around the country who stayed at a marie oat in 2013 found later their credit cards and debit cards were being used for other purposes fraud lenly. investigation has begun but not saying anything else besides that. they will let us know more details as the investigation is under way. say you stayed at a chicago marriott, austin, texas, denver, louisville kentucky, los angeles, contaminate parks these are some of the places where marriott customers were hacked. they are trng westin and some others. brian cribs from cribs security that brought us the target hack bringing us more details and investigation just getting started. >> thanks so much. a manhunt under way for a dangerous killer who escaped from prison and promptly kidnapped a woman. authorities believe michael

david elliot who killed four people broke out of a correctional facility in central michigan last night and car jacked a woman using a knife or box cutter. they then drove about 130 miles south to indiana when elliot stopped for gas his victim hand nagged to escape and called 911 from behind a locked door. that woman now okay. elliot is serving life sentences for killing those four people and burning down one of their homes in 1993. if you spot him do not approach him. call police. to many movie goers just knowing philip seymour hoffman was in a movie immediately boosted the chances that it would be worth watching. by almost all accounts the 46-year-old was one of the most talented actors of his generation. today he's seen as one of its most tragic loss. today an autopsy is expected to confirm seymour suffered a fatal drug relapse after more than two

decades of staying clean and sober. alexandra field is outside his apartment. >> reporter: carol, when the news broke that the body was found inside this greenwich village apartment new york police had to put up barricades and police tape to keep fans back and let the investigators do their work. this morning you can see some devoted fans made their way through here leaving flowers and candles at hoffman's door step a tribute to a man whose talent was widely admired. a flury of flash bulbs as actor philip seymour hoffman's body was carried out of his new york city home. the academy award-winning actor was found dead sunday morning on his bathroom floor of an apparent overdose. law enforcement sources say hoffman was found with a needle in his left arm and two baggies that thenld contain heroin several other envelopes were found empty. police say hoffman hadn't been seen since 8:00 the night before. play wright david "cats" called police after finding his body at

this apartment. hoffman's family released a statement that reads in part, we are devastated by the loss of our beloved phil and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone. this was the philip seymour hoffman that was known in his star stud neighborhood, regarded as a great father and neighbor, one who was concerned about issues in his community. >> i'm just in shock. i feel so horrified in a way and bad to know how he died. he must have been in a lot of pain. i don't know. >> reporter: friends say hoffman moved here alone last year not far from his family after revealing he was in rehab for abusing prescription pills. hoffman acknowledged his battle with addiction on "60 minutes" in 2006. >> i was 22 and i got panicked in my life. it was just that. i always think god i have so much empathy for these young

actors that are 19 and they are beautiful and famous and rich. >> reporter: hoffman's death a profound loss for the hollywood community and his devoted fans. >> would do anything. i just have so much respect for him. i've been thinking about his children all day. it's just such a tragedy. >> reporter: that sentiment there shared by some of hoffman's fans this morning. law enforcement sources tells cnn the baggies found inside hoffman's apartment had brand names on them. they are soeshd with heroin. still the substances found in the apartment will be taken to a police lab for further testing and confirmation. you'll have more for us later. alexandra field, many thanks. super blow-out. the seattle seahawks are super bowl champs dominated the denver

broncos in 43-8 blow-out. the seahawks legion of boom defense shut down the peyton manning and denver broncos. seattle head coach pete carroll got a gatorade bath. fans took to the streets. fireworks from a city landmark, the space needle light up. some celebrations got a little bit out of hand with seahawks fans starting a bonfire, tossing furniture and chanting their team's name. not good. the "seattle times" front page said it all. "champs." the "denver post" said "sea sick." >> they played 48 super bowls. 12 seconds in that the seahawks

scored last night that's the fastest anyone has ever scored in any of those 48 super bowls. that's the kind of dominance they had going on. they had a 36-0 lead before denver even got on the board. and you have to think about two different sides of this. on one side you have the proto typical quarterback in peyton manning, 6'4", son himself of an nfl quarterback, a guy raids on the game. other side russell wilson, 5'10" and three eights inches. you have to be 6'2" to be a starter. he was told he would never make it. he proved them wrong. led his team to this great win. i talked to him after the game not only about the victory but what it meant to him personally teen his family. you told me that when you were a kid your late father would quiz you in the car. >> yes, he would. >> say russell wilson super bowl champion and give you interview tips. what does it feel like going

through this? >> standing up there on the stage and holding the the trophies, lombardi trophy in front of all of seattle and all the people who came to the game. our first super bowl in franchise history. think about all the special times i had with my dad. and my mom too. but, you know, i miss my dad so much. all the things he taught me. >> since you and i talked two weeks ago you had a couple crazy weeks. what has the super bowl experience been like? >> a lot of fun. very humbling. you learn a lot about yourself and the media and the way people perceive things. it's a chance to grow. i had a chance to grow. thank you for giving me an opportunity to do an interview. >> what your going to now? >> disney world, if i can! >> you got to love that. of course that was richard sherman who we sat down with a couple of weeks ago after his outburst after the nfc

championship game. he's more relaxed. people got to know him through that outburst, through our conversation, through the super bowl and he really has emerged as the most marketable guy coming out of the super bowl. his agent thinks he'll get $5 million in endorsements in the offseason not bad for not only a defensive player but a fifth round draft pick. a lot of underdog stories on this seattle team. >> i love underdog stories. i want to ask you a question about the crowd. some people were saying there were a whole lot of seattle fans there. that made a difference? >> they were very loud. that snap that peyton manning bobled he said he couldn't here. they talk about the 12 man fans they were out in force. >>ry ch rachel nichols thank yo that report. thank goodness for the red hot chili peppers and bruno mars. ♪

oh, yeah, mars and the red hot chili. ersing rocked met life stadium. there was nor talk about. nischelle turner is outside the stadium to tell us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. do you see how much it is snowing out here, carol? it's an absolute white out. what's going on here? someone said roger goodell must have control of the weather because he held off this snowstorm until just after the game and now it is ridiculously snowing out here. you were talking about the halftime show and admittedly i'm a big brew no mars fan and red hot chili peppers fan so i was excited to see him. i was inside the stadium watching and i'm not sure how it translated on television but the people in the stadium were a little bit subdued. i felt like i was having a one woman dance party and no one around me was doing anything. maybe it was because of the media. but i was looking around. didn't look like people were not

moving. how you do not move to that? ♪ >> i thought you had more for us. following up on what you said bruno mars was great but he was no beyonce. i missed beyonce. >> reporter: i completely agree. it's a little unfair because when you have a performance like she had in last year's super bowl, i mean she was just outstanding. it was another level. you follow that and you're always going to be compared to that. sock the first person after her is a little unfair for him. you know, his show, it is definitely a concert show. so, once again i'm not sure how it translated on to television. he's great live. he's great in concert. he had fantastic pitch. he sounded really good in the stadium although i didn't feel the crowd was super excited to see him. >> my favorite moment had to be

joe namath. he was wearing a big furry animal and messed up the toss. >> when he walked out everybody in my section kept shouting broadway joe. i loved it. i don't know if the coach is real or fake and i don't think at this point it matters. i'm sorry peta it was a moment. it was a moment everybody was talking about. you need a moment. it was fantastic. you couldn't beat that. look at that. >> and the ref made a fabulous catch before the coin hit the ground so they could do it over again and everything is fair. nischelle turner, thank you so much. still to come in the "newsroom," shocking claims of sexual assault against woody allenby his adopted daughter. we have that story from new york. >> reporter: carol, woody allen is lashing out against his adopted daughter calling those charges untrue and disgraceful.

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graphic account of what she says happened in their connecticut home. quote, when i was 7 years old woody allen took me by the hand and led me into a dim closet-like attic. he told me to lay on my stomach and play with my brother's electric train set. then he sexually assaulted me. he talked to me while he did it, whispering i was a good girl and this was our secret, promising we would go to parris and i would be a star in his movies. late sunday allen's representative responded. quote, mr. allen has read the article and found it untrue and disgraceful. at the time a thorough investigation was conducted by court appointed independent experts. the experts concluded there was no credible evidence of molestation. that dylan farrow had an inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality and that dylan farrow had likely been coached by her mother mia farrow. no charges were ever filed.

the allegations first came to light 1992. the letter and recent tweets are putting them back in the spotlight and back in the court of public opinion. m.ia farrow displayed her contempt for her ex in january as allen was being honored by his peers at the golden globes awards tweeting a woman has detailed her molestation of allen. golden globe showed contempt for her and all survivors. his son did not vail his disgust for his father. missed the woody allen tribute did they put the part where a woman publicly confirmed he molested her at age 7. the couple separated after 12 years when mia discovered he was having an affair with their

other adopted daughter who is now his wife. allen has consistently denied claims and was never charged. the allegations have tainted his image for two decades. now dylan breaking her silence and admonishing some of hollywood's most celebrated by name for, in her words, turning a blind eye by continuing to work with allen. quote, others are still scared, vulnerable and struggling for the courage to tell the truth. the message hollywood sends matters for them. she goes on to write, woody allen is a living testament to the way our society fails the survivors of sexual assault and abuse. allen's lawyer responding, quote, it is tragic that after 20 years a story engineered by a vengeful lover resurfaces after it was fully vetted and rejected by independent authorities. those independent authorities include a team back in 1992 from

yale new haven who concluded in fact dylan farrow had not been abused. suni and woody allen have been married nearly 18 years. they have two children. dylan farrow is also now married and praises her mother mia for saving the family from the chaos all this inflicted. >> thanks. still to come national intelligence room if you were disappointed by last night's blow-out between the broncos and seahawks the ads weren't much better. why were they so lame? we'll talk about that next.

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if you felt the super bowl was a bust, well ads weren't much better. there were a couple of exception. if you met the budweiser puppy. ♪ >> okay. that one got me. the hyundai ad where the dad kept saving his son. that was almost pretty good. ♪ >> i gotcha. ooh. augh. >> after that one you kind of fell off a cliff but let's bring in the experts. president and publisher of "usa today" larry cramer is here and deputy managing editor michael learmont is also here. thanks fork here. michael, advertisers seemed to

play it safe, sappy was in, sleazy was out. question is did they play it too safe? >> you know i think they really did but part of it is the expectations are so high for these things. the advertisers on the super bowl start promoting their ads a month before the big game. by the time the game comes around many of these ads have been seen before. we were bombarded with promotions for them. we expect to be fantastically entertained especially when a game wasn't very good people look to the ads for some wow factor and it just didn't happen this year. >> that's what i was doing. larry, the "usa today" meter rated the budweiser puppy commercial the best. and then the soldier returns home spot. what other ads did people like? >> actually the second one very closely was doritos, called cowboy kid and budweiser and another doritos one and then the other two that did well were

radioshack and the hyundai ad you showed well. the hyundai ad scored first with 18 to 35s, so the theme on these, a lot of these was kids. you know, they used kids in almost every one much these ads and they seem to work. >> so, larry, maybe the secret is kids, puppies, soldiers. >> there's a surprise. i would say, though, there's no -- one of the things that didn't work so well was celeb endor endorsers. >> none of the people in your poll even noticed them? >> no they noticed them. bob dillon was the most riskiest but did very well of all the celebrity ones it did number one. part of the reason, i think, was, you know, he was controversial, a little bit of controversy. a lot of twitter sphere chatter about that one.

on -- scarlet johannsson scored. >> michael, most of the commercials, those they seemed like standard fare to me. was it worth $4 million per spot? >> you know, i think -- the answer is it depends. i think as audiences get fractured across, netflix the web, hundreds of cable channels, it's only actually made the super bowl more valuable. this is the one moment where, you know, 110 million americans sit down and watch the same thing at the same time. that's very unusual. and, you know, as you've seen advertisers can, you know, if they are in the super bowl they can use this as an anchor for a multimonth kind of campaign, and i think it can work very well. i think you can also sort of wake up the next day and think wow i spent $4 million for the

time. it's $6 to drs. 10 million when you think of the cost of the ad, cost of promoting it and some of these fell like a thud on the floor. >> larry, mike, thanks so both of you. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> still to come in the "newsroom" the police are. i event in sochi racing the clock and clearing hurdles as hotels sit unfinished before the games begin. we'll have the latest four. welcome back. how is everything? there's nothing like being your own boss! and my customers are really liking your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotion is in order. good news. i got a new title. and a raise? management couldn't make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducing fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex.

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good morning. i'm carol costello. thanks so much for joining me this morning. happening now new month but no sign of a rebound on wall street. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange. i want to see the plus signs. >> reporter: everybody is hoping for a sweet february, carol. not looking good. investors just don't want to make any big moves to buy in because january was so brutal. look at this. the dow was down more than 5% just in january. it's the dow's worst january since 2009. the thinking is this mantra on wall street that if january was good the rest of the year will be good as well but if it's bad the rest of the year will be bad so many are thinking oh, oh, this could be an omen. most analysts are expecting

stocks to be dropping. the s&p 500 since the beginning of the bull market it was pretty much a straight line up. did you know there hasn't been a correction since 2011? so analysts are thinking we might be in the middle of a correction at least the makings of one. good news is market can handle it especially after the s&p 500 surged 30% last year. carol. >> all right. i'll take the happen alison kosik, thanks so much. the first american athletes are arriving in sochi, russia getting ready for this week's starts to the winter storm olympics. they are arriving under stifling security concerns. terrorists have launched attacks elsewhere in the country and have vowed to strike the games. some athletes have asked their families to stay at home and not attend the olympics at all. also this morning there's a stunning new development in that terror threat. cnn has learned exclusively dozens of potential suicide bombers ominously dubbed black

widows have been largely placed under lock and key. they are under a form of house arrest until after the olympics end. hi. >> reporter: carol, hi. we went to the hills of dagestan, the home of the insurgency far to the east of sochi. two teams seemingly large groups of people have been told not to leave town until the olympics were over. one town, 64 people on a list that we were shown who said they have been told by police to sign a document pledging not to leave the area and in a different town we spoke to one woman who ultimately talked how police told her that three times a week her whereabouts would be checked. i spoke to five other women who confirmed they have been given similar odds. the reason why? these people are suspected of links to militants here and the

women i spoke to many of them which dose of militants who died recently. they openly say police are worried they might blow themselves up. they say they are innocent. they say they have no ill will towards the games and talk about the violation of their civil liberties by not being allowed to move freely. really the scale of what we saw and the claims we heard suggest the russians have a significant problem but the police didn't confirm that they had asked these people to limit their moments but they wouldn't say anything to us at all on the subject, carol. >> i was going to ask you what happens if these women leave their homes, but do we know? >> reporter: they actually said they would go on the wanted list if they leave the town in which they live in where they have been told to stay then police will actively start searching for them. there's a clear description to their moments, depending on who you speak to but it was remarkable to see that common thread between most women i talked to who said they once

were married to an insurgent. >> from moscow the games are meant to showcase the new russia, shaking off the drab and dreary image of the communist era replacing the glitz and glamour of a new nation. some of those hotels are not ready and time is quickly running out. cnn ivan watson is in sochi. >> reporter: the russians built all of this, the ski lift, the high-speed train, this entire alpine city within just the last seven years. but now four days before the opening of the winter games it's clear that some of this massive development up in the mountains will not be ready in time for the olympics. the associated press reports three out of nine hotels reserved for journalists near the alpine sports venues are not ready while an international hotel rater admits construction is behind schedule.

>> we planned to open last month. due to some challenges we actually had here. >> reporter: the international olympic committee insists everything is okay. >> there are still some issues to be solved as it is always just before the games. but we're in contact with the organizing committee alibi we hope the situation will be solved in the next couple of days. >> reporter: russia and the olympic committee are gambling that even if you don't build it in time the people will come. ivan watson, cnn, sochi, russia. still to come in the newsroom, chris christie firing back at a former member of his inner circle saying the guy will do whatever it takes to save his own skin.

erin is in washington this morning. >> reporter: documents from those 20 subpoenas are coming in today and just as chris christie is getting more aggressive with his denials. more on that after the break. mine was earned in korea in 1953. afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection. and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve.

they were members of chris christie's inner circle and today a special committee investigating the bridgegate scandal that engulfed his administration want answer from them. as the subpoena deadline for some 20 people and organizations tied to the new jersey governor approaches. it all comes as christie takes aim at david wildstein, the man at the center of the controversy. >> reporter: what should have been a shining moment for chris christie and his state as hosts of this year's super bowl overshadowed by jeers. >> you've already heard enough

speeches. >> reporter: new questions. >> governor, is there any truth to the allegations? >> reporter: on the eve of the big game the governor's office circulated a scathing e-mail attempting to discredit the christie appointee making those allegations, former port authority official david wildstein who carried out the lane closures on the george washington bridge. allegations christie knew more than he's indicated. the bottom line the e-mail reads david wildstein will do and say anything to save david wildstein. david wildstein's lawyer said friday evidence exists, tying mr. christie to having knowledge of the lane closures during the period the lanes were closed. a charge christie continues to deny. even the democrat leading the new jersey legislature's investigation was skeptical. >> the use of the words "evidence exists" as posed to saying i have documents or i have an e mail a curious choice of words. it raises questions about what does he have and why doesn't the committee have it. >> reporter: high-profile

republicans defended christie saying there's no reason he should stop helping his colleagues as chair of the republican governor's association. >> i don't think he should step down. i think he should stay there. >> reporter: while others say he should be impeached from his day job -- >> it's premature. we don't have enough facts to get to that conversation. >> erin joins me now along with peter hamby. some of the people subpoenaed have asked for more time while another one has resign. why? >> reporter: carol, that's christina renna. she was the director of intergovernmental affairs for christie. she says she resigned because she had been pursuing a job in the private-sector for a couple of months and it was not connected to the bridge controversy. but, you're right that some of the people have been granted extensions on their subpoenas. the committee said that's a very routine thing. however it does guarantee that the drip, drip, drip nature of

this story will continue but i would like to point out too that chris christie is going to do an ask the governor session on a local radio snooigts. he does this every month. but as you know, it's been 25 days since that marathon press conference when he took two hours almost worth of questions and he hasn't really taken questions since with the exception of a couple of sports related questions for the super bowl on some radio stations there in new jersey. this is his first opportunity in the last few weeks to really address this scandal. >> maybe he has to, you know, in lying of him being booed at that event. people are starting to turn on them. at least some of them. not all. peter, i'll pose this question to you. despite the controversy christie has been invited to this year's annual cpac conference. a major conservative gathering. he was snubbed last year. why the change of heart? >> last year chris christie is running for re-election.

his team didn't want to be anywhere near a major conservative. this year it's different despite the scandal chris christie and his team still have their eyes on 2016 and running for president potentially. they know they have to at least make amends with conservatives as we know it's been written about and talked about a lot. you know conservatives in his party. aren't really super fans of chris christie so he has a chance to go court hundreds of young conservative activityists in the washington area. in march there will be a number of potential presidential candidates, rand paul, paul ryan, marco rub jobs he'll be one of the bunch. once this was announced you immediately saw democrats on twitter yesterday cheering this announcement because, again, they get to paint chris christie as kind of an outside the mainstream republican as opposed to the sort of, you know, across the board general appeal republican that his team has really built him town in new jersey. >> pet are hamby, erin, thanks

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nor did philip seymour hoffman look like a man that battled drug addiction. he appeared to keep the addictions in check for decades until a recent relapse led to an appare apparent heroin overdose. dr. drew pinsky is in new york and los angeles. matthew balogne is the executive editor of "the hollywood reporter." matthew, i want to start with you. heroin is so nasty i can't imagine sticking a needle in high arm. he was supposedly clean for years. so what happened? >> that's the tragedy of this whole situation, is that he battled drug and alcohol problems in his teens and early 20s and had kicked the habit and apparently relapsed last year and went to rehab for that problem, was very open about it. here we are, nine months later, he dies from the disease. >> dr. drew, heroin was not just

mr. hoffmann's problem. it is becoming a huge problem nationwide. cnn's rosa florez just did a story last week in pennsylvania. 22 people overdosed in one week on heroin. why the comeback? >> more people are going to die of opiate addiction between now and march 1st than died in the march 11th tragedies. i have to object to the way it has been characterized as him having to have kicked it in his 20s. it is a lifelong condition particularly when you start early in life. you have to attend to it on a daily basis or they will slide back in to using. when somebody has had sustained sobriety and uses later in life, that's a very difficult population to treat. >> i don't know if this is true. matthew, maybe you can address this. mr. hoffmann was taking prescription drugs. he got hooked on that. that's what he went to rehab.

he was hooked on prescription drugs and went on to heroin and then got freaked out. >> that is the routine way people get to heroin. >> what's extraordinary about his case is that he died of the heroin and not the pills. 99% of my patients that die today of opiate addiction, die because they inadvertently take too many pills, not the old-fashioned way as seems to have happened here. >> the reason i bring that up is police are saying that there is has been this terrible problem with prescription drug abuse. >> nationally. >> they are tracking down and cracking down so successfully many drug addicts are moving on to heroin. >> the majority of patients that die in my world die by prescribed drugs. they are not getting them off the streets but from my peers. when they can't get them and they are expensive on the street, that's when they go to heroin. matthew, i'll pose this question

for you. is heroin abuse widespread in hollywood? how would you characterize it? >> i don't know if it is any more widespread in the general population. in hollywood, you are able to get things more easily than the average person on the street. there is a whole system of enablers and people that exist to help you get things you want. if there are things you have trouble getting, somebody can help you get them. >> matte thihew is absolutely r. there are doctors out there that want to provide special care to special people. celebrities want special care. conrad murray is a great example of special care. the standard of care is standard for a reason. it is excellent. everybody gets standard care. to go for special care with a special person, with enablers,

matthew is exactly right, that's where the trouble starts. >> there was some evidence left behind in the apartment where he died. maybe that will lead to an arrest. will that thank anything? >> no. there is heroin out on the streets. the streets you are looking at, you can buy it. i find it stunning that they are making a story that you are going to find the heroin dealer to someone who is using heroin. that is not going to happen. if it does, it is certainly not going to stem the time. >> dr. drew and matthew balogne, thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. we'll be right back. . time to take care of business with century link's global broadband network and cloud infrastructure.

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checking our top stories at 58 minutes past the hour. it feels like winter may never end. you may be in the northeast,

getting pelted by another winter storm. nearly 1,000 flights have already been canceled. new york and its three major airports will take a pounding, as much as five inches of snow will fall. if you have a facebook friend who is about to celebrate a birthday, the social media site turns ten. facebook has signed up more than 1.2 billion users. that's billion with a "b." the company is worth an estimated $135 billion, also with a "b." last month's onslaught of fast falling snow, and ice, cost up to $2.8 billion. >> this is being measured by the billions because so many people were affected. hundreds of thousands of people were standed, because 49,000 cancellations, there were that many, in january. a new study puts this into perspective. you look at the past few years, january has had 10.

27,000 cancellations. clearly, this was a huge jump. how does this translate into costing billions of dollars. because of lost productivity. a lot of people couldn't get into work. this didn't happen over a holiday. people had to call in. you had travelers having to pay for hotels and meals and alternative transportation. airlines reimburse some of the costs but not if it is related to weather. it is not necessarily the airlines fault. all the sad weather we are getting, carol, not just creating headaches for so many of us but cost in our pocketbooks too. carol? >> alison kosik, thanks so much. the next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts now. good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for being with me. a manhunt now underway for a convicted killer described as armed and dangerous. authorities believe michael

david elliot who killed four people, broke out of a correctional facility in central michigan and car jacked a woman using a knife or box cutter and drove her to indiana where she managed to somehow escape. elliot took off when she called 911. no one knows where he is or where he is heading. cnn's george howell jones us with more. good morning, george. >> reporter: carol, good morning. certainly, a story we are keeping in close contact with officials here at cnn chicago. we are trying to figure out where he could be and what his movements might be. first of all, officials say make michael david elliot was able to get his hands on prison whites, a uniform associated with working in the kitchen. during that time, somehow, he was able to get access to different parts of that facility where he twisted and contorted

the fencing, both the inner fencing and the perimeter, the o outer fencing to make his escape i want you to hear what officials say about him as a prisoner. they never had any indication he would try to escape. listen. >> this all has to do with custody classifications. this particular inmate had had no institutional problems for many years. he was at a level 2 classification. that's a little step down but that's based on their performance in the institutions, nothing that in this man's history would have indicated a high risk for escape. he had been serving his time. so obviously, classifying inmates with the correct security level is important to us. we spend a great deal of time doing that in a safe and thoughtful way. measured way. clearly, this man was an escape risk. >> so here is the timeline from

that ionia facility. we understand he fled on foot to the city of ionia where he car jacked the woman and the two headed to elkhart indiana where the woman managed to escape. they both went into a convenience store. she went into a restroom and called 911. he continued to travel on. now, the question, is he headed toward the chicago area, headed south. still, unclear. we do know from our affiliate, wood tv, that he may have family, friends or contacts in grand rapids, in that area. certainly, we are keeping in touch with occasions and getting the latest information and trying to pass it on as soon as we can. >> if you spot this guy, do not approach him, right? >> absolutely not. >> call the police. >> reporter: he is considered dangerous. >> george howell reporting live from chicago. so many movie-goers knowing that philip seymour hoffman knowing he was in a movie

boosted the chances that it would be worth watching. he was one of the most talented actors. today, an autopsy is scheduled expected to confirm he suffered a fatal drug lost. after two decades of staying clean and sober. alexandra field is outside the apartment where his body was found. >> reporter: good morning, carol. working from the furry that philip seymour hoffman may have died as a result of a heroin overdose, their next steps would be to try to determine where that drug could have come from and who could have sold it to him? we know he was found upstairs in a fourth floor apartment in this greenwich village building e was found dead on the bathroom floor on sunday. sources say he had a needle in his left arm as well as two small baggies filled with what appears to be heroin, according to police. there were as many as eight other empty baggies in that apartment. according to sources, those baggies were marked with

different labels, brand names that are associated with the sale of heroin. philip seymour hoffman's body was taken away by the medical examiner after an nypd crime unit came and took a look at the scene. the medical examiner spent several hours on scene here. in the past, he has spoken publicly about history with drug addiction and drug abuse. a lot of his fans who have come out said they had no idea he was privately struggle with those issues. today they are remembering him as a talented actor who will be greatly missed, carol. >> i see the flowers behind you. thanks so much, alexandra field. in new jersey, the special panel investigating the george washington bridge scandal is approaching a key deadline. some 20 people in organizations tied to governor chris christie face subpoenas related to the lane closures. chris freight is in trenton, new jersey, with more for us. good morning, chris.

>> reporter: good morning, carol. an important day here in new jersey. about 20 subpoenas coming in from people in christie world. they are due at 5:00 today. i talked to a democratic assembly aide just a few minutes ago who told me, no word on how many will come in. it is important to note that most of those folks have gotten an extension. so they bought themselves some more time here in new jersey. there is no sense of the deadline for the new extension or who has gotten them. the other thing happening today in new jersey is chris christie will go on a local radio station here and do an ask the governor program. that's the first time that he has taken any questions since his january 9th marathon press conference right after bridgegate broke and he dismissed two aides. it will be interesting to hear what the people want to hear from their governor the first time since this scandal has broken. >> over the weekend at a super

bowl event, some people booed chris christie. >> reporter: that's right. he has gotten booed. there is also a development with a top aide named david wildstein at the port authority. on friday, his lawyer sent a letter saying that there was evidence that exists that maybe christie wasn't telling the full and whole truth and so that has also creignited this story. we will see how much sinks in when he goes on at 7:00 tonight. >> chris frates, reporting live from snowy new jersey. no doubt, the seattle seahawks are super bowl champs. they lowered the boom on peyton manning and the denver broncos. seconds into the game, they had a safety and the seahawks kept on scoring. running up a 43-8 stomping the broncos. malcolm smith, seattle

linebacker, was named mvp. oh, but back in seattle, some celebrations got a bit out of hand. seattle fans started a bonfire tossing furniture into the flames and they chanted their team's name. fireworks, though, from a city landmark, the space needle lighting up with the team's trademark 12th man flag flying high but the super bowl is more than just about football, of course, like, i don't know, joe namath's fur coat in 40 degree weather. we are joined from washington to talk about the nonfootball moments that made this super bowl special. good morning, carol. sometimes the best moments of the game are what happened after the field. this was no exception. let's kick off with a super bowl fashion report. legendary jets quarterback, joe namath was there to do the coin toss. it was that huge fur coat that really stole the show.

this was, of course, a throwback to the look he would wear on the sidelines in the '70s. people were really in a frenzy over this last night on twitter. let me read to you a few. one person wrote, quote, joe namath quote as just a bit too people. sympathy to the puppy bowl dogs that gave their life for joe namath's coat. one of my favorite part was the xher commercials. if you are a seinfeld fan, you no doubt loved this. >> okay. i'm going. >> hello, newman. >> hello, jerry. they went a bit savory this year. so i had to make a quick run. >> seahawks. >> this minireunion, of course, has been speculated about for so long. this is an ad for hess web series called comedians in cars

getting coffee. the coke commercial also sparked some controversy. the ad features people from many ethnicities singing the song, "american the beautiful." they said the song should not have been sung in several different languages. there was a boycottcoke hashtag trending on twitter. one person tweeted, never buying coke again. "american the beautiful" in a language other than english is just wrong. >> i will hold my comment. >> let's talk about hillary clinton. she was tweeting during the game. what did she tweet? >> she tweeted this about the game, which was on fox. here is her quote. it is so much more fun to watch fox when it's someone else being blitzed and sacked. this was retweeted more than 20,000 times today. a spokesperson for clinton tells us this was 100% humor.

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checking our top stories at 14 minutes past the hour. a new study says the nation's abortion rate has fallen to the slowest level since 1973, the year of the landmark roe v. wade. one reason, the use of early medication abortions like plan "b." a high school shooting, far from the united states. russian police say a student shot to death a teacher and a police officer and then took 20 classmates hostage. the gunman released the other students and was then arrested. the first american athletes are arriving in sochi, russia, getting ready for this week's start to the winter olympics. they arrive under a cloud of stifles security concerns. they have launched deadly attacks elsewhere and have vowed to strike the games. investors waiting to see if the start of february triggers a rebound on wall street. the dow tumbled more than 5% last month marking the worst january since 2009. how long before stocks pick back

up. let's head to new york and check in with chief business correspondent, christine romans. good morning. good morning, carol. we are starting february where we left off in january. a lot of concerns. the s&p 500 is down 3.5% this year, carol. the last time we had even close to a correction was about 9.9% decline almost two years ago, april, 2012. so many, many of my sources saying you could see a little bit more on the down side here and it would still be a healthy thing to do. so i have five reasons, carol, why you should not be surprised if stocks keep selling in february. first of all, people are selling risky assets, emerging markets and stocks. what goes up, must come down. the stock market was up huge last year. it needs to pull back. a new chapter at the fed. a new tapering, a new leader of the fed, transition there. these fragile five they are calling them, big emerging markets that are having trouble as the fed is pulling stimulus out of the global system. watch the emerging market and still questions about the u.s.

recovery. we are going to get a jobs report later this week. we are hitting a treasury debt ceiling on friday, some political risk. auto sales today. we just need to know if there is good tracks for the american recovery. while we are still asking those questions, it is still tough going for stocks. >> you can chill on that. something you cannot chill on or chill about. if ir that is another troubling security breach, another company hacked. >> yes. this is the same security firm that alerted us to the target breach is now telling us there was a hotel breach last year. if you stayed at a shaeratin, o a marriott. people had the common backgrounds. they stayed at these hotels and their credit or debit card was spoken. in the marriott, these are the places where the hotels were attacked. what we're hearing from white lodging, is that thir is an investigation.

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a dramatic new development in the terror threat that hangs over sochi. dozens of suicide bombers have largely been placed under lock and key. so-called black widows are under a form of house arrest until after the olympics end. anything walsh, live in sochi. >> reporter: carol, we drove into the hills of dagestan to where the suicide bombers that hit the train station last year came from and we spoke to some women there and they had been told by local police that they weren't allowed to leave the town until the olympics were over. i spoke to six of them in total who said there were many more. there was one thing that reunited these women. they have lost two slashes with russian special forces, a husband or a brother who was himself a militant. they were open that the police are concerned they may go off

and blow themselves off here. they denied any intention and complained about the impediment of their civil liberties. i went to a second town where i saw a number of strict muslim men police often accuse them of radicalism. they gave me a list of 64 people been told by police to sign a declaration they wouldn't leave the area where they live until the olympics were over. it does seem to suggest they are deeply concerned about the movements of a number of people even though i should point out both people say they represent no threat. >> americans are nervous enough about all of the terror threats. i understand in sochi, some of the big hotels aren't ready for business like the marriott. >> reporter: that's what we understand too. there has been a last-minute rush. up in the mountains a week ago, there was a real sense of panic

again. they continue at this point. they are standing behind the coastal cluster, the lower part along sea level where there are many of the olympic venues. a sense of preparation here. only four days left to go. a lot of finishing touches that need to p ha. t happen. the major issue is security. you might be able to make out in the sky a couple of the security cameras that are being put up. it is hard to drive on some of the roads here for locals. they need permits. a lot of police around. a sense of building up here and a lot of chatter of american voices in hotels. american teams and tourists here in number. i think after barack obama's statement on friday that it is safe to come to sochi may have had some impact. >> cnn's nick payton walsh, thanks so much. thousands of super bowl fans caught in the middle of all the snow. a live report next. i'm beth... and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store.

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new information on philip seymour hoffman's death. there were other drugs inside the new york apartment where he died other than heroin. alexandra field, she has the latest. tell us more. >> reporter: carol, law enforcement sources are now confirming that they found a large quantity of what appears

to be heroin inside philip seymour hoffman's apartment. they have found 50 envelopes containing the substance they believe is heroin and other white powders and drug paraphernalia and some bottles of prescription medication for which philip seymour hoffman did not have prescriptions. in another room inside the apartment our sources say they found at least 20 used syringes, all of this material collected by investigators leading police to believe that he had spent a good deal of money on drugs and that he had a drug habit beyond what some may have known or may not have known before the time of his death. they have now interviewed family members who say that hoffmann appeared to be high as recently as saturday night. he was last seen around 8:00 on saturday night and not seen until he was discovered on sunday morning at 11:00 in the morning. you know the friends went into the apartment. they found him when he missed a

meeting with his three young children. investigators will now be looking at all the electronics in that apartment, any computers or phones that could give them some clue as to where he could have potentially purchased drugs or who he could have potentially purchased these drugs from. everything that was seized from the apartment will have to be tested and analyzed. again, law enforcement sources confirming that they found what appears to be at least 50 bags of heroin in that apartment, carol. >> these other prescription drugs that were found in that apartment, did the actor have a doctors prescription for those drugs? >> from what we are told by authorities right now, at least four different prescription medications, it appears that philip seymour hoffman did not have a prescription for any of those drugs. we are also told that they again saw some other powders in the apartment which haven't been expressly identified for us. these are all things that need to be analyzed in police labs. with he do know that the substances were found in these

little baggies that have labels on them, sort of brand names that are typically associated with heroin. they say they found two different labels marking the baggies that were found inside the home. these are baggies, these are brands, really, essentially, that law enforcement officials are familiar with and they recognize typically to be heroin. >> alexandra field, reporting live from new york city, thanks so much. a fresh round of finger pointing in the scandal that swirls around chris christie's administration after a former ally told "the new york times," evidence exists that christie had knowledge of the lane closures while they were occurring. for his part, he blasted both claims and his former confidant. bobby jindal is coming to christie's defense saying he should keep his powerful job as head of the republican governor's association. >> i don't think he should step down. i think he should stay there. what is more important, we have great governors in florida,

south carolina, michigan, pennsylvania, all across the state doing great things. we have 36 governor's races. it is not about one governor but about all 29 of these governors. >> cnn national political reporter, peter hamby joins me now. it is not just rga he also has the chance to shine on another high-profile platform, the cpac conference. >> despite the slow-burning scandal, christie and his team still have political consideration in mind. he still has his eye on 2016. he will be coming here in d.c. in march to speak to the political conservative action conference. this is a big gathering of movement conservatives. a lot of young republicans and libertarians, a yearly cattle call for some of the republican parties biggest names, marco rubio, rand paul and paul ryan and chris christie. he didn't go last year. the american conservative union, which runs this event, snubbed him last year. this year, he is coming. clearly, this is an attempt to

make amends with conservatives. democrats are glee full about this visit, because they think it allows them to tie christie to the right wing of his party. one thing, carol, here, people might think chris christie, who is no friend of the conservative movement necessarily, might get booed at this thing. if you talk to republican activists around the country, they are kind of rallying to christie's side a little bit amid this scandal, barring any evidence that we haven't seen yet. they think he is under attack from the media. if he goes here and sort of takes a few swings at the media, chances are, he will get cheered, perhaps, instead of booed. >> interesting. christie will also speak directly to new jersey voters tonight. what's he going to do? >> that's right. he is speaking on an ask the governor program on a local new jersey radio station. he is going to take questions from callers. we are all anticipating this frankly because he hasn't talked to reporters since that marathon, january 9th press conference in trenton. he has been on radio silence aside from a few interviews and

staged events around the super bowl. tonight, at 7:00, we're all going to be listening in to see what questions he answers regarding the scandals, both in hoboken and with the george washington bridge, carol. >> we'll check back with you tomorrow. peter hamby, many thanks to you. still to come, an armless high school football player with a dream to play in the nfl. remember his story? we told you his story last week. well, big things have happened to him since then. we'll tell you about it when we come back. the new guy is loaded with protein!

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the seattle seahawks are on top of the world. they dominated 43-8 to win the super bowl. the credit for taking the trophy goes to the seahawks defense. former nfl player and current fox sports analyst, coy wire joins me now. >> hi, coy. >> hi. how are you doing? >> can you believe a linebacker wins the mvp? >> i love to see that. as a former linebacker, i love seeing it. we always see quarterbacks and wide receivers that get all the attention. he was a symbol as a whole. did they put on a show? the most physical defense in the nfl, put on a display early and

often in this game. kill shots. they were rolling. it was fun to see. i am happy for that seattle seahawks defense and their super bowl rings. >> we are talking about malcolm smith. it was just amazing. the other guy that was amazing was cliff avril who used to be on the detroit lions. he has spear headed the drive to win for another team which causes me a lot of depression, frankly. >> this defense, all season, the best defense in the nfl. i have to pose the question, are they one of the best defenses of all time? >> they completely annihilated them. >> the steel curtain? >> the steel curtain, the '85 bears, the 2000 ravens. i would love to hear what our audience thinks. is this one of the best defenses of all time? they shut down the most prolific offenses and arguably the best quarterback in nfl history. it wasn't even close. i'm definitely throwing their

name in the hat. >> i will tweet that out and see what people think. joe namath, we have to talk about him, because he came out in that big, fur coat. he almost muffed the toss and the ref made that great catch before the coin hit the ground. >> i caught wind that he actually borrowed that from you. is there any truth to that. >> you would look good in that, better than he would, think. to me, this was a bit of a microcosm of what the super bowl and nfl culture has become, the pagentry, the showmanship. i was there earlier in the week covering some of the events and functions. you see these guys wear three-piece suits representing themselves well, becoming a hollywood scene surrounding the super bowl. the nfl in general, broadway joe, he always knew how to get the attention and he still has it. >> coy wire, thank you so much for being on the show this

morning. i appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. many kids dream about playing in the super bowl. of course, it is a 1 in 1 million shot. just don't bet against isaac lufkin. we told you about him last week. he was born without arms. he helped his high school football team to a state title. now, he wants to play in the nfl. poppy harlow, you did that story last week. this kid caught the attention of the nfl and they invited him to the super bowl. >> i have been smiling all weekend since the nfl called me late friday night and said we are going to try to get him up here from rhode island to go to the super bowl and they did. isaac lufkin came to the super bowl in new jersey this weekend with his mom. i have got to tell you, carol, first of all, i got to tag along, which was pretty sweet. i have never been to a super bowl. he got absolute vip treatment. let's show you what this kid got. he got to go behind the scenes along with the likes of david beckham, special entrance on to

the field. there you see him. he got to be on the field watching both teams as they were warming up. he kept talking about the kickers and how good they were, because, of course, he is a place kicker. he got to go to the tailgate party before the super bowl. and, you know, when you see the look on this kid's face when he walked on the field, it is simply amazing. listen to what he told us. >> reporter: so? >> exciting. >> reporter: what did you think when you walked out here? >> i couldn't stop smiling. i still can't stop smiling. it's exciting, very exciting. >> reporter: what has this meant for isaac? >> this has meant everything for him. he is so floored just by the experience. we were just talking, mom, imagine what it would be like to go to the super bowl just in casual conversation. >> reporter: this is amazing for him. >> mind blowing.

he is still in a tailspin. >> reporter: a lot of credit goes to his mother, lorie, raising a remarkable young man. she also has a daughter, raising them both to be who they are today and it is such a great experience to be there with him and see him soak it all in. i don't know if it has soaked in for me. >> look at you. i'm so jealous. did you show the picture of isaac with bill clinton? >> we have to. that was supposed to be a drum roll, the surprise. there is the picture. he got to meet bill clinton in his suite. i want to play you a little bit of their conversation. the two of them got to chat. >> i am glad to see you. >> i am too. >> are you having a good time. >> i am. >> he told me to keep kicking so i'm going to keep kicking. >> reporter: who told you? >> the president. >> reporter: i think that's a good idea. isaac is going to keep kicking. he has got calls from kicking

cam coaches. he is going to hone in and focus on the next three years in high school. he will be on the varsity team next year. that was not the only big name he got to meet. kevin costner was sitting in the suite right next to him. he got a thumb's up to the glass. jennifer garner said hello, whoopi goldburg just to name a few. i want to give a shoutout to his high school class in providence, rhode island. they gave him this opportunity and changed his life. we are certainly going to be watching. go. >> there is one more person who needs to give isaac a call. that would be president obama. don't you think that would be a good idea. he could invite him to the white house. >> reporter: i think that would be a great idea. if that happened, we will be watching and we will bring it to you for sure right here on your show. >> i can't wait. poppy harlow, thanks so much. still to come, no secret that last night's super bowl commercials fell a little flat. two ads are getting a whole lot of buzz.

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people at jc penney took to twitter to celebrate the super bowl. this got lots of retweets and raised eyebrows. they said, hey, jc penney, need a designated driver. it appeared by the drivers that the person tweeting this out was drunk. jc penney responded later saying, early, sorry for the typos, we were hashtag, tweeting with mittens.

decide for yourself if that was effective. the seahawks weren't the only ones effective. doritos hit it big thanks to two ads with two kids. they host an online contest inviting people to submit their own commercials. the prize, a super bowl spot and a big old chunk of cash. joining us now, brian anderson and the runner up, amber gill. congratulations to both of you. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> you guys don't sound that excited. brian, i would be specially excited if i were you. you just won $1 million. >> that's true. i did. oh, my god, i'm so excited. >> that's better. let's watch your ad that got you all that cash. it is called time machine. >> hey, mr. smith, wanna try out my time machine? it works on doritos. >> sure. now what? >> got to put the whole bag in. >> okay. >> yes.

>> it's really working. >> out of my yard. >> you are so old. >> hey, mr. smith. >> ryan, how did you come up with the idea? >> i watch movies with my son a lot. after watching back to the future, he asked for a time machine. clearly, the only awnioption i was to make him a time machine. i came up with a pretty decent idea around that and decided to make a commercial out of it. >> how much money did it take you to produce your commercial? >> just $1 million. so i broke even on the deal. it was $300. a little under $300. >> those were expensive actors in that commercial. i know they weren't. >> yeah, one of them was free. i had to raise him for six years

but he was sort of free. then the old guy was a local talent and mr. smith our awesome, amazing, dumb witted mr. smith, david wilkins, came out from l.a. he believed in our spot and wanted to work with us. >> amber, i want people to take a look at your commercial, because i really loved this one. it is called cowboy kid. >> oh, thank you. >> boys, can i get some help? >> i don't know. can you? >> i guess you don't want doritos. ♪ ♪ >> i love the mom in the

background going, yeah, score. so what do you get as runner up? >> the runner up gets $50,000. so not too bad. we'll be sharing it with 30 of our friends that worked on our commercial with us. >> and a best friend for life. >> yes, yes, bff. >> both of us actually get to go and work on the set of the aven injuries which starts shooting in march in london. so that's incredibly exciting. >> do both of you plan to have a career in advertising? is that the goal. >> i will have a career in wherever life takes me. i want to direct feature films. i will go wherever i can go creatively. right now, i am currently loving making commercials. it is fun to tell a story in 30 seconds. >> yes. >> amber, same for you? anything that comes down the pike creatively, you will

tackle? >> yes, correct. my husband and i would love to continue to make family friendly commercials and maybe even a movie also. >> well, congratulations to both of you. i really enjoyed both commercials. have fun. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> amber gayle and ryan andersen. checking some top stories before we go. it feels like winter may never end. you may well be in the northeast. the region getting pelted by another winter storm. nearly 1,000 flights already canceled. new york and it's three major airports will take a pounding with as much as 10 inches of snow. a manhunt now underway for a convicted killer described as armed and dangerous. authorities believe michael david elliot, who killed four people, broke out of a correctional facility in central michigan and car jacked a woman using a knife or box cutter and dreef h drove her to indiana where she managed to escape.

elliot took off when she called 911. thank you so much for joining me today. i'm carol costello. "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts now. large quantities of heroin and at least five other drugs found in philip seymour hoffman's apartment. brand new details emerging this hour in the tragic death of an oscar winning actor. also ahead, woody allen, once again, fighting child molestation allegations, denying his adopted daughter, dylan's detailed description of an alleged encounter more than 20 years ago when she was just 7 years old. on trial today in florida he shot and killed an unarmed 17-year-old at a gas station after telling him and his friends to turn down their