a second storm set to slam the east just as we dig out from monday. the question this morning, is this the worst winter ever to fly and why? your "new day" starts right now. >> good morning. welcome to "new day." it's tuesday, february 4th, 6:00 in the east. a first chris christie doubling down while the feds turn up the heat. christie took to radio to insist he didn't know anything about lane closures on the george washington bridge until the story break in the media. you seem to have changed your opinion about the governor. a new cnn poll pitting chris christie against hilary clinton shows a stunning plunge in the governor's popularity. get more on that poll in just a

moment. >> good morning, chris. it office regular appearance on an "ask the governor" radio show. he tried to take na in stride portraying himself as part buy stander, part disappointed boss who wants to get to the bottom of what happened. does chris christie know anything about gw bridge lane closures before they happened? did i authorize it, did i know about it, did i prove it, did i have any knowledge of it beforehand. and the answer is still the same. it's no. >> other -- >> i had nothing to do with this. >> and over again. >> to make clear to everybody. in the midst of all the things reported over the weekend that nobody has said that i knew anything about this before it happened. and i think that's the most important question. >> but christie did leave wiggle

room on what david wildstein's attorney says he has evidence, that christie knew about the lane closures while it was happening in september. >> if someone said something to me about traffic up there, it wouldn't have been meaningful to me because i didn't know there was any problem up there. >> he says the first time was when he read this article calling lane closings abusive. what may have been most noteworthy was what christie did not say. no attacks on david wildstein, like this memo attacking wildste wildstein's character. saying of wildstein, as a 16-year-old kid, he sued over a school board election. this was an em battled

politician trying to stay above the fray. >> i'll be dammed if i'm going to let anything get in the way of me doing my job. i am determined to fix it. >> trying to come across as a politician scorned. >> i'll tell you something, i'm not warranteeing anything anymore after what happened. >> now the governor was speaking. while he was speaking, his former aide bridge et anne kelly is invoking here right not to speak. kelly was the aide that christie fired after learning she sent that e-mail saying, time for some traffic in fort lee. he was tough on kelly in the marathon press conference. he softened quite a bit yesterday.

kate? >> thank you very much. as chris was mentioning earlier. new cnn polls are shedding light on how negatively this candle is -- scandal is effecting christie. good morning, paul. >> good morning. troubling new numbers. this is our brand new cnn orc poll we conducted over the weekend nationwide. we know christie is considering a run for the white house. last time we asked that question back in november, soon after his reelection landslide, he was at 24% among republicans. now down to 10%. here's another stunning number. look at this. a hypothetical matchup in 2016. christie versus hilary clinton. back in december, look at that, christie with a slight 2 point edge. now hilary clinton with a 16-point lead. where is that coming from?

independents going from christie to hilary clinton. >> the same time the focus has been on the bridge scandal, there's also been a renewed look at the attack on the consulate in benghazi. from the polling, it doesn't look like that controversy had as much of a dent on clinton. >> really good point. you do hear a lot of attacks on clinton. but how did she perform as secretary of state, what do you think. when we asked, 66% of people gave her a thumbs up. now, just down a few points to 62%. let's throw one other number out there. we all know hilary clinton is considering running for the nomination in 2016. look at this number. seven out of ten democrats said, yes, she would be the likely choice for the nominee. if she jumps in, she would start

as the instant, overwhelming front runner. >> let's talk about the president very quickly, paul. we also have a new polling on the president approval rating. it's ticked up slightly, but that's not the whole story. >> it has ticked up slightly. 45%. he was 41% back in november and december. he was at or near all-time lows in all polling. look at the next number. troubling. we asked, do you think the president's policies will likely fail or succeed. for the first time, a majority say they think his policies will fail. polls are a snapshot of how people feel right now. people change their minds. >> also interesting, we'll get into it later, how fewer people now that are hopeful that the president's policies succeed. we'll talk more about that.

great to see you, as always. overnight, the overseas markets tanked. china took a beating as well. this comes a day after u.s. stocks nose dived. the stock market is struggling to start the year. let's try and figure it out. we have christine romans. >> we haven't had a meaningful pullback in stocks in almost two years. when the selling came, it was ferocious. it was a brutal day on wall street. the dow plunging 326 points monday. now 7% since the beginning of the year. the drastic dropped sparked by a weak manufacturing report and disappoints sales from auto

makers. for many, the selloff isn't surprising. first, stocks can't go up forever. after last year, many are calling this an expected correction. >> i don't think this correction is over. the last time we were on i talked about a correction. >> second, there's a new leader at the federal reserve. janet yellen is picking up where benefit bernanke left off. third, emerging markets, including turkey, south africa, india, brazile and indonesia are in turmoil. and finally, questions about where the u.s. is headed. dozens of companies have put out weak earnings forecast. for those reasons, the selling may continue. but how much? many predict the markets need a staggering 10% decline. they say those lows will be brief and stocks could rise in

2014. no one thought this was going to be an easy year. last year, all you had to do was sit there. the s&p 500 is now down 5.8%. the big question is, do those losses feed on themselves and it gets worse or is it a great buying opportunitiment right this seed, we have u.s. stock features higher. so there's somebody out there who thinks this is a time for buying stocks. so we're also digging out from one snowstorm this morning and getting ready for yet another one. round one dumped almost a foot in parts of pennsylvania, new york and new jersey. this morning and making a mess on the roads. what is next and where is it heading? let's get straight over to chad myers. >> i guess to get somewhere. if you can get out of town

today, today's the day to go. yesterday was the first of a one, two, three punch. millions along the east coast this morning are digging out of monday's record breaking snowstorm. >> snow is coming down faster than we can plow it. >> it transformed new york's central park into a winter wonder land in just hours. setting a new daily record of 8 inches. for thousands of travelers heading home from the super bowl, the airports were anything but a wonder land. and more than 2,000 flights canceled on monday due to the shore. >> our flights a couple hours delayed. >> parts of new jersey pummelled with 9 inches forcing governor christie to issue a state of emergency. some blaming the super bowl for the inability to battle the snow. >> the local municipalities and the counties have been struggling to get it.

>> it is now snowing in kansas city and oklahoma city and will continue all the way to chicago and minneapolis. that makes its way into new york city later tonight and tomorrow. a winter storm warning. this is not just a northeast storm. it's going to be a little bit farther to the northeast. this is more a new england snowstorm. but we're going to have an ice storm here in the city. 6 to 10 inches of snow through kansas and parts of missouri. look at this purple area, all the way back into maine. south of there, it looks like nothing. that's not the case. it's going to snow over night. it's going to ice up. the ice is going to come down. it's going to rain and it's going to be 30 degrees on the ground. i can drive through snow. it's very, very hard to drive just a quarter inch ice. ugly airports, chicago,

cleveland, back into pittsburgh. then the snow pulls out and this is only the next storm because there's one behind this that could be even bigger for sunday night into monday. we're talking about a potential another easter that runs up the ea coast. there will be somebody by monday afternoon that reports 30 inches of snow. it's coming. it's the timing yet, still five days away. >> 30 inches from just that storm? >> and winds of 60 miles per hour. >> holy moly, hopefully that is not us. i don't want to have the next live shot me tied to chad in some random very cold place. now we're going to where they should want a lot of snow. that would be the winter olympics. just three days until the start in sochi, russia.

new reports that the aus tree january olympic team received a letter. this as vladimir putin is in the olympic city this morning of what they came to be -- claim to be the most secure games later. nick, what's the latest? >> reporter: we don't know much more about the threats. simply a flash saying they have received a letter they think from russia which threatens to kill two austrian athletes. really bad news for putin here. president obama saying the ring of steel behind me will be a safe place for americans to be. vladimir putin right now at a sanctuary. a place that's dear to him. he's apparently getting particular again with some of

the leopard kittens. hanging over our heads will still be the question about security. >> checking of the big headlines for you right now. breaking overnight, syria's government preparing to ship a large quantity of toxic agents out of the country this much. this according to russian officials. that would comply with the deadline for the prohibition of chemical weapons. a 4-year-old has died after being found unresponsive on a cruise ship. a 6-year-old boy was revived and airlifted to a hospital. but medical teams could not resuscitate the younger child. that ship was headed from new york to the bahamas and florida. >> a clear picture on just how

often the nsa asked for met da data. google and microsoft were forced to turn over information on up to 10,000 customer accounts. yahoo turned over 40,000. the companies say only a small number of customers were targeted. >> word this morning that another man escaped custody. this time in central florida. >> orange county deputies say willie hollis got away monday, escaping a holding area, then sprinting to a car outside. he was last seen in a gray nissan altima. a texas teenager who plummeted 3,500 feet last week. her prognosis for a full recovery is very good.

she was severely injured when her parachute malfunction. just seeing that image of her, neck brace and walker, but she is mobile. >> we spoke to her family and doctor and surgeon -- >> that recovery is going to be tough. but she's young and healthy and already made this kind of progress. >> we'll continue to track that very closely. so coming up next, philip seymour hoffman's final hours. what police found inside the fallen actor's apartment. and a contradicted killer who broke out of a maximum security prison in michigan has been captured in indiana. you'll here the 911 call from the woman he took hostage. imagining,

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welcome back. investigators say they found nearly 50 bags of what they believe is heroin inside the apartment of actor seymour hoffman. even more new details coming out this morning. >> good morning. you know, these details are disturbi disturbing. they're somewhat hard to hear. the medical examiners office tells cnn that the autopsy is still on going. they have not yet released any results. tonight, more tribute. this eerie and chilling photo of pill ipse mower hoffman, two weeks before his sudden death,

may be one of the last taken of the oscar winning actor. they found nearly 59d envelopes containing what they believe to be heroin labeled with the street name, ace of spades. also in his apartment, more than 20 new syringes in a plastic cup. police are trying to piece together the final moments of hoffman's life. his saturday beginning here at a local coffee shop. >> he seemed in good spirits. he was very happy. >> at 1:30 that afternoon, his assistant spoke with him over the phone. investigators say she said nothing seemed out of the ordinary. about a half hour later, investigators say mimi o'donnell told them she saw hoffman near his apartment where he appeared to be quote, high. earlier that evening, hoffman

then had dinner at this local restaurant with two of his friends. >> i heard he had relapsed recently. it's a sad thing. >> at 8:00 that night, o'donnell said she spoke with hoffman over the phone telling investigators once again, he seemed quote, high. around 9:00 the next morning, hoffman was expected to pick up their three children. that's when o'donnell called a friend to check on him. katz found hoffman in his bathroom with a needle in his left arm. minutes later, he was pronounced dead. and there was a laundry list of prescription drugs found including medication to treat addiction, attention deficit disorder and anxiety. they are trying to find out whether the actor had

prescriptions for these drugs, where exactly he bought the heroin and whether or not anyone was with him when he died. >> really important pieces to the puzzle of what was going on with them. there was a process going on. was he trying to find a way off these drugs or was he getting in deeper. that's the kind of story that's unfolding right now. now, it may not have been much of a game for some people -- i actually enjoyed the game. it still turned out to be the most watched tv program ever. joe carter is here with this morning's "bleacher report." it sounds like a wild thing to say. >> each year, three out of the last super bowls have set tv ratings records. this one people think, maybe the viewership dropped off, but no. the game and the halftime set

records. an average of 111.5 million viewers held on during the broadcast. it hardly declined as the game went on. obviously seattle turned it into a blowout, but viewership dropped only by 5% in the fourth quarter. the champs managed to get out of town just fine. the cheers came from the 12th man. but the big party, of course, is going to be wednesday. the championship parade will start at 11:00 a.m. local time in downtown seattle. a story that's trending, a furniture store in houston, texas last $7 million because the seahawks won the big game. it was a promotion that they ran. anyone who spent $6,000 or more in the previous two weeks got a full refound because the seahawks beat the broncos.

>> make the store relevant and fun. it was a great, fun promotion for everybody. the customers won and that's what it's all about. >> apparently there is insurance for this. they did not take that out. 7 million is only 5% of its annual revenue. they do like $700 million in revenue every year. it's a big up for them. >> i'm glad that honored it. i can see another company trying to get out of it. oh, we didn't mean -- >> it would have crushed them. >> i love it. >> the most watched tv show ever. we think that the tv market is strat fieing, people don't watch it so much anymore. >> especially watching it live. >> bigger than ever. as we know, football is the most popular sport in the country. >> thanks, andy. >> see what i'm saying.

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. welcome back to "new day." let's bring you up to date on the latest news. u.s. attorney in new jersey has subpoenaed chris christie's office. the governor denying he had anything to do with shutting down lanes on the washington bridge. meanwhile, bridge et kelly is now pleading the fifth. another round of snow set to dump snow and ice from the plains to the northeast. millions of people will be impacted. some spots might even get up to a foot of snow. already digging out from a storm that rolled through monday mostly in new york and philadelphia areas. this morning, federal investigates on the scene of a small plane crash in nashville tennessee. four people on board, believed to be from the same family, were killed. it was making its second

approach to the airport when it went down. president obama and vice president joe biden scheduling a closed strategy session, the the focus, afghanistan. they have been asking them for months to sign a security agreement that would keep a sailed back u.s. presence -- scaled back u.s. presence there. want to show you some pretty incredible video of ecuador's volcano erupting over the weekend. followed by an e more must blast leaving a 5 mile cloud of ash. it was 80 miles northeast of the capitol of ecuador. imagine being in that area to see that happen.

>> i tell you, i don't even know how you said the name of that volcano. a northern indiana community is breathing a huge sigh of relief. you would not want this guy in your neighborhood on the loose. michael david elliot. this guy brazenly escaped from prison in michigan. they caught him, but not before he victimized another person. george joins us with all the new developments. >> reporter: good morning. this is where it all ended after a high-speed chase. police attempted to make a traffic stop and eventually caught elliot. he covered a lot of ground in the 24 hours where he escaped crossing through two state lines, stealing two cars in the process. and even kidnapping a woman who

managed to get away. a two-state man hunt comes to an end after authorities capture an escaped convict. they spotted michael david elliot after he spent 24 hours on the run. >> his tires were going flat. he lost a little bit control of the vehicle. he came up to a t intersection and sid into a snow bank. >> reporter: it began sunday night, when they discovered elliot missing from his cell. once outside, he pulled back the fencing of the two security barriers and crawled underneath. then he abducted a woman in michigan, forcing his way into her car. >> he has a hammer? >> and a box cutter.

>> reporter: surveillance footages shows elliot on the run inside a convenience store paying for gas. while there, his hostage was able to lock herself in a restroom and make this desperate 911 call. >> yes. occupied. >> sorry. taking me longer than what i thought. >> is that him? >> yes. >> he is knocking on the bathroom door saying, let's go. >> reporter: elliot left the woman and ditched her jeep in indiana. >> they say you killed four people, those charges true? >> no. >> reporter: he was serving five sentences for killing four people. up until now, he was known as a good prisoner. so after a nearly 200-mile run, elliot now behind bars in indiana. and again, he will stay here facing a range of felony charges

from resisting law enforcement to possession of stolen property. here's the other thing. authorities here will be talking to the folks in michigan about where he will serve that life sentence. back to you guys. >> and how they can avoid this from happening again. thank you so much. >> can you imagine being her? he's got a hammer and a box cutter. what she didn't know was he killed two men and two women and burned down the house they were in over some kind of drug situation. >> that's very near where i grew up. talk about, small, quaint, quiet -- i would say a very vulnerable community to somebody that dangerous, i called my parents up yesterday morning. >> tough people those guys. another one today, another winter storm it seems. and i know it also seems that we've been telling you about

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welcome back. let's go around the world now starting in lebanon where state yeed ya is reporting a suicide bombing outside beirut. >> reporter: fear is on the rise in lebanon after a suicide bomber boarded a passenger mini

bus on monday and blew himself up. this is the second since saturday, the fifth one so far this year. these bombings have targeted predominantly shiite areas. it also shows how the violence from syria's civil war continues to spill over into lebanon. >> thank you very much. and in saudi arabia, a man who once weighed over 1,300 pounds has lost more than half of that. >> reporter: he's been dubbed the smiling man. and with reason. he is under an intense medical weight loss plan and it's paying off. he's lost more than 700 pounds since august. that's when he was hospitalized

by ordered of the king himself. he hadn't been able to leave his bed in three years and had to be taken out of his house with a forklift. >> he's lost more than 700 pounds since august. >> amazing. >> long way to go. >> wrong journey. speaking of that, we've been on a tough jurithy this winter -- journey this winter haven't we? we're already being told it may have been the worst winter to fly ever. consider how it all bids up. the delays from the snow and ice. 40,000 of them came in january alone. how bad has it been? cnn's aviation correspondent has answers for us. renee, quality lid on this

morning, by the way. >> reporter: you know, chris, you know it's bad when you show up to the airport and people who work here ask you, you're back again. we have really been here so often. this has been the story, air traffic snarled back to back days. analysts say they believe this is the worst it's been in years. just last month alone, 30 million people had canceled flights. yet another winter storm once again proving when snowfalls, planes stop flying. >> flight had been canceled until 6:00 a.m. in the morning. >> reporter: last month was the worst january for flight cancellations in years. a staggering 40,000 u.s. flights were canceled in january. that's four times more than the past two years. nasty weather is partly to blame, like this storm that buried new york's jfk.

>> they said it's going to be a couple days, so i just booked myself a bus ticket. >> reporter: and the one that closed chicago. >> last time i saw my luggage was in chicago when we rechecked it. it was three daysing a -- four days. four daysing a. >> reporter: more airlines are now precans ling flights to avoid flying in bad weather. federal rules also cause cancellations. airlines don't want to risk passengers waiting too long on the tarmac. that could net fines of more than a million dollars. some analysts also claim the more rule getting more rest between shifts. >> everyone is favor in more safety and certainly passengers want their crew to be rested, but there's no question when a pilot can work fewer hours in a week and fewer hours in a day in

between flights that there's going to be more delays and cancellations. >> reporter: you know, it's more than just a pain in the you know what when your flight is canceled or delay ed mass fligh says that because of all these drupgss it's cost passengers more than $2.5 billion and the airlines between 75 and $150 million. chris and kate in. >> and chad just came out here and told us some 500 flights have been canceled this morning. and it's only 6:45 here on the east coast. another break. coming up next on "new day," since you can't necessarily communicate with other drivers, maybe your car can speak for you instead. find out why the government could requirement this new technology. and with so many snow days, it starts to get muddled.

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welcome back to "new day." cars that can talk to each other, really not that long ago that would have sounded like science fiction. so we bring in the lucky man, editor and chief of popular

mechanics magazine. let's talk about this. break it down. how would they -- we know the cars right now have so much technology already on board. how would they communicate with one another? >> there would be a radio in your car that would communicate to other cars on the road. you're coming around a bend, and all the cars in front of you out of sight come to a stop. you get an alert. but eventually this could be part of a system that could let cars drive a ton mustily. >> what's amazing about this, andrew fox saying yesterday, they believe, it could prevent 80% of crashes, ones that are not related to dui obviously. that's astounding. >> that is quite incredible, but it won't happen over night. you need enough cars communicating to each other --

>> you can't just have one or two. what do you think of it? as a gear head yourself, what do you think of this idea? do you think it's a good idea or does it take away the beauty of driving a car? >> that's a question that all car lovers are asking right now. the answer is a little bit of both. if it becomes a heavy-handed system that steps in and takes control of the car from you all the time, obviously nobody wants that. >> i was in this buddy's mercedes and he has this device that tells you when the car in front of you is getting too close and it makes the steering wheel vibrate. >> right. >> if you go onto the liep of -- line of the dividing thing, it makes a different sound. >> that can be a good feature. a lot of people like those features. >> then do you start relying on it and start using your head?

>> this is a question you have with auto pilot in airplanes. it might make things safer, but open the door to other issues we need to focus on. >> a big concern is privacy. >> here's the question. who's going to own this data. if the cars are just talking to each other, this is a good thing. but if you're connected to a broader system, if it's stored -- >> what's the fear. play out the anxiety. >> you go a little too fast and all of a sudden, you get a ticket in the mail. there's a record of everywhere you've driven in the last two years. they're saying this won't happen. certainly we cover this privacy question all the time. people are suspicious. they don't trust any authority not to misuse that data. >> early steps -- >> how far out?

>> they're saying they want to get the rules written by the end of the obama administration. the car makers have been asking for guidance on this. >> you already have it a little bit. >> there's two different kinds of systems. one is based in the car using cell phone technology and radar. this would be a new communications -- actually, they've set aside band width for this communication. >> i want to come -- i want to switch jobs with you or spend a day in your life and we'll go test it out together. >> you got it. >> v to v and what it's called. time now for the must-see moment. they found a way to get creative with an unusually dull announcement. ♪ school is canceled. school is canceled ♪

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cutter. police say they found nearly 50 envelopes of what they believe to be heroin. i have to be guilty because i was her boyfriend in had their minds. >> we start with this, stocks overseas taking a beating. markets in china also a mess. this as wall street gets back to work after monday's 326-point slide. new this morning, federal prosecutors turning up the heat on chris christie. a job once held by christie himself, has slapped the governor's office with a subpoena. all while christie was telling a radio audience he had nothing to do with a bridgegate scandal. >> did i know anything about the plan to close these lanes, did i authorize it, did i know about it, did i approve it, did i have any knowledge of it beforehand.

and the answer is still the same. it's unequivocally no. >> and according to the lathest poll, christie's popularity is taking a big hit. that number has plunged to 10%. and two monthsing a when americans were asked their choice for president, christie had a two point lead. now clinton leads christie by 16 points. afghanistan's president has secretly been in peace discussions with the taliban. although the talks haven't produced much, they would strain karzai's relationship with president obama already frayed over his refusal to sign a security packet. >> new developments. an educator eye excused of sexual abuse by a former student

in a youtube video is under arrest. she confronted the woman she says began abusing her when she was only 12 years old. andrea cardosa now faces 16 counts. she could face life in prison. also this morning, federal investigators are on the scene of a small plane crash in nashville, tennessee. four people on board all were killed. it's still not cleared what caused the crash. it was making its second approach when it went down. fresh off the heels of one snowstorm, getting walloped by another one. it could leave some areas under a foot of snow. the east coast has barely had a chance to clean up from the first round of snow monday. meteorologist chad myers has a look for what we are facing now the next few days.

and it's going to get worse. >> it is. it's going to get worse on sunday. this is the appetizer so what's coming which is a major another easter coming on monday. that purple area is a foot. you say, okay, nothing for new york. wrong. it snows and then ices tomorrow. there's the storm now making snow into kansas city. a hundred flights or so already canceled out of chicago because of the impending storm coming there. this is tomorrow, it's showing in new york, but then the warm air comes in and it rains. it's going to with a mess. and i know you guys are already spending a night in the city. you can't get in from the suburbs early tomorrow morning. breaking overnight, the man hunt for a quad drup l murder. he was caught after a sheriff's deputy spotted him.

we're following the developments live in indiana. >> reporter: good morning. it was a little more than 24 hours of freedom. a nearly 200-mile run that all started at that prison in michigan. we understand from authorities that elliot carjacked the jeep and kip napped a woman. they crossed the state lines in indiana where at a gas station, the woman managed to get away. he drove here into la porte county, indiana. that's where it all ended. got involved in a high-speed chase, but eventually ended up catching elliot. >> what a scary situation that was. lucky he is back where he belongs. another story for you this morning. the winter olympics just three days away. vladimir putin has arrived in sochi where he's going to

inspect the olympic village. the latest warning sign reports the austrian received a letter threatening to kidnap two athletes from the game. nick? >> reporter: we don't know an awful lot more. press agency saying that two athletes have been threatened by a letter that appeared to emanate from russia. another report suggesting this is already being determined as being in hoax. in the past week, we've seen other letters. russians have laid down the ring of steel. vladimir putin arrived. security has been hanging over these games for a long period of time now. and threats like this are just going to increase an anxiety that's still there. >> all right. thank you so much for that.

now, let's take a look at what is the in the papers this morning. a federal report find most government agencies are whoa fully unprepared to protect against attacks. not installing security patches or updating anti-virus software and using the word "password" as a password to key systems. they re-examine possible wrongful convictions has resulted in chon rations in 2016. texas topped the state by state breakdown with 13 exonerations. and from usa today, airline fees on the rise. delta announcing it's now charging up to $400 to change a

ticket. that's $150 hike. over 70 pounds on some of its international trips. in the first three quarters of 2015, $407 billion in revenue from baggage fees and reservation changes. that's going to get some of us ste steamed. >> also knew this morning, the cfo of target is going to face the music on capitol hill on the black friday hack attack that may have compromised personal information of some 110 million people. let's check in with senior washington correspondent joe johns. >> reporter: good morning, chris. the senate judiciary hearing this morning likely to be the

first in a series of congressional hearing this session looking at the data breaches. they see the data breach at target as awake up call. the chairman of the senate judiciary committee reintroducing a data privacy bill he's been pushing for years requiring businesses to notify consumers about breaches and require businesses to have internal policies to protect customer data. this is what companies should be expected to get tough questions about today. how much time did it take them to notify consumers. the chief financial office at target expected to testify today, which has taken tough questions recently about how long it took them to get their notification out. we'll see others including the chief information officer of

neiman marcus. >> once we get through -- i'd just like to say and the just for the record, what do you think long term comes out of this? >> reporter: i think long term there is a question on capitol hill as to whether more legislation is needed. it could affect up to 110 million customers. one of the things i do know they want to get at is just how did this happen. and there's going to be another executive testifying from an online security firm to help figure out what happened. they're going to try to figure out how long it took to notify consumers and what should be done about it. this morning, we are awaiting the results of actor philip seymour hoffman's autopsy. he was found dead sunday from what strongly appears to be a

drug overdose. police say hoffman had a needle in his arm and there were close to 50 packets of what is believed to be her wayne near his -- heroin near his body. meantime, the broad way community mourning the loss of one of its great stage actors. in addition to his oscar win, hoffman was a three-time tony award nominee. turn back to one of our other top stories this morning. on monday, the dow fell a startling 326 points making it the worst day on wall street so far this year. what's behind the dramatic drop and how will it affect you? let's bring in christine romans

to discuss. >> you had told me yesterday that no one should be surprised that we're looking at a market correction. i know some folks are wondering, correction? >> we're not even to a correction yet. the s&p 500 down this year. a technical correction is 10%. so we're not even there yet and it still would be okay or healthy for the market. let me show you what we've done since march 2009. it has been almost straight up. you haven't even had a healthy pullback since april 2,012. so the question is does it feed on itself. but right now, right now, a lot of the people i talk to are saying we needed this. you can't go straight up forever. there's a lot of fundamental reasons why it's happening. but the technical part of this is you can't just go straight

up. >> they get in and out quicker now than the rest of us can. they have indicators, there's reason for some type of anxiety now. >> well, you know, the people do take profits all the time. we see this kind of dip about three times a year. it's nothing to worry about yet. what you do need to watch is the underlying economic data. manufacturing data came in weak. one month doesn't mean you really need to get worried. one of the things traders are thinking about is u.s. economic data has been weak and china has been weak too. when they're both having bad news at the same time, that does make people jittery. >> we're talking about pulling back -- >> first day on the job, right. >> pulling back the emergency stimulus. a lot of people are saying it's

going to expose that recovery, that strength is not where it was supposed to be. >> you don't have a choice. you can't keep pumping $85 billion -- >> you can't do that forever. and i think the fed fulling back is -- pulling back is telling us they think that recent signs of weakness are not real. >> the chart you showed reflects why they need to pull back. you probably needless money in the economy. >> when news came out they were going to start tapering the quantitative easing, the market liked it anyway. >> because it's a sign the economy's strong enough to take it. >> these same men and women who just praise cap lichl are now getting upset because their huge fire hose of fake money is going to be pulled back. >> tell us how you really feel. >> what about the disconnect

between their game and the overall economy. >> total disconnect. >> total disconnect. one of the things that's interesting, the last few years we've been talking about highway great the market is. how it's actually switching. the real economy is probably getting a little better. >> great to see you guys. >> a lot of intelligence coming at us. a fire hose of intelligence. car sales have taken a big hit at the start of 2014. we hear from ford, general motors, all reporting declines from a yearing a. what is behind the drop in sales? the drop in temperature and bad weather could be keeping buyers away. nissan and chrysler were up, but not enough. >> the white house announcing an unprecedented private sector

commitment to america's school system. agreeing to donate $750 million toward digital learning programs. we understand that companies are giving away free internet access, ipads, laptops, giving all of this to schools. and the fcc is doing its part. doubling its commitment. could be a big difference. let's take a look at what is trending. the numbers are in. super bowl xlviii was the most-watched show in television history. a record 111.5 million viewers tuned into the big game. that topped the 2011 super bowl. meanwhile, the ratings for the halftime show, even more impressive. 115.3 million viewers topping the record set by madonna in 2012. wow. how about that?

let's play pink upon. what you got this morning? super bowl madness. backlash against the super bowl commercial. the company's facebook page was flooded with comments after it aired. most people were not happy being that the song being performed in any language other than english. new video out of russia, shows you the best or luckiest parallel parking in history. it spined 180 degrees ending with a perfect parking job. and we repeat, don't you even think of trying this on your own. >> i can barely drive just by staying on the road. drama over at google. they're going to have a search for a new location for their mystery barge. officials in san francisco say the company didn't get proper

permits and progress stalled. no word yet on any new possible landing spot. >> that was such a mystery. do you remember that? >> i still don't get it. i guess it was supposed to be provocative right? >> it kept people guessing. >> still does. and i still don't know why. now to a mystery at sea. a man claiming to have been lost in the pacific for more than a year. he turns up in a remote island. now his family is an schusly awaiting his return. john berman is here with more. >> so this is how it goes allegedly, two men go fishing more than 13 monthsing a from mexico. wids blow them badly off course. one of these guys turns off last week in the pacific with a tale about living off turtles.

he claims it is very true. this is the face of a man who says he hasn't stepped foot on dry land in more than 13 months. seeming to have difficulty walking, but alive. 37-year-old jose salvador al va rang ga turned up thursday. he was drinking rain water and sometimes his own urine. he says he set out from mexico to catch sharks in december 2012, traversing more than 5,000 files across the entire pacific ocean before finally making land fall on the marshall islands. >> it sounds like quite an incredible sea story of a man that went out fishing for one day and expected to return to his port on west coast of

mexico. >> in an exclusive interview, alvarenga says his boat was smacked by a large wave and both its engine and radio blew out. he says he completely lost track of time as the days at sea turned into months. he said he nearly gave up and contemplated suicide. but he says fear and his faith in god pushed him through. >> wilson! wilson! >> amazing survival stories like this have often been filmed. experts say survival is possible, but raise questions about what happened on board that boat. >> one of the things that struck me was the condition that he was in. i would expect a little bit more body weight loss. >> cnn tracked down alvarenga's parents in el salvador.

his mother julia says she never believed her son was dead and can't wait to take care of him and have the family together. he will likely be reunited with his family soon. for now, he is recovering from his ordeal. i mentioned that he had been traveling with a companion. he apparently reused to eat the fish and birds they were catching. so alvarenga says he died. >> clearly this is not the end of the story. >> we're all sitting here with this look like, i'm just not sure. >> in my head, i imagine being at sea for 13 months makes you look different than that guy looks. >> i think that's what sticks with me. he looked a little dirty, but he looked relatively okay. >> if i recall, there was a story yearsing a three fisherman from mexico that kind of charted

the same course and survived. >> the currents actually go to the marshall islands. that's where he would drift by a rate of about 27 miles aday. so science says it's possible. >> problem is, where's the other guy. that's why it goes from a lighter story to whether this guy is telling the truth. that's going to be the thing they have to investigate. >> they are investigating right now. >> they are investigating. >> let's take a break. virginia police captain has been missing since last week. now authorities may have a very big break in the massive search for him. plus bitter news about the sweet stuff. too much sugar can kill you. that's what a new study says. what you need to know and whether it's true coming up.

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ask your doctor about axiron. welcome back to "new day." authorities in virginia conducting a massive search for a police captain who suddenly disappeared last week. they've expressed great concern for his safety. now, they may have their first big break in the case. authorities say a man hunt is on for two persons of interest in the miss tear just case of a captain in virginia. kevin quick was last week last week. quick's car was found on monday outside of a home an hour away from where he was last seen. >> spotted by a deputy with the sheriff's office. it was abandoned and obviously we were on the scene and we are currently examining that

vehicle. >> officials released this surveillance photo of one of the men they're looking for, a man they believe may have information about quick's disappearance. also, photos of quick's suv taken on both friday and saturday in different parts of the state. his family says his disappearance is uncharacteristic. quick's colleagues describe him as an institution and say they want him back home. >> we want him to know we do care about him, we love him and want him back here with us. >> they are investigates reports that an suv that matches the transcription of quick's was seen fleeing the scene of an armed robbery and shooting at a super bowl party on sunday. right now, investigators don't know if the incident is related to quick's disappearance.

thaks so much. we all know that sugar is sweet, of course. but a new study says too much may actually kill you. the researchers say the risk of heart disease increases exponentially as people increase their sugar intake. dr. carter, we all know that too much sugar is not good for us. things that we've talked about for years. this new study that has come out goes even further. what do you make of it? >> well, this was a large study that was done. thousands of people were looked at over many years. they set out to look at two things. first of all, how much sugar are people actually taking in. and then, what does the sugar mean for our health. some even had greater than 25%. but the conclusion was that the

more shoe fwar people took -- sugar people took in, the greater the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality. people who took in 7 and 21% of sugar had a 38% increase. this is quite a large association. as you mentioned, you're right, we've known that sugar is not good. now this study is suggesting not only does it do that, but it also perhaps increases the risk of death from heart problems. >> i think it's interesting and a really good point. >> important point on this, we're not talking about sugars that we get naturally through foods. this study focused on added sugars. let's walk through this a little bit. we all know a little bit of what we mean when waer talking about added sugars. table sugar, brown sugar.

all of those things, we all use them. according to the american heart association, women are to take in no more than 100 calories per day, which equals about 6 teaspoo teaspoons. for men, it's about 36 grams. when you look at where you get your added sugar, one can of regular soda contains about 41 grams of sugar. that's almost double what women should have in added sugar in terms of daily added sugar intake. >> right. this is absolutely awakeup call. you're so right. we're talking about added sugars here. the soda, the cakes, the candy, cookies. really we're talking about packaged processed foods. not the fruits. we're finding that we take in a lot of sugar. the recommendation for sugar

intake says no more than 25% of our calories should come from sugar. the world health organization says no more than 10% of our calori calories. the american heart association says really no more than 6% for women. >> i'm really interested in what you would tell patients when you look at this. for me, it's a huge wakeup call. now, it can be deadly is what this study is suggesting. >> right. what i tell people is this, and what i will continue to tell people, eating sugar is not just about being fat or having diabetes or heart disease or things like that. now we're saying that eating sugar can actually cause a mortality risk in terms of cardiovascular disease. we have to cut back on a lot of the processed sugars we're eating out there.

>> that's an important end point. i think the first step is being away and educated. how much sugar we are taking in, in one soda. think of how many sodas people have in the day. great to see you. thank you so much. >> good to see you. all right. coming up on "new day," there's still no definitive proof connecting chris christie to a political payback plot known as bridgegate. but it's taking a toll in the polls. find out if fellow republicans are turning their backs on him. also raffaele sollecito was convicted with knox dwen. but does he think that she is the one to blame? what he had to say in a cnn interview. welcome back. how is everything?

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welcome back to "new day." let's check your led lines at this hour. want to show you a live look at oklahoma city. boy, that snow is really coming down. all part of a new snowstorm that's moving across a pretty big chunk of the country. millions are going to be impacted. some spots might even see up to a foot of snow. really barely leaves time for the east coast to big out from a storm that rolled through monday. thousands of flights canceled. breaking overnight a two-state man hunt is other. elliot was captured in indiana roughly 24 hours after he broke

out of a maximum security prison in michigan. while on the run, elliot kidnapped a woman and stole four cars. 47-year-old michael done is charged with fatally shooting a black teenager, jordan davis, in a dispute over loud music. he says he fired at him in self defense. iran's nuclear program will be another key topic being discussed today in congress. wendy sherman will go before the senate's foreign relations committee to talk about the talks. any new sanctions put in place could set back discussions ending nooek programs. this one is straight out of dr. evil's play book.

look lockheed martin has tested what it says is the highest powered laser. it is a first step towards developing a system for the military. >> that is very -- >> isn't that a big -- that's a big advancement. time now for our political gut check of the morning as i have another frog in my throat. chris east unequivocally denied knowing anything about the scheme that has tied the new jersey governor to scandal. this has new polls show christie took a huge hit by 14 points. joining us now, chief national correspondent and host of inside politics, john king with no frog in his throat hopefully this morning. what do you make of the radio

interview? he said, no, he knew nothing about the bridge closures. >> not really, unfortunately. he's standing his ground. the problem is, the investigations are going to take quite some time. david wildstein says there's evidence to prove the governor's not telling the truth. there's some reasons to say, all right, david wildstein, you should put up, or you know how to finish that sentence. here's the problem for governor christie, assume he's absolutely telling the truth, but who can vouch for him. his former deputy chief of staff, she's the one who told david wildstein go ahead. she won't speak publicly right now. bill step january, he's also involved, he's taking the fifth. his lawyers say nothing. so the two people closest to the

governor who might be able to come forward and say the govern governor's telling the truth, they're being told by their lawyers shut up. this is going to take a lot of time, a lot of lawyers. perception becomes reality in politics. the governor's in a mess. >> he's getting intense scrutiny from the media on a day in, day out basis. i think just that it happened is hurting him. i don't think that they're going to find a causative link between him and architecture of a payback plot, but the fact that it happened has obviously been a blow. don't you think? >> yes. and already remember. he doesn't have a lot of friends in the republican establishment. even though they thought he was the best horse for 2016 because he is different. but among social conservatives, the tax conservatives, the republican base, he already was

a bit of a question mark. they questioned his views on gay rights, they questioned his views on guns. he wasn't one of them. they're going to be more reluctant to embrace him. >> let's look at the interesting new polling information out. number one, a 14 point drop. now he's at a 10% support among republicans likely to support christie for 2016. in november he was at 24%. let's take a look at the republican field. christie is at 10%. that puts him basically tied for third. who's in first right now? huckabee. >> just leave that up because the graphic looks better than i do anyway. the republican party is known as it's your turn party. they tend to go back to familiar faces. he won iowa and then named out. he's been on the radio. he recently was in a little bit of a mess, liberals attacking

him because he was talking about uncle sugar and la bedo and contraception. you have a lot of people in new york and washington saying oh my god. we're talking about republicans here. social conservatives. sth of the media. suspect of government. suspect of obama care. mike huckabee been around the track before. what it tells you is, nobody is winning. nobody is winning. if this continues, it's going to encourage more and more people. governor john casic. if you have nobody or somebody in the mid-teens leading the pack, it's going to convince more people this is gettable. i'm going to get in. >> it certainly speaks to confusion in the party.

>> don't under estimate his skills adds a hands on politician. then he named out because his record as governor came into play. if you would have asked me two weeksing a, i would have said no way. if you're mike huckabee, you're looking at that and saying maybe. >> 14 doesn't win a lot of races, though. we'll see what happens. remember where we are in the calendar. all that confusion shows you that the republican party is still at essentially step one of a hundred in trying to find its new leader. >> and chris christie has a long way to go. >> people assume it's the lefty media going after christie. he's been hit by the far right as well. >> this is a scandal to be dealt with. >> i think ultimately it's going to help him that he keeps getting out in front of it.

we'll take a break here. when we come back, is this guy the real victim in the amanda knox story, or at least another victim. we know meredith kercher is the real victim. she's here, he's there. he's vulnerable to being put back in jail. he's telling his story to cnn. what he has to say about amanda's peculiar behavior. we're going to have the highlights from probably your favorite bowl, the puppy bowl. >> that is cute. [ female announcer ] right when you feel a cold sore, abreva can heal a cold sore in as few as 2 1/2 days when used at the first sign. without it, the virus spreads from cell to cell. unlike other treatments, abreva penetrates deep to block the virus, to protect healthy cells

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welcome back. amanda knox's ex-says he will

stay and fight. raffaele sollecito faces more than 20 years in prison along with knox. knox is in the united states and promises she will not return to italy. soe less toe is in italy. he says he feels trapped by knox's peculiar behavior. >> i'm trying to be as positive as possible in a situation like this. so it's very -- the situation here now. on the other side, i still have to fight. i've chosen to be here and to fight against the surreal. >> the day of the verdict, you crossed border into austria and returned to italy. why did you drive all the way to the border on the day of the verdict? >> i was expecting an exoneration. and i planned a kind of a happy

ending celebrating the exoneration with my girlfriend. and i cross the border because there are places which are very familiar to my girlfriend. and i wanted to go there. but as soon as i understood the verdict, i came back in italy. >> when you first heard about this new verdict, what did you think? >> was really unbelievable to me. and i thought it was -- it was kind of unreal. but what is really shocking to me is also the -- the statements from the president after the verdict. >> you mean the statements by the judge? >> i mean the president is the judge, of course. sorry. we call him the president. >> what did those statements

mean? what did they say to you about the judge? >> rerecently did an interview to a newspaper saying that i was silenced. and that's the reason why they convicted me. i was silent just because nobody asked to -- to question me. >> the judge said to -- to the newspaper that your decision not to testify worked against you, that you made a statement, but didn't get cross examined. you're saying you were willing to be cross examined is that what you're saying? >> i'm saying i was encouraged to answer any question and they never ask any question. so basically, if they don't ask, i cannot respond. i cannot reply because they never ask of anything. you all know that the focus was only to amanda to her behavior, to her peculiar behavior. whatever it is, i'm not guilty

for it. >> do you hold amanda knox responsible for the situation you're in now? >> actually they focus all thety tension on her. i cannot understand really why. but on the other side, i'm not responsible for that. so i'm not -- i'm not saying that amanda is responsible for all this situation, but they focus on her and they accuse her all the time. but i have nothing to do with all the circumstances and all the accusations. >> are you still in touch with amanda at all? >> yeah. sure. not -- not so often, but sometimes. >> at this point, do you believe you can get a fair trial in italy? >> actually, i don't know what to think. objectively, there's nothing

against me and nothing very strong against amanda. and in my case, i really did nothing wrong. and i don't want to pay for some -- for some -- someone else peculiar behavior. >> that's really what a lot of the conversation was, peculiar behavior. it's funny because we talked to amanda's u.s. attorney. he was saying it was going to be a year for the next appeal kind of to take place for her. i wonder what that means for him. >> you also have to remember, there is a different perception of these two people in italy, in the uk, in europe in general. it has there has well. the image of who they are and what they did and how they behaved, both of them really, is very jaundiced in italy.

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the super bowl play have set record ratings with 11 million viewers. it wasn't the only game in town. here's jenny with the furry competition. >> quick, name the mvp. not of the super bowl, we mean the mvp of the puppy bowl. touchdown. actually he scored four touchdowns, but who's counting? not the pups. actually the 66 pups reminded us of the denver broncos except for when the dogs scored. even the broncos didn't just plop down in the end zone and quit. animal planet puppy bowl was one of the other bowl games. hallmark's kitten bowl, kitties had names like feline manning. we can't forget the fish bowl.

four hours of watching a gold fish mope around the bowl joined occasionally by a guest fish. it was the puppy bowl that most mered the big game. the puppy bowl featured a little trash talking. >> that's holding. >> instead of bruno mars, the halftime show featured the keyboard cat. this updated version of keyboard cat was actually playing a bruno mars song. though bruno's impressive footwork put the pups to shame, when one kicked the ball over the goal line, all of the dogs come from shelters and all but two have been adopted. >> he's at the 30, 20, 10.

he scores again. >> congratulations your puppy bowl mvp. >> how did the jets quarterback joe get wrapped up in the puppy bowl? it was the coat. one of the tweets was the joe nam math's coat was made from the furs of the puppy bowls. >> that's a low blow. >> broadway joe is the man. i love ron burgundy. you cannot compare him to broadway joe. >> i thought it was an honor to be compared. >> no. it's great the dogs got homes. thank you jenny. we're going to take a break on "new day." when we come back, big out and digging in. look at live images of oklahoma

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i didn't know there was any problem up there. >> breaking overnight, chris christie on the attack. he goes the furtherest yet at the bridge gate allegations. is he leaving himself wiggle room. happening now, overseas marketing driving. u.s. markets set to open after taking the brutal 300 point plunge. what should you do with your money? tiger mom strikes again. her book about her parenting

technique making her famous. now she's got a theory about which ethnic groups do best in the u.s. and why. she joins us live. your "new day" continues right now. this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bald wan and michaela. >> chris christie is pushing back hard this morning despite scrutiny by u.s. attorneys. the governor fielding questions monday for the first time since the press conference last month saying he had no advanced knowledge and did not authorize lane closures on the george washington bridge in a political scheme. a new cnn poll shows christie's 2016 hopes are tanking showing him at 10% now. dana bash has more details. good morning. >> good morning. it was an ask the governor radio

show. he says the investigation subpoenaed his office. he tried to take it in stride saying he was disappointed. he's a bystander that wants to get to the bottom of it like everybody else. >> on the key question, did chris christie know anything about the gw bridge closures before they happened? he repeated his denial. >> did i know about it or have knowledge beforehand? the answer is the same, no. >> over -- >> i had nothing toll do with this. -- and over again. >> to make clear to everybody, all things that were reported over the weekend, nobody has said i knew anything about this before it happened. that's the most important question. >> christie did leave wiggle room on what former aid wildstein's attorney says he has evidence of that christie knew

about the lane closures while it was happening in september. >> if i read that or somebody said something about traffic issues up there, it wouldn't have been meaningful to me. i didn't know there was any problem up there. >> christie says the first time he remembers hearing the problem is when he read this october 1st wall street journal column calling the lane closures abusive. what may have been most noteworthy about this radio appearance is what christie did not say. no attacks on david wildstein like in this memo christie supporters sent around attacking wildstein's character with examples of high school saying of wildstein as a 16-year-old kid, he sued over a local school board election and publicly accused by his high school social studies teacher of deceptive behavior. it was a politician trying to stay above the fray. >> i'll be. [ muted ] if i'm going to let anything et

p keep me from doing my job. i'm disappointed by what happened here. i'm determined to fix it. >> trying to come across as a politician scorned. i'll tell you something, i'm not warranting anything anymore after what happened. >> now while the governor was on the air, he got word his former aid bridget anne kelly is taking the fifth and won't give the committee that's investigating documents they want from her. kelly is a key player on this. she was the aid that christie fired after learning she sent an e-mail saying it's time for traffic in fort lee. christie was tough on kelly in the marathon press conference last month. she's softened sayings he's not going to be critical of somebody exercising their constitutional rights. >> there's a but there. when he said i won't warranty anything my staffer does after this. i thought that was a big admission for him that could go to criticism of leadership style

largely with the information that comes out. thanks for the report and for following along, appreciate it dana bash in washington. also this morning, financial news for a change. futures looking up. for an economist with one hand, tell me who said that and i'll send you a "new day" coffee cup. overhand, overseas markets tanked. japan tumbled. china took a hit as well. they follow the trend set by us in the u.s. stock market that took a 300 point nose dive monday. not a good start for your 401k to be sure. what is going on? i don't know. christine romans knows in the money center with bars moving behind her. what do you see? >> for two years, you didn't have a meaningful pull back. now that the selling is here, it has been ferocious. it was a brutal day on wall

street, dow plunging 326 points monday, down 7% since the beginning of the year. the drastic drop sparked by a weak manufacturing report and disappointing sells from big auto makers like ford, toyota, gm. for many the sell off isn't surprising. here's why. stocks can't go up forever. after last year's muj rally, many call this an expected correction. >> i don't think this correction is over. last time i talked about a correction waiting for gurdo. >> there's a new leader at federal reserve. janet yellen is picking up where bernanke left. third, emerging marketing include turkey, south africa, leaving investors shaky. there are questions about where the u.s. is heading. dozens of companies have put out

weak earnings forecast. the reasons, lack of confidence. the selling may continue. how much? many predict the markets noo ed a staggering 10% did decline. they say those will be brief and stocks could rise in 2014. for now, buckle you will and get ready for a bumpy ride. no one said this year would be easy. how could hit be after a straight upshot last year? i can tell you this morning futures are slightly higher. your finding stability. selling overseas is stopped for now. looks like stability today on wall street other. >> i'm starting to get whiplash. i need you to stick closely to me. thank you very much. millions of americans are recovering from one major snowstorm and bracing for another. this we're going to show you a live look at oklahoma city where the new storm has already set in. round one dropped close to a foot of snow cancelling classes and thousands of flights. now round two could pack a

bigger punch. chad myers is tracking the extreme weather. i don't want to talk about round three yet. >> that's the storm sunday that could bury the northeast completely. could stop air travel allel together. here's the storm we're talking about today. this will hit different people than yesterday. we're talking kansas city, chicago, up state new york. that's where the warning goes today. snow in new york city tomorrow, four inches overnight. it changes to a. this is ice for baltimore, new york, d.c. it will be snow to the midwest. a foot from maine back to buff he and eerie where new york doesn't get the snow. some, but hit melts because tomorrow we get up to 34. it's an ice event in the morning everybody is worried about. we're worried about whether we can get to work or not. the storm develops in the plains, rolls quickly to the northeast. the next storm is already on the way, digs further south, gets colder air. it gets more moisture. that's a nor'easter for sunday

night and monday that could bury the northeast. i'll guarantee like broadway joe for you that there will be some place 24 to 30 inches of snow before monday night is over. >> that's just round three from the nor'easter? >> yep. >> all right. bets are coming in. where is it going to land? thanks. breaking overnight, pay quadruple murderer back behind bars after time on the run. he was captured in indiana after carjacking and abducting a woman. police say it was her bravery making a 911 call that led them to her. george howell is in indiana on the scene. what do we know? >> reporter: it was a wild 24 hours of freedom for elliott that ended here in la port county, indiana. again, police say he did several things from stealing two cars to even kidnapping a woman who managed to get away.

a two state man hunt comes to an end after authorities capture the escaped convict serving time for murder. authorities spotted david elliott in indiana after he spent 24 hours on the run from a michigan prison. >> he ran over a couple of stop sticks some of our sergeants laid out. his tires were going flat. he lost control of the vehicle. came to a t-intersection and slid to a snow bank he wasn't able to move further. >> reporter: it began when prison guards discovered elliott missing from his cell. it's unclear how he managed to escape. once outside, he pulled back the fencing of the security barriers and crawled underneath. his escape took a dramatic turn when he abduct aid woman in michigan forcing his way into her car and driving across state lines into indiana. >> he has a hammer. and a box cutter.

>> surveillance footage shows elliott on the run inside a convenient store paying for gas. while there, his hostage was able to lock herself in the restroom and secretly make this desperate 911 call. her abductor lurking outside the door. >> yes. occupied. sorry. taking me longer than i thought. >> is that him? >> yes. he's knocking on the booth room door saying let's go. >> elliott left the woman and ditched her jeep 20 miles away in indiana. elliott was serving five life sentences for a 1994 conviction for killing four people. authorities say up until now, he was known as a good prisoner. police were able to make that arrest after a high speed chase that ended in a snow bank. we also understand that elliott

is being held here in la port county in the jail on a range of felony charges, everything from possession of stolen property to resisting law enforcement. >> george, a lot of people breathing a sigh of relief he has been recaptured. thanks for that report. let's look at top headlines thousand. we're getting a clear picture of how often nsa asks tech companies for user datas. in a six month period, google and microsoft were forced to turn over information on up to 10,000 customer accounts. during the same time, yahoo turned over 40,000. the company says a small number of customers were targeted in the intelligence probes. breaking overnight, the educator accused of sexual abuse from in the youtube video is now under arrest. jamie confronted the woman she says began abusing her when she was 12 years old.

andrea faces 16 felony counts of sexual abuse involving two alleged victims and could face life in prison. new this morning, tragedy off the north carolina coast on the norwegian break away cruise ship. one of two boys rescued from the ship's adult pool has died. cpr was performed on two children. a 4-year-old boy could not be survi survi revived. the other boy is in stable conditions. no charges on the chemist being investigated for swapping out prescription drug evidence with over the counter pills. the chemist in question has resigned. meantime the state has reopened 2600 drug related cases. it could result in drug charges being dropped and prisoners released if it is determined the chemist tampered with evidence. broncos fans can't figure

out how your team got so crushed badly in the super bowl, seattle corner back richard sherman says he and his teammates figured out what manning's precount snap plays meant a few plays into the game. that means they knew exactly what plays were coming. look how crazy. manning had no time to get off any pass. >> the guy can go a lot of different places with the ball. different things happen. they had the read and react. they're an amazing defense. >> can we forget it now? >> no. it will never be forgotten. >> can't wait for next season. seattle looking good for next year too. >> thanks michaela. >> could be a legacy team. >> thanks chris. what was found in the apartment of phillip hoffmann. it could be what led to his death. we'll debate the issues with doctor drew.

also, if you tried to fly last month, there's a good chance you hit weather troubles. is it the worst time to fly in years? we're crunching the numbers and will take a look for you.

. welcome back. in the apartment of actor phillip seymour hoffmann police find baggies of heroin and lots of different prescription drugs. it raises the question why they were there and what they mean. host of hln dr. drew on call is joining us now. these prescription drugs were different ones. one was a blood pressure medicine --

>> no. that's a detox medication. >> it's also used for that? >> absolutely. >> what did you see in what they found? >> it was not in his name. someone gave it to him or he was able to require a pretty sophisticated array of detox medications. he knew how to detox meaning he did it many times which is no surprise. the one drug i was surprised about was the stimulant. i'm worried someone put him on that at one time. that could be the reason for his relapse. >> because? >> it stimulates the disease. when people get exposed to that, they will relapse. >> when someone is declined to addiction is given one of the stimulant type drugs -- >> they eventually relapse. it's inevitable. it retriggers the biology of the drug. there they go. >> a lot of people are on those.

>> i know. it drives me insane. it ends in relapse. >> this gives a window into what was going on. this wasn't a just fell off the wagon once. this was a problem. >> it looks like it. >> look on the daily news, it was all drug den. i think they're talking baggies of heroin. this is roughly a week supply. you don't buy groceries everyday. heroin addicts do it everyday. he's set up for the week. that's all that was. >> what you're hearing from those around him. his partner separated from him, we understand. others noticed things. what could have been done? >> the partner was probably saying -- tisometimes leveaving all you can do. sometimes that helps separating

with love. >> survivor guilt is now going on. >> staying would not have helped this person survive in probability. you can love somebody to death, but many times the one move you can do that makes a difference is getting out of there. >> often the instinct is counter intuitive. you think talking to me more and being with me gets me off the drugs. that doesn't happen like that. >> you need the golden thread to hold you back to do the right thing. when i work with patients in the clinic, i always have a staff member with me. i get sucked into the disease too. it's a interpersonal disorder. >> now what we're hearing and learning about the prescription drugs f. he was trying to get off, why didn't he stop the heroin? i posted this on the blog. the issue is important. two big schools of thought. one is it's a disease. let's treat it like cancer, like

what it is. the other is it's a choice. i'm going to adopt that view now. i do not hold and believe addiction is based on choice. however i'm going to take that position. i understand it well. you rebut the points. let's start with this, he did this. this is behavior, this is choice. forget about phillip seymour hoffmann, with all respect to his family. you choose to do drugs, doc. you choose to do it. >> one is you choose to do the drugs initially. that is a choice. when you look at circumstance at somebody that gets involved in drugs in the first place, they almost always -- at least in my world, they have a trauma issue. they're looking for solutions to how they feel. our culture provides a solution. it throws a switch. now they have an addiction process. it's a motivational process in the brain. whether a disease or not, define

what disease is before you define what something is or is not. >> you can control it. stop taking the drug. >> disease is a biological disorder with a genetic basis. there's pathology, natural history and treatment. addiction fits the model of disease. >> stop taking the drugs. be strong. >> the more you yell at a heroin addict, the more the walls go up. you can use wonder, wonder what that's about? they're not responsible for what they're doing now. they're responsible for their recovery. your job season get them to a place where there are people and teams to surround them and contain the disease. >> it's giving them a break and putting them in the category as a cancer survivor which is disrespectful. cancer happens to you regardless of your own responsible. this is all about you. you're selfish and weak. >> indeed you did start the drugs. we can debate that. that's the moment debate is

worth while. later on when the brain is diseased, i'm a cancer survivor. i'll take cancer any day over heroin addiction. >> i'll tell you this. anybody that's been around a person that's an addict e they don't believe it's something they can control. >> the behaviors addiction causes are so unpleasant. the people around the addict are the ones that suffer the most. >> it destroys families the most. thanks. that's an important discussion. i know half of you think i'm beating up on dr. drew because i i think addicts are to blame. >> always. >> too much respect for what you know and help others to understand. you let me know what you think. use the #newday. addiction affects too many people. if you don't know it yet, i hope you never learn. that topic will keep coming up.

it always does. all right. coming up next, flight cancellations building by the thousands this winter. on top of delays that have left passengers stranded, is this the worst winter yet to travel by air? we're going to take a look at this. you're not seeing double. these twins wanted to find out what would help them stay in shape. they took on vastly different diets to find out. they're going to join us to talk about their interesting results.

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need to know. federal prosecutors serving chris christie's office with a subpoena. the new jersey governor denying involvement with the bridge gate scandal. another round of snow set to move through the eastern half of the country. snow falling in oklahoma. two dozen states from the plains to northeast gets slammed with a wintery mix into tomorrow. the search for a convicted killer is now over. quadruple murderer michael david elliott escaped from a maximum prison sunday but was recaptured in indiana monday night. reports of a new security threat in sochi targeting austria's olympic team. a letter warned two athletes would be kidnapped during the sochi games. >> a number five, president barack obama meeting with defense officials today. the focus, how to deal with afghanistan. he's been pressing the afghan president for months to sign the security agreement to keep the scaled back u.s. presence there. we always update five things to

know. visit cnn.com for the latest. january was one for the books when it comes to weather impacting air travel. an astonishing 40,000 flights cancelled last month. add to that delays and other issues you had to deal with. that doesn't include the 2,000 cancelled flights monday. with multiple storms in the forecast this week, it could be another travel nightmare. rene marsh has been looking into this. it begs the question, has this be the worst travel period yet? >> reporter: kate, it has been pretty bad for travelers when you look at prior years, recent years. a lot of analysts say yeah, just this january alone, we saw a lot of people with cancelled flights. we're talking about this past january, 30 million people's flights cancelled. yet another winter storm once

again proving when snow fall, planes stop flying. >> we found out that we were cancelled until 6:00 a.m. in the morning. >> reporter: last month was the worst january for flight cancellations in years. according to flight tracking site, flight aware, a staggering 40,000 flights were cancelled in january, four times more than the past two years. nasty weather is partly to blame like this storm that buried new york's jfk. >> they said it's going to be a couple of days before the next flight to tronoronto. >> reporter: the one that froze chicago's ohare. >> last time in chicago we rechecked ago. four days ago. >> reporter: more airlines are precancelling flights to avoid flying in bad weather. that would risk planes and passengers getting stuck or

snowed in. federal rules also cause cancellations. airlines don't want to risk passengers waiting on the tarmac. that could meet fines of more than a million. analysts blame the new rule require pilots get more rest between shifts. >> everyone is in favor of more safety and certainly passengers want their crew to be rested, but there's no question that when a pilot can work fewer hours in a week and can work fewer hours in the day between flights there's going to be more delays and cancellations. >> reporter: all right. well you know what, already at this point, it feels like such a long winter. that weather starts to move in and we're expecting more delays and cancellations on top of what we've seen. so far today, as far as cancellations, over 500. chris and kate. >> you've got one of the toughest assignments. every time you're out there, something not good is happening.

you poor thing. thank you very much. coming up on "new day," tiger mom is back with a controversial new book. does your cultural group determine whether you succeed in america? she's here with her coauthor, her husband, to say yes it's about your culture group. other than that, the rest of you are losers, me included. that ahead. twin brothers test two diets. one gave up sugar. one gave up fat. which worked best? they're going to join us live with their reports. you'll wanted to hear it. [ children yelling ]

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welcome back to "new day." tiger mom made headlines for her 2011 book pushing what some call severe parenting. she's back with a book coauthored by her husband call "the triple package ". how traits likely cause the fall of america. they claim successful groups are because of three traits. you're looking at them. the superiority complex, insecurity and impulse control. some say it's racism. we have them with us this morning. thank you very much. >> thanks for having us. >> let's flip the discussion you wind up having about this book. it is racism, whether you're describing negative traits to races. you're saying certain groups have advantages over others, right? >> first of all this book is opposite of racists. we show african-american and

hispanic groups far outperforming the averages. this shows success has nothing to do with race. people succeeding come from all different backgrounds and skin colors. we know the economy is tough. the striking fact is all across america, there are groups. there are many. not just eight we focus on. there are many groups where people are still succeeding and rising. our point is let's look at that and how they're doing it. if we're afraid to look at that, how are we going to learn? >> why shy away from these that are provocative? what's wrong with saying these groups do better than the groups that aren't? >> that we don't have a problem with. >> that's making groups superior. >> i don't think so. some groups are doing better right now. the important point, these groups change over time. ten years from now there will be

different groups. 20 years before they were different groups. >> that's a point. the groups change. let's discuss that. let's talk about the factors and why you'll see some kind of malability. >> the point is insecurity. it's the opposite of being entitled. it's the feeling of, i haven't done enough. i need to prove myself. sometimes we shy away from that and accept yourself. what's wrong with i want to be better? impulse control is about discipline and perseverance. those can be taught in groups of any background. >> jed, that's part of the dynamic. you're dealing with cultural set up in a family. these are are engrained in a way that's unusual, right? >> one of the fascinating thing we found. asian american kids famously get better grades, score better than

other kids in the united states. >> that's true. look at data, it's true. >> it's verifiable. third generation asian american kids, no difference whatsoever in performance. this tells you right away, forget the model speuperiority. something is happening in households. let's figure it out and learn from it. >> you're saying in america, there's something happening or not happening in households that is changing what used to lead to success. what's changing? >> there are a lot of factors. part is success. in any group or county, as soon as you get comfortable, it's natural to not be desperate and hungry. what i want to stress, at the end of the day, our book is about individuals. we learn what traits are by looking at groups that are doing well today. >> i'm from a family and my mother instilled qualities in

me. he has his own business. it's accessible. >> the data shows? >> some are doing better. >> superiority means there's expectation? >> yes. in the household context. it's a sense of being exceptional and special in some way a ways. think about high expectations. it combines superiority. you have it in you. you haven't done it yet. you need to work hard. it's both. >> when you talk about what's not happening in america, parenting. everybody gets a trophy. find your individual success. we don't like standards. everybody is different. >> for 30 or 40 years psychologists believed if you instill that, kids would do

better. evidence refutes that. it's almost scary. it turns out it's not core lated with better performance. self esteem shows worst performance. they do worse afterwards. >> that's self esteem defined a certain way. it's unearned self-esteem. you're perfect and don't need to do anything for it. >> this is interesting. i come from a family values are important. i don't know about the first one but terms of you better earn it. every day is a desperate day. every success is fail you're averted. with that intensive thought. i don't know that it makes you happy. it's interesting what you define as success, what parameters you use. young because you're successful, you may not be happy.

you look at kids in asian communities. higher anxiety level, depression. level of who gets treated is lower. how do you figure that? >> the book is textured. we have a whole chapter on the cost of this kind of drive. >> success doesn't mean happy? >> it doesn't but it also doesn't mean your not happy. asians have a higher level of stress but lower level of suicide rates. it's a complicated terrain. >> doesn't mean you're not depressed or that there's unhappiness. >> exactly. it's not the unpleasant all the time. >> we have to think about our definition of success. that's what we deal with in kids. the everybody gets a trophy problem. i don't know that my parents would have said it. they would have said we want him to be educated, be responsible, get back in society. to me, i'm always saying happy. >> here's how i define success.

achieving your goals whatever they are. we focus on material success. one because it's something you can measure. and two, for a lot of people, material success is one of their goals. it's important for themselves and their families. the triple package we think propels success of any kind including the kind defined by service to your community or country. >> that's an interesting conc t concept. it's certainly worth a read if you're one of the people that wants to figure out what matters going forward and what you can do. it raises the question of how is success happiness and fulfillment? >> you said you don't know about the first one. your family exemplifies the best kiechbl kind. one based on striving and hard work. i overcame adversity or something. i challenged myself. that's one way into the triple

package for everybody. >> all we do is look for adversity. we see it where there is none. are italian americans in the book? i didn't see any. >> there are dozens of groups in there outperforming the average. italians are quite successful. we could have talked about lots of them. >> we've got to go. read the book to see if you're the average. then you're in real trouble. >> that puts me at slight disadvantage doesn't it? little bit of everything. chris, thank you. we're going to take a break. coming up next on "new day," twins put doctors to the test. who had the best results? we'll talk with the pair coming up next. ♪ ♪

so many wonder which diets work for them personally. what if you had another version of you to test things out on? after van gained a little weight, he realized he and his twin brother chris knew little about losing weight and eating healthily. they set out on a experiment, eating different diets one month and comparing the results. he is here. his brother is in london looking

as handsome as can be. the two of them. chris you cut out fats? >> for a month, i had no carbs or sugar. i lived on meat, cheese, eggs. >> what did you do? >> i cut out fat. my food looked normal. eating was a joyless experience. >> which is interesting because the two of you both lost weight. how much did you lose? >> i lost much more. i thought i was winning. at the end of the month i lost eight pounds. i ate as much as i wanted. i ate steak most nights and fell good. energy levels were low but constant through the day. i didn't have spikes. >> as compared to chris? >> i lost two pounds. at the end of the diet before we went back to researchers and discussed the results, he was convinced he should stay on his

diet. here's the key thing. although xand lost weight, by every other measure, his diet has been bad for him. >> in fact you ended up prediabetic? that's astonishing. >> you think if you cut sugar you would move away from stress on your pancreas. most calories were coming from fat. >> talk about that quick. did you cut out everything, fruit, juices -- >> i cut out vegetables. so literally it was meat, cheese, eggs and fish i guess. those were the only things i ate. this is not a sustainable or healthy diet for a long period of time. what was striking was completely eliminating sugar, i was worse processing sugar at the end of the diet. >> you learned a lot. it was easier to follow because you were eliminating one thing.

chris, what was the biggest take a way you had? clearly extreme diets are not some way to live. what did you really learn? >> the key thing is trying to find one simple solution like fat or sugar is in the end going to cause you problems. diet is a complicated subject. trying to seek a simple solution is difficult. >> you're both doctors? >> yes, both physicians. >> we were joking before physicians aren't always the best patients. >> oh yeah. terrible patients. most don't know that much about nutrition. >> speak for yourself. >> what did movement matter in this? did you exercise regularly or nothing? >> what we were normally doing. we're both in reasonable shape. >> you both look fit. >> the big take home messages for us were probably the reason we're all getting -- not all of

us, you look great -- obesity is rising generally not because of one molecule fat or sugar. the processed food is hard to stop eating. it affects your brain in a way. it's designed to be almost addicting. avoiding that and exercise is really, really important. it does good things for you. >> that's the hardest way possible. >> i know. >> that's why it's a hard problem. chris, let me ask you, going forward, what are you both going to do differently now? >> for me, one of the interesting things, of xand's weight loss, four were muscle. he was less able to work well. we did cognitive tests. he was less accurate on them. his diet was pretty antisocial. any diet you're going to go on has to be socialable, palatable and you have to do it the rest of your life. a lot of people have been on

ultra low gi diets and lost weight, but they put it back on. >> has it increased sibling rivalry? >> it's really funny actually. in fact what's really nice -- >> he's normally much worse than me at everything. >> i'm happy to have a better version of me out there in the world. >> very nice. >> at least he's like me. >> xand, chris, this is fascinating. we appreciate you throwing your bodies into this for man kind. very cool. you both look great. >> thank you. >> thanks for joining us. coming up, park officials clear away the blankets and sleeping bags used by homeless people on one of the coldest days of the year. you don't like it, right? wait until you hear what made them do it and why it's actually the good stuff, coming up.

all right. now a lot of media spends time telling you about the bad stuff coming out of washington. there's good reason for that. there's good stuff coming out as well. that's one of the things that motivate this is story. here's a story. a woman walking through the park on one of the coldest days of the year notices a city worker tossing blankets into a big can. she was angry. the next day she noticed all blankets laundered, folded, put neatly on the park bench. she snapped this photo which has been liked on facebook more than a million times.

while it seems extraordinary, it's nothing new for washington d.c. which has a program to provide blankets of those that won't go to shelters. the photo inspired others to pay more attention to the blankets used. it includes a dry cleaner that donates cleaning services to shelters. a group of neighbors are sewing sleeping bags out of moving pads. a company in texas plans to donate 600 sleeping bags to shelter this is season. >> bad flu season, bad winter, bad combination. >> it's been a horrible winter. >> important enough, d.c. has an extensive shelter system. there's a lot of people that don't want to go in for various reasons, good and bad. >> way to go d.c. >> washington d.c. stepping up. others pitching in. good on you people. love the government and everybody else for chipping in.

love you for being with us on "new day." now time for "newsroom" with carol costello. >> thank you i'm honored. "newsroom" starts now. good morning. i'm carol costello in "newsroom." we're on wall street as the opening bell rings. america asks the question why did the dow plunge 7% in the first month of the new year? let's break that down. the average american started this year with a 401k with joust over $100,000. by the closing bell yesterday, that nest egg shrank to $95,000. most