immigration chief treated him to a haircut and a shave. all that like a memory, castaway. cnn, new york. >> that's it for me. thanks for watching. i will be back at 5:00 eastern in "the situation room." newsroom continues right now with brooke baldwin. >> thank you very much. great to be with you all on this wednesday. i'm brooke baldwin. we start the hour with this. nearly one million customers in the northeast without power as this harsh winter storm 2ku678ed heavy sn heavy snow and rain. ice coated power lines are causing huge problems there. nearly 600,000 people are without power. crews are working on those downed lines. they are expected to rise. that's an issue. the northeast getting socked with up to one foot of snow.

this doesn't look fun. trying to push this car. state of emergency declared for new york. 2700 flights are canceled across the united states and in boston specifically, about two inches of snow falling there per hour. look at this. just to explain to you how rough this is, this is a snow plow. the snow plow got stuck in a boston parking lot as it tried to clear the snow. the snow plow defeated in boston. it is that bad. don lemon is live for us in boston. don, i have seen you with kids. i have seen you with dogs. this is serious stuff where you are. par. >> it is serious. i had this up real quick. it's coming in from this way and stinging. it was really fluffy. you can walk around without a pat on and it wouldn't get wet. now it's a change over to ice.

as it comes in, it stings your face. they are lucky here in massachusetts. they don't have many power outages. the boston area and they are used to the snow. many people are taking it in stride. i will show you around. there the bobcats and the snow plows that were out earlier. they have been coming back and forth. we are in christopher columbus park. the other way, you will see a bigger plow. >> getting dizzy. getting dizzy. there we go. >> there you see it. i'm going to walk with brooke. it's fluffy stuff. then they said maybe eight to ten inches. this is more than a foot in order to get to grass here. a lot of snow and a couple of people without power. not as many as in some of the states. non-especially government employees have to stay home.

it's a partial state of emergency here. you spent a lot of time here. this is boston. >> they know how to do snow. >> people like chris, chris and lexy are out here. you see this stuff, right? >> pretty much. they can't hear you. lexy loves snowballs. come here, lexy. ready? go get it! yeah. >> she's doing fine in the snow. they can handle snow. >> doing already? >> doing good, yeah. >> it's a snow day. >> a work from home day. >> he will tell people this is his lunch break. >> yes. a lunch break. >> that's the snowball. >> back to you. i'm going to throw this in for you. lexy! get this! >> don, we will pull away from you. more than 120 million americans are bundling up to cope with the snow and the ice and the freezing temperatures.

this toddler helped his dad shovel snow in the driveway of their home in vermont. look at this guy. the i reporter made this video of his son shaw. they got about 12 inches of snow there. cute stuff. not cute if you are trying to drive in it. seeing don in boston. they are going to get hit. >> still coming down in boston. they are getting little breaks. the overall picture still getting snow and even sleet on the out skirts of boston. they still have the winter storm warnings from new york city, boston and into maine. that will last through this afternoon. additional snowfall totals we are looking at two to four inches in boston and more around portland up the i-95 corridors. not much ice accumulations.

what the problem is going to be, temperatures are above freezing right now in new york city. they are going to plummet tonight. anything that has melted, the roadways and all of this ice is going to just freeze overnight. it is going to be dangerous travel along the i-95 corridor. we get the slushy conditions and overnight it will freeze. it will be nasty for the morning commute. >> we know you are keeping an eye on this. >> let me move on to this and a number of developments to share with you with regard to the investigation into the death of oscar winning actor phillip seymour hoffman including the arrests of four people police believe are connected to the drugs found in hoffman's manhattan apartment. we are also learning that police found the actorar personal journal on a stand in his living room and tests show the heroin found in hoffman's home the day his body was discovered did not

contain fentanyl. there was laced heroin out in cities and that was not what he was taking. that's a powerful narcotic, part of that heroin that killed a lot of people on the east coast. the marquee on brought way will be dimmed for one minute in memory of phillip seymour hoffman who graced the stage several times. reporting on last night's arrests in new york. >> a night time drug raid on a downtown apartment building not far from where phillip seymour hoffman lived. he searched three apartments in the area. inside they found 300 baggies of heroin. possibly other drugs. the heroin brands labeled black list and red bull, not the same type found in hoffman's apartment called ace of spades and ace of hearts. four under arrest including criminal possession of a

controlled substance. they said they found the largest amount of drugs in robert's apartment. they learned his cell phone did have hoffman's number stored in it. >> one of the nicest people i have ever met. smart. he goes out of his way to be nice. knows everything about film and music and art and literature. great guy. >> investigators trying to determine if any of them sold drugs to hoffman. they could be looking at more serious charges. possible prosecution under the so-called felony murder rule when someone dies after the commission of a felony. it happened in the john belushi case to kathy smith and she served 15 months behind bars for injecting him with the fatal dose of heroin laced with cocaine. >> the felony murder rule, you attempt to apply it to a drug

dealing situation, the defense is i may have given him the drug, but they overused it. they didn't use it the right way. they were on other drugs. >> unclear what led hoffman who struggled with addiction to relapse. insight may come from his journal that police found in addition to the heroin and prescription drugs. a publisher knew something was wrong when he saw hoffman at last month's sundance film festival. this is his picture from sundance. >> he said you won't recognize me. i said well, should i know you? he said well, i'm a heroin addict. at that point seeing the shock and awe on my face, he took off his cap and i immediately recognized him, but as he was walking off, he said i just got out of rehab. >> joining me now, jason, let's begin with the four arrests overnight. what happens next legally speaking? >> we are waiting for the first

court appearance. that is expected to happen at sometime today and during that appearance, quite possibly bail will be set. they may end up entering a plea. the judge will find out if they need representation. all of that expected to happen later today. getting word in from the medical examiner. there have been a lot of questions about how exactly and what was the cause of death. a quote coming from the medical examiner saying the cause and manner of the death of phillip seymour hoffman is pending as we await further studies including toxicology tests, but so far the exam proved to be what they said was inconclusive. they are waiting for toxicology tests to come in before they can determine an exact cause of death. in terms of what happened to hoff run. >> keep us posted, thank you very much. coming up, we are one day before the winter olympic games.

the host city quite frankly is not ready. not even close. on top of that, dogs are being killed? this is a mess. we will take you there live. plus jerry seinfeld makes waves after being asked about a lack of diversity in his web show. seinfeld said comedy and political correctness don't mix. n has an exclusive 5 in 1 formula. it's clinically proven to hydrate dryness, illuminate dullness, lift sagging, diminish the look of dark spots, and smooth the appearance of wrinkles. together these 5 elements create ageless looking skin. roc® multi correxion 5 in 1. it's high performance skincare™ only from roc®. i took medicine but i still have symptoms. [ sneeze ] [ male announcer ] truth is not all flu products treat all your symptoms. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus severe cold and flu speeds relief to these eight symptoms. [ breath of relief ] thanks. [ male announcer ] you're welcome. ready? go.

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a lot of white. what's going on here? this really miss misses me off. >> that's okay. >> you made a comment on the tina fey episode. you were talking to her and something about the female comedians and it's a struggle to balance projections with comedic goals. in the context of comedy, i want to know what you meant by that. >> i was curious what it's like to be a woman in comedy as opposed to a man. there is a little bit of a difference. i thought that might be an interesting thing to discuss. she is so successful at it and i wonder how she looked at it and if she thought about it. she gave me the answer. you do have to think about that, but it's just another thing to think about. there were a lot of things at the beginning. the first ten i did were all

white males and people were writing about that. >> that's part of the reason i asked this. people tweeted at me. they asked about the agenda. >> people think it's the census or something. they represent america. who cares. it's funny. funny is the world i live in. funny, i'm not interested. i have no interest in agenda or race, but that's with the calculating and the exact right mix. to me it's anti-comedy. it's more about pc nonsense than are you making us laugh or not? >> right. >> that are is jerry seinfeld. he comes out and says he doesn't

give a rip. winner of the grand prize in the tv series of last comic standing. good to see you. >> good to be here. >> we have a lot of ground to cover, but out of the gate, what was your gut reaction? to what you just heard? >> my gut reaction upon hearing it, i can see where people might mix up what he was saying, but i think his show, i looked at this as more of his friends that he is talking to. i don't think jerry -- jerry obviously has black comics and women comics who are friends, but maybe the majority of his friends are white male comics. i didn't see the show as something being cast like a network comedy. >> does it bother you in your gut then if these are his friends or not, it's a bunch of white people? >> well, it's his show.

this is a different situation than, for example, snl. "saturday night live," that's a network show where there is auditions and casting and so on. they have an agenda or for their show. with jerry, i always thought this is a web series. it would be a pot cast if not for the fact that jerry is so famous. it doesn't seem unusual to me. i don't think jerry has an agenda one way or the other. on the other hand, jerry has no idea what it's like to be a black or latino comedian or a woman. he doesn't know that you have to burst through certain barriers. >> let me flip the script for you who knows a thing or two about that. what if you had a web series? i presume it would be a diverse group of folks. i have no idea. say a bunch of your friends

happened to be african-american. do you think you would be under fire the same way he is? >> i hope so. i wish this many people would talk about my opinions. all kidding aside, i don't think so. i don't think it would be as big of a deal if i did it or on a bigger name scale, say if chris rock did it. >> tyler perry and you can keep going. you don't think so? >> i don't think it would be considered as big of a deal. i think this question is bigger thanner issy seinfeld's comedy. for example, i hosted a diversity showcase here in hollywood once for networks. my problem with that was they had no job to give, no intention of putting someone on the show. it was like we want to see ten mi yourity comics and so they could say they did it to satisfy

any union requirements. >> a quota or something. >> sure. >> they didn't have intention of putting anyone on the air. that concerns me more than jerry seinfeld. >> let me ask you this. we heard in the clip say that it's anti-comedy. when jerry seinfeld said comedy is politically incorrect, do you think he has a point there? park r absolutely. when comics talk to comics, we say things that would shock the general population. when we joke about being illegal, that's not politically correct. what jerry is saying i think he wishes the world were 50 years from now or 100 years from now when people didn't look at whether or not you were a black or latino or woman or white

comic and you were just fin. the reality is in this world it makes a difference. it makes a difference and people know it. they absolutely know it. you know when you walk into the audition, they look at you from a stereotype. they look at a black comic and they he's going to be doing ghetto comedy. she will do comedy about her boyfriend. they can't look past the stereotypes. >> here's to eventually all of us being able to do that. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> we will make it. i love cars. i want to be on his show. >> you were friends with jerry. on a first name basis. we will work on that. thank you so much. coming up, we have to talk about the olympics opening ceremonies for the winter games friday one day away from competition. is the city ready? some people say no. wait until you see and hear what is happening. also clay aiken, the "american

idol" star trying his hand at politics. he will join me live for his first national interview. stay here. those little things still get you.

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seven years in the making and the sochi winter olympic games are still in the making. several construction projects remain undone and flowers ri main unplanted and hotel rooms unfinished. our sports producer said "this is the one hotel room of 11 reserved in sochi 2014 have

given us so far." hotel water problems. water restored, sort of. i know what very dangerous water looks like. the hotel told her the water was too determinous to wash her face. still that torch is on schedule in all its glory. nick peyton walsh is live in sochi. i don't know what your hotel room looks like, but competition is, hello, tomorrow! >> absolutely. cnn's hotel issues are inside the corporation. we have been around a number of other places we have been seeing. earlier on they pulled her bath away from the wall of the bathroom saying it flooded the floor there as well. a number of hotels are still in construction. i should say to the benefit of the organizers, it does seem

things have improved in the last 24 to 48 hours. a lot of complains resulted in action. some of the places where there were problems before. that seems to have no longer been the case. of course this is the a huge disparity between people paying a fortune for hotels and tickets here. the russian acceptance of the norm where brown water in our hotel five days ago is not something you necessarily get too scared of. brooke? >> thank you. keep us posted. thanks. ♪ >> you know this guy. his first steps on the national stage involved music, but now clay aiken who finished second on "american idol," today announcing his run for congress. why? he said he is not happy with the

republican congresswoman in his district among other things. guess who is standing by live. clay aiken for his first big national interview since the announcement. don't miss it. that's next.

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have you guessed what it is? if not, keep thinking. this guy wants to do it too. ♪ >> yep, that is clay aiken of "american idol" fame. have you guessed what it is yet? this should tell you right here. take a look. >> in some ways this is where my life really began. on the floor of a living room in a small north carolina home where my mother and i only had each other. she protected me. not just from my father, but many harsh realities and more often than not, she distracted me with music. so much of who i am was shaped in the early years and it's part of why i decided to run for congress. >> that's right. clay aiken is running for congress and guess what else. welcome. nice to see you. >> good to see you too, brooke. >> here you are and watching

that video this morning, clay, you have an incredibly compelling story. my question is this. is a compelling personal story a qualification to get elected? does that suffice? >> i don't think it does. i think that story qualifies me in the sense that i understand we all go through issues. we learn from them. for that reason i think empathy and caring for the people he represents. as a society, what not should be the people in congress. we see what that's gotten us so far. understanding constituents for caring and their needs will be an important qualification. for people who have seen the video, remind us of your back story for your mom and dad.

>> my birth father had a struggle with alcoholism and could be violent. my mother and i liveded in some ways sort of on the run from him for a year. when i was really young. i don't think my story is while the details might be different than some people, my story is not that different from other people who have gone through things that have made them who they are. i think as a country we have gone through enough difficult times that made us strong and it's time to get back to a place where we are going through positive times. >> let's talk about this run for congress. i have been reporting reports that you have been out and about introducing you to donors. who encouraged to you run? are. >> i took it upon myself as we got frustrated with the dysfunction in washington. being frustrated with the fact that the representative who now

serves me i had been redistricted from where i had been. i think i do believe that she went to washington because she wanted to do good for people. when she got there in my opinion, she started listening to leaders in her party instead of the people at home. >> you are referring to the congresswoman and what i read in this district, redder than red. in this video, i talk about her and highlight the government's dysfunction and the government shut down. explain your biggest frustration with this congresswoman. >> i don't think that it is rhetoric. holes and what not can show us that. everyone lives somewhere in the middle. i think people in congress

nowadays especially with my opponent have tended to go on to one side or the other and they don't listen. they feel they are safe and they don't listen to the constituents. in our district, one of the largest and most important military installations is based in the district. some of the vote that is the congresswoman has taken have directly affected negatively the people and military families and members. they said there is not a connect the way they affect people's lives in the district. >> congressman elmers said this. his performing career is not going well and he is very bored. not to mention she is a two-term incumbent and a republican in a red state and a woman. clay aiken. i know simon cowell is thing, but this is a congresswoman mocking you. welcome to politics. your reaction to that?

>> i said before, politics is the only place in the world where one person's success depends on another purpose's failure. for that reason, unfortunately we see people who are specifically trying to tear the other person down instead of working to do something positive. that's why we have a problem. instead both parties spend all of their time knocking the other side down to win by making the other person lose. i heard plenty of criticisms over the past ten years. i am certainly not bothered, but i am bothered by the idea that this is how we are supposed to be getting things done in this country by critiquing other people. >> let me take a quick break, but i want you to stick around. if you win, i know you say you won't be a politician in this video, but you are hoping to be a member of congress up there in washington. you will be ticking off americans. i want to hear what areas

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. we are back and just announced he is running for congress. clay aiken, watching the whole video in the announcement, you criticized your opponent, her republican leaders in washington, can you give me an example over the course of however many years president obama disappointed you? >> you know, i think there is systemically a problem in washington with people not talking to each other and not working together. i don't think the president is immune from this criticism. i think that both parties need to learn to reach across the aisle and i think the president can do a better job of reaching

out to congressional leaders to come to workable solutions for both parties and for the people of the country. >> let's talk about an issue that president obama evolved on the stance. same-sex marriage. you came out to your mom after dropping off your little brother and i read the article where you said your mom struggled with it at first. my question to you, if you win this seat, how would you convince your southern conservative state that same-sex marriage should be legal? >> i don't think that's an issue in this particular election. it is something that is a settled issue in north carolina. not something that a congressman has anything to do with. my position on that is clear, but at the same time when i talked to people around the district and people in this area to things on their minds of the economy and jobs and being able to put their kids through college and training for adults so they can get the new jobs. taking care of veterans and

things in the district that take precedent over any issue like that it. i don't know that that would be an issue i would be discussing in the campaign. >> you said it's settled and case closed in your state? >> within north carolina, the voters have put an amendment in the constitution defining marriage and for that reason, i have no choice but to respect the decision of those voters. again, it's not an issue that is going to be discussed much in the campaign regardless of my views. >> final question. give me your campaign trail phrase. one sentence. go. >> a phrase. i would say that we want to work together. we want to get america working together. that means the people in washington working and we want to get the people of america working and doing it together. we don't have a slogan. i made it up with you right here. >> we are working on it. it's okay. we are going with it. clay aiken.

thank you so much and best of luck to you. coming up next, the red hol chili peppers unplugged. bassist flea is responding to criticism over the instrumentation after the break. plus, did the biggest loser actually lose too much? pictures of the reality show winner revealed a dramatic change is losing so much weight so fast. we will discuss, next. hey linda! what are you guys doing? having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support regularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips'. try zyrtec-d® to powerfully clear your blocked nose and relieve your other allergy symptoms... so you can breathe easier all day.

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. what is the super bowl halftime show without controversy? >> air guitar. flea admitting the red hot chili peppers went unplugged. the equivalent of lip synching. he said he didn't have the choice. it's the policy that musicians can't play live. as jay leno gets ready to step down from "the tonight show," he told nearly 44,000 jokes over the past two decades. who were his favorite targets? any guesses? >> it will be an exciting season finale of the tonight show. i want to thank all the people that made it possible.

michael jackson, monica lewinsky, president clinton. >> president clinton upset about the low approval rating. the word is his staff is thinking of changing his theme song from don't stop thinking about tomorrow to take this job and shove it. >> i was walk along the beach and i pick up a sea shell and i hear o.j. talking about the case. he just keeps talking. >> according to a new study, leno did more bill clinton jokes over any approximatepolitician. as for celebrities nobody came close to o.j. simpson. beckham is back. the star getting ready to be the owner of a new team in major league soccer. beckham wants to build a stadium on the water in south florida. >> miami is a vibrant city. it's a city with a lot of passion. i know this city is ready for

football. >> i know the city is ready for football. soccer this time around. >> that's today's cnn pop. >> now to the prime time tv's biggest loser in the controversy surrounds the new winner. she is $250,000 richer and 155 pounds lighter. tremendous feat, right? not for a lot of fans of the show. they are stunned saying she went too far and she looks unhealthy. here's michelle turner. their faces say it all. big shocker and possibly bigger controversy on the biggest loser last night. brand-new winner, ravened frederickson revealing a staggering 155 pound weight loss. frederickson a former swimming champ broke a new record by shedding 60% of her total body weight. >> choosing to own my path and

move forward in this and know i can take control and do anything that i want. it's just amazing. >> some people are less amazed and more concerned fearing she lot of too much weight. stunned viewers took to twitter to voice their alarm saying watching the biggest loser finale and i am seriously concerned that the confetti will knock rachel over. this is the first time i have seen a contestant go too far. genuinely upset about this one. also, i think it's kinda sad how young girls and teens are watching this as an example. nbc should probably know better. so far no word from nbc or the biggest loser, but not the first time the reality series came under fire. last november jillian michaels got into trouble for giving her team caffeine supplements without a doctor's permission. her team was penalized although michaels insists they were safe.

>> it's healthier than unlimited amounts of coffee. my only regret is that my team are the ones suffering the consequences of my professional opinion. >> senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins me now. the author of shred, the revolutionary diet. welcome to both of you. my first question to you, we heard she went from 260 to 105. i read one adjective you used to describe her appearance is skeletal. >> absolutely, brooke. let me have full disclosure. my book said you can lose 20 pounds in four weeks. you can lose rapid weight in a healthy manner, but to lose 60% of your body weight in a short period of time is very troubling because it can cause so many physiological problems. gall stone potential and problems with your electrolytes and constipation, hair loss and

dizziness and all kinds of problems that can be caused by losing that amount of weight in a short period of time. >> we hear short period of time. this is the next question. do we know how long these people have losing the weight? >>. >> we don't. we have asked about that and we don't have a good answer on that. what experts said is it's all about the period of time. that's crucial. we don't know. is it during just the course of the season? that would be a pretty short amount of time. it was longer? did they tape beforehand. you can lose a lot more weight supervis supervised. it's very different than dooing it on your own. you are living with roommates and you are cooking and provided the food. you are working out and eating right. you don't have to work to hold down a job. that makes a lot of people inspired by the show. i realize that. is it a good model for some?

>> i want to piggy back. i said for a long time that the good thing about the biggest loser is that they are talking about obesity and the need for people to do things that are natural to change the situation they are in. the bad thing for viewers is we don't know what's happening behind the curtains and how long they are working out. we don't know what they are eating. there is a big mystery. it's unfair to see this weight loss without knowing what they really did to get there. they're working out and eating better. we don't know the details. >> maybe somebody will say. coming up next, the family of a teen found dead in his high school gym matsuiing the funeral home of t home. or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪

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involving the death of the teenager found dead. his body was found in a rolled up gym mat last january. the original sheriff's investigation indicated he died by accident. he had suffocated after trying to reach his shoe. but his parents never bought that. when they had his remains exhumed for independent autopsy, they were shocked to learn his organs were missing and his body was stuffed with newspapers. now they are suing. so the news, they are suing the funeral home. >> they are. for the johnsons there is no questions who discarded the organs of their son. they believe it was the funeral home. i will read straight from the 22 page complaint. they believe what the funeral home did was design to deceive and perpetrate a fraud used to mislead and make it difficult to establish a true cause and manner of death. it was just a couple of week

ago, i was here to report after an investigation, they found it was not illegal to stuff a body with newspaper and they couldn't determine who got rid of the organs. i sat down with kendrick's parents a few days ago and here's there is response and reaction to that. >> they are taking the focus off the real issue. the real issue is what happened to his organs. that's what we are most concerned about. they stuffed them, but he did something illegal. where is his organs. that's what they are illegal about. >> also there is the question of clothing. >> he was wearing when it was found in the gym mat. >> the t-shirt and the jeans and the socks can offer information. if there is dna or hair. >> where is it? >> no one knows. according to written reports from the company, the clothing

was taken to the funeral home. i sat down with the attorney who said yes, the clothes did make it to the funeral home a couple of days later. i got an e-mail saying we never received the clothes. the clothes are missing. i reached out to the attorney and he said he has not yet received this. we got it from the courthouse and once they read through, they will respond. they are asking the jury to send a message. they want an award and a punishment so strong it will deter any other funeral home or agency that deals with a body from doing this ever again. >> thank you. >> sure. >> now this. >> just about the top of the hour here on cnn. we begin with the customers in the northeast without power. the harsh winter storm dutches snow and ice and freezing rain and the pictures tell the story

here. the worst outages in philadelphia were ice coated power lines causing huge problems. nearly 600,000 people there are without power. outages by the way in the philadelphia area are expected to rise. kansas authorities announced a third death related to storm conditions. a 58-year-old man passed away after a traffic accident. the northeast getting socked with up to a foot of snow. a state of emergency declared for both new jersey and new york. thus far more than 2700 flights have been canceled across the u.s. and in boston, still coming down. two inches of snow falling per hour. this shows how bad things are. this is a snow plow there to help people out. it's stuck. this is a boston parking lot. that's not going anywhere. the snow plow, that bad. we are working this entire weather story with don lemon in

boston. we have ted rowland in chicago and jennifer gray in atlanta. don lemon, you have been having fun out there. still coming down? >> yes, ma'am. it is coming down. i'm having fun. it's serious for a lot of people. for boston, this is what they do. as a matter of fact, hey, brook. i mike, come here. he can tell you what the conditions are like. turn that down a little bit. how are you? how long have you been out here? >> since 6:00 this morning. >> the snow came down really fast. >> very fast and very wet. >> how much? >> everyone is saying about six or eight inches. >> about to ten. >> i think so. >> how are people dealing with it? >> going to get out there and do a little at a time and don't get hurt. >> how much longer will you be out here? >> probably until about 7:00 or

8:00 tonight. and then a nice shower. >> that means north end. you got it. north end, boston. i think it has been a lot more. this stuff is pretty powdery this morning. throw that in there. it's a pretty big chunk of snow. it's pretty powdery. as it gets wetter and thicker, it's pretty -- it will catch you. it's good. let me get my fat butt up. not as young as i used to be. >> people enjoying the snow. people want that stuff cleared. don lemon in the snow with snowballs. julianne cummings with the arm. don, thank you.

let me go to you. ice is a big issue there and locking up the great lakes. that is an issue for the shipping industry, right? >> yeah, we are in oak park, illinois. the issue here is salt today because they are in one of the communes running low on rock salt. in the great lakes, they are looking at a big problem on their hands. 70% of the great lakes are covered in ice. last year to give you perspective, it was about 35 to 38%. when the season kicks off and open up in the end of march, there concerns that the shipping season here in the great lakes is going to be delayed. they are already assembling plans for ice breakers to help out and try to break this up. the record is 90% back in 9070s, but if this weather conditions, it doesn't look like it's ending any time soon.

it could be a problem. we are going to feel it from an economic standpoint. plans are being assembled to bring the ice breakers in. watch out. it could be a very tough start to the shipping season next month. >> jennifer gray, the storm is still dumping snow in boston for a couple more hours. where is it leaded later? >> we are seeing a little bit of snow coming down in boston. they get breaks every now and then. you can see it's still coming down. it cleared out in new york city. philly where he had a lot of ice and a lot of power outages ther there. most of the northeast includes boston and maine. we are looking at about two to four more inches before it is said and done. we could see to six more inches

in the southeastern sections. not planning on much. most of that is over as far as temperatures go. look at this. it is going to be a cold northeast. high in new york city about 30 degrees. temperatures are above freezing right now in new york city. a lot of snow on the ground and that will be plushy and wet as we go through the evening commute. a couple hours later, the temperatures are going to plummet and a lot of that on the roads. the interstates will be turning icy. >> just a reminder to people watching. you do updates and you can check the late weather at cnn.com. thank you very much. now to russia we go. >> with the olympic opening ceremony happening in two days, a major development in the attacks that shook people's sense of security about them.

the russian stayed media is reporting a prime suspect is dead from a police shootout at this scene. hundreds of miles away in the dagestan area. stayed media reports suspected the mastermind may have sent two suicide bombers and the two attacks there at a train station and on a trolley killed 34 people and injured about 100 more. reportedly other suspects were killed and an accomplice surrendered. a new survey found 57% of those asked believe terror attack will likely hit the winter olympic games. terrorism though it's not the only concern here at this resort city in russia, also time as in running out of it. they are hip to the twitters, tweeting about unfinished hotel rooms and some sporting competitions begin tomorrow. the opening ceremony is friday.

look at this. the sports producer tweeted this. this is the one hotel room of 11 reserved. sochi 2014 has given us so far. shambles, he said: shawn walker said i have a room. no heating or internet, but it has a single bed at least. the torch is on schedule arriving today in all its glory as planned in sochi. live for us there at the site of the winter olympic games. what about the officials? how are they responding to the myriad of concerns over the city's readiness? >> they said all the media hotels are open, but now that's totally true. we just walked into one unsupervised a few hours ago. that doesn't mean a lot of the thrust with the officials is

that detail around there. that's true and a lot of improvement in the last 48 hours. we went to the hotels being complained about and one said his sink drains under the floor warn under a pipe. one pulled her bath away from the wall to prove it wasn't well tethered. there were real issues and still a couple of hotels that the water came out of the pipes. a lot of the buildings knew and the difference between the hurry and what people expect they are paying five-star prices for extraordinary hotels for the olympics. disappointment around here. >> water and bathing aside, the other concern is hacking and tweetinging a ining and sending. how secure will the information be on phones and laptops?

>> one of the things the state department does is warn people when they come here, they will be inside so to speak which is heavily monitored. one of the things they have been doing across russia will clamp down on the internet. i can't even access. hacking is a big issue in russia. when they came around, in russia a lot of cyber crime was said to originate. that was around the time of the boston bombings. it got a life of its own. certainly the issue. as we know from the nsa, people are looking at the information and that happens pretty much all over the world. >> san jose close touch and see how things go. thank you very much. coming up -- george zimmerman reportedly getting in the ring for a celebrity boxing match. who could be in the other corner. already describing what he would do to the man here on the

screen. cvs is huge news, making a decision that will cost the chain $2 billion each year. the store announcing they will stop selling cigarettes. what led to the decision? we will talk about it next here on cnn.

. >> the huge story about health and business. vcs is phasing out sales of cigarettes and all other smoking products. this is all 7600 locations. both the president and first lady issued statements welcoming the news. president obama said it should advance the goal of reducing

tobacco-reled deaths here in america. casey is live with me now from los angeles. casey, what more can you me about this? . >> the cvs company's president explained the decision. he said selling tobacco goes against everything the company stands for. they are trying to emphasize the health part of their business. they are providing to the clients and want to get rid of this part of the business. it has been a strange site and you see cigarettes behind the cash register and see smoking cessation products. it's a paradox the way he described it. they are going to get rid of that tobacco portion of the business and they will double down on the smoking cessation part of their business. he said that this one move that

cvs is making will not have a significant impact in the united states, but they are hoping competitors follow suit. here's what customers had to say about that. >> i don't know if i agree, but i think it's a noble thing and there will be a lot of healthier people for it. it will drive the prices of cigarettes up and hopefully everyone will just quit and be healthy and cancer-free. >> bad idea. >> why? >> you realize how many smokers are in the u.s. it's ridiculous. they have the best prices on cigarettes. they are going to lose customers. >> happy about the move, the medical medical association and groups like that are urging them to do this for a long time. as of now, walgreens and right 8 will follow the move. they are evaluating the portion.

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autopsy was inconclusive and they were waiting for the toxicologist to declare an official cause of death. >> so many people were outraged by the utah elementary school that took the lunches away from 40 or so young students last friday. school workers threw away the food, tossed it in the trash because their parents owed money on their lunch accounts. the lunch cards the kids have. the way those children were treated touched this man in texas. he was so bothered by this, he looked into the lunch program at his own child's school and did something about it. watch this piece. >> ten years as a mentor and tutor, he has done his best to meet the needs of students in his life. that's what he did when he learned that children at valley oaks elementary school in

houston who had negative balances were receiving different lunches than the other kids. cold cheese sandwiches instead of a tray of food. he was spurred to take action. dozens of utah students whose accounts were delinquent had their lurches taken and thrown away. >> wow. that's probably a situation at my school and the school my son goz and they are the schools i mentor at and i inquired about it. >> he learned that many of the kids were on reduced lunch, they couldn't afford the meals that cost 40 cents aidate. he took $460 of his own and zeroed out the delinquent accounts of kids. >> they don't need to be worried about finances. they need to worry about what grade they got in spelling. >> he knows that fore goes the lunch line to avoid

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say it with milk-bone. . >> today george zimmerman remains in the spotlight and wants to box for charity. he may have an issue with who his promoter chose to fight him. yeah. not sure. george zimmerman wants to fight dmx. the fight may happen when the contract is signed. a short time ago, they got into

the official statement. the boxing match is not officially confirmed. dmx promised to be beat his blank, but no contract or paperwork has been signed or agreed to next. nancy grace, let me bring you in from our sister network, hln. if you were advising george zimmerman, you are getting into a ring and back into the public spotlight, is this a good idea really? >> i would not be advising george zimmerman because that would make me a defense lawyer. i would never do that. >> this was an if. >> george zimmerman in the ring. let me start with this. at first he was going to i guess box or wrestle china. the female wrestler. now, what would be more humiliating than getting beat down by a girl? >> she is pretty tough, nancy

grace. >> i interviewed her. i'm sure she would give him a beat down. i don't have any doubt about that. then the rapper, the game. zimmerman thinks he's too big. if you remember the game, he is a rapper whose picture was sent out on the internet as being trayvon martin. the game is 240 pounds. that's how he got into this. dmx made about $30 million worldwide. i'm sure he will take the ring, but what this is is blood money. although zimmerman is claiming this is going to go to charity, uh-uh. there be some expenses. everything about him is a scam. he was just selling artwork online. the ap busted him. it's him tracing an ap photo or picture and selling him. he did that before with the

american flag he told for like 100 grand online. >> is there any way zimmerman could benefit from this? >> sure. taking a cut. having his agent take a cut. it filtered down to zimmerman. there is a million ways. you had the trayvon martin shooting and the girlfriend claiming she was beaten up and a gunpointed at her. the wife claimed she was boeate up. who wants to see george zimmerman ever again after the misery he caused? i can tell you one thing. i'm sure trayvon martin's parents would like to get in the ring and have a go at him. >> i'm sure there lots of people. the demand would be there. >> it's bread money. making a profit off of a crime. >> nancy grace, watch nancy

grace hl nweke nig . >> inducing sex from a minor can be foster parents in the state of massachusetts. the children and families department has the policy listed in their handbook and it was a boston herald first reported on about 110 crimes on the possible perspective. they can have it on record and qualify to take care of at risk kids. here's a partial list of acceptable crimes. take a look at this. assault by weapon. induced sex with a minor. erin smith is an investigative reporter with the boston herald. erin, why? the question is why would this agency do this? explain that to me. >> this is part of a larger

series. my coly ing and i have been looking into policies with the department of children and families and abuse within the cost foster care system. we uncovered this policy. the governor said he was not worried. the agency has said they only require foster parent or let foster parents's criminal record dos this sparingly. they refused to provide numbers. they track this according to rules and regulations. they refused thus far to provide numbers about how many convicted criminals have been foster parents. >> let me read the response here that we got from the massachusetts department of family and children. they use the nature of a crime and time frame to deny an application if the situation is deemed unsafe. d.c. f looks at the full picture to determine which care giver or

home is in the best interest of a child. is the department at all under political pressure to change his policy? >> we haven't heard anything so far yet. there several investigations going on in our statehouse here looking into policies and that ramped up last month after a boy was determined he was missing since about september. nobody had been checking on him. he was under the state watch at the time. they set up a tip line at the newspaper. tips were overflowing and foster care abuse missteps. the failures and one such story we had was an 11-year-old autistic boy who was claiming to be sexually abused and it was brushed off by consensual sex. he had the capacity of a

5-year-old-year-old. >> keep digging. nice work. coming up next, a jail break caught on camera. you won't believe how the inmate was able to escapism we will show you the video. a woman arrested after more than 37 years on the run. how one hunch helped police finally track her down.

. it is the most feared agency of all of the u.s. government. i'm talking about the irs, internal revenue service. today the newman in charge of the irs testifying before committee in congress talking to capitol hill since he took over the agency this past december. our senior washington dor respondent joe johns has been watching. what came up in hearing today. >> a couple of headlines.

testimony from the newly confirmed commissioner before the republican controlled house ways and means committee. almost never a friendly crowd. more so because of the issues swirling around irs. the first issue is the agency's decision to reinstate tens of millions of dollars in bonuses postponed last year due to the sequester. the agency made a deal with employees unions to head off a lawsuit and took some heat for members of the committee on that. they turn to the main event and the issue of tax exemption for political groups like tea partiers that caused controversy last year. it heated up again after the comments over a super bowl interview on fox and he said all of it was a result of boneheaded decisions. the chairman said the ways and means had investigated and found otherwise. the president was ill-informed or being misled by staff. he made it clear the committee is not about to fold on this.

they are continuing to demand the e-mails that they think are relevant. they were invited to disagree on the record with the president's assessment. six investigations into the issues have not been concluded, but he conveniently side stepped and said he would leave the conclusions to others. >> joe johns with the headlines and our senior media correspondent and host of the reliable sources. you have the conservative media led by fox news. they are not letting go of the irs and the tax status because of certain words. it has never been found that the irs did anything wrong. joe mentioned the investigations. it didn't deny any conservative groups application. why not give it a rest already? >> this is what jay carney said. the press secretary at his briefing said 20 different news organizations have backed up the

white house's own assessment that there is not evidence of corruption here, backing up their own independent investigation as well. but in the conservative media bubble and in this case it's a bubble, this is a severe controverciy that will never go away. in part because it is very easy to describe and to convey to viewers. whether the facts are entirely there or not, it's a kind of thing that gets people angry and outraged and of course it involves the irs. everybody likes to hate the irs. it's one of things that is too good to be true. >> we will watch for you on sunday morning. thank you, sir. now to this. the hottest stories in a flash. we call it rapid fire. roll it. >> here's this video we promised the jail break in florida. watch this. take a look. the suspect is running away right past security. willie hollis escaped from the orange county jail on monday.

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. >> it is one of president obama's most controversial programs. the use of drones against suspected terrorists. today we are hearing the u.s. will pull back on strikes in pakistan as the government there talks peace with the taliban. that's a major development involving the administration's foreign policy and speaking of, our u.s. secretary of state john kerry sad down with jake tapper for a cnn ex-clues i. i know you asked a lot of questions, but i want to hone in on the question about his future in politics. what did he say? >> this is interesting. i came armed with all of these questions about syria and iran and israel and sochi.

all these political junkies. you are one of them as well. wanting to know is he going to run in 2016. it's not such a crazy question with pundits out there and running again with the former new mexico governor bill richardson asked the question. i gave in and asked. here's the request. >> former secretary of state hillary clinton and possibly joe biden running in 2016. is that something you would consider doing again? >> one of the joys of this job is i'm out of politics. >> forever? >> i'm out of politics. i have no plans whatsoever. this is my last stop. i'm going to serve the country in the extraordinarily privileged position the president has given me and move on. i don't have to comment and won't comment on anybody contemplating a run for office anywhere. >> there is the key phrase. it wasn't entirely shermanesque.

i have no plans whatsoever. he did say this is my last stop which is fairly declarative. >> i would say so, yes. forever, ever and ever so says the secretary of state. nice job. who is next? we will wait and see. we will see you at the lead. >> i was hoping you, brooke. i have questions for you. >> we will see how that goes, tapper. we will see you at the top of the hour. >> a major in a minute from one of the most successful olympian, shaun dropping out of an event. why he made the decision and how olympic officials are responding to the news. life trips us up. sometimes we trip ourselves up. and although the mistakes may seem to just keep coming at you, so do the solutions. like multi-policy discounts from liberty mutual insurance. save up to 10% just for combining your auto and home insurance.

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in case you missed it, get ready because we saw it live last hour, clay aiken of "american idol" fame has just released this video this morning announcing he's running for congress from his home state of north carolina. and if you watch this video

here, it recounts highly personal events from his childhood. he was shot in a home where aiken and his mother once sought refuge from aiken's violent father. clay aiken is running as a democrat. take a listen. >> here you are from raleigh, north carolina, and watching that video this mornings, clay, you have an incredibly compelling story. but my question is, is a compelling personal story a qualification to get elected? does that suffice? >> no, i don't think it does. i do think that that story qualifies me in the sense that i understand that we all go through issues, we all go through struggles in life and they make us who we are and we learn from them. and for that reason, i think empathy and caring for the people who you represent is a really important qualification for congress. you know, as a society, we have decided that lawyers and what not should be the people in congress, but we see what that's

gotten souse far. so i think understanding constituents and caring about them and their needs should be the most important qualification. >> can you give me one example of where over the course of however many years president obama has disappointed you? >> you know, i think there is systematically a problem in washington with people not talking to each other and not working together. and i don't think the president is immune from that criticism. i think that both parties need to learn to reach across the aisle and i think the president could do a better job of reaching out to congressional leaders to try to come to workable solutions. >> let's talk about an issue that president obama i think has evolved on his stance on, same-sex marriage. 2004, you came out to your mom after dropping off your little brother at camp lejeune. i reread the article in "people" magazine where you say your mom struggled with it at first. my question to you, if you win this seat, how would you convince the majority of your southern conservative state that same-sex marriage should be

legal? >> you know, i don't think that's an issue in this particular election. it is something that's a settled issue in north carolina. it's not something that a congressman has anything to do with. my position on that topic is pretty clear, but tame, when i talk to people around the district, when i talk to people in this area, the things that are on their minds are the economy, jobs, being able to pay and put their kids through college, training for adults so they can actually get new jobs, taking care of veterans, things in this district that takes predeb predebit dent. >> clay aiken there. the member who holds the seat he wants has issued a statement about aiken -- "apparently his performing career is not going so well. he's very bored." he will have to run first a democratic primary, but clay aiken running for congress. olympic snowboarder shaun white is definitely known for pushing the limit with his daring moves but he's dialing

back a bit. the reason, he wants to focus on winning his third gold medal in the halfpipe. however, white did hurt his wrist recently training and he said this about the slope style. >> definitely concerns about the course. it's been interesting to see how it's developed and changed over the past few days. and i guess the big question is if it will continue to change. >> and cnn international's don riddell joins me. so which is it? do we know, is it there are safety issues or is it he really wants to focus on the halfpipe? >> i think it might be a little bit of both. he didn't actually come out and say it was because he thinks it's too dangerous and that's why he's pulling out of it, but there is no doubt he wants to win a third halfpipe gold. he won in torino and vancouver four years ago. it would be a fabulous achievement to win three golds out of three. and some of the athletes, snowboarders, have been complaining about the slope style event.

he's seen norway's representative taken off with a broken bone and he's out. i'm sure he'd rather win a gold medal in one event. >> let's put up the graphic on what the international olympic committee has to say. >> they've been under a lot of pressure given fact we've lotts of people checking into hotels and finding out there's no curtain rods and no hot water out of the taps. but shaun white is one of the world stars in school board, they say a lot of the athletes have said they are very happy and like the venue. when you're in a number of disciplines and want to try and win a particular one, you concentrate on that. and obviously in winter sports there is always the possibility of an injury." so they're kind of assessing this as, you know, he's made a calculated decision, he's a smart athlete, he's going for the one he knows he can do well in. some of the athletes can have

not been too kind. canada's representative tweeted, "it's easy to pull out of a contest when you think you can't win." >> hopefully he gets three for three. and big announcement by the nfl today. the league signed a contract with cbs to air some of the "thursday night football" games. they all currently air on the nfl network. nfl network will simulcast the games that air on cbs. the nfl says it's an attempt to build thursday night into a night for nfl fans. and now, evan perez is on the phone with me. evan perez is our justice correspondent. evan perez, we are getting some new information as it pertains to justin bieber, the latest chapter, if you will. this one regarding this plane ride. tell me what you're learning. >> brooke, a lot of mystery about this plane ride, this -- on friday just before the super bowl bieber and an entourage

came into teterboro airport in new jersey just out of new york city and they were held up for several hours while they were being questioned. and there was a lot of mystery as to what exact hi had happened. we'd been told by sources that there was a spemell of marijuan which then drew the attention of authorities, customs, border protection agents, local police from the port authority boarded the plane, made a search, did not find any drugs. but now we're learning some new details. nbc had a report this morning which we've confirmed with some more reporting by susan candiotti and mike galanos from cnn. according to investigative sources beeber and his entourage were verbally abusive to some of the flight crew, in particular a flight attendant who took refuge inside the cockpit with the pilots. and the pilots had told the entourage and bieber to put away the marijuana, that this was not

appropriate. and we were told by sources that they refused. so when -- this is why when the plane landed at teterboro airport they called authorities for further search. you know, we're told that, you know, the smell of the marijuana was so bad in the cockpit that the pilots were concerned that they could test positive. >> oxygen masks. >> they donned oxygen masks because they were that concerned, brooke. so that sheds a little more light into this mystery of what exactly went down on friday when he landed at teterboro airport. >> goodness gracious. quickly, when you mention -- i have just 20 seconds with you -- when you mentioned this entourage, his father was part of that entourage, yes? >> that's right. the father and several other people who were apparently headed to new york for super bowl party, brooke. >> okay. the latest news, chapter, if you will, regarding this sounds like marijuana-laced flight. this abusive flight here

involving justin bieber, his father, and an entourage. that's what we have here on cnn. meantime, thanks for being with me. i'm back here same time tomorrow. go check the brooke log for the latest interviews including clay aiken today, cnn.com/brook. "the lead" with jake tapper begins right now. secretary of state john kerry has been on the job for a year now. and today he'll join us exclusively for his annual performance review. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the world lead. has the administration's policy in syria failed? did the obama administration get played by iran? is it safe for americans to go to the sochi olympics? secretary of state john kerry answering tough questions in our one-on-one and dropping the surprise revelation act his political future. >> one of the joys of this job is i'm out of politics. >> forever? >>. the national lead. shivering might count as