case was important in securing his identity and making this case, and the friends forensic evidence also helped us prove the enormity of the horrible the enormity of the horrible crimes that he committed. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com toothpaste terror. the new threat to the olympics. fears that bombs could target the thousands and thousands of people flying to the games. we are live. digging out from the storms. snow and ice causing record-breaking power outages across the country. more than a million people this morning waking up in the dark as others try to catch missed flights, thousands of them drive on ice-covered roads, and there's still, uh huh, another storm on its way. don't blame chad myers, but he's going to tell you how we're tracking it, next. new information this morning in the death of philip seymour hoffman. tracing the calls he made just before he died, and what we now

know about the people that have been arrested in this case. >> good morning, everyone. it's thursday. i'm christine romans. welcome to "early start." >> and i'm john berman. february 6th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's begin with the new threat that has security officials on edge in this country and overseas, and it comes just as the first events are getting under way at the winter olympics in sochi, russia. homeland security is warning airlines, terrorists could try to hide explosives in toothpaste tubes or in cosmetics. law enforcement sources tell cnn the threat is specifically tied to the winter games. let's go live to sochi for the very latest. nick paton walsh is there. nick, what are you hearing? how serious is this threat? >> reporter: well, it seems as though u.s. officials are taking it to be a credible enough threat that even barack obama is being kept up to date about what is happening here. now, i mean, the real issue is, of course, russia has a bit of a history of problems on airliners. back in 2004, two planes were

blown out of the sky, almost simultaneously by female suicide bombers, and there were suggestions back then there may have been explosives hidden in their face cream. since then, we had the 100-millimeter limit on carry-on luggage, but in these games, you can't take liquids on your flights from moscow to sochi. now, that isn't a 100% blanket. seems like some people have managed to get things on board, some haven't, but it shows you the concern among russian officials ahead of this statement by u.s. officials, but certainly it seems these were related to flights coming from europe into russia and flights headed towards the games here in sochi. so, a clear direction to the threat, but this has also caused some senior u.s. politicians to voice concerns about even coming here. let's hear what they're saying. >> i would say that they are reasonably safe, but i would not go myself. if i were an athlete, that's one thing, but just as a spectator, i don't think it's worth the risk. odds are, nothing's going to happen, but the odds are higher than for any other olympics, i

believe, that something could happen. >> reporter: so, some of the first sporting competitions getting under way today. the big opening ceremony at 8:00 tomorrow, but still, what people are talking about most about these games is security, and that really comes down to the choice of putting this quite spectacular, beautiful venue on the black seacoast behind me right on the edge of a long-running, decade-long insurgency that's still very violent, still very volatile. christine? >> nick paton walsh live for us this morning. thanks, nick. big news back home. this morning the storm is gone, but the problems just getting worse for millions from the midwest all the way up to maine. heavy snow, sleet, ice falling over a huge part of the country. the second bad storm this week, and guess what? there's even more to come. >> more than a million people waking up this morning without power. three-quarters of them in the philadelphia area. the result of the snow and ice that fell from the storm, ripping down trees, making roads treacherous and making for a very cold night for a lot of people. >> ooh, look at that.

>> it's been rough. homes don't have heat. you know, the roads are horrible still. >> the winter's really been rough. we haven't had a winter like this in almost three years, i think. >> many travelers left stranded by the storm hope to get on their way this morning. some 3,000 flights were grounded because of the weather, leaving a whole lot of people stuck waiting for word from their airlines. >> the lady says, hey, we're trying to reroute you on united, we'll get back to you. well, that was a couple hours ago, so we're just sitting here and actually watching a movie here, just passing the time. >> thank goodness we can watch movies at the airport now, right? kansas still cleaning up from the foot of snow that fell on much of that state. today the problem is the cold, the brutal cold. the high only expected to be 10 degrees. that means icy roads. so far, at least three deaths in car accidents this week blamed on that weather. chicago could see flurries today and very, very cold temperatures, leading to continued warnings over falling ice off the city's famous

skyscrapers. you know, we saw that here yesterday, ice falling everywhere. the sidewalks in chicago very slippery, so residents are being told to be careful if you are heading out. this winter has been so bad, many places now running out of salt to use on the roads, a problem partly solved by this ship that's now arrived in milwaukee carrying 50,000 tons of salt from canada. the salt will be distributed in wisconsin and illinois to help deice the roads. you know, seven major storms since thanksgiving. no one's really planning for that. >> so, thank you, canada. a salt shortage also causing problems in new york, where officials are warning today, please, take it slow. the snow and sleet that fell started to melt and refroze overnight. the roads driving in this morning, got to tell you, very, very slippery, some places like a sheet of ice. >> chad myers has a look on the weather and what to expect today. is this the coldest winter in 20 years? this is epic. >> and it's not even close to over. >> thanks for that, chad. >> we're only at february 6th! i know. and i slipped at least on my o two-block walk at least four

times. caught myself, but it is icy. the roads and sidewalks are icy. there was a lot of snow there was a lot of ice, then it was 32, 33 degrees. then all of a sudden, it decided to refreeze overnight tonight. from bainbridge all the way into new ipswich, talking a foot of snow or more, and even big cities like boston picking up 10 inches. the issue, it's way below freezing, 15 in albany. this isn't going to go away any time soon. i don't see high temperatures in any city in the northeast above freezing for the next five days. now, that big storm you talked about coming up on sunday i think is a nova scotia storm now. i guarantee there was going to be a lot of snow somewhere, but i don't think in the u.s. that's some good news. maybe up into maine and northeast, but this is a storm that will travel through the northeast and then get its act together out here and then get up into nova scotia into atlantic canada and also newfoundland. so, although we talked about the big snow showers coming on sunday, i think it's a 4-inch, not a 4-foot snow. the big snow way up to the

northeast. >> we love you for that. >> something of good news. >> canada gave us the salt and we'll give them 20 inches of snow. >> they want their salt back. >> thanks, chad. an important vote set for today in the senate over for more than a million americans. leader harry reid on a procedural vote on a bill that would start sending the checks out again, but cut off the republican request for amendments. meaning the bill may not get the republican support necessary to move forward. yes, we've been here before. that is trouble if you're looking for your jobless check. >> a subject of we've been here before. another road block today to immigration reform in congress. several prominent conservative republicans pushing back against leaders in their own party, now insisting it is not the time to do reform on immigration. they're telling reporters they think it's better to wait until next year when the republicans might control the house and the senate. new jersey governor chris christie heads to texas today for fund-raisers in ft. worth and dallas and two of the state's top republicans,

including governor rick perry, won't be there to greet him, another sign the gop is growing more nervous about the scandals in his office, perhaps? also developing this morning, the job once held by christie ally david wildstein has been eliminated by the port authority of new york and new jersey. he stepped down in december. he is the official who said, "got it" in that notorious e-mail chain that said "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee." this morning there are new concerns that nuclear talks with iran may have hit a snag. the iranian foreign minister telling reporters that washington's wishes are unlikely to come true. zaref insists the demands will not be met. markets overseas holding on to gains right now, trying to end the week on a better note than they started. japan, china, london. you can see it's a mixed performance right now, basically break-even day for u.s. stocks wednesday, only down 5 points for the dow, and we'll take that as a vote of confidence.

welcome relief following the beating that stocks took earlier in the week. twitter we leasing its first financial report to the public. things have been good for the social network, but it doesn't look like it will stay that way, twitter warning sales and user growth will slow. the problem is, twitter sales are already well below -- >> oh, wow. >> look how small -- people talk about twitter all the time. look at how small it is compared to the other tech companies, its competitors, facebook in particular, yahoo!. most of those sales are in twitter's bright spot, mobile. twitter's stock down 15% overnight after its earnings report. >> only so much you can do with 140 characters. >> and it has 240 million active users. it needs more of those. 9 minutes after the hour. there is a controversy this morning on the campus of wellesley college up in massachusetts. so, imagine waking up, looking out your window and seeing this. this is a statue of a mostly naked man sleep-walking. now -- ooh, tighty-whities to boot.

this is a piece of art, part of an exhibition. the sculptor's work at the wellesley college museum. now some folks at the all-female school are demanding the statue be taken down, calling it stress-inducing and saying it triggers thoughts of sexual assault. it is on the creepy side. the college says the goal of the exhibition is to provoke discussion. it's certainly doing that. >> provoke discussion about what? i mean, aren't they discussing things at wellesley college already, lots of interesting things? >> say how creepy is it? how scared is that snowman? why is his eyes closed? boxers or briefs? i don't know. there's a lot of things you could discuss about this. >> it's way too early in the morning for me to think about that. coming up, we'll leave you with that image in your head. >> thank you. thank you. >> meanwhile, we do have new information about the people arrested in the investigation surrounding philip seymour hoffman's death and what could be a huge supply of heroin discovered. and police say he killed a man for texting inside a movie theater. emotional testimony playing out

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my client, by all accounts i know of, has nothing to do with philip seymour hoffman. >> looking for answers, not sure they're looking for a scapegoat. overnight there was a candlelight vigil in new york city for hoffman at the theater company where he was once the artistic director. an autopsy so far has been inconclusive and it may be weeks before toxicology results may clear how he died. a texas teenager whose controversial sentence in a fatal drunk driving case sparked a national debate is heading to a rehab facility. a juvenile court judge ruling she would not resentence ethan couch to jail for killing four people while drunk driving. four people dead. instead, sticking with her earlier decision to send him for treatment at an undisclosed center. during his trial, the defense argued couch suffered from what an expert had called affluenza, that his wealthy family coddled him, so he never developed a sense of responsibility. >> i'm satisfied that wherever he's going, the people will be motivated to try to fix his

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all right, one big heck of a party is still going on in the emerald city. an estimated 700,000 -- >> wow. >> very quiet fans packing the streets of seattle to celebrate the team's first super bowl victory. >> andy scholes watched it from afar and brings us the details in the "bleacher report." hey, andy. >> hey, good morning, guys. the population of seattle is about 635,000. that means there are more people at this parade than live in the entire city. now, they didn't make yesterday a city holiday, but that didn't stop anyone from missing work or school. 25% of students skipped school while 565 teachers took a personal day. now, marshawn lynch was throwing his favorite candy, skittles, out to the crowd. and check this out. something catches his eye midway through the parade. it's a bottle of whiskey! lynch nearly falls off the float

trying to get it, but mission accomplished. good thing lynch doesn't speak with the media. everyone looks like they had a grand old time yesterday afternoon. all right, "thursday night football" is coming to broadcast television. the nfl announced that cbs will run eight games in prime time starting in september. the nfl network will handle the late-season games, including a saturday doubleheader in week 16. the $250 million deal is for the 2014 season only. all right, here's something you rarely see. in the nba last night, lakers forward robert sackry fouled out, but he got to stay in the game because the lakers ran out of players. that's right. l.a. only had eight players coming into the game. two players got hurt during the contest and two players fouled out, but per nba rules, you have to have five players in the game, so he got to stay in. somehow, the lakers won 119-108. as you can see, players on the bench had plenty of room to stretch their legs.

all right, trending on bleacherreport.com today, more problems for the jamaican bobsled team. they made it to sochi for the games, but their luggage did not. the team missed its first practice session because its gear didn't arrive in russia in time, but there was a happy ending, guys. the team's equipment did finally show up just a day late. and if there's any team you want to cheer for other than the good old usa, it's got to be these guys. not only did they have to raise money to get to the olympics, they've had a lot of problems getting there. >> we're glad they got everything they need. andy, that basketball thing, i've watched 41 years worth of basketball. i have never seen that. >> ever. >> i did not even know the rule. has it ever happened before? >> yeah, i said this morning when i got here, i was like, has this ever happened? i have never seen it before. this is the nba! it's not like it's a college team that can run out players because of academics or something like that, but whoo, hey, seen it now. >> crazy. glad you are here to tell us about it. andy, thank you so much. a new terror alert at the

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a new terror threat at the olympics. u.s. airlines warned about the new way terrorists could be putting bombs on planes heading to russia. we're live. the race is on. millions struggling to clean up from one huge winter storm, while yet another one gets ready to strike, and this as a big part of the country is without power this morning when it needs it most.

our chad myers tracking the very latest. facing scandal at home, chris christie looks to repair his image on the road, but he may not be welcomed, as welcome as he thinks. the high-profile republicans who won't meet with chris christie this morning. all right, welcome back to "early start," everyone. i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it's 30 minutes past the hour this thursday morning. >> and this morning, there is a new threat against the winter olympics in sochi just as the first events get under way. homeland security here in the u.s. is warning airlines that terrorists could try to hide explosives in toothpaste tubes or cosmetics. and law enforcement sources tell cnn the threat is specifically tied to the winter games. our nick patan walsh is in sochi this morning. nick, give us a sense of how serious this threat is considered right now. >> reporter: well, serious enough that barack obama is being updated about it, serious enough that we've had a lot of u.s. officials warning about specifics of this being directed towards flights coming possibly

from europe towards russia, specifically directed towards here, sochi, or adler, where the games are being held behind me, specific that it's about toothpaste and cosmetics perhaps being used to either smuggle explosives to this venue, or perhaps more likely, detonate them on the airline itself. now, this is a problem for russia in its past. in 2004, two planes were blown out of the sky almost simultaneously by two female suicide bombers and speculation was then that they hid explosives in their makeup containers. since then, russia introduced full body scanners at airport and, actually, it was difficult to bring liquids in your carry-on luggage to sochi. a mixed picture, but they've introduced heavy restrictions on that. not even 100 millimeters like you're allowed in the united states. a senior russian official this morning says the fact that we're hearing this alert means our cooperation and systems are working, that we're on top of this, saying if it's proven to be serious, they'll beef up measures here.

still, u.s. politicians saying intelligence cooperation between the u.s. and russia simply isn't good enough. >> they are not sharing enough intelligence or virtually any intelligence with us as to what's happening within russia. they're afraid that, somehow, we will use that to our advantage. we have very close relationship with our allies, other than the russians, but the russians, for instance, are cooperating nowhere nearly as much as, you know, the british did, the chinese did, the greeks did. >> reporter: now, i've just spoken to a senior russian security official who said, look, you know, we are talking about these things with the americans. most likely, this threat would have been discussed as well. so, i think the question will be, as people are beginning to digest what this means, what impact it has on arrivals here. u.s. athletes arriving in force today. we've seen people still turn up in large numbers. there is in many ways a dragnet laid down behind me, that ring of steel. one german snowboarder i spoke to yesterday on his arrival said he went, "wow," when he landed at the airport and saw the sheer

number of troops on the runway. so, yes, there are numbers in place here. the question is, can the kremlin take the talk away from security and get people focused on the sport that starts in earnest tomorrow with the opening ceremony? john? >> opening ceremonies tomorrow night. nick patan walsh in sochi, thanks so much. from the midwest all the way to maine, millions are cleaning up and trying to recover from a huge storm that brought snow, ice, misery to millions of us. the second bad storm this week. there's even more, we're told, to come. >> more than a million customers in nine states waking up without power this morning. pennsylvania the hardest hit. about three-quarters of the outages are in that state. this is the result of snow and ice that fell from the storm. look at that truck underneath that tree. a lot of trees came down, making driving very, very treacherous. in the night, cold, awfully cold for a lot of people. >> it's been rough, you know. homes don't have heat. you know, the roads are horrible still. >> the winter's really been rough. we haven't had a winter like this in almost three years, i

think. >> the good news, now that the storm has lifted, many fliers left stranded could get in the air again this morning. some 3,000 flights were grounded because of the weather, leaving a lot of people stuck waiting for word from their airlines. >> the lady says, hey, we're trying to reroute you on united, we'll get back to you. well, that was a couple hours ago, so we're just sitting here and, you know, actually watching a movie here, just passing the time. >> like a double feature. all right, kansas still trying to clean up from the foot of snow that fell on much of that state. one of the things getting in the way there is the brutal cold. the high temperature there only expected to be around 10 degrees. the roads there very, very icy. so far, at least three deaths in car accidents in kansas this week are blamed on the weather. it's bitter cold in chicago, too, leading to continued warnings over the ice falling off the city's famous skyscrapers. the sidewalks are slippery, and in many other places as well, so be careful if you're heading out. all right, a big problem

dealing with all this ice? a shortage of salt. this winter has been so bad that many places are just running out of salt. so, look at this ship. this ship is coming across from canada to wisconsin and bringing with it 50,000 tons of salt. that will be distributed in wisconsin and illinois to help deice the roads. so, thank you, canada. >> that's why they're our best friends. a salt shortage also causing issues here in new york. officials warning today, take it slow. i can't -- it makes me twitch to even look at those midtown traffic problems. the snow, the sleet that fell started to melt and then refroze overnight, meaning roads could be like a sheet of ice. >> all right, chad myers, slipping on the sidewalks for the last day, but he picked himself up, brought himself in to deliver the weather for us. chad? >> even walking to work today it was slippery. there were spots on every sidewalk that looked like it was just shiny, looked like it was wet. it's not wet when it's 25 degrees. it's icy. there's ice everywhere. you find me one city in the northeast that's above freezing right now, and i'll pay you a buck, because 30 in d.c., that's

as warm as i can get, 26 atlantic city. maybe something up and down the jersey coast could be above 32, but everybody else is freezing and not warming up above freezing in these cities, especially the cities with the power outages for the next couple days. d.c., 39, but new york city, 31, that's the highest you'll get on saturday with morning lows down around 10 in some suburbs. if you don't have power, 10 gets cold really, really fast. now the storm that we talked about for sunday. i do believe that the storm has tracked or will track farther to the north now. we'll get a couple of inches across the northeast. i mean, we're not going to get a couple of feet, which was the big threat. the couple of feet will be up into maine and also up into nova scot scotia. at least that's something good. >> all right. sorry, canada, but thank you, chad. appreciate it. >> it's good unless you're watching from us nova scotia right now. >> thanks. 36 minutes after the hour. immigration reform may have hit a road block in the house of representatives. several prominent conservative republicans are pushing back against leaders in their own party, insisting that now is not the time to try to get reform

done. they've been telling reporters that they think it's better to wait until next year when the republicans might control both the house and the senate. new worries this morning over nuclear talks with iran. the foreign minister telling reporters washington's "wishes are unlikely to come true," saying the u.s. wants iran to give up significant parts of its nuclear programs but insisting those demands will not be met. in the senate today, another chance to move forward on restoring unemployment benefits for more than a million americans. democrats are pushing ahead with a procedural vote over a bill that would start sending checks again, but republicans have been cut off from offering amendments, meaning it's not clear if there are the 60 votes necessary to advance the bill. i would not bet on it. all right, big picture on the state of the jobs market. tomorrow the jobs report comes out. severe weather across the country, everything from the winter storms to the california drought expected to have an impact on that number. cnn money's survey expects the jobless rate to hold steady at 6.7% with 178,000 jobs added.

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christine, that we were going through this when chris christie was in florida, when he had those large events down there with rick scott, the republican governor down there who's running for re-election, but this is a different situation. when he was in florida, and we spent a lot of time talking about that, those were big events. this time around, chris christie's doing a lot of smaller, one-on-one donor meetings in the dallas-ft. worth area. where is greg abbott going to be? as you mentioned, he is the texas attorney general and also is the likely republican nominee for governor this year. he's not going to be in dallas-ft. worth with chris christie. he is going to be in houston. and the texas governor, rick perry, won't be there either, likely presidential candidate in 2016. he will not be teaming up with chris christie. guess what? national democrats made sure we all knew about this, blasting out e-mails to those of us in the national political press corps, highlighting the fact that these two top republicans won't be with christie. we at cnn, though, thought it was important enough story to send one of our top political guys, peter handy, down there. he starts reporting later today.

john and christine? >> well, the whole world's so interested in how he's doing his job in running the republican governors association. no. the whole world trying to figure out what it means for 2016. what does it mean for his chances, this reception or lack of reception? >> reporter: you know what this is, it's not a great story line for chris christie. he's trying to get back to the perception of business as usual, both as governor of new jersey and as chairman of the republican governors association, which a lot of people see as a stepping stone for him running for the nomination in 2016. so, yes, it is definitely a distraction for chris christie. how long does it go on? probably for a while. every time he takes a trip -- he's got one next week to illinois -- we'll be talking about this, and that is not helpful to chris christie right now. >> it's ironic, because the rga post was supposed to be a stepping-off point for a presidential run, going around the country appearing with people is supposed to help you run for president. now it's potentially seen as a minus there. so, that in and of itself seen as a big problem. on the subject of 2016, because we can't resist, paul, we've got

a couple prominent candidates making some pretty, you know, prominent statements over the last 24 hours about whether they will run. >> reporter: and they did it where else but right here on cnn, okay? so, let's talk about those two prominent republicans. there were some whispers out there the last couple weeks, would mitt romney go for it a third time? would he run for the white house a third time? the answer is no. mitt romney saying that very clearly yesterday with wolf blitzer on "the situation room." listen, mitt romney wants to stay in the political sub -- he wants to be, you know, in the spotlight, but no, he will not make a third bid for the republican nomination and then for the white house. and secretary of state john ker kerry, 2004 presidential nominee, does he want to run in 2016 like another possible former secretary of state hillary clinton may? the answer definitely no from him. he told us yesterday on "the lead" that, no, he is not going to be running again for president. he said secretary of state is his last position. that interview with jake tapper. guys? >> so, no john kerry, no mitt romney. somebody needs to reach out to

mike dukakis very quickly to see if massachusetts will be prominently represented in 2016. paul steinhauser, thank you so much. >> thanks, guys. let's look at what's coming up on "new day." chris cuomo joins us this morning. hi, there! >> how are you doing, my friends? obviously, we'll spread out about the olympics, starting today. we have to follow the latest information about the threats that are ongoing. there is a new one issued by the u.s. involving tooth paez you've been handling this morning. we'll unpack it and cover it as many ways as we can. we'll also talk about one of the events there. why? well, shaun white is going for olympic gold history, right? he's our best hope for achieving that right now. you're looking at this new type of ski event, slopestyle, it's called, where they kind of freestyle down this thing. the jumps were too dangerous, shaun white pulled out. we'll talk about an olympian about going through it. is it too dangerous? we'll hear from an olympian's perspective. also, we're going to take you through a story. affluenza, remember it? now, we have the lawyer on, finally, for this kid.

the sentence has been confirmed by the judge now, will not be contested anymore. and what is this really about? they say that people have it all wrong, the lawyer today, that you misunderstand what affluenza's about, that word was never used. this has all been taken out of context. it makes perfect sense. so, the lawyer will make the case today. we've been waiting for this for a while, so it's good to finally close this one up and get people talking about it again. >> i think he's the guy very critical of the media, saying the media has poisoned the justice system. >> and i'm excited to hear about slopestyle, because accountability loves slopestyle. >> accountability loves the word slopestyle alone. >> see you in a bit. >> slopestyle. thanks, chris. coming up, new charges overnight against three people, these three people connected to the drugs, we're told in philip seymour hoffman's death. what police are now saying about the drugs that killed him. that's next. [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, we know in the cyber world, threats are always evolving. at first, we were protecting networks.

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welcome back, everyone. new developments this morning as police investigate the apparent overdose death of actor philip seymour hoffman. three people have now been formally charged in connection with the drugs found in hoffman's apartment, including 57-year-old robert vineberg, a musician who apparently had hoffman's phone number in his cell phone. a law enforcement source tells cnn that a large amount of what is believed to be heroin was found in his apartment. also charged with drug possession, 22-year-olds juliana luchkiw and max rosenblum. their lawyers insist their clients had nothing to do with hoffman's death. >> searching for a scapegoat to solve the overdose of an addict is a fool's errand. my client, by all accounts i know of, has nothing to do with philip seymour hoffman. >> overnight there was a candlelight vigil in new york city for hoffman at the theater

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welcome back to "early start." it's "money time" for you. that horrible stock market sell-off has stalled, at least for now. japan closed basically steady, hong kong higher, europe also higher, and stock futures in the u.s. are up right now, except for twitter. watch twitter shares. that's likely to be a big mover today. it's not going to be pretty for those of you who own twitter. not a great look under the hood in its first quarterly report ever. now, the next big signal on the economy comes tomorrow with the government jobs report. that is likely why so many investors are on the sidelines here waiting for that big report. sony, another big story this morning. it just can't compete in the pc market, so it's getting out. the japanese electronics giant selling its money-losing bio-pc

unit, spinning off its television business and slashing 5,000 jobs. sony also warning of a loss of $1 billion this year. this comes as a big surprise. it is much more than people had thought in previous estimates. sony's turn-around plan just not working, it seems. the company hoping these moves will help. coke in a k-cup. plans are in the works. think about that. coca-cola teaming up with green mountain coffee to produce coke products in those little, single-serve, plastic pods. keurig, the maker of the k-cup, expects to release a cold system within a year to dispense carbonated drinks, waters, juice and sports drinks. coke's in it for the long haul, paying $1.2 billion for a 10% stake in green mountain. it's a ten-year partnership. coke thinks it's a good deal. so do investors, by the way. green mountain's stock exploding, up 43% in premarket

trading. shares of coke are higher as well. >> exploding like a shaken bottle of coke. >> exploding like an overcarbonated bottle of coke. >> see, here's the thing, if i wanted to be in the carb nation business, if i wanted to carbonate my sodas myself, i would do it, but i don't want to do it myself. >> john, who doesn't like change: still buy coke the way you've been getting coke for 100 years. the rest of you, who are more i believe that anybody who wants to go to the olympics should go. >> the games have begun. the first contest of the olympic games happening right now. but is it also a race against time to head off an attack. a new warning that terrorists may be using toothpaste tubes as bombs. >> a million people waking up without power this morning.

digging out from a brutal storm and ice storm. the former cop accused of gunning down a man for texting at the movies shedding tears as his bond hearing as his alleged victim's widow breaks down. your "new day" starts right now. good morning. welcome to "new day." it's thursday, february 6th, 6:00 in the east. i got all that right so far. and ready or not, let the games begin. a threat is tied to the opening of the olympic games which is just a few hours away. homeland security tells airlines beware of toothpaste bombs. it's believed terrorists may attempt to pack them with explosives. we are covering all the angles. let's begin with