opinioni i continuing yesterday and they reached a verdict of guilty on 20 of 21 counts guilty of taking bribes. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. in "the situation room," newsroom continues right now with don lemon. >> wolf, thank you very much. i'm don lemon. live from washington, thank you so much for joining us. big news happening here. we will start at the white house today. president obama is about to sign an order to raise the minimum wage paid to federal contract workers. you remember during the state of the union, the president promised. he said i have a pin and i have a phone and i'm going to use it. meaning he's going to use that pen to raise the minimum wage from $7.75 an hour to $10.10 an hour. the room getting ready for the

president. he will be out at any moment to discuss that. talk about it with our analyst gloria borger. first we are going to get to the weather. millions of southerners, especially georgia and the carolinas, crippling ice storm grounding flights and bringing down trees, knocking out power to more than a quarter million customers. five traffic-related deaths are blamed on the storm. if you are in the affected areas and able to watch us, now is the time to hunker down and as the folks have been warning, you need to stay off the roads. travel will be difficult if not impossible. >> we have a huge part of our state that is under a declaration. some 91 counties now that extend into south georgia. everybody at the local level is working to make sure they are using their resources appropriately.

the public is cooperating by staying off the roads. we are going to make the best of it and come through it. >> you remember the last time? this time, desperate not to see a repeat of this when a mass exodus caused apocalyptic scenes. many eventually abandoning their cars. this headline on this ice encrusted newspaper says it all. atlanta, bracing for the worst. we have correspondents covering the widespread impact of the major storms. george is out on the roads and iced over atlanta. they are expecting up to ten inches of snow and sleet and chad meyers in atlanta. george, i'm going to start with you out on the roads. how are the roads looking? >> the roads are looking pretty good right now, don.

keep in mind it's slush that has been building up. that slush is starting to freeze. i want to go ahead and show you the road here. right now here by the connector in downtown atlanta. you can see there is plenty of slush on the roads that is freezing. we understand that more freezing rain is coming into the area. that is a big concern. easy to lose traction. several people and the other thing and there is worry about the power lines. and trees are coming down as well. it's something we have to monitor. this is a multiday event.

>> they have been watching the storm for days. they knew it was coming and they had salt trucks. a salt solution is on the roads and what is falling will not turn to ice. there is so much snow. it is covering up the roads here. take a look at downtown charlotte. this is a town emptying out fast. the only thing we see is some of the buses. most people if they did come into work at all, they came in early and they are headed out. the snow started falling hard around that time, about an inch an hour. the ice is not here yet. they are expecting snow and ice up around charlotte. we are with a lot of power

lines. and knowing that is coming to them. they had talk and need to stay inside and take responsibility for your safety. people are going to get hurt. for now, this is just snow. you can make good snowballs with it. it is not going to last long at all. when that ice gets here, that's a game changer and gets really, really dangerous. don? >> you set me up perfectly for the next question. we looked at atlanta. it is a ghost town. i am seeing busses and people. are they heeding the warnings?

>> people are heeding the warnings. people who did come to work came in at noon and a lot of them heading out after that. something about putting the salt solution on the road so early before the snow even got here, this is what it's doing. you have the snow falling, but what's under it is not freezing. officials here were determined to be very proactive so that when they get the plows out, they will be clearing all the way down to the pavement and not hit ice down there. so far it seems to be working. we are a couple of hours in to what's supposed to be a 48 hour problem here. they will not dig out until this weekend when the temperatures go up. >> that will be a while. a couple days away. stand by as well. we have david and george and we are going to chad meyers who can tell us officially about the weather. listen, you are outside the cnn center. the precipitation or presip

slowed, but isn't it expected to start up again soon? >> a dry part came through and dry air that got sucked up around the storm. that slowed down a little bit, but the hail balls are still bouncing off my coat now. that's the good news. we want this type of frozen on the way down type of presip. it's a raindrop, but if it stays a raindrop, that's freezing rain. it freezes when it gets here. if it freezes on the way down, it will bounce off you and bounce off the trees and the trees will not get weighed down. it will make the roadways slick because there is a good inch of ice here. you can see where the chains now have kind of dug this up and the police going by with chains. you know where i am? the exact same spot where all

the glass fell off of the building. same place. >> i thought you were on the side where the bridge goes over. now i see where you are standing. is that marietta? >> yes. the park is right there. >> stand by. we are going to get back to you and back to george and david as well. this weather is on top. pretty soon. stay tuned. president barack obama getting ready to announce an increase in minimum wage by executive order. they are waiting. as soon as the period comes out, we will get to him soonest. in the meantime, a quick break. we are back with more developing new here on cnn. the volkswagen passat against all comers. turbocharged engines against...engines. best in class rear legroom against other-class legroom. but then we realized.

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we have breaking news to tell you about right here on cnn. it involves a former mayor of new orleans, ray nagin, remember him during katrina? there was a corruption trial going on in new orleans and according to our affiliate, the verdict is guilty on 20 of 21 counts in his corruption trial. the claim was that he took bribes worth more than $500,000 in the string of alleged crimes that began before hurricane katrina struck in 2005 in a recovery from a catastrophic form. guilty in 20 of 21 counts. as soon as we get more, we will bring it to you right here on cnn. a lot of news happening on wednesday and the hottest stories in a flash. rapid fire is rolling.

>> more than two million vehicles with a problem that cause cars to stop suddenly. they have prius vehicles made over the last four years. we are told the fix includes a software update. >> i want y'all to just take a look. look at all the butter in this kitchen. >> paula deen is making a come back getting at least $75 million from a private firm to launch a new company. we are told deen is looking for deals with networks and retailers. it has been about eight months since she lot of many deals and her gig on the food network after she admitted to using a racial slur. >> it is no mystery that president obama and benjamin netanyahu have not always seen eye to eye. he is visiting the white house next month. on the agenda the nuclear program. netanyahu very critical of the

interim deal with tehran and the mere fact that both sides are negotiating. joined by a prominent tea party leader, rand paul of kentucky filed suit against the president over nsa data collection. paul said he is not against buying and looking at phone records, but he and his backers charged nsa is violating citizen's rights against unreasonable search and we will talk about that coming up here on cnn. stay tuned. i want to get back to the white house. the president is about to sign an order to raise the minimum wage paid to federal contract workers. president doing as he promised during the state of the union using his power to act where congress won't. he said i have a pin and a phone number. the president is going to sign on the right. you are looking at the state of the union. the particular action goes to the widening wealth gap.

last week a poll found 66% support government action to narrow the widening difference in incomes. gloria borger is the chief analyst of course. good to see you, gloria. hope you are staying warm. we are getting the ice. is there political danger for him? >> the political danger in so far as there is in, he could poison the wells with republican, but that well is already pretty bad. republicans are charging this is an imperial presidency when others have done exactly the same kind of thing. i think what he is doing and what democrats are pushing to do and this is a move for the base of the party. to lay down a marker for 2014. say we are the party that wants to help the middle class and

raise the poor into the middle class. this is one way for him to be able to do that with his pen. >> the theme for democrats, especially the mayor of new york city, bill deblazio, this particular order will raise the minimum wage for federal workers beginning next year from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour. that's a nice raise, but only about a quarter of a million workers will be affected. >> probably not. i think employers don't generally raise wages this broadly unless they are told they have to. there some employers who make the case, particularly small businesses if they were forced to raise wages, they would have to lay off people. that argument, that political argument is going to continue. what you see happening here is

not so much an emphasis on income inequality, but what you will see in the mid-term elections is emphasis on opportunity. inequality has bad connotations. people say wait a minute, i worked hard for my money and don't portray me as a bad person because i have money. >> just because i have done well. >> that's right. exactly it. what the shift will be is the equality of opportunity. you have to give people wherever they are an opportunity to get pulled up. >> as you said, gloria, you are always right and very smart. on the monitor it says opportunity for all. >> there you are. so you are exactly right. >> as if i predicted that. that's the word. the word is opportunity. they are shifting. >> we got the two-minute warning while you were talking.

i am going to hang with you and you can hang with me until the president comes out. the democrats, president, look at the language and say hey, you know what, we are creating a divide and many people are not happy with this because of that. >> and they have got a bunch of republican senators up in red states for reelection. four of those incumbents were in states that mid-romney won. the language is really important here. when you talk about opportunity it's something republicans and democrats clearly agree on. when you talk about income and equality, not that it doesn't exist, but when you talk about it, it has a connotation of pitting one group against the other. that's something that won't work well, particularly in red states. >> the president when he does announcements like this, he and other presidents who made

announcements, average americans who will be standing in the background. he will tell the stories. here is the president of the united states. gloria. we will get back to you as soon as we hear from the president. stand by. >> hello, everybody. thank you. thank you. thank you so much. have a seat. welcome to the white house, everybody. you had to come here before you go buy shovels and salt. i want to thank first and foremost the workers who are here with me this afternoon.

>> i want to thank champions for all hardworking americans. secretary of labor, tom perez in the house. tom is right here. i didn't know where he was. outstanding congressman who is used to it because he is from minnesota. keith ellison. now it has been just over two weeks since i delivered my state of the union address and i said this year would be a year of action. and i meant it. over the past 14 days, i ordered across the board reform of our job training programs. to train folk with the skills

that employers need. the treasury to create something we are calling my ra. it's like an ira, but it's my ra. that's a new way for americans to save for retirement. you can start by as little as 25 to $50 and building up a little bit of a nest egg and get tax benefits for doing so. we rallied the leaders of some of the america's biggest high tech companies to make sure and classrooms and learning the skills they need for the new economy.

they haven't had the job for a while. the point is i'm eager to work with congress before i can find opportunities to expand opportunity for more families. wherever i can act on my own without congress by using my pen to take executive actions or picking up the phone and rallying people around a common cause, that's what i'm going to do. that brings me to what i'm going to talk about today. after the worst economic crisis, the economy has been growing for the past four years. and businesses have created 8.5 million new jobs. unemployment rate has come down.

those at the top of doing better than ever. corporate profits are high. average wages wouldn't budge. americans are working harder than ever before. they can't seem to get ahead. can't seem to make all the ends meet. that's been true since long before the recession hit. we have to reverse those trends. they work for everybody. not just the fortunate few. we have to restore opportunity for everybody. no matter who you are and started out and no matter what you look like and what your last name is, you can get ahead.

more new jobs in manufacturing and exports and energy and innovation. part two, you got to train the folks. you have to train folks to fill those jobs. part three, you have to make sure every child gets a world class education and part four, you have to make sure that the economy rewards hard work for every american. making hard work pay off. with economic security and the decent wages and benefits is what we are about here today. making sure women earn equal pay for equal work. making sure workers had the chance to save for a dignified

retirement. it means access to affordable health insurance that gives you the freedom to change jobs or be your own boss and the peace of mind that will be there for you when you get sick and need it most. if you know anyone who doesn't have health insurance. send them to healthcare.gov. website is working. you can get health care for less than your cell phone bill for a lot of folks. it also means that in the wealthiest nation on earth, nobody who works full time should have to live in poverty. nobody.

>> it was one year ago today that i first asked congress to raise the federal minimum wage, the federal minimum wage that in real terms is worth about 20% less than it was when ronald reagan took office. this afternoon i invited the folks who would see a raise if we raised that federal minimum wage. they happen to join me here at the white house. like most workers in their situation and some of them look like teenagers, but they are young looking. they are not taking on the first job. they are adults. average age is 35 years old. the majority of lower wage jobs are held by women. many of them have children they are supporting.

these are americans that work full time to support a family and if the minimum wage kept pace with productivity, they would be getting paid well over 10 $ an hour. instead the minimum wage is $7.25. when congress refuses to raise it, it loses value because there is inflation and everything else costs a little bit more even though inflation has been low and costing more each year. that means each dollar is not going as far and they have a little bit less. over the past year, the failure of congress to act was the equivalent of a $200 pay cut for these folks for a typical minimum wageworker. that's a month worth of groceries or two months of electricity. it makes a big difference for a lot of families. the good news is that in the

year since i first asked congress to raise the minimum wage, six states went ahead and passed laws to raise theirs. we appreciate that. we have more states and cities and counties that are taking steps to raise their minimum wage as we speak. a lot of companies are doing it too. not out of charity but because they discovered it's good business. two weeks ago i visited a costco store. costco is a very profitable company. the stock has done great. it's expanded all over the place. but their philosophy is higher wages are a smart way to boost productivity and reduce turn over. if employees are happy and feel like the company is invested in them, they are going to do more for the company. they are going to go above and

beyond. when i was over at the costco store, i was meeting folks who started off at the cash register and now are in supervisory position and have been there for 20 years and you can see the pride they had in the company because the company cared about them. i even received a letter the next day from a woman who saw my visit on and she said apply for a job at costco. let me apply for a job at costco. they look like they do a good job. across the country, owners of small and large businessings are recognizing that fair wages and higher profits go hand in hand. it's good for the bottom line. as america's chief executive, i agree. while congress decides what it's going to do and i hope this year and i am going to work this year and urge this year that they

pass a law. today i will do what i can to help raise working americans' wages. today i am issuing an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay their employees a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour. this will make a difference for folks. right now there is a dishwasher in texas making $7.76 an hour. there is a fast food worker as the andrews making $8.91 an

hour. a laundry worker making 9.03. once i sign this order as the contracts come up, each of them and many of the fellow coworkers will get a raise. by the way, that includes folks who get paid in tips. they will get a raise too. the tip raise has gone up even slower than the regular minimum wage. as it's good for companies across the country, this will be good for contractors and taxpayers. the opponents of the minimum wage. time and again they have been proven wrong. raising the minimum wage is good for business and workers and good for the economy. puts more money in these folks's

pocks. they have money to go shopping. which in turn means the business as more customers which means they my hire more workers and make more of a profit. let's not forget, anything good for the economy is the right thing to do. there is a simple moral principal at stake if you take responsibility and work as hard as these folks work, you work full time, you shouldn't be living in poverty. not in america. we believe that. i will do whatever i can to raise working americans's wages.

i would ask any governor and mayor and local leader listening, do what you can to raise your employee's wages. to work a majority of americans who are republicans too. support raising the minimum wage. it's the right thing to do. that's something congress should keep in mind this year. there is a bill in front of both the house and the senate that would boost america's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. 10.10. let's get that done. raise the federal minimum wage to 10.10 would not just raise wages for minimum wage

americans, but lift millions of americans out of poverty immediately. it would help millions more work their way out without requiring a single dollar of new taxes. it's the right thing to do. including seven nobel prize winners wrote the leaders to remind them the bill before congress would have little or no negative effect on hiring. they will give more customers to grow the economy for everybody. congress has a clear choice to make. raise our workers's wages and

grow the economy. they let wames stag nate further. restore unemployment looking for the job. they are exposed further to hardship. you can help people make progress. they deserve to know where it stands on the issue. ask your senator. ask your representative in the house. do you support raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour? if they say yes, tell them good job. they don't hear that that often. give them a pat on the back or a hug and let them know way to go. that's the right thing to do. if they say no, be polite.

don't just yell at them, but say why not? ask them to reconsider siding with an overwhelming majority of americans. encourage them to say yes. give america a raise. i'm about to sign this executive order. you hear me talking about my pen and my phone to make a difference for middle class americans, this is what i mean. i'm going to do what i can and congress can do what it needs to do. i will not give up on the fight no matter how long it takes. america deserves a raise. working families deserve to know some more economic security in their own lives. we have to create new jobs and strengthen the middle class and have new ladders of opportunity just like these folks are doing right here. there millions of americans who can just use a boost. millions of americans outside of

washington. the old stale political arguments or tired of folks who are tired of big lobbyists. the folks out there who want to see them restore the economy. and get back to our founding vision of opportunity for all. i know you guys will work with me. go out there and organize some more. let's give americans a raise right now. i will sign this. >> a raise. the president saying he is raising the mib mum raise for federal contract workers from $725 an hour to $10.10. gloria borger, when you look at the polls, raise minimum wage and support 72%, overwhelming

support when it comes to americans. i did know this. a lot of women there and the president talked about what he is doing for women with this. >> he did. a majority of low wage earners are women. they have a great advantage. with women voters that they clearly want to keep. one way to do that is to talk about pay equity which is something you recall the president talked about in the state of the union. minimum wage is another issue that has a lot of traction with women workers. they are very often at the lower end of the scale. >> gloria, i want to talk about this. the president had a joke about congress and said urge other people to do it and urge congress. if they do, fight for it in their district, tell them good job because they don't hear that a lot. >> right. >> they are working on the debt ceiling and it can happen at any

moment. the president is willing to work with congress. it is a busy day in washington. >> there is. what republicans are trying to do in the senate is get five of them to vote with the democrats. the republican in texas is threatening to filibuster increase in the debt ceiling that does not include spending cuts as we know. john boehner said okay, we can't get what we want and a lot of his republicans they did and we will have to see what happens with that. it would be a victory if it were a clean bill. >> stand by. there is movement on this. lisa desjardins on the hill. >> this has been one of the most dramatic last 45 minutes i have seen in the senate for a long time and that's saying something. if we can pull up the picture, you are seeing they are still in

a roll call vote that began almost an hour ago. it's taken that long because they could not get the 60 votes needed to pass the debt ceiling suspension bill. we have just learned in the past couple of minutes there is a lot of gathering. two key republicans. senators and republican leader mitch mcconnell switched votes to yes. that's what ted barrett is reporting. that is a stunning move are two conservatives who talk about the debt all the time. they talk about the debt ceiling. we did not want them to vote yes today. probably thinking about the markets and watching the vote and seeing that this debt ceiling suspension was poised to fail. it still appears it needs one more vote. those two leaders switching implies that they think there is a way out that they haven't gotten out of this yet.

it is something we are watching a little bit breathlessly. when you think about this debt ceiling vote, this is the full faith and credit of the united states. that is what it is. paying their bills on time and that's at stake here. all of this happening right now too because of the snowstorm arriving on the east coast. senators wanted to take this vote to get out of town before the snowstorm hit. this vote that usually takes about a half hour now stretching into an hour fascinating. serious drama right now and i can bet a lot of people are watching this. they get word that there is some for the moment in the state and the u.s. senate. >> my goodness. stand by on that. again, a busy day in washington. we are following all day. coming up next, breaking news

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. this one is going to spark controversy. we are talking about race and something the court justice clarence thomas. did you see what he said? we dwell on it too much. we are too sensitive about it and everybody needs to buck up and realize that we get our feelings hurt by something somebody said or did to them.

that's the cliff notes version of what he said yesterday at palm beach atlantic. no tv cameras. my sadness is that we are probably today more race and difference conscious than i was in the 1960s when i went to school. to my knowledge, i was the first black kid in savannah, georgia to go to a white school and rarely did the issue come up. the difference is in race and sex. somebody didn't look at you right. somebody says something. everybody is sensitive. if i had been as sensitive as that, i would still be in savannah. does clarence thomas have a point? here to talk about it, attorney and radio personality mo ivory in atlanta and crystal wright, the editor and blogger at

conservative black chick.com. is clarence thomas right? are we too sensitive? >> yes, i think we are too sensitive and they are fighting for civil rights and living in the segregated south in richmond. they sat in and integrated schools. you know why? to end racism. we have people in the business of wanting to keep racism alive to make money. people like al sharpton and i'm not going to go down the list of things he has done. now we are in a situation where you have people actively looking, hunting, don, for racism and to call people homophobes and talk about sexism to make a living off of it. they are shaking down corporate america and you have a hyper sensitivity where white people are afraid not to engage. >> mo, what do you think?

are we too sensitive? >> wow. i would have to disagree partially with what she said. i don't think we are too sensitive, but we just have a more open forum to bring it out. during the time clarence thomas is talking about, it wasn't so acceptable to come out and say what you felt because you feared there would be retaliation and whether you would be attacked. it wasn't such an environment where we were able to express our views. i don't think that people like al sharpton take the liberty to call the race card. there wouldn't be a race card if something racial wasn't going on. all of the instances thaw see al sharp and other leaders speaking on issues, cases that involve race or racial profiling or murders involving a racial issue is because it was race that was invoked in the crime to begin with. it's not always pulling the race card as easily as she did.

corporate america is one of the biggest places where racism occurs. >> let's not get too far. you are talking about being sensitive about race and talking about average everyday americans being too sensitive about race. you said you partially disagreed. what did you agree about? >> there some people who use race as a way to profit and as a way to bring themselves to the forefront. that part i do agree with. the people she mentioned are not part at all. most of the times when you see the people come out and have a sensitivity is because race has been evoked in the beginning. >> you talked about al sharpton who calls himself a reverend. al sharpton has gotten wealthy after yia kuzing people of

racism. reverent jesse jackson, i want to give you an example so you don't misrepresent. texaco as both of you remember was sued several years back over a decade. they were sued and the case never went to trial for the black jelly beans and the comment by some employees. the reason why the case never went to trial, texaco was so afraid of their name being drawn through the media constantly and they settled out of court for nearly $200 million. we don't know what the accusations were. >> the only thing settled was because they didn't want their name dragged through the mud. >> let her finish. go ahead. i got this. i will referee. go ahead. >> i know, but she is talking over me. >> go ahead. >> when my parents and my father was the only black on his dental school and he was downgraded and

helped the white kids study and the white kids got better greats, he didn't let that hold him back, but he was not using his race. the reason why is because there is no way post 1964 that anybody could do that single handedly and force texaco to give $200 million. our discussion is not honest. white people feel they can't criticize the president. that's wrong. >> stand by. hang on. let me jump in. i now in this morning and i get off the plane and our colleague are saying do you hear what people are saying? they are saying that you said that samuel l jackson looks like lawrence fish burn. they don't look anything alike. i never said that. i had a conversation about the

differences in people and not being able to recognize race. it was turned around by people in the business of getting clicks on their websites and it's more insidious of people of color. and it can be hurtful for something that was never said or intended to say. she has a point and you have a point with that. it's ridiculous. it is making african-americans look bad. >> don, wait. >> go ahead, mo. hang on. >> i hear what you are saying in terms of the sensitivity and divisiveness, but i have to go back to a white person doesn't feel like they can criticize president obama without being called a racist. >> it's true. >> that is ridiculous considering that every day on the news a white person is criticizing president obama. we have groups. >> for depends on the network you turn on.

>> there is a network that is dedicated to criticizing president obama on a racial issue. to say that white people can't criticize the president? >> mo, that is your opinion and you know you are misrepresenting the truth. >> no, i'm not. >> fox news gets to -- >> they are representing reality. >> let me finish, mo. >> once she stops talking over me, i will make a point. i am called names on twitter every day. it's not because i say crazy things. it's because i like don and stop talking over me. i like don talk about the problems affecting black americans and people like you don't want to have an honest discussion. >> the way you see them. >> i'm an american. it doesn't make me wrong. at the end of the day, i want to finish this. at the end of the day, the only way any of us will have an

honest discussion is if you stop attacking me for my opinion and we allow. >> and you stop attacking me for mine. >> i haven't attacked you. >> we should stop attacking each other and stop calling each other names. let me tell you something. crystal, why do you give a crap what someone said about you on twitter? it's called hater. let them say that. >> they say it in other forms too. >> sometimes there might be truth to it. >> listen. it's a chamber for extreme opinions. >> come on. >> you shouldn't worry about it. don't take those things personally. if that's your truth, keep saying it. mo, keep saying your truth and stop attacking each other. >> i agree. this proves the point that people are really sensitive when it comes to race. >> racism is still a big deal. >> that's where we agree. >> i love both of you and can't

we all just get along. >> yes. >> sure. >> we will finish our conversation. stay warm down in atlanta and washington, d.c. >> you too. we have to go to breaking news and the fight over america's debt ceiling. over a half million people are without power right now and the storm is slamming the southeast. we will go to dana before we continue with the weather. what do you know? >> the senate just approved raising the debt ceiling by a super majority to be precise. 67 votes. as you were talking about earlier, this came after an hour of high drama. they never wanted any trauma in the senate. just like they didn't want it in the house. they preferred to have this vote go through with a simple

majority with democrats voting yes and allowing republicans to do what was politically right for them and vote no. that didn't happen because ted cruise demanded it was a 60-vote filibuster threshold. what happened was republicans had to find five votes. 55 democrats and noded to find at least with republicans to get that 60-throat threshold. what you saw for the last hour was scrambling around and figuring out where the votes are. we don't know how many if any democrats voted no, but we know the way this played out was republicans voted yes, including mitch mcconnell to the top two republicans. they had a dramatic moment where it looked unclear whether this would pass or not and walked down to the front and raise their hans and taking the plunge knowing that they both have

challenges back home and this will be very, very hard for you. safer and more comfortable where they are. john thune as well and others coming out and the republican cloak room. all switching their votes to give this a super majority 67-vote threshold. there lots of reasons why this likely happened. the primary one is to make it look less bad for maybe just a handful of republicans to vote yes on this, but big picture, what you saw here is exactly what republicans didn't want. they didn't want to force the members to vote yes on what they described as giving the president more ability to borrow money and exactly what they were opposed to. they had no choice.

ted cruise did it again just now. >> there will be more to follow. dana barb is following that developing story. we will get back to you with more information. moving on to the weather. the weather is crippling parts of the country. nearly a half million people are without power and as in ice storm slamming the southeast and crippling roads in the carolinas and growning flights and bringing down trees and power to some 420,000 people and the numbers will keep climbing as it moves across the country and as it moves north. already at least five classic-related deaths are blamed on the storm. emergency services are warning travel will be difficult right now if not impossible. you are looking at these new pictures of traffic moving slowly in fayetteville, north carolina. helps of cars are stranded on icy roads there. look at the traffic.

that being looks like the walking dead. my goodness. the pictures are rarely seen in one of the most congested cities in the u.s. this is atlanta on the left. nothing on the on the right. two weeks ago, everyone there desperate not to see the repeat of this. for more than hours, many eventually abandoning their cars. ed is out on the road and iced over atlanta. standing right outside and located dead center. we will start with ed. how are the roads looking now? >> we are headed east along interstate 20 outside of downtown atlanta. what is fascinating is that -- i can only imagine what it must

have been like two weeks ago. full of cars and roadways are full of cars and it's quite a difference when you look at the roadways now and you see that there is a handful of people. we pulled over to the side of the road so we can give you the best picture. i just watched a guy slipping and siding down the interstate as we are sitting here and cleaning off the wind shield wipers and moving further along down the road. this must have been incredibly treacherous and easy to drive on when you are one of the few cars on the roadway. s on the a good sign there not people out and about today. >> ed, i want to go to ted meyers keeping an eye on the flights. in atlanta. how much worse could this get? >> i don't think we will get 15 to 20 flights in or out of the city today. 69% over 800 flights in and another 800 flights out that

didn't make it in the first place have been canceled. not where they are supposed to be for tomorrow. it's going to be stopped. we don't have many flights tomorrow. i had a group of ladies who said we need to drive to tampa right now to get on an airplane to the caribbean tomorrow. i said absolutely not. i would never send my wife out on that road ever. it is that bad. i have driven on this. i'm from nebraska and that's where i learned to driveway. we thought we were the dukes of hazard. i don't think the normal person in a normal car would be ready to drive on this. this is what is under the snow. take a look at the ice. this is encased in ice. a good quarter inch here and still coming down and will be coming down for the next five hours as sleet and freezing rain. after a:00 toepd, it's great. it's all going to be snow.

that's what we got most of the day. it looks like a snow cone. don't eat the yellow snow cone. don't eat any of the snow cones out here. this is what we had. it's slippery, but not like a sheet of ice. >> in new york city don't have yards, don't eat the brown snow either because we have to walk our dogs. no yellow or brown snow. the question is, when is this done? you are the meteorologist here. i know punxsatawney phil didn't see his shadow. >> it will be over by my birthday in may. >> i was hoping it was march. >> it's i long road ahead. we are warm in the west and cold in the east. trapped with the ridge and the trough. we are in the trough. it feels like the trough call the time. that means the cold air and that will stay here. >> go to the hotel. i know they will not let you go

home. we will be talking about this. more tonight and of course tomorrow as it starts to hit the northeast in d.c. new york as well. this is that driving cam that i'm looking at right now. i'm speaking with you. i see our vehicle and in front and that's about it on the interstate. one lone 18 wheeler. >> this is different from the last storm. it started at 2:00 a.m. people didn't venture out this morning. the last storm started at 2:00 and already out. they had to try to get back home. that's why it's completely black and white where we are right now compared to how many were stuck and literally nobody is stuck right now. there is nobody out here. >> at throw:08 p.m. eastern time, i lived in atlanta for almost seven years. to see the interstate look like that is heaven for most people. it doesn't happen often. only with a major snow event or weather event. stay warm and safe.

see you soon. thank you very much. thank you all to ed as well. more on the breaking news coming up, but first this. >> we are on the case right now. law enforcement said a note was attached to a mail that killed a retired lawyer in tennessee. they stormed a quaint neighborhood street in tennessee. a mail bomb killed john setser and critically wounded his wife on monday. the fbi and the u.s. postal inspectors have not revealed motives. they once practiced bankruptcy law. his wife marion is at the medical center. >> they were true christians and honorable people that i would trust to the end of the earth. it doesn't make sense at all when i heard it said that it was targeted. they must have targeted the wrong person. >> the justice correspondent

joins me now. tell us about the snow. >> we don't know what the note said. we know from sources that they found the snow inside the house. one of the things they are doing is going through the cataloging and everything found this there to determine whether or not there was a label attached to the package or the package came in a few days earlier. they want to know what was attached to the package that contained this bomb. investigators are going through the scene. one of the things they are trying to figure out is how the package got there. was it something delivered by the postal service or mail tearers or delivered and put in the mail box by someone who was trying to harm the couple? >> what do we know about this? >> as the neighbors have described, these people who nobody really thinks anyone was trying to harm.

the investigators are trying to figure out whether there is disputes or legal disputes that came from the lawyers's background. they were trying to interview people who knew them to see if there was any reason for anybody to target them. that's a big mystery. he's a retiree. there was a question as to why this was done. >> thank you very much. we will get more information and continue to report on that. more breaking news to report out of syria. 11% of the chemical weapons have been shipped out of the country. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons said this shipment is more than the last which was only 4%. syria is still behind the eight ball. it could have removed all the chemicals last week. set by the geneva agreement. what is more daring?

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. he led new orleans and now former mayor ray nagin could be

headed to prison. he has been found guilty on 20 of 21 charges of federal corruption. nagin took more than $200,000 in bribes. the jury acquitted him on count. he got the office back in 2010. no immediate reaction from nagin who insisted on his innocence. senator rand paul led a class action lawsuit filed against president barack obama about nsa data collections. here he is, rand paul announcing the suit in washington. >> there is a huge and growing swell of protest in this country of people who are outraged that their records will be taken without suspicion, without a judge's warrant and without individualization. this we believe will be a historic lawsuit. we think it may well be the largest class action lawsuit ever filed on behalf of the bill

of rights. >> so it's kind of a two-pronged story. you got the legal and you have got the constitutional. those two. you also have the rand paul story, the rising republican star commands headlines for two weeks. he's the son of ron paul and perennial presidential candidate. he is thinking of launching a run for the white house himself. he's a republican who leans libertarian and an op ed explaining his lawsuit at cnn.com. check that out. here is the consultant and cnn political commentator. fourth amendment to the constitution, the right of the people to be secure in their houses and papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated. no warrants will be issued

except upon probable cause, et cetera, et cetera, etc. do you see grounds for a lawsuit against the president? >> well, not against the president, don. that case has about as much chance of survival as the toll booth. there a multitude of cases pending, class actions like rand paul that challenged fourth amendment grounds against the administration, the nsa. as a matter of fact two federal judges in the country at this point, a couple of months ago ruled that what nsa is doing may well be unconstitutional and another judge in new york said it probably is constitutional. it is this not groundbreaking. it's a legal redundancy. >> i know you want to jump in, but more quick legal question.

senator paul said his case, he said his case would end up being decided by the supreme court? possible? >> no. it will be dismissed by the court of appeals and they won't touch it. these are good times for rand paul. he has been making headlines while chris christie, his possible rival will sit in scandal. >> i don't know, don. for be it for me to speculate. come on. come on. he may have gone to law school, but rand paul is smarter. this is brilliant. >> not legally. and facing the supreme court and forced to decide on the constitutionality because of rand ball. politically two things are worth

looking at here. one, rand paul is forming new political coalitions that are totally unique on the republican side. the conservative universe as a lot of different factions. this is marrying the tea party conservative base with the libertarian followers. that is a new coalition on the right and can have consequences for 2016. he is marrying it with the civil libertarians on the left. these are new dynamics in american politics that have political consequences in addition. >> my question for you, this seems a bit unusual and extreme. in my estimation. am i wrong here? when he talks about the bill clinton thing, is this going to be a turn off for people who may see this as antics? >> the clinton thing is very different than a real lawsuit in

federal court that has a lot of things. and whether the president and the cia director have the ability to hurt them on american sail or foreign soil with drones. they are substantive issues that they're forcing to the front of our marshal discourse. that is effective and important. this is not so personal. it's not like he's attacking the president here. he is also -- this name this this, the fbi director. this is not a partisan attack by any means. we have to go. stay in the morning. >> thanks, don. >> senator paul will be live

tonight with erin burnett out front at 7:00 eastern with erin burnett. senator rand paul live. as i mentioned, he has written an opinion piece on this topic on cnn.com. check that out. cnn.com/opinion. next, check out the video. someone posted it to a police department's facebook page. tach me if you can. the search is on for the motorcycle driver who weaved in and out and taunted police. bl kevin, neill holley's on line one. ok, great. [ male announcer ] and we do. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gaviscon®.

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breaking news we have been reporting here. the senate voted to raise the debt ceiling to march of 2015.

the vote was 55-43 and it's important to know that mitch mcconnell said no. he voted no. they voted to raise the debt ceiling. they said no to this. again from the senate minority leader, bricking news from the white house, we are just getting enrollment numbers from obamacare. brianna keilar from the white house. >> a lot of breaking news and big numbers here. 3.3 million people enrolling in obamacare plans. this was since october 1st when people were first able to. this is down from what the expectation was. there were technical difficulties, but it shows you that a lot of people see the

falloff following the deadline. it didn't appear that that happened. there was a 30 of the total enrollment happening in january. this is where we get the break down. the break down that shows if the law is working the way it's supposed to. they tend to be are supposed to offset. people who tend to be older and 31% were told they are 34 and under. the goal has been revised for that to be 40%. certainly short of that, you will hear analysts say that they want more people to have the law

working the way it's supposed to. while initially they expected 7 million people enrolled at the end of march. they downgraded that to $6 million. a little more than halfway there with the number am can be out today. >> thank you for the breaking news. >> police are desperate to find a speeding biker. they said he is putting other lives at risk and taunting and daring police to catch him. . >> take a look at the disturbing video. you can see the cyclist weaving in and out of rush hour traffic in san antonio. at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour. >>. >> all it would have taken is a split second to impact the lives of several people and possibly killing someone by his actions. >> it caught the attention of

the police department when the video was posted on the police department's facebook page. with this daring caption. now they are acting on the dare. >> we have his personal information and we will have them out looking for him. >> police believe the motorcyclist is alberto rodriguez, age 27 wanted for two outstanding felony warrants. >> if mr. rodriguez is watching, you might as well turn yourself in because it's just a a matter of time before we wach you. >> he would face reckless driving, a possible fine of $200 and 30 days in jail. the police department is using their same page to reach out to the public for tips. this is not the first time a reckless driving video has gone viral.

in the summer of 2013, a record was set for the fastest loop around manhattan. the driver later posted it on you tube. police caught up with the driver and later charged him with reckless driving. >> it goes to show that you call negative attention to yourself, bad things can happen. >> cnn, new york. >> should the cops ignore this guy or try to hunt him down. are they not feeding into his hysteria. mike brooks, what's the safest route here? >> they want to get this gay off the street. he's a menacy to society. they do. they want to get this guy not only for this, but look at this. he's is going in between traffic.

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six people r dead in three states. oregon, colorado and utah in avalanches. the one you are about to see is north of salt lake city. a man is digging his friend out of at least two feet of snow. they were on snowmobiles when they were hit. his friend was able to stick his handout of the pile for minutes, but his friend did get him out. being hit boy an avalanchavalan. incredible video was shot from his helmet cam. >> in cal rolorado, you heard t blasting. six people have died from this.

>> it's a very serious situation, don. today's control blast not as big as when they saw it recently. still big enough who were caught in one, but not big enough. the giant pile of snow did come from the blast in this area. the department of transportation was able to track the snow before they reached the main interstate. i'm 5 feet tall and this is more than twice my size. let's look at the video to give you a better sense of what we are talking about. the controlled avalanche blast. take a look. you will start to hear some of the booms. that's one of a series of blasts

happening. they are shooting from a small cannon from the road up to the mountain side above the interstate in order to release it down the mountain in a controlled environment. it is incredibly powerful. reaching speeds of 20 to 80 miles per hour. in some of the recent blasts, they have been so huge, it left piles of snow 300 feet across roadways and 12 to 15 feet deep. that gives you a sense of how dangerous the avalanche conditions are right now. listen to the experts we talked to describe why these blasts are so crucial. >> what happens if you don't do this. what is the major concern? >> if you let it build up and it covers the road. it disrupts the traveling public. it's a sift issue and can bury

people and injury or kill. >> we are talking about this controlled blasts, preventing the snow from reaching the highway should an avalanche occur. the backcountry is a different story. people who are heading back are really, really needing to have the right equipment. i have a probe. i have a beacon and a shovel. these are the bare necessities so someone can find you and help you if you got caught in an avalanche. people are starting to use to protect themselves. you heard of the air bags that keep you above the snow and prevent you from being buried. this is called an avalon and some skiers and other backcountry recreationalists are using this technology should they be buried. they breathe into this tube that is like a snorkel. the carbon dioxide is expelled behind them. they continue to breathe in fresh air and they won't be

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. remarkable survival story that has now come full circle. the castaway adrift for more than a year returned to his home in el salvador. cnn was there as he received a hero's welcome. he was too emotional and weak to speak. his psychological condition is not ideal for him to be exposed to the world. physically he is basically healthy. his story made national headlines when he washed ashore on the marshall islands after season plos at sea. he survived by eating turtles and fish.

if you love corvettes, heads up. this might be tough to watch. eight of the classic american sports cars have now been swallowed up. i'm talking about vintage models sitting at the bottom of a giant sinkhole in the national corvette museum in kentucky. inside the museum. how porp were these corvettes? >> some were pretty important. one in particular, a 1992 corvette, that was actually the one millionth corvette introduced. ordinarily a '92 corvette could be about $15,000. that one could be worth up to a million dollars because there is only one one military corvette and now it's at the bottom of a hole. >> a lot of people probably didn't know there was an actual corvette mu semi. tell us about the museum. >> this museum is right near the factory in bowling green, kentucky. in fact, if you buy a corvette,

one of the things you can get is museum delivery, where you go to bowling green to get your car, you can go to the factory where they make it, and then you go to the museum right next door and they'll deliver your new corvette to you right there in the museum. so among corvette fanatics, this is an important place. >> interesting. can these cars be salvaged? >> well, a lot of times whether or not a car can be salvaged depends on how much the car is worth. if this were the national corolla museum, no one would be talking about saving them. but you have a couple of zr-1 show cars in that hole, i bet you these cars will be saved because it's worth saving them. and from the photo thats i saw the cars look to be pretty much in one piece so i'm betting they'll mostly be put back together. >> look, corollas lasted a long time. that's all i have to say. >> nothing against corollas. not dizi indissing the corolla.

>> thank you, peter. appreciate it. just getting some pictures now, very eerie pictures. it looks like atlanta two weeks ago. but you know what, this is due in north carolina. those little things still get you.

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so, we told you about those pictures. look at the interstates. this is in north carolina. i want to go to someone stuck in

that, mike crossway, in raleigh heading to durham. what is it like? are you creeping? >> i'm creeping. i'm doing about 20 miles an hour, which is actually good for this weather. i'm happy with that. but the visibility is not very good. the only good thing is the traffic on my side of the highway is fairly light so we are able to keep it moving here. >> you said that -- you told me in the commercial break you were caught off guard by this? you didn't think it would be this bad? >> i didn't anticipate this much snow so quickly. we were thinking 1 to 4 inches and that it wouldn't really start collatiaccumulat accumula in the afternoon. but, again, right at 12:30 the sky just opened up. everything turned white. >> yeah. so describe the conditions for me because i know that, according to our reporter who's there, the ice hasn't started yet. it's pretty powdery stuff, and they did do some salting of the roads. is that helping you out?

>> not really. i've seen probably over 30 accidents and people abandoning their cars already. there's folks out there helping out, pushing people out of ditches, so folks are helping, but right now this is the second time i'm going to have to clean off my windshield wipers because the ice is accumulating on them and the visibility is really low. >> mike, be safe out there as well as the rest of the drivers. mike crosswhite heading to durham from raleigh in north carolina. best of luck. finally today, there's some crazy video you have to see. a guy loses it on one of america's most famous sidewalks no less, taking out his anger on a police car. and if that doesn't get your ate attenti attention, get this -- witnesses included superman and darth vader. here's glen walker. >> reporter: it was a typical day along the hollywood walk of fame and you know what i'm talking about. shooting video, he witnessed a

deranged man demonstrating his affection for the lapd. >> next thing i hear is i love jesus christ and i hear a smash. i look back and it's a guy smashing the windows of a cop car that i was standing right next to. >> reporter: walking away to put some distance between the man vandalizing the black and white cruiser and himself, victor said he pulled out his cell phone and called 911 and then continued to capture the crime in progress. and a darth vader character witnessing a young man who had clearly crossed over to the dark side. >> i saw the whole thing. >> not that the guy dressed as superman did anything to stop this crime in progress. you're superman. why didn't you do anything to stop it? >> it's not my job to jump in the middle. >> reporter: after busting out the car windows and grabbing a laptop computer, the bad guy handed in the direction of victor, stopping at a kiosk to check out what he just swiped. that's when he looks right at victor. >> he looks over at me and

that's where i really got nervous. >> reporter: what he did next was get arrested. remember superman telling me he didn't want to get in the middle? he had no problem getting in the middle of victor's shot as the officers made the arrest. >> he was trying to take credit. >> i'll show you where he got taken down. >> reporter: he does get credit for one thing today. he was certainly a good witness. >> his face is on susan lucci's star. >> they actually started taking him down back here, but like i was saying earlier, he was rea'sing arrest. >> reporter: this was a three-star pursuit? >> it was. >> sandra bullock, keanu reeves and -- >> actually, it's a good lineup. >> thank you very much, glen walker. did we get a response from susan lucci? no, no response. superman. do some sit-ups, brother. no word yet on a motive other than the jesus mentioned. police say the man was booked for felony vandalism and

burglary and is being held on $20,000 bond. we can't yet confirm a date for his court appearance and whether he hired an attorney. i'm don lemon. stay safe out there, everyone. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. skiing, snowboarding, luge. i'm not talking about winter olympics. i'm talking about how i might have to get home tonight. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the national lead. mid-atlantic, you're next. the snow, sleet, and ice that shut down the south from texas all the way to north carolina is climbing up the east coast. if misery loves company, there's going to be a lot of love to go around. the world lead. why now, after all this time? why did a video surface three weeks ago proving that the only known american p.o.w. is still alye after we heard nothing for three years? well, "the daily beast's" josh rogan says he knows why, and