repeat right? soon. before i let you go check out these pictures from twitter of today's potentially historic blizzard. these images are from around the stay of new york. this of course is columbus circle. looks beautiful in the snow right? somebody walking down the street with their husky dogs. very pretty too. the snow is pretty to look at except for when a few days go past and it gets dirty and slimy. i won't go into that. we'll enjoy it while we can and stay indoors and drink hot chom chocolate. thank you for joining me. cnn's special weather coverage continues next. it's being called a life threatening and historic blizzard and it's bearing down on the northeast right now. boston and new york bracing for up to three feet of snow along with freezing rain and the worst part hurricane strength winds. we're tracking this monster storm for you. >> a drone infiltrates the white

house grounds. how big a risk does this pose and with all of the new drone technology out there, what can the secret service do to keep the president safe? new demands from the terror group isis after it appears they've killed one of the two japanese hostages they've been holding and demanding ransom. what are they demanding now. that and much more is ahead. hello, everyone. i'm john berman. >> i'm and i'm kate bolduan. i come back bringing bad news of a very big storm. >> it's awesome. we would have preferred a better show warming gift than this storm. it's epic. this winter storm for the ages. it's coming. it's threatening to shutdown much of the east coast. many people call it historic massive, disruptive but the most important term being used right now is life threatening.

>> the storm is now expected -- listen to this -- impact millions of people in one way or another. blizzard and winter storm warnings are in effect from maryland to maine and in canada. folks in boston could hear up to three feet of snow. you will hear it over and over again. freezing rain and wind gusts up to 65 miles an hour will add to the mix as well. forecasters say that the cities that are no stranger to nasty weather likely haven't seen anything like this yet. new jersey governor chris christie will speak live next hour about the storm preparations. >> we'll hear from all of the tri-state governors in the next two hours. rene marsh is standing by at laguardia airport to talk about the travel situation. here's a hint. it's awful. alison kosik is in brooklyn where new york's mayor bill bede

blasio will speak soon and we have chad myers outside in manhattan. >> let's get straight to chad. new york's mayor is telling folks not to underestimate what is headed their way. what do folks need to know? >> reporter: i just got the brand new models in just a minute ago. one model says for new york city 2 inches. the other model i looked at said 27 inches. i hate it when models don't agree to that extent. how can it be a forecast here in the same models with the same type of start and completely different finish? here's the problem. i think we're going to see some spots that have 36 inches of snow. i honestly do. i don't believe we'll see snow in big cities like that although it's a possibility. sometimes i can shoot eight over par and i think that's good. normal game is between 20 and 25 over par. so it just depends on what mood my golf clubs are in and i think

it depends what mood mother nature gets in when the storm gets offshore. it's not there yet. we wind up with the biggest part of the storm for new york city is less than about 12 hours away it still hasn't even begun to develop or deepen into this big weather maker with rain across parts of the cape cod area and a lot of snow into massachusetts, connecticut, vermont and into new york city. guys? >> chad what kind of winds are we talking and is that connected to snowfall estimates? what i heard overnight is snowfall range may be varied but you can expect winds 30 to 50 miles an hour and that in and of itself is plenty dangerous. >> reporter: you may see ground in some spots and next to that you get a seven-foot drift. they measure from a platform that is protected from the wind and then they take it every couple inches and sweep it off. they say, okay there's two inches. what's the next hour. there's two more inches.

sweep it off. it's never going to pile up. the official number will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 to 20 inches. you'll get zero or seven feet when that wind is howling 50 miles per hour. >> chad myers for us outside here keeping an eye on this forecast which is hard to pin down. >> i think the wind will be the worst part about this. >> officials here say be careful. if you want to talk alarmist and maybe justifiably so residents should be ready for something worse than they have ever seen. alison kosik joins us live from brooklyn where the mayor will give us a crucial news conference in a bit. we'll cover that live. lay out the preparations that this city is making for this megastorm. >> reporter: you're right about that. mayor bill de blasio not mincing words when saying this could be one of the biggest snowstorms to hit new york city. he did come out yesterday at a

press conference and give a few details about how the city is prepared. namely the roads. if you ever had to travel to new york city live here know about it you know that's really the biggest part of what can really just freeze this city. he talked about clearing of the roads. he says 2,400 sanitation workers will be on 12-hour shifts ready to tackle this snowstorm as it hits. he also said salt spreaders have been prepping the roads for what is already coming. we are already outside seeing that appetizers hitting the streets. also governor cuomo said as we get to the evening commute, that is exactly when the storm is really supposed to rev up and the reality is the governor said that some highways could be shut down and major transportation public transportation subways and buses could be closed as well. those are the major things that we're seeing city officials talk about at this point.

>> all right. all eyes will be on mayor de blasio and handling of this. he faced criticism last year in the fact that schools weren't closed. we'll see how this goes. we'll continue to watch it. thank you so much. let's talk about the other big part of the story. air travel. more than 4,000 flights have been canceled already ahead of the storm. the major airlines are waiving the fee for rebooking. the at least they can do for flights coming in and out of the northeast. >> rene marsh is at laguardia airport for us. must be surrounded by joy this morning. >> or not. >> reporter: you know what earlier this morning i was able to ask do you want good news or do you want bad news? as hours go on i really don't have a lot of good news to offer you. the cancellations and the delays are just building up. compared to earlier this morning, i'm seeing more red and orange and those are colors you do not want to see if you're

flying out of airports like laguardia where i am. unfortunately we're seeing that word canceled canceled canceled pop up on these boards here and you see a lot of travelers doing just this. they are all walking by and stopping because they want to know one thing. is my flight going to go? is it delayed? is it not. we know at this hour between today and tomorrow we're talking about 5,300 flights canceled. there are some lucky folks like those folks standing in the distance there, that's tsa checkpoint those people are the lucky ones who are able to get out. again, as i said as the hours go on there are fewer and fewer flights that are actually able to take off. we do know that american airlines just heard from them and they are planning on suspending all flights out of their new york hubs as well as airports in philadelphia and boston. we also heard from united airlines. they are suspending all of their flights out of airports like

newark airport. we're not just talking about domestic problems now we're getting into international travel problems as well. >> ugly. >> ripple effects begin already. >> renee marsh, thank you so much. stay up to the minute on this storm. you can do so. set the cnn.com homepage to show conditions where you are. it's cnn.com/weather. >> stay on top of it. we'll stay close to that story. the republican race for the white house shifted into another gear. potential candidates play to the party faithful in iowa. notably absent mitt romney jeb bush. we'll look at who has the early momentum and what's the message? how on earth did a drone end up inside white house airspace? crashing or landing on the white house grounds? serious security questions. that's next.

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breaking news to alert you to. u.s. embassy in yemen is closed to the public until further notice. this obviously comes amid resignations of the government of the prime minister and the cabinet. in a statement coming out from the u.s. embassy, it says because of ongoing security concerns the u.s. embassy is unable to provide services and will have limited ability to assist with emergency cases involving u.s. citizens. that's just part of the statement coming out there. closed until further notice. as we already have been discussing been discussing especially in the last week is that they have been removing

embassy staff and we continue to see domino effects of unstable situation in yemen. we'll continue to follow that. >> the state department will say technically speaking the embassy is not closed or shut down but a distinction without a difference not performing any duties for americans in that country right now shows you how dangerous it is there. a new alarming headline for the white house this morning. a device described as a small drone was discovered on the white house grounds. the secret service removed that object at dawn. >> president obama and the first lady are of course both away traveling in india. it's not clear if the president's daughters were at home at the time of the incident. we do believe they were in washington but where they were we're not entirely clear at this moment. former secret service agent is joining us to discuss this. dan, it's really amazing when you look at how many instances do we need to see and what do these instances mean? first, you have someone breaking into the white house getting through the north doors into the east room and now you have a

drone crashing on the lawn of the white house. does this surprise you? >> it doesn't surprise me sadly. it's only a matter of time. these drones present some very serious problems. make no mistake, this is a very big deal. you have a device here that has commercial applications that can transport a weapon or a camera for surveillance. now, you have that also in obviously cars but cars have been blocked off in front of the white house on pennsylvania avenue and you have that with planes as well. typically a plane would present a warning. there would be a hijacking. you don't have that with a drone. with a drone you have a small device that could appear over the white house in a moment's notice carrying a weapon or camera and this is a very serious problem. >> dan, there was a small plane that landed on the white house lawn back in the '90s and of course we understand there was some precautions or measures taken after that to better protect the airspace and the grounds there. you're a former secret service agent. i don't want you to reveal secrets keeping the president

and his family safe but are there systems, do have they anything that would be on the lookout for drones or things coming in via the air? >> there's a pretty robust air security network around the white house. the problem with the drones john is even if you did, it's very difficult to discriminate a drone from a pigeon. with some of these devices getting so small that literally they are the size of insects some of these devices. in the future they may be smaller than that. it's going to be almost impossible to have some kind of a mitigation mechanism to stop these things. that's on the surveillance side. so surveillance part worries me. it's very difficult problem for them to solve. they'll have to attack it from the communication side. >> do you think it's much to do about nothing and this was some device that someone was playing around with that landed on the

lawn or do you think if it wasn't a threat this time around this exposes a weakness. >> knowing the secret service like i do they war game everything. as we used to say, we get paid to stay up late at night so the white house staff and the president don't have to. >> there have been a lot of problems recently showing that maybe someone hasn't been staying up late enough at night. >> good point. i think they realize that. they realize this is not great for pr. i can assure you they are war gaming this right now figuring out some mechanism to stop this from happening again. no one is going to take this lightly if it's the secret service i remember and i'm sure it is. >> do you think there's a failure here or is this just an example of where the technology is changing so fast that it's very difficult to keep up with it? >> you know it's tough. i love the secret service. of course it's a failure. i think they would say that as well. i don't think that you can look at this as any kind of success. a drone landed on the lawn. you bring up a good point.

was there a way to stop this that was even technologically available? you can't shoot it down. you're in washington d.c. where is the bullet going to go? there are no easy answers right here. i wish there were but there aren't. >> some of the answers i'm wondering is will they track down who was behind this? they have the drone, if you will how are they going to investigate this? they say they are of course. what will fallout be? good to see you, dan. thanks. >> we may make big news here with potential endorsement in the race for president. we'll ask the question -- >> maybe, maybe. >> also we'll talk about the republicans who want to raise your taxes. the republicans who want to raise your taxes and are proud of it. stay with us.

welcome back. a busy day here at cnn. millions of people from maryland to maine are getting ready for a winter blast that could make history and we're not blowing this out of proportion. this is what the forecasters are also saying. the nor'easter getting ready to bear down on the east coast could bring more than two feet of snow and wind gusts near hurricane strength. >> the national weather service is calling the storm life threatening and historic. please pay attention. new york's mayor making alarming comments about the storm as well. bill de blasio told people not to underestimate the storm. he will speak to the media within the next hour about the city's preparations. we're also expecting to hear from new jersey governor chris christie. he'll talk about how new jersey is preparing. new york's governor coupleuomo will speak. we'll cover these events for you

right here on cnn. >> let's get to this. the race for 2016 got a jump-start over the weekend as possible gop hopefuls tried to win favor at a conservative gathering in iowa. all of the big names were there except the biggest. mitt romney and jeb bush. many made a splash as did a fast rising midwestern governor scott walker. >> that sends a powerful message to republicans in washington and around the country. if you're not afraid to go big and go bold you can get results. if you get the job done the voters will actually stand up with you. >> joining us to discuss this and much more another republican governor with 2016 chatter surrounding him. governor, good to see you. thanks for coming in. >> great to be with you today. >> thank you very much. we want to talk about 2016 political landscape in one

second. first, i want to ask you about today. about taxes. republicans all over the country are running -- when they run, they say we're not raising taxes. we heard that again even last night from john boehner and mitch mcconnell your republican leaders in congress speaking to "60 minutes." listen to this. >> from the president's state of the union address let me ask you, dead or alive. raise taxes on the wealthy. why would we want to raise taxes on people? i'll take that as a dead. >> dead. real dead. >> i don't think you can get much more clear than that governor. you are pushing for a tax increase in your state to increase the sales tax. why? >> it's about good judgment and making things to help people. during the course of my term in office we have done major tax decreases. we got rid of job killing tax. personal property tax. there's a case with roads. we need to investftst more in our

infrastructure. we've had a lot of rough weather. you are talking about weather issues on the show today in the northeast. sometimes you need to make an investment. this is about as smart an investment for public safety to create more jobs long-term and to make a better place to live. >> governor when you know -- i know you'll tell me you don't want to make an announcement about 2016 right now but there's chatter about you potentially running for president in 2016. with that in mind how do you make the pitch and what do you say to other republicans especially republicans in congress? are they being too stubborn? >> i would say, again, i don't make decisions based on 2016 at all. i don't believe in making decisions based on partisan politics. this is about what's best for the people of the state of michigan and making good sound decisions. >> john boehner and mitch mcconnell will say it's smart governance on their part to not raise taxes. >> in terms of the big picture

washington has gridlock and major issues. in the state of michigan we did the important things. we balanced our budget. we put in a plan to pay long-term debt and we did tax reform. now that we have those in place, michigan's economy has been doing very well. we're down five percentage points and our unemployment rate over 300,000 private sector jobs and at some point you have to say what's the next series of issues and in michigan it's infrastructure. we have crumbling roads and bridges that yes underinvested in and we have to make them safer. >> you said willingness to raise taxes to do these things is just good judgment. that's the words you used. would a no new taxes pledge the kind the candidates sign every time they're running for office particularly for president, are you saying a no new taxes pledge is bad judgment is foolish? >> i'm not going to use those words. i never signed a pledge and one of the reasons i haven't is because you have changing circumstances. you have major issues you need to address. you need to be thoughtful about having your options open for the long-term and this is again a

fundamental public safety issue where we have crumbling bridges. we have concrete falling off them. potentially on cars. we had big potholes people have to avoid. these are important things that need to be resolved and in fact they can help save money. we pay over $100 more on average than indiana does for vehicle repairs due to road conditions. if you think about it that can be a huge offset to help our consumers be more successful. >> governor in 2012 you endorsed michigan native mitt romney in his race for president. you endorsed him prior to the michigan primary. he's considering running for president now. are you prepared to endorse him again? >> that would be premature. again, we're still figuring out who is actually running. we haven't had formal announcements from people. you could see a long list of candidates. what i said in the past and i believe this is the best answer is likely to come from the core of governors. they have experience and background to be most successful

taking on the role of president. >> does it indicate wariness? some could say you don't like him as much as you did then. >> i wouldn't draw those conclusions. he hasn't formally announced he is running. it's premature. great to see people talking about it. what would i say from my perspective is i stay focused on making michigan the best state. tremendous improvement over the last few years. >> on 2016 you're not tamping down speculation about your future are you? >> well again, i'm just staying out of the issue generally in the sense that there's so many good things coming on that michigan's track record you hear from scott walker talking about achievement. in michigan our achievement is outstanding in terms of what we've done over the last four years and where we look toward the future. there's a great vision i was excited to announce last week at our state of the state. >> governor rick snyder thank you so much. i know you'll cheer for tom

brady in the super bowl next week. great to have you with us. >> let's just focus on improving the michigan football program. >> they're coming back too. >> thanks governor. coming up next for us a blizzard bearing down on the northeast threatening 20 to 30 inches of snow and maybe worse than that hurricane strength winds handling potentially historic storm. got that ahead for you.

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happening now, the nor'easter about to hit millions of people on the east coast. it's bearing down. here is a look at this storm from space. look at that. look at the giant storm that's hitting the entire east coast. you can see how millions and millions of people across this country including some of the biggest cities in this country are going to feel this. >> the national weather service and public officials are warning people. you look at those darn pictures. you can tell it yourself warning folks this storm is dangerous and life threatening and that they need to take it seriously. within the next 90 minutes, you'll hear from pretty much everybody. we expect to hear from the governors of new york and new jersey. the governor of massachusetts is warning about widespread power outages. on boston.com our world is

about to be transformed into mantel of white with enormous snow banks, drifts and deep snow across the landscape." >> it will be more dangerous than pretty. let's go to meteorologist jennifer gray in boston. what's the situation right now and when does it all change? >> reporter: right now things are very quiet. you're seeing some very very right snowflakes. this is nothing compared to what we're going to see this time tomorrow. look behind me. roads are quiet. we did see a lot of people coming off the ferry this morning going to work. we're approaching the lunch hour. we're right here in downtown boston. we're hardly seeing any cars. it does look like activity is not quite as much as we would see on a normal weekday. schools are in session. they'll make the decision later today whether to have school tomorrow. of course as you said the mayor will be talking around 1:00. look at the snow already on the ground. this is from the snowstorm that

happened a couple days ago. you can see that it just piled up on the grassy areas. some areas it's about a foot or two deep. we're going to see two to three additional feet fall on top of that. plus you are talking about the snow drifts. we'll see blowing snow winds 60 and 70 miles per hour throughout tonight and tomorrow. that's going to create the snow drifts taller than i am guys. that's going to mean possible power outages. that snow is going to weigh down on those power lines and definitely put pressure on those grids. we'll be looking at power outages so people need to be prepared. that's what they've been urged to do the past couple days. stay indoors. this will be a mess for the next two three days not to mention travel nightmare you have mentioned all morning long. >> jennifer i think one of the things -- i keep saying this. i think the wind seems to be the worst part about this whole thing. folks can deal with snow and can make it through two to three feet is a lot. when you add the wind factor into this that's when it

becomes so dangerous. do you think there's any chance that these models can shift and we won't be dealing with this type of wind that everyone is fearing? >> reporter: there could be a little bit of a shift. that's one thing you do watch up until the storm actually hits. i can pretty much guarantee you anywhere along the coast you're going to get winds anywhere from 40 50 60 miles per hour. they are going to approach hurricane force winds especially right along the coast. that's probably where it's going to be the worst. so that's when you talk about structural damage. those are tropical storm and just beginning to be hurricane force winds. so that's what people have to prepare for. we've actually seen a couple people boarding up just like you would a hurricane. not many. a couple have just to get ready and so i think folks around here are really taking this one seriously, guys. >> why not prepare? when we talk about winds like that why not? stay up to the minute on this storm. we'll follow it for you. you can follow us at cnn.com

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a new ultimatum coming from isis. the terror group is now demand demanding the release of a would-be suicide bomber. a woman convicted of terrorism and facing the death penalty currently in jordan. in exchange isis reportedly will spare the life of kenji goto the japanese hostage you see kneeling there on the left. >> the bad news is that isis may

have already beheaded the other japanese hostage according to a chilling video posted over the weekend. we'll bring in our terrorism analyst, paul cruickshank, and global affairs journalist kimberly dozier. kimberly what's the significance that isis now seems to be negotiating for the release of this woman in jordan? >> well i think they're doing two things. they are signaling at least to their followers that look, we're willing to negotiate. the international community said they didn't want to fund our operation so we're giving them another option. but the other thing it does is by asking for prisoner sagida al rishawi is to call attention to women jihadist. it becomes part of their recruiting cam aimed at women like hayat boumeddiene. you have two things going on. will they get this prisoner back in exchange for the japanese hostage? probably not. the jordanian government has in the past officials told me never conducted such an exchange.

>> i want to get your take on this as well paul and what you think the significance of this change in demand is and also news coming out just right this morning about isis renewing its call for lone wolf attacks on the west. do these two things work together? >> that's a very worrying call. it comes from the spokesman of the group and a very senior figure within isis. he's renewing this call for lone wolf attacks. he first made that call back in september. it made a deep impact on isis followers in the west. we saw a string of attacks in canada here in new york in australia. in france. >> you mention france australia and belgium in his statement. >> he's saying i call for these attacks and look at what happened. there's a lot of concern in days ahead that people are looking at this isis followers in the west and being inspired by this. he's telling people it is your religious duty to launch attacks here in the united states in the other countries involved in the anti-isis coalition.

>> inspirational attack has been the power of isis over the last several months. kimberly i want to ask you about other news we just learned. the u.s. embassy in yemen is closed for services. they will not provide services to anyone. security situation there has just become so dire they can't. they are not saying they are closing the embassy per se but a distinction without a difference. what does that tell you about control and chaos in that nation right now? >> this is probably a prudent step being taken because the u.s. carried out what seems to be its first drone strike in yemen this morning. since the last one in early december. so it follows president barack obama saying over the weekend that u.s. counterterrorism operations in yemen are proceeding at pace and that even though they don't have a partner who has their eye on the ball right now because yemeni government is in such disarray that they are still watching the targets and u.s. officials tell

me that if anybody high ranking comes into view the president will take a decision as to whether to hit them like we saw this morning. >> to end where we began on this japanese hostage and this new demand coming from isis do you think this changes the game in terms of the fate of this hostage? >> we'll have to see. i think it's very unlikely the jordanians will give her up. >> this change doesn't surprise you so much? >> they've made demands in the past hostages for some of the americans. they made demands for prisoners. this is not unprecedented. she's an isis living legend and they would love to get ahold of her. it's unlikely that the jordanians will do that because this attack in 2005 really traumatized the country and if they're going to do any swap it

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perhaps one of the biggest storms ever to hit the northeast. parts of it closing in right now. the national weather service, which is not prone to exaggeration is using terms like life threatening and historic. now, the worst of the storm is expected to hit tonight. it will last into tuesday. it could bring up to three feet of snow in some places. those places include new york and boston. big cities. the wind gusts could possibly reach 65 miles an hour which is the strength of a strong tropical storm. could blow harder on the cape. blizzard and winter storm warnings issued from maryland to maine and into canada. that's some 58 million people in 12 states. >> long island is expected to be hit especially hard jetting out into the atlantic like it does. joining us to discuss

preparations is suffolk county director. forecasters are not mincing words. they are calling it epic and life threatening. historic. what are you telling folks? >> we've seen over the last couple of years some historic storms like superstorm sandy. a storm of this magnitude is just something that you fundmental can't prepare for. you throw every resource can you and every level of government. and we're coordinating with the state and governor cuomo and all of our local municipalities here. what we're really telling people is to get home as early as they can and be prepared to shelter in place. when you have a storm with this much snow accumulation the high winds and these extreme temperatures it is extremely

dangerous. and we need to allow those plow operators who are facing the very difficult conditions to do their work. >> shelter in place starting when? when do you want to see people in their homes, not going out their doors? >> well we want to see people in their homes as early as they can today. if they can leave work early, we're urging them to do so. and as early as they can get back home but certainly by this evening we want to see people back in their homes and be prepared to remain in during the duration of the storm. we expect the worst conditions to be in overnight hours. but they will be extraordinary difficult for the plow operators and we need to make sure that the cars are off the roads so they can operate as safely and as quickly as possible. >> of course obviously you need to wait and see exactly how hard hit long island is. it's expected that long island could be the hardest hit areas jetting out into the atlantic

ocean. when do you think -- long island is the hardest hit in the nearby area when do you think this is all going to -- you're going to be dug out? what is your expectation? what are you telling folks to prepare for, how long? >> we learned important lessons from the storm we've seen over the last couple years. but when you're dealing with something that's potentially going to deliver two to three feet of snow there is no easy way to remove the snow from the streets. you're looking at an event that is lasting several days at least. people should be prepared as i said to shelter in place and know that we're coordinating at every level of government to put every resource we have available out in the street to get those roads cleared as quickly as possible. >> steve bellone, suffolk county executive, thank you very much. we know you've been through this before with sandy. we know that people out there, they're going to want power on as soon as they can get it. thank you. >> good luck. >> thank you. >> coming up next for us new england has more problems than

the blizzard headed their way. patriots quarterback tom brady and coach bill belichick under fire for, yes, the deflated footballs while former player aaron hernandez is set to head to court to face murder charges. those stories coming up.

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going to be hearing the case. opening statements which were to begin today, they're now being postponed until thursday because of the incoming blizzard. it's already affecting many things. hernandez was arrested in june of 2013 and charged along with two accomplices in the murder of oden lloyd. the trial is being held in a coastal town of fall river where the storm could hit and hit very very hard. >> it will. also new this morning, tom brady says his feelings, yes, he said this that his feelings were hurt by the criticism and questions surrounding deflategate. >> whatever. i want to give him a hug. >> i want to give him a hug, too. >> he said that on his radio show a short time ago. >> i personalized this and i thought it was about me and my feelings got hurt and i got past it. it's not serving me. what is serving me is preparing for the game ahead. i'll deal with whatever happens

later. you know i'll have my opportunity to try to figure out what happened and, you know figure out a theory like everyone else is trying to do. >> all right. that was tom brady with hurt feelings. the seattle seahawks are in arizona to play in the super bowl and their mega star defensive back the outspoken richard sherman was asked if he thought the patriots would be punished. >> will they be punished? probably not. not as long as robert kraft and roger goodell are still taking pictures ate their their respective homes. i think he was at kraft's house last week before the afc championship. you talk about conflict of interest. >> i love that man. he speaks the truth. you know really. it's true. >> it's true. >> corey wire here he played in the nfl for nine years. he watches football very closely. coy, does tom brady have a point here? there were jerks like me that said if the patriots did this

they're cheaters. we can't root for them anymore. did we all jump the gun here given that at this point there is no proof that anyone did anything. >> that's a great question john. given that the spygate situation happened in 2007 that's why this is a big deal and giving us the benefit of the doubt to the believe them right off the bat f this were any other team i don't think it would be such a big deal. just the same organization same head coach and same quarterback being accused again here of potentially cheating. >> what do you think the strangest thing at this point? not only the fact that we're talking about deflated footballs, but is the strangest thing that richard sherman decided to jump in this conversation or bill belichick giving a scientific dissertation on the science behind deflated footballs or the fact that tom brady thinks his feelings were hurt and that puts everything to rest? >> do i have to pick one? that's right, all of the above.

the most surprising is richard sherman. set most outspoken players in the nfl. the last time they played when the seahawks got the best of the patriots it was the whole richard sherman question you mad, bro? so this is him poking the bear fen again. i think the scientific assessment was wildly entertaining. but tom brady saying his feelings were hurt while surprising think about it. hall of fame player troy aikman said he doesn't believe him and all the other stars and came out and said that he's lying. i can understand tom brady feeling hurt by some of the things that stars like that have been saying. >> and, of course the issue here is we haven't seen any evidence yet. i think does it put a lot of pressure on the nfl over the coming weeks and months. if they do not have a smoking gun here what do you do? what do do you? you have the footballs. >> and the fact they haven't even interviewed tom brady yet. >> that will happen after the super bowl. he reiterated that again today. coy wire thank you for joining us. we always appreciate it. your expertise here is vital.

>> yes. >> my pleasure john. >> we'll leave it there. great to see you, john. >> thank you for joining us on this first show this unnamed current show. >> and we can all collectively breathe, we made it through, everyone. >> "legal view" starts right now. we are facing most likely one of the largest snowstorms in the history of the city in recorded history of the city. >> it is a difficult storm for us to fight. across the street they could have five feet the way the wind goes. >> hello, everyone. welcome to new york city. this is not the place you want to visit right now unless you like cold. it may