on kanye or running for governor of new jersey? >> sit down and shut up. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> sadly, the thing that he thinks that commentary is good because they're talking about him. no it isn't. thank you for joining us. "ac 360" starts now. good evening. thanks for joining us. tonight with the war story still in question, and other stories also under suspicion, the "nbc nightly news" without brian williams. we'll ask two noted news watchers should he say off the air for good. we begin with breaking news. the state of emergency now in effect in massachusetts. for yet another night, snow measured not in inches but in feet is piling up in new england, one to two feet with another big storm due on thursday. a subway train lost power and got stuck for two hours in the snow. the transit authority shut down subway and streetcar service for tonight and all of tomorrow. let's get the latest from miguel marquez who is stuck like a

train in the town of hall just south of boston. so you're stuck, you're actually stuck? >> reporter: we are stuck metaphorically and literally. the very end of the road here. if there were any light here we would be able to see boston just on the other side of the quincy bay here. but this is a snowdrift. the atlantic over there, quincy bay over there, and the wind is just whipping through here. we're in hull massachusetts. over two feet of snow. roofs have collapsed in quincy and areas in the south shore of boston. just a miserable, miserable situation here. the governor has declared a state of emergency for very good reason. a tire came off a train, just a very very wickedly terrible night here anderson.

>> massachusetts, i mean it's been hit with storm after storm after storm. there's another one heading there thursday right? >> reporter: there is another storm heading here on thursday. they're trying to prepare for that. that's why part of the state of emergency, to get things shut down so they can keep the roads clear. one thing that is impressive to see here that no matter how much snow they get here in massachusetts, they can keep it off the streets. in most cases, except where we have to be right now, which there's nobody down there way, so there's not good reason to plow these roads. they aren't plowing here but throughout much of this region they're able to keep the snow off the streets. but it takes everything from snow shovels to backhoes to every piece of equipment you can imagine to keep the streets and sidewalks clear. >> miguel can you show us your vehicle? we were watching it before we went on air. it looks like you're actually stuck. >> reporter: steve, come around

this way. we are in a -- show the right side of the vehicle. this is our snow -- it's not a blizzard mobile i'm calling it a weather beast. a giant expanded expedition that they've outfitted, and put in a ton of gear that we're able to go live from all night. it's a very heavy vehicle so we can get out of most situations. this is proving a little difficult for the weather beast. >> some people call it an suv. i digress. miguel i hope you get out. or at least that your heater's working or something. miguel marquez, thank you for joining ugh. we'll check in with you throughout the hour. let's go to chris welsh who is up the coast in boston. they've started to get creative about the way they're removing some of this snow. what are you seeing there behind you? >> reporter: yeah anderson i suppose you could call these a

blizzard mobile if you wanted to. take a look behind me. this is a snow melter here in boston. what they're essentially doing is taking these piles these mountains of snow really here in one of these so-called snow farms, putting it into these snow melters, and these snow melters can melt snow at a rate of 350 tons per hour. now, this snow farm here take a look over here at the side of some of these mountains here anderson. this has been here for days. when all was said and done over the last couple of days they had 10,000 truck loads of snow in here. they have now gotten that down to about half of that. that's thanks to guys like these working the front-end loaders here. over the next couple of days it will get busier for them as the snow that fell today, and will continue tomorrow morning, and will be brought here tomorrow. >> the melters, oftentimes they put it over drains but i understand they can also put some of the snow in the boston harbor is that right?

>> reporter: yeah that's right. that's definitely something they're considering. now, public works officials here in boston say that's a last-ditch effort. that's really the last resort. if they have to come to that. but the city has been at least reaching out to the state's department of environmental protection the agency that really needs to be notified if the city wants to start dumping snow into the harbor. we also know though that other smaller cities north of boston have officially notified the state, and have begun that process. now, they've been told they can't dump any snow that's older than this most recent snowfall. because that has to do with cleanliness, it's been sitting on the ground for a while, it's less environmentally friendly i suppose, to put that into the water. but only the past day's snow can go in. but boston not there yet. >> chris, thank you for reporting. now, we're beginning to learn more details about what a family

has been through during captivity. a writer has described kayla mueller a very good citizen for the work she did for the victims in the civil war in syria. she's also a citizen of prescott arizona, where for the last year and a half those who love and know her have been living a nightmare. friday isis claimed she had been killed in an air strike. they suffered largely in silence and very much out of the spotlight. now more tonight. >> reporter: the days months pass for a year and a half in prescott arizona. kayla mueller's parents forced into excruciating silence. august 4th, 2013 isis captures their now 26-year-old daughter. there are threats her name gets out and isis will execute her. a long-time family friend. >> you have no control. you have to abide by the rules. and it was a living hell. and it has been a living hell for the family. and it is today.

>> reporter: he said kayla's mother and father suffered in the hell alone, telling virtually no one except u.s. authorities. then last may, nine months after kayla mueller was taken hostage, isis sends the family proof of life confirmation. two months later, in early july a daring rescue attempt by u.s. forces to save journalist james foley. it fails. but the military finds strands of hair believed to be mueller's. just days later, on july 12th, isis announces it will kill kayla in 30 days unless the muellers pay nearly $7 million in ransom. increasingly desperate, the muellers begin reaching out to anyone they know in power. their daughter's mentor northern university professor carol thompson reaching human rights lawyers and activists. thompson is in zimbabwe on sabbatical. we spoke by telephone. >> the hundreds of people who

mobilized for one month, because we were given a 30-day notice to try to create other options. because the threat was, you do a or b, or she's killed. we were trying to go beyond options a or b. >> reporter: the silence in this town held. amazingly, even in the internet age. kayla's parents personally telling parents, one slip and their daughter's life could be over. the 30 days pass and no word from isis on kayla mueller. then last month, a terrible mistake. on abc sunday news program, the white house chief of staff accidently says her first name. >> kayla's family knows how strongly the president feels about this. we will continue to work this. >> reporter: the muellers call local arizona reporters who figured it out, urging no one report kayla's name. the silence again holds. then friday. this claim by isis.

but no proof, saying kayla mueller died in this building. >> what was friday like? >> ooh. friday. friday was a dark day. punched a hole through you. a big hole. you go numb. you don't want to hear it. you don't want to believe it. >> kim joins us now. of course they don't want to believe it. to not know i mean at this point there's no proof one way or the other. >> there's no proof. and they're desperate for that. so what the family is asking for, they issued a paper statement asking isis, asking the captors directly to reach out to them. the family spokesman tells us that what they want is for isis to reach them through the original channels. we don't know what that means for this family but that's what they're hoping for. they want to actually talk to the people who have been holding

her. they are hoping against hope anderson. but this is a twisted lie. >> we wish them the best. kim, appreciate your reporting. set your dvr to watch 360 whenever you want. bruin jenner involved in a fatal car crash over the weekend when investigators and jenner are saying about it all when we continue. ready for another reason to switch to t-mobile. get 2 lines of unlimited 4g lte data for just $100 bucks a month. it's america's best unlimited family plan. and it's only at t-mobile.

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welcome back. police are tonight trying to determine who's at fault for a weekend chain reaction crash in malibu california that involved bruce jenner that left one woman dead. jenner was not injured. in a statement released on sunday a day after the accident jenner called the crash a devastating tragedy and said he'll cooperate with the investigation, quote, in every way possible. los angeles sheriff's department said the investigation will focus on everyone involved in the crash. stephanie elam joins us with what happened. >> reporter: it was just after noon on saturday right about this time of day, when bruce jenner was driving his black suv towing an all-terrain vehicle on a trailer behind him. he was driving northbound on the pacific coast highway, just like we are. right here along the very stunning pacific ocean off to his left. authorities say for some unknown reason a black prius was stopped in the road ahead of him. a white lexus rear-ended the prius.

jenner coming along in his suv rear-ended the white lexus right about here sending it into oncoming traffic, and where it was hit by a hummer h-2. the woman driving the white lexus, 69-year-old kim how, dies. the five passengers in the h-2 are taken to the hospital to be evaluated, and sent home. >> it's going to take quite a bit of time to analyze all the evidence all the vehicles have been impounded for examination to look for mechanical defects. >> reporter: while paparazzi were on the scene, authorities say they weren't chasing jenner. the 65-year-old who shot to fame when he won gold in the 1976 olympic de cath lon, is these days constantly surrounded by cameras, as the patriarch on keeping up with the kardashians. and changes in his appearance unconfirmed reports he's

changing genders. jenner did release a statement that said in part, it is a devastating tragedy and i cannot pretend to imagine what this family is going through at this time. i am praying for them. authorities say they will be looking into the cell phone records of all four drivers. they also say that the three surviving drivers are all cooperating with the investigation, including jenner who volunteered to be tested and was taken from the scene by deputies to a local hospital to have his blood drawn. >> stephanie elam joins us now from los angeles with more. where does the investigation go from here? the sheriff said it will take a long time. >> there's a lot to go through here anderson. they've got to go through the phone records. jenner already voluntarily turned over his phone records. they have to look at all of the cars and everything involved with that. they'll go to the paparazzi and ask for the pictures that were taken, and will subpoena them if they need to. but he said all in all, to go through this it could be six

months or more to see if anyone is facing charges in this case. >> joining me now is mark geragos, and criminal defense attorney of course. mark if there's no indication that paparazzi were contributing factor in this crash, does it shift the burden back to bruce jenner or how does something like this play out? is the person in the original vehicle that allegedly, whether it's stalled or slowed down there was initially rear-ended is that person held responsible? >> well there's -- literally one of the reasons why they think it will take six months but i don't know it will take that long is because they have to determine what exactly happened. why did that one car stall. number two, why did he -- why did jenner rear-end that car. and what was he doing just prior to that. and the testing to see, and have his blood taken, is to determine that there's no alcohol or drug that is going to influence or put him under the influence,

such that it would have been a felony matter. the fact remains that even if there is no alcohol, no drugs, they can still do what's called a misdemeanor manslaughter and that -- in order to have that, you would have to find some violation of law which would be texting or doing something along those lines, or speeding. that then forms the basis for a misdemeanor. but first they've got to figure out exactly what happened why the one car was stalled. until they do that they're really behind the 8-ball. >> the woman who was killed, she rear-ended the car in front of her, and bruce jenner rear-ended her vehicle allegedly at this point, driving it into -- or pushing it into oncoming traffic. there's obviously a criminal investigation by law enforcement. but also obviously there's going to be civil lawsuits involved in this. and when there's a celebrity involved in this does that automatically attract a lot of attention from civil suits? >> well you can imagine that

within i would guarantee you within 90 days you'll have lawsuits being filed here. that's just the nature of the beast, so to speak. >> even before a police investigation -- >> even before a police investigation. >> even before a police investigation determines who's at fault, you think civil cases will be filed? >> i don't think there's any doubt that that's going to happen. this is not an unusual circumstance for that stretch of pch. unfortunately, i know of cases, i've defended a criminal case a misdemeanor case along that stretch, back when the malibu courthouse was open. and there are accidents that happen there, and unfortunately fatalities that happen there. it's just one of the things that you face when you live in sunny southern california. >> mark, appreciate you being with us. thanks very much. we'll check in with mark later on in another case. brian williams off the air tonight for the first time. we'll get you up to date with

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tonight viewers of the "nbc nightly news" got than headlines from lester holt not brian williams. in a memo to colleagues over the weekend, williams said he's taking himself off the air for the next several days. the reason he said he's become too much part of the news due to my actions. he canceled a thursday night appearance on david letterman. his actions began with revelations that a story that he repeatedly told about a helicopter he was on in iraq was not true certainly not as he recounted it. he gave an on-air apology. after saying on "nbc nightly news" two fridays ago that his chopper was hit with an hrpg, and he said he misremembered, and he was behind the one in the convoy that was hit. stars and stripes said the downed chopper was an hour ahead of the one williams was on. the paper posted audio of their complete interview with brian williams from last week in which they asked him about the discrepancy. >> what i was told by one of the

crew members who was actually on your chinook, is that you guys were like an hour behind this grouping of three chinooks who were out in front. they came under fire and the middle one was hit. >> that's the first i've heard of that. i did not think we were in trail by that far. i think that's probably a good question for tim, who i now learned witnessed the overflight. but i could not see in front of us but i thought we were just in one flotilla for lack of a better word. that's the first time i've heard that. >> again, that's from last week. tim refers to retired soldier williams mentioned in the broadcast in which he made the claim about taking rpg fire. that single story, as you doubt know is not the only one now under a microscope. more on all of it from randi kaye. >> as we left there tonight, the first signs of restlessness.

>> reporter: tale also of dead bodies dysentery, and stories that now have skeptics taking a closer look at brian williams' reporting. in a 2006 interview, the "nbc nightly news" anchor shared this. >> when you look out of your hotel room window in the french quarter, and watch a man float by face down -- >> reporter: how can that be. others claim the french quarter remained mostly dry. the former general manager of the ritz-carlton hotel where williams stayed during the storm told the times picayune newspaper said the water was not deep enough for a body to float in just six to eight inches of water on the first floor. it's still unknown exactly how deep the water was. and there's more. in his own 2005 documentary about katrina, williams claimed he had heard the story of a man taking his own life in the superdome. but what he told his

predecessor, tom brokaw just last year seems to go far beyond simply hearing about the suicide. >> we watched -- all of us watched as one man committed suicide. >> reporter: that story, among others, is all under investigation by nbc news including his account about getting sick from sewage water while reporting on hurricane katrina. author douglas brinkley quotes williams as saying he was fading in and out. and that the hotel was on lockdown to keep out armed gangs. >> our hotel was overrun with gangs. >> reporter: the "washington post" reports that three different people told reporters that no gangs had infiltrated the ritz-carlton. williams' coverage of israel's war with the militant group hezbollah from 2006 is also under scrutiny. in 2007 he spoke of hezbollah rockets flying beneath his helicopter. >> there were katusha rockets passing just underneath the helicopter i was riding in. >> reporter: just a year

earlier, on his own blog there was no mention of that close call only that there was activity on the ground. and a rocket launch six miles away. all of this came long after the incident in iraq now in question from march 26th 2003. no mention of a rocket-propelled grenade attacking his helicopter. >> on the ground we learned the chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky. >> reporter: but ten years later, williams told david letterman his was one of two army choppers hit. >> no kidding? >> rpg and ak-47. >> reporter: rpgs, and ak-47s, or nothing at all. that remains for the nbc investigators to figure out. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> that's the back drop. tonight it's not clear if brian williams will return to the anchor desk for nbc news. joining us is a media critic for the baltimore sun.

and jeff greenfield. great to have you both on. i'm sorry it's under this topic. david, you've been writing about this for the past few days. you say brian williams should step down at least as the managing editor of "nbc nightly news." why? >> what we know anderson and this story really has, you know exploded and there's all kinds of aspects of it on social media, and everywhere and charges and countercharges and all that. what we know to be true if we go back to old school journalism we say what do we know to be true at this point. what we know to be true is that brian williams lied about the helicopter he was in getting hit by rpg fire in iraq in 2003. the other stuff that the report set up that's out there is really devastating. but just limited to this. i don't think a person who has told that kind of lie -- and that's what it is don't call it

misremembering don't call it anything else it's a lie -- should be the managing editor and probably not the anchor of the largest daily newscast on american television. i think that's a position of tremendous trust and tremendous prestige. especially the managing editor aspect of it. and if you're in the business of credibility, you can't have someone who tells these kinds of stories as your face and as your newsroom leader. unless unless our standards have slipped to the point where it's now okay for that kind of person to be in charge. and i think, listen i don't know. that may be something nbc says is fine we can live with it for economic reasons. >> jeff greenfield what do you make of this? everybody i know who's spent a lot of time out in the field tends to downplay all the experiences they've had of personal danger things like that. i mean how do you see this?

>> i'll give you what might be a plausible scenario. and it stems from the fact that in this day and age, and you know this a hundred times better than i do the anchor has to be something other than a deliverer of gravitas. he has to be a deliverer of personality. nbc started with the news is the star. that certainly isn't true now at any network. vividness, that's why so many of you folks are put, i think, in areas where there is war, or natural disasters, or some horrible event, because there is a way that that connects. the only thing that i can figure out is that in his desire to connect more particularly with people in the military who face real danger every day, to be seen as more of a person not a multimillion dollar celebrity anchor but as a person undergoing some of what the grunts undergo.

he concocted, or conflated, whatever the right word is or made up this story to be more in the center of events. now, that's a thesis. >> but jeff what's interesting about it is there were other people involved in his reporting, in all these cases. there would have been a crew with him on that helicopter. there would have been a producer with him. and other people who knew what had actually happened. so why didn't they speak up or if they did, what does it say about nbc news that nobody listened? let's commit candor here anderson. if you are the anchor of the nightly news or the anchor in waiting, how comfortable would a subordinate be to challenge that person and say, you know you're blowing smoke. >> i can tell you, my executive producer i've traveled with extensively in very dangerous places my cameramen, they like to you know take me down a few pegs every time we're out in the

field. i'm sure they would be very quick to say, what are you saying? you know? >> anderson listen i think -- >> go ahead, david. >> go ahead, jeff i'm sorry. >> yes, go ahead. >> no that's okay. david, go ahead. you have a point to make. >> jeff you've worked in both cable and network tv but i think maybe -- my perception of covering this for a long time is that especially in network television, the anchor has such tremendous power, especially when they have that title of managing editor whether they flex those muscles or not, that it would be at enormous risk that you would say anything to contradict such a pr statement on their behalf. they may not be able to fire you, but you won't see air time. there's a million ways they can make your life miserable. i think that's a really honest

thing that jeff said there. >> i think that's absolutely true. but i think it's a mistake for anybody to surround themselves with yes people in an environment where critical you know critical feedback is crucial. and jeff i mean do you think he should step down? >> can i say something that i used to say at cnn a lot? and i wish more people would say? i don't know. i certainly think that if the stories that are now being looked at reveal more fabulism whatever you want to call it he can't survive. i don't mean to be flip. but if brian were like a rock star and oprah winfrey and barbara walters were still around, he could go and confess to an addiction for exaggerating go to a clinic for four weeks and come out purified. i don't think for a journalist that's possible. i've been trying to think all day and asking people if you were brian williams, would you make a public mea culpa, where

would you do it and what would you say? let me confess to you in my more humble life i can't come up with a credible answer. >> that's a really important point. i've been having the same thought all day. david, i'm curious to hear your thoughts on this. i think it was jeff rosen at nyu, look he should be leading on this. he should be the one pointing out what's true and what's not true. he could very easily answer the questions, well is it true did you see the body floating in the french quarter, even though there wasn't much flooding in the french quarter. were there rockets under your -- he could answer all those questions. but by remaining silent and also david to your point earlier, that the person who's leading this investigation is an investigative producer for nbc news. can that person really investigate the managing editor? because that person down the road if brian williams

continues, is going to rely on brian williams agreeing to have his pieces show up on the nightly news no? >> yeah this is even worse than the nfl's bought-and-paid-for investigation of jerry rice. this person is in some ways essentially an employer at least a colleague of brian. so that's really going to be tough. anderson i think really -- both of you know this better than me but i think this is going to in the end, come down to a dollars and cents credibility decision. i think one of the things, and i think jeff i think you may have written about this as well it's not just that i think members of military families are going to have a problem with brian williams now, and i think baby boomers, too, who grew up in a culture like i did, where you don't ever exaggerate military or especially battlefield things because of the scars and what world war ii did to that generation. but i think the worst part of this now is with the young

demographic, what mel enyals and post-mel len yals may not know about edward r. morrow and peter jennings but they know brian williams is a joke on their tablets and iphones and laptops. social media has just been brutal to him. and i don't know if nbc looks -- i'm sure they're testing that right now. >> no doubt. >> saying what is this doing with this guy's credibility with younger viewers. if they think they lost that i don't think he comes back. >> it's been a stunning turn of events. it's sad no matter how you look at it. david, i appreciate you being on. jeff great to have you on as well. thank you. coming up front line report on the war in ukraine and possibility of american weapons flowing onto the battlefield. i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 60,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on

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. obama said he's considering the possibility of arming ukraine in its fight against russian-backed rebels who have turned the country into the bloodiest european battleground since the former yugoslavia broke apart. massive explosion at a chemical plant last night near a

separatist stronghold heavy shelling all day. european leaders including ukraine's president and russia's president are hoping to meet on wednesday for cease-fire talks. president obama who will not be attending said again today the diplomacy and economic sanctions against russia should be given a chance to work but other steps should be considered as well. >> now, it is true that if in fact diplomacy fails, what i've asked my team to do is look at all options. what other means can we put in place to change mr. putin's calculus calculus. and the possibility of lethal defensive weapons is one of those options that's being examined. >> bottom line the leaders exchanging words are one thing. two powerful forces exchanging heavy fire something else entirely. we have the report from the front line.

>> reporter: the roads to a town victim to this war is lined with separatists armed with artillery, tanks. there are two state-backed armies here fighting at full throttle in eastern ukraine. they tore a hole right in the heart of this town. a stepping stone for separatists en route to the wider goal the next town. ukrainian armor little match. the damage done to this in the ukrainian defensive position shows the heavy weapons used in this conflict civilians trapped in the middle. some fleeing. but the streets that they leave littered with damaged armored vehicles. shells outgoing but life emerging from underground. we were underground for five days she says. it was terrifying. we took the kids out and came back for our things.

vladimir has gone out to get bread. elderly neighbors told them they'd rather die here than leave. here closest to the new front lines, the cross fire fiercest. this used to be a nine-story building full of families. but as you can see by the hole made by this shell, it is now reduced to rubble. some trying to eke out a life here. this kind of destruction not seen here in the former soviet union for years. such a long road ahead. like so many gala and victor fled early and now saying they will not come back and are salvaging what they can. she says we just see the shooting. one side blames the other.

what can we say. we just hide in the basement. the questions echoing who is the fight here for. and what will be left after it. >> what's the latest on the fighting on the ground? >> this day separatists are claiming they are encircling a town. the key road in and out is being attacked. that's a very delicate situation and will play hugely into the peace talks. it's a town that both sides want to keep hold of. >> president obama said today at a joint news conference with merkel from germany, that he's not yet decided to send lethal weapons to the ukraine. how was the news received there? >> i think any help the ukraine ukrainian military would be appreciated by them. they're in a bit of a mess. the corruption in the ukrainian government left them with a less

equipped discipline of the russian military. unconvincing about whether it would go ahead. i think it was complicated to see the two leaders out there in washington at the white house, ahead of these peace talks. they weren't really as united in the threat and that the crimen might need. >> appreciate it. thanks. just ahead whitney houston's daughter new information about her case comes to light. what the investigation is now focusing on next.

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there are disturbing new questions into the investigation about wlapd to chris tina brown. she's been in a medically induced coma for a week now after found unresponsive in a bathtub in her home. a source says investigators have turned their focus to their boyfriend as they try to put the pieces together. so the unexplained injuries what are you learning? >> this is something that has come to light, and something that has come to us as a result of a source with the family. mystery injuries unexplained injuries they don't go into specific detail, they will only say there are apparently marks

on chris tina's body that some way suggest are injuries that you cannot explain, but maybe could explain how she ended up face down in the bathtub. does it possibly suggest there was foul play here if it was something more than just an accidental drowning that took place? we don't know. but that certainly caught the attention of the families and no doubt catching the attention of the investigators as well. >> what are police saying about his boyfriend in the investigation? >> well of course he's at the center of the investigation. for obvious reasons. i mean he is the one who was both physically and romantically closest to bobbi kristina. he was also there at the time that she was discovered inside of that bathtub. does it go beyond that in other words, are there reasons to suggest there's something sinister afoot there. authorities have said nothing public about that. they are keeping their investigation very close to the vest at this point. >> yeah. as they should. martin savidge, thank you very

much. sunny hostin joins me now. you have sources that have been telling you stuff. what are they saying now? >> they have said anderson that bobbi kristina did have some injuries that they're concerned about, that have not been explained to them. but they also told me just today, just recently that they're seeing positive signs that she is improving and that prayers are working, and things are getting better. and so -- >> no specifics, though? >> no specifics. but at least some good news. this is the first i've heard that the family feels that they are seeing some positive signs here. >> because obviously, the longer one is in a medically induced coma the more difficult the situation becomes, from all reports. there seems to be divisions in the family about the boyfriend. >> yeah. you know what i'm being told is that pat houston, who has a restraining order against nick gordon is not a fan. >> nick gordon was taken in by

whitney houston when he was a young boy. >> when he was about 12 years old. she raised him like an adopted son, but then he had a romantic relationship with bobbi kristina. the family is very upset about that. bobby brown is especially not supportive of it. pat houston certainly isn't. there was all this information about how they were possibly married. the family made it very clear to me that they were not legally married, and that bobby brown, her father is the person in charge of her medical condition and situation at the hospital. they're also telling me nick gordon has not been allowed to see her in the hospital. the family doesn't want him anywhere near bobbi kristina. >> and her grabbedndmother arrived. >> she's 81 years old, she came in from new jersey flew in. i'm told that she is at her bedside and has been at bobbi kristina's bedside since friday. but is really concerned about

her granddaughter. really concerned. >> sunny, appreciate the update. thanks very much. ahead, the boston area gets battered with snow for the third monday in a row. miguel marquez is at the top of this hour his vehicle was stuck. there you see him pushing his vehicle. we'll check back with him in a moment to see if he's out. ready for another reason to switch to t-mobile. get 2 lines of unlimited 4g lte data for just $100 bucks a month. it's america's best unlimited family plan. and it's only at t-mobile.

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winter storm warnings just extended through 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for all of massachusetts north of cape cod. that's on top of the state of emergency already in effect. boston schools closed today, and tomorrow at least. rail service suspended. boston's logan airport is open. most of the flights are canceled. let's get the latest from miguel marquez in the town of hull. you were stuck at the top of the broadcast. are you no longer stuck? what are the conditions like? >> reporter: we are out. the snow beast is out. the weather beast. i'm going to jump into this. this is how thick it is. it's both snowing here and -- wow, that's how deep the snow is. it's about four or five feet i'm stuck in now. hull here has gotten about 24 -- over 24 inches of snow as has quincy and wamoth and areas like

that. our producer getting in the shot. the wind is just intense down here creating huge drifts across the bay here. we should be able to see boston in this direction. but it is just socked in. it is snowing hard here still. the wind is blowing. they'll probably get up to 30 inches here before it's all over. other worldly experience here. what is amazeing that the few people who are here lights are on life goes on. the main roads are completely clear. >> i think you've gone snow giddy, snow crazy. just very briefly, there's supposed to be another snowstorm on thursday right? >> reporter: another storm coming on thursday. state of emergency declared for this area. they've taken every precaution they can in order to -- >> and we lost your audio. >> reporter: they want to keep everything clear as possible.

>> we're losing your audio. go get some hot cocoa or something. thanks very much for reporting. thanks for watching. we'll be back on at 11:00 p.m. for another edition of anderson 360. the following is a cnn special report. biggest weekend ever for a film in january. "american sniper." >> the greatest war movie of our time. >> $300 million. >> hopefully we can educate those of us who aren't really familiar with the plight of a soldier and a soldier's family. >> my only regret is the guys i couldn't save. >> he knew he was serving a purpose, saving lives. >> the target of not only glory, but controversy. >> a propaganda film. >> michael moore called snipers cowards. >> he was a