dads and what waits for them when they come home. if you want forget the politics of the film but concentrate on what matters most helping our troops. and thank you for watching. record snowfall. and worry that even more could soon be on its way. >> plus the more reporters dig the more questions they have about american news anchor brian williams. and later on do these women appear plus sized to you? the people behind this year's sports illustrated issue seem to think so. hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm john vause. >> and i'm zain asher. here we go again. boston cannot get a break. snow is burying parts of the northeastern united states particularly boston as i mentioned, which has been walloped by storms in the past few weeks. >> a number of schools will be

closed tuesday. boston logan airport is open but most flights have been canceled. >> and the most recent snowfall for boston is one for the books. the past 30 days have been the snowiest on record roughly 2 meters for our international viewers have fallen there. >> i know that it's frustrating right now, particularly with the amount of snow and it's frustrating to all of us. but i ask you to remain patient in your homes, and as you go out and clear the streets, you know just be patient. this is snow like we've never seen before in the past. >> let's go now to our national security analyst, live in cambridge, massachusetts. where you are right now, how bad are conditions? >> reporter: oh, they're very bad. i've been inside for about 24 hours. and the kids are home and home again tomorrow. our transit system is actually closed. it's not even running anymore. and everyone is just staying

home. i think we're going to call it an a week because they're calling for another storm on thursday. the good news is that because everyone is off the roads, the plows are able to get through. the problem is there's no place to put the snow anymore because of the amount of snow that's accumulated over the city and state over the last couple of days. and so we're doing a variety of things to try to get rid of it, including melting it and then putting it back into our rivers and the ocean. that may sound onbviousobvious, but it has some controversy around it because it does have so. environmental impact but at this point the city has no choice. there's nowhere to put this snow anymore, and that blocks everything. you literally cannot move right now. and people fortunately are not trying anymore. >> one of your past jobs was

working with homeland security in massachusetts and dealing with emergencies like this. i imagine when you're having trouble plowing roads you have to make a decision which roads get plowed which ones do not. how does it all work out? >> reporter: so i used to be the homeland security adviser for the previous governor deval patrick. the main thing is to make sure routes are open for first responders. so you do the major road the state roads, like the turnpike and then the major roads throughout the city. that means that the smaller roads are just going to have to wait. at this stage, everyone is working, all the first responders are working 24/7. there's a very vigorous volunteer system where people will come out with their plows and the city or state will pay for them. it's the accumulation as the mayor said, in the run up to this is like nothing this city has ever seen before. so essentially, on sunday, when people started to see what the numbers would look like they said let's just close everything

for two days. it may be by wednesday that things will be up and running, but i'm not even so sure about that. so a lot of us are just having a lot of family time here in massachusetts. >> every cloud has a silver lining. julie klein there in cambridge. we appreciate it. and as you say, it ain't over yet. >> lots of family time. the transit system is closed down though. this is a state that is tired, now, of all this snow. >> yeah. >> and pedram there's more to come? >> there's absolutely more to come. and what's incredible the year is about 41 days old. and about 41 days ago we were in a snow deficit for boston. now we've seen the seven-day record the ten-day, the 20-day the 40-day record, since the first day of 2015. it is a mess. there's 114-plus thousand hours have been spent on the roads

this season by the city of boston plowing the roadways. nearly 60,000 tons of salt. and nearly 220,000 miles of roadways have been plowed. that is nearly a lunar distance. boston all the way to the moon is about 238,000 miles. this is how much roadways have been cleared because of the tremendous amount of snow we've seen in recent weeks. and there it goes again. a band of snowshowers. and a wintry mix from baltimore towards d.c. delmarva region it is all rain at this point. sunny skies return to your forecast for just a few hours. notice areas around the great lakes, another clipper system develops. thursday into friday a southern storm paralleling the eastern

seaboard. the european model puts it around 6 to 8 inches around boston. the american model which did a fantastic job the first time around they bring in 12-plus inches around boston. that's where the bull's eye is placed for this model. so this is certainly something we're watching. and john and also zain we're getting a blast of cold air in the forecast from saturday into sunday. the temperatures, as you take a look at the prospective could be incredibly cold. we're talking minus one to minus three degrees fahrenheit. >> stay indoors. >> going to be midwest-like temperatures for the northeast. >> 37. >> 37. >> days until spring. >>'s >> he's been saying that constantly. >> you have the count down. well if you want to track conditions in the northeast united states yourself there are some resources on our

website to help you do just that. just head to cnn.com. also developing right now, an emergency landing of a u.s. airways flight in texas. >> here's what we know so far according to u.s. federal aviation administration. it happened about two hours ago at bush airport in houston. the pilot declared the emergency when the nose gear failed to extend. >> the plane landed on its main gears and stopped off the nose settled on the runway. we still don't know if anyone was hurt. as soon as we get more details we'll bring them to you. malaysia's topicort has upheld the conviction of a person accused of sodomy. >> the acquittal was overturned last year and he was sentenced to five years in prison. on tuesday, the federal court

rejected an appeal of that decision. he has vehemently denied the charges. i got to speak with him a few moments ago on the phone. >> minutes after the decision was announced, the office came out with a very elaborate statement, well coordinated and orchestrated between the prime minister's office and the federal court of this country. >> are you out of options now? will you be going to jail? are you ready to spend the next five years in a malaysian prison? >> caller: there is a place i have to be. i thank malaysians and all democrats. i will not be silenced. i will continue to fight for freedom and justice. and i will never surrender. >> the conviction disqualifies ibrahim from political office. we turn to another story. a hong kong woman could now face

prison time for torture. a judge ruled that this woman, can you see her right there through the crowds. this woman was abused starved, beaten and imprisoned by her former employer. the case outraged many people around the world and became a rallying cry forring my rant workers. we're joined live now from hong kong via phone. for people who don't necessarily know the story, explain what she went through and these charges against her former employer. >> caller: hi zain. i'm in the basement of a church in hong kong where we're expecting ariana to speak. she spoke outside after the verdict saying thank you for your support to some of the othering my grant workers. this was a 23-year-old from a

small village in indonesia. she was in search of a better life as many do coming to hong kong taking up a position with a housewife, to do the cleaning and anything else that she was tasked with. in the words of the judge, she became a prisoner. i'm going to take it one step further. this was modern-day slavery. not only was she punched in the mouth, assaulted with a mop, a vacuum cleaner. she was forced to sleep on the floor, wasn't given enough food and she wasn't paid for eight months. in fact her employer only sent her back because she was too weak to work. so this is how the whole case came to light. the case goes from here basically, into the sentencing phase. and what the judge said is the whole case hinged on ariana's credibility. and the judge said i am absolutely sure she is telling the truth. zain this is a very brave woman going through this being able

to come back to hong kong and testify in court against her accuser. >> and of course the defendant was denying almost all of the charges, and i saw those pictures of ariana what she left when she left that house finally. it was just it made you sick to your stomach. i want to ask you, david, what is being done there in hong kong. can you see the pictures on your screen, just horrifying to make sure that women, domestic workers are never treated like this ever again. >> caller: zain we had dozens of workers chanting outside the courtroom saying we are workers. we are not slaves. the hong kong government is very. very clear, that abuse will not be tolerated. any instances of abuse will be prosecuted. but some of the activist groups say that is not enough. a report came out and said this verdict is a wake up call. some of the things they want to

try to change they want caps on the number of hours these workers are, have to work. and they want the mandate that says if they lose their job, they only have two more weeks to find a new job before they're deported. it's thought that that provision specifically keeps many of them in abusive or undesirable conditions. we talked to one of the detectives in the case. he said at the very least, he hopes that this will increase awareness of the issue, and certainly many more are hoping for some kind of progress. some improvement in conditions and the laws going forward, zain? >> she is an incredibly brave woman. and i hope that there will be more protections for domestic workers in the future. thank you. we appreciate it. we'll take a short break here. but when we come back he is the most-watched network anchor. but now brian williams is

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as you may have heard, there are a growing number of questions about the reporting of one of america's news aknchors. >> brian williams is off the air for an unspecified period of

time while his reports are fact checked. >> here at the superdome. as we left there tonight the first signs of restlessness. >> reporter: on the ground in new orleans, tales of dysentery and wild gangs stories that now have skeptics taking a closer look at brian williams' report being. 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 that the french quarter remained mostly dry. the former general manager of the ritz-carlton told the times picayune newspaper that there was no way the water was deep enough for a body to float in. some pictures show streets under water, but it's still unknown exactly how deep the water was.

and there's more. in his own 2005 documentary about katrina, williams claimed he 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 be going beyond just simply hearing about the suicide. >> all of us watched and one man committed suicide. >> reporter: that story is under investigation by nbc news including his account of getting sick on sewage water while reporting on hurricane katrina. he is reported saying he was fading in and out and that the hotel was on lockdown to keep out 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. the coverage of hezbollah is also under scrutiny.

in 2007 he spoke of rockets flying beneath his helicopter. >> there were katyusha rockets just below the helicopter i was riding in. >> reporter: there was no mention of that close call on his blog. 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 26 2003. in his first report, 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 he later told david letterman his was one of two copters hit. >> rpgs and ak-47s. >> reporter: that remains for the nbc investigators to figure out. randi kaye cnn, new york.

the military newspaper stars and stripes helped break the news about the exaggerated claims brian williams made about the iraq chopper story. and now the paper has released a full transcript of the interview it did with the nbc news anchor. let's go to brian stelter in new york. did we learn much more from that stars and stripes interview which was released on monday? >> there were a couple of take aways. and one is that there is still confusion about what really happened on this mission. several soldiers have told stars and stripes that they heard exaggerated versions of his story on iraq on nbc within weeks of it happening in 2003. we can't find those videos or transcripts. they're not available. but if in fact that exists it will be pretty damning for brian williams. he denies ever exaggerating the story in 2003. in my view nbc did not understand what a crisis this

was going to become. because on wednesday, last wednesday, he was asked are you going to apologize on air? we know you're going to apologize on facebook, but are you going to apologize on air? he said i don't know. i'll talk to my boss. it suggests that a few hours later he did apologize on air. this was not a coordinated strategy. they didn't know how controversial this would become. >> historically the anchors for the three big networks have had a huge influence. notably, walter cronkite. >> who won and who lost? i'm not sure. the viet cong did not win by a knockout. it may make it a draw. >> president johnson is believed to have said if he has lost cronkite he has lost middle america. is that why this is such a big deal? there really is no comparison anywhere else around the world to the position held by the

network anchors in the u.s. >> that is right. even in this fragmenting age when people are as likely to get the news on their phones or newspapers the top network anchor men, and they are all men at the moment. they still have a unique place in the culture. brian williams is watched by 10 million people a night. but overall, you get a 22 million to 25 million people in a country of 300 million all watching the same newscasts at night. the numbers are dwindling. but they're still the most popular ways to get information during the day. and even though brian williams has been doing this for many year, even though he has a remarkable track record and a lot of earned respect and admiration in the industry this scrutiny is being taken very seriously. there's a lot to lose in other

words. there's a lot on the line. >> at the end of the day, can brian williams survive? will he return to the news desk? because he's taken a leave of absence when he's decided to take, but will he come back? >> a lot of people in the television industry do not think he will be able to come back that he's too scarred by this. but some at nbc believe he can weather this storm. and i've seen a lot of support for him online especially after the first night tonight when he did not appear on his nightly newscast. he was filled in by lester holt. there was a lot of support for brian williams. people say i want to see him back on television. i'm sure nbc is doing that calculation, whether it's better bringing him back or leaving him off the air. >> brian stelter. good points about what's going on at 30 rock. >> fuif you look at the ratings, they did take a hit. a daughter is kidnapped by

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welcome back to cnn. isis has released a new video. it shows british hostage john can't can'tly. and in the video, can'tly appears to be a reporter documenting war damage. >> he has appeared in other

videos in the past. but in this particular video on camera he says this is the last film in this particular series which does raise questions as to what he means by that. john can't lee was kidnapped along with james foley. isis released a video of foley being beheaded. the parents of an american girl abducted by isis are asking the militant group to contact them directly. isis says she died in an air raid but they have not produced one shred of evidence. her family is still holding out hope. >> he told me that the capture of kayla had happened just three or four days earlier. >> reporter: the man he's talking about, kayla mueller's father. it had been three to four days since isis captured her. they would execute her.

her father in a fog of fear and pain happened to hear then arizona secretary of state ken bennett on the radio. >> he was totally desperate and didn't know what to do. and turned to me just because i happened to be a few blocks away on the radio as he was driving home. >> reporter: bennett as arizona's secretary of state carries no international diplomatic pull but he does have friends in power. bennett immediately connected the father with john mccain on his personal cell and the diplomatic race was on to save kayla mueller. the muellers suffered an excruciating silence, speaking to virtually no one about kayla. todd guyler is a long-time family friend. >> it's not hard to keep a secret like this when demands of this caliber are making made. when you look across your breakfast table and there's an empty chair sitting there. >> reporter: for nine months

deafening silence, then last may, isis sends proof of life confirmation. a daring rescue attempt by u.s. forces to save journalist james foley. it fail but the military finds stranding of hair believed to be mueller's. just days later isis announces it will kill kayla in 30 days unless the muellers pay nearly $7 million in ransom. the 30 days pass and then silence. no word until this claim on friday that kayla mueller was killed in this building. the muellers, still afraid to say the wrong thing, remain in their home behind police cars, still suffering in a hell few can imagine. they released a public statement to isis to reach out to them privately and directly. >> it's one of the amazing parts of the story, that out of their love for their daughter they've really had to kind of bear this

alone. and i don't know how they as a family have done that. >> reporter: alone no longer prescott arizona now knows and prays. >> we love you. and we pray for you every day. and we hope to get you back. >> reporter: and here's the amazing thing. last summer, when that ransom demand was made approximately 100 people may have known that this was happening to kayla mueller. news organizations around the world knew her name, yet, still, the information did not get out. all of this is credited to the parents who became so personally involved trying to protect their child. cnn, prescott arizona. let's turn to another story we are following. there is a strong approach to diplomatic solution in ukraine. heating continues around donetsk and luhansk.

german chancellor angela merkle met with president obama on monday. she is opposing sending arms to ukraine saying that more weapons could escalate the conflict. she insists it's too soon to give up on diplomacy. president obama says he's on the same page but only for now. >> if in fact diplomacy fails, what i've asked my team to do is to look at all options, what other means can we put in place to change mr. putin's calculus. and the possibility of lethal defensive weapons is one of those options that's being examined but i have not made a decision about that yet. >> angela merkle is supposed to meet with leaders of france to try and reach a lasting peace

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. welcome back everyone. you're watching cnn. i'm zain asher. >> and i'm john vause. isis has released a new video showing john cantlie. it's as a reporter describing scenes in aleppo. cantlie has appeared in other isis video but says this one is the last film in this series.

the latest topicort has upheld the conviction on sodomy charges. the acquittal was overturned last year and he was sentenced to five years in prison. on tuesday, the federal court rejected an appeal of that conviction. justice for an indonesian woman in a hong kong court. ariana's case received international attention when photos of her beaten body were put on the internet. earlier, she thanked her supporters outside the court. narendra modi's conceded his party's defeat in the elections. it's the first major defeat since they took power last year. the party's defeat may embolden

opposition parties trying to block many of the prime minister's policies. okay so more snow for the northeast. being hit hard by another snowstorm and it is in a third week in a row. >> a lot of family time stuck in the house. flights are canceled. miguel marquez has all the details from the thick of t. >> reporter: we have come to the literal end of the road. massachusetts is across the bay from boston. this is a snowdrift. we had over two feet of snow. this thing would probably bury us very quickly. the front doesn't look much better here. just blowing snow here. it's snowing very hard now. you can tell the blowing snow from the stuff still falling

from the sky. mountains of snow still slamming the northeast tonight. massachusetts, boston and surrounding cities again and again bearing the brunt. >> it's only been 14 days folks, and we've gotten 70 to 80 inches of snow around the commonwealth. this is unprecedented. >> reporter: so much snow they're trying to melt it around the clock at snow farms. across the region schools closed once again. >> it's good because like we get to go outside more. but it's like the wind is so hard so it makes it worse. >> reporter: transportation stopped cold. at boston's logan airport, most flights canceled. authorities urging drivers stay off the road. but emergency workers have no choice. >> every call gets a little more difficult. if someone doesn't have their sidewalk dug out or their stairs dug out yet. we either have to try to carry

them through deep snow or put they will on these plastic sleds. >> reporter: piles of snow dwarf equipment trying to remove it. >> i'm ready for the summertime. >> reporter: the snow weighing down roofs. the job is treacherous to climb ladders to get is off. >> if we get any wet snow on top of this snow it's going to be a weight issue. >> reporter: what is amazing is their ability to remove snow despite the crippling effect of the snow they are able to keep most roads open and keep things going at a minimum. but in the forecast another storm. hull massachusetts. >> it looks brutal out there. >> it's so bad that his blizzard mobile is stuck in the snow. let's talk about the next storm coming up. >> the blizzard mobile.

>> miguel called it the weather beast. >> i think it's better than blizzard mobile right? you don't like either one of them? >> either one. it's all good. >> guys, the amount of snow that miguel was talking about, that is the equivalent of filling up gillette stadium 90 times with snowfall. but take a look in the past this particular snowstorm has brought down some 26.5 inches acrossing weymouth in massachusetts. this particular storm for the city of boston the 22 inches or about 60 centimeters goes down as the top ten single largest snowstorm in recorded history. remember three weeks ago that storm that hit boston that was top six. more than 2,000 flight canceled.

nearly 70% of the flights out of logan were canceled. nearly 1200 came out of new york city airport. here's a top five largest snowfall per season in boston history. 1995-'96 was the historic one, over 107 inches. here's how much has come down. 77 inches has come down. the next seven days the forecast has 11 inches. if the european model verifies at 20 inches this would be the second-largest snowy season for boston in recorded history. so yes, the snow machine still turned on. we do expect snowshowers to taper off in and around boston around tuesday morning. sunny skies expected on tuesday afternoon around portions of new england. here comes the next storm system as we head from wednesday into thursday morning. and eventually by friday

morning, john and zain we have a potential nor'easter brewing off the eastern seaboard. this is one that could give us another foot or 30 centimeters on top of this mess. >> i hear them knocking but they can't come in. >> that's what they're thinking. >> nice and keez forcozy for a lot of bostonians. chris kyle had 160 confirmed kills during his service. >> it was a tragic shooting at a gun range that ultimately took kyle's life. we profile this american sniper and the man who goes on trial for killing him this week. >> reporter: if you live in texas, chances are you've heard of chris kyle. in fact, the story of chris kyle has reached legendary status around the country. the navy seal is considered the deadliest sniper in u.s. history with over 160 confirmed kills. >> i'm ready.

>> reporter: "american sniper" is a huge hit at movie theaters across the country. it's now the highest-grossing war film ever. earning nearly $300 million. and nominated for six awards including best picture and best actor. from kyle's life from rodeo to ranks to war hero doesn't have a hollywood ending. they make no secret about how their marriage almost fell apart after owehe returned home from war. it's how he helped others transition to every day life. he and a friend brought a marine suffering from ptsd to the lodge and resort. they take him to this gun range so they can talk and bond. but instead routh turned the guns on the two men who were trying to help him. routh left the scene in kyle's pickup truck and drove to his sister's house right after the killings. >> my brother just came by here.

he told me that he's committed a murder. >> who did he say he had killed? >> he said that he killed two guys. they went out to a shooting range. like he's all crazy. he's [ bleep ] psychotic. >> reporter: he's expected to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. he served in iraq and a humanitarian mission to help victims of the devastating 2010 earthquake in haiti. he reportedly made several visits to the v.a. hospital in dallas and spent the years before the killings in and out of treatment for mental health issues. an in depth account of his struggles was written in a book called "the enemy within." his mother turned to kyle desperate for help. >> clearly they feel he could have gotten better care. and had he gotten better care, she would not have approached chris kyle. that's one important thing to remember. she only did it as an act of des

racial. >> reporter: routh's murder trial will unfold in a town of nearly 20,000. chris kyle went to college here in the early 1990s. he's such a legend in his home state that the second anniversary of his death was declared chris kyle day by the governor. but that has routh's attorney saying the trial should be moved out of this small texas county. the judge has denied that request. and the jury is now set to hear the case. the panel will be made up of ten women and two men. opening statements will begin wednesday morning. >> thanks ed laughen dare a reporting there. china has executed a billionaire tycoon. we'll have details on why he was put to death. my name is daniel i have diabetic nerve pain. the pain felt like my feet were on fire. i had these very burning ... needle-like sensations. i knew i needed to see a doctor. my doctor said

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a former billionaire mining tycoon. he was sentenced to death in a high-profile trial last may for murder and for running a mafia-style gang. >> the most senior official caught up in china's anti-corruption campaign his brother and three other men were executed on monday. weeks before the annual military exercises, north korea has fired what it says is a missile. >> reporter: the dramatic pictures at sea set the tone for confrontation. kim jong-un is seen in a command posture, as the missile strikes its target in the east sea. now new concerns about north korea's ability to strike u.s. and allied warships off the korean coast. this is a test missile filed by

north korea. it appears to be a more advanced weapon of its kind than north korea's revealed before. >> this is more sophisticated in terms of what they have tested. if they want to hold a risk this is a good way to do it. >> reporter: kim jong-un boasts this missile was developed in north korea, but analysts say look how it compares to the russian missile. >> it looks very similar from here to here. it's a cruise missile. it's going to be operated on aerodynamic principles. the north korean version has this. different model. this appears to be a solid fuel booster that get it is off the ship and moving quickly. >> reporter: did they buy it from russia? take the design and re-purpose it? no response from north korean or russian officials. at the time they were testing five other short-range missiles. it comes ahead of joint u.s.

south korean south korean drills. this comes a few days after kim's regime says it sees no reason to negotiate with the gangster-like united states. >> it's borne of north korean frustration, because they understand that the united states has capabilities that they do not possess, but they feel that for their own political purposes they have to make these dire threats. in effect their language is suicidal that doesn't mean their actions will be suicidal. >> reporter: as worrisome as those missiles are, the north koreans are developing a much longer range missile that could be a lot more dangerous. experts say it could strike as far away as alaska but there is some doubt as to whether it can carry a heavy payload that far.

brian todd cnn, washington. we turn now to a story in the united states that has a lot of people talking. it has to do with modeling, and the model on the cover of this year's sports illustrated issue is turning heads. but other models are getting attention for entirely different reasons. people with type 2 diabetes come from all walks of life. if you have high blood sugar, ask your doctor about farxiga. it's a different kind of medicine that works by removing some sugar from your body. along with diet and exercise farxiga helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. with one pill a day, farxiga helps lower your a1c. and, although it's not a weight-loss or blood-pressure drug, farxiga may help you lose weight and may even lower blood pressure when used with certain diabetes medicines. do not take if allergic to farxiga or its ingredients. symptoms of a serious allergic

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the annual sports illustrated swimsuit edition is on stands and getting a lot of attention. some critics call the cover risque saying she is showing too much skin. >> the issue is getting extra attention because it featured so-called plus sized models for the first time. earlier i spoke with a columnist ist for the daily beast. >> i think it's a step forward. because models have been get being smaller and smaller over the last 20 years. when i was growing up cindy crawford was considered the most beautiful woman in the world. she's a size 6. >> as was tyra banks when i was growing up. so what can the fashion industry do to change these perceptions? >> i think the greater the range of body types, ages races that

we feature in magazines, advertisements the better and the more that women and girls will be able to see themselves reflected in the media and feel better about their bodies as a result. >> and overall, what has been the general reception of these two women being in sports illustrated? are people generally pleased with it? or have there been mean and nasty comments? i know the internet can be very mean and nasty when it comes to this kind of stuff? >> i know, i dared to click on the comments on my own column on the "daily beast." and saw so many people criticizing these women's bodies nominally for their health but mainly it's for the shape of their bodies. >> when are we going to get past this unhealthy obsession with being thin. one woman said it's much more about being healthy as opposed to being thin. she wants to promote a healthy

body. size 14 is completely healthy. it's a healthy size to be. when are we going to get away from stick thin as being beautiful? >> that's one of the ironies of these people criticizing these women for their health being a size 0 or size 2 for most women is unhealthy. and being a size 10 size 12 those are healthy sizes to be. but it's taken us 60 years to put a woman who's the size of the average american woman in "sports illustrated." how much longer will it take to see that everywhere. >> why do you think it has taken "sports illustrated" so long to do this? >> i think the swimsuit edition has been the ultimate attractiveness. but for symbolic reasons, for

those same symbolic reasons, i think it's important, especially to see a woman like ashley graham in those pages. >> and i must admit, when i heard that these women were so-called plus size and i clicked on the picture and saw how normal they were it was like oh, my goodness, you worry about what you look like and whether you're thin enough. and that's the problem. >> if we hadn't been conditioned by 20 years of shrinking modeling sizes to see these women as plus sized, right, we would open that ad and just see, oh here's another woman, she looks like me. >> you know i have to say, john when my producer actually showed me the picture of one of those plus-sized models, i was like that's not what you call plus size. women are looking at that and saying am i plus sized? >> but they're compared to the skinny models.

and when skinny models stop selling magazines there will stop being skinny models. >> we heard from ashley graham. she spoke about being plus sized. >> let's rip the band-aid off. when will i be able to say you're gorgeous instead of you're gorgeous and plus sized? >> the day is coming very soon. but it's a really great conversation that we're having about curvy girls and bikinis. >> looking at you, were you always this confident? or were there days look every woman has their day where they feel fat or they don't feel like going out. i've been there. it's not been every day. >> my mom is a very confident woman. she instilled that in me. she said beauty comes from within. and i've learned that from a very young age. >> okay. another story. brian williams, his very

reporting troubles are not escaping the attention. jon stewart underscored it and compared it. >> now there's some question about, was he really mugged as he claimed he was when he was selling christmas trees. >> he said even about rescuing puppies from a fire what started as one puppy that he rescued from a fire apparently morphed into two puppies. >> damn it brian williams! one puppy or two, [ bleep ] don't you lie to me! i want the truth! >> you have to love jon stewart. is he going to survive it? is brian williams going to make it out of this alive? >> i don't think so. you are watching cnn. i'm john vause. >> and i'm zain. >> stay with us.

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