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it is 11:00 in the morning in copenhagen. please are waking up to the news that police shot and killed the man they believe responsible for two separate shootings. in ukraine, a cease-fire is under effect but many are wondering how long it will last. why are people looking to arrest this groundhog? we'll explain a little later in the show. we welcome our viewers in the united states and around the
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world to our continuing coverage on cnn. a man suspected in the fatal twin attacks in copenhagen is dead. police killed him during a shoot out a few hours ago. they tried to approach a man at an address they were watching when he opened fire. >> there is nothing to indicate anyone else carried out the shooting outside this synagogue early sunday morning. one died and two officers were wounded. then after that a man was killed at a free speech forum. the bbc obtained what's reportedly 20 gunshots. cnn cannot confirm what you are about to hear. >> we still say, but -- [ gunfire ]
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>> it is chilling to hear that audio. let's go to nick robertson who just got on the ground in copenhagen. you heard that audio. what can you tell us from investigators as well. do they believe this is the person behind both shooting incidents? >> reporter: they at the moment, they believe that's the most likely scenario. they haven't decided 100% to be sure. they've still got to do further checks. he was shot just around the corner from me. the police still have the streets here closed off. what happened was, when he arrived at that theater where the free speech group were meeting, about 50 people he fired about 30 shots, 30 rounds from what police have described as a small automatic weapon a machine pistol or ha sheen gun. he tried to get inside the
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building. the bodyguards of the cartoonist there returned fire. he escaped, hijacked a vehicle, dumped that vehicle a little later near some train stations. then it is presumed to be him, and police did release a photo of him from surveillance cameras showing a man wearing dark clothes, his face slightly covered. he was described as 25 to 30, tall athletic build. then he attacked believed to be the same man, attacked a guard outside a synagogue and two policeman. the guard was killed. then at some time in the afternoon, they looked at surveillance footage that shows he was at a property just around the corner from where i'm standing. they figured that out late in the evening. so about 11:00 local time they began to stake out that residence. he left about 4:50 in the
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morning. when he returned officers started shooting at him. he returned fire. none were injured. police now believe they do have the suspect of both those shootings. but to be 100% sure they haven't said yet. >> and nick, the cartoonist who was holding the free speech meeting at the cafe appears to be the intended target, what can you tell us about him? >> reporter: he's somebody that knows there is a bounty on his head. he knows he is a target for radical islamists since 2007 when he first published a picture of the prophet muhammad as a dog. an extra $50,000 was offered if his throat was cut. there was a group of jihadists
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being put together by an american female jihadist known as jihad jane. she was subsequently tried and sent to prison in 2010 for trying to put together an attack on his life since then. his house was fire bombed. very clearly when he came here to denmark he was given security. the people in the first shooting were guarding him. they were part of his security detail. so when the venue was attacked they started firing back at the attacker and chased him off. very clearly the authorities were working on the assumption that this was a man who might be attacked on the territory here in denmark, and that's exactly ha happened. >> okay. nick rob rtson, thank you very much.
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we'll speak to you soon. now after nearly a year of violence and 5,000 killed a cease-fire seems to be holding in eastern ukraine. there are some incidents. but it has remained mostly quiet. >> shelling rocked the city of donetsk. separatists were likely trying to gain ground in strategic cloey icic locations. in mariupol the fighting was heavy. >> reporter: as the cease-fire inched closer no let up in the violence. a ukrainian armored vehicle takes aim at separatist positions close by. we're in a village near mariupol
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where the shelling is nearly constant. this is the last front line position of the ukrainian army. they tell us that the separatists are about 1,000 yards in that direction. they also say the separatists have tried to overrun this position several times but have been repelled every time. the ukrainian army deployed additional armor to the front line sometimes hampered by old, run-down equipment. meanwhile, the killing continued. this 58 year old is literally shell-shocked, after a rocket landed next to her house, killing her neighbor. she believes it was fired from a ukrainian position. we don't need the ukrainian army here she says. we don't need any army. everyone who came with weapons started wars please make them go away from here.
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but ukraine's army has dug in. they don't believe any truce will hold. we know about a so-called cease-fire. the accept lastseparateists have broken them frequently. de-escalation sounds different than what we heard on the eve of a cease-fire. cnn, ukraine. in washington the u.s. state department says it now has credible evidence that russia's military launched artillery into eastern crane. the u.s. claims these photos that you will see here prove that it was russia's military and not separatists. >> the shelling was before the cease-fire agreement. russia's government has not responded to the allegations we are hearing that they may have spoken as we speak. what are you hearing from the
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kremlin about these images? >> reporter: hi linda, well russia's defense ministry essentially dismissing these allegations. according to russian media reports. they say they represent nothing more than u.s. intelligence guesswork. now on saturday, u.s. officials made the allegations that russian weapon systems had been moved into the area which saw intense fighting right up until the point of that announced cease-fire. and then on saturday u.s. officials tweeted out a series of satellite images that it says were evidence that russian weapons systems were in fact in place on the ground. now those images are grainy. it's unclear what if any intelligence the u.s. may have to back up those allegations. but russia so far dismissing
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those images as u.s. intelligence guesswork. russia has long called upon the united states and its allies to provide concrete evidence of its involvement in this direct fighting something of course that russia has consistently denied. >> so the evidence is certainly on the table for russia to disagree or agree with. from what you're hearing there do you think the folks in moscow do they want this agreement to work? >> reporter: well it's difficult to say, george what the kremlin is thinking at any given point in time. but western diplomats that we've been speaking to as well as kremlin watchers say that russian president vladimir putin has some substantial reasons to support this country mism ismminute
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agreement. the agreement does not prevent moscow from meddling in ukraine affairs and also critically could perhaps help russia avoid future chick sanctions. later today the so-called normandy four which consists of france germany, russia and ukraine will hold a phone call the leaders there discussing ways to continue the cease-fire. >> erin mclaughlin live. an iraqi leader says they are gaining ground in the anbar province. >> they are moving closer to military bases where u.s. troops are training iraqi forces. a live report ahead. stay with us.
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attack on the sunni leader? >> reporter: well linda, it looks like, according to iraqi media, as many as 12 sunnis were found murdered. their bodies dumped in the center of the iraqi capital. one of their number was a senior sunni tribal leader. ive a senior member of parliament was also attacked and beaten and left for dead. the country's parliament had suspended their involvement in parliament. this is a country where the sectarian divide between sunni and shia is substantial and the tension that this causes is intense. the previous government is accused of persecuting the country's sunni minority. the current prime minister abadi is said to be reaching out, trying to run a more inclusive government. but this has been made more difficult by the flourishing
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shiite militia, people's mobilization units. the iraqi army hasn't been up to the task of dealing with isis. the shiites have had some successes. perhaps some members of these groups are accused of conducting atrocities against the country's sunni population. the latest attack, and the thinking is that some of the extreme members of the militia are responsible for this attack and so the sunni population is angry because they believe that the iraqi government is not doing enough to curb the excess of these groups and not enough to punish them for the atrocities they believe they are carrying out of the government says they will investigate and see who is responsible. >> certainly a complex situation with many different opinions and sides. but this sunni tribal leader is
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calling for more u.s. intervention. how popular would you say that notion is there in the country? >> reporter: it varies, george depending upon which part of the country are you in. here in the north, the kurdish fighters love the idea of greater commitment from the international community. some say they would welcome boots on the ground. in the anbar province, they believe they are not receiving the same level of support, the same arms that the shiite military are from the government and other sources. they also welcome greater commitment from the international community. but among the country's shiite population they would not likely welcome that sort of involvement, boots on the ground. though memory of u.s. occupation of this country is very fresh, the idea that america ran roughshod over this country's sovereignty for so long is still very raw.
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so a mix of views, but not something that is likely to happen because the united states itself has stated very firmly that it is not interested in the idea of a prolonged military commitment in this country. >> we'll talk to you very soon. thank you. >> and certainly a complex situation with the legislators in the u.s. debating whether to give the president authority to use military force. still to come here on cnn, the shovels should be ready as residents in the northeastern united states brace themselves for more snowfall just about anywhere you use sugar, you can use splenda®... ...no calorie sweetener. splenda® lets you experience... ...the joy of sugar... ...without all the calories. think sugar, say splenda®
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welcome back. the northeastern u.s. has been slammed by record snowfall this winter. >> not pleasant. boston is freezing through its seventh snowiest winter on record. with 44 inches just this winter alone. >> the harsh weather winter has hit businesses very hard. boston workers have plowed nearly 250,000 miles of roads. used 72,000 tons of salt. and these two melters have melted 60,000 tons of snow since thursday. and more than a foot of snow is on the way. boston's mass transit shut down sunday. and as for driving, the massachusetts governor has
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issued a warning. >> if you don't have to be out, we would urge you to stay in. >> reporter: a good message for safety, bad foor business. at lulu's sweet shop vatten tine's day should have boosted sales, but instead, they're down by a half. >> all of our baked goods are homemade, fresh every day, so we've had a lot of loss. >> reporter: the governor is trying to help by proclaiming it valentine's week. but the damage is done like at this produce shop. >> spend wisely. you don't know what tomorrow brings. >> reporter: in boston's north end where streets are already narrow pulcari's could have eye struggles just to get coffee into the store. >> snowbanks 5 feet tall it's tough. >> reporter: even at the isobar. but some customers couldn't pass up the irony. >> not having to be involved in
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the ice is better than being outside. >> and it appears things are far from over. more blizzards are threatening to hit this weekend. christina orleshi continues to do so. we've forced you outside. tell us about the conditions there. >> reporter: well they're getting worse and worse by the hour. when i woke um there was barely any snow on the ground. now the snow is coming down 1 to 3 inches an hour. and as you can see it makes it really difficult to plow the road. this is a major thoroughfare in boston ands the snow is building on here making travel conditions very treacherous. if you look up here at the light, you'll see snow's falling pretty steadily. and it is just going to get worse. we're hearing the wind is supposed to pick up in the next couple hours. you know this has really changed the way of life for
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people here in the city. they've had to shut down mass transit. the first time residences ever really remember mass transit being shut down. last night at 10:00, there was a parking ban that went into effect. people had to get their cars off the roads. so it's really impacting people's ability to get around. and it's very, very unmessance. authorities are telling people to stay inside. the state has had to bring in resources from other states like new york and boston alone, there are two snow melters on loan from new york. so they're really trying to lessen the burden on people. but look around at the snow behind my. it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. 80 inches. it's just unbelievable amounts of snow. >> cristhristina we peerkt you being out there. please go and get warm. now let's get more on this
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record snow that's headed for the northeast. meteorologist karen maginnis joins us. it looked really bad out there where critsina was. more to come? >> that's a level of misery we don't want to know about. but there have been four back to back weather systems. and it kind of is in perpetual motion . we saw the first storm the end of january. then another at the beginning of february with huge amounts of snowfall. you saw reporters in the field covering these storms right after the other. and here comes the next one, and we're not finished yet. we've got that arctic air that's going to be plunging all the way to the south. we could see 8 to 12 inches of snowfall with very powerful winds. that's going to be probably the worst aspect of this, as we go into the latter portion of sunday. but, already for the season 82
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plus inches of snowfall. that's for the season. and you know what? that's only makes the top seven. that's the seventh heaviest two-season snowfall we've seen. so we've got a ways to go not that we want to make that benchmark, but certainly is very possible. so we take you through sunday. area of low pressure is just going to be moving slowly off to the northeast, even the canadian maritimes. this isn't just boston being affected. it's all the way up into maine. they have seen staggering amounts of snow here. worchester massachusetts, since they've been keeping records since the late 1800s. and if that's not bad enough we've got blizzard conditions, hurricane-force winds felt out on the cape. they've seen wind gusts as high as 70 miles per hour in some of the remote locations. but nonetheless, in this
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red-shaded area that's where we have blizzard warnings in effect. bitterly cold air as we watch the winds on the backside of this come out of north and northwest. very blustery, very devastating. the massachusetts bay transit or the t no ferries, no rail lines. no subways. they have shut down -- they're not saying don't drive, but could you imagine driving in that? that's not going to be pleasant at all. i don't even think it's going to be do-able. but we've seen flights canceled all the way into new york metros as well as along that i-95 corridor. it has been tough going. we could see, in the deep south, kind of a repeat of the bad weather we saw about a year ago, guys. >> tough times for anyone wanting to travel. thanks for that update. and still to come, we're covering all the latest
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hello, i'm lynda kincaid. >> and i'm george howell. police in copenhagen say they shot and killed the gunman behind two deadly shootings that are saturday and sunday. they don't think there are any other suspects. two people were killed and five ours wounded in the shootings when a gunman opened fire at a free speech forum and then hours later at a nearby synagogue. the peace still in ukraine seems to be holding for now but
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they say it is quiet there after some minor violations after the truce went into effect at midnight local time. the cease-fire was signed in minsk. the major sunni parliament has suspended activity after the shooting death of a sunni parliament member. another was badly beaten before released. all of this as isis gained ground in anbar mohamed morsi is in court again. he's already on trial in three other cases, including another alleged case of espionage. to our top story now. police in copenhagen say they've
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killed the man behind two deadly attacks that terrorized the city saturday and early sunday. >> officers say they shot him when they approved him at a residence they had been watching based on surveillance video. investigators are confident that they have the right man. >> police believe he is responsible for shooting a man to death outside a synagogue and wounding two officers. >> ten hours before the man killed a man at a free speech forum. investigators say that was a terror attack. earlier, a witness to the first shooting told cnn about what he saw. take a listen. >> caller: we were all, of course terrified, and panicking inside the room and tried to get out different doors, but we could also hear shots in the streets afterwards. so even though we were on our way out of one door, we stay inside and were just hiding behind tables that were turned
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over and everything we could hide behind. >> and dennis, how were you able to escape? what was that like? >> caller: well, we didn't escape from the room at all. we stayed inside the room. and we were just hoping that the assassinator wouldn't get into the room. and after a few minutes, a person came into the room with a gun, and we all panicked very much but it turned out to be probably a person from the danish intelligence service. at least he wasn't interested in doing us any harm and he was just securing a different door. he was shot in the leg, though. we could see he was bleeding. and then another, i think maybe five minutes later we heard the police cars all around. so we simply stayed inside the building. >> dennis dennis if i could jump in. when this all started happening, was it fairly clear to you who these attackers were coming for?
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for this cartoonist? this artist? lars vilks? >> caller: well it's so that because lars vilks was there, there was a lot of security before. there was like a security checked in like you go in an airport. and therefore, we knew that it might be an issue, although nobody of course expected something like this. but when i heard the person yell in what i think in arabic at that point i thought that it was probably some terrorist or something who wanted to kill lars vilks. >> terrifying moments there. yeah. now let's return to ukraine and the fragile cease-fire now in place. many expect the hostilities to resume. >> but as nick payton walsh reports, some residents in donetsk are holding out hope for
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peace. >> reporter: these two have planned this two weeks ago for valentine's day, not knowing a cease-fire was meant to fall on their wedding knight. the shelling has not frozen all life here. it doesn't shake sergei's hand. it goes past he says. there's a serene quiet out here on the ice. and some routines that will never be broken even by that sound of shelling you can sometimes hear in the distance. but when the cease-fire comes in at midnight tonight, so many ordinary citizens here in donetsk whose lives have been put on hold because of the violence will be hoping for some sort of semblance of normality. but if this uprising felt a little artificial and unimportant when it began nine months ago, the repeated shelling of some areas has turned some hearts. this huge crater made when a
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rocket detonated at 4:00 blowing earth into the air, landing on this roof. a new game here is spot the damage. one huge piece of earth crashing through the roof and hitting a 12 year old as she lay here. this was preseoulably the target, a separatist base next door where missile parts are already on display. i met victor last year north, and he is still fighting now and doesn't expect to stop tonight. today i don't expect a cease-fire he says because the ukrainians don't keep their word. hours remaining till a supposed truce whose details and viability seem distant still, nick payton walsh, cnn, donetsk. >> and both the ukrainian military and separatists have agreed to create a buffer zone.
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here's a look at how this will work. both sides have agreed to pull heavy weapons back equal distances from the front lines. >> this zone will be about 31 miles wide for shorter range artillery. longer range systems will have a wider buffer zone 140 kilometers or about 87 miles. the withdrawal process should begin no later than monday and must be completed within two weeks. german chancellor angela merkle will be watching. she's one of the key negotiators signing in minsk. >> we look at how she became one of europe's most influential leaders. >> reporter: german chancellor angela merkle is anything but your typical politician. she was raised in east germany during the cold war, the daughter of a lutheran minister and teacher. she was a brilliant and dedicated student and fared well
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under the east german regime but longed for more access to ideas. and that came in 1989 with the fall of the berlin wall. at 35, she was divorced and working at the german academy of sciences. in a time of upheaval she found her second calling -- politics. she started as spokes woman for the christian democratic party. and merkle propelled up the ranks, respected for her intellect and sharp political instincts. she catapulted in 1999 with a kaiting op ed. the first woman to hold the position she's been elected chancellor three times. she only sleeps a few hours a fight and is addicted to her
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smartphone with which she stays connected to her entourage. she does her own shopping and has lived in the same apartment complex for over a decade. she going to soccer festivals with her second husband whom she married in 1988. it's this down to earth style that causes germans to call her mutti -- mom. her positions aren't always popular in other corners of europe. she's known for her stoic, unpretentious demeanor. and while she may not have the natural charisma of fellow world leaders like president obama and president putin, her ratings remain sky high. >> the german chancellor is part of the so-called normandy group
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that brought about that ukrainian peace deal in minsk. now more than 100 protesters staged a rally in nigeria. >> the group urged citizens to support democracy. president goodluck jonathan is seeking reelection in a race set to be the closest fought since 1999. >> it was delayed due to concern over boko haram attacks. just ahead, the u.s. state of washington is trying to calm tensions. >> this after protests erupted over a mexican man fatally shot by police. we'll have that here on cnn. ♪ ♪ i love my meta health bars. because when nutritious tastes this delicious i don't miss the other stuff. meta health bars help promote heart health.
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routh reached 110 miles per hour. routh's attorney says the former marine was in a deep psychosis. >> at the time of this tragedy did eddie routh was insab. >> reporter: and it appears that chris kyle didn't feel routh was stable either. kyle snuck a text message to his buddy in the passenger seat. it read "this dude is straight-up nuts." and taya says that the last time that she spoke with her husband, she felt that something was going o he couldn't speak about it. >> mental illness does not take away your ability to know right from wrong. >> reporter: before the car chase, police officers spent 30
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minutes trying to get routh out of truck of the and body cameras captured the moments. the conversation is bizarre. routh is heard saying satan is walking the earth right now and is it voodoo upon us. >> not only was he suffering from a severe mental disease or defect. not only did he not know his conduct was wrong, he thought he had to take their lives because he was in danger. >> reporter: prosecutors revealed gruesome photos. they show an array of weapons. each of the victims had a fully
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loaded handgun in their possession which suggests the incident happened so quickly they didn't have time to react. they showed a series of photos highlighting paraphernalia inside the suspect's house. the pictures show a messy hole and a sparsely-filled closet with his military fatigues hanging, which reminded us of a story that a friend of routh told us. routh used to do odd jobs like mowing yards. >> he still had a lot of things that he did in the military with him. when he showed up to mow my lawn i would be dressed in full military camo. >> reporter: these days he spends the day listening and taking notes on the testimony that could send him to prison for life. testimony will continue this week starting monday morning here in stevenville texas.
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the jury of ten women and two men will continue hearing testimony. they've already heard three days' worth so far. the prosecution is still putting on its case. they will continue to call witnesses detailing the events of the day chris kyle and chad littlefield were killed. prosecutors are trying to show it was more the abuse of recreational drugs and alcohol that had a greater effect on eddie ray routh instead of the mental issue. so we will have more of that type of testimony in the week ahead. >> certainly an interesting case especially after that "american sniper" movie. >> yeah. everyone's interested in this case. a coroner in the u.s. state of washington is calling for calm and ordering an inquest into a deadly police shooting to try to defuse tensions.
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the family of the victim has filed a lawsuit against the city of pasco. >> the police killed an unarmed man. they say he was throwing rocks at police. >> in the meantime protesters turned out later in the week to demonstrate in front of pasco city hall. some of them explained why they came out. >> every police officer in the united states puts the bulletproof vest on and uniform on every day and they go out to defend the rights of legal and illegal citizens every day. one of those rights is the right to due process. >> i don't think it's just about training that's needed. i think it's about changing attitudes in the police departments and not just here that everywhere in this country. . >> i saw the video. i saw him killed but i haven't seen his face and, you know
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welcome back. it is a happy ending to a massive whale rescue operation in new zealand. the department of conservation is praising the efforts of volunteers after about 60 pilot whales were successfully refloated today. >> they kept the whales hydrated and covered until high tide. the sight of them swimming freely left the exhausted volunteers very happy. >> after doing that work and as you seen them float and getting to that stage where they're actually moving again themselves and getting into the water, it really is like it puts alt work into perspective. >> nearly 200 whales were initially stranded on the beach, despite the best efforts, more than half of them unfortunately could not be saved. pennsylvania prognosticator
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punxsutawney phil, say that two times fast he is a wanted man or rather a wanted groundhog. he's the animal in the u.s. that forecasts how much long erwin ter will last. >> some people in the northeastern part of the country are not too happy that he said winter will last a bit longer, and a police department in new hampshire wants him to be arrested. >> jack mccann from our affiliate has the story. >> reporter: they have a pretty good description of the suspect. >> small, large, hairy, large teeth. >> reporter: he predicted six more weeks of winter. it's been like groundhog day around here storm after storm after storm. >> we issued a warrant for punxsutawney phil. we will extradite him wherever he's found. >> reporter: news of the arrest warrant has gone viral. tips or laughs flooding in from around the globe.
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even governors of phil's home state, issued statements. the merrimack police department should drop their cold-hearted quest. and governor tom wolf says all he has to do to make this go away is step outside and see his shadow. the merrimack police department has agreed to dep advertise me to help find the whereabouts of this var mint. you have seen this rodent? >> i have never seen him before in my life. >> i wish i had, because i would squish him. >> i probably can't say it on tv. >> reporter: we did find a few sympathizers on our hunt. do you like him? >> yes. >> reporter: for now think suspect phil is holed up underground, enjoying warm
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hibernation while others deal with his cold-hearted prediction. >> if i were him, i'd stay in the ground. >> it's not his fault, is it? >> i don't know. he forecasted it. for some frequent fliers it's all about the miles. the more miles under your belt the more perks you receive. >> here's a look at some who fly crazy distances to achieve the status. >> i am a first time mileage runner. i only needed 3200 miles to keep my platinum status. i'm based in atlanta, and the one place that would get me there was las vegas. all right, made it to my gate. a19, going to vegas. >> my name is tim lai. i've done about four mileage runs. this trip is my mileage run from london to new york to phoenix to
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honolulu to los angeles, to washington to london. all on business and first class. >> hi. >> so this is seat 64 ab. any first impressions so far? >> i could get used to this. >> my name is bin, and i am obsessed with miles. i've flown about 4 million miles, i flew london to los angeles to honolulu to london to miami to london to los angeles to london. all in all, i'll earn about 270,000 miles for these three tickets. >> here i am at gate 37. >> landed in vegas around 10:00 i think it was. and this is the gate i'm going to be departing from in an hour and a half. >> so i am at terminal eight of jfk airport in new york. >> it is really tiring. many case you're flying non-stop for several days.
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>> 13 and a half hours now. >> my flight is boarding last dollar here we go. look at that! when i got on the plane, the flight crew kind of looked at me sideways and said weren't you just on the flight that brought you here? >> we have arrived. aloha from hawaii. >> the best part of all of it is i got upgraded. so i was able to sleep on the flight home. i found out on the flight there were five other people doing mileage runs. i guess that happens a lot this time of the year. >> in terms of what i use my miles for i have flown singapore with a bed. these are just incredible experiences that most people would kind of never see if it weren't for miles and points. i'm definitely worried about the future of mileage runs.
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the airlines are trying to catch up to us. >> i would recommend mileage running to anyone. it's really fun, just to do everything in such a short period of time. and just to say to your friends, i went to los angeles and back in a weekend. they think you're crazy but, yeah it's good fun. >> pretty cool way to rack up those miles. >> thanks for joining us. i'm lynda kincaid. >> and i'm george howell. yes you are. dish issues? get cascade complete. one pac cleans tough food better than 6 pacs of the bargain brand combined. cascade. now that's clean.
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