what he did was a terrible injustice to the over 10,000 people. >> the man who allegedly caused the shutdown at the terminal of newark's busy airport was arrested last night. why he did it and what charges he'll face. the big freeze may have brought activities to a grinding

halt. farmers have to face the bone-chilling cold to make sure the livestock survives. the university of alabama worked all year to win the bcs championship game. today the school will share the froef fi with the fans in an unusual face where the sign that says roll tide may get mixed in with the ones that say roll back. this is hln on a very cold saturday morning. first we start in new jersey where authorities have aur rested a man for allegedly causing the shuttal of a terminal at newark's airport. authorities say he ducked under a security rope on sunday so he could walk his girlfriend to her plane. last night he was charged with defiant trespass and released. he is expected to appear in court next week. new jersey senator frank lautenberg says his arrest sends a clear message. >> we're pleased that there's a message out there that says don't try it. don't try it, because, if you do, we're going to catch you. we're going to show we know how

to stop this even though we miss them at the moment going in, but that good police work, trained officers know what to do to get to their -- to get to the target. >> at this time, he allegedly slipped through security. the tsa screener supposed to be watch together check point was not there. this just in to hln, a suspecteded suicide bomber blamed for killing seven cia employees and contractors threatened revenge before he died. humam alba la which suggested it was revenge for an air strike. listen what he said here. >> we will never forget the blood of our leader, may god have mercy on his soul. it will remain that we take revenge for his death inside and

outside america. it is a trust for every person who left everything for the sake of god whom he supported. >> stus spekt appeared in strid oh with a new leader of the pakistani branch. the suspect is sack cuesed of blowing himself up at a cia base in afghanistan on december 30th. you will be slifrg a while longer before warmer air brings relief from the bone-chilling temperatures we're seeing. the deadly winter freeze will keep a tight grip on many parts of the country this weekend. take a look at how treacherous icy roads got in the atlanta area causing many accidents. it is expected to dip in the 20s in the sooet. warnings are posted because windchills could drop as low as 25 below zero. at least nine deaths are blamed on the winter storm. in central nebraska pretty rough. livestock farmers are battling against windchills of 30 below or more. struck to

tractors are getting stuck. there is nowhere for the cattle to go. that means farmers must brave the cold to feed them so the animals will survive. >> we've been plowing out this morning. took three hours to get a tractor down the road to get us into these barnes to take care of our livestock. we're farmers and that's what we do. >> the farmers are feeding their cattle hay every day, something they don't normally do until march. fruit growers in florida are having a rough time. they're keeping nervous watch over their already hard-hit crops. a hard freeze warning is in effect throughout much of this morning. under those conditions, temperature sensitive veg taif could suffer widespread damage. they've been spraying their crops with protective layers of ice to try to keep the fruit safe. the amazing thing about this brutal winter weather is how widespread it is, how many people it's affecting across the country and around the world. stay with hln this morning for continuing coverage. just three days after it went up, this bill board in

times square featuring president obama will be coming down. the weather proof garment company posted that ad and planned to keep it there for two months. it shows the president wearing one of their jackets during his november trip to china. the company bought rights to the picture. a company spokesperson says they will remove the billboard because of a request by the white house. a flight on its way from laentd to san francisco was forced to make an unscheduled landing due to an out-of-control passenger. two f-16 military jets escort touchdown air tran flight to the ground in colorado after a disz ruppive passenger locked himself in the plane's bathroom. other passengers say the man appeared to be drunk. >> the guy is just going off on the steward des because she's telling him you've had too much to drink, but he has no shoes and he has no shirt on. >> he was pointing and yelling. even when we went to land, he wouldn't sit down. he stoot stood up in the back of the plane. >> the unruly passenger was

taken into custody by police in colorado springs. he's expected to be charged on monday with interference with a flight crew, a federal charge. police in england have arrested three men who they say threatened staff aboard a plane bound for dubai. the men were arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat. the incident happened last night as the plane was getting ready to take off from heathrow airport. all the passengers were taken off the plane while mrs. searched it with bomb-sniffing dogs. they found nothing suspicious. the airport remained open during the incident. the christmas airline bombing attempt suggs spekt has pleaded not guilty to all charges. umar farouk abdulmutallab appeared in court last night. he is facing six federal charges including an attempt to blow up a plane and an attempt to use weapons of mass destruction. that charge could get him life in prison if he's convicted. his defense didn't challenge the government's request to keep him

in pre trial custody. his next court date has not been set yet. it appears some muslims wanted to make a case that this case has nothing to do with their faith. about 50 of them held a rally outside the courthouse in downtown detroit. they tried to show that terrorists don't represent islam. they chanted "we are americans" and held a manner saying "not in the name of islam." as mary snow reports, many think it was about time to say something like this. >> reporter: inside a tiny mosque in detroit, this man leads fellow nigerian muslims in prayer, a break from what what he describes as the shocking news that umar farouk abdulmutallab stands accused of plotting to blow up an airline nah. >> this is sa disgrace, embarrassment to us as muslims, to us as nigerians.

>> reporter: he says he has immediate concerns about the safety of his small community, but there's also anger within the community. >> what makes you angry? >> this is not islam that i understand, the islam that i know. >> reporter: members of this mosque joined other muslim groups tuesday in condemning the terror plot. >> no faith or political ideology could ever justify the injuring or murdering of innocent civilians. >> reporter: but this lawyer and activityist hopes for more than words. he lives in dearborn. he says american muslims were just recovering from negative perceptio perceptions. >> now we get this other terrorist that attempts to blow an airliner right over our heads, right over the heads of the largest muslim population outside the middle east, right over our heads. and we're going to sit and watch? we said no. >> reporter: he is taking his anger to the streets and

organizing online. >> our goal right now between now and then is to literally spread the word out. >> reporter: the message? >> if they've got something against americans, we're americans. if they have something against america, we're muslims, we're not afraid of death like you're not. we're standing on the right side, the side of peace and you're not. >> reporter: mary snow, cnn, detroit. you may let a bad word slich every now and then. but one san francisco politician is taking it to another level. >> just updated my facebook status update vowing in 2009 that i'll use the word [ bleep ] in every board of supervisor's meeting. >> what his constituents and fellow politicians think about his promise.

people who quit smoking may be at a higher risk of

developing diabetes. it raises two important questions. why would this happen? and what does it mean about the tossing out those cigarettes. dr. sanjay gupta takes a look in today's fit nation report. >> no one is saying you shouldn't quit smoking. you obviously should. there's a lot of negative health consequences of smoking. the study looks at what happens to the body in someone who does quit. large study, over ten years i looked at 10,000 people. they found people who quit smoking have a 70% increased likelihood of developing diabetes within six years. if you take that a step further and figure out why, it had to do with weight gain. these people who quit smoking, they start totd gain weight, on the average between four and ten pounds. they also gained inches around the waist, abdominal fat, the worst kind of your likelihood for diabetes. that seems to be what happened here. if you look at what happens in

the body of smokers, people who are smoke pg tend to have increased metabolism, decreased appetite. they have specifically decreased appetite for sweet foods. that's in part why they have the weight loss. they don't eat as much. people who stop smoking, they tend to see the opposite, the metabolism starts to slow down. they may develop food addictions and oral fixations, all of which lead to more calories consumed. there are things you can do decides smoking. simply exercising, for example, 30 minutes a day. you'll probably drive up your metabolism enough to burn off calories. also build up muscle masses. as far as food cravings, you do eat foods with high protein and high fiber, that will decrease your appetite. keep in mind that thirst is often misperceived for hunger. simply making sure you're well hydrated, that will cut down on the number of calories consumed. as far as oral sfix asian, keep plenty of sugar free gum around,

carrot sticks, that will help. these are both big killers and they can both be controlled. if you want to see what the future looks like, head to vegas. that is the place to be. it is where the big consumer electronics show is going on with a load of high-tech gadgets on disbla. hln's joe carter found out that some of them are going green. >> reporter: i've been hearing a lot about green products at this year's ces. i found one. called an electric bike. this is david with san i don't. tell me about the en-loop. >> one of the things we've done in our 15 years of developing electric bikes in japan, we made an electric bike that feels like riding a regular motor. the motor is in the front wheel. the battery pack is here. the electronics that manage it are on the back bracket.

you get on and start metalling. >> how fast can it go? >> 15 miles an hour is max speed. the harder you peddle, the faster you go, up to 15 miles an hour. you can also shut the electric power off and it will be like riding a regular bicycle. >> do i need to plug it into a wall? >> take out the battery and plug it into a charger. >> he assures me that when i ride the bicycle, i'll come back with a smile. you can feel the power in the bike. the thing takes off. >> how much will this set me back? >> $2,295 dollars. >> how do you just phi that? >> it will pay for itself like gasoline savings. >> brakes like a normal bike, medals like a normal bike but you can really feel the power. >> in the summer, most of the year i ride my bike to work. it costs about three cents to charge the battery to go from work to home. >> reporter: save together planet.

green is good. >> joe carter reporting from las vegas. looks like he's having a good time. our thanks to him. the consumer electronics show runs tomorrow. we will be here live bringing you the scoop on all the new gadgets. logon to c nfrnlths nfrnltnn.co many times when a team wins a championship, we hear about a trip to disney world. not for the crimson tide. where is the tide going? >> college football's newly crowned champs are going to walmart. talk about a fun trip, right? actually the players are not going to walmart. some of them may be. i don't know. we're talking about the national championship coach's trophy which will be on display at the walmart super center tuscaloosa on saturday, not far from the alabama campus. college football coaches are getting the message loud and clear. you cannot verbally or physically abuse players and get away with it. the university of south florida

fired coach jim leavitt after a school investigation concluded he grabbed one of his players by the throat, slapped him and he lied about it. >> less than two weeks after he was fired at texas tech's coach, mike leach is suing the university saying administrators intentionally made statements to damage his reputation and hurt him financially. leach is accused of miss treating an injured player, allegedly stuck him in a storage shed and electrical closet because a concussion prevented him from practicing. the nfl play-off fs get started this afternoon in possibly snowy cincinnati. the bengals host the new york jet. someone has straightened out jets coach rex ryan. three weeks ago ryan said we're out of the play-offs and that's unfortunate. obviously the coach got some bad info. it happens sometimes. ryan now says his jets should be the favorites to win the super bowl. we'll see. that's a check of sports.

thewindchill is just painful. >> we have to say the reporter is okay with kgw in or egon. winds in that area topped 100 miles an hour.

two-thirds are getting hit by severe weather. from bitter cold to snow and ice, continue to stay with h lfrnlthszn for the very latest on the forecast. most people make new year's resolutions that better themselves or others, right? one san francisco politician is taking his new year's resolution in the opposite direction. city supervisor chris daily has announced he plans to use the f word at every board of soup voice sore's meeting this year. he announced the new year's resolution at a board of supp visor's meeting. most of his constituents and colleagues aren't too happy about it. >> i think it's fing ridiculous and i'd so glad he's almost out of here. >> i think it's a nonissue and a publicity stuntd. >> i used a bar of soap in his office so he could use it to clean up his language. >> the mayor says his behavior is an embarrassment to the city. vice president joe biden's mother died yesterday at the

home in delaware surrounded by loved ones. in a statement, the vice president said of his mother, quote, she believed in us and because of that, we believed in ourselves. gene biden was 92. elvis fans are all shook up. the king of rock in roll would have celebrated a big birthday yesterday. his legend en durs even though he's been gone for decades.

> what he did was a facial injustice to the over 10,000 people >> the man who allegedly caused the shutdown at the terminal of newark's busy airport was arrested last night. why he did it and what charges he'll face. >> it would be animal neglect if we decided to stay in the house and not take care of them. the big freeze may have brought activities to a grinding halt. farmers have to face the bone-chilling cold to make sure the livestock survives. the university of alabama worked all year to win the bcs championship game. today the school will share the trophy with the fans in an

unusual place where the sign that says roll tide may get mixed in with the ones that say roll back. this is hln on a very cold saturday morning. glad you're with us. i'm susan hendricks. first we start in new jersey where authorities have arrested rested a man for allegedly responsible for shutting down the terminal at newark's airport. 27-year-old haisong jiang was taken into custody last night. authorities say he ducked under a security rope on sunday so he could walk his girlfriend to her plane. last night he was charged with defiant trespass and released. he is expected to appear in court next week. new jersey senator frank lautenberg says jiang's arrest sends a clear message. >> we're pleased that there's a message out there that says don't try it. don't try it, because, if you do, we're going to catch you. we're going to show we know how

to stop this even though we miss them at the moment going in, but that good police work, trained officers know what to do to get to their -- to get to the target. >> at the time jiang allegedly slipped through security, the tsa screener who was supposed tosh watching the check point was not there. this just in to hln, a suspected suicide bomber blamed for killing seven cia employees and contractors threatened revenge before he died. humam al balawi suggested it was revenge for a former taliban boss in pakistan who was killed in an air strike. listen what he said here. >> we will never forget the blood of our leader, may god have mercy on his soul. it will remain that we take revenge for his death inside and outside america. it is a trust for every person

who left everything for the sake of god whom he supported. >> the suspect appeared in the video with a new leader of the taliban pakistani branch. the suspect is is accused of blowing himself up at a cia base in afghanistan on december 30th. you will be shivering a while longer before warmer air brings relief from the bone-chilling temperatures we're seeing. the deadly winter freeze will keep a tight grip on many parts of the country this weekend. take a look at how treacherous icy roads got in the atlanta area causing many accidents. it is expected to dip in the 20s in the southeast. in the plains warnings are posted because windchills could drop as low as 25 below zero. at least nine deaths are blamed on the winter storm. in central nebraska pretty rough. livestock farmers are battling against windchills of 30 below or more. drifts are so deep tractors are getting stuck. and since the ground is covered in snow, there is nowhere for

the cattle to go. that means farmers must brave the cold to feed them so the animals will survive. >> we've been plowing out this morning. took three hours to get a tractor down the road to get us into these barns to take care of our livestock. we're farmers and that's what we do. >> the farmers are feeding their cattle hay every day, something they don't normally do until march. fruit growers in florida are having a rough time. they're keeping nervous watch over their already hard-hit crops. a hard freeze warning is in effect throughout much of this morning. under those conditions, temperature sensitive vegetation could suffer widespread damage. they've been spraying their strawberry and orange farmers have been spraying hair crops with protective layers of ice to keep the fruit safe. the amazing thing about this brutal winter weather is how widespread it is, how many people it's affecting across the country and around the world. stay with hln this morning for continuing coverage. just three days after it

went up, this billboard in times square featuring president obama will be coming down. the weatherproof garment company posted that ad and planned to keep it there for two months. it shows the president wearing one of their jackets during his november trip to china. the company bought rights to the picture. a company spokesperson says they will remove the billboard because of a request by the white house. a flight on its way from atlanta to san francisco was forced to make an unscheduled landing due to an out-of-control passenger. two f-16 military jets escort the air tran flight to the ground in colorado after a disruptive passenger locked himself in the plane's bathroom. other passengers say the man appeared to be drunk. >> the guy is just going off on the stewardess because she's telling him you've had too much to drink, but he has no shoes and he has no shirt on. >> he was pointing and yelling. even when we went to land, he wouldn't sit down. he stood up in the back of the plane. >> the unruly passenger was taken into custody by police in colorado springs.

he's expected to be charged on monday with interference with a flight crew, a federal charge. police in england have arrested three men who they say threatened staff aboard a plane bound for dubai. the men were arresteon threat and are in jail in london right now. the incident happened last night as the plane was get rairport. all the passengers were taken off the plane while police searched it with bomb-sniffing dogs. they found nothing suspicious. the airport remained open during the incident. the christmas airline bombing attempt suspect has pleaded not guilty to all charges. umar farouk abdulmutallab appeared in court in detroit yesterday. it lasted about four minutes, the hearing. he is facing six federal charges including an attempt to blow up a plane and an attempt to use weapons of mass destruction. that charge could get him life in prison if he's convicted. his defense didn't challenge the government's request to keep him

in pretrial custody. his next court date has not been set yet. it appears some muslims wanted to make a case that this case has nothing to do with their faith. about 50 of them held a rally outside the courthouse in downtown detroit. they tried to show that terrorists don't represent islam. they chanted "we are americans" and held a banner saying "not in the name of islam." islam is home to a large muslim community. as mary snow reports, many think it was about time to say something like this. >> reporter: inside a tiny mosque in detroit, this man leads fellow nigerian muslims in prayer, a break from what what he describes as the shocking news that umar farouk abdulmutallab, a nigerian and muslim, stands accused of plotting to blow up an airliner. >> this is a disgrace, embarrassment to us as muslims, to us as nigerians. >> reporter: he says he has

immediate concerns about the safety of his small community, but there's also anger within the community. >> what makes you angry? >> this is not islam that i understand, the islam that i know. >> reporter: members of this mosque joined other muslim groups tuesday in condemning the attempted terror plot. >> no faith or political ideology could ever justify the injuring or murdering of innocent civilians. >> reporter: but this lawyer and activist hopes for more than words. he lives in dearborn, home to one of the country's largest muslim communities. he says american muslims were just recovering from negative perceptions. >> now we get this other terrorist that attempts to blow an airliner right over our heads, right over the heads of the largest muslim population outside the middle east, right over our heads. and we're going to sit and watch? we said no. >> reporter: he is taking his anger to the streets and organizing online. >> our goal right now between now and then is to literally spread the word out.

>> reporter: the message? >> if they've got something against americans, we're americans. if they have something against america, we're muslims, we're prepared to die for islam just like you are. we're not afraid of death just like you're not. we're standing on the right side, the side of peace and you're not. >> reporter: mary snow, cnn, detroit. we have been talking about the bone-chilling temperatures that have blanketed much of the country. how long will it last? meteorologist bonnie schneider is here to tell us. any relief? >> not this weekend. still looking at a bitter blast of arctic air, frigid conditions across the country, particularly in the south where temperatures are in the 20s, the teens and feeling like the sij digits in parts of the southeast. a big concern for the citrus growers in florida. on sunday night we'll see the temperatures sustained in a long period of time in the 20s. a front has passed through.

without any sort of cloud coverage overnight, the temperatures will really plummet. let's talk about that. high temperatures today are going to be cold unless you're in los angeles. that's where it's 78 degrees. atlanta's high is only 29. 53 in miami. 24 in boston. we're actually very close to areas in the northeast and the southeast. and then as we head off across the country, we are looking at nice conditions if you're looking to get away and maybe escape the cold weather. you'll probably want to head to southern california. that's where it's 78. 69 in phoenix, arizona. seattle at 53. across the midwest t bitter chill continues. kansas city you'll eventually warm up by tuesday and wednesday. a high today of only nine degrees. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln you may let a bad word slip every now and then. but one san francisco politician is taking it to another level. >> just updated my facebook status update vowing in 2009 that i'll use the word [ bleep ] in every board of supervisor's meeting.

my ap polls. >> what his constituents and fellow politicians think about his promise.

most people make new year's resolutions that better themselves or others. one san francisco politician is taking his new year's resolution in the opposite direction. city soup voice or chris daily says he plans to use the f word at every board of supervisors meeting next year. most of his constituents and colleagues aren't too happy about it. >> i think it's fing ridiculous, and i'm so glad le's almost out of here. >> i think it's a nonissue and a publicity stuntd. >> i actually dropped off a bar of soap in his office so he could use it to clean up his language. >> san francisco's mayor by the way says the behavior is an embarrassment to the city. you may not be familiar with

the name art klokey, but you're probably familiar with his work. he created gumby. he invented gumby as part of a student project when he was at usc. they were eventually featured on the "howdy duty" show. lths lthsds. the few sur in las vegas where companies are showing off their high tech gadgets in a show near you. joe carter went working for some of the more trendy devices. >> we're in las vegas, all about the gadgets. from smart phones to pcs to gaming. let's go check it out. >> so what is this? >> the k-3 wind and solar

charges. it charges any of your small electronic devices such as cell phones, ipods, psps. >> i can plug it into my device, stick it outside and it will charge by the sun and the win. >> correct. it's got a 400 millie amp battery in it so you can pre charge it for camping or fishing. it continues to triple charge while you're out and about. >> the k-3. flat screens are getting even flatter. this is the ultra thin by samsung, actually thinner than my iphone. if you're inspired by interactive technology, you'll love this e board by samsung. think of it as an electronic chalkboard. you can use it for school. you can use it for business meetings. you can actually play video. if you want to show some images, same concept. drag, drop, open. another cool feature for this e board sever thing you do during your presentation will be saved which you can put on a disk to

anyone watching the presentation. i'm joe carter with hln. >> joe carter reporting from las vegas. looks like he's having a good time. our thanks to him. the consumer electronics show runs through tomorrow. with be sure to check out our coverage. some basketball players you can say they're learn together hard way, but not everyone shares their sense of humor. bob pass sell la is here to explain the entire story. >> the washington wizards remove all images of one-time star gilbert arenas who is indefinitely suspended for storing gun ins the locker room. four of his teammates will cough up the cash. each of them were find by the nba in the pregame huddle. the guys surrounding him laughing, smiling, making life of the whole situation. now they'll pay the price. so much for the phrase let there be light.

this was the scene last night at the prudential center in new jersey as the lights went dim during the second period of the devils-lightning game. they feverishly tried to get the lights back on. no go. after two hours the game had to be suspended. as you can imagine, the fans not too ham pi. meantime, fan ins boston showing up in record numbers at fenway park to watch college hockey with temperatures hovering around 20 degrees and a windchill of seven. over 38,000 on hand saw boston university's 3-2 win over boston college. talk about diehards. time for the play of the game. that's jerry kelly, season opening spc championship in hawaii, look for this flopped shot in the green. that's a checks of sports.

sustained winds blowing 60 to 70 miles per hour out here, plus with the windchill it is just painful. >> boy, the winds are fierce.

we have to say that reporter is okay, with affiliate kgw in oregon. winds getting hit by severe weather. you saw how powerful the winds were. from bitter cold to snow and ice, continue to stay with us for the latest on the forecast. a new report is highly critical of the way police in oakland, california, handled the aftermath of a shoot-out that left four officers dead. an independent board says oakland police mismanaged the 2009 shoot-out and that they made a series of poor decisions that may have contributed to the death toll. the shoot-out began last march during a traffic stop involving 26-year-old lavelle nixon. nixon allegedly shot and killed two officers who pulled him over. he ran to a nearby apartment building and eventually shot and killed two s.w.a.t. officers before police shot and killed him. the incident was the deadliest in oakland police history. we are getting new details about a shooting spree at a st.

louis factory that left four people dead, five others injured. police say the suspected gunman was armed with four guns and a fanny pack full of ammo. they say dozens of workers in the plant ran for the roof, broom closets, boiler rooms, anywhere they could find safety during the shooting thursday. authorities still aren't sure of a motive but say the suspect, 51-year-old timothy hendren, was involved in a lawsuit against the company. octomom, aka nadya suleman, has won a court victory and won't have to worry about someone monitoring the family's money. this is from radaronline. there was a call for an independent guardian to watch over the children's finances. it ruled the petition was "an unprecedented meritless effort by a stranger," and said there was no proof nadya suleman was engaging in financial misconduct. just days before he heads to jail, balloon boy's father has a message for the public. he didn't do it. he insists his family did not

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what he did was a terrible injustice to the over 10,000 people. >> the man who allegedly caused the shutdown of a terminal at newark's busy airport was arrested last night. why he did it and what charges he's facing. animal neglect if we decide to stay in the house and not go out and take care of them. >> the big freeze may have brought activities to a grinding halt for some people, but farmers have to face the bone-chilling cold to make sure their livestock survives. the university of alabama worked all year to win the bcs championship game. today the team shares the trophy with its fans in an unusual

place where the sign may get mixed in. you're watching hln on this saturday morning. glad you're with us. i'm susan hendricks. we know many of you are fighting the arctic blast gripping much of the nation. we'll have more. first we begin with more on the security breach at newark airport. 28-year-old hasong jiang was taken into custody in piscata y piscataway, new jersey. he ducked under a rope to walk his girlfriend to the plane. a terminal was shut down for a time following the incident. really a nightmare. last night jiang was charged with defiant trespass and released. he is expected to appear in court next week. jiang's roommate was asked whether he should have been arrested. >> it's very hard for me to make any comment on that because he's my friend, and he's a nice, neat guy. and yeah, he did something inappropriate, but i'm not lawyer. i can't say is that wrong or not, right?

>> at the time he allegedly slipped through security, the tsa screener who was supposed to be watching the checkpoint was not there. this just in to hln. a suspected suicide bomber blamed for killing seven cia employees and contractors threatened revenge before he died. human kalil al-balawi appeared in a video this morning. he suggested the attack was revenge for a former taliban boss in pakistan who was killed in an air strike. listen to what he said here. >> we will never forget the blood of our leader. may god have mercy on his soul. it will remain that we take revenge for his death in america and outside america. it is a trust on every person who left everything for the sake of god, whom he supported. >> the suspect appeared in the video with a new leader of the taliban's pakistani branch. the suspect's accused of blowing himself up at a cia base in afghanistan on december 30.

you will be shivering a while longer before warmer air brings relief from those bone-chilling temperatures we're seeing. the deadly winter freeze will keep a tight grip on many parts of the country this weekend. take a look at just how treacherous icy roads got in the atlanta area, causing many accidents. it is expected to dip into the 20s in the southeast. in the plains warnings are posted because windchills could drop as low as 25 below zero. at least nine deaths are blamed on the winter storm. in central nebraska, it's pretty rough. livestock farmers are battling against windchills of 30 below or more. drifts are so deep tractors are getting stuck, and since the ground is covered in snow, there is nowhere for the cattle to go. that means farmers must brave the cold to feed them so the animals will survive. >> we've been plowing out this morning, took us about three hours to get a tractor down the road just to get us into these barns to take care of our livestock. we're farmers, and that's what

we do. >> the farmers are feeding their cattle hay every day. something they don't normally do until march. fruit growers in florida are having a rough time. they're keeping nervous watch over their already hard-hit crops. a hard freeze warning is in effect throughout much of this morning. under the conditions temperature-sensitive vegetation could suffer widespread damage. strawberry and orange farmers have been spraying their crops with protective layers of ice to try to keep the fruit safe. really the amazing thing about this brutal winter weather is how widespread it is. how many people it's affecting across the country, and really around the world. stay with hln this morning for continuing coverage. just three days after it went up, this billboard in times square featuring president obama will be coming down. the weatherproof garment company posted that ad and planned to keep it there for two months. it shows the president wearing one of their jackets during his november trip to china. the company bought rights to the picture, but a company

spokesperson says they will remove the billboard because of a request by the white house. a flight on its way from atlanta to san francisco was forced to make an unscheduled landing due to an out-of-control passenger. two f-16 military jets escorted the airtran flight to the ground in colorado yesterday after a disruptive passenger locked himself in the plane's bathroom. other passengers say the man appeared to be drunk. >> the guy is just going off on the stewardess because she's telling him "you've had too much to drink." but he has no shoes, and he has no shirt on. >> he was just pointing and yelling. even when we went to land, he wouldn't sit down. he stood up in the back of the plane. >> if you could imagine that. the unruly passenger was taken into custody by police in colorado springs. he is expected to be charged on monday with interference with a flight crew, a federal charge. police in england have arrested three men who they say threatened staff aboard a plane bound for dubai. the men were arrested on

suspicion of making a bomb threat and are in jail in london right now. the incident happened last night as the plane was getting ready to take off from heathrow airport. all of the passengers were taken off the plane while police searched it with bomb-sniffing dogs. they found nothing suspicious, though. heathrow airport remained open during the incident. the christmas airline bombing attempt suspect has pleaded not guilty to all charges. umar farouk abdulmutallab appeared in court in detroit yesterday. it lasted about four minutes, the hearing. he is facing six federal charges including an attempt to blow up a plane and an attempt to use weapons of mass destruction. that charge could get him listen in prison if he's convicted. his defense didn't challenge the government's request to keep him in pretrial custody. his next court date has not been set yet. it appears that some muslims wanted to make a point that this case has nothing to do with their faith. about 50 of them held a rally outside of the courthouse in downtown detroit. they tried to show that

terrorists don't represent islam. they chanted "we are americans," and held a banner saying "not in the name of islam." now mission is home to a large muslim community. as mary snow reports, many of them think it was about time to say something like this. ♪ >> reporter: inside a tiny mosque in detroit, imam kasim abullah leads muslims in prayer, a break from what describes as the shocking news that umar farouk abdulmutallab, a nigerian and muslim, stands accused of plotting to blow up an airliner. >> this is a disgrace, embarrassment to us as muslims, to us as nigerians. >> reporter: the imam says he has immediate concerns about the safety of his small community, but there's also anger within the community. what makes you angry? >> because this is not islam that i understand. this is not islam that i know of. >> reporter: members of this mosque joined other muslim groups tuesday in condemning the

attempted terror plot. >> no faith or legitimate political ideology could ever justify the injuring or murdering of innocent civilians. >> reporter: but a lawyer and activist hopes for more than words. he lives in dearborn, home to one of the country's largest muslim communities. he says american muslims were just recovering from negative perceptions. >> and now we get this other terrorist that attempts to blow an airliner right over our heads, right over the heads of the largest muslim population outside the middle east, right over our heads. and we're going to sit and watch? we said no. >> reporter: he's taking his anger to the streets and organizing on line. >> our goal between now and then is to literally spread the word out. >> reporter: the message -- >> if they got something with america, we're americans. if they got something against america, we're muslims, and we're prepared to die for islam just like you are. we're not afraid of death just like you're not.

but we're standing on the right side, the side of peace, and you're not. >> reporter: mary snow, cnn, detroit. we have been talking about the bone-chilling temperatures that have blanketed much of the country now. how long will it last? meteorologist bonnie schneider is here to tell us, any relief, bonnie? susan, not this weekend. we still are looking at another bitter blast of arctic air, frigid conditions across the country, particularly in the south where temperatures are in the 20s, the teens, and feeling like they're in the single digits in parts of the southeast. that's a big concern for the citrus growers in florida because on sunday night we're going to see those temperatures sustained at a long period of time in the 20s. you can see a front has now passed through. and without any sort of cloud cover overnight, the temperatures can really plummet. let's talk about that. high temperatures today are going to be cold unless you're in los angeles. that's where it's 78 degrees. atlanta's high is only 29. 53 in miami. 24 in boston. so we're actually very close to

areas in the northeast and the southeast. and then as we head across the country, we are looking at some nice conditions if you're looking to get away and maybe escape the cold weather, you'll probably want to head to southern california. that's where it's 78. 69 in phoenix, arizona. seattle at 53 degrees. then across the midwest, the bitter chill continues. kansas city, you'll eventually warm up by tuesday and wednesday, but a high today of only 9 degrees. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln. you may let a bad word slip every now and then. but one san francisco politician is taking it to another level. just updated my facebook status update vowing that in 2009 i'll use the word [ bleep ] in every board of supervisors meeting. so my apologies. >> what his constituents and fellow politicians think about his promise.

most people make new year's resolutions that better

themselves or others, right? one san francisco politician is taking his new year's resolution in the opposite direction. city supervisor chris daly has announced he plans to use the "f" word at every board of supervisors meeting this year. he announced his new year's resolution at a board of supervisors meeting, fittingly. most of his constituents and colleagues aren't too happy about it. >> i think it's f'ing ridiculous and i'm glad he's almost out of here. >> i think it's a publicity stunt. >> i actually dropped off a bar of soap in his office so he could use it to clean up his language. >> san francisco's mayor says daly's behave is an embarrassment to the city. you may not be familiar with the name art clokey, but chances are you're familiar with his work. he created the pop culture phenom gumby. the artist died at his home yesterday in california. clokey invented gumby as part of a student project when he was at usc. gumby and his horse friend pokey were eventually featured on "the

howdy doody show." in the '80s eddie murphy port y portrayed him as a showbiz prim donna, an act clokey said he enjoyed. if you want to see what the future looks like, head to vegas. that is the place to be. it is where the big consumer electronics show is going on with a load of high-tech gadgets on display. and hln's joe carter found out that some of them are going green. >> reporter: i've been hearing a lot about green products at this year's ces, and i found one. it's called an electric bike. it's the entaloop. tell me about it, david. >> one of the things that we've done over our 15 years of developing electric bikes in japan is we've made an electric bike that feels like riding a regular bicycle. >> reporter: where's the motor, david? >> the motor is in the front wheel, the battery pack is here. and the electronics that manage it are on the bottom bracket. so there's no throttle, all you do is get on the bike and start

pedaling and the motor takes off. >> reporter: how fast can you go one the motor kicks into gear? >> it goes 15 miles per hour is max speed. but the harder you pedal, the faster you go, up to 15 miles per hour. and you can also shut the electric power off and it will be just like riding a regular bicycle. >> do i need to plug this into the wall? >> you take out the battery and plug it into a charger. >> reporter: david assures me that when i ride this bicycle i'll come back with a smile. we'll see. off and running. wow, you can really feel the power on the bike. the thing takes off. how much is this bike going to set me back? >> it's $2,295. >> reporter: a lot of dough. how are you justifying spending over $2,000 for a bicycle? >> well, it will bellevue pay for itself by gasoline savings. >> reporter: it brakes like a normal bike, pedals like a normal bike, you can really feel the power. >> in the summer and most of the year i ride my electric bike to work. costs about three cents to charge the electric battery to go from work who to home. >> reporter: look, mom, i'm

saving the planet. green is good. many times when a team wins a championship we hear talk of a trip, i don't know, maybe to disney world, but not for the crimson tide of alabama. bob, where is the tide going, that's what we want to know. >> reporter: susan, college football's newly crowned champs are going to walmart. talk about a fun trip, right? actually the players are not going to walmart -- some of them may be, i don't know. but we're talking about the national championship coaches trophy which will be on display at the walmart supercenter in tuscaloosa on saturday, not far from the alabama campus. a lot of visitors i'm sure will go there. college football coaches are getting the message loud and clear. you can not verbally or physically abuse players and get away with it. the university of south florida fired coach jim leavitt after an

investigation concluded that he grabbed a player by the throat, slapped him, and lied about it. less than two weeks after he was fired as texas tech's coach, mike leach is suing the university saying administrators intentionally made statements to damage his reputation and hurt him financially. leach is accused of mistreating an injured player, allegedly stuck him in a storage shed and electrical closet because a concussion prevented him from practicing. and the nfl playoffs get started this afternoon in frigid and possibly snowy cincinnati where the bengals host the new york jets. and thank goodness someone has straightened out jets coach rex ryan. three weeks ago after his team lost to atlanta, ryan said, "we're out of the playoffs, and that's unfortunate." obviously the coach got some bad info. . it happens sometimes. bay the way, ryan now says his jets should be the favorites to win the super bowl. we'll see. that's a check of sports.

i'm bob fiscella.

sustained winds blowing 60 to 70 miles out here. but the windchill, it is just painful. >> boy, the winds are fierce. we have to say that reporter is okay. she's with affiliate kgw in oregon. winds in that area of the columbia river gorge topped 100 miles per hour. 2/3 of the country is getting hit by severe weather. you saw how powerful the winds

there were. from bitter cold to snow and ice, continue to stay with hln for the latest on the forecast. a new report is highly critical of the way police in oakland, california, handled the aftermath of a shoot-out that left four officers dead. an independent board says oakland police mismanaged the 2009 shoot-out and that they made a series of poor decisions that may have contributed to the death toll. the shoot-out began last march during a traffic stop involving 26-year-old lavelle nixon. nixon allegedly shot and killed two officers who pulled him over. he ran to a nearby apartment building and eventually shot and killed two s.w.a.t. officers before police shot and killed him. the incident was the deadliest in oakland police history. the bank closures that hit a record last year are turning up in 2010. horizon bank in bellingham, washington, was the first bank to fail this year. all its deposits and assets will be taken over by seattle-based washington federal savings and loan association. the fdic will have to cover more

than half a billion dollars in insurance costs. 140 banks failed last year, the highest number since 1992. the fdic chairwoman says the number could be even higher in 2010. octomom, aka nadya suleman, has won a court victory and won't have to worry about someone monitoring the family's money. this is video from radaronline. a california appeals court denied a call for an independent guardian to watch over the children's finances. it ruled the petition was "an unprecedented, meritless request by a stranger," and said there was no proof suleman was engaging in financial misconducts. elvis fans are, you may say, all shook up. the king of rock 'n' roll would have celebrated a big birthday yesterday. why his legend endures even though he's been gone for decades.

bone-chilling weather has killed at least four people. the cold front is moving east so people in the rockies could get a bit of a break. police have arrested a suspect in that security scare at newark airport. they say he's a ph.d. student from china who's facing trespassing charges. he skipped a security line to say good-bye to his girlfriend on sunday. that move shut down an entire airport terminal for hours. we are hearing that fox may be interested in hiring late night comedian conan o'brien. that is what a network source suggested to the associated press. o'brien's position has been unclear since nbc said it is considering bringing jay leno

back to the late night spot. leno's primetime gig had disappointing ratings. that is a quick check of your saturday headlines here on hln. good to see you, i'm susan hendricks. you are probably dealing as best you can with the cold weather out there. but things are really tough as well in england. penny marshall tells us about a cold snap which has crippled great britain. >> reporter: three days in and crippled england is beginning to show its strength. forecasters say more, much, much more is going to be needed in the icy days ahead. what started as a snowy adventure is turning into a national crisis. business is suffering with only half of the working population making it in. this bed company in somerset doesn't have enough workers or supplies reaching it to stay open for long. >> we are the major employer in the town. people locally rely on us being

open and, therefore, being able to earn money. and clearly if we can't operate, then they can't earn their money. >> reporter: supplies are also under threat. shoppers stock up and then some produce runs out. vast quantities of fresh farmers milk have been thrown away in devon because it can't reach the shops. this farm's discarded 10,000 litres in the past few days. >> there are bound to be gaps. there are bound to be specific product lines which -- where there is more difficulties in getting through than others. >> reporter: so should we panic? >> no, of course we shouldn't. [ screams ] >> reporter: while some children certainly aren't panicking, those taking crucial exams scheduled for next week are beginning to worry. 10,000 schools remain closed, heaping pressure on the parents who are trying to work and the students who are trying to study. the exams may have to be postponed until the summer. >> i think it's unfair that we all worked so hard for so long and then not to get the

opportunity to do them. and in june we've already got exams planned, so why heap more pressure on us? it's already hard enough. >> reporter: with every inch of britain buried in snow this will be a winter to be remembered by every family battling to keep normal life going, both for themselves and for their neighbors. >> i've got your milk. okay? all right then. >> reporter: when this whiteout happening in every street, in every single village, town, and city in britain, for the moment it's almost having a uniting effect on us. make no mistake -- if this goes on much longer, it's going to take the infrastructure to breaking point. energy levels are at record consumption as the livingston family know. they're lighting a coal fire to keep themselves and their kids warm, and they're running a boiler 24/7. so what'sing that that going to do to your heating bills? >> i hate to think really. i'm sure they're going to go through the roof. >> reporter: transport services across the board will also be

counting the cost. many planes aren't flying. many trains aren't running. and all untreated roads are treacherous. the a.a. said that the past few days have been the busiest in their entire history, and there's absolutely no sign of britain emerging from the grip of this historic iceover for several days to come. penny marshall, itv news. really the amazing thing about this brutal winter weather is how widespread it is, how many people it's affecting across the country, and really around the world. stay with hln this morning for continuing coverage. this just in to hln. a suspected suicide bomber blamed for killing seven cia employees and contractors threatened revenge before he died. humam al- balawi suggested revenge over a former boss in pakistan that was killed in an

airstrike. listen to what he said here. >> we will never forget the blood of our leader, may god haveomers oh his soul. it will remain that we take revenge for his death in america and outside america. it is a trust on every person who left everything for the sake of god whom he supported. >> the suspect appeared in the video with a new leader of taliban's pakistani branch. the suspects accused of -- suspect's accused of blowing himself up at a cia base in afghanistan on december 30. the christmas airline bombing attempt suspect has pleaded not guilty to all charges. umar farouk abdulmutallab appeared in court in detroit yesterday. it lasted about four minutes, the hearing. he is facing six federal charges including an attempt to blow up a plane and an attempt to use weapons of mass destruction. that charge could get him life in prison if he's convicted. his defense didn't challenge the government's request to keep him in pretrial custody. his next court date has not been

set. just three days after it went up, this billboard in times square featuring president obama will be coming down. the weatherproof garment company posted that ad and planned to keep it there for two months. it shows the president wearing one of their jackets during his november trip to china. the company bought rights to the picture, but a company spokesperson says they will remove the billboard because of a request by the white house. a flight on its way from atlanta to san francisco was forced to make an unscheduled landing due to an out-of-control passenger. two f-16 military jets escorted the airtran flight to the ground in colorado yesterday after a disruptive passenger locked himself in the plane's bathroom. other passengers say the man appeared to be drunk. >> the guy is just going off on the stewardess because she's telling him "you've had too much to drink." but he has no shoes, and he has no shirt on. >> he was just pointing and yelling. even when we went to land, he wouldn't sit down. he stood up in the back of the plane. >> if you could imagine that.

the unruly passenger was taken into custody by police in colorado springs. he is expected to be charged on monday with interference with a flight crew, a federal charge. police in england have arrested three men who they say threatened staff aboard a plane bound for dubai. the men were arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat and are in jail in london right now. the incident happened last night as the plane was getting ready to take off from heathrow airport. all of the passengers were taken off the plane while police searched it with bomb-sniffing dogs. they found nothing suspicious, though. heathrow airport remained open during the incident. we have been talking about the bone-chilling temperatures that have blanketed much of the country now. how long will it last? meteorologist bonnie schneider is here to tell us. any relief, bonnie? not this weekend. we are still looking at another bitter blast of arctic air. frigid conditions across the country particularly in the south where temperatures are in

the 20s, the teens, and feeling like they're in the single digits in parts of the southeast. and that's a big concern for the citrus growers in florida because on sunday night we're going to those temperatures sustained at a long period of time in the 20s. you can see a front has now passed through, and without any sort of cloud coverage overnight the temperatures can really plummet. so let's talk about that. high temperatures today are going to be cold unless you're in los angeles. that's where it's 78 degrees. but atlanta's high is only 29. 53 in miami. 24 in boston. so we're actually very close to areas in the northeast and the southeast. and then as we head across the country we are looking at some nice conditions if you're looking to get away and maybe escape the cold weather. you'll probably want to head to southern california, that's where it's 78. 69 in phoenix, arizona. seattle at 53 degrees. and then across the midwest, the bitter chill continues. kansas city, you'll eventually warm up by tuesday and wednesday, but a high today of only 9 degrees. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln.

you may let a bad word slip every now and then. but one san francisco politician is taking it to another level. i just updated my facebook status. so in 2010 i will use [ bleep ] at every one of my board of supervisors meetings.

most people make new year's resolutions that better themselves or others, right? one san francisco politician is taking his new year's resolution in the opposite direction. city supervisor chris daly has announced he plans to use the "f" word at every board of supervisors meeting this year. he announced his new year's resolution at a board of

supervisors meeting, fittingly. most of his constituents and colleagues aren't too happy about it. ridiculous, and i'm glad he's almost out of here. >> i think it's a publicity stunt. >> i actually dropped off a bar of soap in his office so he could use it to clean up his language. >> san francisco's mayor says daly's behavior is an embarrassment to the city. you may not be familiar with the name art clokey, but chances are you're familiar with his work. he created the pop culture phenom gumby. the artist died at his home yesterday in california. clokey invented gumby as part of a student project when he was at usc. gumby and his horse friend pokey were eventually featured on "the howdy doody show." in the '80s, eddie murphy portrayed him as a cigar-chomping prim donna, an act clokey said he enjoyed.

some basketball players, you could say, are learning the hard way that not everyone shares their sense of humor. bob fischel is here to lane in bob? >> reporter: the washington wizards removed all images of one-time scar gilbert arenas who's indefinitely suspended for storing guns in the team's locker room. four of his teammates are going to cough up the cash. each of the four were fined $10,000 by the nba for this during a pregame huddle in which arena was seen pointing his index finger like he was firing a gun with the guys surrounding him laughing, smiling, making light of the whole situation. now they'll pay the price. so much for the phrase "let there be light." this was the scene last night at the prudential center in new jersey as the lights went dim during the second period of the devils-lightning game. they feverishly tried to get the lights back on, no go. after nearly two hours the game had to be suspended, as you can imagine, the fans not too happy about it. meantime fans in boston showing up in record numbers last night at frigid fenway park

to watch college hockey with temperatures hovering around 20 degrees and a windchill of 7, over 38,000 on hand saw boston university's 3-2 win over boston college. talk about diehard. time for the play of the day. if you look closely there's a golfer back there. that's jerry kelly. season-opening sbs championship in hawaii. look at this flop shot out of the green, in the cup. that's a birdie the hard way. makes it look so easy. that's a check of sports, i'm bob fischella. the future is now in las vegas. that is where companies are showing off all of their new high-tech gadgets that will be in a store near you soon. hln's joe carter went hunting for some of the more trendy devices. >> reporter: we're in las vegas. it's not just gambling there week, it's all about the gadgets, the technological world has come here to unveil their hottest products for 2010.

from smart tones to p.c.s to gaming, let's check it out. so what is this? >> it's a k-3 wind and solar charger. it charges any of your small electronic devices such as your cell phones, ipods, psps. >> reporter: so i can plug this into my device, stick it outside, and it will either charge by the sun or the wind? >> correct. and it's got a 4,000 battery in it so you can precharge it. if you're out hunting, camping, fishing, whatever, it continues to triple charge while you're out and about. >> reporter: the k-3. flat screens are getting even flatter. this is the ultrathin by samsung, and it's actually thinner than my iphone. if you're inspired by interactive technology, you're going to love this. this is the e-board by samsung. think of it like an electronic chalkboard. you can use it for school, you can use it for business meetings. you can actually play video. you want to show some images, same concept. drag, drop, open. another cool feature for this

e-board is that everything you do during your presentation will be saved which you can then put on a disc and give it to anybody who's watching the presentation. an electronic chalkboard by samsung. i'm joe carter with hln. the mother of octuplets has won a big court victory. now there's one less issue she has to worry about. we're talking about octomom. time now for some fancy footwork, which brings us to wednesday's gmac bowl in mobile, alabama. antonio brown of central michigan starts a fourth quarter rally with this 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. evading would-be tacklers and then outracing troy defenders with his speed for a quick six.

now that is some fancy footwork.

sustained winds blowing 60 to 70 miles per hour out here but with the windchill it is just painful. >> boy the winds are fierce. we have to say that reporter is okay. she's with affiliate kgw in oregon. winds in that area of the columbia river gorge topped 100 miles per hour. 2/3 of the country is getting hit by severe weather. you saw just how powerful the winds there were. for from bitter cold to snow and ice, continue to stay with hln for the latest on the forecast. a new report is highly critical of the way police in oakland, california, handled the aftermath of a shoot-out that left four officers dead. an independent board says oakland police mismanaged the twine shoot-out and that they made a series of poor decisions that may have contributed to the death toll. the shoot-out began last march during a traffic stop involving

26-year-old lavelle nixon. nixon allegedly shot and killed two officers who pulled him over. he ran to a nearby apartment building and eventually shot and killed two s.w.a.t. officers before officers before police shot and killed him. the incident was the deadliest in oakland police history. we're getting new details today about a shooting spree at a st. louis factory that left four people dead, five others injured. police say the suspected gunman was armed with four guns and a fanny pack full of ammo. do dozens of workers ran for the roof, boiler rooms, anywhere they could find safety during the shooting on thursday. authorities aren't sure of a motive here but they say the suspect, 51-year-old timothy hendrin was involved in a lawsuit against the company. vice president joe biden says he's lost the woman at the center of his family. his mother died yesterday at the family's home in delaware surrounded by loved ones. in a statement, the vice president said of his mother, "she believed in us and because

of that we believed in ourselves." jean biden was 92. octomom aka nadya suleman has won a lawsuit. a california appeals court denied a call for an independent guardian to watch over the children's finances. it ruled the petition was "an n unprecedented meritless effort by a stranger." the bank closures that hit a record last year are turning up in 2010. horizon bank in bellingham, washington, was the first bank to fail this year. the fdic will have to cover more than half a billion dollars in insurance costs. 140 banks failed last year. the highest number since 1992. the fdic chairwoman says the number could be even higher in

2010. just days before he heads to jail, balloon boy's father has a message for the public. he didn't do it. he insists his family did not plan a hoax so why did he plead guilty? hear his explanation.

what he did was a terrible injustice to the over 10,000 people. >> the man who allegedly caused the shutdown of a terminal at newark's busy airport was arrested last night. why he did it and what charges he's facing. animal neglect if we decide to stay in the house and not go out and take care of them. >> the big freeze may have brought activities to a grinding halt for some people, but farmers have to face the bone-chilling cold to make sure their livestock survives. the university of alabama worked all year to win the bcs championship game. today the school will share the trophy with its fans in an unusual place where the sign

that says roll tide may get mixed with the ones that say roll back. this is hln on what is for many of you a very cold saturday morning. glad you're with us. i'm susan hendricks. >> we start in new jersey where authorities have arrested the man allegedly responsible for shutting down a terminal at newark's airport. 28-year-old hasong jiang was taken into custody in piscataway, new jersey. he ducked under a rope to walk his girlfriend to her plane. last night he was charged with defiant trespass. he is expected to appear in court next week. >> there's a message that goes out there that don't try it. don't try it. if you do, we're going to catch you. we'll show that we know how to

stop this even if we miss it at the moment going in but that good police work, trained officers know what to do to get to the target. >> at this time he allegedly slipped through security, the tsa screener who was supposed to be watching the checkpoint was not there. this just in to hln. a suspected suicide bomber blamed for killing seven cia employees and contractors threatened revenge before he died. human kalil al-balawi appeared in a video this morning. he suggested the attack was revenge for a former taliban boss in pakistan who was killed in an air strike. listen to what he said here. >> translator: we will never forget the blood of our leader. may god have mercy on his soul. it will remain that we take revenge for his death in america and outside america. it is a trust on every person who left everything for the sake

of god, whom he supported. >> the suspect appeared in the video with a new leader of the taliban's pakistani branch. the suspect's accused of blowing himself up at a cia base in afghanistan on december 30. you will be shivering a while longer before warmer air brings relief from those bone-chilling temperatures we're seeing. the deadly winter freeze will keep a tight grip on many parts of the country this weekend. take a look at just how treacherous icy roads got in the atlanta area, causing many accidents. it is expected to dip into the 20s in the southeast. in the plains warnings are posted because windchills could drop as low as 25 below zero. at least nine deaths are blamed on the winter storm. in central nebraska, it's pretty rough. livestock farmers are battling against windchills of 30 below or more. drifts are so deep tractors are getting stuck, and since the ground is covered in snow, there

is nowhere for the cattle to go. that means farmers must brave the cold to feed them so the animals will survive. >> we've been plowing out this morning, took us about three hours to get a tractor down the road just to get us into these barns to take care of our livestock. we're farmers, and that's what we do. >> the farmers are feeding their cattle hay every day. something they don't normally do until march. fruit growers in florida are having a rough time. they're keeping nervous watch over their already hard-hit crops. a hard freeze warning is in effect throughout much of this morning. under the conditions temperature-sensitive vegetation could suffer widespread damage. strawberry and orange farmers have been spraying their crops with protective layers of ice to try to keep the fruit safe. really the amazing thing about this brutal winter weather is how widespread it is. how many people it's affecting across the country, and really around the world. stay with hln this morning for continuing coverage. just three days after it

went up, this billboard in times square featuring president obama will be coming down. the weatherproof garment company posted that ad and planned to keep it there for two months. it shows the president wearing one of their jackets during his november trip to china. the company bought rights to the picture, but a company spokesperson says they will remove the billboard because of a request by the white house. a flight on its way from atlanta to san francisco was forced to make an unscheduled landing due to an out-of-control passenger. two f-16 military jets escorted the airtran flight to the ground in colorado yesterday after a disruptive passenger locked himself in the plane's bathroom. other passengers say the man appeared to be drunk. >> the guy is just going off on the stewardess because she's telling him "you've had too much to drink." but he has no shoes, and he has no shirt on. >> he was just pointing and yelling. even when we went to land, he wouldn't sit down. he stood up in the back of the plane. >> if you could imagine that. the unruly passenger was taken into custody by police in colorado springs.

he is expected to be charged on monday with interference with a flight crew, a federal charge. police in england have arrested three men who they say threatened staff aboard a plane bound for dubai. the men were arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat and are in jail in london right now. the incident happened last night as the plane was getting ready to take off from heathrow airport. all of the passengers were taken off the plane while police searched it with bomb-sniffing dogs. they found nothing suspicious, though. heathrow airport remained open during the incident. the christmas airline bombing attempt suspect has pleaded not guilty to all charges. umar farouk abdulmutallab appeared in court in detroit yesterday. it lasted about four minutes, the hearing. he is facing six federal charges including an attempt to blow up a plane and an attempt to use weapons of mass destruction. that charge could get him life in prison if he's convicted. his defense didn't challenge the government's request to keep him in pretrial custody. his next court date has not been

set yet. it appears that some muslims wanted to make a point that this case has nothing to do with their faith. about 50 of them held a rally outside of the courthouse in downtown detroit. they tried to show that terrorists don't represent islam. they chanted "we are americans," and held a banner saying "not in the name of islam." now michigan is home to a large muslim community. as mary snow reports, many of them think it was about time to say something like this. ♪ >> reporter: inside a tiny mosque in detroit, imam kasim abullah leads muslims in prayer, a break from what he describes as the shocking news that umar farouk abdulmutallab, a nigerian and muslim, stands accused of plotting to blow up an airliner. >> this is a disgrace, embarrassment to us as muslims,

to us as nigerians. >> reporter: the imam says he has immediate concerns about the safety of his small community, but there's also anger within the community. what makes you angry? >> because this is not islam that i understand. this is not islam that i know of. >> reporter: members of this mosque joined other muslim groups tuesday in condemning the attempted terror plot. >> no faith or legitimate political ideology could ever justify the injuring or murdering of innocent civilians. >> reporter: but a lawyer and activist hopes for more than words. he lives in dearborn, home to one of the country's largest muslim communities. he says american muslims were just recovering from negative perceptions. >> and now we get this other terrorist that attempts to blow an airliner right over our heads, right over the heads of the largest muslim population outside the middle east, right over our heads. and we're going to sit and watch? we said no. >> reporter: he's taking his anger to the streets and organizing on line. >> our goal between now and then

is to literally spread the word out. >> reporter: the message -- >> if they got something with america, we're americans. if they got something against america, we're muslims, and we're prepared to die for islam just like you are. we're not afraid of death just like you're not. but we're standing on the right side, the side of peace, and you're not. >> reporter: mary snow, cnn, detroit. we have been talking about the bone-chilling temperatures that have blanketed much of the country now. how long will it last? meteorologist bonnie schneider is here to tell us, any relief, bonnie? susan, not this weekend. we still are looking at another bitter blast of arctic air, frigid conditions across the country, particularly in the south where temperatures are in the 20s, the teens, and feeling like they're in the single digits in parts of the southeast. that's a big concern for the citrus growers in florida because on sunday night we're going to see those temperatures sustained at a long period of time in the 20s. you can see a front has now passed through. and without any sort of cloud

coverage overnight, the temperatures can really plummet. let's talk about that. high temperatures today are going to be cold unless you're in los angeles. that's where it's 78 degrees. atlanta's high is only 29. 53 in miami. 24 in boston. so we're actually very close to areas in the northeast and the southeast. and then as we head across the country, we are looking at some nice conditions if you're looking to get away and maybe escape the cold weather, you'll probably want to head to southern california. that's where it's 78. 69 in phoenix, arizona. seattle at 53 degrees. then across the midwest, the bitter chill continues. kansas city, you'll eventually warm up by tuesday and wednesday, but a high today of only 9 degrees. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln. you may let a bad word slip every now and then. but one san francisco politician is taking it to another level. just updated my facebook status update vowing that in 2009 i'll use the word [ bleep ] in every board of supervisors meeting. so my apologies.

>> what his constituents and fellow politicians think about his promise.

most people make new year's resolutions that better themselves or others, right? one san francisco politician is taking his new year's resolution in the opposite direction. city supervisor chris daly has announced he plans to use the "f" word at every board of supervisors meeting this year. he announced his new year's resolution at a board of supervisors meeting, fittingly. most of his constituents and colleagues aren't too happy about it. >> i think it's f'ing ridiculous and i'm glad he's almost out of here. >> i think it's a nonissue and a publicity stunt. >> i actually dropped off a bar of soap in his office so he could use it to clean up his language. >> san francisco's mayor says daley's behavior is an embarrassment to the city. many times when a team wins

a championship, we talk about a trip to disney world. not about the crimson tide of alabama. >> college football's newly crowned champs are going to walmart. talk about a fun trip. the players are not going to walmart. some of them may be. i don't know. we're talking about the national championship coach's trophy which will be on display at the walmart supercenter on saturday not far from the alabama campus. a lot of visitors will go there. college football coaches are getting the message loud and clear. you can not verbally abuse players and get away with it. a school investigation found that he grabbed a player by the throat, slapped him and lied about it. less than two weeks after he was fired as coach, he is suing saying administrators made statements to damage his

reputation and hurt him financially. the nfl playoffs get started this afternoon in frigid and possibly snowy cincinnati where bengals host the new york jets and thank goodness someone straightened out coach rex ryan. three weeks after ryan said we're out of the playoffs and that's unfortunate. obviously the coach got some bad info. it happens sometimes. by the way, ryan now says his jets should be the favorites to win the super bowl. we'll see. that's a check of sports. the mother of octuplets won a big court victory and now there's one less issue she has to worry about. we're talking about octomom. this is hln.

sustained winds blowing 60 to 70 miles out here. but the windchill, it is just painful. >> boy, the winds are fierce. we have to say that reporter is okay. she's with affiliate kgw in oregon. winds in that area of the columbia river gorge topped 100 miles per hour. two-thirds of the country is getting hit by severe weather. you saw how powerful the winds there were. from bitter cold to snow and ice, continue to stay with hln for the latest on the forecast.

a new report is highly critical of the way police in oakland, california, handled the aftermath of a shoot-out that left four officers dead. an independent board says oakland police mismanaged the 2009 shoot-out and that they made a series of poor decisions that may have contributed to the death toll. the shoot-out began last march during a traffic stop involving 26-year-old lavelle nixon. nixon allegedly shot and killed two officers who pulled him over. he ran to a nearby apartment building and eventually shot and killed two s.w.a.t. officers before police shot and killed him. the incident was the deadliest in oakland police history. the bank closures that hit a record last year are turning up in 2010. horizon bank in bellingham, washington, was the first bank to fail this year. all its deposits and assets will be taken over by seattle-based washington federal savings and loan association. the fdic will have to cover more than half a billion dollars in insurance costs. 140 banks failed last year, the highest number since 1992.

the fdic chairwoman says the number could be even higher in 2010. octomom, aka nadya suleman, has won a court victory and won't have to worry about someone monitoring the family's money. this is video from radaronline. a california appeals court denied a call for an independent guardian to watch over the children's finances. it ruled the petition was "an unprecedented, meritless effort by a stranger," and said there was no proof suleman was engaging in financial misconduct. if you want to see what the future looks like, head to vegas. it's where the big electronic consumer show is going on with a load of high tech gadgets on display. hln's joe carter found some of them are going green. >> i've been hearing a lot about green products. i found one.

it's called the electric bike. tell me about it. >> one of the things that we've done of our 15 years of developing electric bikes in japan is we've made an electric bike that feels like riding a regular bicycle. >> where's the motor? >> it's in the front wheel. the battery pack is here. the electronics that manage it are on the bottom bracket. there's no throttle. all you do is get on the bike and start pedalling and the motor takes off. >> how fast can you go once the motor kicks into gear? >> it goes 15 miles an hour is max speed. the harder you pedal, the faster you go up to 15 miles an hour and you can shut the electric power off and it will be like righting a regular bicycle. >> do i need to plug this into the wall? >> you take out the battery and plug it into a charger. >> david assures me when i ride this bicycle i'll come back with a smile. off and running. you can feel the power in the bike. the thing just takes off. how much is this bike going to set me back? >> $2,295. >> how are you justifying

spending over $2,000 for a bicycle? >> it will pay for itself by gasoline savings. >> brakes like a normal bike. pedals like a normal bike except when you start to pedal you can feel the power. >> in the summer and most of the year i ride my electric bike to work. it cost about 3 cents to charge the battery to go from work to home. >> look, mom, i'm saving the planet. green is good. >> joe carter reporting from las vegas. looks like he's having a good time. the consumer electronics show runs through tomorrow. check out our coverage. logon to cnn.com/robin. elvis fans are all shook up. why his legend endures even though he's been gone for decades. #ñ#ñ#ñ#ñññññññññ

brutal conditions across much of the nation is expected to stick around through the weekend. those conditions are bone chilling weather has killed at least four people. the cold front is moving east so people in the rockies could get a bit of a break. police have arrested a suspect in that security scare at newark airport. they say he's a ph.d. student from china who's facing trespassing charges. he skipped a security line to say good-bye to his girlfriend on sunday. that move shut down an entire airport terminal for hours. we are hearing that fox may be interested in hiring late night comedian conan o'brien. that is what a network source suggested to the associated press. o'brien's position has been unclear since nbc said it is considering bringing jay leno back to the late night spot.

leno's primetime gig had disappointing ratings. that is a quick check of your saturday headlines here on hln. good to see you, i'm susan hendricks. you are probably dealing as best you can with the cold weather out there. but things are really tough as well in england. penny marshall tells us about a cold snap which has crippled great britain. >> reporter: three days in and frozen britain is beginning to show the strain. road grip is rationed out as forecasters warn that more, much, much more is going to be needed in the icy days ahead. what started as a snowy adventure is turning into a national crisis. businesses suffering with only half of the working population making it in. this bed company in somerset doesn't have enough workers or supplies reaching it to stay open for long. >> we are the major employer in the town. people locally rely on us being open and, therefore, being able

to earn money. and clearly if we can't operate, then they can't earn their money. >> reporter: supplies are also under threat. shoppers stock up and then some produce runs out. vast quantities of fresh farmers milk have been thrown away in devon because it can't reach the shops. this farm's discarded 10,000 liters in the past few days. >> there are bound to be gaps. there are bound to be specific product lines which -- where there is more difficulties in getting through than others. >> reporter: so should we panic? >> no, of course we shouldn't. >> reporter: while some children certainly aren't panicking, those taking crucial exams scheduled for next week are beginning to worry. 10,000 schools remain closed, heaping pressure on the parents who are trying to work and the students who are trying to study. the exams may have to be postponed until the summer. >> i think it's unfair that we all worked so hard for so long and then not to get the opportunity to do them.

and in june we've already got exams planned, so why heap more pressure on us? it's already hard enough. >> reporter: with every inch of britain buried in snow this will be a winter to be remembered by every family battling to keep normal life going, both for themselves and for their neighbors. >> i've got your milk. okay? all right then. >> reporter: with this whiteout happening in every street, in every single village, town, and city in britain, for the moment it's almost having a uniting effect on us. make no mistake -- if this goes on much longer, it's going to take the infrastructure to breaking point. energy levels are at record consumption as the livingston family know. they're lighting a coal fire to keep themselves and their kids warm, and they're running a boiler 24/7. so what's that going to do to your heating bills? >> i hate to think really. i'm sure they're going to go through the roof. >> reporter: transport services across the board will also be

counting the cost. many planes aren't flying. many trains aren't running. and all untreated roads are treacherous. the a.a. said that the past few days have been the busiest in their entire history, and there's absolutely no sign of britain emerging from the grip of this historic iceover for several days to come. penny marshall, itv news. really the amazing thing about this brutal winter weather is how widespread it is, how many people it's affecting across the country, and really around the world. stay with hln this morning for continuing coverage. this just in to hln. a suspected suicide bomber blamed for killing seven cia employees and contractors threatened revenge before he died. humam al balawi suggested revenge over a former boss in pakistan that was killed in an air strike. listen to what he said here.

>> translator: we will never forget the blood of our leader, may god have mercy on hi soul. it will remain that we take revenge for his death in america and outside america. it is a trust on every person who left everything for the sake of god whom he supported. >> the suspect appeared in the video with a new leader of taliban's pakistani branch. the suspect's accused of blowing himself up at a cia base in afghanistan on december 30th. the christmas airline bombing attempt suspect has pleaded not guilty to all charges. umar farouk abdulmutallab appeared in court in detroit yesterday. it lasted about four minutes, the hearing. he is facing six federal charges including an attempt to blow up a plane and an attempt to use weapons of mass destruction. that charge could get him life in prison if he's convicted. his defense didn't challenge the government's request to keep him in pretrial custody. his next court date has not been set yet.

just three days after it went up, this billboard in times square featuring president obama will be coming down. the weatherproof garment company posted that ad and planned to keep it there for two months. it shows the president wearing one of their jackets during his november trip to china. the company bought rights to the picture, but a company spokesperson says they will remove the billboard because of a request by the white house. a flight on its way from atlanta to san francisco was forced to make an unscheduled landing due to an out-of-control passenger. two f-16 military jets escorted the airtran flight to the ground in colorado yesterday after a disruptive passenger locked himself in the plane's bathroom. other passengers say the man appeared to be drunk. >> the guy is just going off on the stewardess because she's telling him "you've had too much to drink." but he has no shoes, and he has no shirt on. >> he was just pointing and yelling. even when we went to land, he wouldn't sit down. he stood up in the back of the plane. >> if you could imagine that.

the unruly passenger was taken into custody by police in colorado springs. he is expected to be charged on monday with interference with a flight crew, a federal charge. police in england have arrested three men who they say threatened staff aboard a plane bound for dubai. the men were arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat and are in jail in london right now. the incident happened last night as the plane was getting ready to take off from heathrow airport. all of the passengers were taken off the plane while police searched it with bomb-sniffing dogs. they found nothing suspicious, though. heathrow airport remained open during the incident. you may let a bad word slip every now and then but one san francisco politician is taking it to another level. >> just updated my facebook status update vowing that in 2009 i'll use the word [ bleep ] in every board of supervisors meeting so my apologies. >> what his constituents and fellow politicians think about

his promise.

most people make new year's resolutions that better themselves or others, right? one san francisco politician is taking his new year's resolution in the opposite direction. city supervisor chris daly has announced he plans to use the "f" word at every board of supervisors meeting this year. he announced his new year's resolution at a board of supervisors meeting, fittingly. most of his constituents and colleagues aren't too happy about it. i think it's fing ridiculous, and i'm glad he's almost out of here. >> i think it's a publicity stunt. >> i actually dropped off a bar of soap in his office so he could use it to clean up his language. >> san francisco's mayor says

daly's behavior is an embarrassment to the city. you may not be familiar with the name art clokey, but chances are you're familiar with his work. he created the pop culture phenom gumby. the artist died at his home yesterday in california. clokey invented gumby as part of a student project when he was at usc. gumby and his horse friend pokey were eventually featured on "the howdy doody show." in the '80s, eddie murphy portrayed him as a cigar-chomping prim donna, an act clokey said he enjoyed. the future is now in las vegas. that's where companies are showing off all of their new high tech gadgets that will be in a store near you soon. hln's joe carter went hunting for some of the more trendy devices. >> reporter: we're in las vegas. it's not just gambling this week, it's all about the gadgets, the technological world has come here to unveil their hottest products for 2010.

from smart tones to p.c.s to gaming, let's check it out. so what is this? >> it's a k-3 wind and solar charger. it charges any of your small electronic devices such as your cell phones, ipods, psps. >> reporter: so i can plug this into my device, stick it outside, and it will either charge by the sun or the wind? >> correct. and it's got a 4,000 battery in it so you can precharge it. if you're out hunting, camping, fishing, whatever, it continues to triple charge while you're out and about. >> reporter: the k-3. flat screens are getting even flatter. this is the ultrathin by samsung, and it's actually thinner than my iphone. if you're inspired by interactive technology, you're going to love this. this is the e-board by samsung. think of it like an electronic chalkboard. you can use it for school, you can use it for business meetings. you can actually play video. you want to show some images, same concept. drag, drop, open. another cool feature for this

e-board is that everything you do during your presentation will be saved which you can then put on a disc and give it to anybody who's watching the presentation. an electronic chalkboard by samsung. i'm joe carter with hln. >> joe carter reporting from las vegas. looks like he's having a good time. our thanks to him. the show runs through tomorrow. we'll be there live. check out our coverage at cnn.com/robin. some basketball players you could say are learning the hard way that not everyone shares their sense of humor. bob is here to explain this entire story for us. hi, bob. >> the washington wizards remove all images of one-time star who is suspended for storing guns in the team's locker room. four teammates will cough up the cash. each were fined $10,000 for this during a pregame huddle in which he was seen pointing his index finger like he was firing a gun

but the guys surrounding him laughing, smiling, making light of the whole situation. now they'll pay the price. so much for the phrase let there be light. this was the scene at the prudential center in new jersey as the lights went dim during the second period. they tried to get the lights back on. no go. after nearly two hours, the game had to be suspended as you can imagine the fans not too happy about it. meantime, fans in boston showing up in record numbers last night at frigid fenway park to watch college hockey with temperatures hovering around 20 degrees and a windchill of 7. over 38,000 on hand saw boston university's 3-2 win over boston college. talk about die-hards. time for the play of the day. if you look closely there's a golfer back there. that's jerry kelly. season opening sbc championship in hawaii. look at this shot in the cup. makes it look so easy.

that's a check of sports. the mother of octuplets has won a big court victory. now there's one less issue she has to worry about. we're talking about octomom.

sustained winds blowing 60 to 70 miles an hour out here plus the windchill is just painful. >> the winds are fierce. we have to say that reporter is okay. she's with affiliate kgw in oregon. winds in that area of the columbia river gorge topped 100 miles an hour. two-thirds of the country is getting hit by severe weather. you saw how powerful the winds there were. from bitter cold to snow and ice, stay with hln for the very latest on the forecast. a new report is highly critical of the way police in oakland, california, handled the aftermath of a shootout that left four officers dead. a board says the shootout was

mismanaged and they made a series of decisions that may have contributed to the death toll. it involved 26-year-old lavell mixon who allegedly shot and killed two officers who pulled him over. he ran to a nearby apartment building and eventually shot and killed two s.w.a.t. officers before police shot and killed him. the incident was the deadliest in oakland police history. dozens of workers in the plant ran for the roof, broom closets, boiler rooms, anywhere they could find safety during the shooting on thursday. authorities say they still aren't sure of a motive here. they say the suspect, 51-year-old timothy hendrin was involved in a lawsuit against vice president joe biden the company. says he's lost the woman at the center of his family. his mother, jean biden, died yesterday at the family's moment in delaware surrounded by loved ones. in a statement the vice president said of his mother

"she believed in us and because of that we believed in ourselves." ge jean biden was 92. octomom aka nadya suleman has won a court victory. a california appeals court denied a call for an independent guardian to watch over the children's finances. it ruled the petition was "an unprecedented meritless effort by a stranger" and there was no proof suleman was engaging in financial misconduct. being around for nearly a century doesn't make a business recession proof. christine romans looks at how one well established business is making a turnaround as it puts some serious economic challenges to bed. >> i have a pillow top one over there. >> bob log has been serving customers at his new york mattress store for 36 years. just like his father and his grandfather who started the

store in 1911. long's bedding has seen a lot in 98 years but long couldn't foresee couldn't foresee this recession. >> i would say this has been the worst, yes, absolutely this is the worst i've seen business in since i've been here in 46 years. >> reporter: long's company didn't carry any major debt and was in pretty good shape financially. but sales fell 20%, and that meant he had to take steps to help turn around the business. first stop, cutting costs. like the yellow page ads the store has taken out for decades. >> i found over the last couple years, that people are going a lot more towards the web, and they're not using the yellow pages. and i've been paying a fortune for a full-page ad in the yellow book. >> reporter: now long's wife judy maintains the business's website at a much lower cost. >> we've also changed our lineup of bedding over the last year, last six months to a year. we brought more reasonable-priced bedding to the

store. which what's selling now. the mid to high-price bedding is not selling all that well. >> reporter: he says one thing he won't change sets his business apart from the big chain competitors. >> service. we service our customers. somebody has a problem with a bed, we ourselves go out first. >> reporter: that's why despite lower sales, he says he's refused to lay off his delivery men, including one who's been with the company for two decades. >> i've gotten countless calls from customers thanking me, not for the product, but for our men that went up and made the delivery. >> reporter: long says with the combination of great service and a few smart steps, his business will be around for future generations like his daughter teri who has already worked here for 12 years. christine romans, cnn, new york. just days before he heads to jail, balloon boy's fathers has a message for the public. he didn't do it. he insists his family did not plan a hoax, so why did he plead guilty? hear his explanation. 

what he did was a terrible injustice to the over 10,000 people. >> the man who allegedly caused the shutdown of a terminal at newark's busy airport was arrested last night. why he did it and what charges he's facing. animal neglect if we decide to stay in the house and not go out and take care of them. >> the big freeze may have brought activities to a grinding halt for some people, but farmers have to face the bone-chilling cold to make sure their livestock survives. the university of alabama worked all year to win the bcs championship game. today the school will share the trophy with its fans in an unusual place where the sign says roll tide may get mixed in

with the ones that say roll back. you're watching hln on this saturday morning. glad you're with us. i'm susan hendricks. we know that many of you are trying to stay warm inside as the arctic blast is gripping much 6 the nation. we'll have more on that in just a few. first we begin with an arrest in the security breech at newark airport. 28-year-old haisong jiang was taken into custody at his home in piscataway, new jersey. he ducked under a rope to walk his girlfriend to the plane. a terminal at the airport was shut down for a long time following the incident. a real nightmare there. last night jiang was charged with defiant trespass and release. he is expected to appear in court next week. one of his roommates says he is a student at rutgers, he said jiang never mentioned anything about what happened at the airport. he was asked whether he thought his friend should have been arrested? >> it's very hard for me to make any comment on that because he's my friend, and he's a nice, neat guy. and yeah, he did something

inappropriate, but i'm not lawyer. i can't say is that wrong or not, right? >> at the time his friend jiang allegedly slipped through security, the tsa screener who was supposed to be watching the checkpoint was not there. a suspected suicide bomber blamed for killing seven cia employees and contractors threatened revenge before he died. humam kalil al balawi appeared in a video that aired an al jazeera this morning. he suggested the attack was revenge for a former taliban boss in pakistan who was killed in an air strike. listen to what he said here. >> translator: we will never forget the blood of our leader baitullah mehsud. may go have mercy on his soul. it will remain that we take revenge for his death in america and outside america. it is a trust on every person who left everything for the sake of god whom baitullah mehsud supported. >> the suspect appeared in the video with a new leader of the taliban's pakistani branch.

this is another picture right here we got from khalil alba law which's family. he is accused of blowing himself up at a cia base in afghanistan on december 30th. you will be shivering a while longer before warmer air brings relief from those bone-chilling temperatures we're seeing. the deadly winter freeze will keep a tight grip on many parts of the country this weekend. take a look at just how treacherous icy roads got in the atlanta area, causing many accidents. it is expected to dip into the 20s in the southeast. in the plains warnings are posted because windchills could drop as low as 25 below zero. at least nine deaths are blamed on the winter storm. in central nebraska, it's pretty rough. livestock farmers are battling against windchills of 30 below or more. drifts are so deep tractors are getting stuck, and since the ground is covered in snow, there is nowhere for the cattle to go. that means farmers must brave the cold to feed them so the animals will survive. >> we've been plowing out this

morning, took us about three hours to get a tractor down the road just to get us into these barns to take care of our livestock. we're farmers, and that's what we do. >> the farmers are feeding their cattle hay every day. something they don't normally do until march. fruit growers in florida are having a rough time. they're keeping nervous watch over their already hard-hit crops. a hard freeze warning is in effect throughout much of this morning. under the conditions temperature-sensitive vegetation could suffer widespread damage. strawberry and orange farmers have been spraying their crops with protective layers of ice to try to keep the fruit safe. really the amazing thing about this brutal winter weather is how widespread it is. how many people it's affecting across the country, and really around the world. stay with hln this morning for continuing coverage. just three days after it went up, this billboard in times square featuring president obama will be coming down. the weatherproof garment company posted that ad and planned to

keep it there for two months. it shows the president wearing one of their jackets during his november trip to china. the company bought rights to the picture, but a company spokesperson says they will remove the billboard because of a request by the white house. a flight on its way from atlanta to san francisco was forced to make an unscheduled landing due to an out-of-control passenger. two f-16 military jets escorted the airtran flight to the ground in colorado yesterday after a disruptive passenger locked himself in the plane's bathroom. other passengers say the man appeared to be drunk. >> the guy is just going off on the stewardess because she's telling him "you've had too much to drink." but he has no shoes, and he has no shirt on. >> he was just pointing and yelling. even when we went to land, he wouldn't sit down. he stood up in the back of the plane. >> if you could imagine that. the unruly passenger was taken into custody by police in colorado springs. he is expected to be charged on monday with interference with a flight crew, a federal charge.

police in england have arrested three men who they say threatened staff aboard a plane bound for dubai. the men were arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat and are in jail in london right now. the incident happened last night as the plane was getting ready to take off from heathrow airport. all of the passengers were taken off the plane while police searched it with bomb-sniffing dogs. they found nothing suspicious, though. heathrow airport remained open during the incident. we have been talking about the bone-chilling temperatures that have blanketed much of the country now. how long will it last? meteorologist bonnie schneider is here. any relief? >> susan, not this weekend. we still are looking at another bitter blast of arctic air. fridged conditions across the country, particularly in the south, where temperatures are in the 20s. the teens, and feeling like they're in the single digits in parts of the southeast. and that's i big concern for the citrus growers in florida. because on sunday night we're

going to see those temperatures sustained for a long period of time in the 20s. you can see a front has now passed through. and without any sort of cloud cover overnight, the temperatures can really plummet. let's talk about that. high temperatures today are going to be cold unless you're in los angeles. that's where it's 78 degrees. atlanta's high is only 29. 53 in miami. 24 in boston. so we're actually very close to areas in the northeast and the southeast. and then as we head across the country, we are looking at some nice conditions if you're looking to get away and maybe escape the cold weather, you'll probably want to head to southern california. that's where it's 78. 69 in phoenix, arizona. seattle at 53 degrees. then across the midwest, the bitter chill continues. kansas city, you'll eventually warm up by tuesday and wednesday, but a high today of only 9 degrees. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln. you may let a bad word slip every now and then. but one san francisco politician is taking it to another level. just updated my facebook status update vowing that in

2009 i'll use the word [ bleep ] in every board of supervisors meeting. so my apologies. >> what his constituents and fellow politicians think about his promise.

people who quit smoking may be at a higher risk of developing diabetes. that is according to a new study by johns hopkins university. now it raises two important questions, why would this happen? and what does it mean about tossing out those cigarettes. dr. sanjay gupta takes a look in today's "fit nation" report. >> reporter: first of all, let me say that no one is saying that you shouldn't quit smoking. you obviously should, there's a lot of negative health consequences of smoking. the study looked at what happens to the body in someone who does quit. large study. over ten years i looked at 10,000 people, and they found that people who quit smoking had a 70% increased likelihood of

developing diabetes within six years. if you really take that a step further and figure out why it really primarily had to do with weight gain. these people who were quitting smoking also started to gain weight, on the average between 4 and 10 pounds. and they also gained inches around the waist, about an inch and a quarter. that's on dom nal fat, that's met boughtically active fat. it's the worst kind of fat and can increase your likelihood for diabetes. that seems to be what happened here. if you look at what happens in the bodies of smokers, people who are smoking, they tend to have an increased metabolism, decreased appetite. they also specifically have decreased appetite for sweet foods. and that's in part why they have the weight loss. they don't eat as much. people who stop smoking you tend to see the opposite. the metabolism starts to slow down. they may develop food addictions and oral fixations, all of which lead to more calories consumed. there are things you can do besides smoking to try to get some of those benefits. simply exercising for example, 30 minutes a day.

you're probably going to drive up your metabolism enough to burn the same number of calories. you also build some muscle mass. that fires up irmetabolic engine. as far as food cravings go, there are ways you can more naturally suppress appetite. eat foods that have high protein and high fiber that will decrease your appetite. also keep in mind that thirst is often misperceived for hunger. so simply making sure you're well hydrated all the time will cut down on the number of calories consumed. as far as oral fixation goes, keep plenty of sugar free gum around, carrot sticks, that will help. obesity is probably going to surpass smoking as the number one cause of preventable illness in this country. so these are both big killers and they can both be controlled. most people make new year's resolutions that better themselves or others, right? one san francisco politician is taking his new year's resolution in the opposite direction. city supervisor chris daly has announced he plans to use the "f" word at every board of supervisors meeting this year. he announced his new year's resolution at a board of

supervisors meeting, fittingly. most of his constituents and colleagues aren't too happy about it. >> i think it's f'ing ridiculous and i'm glad he's almost out of here. >> i think it's a nonissue and a publicity stunt. >> i actually dropped off a bar of soap in his office so he could use it to clean up his language. >> san francisco's mayor says daly's behave is an embarrassment to the city. one of the questions on this year's census has some people very upset. it is the one that asks about race. and one of the choices is negro. the word is listed alongside black and african-american, but some people say it shouldn't be there at all. >> personally, i don't care for it. i believe that african-american pretty much statements what we need to know. and it's very clear. >> negro sounds like something in the slavery times, to me, uh-huh. >> it's not so much what we're called, but what we respond to is the thing that matters.

>> now the local chapter of the naacp in san francisco says what's more important is that people fill out the census. so african-american communities won't miss out on billions of dollars in federal funds. and census officials say some people wrote in the word negro on the 2000 census, even though the word was included on the form much as it is on the 2010 census. the bureau which operates under the commerce department is considering whether to remove the term for the next census in 2020. so we want to hear from you on this story. do you think the census language is outdated? we want you to weigh in on this story. you can sound off on my facebook page. just search for susan hendricks, hln or e-mail us at cnn.com/hrnl and dive right in to the discussion. we may read some of your answers on the air today. football fans thinking of going to tonight's nfl playoff game you can but you better be willing to pay big bucks. bob's here to tell us just how much we're talking about.

>> how about 500 large. of course in english, that's $500. playoffs getting started ga. the late game, the cowboys, $1.1 billion stadium. they host the eagles. and talk about jacking up ticket prices. seats along the sidelines going for 500 bucks. that's face value. more than twice the regular season price. that said, the game is expected to be standing room only. oh, by the way, just to stand in the stadium will cost best 35. all right extra incentive to shop at the walmart superstore near the university of alabama campus in tuscaloosa today. that's because the crimson tide's national championship waterford kristol trophy will be on display. the tide won the title on thursday night, beating the texas longhorns. we're not sure which aisle it will be on. college football coaches are getting the message loud and clear. you cannot verbally or physically abuse players and get away with it. the university of south florida fired coach jim leavitt after a school investigation concluded

that he grabbed one of his players by the throat, slapped him, and then compounded, lied to him. and less than two weeks after he was fired as texas techs coach, mike leach is suing the university saying administrators intentionally made statements to damage his reputation and hurt him financially. leach is accused of mistreating an injured player, allegedly stuck him in a storage shed and electrical closet because a concussion prevented him from practicing. and that is a check of sports. i'm bob fischella. the mother of octuplets has won a big court victory. now there's one less issue she has to worry about. we're talking about octomom. this is hln.

a new report is highly critical of the way police in oakland, california, handled the aftermath of a shoot-out that left four officers dead. an independent board says oakland police mismanaged the 2009 shoot-out and that they made a series of poor decisions that may have contributed to the death toll. the shoot-out began last march during a traffic stop involving 26-year-old lavelle nixon. nixon allegedly shot and killed two officers who pulled him over. he ran to a nearby apartment building and eventually shot and killed two s.w.a.t. officers before police shot and killed him.

the incident was the deadliest in oakland police history. octomom, aka nadya suleman, has won a court victory and won't have to worry about someone monitoring the family's money. this is video from radaronline. a california appeals court denied a call for an independent guardian to watch over the children's finances. it ruled the petition was "an unprecedented, meritless request by a stranger," and said there was no proof suleman was engaging in financial misconduct. if you want to see what the future looks like, head to vegas. that is the place to be. it is where the big consumer electronics show is going on with a load of high tech gadgets on display. and hln's joe carter found out that some of them are going green. >> reporter: i've been hearing a lot about green products at this year's ces, and i found one. it's called an electric bike. it's the entaloop. this is david with sanyo. tell me about it, david. >> one of the things that we've

done over our 15 years of developing electric bikes in japan is we've made an electric bike that feels like riding a regular bicycle. >> reporter: where's the motor, david? >> the motor is in the front wheel, the battery pack is here. and the electronics that manage it are on the bottom bracket. so there's no throttle, all you do is get on the bike and start pedaling and the motor takes off. >> reporter: how fast can you go one the motor kicks into gear? >> it goes 15 miles per hour is max speed. but the harder you pedal, the faster you go, up to 15 miles per hour. and you can also shut the electric power off and it will be just like riding a regular bicycle. >> do i need to plug this into the wall? >> you take out the battery and plug it into a charger. >> reporter: david assures me that when i ride this bicycle i'll come back with a smile. we'll see. off and running. wow, you can really feel the power on the bike. the thing takes off. how much is this bike going to set me back? >> it's $2,295. >> reporter: a lot of dough. how are you justifying spending over $2,000 for a bicycle? >> well, it will basically pay for itself by gasoline savings. >> reporter: it brakes like a

normal bike, pedals like a normal bike except when you start to paidal you can really feel the power. >> in the summer and most of the year i ride my electric bike to work. costs about three cents to charge the electric battery to go from work who to home. >> reporter: look, mom, i'm saving the planet. >> joe carter reporting from las vegas. looks like he's having a good time. our thanks to him. the consumer electronics show runs through tomorrow. we will be there live bringing you the scoop on all the new gadgets. be sure to check out our coverage. logon to cnn.com/robin. elvis fans are, you may say, all shook up. the king of rock 'n' roll would have celebrated a big birthday yesterday. why his legend endures even though he's been gone for decades.

what he did was a terrible injustice to the over 10,000 people. >> the man who allegedly caused the shutdown of a terminal at newark's busy airport was arrested last night. why he did it and what charges he's facing. animal neglect if we decide to stay in the house and not go out and take care of them. >> the big freeze may have brought activities to a grinding halt for some people, but farmers have to face the bone-chilling cold to make sure their livestock survives. the university of alabama worked all year to win the bcs championship game. today the school will share the trophy with its fans in an unusual place where the sign that says roll tide may get

mixed in with the ones that say roll back. you're watching hln on this saturday morning. glad you're with us. i'm susan hendricks. we know that many of you are trying to stay warm inside as the arctic blast is gripping much of the nation. we'll have more on that in just a few. first we begin with an arrest in the security breech at newark airport. 28-year-old haisong jiang was taken into custody at his home in piscataway, new jersey. authorities say he ducked under a rope to walk his girlfriend to her plane. a terminal at the airport was shut down for a long time following the incident. a real nightmare there. last night jiang was charged with defiant trespass and released. he is expected to appear in court next week. one of his roommates says he is a student at rutgers, he said jiang never mentioned anything about what happened at the airport. he was asked whether he thought his friend should have been arrested? >> it's very hard for me to make any comment on that because he's my friend, and he's a nice, neat guy. and yeah, he did something

inappropriate, but i'm not lawyer. i can't say is that wrong or not, right? >> at the time his friend jiang allegedly slipped through security, the tsa screener who was supposed to be watching the checkpoint was not there. a suspected suicide bomber blamed for killing seven cia employees and contractors threatened revenge before he died. humam kalil al balawi appeared in a video that aired an al jazeera this morning. he suggested the attack was revenge for a former taliban boss in pakistan who was killed in an air strike. listen to what he said here. >> translator: we will never forget the blood of our leader baitullah mehsud. may go have mercy on his soul. it will remain that we take revenge for his death in america and outside america. it is a trust on every person who left everything for the sake of god whom baitullah mehsud supported. >> the suspect appeared in the taliban's pakistani branch.

this is another picture right here from cal ill al balawi's family. he is accused of blowing himself up at a cia base in afghanistan on december 30th. you will be shivering a while longer before warmer air brings relief from those bone-chilling temperatures we're seeing. the deadly winter freeze will keep a tight grip on many parts of the country this weekend. take a look at just how treacherous icy roads got in the atlanta area, causing many accidents. it is expected to dip into the 20s in the southeast. in the plains warnings are posted because windchills could drop as low as 25 below zero. at least nine deaths are blamed on the winter storm. in central nebraska, it's pretty rough. livestock farmers are battling against windchills of 30 below or more. drifts are so deep tractors are getting stuck, and since the ground is covered in snow, there is nowhere for the cattle to go. that means farmers must brave the cold to feed them so the

animals will survive. >> we've been plowing out this morning, took us about three hours to get a tractor down the road just to get us into these barns to take care of our livestock. we're farmers, and that's what we do. >> the farmers are feeding their cattle hay every day. something they don't normally do until march. fruit growers in florida are having a rough time. they're keeping nervous watch over their already hard-hit crops. a hard freeze warning is in effect throughout much of this morning. under the conditions temperature-sensitive vegetation could suffer widespread damage. strawberry and orange farmers have been spraying their crops with protective layers of ice to try to keep the fruit safe. really the amazing thing about this brutal winter weather is how widespread it is. how many people it's affecting across the country, and really around the world. stay with hln this morning for continuing coverage. just three days after it went up, this billboard in times square featuring president obama will be coming down. the weatherproof garment company

posted that ad and planned to keep it there for two months. it shows the president wearing one of their jackets during his november trip to china. the company bought rights to the picture, but a company spokesperson says they will remove the billboard because of a request by the white house. a flight on its way from atlanta to san francisco was forced to make an unscheduled landing due to an out-of-control passenger. two f-16 military jets escorted the airtran flight to the ground in colorado yesterday after a disruptive passenger locked himself in the plane's bathroom. other passengers say the man appeared to be drunk. >> the guy is just going off on the stewardess because she's telling him "you've had too much to drink." but he has no shoes, and he has no shirt on. >> he was just pointing and yelling. even when we went to land, he wouldn't sit down. he stood up in the back of the plane. >> if you could imagine that. the unruly passenger was taken into custody by police in colorado springs. he is expected to be charged on

monday with interference with a flight crew, a federal charge. police in england have arrested three men who they say threatened staff aboard a plane bound for dubai. the men were arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat and are in jail in london right now. the incident happened last night as the plane was getting ready to take off from heathrow airport. all of the passengers were taken off the plane while police searched it with bomb-sniffing dogs. they found nothing suspicious, though. heathrow airport remained open during the incident. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln with your saturday forecast. another day, another cold weather day. we are looking at more arctic air hitting the south and places that typically aren't this cold this time of year at all. check it out, fridged across the center of the country and then down in the south, so cold we've had reports of sleet and snow flurries early this morning in central florida. that's right. florida. the cold front has passed through and now the cold air is well in place. so temperatures today are going

to be just brutal. check this out. highs today across the midwest, 19 degrees in chicago, the windchill factor will be below zero as it was early this morning. even worse in kansas city, with a high of only 9 degrees. the windchill again below zero. and then as we head to the southeast, 25 for the high temperature in memphis, tennessee. brutally cold there as well as in atlanta. we're also looking at very cold temperatures for florida miami at 53. the normal temperature this time of year is about 75 degrees. so big changes there. also boston, the northeast looking cold. if you are looking for milder weather, here's the place to find it, los angeles. sunshine there and a nice, mild high temperature of 78 degrees. so if you're looking for relief from all this cold you'll want to head to southern california. that's where we're looking at the nice weather. in las vegas, 61 degrees, and cold there in to salt lake city with a high of 32 right at freezing. that is a look at your saturday forecast. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln. you may let a bad word slip every now and then.

but one san francisco politician is taking it to another level. just updated my facebook status update vowing that in 2009 i'll use the word [ bleep ] in every board of supervisors meeting. so my apologies. >> what his constituents and fellow politicians think about his promise.

most people make new year's resolutions that better themselves for others, right? but one san francisco politician is taking his new year's resolution in the opposite direction. city supervisor chris daly has announced he plans to use the "f" word at every board of supervisors ameeting this year. he announced his new year's resolution at a board of

supervisor's meeting. most of his constituents and colleagues aren't too happy about it. >> i think it's f-ing ridiculous and i am so glad he is almost out of here. >> i think it's a nonissue and a publicity stunt. >> i actually dropped off a bar of soap at his office so that he can use it to clean up his language. >> san francisco's mayor says daly's behavior is an embarrassment to the city. you may not be familiar with the name art clokey but chances are you're familiar with his work. clokey created gumby. the artist died yesterday at his home in california. clokey invented gumby as part of a student project when he was at usc. gumby and his horse friend pokey were eventually featured on the howdy doody show. in the '80s comedian eddie murphy portrayed gumby an saturday night live as a show biz prima donea, an act clokey said he enjoyed. the future is now in las vegas. that is where companies are

showing off all of their new high-tech gadgets that will be in a store near you soon. hln's joe carter went hunting for some of the more trendy devices. >> we're in las vegas. it's just not gambling this week, it's all about the gadgets, the technological world has come here to unveil their hottest products for 2010. the smartphones, the pcs, the gaming. let's go check it out. so what is this? >> a k-3 wind and solar charger. it charges any of your small electronic devices such as your cell phones, ipods, psps. >> reporter: so i can plug this into my device, stick it outside, and it will either charge by the sun or the wind? >> correct. and it's got a 4,000 battery in it so you can precharge it. if you're out hunting, camping, fishing, whatever, it continues to triple charge while you're out and about. >> reporter: the k-3. flat screens are getting even flatter. this is the ultrathin by samsung, and it's actually thinner than my iphone. if you're inspired by

interactive technology, you're going to love this. this is the e-board by samsung. think of it like an electronic chalkboard. you can use it for school, you can use it for business meetings. you can actually play video. you want to show some images, same concept. drag, drop, open. another cool feature for this e-board is that everything you do during your presentation will be saved which you can then put on a disc and give it to anybody who's watching the presentation. an electronic chalkboard by samsung. i'm joe carter with hln. >> joe carter reporting from las vegas. looks like he's having a good time. our thanks to him. the consumer electronics show runs through tomorrow. we will be there live bringing you the scoop on all the new gadgets. be sure to check out our coverage. just logon to cnn.com/robin. how costly is a bad sense of humor? four nba players are finding out the hard way. bob fischella is here to tell us about this story. hi, bob. >> yeah, susan, as the washington wizards remove all

images of gilbert arenas who is suspended indefinitely for storing guns in the team's locker room, four of his teammates are going to cough up the cash. each of the four were fined $10,000 by the nba for this. laughing and smiling during the pregame huddle. with arenas in the middle pointing his index finger like he was firing a gun, said one of the players, it was stupid and immature. well so much for the phrase let there be light. this was the scene last night at the prudential center in new jersey as the lights went dim during the second period of last night's devils/lightnings game. they differentishly tried to get the lights back on. after nearly two hours the game had to be suspended. as you can imagine, fans not at all happy about it. meantime fans in boston showing up in record numbers last night at cool fenway park to watch college hockey with temperatures hovering around 20 degrees and with a windchill of 7, over 38,000 on hand to see boston university's 3-2 win over boston college.

talk about die-hard fans, right? the play of the day, if you look closely, there's a golfer back there. that's jerry kelly at the season-opening sbs championship in hawaii. and look at this. on the green, into the cup. birdie the hard way. makes it look so easy. and that's a check of sports. i'm bob fischella. so have you started that after-holiday diet but you're still having trouble losing weight? you may want to blame your metabolism. is that fair? we go beyond the surface to find out. >> regardless of your metabolism, if you have a fast metabolism, or a slower metabolism, you can still be overweight. metabolism is the process of converting food into energy. and then how quickly you burn up that energy. so it's not just metabolism alone that is going to determine your weight. it's how many calories you're eating and what else are you doing to burn calories and to

keep your metabolic rate up. three things to help increase your metabolism would be to eat portions consistently throughout the day. stay properly hydrated, and to increase your muscle mass by doing weight bearing exercises. spicy foods can slightly increase your metabolism. just like caffeine can slightly increase your metabolism. dieting absolutely can slow down your metabolism. that's why you need to eat consistently throughout the day, and you need to eat an adequate amount of calories to keep burning. the mother of octuplets has won a big court victory. now there's one less issue she has to worry about. we're talking about octomom. this is hln.

a new report is highly critical of the way police in oakland, california, handled the aftermath of a shoot-out that left four officers dead. an independent board says

oakland police mismanaged the 2009 shoot-out, and that they made a series of poor decisions that may have contributed to the death toll. the shoot-out began last march during a traffic stop involving 26-year-old lavelle mixon. he allegedly shot and killed two officers who pulled him over. he ran to a nearby apartment building and eventually shot and killed two swath offi eed s.w.a police shot and killed him. it was the deadliest in oakland police history. we're getting new details today about a shooting spree at a st. louis factory that left four people dead, five others injured. police say the suspected gunman was armed with four guns and a fanny pack full of ammo. they say dozens of workers in the plant ran for the roof, broom closet, boil rooms, anywhere they could find safety during a shooting on thursday. authorities say they still aren't sure of a motive here. but they say the suspect, 51-year-old timothy hendren was involved in a lawsuit against the company. vice president joe biden says he has lost the woman at the center of his family.

his mother jean biden died yesterday at the family's home in delaware. surrounded by loved ones. in a statement, ones. in statement the vice president said of his mother, quote, she believed in us. and because of that, we believed in ourselves. jean biden was 92. octomom, aka nadya suleman, has won a court victory and won't have to worry about someone monitoring her money. a court of appeals court denied for a call for an independent guardian to watch over the children's finances. it said there was no proof that nadya suleman was engaging in financial misconduct. it seems simple enough. every child deserves a cake on their birthday. but not everyone gets one. hln's robin meade found one leader with heart who is trying to change that in her own special way. tony paulette is making

indication for kids. >> we're a nonprofit organization that provides birthday indication. >> paula started free indication for kids after realizing her 8-year-old foster daughter never had a birthday cake. >> they are worth our time. they don't have to deserve it, they don't have to earn it. >> she bakes the kiks and they're personalized to make them special. >> it brought happiness to our little girl on her birthday and i can see where a lot of families, at this time especially, wouldn't have that. so it brings a lot of joy to a lot of people. >> paula says it's worth all the work. >> our payday is a smile. just the look on a child's face. you can't put a price on that. just days before he heads to jail, balloon boy's father has a message for the public. he didn't do it. he insists his family did not plan a hoax. so why did he plead guilty?

hear his explanation.

>> what he did was a terrible injustice to over the 10,000 people. >> the man who allegedly caused the shutdown of a terminal at new york's busiest airport was arrested last night. why he did it and what charges he's facing. we decide to stay in the house and not go out and take care of them, the animals would be neglected. >> the big freeze may have brought activities to a grinding halt for some people, but farmers have to face the cold to make sure their livestock survives. the university of alabama worked all year to win the bcs championship game. today the school will share the trophy with its fans in an unusual place where with a sign that says "roll tide" may get

mixed in with the ones that say "roll back." you're watching hln on this saturday morning. we know that many are trying to stay warm inside while the arctic blast grips the nation. first we begin with an arrest at the security breach at newark airport. 28-year-old hyisong jaung skipped under a security rope on sunday to walk his girlfriend to the plane. a terminal at the airport was shut down for a long time following the incident. last night, jiang was charged with trespass and released. he's scheduled to appear in court next week. now one of jiang's roommates said he's a doctoral student at rutgers. he was asked whether he thought his friend should have been arrested. >> it's very hard for me to make any comments for that. because he is my friend and he's a nice guy. he did something -- you know,

inappropriate. but i'm not a lawyer, i can't say is that wrong or not, right? >> well at the time, his friend, jiang allegedly slipped through the checkpoint, the tsa screener was not there. a suspected suicide bomber who killed seven c.i.a. agents demanded revenge before he died. human kahlil abu mulal al balawi -- listen to what he said here. >> translator: we will never forget the blood of our leader, masud, may god have plercy on his soul. it will remain that we take revenge for his death on america and outside america. it is a trust on every person who lives every thing for the sake of god. >> the suspect appeared in a video with the new leader of

taliban's pakistani branch. this is another picture we got from human kahlil abu mulal al balawi's family. he's accused of blowing himself at a c.i.a. base in afghanistan on december 30th. you will be shivering a while longer before warmer air brings relief from the bone-chilling temperatures we're seeing. the deadly winter freeze will keep a tight grip on many parts of the country this weekend. take a look at how treacherous icy roads got in the atlanta area, causing many accidents. it's suspected to dip into the 20s in the southeast in the plains. warnings are posted because wind chills could drop as low as 25 degrees below zero. at least nine deaths are blamed on the winter storm. in nebraska, it's pretty tough, livestock farmers are battling against wind chills of 30 below or more. drifts are so deep tractors are getting stuck and since the ground is covered in snow, there's nowhere for the cattle to go. that means farmers must brave the cold to feed them, so the animals will survive. >> we've been plowing out this

morning, it took us about three hours to get a tractor down the road just to get us into these barns. to take care of our livestock. we're farmers and that's what we do. >> the farmers are feeding their cattle hay every day. something they don't normally do until march. fruit growers in florida are having a rough time, they're keeping nervous watch over their already hard-hit crops. a hard freeze warning is in effect throughout much of the morning. under those conditions, temperature-sensitive vegetation could suffer widespread damage. strawberry and orange farmers have been spraying their crops with ice to try to keep the fruits safe. just three days after it went up, this billboard in times square featuring president obama will be coming down. the weatherproof garment company posted that ad and planned to keep it there for two months. it shows the president wearing one of their jackets during his november trip to china. the company bought rights to the picture, but a company spokesperson said they'll remove

the billboard because of a request by the white house. a flight on its way from atlanta to san francisco was forced to make an unscheduled landing due to an out of control passenger. two jets escorted the flight to the ground in colorado yesterday, after a disruptive passenger locked himself in the plane's bathroom. other passengers say the man appeared to be drunk. >> and the guy is just going off on the stewardess, because she's telling him, you've had too much to drink. and but he has no shoes and he has no shirt on. >> he was just pointing and yelling. and even when we went to land, he wouldn't sit down, he stood up in the back of the plane. >> if you can imagine that, the unruly passenger was taken into custody by police in colorado springs, he is expected to be charged on monday with interference with a flight crew, a federal charge. the christmas airline bombing attempt suspect has pleaded not guilty to all charges. umar farouk abdulmutallab appeared in court in detroit yesterday. it lasted about four minutes,

the hearing. he's facing six federal charges, including an attempt to blow up a plane and an attempt to use weapons of mass destruction. that charge could get him life in prison if he's convicted. his defense didn't challenge the government's request to keep him in pretrial custody. his next court date has not been set yet. it appears that some muslims wanted to make a point that this case has nothing to do with their faith. about 50 of them held a rally outside the courthouse in downtown detroit. they tried to show that terrorists don't represent islam. they chanted "we are americans." and held a banner saying, not in the name of islam. now michigan is home to a large muslim community. and as we report, many of them think it was about time to say something like this. >> reporter: inside a tiny mosque in detroit, this imam leads fellow muslims in prayer. a break from what he describes

as the shocking news that umar farouk abdulmutallab, a nigerian and muslim stands accused of plotting to blow up an airliner. >> this is a disgrace, embarrassment to us as muslims, to us as nigerians. >> reporter: the imam said he has immediate concerns about the safety of his small community. but there's also anger within the community. what makes you angry? >> because he's not muslim that i know. >> reporter: members of this mosque joined other muslim groups tuesday in condemning the attempted terror plot. >> no faith or legitimate political ideology could ever justify the injuring or murdering of innocent civilians. >> reporter: but a lawyer and activist hopes for more than words. he lives in dearborn, home one of the country's largest muslim communities. he said american muslims were just recovering from negative perceptions. >> and now we get this other terrorist that attempts to blow an airliner right over our heads. right over the heads of the

largest muslim population outside the middle east. right over our heads. and we're going to sit and watch? we say no. >> reporter: he's taking his anger to the streets and organizing online. >> our goal right now between now and then is to literally spread the word out. >> reporter: the message? >> if they've got something with america, we're americans. if they've got something against america, we're muslims. and we're prepared to die for islam, just like you are. we're not afraid of death, just like you're not. but we're standing on the right side, the side of peace, and you're not. >> reporter: mary snow, cnn, detroit. we've been talking about the bone-chilling temperatures that have blanketed much of the country now. how long will it last. meteorologist bonnie schneider is here with more. any relief? >> well not this weekend. we're still looking at another bitter blast of arctic air, frigid conditions across the country, particularly in the south, where temperatures are in the 20s the teens and feeling

like they're in the single digits in parts of the southeast. a big concern for the citrus growers in florida. because on sunday night, we're going to see the temperatures sustained at a long period of time in the 20s. you can see a front has now passed through and without any sort of cloud coverage overnight, the temperatures can plummet. so let's talk about that high temperatures today are going to be cold. unless you're in los angeles. that's where it's 78 degrees. but atlanta's high is only 29. 53 in miami. 24 in boston. so we're actually very close to yarls in the northeast and the southeast, and then as we head across the country, we're looking at nice conditions, if you're looking to get away and maybe escape the cold weather, you'll probably want to head to southern california, where it's 78. 69 in phoenix, arizona. seattle at 53 degrees. and across the midwest, the bitter chill continues. kansas city, you'll warm up by tuesday and wednesday, but a high today of only nine degrees. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln. you may let a bad word slip

every now and then. but one san francisco politician is taking it another level. >> just updated my facebook status update. allowing that in 2009 i'll use the word [ expletive ] in every board of supervisors meeting. so my apologies. >> his constituents and fellow politicians think about his promise.

most people make new year's resolutions that better themselves or others, right? but one san francisco politician is taking his new year's resolution in the opposite direction. city supervisor, chris daley lass announced he plans to use the "f" word at every board of supervisors meeting this year. he announced his resolution at a board of supervisors meeting, fittingly. most of his constituents and colleagues aren't too happy about. >> i think it's fing ridiculous and i'm so glad he's almost out of here. >> i think it's a nonissue and a publicity stunt. >> i dropped off a bar of soap

in his office so he could use it to clean up his language. >> reporter: san francisco's mayor said daley's behavior is an embarrassment to the city. one of the questions on this year's census has some people very upset. it is the one that asks about race. and one of the choices is negro. the word is listed alongside black and african-american. but some people say it shouldn't be there at all. >> personally, i don't care for it. i believe that african-american pretty much states what we need to know. and it's very clear. >> negro sounds like something in the slavery time, to me. >> it's not i can recall, but will respond to is the thing that matters. >> now the local chapter of the naacp in san francisco says what's more important is that people fill out the census, so african-american communities won't miss out on billions of dollars in federal funds. and census officials say some people wrote in the word "negro" on the 2000 census, even though

the word was included on the form, much as it is on the 2010 census. the bureau, which operates under the commerce department, is considering whether to remove the term for the next census in 2020. so we want to hear from you on this story. do you think the census language is outdated? . >> we may read some of your answers on the air today. for football fans who are thinking about going to tonight's nfl playoff game, you can, but you better be willing to pay big bucks. >> susan, how about $500 large? in english, that's $500. the playoffs getting started today, the late game have the cowboys $1.1 billion stadium. they host the eagles. talking about jacking up ticket prices. seats along the sidelines going for $500 face value.

more than twice the regular season price. for that said, the game is expected to be standing-room only. by the way, just to stand in the stadium will cost $35. extra incentive to shop at the walmart superstore near the university of alabama campus in tuscaloosa, because the crimson tide's national championship waterford crystal trophy will be on display. the tide won the title on thursday night, beating texas longhorns. we're not sure which aisle it will be on. we'll find out. college football coaches are getting the message loud and clear -- you cannot verbally or physically abuse players and get away with it. the university of south florida fired coach jim leavitt after a school investigation concluded that he grabbed one of his players by the throat, slapped him and then compounded, lied about it. and less than two weeks after he was fired as texas tech's coach, mike leach sued the university, saying the

university made statements to damage his reputation and hurt him financially. leach is accused of misteeting an injured player. allegedly stuck him in a storage shed, an electrical closet, because a concussion prevented him from practice. that's a check of sports, i'm bob purcell. the mother of octuplets has won big court victory. now there's one less issue she has to worry about. we're talking about the octomom. this is hln.

a new report is highly critical of the way police in oakland, california handled the aftermath of a shootout that left four officers dead. an independent board says oakland police mismanaged the 2009 shootout and they made a series of poor decisions that may have contributed to the death toll. shootout began in march during a traffic stop involving 26-year-old lovell mixon. mixon allegedly shot and killed two officers who pulled him over. he ran to a nearby apartment building and eventually shot and killed two s.w.a.t. officers before police shot and killed him. the incident was the deadliest in oakland police history. the bank closures that hit a record last year are turning up in 2010. horizon bank in belgham, washington, was the first bank to fail this year. all its deposits and assets will be taken over by seattle-based washington federal savings and loan association. the fdic will have to cover more than half a billion dollars this

insurance costs. 140 banks failed last year, the highest number since 1992. the fdic chairwoman said the number could be higher in 2010. octomom, aka nadya suleman has won a court victory and won't have do worry about someone monitoring her family's money. a california appeals court denied a call for an independent guardian to watch over the children's finances. it ruled the petition was quote an unprecedented meritless effort by a stranger. and said there was no proof nadya suleman was engaging in financial misconduct. if you want to see what the future looks like, head to vegas, that's the place to be. it's where the big consumer electronics show is going on with a load of high-tech gadgets on display. and hln's joe carter found out that some of them are going green. >> reporter: i've been hearing a lot about green products at this

year's ces and i found one, called the electric bike. this is david bannia with sanyo, tell bus it? >> one of the things we've done in our 15 years of developing electric bikes in japan is we've made an electric bike that feels like riding a regular bike. the electronics that manage it are on the bottom bracket. so there's no throttle. all you do is get on the bike and start pedalling and the motor takes off. >> how fast can you go once the motor kicks into gear? >> it's 15 miles per hour the max speed. the harder you pedal, the faster you go, up to 15 miles per hour. and you can also shut the electric power off and it will be just like riding a regular bike. >> do i need to plug this into the wall? >> actually what you do is you take out the battery and you plug it into a charger. >> david assures me, when i ride this bicycle i'm going to come back with a smile. we'll see. >> you can feel the power in the bike, the thing takes off. >> how much will this bike set

me back? >> $2,295. >> how do you justify paying that for a bicycle? >> it will pay for itself by gasoline savings. >> it brakes like a normal bike, pedals like a normal bike. except when you start to pedal, you can really feel the power. >> it costs about three cents to charge the battery to go from work to home. >> i'm saving the planet. green is good. joe carter reporting from las vegas. it looks like he's having a good time. the consumer electronics show runs through tomorrow. we'll be there live bringing you the scoop on all the new gadgets. be sure to check out our coverage, log on to cnn.com/robin. elvis fans are, you may say, all shook up. the king of rock and roll would have celebrated a big birthday yesterday. why his legend endures, even though he's been gone for decades.

livestock survives. the university of alabama worked all year to win the bcs championship game. today, the school will share the trophy with its fans. in an noousunusual sign where t

sign that says "roll tide" may get mixed in with the ones that say "roll back." we know that many of you are trying to stay warm as the arctic blast is gripping much of the nation, more on that in just a few. but first, we begin with an arrest in the security breach at newark art. 28-year-old haisong jiang was taken into custody in new jersey. authorities say he ducked under squurt rope to walk his girlfriend to her plaen plane. a terminal was shut for a long time following the incident. last night, he was charged with defiant trespass and released. he's expected to appear in court next week. now one of jiang's roommates says he's a doctoral student at rutgers and said jiang never mentioned anything that happened at the airport. he was asked whether he thought his friend should have been arrested. >> it's very hard for me to make a comment on that he's my friend and he's a nice guy. and yes, he did something

inappropriate. but i'm not a lawyer, i can't say, is that wrong or not, right? >> well at the time his friend, jiang allegedly slipped through security, the tsa screener who was supposed to be watching the checkpoint was not there. a suspected suicide bomber blamed for killing seven c.i.a. employees and contractors threatened revenge before he died. human kahlil abu mulal al balawi appeared in a video that aired on al jazeera this morning. he suggested the attack was revenge for former taliban boss in pakistan that was killed in an airstrike on sunday. listen to what he said here. >> translator: we will never forget the blood of our leader, batula masud, may god have mercy on his soul. it will remain that we take revenge for his death in america and outside america. it is a trust on every person who left everything for the sake of god, who batula masud supported. >> the suspect appeared in the video with the new leader of

pakistani taliban branch. this is a new picture we got from human kahlil abu mulal al balawi's family. he's accused of blowing him up at a c.i.a. base in afghanistan on december 30th. you'll be shivering a while longer before warmer air brings relief from the bone-chilling temperatures we're seeing. the deadly winter freeze will keep a tight grip on many parts of the country this weekend. take a look at just how treacherous icy roads got in the atlanta area, causing many accidents. it is expected to dip into the 20s in the southeast, in the plains, warnings are posted because wind chills could drop as low as 25 below zero. at least nine deaths are blamed on the winter storm. in central nebraska, it's pretty rough. livestock farmers are battling against wind chills of 30 below or more. drifts are so deep, tractors are getting stuck and since the ground is covered in snow, there's nowhere for the cattle to go. that means farmers must brave the cold to feed them so the animals will survive. >> we've been plowing out this

morning, it took us about three hours to get a tractor down the road, just to get us into these barns to take care of our livestock. but we're farmers and that's what we do. >> the farmers are feeding their cattle hay every day, something they don't normally do until march. fruit growers in florida are having a rough time, they're keeping nervous watch over their already-hard-hit crops. a hard freeze warning is in effect throughout much of this morning. under those conditions, temperature-sensitive vegetation could suffer widespread damage. strawberry and orange farmers are been spraying their crops with protective layers of ice to try to keep the fruit safe. just three days after it wept up, this billboard in times square featuring president obama will be coming down. the weatherproof garment company posted that ad and planned to keep it there for two months it shows the president wearing one of their jackets during his november trip to china. the company bought rights to the picture, but a company spokesperson says they will remove the billboard because of

a request by the white house. a flight on its way from atlanta to san francisco was forced to make an unscheduled landing due to an out of control passenger. two f-16 military jets escorted the flight to the ground in colorado yesterday, after a disruptive passenger locked himself in the plane's bathroom. other passengers say the man appeared to be drunk. >> and the guy is just going off on the stewardess, because she's telling him, you've had too much to drink. and -- but he has no shoes and he has no shirt on. >> he was pointing and yelling. and even when we went to land, he wouldn't sit down. he stood up in the back of the plane. >> the unruly passenger was taken into custody by police in colorado springs. he's expected to be charged on monday with interference with a flight crew, a federal charge. police in england have arrested three men who they say threatened staff aboard a plane bound for dubai. the men were arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat and are in jail in london

right now. the incident happened last nights the plane was getting ready to take off from heathrow airport. all the passengers were taken off the plane while police searched it with bomb-sniffing dogs. they found nothing suspicious. heathrow airport remained open during the incident. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln with your saturday forecast. another day, another cold weather day. we're looking at more arctic air hitting the south and in places that typically aren't this cold this time of year at all. check it out -- frigid across the center of the country. and then down in the south, so cold we've had reports of sleet and know flurries in central florida. that's right, florida. the cold front has passed through and now the cold air is well in place. so temperatures today are going to be just brutal. check this out -- highs today across the midwest, 19 degrees in chicago. the wind chill factor will be below zero. as it was early this morning. even worse in kansas city, with a high of only nine degrees.

the wind chill again, below zero, and then as we head to the southeast, 25 for the high temperature in memphis, tennessee, brutally cold there, as well as in atlanta. we're looking at very cold temperatures for florida, miami, at 53. the normal temperature this time of year is about 75 degrees. so big changes there. also boston, the northeast looking cold. if you are looking for milder weather, here's a place to find it, los angeles, we'll look for sunshine there and a nice mild high of 78 degrees. so if you're looking for relief from all this cold, you want to head to southern california. that's where we're looking at the nice weather. in las vegas, 61 degrees and cold into salt lake city, with a high of 3 2rks right at freezing, that's a look at your saturday forecast, i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln. you may let a bad word slip every now and then. but one san francisco politician is taking it to another level. >> just updated my facebook status update. vowing that in 2009 i'll use the word [ expletive ] in every

board of supervisors meeting. so my apologies. >> what his constituents and fellow politicians think about his promise.

thousands of people are receiving flee gifts on their birthday, or so they think. hln money expert, clark howard, tells us about a money offer you may not want to expect. >> happy birthday wishes from me whenever your birthday is. well, actually i don't know when your birthday is, but a lot of marketers do. and in fact, you've got to be careful out there when you get birthday wishes -- listen to this recorded by the "los angeles times" -- people are receiving happy birthday cards in the mail that wish them a happy birthday and offer them all kinds of free gifts for their birthday, like a pair free airline tickets, a free week of car rental. just make this phone call. so you call up, and guess what, in order to get your supposedly

free stuff, you have to come in and hear a time share presentation. come on -- when the "l.a. times" interviewed one of the time share operators, and said, why don't you just tell people you want to sell sell a time share. he said in all honesty, no one would come. i want you to know, that no stranger is sending you a card with free gifts on your birthday. i'm clark howard, more ways to be careful out there are listed on cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> more great advice on the clark howard show at noon. most people make new year's resolutions that better themselves or others, right? but one san francisco politician is taking his new year's resolution in the opposite direction. city supervisor, chris daley, has announced he plans to use the "f" word at every board of supervisors meeting this year. he announced his resolution at a

meeting. most of his constituents and colleagues aren't too happy about it. >> i think it's fing ridiculous and i'm so glad he's almost out of here. >> i think it's a publicity stunt. >> i actually dropped off a bar of soap in his office, so that he could use it to clean up his language. >> san francisco's mayor, by the way, said daley's behavior is an embarrassment to the city. you may not be familiar with the name art clokey, but chances are, you're familiar his worm, he created gumby. he artist died yesterday at his home in california. gumby and his horse friend were eventually featured on the "h "howdy doody show." the future is now in las vegas. that's where companies are showing off all of their new

high-tech gadget that will be in a store near you, soon. hln's joe carter went hunting for some of the more trendy devices. >> reporter: we're in las vegas, not just gambling this week, it's all about the gadgets. the technological world has come here to unveil their hottest products for 2010. smartphones, pcs, to gaming, let's check it out. so what is this? >> it's a k-3 wind and solar charger. it charges any of your small electronic devices, your cell phones, ipods, your bsps. >> i can plug my eye phone into this device and stick it outside and it will charge it by the sun or the wind? >> correct. >> you can precharge it and if you're out hunting or camping or fishing or whatever it continues to trickle charge while you're out and about. >> the k-3. flat-screens are getting even flatter. this is the ultrathin by samsung and it's actually thinner than my iphone. if you're inspired by

interactive technology, you're going to love this. this is the e-board by samsung. think of it as an electronic chalkboard. you can use it for school, you can use it for business meetings. you can actually play video -- you want to show some images? same concept. drag, drop, open. another cool feature for this e-board is that everything you do during your presentation will be saved. and enyou can then put on a disc and give it to anybody who is watching the presentation. the electronic chalkboard by samsung. >> joe carter reporting from las vegas, our thanks to him. the consumer electronics show runs through tomorrow. we'll be there live bringing you the scoop on all the new gadgets. check out our coverage on cnn.com/hln. how costly is a bad sense of humor? four nba players are finding out the hard way. bob casalis is here with more. >> as the washington wizards

remove all images of gilbert areerns who is suspended indefinitely for storing guns in his looker room, four of his teammates have going to cough up the cash. they were fined by the na for this, lafring and smiling during the pre-game huddle with arenas pointing his index finger like he was firing the gun. well so much for the phrase -- let there be light. this was the scene last night at the prudential center in new jersey, as the lights went dim during the second period of last night's devils-lightning game. the feverishly tried to get the lights back on, no go. after two hours, the game had to be suspended as you can imagine. fans not at all happy about it. meantime, fans in boston showing up in record numbers last night, at cool fenway park to watch college hockey. the temperatures hovering around 20 degrees, and with a wind chill of seven, over 38,000 on hand to watch boston university's 3-2 win over boston

college. talk about diehard fans, right? time for the play of the day. if you look closely there's a golfer back there. that's jerry kelly at the season opener at the fbs championship in hawaii. a birdie the hard way, he makes it look so easy. that's a check of sports. i'm bob casilas. the mother of octuplets has won a big court victory. now wednesday less issue she has to worry about.

a new report is highly critical of the way police in oakland, california handled the aftermath of a shootout that left four officers dead. an independent board said oakland police mismanaged the 2009 shootout, and that they made a series of poor decisions that may have contributed to the death toll. the shootout began last march during a traffic stop involving 26-year-old lovell mixon. mixon allegedly shot and killed two officer who pulled him over. he ran to a nearby apartment

building and eventually shot two s.w.a.t. officers before police shot and killed him. it was the deadliest in oakland police history. vice president joe biden said he's lost the woman at the center of his family. his mother, jean biden, died yesterday at the family's home in delaware, surrounded by loved ones. in a statement, the vice president said of his mother, quote, she believed in us and because of that, we believed in ourselves. jean biden was 92. octomom, aka nadya suleman, has won a court victory and won't have to worry about someone monitoring her tamly money. this is video from radar online here. a california appeals court denied a request for an independent guardian to watch over the children's finances. it ruled that it was quote an unprecedented meritless intrusion by a stranger. reusable shopping bags are

becoming more and more common grocery stores. now alert retailers trying them out, one that reaches two hundred moin customer million c year. we have the story in today's ecosolutions. >> reporter: there's one more thing to ring up at this walmart. you can now add reusable shopping bags. >> this bag here is anticipated to replace about 75 single-use plastic bags and both bags are washable. >> reporter: it's a pilot program at three northern california stores. >> we have commitment to reduce our global plastic bag waste by one-third by the end 2013. >> reporter: smaller bags are 15 cents, bigger ones cost 50 cents and apparently you get what you pay for. >> these do tear. so eventually they'll ware out. these ones here are more durable. >> reporter: brianna ross brought some bags, but it wasn't

enough. >> we had to buy more because the ones we bought -- >> reporter: starting tomorrow, 52 more stores will sell the reusable bags, but they'll still carry plastic. customers here had no choice. >> as much as i hate getting forced into doing something, i think it's a great idea for the environment. >> i think it's a really good idea, except i always forget them. but i'm learning. >> some customers still feel like they're left holding the bag. >> the reusable are nice, so i never remember to take them in, so i get to buy them every time i go in there. >> if you'd like more information on that story or other important news about the environment, head to our website, cnn.com/ecosolutions. days before he heads to jail, balloon boy's father had a message for the public. he didn't do it. he insists his family did not plan a hoax. so why did he plead guilty? hear his explanation.