making news in america this morning, on ice. southern states are now feeling the arctic air with extreme weather that's being called once in a generation. new this morning, the world loses a music legend, remembering pete seeger. his influence on music today. land ho, a ferry makes a crash landing on shore but it was no accident. why would any captain want to do this? >> wow. pachyderm photo bomb. tourists catching to capture wildlife on their cameras just needed to turn around. love that picture. good morning, everyone.

i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> i'm john muller. another brutal cold snap for the upper midwest and rare snow and ice storm for the south. >> the national weather service shall ared winter storm watches and warnings from virginia all the way down to the gulf coast. >> parts of the carolinas could be buried under as much as a half a foot of snow. a rare southern winter storm stretching more than 1200 miles is expected to dump snow and ice from southern virginia into south texas. >> folks will be tempted to go out and cruise neighborhoods and want to look for the ice. don't do it. enjoy being at home. stay off the roads. >> reporter: residents were ordered to stay off the roads in south bend, indiana, to make way for an overnight blitz of know plows. >> we have a list of areas where the drifts are worse than others and make sure we don't lose those lanes. >> reporter: many communities are now running out of road salt. not that it's doing much help in

these frigid temperatures. >> a lot of spinouts as the roads are icy due to the temperatures and salt doesn't work too well. gives you traction but only where the salt is. it's not melting anything. >> reporter: in parts of ohio a rare combination of ice, wind and snow have created these strange formations called snow rollers. and in chicago this morning an even stranger site, minus 16 on the thermometer expected this morning. schools are closed again in chicago, minneapolis and st. paul. kids are going stir crazy and parents are getting frustrated. >> although it's cold i don't understand why cps is closed. >> it throws everyone into chaos and it doesn't need to be. they could go into school, stay in school. don't need to have outdoor recess. >> reporter: if you're flying check your airline. thousands of flights are already canceled. now meantime, depending on where you live air travel might be the least of your worries. >> for million of the americans the plunging mercury is making for downright dangerous

temperatures. accuweather meteorologist jim dickey has the latest. >> good morning, staying brutally cold across the north and east once again this morning. minus 20 early morning low minneapolis, minus 14 in chicago. minus 3 in omaha. the cold moved in. minus 5 in pittsburgh and minus 10 into detroit. this is the real not the real feel temps. above average temps in alaska created a headache for one big town. the only road into valdez, alaska, will be closed indefinitely after getting blocked by a string of avalanches. crews hoped to clear the snow within a week but they now say it is too dangerous. snow and ice piled up 50 feet high cut off a river and forred a lake on the highway. the town is still accessible by sea and air.

>> well, pressure is on. president obama tonight as he delivers his fifth state of the union address. abc's mary bruce has a preview. >> reporter: it's a make or break night for a struggling white house. >> the president of the united stat states. >> reporter: the state of the union, a chance for president obama to sell his agenda to the american public. the expected laundry list of priorities will be familiar. >> background check, comprehensive immigration reform. raise the federal minimum wage. >> reporter: it's a road map aimed at boosting the middle class but this speech will focus less on lofty ambitions and more on what can be aef chooed. the president will say he's not going to wait for lawmakers to act. >> where i can act on my own without congress i'm going to do so. >> reporter: a chance for the president to turn the page after the botched health carrollout but he faces an uphill battle. according to the latest abc n news/"washington post" poll, 37% believe the president has the ability to make the right decisions for the country.

>> the president sees this as a year of action to work with congress where he can and to bypass congress where necessary. >> reporter: but could this unilateral strategy make republicans even less likely to comprise compromise? >> i think it has a certain amount of arrogance. >> reporter: to make progress on his most substantial ones he will need congress' help. now the state of the union is also a chance for the president to inspire the nation. guests invited to sit in the first lady's box include survivors of the boston marathon bombing and immigration activists and the first opening gay nba player. john? >> all right, mary bruce live in washington. thank you. and, of course, abc news will broadcast the state of the union address and republican response beginning at 9 eastern 6:00 pacific. under a compromise spending will be reduced by about 1%.

some lawmakers had wanted to cut five times that much. food stamps are just one part of a huge farm bill which has been stalled in congress for two years. and there's disturbing new information found in documents leaked by nsa whistle-blower edward snowden. they suggest popular aapps on smartphones like angry birds can feed huge amounts of personal data, age, location, sex and other apps that can be mined are google maps and mobile versions of facebook and twitter. >>. breaking news from the ukraine where the prime minister has resigned. the country has been on the verge of civil war for weeks with a violent anti-government protest in the streets. two activists killed in kiev last week. it started after government leaders turned towards russia and rejected a treaty with the european union. hillary clinton speaking out about her tenure as the nation's top diplomat. she says her greatest regret was the loss of life during the

benghazi attack. four americans including the ambassador were killed. but while she called it a regret, she did not apologize. >> you make these choices based on imperfect information and you make them -- as we say, to the best of your ability but that doesn't mean there's not going to be unforeseen compromises or twists or turns. >> she says she has not made up her mind about a white house run in 2016. jury selection is under way in the corruption trial of former new orleans mayor ray nagin accused of accepting bribes for trips and other valuables in exchange for granting city contracts and other favors. nagin was mayor during hurricane katrina and left office in 2010. the corruption investigation has already led to convictions for several of his former associates. well, we learned overnight pete seeger has died here in new york at the age of 94. ♪

♪ michael row the boat ashore hallelujah ♪ >> seeger first gained fame as a member of the weaver where he helped write "if i had a hammer" and also wrote "turn, turn turn quote. they were holding hands and singing as he passed. more on his legacy later this half hour. one of a kind. the first porsche ever built resurfaces. what it looks like and where it has been for more than a century. plus, emergency evacuation. airplane passengers forced to leave their bags and slide down a chute, what caused this scary situation. sued over a review. a lawsuit under way right now could change the way we use websites like yelp.

welcome back. shares of apple likely to be under pressure today following the company's latest quarter report. the company says it sold 51 million iphones last quarter. that's a record. the problem is, wall street analysts were expecting about 56 million to be sold. that disappointing report comes with stocks on a five-day losing streak. so far this year, the dow is down 4.5%. southwest airlines will start its first international flights in july. those flights will bring travelers from three u.s. airports to aruba, jamaica and the bahamas. by the end of the year, southwest expects to be serving 96 destinations in 6 countries. and a big change coming to the movie theaters.

the national association of theater owners is calling for trailers to be cut down. they will be limited to two minutes beginning october 1st but there will be two exemptions per year per movie distributor. trailers for those releases can run up to three minutes. all right, some automotive history on display. in germany, check this out, it's the p1, the first car ever designed by ferdinand porsche. >> it hit the streets in 1898 and the company says it had been sitting in a shed in austria since 1902. the p1 was electric powered and could hit a top speed of 21 miles an hour. as we know, porsches have gotten a lot faster since then. >> that's awesome. finally, procter & gamble says it is about to inject some excitement into brushing your teeth. >> that is thanks to a new line of toothpastes called crest be, which come in flavors such as mint chocolate trek and other flavors in stores in the next few days. >> chocolate toothpaste.

okay. >> mint chocolate. that will be interesting. we'll try it. why not. when we come back, courtroom surprise. while on the stand, actor jude law learned something about one of his relatives that he never expected. and full speed ahead. a massive ship runs ashore, and it is caught on camera. [ female announcer ] the number-one jewelry store in america is the place to find your favorite bridal brands. the leo diamond, the first diamond certified to be visibly brighter. neil lane bridal, from hollywood's premier jewelry designer. artistry diamonds, genuine diamonds in vibrant artists' colors. tolkowsky, inventors and perfectors of the ideal-cut diamond. these stunning bridal brands and more, together in one place -- kay jewelers. ♪ every kiss begins with kay well, it's feeling pretty simple again thanks to weight watchers new simple start.

it's a 2-week plan to start losing weight right away. join for free. weight watchers. your new beginning starts here. join for free. ♪ [ girl ] roses are red. violets are blue. splenda® is sweet.

and so are you. [ female announcer ] just about anywhere you use sugar, you can use splenda® no calorie sweetener. ♪ splenda® lets you experience the joy of sugar without all the calories. it's a very good reason to enjoy something sweet with the ones you love. think sugar, say splenda™ that's a look at lake superior in duluth, minnesota, which hit 21 below zero yesterday. it's shoving moisture just like our bodies do out on the coldestry time we breathe. the water is literally vaporizing. >> man, oh, man. let's take a look at your morning road conditions. that rare southern winter storm will ice up roads from virginia down through the gulf coast. roads will be snow covered in the great lakes region and rain and snow could makes things slippery in the pacific northwest.

if you're flying, airport delays possible in houston, new orleans, atlanta and charlotte. the family of a missing woman in texas is holding out hope that she'll soon be found. >> leann bearden disappeared from her in-laws' home near san antonio. after saying she was going out for a walk, police have found no evidence. they've stopped searching. her husband will continue looking on his own. >> i feel leann could have walked and been out of that search area in, say, 40 minutes. so i feel that there's a lot more territory that needs to be covered. >> the couple had just returned from a two-year trip around the world. a cruise ship loaded with sick passengers is returning to new jersey tomorrow. royal caribbean says most of the 600 people who fell violently ill from an apparent stomach bug are now up and about.

"the explorer of the seas" will be sanitized a third time after it docks. guests will get a 50% refund and a 50% credit for a future cruise. scary moments for dozens of passengers landing in chicago. the pilot of the republic airlines flight, which was operating as american eagle called for an emergency evacuation forcing more than 60 people to slide down chutes in the freezing cold. the airline said the plane had landed safely but a flight deck instrument warned of a possible issue. no one was seriously hurt. all right, a trial that just got under way in virginia could change how people rate businesses online. contractor chris fear dietz is suing a former client for $750,000 after she criticized his company. jane perez posted reviews on yelp and angie's list complain thank dietz did shoddy work on her home. he claims that those negative reviews have cost him jobs, and he is countersuing. there was a bit of a surprise for actor jude law while he was testifying at a phone hacking trial of some british journalists. while on the witness stand law

was told for the first time that a close family member allegedly sold stories about him to members of britain's tabloid press. law was shown the person's name on a piece of paper, but it was not shown to anyone else. all right. here's something that is being shown to everyone else. if you've ever wondered what it looks like to crash a ship on purpose, well, here you go, the "m.f. austin spirit" was a ferry that spent most of its time shuttling back and forth across the english channel. well, since it was slated to be broken up for scrap, the captain figured, hey, why not, and that's how it arrived at the shipyard, breaking yard in turkey. my goodness. >> full steam ahead. >> wow. all right. two men have been arrested here in new york for trying to sell fake tickets to the super bowl. we're told one of the suspects had state of the art equipment which produced tickets with legitimate bar codes. >> anyone who bought one of those tickets may have access to the stadium only to find out that someone else is in their seat. investigators think he may have

had some inside help. all right, meantime, for the broncos and seahawks today is media. that's the annual meeting with reporters from around the world. >> and last night over the frigid hudson river, fans enjoyed a big fireworks display after a free concert. organizers explain ed the freezing temperatures for a smaller than expected turnout and the empire state building lit up in denver and seattle colors, it'll be like that through sunday's game. >> it looks really nice, doesn't it? time now for more sports including kevin durant's stellar performance on the hardwood. >> here is neil and stan at espn with highlights. >> welcome to our "sportscenter" set studios. this friendly man is neil everett. i'm stan verrett. >> friendly is a stretch. the smile is only half real. the thunder and hawks in oklahoma city, and kevin durant has been playing like a man possessed. game tied, late fourth, kevin durant going for 11 straight games now. he's got 11 straight games of 30

points or more. oklahoma city going for its eighth straight win. durant gets it done there. he finishes with 41 points, and the thunder strike again. wow. raptors and nets. richard sherman in town, he's got a football game coming up sunday. late fourth quarter. less than 30 seconds to go. raptors down one. kyle lowry with the steal. he calls for the offensive char charge. deron williams calls the charge. nets' coach jason kidd. patrick patterson intercepted that and patterson, the ball fake and jumper. now on the other end, raptors take a one-point lead. nets had confusion on the inbounds, paul pierce wound up with a look. but he can't hit it. raptors hang on to win it, 104-103 but brooklyn has been playing great. >> see the smile right now is real because we're done. >> we're done, yeah. back to you. >> guy, thanks.

all right, up next, "the pulse" where hillary clinton opens up about something she hasn't done since the mid '90s. an epic photo bomb made by a massive mammal. .look at you. i've always tried to give it my best shot. these days i'm living with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. at first, i took warfarin, but i wondered, "could i up my game?" my doctor told me about eliquis. and three important reasons to take eliquis instead. one, in a clinical trial, eliquis was proven to reduce the risk of stroke better than warfarin. two, eliquis had less major bleeding than warfarin. and three... unlike warfarin, there's no routine blood testing. [ male announcer ] don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily

and it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. i've got three important reasons to up my game with eliquis. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor today if eliquis is right for you. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor today wow, this hoh no.s amazing. who are you? who are you? wrong answer. wait, daddy, this is blair, he booked this room with priceline express deals and saved a ton. yeah, i didn't have to bid i got everything i wanted. oh good i always do. oh good he seemed nice. express deals. priceline savings without the bidding. makes everything algood even better...ilk from the bowls of cereal you make... to all the delicious recipes you bake.

because inside every carton is the goodness of blue diamond almonds. almond breeze. almondiciously good! ♪ she's got a ticket to ride and she don't care ♪ time to check "the pulse," stories you'll be talking about today starting with a major admission from the former secretary of state. >> hillary clinton says she has not been behind the wheel since the macarena topped the charts in '96. the former first ladies says she remembers it well and so does the secret service so that's why she hasn't driven since then. i guess it was bad. clinton joked that her husband's driving skills aren't exactly up to par either. >> it's funny. she went on to say that she misses driving but her husband doesn't miss it at all. he enjoys the free rides from the secret service.

>> i don't blame him. alec baldwin is annoyed again but this time he seems to be keeping his cool. >> he said airport security targeted his baby as his family left for the bahamas from new york yesterday. now, baldwin fired off a tweet saying that the tsa randomly selected his 5-month-old daughter, 5-month-old daughter for a patdown. #travelinginusisadisgrace. but unlike his past rants he didn't use any profanity. >> he's learning. okay. baldwin was in a much better mood earlier in the day posting this vacation picture of cute baby carmen in his wife's arms. >> she looks like daddy. >> adorable. she really does. >> i'm wondering if he has a good point on this one. why in the world. you know? a baby that belongs to an obvious actor. >> yeah, a little strangement while the baldwins' vacation may have ended with a problem, here's a trip that produced a once in a lifetime moment in a safari vacation in the african nation of zimbabwe. that's where they basically were photo bombed by an elephant. >> when we say huge, we mean an

estimated eight tons, and they're keeping their cool. can't imagine. >> say cheese. and you weren't covered. oh, and your car is a time machine. [ beeping ] ♪ would you go back to when you got that less-than-amazing policy and go with esurance instead? well, they do have tools like coverage counselor® to help you choose the coverage that fits you. it's like insurance from the future. actually, more like insurance for the modern world. thank you! esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. try our delicious new fresh mex bowls with chipotle or margarita chicken. all served with a bowl of soup, like our new southwest chicken. chili's lunch combo starting at 6 bucks. more life happens here.

♪ wonder if i gave an oreo ♪ what if i gave an oreo to you? ♪

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good tuesday morning at 4:28. thanks for joining us. mike nicco has a look at the forecast including when the rain could hoof into the bay area. >> best chance is the not bay. it is quiet on live doppler 7 hd. fog is not so widespread or as thick as yesterday. we still have a healthy amount of moisture in the air. we need a trigger to set it off and that will be weak today. can you see the winds picking up from mount tamalpais toward san francisco you can see the multilayer of clouds over the bay area with a few breaks in the cloud cover but a stray shower is possible in the north bay and low-to-upper 60's and tuesday morning commute from

leyla gulen. >> accident free at 4:29 with clear conditions across the bay area. we have areas of construction. we have a full closing northbound and southbound 84 at livermore until 5:00 this morning. 23 minutes from tracy to down lynn. 101 southbound from san rafael to san francisco is 16-minute compute. outside, a look at the bay bridge tolls from the maze, over to san francisco, you are skipping along. >> thank you, leyla. police are hoping for a tip that will lead to a missing teen who has autism. the boy was last seen at the middle school. >> police searched the school grounds overnight and they still have not found the boy. this is the last place he was

spotted. this is a picture of tyler simmons. he is 16. we told he has mental capacity of an eight-year-old and he is antisocial. he has been missing since last night. they have only lived here a year and a half moving here from fremont. the family was searching for him yesterday afternoon. a custodian saw him here on campus at 7:00 last night. the family searched this area and called in police at 8:15 when the officers took over and searched the campus overnight. they do not suspect foul play. they are asking for the community to keep an eye out for him and if you see him to call police. thank you. a convicted sex offender and kidnapper is in jail after trying to get on the campus of an elementary school. police arrested theodore lo