from los angeles to las vegas, minnesota, michigan and maine. overnight the cross country storm turning deadly firefighter killed as an ice storm tightens its grip hundreds of thousands of power outages and major travel delays, plus the eye popping temperatures in the south 100 degrees warmer than other parts of the country. what to expect today? a shooting rampage in florida, a young girl and a member of a tv news crew are killed in a day long, violent spray. what we're learning about the suspect in the other victims. change in plans with the rail company responsible for that toxic train disaster in ohio is now changing about its cleanup plan. plus caught on camera, a moose

running down a woman on this sidewalk. we hear from the bystanders who came to the rescue got milk. the fda tries to explain what actually qualifies as milk these days. and we've heard of adult kids moving back in with their parents. but what about the parents moving in with the kids? a new twist on the modern family? from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good thursday morning, everyone i'm andrew denberg, jacqueline lee infra ryan and we begin with a massive winter storm that's now turned deadly swath of the country is facing extreme weather right now, roads and airports are at a standstill with feet of snow expected in some areas more than 600,000 power outages were reported in michigan alone due to an ice storm, now blamed for the death of a firefighter and in the south temperatures topping 90 degrees. this morning. several airport hubs are reporting more flight cancelations and delays as a massive winter storm

creates treacherous travel conditions from coast to coast. all of a sudden, i heard a big boom and a big red fire came up authorities in arkansas, saying five people were killed in a small plane crash in little rock cause under investigation, but when gusts were reportedly 40 mph at the time. it comes as 135 million americans and more than 40 states are on alert for high wind, snow and ice. in michigan , a volunteer firefighter was killed when a power line fell on him after i snapped a tree branch. power outages reported overnight in california, illinois and wisconsin, and many more outages are expected in los angeles county, a rare blizzard warning up to seven ft of snow could fall in the higher elevations. overnight this 20 vehicle pile up east of los angeles. eight people injured. the storm brought these intense conditions to northern arizona, where police had to shut down at

200 mile stretch of highway and this newly released video from the wyoming highway, but toral shows an out of control semi nearly slamming into that first responder. meanwhile, in the southeast record, he could stick around for days. it could be 40 degrees warmer than usual in some areas. look at that temperature is looking like may out there and, yes, it is february and while areas like mcallen, texas, hit 95 degrees wednesday the dakotas were below zero a 100 degree temperature difference in the continental u. s. experts say climate change is most apparent in winter months in both high and low temperature readings, areas as far north as new jersey could see record high temperatures. today we'll take a closer look at your forecast in just a few minutes. the other big story this morning, the deadly day long shooting spree e among those killed police now looking for answers. the advisory and multiple gunshot wound calls in the highly of street area tragedy in central

florida after sheriff's deputies say three people were killed in a shooting spree, including a nine year old girl and a tv journalists covering one of the initial shootings. so i'm going to acknowledge what a horrible day this has been for our community and our media partners , condolences from other journalists pouring in overnight one colleague fighting back tears on air. this is every reporters. absolutely worst nightmare. we go home at night, afraid. that's something li this will occur, investigators say a news photographer and a reporter for spectrum news were on the scene of a homicide investigation in an unmarked vehicle when the gunman returned to the scene and shot them. one of the journalists was killed. officials say. the gunman then ran into a nearby home before shooting a mother and her nine year old girl. no one in our community, not a mother, not a nine year old and certainly not news professionals. should become the victim of gun violence in our community. 19

year old keith melvin moses was arrested, charged with the killings. no word overnight on a motive. authorities say moses has a lengthy criminal history that includes aggravated battery assault with a deadly weapon and gun charges. meanwhile spectrum news releasing a statement overnight, saying, we are deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague and the other lives senselessly taken today. this is a terrible tragedy for the orlando community, and all three people were killed. the mother of that nine year old and the other spectrum news crew member, meanwhile, are in the hospital in critical condition. as police try to determine a motive. ntsb is expected to release a preliminary report today on the toxic train derailment in ohio. it comes as transportation secretary pete buddha, says visits east palestine meeting with officials in residents. meanwhile, norfolk southern is changing its cleanup plan to include removing tracks in order to excavate more contaminated soil. the e p a is threatening to find the company's $70,000 per day if it doesn't follow through on its commitments. critics say that's nothing considering the company makes billions in profits. residents

aired their anger during a town hall on cnn last night. the people of these palestinians are just being treated like dummies were not dummies, bruce smart people. i'm angry. i'm angry about this. i lived in east policy for 65 years now that's my home. my grandmother came from germany. she lived in palestine. my dad grew up there . my family's grown up there now. and it is disgusting that we're just lost it. president trump visited east palestine yesterday, blaming the white house for inaction. the white house fired back, blaming trump and congressional republicans for throwing out real safety protections. both unclear if any of those regulations would have prevented the derailment. tensions between the us and russia this morning vladimir putin, suggesting he's ramping up his nuclear arsenal hours after meeting with china's top diplomat. president biden, meanwhile, is back from his historic trip to ukraine and

poland, where he spoke exclusively with our david muir abc. sm win is here now with more m good morning. good morning, andrew as ukraine prepares to mark one year of war , vladimir putin seems determined to boost his nuclear forces. on the eve of the anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. tensions are escalating between moscow and the west tomorrow marks one year since russia invaded ukraine. an estimated 200,000 russian troops have been killed or wounded so far, yet kiev remains free. i was here on the day of the invasion a year ago, and since then you know ukraine morale has always been this face determination to throw the russians back, and with the battlefield successes that they've had, it's only really grown. they say that this is a decisive period of the war. are they preparing for a counter offensive in the spring? and they say that if they will continue to receive western weapons, they believe they can liberate their territory and inflict a true defeat. on russia in his speech today, vladimir putin is again threatening to strengthen his nuclear arsenal after suspending participation

in the nuclear arms treaty with the us decision. president biden calls a big mistake not very responsible. and. but i don't read into that that he's thinking of using nuclear weapons or anything like that. the treaty limits the number of nuclear warheads among russia and the us and allows each country to inspect the others arsenals. biden spoke with abc's david muir before leaving poland . the idea that somehow this means they're thinking of using nuclear weapons. international continental ballistic missile. there's no evidence of that, while in poland, biden met with eastern european allies reiterating support for ukraine . at the same time, putin was meeting with china. china's top diplomat amid concern that china could soon start providing weapons to russia. that is a significant threat. russian has had a hard time keeping up with its ammunition requirements in ukraine and china can solve that issue if they start providing weapons and munitions, there would be a significant positive for russia, negative for ukraine and all of its supporters. putin

says chinese president xi jinping plans to visit russia this spring, andrew and thank you, harvey weinstein finds out how much more time will receive behind bars for rape and sexual assault. the former hollywood mogul faces up to 18 years in prison for attacking an italian model in los angeles. he has more than 20 years left on a previous conviction in new york. it's also also sentencing day for singer r. kelly in chicago. last year's child pornography conviction combined with his sentence for racketeering in new york, colin kelly in prison for life time now for a look at your thursday weather. a major winter storm continues into this morning across green bay, minneapolis, 1 to 2 ft of snow likely in those areas with lots of wind. now meantime, the icy side of this storm is causing big problems between omaha, chicago and boston with slippery roads and sidewalks, not to mention numerous power outages. now over the next three

days in california, a big storm is brewing heavy rain and snow. there'll be flooding snow in the mountains and snow even at lower elevations. accuweather meteorologist kevin costner in. coming up a cyberattack that's affecting a major food company. but first a most chases down a woman on the sidewalk, how these bystanders came to her rescue and we'll disgrace attorney alex murdoch taking the stand in his own defense, the latest on his double murder trial w

thompson live this morning on g m. a hey, hey, watch out! you seeing this person go love that's anchorage, alaska resident tracy hansen on the wrong end dividend counter with a moose. the animal trampled hanson and kicked her in the head while she was walking her

dog. but the woman who shot that video helped get hanson to the hospital. she suffered bruises and cuts to her head crucial day in the alex murdoch double murder trial, the defense hinting that they might put murdock on the stand himself. meantime new testimony claims investigators did a poor job collecting evidence. at the crime scene. attorneys for alex murdoch are trying to show that investigators were sloppy and incomplete while working at the scene where murdoch's wife and son paul were murdered. did they do an adequate job to show the absence of the minimum the absence of any other evidence don't believe so called murdoch's former law partner and friend, mark ball to testify about potential evidence, including some of paul's remains , which he says were found by the family one day after investigators had finished collecting evidence just infuriated me that this young man had been murdered and they were still his remains there. it's kind of like walking across the graves from just it's one of

those things you just don't do also testified how angry he was at murdoch for the alleged financial crimes that cost their law firm millions. but paul said he's not convinced murdoch is a murderer as hell. but on the other hand i'm not saying because he did that. he's done. what. he's accused of. still he acknowledged he may not have known murdoch as well as he thought effortlessly and easily lied to you for years. and you didn't know i didn't know it didn't catch it. this time progressed on and you see the scope of it. i mean, i don't know who that guy is. today, all eyes will be on murdoch himself and whether he takes the stand. murdoch's team has tried to limit the scope of the prosecution's questioning, but the judge rejected that idea, leaving murdoch to decide whether testifying in his own defense is worth the risk. in the meantime, a new netflix miniseries claims to have uncovered more crimes involving murdoch, including financial corruption that allegedly rises

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informed grocery stores about the attack, which could explain shortages of dole lettuce and salad products. the company has been working with cyber security experts to resolve the issue now to a cold case murder dating back five decades. investigators have now cracked the case. thanks to a cigarette butt. abc is lionel ye's explains this morning, a cold case solved in burlington, vermont, more than 50. years later, for 50 years, they have waited for justice read his parents died waiting for it. police now know who killed 24 year old rita curran back in 1971, the young teacher was murdered just two weeks after moving out of her parents' home into an apartment. current died by strangulation, police finding a cigarette butt near her body. it was a cigarette butt. that's all they had. it was just a brand name, but they collected it anyway, not knowing what dna was going to be for another 15 years. dna testing did not exist then. but police retested that cigarette in 2014 . they usedancestry, information and public records

to ultimately linked the crime to a man named william dareus who lived upstairs. i don't think so much about the guy who did this. as i do about rita and my parents what they went through. this was questioned after the murder, officials say , even though he left home after an argument with his wife, and she believed he was just out to smoke a cigarette. he told her to be his alibi. she was to tell him that he was home all night because he had a criminal history. and if they knew he was out, they would come after him for this the case unsolved for decades until now, thanks to how meticulous investigators were back, then actually collected a lot of stuff. way ahead of their time current family finally getting closer. this is our case , and this is our our sister, and she's always with us. we now have two generations in our family that never knew her. police say. after the murder jerusalem led to thailand and became a buddhist monk but eventually moved to san francisco. he died there of a

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