good morning. city on edge. a massive manhunt under way for this woman who may have played a role in the dramatic hostage standoff in a paris grocery store and the drama ending in a hail of bullets. this morning, new information about the gunmen and their extremist ties and more possibility of more. lester is live in paris with the latest. massive pileup. whiteout conditions lead to a chain reaction involving nearly 200 cars. adding to that disaster, a truck carrying thousands of pounds of fireworks explodes

and now more brutal weather making its way to the eastern half of the country. third time's a charm? mitt romney reveals he may be up for another presidential run after all. and the winner is? as hollywood gears up for one of its biggest nights of the year, the golden globes there are concerns some of the winners may have accidentally been published online. we will tell you what happened today, saturday, january 10th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today on this saturday morning. >> i'm peter alexander alongside sheinelle jones and dylan dreyer. the hostage drama may be over, but the people of france cannot rest yet because of the fear of the potential for more. >> there's also one suspect, a

woman, who remains on the loose. hundreds of troops deployed to help the thousands of police and other security forces on patrol. top government officials are

stormed into a printing factory where they took a company manager hostage as s.w.a.t. teams surrounded the place and helicopters flew overhead children from nearby schools were first sheltered inside and then finally ushered out and away from the danger zone. the drama unfolded beneath the flight path of de gaulle airport, where a runway was closed and flights diverted. in paris itself more terror. hours before the jewish sabbath, a gunman bursts into a kosher supermarket firing. holding more than a dozen people

hostage. >> all of the people that were here knew something very, very bad was going on. >> reporter: president hollande called it a terrifying anti-semitic act. police identified the attacker as amedy coulibaly, an associate of the kouachi brothers. believed to be part of the same jihadist cell. they say he killed a police woman in a paris suburb on thursday. as a precaution, businesses in the traditionally jewish district are ordered closed. during the standoff, coulibaly spoke by phone with a french journalist. we only coordinated at the start. when they started "charles hebdo," the newspaper attacked on wednesday, i started with police, he said. as evening came, the twin hostage standoffs ended almost simultaneously. outside paris, the brothers made a run for it in dammartin-en-goele.

police threw stun grenades and opened fire. killing the men. the hostage was safe. minutes later n paris, police made their move on the supermarket. explosions then a hail of gunfire. coulibaly cut down by s.w.a.t. teams. apparently as he rushes to the exit. 15 hostages are rescued, but sadly four others are dead. prosecutors believe that the four dead were killed by the terrorist, not in the hail of police gunfire. this is not over as we mentioned. there's a sense of trepidation, and part of that is because there's an outstanding suspect, an alleged accomplice of the man who took the hostages in the grocery. we have nbc's bill neely with me here in paris with more on

that part of the story. >> reporter: good morning. more details emerging about the deadly end to the sieges. the man, coulibaly, was hit by around 60 bullets as he ran out of the supermarket. he earlier told hostages i'm not afraid to die. it is either death or 40 years in jail. the sieges are over, but the crisis is not the gunman may be dead, but accomplice is not. she is still on the run. she is a terrorist on the loose. photographed here with her partner, the man authorities say killed four hostages in the paris supermarket. french police say hayat boumediene is armed and dangerous. she knew all three gunmen well. hundreds of their phone calls were intercepted by anti-terrorist police. two of the men had been prisoners together. her partner released months ago. they were all well known extremists. once recruiting men to kill u.s. troops in iraq. this week they became the killers. but were they on their own? are others ready to strike?

>> the french will try to find out how far this network extends. we know for a fact these individuals have connections to al qaeda. >> al qaeda yemen. >> reporter: cherif kouachi said he has been commissioned by al qaeda in yemen. his brother, said, had terrorist training there four years ago. the supermarket killer said he was with isis and chosen a jewish target deliberately. this horror was the work of one cell. but is this cell bigger? police and intelligence officers have a challenge ahead. french president francois hollande called for unity and resolve. we've tightened security, he said, so we won't face risk and threats. but the french jewish community feels under imminent threat, and fearing an attack on the sabbath it has closed the main

synagogue in paris today for the first time since world war ii. this city is on edge. extra anti-terrorist police remain. france says its government is on high alert. tomorrow, erica, a major challenge for france. a major security challenge. the leaders of a dozen countries, including the prime ministers of britain, france and italy will be in the square for a rally to support democratic values. france's president says this is a test for france. it certainly is. >> we should note, people still leaving tributes in the square. erica? >> still coming to pay tributes to the place behind you, lester. you mentioned at the top when we first came to you, that there is a sense of dread which is underible in the city. yesterday you talked about nerves frayed among the people you ran into. with that dread, is there a sense that people are starting to take back their lives and shops opening again and people going about their business or is

it still a little too raw? >> i think people are trying to find their stride, but talking to folks over there, there is a sense of what's next? there must be another shoe that is about to drop. i talked about what a horrific day it was yesterday, erica. i talked about watertown. the hunt for the boston marathon bombers. the sense of dread and sirens blaring all day. a lot of false alarms. reports of someone in the subway, and police had their guns out. reports of other hostage takings. we ended up in the middle of a situation, we looked out the car window and we were surrounded by police with guns pointing across the street. we didn't know what was going on. we're crouched behind vehicles. they're yelling at someone. it turned out to be another false alarm. but this overwhelming response, i think you will see some of that ratcheting down, but it's still very much on edge. very tense. >> understandably so. it's interesting you bring up watertown. so many comparisons people

brought in about this and boston. michael sheehan is an nbc terrorist analyst and is chair at the center at west point. he joins us this morning. good to have you with us. >> good morning, erica. >> lester pointed out the sense in paris of could this happen again and what is coming next? this is the type of attack that for all intents and purposes seems to have been very much under the radar, despite these men being well known and being under surveillance how do they go from being well known to carrying out in many ways a stealth and surprising attack? >> erica, the french will have time to review that. they made mistakes, clearly. they were well known to they had deep ties to al qaeda. both brothers had connections to al qaeda. one convicted of recruiting people to iraq. another gone to yemen and training in the arabian

peninsula. the girl was arrested for involve involvement in a plot with a 1995 bombing attack in paris. these three individuals were well known and slipped through the cracks. this attack was under the radar. the french will have some deep investigation and try to figure out what went wrong. >> the woman the manhunt underway for her currently. how dangerous is she? >> it is not clear. we have photos of her shooting with a crossbow and close with coulibaly. her boyfriend or associate. she is probably out there by her own right now not very dangerous. they will find her soon. the real issue is these guys had connections to a guy who is an aq recruiter in paris. this cell is going to have deeper connections with the french trying to unravel where the connections go to prevent any other cells from operating.

>> that is a major concern in france. terrorism laws were passed last month. why is there seemingly a larger issue with this in france? >> the cause in europe contracted to the laws in the united states are weaker. regarding travel to assist groups and fund raising and recruiting. people get off with light sentences like kouachi. if he was convicted in the united states he would have gotten 10 to 20 years for conspireing to work with a group known to kill. >> michael sheehan, thank you for being with us. >> you are welcome. the bitterly cold weather here at home grimpping the country. dylan is here with the forecast. >> it will stay cold. that also means icy on the roads. take a look at the video we saw

from this huge pileup in michigan. this is on i-94. nearly 200 vehicles were involved in the pipeup here. one caring crashing into another and one person killed and 22 injured in the pileup over the past couple days. these are the conditions we have been seeing. we also have extreme ice in parts of western and upstate new york. we have significant lake-effect snow. on the niagara river, chunks of ice. once you get the chunks of ice, you get ice jams. this is talawanda, new york. we will notice this over the next several days. it takes until next weekend before the pattern shifts and we lose the cold. we have windchill advisories from north dakota to western new york. lake-effect snow warnings where some areas near watertown have picked up three feet of snow. currently we have temperatures

below zero. the feels-like temperature in marquette, michigan is 26 below. as we go into high temperatures today, we will be running about 10 to 25 degrees below average. as for the snow, we could see an additional 1 to 2 feet of snow especially near watertown, new york and buffalo. when you get the winds off the water, it is relentless. >> it is the beginning of january. dylan, thanks. turning to politics. a familiar face in the republican party could be shaking up the race for the white house. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker has more. >> reporter: we are talking about mitt romney. he has been saying he will not run again, but now his tone has changed. he told a group of donors he is considering it as of friday.

after a bruises defeat in 2010 former massachusetts governor mitt romney insisted he is not getting back into the game. >> i'm not running for president. not again. >> not running for president. i said that so many times. >> reporter: even his wife ann is adamant. now, romney may be changing his tune. telling a group of donors on friday he is considering a run in 2016. according to those in the room, romney said quote, people ask if i want to be president. yeah i want to be president. romney's renewed interest comes as jeb bush announced he is exploring a white house run. resigning from his board positions. >> together we can provide conservative principles. >> reporter: with a number of key republicans weighing potential bids romney could shake things up. >> romney would upend the field. you have jeb bush and chris

christie in that establishment. adding romney would be a huge competition. >> reporter: romney reportedly said friday his wife ann is encouraging the idea. it would be his third presidential bid. he will have to make a move in the next 30 to 60 days. >> kristen welker thank you. this is familiar for you, peter alexander. >> my bags are packed. sheinelle jones is here following the rest of the news for us. including the potentially bad news for a man hailed as an american hero. >> nbc news confirmed prosecutors have recommended bringing felony charges against retired four star army general david petraeus. he is accused of leaking classified information to his one-time mistress while director of the cia in 2012. now to indonesia where a key piece of wreckage from airasia

flight 8501 was just found. the plane's tail was hoisted from the java sea overnight using inflate able balloons. no word if the black boxes are inside the tail or detached from the planes when it went down killing all 162 people on board. awkward moments for bill cosby when hecklers interrupted the man. the comedian pleaded with the audience not to react. protesters out side was growing. george zimmerman was back in police custody on charges of aggravated assault with a weapon. he has been involved in a string of domestic violence since the shooting death of trayvon martin. the spacex company launched supplies to the international space station this morning.

the revolutionary attempt to land the booster on a barge will not make the record books. minutes after it launched the falcon 9 rocket. the rocket made it to the barge but, came down too hard and broke apart. the company says close, but no cigar. now to what is called the shot of the year with just .3 of a second left. trevor booker gets the ball and tips the ball up and in. watch that again. back to the rim. tip it is like a volleyball and gets nothing but net. it wasn't enough to keep the jazz from a loss to oklahoma city. >> he felt good about that. >> the zoo is all clapping their flippers. that was a run of a century. dylan is here with another check of the forecast. >> it has to be worth extra points. i hope don't know anything about

basketball. it will not happen. let's take a look satat the weather across the country. the cold across the eastern two third. we have an icy mix in texas. freezing rain down that way. it will turnover to rain especially across southeastern texas. it will be very slippery this morning. you may want to stay in early this morning and do errands later today. we have snow in the central rockies. west coast enjoying good saturday morning to you. i'm meteorologist anthony slaughter. you have clouds making their way through the bay area this morning. they will be with us through the afternoon hours. cooler temperatures today. only 65 in the south bay. 63 for the peninsula. east shore in san francisco only expecting temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60. as we head through the weekend, better air quality is expected. we are talking about our next chance of rain.

and that's your latest forecast. >> perhaps a little rain in hollywood. hollywood award season kicks off tomorrow not. 60% chance of showers there. >> leave the forecasting to me. >> one of the most star-studded nights of the year. the golden globes. what can we expect off and on the red carpet? nbc's joe fryer with more. >> reporter: the red carpet has been unfurled and it will be walked upon by hollywood as they walk into the ball room. >> it is like cramming the most famous people in the world in a small space. there is a chemistry that happens when you do that that is very exciting. >> reporter: the golden globes are the first major awards show of the season. it is a mix of movie stars and tv stars. >> and now your hosts for the evening. >> reporter: tina fey and amy poehler are hosting for the

second time. >> gravity is nominated for best film. the story of how george clooney would rather float away in space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age. >> reporter: clooney will be there sunday receiving the cecil award along with his wife. >> we could see amazing fairy tale looks. romantic. not overly glam. >> you are saying love is absolute? >> reporter: the front runner is "birdman." for drama? >> i think "boyhood" is the favorite. even at the golden globes an independent american movie is favorite. >> reporter: many prognosticator prognosticators feel another

movie. just ask this year's miss golden globe grier grammar. >> i can't do that. >> reporter: nerves big stars and open bar. all making the golden globes the season's most unpredictable award show. for "today," joe fryer, nbc news los angeles. also another question surrounding the anwardawards. did the golden globes actually reveal the winners? sheinelle is in the orange room with more. >> if you were on the web site and browsing last year's winners. you may have noticed titles on the list stirring up excitement. without further ado, the best picture for comedy or musical

"into the woods." then "selma." the hollywood foreign press association web press developer say it hasn't been spoiled. it is a technical error. "selma" and "into the woods" were picked by random. you know it caused a bit of buzz. >> i wonder if it caused an uptick in vegas. >> if they win? >> we will have to find out here tomorrow night at 8:00/7:00 central here on nbc. still to come who doesn't love a day of pampering and relaxation? sgr >> we know you love that peter. >> how young is too young to spark controversy?

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still to come on "today," a certain rossen report facing millions of kids that take the it is 5:56 on saturday morning. we are seeing clear picture in downtown san jose. twinkling lights and a cool morning out there. good morning to you. i'm kira klapper.

anthony slaughter has a look at your microclimate forecast. >> it's funny when we don't talk about the weather before you go on the air. it's clear, a little haze. >> it's hard to follow the monitors down there. >> good thing i'm here. >> i'd be lost without you. >> sounds like a song. we are waking up to fog this morning at the coastline. inland not too bad we don't have clouds. no haze this morning. at least not too bad this morning. later this afternoon, that haze will build. we have another spare the air day. so no wood burning unless that is your only source of heat. temperatures are cool enough for that fireplace. back to the upper 50s and near 60s for the coastline. inland valleys you'll see a spike in temperatures. only low to mid 60s. lots of cloud cover today as the storm system scoots to our south. rain in southern california. we need some rain and we'll get rain as we head towards this rain. i'll be back at 7:00 to talk

about that. >> thanks. we have a live look at the golden gate bridge where crews are hard at work installing a moveable median barrier. workers began moving pieces on to the bridge as soon as it closed last night. the barrier was designed to prevent head-on collisions and make the bridge safer for oncoming traffic. median should take more than one day to put into place. this is the longest closure in the bridge's 78-year history. the bridge is scheduled to reopen at 4:00 a.m. before the morning commute monday. in addition to that median there will be a reduced speed limit coming out of the waldo tunnel and new merging configuration. this morning, police are looking for the person who shot and killed four men in san francisco. it happened just after 10:00 last night. officers found the four men shot to death in a car. people told police they heard rapid gun fire and what sounded like a car crash. some bullets went through nearby

homes. one lodged into someone's refrigerator. police say a semi automatic weapon was used and the area is known for gang violence. surveillance video may give some answers. they are hoping to find a car seen leaving the area shortly after the shooting. police worry there may be retaliatory shootings in the days to come. coming up on "today in the bay," silicon valley is making its presence felt at the golden globes. how many awards will screaming video take home?

i had no idea you could milk a cat. >> oh, yeah you can milk anything with nipples. >> i have nipples, greg could you milk me? >> with that good morning. >> i'm trying to see where this is going. >> work with us. >> give us a minute. we are back here on this saturday morning. january 10th 2015. here is sheinelle. as you saw in the clip dinner with the in laws can be awkward. dinner with strangers is worse. don't talk about nipples with dylan at the table. there is a trend in dining where you have dinner with a stranger in their home. >> strangers. >> it will work out better than that worked out in "meet the

parents." >> everything works out better. >> as long as they are not fockers. other drivers on the road are putting them at risk. this half hour an eye opening "rossen reports" that you don't want to miss. everyone loves a good spa day, but how young is too young? we begin with the murder trial under way for former nfl star aaron hernandez. it left many wondering how a star with a $40 million contract wound up at the center of not one, but two homicide investigations. nbc's ron mott has more. >> reporter: hidden from view for day one on the murder trial, all eyes on former star aaron hernandez for the next few

weeks. once testimony starts the trial will be televised. >> it should be an interesting trial. i'm sure there will be lots of drama. the downfall of a young handsome man. >> reporter: hernandez is charged with first-degree murder in the june 2013 killing of odin lloyd. a semi pro football player shot several times and body found a half mile from hernandez's home. he pleaded not guilty and could spend the rest of his life if convicted. if acquitted, hernandez is likely to remain behind bars as he is facing double murder charges in boston. in that crime, two men gunned down after one bumped into hernandez at a nightclub was the motive for lloyd's killing. hernandez was worried that lloyd was talking about the crime during the 2012 nfl season. hernandez got a nearly $40

million contract and scored five touchdowns. hernandez has also pleaded not guilty in that case. >> after consultation with ownership ownership, we acted quickly. >> reporter: hernandez was fired by his team. contract guarantees voided. two trials ahead for many thought was destined for nfl glory. for "today," ron mott, nbc news. we have dylan with another check on the weather. >> it will not be all that widespread but it doesn't take much ice to make for slippery conditions on the roads. you can see the snow is approaching san angelo, texas. it is all rain in brownsville. we are looking at watches and advisories and warnings in blue. for of all places south central texas. we are looking at .10 of an inch of ice. it makes the roads and sidewalks

slippery. as we go into the next 24 hours, it spreads into northern missouri and northern arkansas and southern missouri where the ice accumulating as well. .10 of an inch of ice. as we go into sunday and monday it is on the move. we are looking at the northern edge to produce the ice in indianapolis. pittsburgh starts as snow and switches to ice. we could see ice in washington, d.c. 7:00 a.m. on monday morning, a bit of ice early on. it turns over to rain as it makes its way into the northeast. we could see snow in southern new england early in the good morning. 6:04 the time. waking up to a little bit of cloud cover, even fog at the coastline. it is going to be markedly cooler. talking upper 50s for daytime highs. not too bad. those clouds streaming overhead will add to the blanket keeping

us cool. 65 for the south bay. 63 for the peninsula today. 59 for the east shore. only 60 in san francisco. definitely a light jacket. we'll talk about our rain chances coming aupt 7:00. and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thanks. just ahead jeff rossen repor millions of children who take the school bus every morning right after this. . . . coughequence #5. the sleepless night. sorry. robitussin dm max nighttime's dual action liquid instantly soothes your throat and delivers fast, powerful cough relief.

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kids are crossing right there, right in front of you, but so many people aren't paying attention or worse yet, late for work and purposefully blow right by. already this school year students have been hit and killed just getting on and off the bus. now a new push to catch the violators. this morning we're on patrol with police. a warning, some of the video here is disturbing. keep an eye on this boy getting off the school bus. he crosses the street. that car nearly hits him, never even slowing down. this young boy isn't as lucky. that car slamming into him at full speed as he walked off the bus. and take a look the stop sign is clearly out. so hard to watch, but amazingly he walks away unharmed. according to the bus industry association, it happens over 70,000 times a day. vehicles passing stopped buses. heart-pounding surveillance videos catching car after car

blowing by school buses after stops. those flashing red lights on stop signs out, the offenders ignoring it. >> somebody just hit a kid trying to get on the school bus. >> 11-year-old michael burgess was knocked to the ground just weeks ago. >> all i remember was seeing a car and i was so scared. i just knew the car was going to hit me. >> michael spent days in the hospital in a body cast with multiple breaks and fractures. >> i felt pretty lucky that i'm alive now because i thought i'd die because the car was going really fast. >> and it's not just cars either. watch this semi truck. >> whoa. >> driving off road to pass the stopped school bus. this other semi passes another stopped bus just before this kindergartener crosses the street. >> this is literally life and death? >> it is life and death. >> the broward county sheriff's department inviting us along to scan for offenders. >> there's no room for error in

this. >> right away we start following this school bus. okay the yellow lights are on. it's about to make a stop. cars should be slowing down now. when the bus stops, we see the red lights are flashing the stop sign is out, but keep watching. count with me. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 cars fly right by. >> bingo. >> so many violators our deputy can't even get them all. >> the reason why i stopped you today is because you have a stopped school bus. >> but why did they do it? >> jeff rossen from nfc news. did you see the bus? >> no, i do not. >> do you have children? >> yeah. >> how would you feel if your child was, you know crossing the street expected the cars to stop and then a car flew through? >> i would feel bad. i have taught my children to look both ways before they cross the street. >> but shouldn't they expect to be safe? >> but they need to be cautious too. >> but then deputies pulled over this car. the driver telling us she saw the bus too late.

>> by the time i could do anything i said oh, my gosh. >> you realized what you had done? >> yes. yes. >> from now on will you pay more attention? >> i always do but this time i didn't. >> the drivers both slapped with a $270 ticket. >> to me they're not paying attention or they don't see it. you're talking about lives, children that could get hit. >> this problem has gotten so bad now school districts across the country are installing new technology on school buses. they're little cameras that activate when the bus stops. think of it like a red light camera capturing the license plates of any car that flies by and those violators get a ticket send to them in the mail. those tickets range anywhere from $100 all the way up to $1,000. that aside, we're talking about the safety of kids here guys. >> jeff thank you very much. >> it's scary enough for an adult trying to cross the street when a car is blocking your view. imagine a 9-year-old. >> that's true. >> that's why the stop signs are there. >> it's true. i'm amazed too. we were talking during the piece, the woman who went through who said i always stop.

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good morning to you. it's 6:26. you are seeing cloudy skies above san jose this morning. thank you for joining us. i'm kira klapper. anthony slaughter has a look at your microclimate forecast.

>> good morning to you. good to have you back. >> thank you. it's great to be here. thank you. happy new year. >> it is still the season to say happy new year. >> i think so. >> let's talk about this weather. we do have clouds out there. we have fog at the coastline. because of that temperatures aren't too cold this morning. we are back in the 40s and 50s with cloud cover overhead. fog at the coastline. as we head through the day, temperatures are going to be cool because of those clouds. not going to see a lot of sunshine today. it will be hazy once again. we have to spare the air. 65 south bay. san francisco and east shore will be right near 60. will be very chilly. we are not talking about polar air. this is that typical pattern we get stuck in. we have 74 in the forecast. we'll talk about that at 7:00 this morning. >> thanks, anthony. we have a live look at the

golden gate bridge where crews are hard at work installing a movable median barrier. workers began moving pieces as soon as it closed last night. the barrier was designed to prevent head-on collisions and make the bridge safer for oncoming traffic. the median should take more than one day to put into place. this is the longest closure in the bridge's 78-year history. it is scheduled to open before 4:00 a.m. before the morning commute monday. in addition to the median there will be a new reduced speed limit coming on it of the waldo tunnel and new merging configuration. police are looking for the person who shot and killed four men in san francisco. it happened just after 10:00 last night. officers found the four men shot to death in a car. police heard that neighbors heard rabid gun fire and what sounded like a car crash. some bullets went through nearby homes. one even lodged into someone's

refrigerator. a semi automatic weapon was used. the area is known for gang violence. surveillance video may give them some answers. police are hoping to find a car that was seen leaving the area shortly after the shooting. they worry there may be retaliatory shootings in days to come. coming up this morning on "today in the bay," silicon valley is making its presence felt at the golden globes. how many awards will streaming videos take home?

good morning. it is saturday january 10th, 2015. here's a look at today's top stories. a major manhunt is under way for the woman who may have played a role in the dramatic hostage standoff at a paris grocery store. we're learning more details about the gunmen their extremist ties and lester holt is live in paris with the latest. massive pile-up, whiteout conditions lead to a chain reaction accident involving nearly 200 cars. adding to the disaster a truck carrying thousands of pounds of fireworks explodes as more brutal weather makes its way through the eastern half of the country. how young is too young? spas are known for relaxation

but now they're sparking controversy by targeting children. . good morning, welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning. we'll head out there to say hi in a little bit. stop by any time you're in town. we'd love to see you. i'm erica hill. >> i'm peter alexander along with dylan dreyer and sheinelle jones. lester holt is in paris to cover the manhunt now under way for the alleged accomplice for the gunmen responsible for the terrorist attacks. this morning she remains on the loose and hundreds of troops are being deployed to help the security forces already on patrol. lester is live in paris with us for the very latest. >> peter, good morning. the three terrorists who traumatized this region for three days are dead but not before leaving 17 innocent lives ended. what a horrific day it was

yesterday. twin hostage takings, one about 20 miles outside paris, the other at a kosher grocery store on the eastern edge of the city itself both ending in explosions and gun fire and a terrorist killed. you noted that police are still looking for an alleged accomplice hayat, boumeddiene. the girlfriend of hamid mourai. president hollande said france is not done with the threat. whether he was referring to the climate in general or specific intelligence is not clear but people feeling a sense of dread here. walking around we certainly get that sense. within the last hour there have been a couple more false alarms. reports of people with weapons. you hear the sirens race off after them. happy to hear they're false alarms but certainly

understandable that people are jittery and jumping at every shadow almost out of what's happened here. tomorrow in this very square in fact as we speak, they're clearing some of the area of cars. there's going to be a massive march of rally and solidarity. they're inviting people of all faiths and backgrounds to come here and march in a moment of solidarity. one woman i spoke to today in referring to the fear but i'm very proud of my country right now, proud for the response and proud that people are starting to come together on what could have certainly been a very div is i've moment. but at this point police maintaining their vigilance. still on the lookout for this woman. she's said to be armed and dangerous. back to you, peter. >> lester thank you very much for that. also right now another story we've been following, this one out of michigan. a deadly pile-up involving nearly 200 cars. frances rivera is following this for us. this video is stunning.

>> these drivers faced near white-out conditions and it led to a chain pile-up causing evacuation and a massive explosion. new images of a massive pile-up friday morning in michigan as drivers face near whiteout conditions. a scene straight out of a horror movie. a horrified bystander shooting video on his phone as one vehicle after another slam into each other. cars and even more frightening huge tractor trailers out of control. it happened amid icy conditions and blinding snow in michigan's interstate 94. drivers going too fast to stop in time. >> watch yourself! >> the man filming rushes to help along with other bystanders. 200 vehicles were involved. one trucker was killed and 22 other people injured by the time it was all over. adding to the danger one of the trucks was carrying 40,000

pounds of fireworks which exploded in the middle of the disaster. another truck had dangerous acid on board. forcing residents in a three-mile area to evacuate. the interstate was closed overnight as crews try to assess the damage and clean up the carnage. you see the still pictures really scary, but the video even more scary. surprising that the death toll wasn't even higher. just staggering. >> there's nothing you can do you see them coming. the guy videotaping, he can't warn them. >> reminder to everybody, just slow down. >> i've driven in whiteout conditions and there are times that people are driving right past you and driving like maniac. there's times when we're all just driving 20 miles per hour. and all in a straight line you follow the car in front of you. and that's what keeps people safe. when people start speeding in conditions when you can't see, it gets crazy. >> speaking of weather conditions there's the severe cold which is gripping the eastern half of the country.

actually, a lot of the country. >> most of the country, ice down in texas. we'll see improvements today but it takes till next weekend before we see an entire pattern shift. we've got wind chill advisories in effect for north dakota stretching through the great lakes even into western new york where we also have lake-effect snow warnings. up to three feet of snow has fallen in parts of central and western new york. temperatures are just brutally cold. when you factor in that wind it feels like it's 15 below. new york feels like 2 degrees right now, even into washington, d.c. it feels like zero. we'll top out in the teenness and 20s. that's 15 to 25 degrees below average for this time of year. let me show you this wind. this is a west wind that produces this lake-effect snow right up near buffalo and watertown, new york. you can see it doesn't move. it just sits and dumps snow at rates of 3 inches an hour. because of that we're looking at an additional 1 to 2 feet of snow possible in watertown, a

city i was just in. we should finally start to see some improvement especially as we go into sunday. finally that lake-effect will turn off but it's brutal out there. >> let's get a check of some of the morning's other top stories. >> nbc news has confirmed that they've recommended bringing felony charges against david petraeus. the former u.s. commander in iraq and afghanistan is accused of leaking classified information to his one-time mistress while he was director of the cia in 2012. a growing number of people now have the measles after visiting disneyland. officials now say 19 people who visited disneyland or disney california adventure during the same week in december have the disease. two of those people were fully vaccinated. a protest planned in salt lake city today after a man wielding a shovel was shot dead by a police officer. it was caught on the officer's body camera. the suspect screams at the officer before slamming him with the shovel breaking the camera.

the fatal shooting was not recorded. police say the officer was hit by the shovel several times and suffered two fractures. a woman turned herself in after a deadly drunk driving incident two days after christmas. reverend heather cook was charged with drunken driving and manslaughter after hitting a bicyclist. federal officials have just released a sketch of the man they believe set off an explosion near an naacp office in colorado tuesday. a $10,000 reward is also being offered. finally big news in one of the men making a groundbreaking climb in yosemite national park. he's reportedly just 1,000 feet from the summit. the climbers -- look at this -- are relying completely on their physical strength and dexterity to make their way up. >> that is amazing. it makes my stomach turn just

watching them. i'm amazed. >> they sleep on the side of the -- >> i know! >> the rock you realize. >> i can't even do a rock climbing event at a local rec center. >> the best part is they have a 2-year-old at home they have a rock wall. like father like son. >> dylan has made her way outside. >> i'm surrounded by a bunch of crazy people here. why are you out here? it is way too cold to be outside. but we've got this lovely lady here. your friends brought you to new york? >> they did. my name's wendy, these are my good friends laura and beth. my mom recently passed away. they brought me to new york to cheer me up. great friends. >> that's amazing. your son's name is dillon? >> yes, and my maiden name is dillon. >> let's take a look at the weather in the eastern half of the country really seeing

temperatures about 15 to 25 degrees below average. we've got an icy mix of freesing rain and sleet down near texas. and then tomorrow it will turn into mainly rain especially on the gulf coast, but that wintry mix, especially up into the midwest and ohio and indiana, that's where we could end up with that possibly producing about a tenth of an inch of ice. that good morning. it's saturday. we are looking at a little bit of haze and cloud cover over san jose right now. once the sun comes up we'll show you that. temperatures later this afternoon are going to be chilly. only in the mid 60s across the south bay. low to mid 60s expected for the peninsula and east shore. even for the north bay. san francisco will come in at 60. we have rain in the forecast for that seven-day. more of that at 7:00.

good morning, i'm kira klapper. next on "today in the bay," gun fire rips through a san francisco neighborhood leaving four people dead. the weapon police believe was used in the shootle. the golden gate bridge getting a big makeover. spare the air day. better air quality on the way.

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it is 7:00 on saturday morning. wow, look at those clouds covering san jose on a very chilly morning. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm kira klapper. anthony slaughter has a look at your microclimate forecast. >> it's hard to tweet that because you only have 160 characters. >> that takes up about 138. >> right.