temperatures. mill ups of americans wake up to the first winter storm of 2014 and prepare for an onslaught of bitter cold weather. a man brought to the united states illegally as a child wins a major court victory allowing him to practice law. and football blackout. why some nfl fans may not be able to watch their hometown teams in this week's playoff games. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, january 3rd, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning the northeast is getting hit hard by the first winter storm of 2014.

heavy snow, strong winds, and what's likely to be record-setting cold is causing major transportation problems. some areas of massachusetts already have two fe2 feet of sn. states of emergency in normg and new jersey. residents have been told to avoid travel and stay indoors and a threat of flooding is of concern along the coastal areas. for new york's long island. and part of what makes this storm just so nasty is the biting cold temperatures. in international falls, minnesota, the thermometer measured 42 degrees below zero yesterday. it's estimated that a hundred million people are in storm's path and marlie hall is in new york with more. marlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the first winter storm of the new year is pummeling the northeast with blizzard-like conditions and brutally cold temperature, bringing many cities to a standstill. crews in boston are working

around the clock, building mountains of snow as they try to keep up with the winter storm. the northeast is getting slammed, but massachusetts is one of the hardest hit areas. these french tourists picked the wrong time to visit. >> we like boston, but it's snowy and windy. >> reporter: the storm is forcing airlines to cancel flights, and conditions are so dangerous in boston, planes are grounded at logan airport. driving conditions aren't much better with cars slipping and sliding. new york's governor shut down the business long island expressway. in new jersey, even the plow drivers are having problem. >> reporter: were you slipping? >> yep. >> reporter: tell me about it. >> spinning out. >> reporter: across the region, temperatures are plummeting. >> with subzero temperatures you worry about frostbite or hypothermia. it doesn't take long for the symptoms to come on. >> reporter: that's why officials are warping people who want to get out and enjoy the snow to be careful. here in new york city the snow

will let up by midday and snow totals could reach 8 inches. anne-marie? >> marlie hall in new york. thank you so much, marlie. meteorologist eric fisher of our boston fail yacht wbz has more on the first major snowstorm of 2014. >> reporter: well, a lot of folks will be waking up to a big blanket of snow on their back step. we're talking about a northeaster from new england to washington, d.c. picking up snow. motive of it now is going to wind down in terms of accumulating snowfall. the last of the snow clears eastern long island and parts of eastern new england. by the afternoon hours all of it's off to the ocean. we're talking the wind is still lingering. windy and blowing snow. gusts of 50 miles per hour. the good news is it's not a wet snow, not clinging to a lot of power lines, so power outages should not be a big part of this one. what will be a big part is the cold. we have seen that.

we've accumulate 12 inches in boston, 6 inches in new york city. much of the northeast goes subzero and certainly some record lows should be set before the sun comes up on saturday. i'm meteorologist eric fisher in boston for cbs news. well, there is a new snag for the 52 people rescued from that icebound ship near antarctica this morning. the australian ice breaker carrying them was asked to halt its journey this morning. a chinese ship that helped in the dramatic rescue is now in danger of getting trapped in the eyes. its crew will attempt to break free in open tomorrow but they may need help from the australian vessel. they have partly taken over two key cities. the gunmen have attacked iraq's two main sunni cities, overwhelming police in ramadi and fallujah. they were fighting u.s. troops during the iraq war. the government launched air

strikes against the militants using to others he is a traitor. susan mcginnis is in washington with more. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. both papers played a role in publishing the leaked classified material. the "times" describes snowden as a whistle blower who should be praised for doing a great public service, but not everyone agr s agrees. >> edward is either traitor, defector or both and "the new york times" is as well. they've made themselves a "blame

america first" as far as i'm concerned. >> he currently lives in russia where he was granted asylum. the "times" says snowden deserves some avenue to return home. considering the amount he has, mr. snowden deceives better than a life of permanent exile, fear, and flight. this is not the first talk of amnesty for snowden. senior nsa official rick le jet raised the possibility last month during an interview with "60 minutes." in some circles it's already gaining traction. >> you already have some members of congress coming out in favor of a little bit of leniency, not a full pardon, but trying to work out a way for snowden to come home. >> reporter: two federal judges say the massive collection of phone records was likely unconstitutional but another judge said it was legal.

the "times" charges that they deliberately broke the law, a view not shared by president obama. >> i think there's an english word that describes selling american secrets to another government, and i do think it's treason. now the government is calling for a full pardon for snowden. the "times" isn't saying he shouldn't be charged at all. they want him to get a reduced penalty. >> thank you, susan. coming up, a bit of controversy. an undocumented california man is claiming victory by the state's highest court. this is the "cbs morning news." about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years.

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alone in his chico, california, office when the state supreme court issued its decision granting him a law license. >> it's been a long journey going on five years, you know. i graduated law school in 2009 and here we are in 2014 and we finally have a final piece of the puzzle that will allow me to fulfill my dream and finally become an attorney. >> reporter: he was brought to the u.s. from mexico when he was just 17 months old and has been waiting for his green card since 1994. he passed the bar exam on his first try, but because he's undocumented, federal law prevented him from getting a law license. california and its governor have given more and more rights to undocumented immigrants. they can now get driver's licences and qualify for in-state tuition. another law forbids police turning over federal immigration authorities other than for major felonies and sex crimes but

federal law prohibiting documents could still prevent a barrier for garcia. in its filing in the case the justice department says issuance of a law license to garcia would not imply a giving him a law license to work in the united states. >> in the state of california, i have their blessing so there's absolutely nothing preventing me from being a licensed attorney now in california. >> other states have been watching this closely. there are similar cases in florida and new york where undocumented immigrants are seeking licenses to practice law. california wrote legislation specifically to help garcia get his law license. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. on the "cbs moneywatch," snapchat beefs up security and cheerios goes back to basics. wendy gillette is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, wendy. good morning, anne-marie. asian markets saw week trades. hong kong's hang sing lost 2.5%. the shanghai lost more than 1%.

toqky tokyo's nikkei was closed due to holiday. the markets in this country will be pay close attention what outgoing fed chairman ben bernanke has to say. he may indicate possible further reductions in the stimulus program. stocks fell yesterday. the dow jones industrial lost 135 points. the nasdaq composite fell 33 points. snapchat says it will put out a new more secure version of its app. hackers breached the messaging service on new year's eve and posted 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers to a website. snapchat is popular for its perceived privacy. pictures and messages disappear after ten seconds at most. the employees of american airlines have voted on the paint design for the tails of american jets. this is the winner. red, white, and blue horizontal strips. 52% picked this design which is a nod to the american flag. the company plans to repaint more than 1,100 of its jets. >> general mills is now manufacturing original flavored cheerios without genetically modified ingredients.

the new boxes of cheerios will be labeled and should be on grocery shelves soon. the change does not apply to other types of cheerios. general mills followed a campaign of green america that prompted a flood of requests. and walmart is recalling the donkey meat it sells in china. dna showed traces of fox meat in the donkey meat. donkey meat is considered a delicacy in parts of china. walmart is considering legal action against its chinese supplier. anne-marie? >> wendy gillette at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, wendy. still to come, the manhunt for a banker accused of stealing millions of dollars and why some nfl fans could be left in the dark during this week's playoff games. nd why some nfl fans could be left in the dark during this week's playoff games. featuring the exclusive bombshell boost system. extreme volume meets an intensifying topcoat. and tada. a bombshell is born. still to come, the map hunte nothing gets attention like a bombshell. [ male announcer ] for big sexy bombshell lashes

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three cities where the weekend's wild-card games are being played may not be able to watch their hometown teams on tv. the bengals, the packers, and the colts are all about 3,000 ticket sales of selling out. if all the remaining tickets are not sold by today, the games will be blacked out on local television. under nfl rules, game must be sold out 72 hours before kickoff to avoid a blackout. the league extended the deadline to today. and here's how the wild card weekend schedule shapes up. the action kicks off saturday at 4:35. the chiefs travel to indianapolis to take on the colts. saturday night the eagles host the saints in philadelphia. in sunday's nfc game san francisco visits green bay. that game starts at 4:40. and things get started at 1:00 p.m. when the bengals host the chargers right here on cbs. our coverage begins at noon eastern on ""the nfl today.""

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here's a look at today's ,,, forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., will be sunny today. atlanta, sunny as well. and st. louis, a high of 27 with sunshine. sunshine in denver and cloudy in seattle. well, a former banker in georgia accused of stealing millions is in custody this morning. aubrey price was arrested tuesday after more than a year on the run, and as mark strassmann reports, price had convinced his family and a judge that he was dead. >> reporter: aubrey lee price, the former banker, is very much alive, but a changed man. this is what the arrested fugitive looks like now. price, now 47, was a director at a small georgia bank. he allegedly embezzled $40 million and cheated more than 100 investors like wendy cross, the owner of this atlanta food truck who lost almost $300,000.

when you first heard it's gone -- >> i literally fell to my knees in complete shock. it was everything. it was everything that i had. >> reporter: like all that money, price disappeared in june of 2012. he left a suicide note. i created false statements, covered up my losses, and deceived and hurt the very people i was trying to help. i am emotionally overwhelmed and incapable of continuing in this life. but the surveillance video taken the day he vanished showed price in key west, florida. he had claimed he was going to kill himself, but he was carrying a backpack and a rolling suitcase. his next known public sighting was tuesday when he was arrested for a traffic violation. he told local deputies, sit down, i'm going to make you famous. when you saw the mug shot -- >> yes. it was crazy. i mean i -- you would have thought that, you know, like a

hollywood makeup artist got to this guy. if he had literally bumped into me on the side of the street, i would not have known that that was him. >> reporter: so what do you want to happen? >> i want him to rot in jail for a really long time, hopefully for the rest of his life. i hope he thinks about what he's done to these really innocent people who did not deserve this. >> u.s. marshals say that price told them that he was homeless and working as a migrant, but there are also reports he was renting a place in florida where deputies found and sized 225 marijuana plants. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. well, toronto mayor rob ford will be on the ballot again this fall. he signed up for re-election thursday, calling himself the best mayor in toronto history. the city council stripped ford of his mayoral powers after he admitted to smoking crack in november. polls show he retained significant support despite admitted drug use and erratic behavior. ford more years. i think that's a slogan.

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,,,,z every year in this country more than a half a million children are abused. some are getting help from an unlikely organization. elaine quijano reports on some guardian angels on wheels. >> reporter: for years karen and her 9-year-old daughter whose identity we're protecting were abused by karen's husband. >> it's terrifying when you can't close your eyes when you photo sleep because you don't know what's going to happen. it's the unknown that you're afraid of. >> reporter: fearing for their lives karen found help from an unlikely group of people. >> look at them all. >> i know. >> here they come. >> reporter: these 15 men and women are part of a 3,000-member organization committed to protecting children around the world. >> how are you? >> good.

>> reporter: they call themselves baca, bikers against child abuse. >> one thing we try to do as an organization is help that child feel empowered so they can enjoy their childhood and grow up as an adult, knowing that there's always going to be somebody there and not all adults are bad. >> reporter: happy dodson is president of the connecticut chapter, which is currently helping eight families across the state. >> hey, young lady, how's school? >> good. >> reporter: they help by stepping into the void left by an overwhelmed court system and by forming a cocoon on support around the abused child, pledging 24/7 protection. each member goes through an extensive background check and adopts child-friendly road names like scooter, shaggy, and pooh bare. >> if a child is afraid to go to sleep, get on the bus, we'll be there. we'll take you to school, be there when the bus drops you off, take you home, and if need be, stay in the yard until you feel comfortable.

>> reporter: for some of the men, it's personal. they, too, were abused. >> i know a lot of kids when i was growing up. they were under the umbrella of being afraid. there was nobody around to help. that's why we're here. >> reporter: when you met them for the first time, what was your impression? >> it was overwhelming. i gave each one of them a hug because they were there for me, you know, and i needed them. >> reporter: what was it like for your daughter? >> it was nice to know that all these people were on her side, that she had that backup, you know, and that she wasn't alone. >> reporter: baca's motto is "no child deserves to live in fear." because of them, this young girl no longer does. elaine quijano, cbs news, derby, connecticut. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest on the nor'easter that buried the region in snow overnight, and we'll get an update on air travel. plus, we'll meet the remarkable california teenager

who could become the first blind golfer in the pga. and dawn zier, the ceo of the diet plan, nutrisystem, stops by the studio. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com www.vitac.com

and i'm frank mallicoat time is 4-- here's meteorologist lawrence with check of weather. good morning, it's january 3, friday. i'm michelle griego. >> ak settlement the friday. we're happy it's here. i know it's been a holiday week but we have been working hard

all week. >> we have. >> i haven't. >> now you're getting ready for the weekend. the weekend will look good weather-wise. a couple of high clouds moving overhead today. going to be another mild day. more on that weekend, more on the possibility of some rain returning to the bay area coming up. >> no big accidents right now for this friday morning commute but we have a lot of roadwork. things are smooth in oakland. we will have more coming up. new york city is closed as much at the airport. other cities could be closed and that could have a ripple effect. here's an example of the storm. this is this morning in boston. parts of massachusetts got up to 21 inches of new snow last night and also this morning. parts of upstate new york got up to 18" forcing the closure of some