>> 6:00 a.m. on this groundhog day. a massive winter storm slamming one-third of the nation. live pictures show you the worst areas on this colossus a blizzard. >> this is affecting air travel even in the bay area. like team coverage from our airports. >> of the sound of war drums can here through cairo as an all out straight fight erupts in liberation square. the latest coming up. >> a different looking forecast on this side of the nation. lots of sunshine stretching through the week ended the weekend. >> it is quiet and that approach to the bay bridge toll plaza

nicely commute for wednesday morning a complete check of your bridges straight ahead. >> let's start with the blizzard. video coming and a mass of the blizzard affecting one-third of the nation. lookit the wind's blowing. lakeshore boulevard shutdown people stranded in their cars appeared 17 in. of snow and blowing winds, chicago schools closed for the first time in 12 years as you see the difficult conditions. 17 in. of snow blowing. some people were stuck for 12 hours some people abandoning their vehicles. much of the nation from chicago to new england. many roads closed are in possible. here is a scene in milwaukee wisconsin. cross- country skis were one of the few ways to get around. the roadways

there, interstate milwaukee topos impossible for drivers. >> let's see if it's impossible for air travel today because of the weather. will tran is live at s f o. whether you're trying to get there are some deep where else it could be a problem. >> it could be a problem ticket all day. chicago decided late last night to cancel many of their flights into midway or o'hara. we have been staring at this board all day. they have cancelled the 10:10 a.m. flight, and the 11:00 a.m. flight. lots of developments all morning in dallas it is also changing by the minute. this flight here 1:15 p.m. is cancelled. i expect more cancellations through the morning. a lot of people showing up hoping they will be lucky

enough to possibly get on one of the planes. we did talk to a man, he came here thought it was good to go. unfortunately i broke the news to him. >> 22, 2282 $2. >> that has been cancelled. >> i don't know what to do. >> how long have you been waiting? >> from yesterday. bet you thought you would leave today and it is cancelled just a few moments ago. >> maybe i will see again later. >> as you can see it changes on a moment's notice. in chicago flights 50 flights in and out at s f o are impacted. that could change as the day progresses because chicago later on could decide to get from underneath all of the snow. there is advising people to stay on top of carriers. as far as southwest

airlines, a popular airline, as far as their flights, it has been cancelled until this afternoon. we will keep an eye on that situation as well. all together as many as 4000 flights in and out of chicago could be in tact impacted nationwide. >> seeing that guy where he just found out, that's why you wind up on their airport floor. add it to be expensive everything and the uncertainty is a bad solution. >> they should have room service here. i'm not try to be funny. that people sleeping overnight they might as well try to cater to these people. it happens out and die in these poor people. that's troubling to the wintertime. you should know that coming to the airport this season. >> carry a pillow in case i guess. so let's to look added and see where the storm is headed and where it's damaging.

>> for the folks not travel a lot of those folks dealing with snow days. plenty of snowfall this morning through the midwest. michigan still plenty of snowfall. portions of illinois, and illinois picking up that snow there. as we head towards the north east upstate new york, new england, a blizzard conditions still at this hour. snow and strong winds. and i sank we have a mixture of freezing rain and sleet it can cause power outage. as we why did out the eastern seaboard is lit up on the radar. not just snow but plenty of rainfall along the coast. in our area a different story, conditions here. no fog, a bit of a breeze up into the hills, up bin to san rosa 53, 52 san francisco, south bay upper 40's

this morning. satellite and radar shows us and the clear right now. as we head toward the afternoon lots of sunshine, we will keep the pattern around for the week, by the end of the week it strengthens and brings us warmer temperatures them we are dealing with right now. 63 san rosa, smiled and said rosa today 50s have francisco temperatures low 60s right across the board. towards the weekend we could actually start seeing '70s. by saturday, sunday your afternoon high 76. >> thinking about the only potential problems but we have is a strong wind advisory we are tracking at that the nation bridge. it's been in effect throughout the morning, this speed is still in the green. traveling 50 mi. an hour or above. they're asking keep both hands on the steering wheel. no hot spots around the bay area.

we are stacking up to the bay bridge toll plaza. the meter lights are cycled off, there is an isolated back up here but still clocking good drive times nine minutes into fremont streets have francisco. good conditions at the san mateo bridge westbound and eastbound no problems to report, no back up at the toll plaza. at the golden gate bridge out of the north bay still my said like, quite on the spanish to make your way southbound into san francisco. >> he surveyed his surroundings carefully, i found there was no shadow around. so an early spring it will be. >> most people across the nation praying the groundhog is right. still coming out and hour-and-a-half ago declaring he did not see his shadow, the prediction is an early spring. this year's procuration declared

the steelers are going to wind the super bowl. >> >> act is still do that too? >> well he does that went to pennsylvania team is playing in the super bowl. >> (laughter) 0 his a partial ground harground hog. we will ba couple minutes.

>> following the latest out of egypt we have government supporters colliding right now. these live pictures showing you what's happening on the ground. today's clash happened in liberation square were thousands of demonstrators calling for the ousting of president hosni mubarak. that protest turned violent this morning after pro-

government supporters flooded into the square. the situation was, at first. then the mob of perot supporters on horseback and camelback charged the crowd. that is when the situation evolved into a mass street fight. you see playing out on your screen. rocks were thrown on the parts of both sides. they've been tearing up the streets and sidewalks. tearing up the sidewalks to get rocks. we have seen a number of people being carried away with injuries. the scary thing is there's a lot of children in the crowd. this is the peaceful up until now on a lot of parents have brought children to this were to take part in the spirit and now they are caught up in the mayhem. as for military the army is there but has done nothing to stop the violence. we are keeping an eye on that. we

are trying to find any new information coming out through the. >> waiting for the opening bell, stock futures pointed positive on the dow jones, yesterday's rally the dow closing above 12,000 for the first time since june 2008. s&p to closing above 1300 since august. waiting for a dp reports they expect to show employers added 145,000 jobs in january. borders sharers plotted to an, word they are filing for bankruptcy. also filing the claremont hotel, it was bought by morgan stanley in 2007 before the recession. it looks like airlines are trying to add more to fly. as much as $5 each way.

united and continental holdings hat are charging $3 each way a surcharge. u.s. air and held the matching that increase. we are watching the opening bell. >> 6:13 a.m., we will be back with

6:17 a.m., the senate is pushing to repeal the health care reform law. but top democrats say they can forget about it. the supreme court will decide the laws state. two judges as will the partially unconstitutional. there are two other who upheld the law. >> blue shield relenting on its push to sharply raise premiums, san francisco-based insurer said yesterday it will delay on march 1st, up right, it would increase of 59%. some people's premiums

would be $700 a month. and some blue cross had not and pacificare had agreed to delay their rate hikes for examination. >> 6:18 a.m., we are looking at temperatures warmer than they were before. it seems wrong with what the rest of the country is going through. >> half this is how much snowfall is expected in some of these areas. concord newt hampshire could get up to 1 ft. of snow. just under that in boston, albany could get over ft. as we take it through the midwest to concede milwaukee, wisconsin over foot of snow. south bend over a foot. detroit just under that. a different picture across the country was

no fault continuing on into the northeast. new england getting plenty of snow fall along the eastern seaboard this morning. a different picture and our area appeared free of fog this morning starting off on the warm side. 53 degrees, 524 napa, down in the south bay in the upper 40's. we did start off with the gusty winds and the health this morning. right now clear conditions of will stay that way through the afternoon. lots of sunshine by the end of the week that's when temperatures skyrocket. you'll notice a difference by the end of the week. this afternoon 63 san rosa, 58 percent francisco temperatures staying in to the mid to upper 50s low 60s through these bay and the south bay as well. but look at the seven day an abundance of sunshine stretching through the week. by the weekend which could bring it up to 76 for saturday, and sunday. '70s until next week.

>> as we continued to finished covering weather. chicago a ghost town right now as most of the roadways around the area have been shut down. and especially near lake view. motorists are stranded, schools are closed for the first time in 12 years. 17 in. of snow on the ground, we have seen thousands of flights canceled through chicago, that means cancellations and delays in the west coast. >> it is quiet here. passengers are coming in. they're coming in to the terminal the situation is most of the flights are fine, this is the west coast. there are some that have been canceled cross-country. american airlines and dallas for worth, a couple of cancellations from san jose, since we last talked to

southwest airlines coming in from dallas, and from austin tx have also been canceled. bad conditions in that area. by and large a their flights are on time, going fine. again opposed to sfo where there are cross- country flights. the way things are now if your flight out of here things will be ok. for now. that could worsen as time goes on. right now 4-5 flights have been affected. >> 6:21 a.m., i want has been issued for the ex-boyfriend of juliani cardenas mother. they do believe he is dead because they just pulled before year-old body from the water. crews recovered his body from the canal they had been looking in for about a week or more. where they pulled the car. his body was 30 mi. away. for more the car was found. his

body was spotted yesterday morning by a water department worker. there is no side of the ex-boyfriend jose rodriguez who the grandmother says snatched the little boy from her arms. they believe his body will eventually be found in the canal as well. there was huge digital last night. the grandmother think everybody for their support. this was devastating for the family and the community. we spoke with some of the neighbors. >> it's crazy that somebody heard a child, he plays with my kid, we see him around. >> what i found out the news, i couldn't even agree to be honest. i felt so bad. right now i'm shaking, i wish we never have to go through this. >> done but that did not want

make a statement to the press, but she did post a message to our facebook page. she says that want to pray the body is found so we can all know, that he is burning and hell and i don't need to worry about him taking my unborn baby girl. you might know she is pregnant with his baby. for the latest to go to our web site. >> alive look at the golden gate bridge right now dark conditions but wendy up in the house. with that we are seeing the fog blowing out of the bay this morning. california should be proud.

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>> what the weather forecast. temperatures in the '60s today. thursday starting to warm, warm weather on tap. northeast winds kick in for the weekend. we

could get up to mid-70s saturday, sunday. >> aviation officials are trying to make scanners less revealing. they have begun testing a more modest body scanning system at three airports including reagan national and washington. >> we will be back as the morning news continues. the toll plaza of back up at 6:27 a.m., back up towards the end of the lot right now. >> i'm sandra in chicago this is one of several states being hit with this historic winter storm. the latest coming up.

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the first time in two years. mud mattel with good of the cells, time warner, hbo all with quarterly report coming out. we may see wall street up again today. will follow the numbers read the morning. >> the big story is a horrible weather on monster lizard hitting one-third of the nation while we enjoy sunshine. here's a reporter getting ready for a live shot. this is milwaukee. public schools in chicago or closed the first time in 12 years. sandra and dope is battling the elements. >> this is the epicenter of the blizzard. chicago is getting slammed with snow falling three- 4 in. an hour. severe gust as well. this system will affect

several states across the country, the weather service says its life-threatening situation. >> an enormous winter storm hitting much of the united states. spreading snow and ice across thousands of miles. >> the storm we been looking at the midwest as far south as texas, oklahoma, all the way through the arkansas, all the way across to maine. this is a very large area under threat from both the blizzard as well as ice storms that this system produces. >> strongest will leguin's, freezing temperatures, unbearable conditions. >> vary in very windy. i can hardly stand up. >> despite efforts to plows streets it pushes this bill back onto the roadway spirits stranding motorists and closing for some highways to close. >> you can even see the road. it's dangerous. i don't expect

somebody to be dried at the driving. >> thousands of flights have been cancelled. >> considering i want to go because i want to see snow. and i can't go because of snow it's ironic. >> 100 million people will feel the effects of this towards from snow, to ice, 2 ft. severe storms. >> colored troops are responding to the weather in several states. the white house says federal aid is available. >> did we mention is going to be in the '70s here this weekend. cancellations on the west coast a lot of frustrated travelers at sfo. >> chicago is hurting this morning, a lot of people coming to sfo, they are finding no flights in chicago. if there are other flights, they are severely delayed. in fact look at the

board. they went ahead and cancel the that 10105 late. 1110 looks like it might be teetering, that will change throughout the day, chicago last night decided they needed to slow down traffic if not altogether stop it for everybody safety. we are monitoring the situation. johnny me now is the spokesman. what is an update? >> most flights will be canceled the day in and out of chicago. the airport is open but restricting flights. it will be challenging to fly through there, a small airports will be impossible to fly in and out of. >> how many flights? >> 25 eyeball flights and similar in about flights so about 40-50 flights between the three carriers.

>> o'hare impacts international flights. >> is a connection flight traveling across the country also your up from the differences go through san francisco to your aunt has been cancelled as well. >> southwest their flights have been cancelled from san francisco in and out. that's a major hub as well. >> any advice to people who think they have a chance, we saw chicago flights on the board this time any advice? >> stay in touch with your carrier before they leave the house cool on-line get the most current information it will be dynamic situation changing from hour to hour as a storm progresses. philadelphia, new york, boston area. >> you told us before even if

you're going to warm destination if that flight leaves the chicago you might that not take off. >> that's right may have started chicago and that plane may not take off in you may not get to hawaii or wherever you are going. >> you just heard him say this changes the hour to hour, minute to minute, updates throughout the morning as well as reaction from people were coming here, finding out the hardware or they're not going anywhere. >> let's go to the weather now,. >> some places expecting 1 ft. or more snow, concord, new hampshire, more than a foot of snow in new york by tomorrow morning. boston just under a foot of snow. the midwest expecting more than a foot of snow in milwaukee, 2 ft. of snow

in chicago illinois, in through detroit getting up to a foot of snow. continuing to get pummeled right now through the great lakes up bin to the portions of new york, new england as well, the coast is getting wet weather as well. not still by rain. for us we are, this morning. stronger winds up in the hills, keeping the fog out of the picture this morning. 57 rosa, severs cisco 52, 43 mountain view, 47 said was a pyrrhic clear conditions for today lots of sunshine for the afternoon. temperatures expected to warm up by the end of the week. here friday and weekend bringing us pleasant conditions. this afternoon 63 san rosa, 58 in san francisco, a degree warmer in richmond. los '60s up in the east bay, down in the south bay, you're 7 day around the bay

bridge is a social trend of sunny days ahead of us. and nice warmup from thursday to friday jumping up nine degrees as we headed to the weekend. your afternoon highs could top out into 76. >> we're stacking up at the approach to the bay bridge. not a hot spots yet been your best approaches the 80 over cross, still seeing movement. meter lights were cycled on address 6:20 a.m., a lawyer some extra time was spent to san francisco. the san mateo bridge is an alternate route. in moving at a good clip break down the back up at the toll plaza. the north bay to the golden gate bridge traffic is flowing freely in the southbound direction towards in francisco. the oslo traffic is on our map was about 580. out of the altamont pass. the slowing pushing its way into the livermore. this is not the worst back up. speeds are up to 40 mi.

an hour giving you a drive time of 20 minutes towards the interchange. a great start for public transportation no problems reported yet. over the james with an update in the newsroom. >> following the situation in egypt got on the peaceful protest the week of violence in cairo. anti-government and pro government collide. this is near cairo museum. that crowded the background aunt anti-government demonstrators. you see a clearing with military trucks. on the left-hand side it's the pro mubarak's side. in addition to rocks we have molotov cocktails. i spotted two of them. they landed near the middle of military vehicles. they have been demanding the immediate resignation of

president mubarak. he came on last night to say he would not step down but would relinquish his power in september. but he would not immediately leave. thousands flooded in to the square caring signs as if they'd been organized in some fashion. that's when the fighting broke out. the exact number of people injured and no right now. we are seeing more carried away. there are enough forces on the ground to bring this to an end in short order but the army has yet to get involved. we are following the internet because it has been restored in egypt. we are starting to see tweed's coming out. i will read a few of them. one twitter user writes this sound of shots fired in the square, another one says protesters are asking why the army is not protecting them. another twitter user writes, but

claims he egyptian love what kind of law allows you to kill you people. last week is saying journalist just captured and beaten finally set free. this is anderson cooper he was on the ground a bit ago and he came under attack as well. he had to flee to safety with his photographer and producer. they came under attack with rocks, they were punched and kicked as well. we will be back with more updates as this situation continues to balls. morning minute, 6:40 a.m..

wind gusts expected all for 180 mi. an hour in australia. it is coming in here queensland area at an area that has been flooded after a month of rain. tens of thousands of people are without power late now. >> president barack obama is supposed to sign the arms deal. it aims to reset ties with russia nonnuclear arms. it has been approved by russia's president becoming final when both sides exchange this signed papers. each country will be allowed 1550 strategic warheads. >> after years of and no change. undocumented workers may be on the rise. they found since 2009 the undocumented workers was

unchanged. last year 11.2 million undocumented workers. they cite sour economy, but now there is improvement in the economy as well as the obama administration. california has the highest percentage of undocumented workers. >> 6:45 a.m., we will be back with more a couple minutes. the internet on a plane! are you from the future?

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bottle and in richmond. the wind kept the fog out of the picture. temperatures 50 degrees in san rosa so nice one day today. 52 in san rafael, san francisco, and have the bay, 47 in san jose. saw light radar shows clear conditions right now we will give us lots of sunshine by the afternoon. by the end of the week bridge building, we will see temperatures rising into the '70s by the end of the week. for today we will keep temperatures until low 60s and some warmer spots. 58 san francisco, 59 richmond. los '60s through the east bay and the south bay, 64 san jose, you're 7 day around the bay shows a warming trend from thursday until friday. we warm up nine degrees breaking into '70s. highs on the weekend to 76. >> thank-you. the bridges look

good no hot spots around the bay area, we are slowing down westbound 80 p approach to the bay bridge. the worst back up past the first over cross. 80 the approaches moving well. meter lights were cycled on at 6:20 a.m., lots of movement but no accidents or incidents to report on the upper deck. san mateo bridge, traffic is moving at a good clip westbound towards foster city, the golden gate bridge since then. a bit more busy out there, traffic is flowing freely, drive time of 24 minutes for your ride out a bottle, into the city limits. another camera in the south, check out the right here no problems of north towards trouble occurs. drive time right now 15 minutes from the downtown area up towards santa clara 6:50

a.m., the hopes of attending a four year and of university may be ruined at least for now. that's because the entrance exams were lost. act announced it lost 100 and exams. those high school students take the a c t in december like they're supposed to. some universities say it's too late to retake the test because they have to mail out acceptance letters and a month. a spokesman says there's not a whole lot they can do right now. they've asked the students to plead with colleges to allow them to retake the test. >> was detached depending on dec. testing, i could do better on that than the s.a.t. because i got a very low score on acetate. now my chances of getting into universities, i think are very low. now colleges

are top notch to look for stock top students did not go forever they say it is the first time in its loss so many students exams. they're offering students a chance to take the test later this month. but most colleges it simply too late. >> also the not fair department at&t being sued for allegedly overcharging users appeared at&t over bills on legitimate day uses and charges phantom usage. a firm hired by the law firm found at&t consistently over charges customers for data, by 7-14% at&t has not commented >> 6:52 a.m. we will be back a few moments spirit alive look through albany, taillights are moving now traffic, which will

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>> alive look for a milwaukee wisconsin. we're following the latest wind gust up to 50 mi. an hour, and track service has been suspended on philadelphia, snow up towards boston, schools in chicago closed for the first time in 12 years. lakeshore boulevard around downtown chicago is closed. people were stranded for 12 hours there. from space you can see the size of the storm from the gulf coast all the way to new england. it is around chicago, wisconsin area. you see this storm in developing the eastern half of united states. another image showing the storm system, it is

moving across chicago area. you see the cloud cover and the snow on the ground all the way down towards dallas tx. >> minneapolis woman has been charged with animal cruelty after postal workers say she tried to mail a puppy in a box, with no air goals. workers became suspicious when the box fell off the counter. the animal was not hurt. the woman faces charges the dog was taken to in a mall control facility. >> following the latest that of egypt, of violent clashes in cairo right now was pro democracy corps protesters clashing with pro mubarak supporters. things have turned violent this morning. james fletcher's have been monitoring this this morning.