millions from the midwest to the east coast brace for a dangerous blast of subfreezing temperatures while boston buckles down for another winter storm piling onto the record amount of snow piling on the ground. >> you can't walk around. you can't drive around. somebody's got do something about this. the white house gets serious about cyber security. president obama urges businesses to share information in order to prevent crippling attacks. >> i don't do romance. >> shades of controversy. why some are urging fans to skip the film adaptation of the steamy novel. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, february 13th

2015. good morning. i'm alison harmelin in for anne-marie green. this morning bone-rattling bitter cold grips an area from the upper midwest to inland. it promises to fill subzero windchills through the weekend. some will break cold records from decades. it stretches from the canadian border to the gulf coast. and meteorologist eric fisher from our boston station wbz says it's not just the cold to worry about. another punishing winter storm is on the way. >> a very cold day to end out the week. it could feel as cold as 35 below zero out the door. this is just the beginning. colder air is on the way. 25 below at international falls, 4 below in chicago. team teens getting down into nashville. as we look at high temps, the cold air in the northeast. frigid air. a few places will stay below

zero. by sunday we're looking at 30s and 40s in the southeast. the panhandle looking into freezes. with that another huge storm. we've got blizzard watches out for much of down east maine and along the coast. this is where we get heavy snow and wind that starts to pick up on valentine's day. it picks up on sunday. that's where we see the strongest winds. a foot of snow in boston bangor places have already shattered records for snow in the last few weeks. i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. residents of cape cod are preparing for the winter storm. beside the cold and snow strong surf. high winds as high as 65 miles an hour. flooding is also possible. areas have been hit by impressive storms. in boston where the snow isfrustration is as high as snow more is expected this weekend.

so far 78.5 inches have fallen compares to 27. >> reporter: how many ways to remove snow in boston. front end loaders and crews from connecticut. the national guard hitting the neighborhood and two giant snow melters borrowed from new york. this one melting 50 tons an hour. >> they can't walk around. you can't drive around. somebody's got do something about this. >> reporter: boston is trying to import help from anywhere especially with another storm on the horizon. >> people are jumping out from behind snow banks -- actually they're ice glaciers now. we're looking at how we take down those snow banks. >> snow banks so high removal crews can barely pile it higher. they're working the intersections so cars can see into the street and pedestrians

can see them. >> you have to cross further sbeer the street, so that makes it difficult. >> even removing it is challenging. >> the traffic. the foot traffic and people driving. especially around rush hour it was pretty crazy. >> how long does it take? >> depending on the size of the snow bank i would say maybe an hour or two. >> and with snow farms near capacity, boston is looking for more space which will keep the operators working around the clock. there's even greater urgency heading into the weekend and every bit helps. >> you have to be careful. you have to take it slow. it's been pretty slow. >> that was wbz's bess romano reporting. they're still considering whether to shut down public transportation tomorrow night. the president will announce his plans during a summit at stanford university. susan mcginnis is in washington.

good morning, susan. >> good morning, alison. the president has made combatting cyber crime a priority in his second term and today he'll push the industry to cooperate more on stopping attacks. president obama is in silicon valley this morning for a summit where he'll make good on pledges he made at the state of the union. >> no foreign nation, no hacker should be able to shut down our network, steal our trade secrets or invade the privacy of millions of families. >> tim cook and others will talk how the private sector can work together to prevent cyber attacks. as part of it the president will offer an executive order. it will create private sector hubs where data can be exchanged easily. the department of homeland security will oversea the exchange. the framework includes strong

privacy protections. >> the president is going to be speaking with a large number of ceos of major american corporations who, i believe, are going to commit themselves to taking specific concrete actions to improve the cyber security postures of their individual organizations. >> calls to step up cyber security have grown including one involving sony pictures and the most recent anthem health insurance hack that compromised millions of americans. the president has set aside $4 million in his budget to boost cyber security. now, three notable ceos will not be present today. that of facebook google and yahoo!. reportedly they're snubbing the white house, sending security executives instead. it's said to be an illustration of a souring relationship between them and the white house

after government spying. the defense department has approved treatments. manning formerly known as manning is receiving a gender reassignment. she's serving a 35-year sentence for sending documents to wikileaks. she threatened suicide unless she got help to focus on her transition. three muslims were remembered thursday on the campus of north carolina state university. as vicente arenas reports many felt they were targeted because of their religion. >> reporter: the massive clouds that came to mourn made it clear they fear resentment. she was a friend of the murdered couple. >> so more than just a dispute. >> definitely. definitely more than a parking

spot. definitely a hate crime. >> reporter: she joined the prayers as the caskets carried the three victims who were carried across the soccer field. mohammad is the father. >> i have talked to lawyers and professors. craig stephen hicks allegedly shot the victims on tuesday night but the police believe the shooting happened over a dispute about a parking space outside the building where the suspect live. police stood with muslim leaders and said they continue to gts every angle including whether a hate crime was committed. the it has gained worldwide media attention. the murders have expose add feeling among some muslims.

oshana oshide is a member of palestine. >> we demand to be treat nod less than any average american. >> reporter: vicente arenas cbs news. a crowd cheered as the windows opened on the mobile marriage license office. several couples were married on thursday. about two dozen of the state's 6 p counties are issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. total recall. last year they broke a record. details. a new controversy on "fifty shades of grey" as it hits screens today. this is the "cbs morning news." now made with real ingredients you can pronounce. two, please. i can't believe it's not butter. 100% taste, 0% artificial preservatives.

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takes a hit from protesters. good morning, jill. >> good morning, alison. the national highway traffic safety administration seau toeay say automakers had over 800. gm hat the most 84, and faulty airbags caused the most recalls for any auto parts. well, big gains by energy and technology stocks pushed wall street to near record levels. the dow gained 110 points. the s&p finished nearly 20 points higher within two points of its record close and the nasdaq ended the day at 56 points higher. the online travel industry continues to consolidate. ex-pead ya is buying travel site orbitz. it also has brands like cheap

tickets and hotel clubs. in january expedia acquired another rival travelocity. for all intents and purposes an ongoing labor dispute will shut down west coast ports until tuesday. they didn't call workers to unload ships. contract talks between docks and workers hit an impasse. all but paralyzing ports that handle about one quarter of the u.s. international trade. president obama is creating a buzz. the president teamed up with "buzzfeed" to make a video undering people to sign up for health care. mr. obama stands in front of a mirror sticks out his tongue uses a selfie stick and draw as picture of the first lady. as of this morning the video had been viewed by more than 18 million times. and "fifty shades of grey" opens nationwide today but it's

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a pennsylvania family had to choose whether the murderer of a loved one should live or die. in america it's usually left up the a jury. but as anna werner reports, this case was heard under islamic law. >> reporter: jennifer moved to qatar to teach kindergarten in september 12. two months later she was dead. authorities say she was murdered in her apartment by a security guard who worked in her building. these are jennifer's sisters. >> two years later, and it's still really hard to imagine that this did happen. >> reporter: the guard reportedly confessed, but the trial was continually delayed. then a few weeks ago came a development they never expect. a qatari judge hearing the case asked them to decide what

punishment the man should face if convicted. >> i was shocked, and i didn't even consider that they would take the family's wishes into consideration like that. >> reporter: one option they were given was a reduced sentence of the alleged killer in skparj for blood money of $56,000. >> it was very insulting that they would think we would consider that after what he has taken from us. >> reporter: the next question was hard to answer. did they want him to get the dpemt. >> so you potentially have the power to spare this man's life or to put him to death. what is that like? >> difficult. it's a real hard decision. >> forriter of you, was there a feeling at all a moment of wanting revenge? i mean he kill your sister. >> yes. in the beginning i felt like that. but once you calm down and try to think rationally, we don't want to be anything like him.

>> reporter: the family asked for a sentence of life in prison. >> life is sacred. we don't want to take another life because he did. we don't feel it's right. >> reporter: her sister believes the choice they made would have been jennifer's too. >> think jennifer was so forgiving and loving toward everybody, that she thinks that we did the right thing. this is what she would have wanted. >> under qatari law, a judge is requiring to take family's views into account. a u.s. embassy official in qatar told me they believe the family will have a significant impact on the judge's snechbls anna werner cbs news, new york. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the rise in tax fraud scans and how they can affect your refund. jill schlesinger has the details. plus a preview of bob simon's final report on ebola. and we'll show you how flowers grown in south america

make it all the way to america for valentine's days for bouquets. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. i'm alison harmelin. thanks for watching. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com