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plus, the evidence left behind that opened a whole new investigation. wild maneuver. is this the best parallel parking job of all time or just one lucky driver? good tuesday morning, everyone. i'm john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. we begin with the wave of winter weather sweeping across the country. round one buried the northeast in several inches of snow, stranding thousands of travelers. and this is just the beginning. 160 million people are in the path of two more storms. it is a mess again from the midwest to the northeast. this morning, half of the country is preparing for a week of snow, ice and rain. right now, 25 states are under winter watches or warnings but some are taking the snow masses
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in stride like this shopkeeper in stroudsburg, pennsylvania. >> makes boot sales and clothing sales really good. gloves have been good. hats have been good. hand warmers, everything. >> reporter: snow is piling up in connecticut where people are getting creative to stay warm and dry. >> this works. because it's wet clingy snow so no matter what you wear it's going to get wet. >> reporter: clearing snow is not for everybody. somebody's got to do it. even new york's mayor. >> i have shoveled twice this morning already. >> reporter: today over 1,000 flights have already been canceled. the bulk at the philadelphia, newark and new york laguardia airports and the super bowl exodus turned into a traveling nightmare for fans trying to get back home. >> right now they're canceling every hour so i'm not sure i'll get out. >> with the weather getting so bad i called and got an earlier flight then it got delayed then it got delayed now delayed again. >> all right, so that was round
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one of the winter weather. round two is forming right now. >> for the very latest on that what's in store we turn into accuweather meteorologist jim dickey. jim? >> good morning, john and marci. our stormy week continues here with storm -- winter storm two of three. it's already forming up here across the lower mississippi valley going to streak north and eastward wednesday but the snow, that's beginning already through these early morning hours across the plain, front range of the rockies, snow spreading eastward. the heaviest will be across eastern kansas into central and northern missouri to the ohio valley. kansas city by the time the sun rises wednesday, likely 6 to 12 inches of snow then new england, bringing a fresh foot in many locations northern p.a. into portions of new england again, 6 to 12 inches too and another storm that rolls in this weekend hitting many of the same regions and looks to be the strongest of the bump so our stormy week continues. john and marci, back to you. >> thanks, jim. a much different scenario in the west where they're
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struggling to cope with a historic drought threatening to cut off water to millions across california. >> the bay area got soaked with some rain. that's welcome, but it was just a drop in the bucket. reservoirs have dried up and farmers now scrambling to water their crops. it could mean billions of dollars in losses and higher produce prices across the country. >> it'll affect all of us because, again, if the rain doesn't come down the crops don't grow, people don't work, prices go up and so forth. >> the drought has prompted the governor to declare a state of emergency in order to get back on track, the state would have to get heavy rain every other day till may. the man many hunt for a murderer is over. michael david elliot was captured in northern indiana. he was tracked down after receiving a report of a stolen car. he was on the loose for about 24 hours before being caught. the officers who arrested him said elliott surrendered peacefully. >> he wasn't disrespectful by any means.
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he was fairly polite actually. >> said, hey, i'm the guy everyone is looking for? >> he didn't try to give any false names or send us off the path. asked him his name and told us who he was. >> prison officials will now try to determine how elliott escaped when cameraed observed him trying to get through two fences. an officer was said to be monitoring those cameras. he also eluded an officer in a vehicle who at one point was just about 20 feet away. joan mondale, the wife of walter mondale being remembered by president obama. she died yesterday in minneapolis surrounded by her husband and sons. her family did not discuss her illness. the president 's statement praised her referring to her nickname joan of art. she was 83 years old. new jersey's embattled governor is speaking out for the first time since last week's bombshell claim made by a former aide. david wildstein said evidence
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exists that chris christie knew about the george washington bridge closures while they were going on. christie responded on a new jersey radio show last night. >> the most important issue is did i know anything about the plan to close these lanes? did i authorize it? did i know about it? did i approve it? did i have any knowledge of it beforehand? and the answer is still the same, it's unequivocally know. >> we've learned overnight the official at the center of the scandal bridget anne kellily is taking the fifth refusing to turn over any documents. she wrote the e-mail that said "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee". an honor for new jersey. audience of 11.5 million viewers watching the state's first super bowl sunday night as the seahawks, of course, destroyed denver. >> that makes the game the most watched tv event in u.s. history.
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and it's the fourth time in five years that we've been able to say that. the long flight back to seattle probably didn't feel that wrong for the new champions. coach pete carroll led his team off the plane last night. seattle will honor the seahawks with a parade through downtown and a rally at their stadium tomorrow. >> super bowl mvp malcolm smith wasn't on that trip he made a trip to disney world. that, of course, follows his on-field promise i'm going to disney world. seattle quarterback russell wilson was in good company sitting courtside with jay-z and his wife beyonce at last night's brooklyn nets game watching the home team. they saw the home team take a win. >> yeah, they did. google gets the boot. why one city is telling the company to move its mystery barge. plus, drug den. a chilling new detail about what was found inside philip seymour hoffman's apartment following his death. is joe namath's style
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breaking business news this morning, overseas markets are getting hammered. the nikkei down more than 4% following the dow's biggest one-day drop in eight months. stocks tumbled more than 300 points, down more than 7% since the start of the year. discouging manufacturing numbers and disappointing car sales sparked off the sell-off. the wall street plunge is taking a toll on your retirement
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savings. the average "american hustle's" 401(k) is now down nearly 6% this year and so for a typical nest egg of $100,000 it's a $6,000 loss in just the last month. some analysts are putting a dollar figure on last month's polar vortex saying the blast across the country probably cost the u.s. $5 billion in lost revenue. that comes from lost productivity and consumer spend egg as well as cost to airlines canceling 15,000 flights. another astounding number, this one recalled vehicles in the u.s. the government says almost 22 million cars and trucks recalled by automaker last year, the most since 2004 with more companies using common parts they tend to be larger when something goes wrong. google has to move its controversial mystery barge from a san francisco bay island because the state says permits for construction shouldn't have been issued. they have yet to publicly announce plans for the floating
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four-story building but speculation centered on a technology learning center or a new retail store. facebook, mark zuckerberg one-time dorm room project turned ten years old today. >> the social networking giant now boasts more than 1.2 billion users, close it a seventh of the planet's total population. he marks another milestone in may when he turns 30. his net worth is growing too. now about 31 billion with a "b" dollars. >> than years on this earth. >> incredible. >> incredible. all right, when we come back, wild ride. a driver loses control and accidentally does the amazing parking job. and the play that is finally giving denver sports fans something to cheer about. so i can reach ally bank 24/7, but there are no branches? 24/7.
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well, the latest storm to match into the northeast was a dream come true for many schoolchildren. all that snow means no school and a day of fun. these kids in connecticut making the best of it spending their spare time sledding and building snowmen. a look at the morning road conditions. slick from d.c. to new england. a wet and icy commute across the south. snow covered highways from kansas and nebraska into the ohio valley. snowy mountain passes in the rockies. if you're flying airport delays possible in denver, kansas city, chicago, memphis and new orleans. back to the news now and the latest details surrounding the death of philip seymour hoffman, investigators found dozens of bags of what appeared to be heroin in the actor's apartment. >> now there is an intense search under way to figure out where the drugs came from. here's abc's ryan smith. >> reporter: part of an actor's craft is look at the journey of a life and find meaning in its destination. for someone who lived brilliantly inside so many different people, the world so
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baffled how philip seymour hoffman wound up here. he was the chameleon, the rare actor who can disappear into any role. >> that's true. >> so you admit it. >> reporter: he had demons of his own that would take his life. police reveal chilling new details finding nearly 70 bag baggies of heroin in his apartment, five of them used hoffman was found alone what a hypodermic needle sticking out of his arm. now investigators keying in on the heroin itself, some stamped with the logo ace of spades to examine its purity. hoffman was supposed to pick up his children sunday but never showed up. that prompted calls to friends who came to his apartment building here and discovered his body. hoffman struggled with drugs and alcohol as a young actor saying he remained sober for decades before relapsing. it was just weeks ago that he was at the sundance film festival promoting his latest film, "god's pocket" seen here in one of his last interviews.
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>> someone is asking you to be involved in something that's truly personal, you know, and those are the projects you want to be a part of. >> reporter: it was his passion for his work and characters he played that made him an acting legend. ryan smith, abc news, new york. >> hoffman's tragic passing casts light on the growing danger of heroin use in the u.s. the dea says heroin overdoses have increased 45% in recent years. in the past few weeks concern has risen over heroin mixed with the potent painkiller fentanyl. at least 22 people have died in pennsylvania after using the drug mix. it dogs not appear hovey pane's death was linked to this combination. federal investigators are on the scene of a deadly small plane crash in nashville. it's believed that four members of the same family were on board the gulf scream that went down. the plane had missed its first approach and crashed near a ymca while preparing for a second attempt. no one on the ground was hurt. the food and drug
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administration launching a $115 million nationwide ad campaign targeting young smokers. the ads will graphically focus on concerns about appearance with showing a teenage girl peeling the skin off her face to exchange for cigarettes. the run ads will run through ne spring. >> a nail biter from the college ranks. details from espn. good morning, america. he's stan, i'm neil. this is the "sportscenter" set in los angeles. >> and we got college basketball to talk about. a long time since iowa state won at oklahoma state. how long? >> how long has it been? >> since 1988. unbelievable. the big 12 was the big eight back then and played a whole lot of basketball in stillwater. under 20 seconds to go, this is the second overtime. long, his only bucket of the game. third overtime. under a minute to go in the
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third overtime. cyclones down two. morris for one. 1.9 to go. one last chance for the cowboys. le'bryan nash did all he could. 26 points in this game but iowa state hangs on and wins finally in stillwater in triple overtime. still no chris paul but the clips have done themselves all right without him. blake griffin had 36 in this one. less than ten seconds to play, clips down 1. j.j. redick, matt barnes, tattoo you, clippers up two but then randy foy, the former clipper, here's what we'll do, hixon is going to give it to you and you'll shoot and score and then we'll mob you. nuggets win on foy's game-winning plea. parade on wednesday for the super bowl. >> they scored again, by the way. >> all right, thanks, guys. the jury is still out on this story but if there were a
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parallel parking event at the winter games in sochi, got to say this person is a winner. >> take a look at this driver in russia. maybe he's out of control. maybe he's looking for a parking spot, we don't know, pretty incredible he crossed the entire three lanes and skid into an exact parking spot. check it out. >> that is unbelievable. >> boom. >> nobody was hurt in all of that. >> slamming into parking, go in and get your cup of coffee. >> oh, man. as the snow came down in new york, we got a firsthand look at just how dangerous it can be out there. >> yeah, one of our local reporters was almost mowed down on live television. take a look at this. >> kristin thorne is smithtown, she continues -- >> kristin, are you okay? >> i'm okay. sorry about that, liz. we had someone obviously who was not happy that we were standing in the road. >> oh, my goodness. thankfully kristin is okay. such a pro. she brushed off the incident, finished up her report and said that driver just kept driving
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around honking his horn looking for attention. >> looking for attention. he wasn't saying you're in the road. he's basically saying i'm here, look at me. not cool. up next, "the pulse," one of the most talked about super bowl ads is one you probably didn't see. plus, a creative dad and a little ingenuity creates the perfect ponytail. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] sometimes the little things last the longest. give extra. get extra.
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anymore. i speak for innocent victims who cannot speak for themselves. >> some say it looks like a cross between a vigilante justice documentary and heavy metal video. flames and -- is there coming this fall on a network near you. should be a detective or something. >> despite negative reviews joe namath's fur coat is apparently a big hit around the world. orders for the instantly famous jacket were streaming in from as far away from dubai, the coyote jacket with white fox trim goes for $3,000. the new york merchant who helped him pick it out said he could hardly watch the super bowl because he was too busy answering tweets and facebook messages about namath's style. finally a video of a creative dad that is quickly going viral. >> popping up on a lot of facebook pages overnight. take a look. it shows a guy using a vacuum to put his daughter's hair in a
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expected by the weekend. looking at the rest of today's weather, showers across the south, snow for the ohio valley into the midwest and plains, falling temperatures and mountain snow in the rockies. finally, the guy who might be considered the biggest loser after sunday night's super bowl, we're not talking about any member of the broncos. >> believe it or not we're talking about a furniture store owner in houston. reporter have mika knight spoke to him about a big bet gone wrong. >> hi, it's mac. >> reporter: it's the day after super bowl xlviii and today houston furniture mogul mac -- >> told me it's a crazy idea. >> reporter: -- has what may seem like millions of things on his mind after a big super bowl bet involving hundreds of customers cost him $7 million. >> run, don't walk to the marathon sale. >> reporter: mac well known for his energetic style says it
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started with a coin toss for the broncos. >> absolutely best outcome could have happened was seattle to win the game and our drivers were delivering up to the third or fourth quarter. >> reporter: bought every customer who bought $6,000 of furniture within the two weeks of the super bowl and had it delivered by 5:00 p.m. on game day if the seattle seahawks beat the denver broncos he would repay them every dollar and let them keep the furniture. >> they were buying all sorts of stuff, sofa, tempur-pedic mattresses. >> reporter: mattress mac says he knew early in the game he was in the red. >> i was doing a stairmaster for a couple of hours and i knew when at the store that none of the salesmen were talking telling me the score i knew more than likely seattle was winning so it was a blowout at the end i wasn't surprised. >> reporter: in the end it was customers, not him, who were seeing green as the big bet cost him $7 million. >> as far as financially we
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didn't do well but we did a great job of building the brand and delighting customers. if we do that the business will continue to grow. >> and that's no bull. >> definitely good advertising there. >> i don't know if it was $7 million worth of advertising. >> oh, my goodness. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." have a great tuesday. >> live from the abc 7 broadcast center, this is "good morning washington." on your side. >> we have breaking news from montgomery county. aeir work in the latest in string of smash and grab burglaries. eyes run virginia as a landmark case ticks off.
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i am jummy olabanji. >> we do have some school delays. some schools in west virginia are on a two-hour delay. they are trying to dig out from all the snow. >> we have some -- here so more could be on the way. geraceet over to jackie -- jacqui jeras. we will become throughout the day. star this and into the overnight hours tom aware expecting a freezing rain this time. that is the liquid the comes down and the nice is on contact with surfaces. it makes it impossible to travel. there are some big concerns about your commute tomorrow morning. take a look and enjoy the calm conditions this morning. justemperatures are at or below the freezing mark across the region. any moisture left over from yesterday's rain
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