this morning on "world news now," we are all geared up for storm team 17. >> i don't know. >> you just nickname the storm. >> overnight that major nor'easter has taken shape and now barrelling toward the northeast. the powerful winds creating bliding conditions and grounding flight. we'll go to accuweather for the latest. >> the new fears that millions of americans will lose their health insurance under the new republican plan to replace obamacare. the alarming report that he forecasts the number of uninsured americans grow a lot more than that. details ahead. and late are, the porn star turned pastor. she's hanging up the g-string for a life with god and now she's opening up about what happened to spark in incredible career change and how she hopes to help others. >> okay. and just in time

wardrobe, whatever this is. it's for sale online and it looks like short jeans with plastic windows for your knees. >> what. >> i guess some people are into that sort of stuff. >> okay. >> it is tuesday. is it march 14th. >> doesn't feel like it. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we are geared up, ladies and gentlemen. >> jack is geared up. >> i got a whole bunch of new gear. can i show you my favorite one though? >> wow. >> this is to keep my face warm. >> that is a blizzard beater. >> it's a blizzard beard. >> it is, wow. >> do you think i could read the news with this on? let me try. ready? we begin this morning with that monster nor'easter bearing down. how does that sound. >> never thought i would have zz top reading the news to me. >> that's great.

>> it is brutal inside. we decided to keep our outerwear indoors. it's an unusual storm system for the middle of march. >> i just saw your hat. >> sorry. >> all right. shall we go to the radar? are we done making fools of ourselves. >> yes, absolutely. >> check it out. the reason why this is so unusual there are two major storm systems one from the midwest, the other from the south. as you can see from the radar, they just on the verge of joining forces over the ohio valley. >> right now let's look at a live picture of the jefferson memorial there in washington, d.c. and they starred getting some snow overnight. this is courtesy of earth cam. >> now the system in the midwest has already brought the first significant snowfall in chicago since december. it also dumped up to a foot in the milwaukee area. and that has triggered some chain reaction collisions and also shut down some interstates. >> but the worst is yet to come.

>> overnight the monster march storm formed off the east coast, the impact already felt well inland. the nation's capital, buried under several inches of snow. up to 30 million americans expected to experience blizzard conditions at some point today. the national weather service calling the storm life-threatening, new york city's mayor declaring a state of emergency. >> there should be a very serious blizzard, one that every should ache take seriously. >> the big apple could get more than a foot of snow, other areas up to two feet of snow. east coast communities mobilize agar mad da of trucks on the road overnight. rob marciano is in philadelphia. >> the salt and plow trucks are backing up and loading truck, this is part of a 50,000 ton stockpile of salt here in philadelphia to try to beat back this storm. >> reporter: with winds whipping above 50 miles per hour during the storm, widespread power outages also

ef beach erosion anticipated in coastal communities. >> our two biggest concerns are the high tides. one in the morning on tuesday and one in the evening. >> reporter: and the storm will leave some of the coldest temperatures of the season in its wake. the silver lining? spring arrives monday. >> ah, so they say. >> so close. >> so close to it. so the colorado ligs of these twos systems into a monster nor'easter has triggered states of emergency up and down the east coast. paul williams joins us now with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: you're right. every storm's dressed like a starp dressed disaster. that's what we have going on right now. right now we have the storm that's actually creating this thick line of freezing rain and sleet. now initially we're thinking perhaps if the storm eases closer we may get a break. we're not getting a break at all. take a wider view of what's happening with this storm. this indeed is the monster that is. we still have active right here in purple all of these counties

which include several states still under a blizzard warning. that means we're talking about blowing snow, drifting problems and we're talking accumulations averaging between two to perhaps even four some of the models are now saying four inches per hour. when this begins to crank up. a lot of folks are saying what's the big deal? we're not seeing the big oomph of the storm just yet. hang on, okay? it's on the way. we're watching out for accumulations, for example, in some areas between 12 to 24 up towards the boston area and then we are looking out for another part of this system. now, this is a two-headed monster. not only are we dealing with tremendous snow but the winds. we actually have high wind warnings right now still? effect along the jersey shore throughout delaware up towards the boston area throughout massachusetts. this means we're going to be bracing for winds between 40 to 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts. we're talking about the combination of the snow, the accumulation of two perhaps even three feet of snow

areas. and then on top of that as if we weren't already worried enough, now we have to worry about winds causing damage and power outages all along the east coast. kendis, diane? >> paul, quite a bit of concern there. sharp dressed disaster. so many of my dates have described me as that. we appreciate it, paul. we'll get back with you in the next half hour. >> no problem. >> sharp dressed disaster. that's a good one. >> i resemble that remark. >> thanks. as you can expect the monster storm is expected to pretty much all but shut down travel across eight different states yesterday. >> over the course of yesterday and today, more than 6300 flights have been or are already canceled. creating a dom knee effect from coast to coast. united american, southwest airlines have already canceled all flights into and out of new york city airports and as of this hour, there are few if any flights in or out of philadelphia, boston, baltimore or washington, d.c. and the ripple effect is

affecting thousands of international flights including that by the way we should point out of the german chancellor, angela merkel was actually supposed to be in d.c. today and postponed that trip to meet with the president till later this week. and the morning's other big story is that potentially damaging report about the plan to replace obamacare. the report from the congressional budget analyst says 14 million people would lose coverage next year and that number would then rise to 24 million people by 2026. democrats believe those numbers are enough to end consideration of the current bill. >> trumpcare would be a nightmare for the american people causing tens of millions to lose coverage and millions more seeing the costs of their health care going up. >> but the budget office analysts also say that the republican plan would reduce federal deficits by nearly $340 billion over the next decade. still, psi

secretary calls the report simply wrong. >> we disagree strenuously with the report that was put out. we believe that our plan will cover more individuals at a lower cost and give them the choices that they want for the coverage that they want for themselves and for their family, not that the government forces them to buy. >> president trump says the house plan is just an opening offer and that republicans are involved in what he calls a big fat beautiful negotiation. >> okay. well, there you have it. so the justice department now has six more days and counting to provide evidence in the president's wiretapping claim against former president obama. the trump administration asked for and received more time from the house intelligence committee. the new deadline is next monday. the panel says it may use subpoena power to get the information if the new cutoff is missed. and coming up right here, we're going to have the rest of this morning's headlines including, the curious sign outside a church that's left

confused. >> and later the church led by a former porn star. she how she's challenging the true tenets of christianity. >> if you need for winter fashion tips follow us on instagram. maybe a few quotes from the well dressed disaster himself. you're watching "world news now." (coughs) cough doesn't sound so good. take mucinex dm. i'll text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. one pill lasts 12 hours, so... looks like i'm good all night!

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well, it's not every day that you hear about a pastor with a porn star past. it's the unusual life story though of crystal by set. >> i spoke with her about what not only drew her to the church but then inspired her to create her own church. now she's trying to help women all across the country. >> reporter: i

and crystal by set cannot be late to church. ♪ i am free >> the 33-year-old mother of three and her husband david are the pastors here at new beginnings in upstate new york. ♪ i am free to live more you joets. >> and while she seems to be a model christian now, it's a relatively new role until three years ago, she was a porn star. >> i don't appreciate. >> her screen name was nadia and she starred in over 100 adult films. >> how do you feel about that now looking back. >> shocked that my mind and body got to that point where it became like this normal thing. >> reporter: she says it was normal for her to make up to $30,000 a month. >> used to go to the playboy mansion all the time. that was like the starstruck thing meeting hugh hefner and everybody. i mean, it was -- it was glamorous at times. >> growing up in upstate new york she says she could never have predicted the twists and turns of her life. >> a teenager,

i was an honor roll student in high school. i was a varsity cheer leader. i was always active that way. >> reporter: but she got pregnant with her son justin when she was just 16 so she started stripping to make money and moved to california 0 give her son a better life. >> we grew up very poor. >> reporter: were you trying to give him a life you never had. >> yes, absolutely. i wanted to give him a snowmobile. i didn't have any of that stuff when i was a kid. >> reporter: she says an agent discovered her and convinced her to try pornography if i. >> the first shoot was horrible. i was scared. i remember talking to a guy and he was like you don't look like you really want to do this. after the shoot i saw the in a shower balling my eyes out crying for two hours, i felt so gross and dirty. >> reporter: but you went back, why? >> money, went back for money. >> reporter: not even 30 years olds, she had a house in malibu and a ferrari. even

home. despite it all, she wasn't happy. >> i started taking painkillers and hydrocodoe doan and drinking alcohol to get through the scene numbing smiz. >> reporter: and coming to the grips with the sexual abuse she says she suffered as a child. >> i had a bad abusive childhood. i was sexually abused by two people as a child. >> how did you feel that affected you. >> that i think is a huge impact why i got into the adult industry. i was constantly seeking for male attention i didn't get when i was a kid. >> reporter: then in 2014, she drove home drunk. >> got in a two-car crash. broke my nose. had stitches down the side of my face. my car got totaled. >> reporter: it was a wake-up call and she started going to church with her sister into i started reading the bible when i was on the set. i was reading hen and i hated it. >> reporter: she decided to leave the porn industry for good getting through her f

was especially difficult. >> i hated because i wasn't taking pain medicine or anything like that. everything was sinking in. it was horrible. >> reporter: and then she met the young pastor david bisset. >> i showed up there and i first noticed her but she was wearing these high heels that were like crazy big and i looked, i was like man, she's got it going on. i'm like too tall. i'm not interested. i'm a short guy. >> reporter: he was worried she might be too tall for him but wasn't that concerned what she did for work. so the two started dating. > so you're a pastor, she's a porn star. that's kind of an unlikely pairing. > uh-huh. >> how did that come to be. >> what drew to you her. >> i liked the fact that she was independent. and very strong and unfortunately, probably hard to control and i like that so i am up for a challenge i guess into did it make you harder for you knowing her past? >> not at all. listen, that's what christ is about. >> reporter: armed with a degree and with david by her

crystal slowly rebuilt her life. >> it took me a little while to find a job because your past keeps coming up. people know, she's a porn star so they weren't going to hire me. i got turned by away by so many different jobs because of that. >> she eventually landed a job as a legal assistant and they got married. their son came along soon after. but her past copied to haunt her. david says the negative attention they received forced him to leave his church. ♪ i am free >> so a year later they decided to start their own. >> i feel like i can help abused women in the adult industry preaching and being able to reach out to people that are broken and lost. it's a calling. > you can't let that fear set in right away. >> reporter: she says that past she tried so hard to shake is now an asset that helps her connect with people of all backgrounds. >> doesn't matter if you came through the doors with full body piercings and tattoos and stuff. it's

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this morning on "world news now," the late winter storm slamming the east right now that powerful snow making nor easter is threatening to dump nearly two feet of snow with blinding blizzard conditions. we'll have a live update on the storm's track just ahead. >> and quoting the quote, white house spokesperson sean spicer addressing president trump's wiretapping claim by explaining that it's an issue of the quotes, there you see it, used in the president's original twitter outburst. the latest on this distracting issue. >> new this half hour, a standoff with police that ended with tragedy. >> a man barricades himself inside his van. police then move in with fire hoses to try to get him out. hear what went wrong. >> and after four seasons, did nick viall finally find love