making news in america this morning, digging out after being buried in feet of snow the blizzard that rocked new england. also bringing severe flooding along the coast. plus the admission from the national weather service about what they got wrong. also foul faucet. water so dark it looks like ink pouring from people's showers and sinks, what exactly is it? caught on camera. not so smooth criminal. a would-be burglar needs a rescue after getting stuck. strange sighting. a toddler at the hospital after swallowing something. the x-ray makes it pretty clear exactly what that is. well a very good wednesday morning. we begin with the big digout in the northeast. >> the storm impacted 50 million

americans now moving on leaving up to three feet of snow behind. it was new england that was hit particularly hard. residents now digging out from waist high snow ago laying a travel ban in massachusetts. that one has now been lifted. >> on the coast in scituate massachusetts, seawater and debris. it surged into the streets and flooded homes. >> the sheer volume of the snow. can best be shown here this time-lapse video from the back deck of a home in massachusetts. nearly three feet perhaps even more piled up over the course of several hours and now the process, you see there, the residents trying to dig out. a scene that's unfolding today over a wide swath of the northeast. abc's susan saulny leads off our coverage. >> reporter: millions in new england are waking up this morning under a paralyzing blanket of snow. up to three feet where the blizzard did its worst damage and in some areas the snow is still 235u8ing. >> in many parts of massachusetts i think you could call it in fact an historic

event. >> reporter: the blizzard pummeled boston where snowfall might shatter records today. >> we're still in the middle of a winter storm of historic proportions in the city of boston. >> reporter: some 30,000 homes and businesses in the boston cape cod area lost power including the entire island of nantucket. it suffered a whiteout with nearly 80-mile-per-hour winds. the blizzard flooded the coastal town of mash shallfield. a stretch of seawall crumbled and the ocean poured in. >> this is horrible. we walked this wall yesterday. it's gone. >> reporter: on eastern long island an army of snowplows worked to clear highways. in connecticut, snow buried cars. the big blizzard's unexpected eastward shift saved new york city and philadelphia the worst of it. in new hampshire, they even had a little fun. >> it was worth it. better than being cooped up at home shoveling. >> reporter: forecasters sailingering cold will make cleanup difficult. the white stuff might not be going anywhere soon saugs, abc news washington. the northeast's five major

airports significant digging out. >> it canceled 8,000 flights over the course of three days. 3200 of those happened sunday before the first snowflakes even fell as airlines tried to give passengers enough warning. that didn't prevent many from still finding themselves stranded at the terminals. >> it's been exhausting. it's so emotionally exhausting to be in the airport and not have anywhere to go. >> an estimated 400,000 passengers in total affected. at a cost to the airlines of $235 million. oops essentially what we're hearing from the head of the national weather service issuing a rare apology. the head lose which uccellini said he's trying to find out how the words potentially historic became attached to their forecast. it essentially shut down the city of new york over a few

inches of snow. >> well elsewhere, the forecast was on target in new england. >> yes, the snow there finally tapering off and as of last night, three feet of snow had fallen on northern massachusetts, lisbon connecticut, 26 inches. >> on far eastern long island new york 30 inches fell so what's next? accuweather's justin povick gives us an update. hey, justin good morning. >> thanks. and good morning. good news for the northeast and coastal new england, well our big snowstorm is winding down in a hurry. morning snow and then we'll just look for some afternoon colludiness. the remainder chilly but quiet along i-95 and inland portions and from winter to springlike warmth. look at the records in jeopardy for wednesday talking 70s and potentially 80-degree plus weather. reena and t.j. back to you. >> all right, justin thanks so much. overseas and the latest ultimatum from isis. time quickly running out for two hostages. the mother of kenji goto made an emotional plea asking the prime

minister to save her son. earlier isis posted a video showing kenji goto holding a picture of a fellow captive, a pilot from jordan. he said they'll both be killed within 24 hours if jordan doesn't hand over a female militant who's on death row. also new details about the american killed in an attack on a hotel in libya. david berry worked for a training company based in virginia. he was among the five foreigners killed in that assault on the corinthia hotel in tripoli. an isis-related group claimed responsibility but no evidence to back it up just yet. president obama is back at the white house after a trip to india and saudi arabia. the president and first lady landed overnight. while in saudi arabia the president met with the new king to discuss security issues. and mrs. obama made headlines for not wearing a head scarf as is tradition for women in saudi arabia. several men in the saudi delegation did not shake mrs. obama's hand but gave her a nod as they passed. some saudis tweeted that the first lady was being

disrespectful to their customs. we turn to arizona now, the new england patriots still talking deflate-gate whether they want to or not. this was at the super bowl media day. thousands of media members and fans got up close and personal yesterday with the patriots and seahawks players and coaches but the owner of the patriots robert kraft showed up to say his players think deflate-gate is hogwash. it will be remembered for what seahawks running back marshawn lynch said 29 times actually. >> i'm just here so i don't get fired. i'm here so i won't be fined. i'm here so i won't get fined i'm here so i won't get fined. i'm just here so i won't get fined. >> he said that 29 times. that was the answer to every single question he got. he's required to be there for five minutes to make himself available or facing a $500,000 fine. he's been fined about $100,000 this past season alone for not speaking to the media. >> he should get his own reality

show. >> i would watch it. still ahead, the controversial super bowl ad that's already being pulled. >> already? what? the high-speed chase. a woman hops in a police car, takes off at 100 miles an hour all of this with her hands cuffed behind her back. water woes. people living in one california neighborhood seeing this pouring from their faucets.

most of the asian stock markets traded lower overnight continuing a sell-off that started on wall street. nasdaq plunging 90 points. those declines followed disappointing earnings reports

from microsoft and caterpillar among others. one company that could be set for a big day today, apple after it earned reportedly $18 billion in its last quarter. that's the best quarter in terms of profit of any public company ever. and it's thanks to selling more than 74 million iphones, about 0,000 every hour of the quarter. the company's next major production release, the apple watch set for april. all four major airlines are reporting record profits generated by fares at a five-year high and shrinking fuel costs. that has passengers asking why weren't tickets getting less expensives. planes are more crowded than ever and prices can stay high. good news on the ground has come to an end for drivers. for 123 consecutive days aaa reported a daily drop. that has been broken. yesterday the average price for a gallon of regular gas rose of a fraction of a penny to $2.04

about 25 lower than it was a year ago. american airlines want to fly you to cuba. the american executive said yesterday that the carrier would like to add regular flights from miami as u.s. relaxes decades-old sanctions and if you're going, don't leave home without your american express card. am amex says it will allow cards issued in the u.s. to be used in cuba starting march 1st. when we come back the great escape for a family forced to flee as the earth opened up beneath their car. caught in the ago, literally, a burglar gets busted after a botched break-in. oh there's an energy crisis happening alright. a human one. and it's time to fight it. with the good energy of quaker oats. it's how we help keep go-getters like you going and getting.

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barely in the 30s. give you a look at your morning road conditions. another day of slippery conditions throughout the northeast. icy roads across the great lakes and upper midwest. if you're flying airport delays are possible in boston. a high-profile trial. two former football players at vanderbilt university have now been convicted of rape. >> the jury took just three hours to deliberate deciding the two men now 21 years old were guilty of the drunken dorm room assault in 2013. the assault occurred as one took pictures on his cell phone and sent them to friends. the victim who sat there every day thanked prosecutors. the two men face decades in prison. two others accused former players still face trial. turn to san francisco now. police are trying to track down a gang of thieves behind a gold heist. three masked robbers rammed an suv into the lobby of the wells fargo museum and held the security guard at gunpoint and stole 10 ounces of gold and sped

off in another car. they were not originals from the gold rush as the thieves may have thought. they're worth about $13,000. and caught on dash cam, a stolen police car, a 27-year-old suspect who police handcuffed placed in the backseat of a police cruiser outside pittsburgh managed to jump into the front seat turn on the siren and sped away while still handcuffed. she led police on a nearly ten-mile chase hitting speeds of up to 80 miles per hour before she was caught. amazingly, no one was hurt. >> still impressive, if you will. >> impressive? >> able to do -- now, this would have never happened to her. this other burglar in england had to learn the hard way crime didn't play. somehow ended up dangling from the window upside down. two college students happened upon this guy. they couldn't stop laughing. theburg burglar was in tears. he was up there for five hours.

give the guy a break, time served. this is punishment enough. well dramatic video as firefighters rescue three children in fresno california actually captured on the firefighters' helmet camera showing them rushing into the burning apartment building. you hear fire alarms and glass breaking. when theed to maniers are spotted the children are however still in critical condition. their mother had gone to the store when the fire broke out. luckily no one hurt outside washington, d.c. when a a family of five scrambled to get out in the nick of time. that water main break also flooded several homes. it took about four hours to repair the 90-year-old pipe. >> families in one southern california neighborhood has good reason to switch from tap to bottled water. the water in some gardena homes has been coming out black in their sinks, tubs and toilets. looks more like ink than it does water and it also stinks they

say. water company flushed the lines cleared up the water but acknowledged they still don't know what caused the problem. might want to boil that stuff. before you drink it. sports of the we head down under to the australian open. veteran versus rising star. venus williams facing madison keys in the quarter finals. keys said she always wanted to be like venus. she must have picked up something because she just beat one of the williams sister venus in three sets that set up a semi final with the other sister tomorrow. the highlights from our guys at espn. >> good morning, welcome to our "sportscenter" set in los angeles. along in neil everett, i'm stan verrett. a while since the warriors lost at home. >> they're 19-1 at home and got this cat klay thompson who is hopped up on cougar gold cheese. he had 30 plus again. here we go under a minute

remaining, steph curry, he wants a do-over on that pass. derrick rose had one assist and it came right there in the final 20 seconds to kurt hinrich. andre iguodala misses the three. draymond green to tip it in. the warriors went 0-13 from three in the second half in overtime. rose he had 30 points took 33 shots then thompson oh cheese whif bulls win. lebron james and cavaliers visiting the pistons without their star jennings. james attacking the rim leaves it for shawn marion. this time he'll finish himself. fourth quarter, cavaliers up 10. james behind the back to make some space in traffic, he goes lefty, 32 point, 6 rebounds.

they combine for 70, the two of them and cavaliers win, 103-95 so cleveland once again looking like they've got a roll. >> yeah they're on a roll. we're rolling too. we're rolling on out of here. >> thank you, fellas. tiger woods starts his 20158 season tomorrow and yesterday he was asked about having a front tooth knocked out earlier in italy while watching his girlfriend skier lindsey vonn. >> he said it was knocked out by a cameraman. as for that wild mask woods took the humorous approach. >> i still had my mask on and no one knew who i was trying to blend in because there's not a lot of brown dudes at ski races, okay. so yeah hey -- >> if you're going to be honest tiger. yes, not a lot of brothers out on the ski slopes the flight home was the most painful part

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>> buddy made it home. >> i just sold you on this website. >> ship him out. >> that's kind of mean. poor doggie. come on go daddy assured the public buddy came from a reputable breeder. a different ad will run during the super bowl and hope it makes you laugh. >> they might want to try it out because this one didn't work. glad they tried this out and the outrage didn't come with a billion people watching sunday. who you going to call. how about all the female cast members of the "ghostbusters." melissa mccarthy signed on for the remake of the movie. associated with kristen wiig and leslie jones and kate mackinnon. >> they worked with them in "bridesmaid" and said the rebooted "ghostbusters" is set to hit theaters in july of next year. >> well next up "spongebob squarepants" beloved by children

around the world. look at where he's not supposed to be. >> upside down this showing spongebob in that youngster in saudi arabia inside of him swallowed it by mistake. it seems to be a patrick dempsey. >> he was shocked when the first x-ray came back. "spongebob squarepants" safely removed. the kid is okay. right out of "sex and the city." a woman from houston has married herself. >> i've been trying to understand this all morning. after failing to find the man of her dreams there she is yasmin eleby, she tied the knot complete with a purple gown ten bridesmaid her mother walked her down the aisle. >> three ministers officiated but since you can't legally marry yourself it was purely a spiritual ceremony. she plans to take herself, of course, on a honeymoon where is she going to go? cambodia laos and dubai. >> congratulations, right? >> you don't need a prenup do you? >> i don't know. >> some of you, your local news

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>> ♪♪ >> hey, i'm matt o'donnell. we're following breaking news here. firefighters have rescued several people from a burning apartment building overnight. we are live at that scene. we're also following the investigation into a roof collapse at that trendy center city lululemon clothing store. what we've learned about the safety records there coming up. a brand new web based ride sharing service is coming to philadelphia this week even though it has no legal authority to do so. and we're updating a cold accuweather forecast. weather and traffic updates all coming up next. >> ♪♪ today, people from new england try to resume life as usual. we bring you now a little levity. >> we couldn't resist after seeing some of the comics making their own observations about the

blizzard of 2015. >> like the capricious goddess whose name is bears winter storm juno will turn our children into horrific living snowmen for which the only known cure is an immediate infusion of soup. [ laughter ] >> thanks to mayor de blasio the mayor of new york city new york is still under an 11 p.m. curfew. not only that listen to he's outlawed dancing. >> during the storm tinder went down. the tinder app which means people trapped indoors were forced to hang out with the person they married. tragic. >> it's a bad time to travel. more than 4,000 flies were canceled before the storm started. they say if you're trying to get home to or from the east coast this week you should find a new family. start over again with new people. >> not that travel presents the only danger. the weather channel showed us that the snow can attack you even in your own home. >> when that amount of snow

stars to slide it can easily damage or destroy anything in its path. >> when did the weather channel get michael bey to direct its videos? sure i'm best known for my film on the dangers of fighting space robots but my real passion is seasonal precipitation safety. >> still, plenty of snow on the ground fortunately, the weather channel was on hand to show us how serious this situation was. >> all this wind here's some snow you're going to see it go up check that out. >> wow. so that's -- that's how wind works. i've been wondering. >> you know we deserve some of this. >> yes. >> some of the folks out at the national weather service apologizing. saying we were a little off, got it wrong. >> they tried. their hearts were in the right place. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." we'll see you, folks.

>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪♪ >> we have breaking news on this wednesday january 28th. firefighters had to rescue people from a burning apartment building in montgomery county overnight. we'll have a live report. >> and time is coming to a close to save two hostages held captive by the islamic state. >> the man charged with a deadly ambush on a police barracks in the poconos is now facing the possibility of death row. >> good morning out there. it's 4:30 now on this wednesday, january 28th. let's find out about your accuweather with dave murphy and talk about traffic with karen rogers much good morning. >> all right, guys, well we've got an issue this morning on the roads and karen will be keeping an eye on this