good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, hijacked ethiopian irlines jet landed safely in switzerland this morning. police say the situation is under control. charlie d'agata is in our london bureau with the detail. charlie, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. police in geneva who confirmed the co-pilot under arrest. he used the bathroom and then locked the main pilot out. he then diverted the plane from its intended destination of rome to geneva where he claims he was seeking asylum. once landing in jen knee va, the passengers were escorted out with their hands on their heads for security measures. they made a reaching stop in sudan before being diverted to its final destination from rome to switzerland. he surrendered himself to police

on landing, lowered himself down from the cockpit by a rope. anne-marie? >> charlie d'agata in london. thank you, charlie. this morning the upper mist is getting whacked with snow from "eye opener" to ohio, snow and freezing rain. winter storm warnings and advisories are posted from da coy ta to michigan. up to six inches of know snu is expected in chicago today. thousands lost power. parts of massachusetts got as much as 15 inches of snow. meteorologists say the unending stream of storms is tied to extreme weather in other parts of the country. >> we've been stuck in pattern that's stuck. if you think of a see saw, one part is up, the other part is up. at the augusta international golf club, one of the iconic

trees fell victim to a snowstorm. it was named the eisenhower because it was donated by presidentize never. a deadly avalanche is blamed for deaths of skiers in colorado. as omar veillafranca reports, this is the third this week. >> reporter: search and rescue teams found the bodies of two skiers on a mountain two miles south of denver. officials say it happened saturday afternoon while a group was cross-country skiing in the backcountry. two suffered broken boynes. another had a collapsed lung. >> it was just unfortunate what happened. >> reporter: forecasters say record amounts of snow and warmer temperatures are creating unstable conditions. 14 people have been killed by avalanches across the mountain west since december. six of those deaths occurred last week alone. skiers are being urged to take

an avalanche education class. >> we get a lot of people cross-country skiing all winter long. one of our biggest fears is just what happened. >> reporter: avalanche warnings are posted from washington state to omaha. in central california farmers are praying for rain. they're struggling in the midst of one of the worst droughts in decades. on friday president obama plelked more than a million dollars in federal aid. carter evans reports. and he got an earful from beleaguered farmers like joe. >> that will be close to half a million, that one field. >> reporter: his fields are normally lush with almonds, cherries and melons, without rain his farm will have to survive on the water he saved from last year and there's only enough for half the crops. >> reporter: he says he'll lose

roughly half his income this year. >> california is our biggest agricultural producer. so what happens here matters to every working american right down to the cost of food that you put on your table. >> reporter: the president pledged more than $100 million in disaster aid to help farmers weather the drought. >> their fields dried out. this is going to help them feed their livestock. >> we'll all be applying for it because it's going hit all of us. >> reporter: she's already sold off 25% of her herd. the rest of her hungry cattle feed on expensive alfalfa bales hauled in from oregon. she's leasing about $2,000 a month. >> we'll make it to may and that's it. >> if we have another dry year next year, i think you'll see many, many farmers going broke. >> reporter: financial aid, he says, can pay some of the bills now, but without rain, the

drought relief funds only amount to a drop in the bucket. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. well, secretary of state john kerry wraps up a visit today where he mocks those who don't believe in climate challenge. >> good morning. secretary kerry had harern words for those who question climate challenge. he mentioned shoddy science and those with heads in their hand. it happened after a deal was made between u.s. and china to cooperate more closely on combatting change and his words were designed to inspire more countries to come on board. as the east digs out of a snowstorm and the south battles that similar to a dust bow he fierce climate challenge is.

>> we don't want to sit around debating whose responsibility it is to deal with this tlaet while he come closer and closer to the point of no return costa rica kerry says he's ordering all countries to tackle it. >> there is not agreement around the fact of exactly what is causing this. even the president's own science and technology office head, mr. holder, says no one incident is due to climate challenge. >> she calls it unproven science and even if congress acted, it might not have a global impact. >> because of climate change or global warming. that's happening. >> reporter: kerry wants to shift away from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources.

notably absent from secretary kerry's remark was any mention of the keystone xl pipeline. this would care crude that's particularly heavy on carbon from canada to the united states. the construction of this pipeline is on hold pending a decision from president obama. anne-marie? >> susan mcginnis, thank you. coming up on the morning new, what's next in the florida murder trial that raised questions about race and self-defense. the suspect is accused of shooting into a car full of black teenagers but a mistrial is declared on the most serious charge. [ male announcer ] let the rich robust flavor

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. new york will be sunny today. so will miami. but there will be snow in chicago with a hay of 29. dallas will be cloudy. dallas, sunny, a high of 70. at the olympics team usa added to its medal count on sunday and it was a good day for the americans on ice as well. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. guest american alpine skier won another medal on sunday. he's the best not just in u.s. history but olympic history. in fact, bode miller is holding the record. on sunday he won his sixth. he was one of two american medalists in the super-g. he tied for the bronze at 36. he's the old ef to win a meddle.

his teammate andrew vibrik won. >> the pair won gold in vancouver. it concludes with a free dance later today. and the usa wins to go on to the finals. they win, 5-1, over slovenia. the victory comes one day after beat russia in the shoot-out. after sunday's event let's take a look at the medalent netherla and u.s. tied for 16 and norway and canada are tied in third. each has 14 medals. anne-marie? >> listen. i heard you have some information about a very special medal some athletes will be taking home. >> reporter: that's right, anne-marie. in fact, there's a little bit o of controversy in sochi over officials from one russian prove vince who want to give medals

that are quite literally out of this world. one year ago a massive meteorite exploded into russia's region. now pieces of the space rock are set on top of it. >> only ten people will get a commemoration to their real one. officials say they're not willing to share the spotlight with some space rocks. the night before the meteor right medals were supposed to be awarding the international olympic committee shut down the bonus committee plan saying they could only be given out after the olympics were over. >> reporter: they're among some of the games' most memorable moments.

they didn't intend for their medals to take the shine off the real thing. >> it will be just a really, really good memory of such olympic games. >> reporter: local officials say they respect the ioc's last-minute decision and they'll send the ten olympic champions their medals in the mail. now we understand they minted some others, they're available for private collection, but they won't tell us how much they cost. anne-marie? >> i guess it's one of those, if you have to ask, you can't afford alphonso? when we return, a test of fate. a preacher uses venomous snakes as part of his services. what happens when prayer meeting danger when the "cbs morning news" continues. are made with a few simple ingredients, for a sun-ripened deliciousness that makes every day simply...extraordinary. ♪ with a name slikeermuck's, it has to be good.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington will be sunny today. atlanta will be sunny as well.

rain and ice in st. louis. denver can expect snipe, and rain in seattle. a pennsylvania woman charged with one murder says she's committed many more. she and her husband are accused of killing a man they met on craigslist. in a jailhouse interview this weekend she told the newspapshe. she claims to have killed more than 20 other people across the country in the past six years as part of her involvement in a satanic cult. a kentucky preacher who's also a star of a reality tv series is dead after being bit p by a poisonous stake. jamie cuche was handling a rattlesnake. citing his faith he refused medical treatment. one hour later he was deds. >> to me it's as much a

commandment from god as it was when he said thou shall not commit adultery. >> handling snakes was as much a part of his service. it's featured on the "national geographic" television series snake salvation. his son cody says there was nothing out of the ordinary during saturday's service. >> everybody was getting in, shouting, taking upper serpent >> his father had suv erred numerous bites over the years. he said by handling the snakes he was obeying the word of god. >> i don't actually don't want to die of a serpent bite but i'd rather die standing around people standing around me

praying as opposed to people standing around me in a car wreck cushion. >> his faith was so strong he did not want treatment. >> if he woke up in a hospital he would have blamed every one of us. he was a firm believer. he did not want to go to a hospital. >> the cuche family has run the church for generations. he said handling the venn mum snakes is part of what family believes in. >> we said it's the word of god and it's a good way to live by and a good way to die buy. >> "national geographic" said it was struck by cuche's religious convictions and it was honored. the ground of a jet ran into the ground. it was parked yesterday preparing for a flight to dallas. no passengers were injured. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news."

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