captioning funded by cbs it's monday, march 13th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." bracing for a blizzard. while millions of people in the northeast gear up for more than a foot of snow in some places, the midwest is digging out. a documentary director raises new questions about the final minutes of michael brown's life with newly released video from the ferguson convenience store near where he was killed. and prove it or drop it. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle call on president trump to prove his claim that president obama wiretapped trump tower.

good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning a potentially paralyzing blizzard is taking aim at the northeast, hundreds of flights have already been canceled for tuesday. here's why. a blizzard watch is posted for coastal regions including new york city and long i land. where up to a foot of snow or foot and a half is possible. whiteout conditions plague south dakota. in minnesota travel was treachero treacherous. plows had a hard team keeping up with relentless snow. it's not just the snow people will have to deal with. the forecast also calls for powerful wind. meteorologist pamela gardner of our boston station wbz is tracking the storm. >> major storm as

but first we have one area of low pressure we're tracking across the upper plains and the great lakes where we could see several inks of snow fall. that's going to create a combined pressure creating a kind of blizzard condition as we have multiple warnings, advisories and blizzard watch and conditions expected from new york city all the way to southern new england. hour-by-hour timing? early tuesday morning the snow accumulation starts across maryland, pennsylvania, upstate new york, and then the snow continues to track through new england. and by tuesday evening, the system still is getting going in northern maine. now snowfall rates anywhere from 3 to 4, up to 5 inches per hour across the northeast. that means thunder snowe is a likely thing you're going to experience, and the wind is going to be cranking up as the snow progresses to the north and east.

that means numerous power outages and damaging winds. here it, everybody. major numbers. 12-plus inches of snow from philly to even new york city. boston, we could see anywhere from 12 to 18 inches of snow. but keep in mind the track of the center of low pressure still a little wobbly, so well ee have more forecast updates as we get closer to the storm. i'm pamela forward never for the cbs news. well, the house intelligence committee wants president trump to produce evidence by today to support his claim that phones at trump tower were tapped. also today the congressional budget office is expected to release its report on the house republican plan to replace obamacare inincluding estimates on how many people will be covered. the legislation is already dismissing the report. one day after, house speaker paul ryan

repeal obamacare on cbs's "face the nation." >> how many people are going to lose coverage under the? >> i can't answer that question. it's up to the people. >> democrats say they're waiting for the nonpartisan plan to reveal costs on how much the plan will cost and how it will be funded. >> the plan is also facing opposition from republicans who say it doesn't go far enough. >> that's obamacare. we don't want that. >> and they argue that it could make health care worse. >> i have written today this bill cannot pass the senate and i believe it would have adverse consequences for millions of americans. >> also on sunday speaker ryan said he hasn't seen any proof suggesting former president obama wiretapped the trump tower during the 2016 campaign. but answers may come soon. the house intelligence committee has asked the justice department to turn overny

>> there are one or two possibilities here. the president quite deliberately made up this charge or perhaps more disturbing the president really believes this. >> the committee's first public hearing on this investigation is set for a week from today. well, president trump has yet to name replacements for the 46 u.s. attorneys he asked to step down friday. the lift included the profile preet bhararbharara. he refused to turn in his resignation and he was fired. the secret service say the man who jumped the white house fence on friday was carried two cans of mace and a letter. jonathan tran said he was a friend of the president and had an appointment. a 3-year-old girl who was burned over a hoverboard died over the weekend. two other girls were critically

the fire was ruled an accident. mark hughes says he cannot believe his granddaughter is gone. >> my granddaughter, e cannot replace her. the pain, so deep. >> reporter: the firefighter rushing in his car died also. he was hit by a 189-year-old who ran a stop sign in a stolen car and police say she was driving under the influence. and now to a fatal shooting. a new documentary suggests brown didn't rob a convenience store just before he was killed. the store employees say that's not so. hena daniels has more. good morning, hena. >> good morning, anne-marie. it's razing questions about the events that led up to the unarme

the documentary shows brown traded marijuana for cigarillos and was coming back to get them, not steal them. it's told from the perspective of michael brown's family. his mother joined the cast and crew on the red carpet in the south by southwest festival in austin yesterday. >> was surprised to hear two years later there was a video. >> the filmmaker claims the footage proves brown did not steal from the convenience store he was accused of robbing before his fatal encounter. the video shows him handing a bag. the 18-year-old walks toward the door and hands the bag back to the clerk before leaving. the director spoke with "cbs this morning." they say brown traded

marijuana for the items. >> he didn't take anything from the store and for the store to claim he took something and was asked for it back, why on earth would the clerk give him something, put it in a bag, realize something and say, oh, by the way, give me that bag back. >> a lawyer for tsays the documy doesn't pay for the facts it's kind of a silly theory. >> he claims pollock removed part of the video showing the clerks demanding he pay for the cigarillos. the city's former police chief and officer wilson. the civil trial is slated for 2018. anne-marie? >> hena daniels here in new york. thank you so much, hena. well, ahead on "cbs morning news" more on the documentary of

michael brown shooting. >> and the police department is looking at one of its own officers. the suspect gave up but appeared to struggle when the officer tried to cuff him. the officer hit him with his first and then a flashlight. the use of force continued after another officer arrived. a large one-story commercial building went up in flames in the fashion district of los angeles last night. no one was injured and it's unclear what caused the fire. nearly 200 firefighters were on the scene. march madness is about to break out. we now know the 68 teams in the ncaa basketball tournament. >> out of the west, there they are. the northwestern wildcats. >> one of those teams is northwestern university, which has good reason to cheer. a longtime loser in the big t

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until today to produce evidence that former president obama bugged trump tower during the campaign. >> and will repeal and replace work, the numbers behind the republican plan to replace obamacare. the congressional budget office releases its report today. >> all right, melissa, the woman of the day. take it away. >> yeah, we're going to be starts off quiet, but by the time you're heading home fromwork we're already starting to see some rain and snow tracking into the area, and it's going to be a long haul throughout the overnight and early tomorrow morning as this winter storm really cranks up. winter storm warnings will be in effect for d. c. and points west of that with winter weather advisories for places like prince george's county, howard county and stafford county as well. the snow totals, how much you're going to see in your neighborhood. the bulls eye of the snow will end up being just west of d. c. as you head into

fairfax county, latin county where you could end up with double-digit totals. we're going to have foot-plus snow totals in some locations. there's going to be a mix, some rain, there's going to be some snow and even a wintery mix. we'll take a look at futurecast when this arrives later this evening and talk about those impacts on the roadways in just a bit. if you have a flight out today you want to check that flight. as you mentioned we have a lot of flights canceled in anticipation of the storm. if you're out on the roads at this point, it's not impacting you yet. this is at bald eagle road, right after you pass by the beltway in the area of flintstone elementary school. we're seeing the closure two different cars, one's in the ditch between the actual road and the frontal road. we actually have a crew that just got out to the scene. we're going to show you what you're going to

if you're heading northbound. live with breaking news from overnight. prince george's county police are investigating a fiery crash. an office was also hurt while trying to get the injured driver out of the car. this was the scene just before 1 this morning on indian head highway near audrey lane in oxon hill. the driver was traveling northbound when he crashed into another vehicle. his car rolled over and caught fire. the driver in the second car was not seriously hurt. the man accused of firing a gun inside the comic ping-pong northwest heads back to court this afternoon. edgar welch has pled not guilty after going to the d. c. pizza restaurant with a gun because he believed a child sex ring was operating in the basement after he read about it online. he's charged with assault with a deadly weapon, possessing a firearm during a felony and transporting that gun and ammo across state lines. port officisa

possible a trial could be set this afternoon. and the man charged with fatally punching another guy over a parking space has a preliminary hearing today. construction worker paul hagens reportedly punched desmond joseph after the victim tossed aside traffic cones to get into a parking space. joseph died at the hospital from an acute brain injury. thanks so much. that's a quick look at what's going on. >> grab the shovel, the news at 4:30 starts right now. this is wake up washington on wusa9. all right, folks right now at 4:30, a powerful nor'easter is taking shape and taking aim right at our region. by this time tomorrow morning we're going to be in the middle of a huge snowstorm. thanks for joining us and happy monday, right, if there is such a thing. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> and i'm mike hydeck. wake up washington gearing up for what could be a record

it's the part it connects with later that's going to make a huge -- this is pulling down the cold air. we're going to see the nor'easter forming off the coast. by the time we get to 5, 6:00 this evening you're going to notice a vast difference. this afternoon impacts us, be home be early this evening and places south of k. c. you need to get home by 4:00 this afternoon. as we go into the evening we're going to see the snow and mix arriving from the south, heavy snow, a mix and rain continues for the overnight into your tuesday morning commute. some of the heaviest snow could be falling for the metro and points east between about 6 tomorrow morning and 9 tomorrow morning when you want to be heading into work. tomorrow afternoon snow showers will linger. let's go through futurecast. really cold arctic air in place right now. as we