. >> reporter: a recent chimp attack in connecticut and pythons going native in southern florida, many critics are saying, we should think of the killer whales not so much as free willy, but what they are in nature, a predator made for killing. as in the movie "orca." dawn brancheau certainly knew how dangerous whales could be. she was a well regarded veteran who worked at the park since 1994. >> we extend our deepest similar pa think to the family and friends of the trainer and we'll do everything possible to assist them in this difficult time. >> reporter: jack hanna had worked with her on off and for years. >> i can just tell you that this young lady loved these whales and she loved her work. and she was one of the best there is. she was an icon when it came to training her -- the peers the people that work with her. anybody will tell you, this woman knew more than anybody, probably, that you could ever imagine as a whale trainer. >> many of these trainers are ill equipped to handle, you know, with an animal that weighs 8,000 pounds. an animal that's 22 feet long. an animal that has

a little breaking out across southern florida today but more in the way of rainfall across northern floridaof an issue because it's running into colder air. because of that, and you see the white there, that is snow. there's a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain in some spots, especially across the i-81 corridor. 1 to 3 inches of snow potentially here across parts of western virginia. now that winter weather advisory has been extended to washington, d.c. if you live in d.c. to baltimore, you're probably going to see some snowfall later on today. i guess he's coming back. he just will not give way. he's got a publicist now, he's got spokes people. punxsatawney phil is certainly a forecasting force to be reckoned with, no doubt about that. >> put him away until next year. >> yeah, with pleasure. see ya. >>> gays openly serving in the military. it's going to be one of the hottest debates in washington. but what's the view from the front lines? we're going to talk to two combat vets now serving in congress. (announcer) a cold or flu can start fast. it can go from a scratchy throat in the morni

jon: be careful where you swim if in waters off southern florida. why? giant squid are invading waters near san diego, the creatures, up to 4 feet long, sometimes 60 pounds. anglers are catching hundreds of them in the pacific. fishermen say landing the squid, he's quite a challenge. they put up a pretty good fight and spray liquid up to 30 feet once out of the water, their ink stains anything in its path. what a mess. >>> usually battle plans are closely guarded secrets of war. that way the enemy doesn't know you're coming. so why is the u.s. military in afghanistan handing out press releases holding news conferences about an impending attack? the answer, just minutes away. jon bottom of the hours now, here's what's happening now, brand new information on the day's big stories. it's the first attempt at a national tea party convention and it's not without controversy. carl cameron, live in nashville, tennessee. >> reporter: jon, they're in nashville and this is the first gathering of the grassroots movement that burst on to the stage last year and has t

and many of you may know about the collision of the workers in southern florida to pick tomatoes and conditions of modern-day slavery. i don't use the term whitely. over 1,000 people have been freed under the statutes that constituted abolition in the united states. on thousand people freed from conditions where they are chained in the back of trailers where they are forced to pay for showers, $5 to have a shower and they are picking pesticide tomatoes all day and some people find it cheaper to wash their hands in bleached and paid the $5 for a shower to read these artemus conditions, and forced the labor is -- the cost of labor rarely features in the price of a hamburger. then of course there's a range of costs that follow after the hamburger, the costs for example that are involved in the way that we eat today. one in five health care dollars in the united states is treated diabetes, $180 billion in year. that is to no small part to the costs associated with the week and again we don't pay that when we pay for all were hamburger's the market's systematically hide the real cost

one, record-breaking amounts of rain yesterday across parts of southern florida. tampa to daytona seeing some rain. miami saw almost 3 inches yesterday. seeing less today. there's a bit of a problem across the mid-atlantic and also some white and pink mixing in there on the radar scope. that means winter precipitation. so winter weather advisory up along the i-81 corridor and that has been extended to d.c. and baltimore with snow arriving later on this afternoon, maybe 1 to 3 inches of snow expected later on tonight. >> all right, rob. we'll be watching for it. thank you very much. >>> and we want you to watch for this because we're going to give you some live pictures from andrews air force base where president obama is about to board a plane and head to nashua, new hampshire, to talk about his plans for boosting small business. we are digging into the details of the plan right here in the "cnn newsroom." you want to stay here for that. fancy feast appetizers. [dinner bell chimes] high quality ingredients like wild alaskan salmon in a delicate broth, without by-p

guest: i would like to frame the benefits for public employees in terms of southern florida.sion and benefit plans for state employees. state employees, there are several 10's of thousands who pay nothing for their health care. it is free. that includes legislators. it includes the governor. and higher ranking state employees. even those employees who do pay a premium for their health care, it's very low. much lower than people in the private sector pay. so i'm sure that this is true on the national level, too. here in florida, we see that as a way to -- that the state government can save some money and sort of level the playing field between dependent benefits to public employees and basically everyone else. host: anchorage, alaska, bob on the independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. this is a little off your subject. but for employing people, i have an idea. if they want to employ a lot of people, that would be to reactivate the draft, but with two changes -- one draft all, including men and women, and two, create a new element of social service or government

and the dominant storm now developing in northern florida and southern georgia, as the moisture spreadse coast. expected snowfall totals, very significant, right from virginia, west virginia, maryland, delaware and southern jersey. why isn't this storm heading up to new york city, hartford, boston, providence? there's this huge ocean storm, a blocking storm. this looks like a hurricane in the north atlantic. it's not going to allow the storm that's coming off the mid atlantic coast to head northward. this storm will push it out to sea. that's why, contessa, areas to the north get spared but not areas in the mid atlantic. it's very rare. >> you're keeping a close eye on that. we'll check back in with you during the day. >>> john edwards' sex scandal a judge has found edwards' former aide andrew young in contempt of court over a sex tape. superior court judge is demanding young return that tape to edwards' former mistress, rielle hunter. hunter sued young, asking that he return the video. the judge says the contempt ruling will be lifted if young returns that tape by wednesday. they call

talking about southern alabama, western florida into georgia, stretching into the carolinas. right into some colder air. we have winter storm watches in white, warnings in red. over the next 48 hours, that snow really begins to pile up across northern virginia into maryland. this actually ends at 11:00, 2:00 a.m. on saturday morning. that snow will continue to press eastward. we could see as much as a foot to a foot and a half of snow around baltimore, d.c. could see a foot, same with areas around philadelphia. that's going to be friday night, overnight into saturday morning. take you live to atlanta tower cam, show you what it looks like. the clouds coming in, the rain is not here yet. give it another five to six hours before the real heavy stuff begins to move into the western suburbs, but we'll catch delays at the airports just because of that. more on that, robin, in about a half hour. what about the snow? all across the midwest and we'll get to that in about 25 minutes. >> thank you. >>> your pickup truck looks pretty tough, but how does it really hold up in a serious ac

i'll give you timing in a second, but i wants you to look down over the southern states to the east of new orleans, florida southeast alabama, northwest georgia, that is the heavy snow that will be here tonight and into the overnight. take a look at the watch, warning and advisory graphics, winter storm warning in effect. the delmar under a coastal flood warning, the nor'easter will pound the already winter battered maryland beaches. time not guilty event is by lunchtime we start to see snow in the area. two to 4 inches of snow on the ground when we get to dinnertime, then the big heavy burst during the night and overnight. 16 to 24 inches of snow locally i think 18 is a good number. 37 early on, with snow beginning. sharon has your traffic. >> first two accidents of the warning, the first one is in ash better dean, watch for that one -- aberdeen, at west bel air. tam ar at old dublin. construction on charles street at 695 northbound, two lanes blocked southbound one lane gets by there. detours are posted. drive times and speeds around the beltway, no major delays at this point. dow have a mass transit adv

southern california today possible. an interesting mix of weather throughout the nation. you look in floridayou get an idea of the rai >>> good saturday morning. a mostly cloudy sky. there are some light snow showers across southern pennsylvania, moving into northern maryland. snow flurries and snow showers are not at all out of the question here for the mid to late morning hours. temperatures are just at or slightly above the freezing mark right around town. windchills, mid-20's. forecast, cloudy and cold. isco to make it to about 60 and the mountai are in the 40s. you will get snow eventually as well. that's a wrap up of the weather. lots to talk about. >> thank you. coming up next the dramatic finish to the men's speed skating relay. we will meet the bronze medallist. first these messages. chilled. sweet! [ female announcer ] just about anywhere you use sugar you can use splenda® no calorie sweetener. more ways than you ever imagined. [ male announcer ] flakes. shakes. cakes. sweet! [ female announcer ] splenda® starts with sugar. tastes like sugar. but it's not sugar. it's... [ male anno

florida today. and another piece of energy from the plains. we merge the northern and southernranches of the cold stream and the question is, what kind of stuff will fall from the sky. snow and sleet begins today. sleet mixes in this afternoon and evening. and 36 throughout the evening and tonight. we could have a period of a few hours with sleet and turning back to snow and daybreak. 28 degrees and all snow tomorrow. some places wake up with a foot on the ground and double it throughout the day. 25 degrees and falling. that will make for fluffier snow. it is 26 in baltimore and i believe a faux hours of sleet will eat into the amounts. 26 to 30 plus in the mountains. highlighting more details on line. and checking on abc2news.com. >>> there is a new cancer treatment showing promising signs saving lives. what happens if you have cancer and an insurance company says no. >> this is a woman's story about her fight for coverage. i calculate my own payroll. it works... pretty well. right, guys? announcer: there's an easier way. just enter employee hours. it calculates all the taxes

southern end of this storm. attorneys was talking about thunderstorm activity. there it is. thunderstorm activity now moving through portions of floridaalabama into join. that could rob the storm of some of its energy but by the time it moves off the coast, it will be reinforcing with some cold air and another upper level low. it will enhance that storm. forecast for today, this is what we're looking at. winter storm warning goes into effect at 10:00. snow develops. daytime accumulations as we said about three to six inches. 35degrees for your high today. that is where we are. we'll be consistent for a while and then the temperatures start to drop. heavy snow accumulations. 10 to 15 inches. check out the wind. they pick up to 15 to 25 miles per hour. so blizzard-like conditions late tonight and during the day tomorrow. five-day forecast, snows all day tomorrow. we think it moves out of here around 5:00 to 7:00. sunday, dry, but the digout begins. tuesday, yes, a chance of snow accumulating snow. we'll have more details on that later. right now, let's find out what is happening with traffic unless she has bolted from the building. here

southern california today possible. an interesting mix of weather throughout the nation. you look in florida and you get an ide >> that storm will continue to spend over new england all weekend long. we will be on the south east edge of the storm and snow chances are look for san francisco to make it to about 60 and the mountains are in the 40s. you will get snow eventually as well. that's a wrap up of the weather. lots to talk about. >> thank you. coming up next the dramatic finish to the men's speed skating relay. we will meet the bronze medallist. first these messages. chilled. sweet! [ female announcer ] just about anywhere you use sugar you can use splenda® no calorie sweetener. more ways than you ever imagined. [ male announcer ] flakes. shakes. cakes. sweet! [ female announcer ] splenda® starts with sugar. tastes like sugar. but it's not sugar. it's... [ male announcer ] savory. crunchy. yummy. sweet! [ female announcer ] splenda®. america's favorite no calorie sweetener. ♪ a little encouragement changes everything. molly es muy muy intelligente. and right now, hallmark's got a whole

florida, we are going to see some winds pick up today. thundershowers likely tonight into tomorrow. and other than that, the major issue on the west coast rain from southerno move my drink and put something in my ear, but i remain firmly ensconced. if you wanted to know how we can afford to send so many people down here for the super bowl, these are my accommodations. guys? are you there? >> look at that. >> oh, we're anchors sitting at the anchor desk in our nice clothes. >> we got him just where we want him. thanks very much, dave. we're starting our super bowl party a couple days early. we just could not wait because our good friend katie lee back from vacation had some game day receip recipes. >> isn't it great? and super bowl sunday is one of my favorite days of the year. and you know why? >> because people eat. >> it's the thanksgiving of junk food. it's my favorite. >> i love it. that's a good line. >> so i've got some great homemade junk food. if you're going to eat junk food, make it homemade. you can't have a super bowl without wings, with y wings, bu messy wings, buffalo chicken. put the chicken in the bowl. dump in the sauce. give it a good st

the storm could dump two feet of snow on southern new jersey by saturday night and a foot to a foot and a half elsewhere. that's a big storm. >>> former floridaterback and heisman trophy winner tim tebow appeared in washington you th morning. his upyou coming commercial about abortion has drawn a response from planned parenthood. that was released on the internet but it's not going to run during the game because all the ads for the broadcast have been sold. planned parenthood enlisted the help from sean james who played for the vikings and al joyner who won in 1984 the olympics. >> there's a lot of talk about a television ad. it's tim tebow and her mother. i respect and honor mrs. tebow's decision. >> i want my daughter to live in a world where everyone's decisions are respected. >> we would with air tebow's ad in response, but it has not been released yet. even though we've been talking so much about it. it's set to run during the first quarter of sunday's game. should the tebow anti-abortion commercial air during the super bowl? joe carter is in miami to cover the game. he's asking people about what they think about this controversy. i'm su