alina machado is continuing our coverage from dallas live. good morning. >> good morning, john.ou can see it here. we are getting some freezing rain right now in downtown dallas and this is what officials here have talking about for days. the roads are slushy and icy and treacherous. traffic, little traffic that is on it right now seem to be slow moving and easy to see why. when you take a look at the ice accumulations that we are already seeing here where we are. look at this bush right here. i don't know if you can see that. this is all covered in ice. this is precisely what authorities here have been concerned about. we know the airport, for example, dfw airport yesterday had several hundred cancellations. just from american airlines because of this storm. we were there talking to passengers and we talked to one person who had to rearrange his travel plans. take a listen. >> you took an earlier flight. >> out of las vegas, yep. >> because of the weather? >> because of the weather. they are comparing it to what happened to us about three years ago. >> reporter: now, again, tha

elena alina machado, thank you much. and happy new year to you.s for looking back for us. >> you can check out the entire list of the year's top stories right now on cnn.com. >> when they dropped the new year's eve ball, speaking of new year's eve, tomorrow night in new york, a famous hometown hero will be pushing the button. supreme court justice sonya sotomayor will help celebrate by lowering the ball. she'll also lead the final 60 seconds countdown. she was appointed to the high court in 2009. the third woman and first h hispanic to become a supreme court justice. you may have noticed "good morning america" anchor robin roberts acknowledging she's gay. she got a tweet from first lady michelle obama. she the been open about her health challenges, but she had not spoken ability her sexuality in her past. she mentioned her longtime girlfriend amber. and she said, i'm so happy for you, amber. you continue to make us all proud. she signed it m.o., as folks may know, when the first lady or president signed it m.o. for the first lady or b.o. for the p

alina machado has been following all of the day's space walk for us. how are the repairs going? sounds all right alina, is that the right take? >> things are going well, brianna. we know the spare module or pump is already in position and the fluid lines are connected. and it seems like you mentioned they are starting to wrap things up and they're in the process of hooking up electrical connections and then testing the pump. astronauts rick mass crackio and michael hopkins are trying to wrap up the job they started on saturday when they removed a faulty cooling pump that's about the size of a refrigerator. that pump contains ammonia making their job even more delicate. about an hour ago we learned they did have some issues when one of the fluid lines carrying the ammonia in the cooling system became tangled. and that line has since been released. so some good news there, but the astronauts did report sighing some ammonia flakes which did get on their space suits. a nasa spokesperson tells cnn there is no real concern, however. the astronauts will have to undergo a decontaminatio

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that is where alina machado is.ed rowlands is live for us in memphis, and jennifer grey here in studio 7 at the severe weather center. alina machado, to you, what a couple of days make. from 80 degrees down to a lot of ice and snow where you are. >> it was 80 degrees here in dallas on wednesday. this is clearly a completely different story. it was sleeting and there was freezing rain for a good chunk of the morning. for most of the morning, and this is the result. take a look at this chair. frozen. lots of ice. it's been out here all day with me. look at the chunk of ice on it. frozen bushes, trees. the roads are slushy. barely anybody out here. downtown dallas is essentially a ghosttown. and this isn't the only thing that's going on here. we know there have been flight cancellations. the airport's a mess, the roads are a mess. and really, this is all about people trying to stay home, trying to stay out of this weather if they can. we know that at least one person here in the state of texas, in hockley county, texas

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alina machado has the list. >> reporter: topping off your top ten of 2013, the u.s.e defense of marriage act. 5-4 vote paved the way for same-sex couples who were legally married to receive the same benefits given to heterosexual couples. number nine, cleveland, ohio, and this unbelievable call for help. >> i've been kidnapped. i've been missing for ten years. i'm here. i'm free now. >> amanda berry, gina dejesus, and michelle knight rescued after years of captivity inside this house of horrors. a ariel castro, sentenced to life in prison, later killed himself. >>> next typhoon haiyan swept through the philippines, one of the most powerful kills more than 6,000. your choice for number six, obamacare. >> obviously, we screwed it up. >> administration officials responding to criticism after the launch of healthcare.gov, plagued with problems and glitches. number five, the third longest government shutdown in u.s. history. 800,000 federal employees furloughed, federal museums and parks closed for 16 days. one of the largest security breaches ever sits at four. edward sn

cnn's alina machado is in dallas. >> reporter: good morning, chris.are seeing some light sleet coming down right now here in downtown dallas. the danger is not gone. take a look at these bushes. you get a sense of just how much ice we're talking about here. these bushes are frozen. you can see that clearly here. the roads here by the way are also a slippery, slushy mess. heightened alert in north texas as it sits in the path of what could be one of the worst ice storms to hit the u.s. in years. sleet, started falling in denton county late thursday. slushy surfaces slowing traffic. reports of up to a half inch of sleet and ice, accumulating on bridges and overpasses. making them more treacherous. denton police responding to more than 50 vehicle wrecks and calls for assistance in an eight-hour span. >> in dallas, dozens of salt trucks an employees are on standby, ready to treat dangerous road conditions. >> we stand ready as the city of dallas to address the ice and hazards that might come. >> reporter: the threat serious enough to cause the cancellatio

alina machado, thanks. >>> get ready to shop. that's what retailers are hoping.t traffic is down a whopping 21%. stores are slashing prices as a result to get you back inside the stores and that includes target. discount prices may not help target this time. customers who were victims of target's credit card hacker are not happy. the retail giant released these pictures of their executive committee meeting. it is working around the clock until, quote, every guest need is met. alison kosik is in new york to talk about target and its woes. good morning. >> good morning, carol. you talked about overall sale this is holiday shopping season. they haven't been red hot for retailers. that includes target. that's as we head into this last shopping day before christmas. you take that, roll it into the lawsuits and the reporters, stolen account information from target is hitting the underground market. talking about your stolen financial data. target really has its hands full. here is the latest on what's happening with this. customers who shopped at target in california,

alina machado has details. >> this is awesome. >> over the weekend they were mold of a faulty punditsow have to install the new one. it is very delicate. >> some of the deadly lines are thick and mass of. holidays up, if you were to lead among it is not a pleasant chemical. they're taking a very delicate risk. >> they will have to wear a newly tailored space suit. >> this is the only issue that i am having, it is very cold. maligned nasa stated that there was no danger to the astronauts and after five hours, they wanted a stthis to be done as a success. nasa hopes to buy christmas all the work will be done. >> and the time is 7:38 a.m. pripehere's a live look outside at san jose. the traffic is light. we will be right back. good. good answer. check it out. learning's fun now. yeah, back in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet to play and learn online. all we had was that franklin fuzzypants. ah, the educational toy bear. remember when the battery went out? [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abc's. all i learned was a new definition of fear. i need some pudding. yeah, the

alina machado whittled down the list to the top ten that impacted us this past year and joins us withhe rundown. >> for three weeks we asked you viewers to vote on the top stories of 2013 and the results are in. number ten you chose the u.s. supreme court's historic decision to strike down a key part of the defense of marriage act the vote paved the way for same-sex couples legally married to receive the same federal benefits given to heterosexual couples, edid windsor is the woman behind the lawsuit called the ruling a victory, this is her in the red scarf outside the supreme court, celebrating that decision. who can forget amanda berry's chilling call for help? the cleveland house of horrors comes in at viewers number nine, berry, gina dejesus and michel knight were held in captivity for years, aerial castro was sentenced to life and later killed himself in his prison cell. >> we'll hear more from one of the survivors, just aside from the fact that all three spoke we heard from them, they all told their chilling stories, the book is probably going to be fascinating. >> i can't imagi

let's bring in alina machado. >> reporter: it looks like they're just getting under way as you can seetwo american astronauts will be finishing up the work they started on saturday and if all goes as planned, their mission should be wrapped up just in time for christmas. today astronauts will venture back out of the orbiting international space station. their mission, to replace a pump needed to cool the vessel. >> i don't know if you believe in miracles but i have the hitch pin on the first try. >> that's awesome, rick. >> reporter: over the weekend, astronauts mike hopkins and rick mastracchio removed the faulty cooling pump, which is the size of a refrigerator. they now must install the new one. their task is a delicate one. the equipment contains a noxious cooling fluid, ammonia. >> some of the danger is hooking up the big, heavy ammonia lines. they're thick and massive. hooking those up, of course, if you were to leak ammonia, it's not a pleasant chemical. you couldn't bring it inside. there's definite risk out there. >> reporter: mastracchio will be wearing a new cooling suit dur

alina machado is at the cnn center following this for us. >> reporter: the 16-year-old's defense waseaffluenza, th lived a life of privilege and never learned a life of consequence. there is growing outrage following the lenient sentence handed down to a wealthy teen involved in a deadly car wreck. ethan couch admitted to drinking alcohol the night his speeding truck caused a chain reaction crash that killed four people and severely injured two others in tarrant county, texas. his sentence, ten years of probation. not the 20 years of prison prosecutors asked for. the victim's loved ones were stunned. >> he'll be feeling the hand of god, definitely. he may think he's gotten away of something but he hasn't gotten away with anything. >> the wounds that it opened, only makes the healing process that much greater. and much more difficult. >> reporter: eric boils lost his wife and daughter in june. >> we had over 180 years of life taken, future life, not 180 years lived but 180 years of future life taken and two of those were my wife and daughter. >> holly and shelby boyles were helping br