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pat aye ann. patti ann: wow. the yesterday's rescue was dramatic. details can you give us about that? >> reporter: no one thought anybody's life was at risk but eye merged chinese had no idea whether or not the ice thick as it was out there could hold the helicopter which had to land five times to collect all of those passengers and take them on to the australian ship. some of the researchers are now saying that the ice that entrapped the research ship actually broke off a greater mass at the tip of antarctica, and winds blew it and the shokalskiy. as those rescued let it be known how much they appreciate all the work done to get them off the ship. >> i was immensely relieved for the people under my care. i was pleased with, extract them from that situation. i'm a bit tired. >> reporter: patti ann, still controversy whether the researchers who went to antarctica were reckless or whether the research was necessary. plenty of people defending the mission they did. one thing that was clear, there was incredible international cooperation in the rescue e

patti ann: i'm patti ann browne in for martha maccallum. they are taking the tourists onboard to an australian icebreaker. they say it has been the adventure of a lifetime. bill: what's the latest from the ship? >> reporter: it does seem extraordinary that a big chunky helicopter could land not just once, but five time in the ocean. that's how many trims it took to get those 50-plus people to their getaway vessel. they wanted to make sure it was done in an orderly way. it looks like a clear day down in antarctica. we heard from the excited explorers at daybreak before their exodus began. >> we heard that a chinese helicopter was heading over to check out our helipad behind me. we'll be gone in an hour's time. >> reporter: there have been many hopes dashed, a few rescue missions that didn't work out. icebreakers that couldn't make the cut getting through that thick ice. >> what happens for the rescues passengers? what's next for them? >> you think rescued home but it will be two weeks before they make it back to hobart, tasmania. the researc

anne-marie? >> so true. marlie hall here in new york. thank you very much, marlie. >>> meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz has the latest on the frigid weather and the coming warmup. >> we look about 30 days back. that's when all this cold really started to get going. and in general over the last 30 days the biggest departures from average across the upper midwest. however, anywhere in these blue shades, below average temperatures in the past few days is down toward florida and the west coast. this is where all the warmer air has been. in terms of the bitter windchills, not quite as bad as it has been but still looking at close to 30 below. close to zero in chicago. single digits for much of the northeast. by the time you head home from work, still feels like the freezing mark in charlotte, 25 in cinci, 15 in new york city. the cold air, though, is going to start to retreat, head back from whence it came. but by the time we get into thursday, the 50s are creeping a little farther

i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning firefighters battling a dangerous wildfire east of los angeles are making progress. the fire destroyed five homes and forced nearly 4,000 people to evacuate. red flag warnings will remain in effect until later today, but for now the santa ana winds that pushed the flames early yesterday has subsided. the fire is 30% contained this morning. it's one of several burning in the state which is suffering through a severe drought. teri okita is at the fire command center in irwindale early this morning. good morning, teri. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. i spoke with the fire inspector. he says things have burned down quite a bit which is good news, however, they're still monitoring closely the worrisome unpredictable santa ana winds this morning. high winds whipping through the san gabriel mountains burning 30 miles east of los angeles. many residents could only watch in disbelief. >> it started off with a couple little embers. we thought we were safe. i really don

i'm anne-marie green.e begin with the weather and a forecast you don't hear very often. a winter weather system with bitter cold, ice, snow and high winds moving through the southern united states. the deep south will be plunged into a deep freeze. it's part of that same massive arctic front that's been smother the midwest and northeast. ko im is here in new york where the windchill is expected to make it feel like 2 degrees today. ko, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. well, much of the south is in a winter storm warn right now. the ice and snow expected to spread from texas to the carolinas. the entire state mississippi expected to see below freezing temperatures today. and there's been a state of emergency declared in louisiana. >> i can't emphasize this enough, if you don't have to be on the road, if you don't have to be out there driving, please stay home. it's for your safety and to help first responders get to these situations more quickly and more safely. >> reporter: new orleans

i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning, tens of millions of americans are waking up to weather so cold it hurts. a life-threatening arctic air mass called the polar vortex stretches from the dakotas to the atlantic, to florida to maine. chicago set a record yesterday at minus 60 degrees. the historic school has caused schools to close. some 30,000 homes and business are without power in indiana. and there are sub freezing windchills from coast to coast, amtrak is working to clear three of et cetera passenger trains, they got stopped by blowing and drifting snow in north-central illinois. more than 500 passengers are on board. the passengers have heat and they have food. >>> melting snow and rock salt caused a transformer to short out here in new york. yesterday's high in the city was 54 degrees. today's high just 10 degrees. marlie hall is here in new york with that. and good morning, marley. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. we haven't seen temperatures like this in 20 years, and this morning, mill

i'm anne-marie green. well, president obama hits the road today, traveling to maryland and pennsylvania. he'll push to raise the minimum wage and help the long-term unemployed. he spoke about those issues last night in his state of the union address. also during the speech he promised a year of action with or without help from congress. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. what the president meant was that he would use what's called executive action to sidestep congress and get things done that he wants to get down. what he mentioned last night were the different issues he would use this for are very, very modest. even so it still sparked a reaction among the republicans. president obama takes his state of the union message on the road this morning. the president is selling his idea that more needs to be done to close the gap between the rich and the poor. >> inequality has deepened. upward mobility has stalled. >> the president warned congress he'll act with o

i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning a massive and potentially life-threatening cold system is gripping much of the country. dangerously cold temperatures, snow, and ice have prompted windchill warnings from montana all the way to alabama. an emergency order has been issued for indianapolis making it illegal to drive except for emergencies 678. the temperature there today could reach 39 below zero. more than 1,000 flights were canceled in the midwest yesterday. today more than 2,000 flights have been canceled nationwide. on sunday a plane that landed at new york's kennedy airport slid into snow as it was taxiing. no one was injured but the airport was temporarily closed because of icy runways. and last night the temperature in minot, north dakota, was minus 20 degrees. this morning it's expected to be even colder with the windchill reaching minus 60. jamie yucc aas of our minneapol station wcco has more. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the temperature is cold out here. it's 23 below zero. th

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the latest on the new jersey traffic jam scandal disrupting the administration of governor chris christie. federal prosecutors have begun a preliminary investigation as has the state assembly, and 60 jersey residents have filed a federal class action lawsuit against christie and the state. christie says he knew nothing about the lane closings into the george washington bridge last september. the closures led to major delays on what is the busiest bridge in the world. the scandal threatens to undermine possible presidential aspirations governor chris christie may have. at a press conference yesterday he was asked if he would consider resigning after what happened. >> that's a crazy question, ma'am. i'm telling you i had nothing to do with this. so, no, i never gave any thought of doing that at all, nor would i. >> marlie hall is here in new york with more. marlie, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. thousands more internal documents related to the scandal are sched

i'm anne-marie green. well, it is the fiercest blast of winter we've seen this season, and it's going to get more intense. a winter weather system stretching more than a thousand miles is beginning to move out into the atlantic ocean this morning, but it won't be completely gone until this afternoon. on tuesday it swept into the northeast, slamming some of the biggest cities in the nation. the storm is creating headaches on the roadways and runways. more than a thousand flights have been canceled for today. philadelphia is practically on snow shutdown. schools will be closed again today with more than a foot of snow falling on the city of brotherly love, but the city's signature cheesesteak joints managed to keep on cooking despite the wintry weather. in washington, d.c., it will be back to work for federal employees, many of whom enjoyed a day off tuesday. there was enough snow to toss snowballs around the nation's capital for the first time in years, and while it may have delighted some, the snowfall has

i'm anne-marie green. today alex rodriguez plans to file suit to overturn to ruling that bans the new york yankee from baseball for the entire 2014 season. on saturday they changed his suspension from 211 games to 102 games plus the playoffs. rodriguez denies the doping allegations. last night a key witness in the case told his story to "60 minutes." marlie hall has more on that. good morning, marlie. >> anne-marie, the two top leaders of major league baseball also appeared on "60 minutes" and that outraged rodriguez's lawyer. it was anthony bosch who talked about what he said were the details of what he says were extensive and prolonged use of banned substances. >> testosterone and growth factor 1, human growth hormone, and some different forms of peptides. >> bosch is major league baseball's prime eyewitness against rodriguez. he owned the clinic at the center of the major league doping scandal. bosch says he was paid $12,000 a month and that rodriguez took the drugs right before a game. >> all of a sudd

i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning, another round of dangerously cold arctic air is moving over the northern united states, and by late today, single digit temperatures and subzero windchills are expected to stretch from the upper midwest to new england and, oh, yes, there's also a snowstorm to deal with. the winter storm advisories and warnings are posted from illinois to new hampshire and there are windchill advisories across the upper midwest. the snow has already started in chicago. heavy snow is forecast from the mid-atlantic to new england. meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz has more on this severe weather. >> bitter cold is already making its way down across the united states, and temperatures well below average. anywhere from 15 to 34 degrees below average in the upper midwest over into the northeast. this is the coldest time of the year so when you get that far below average, it really stinks, becomes dangerous cold. windchill values, about 30 below in fargo, 20 below in min

i'm anne-marie green. well, next week the secretary of the air force deborah lee james, will personally inspect the nation's three nuclear missile bases. she's investigating what may be the worst cheating scandal in the history of america's nuclear missile force. a group of launch officer at montana's malmstrom air force base is allegedly involved or has knowledge of cheating on a proficiency exam. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. 34 airmen who are in focus here are in charge of maintaining and operating this nation's nuclear missile. now, the test they were taking was to assess their knowledge of how to operate nuclear warheads. it's being called a huge breach of integrity. 34 air force officers responsible for the deadliest weapons in the world have been pulled off the job for their roles in an alleged cheating scandal. >> this is absolutely unacceptable behavior. >> pentagon officials say in september a launch officer at malmstrom air fort base in montan

i'm anne-marie green. this morning folks in tupper midwest are waking up to another round of arctic-like cold following a brief warmup. the subzero temperatures are moving down from canada and headed south and east. the effects are already being felt. lauren casey of our minneapolis station wcco has more on our frigid weather. >> reporter: here in minneapolis, the highs were 30, high by our standards. temperatures will plummet into the single digits here by lunchtime today, windchills to 40 and possibly 50 below by tonight. tomorrow night lows will be in the single digits in places like new york and philadelphia, highs on wednesday across the northeast will be in the evens and 20s, and only in the 30s as far south as atlanta. is this the return of the polar vortex? well, kind of. the polar vortex is an area of low pressure in the upper atmosphere. it typically hangs out in the arctic regions but not too uncommonly in the wintertime it will dive down into the u.s. dragging frigid air along with it as we exp

i'm anne-marie green.e begin with a political scandal engulfing one of the gop's rising stars, new jersey's governor chris christie. e-mails show that a major traffic jam was manufactured as political retribution. christie says he knew nothing about it. last year's closing to the bridge in ft. lee, new jersey, created a traffic nightmare for commuters. now the scandal is raising questions about christie's national political ambitions. marlie hall is here in new york. marlie, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, governor chris christie still maintains he had nothing do with the traffic tampering, but this could be the biggest test of his political career. new jersey governor chris christie says he is outraged and deeply saddened that a member of his staff and associates were behind a major traffic jam at the george washington bridge last year. newly released e-mails and text messages reveal christie's deputy chief of staff bridget ann kelly sent an e-mail last summer saying, time for some traffic problems

anne-marie? >>> this morning a state of emergency has been declared in nine west virginia counties where the water supply has been contaminated by a chemical spill. at least 100,000 customers in and around the capital charleston has v been told not to use their tap water. the water contamination is affecting the government, businesses, and schools. susan mcginnis has our report. >> the chemical leaked from a holding tank at freedom industries. the spill happened about a mile north of the largest water treatment plant in west virginia. west virginia american water issued a warning. customers should not use this water for any purpose. >> really, the only acceptable use of this water is sanitation use, that is, flushing toilets. you shouldn't bathe in it. you should. drink it. >> the chemical is used to clean coal. there are unconfirmed reports that as many as 5,000 gallons leaked into the elk river yesterday. there are no reports of people getting sick. the chemical smells like licorice and can cau

i'm anne-marie green.ell, it's already one of the coldest winters on record, and this morning another bitter and dangerous blast of arctic air is causing temperatures to plummet from the upper midwest all the way to the gulf coast. there are blizzard warnings in minnesota, south dakota, and iowa. by late yesterday, there were whiteout conditions in some areas, making travel treacherous. most schools in minnesota are closed today as are the chicago schools. the windchill there could reach 40 below today. and the cold and snow caused multiple crashes in michigan. the national weather service says most of the midwest will feel colder than barrow, alaska, today. eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz, told jeff glor the cold will extend from north to south. >> unbelievable cold. a lot of wind. not a lot of falling snow with that blizzard warning. it's in red here on the map, but gusts of 50 miles per hour. lots of snowing and drifting snow and windchills as cold as 50 below zero. that gets

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the aftermath of that massive winter storm that stretched from kentucky to new england. in its wake the storm leaves a bitterly cold layer of weather that stretches from north to south. this morning there are freeze and winter weather warnings from texas to florida. now, during the height of the storm, the wind-driven snow blew into and through this amtrak train in baltimore. it looked like a blizzard inside the passenger cars. besides massive travel delays, the storm and bitter cold is driving up the price of natural gas and propane. >>> and at the sight of the super bowl, metlife stadium in new jersey, a dress rehearsal of sorts. some 1,300 workers cleared the snow. meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz says the brutally cold weather is not going away anytime soon. >> a storm has come to a close with impressive totals especially in the megalopolis. around boston, up to a foot and a half of snow came down with this one. 11 inches in new york city. that was

i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning the northeast is getting hit hard by the first winter storm of 2014. heavy snow, strong winds, and what's likely to be record-setting cold is causing major transportation problems. some areas of massachusetts already have two fe2 feet of sn. states of emergency in normg and new jersey. residents have been told to avoid travel and stay indoors and a threat of flooding is of concern along the coastal areas. for new york's long island. and part of what makes this storm just so nasty is the biting cold temperatures. in international falls, minnesota, the thermometer measured 42 degrees below zero yesterday. it's estimated that a hundred million people are in storm's path and marlie hall is in new york with more. marlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the first winter storm of the new year is pummeling the northeast with blizzard-like conditions and brutally cold temperature, bringing many cities to a standstill. crews in boston are working around t

i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning a significant winter weather system is bearing down on the northeast. it threatens an area from philadelphia to new england with heavy snow, strong winds, and dangerously cold temperatures. some areas will se blizzard conditions. plans are already being made to close major highways, and drivers are being advised to stay home. marlie hall is in new york with more. marlie, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, the first winter storm of the new year threatens to usher in 2014 with frigid temperatures, lots of snow, and some messy conditions. the snowplows are on standby as the northeast braces for a major winter storm. >> i have a 9 horsepower snow blower, i have three new bags of rock salt, i have two shovels, and two sons. >> reporter: the heaviest snow is expected to fall tonight into tomorrow. many schools in and around boston will be closed for the next two days. >> sounds like it's going to be a very -- it's going to be a hard snowstorm and the transportation is

this woman ann wants a job. people all across the united states who have an ability to start companies. single mothers like ann want to start a business. we're not talking about mega businesses. we're talking about people who just want to get in on an economic ladder. >> if you raise taxes on the big corporations, there won't be enough jobs. they are going to cut back on hiring. >> it's not only that. let me say something. it's not only that. it's also the fact that government is spending too much. the share that government has been spending -- the question is, will people like ann have money in her pocket to spend or will it be government's big pocket that will be gulping our money. that's a big problem. >> the fact of the matter is that those countries around the world, which have virtually eliminated childhood poverty are those countries that have invested heavily in education. >> now, where is that? >> excuse me. >> which country has eliminated childhood poverty. >> denmark -- virtually ee li eliminated. the

i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning we begin with weather. and in many parts of the nation, it is painfully cold. brutal, below freezing, and in many cases subzero temperatures stretch from north to south, from new mexico to new england. in minnesota where folks are used to the cold, hospitals are seeing record numbers of frostbite cases. in northwest indiana yesterday at least three people were killed in a weather-related pileup that involved more than 40 cars and trucks. there was snow and whiteout conditions at the time. interstate 94 is the main roadway connecting chicago and detroit. ice and snow conditions also caused travel accidents in texas. in austin, temperatures will drop into the 20s today. meteorologist areric fisher of r boston station wbz says the cold weather isn't going away anytime soon. >> in the throes of another big arctic ice break we have freezes all over, bitterly cold air going down toward the gulf coast. highs today, below freezing in atlanta, georgia. 20s in nashville. new

i'm anne-marie green. well, no break from the seemingly endless winter. today another series of storms begins hammering the rest of the country. a mix of ice, rain, and snow will hammer the west to new england. it should not affect this sunday's super bowl. in iowa a semi ended up dangling over a bridge. # it spilled a truckload of tangerines. police say the icy roads caused the driver to lose control. in the south things are slowly returning to normal after that paralyzing storm. last night georgia's governor extended the state of emergency through sunday. mark strassmann has more now from atlanta. >> reporter: some of the 2,000 drivers who abandoned their cars during atlanta's storm reclaimed them thursday. other georgians went looking for answers. >> who is really to blame is the question. >> reporter: callers on atlanta talk radio faulted city and state leaders for not being prepared. >> i believe that the governor is responsible. >> the buck stops with me. i accept the responsibility for it. >> report

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. >>> and ann curry, in what is one of the most dangerous places on earth. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news headquarters this is "nightly news" with. >>> good evening, on another cold night in the northeast, and we'll get to that cold in just a moment. we begin tonight with a story of what some are calling an abuse of power and an act of political retribution by those close to one of the most prominent politicians in our country. the story begins on one of the busiest bridges in the world, you are looking live at the entrance of the george washington bridge linking new york and new jersey, part of a massive artery up and down the east coast. because of an enormous backup this past september, a scandal has erupted around chris christie. lot of republicans regard as the consensus candidate for the nomination in 2016. e-mails have been released showing the traffic backup was the work apparently of members of chris christie's staff, among others, and that it was intentional and political meant to make life difficult for a new jersey mayor on that sid

i'm anne-marie green. well, americans from coast to coast are welcoming the new year with a bang. atlanta celebrated with a light show and fireworks at the peach drop. in boston revelers watched the pyrotechnics over the harbor. a crowd estimated at 1 million people packed into times square. wendy gillette was among them. ♪ start spreading the news >> reporter: fireworks, confetti, and cheers filled the air over times square as new york city rang in new year's day 2014. amid tight security revelers started gathering on sidewalks tuesday morning. they came from all over the world to stand in the sail spot for hours in the cold. hosana silvez is one of ten students from chicago. she said she's been looking forward to new year's eve in new york ever since she landed in the u.s. >> we heard about the ball drop and i was like, oh, we have to go there now. so we're here now. >> reporter: it's a long ways from her usual new year's eve on the beach. >> in the water with friends and the beach. it's ice cold. >> rep

>> anne thompson, charleston, west virginia, tonight. anne, thanks. >>> tonight journalists from many news organizations, including this one, are pouring over hundreds of documents just released in new jersey having to do with the intentional traffic jam on the george washington bridge back in september. they are looking to see if anything in the documents goes against what governor chris christie said in his marathon mea culpa press conference just yesterday, blaming his appointees and proclaiming his own innocence. we get the latest on this tonight from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: the busiest and most important bridge connecting new york city and new jersey backed up in ft. lee with no warning for four days. more than 900 pages of documents released today reveal that transportation officials appointed by governor christie shut down the lanes without telling the head of the agency that manages the bridge. when he found out, port authority chief patrick foye was angry, calling it abusive and a violation of everything this agency s

. >> i want to thank greg and mary ann you've been doing great outreach to get the information out to businesses is just probably the best i've seen in the city so far. and then secondly, on your outreach sheet i noticed in my is there a way to tie this into small business week >> yes. we're indefinitely working with regina to incorporate it in a way to reach again many, many, many merchant. >> yes. sorry about that. >> okay. great. >> commissioner riley. >> at the for the presentation my question is any of this outreach material going to be in different languages like chinese and spanish and a yes. the flier is translated 0 into chinese and spanish the library flier is being in the process of being translated but it's being translated into chinese and spanish. >> it's going to be in the language as well the presentation and a yes. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> i wanted to extend my peeshgs to greg awe and ail. the commission advocated to make sure in the budget there was funding for the adequate outreach. because of that we have this - we have funds to be able to put together s

i am here with ann coulter, author and columnist. her latest book is called "never trust a liberal over three, especially a republican." tv's andy levy and rapper ra the rugged man. his latest album is called "legends never die." and next to me is began advice mcginness. his book "the death of cool" is now available on paperback. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. hey, greg, i am glad other people won't be joining the tank. >> did a dui make him cry? it is day 849 of -- >> well, it is the story the lame stream media refuses to cover. justin bieber was arrested in miami just after 4:00 a.m. on thursday for drag racing and dui. according to the police the lamborghini driving when knee was under the influence of pot, prescription pills and alcohol. sounds like my kind of saturday night. he was all smiles in his mug shot, but the next day in court he looked more solemn when he listened to the judge read his charges. and after he returned to the de teption center -- detention center he was, quote, crying his eyes out. he faces

>> he sees ann but is groggy and will go back to sleep. ann has done this hundreds of times. should not. >> i know what i'm doing. for regular citizens to try to get that close to a bear would be foolish. >> this cub gives you an idea of why ann dead indicated her life to helping two years ago a cub and mother on the first day emerging from the den under a house the human family was home when the cub was born. >> underneath a parlor they watch television, they heard him cry. >> the mother kept her cub until he was months old. and soon after, they disappeared into the forest. >> we have never had a case in hundreds of bears that bears have slept under homes never a case of anyone being hurt like i said most of the time people don't know they're there. >> now, it's legal to let a bear hibernate but illegal to feed a bear or lure one on to your property. we have a link. isn't that maze something >> yes. just hanging out. >> let's get another check of the forecast. >> here is a time lapse view. this afternoon, east bay hills looking at western sky, beautiful sky there. sun, dark

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anne kirk patrick. seeing what is wrong. doing what is right. >> we are back with dan and kim stros se ll joins the panel. kim, what is behind this strategy that is not running on obamacare, but is really half running against it while picking a couple of small points about the law which she doesn't really identify as part of the law and something she supports? >> right, and this is an immensely important ad. it does layout the strategy for vulnerable democrats going into this election. to pick out as you said a couple of things and polls show americans are still appreciative of the law. preexisting conditions where you can't lose your health care once you have it. and to unleash the hammer on the obama administration's handling of the website, and the idea is to put a little distance between a law they actually voted for, but also again to leave the impression that the real problem here is just that the rollout of this didn't work. therefore in fact these democrats should be praised for their oversight of it and making sure

>> he sees ann but is groggy and will go back to sleep. ann has done this hundreds of times.t. >> i know what i'm doing. for regular citizens to try to get that close to a bear would be foolish. >> this cub gives you an idea of why ann dead indicated her life to helping two years ago a cub and mother on the first day emerging from the den under a house the human family was home when the cub was born. >> underneath a parlor they watch television, they heard him cry. >> the mother kept her cub until he was months old. and soon after, they disappeared into the forest. >> we have never had a case in hundreds of bears that bears have slept under homes never a case of anyone being hurt like i said most of the time people don't know they're there. >> now, it's legal to let a bear hibernate but illegal to feed a bear or lure one on to your property. we have a link. isn't that maze something >> yes. just hanging out. >> let's get another check of the forecast. >> here is a time lapse view. this afternoon, east bay hills looking at western sky, beautiful sky there. sun, dark clouds mov

i'm anne-marie green. well, the south is struggling to thaw out this morning after that harsh winter storm. the entire region was paralyzed, but georgia seemed to have suffered the most. there were more than 1,400 crashes between tuesday morning and wednesday evening, more than 175 people were injured. governor nathan diehl in atlanta are taking some heat for the way they handled the storm. both admit they could have been better prepared. mark strassmann has more from atlanta. >> reporter: drivers along many of the south's busiest highways finished wednesday trying to finish tuesday's commute. a rare winter storm brought several inches of snow and paralyzing ice from the gulf coast to the mid-atlantic. highways froze, and soon so did the traffic. all those cars meant salt and sand trucks could not treat the roadways. ron rivera and his truckload of bananas were stuck for more than 30 hours. >> nothing against the south, and i'm from the south. we're just not prepared for this type of worry. >> gronch natha

>> anne thompson, just back from days covering this ongoing story. anne, thanks. >>> tonight authorities in indiana are trying to figure out what set off a gunman who opened fire in a grocery store in elkhart killing two women and pointing a semiautomatic handgun at a third person before police shot and killed him. investigators say there is no indication the gunman even knew the people he killed. about a dozen people, including customers and employees were in the store at the time. >>> there has been another deadly accident involving a u.s. military helicopter. this time it happened at hunter army airfield in savannah, georgia, at the end of a training flight when a black hawk with three on board slammed into the ground while attempting to land. one person was killed, another three were injured. all were members of the night stalkers, part of the 2011 raid that killed osama bin laden. >>> we first told you about the scandals piling up for nuclear missile launch officers, the men and women in uniform entrusted to maintain the mill defenses. allegatio

ann? >> reporter: well, the winner is steve tran. though he bought the ticket here on december 19th, he apparently didn't realize he had won until monday. tran bought the ticket worth $324 at jennifer's gift shop in san jose. it was one of five quick picks. he bought other tickets in other towns. he said the entire lot sat in front of a drawer in his house. the family was on vacation. when he got back, he remembered the tickets. when he realized he won, he called his boss and said sorry, i hit the jackpot. i don't think i'm coming in today, tomorrow or ever. he is considering taking a vacation that will last several months. >> he come to buy tickets. yeah, i come here all of the time every day. >> i was amazed he didn't surface for this long. it's been nearly three weeks. like i was saying earlier, i thought maybe the ticket -- i kept digging around in my house to see in i had the ticket hidden away somewhere. just misplaced it. but no. >> reporter: tran has 60 days to select his payment option. if he takes the lump sum he will get $

>> anne thompson from jfk in new york tonight, anne, thanks. as we said, part of why this news is how far south is stretching. schools closed in atlanta tomorrow. in nashville, the temperature has dropped more than 50 degrees since just last night. al roker is here in the studio with how bad this gets and how far south. al? >> well, brian, i've been doing it for 35 years, i don't ever remember something this widespread this far south. and it's not going to get better for at least the next 24 hours. this arctic outbreak of brutally cold air is all due to the phrase we've all come to know and love over the last 24 hours, the polar vortex. it usually is up over the north pole. a weakening jet has let it break loose and come down to the south. it's basically an arctic hurricane funneling the clockwise winds. here's what we're looking for tonight. as the system makes its way down to the south, dangerously cold air all the way down into southern georgia and parts of northern florida. marquette tonight will feel like 35 degrees. 16 below in roanoke. 1

kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is with firefighters on the scene of the vegetation fire in corte madera this morning. anne. >> reporter: the size of this fire has doubled overnight as far as the size estimate now that they have a better look at how much has burned, 5.5 acres here in the area behind me. you can see firefighters still on scene. take a look and the these flames shot overnight. this fire broke out around 11:00. this is an area just east of the village shopping mall in an area of marshland. it's actually the area of several homeless encampments which brought extra hazards because because there were several propane tanks in the areas and at least one of them exploded. i'm here with corte madera fire chief roger sprain. tell us about the role these propane tanks played. obviously that's really dangerous. >> it can be a hazard to firefighters. it's mostly the small tanks that you use for barbecue and once those get a certain temperature, they vent and can also explode. so it's like a grenade going on. >> reporter: no firefighter injuries, though? >> no injuries to any of the ho

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sooner would be better. >> kelly ann, over to you.hat's the one issue you would tell republicans to talk more about. >> first the way to attract people politically understand them culturally. the republicans with their reboot and autopsy, when you look at people as voters, people don't look at themselves as voters. even this whole notion on abortion, does a woman, she fills up the grocery cart and the gas tank once a week. she doesn't get an abortion once a week. understand who people are and understand that delivery today, delivery is a system more than a style. it's not about what you wear and how you look at the podium so much as meet people where you live. if you're young and live online, i need to connect with you online politically. what the democrats did in 2012 was masterful. you run excellent campaigns, they run a crappy administration. >> feel free to jump in. >> i listened to all of the stuff about carbon emissions. >> we have time. >> seriously speaking, we have to go where people live outside of the health clubs, grocery

no one spoke out including bridget anne kelly. so the question is, would she not speak out to him because she was scared for her own future, didn't want to acknowledge that she played some sort of alleged role here? or was she trying to protect the governor, it would be better he shouldn't know about what we did? paul, go ahead. >> well, she's an experienced political figure and would know that his statement would be scrutinized carefully especially since he's a potential presidential candidate. my bet is she was afraid how it would affect herself, she would be fired. and she's probably saying frankly how can closing down three lanes of traffic on an approach to a bridge be this enormous scandal? it will blow over. and i think she obviously miscalculated and it's cost her her job. >> wolf, can i just make one more point about chris christie's conversations with his colleagues or his subordinates? he said he is going to continue his own investigation. he's going to talk to everyone on his staff and try to figure out what happened h

only by boat, i understand, anne.ing. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. in fact, it was on an island, it was a good thing but also a bad thing, bad bass it was obviously a challenge for firefighters. but a good thing because it was a brush fire and it could only go so far. firefighters had it cleared at about 9:30 last night but take a look at this video we shot yesterday. three homes burned in this fire as well as several outbuildings and about 50 acres of land on kimball island here in the delta. the fire was first reported at about 2:30 yesterday afternoon. it started as a small brush fire but quickly got out of control because the land is so very dry, conditions that we're seeing all over the bay area, and the winds were very strong, as well. real challenges for firefighters, also took them a while to figure out which jurisdiction was even in charge. >> nobody even showed up out there for about 2.5 hours. just kind of spread bigger and a little bit bigger and eventually it was all the way down to the end of the isl