gary tuchman was there to witness it all. gary, last year, sardines. indiana. we're in the bottom bar right now in vincennes on the banks of the wabash river just across the river from illinois. there are not very many sober people here, i will tell you that right now. i also want to tell you what happened in vincennes, a unique celebration, a 500-pound watermelon that's made of steel is lowered down to the ground and 14 regular watermelons representing 2014 come out of the bottom of it and splat on the ground. the moment of truth came and the lights turned off, no one could see the 14 watermelons that came out of the 500-pound watermelon. we can assure you that this it is the year 2014 here in vincennes, indiana, population 18,000. lots of people here having fun. that's interesting. did you see the watermelon fall? >> i did it. >> what did you think of it? >> it was awesome. >> one of the reasons for people to come here to see the water melon drop, this is the watermelon capital of the united states. do you know how many watermelons are grown here in

feit, i'm gary tuchman with cnn. i want to talk to you about irene garza. >> good for you. >> it's not surprising he doesn't want to talk about irene, because not only do irene's relatives and dale tacheny believe he killed her, so does every police officer and law enforcement agency that's dealt with this case. do you believe you know who the murderer is? >> we have developed evidence sufficient to the threshold responsibility of probable cause that john feit was a person involved in the particular homicide. >> but with so much heat, why did the case go cold? early on, why do you think he wasn't prosecuted? >> a cover-up. >> who are they trying to protect? >> john b. feit. has got it goin' on ♪ [ male announcer ] the beautifully practical and practically beautiful cadillac srx. lease this 2014 cadillac srx for around $319 a month with premium care maintenance included. ♪ >>> mcallen, texas, in the 1930s was segregated. the neighborhoods, the schools. even in the hospital, mexican-americans and anglos were treated in

especially this area. >> let's check in with gary tuchman.nze, indiana for the annual new year's eve watermelon drop. >> i didn't say it. >> gary hases the watermelon been raised yet? no, it's right behind you. >> that's right. this is the largest watermelon i've ever seen in my life. it's a caveat. it's a steel watermelon, weighs 1200 pounds, 12 x 18. at the bottom of the watermelon there's 14 real watermelons. it will be raised 90 feet in the air on the crane then they will drop the 14 watermelons to symbolize 2014 and they will splat all over a platform. and it will inaugurate 2014. we're in vincenze indiana on the banks of the waubash river. they're having a watermelon smash off. this is gallagher, the comedian. he specializes in smashing watermelons. we're going to take a look at him smashing a watermelon. >> are you guys ready? let's see the smashing. gallagher, want to see you do it too, okay? can we see you first, gallagher? that's gallagher. now watch. it's going to be very wet. look out. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. and there's gallagher. he's

gary tuchman, i don't want to revisit where he was last year. we're moving on. are. >> go ahead, gary. >> reporter: if you're not going to say it i'll say it. i was with a giant sardine in maine last year. this year the giant watermelon in vincenze, indiana. one of the capitals of watermelon growing. 200 watermelons were grown this year. that's why this 500-pound steel watermelon that's 18 feet long, 12 feet tall will be lifted 10 minutes before midnight. on the bottom of that gigantic watermelon, 14 locally grown ree real water mel ons will be brought, will come down and splat. i use the splat purposely because they splat on 2014. all over vincenze, indiana. they expect thousands of people to be here close to midnight. right here right now there is a carving exhibition of water mel ons taking place. this woman is the indiana watermelon queen. it's nice to meet you. >> it's nice to meet you. >> reporter: tell anybody in the world what they need to know about watermelon what would you tell them? >> it's the leader in licopien it gives it its red color and it's ver

gary tuchman, cnn. >> not exactly surprising and certainly not good, all the same. to get a better idea how bad it is and how cold it's going to get and what is coming next, let's g to the expert, alexandria steel. lay it on me. how bad is it going to get? >> all right. let's just look at what we have. this is what we've seen. boston computer models nailing this. 14.5 inches in boston, even in albany, six philadelphia as well as in central park. there were really big numbers, too. you can see in places like massachusetts, tops field north of boston, 19.5. willi ing ton, delaware pickingp 9.5 inches. it's cold out there tonight. the cold air behind the nor'easter is in place. tonight at 11:00 in new york it will feel like eight below. it will feel like 18 below in boston and we're going to get to even colder air tomorrow morning, as well. still, windchills almost 10 to 20 degrees, ashley, below zero. >> why did i hear it will get worse next week? >> it is. the coldest arctic outbreak in the past two decades, coming. the heart of the outbreak monday and tuesday. so th

gary tuchman, cnn, denver. >> all right. a lot to talk about on this. joining me is dr.nsky and carl hart author of "high price" and society professor of psychologi psychology at the columbia university. doctor, you bring folks into the lab and test them. when people talk about this as a gateway drug do you buy that at all? >> we have to understand what gateway means. if people are saying the majority of people who use cocaine and use heroin have used marijuana that's absolutely right. but the vast majority of the people who use marijuana don't go on to those other drugs. >> so you're saying it's not that the pot necessarily leads to these things, it's just that he's that's what they were first able to get their hands on. >> a gateway drug is tobacco and alcohol. those are gateway drugs. i'm really disturbed by the whole idea that whether or not something is addictive is a criteria for it being illegal. that whole logic is very flawed to me. if that's the case for sure alcohol has to be illegal, tobacco has to be illegal. pills have to be illegal. ambien. >> but it's ver

our gary tuchman looks back at the last day they spend together. >> reporter: this is the last place mccann was seen alive. the ocean club resort in portugal. madeline and her family on vacation from england spent the afternoon of may 3rd by the hotel pool. this exclusive video is the first we've seen inside the resort grounds. madeline's mom kate says her little gill torl said it was tht day she'd ever had. this smiling picture would be the last taken of madeline just hours before she vanished. much of what the police know is still a mystery to us in part because of a portugese law that makes it illegal to talk about a current investigation. but details of that night have emerged and could hold the key to the case. through various reports, here's what we've learned. around 6:00 that evening, kate and jerry mccann say they took madeline and their 2-year-old twins back to this apartment. according to police, what happened to madeline after that last sighting is unknown. the mccans say they put the three kids to bed around 7:30 in a room laid out like this one. close to 8:30, the paren

gary tuchman, cnn, praya deluj, portugal. >> her parents have never given up home.n in their position, it's impossible to know what these years have been like. ed smart knows. his daughter was kidnaped from her bedroom in the middle of the night in 2002. she was 14. nine months later she was rescued and they were reunited. i talked to ed smart earlier about the mccann case. >> ed, these possible new lead in the case, cane not imagine how hard it must be for the mccanns to have to go through this kind of raising of hopes every couple of years. how does a parent of a missing child deal with something like that? >> well, i think that to have something significant come on, it puts you into this kind of roller coaster mode where you have this great hope that you're going to have something happen. because i believe that the not knowing is worse than anything else. and certainly they've waited a number of years. and so this could be very significant. i think, though, that they're being optimistically just taking it easy and not getting their hopes up too high just because

here's gary tuchman. >> reporter: bob larson is an evangelical christian, a reverend, a man of god.n exorcist. >> say we the people of god agree. >> we the people of god agree. >> reverend larson says this young man, esau, is possessed with a demon. another exorcism. larson says noella is also possessed by the devil. and he says her demons change her voice. >> go now. >> go where? >> go now. go now. >> nobody's taking me out of this home. >> reporter: you may not believe it exorcism. >> say i, lucifer. say i, lucifer. >> but the practice is prevalent among many religions, including bob larson's evangelical christianity. >> simple terms in exorcism is the process of expelling a evil spirit from an individual who has become somehow invaded or demon idaho or possessed by that being and sending it back to hell and freeing the person. >> reporter: and now in this day and age, exorcisms are done over skype. >> i'm going to reach out across the miles and annoint you in the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit. >> reporter: the exorcist says this man, david from norway, is posse

we have more on that now from gary tuchman. >> reporter: army national guard humvees in the streets andays in and around atlanta. it's emergency duty, as the military and police shuttle people back to the hundreds of cars that remain abandoned on roadways after the snow and ice of tuesday. >> what kind of vehicle was it? >> it was a 2008 grand prix. >> it's on windy ridge. >> do you know if it's still there or not? >> i'm not sure. i know it was there yesterday. >> they're going to put you in a humvee and take you out to it. >> reporter: many people have retrieved their cars on the road. others have not because many roadways remain icy. jihan johnston took the humvee ride. >> it was ice. my car was sliding backwards, and it just would not go. >> reporter: she normally has a 40-minute ride from work to home. she ended up spending 20 hours in her car. >> it's a red ultima up the hill on the left. >> reporter: what made this debacle even worse is this is a very hilly region. there are many abandoned cars. the reason? it's very steep and people were afraid they would end up in a crevice, li

we have more on that now from gary tuchman. >> reporter: army national guard humvees in the streets andays in an around atlanta. it's emergency duty, as the military and police shuttle people back to the hundreds of cars that remain abandoned on roadways after the snow and isles of tuesday. >> what kind of vehicle was it? >> it was a 2008 grand prix. >> it's on windy ridge. >> do you know if it's still there or not? >> i'm not sure. it was yesterday. >> they're going to put you in a humvee and take you out it to. >> reporter: many people have retrieved their cars on the road. others have not because many roadways remain icy. >> it was ice. my car was sliding backwards, and it just would not go. >> reporter: she normally has a 40-minute ride from work to home. she spent 20 hours in her car. >> it's a red altima up the hill on the left. >> reporter: what made this debacle even worse is this is a very hilly region. there are many abandoned cars. the reason? it's very steep and people were afraid they would end up in a kref else, like this one. and this is the street just west of atlanta wh