you spent years at the colombus zoo. did they cull animals there?no, we have been founded sips 1926 and never have. we heard about this in the last 24 hours. i heard from grotesque, insensitive, and not one person - you don't know the tonnes of stuff i made - said they understand what is going on. >> it's impossible to understand for most of us. we don't understand how a beautiful animal could be killed. let me be devil's advocate. they said the animal was killed to prevent inbreeding and protect the genetic diversity of the captive population of giraffes. is that an argument worth making. >> meself correct. that's what we have to do. we had to protect the genetic diversity. nothing was wrong with the animal. why did they bring them, number one, and why didn't they find a home for the animals. somebody told me a man offered half a million. i don't know if that was true or not. myself, the colombus zoo, the top zoo in the country, i would have raised the money, me, myself, i have people calling me. i came up with several hundred. i would have brought

you are looking at colombus circle. this is near central park. there's about six inches of snow and another round is underway. meteorologist or kevin corriveau has the details. >> a lot of people are getting snow of this winter. this is the latest dumping of snow. we are seeing a lot of weather, anywhere from nebraska to now parts of new york as well as pennsylvania. first of all, let's finish off the storm as it makes its way to the mid west. still a big problem. snow across the ohio valley. freezing precipitation around kentucky. across the north-west it has begun. there's a few showers making their way in. we'll see it across most of the metro areas along the coastal renalingans. fires snow and -- regions, first snow, precip saying making the commute tricky along the i-95 corridor. there's a few snow showers. temperatures have low for this time of year. we are talking about seattle, a high of 32 degrees. we are not going to get better than that over the next couple of days with snow and rain by the time we get to the wnd. >> towards the south-

snow showers pushing across the great lakes causing problems at the airports, chicago, indiana and colombus ohio. it will sway towards the east. some of the places to the west will improve. last night we saw delays in denver. if you came out for the game in new york, you may have been delayed until saturday morning. i want to take you here to the north-west. there's showers. notice over the last 12 hours the snow showers began to die down. the ridge of high pressure that was responsible for the dry weather - i won't say good weather, because you needed the rain. the drier weather - though broke down, allowing the moisture in, it's coming up and unfortunately we are looking at a situation where it's going to be very dry, sunny for many elections. seattle - your high will be 44 degrees, as you look at the forecast, we are not seeing any rain over the next five days. down to the south-west, your snow showers are ending. we got snow up here towards the sierra nevadas, it was good for the snow pack, but putting you behind average. temperatures, 66 degrees. a high in los angeles 55. in l.a. below

. >> do they cull animals at zoos, did they at colombus zoo? >> no, and we were founded since 1926. you and i both heard about this. i heard from great esque, insensitive to unbelievable. not one person, and you don't know the tonnes of stuff if had, not one person said they understood what was going on. >> we don't understand how a beautiful animal like that could be killed. let me be devil's advocate. the man said that the animal was killed to protect it from inbreeding and protect the diversity of giraffes. is that an argument worth making? >> he's correct. we have to protect the genetic diversity. nothing was wrong with the animal. why did they breed it, number one. why didn't he find a home for the animal. there were a lot of zoos in europe. i was told one man offered $1 million. i would have personally raised the money, me, myself, my own money. i had people call me. i would have brought the animal on a boat. we've had 10,000 acres. definitely giving the animal a home. like you said. genetic demographic management. how many visitors understand that. none of them. what are we h

that's a live look at colombus circle in new york city, the snow is falling here. let's get a look at where else the snow and rain may fall across the country. meteorologist nicole mitchell is here. >> the big lair is the one on the -- player is the one on the east coast, impacting the south and moving up the east coast. the full breakdown in a couple of minutes and the impressive snow totals. look at this, another frontal system through the midwest and another area behind that into the north-west. what we have going through the midwest, it will cool temperatures into tomorrow. it brings lighter snow, not as much moisture, 1-3 inches. this will eventually impact the east coast. after the break from system one, we'll watch this and it stays wet in the north-west with areas of rain and snow. >> if you love classic cars you may want to look away from the screen before we show you what a sink hole did to rare sports cars at the national corvette museum in kentucky. this security video tells the tale, the soing hole swallowed up eight rare and pricey core vets, measurin