the eastern united's aces bracing for an historic -- the eastern united states are bracing for an historic blizzard. several states have declared a state of emergency. the national weather service says it could be one of the worst winter storms ever to hit the region. some are calling it thundersnow -- that is when a storm dobson of snow to create lightning. reporter: there has not been a warm reaction to the weather forecast in washington. more than half a meter of snow could accumulate in a short time friday evening. the icy streets are making life, well, difficult. >> try to stay off the roads, and put the deicer down when i get home. reporter: it could very washington under more snow than it has seen in a century. everyone is preparing for the worst. winter routes are flying off the shelves. >> i bought my milk and bread. i went to get salt, but they ere all out. reporter: icy conditions have created chaos on the roads. electricity has gone out -- a serious problem for many. >> the thing that kills us in the winter is when trees break and fall onto power lines. reporter: the snowy cond

. >>> 10s of thousands still without power as the eastern united states begins clearing up after a recordwstorm. plus. this is what happens when hollywood comes knocking. a short film about friendship gets a shock nomination at the oscars. ♪ ♪ >>> we begin in syria where at least 63 people are believed to have been killed in strikes apparently carried out by russian planes. the syrian observe tory fo -- observatory say nine children are among the dead. raids in two neighboring towns has skilled scores in the past two days, gerald tan reports. >> reporter: they gather to search for bodies. to sift through their belongings. and what is left of their homes. villagers here in the countryside say airstrikes on saturday killed relatives and friends, just ordinary citizens. citizens: this man could only muster a prayer calling on god to help his people. rights groups say russian jets are responsible for the strikes. and that this isn't the first time. dozens of civilians are reported to have died in days of bombing ohere. russia has been doing this at the request of bashar al-assad. they have fl

. >>> the eastern united states is bracing for what could be a two feet, is a possibility from washington, d.c. to boston. another snowstorm made for slick roads and rough travel iny. and the deep freeze that gripped much of the country froze a fountain in fayetteville, north meteorologist eric fisher of our boston stationore on the storm heading east. >> reporter: tracking the storm that came across the west coast y and take a cross country trip and become a full fledged blizzard bied end of the week. maybe as far south aseorgia with the snowfall. as it takes the corner deepens rapidly.. and new england into the start of the weekend. a big area of low pressure slowly lumbers out to sea as we head through sunday.ce in the big snowfall, around the philly area down through d.c. and to roanoke, much of virginia, west virginia and maybe even eastern e. a wider swath of snow outside of that. is not just the snow totals but talking about onshore winds and strong coastal winds at a full tide and that could big pockets of coastal flooding of what we might see in the summer and the fall. more like

. >>> the eastern united states is bracing for what could be a major winter storm this weekend. heavy snow, some predict up to two feet, is a possibility from another snowstorm made for slick roads and rough travel in kansas city yesterday. and the deep freeze that gripped much of the country froze a fountain in fayetteville, north carolina. meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz has more on the storm heading east. >> reporter: tracking the storm that came across the west coast on the day on tuesday and take a cross country trip and become a full fledged blizzard bied end of the week. maybe as far south as alabama and georgia with the snowfall. as it takes the corner deepens rapidly. extending through d.c. and new england into the start of the weekend. a big area of low pressure slowly lumbers out to sea as we head through sunday. highest confidence in the big snow, talking over a foot of down through d.c. and to roanoke, much of virginia, west virginia and maybe even eastern kentucky with this one. a wider swath of snow outside of that. is not just the snow totals

and bracing for the big chill -- a major storm bearing down on the eastern united states. record snowfall is expected in what many predict will be an historic blizzard. hello. i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. germany and turkey have pledged closer cooperation on the migration crisis. the countries' top leaders met in berlin with billions of euros on the table and the promise of renewed efforts. can these crucial players really work together to cope with the biggest flow of refugees to europe since world war ii? our coverage begins with this report. reporter: full military honors for turkey's prime minister at the federal chancellery. the pomp and circumstance were intentional. merkel knows she cannot do without turkey's help if she wants to get to grips with the migration crisis. the talks lasted for almost four hours. speaking in german, turkey's prime minister remembered recent attacks in istanbul that killed 10 germans. >> that is why we have to work together to fight terrorism. we must never allow terrorism to achieve it sinister goals. reporter the gman chance

. >>> the eastern united states may be the target of a major winter storm. it's expected to hit this weekend, depending on its track, and area from washington to boston could get walloped with a foot or more of snow. >>> there is a rare show going on this morning. if you look out right now toward lined up. a plantary parade like that hasn't happened in 11 years. steven hawking has a dire warning for earth. in an interview, he said disaster on this planet will be a near certainty in the next thousand or 10,000 years. threats include nuclear war and global warming and genetically engineered virus. he said, quote, we will not establish self-sustaining colonies in space for at least the next hundred years, so we have to be very careful in this period. i'll keep my calendar open. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," vice president biden moon shot. >>> we will show you a company that rents everyday clothing to plus size women. >> for rental, you want those things that you wear once or twice that are really noticeable, that are more statement.

majority owner of bloomberg lp. 18 people have died in the blizzard that paralyzed much of the eastern united states. many places solve more than three feet of snow, while central park had its biggest 24-hour snowfall on record. tot coast airports are set resume normal service today after more than 13,000 flights were canceled over the weekend. goldman sachs president gary cohen says treasury yields will rise as morgan stanley predicts the opposite. benchmark 10 year yield will be in the range of 2.3% to 2.4%, of morgan stanley predicted yesterday that they 1.55%.fall to day,l news 24 hours a powered by 2400 journalists and 150 news bureaus around the world. i'm nejra cehic. francine: thank you. let's get a quick market check. we saw a lot of ups and downs. this is a picture of the european stocks, now slightly lower. i also want to show you crude. we had that announcement from iranco that they would not cut down investments. the asia-pacific index gained 1.2%, and the tenure u.s. bond -- we have seen some huge swings on that, but goldman sachs president gary cohen told us treasury yields wil

> airlines have started to cancel flights ahead of the storm, taking aim at a good portion of eastern united states. more than 3,000 flights today and tomorrow have been canceled. american airlines said it would suspend operations in washington and baltimore on saturday. united airlines said it would suspend flights at the washington dulles hub this afternoon. amtrak said it plans to run on a modified schedule in the northeast because of the storm. 75 million people are in the storm's path, near 30 million under blizzard watches or warnings right now. >> >> 5:03, a new study found that in one day, nearly 11,000 florida drivers were recorded illegally passing school buses or were stopped. now, the state is considering action that would protect the children on those buses. department of education said compared to last year, more people are racing pass school buses when the lights are it bill could bring a law that makes for a ticket. >> >> a man looking for love got robbed. >> you don't do a background investigation on your own of anybody you date on a website, you can end up with a lot of sur

. >>> right now the blizzard blanketing the eastern united states is affecting flights in our area this morning. >> many airlines are resuming service today, but things are just yet. so how many flights are effected in our area. >> reporter: well, i checked with tampa international airport this morning. better than over the weekend. right now i'm seeing cancellations including new york, baltimore and the washington, d.c. areas, altogether, 20,000 flights were canceled over the weekend. crews plowed runways and deicing planes to get people to their destinations. even airwise minimal snow like boston are experiencing a lot of chance lyings and delays simply because of flights coming in from cities that are affected by the snow. but a lot of people have been waiting for days to get on planes. it will be busy today. if you're planning to travel this morning check with your airline to see whether your flight is effected and another thing that you can do is find out where your plane is coming from before it reaches you. so if it is flying in an area affected by snow you can still experience a

. >>> well, right now, the blizzard blanketing the eastern united states is affecting flights in our area this morning. >> what an incredible storm that was. many airports are resuming service today, but things are not back to normal just yet. lindsey is following the story for us live. so many flights are effected in our area. >> i checked with tampa international airline this morning. and a lot better than over the weekend, but cancellations in new york, and baltimore, and the washington, d.c. areas. altogether, nearly 12,000 flights were canceled over the weekend. planes to get people to their destination. a lot of people have been waiting for days to get on planes. people planning to travel this morning, you should actually check with your hair to see if your -- your airline to see if your flight is affected. and if it is flying in from an area effected by snow, you can experience a delay or cancellations. and i checked with st. pete clearwater this morning and their flights are on time. i have links to flight status at our website, www.wfla.com. >> such a hassle, thank you. >>>

at least 45 people have died as snowstorm that pummeled the eastern united states. it was the result of car accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning and heart attacks while shoveling snow. >>> the navy says there is no sign of a gunman or shooting after an industrial investigation of the naval medical center in san diego. there is a report of three gunshots that came from a single witness. early on, they reported that there was an active shooter and people were told to run, hide or fight. >>> character actor abe vigoda has died. he was known for phil fish on barney miller. he was also known as a mafia soldier in the godfather. abe vigoda died at his home this morning in new jersey. he simply died of old age and he was 94. >>> a california boy is in the hospital after he was injured the way of a hit and run driver. his brother was almost hit when an suv then ran a red light. the older boy shoved his younger brother out of the way. he suffered a broken free mark, -- broken femur, bruised lungs and he was hit in the side.>> the car went too fast and it hit my leg. >> repor

the storm will then turn into a big old monster storm for central and eastern united states, and as it moves out, it will scoop up the gulf of mexico and meet this nor'easter. increasing clouds and 25 tonight, tomorrow, a few flurries. a it cooler for thursday, and on friday, back to 48. saturday, 55 degrees. sunday not bad, upper 30's with some flurries possible. the gamer be playing in foxboro, they would have a roaring blizzard going on. so many good reasons it's there. >> will that would make the game interesting. >>> now we all know that it can get really cold, but instead of staying inside, people are having fun with it. colorado staff and patience put on their cowboy hats and boots the hospital had its second annual rodeo experience for patients, what i great effort this was. professional cowboys and rodeo queens entertained them with activities like roping and stick horse barrel racing. national recording artist austin waller was also there today. he used to be a patient when he planets have names that did you know that ours has not? an online petition has been started to give

weekend storm the energy is still in the pacific, as the storm center develops over the south eastern united states, it is likely to take a track up the eastern seaboard and pass somewhere south and east of nantucket, if it comes a little closer we may get more mixing in south eastern mass, if it tracks out to sea it will be a colder and snowier scenario here in southern new england. it is a big impact here all the way from the carolinas back through virginia and west virginia, d.c., philly, new york city as well. friday through sunday time frame, and it is not just heavy snow, it is a damaging wind gust and coastal concerns with beach erosion at the coastline. so it is tuesday, keep that in mind. plowable snowfall effect where the precipitation shots off either way it looks like a low massachusetts, depending how close the storm gets we may get mixing that occurs on the cape and the island. accuweather seven day forecast, it is about the cold, the wind will slowly subside over the next two days friday, is when we'll feel a little bit better because the wind won't be that strong, either way

it looks like all of that snow will ove out of the eastern united states by noon tomorrow. afternoon highs close to 60. we are expecting snow to come in the western colorado in the next 24 hours. there is a winter weather advisory in the mountain areas starting at noon tomorrow through noon on monday. we can see about 5-14 inches of snow. that will movv downnacross the front range tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow will have lows in the 20s and 30s. we will talk about extended forecast in a few minutes. >>> new details tonight, a 2nd person died after a house fire in southwest denver earlier this month. ralph andrade ied today at the hospital. he tried to run into this burning home to try and save his son's life. his son was bedridden with ms. the son also died in the fire. >>> parker police are looking for a -- 3 people involved in a stranger danger case. it boys was waiting at the bus stop when 3 men pulled up in a white truck and got out. one of the men followed him. they bought -- the guys got in the truck and drove away. >>> this morninn crews from the -`body of a missing hiker near s

c dc is joining the eastern united states preparing for a major winter storm. the nation capitol under blizzard watch at the moment. with warnings spanning from arkansas. throughh virginia. forecasters predict up to two feet of snow. in some places. with high winds. coastal flooding and power outages all expected. e the states of emergency already declared in many places. including virginia. maryland. >> . it is a fist major snowstorm. for dc and new york city. this winter. after unusually warm temperatures in november. and december. if you're flying airport officials recommend checking your flight status. with your airline. before heading to the airport. some airlines do expect half of their flights. will eventually be canceled. >> what if anything can we expect from the weekend storm. standing by with a first look at the forecast. 24 degrees. quiet. and across the entire region, basically 20s. all the way down to and including charleston. and kentucky. let's talk about the snowfall deficit. it's 23 inches below normal. right now. the storm coming up the east

much ofspected across the eastern united states. flights canceled today and tomorrow, could be one of the 10 worst to hit the eastern seaboard. a united nations envoy says north korean leadership should face charges or human rights violations, starvation, torture, arbitrary arrests, and executions in north korea. the envoy says little has changed since the report was released. the u.s. military has found remains where a student islet from taiwan went down. -- pilot and an structure and an instructor word engaged in air-to-air combat training. according to a criminal pilot piloted to flights after landing in california. he was asked to submit to a drug and alcohol test. he is free on $25,000 bond. news 24 hours a day from the bloomberg first word de sk, i am mark crumpton. looked like we were heading for a fourth week of declines, but then we get the low-key technical levels and have made a comeback. the dow industrials adding 211 points. the nasdaq climbing 2.7%. it was an unbelievable swing. we take a look at the low on wednesday. w

at least 18 people have died in the blizzards that a paralyzed much of the eastern united states. many places solve more than three feet of snow while central part had its biggest 24-hour snowfall on record. all broadway productions were canceled for the first time since hurricane superstorm sandy. 12,000 flights were canceled over the weekend. london's a third of staff expect a bigger bonus for 2016 according to a survey by a recruitment firm. two thirds of employees in the city expect to receive a bonus for last year. senior executives predict bonuses about 61% of their salary. global news 24 hours a day howard by 2400 journalists and more than 150 news bureaus around the world. >> cracking session friday. you need some good news. it looks like that will continue monday morning. european fair value pointing to an outside at around .501%. -- .5 of 1%. looks like we will have a positive session. mr. pharaoh, welcome back. jon: biggest week since august. -- since november 2015. a short squeeze on brent on friday. a massive move. we come back this morning by .6 of 1%. euro-dollar, a

. >> millions across eastern united states are cleaning up after the weekend's passive snowstorm that virtually paralyzed the region. been reported since friday. public transport remaining disrupted while many flights were canceled. our washington correspondent has more. the great blizzard of 2016 is officially over, and large parts of washington, d.c. now look amountss, with enormous of snow piled up on the sides of the roads, so that these roads -- emergencyw services can get through, which has been crucial over the weekend. the u.s. capitol has to get rid of all this snow and wants to get back to some sense of normalcy. behold public transport system -- the whole weekend -- the whole public transport system was shut this weekend. schools will remain shut, but the whole of the east coast, including new york city, which also ground to a standstill, back to someget some b normalcy this monday. >> a cold snap also across eased asia, which has led to more than 50 deaths in taiwan, has also stranded at least 60,000 terr tourists. and after a sudden drop in temperatures over the weekend,

across the central and eastern united states. the strongest jet streaa winds are further off to the south and east. the pacific storms are going to hang back for awhile. we'll be quieter here, but just chilly, at least for the weekend and a slow warmingg trend early next week. and a low of 8. tomorrow the high temperature just 25. the fog early and then a chilly day. stays on the cold through the weekend with temperatures expected in the single digits and the 20s again sunday. mid 30s by monday. and by the time we get to the middle of the week, we'll see some light snow coming up by the time we get to thursday into friday. first, it will be 40s, and a chance of snow. eric looking ahead, not this sunday, but the following sunday when the broncos are playing here at home against to be determined, it looks like it could be cold and snowy. >> we'll see. kind of like the frozen tundra bowl that we watched when we were growing up. thanks. coming up in sport, the nfl's aal pro team was announced. you might be surprised how few brrncos m

. >> huge clean-up in the eastern united states after snowfall ended. new york and baltimore have lifted travel bans. the heaviest falls in west virginia where there are reports of more than one meter of snow in some areas. tom ackerman has more. >> the sun was out again on sunday and so were lots of people looking for help to dig their cars out of mountains of snow. >> anybody tstuck. some have patience. some don't. you see everybody coming outside colabing. appear vehicle ban. new york's second largest blizzard in the past century and a half. baltimore broke its record 75 sentence meters -- -- 75 centimeters. >> road is not passible. the plows can't plow that road. and the situation quickly descends into chaos. >> the snowfall forced more than 11,000 flights across the u.s. to be cancelled since friday. while new york's airports struggled to resume operations, those serving washington remained closed until monday. so was the capitol's metro train stem. road accidents accounted for most of the casualties. at least six people died from exposure to the c

colder, more mountain snow, i the eastern united states and the bronco forecast. >> tonight, marks the last debate before the iowa caucus. from the start there was tension involved in this one. >> really, good reason. they just released trump with double digit lead over his chosest contender. >> on a debate -- closest contender. debate. >> back in september my friend donald said he had his lawyers look at this from everywhere way and there was no issuee th nothing to this issue. % now, -- [ ughter ] -- e september the conntitution has not changed. [ laughter ] but the poll numbers have. >> for some reason hh beats the he beats the rest of the field -- booing. >> they don't like that because they want me. >> cruz was born to an american mother in canada. >> why are you raising it it now? >> a fight fueled by trump who's mere presence on stage is stunning. >> it has been a surprise for political scientists, if you asked us six months ago who the nominee would be we would tell you jeb bush. >> reporter: now, they know this race is like none other. keep a close eye after iowa. it may be th

a massive blizzard is bearing down on the eastern united states. officials say it could write one of the top 10 ever to hit the region. closed, flights canceled, and a state of emergency was declared over a vast area. here is a look. >> preparing for the worst. washington, d.c. is getting ready for near record snowfall, set to hit this friday. the national weather service described the storm as "potentially crippling for a swath of the northeast, with snowfall exceeding 60 centimeters. resources are being ramped up." >> given the significance of the severity of the forecast, we will treat this event as a homeland security and emergency management event in the district of columbia. >> other cities along the east coast, most notably new york, are bracing. 300-3000 tons of rock 300 on hand -- we have -- 300,000 tons of rock salt on hand. public schools are closed in d.c. on friday, and the city will suspend its subway system from late friday through the weekend. over 2000 flights have been canceled, and motorists have been urged to stay off the road.

part of a big storm system, once it sweeps through here, it will cause headaches for the eastern united states. remember, you can get your latest weather on your phone or the new snowcast app, anne. >>> we are learning more about the bizarre chain of events that led up to denver's fire chief getting stabbed. it happened near a busy intersection of colfax and speer and chief eric tade says he never met the woman until yesterday. denver7 reporter lance hernandez talked to the chief and he tells you he was leaving the station when the woman jumped into his car? >>reporter: anne, he had pulled out on colfax and stopped at the traffic light there, he was talking on the phone whhn the suspect opened the passenger door and hopped in. now, she allegely stabbed him on his right leg and hand. wearing today. doctors had to repair torn tendons and tended to the wounds. he said the attack by marlene rodriguez caught him off guard. >> it was very unusual, a very surreal experience. without getting into denver police's investigation, probably the scarrest thing was being it was going on. >>reporter: n

this is the eastern united states, above average, kind of a throwback to december. while it is mild, it may also be moist as above average precipitation is likely. it looks like it will be mostly liquid around our area at this point. of course, that' s getting a little bit ahead of the game. let' s talk about the warmth of today. 50 big ones for boston. plymouth, 50 bomb in degrees. -- balmy degrees. that is certainly mild by late january standards. we will stay above freezing in a fair amount of our area. worcester could get to freezing we are going to have a cold friend come through late tonight. average. then you see it turns colder tomorrow night and just a touch chillier on thursday. that is the idea of the temperatures over the next let' s talk about the weather we may be experience. chillier. the question is, do we have any precipitation? enough moisture may pool to cause a couple of showers. then it tends to move away, and we should be clearing up after that. now let' s talk about late thursday into friday. another storm is developing. it will be an ocean st

a huge clean-up and restoration program is in the eastern united states after snowfall from a massivezzard ended. new york and baltimore have lifted travel bans. the heaviest in west virginia where there were reports of more than a meter of snow in some areas. tom ackerman has more. >> the sun was out again on sunday, and so were lots of people looking for help to dig their cars out of mountains of snow. new york city lifted the one-day ban on all vehicle traffic imposed so thousands of workers could clear away a near record amount of snow. it was new york's second largest blizzard in the past century and a half. baltimore broke its record, 75 sentence meters all it takes is one car to get stuck. >> road is not passible. the plows cannot plow that road and the situation quickly descends into chaos. >> flights were cancelled while new york's airport struggled to resume operations, those serving washington remained closed until monday. so was the capitol's metro train system. road accidents canned for most of the casualties. at least six people died from exposure to the cold or heart at

. >>> a monster blizzard paralyzes accumulative swaths of the eastern united states. >> whatever those parts of us that are so deep that no storm can take them away. >> it's all about the documentary at sundance fill festival. why more and more people are flocking to see factual films. >> the u.s. is looking for a push to end the war in syria. secretary of state john kerry will try to ease concerns about warming ties with iran. kerry said that he's confident that possess talks will go ahead but he's not sure when they'll start. >> one of the things that we did today that i think is really important is that we set up a clarity for how to proceed forward in the initial steps. in the negotiations with syria we're confident that with good initiative in the next day or so those talks can get going, and that the u.n. representative special envoy will be convening people in an appropriate manner for the proximity talks that will be the first meeting in geneva to begin to lay down the process to try very hard to implement the geneva communique, and have a transition that takes place according

of winter storm warnings from arkansas up toward the blizzard areas and so a big swath of the eastern united states 1 to # feet snow total and some up to 3 feet. storm is digging into louisiana and ever weather along gulf coast goes along the gulf coast and comes up the eastern seaboard heading into friday and saturday. for us in the meantime, it's quiet and cold and january and the same weather all week. teens tonight and a little brisk breeze tomorrow and it's another bright and chilly day and we want to be layered up in the morning and 20s and 30s during afternoon and not as much wind as we have seen but there will be a breeze. and clouds start to increase as we head towards the evening but the bottom line is what we have had today is what we get tomorrow. high near 32 in boston 238 in worcester. manchester in 30 and hyannis 38 degrees. we track this winter storm. so friday night the clouds north and if you have anything going on friday into saturday morning getting in along training run or traveling many asked about flights, no problems there as all. heading towards midday the snow shiel

unbelievable situation going on out there, again, thankfully no direct threat to our land, here on the eastern united states coastline. meanwhile we do have our own set of problems down the road here. storm scan three nice wide zoom to show you what is happening here. blossomed round of moisture out towards really at this point the texas coastline but majority of that moisture still over the opened waters of the gulf and another system off shore as we speak through the the rookies. we will see both areas of low pressure moving eastbound and that one developing off to our south east is one that will get us. so, friday, warming up, courtesy of a warm front, it is in the name, but then late their night we will see rain pushing in. at this point despite overnight timing it is still looking even in the poconos like this is strictly going to be a rain producing storm system. it the is with us into saturday morning, 8:00 a.m. then it looks like towards second half of the day we will break some clouds apart and see some sunshine. the lets go out to the live neighborhood network. clouds up in the poconos righ

in washington dc which is expected to be hardest hit as a huge blizzard is forecast to hit the eastern united states. of course, you can imagine people there getting ready to hunker down. what have you been seeing over the past hour? >> reporter: you're talking about the wind and the snow, but you've got to add in the freezing temperatures as well. it's probably fallen about two more centers just in the last hour alone. this is wet, heavy snow which is a real problem for power lines because if it gets on there and begins to freeze, then tens of thousands are going to be without power. this road here behind my is normally busy at this time on a friday evening. that's because it's one of the main roads out of town with people heading away for the weekend. you can see it's almost decertified. -- desserted. they're trying to keep the main routes open. the federal government sent their employees home, to get them off the roads, as the local government here as well, and the whole idea is that people went home for the weekend and saw this storm out because they're talking about somewhere lots of sno

a movie about the boston globe spotlight. . average temperatures across the eastern united states for most of this week. the specifics when i come back with the forecast. what would you do with five minutes to kill, and a smart phone? check the scores. probably post a pic. text a friend. how about really? you can. five minutes online and a massachusetts drivers license is all it takes to register so you can vote go to registertovotema.com. it's that easy. done. i just registered. that was easy. >>> new details at a shooting and stabbing and a motorcycle expo in denver. one dead six others injured, three critically. it happened at the national western complex. police cannot say if it was gang related and no arrests have been made. >>> two remaining inmates on the run in california are back in custody. police say a tip about a band but them to 37 -year-old hossein nayeri and 20 -year-old jonathan tieu. according to officers, the report in the lot of a whole foods store in san francisco. when police moved in they say hossein nayeri tried to rum. they grabbed him and found jonathan tieu h

there is a lot of digging to do and it was not just asked in the eastern united states about the winter but a cold snap swept across east asia over the weekend, too. in taiwan, at least 85, mainly elderly people, have died from hypothermia and cardiac disease following a sudden drop in temperature over the weekend. the number of weather stations across china register the lowest temperatures on record. the weather in the city of one shoe and the south is normally subtropical, but snow fell for the first time in almost 70 years. further south in hong kong, the temperature dropped to just above three degrees celsius on sunday. the territory coldest day in on the 60 years. in the south korean holiday resort island of j hsu, around 90,000 people, mostly torres were left stranded over the weekend because of the biggest snowfall there in three decades. it may be cold outside here, but donald trump's campaign is heating up. with one way to go until the island caucus, in the first phase will be cast, mr. trump has expanded his lead in the polls to double digits over his nearest rival, ted cruz.

the mammoth bliz rt that crippled parts of the eastern united states over the weekend is still impacting millions. it was record snow fall in some cities and flooding along parts of the coast. deaths have been reported from car crashes, snow shoveling, and breathing in carbon mun monoxide. airports from the carolinas to new england canceled thousand of flights and some airlines are promising more canceled flights tomorrow. here's new york mayor bill de blasio. >> do not drive if you don't have to, unless it's really urgent. we want people to stay off the their cars where they're parked. >> in the nation's capitol, federal offices and school will be closed tomorrow. the record setting system brought 24 relent ls hour of snow and powerful winds to the region leaving behind a major clean up effort. new at 11, we can now show you behind the scenes of a high profile jail break in california. three dangerous inmates broke out of a maximum security jail in santa ana on friday. they managed to cut through steel bars in their sole cells and sneak through plumbing tunnels to the roof. investigator

the cold air racing down from canada all across the central and eastern united states with a pretty significant snowstorm changing to rain in the ohio valley on in to the northeast. for us tonight colder, patchy fog, and 8. tomorrow partly cloudy skies. kind of a chilly day at 25. looking ahead still a cold weekend. 28 degrees on sunday. monday we start at 5 but get to 35. little bit with some clouds on tuesday. wednesday milder. thursday pretty nice looking. then the next front will come in by next friday with more cold and snow on that and that might hang around all the way until next sunday. the following sunday that would be when the broncos are playing here. >> hopefully it is a team that will be used to warmer weather to give us he edge a little bit. >> i just love the edge. >> pittsburgh and kansas city. >>> coming up in sports, avalanchh look to leapfrog nashville in the standings. >>> and houston we have a problem. >>> welcome to sports xtra. four years ago today he hit them in overtime and stunned the steelers. we won't see anything like this tomorrow because the broncos earned anothe

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