. >> amtrak cars stopped at the peak of holiday travel. >>> this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." it's thursday, november 22nd, 6:00 on thanksgiving here in new york. alisyn is off, but erica hill is here with me. i am thankful for you. >> it's really cold outside. it's wicked cold. so cold they may not fly the balloons for the thanksgiving day parade here, and i imagine the problem is shrinkage. you can see shrinkage is the problem there. >> i am surprised you went there -- i was talking about wicked cold. but you do you. >>> this is thanksgiving day, and the president tells the chief justice he needs to study. president trump slammed a federal judge who ruled against him, and he said we do not have obama judges or bush judges or clinton judges. what we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level. >> president trump has made a habit of blasting judges that rule against him while the chief justice long defended independence. could an alternate plan to

then we were calling 911 and amtrak saying we need direction here. should we try and jump off because there's an embankment and another track here, or should we remain on this train? do you have the other one stopped, or are they going to run into us? >> reporter: after stopping the train, they sat in the cold for two hours before being finally transferred to another train. amtrak now investigating what happened. it wasn't the only travel nightmare. one person was killed in this fiery crash on the brooklyn bridge cutting off a major trav rouaxinside a nearby tunnel caught fire smoking out visibility for drivers. >> you can't even see. >> reporte across the northeast with feel-like temperatures of 6 degrees expected for the macy's parade. >> reporter: the 16 large helium balloons will stay grounded if sustained winds reach 23 miles an hour or if gusts exceed 34 miles an hour. those rules were put in place after a balloon blew into a lamppost in 1997 critically injuring a woman. police will monitor the wind block by block with high-tech sensors. >> the

amtrak is investigating. >>> more than 40 people in dallas are without a home for thanksgiving. they are lucky to be alive after the apartment building caught fire. the halls of the building engulfed in flames when a mother and father had to break the window and drop their 1-year-old baby out the window and into the arms of a man below. >> she is only one. to know she still gets to live another day -- words cannot describe. >> the baby is doing well. her dad got 22 snitches. aed to al of -- stitches. a total of three firefighters received burns and all expected to be okay. >>> authorities in new jersey say a family of four found dead at their burned mansion were killed before the home was set on fire. the burned bodies of the homeowner's wife and children were found inside. >> the police charged his brother for setting his own home on fire 11 miles away. authorities say he torched the house while his wife and two daughters were inside. paul's attorney says he is innocent. >>> authorities say the number of people unaccounted for in the camp fire has fallen to 563. that's a drop o

>>> this thanksgiving morning on "world news now," the travel nightmare for amtrak passengers.ing into two, stranding them in the bitter cold. an arctic blast gripping the northeast. the weather now threatening the macy's parade balloons. >>> a rare supreme rebuke. chief justice roberts publicly slamming president trump, saying, quote, we don't have obama judges or trump judges. now the president is firing back. >>> also this half hour, the terrifying moment for a mother in dallas forced to make a life or death decision. >> with her apartment building on fire and neighbors rushing to the rescue, what that mother did to save the life of her young daughter and the man she's now calling a hero. >>> and guess who managed to roar her way to the top of "forbes" list of highest paid female musicians. was it b? is it taylor swift? the story in "the skinny" on this thursday, november 22nd. it is thanksgiving day. ♪ is it too soon to do this yet ♪ ♪ 'cause i know that it's delicate ♪ ♪ 'cause i like you >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> gary has been hitting the bottle the

. >> plus, why a major east coast bridge had to be shut down in the nearly 12-hour long amtrak nightmare. passengers stranded with no working toilets. >>> border clash. agents firing tear gas at migrants storming the southern border. a busy crossing shut down. the new images and what's next as president trump threatens to close the entire border. >>> babies of the future? breaking news overnight as a researcher claims to have created the world's first genetically edited babies. how their dna has been altered. >>> mission to mars. the nasa probe said to land today and the so-called seven >>> and long way home.d. a dog missing for 18 months is found 1,200 miles away. this half hour, we hear from his owner. >>> and a bear walks into a police station, but this was no joke. >>> and we do say good morning, everybody, on this monday. we begin with the blizzard-like conditions making a mess of the morning commute. >> the storm stretching from kansas to michigan has forced millions of americans to change their post-holiday travel plans. snow has been falling at a rate of 2 inches per hour in some

the amtrak train was headed from union station to chicago when it crashed into a tractor thtraile. e were 157 passengers onboard. no. injuri the truck was fromhe cirque paranormal. amtrak, mark and csx traffic was shut down. >>> up in at 11:00, another source is reporting amazonill split its second headquarters in two. at 6:00, we told you that nbc news was romorting theny might move into two cities withn hq2, and just one. tonight, "the new york times" is reporting those two cities are queens, new york, andrystal city, virginia. last week, "the washington post" raised some eyebrows saying amazon was in deep talks to move to crystal city.a ecision on hq2 is expected before the new year. >>> the u.s. olympic committee tonight is considering a nucar option. it doesn't want usa gymnastics to rule that sportanymore. this follows lawsuits and the recent departures of top staff and the scandals with former team dr. larry nassar. nassar will be locked up for the rest of his life, after he molested young girls involved in the sport. the 0 limb mick committee says it will make sure training

amtrak says it has added trains and staff to deal with the holiday rush. last year a record 770,000 people took the train to their thanksgiving destination. >>> well, it's off to the grocery store for families who aren staying town and the stores as you can imagine, they are packed withfots last minute shoppers. >> oh, yeah, in our last half hour, bureau chief tracee wilkins braves the busy supermarkets. she talks to one family switching uiv near thankg menu because of the romaine lettuce recall. >> conder the nbcashington app. one stop shopping for all thingd weather holiday travel. sign up to receive breaking traffic and weather alerts. it's easy. four local high school football players willpend this holiday weekend in a jail cell. they are charged with raping several of tear teammates. the damascus high school 15-year-olds are now charged as adults. atlantis say they azed several junior varsity football teammates inside a locker room. news 4 mean fitzgerald is live utside the da mass kiss hue school. >> reporter: yeah, these young thn were arrested earl

. >> amtrak sayshe they have tir staffing. last year 770,000 people took amtrak to their destinations. >> whether you'reraveling or not, here's the weather forecast. >> coming in for and black friday and then the rain. dealing with rain we're talking som rlly cold air. it is a chilly night. town to 37 it has been breezy. you mentioned toward the boston, i can't the storm we saw moving in. that's some swfall some snow showers a of the holiday. i'll tell you how long it sticks around and when the rn moves in for saturday. >>> this may impact your dinner plans. >> a really stark warning. >> the centers for disease control a pre essential says it is not safe to eat any romaine at the time us, through people have gotten sick. the source has not. it is why they'reth are trying to track downhe source. toss any romaine lettuce you have, according to th cdc. >> i just bought some and i'll be tossing it. >> if you're concerned, here's what to look for. o im e. coli. itde inc amps, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms. don't teeth romaine

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. >> and let's look at the rails.l of people are heading to amtrak. last year, they saw their largest customer count. more than 770,000 passengers across the country. and amtrak is expecting it to be just as busy. we're keeping an eye on the airports. not too pad at dulles but a lion passengers are expected to take a flight through next tuesday. and i think adam told us, people werehe abandoning cars in the parking lot and running to catch their flights so this is what you misse by not leaving five hours sooner. a record 39 milli passengers expected to be flying through next thursday. the busiest air travel days again will be tomorro and sunday. i am detecting a trend. >>> turning to the forecast and theigh airressure system. we've got some frigid numbers coming our way. >> i'm looking at the windchill. it will be that cold out there thursday and again on freeway. ou there now, it is chilly but image this. we'll be about .ha 48 goes to no24. take a look at the travel forecast. this was earlier today. the snow to the north. notice tomorrow, not much at

amtrak is ready. they have added trains and staff.t year a record 770,000 people too amtrak to their thanksgiving destinations. >>> new this morning, our transportation reporter amber theoharis lo adam tuss says workers are taking part in a pie by piece and polishing it as part of the rehabilitation project on the bridge. the work reduced theridge from six to three lanes until the rehab is finished in 2021. he will give us a look at this project. >>> a woman who admits to using a racial slur on video has retired from her job with the prince georges county school system. but the controversy is far from over. the bur chief broke the news on twitter and tell us what happens next. >> there were a lot of people oo social mediaed to hear the white woman who edadmitted to calling an african-american man the "n" word was an employee. for the school system working as a librarian at a local elementary school. now she hasretired. sources within the school system say she's on leave and that nt will take effect in december. the school system was i

these pictures are the first wave of amtrak taken 1000 yards from shore.aight in to the bloodiest operation in the history of the marine corps, but we still thought it was going to be a picnic. there was a gasoline dump going up. so far it was good. we kept about 100 planes in the sky all the time. blasting and scraping the japs along the beach. then the boat snagged on a rig and the japs began to get out of range. in about 400e yards of terrific crossfire. these shots were made a few minutes after the landing. the guys were hugging the beach, trying to get their wind after the 400 yard push. there wasn't going to be any 24 hour operation. there were plenty of japs on the island and they decided to die there. the japs spent every day and night for 15 months getting the island ready for a fight. the top of that block house was about 15 feet wide. [bombs exploding] [gunfire] we had machine gun and rifle the japs kept coming at us trying to wipe out the machine gun. there is one of them. that sniper is going to be on another. there is a squatter there. boy, i

la compaqia "amtrak envio otro tren a rescatar a los casi satcha: muchÍsimas personas optaron por trasladarsedos, ni de muertes. unas dos horas difficile para todos ellos con esas temperaturas congelan tres. borja: esperemos que hayan llegado a destino. satcha: a riesgo de infecciÓn como peligrosa baterÍa fuerza de retiro del mercado de una de 100.000 libras de carne molida de res. la compaÑÍa implementa la medida con carÁcter preventivo, luego de que una inspecciÓn del departamento de agricultura prendiera las alarmas. hay un brote de salmonela en el pavo molido y advertencia en otras bacterias como hamburguesa, embutidos de carne de cerdo y lechuga romana. tenga mucha cautela que es lo que sirve el dÍa de hoy en la mesa. no corra riesgo de enfermarse. borja: hay que estar muy atentos. nos han quitado la lechuga, el cerdo, el pavo, el pÓster todavÍa no. satcha: esperemos que pueda degustarlo de manera saludable y recuerde que la recomendaciÓn de expertos es que cocine el pavo entero a la temperatura correcta y que no se arriesgue. borja: una falla tÉcnica deja al descubierto cientos de nombr

amtrak now tells us it is investigating this incident.hose passengers did end up right here at penn station. a little late and maybe a little shaken up, whit. >> at least they got where they were going. gio benitez, thanks so much. appreciate it. plaul? >>> new developments in that mysterious fire in new jersey. being investigated as a multiple homicide and arson case. officials believe three of the victims, the wife and two children, were stabbed, and the husband shot before that fire was set. abc's adrienne bankert joins us now. what a sad story. >> reporter: it's tragic. the neighborhood where this happened is an upscale neighborhood home to celebrities and horse sanctuaries. they're not only looking into who killed the family but why hours earlier another member of the family set his own home on fire. that mysterious new jersey mansion fire one of the most heinous that officials have seen. they said keith carniero was found shot to death outside his million-dollar home and the bodies of his wife jennifer and who they believe to be the

they are crowdsourcing a replacement for amtrak's portal bridge, which causes frequent headaches formuters. longer stand idly by and continue to suffer substandard public transportation." young --e release a young. that they saidts jersey commuter or raise $920 million for the effort, but it is a side of frustrations with the fact that amtrak's gateway .rojects lack for funding people are still stuck on trains. there is great uncertainty about how much longer this aging infrastructure can service the new york city metropolitan area. david: why doesn't it did fixed? everyone talks about it. it never gets fixed. what is the problem? elise: this is a classic combination of egos, money and politics. mind being the chief -- money being the chief thing. the project is valued at $30 billion and it will greatly improve and update passenger rail service in the northeast of the country. there is no federal component for that on the states of new york and new jersey have been counting on it. it is easy for republican president to get up and say the republicans don't want to spend federal taxpay

. >>> two cars broke off from an amtrak train -- >> we took the train because it was safe, but i guess today is, you know, i am grateful to be here. >> people already lining the route waiting with their breakfast on their laps. >> the balloons will fly. >>> this is tpha da"new day" wi alisyn camerota and john berman. >> look at the fancy music today. >> there should be sugarplum music somewhere. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day." happy thanksgiving. alisyn is off, and erica hill is joining me, which is wonderful. thank you for being here. look at that. live pictures here on the streets of new york city. i feel like doing that, never. >> that's how you stay warm. >> yeah, there are questions about whether it will be too cold for the floats and balloons. we will get a live update for you there in just a moment. first, a new thanksgiving tradition where the president tells the chief justice of the united states where he needs to study the court system. pretty stunning. the public rebuke of the president by the chief justice. this is what john roberts wrote. we do not ha

amtrak says debris caused damage to theer overhead p line along the way. the train sat on the tracks while crews tried to make repairs from about 10:00 a.m. unl shortly after 3:00 p.m. passengers complained the toilets were not flushing t througho delay and the train was due in boston at 1:35 p.m.. it reached its destination by 8:30. that is quite a delay. >>> well, here is yet another thing that slowed down travlers. a chemieak forced the closure of the delaware memorial bridge. we're told it was a highly flammable gas that leaked from a nearby chemical riant. thee connects delaware and new jersey. the traffic authority was able to open the bridge early this morning. it was closed for six hours, causing huge trafficbackups. >>> back here in our area, bridge work will mean bigge ch for metro riders. w crewsill be doing repairs on the bridges thatve cross the potomac and that means no yellow line trains. instead, blue line trains will alternate, traveling to the op yellow line news 4's justin finch is live at east potomac park with a closer tok at how lons

. >>> holiday travel turned into a nightmare for some amtrak passengers traveling to boston.ne train was stopped for at least six hours outside of new york's penn station due to a power problem. the waiting wasn't the only frustration, according to passengers. >> people went to the cafe cart, got food, felt better, and then everyone realized the bathrooms weren't working so that was an issue for people to get over. >> train travelers weren't the only ones hit by holiday delays. in delaware, a bridge closed due to a gas leak and that tied up traffic. >>> they're hold an emergency meeting today after russia seized three ukrainian naval ships. they say they were wound after they took fire a tense stand off near the crimea peninsula. >>> and the nation's dead left wildfire is contained this morning. it scorched more than 153,000 acres and killed 85 people. nearly 300 remain unathe kd for. more than 13,000 homes were destroyed. the fire burned for more than two weeks and wiped out the entire town of paradise. it was one of at least three major fires that ravaged the state over the

the amtrak dining car is an incredibly unusual space. wahaving meals with somewhere between six and nine strangernga day. the diar creates this atmosphere of social adjacencies, ways inhich people encounter one another they would not in their regular lives, particularly not in their digital lives. met an incredible array people. i met truck drivers, software engineers. i met three siblings in their 60s who are a family band. trains in america are inefficient in a way that few other train systems are. in that inefficiency, there's a spaecce at which recowith a slower pace of life, a slower pace of thought, and one of the things that i thought quite a bit on this trip while i was looking out at a mountain in montana, looking at the plains in north dakota, was the way that we've grown to believe that something that is more efficient is necessarily better. as we become more blindly enamored of things that are efficient without kind of interrogating what is being lost, i think that we send otourselves intoa more divided space, but also a spac

and finally i do want to make a point about amtrak. we are looking at the possibility of the heaviest thanksgiving travel period ever for amtrak. that would make it the heaviest travel week ever. last year three quarters of a million people traveled on amtrak just this week alone we're expecting record ridership. back out live now on i-495 in the beltway in virginia. i would make the point, we've got pretty smooth sailing here. can you see out the front camera of our vehicle? if you look to our opposing traffic, it is bumper to bumper if you're going northbound on the beltway. in other words, around d.c. towards maryland, they are bumper to bumper not moving. southbound free sailing. so we're out of here. we'll see you guys later. >> i think that means don't go to work in washington. head south for miami. that's a good recommendation. thank you so much. >> craig joins us now with another big story we've been following. >> we have been following this one. good morning. it is a crime that has shocked the nation. the colorado man who pled

. >> plus, why a major east coast bridge had to be shut down in the nearly 12-hour long amtrak nightmarers stranded with no working toilets. >>> border clash. agents firing tear gas at migrants storming the southern border. a busy crossing shut down. the new images and what's next as president trump threatens to close the entire border. >>> babies of the future? breaking news overnight as a

and if the icy blast wasn't enough, some computers had a dealith a rather unusual problem on one amtrak train. nbc's ron allen has those details. >> reporter: on this frigid thanksgiving, the show still went on. >> the best parade in the world. we don't feel co it's so much fun. >> reporter: more than a million ndled up braving the record cold. >> how is it? >> fantastic. i'm so excited to lead santa. this is my tenth year in the parade. ten years, double digits. ♪ >> reporter: but pop star rita was pannedcu d of poorly lip syncing her hit and john legend defending aher, fun fact we have to lip sync, ma 's apologizing and smaller parades across the country in vermont, a turkey trot in the snow. in the season of giving, door to door deliveries in houston. >> you'r12-pounder turkey. >> reporter: turkey talk in chicago more than 30 years butter ball helping prepare the bird just phone call away. two cars separated bound for new york n laight, no ries but a long delay. here in new york, despite e blustery wind and bitter cold, another successful celebration ringing in the holiday season ron

amtrak tells this is the busiest time of year for them, too. and you're likely to see the biggest crowd at train stations tomorrow and sunday. you plan ggesting, if to ride the rails, get there at least - at least a half hour early. >>> now, to w thether we'll see tomorrow and on into the weekend. and we've got cold to tedeal do. but , could be worse. no snow, no hail, just like shomari was saying. >> yeah, exactly we're not dealing with something we dealt with a couple years ago where traffic really was snarled by weather, including snow, just a couple ofears ago, we had snow on the wednesday before thanksgivingth nothing like. but it is all about the cold. not today. high around 56 degrees. that f the average high today. so, not bad out there today, with some sunshine. it was rather windy. winds gusting 30 to 40 miles p hour. 52 in leesburg, 57 down to freder'tksburg. we det that high tomorrow. and look what's happening as we make our waymonto the day ow. if you're traveling tomorrow, i-95, no problems. snow shoanrs into new en back along are

amtrak says this is the busiest time of the year for them as well. you'll seest the big crowds at the train stations. they're suggesting if you plan to ride the rails get there half an hour early. i usually get there rig when the train leaves. >> i'll do that on sunday. >> did you hear, w't said d do that. >> i'm going to be here on monday morning. >>> if you spent any time on the beltway last night, terrible tragic tuesday liv up to its name. >> thousands of people hoped to get out of town early for the holiday andou instead themselves stuck in gridlock. >> there was a lot of op-and-go traffic. >> it's bumper to bumper. >> chopper 4 flew over the ltway. it took a few hours to get from dc to laurel. as for today, the worst roads are expted to be i-95 north, 270 north and 50 east travel times could quadruple between 1:15 and 4:15 this afternoon. making lastnight's traffic that much worse, a high speed chase. we're toldve that a d swerving between cars on i-66 eventually went off the road near manassas. virginia state police had been trying to pull him

the rest of mass transit bart, caltrain, amtrak, ace all on time this morning. taking a look at the roads, our biggest trouble spot now is actually in the south bay. south 17 from lark avenue to los gatos saratoga road you have a full freeway closure for roadwork there. they hope to clear it at 5 a.m. not too many delays. it's early. rest of the bay area looking good. here's the eastshore freeway. no delays from 4 to the maze. at the bay bridge, traffic quiet into san francisco. >>> i'm anne makovec at the live news desk following the possibility of more criminal charges against wikileaks founder julian assange. there have been some leaks in intelligence agency filings that indicate that this may happen within the next 24 hours. u.s. intelligence agencies finding that wikileaks may have disclosed some emails that were possibly driven by russia when it comes to engineering the 2016 election -- emails basically that were in favor of now president trump and against his former rival hillary clinton. a lot of this really being kept under wraps because of the high-pro

hundreds of holiday travelers just happy to be home aftetwo cars separated from an amtrak train boundrk. no injuries but a long delay. while here in new york, despite the blustery wind and bitter cold, another successful celebration. ringing in the holiday season.le ron nbc news, new york. >>> the cold really the crowds away. >> it doesn't. at least not the folks that want to microwave their turkey. did do you that? >> i didn't do that, no. not at all. >>> well, your holiday week jforecast isust ahead. plus, using humor on the highway to get drivers to slow down. you're watching "early today." are you taking the tissue test? yep, and my teeth are yellow. time for whitestrips. crest glamorous white whitestrips are the only ada-accepted whitening strips proven to be safe and effective. and they whiten 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste. crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life. black friday your first stop!... with incredible black friday doorbusters! stores open thursday at 5pm... plus - get $15 kohl's cash for every $50 spent! get $17.99 toys... thand a nest doorbell or m

crowds swarming union station in the nation's capital and amtrak expects more than 750,000 passengers the next few days. and if you're flying, you'll be joined by nearly 3 million people flying today alone. luckily airlines anticipating the rush adding more available seats on flights, increasing tsa staffing. authorities even opening up restricted airspace to commercial flights to handle the surge. but for some in california, the crowds are the least of their worries. smoke from those massive wildfires making visibility so low, it's grounding flights in san francisco. back on the east coast preparations are under way for the frigid and windy conditions expected at tomorrow's macy's parade. those famous balloons won't fly if winds top 23 miles an hour. each balloon has its own supervisor working with police to determine if it's safe to fly. and this year a new security measure. along the parade route, specially trained dogs to sniff out explosives, joining the thousands of officers on the streets and rooftops protecting the expected 3.5 million spectators. >> this is going to be a very

and amtrak to the big apple.t can't be real i mean, it's going to take him a week to get back here. mike how do you manage the trade. >> >> well, my flight was cancelled. you notice i'm not in new york i'm thankful i didn't get diverted nvidia was a trifectaa of bad news we got down to the 160 level nearly tripling the money get a chance to take this off at $30 on monday that's what you want to do. >> what do you think, bk. >> take it off on monday something down 20%, i mean, yes earnings weren't as great as possible but you had the move here right so especially when you talk about options, again they're going -- there is that time expiration there so you want to take your profits as soon as possible. i don't necessarily foresee a big rebound in nvidia. >> how about you. >> this was a great great call i think last week when we discussed it i think it was important. i thought if the stock got down to 160 or so you have a lot of people very bullish on the story we it's much higher saying i like it here too because

nverhead wire problems in new jersey caused delays on amtrak's business line. busiest line.strated riders jammed new york's penn station. this as a record number of americans fly out for the holiday. eany more are on the roads with a brutal cold snap hitting the asrtheast. kris van cleave begins our coverage. >> reporter: to make the great getaway, fliers had to first navigate a crush of long lines ru airports. like these in denver, and here in chicago. >> my dad was sending, like, five texts today saying, "you better get to the airport early. it's really crazy." >> reporter: the day before thanksgiving found the harper family at chicago's o'hare airport prepared for the worst. >> we left two and a half hours early and got here in, like, half an hour. a reporter: at american airlines reagan national airport operations' center, the focus was getting all 255 d.c. flights on their way. gh our primary goal is bags and people, where they want to be, on time, all the time. >> reporter: more than 54 rellion americans are expected to travel for thanksgiving-- the most since 2005. mo

people came by amtrak. they hitchhiked. some, rumor had it, took a bus straight out of prison. there was some crucial differences. one is that these old gold rushes in california had a very speculative nature to them. people didn't know if they were going to feingold. they didn't know if they were going to make money and a lot of people wound up getting nothing at all. in modern times in the north dakota oilfield people were pretty much guaranteed a job as long as they had a pulse and they could pass a drug test and if they couldn't pass a drug test those were easy enough to fake. i lived in a trailer park in north dakota next where roughneck from houston who boasted he had once used a bottle of mountain dew to pass his urine tests, so it was a bit of a wild west atmosphere out there, sort of anything went, so yes anyone buying on march could make money and find a job if they were willing to work hard for that. most common job in the oilfield during the boom was truck driving. there was not enough pipelines in the ground unlike a place like texas and so truckers had to basicall

and adding to the misery, passengers on this amtrak train from new york to boston, normally a four-hour trip, were strandedster 11 hours after the train lost power. >> i can't believe we finally made it. i mean, not as bad as being stuck on a plane, but i'm just glad to be back. >> what a mess tonight. gio benitez is live from laguardia. the delays and cancellations are starting to pile up? >> reporter: they really are, david. taking a look at the boards now, we are seeing so many flights canceled or delayed. we're looking right now across this country at more than 5,000 delays, 1,500 cancellations. david? >> gio, thank you. >>> let's the track of this system tonight. rob marciano live along the west side highway tonight. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. this has been a powerfully stacked storm, from top to bottom in the atmosphere. now we have a secondary low kicking in. check it out on the satellite picture. shows you how expansive this system is. now we have flood alerts that range from maryland and new jersey, along the new england coastline. wi there's a lot of rain on the warm si

transportation gaunlet full of big rigs coming and going around the clock and regularly scheduled amtraktrains sot kaval/oakland a's president: "well certainly transportation has been a big concern at the howard site and we have a mutli-faceted approach addressing that. one facet that people know is the gondola. the aerial tram which is something that we are including">the a's have entered an exclusive negotiation agreement with the port of oakland for the howard terminal. alameda county and the city of oakland are joint owners of the current coliseum sitesotsotwhile that is being sorted out, one thing that is not under negotiation is who is paying for thissot