carl williams, chief medical examiner for allegheny county.ppreciate your time. >>> a convicted killer is on the loose. he was under sentence for murdering four people, nonhe escaped. >>> winter olympics man in charge of the game talks about the security arrangements in sochi. real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> and welcome back everyone to al jazeera america. here are your top of stories. congress is looking into the safety of your credit card data. the consumer and other protection agencies testified at a congressional hearing today. looking into the theft at target, neiman marcus and michael's, the dow jones industrials drops 326 points today, its worst day in seven months. reacting to a slow down in manufacturing. the dow has lost more than 7% of its value from this time last year. the senate voted to cut off debate for the farm bill. that sets up a vote for tomorrow. the legislation is up to $1 tri

. >>> well, take a look at this allegheny river. this is the third ice jam in the same river this winter. as the ice melts the danger of flooding increases. some homes are surrounded by ice and water. now one resident had to be rescued. hope is that warmer days and colder nights will cause that ice to go away, gradually. >> a lot of times they have to blow that ice up because the flooding causes it to act as a dam. >>> well, this weekend was a beautiful weekend. >> unbelievable weekend, indeed. spring-like outside. and you know what, after that back to winter as we head to the middle of the week. high clouds right now. a couple of patches of fog near the coastline, otherwise a nice start to the day. temperatures slightly cool they are afternoon. mostly sunny. a couple patches of fog toward the orbe. stormy weather returns toward -- toward the ocean. stormy weather returns toward the end of the week. high pressure in control. this system here is beginning to develop, moving its way in our direction as we head to wednesday and an even

a little over 1 million people live here in allegheny county. the medical examiner says in the past couple of years more people have died here from drug overdoses than homicides and traffic accidents combined. >> carmen understands the dangers of heroin firsthand. he lost his 20-year-old son sage to the drug almost two years ago. >> we were devastated. i couldn't imagine -- i didn't know what heroin looked like, you know. >> today he shares the story of his heartbreaking loss with others. >> what i hoped to accomplish is creating awareness, compassion and action. those are three words. pittsburgh police say they are working closely with local, federal and county law enforcement to find where this new deadly batch of heroin is coming from. some arrests have already been made. carmen knows he doesn't stand alone. over 6,000 have joined sage's army, a foundation he created to support others struggling from addiction. before it's too late. al jazeera, pittsburgh. >> despite the talks, the fighting hasn't stopped in syria. and the battle over abortio

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here are deer trying to cross the allegheny river in pennsylvania, got stuck on a chunk of ice and whenchecked last, they were just making themselves comfortable. >> wow, what a shot. >>> looking at the morning road conditions, a lot of rowet roadways from texas to the carolinas. watch out for icy conditions from wyoming into western kansas. >>> and if you're flying, airport delays are possible in denver, new orleans and houston. >>> a huge castle-style mansion that serves as the setting for celebrity weddings and movies and tv shows is now a crime scene. >> police say the owner, gary melius was leaving the new york estate at lunchtime when ambushed by a masked gunman. melius was shot in the head. the gunman took off. so far the motive for this attack is still a mystery. >> i don't know who would ever want to hurt somebody so nice and generous and thoughtful. in shock. >> fortunately, that bullet just grazed melius. he is recovering. investigators are hoping hoping video that cover that 109,000 square foot estate can produce a suspect. >>> new research finds that women as young as 35 ma

a stalled bus at the allegheny bus. >>: >>darya: thanks to george.roposed tax could increase soda prices by two cents-per-ounce in san francisco. it's set to be introduced today. the tax would affect soft drinks, as well as sports and energy drinks. if it's passed by the board of supervisors, it will go before local voters in november. officials estimate it could generate as much as 31- million dollars. campaign organizers say money raised each year by the tax would go to fund recreation and nutrition programs. now to the latest on the death of oscar winning actor philip seymour hoffman. tests confirm there was heroin in at least some of the 70 plastic bags found in his new york apartment where he was found dead. police are now working to find out if the drug was mixed with anything else. they want to know if hoffman died from a potent cocktail of heroin and synthetic morphine fentanyl. there have been dozens of fentanyl laced heroin deaths across the northeast in recent months. investigators also found unused syringes, a charred spoon and several pr

the ice has been building up along the allegheny river.losed on this because if it warms up to says, there is rain, ice could melt rapidly. this is the worst since the 1950's. in fact, it is 23 degrees and parker right now, temperatures expected to warm by a couple of degrees. >> she brought her wrecking ball to oakland's oracle arena last night. the queen of twerk miley cyrus is taking its of the center in san jose. if parents were protested outside the concert last unconcerned over her suggest f-most. >>because of her suggest \iive dance moves. >> and people are tired oakland's rising went prices. the they are rallying about the rent and how it has gone up as much as 20%. off the rally is it 1:00 p.m. ahead of the oakland council's economic development committee. >> with the state facing a historic dropped. nasa is quantity but with california to help better manage the water. the california department of water resources will apply nasa's of remote sensing technology. the agency would discuss how these technologies can be used to monitor

snowfall, but once you see the higher areas west, petersburg, and sauceberg and 2 to 4 near elkin and allegheny county. and with that snow like ly ther, we will get a quiet day thursday with the temperature 44 degrees right now, and still look foingr a cold start on friday and the temperature at 16 degrees in the morning there. is other locations starting out much lower at 10 degrees l leesburg, and 11 manassas, and 12 in fredericksburg, and moving through the weekend, it is another event, and that is right now looking as though it could bring more snow to the area, and later in the newscast, we will talk more about the system that may be an even bigger deal. pat and barbara. >> thank you, v.j. the slow transition from the winter to spring may be doing a number on the body and coming up how the fluctuating temperatures are affecting your health. >> and hot talk about an unusual way to celebrate the end of a marr >>> the most annoying people on public transit. >> move over wedding cakes, because there is a hot new trend. and hear what people are talking about is danni star from the morning show.

. >> a little over 1 million people live here in a allegheny county. >> carmen capozi knows the dangers of heroin addiction firsthand. he lost his son. >> i didn't know what heroin looked like you know. >> today he shares the story of his heartbreaking loss with others. >> what i hope to accomplish is creating awareness. compassion. and action. those are three words. >> pittsburgh police say they are working closely with local, federal and county law enforcement to find where this new deadly patch of heroin is coming from. some arrests have already been made. capozy knows he doesn't stand alone. over 6,000 have joined sage's army, a foundation he created to help others struggling from addiction, before it's too late. bisi onile-ere, al jazeera america. >> her son was an honor student in high school, after becoming addicted to heroin matt lazarus died in 2012. his mother chris joins us. chris, welcome. >> thank you. >> tell me a little bit more about your son. >> matthew was an aplaysing kid. he was -- an amazing kid. he was in gifted and talented from second grade along. he received ann

once it does start to flow, it gets up on land and it can shear off homes real quick >> along the alleghenyiver, randy brosnic has seen the ice jam phenomenon happen over the years. >> what will happen as the ice moves down the river, every time it jams, you are going to have water is going to come up. when the ice comes up, if it comes out of the banks and pushes up on the banks, anything that's in its way, it's going to push it out of the way. it's kind of like a frozen volcano. you can imagine lava going down the valuecano. this is the same pedestrianolca this is the same pedestrian. blo flooding has been a problem in lafayette, louisiana. >> flooding homes and evacuating residents. according to the national ocheanic and addmospheric administration, ice jams happen in various parts of the country every year. they occur most frequently in mop tanna and new york, minnesota and pennsylvania, and they can be deadly. the government reports at least seven people have died over the years during floods related to ice jams. >> laurie jane gleha, al jazeera. >> on the south shore of lake eerie, oh

the ice has been building up along the allegheny river in the town of parker.s become so popular, it inspired a drink at a local club. residents are keeping a close eye on the gym in case there is more flooding. some of them say this is something they have not seen in decades. the weather in parker is only expected to reach a high of 23 degrees today so that ice is not likely to meld anytime soon. i will talk about the time and how much grain we are expected to get when we return. kns heway arnd ainisr. n ruin hh hes. st ba surmod, rit? u dot kn "aa". because rp imaki ndinthe reerou le, no matter wh youage, a al . go taarprg/psibities to cck o lifreimined for ols,uppo, d coectis. if you d't tnk "i'vstilgot " wh youhinkarp, en y don kno"aar. findore rpring possilits and get knous a rp.o/posbilies >> happening right now, a former guantanamo detainees has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism. police stated that all of these arrests are connected. >> he was arrested in britain, he is one of four people arrested, 2 men and one woman. >> more retired new york cops

there was an incident in san francisco with a disabled bus here at the allegheny off ramp 2101 north it was not on the freeway, the chp has there running brakes on both the north bound to 80 at north bound 101 right near the interchange in order to give cruzan opportunity to clear the bus and that credit a little sluggish traffic. the rest of the bay looks pretty good as you can see with green showing up on the roadways sensors. that means when it speeds throughout the bay especially for the ride all 101 heading north bound along the peninsula at 101 southbound through marin county which has no delays so far on your trip down to the golden gate bridge. darya? >>darya: thanks a lot george. a bar that just opened in spokane, washington is already getting backlash from the community. residents are angry that the daiquiri factory named one of its drinks a day to grape kool- aid. --date grape koolaid. this is sounds too much like date rape. the bar owner use facebook to get his message across that he is going to he is not going to change the game than just the name. he posted that " date

allegheny unexampled. he may say to yourself -- i know i did. and if you don't, you should. why do we have all these different law enforcement agencies? why? does anyone have a common-sense answer to that? i have never heard one. i would think about over and over again. what we have the secret service and fbi? a cia but then the dna. here is how the system works. here is where the siren needs to be sounded. as the bureaucracy grows what happens is when everybody is responsible for something the tragedy is nobody is, and that is how you get a situation like benghazi where they ultimately admit openly the accountability review board that it went through the bureaucracy, as if that is just some viewed stage, not real people. here is the way it works. the reason people in specific factions don't want to give up responsibility for whenever it may become a let's say bank fraud or credit card fraud is because there is no power nes in the government. there's only power and no. when i can sit there as a federal agent and i have jurisdiction over a crime you investigated in the privat

. >> along the allegheny river north of pittsburgh, check out the ice bolders. literally swallowing this pickup truck. >> last time i saw pictures like this was when i was a kid. >> definitely taking their toll. >> when i hear the forecast, i want to scream. >> reporter: this winter's already one for the books. $50 billion, the hit to the economy nationwide thanks to what's being called freezenomics. 19, that's the average temperature in chicago since december 1st. 22, the number of days the thermometer has dipped below zero in chicago. and 23, that's how many more days there are in winter. >> i'll be glad when it's gone. >> i'm ready for it to warm up. >> here's a weather envy alert. in miami, they're swimming in sunshine. something people getting yet another dose of frigid temperatures can only dream about. >> tropical vacation, every february. >> remember, 23 more days in winter. but about 8 miles upstream, there's an even bigger ice jam. it's broezen right now. but it's going to take everything in its path with. pz so we are concerned for next thaw. it could

. >> along the allegheny river near pittsburgh, randy has seen the ice jam phenomenon happen plenty of over the years. >> what will happen as ice moves down river, every time it jams, water's going to come up. when the ice comes up, if it comes out of the banks and pushes up on the banks, anything that's in its way, it's going to push it out of the way. >> it's like a frozen volcano. you can imagine lava going down a volcano, this is the same principle, a massive force pushed by water down steam. >> flooding has been a problem in lafayette, indiana where this truck struggles. an ice dam caused the creek to overflow, flooding homes. ice jams happen in various parts of the country every year. there are documented incidents in 43 states, but they occur motor frequently in man to know in a and new york, minnesota and pennsylvania and can be deadly. the government reports at least seven people have died over the years during floods related to ice jams. >> people in more than 30 cities around the world expressing solidarity with our journalists detained in egypt. they have been in prison for

still being sold by these bloodless, low life dirt bag drug dealers killing americans in places like alleghenyf celebrity overdoses. in 2008 heath ledger, of course. 2009, michael jackson, amy wine house. cory monteith. we had dr. oz on a little while ago and he said one of the things was the fact that this is so awful is you get this tremendous high and it's cheaper than a lot of other -- >> what they're seeing, almost respiratory arrest with this particular mix. it's a lesson for everybody. people are claimed every day by virtue of heroin abuse. but when you see philip seymour hoffman at 46 with little kids, one of the most incredible -- small kids that were at the playground as he was dying in his bathroom in the lower west side of manhattan, it brings home just the utter, utter chaos and horror of this. >> we don't know what happened, right? >> we don't. >> sometimes i drug addict, you say one more time. it could have been -- the needle was still in the arm. what was going in there that killed him instantly -- >> they got a search warrant, they found 44 envelopes. the law enforcement will

precip that's going to be causing problems for central new york, eastern pennsylvania on into the allegheniesg to make for severe weather over the next 72 hours. tonight, we look for the risk of strong storms, kansas city, joplin, out to wichita with large hail and a few super cells. tomorrow, look at how this area widens out. from south of detroit, down to alexandria, louisiana, out to atlanta, we got the risk of strong storms and maybe some tornadoes. and then on friday, from southern new jersey down into the panhandle of florida. again, the risk of strong storms, dangerous lightning, hail and the possibility of tornadoes, as well. backside to the system, blizzard conditions. we'll have that coming up in the next half hour. what was that? >> more blizzards? >> okay. anyw >>> we're not talking about blizzard conditions. the little shower activity we had is clearing out. it is mostly cloudy in the south bay. if you want that rain and snow in tahoe, we have a juicy system as of next week where we will be tracking showers. between now and then a warm up on the way. oakland at 64, 64 in san jose

again, allegheny county schools on a two-hour delay. >>> prepare for potholes. if you think they're bad in d.c. now, just wait. why the city says they will only get worse in the next month. >>> and so far, it's cold this morning. we're tracking a chance for snow. more coming up on weather & traffic on the 1s. >>> it may be time for his and hers baby formula. why researchers say it could be healthier for your child. it's a wondrous sensation of clarity and alertness... it's owning your opponent... it's knowing beyond a doubt "you got this"... it's keeping your head down, your eye on the ball, and knocking it out of the park... it's getting in the zone... it's keeping on your toes... on target... on top... focus is staring the world in the face and saying "bring it"... focus is power... focus is life... and 5-hour energis focus. >>> at 6:11, an interesting new study is questioning what your infant eats. researchers at the american association for the advancement of science says that boys and girls should be fed different types of formula. boys need more fat and hi