both united and americanairlines are allowing pregnant women to postpone travel or receive refunds for flights to affected >> even some of the countries we were considering that weren't on the travel ban list, i thought by the time of our trip in march, it seemed like the list was rapidly growing. >> reporter: now, it's still not known how common zika infections are in pregnant women and more research is needed in the link between the virus and birth defects. about 80% of people who get the zika virus have no symptoms and makes it difficult for pregnant women or anyone else to know if they have been infected. >> thank you, don champion in new york. >>> we will hear from the government's top infectious disease expert on what is being done to stop the zika virus coming up on "cbs this morning." >>> three dangerous inmates who escaped from a california jail are still on the run but five people who may have been involved are under arrest. none are jail employees. but had some connection to the inmates. the inmates escaped from the orange county jail friday after cutting a hole in a metal g

. >>> seven people were injured on sunday when their americanairlines plane was hit by severe turbulence. the plane from miami to milan, italy, the plane made an emergency landing in newfoundland. moments when the plane hit the rough air and suddenly dropped. >> everything went flying and people and -- yeah, it was pretty intense. >> reporter: were there people screaming as a result of the bumps? >> american says three flight attendants and four passengers were taken to a hospital. >>> alaska residents are cleaning up this morning from a powerful earthquake. the 7.1 magnitude quake rattled southern alaska early sunday. it knocked products off store shelves and triggered gas leaks and explosions or fires after the quake and destroyed four homes. there are no reports of injuries, though. >>> the usgs says a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit overnight in the mediterranean sea. it was felt along spain's southern coast but no reports of any major damage. hundreds of residents in morocco reported damage. >>> a furor asmanhunt is under way for three dangerous inmates southern california jail. the po

>> a potentially dangerous situation at miami international airport when a drone crossed the americanairlines jet. police searched the airport the jet was traveling from chicago wednesday morning. the crew did not take evasive action and the jet landed safely. >>> duke university has partially lifted a ban on sorority activities imposed. after a possible hazing incident involving alcohol. university officials implemented the ban after a new sorority member was hospitalized on tuesday night and listed in critical condition. the student is expected to make a full recovery. >>> coming up on the "morning news." a nanny found murdered. a 25-year-old american woman in vienna is brutally killed. >>> and later, a flurry of fines. d.c. hands out thousands of parking tickets after last weekend's blizzard. this is the "cbs morning news."n later fines. d.c. hands out thousands of parking tickets after last parking tickets after last weekend's blizzard. later fines. d.c. hands out thousands of parking tickets after last weekend's blizzard., fines. d.c. hands out thousands of parking tickets after last wee

it begins at the americanairlines arena. there will be road closures for commuters. there's about a dozen of them and we have them posted on the nbc 6 news and weather app. northbound lanes of biscayne boulevard will close from 9:00 a.m. tomorrow until sunday at 4:00 p.m. it will continue along fifth street. parts of ocean avenue will also be closed. if you take the avenue bridge to get around, stick to the miami avenue bridge. a doz road closures for the posted on the nbc 6 news and weather app for you. the biggest ones are the northbound lanes of biscayne boulevard which close from 9:00 a.m. tomorrow until sunday at 4:00 p.m. they shut down on sunday at 6:00 a.m. and another major road closure from i-95 to alter road and continuing along fifth street will be closed. parts of ocean drive and washington avenue will also be shut down. if you take the avenue bridge to get around, you'll want to stick to the miami avenue bridge instead. there will be a lane open in each direction on the causeway and the most significant road closure in the grove wi be south bay shore dr

the race will begin at americanairlines arena. thoth anthletes wll fill the streets. we have the closings.biggest, northbound lanes of biscayne boulevard. until 6:00 a.m. another major road closures from macarthur causeway and continuing along 5th street. parts of ocean drive and washington avenue will also be closed period ically. if you taa the brickle avenue bridge, it will be around the rickenbacker causeway and the best is south bay shore drive. the best bet to and from the beach will be using the julius causeway until 10 a.m. make sure you use the nbc 6 app. kelly blanco, nbc 6 news. >> announcer: now, "first alert" weather with meteorologist erika delgado, south florida's most accurate forecast. >> hi. a busy weather day across much heavy downpours in the hialeah and downtown area. behind me, there is plenty more on the way. we'll take a zoom out and show you it's not just us. and through western portions of broward county. the majority of everything, with the activity right now along the ulf coast, that slowly but surely will continue to push towards us and we

americanairlines already said they are stopping all routes. >> we have shared several flight straking data tracking data links right now. we got it posted right now on ourwebsite on abcactionnews.com. >>> the accident happened this morning just before midnight. troopers tell us the man was in acrosswalk or wearing any reflective clothing when that car struck him. he was rushed to the hospital, facing any charges right now. >>> at least 1300 homes or businesses are without power in the carowind area. they are working tofigure out the cause. it is unclear right now ifthat outage is related to weather. in citruscounty, there are some 1800 outages and those are related to strong storms that flew through. >>> al second suspect wanted for two murder in manatee county has been arrested. in at this time, he's not yet charged in the connection with those deaths. the investigation is still ongoing. the mancharged with this case is dwayne humming is go toing to court today. >>> police in long wood near previously served time for sexually assault and battery charges. the run. hasketsocial securit

americanairlines. it carries cheap operating officers and blames issues from the merger with us airways. will visit first graders today who sent him cards after missing what would have been a game winning 27-yard field goal on sunday. one student wrote we still think you're awesome. another one said puppies are cute. her teacher thought this was a teachable moment about empathy and the importance of winning and losing and it's not everything. >> what a great teacher. >> i thought so too. >> what a great lesson. >> walsh is great for that indeed. >>> a record 17.5 million vehicles were sold in the u.s. in 2015 helped by cheap gas and low interest rates. next year's crop of cars are on display at the north american international auto show in detroit. it is the biggest automotive stage on the continent. world's largest carmakers make their worldwide debut and the show opens to everybody on saturday, but transportation correspondent kris van cleave got a sneak preview of what is driving the cars of tomorro

americanairlines cancelled all in north carolina one of its busiest hubs. it has cancelled flights as well as the one here in philadelphia. now most major airlinesd travel waivers for flights this weekend and allowing passengers to rebook, many times free of charge, on to earlier or later flights to try m. the travel nightmare is not exclusive to the air. we have confirmed this morning amtrak is, as of right now, operating on a modified schedulef you can push back your weekend plans for the weekend, do it to stay off the roads. >> good advice. sounds like a lot of people will be snuggling in this weekend. >>> lonnie quinn of our new york station wcbs is tracking the ter: good morning. as of right now around the tennessee valley we are dealing tomorrow, this will be a storm in the metro areas like york. take a look at where the winter storm warnings exist, go from the tennessee valley into new jersey. area shaded in red you're talking blizzard warnings for to long island and washington, d.c. here is your storm. now the northern fringe looking very healthy ri

. >>> seven people are recovering from injuries this morning after their americanairlines flight hit severe turbulence. off sunday from it made an emergency landing in three flight attendants and four passengers were taken to the hospital. you know -- >> rolled on its side and everything went flying and s pretty intense. >> it hit like a big dip. and that is some flight attendants were, you know, hurt themselves. >> i was very thankful. you know, you say your prayers and then you come here. it was answered.s are expected to continue their journey today. >>> the matchup for super bowl 50 is carolina against denver. peyton manning and the broncos held on in the final seconds tond 20-18. cam newton and the panthers won the nfc title in a blowout. they beat arizona 49-15. james brown of "cbs denver where he watched sunday's afc title game. j.b., good morning. >> good morning, charlie. to say the sum it up, what matchup. football fans may well have seen the last matchup between tom brady and peyton manning but as you mentioned about carolina, there is a star there in cam hining very brigh

. >>> americanairlines this morning is investigating a mystery illness on a iner. at least six people became sick wednesday on flight 109 from london to los angeles. witnesses say the jet turned around after a passenger and attendant fainted. kris van cleave in washington called the fly surreal. s said it was a routine ten-hour flight and two and a half hours after the plane took off, the crew turned on the cabin lights and asked if there was a doctor on board.s probably as tense as anyone wants to be 30,000 feet in the air. >> reporter: eric winter was one of 172 passengers on american's flight 109. >> i saw an older , you know, unfortunately he had thrown up all over himself. >> reporter: british boy band race the horizon was also on board and says a flight in the aisle. >> it was just a shock, really. like, she was walking down the aisle and i don't know. she just started faint in front of the 40-year-old boeing 777 departed from london to los angeles. once in the air two passengers flight attendants complained of light-headedness and according to witnesses two