but as anna werner reports, this case was heard under islamic law. >> reporter: jennifer moved to qatarergarten in september 12. two months later she was dead. authorities say she was murdered in her apartment by a security guard who worked in her building. these are jennifer's sisters. >> two years later, and it's still really hard to imagine that this did happen. >> reporter: the guard reportedly confessed, but the trial was continually delayed. then a few weeks ago came a development they never expect. a qatari judge hearing the case asked them to decide what punishment the man should face if convicted. >> i was shocked, and i didn't even consider that they would take the family's wishes into consideration like that. >> reporter: one option they were given was a reduced sentence of the alleged killer in skparj for blood money of $56,000. >> it was very insulting that they would think we would consider that after what he has taken from us. >> reporter: the next question was hard to answer. did they want him to get the dpemt. >> so you potentially have the power to spare this man's lif

the full forecast in just a moment but first, we begin with anna werner in monterey, tennessee. >>reporter: ice storms have hit eastern tennessee before but nothing like this, says putnam county mayor randy porter. >> we never see this. >> the ice storm of record?ty >> the ice storm of record of my lifetime. >> power lines came down, at oneos point sunday 44,000 people lost electricity. this shelter in the town of monterey took 40 people that night and expects more tonight. when the power went out so did oxygen machines. they described sitting in a 40° house for nearly two days. >> what does it feel to be in this position? >> pretty helpless. paid for froze to death, no doubt about it. >>reporter: nine people in tennessee have died from hypothermia. so in the city of crossville people stood in line to get propane to heat their homes and all across the region the soundop of saws could be heard as crews removed lines from across trees. now as you can see, some of these trees have sustained a lot of damage from the weight of thee ice bringing these branchesri down. but officials he

anna werner, cbs news new york. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the man ate serial podcast will be allowed to appeal his murder conviction. we'll get reaction from his family. >>> and we talk with paula hawkins, author of "the girl on the train." we'll leave you now with some of hozier's performance with annie lennox at last night's grammy awards. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. i'm lauren lyster. have a great day. ♪ -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com . >>> and live look at storm scan3. we are watching a weather system this morning that could make things a little tricky out there on the roads during your morning commute. good morning everyone, it is february 9th i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. right over to katie for our forecast. how is the rain looking? >> that's just it, there is not too much of it out there just yet. this is going to be one of those systems that's very scattered in nature. it is pretty weak. it doesn't have a ton of moisture with it at this point. but it does have enough that it has allowed the low clouds t

anna werner, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the man atill be allowed to appeal his murder conviction. we'll get reaction from his family. >>> and we talk with paula hawkins, author of "the girl on the train." >>> we'll leave you now with some of hozier's performance with annie lennox at last night's grammy awards. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. i'm lauren lyster. have a great day. ♪ -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> taking a live look at the golden gate bridge right now. it's a little damp out there, a lot of rain the past few days. good morning, everyone. it is monday, february 9th. it is 4:30. >> we all watched the grammys last night. >> i was astounded to see the rainfall totals from friday, already near 10 inches in many communities. this morning we have a little residual moisture. currently in napa west southwest winds are 14 miles an hour. today's high is in the 60s and we'll have the forecast straight ahead. >> the winds were really intense overnight. we have a couple high wind advisories and an accident, ov

. >> reporter: i'm anna werner in monterey, tennessee, where after a weekend of treacherous condition, power crews are working overtime. at the height of this historic ice storm 50,000 residents were without power, but as the storm subsided and foggy conditions lifted, by this evening power outages were down to 20,000. the main job for emergency personnel today became checking in on elderly residents stuck in cold homes. >> you still good on food? >> reporter: people like 71-year-old bill hites, whose son in indiana was worried and asked police to drop in. he was trying to stay warm using a patio heater, not meant to be used indoors and police found it was leaking carbon monoxide. >> come over to the shelter about 3:30, 4:00. if i don't see you i'm coming back out here. >> reporter: mr. hites was brought to an emergency shelter after he also told police he started his car in his garage trying to stay warm. of the 26 people who have died here in the past week, scott nine died from exposure to the cold. >> pelley: anna werner, thank you very much, anna. now for forecast we'll turn to er

anna werner begins our coverage. >> reporter: snow, sleet, and freezing rain combined in tennessee with bitterly cold temperatures. officials say at least 18 people died, including nine from hypothermia and five from car accidents on slick and snowy streets. now state officials are warning of flash flooding. snow is falling in the nation's capital, and the storm is expected to continue heading north, hitting major cities along the east coast through early sunday. the national weather servicece predicts 3-8 inches of snow in some parts of northern virginia. western maryland could get up to a foot. and yet more snow is called for in boston, which is strugglinghi to dig out from recordtr snowfalls. in some neighborhoods, parking has become a major headache as residents attempt to save precious parking spaces. northwest of the city, in westford, massachusetts, emergency responders fought to save victims buried in a barn collapse-- four-legged victims. heavy snow pack brought the roof down on seven horses owned byow bob haig senior. local veterinarians volunteered their help. >> it was just

anna werner has the improving economy numbers, more jobs, more job seekers and for the first time in a long time, higher wages. and steve hartman "on the road"" with an extraordinary mother and child reunion. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we can think of no greater contrast between good and evil than kayla jean mueller who dedicated her life to helping people in need and the terrorists who claim today that she is dead. if true, mueller 26 years old from arizona, would be the the fourth american to die in the hand of the islamic terrorist group known as isis. while the others were beheaded, isis claims mueller was killed by a jordanian air strike, part of the u.s.-led air campaign. keeping in mind that there's no confirmation of any of isis' claims today, holly williams gindz our coverage. >> i am in solidarity with the syrian people. >> reporter: kayla mueller wanted to help syrians. after working with humanitarian aid groups in india israel, and the palestinian territories, in 2012, she went to turkey where hun

anna werner. >> recent articles about it spiked concern on social media because of something buried in's privacy policy which says if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information that information will be captured and transmitted to a third party. kalia barnes studies prieives privacy issues. >> unfortunately this kind of information is pervasive in homes. you should be able to watch your tv without your tv watching you. >> opens and without you having to do a thing. >> it's not just tv gathering information in your home. a federal trade commission study of the internet of things. it said if devices like tvs store sensitive information unauthorized persons could exploit vulnerabilities. shoppers we spoke to had mixed views on the technology. >> to me the benefit of that service wouldn't outweigh the cost of the potential danger. >> i personally, i understand why they are actually collecting that data. most of the reasons they are collecting the data is to improve the information the device can do. >> building security into the device as an outset rather than an afte

anna werner has the improving economy numbers, more jobs, more job seekers and for the first time in a long time, higher wages. and steve hartman "on the road"" with an extraordinary mother and child reunion. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

anna werner has the improving economy numbers, more jobs, more job seekers and for the first time in a long time, higher wages. and steve hartman "on the road"" with an extraordinary mother and child reunion. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good

in america that decision is usually up to a jury, but anna werner reports this case was heard under islamicfer brown moved to qatar to teach prekindergarten in september 2012. two months later she was dead. authorities said she had been murdered in her apartment by a security guard who worked in her building. tricia snisky and heather shapiro are jennifer's sisters. >> two years later, and it's still really hard to imagine that this did happen. >> reporter: the guard reportedly confessed but the trial was continually delayed. then just a few weeks ago came a development they never expected-- a qatari judge hearing the case asked them to decide what punishment the man should face if convicted. >> i was shocked. and i didn't even consider that they would take the family's wishes into consideration like that. >> reporter: one option they were given was a reduced sentence for the alleged killer in exchange for blood money of $56,000. >> it is very insulting that they would even think that we would consider that after what he has taken from us. >> reporter: the next question was hard tore answer

here's anna werner. >> reporter: the authors of the report call it "the the great bank robbery of theera." >> their ultimate goal was to steal as much money as possible, and they largely accomplished that. >> reporter: chris doggett is managing director for kaspersky lab, the computer security firm that uncovered the scheme. >> your very basic hackers are about getting in and stealing whatever they can get their hands on. the way these guys are different is they were a combination of hackers, spies and thieves. >> reporter: the criminals often used the simplest of methods to get into wants, an e-mail attachment with a virus sent the bank employees. when the employee kicked on it, the hackers gained access to the bank's financial system, and then spied to see how the employees and the systems worked. >> they went in and actually chained -- changed the balances in accounts, so it looked to the bank that there was more money than there was in reality. they then used e-payment systems and atm machines and even the swiss financial network to transfer the money out of those accounts into ot

anna werner has the improving economy numbers, more jobs, more job seekers, and for the first time inhigher wages. and steve hartman "on the road"" with an extraordinary mother and child reunion. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

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anna werner is in mop ter ray about 90 miles east of nashville. anna, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. you can see the damage that ice has done in many parts here. branches brought down by inch thick ice in many cases and power lines too. at one point over the weekend, more than 50,000 people were without power here. crews are working to turn on the lights for thousands of tennessee anans after trees buckled, taking down power lines with them. the extreme weather that tore through tennessee was too much for this portland building. it gave way over the weekend unable to withstand the snow and ice. and now executive director randy porter says the weather is posing a new threat. >> counties that don't have electricity to their water pumping stations there are places with no water either. >> reporter: richard godsey and his wife are relying on their fireplace to keep warm. they've been without power for nearly two days when we visited them last night. >> it's done more damage to people's homes, their cars. >> reporter: for many sticking i

anna werner is on a street where two fires broke out in two days. r: good morning p the manhole covers can weigh as much as00 pounds. on monday the explosion inside this manhole was so powerful it blue the cover off and injured a man walking his dog. another force the evacuation of several parent buildings. this car was consumed tuesday morning by a manhole fire beneath it. wherever there are manholes explosions can happen and winter weather is often to blame. al monroe who supervises repair crews for electrical company con edison says the icy roads are ball. >> mentally you're just prepared with what to expect. >> reporter: >> like you're going into battle. >> like you're going into battle. >> reporter: when the ice melts it runs into the manhole. if any of the cables are bothen or there's faulty insulation the salt can come into contact causing a spark that can ignite trapped gases. >> you often see in these situations flames shooting out of the hole. this spokesman said five years ago the utility installed venting covers to allow trapped gas to es

only on "cbs this morning" two sisters share that agonizing decision with anna werner.ory ahead. >>> time to show you this morning's headlines from around the post. the "washington post" says the stage is set for the first veto showdown between congress and president obama. the house passed a bill yesterday to construct the keystone xl pipeline. it would carry supplies from can to to ports and refineries on the gulf coast. the senate and house do not appear to have enough votes to override a presidential veto. >>> the "los angeles times" says a partial shutdown will occur. they do not want to give dockworkers holiday overtime pay. it's the latest step in a long-running labor dispute. it has delayed shipments from asia and has also hurt businesses that rely on parts from china and other countries. >>> embattled governor johnis asked to step down. the "associated press" reports he did reach a decision to quit but then changed his mind. >>> busy"business insider" said they will not honor cheap tickets. they snapped up first class fares from london to new york for $74. soun

anna werner joins us with the concerns of some very skeptical residents. >> good morning, gayle. these mutant bugs would target a specific mosquito that's so troublesome the florida keys district mends millions of dollars a year 10% of its budget trying to fight it. the florida keys have long been a destination. they're trying to keep one mosquito out. it's resistant to most diseases. >> this is the most difficult mosquito to control on earth because it stays close to people. it's like an urban gorilla warfare. >> reporter: but a biotech company say this could be the latest weapon, a genetically modified version of the bug. >> this is where we produce the eggs that we ship out to florida for during the trial. >> reporter: the male super mosquito is injected with a specific gene designed to take out the offspread to keep it from maturing. >> most of their offspring will die. over a long enough period of time. then you get reduction in the population. >> reporter: the company has built a breeding lap in the marathon florida office. pending fda approval the te