atlanta. and i said that will not happen to me. and i was expecting it to happen later in the day. and what happened is, folks called me from my area, and they said, we see flurries. and it came on so fast and furious, it just happened so quickly, that is why so many of us were caught. >> sorry. go ahead. >> well, we were all just caught out leaving our offices at the same time, which we saw happened in atlanta. so it was just a repeat. >> and i know you shared some pictures of what you saw. we're going to show them to everybody. it really looks a lot like atlanta in the last storm as you said. >> yes. >> it looks like there was a car on fire that you were close to. >> yes. a lot of cars were abandoned. they just left. and i saw folks walking, families, people. but my car was actually -- had really good traction. and then the next thing you know i see flames. and a gentleman came up and he said, turn off your car. just relax. you're not going anywhere for awhile. and then finally the police ca

>> atlanta at the time was in a panic. they wanted any suspect that they could find. >> in the spring of 1980, no one wanted to believe a serial killer was loose in the city, even when bob buffington spotted a disturbing pattern. >> there had been a sharp increase in the number of children under the age of 14 who had been killed. >> when he told his boss at homicide, the major threatened to transfer him. >> and i truly think that they were afraid that there would be a panic. >> it was this mother, after the loss of her 9-year-old son, who finally forced police to listen, but not until almost a year after her boy died. camille bell and her children lived in these project apartments. poor to the eye, but rich in mind and spirit. yusef bell was an honor student in the gifted program at school. on a warm october sunday in 1979 he walked away on an errand to buy snuff for an elderly lady downstairs. >> he went barefooted in a pair of brown shorts. he got to the store. he bought the snuff. he started back home. >> less than half

[cheers and applause] also located in atlanta -- [cheers and applause] -- also located in atlanta the society of for prevention of highway -- and the national department of seeing (bleep) coming. i'm going to ask where were the mayor and governor when the citizens of atlanta were stucking in their cars eating their own pee-sicles? >> the mayor tweeted atlanta we're ready for the snow. here he is a short time later not in a situation room or emergency operation snort but with georgia governor scepping an award for georgian of the year. >> jon: who did he beat out? paula deen and the guy who raped need beatty in deliverance? how did local media handle it? this is the continuing coverage of winter storm and state of emergency right now. >> we have a team of 25 reporters spread out over met ral atlanta in north georgia. >> jon: it's a 25 newsbox pileup. [ laughter ] we go now to assif mandvi live there in atlanta. how are you? [cheers and applause] >> jon, the situation on the ground is chaos. >> jon: sorry, assif i don't know where you are? >> third row down, jon, four columns in. >> jon

that's when atlanta experienced massive gridlock.rivers were stuck in the cars for hours and hours, around children ended up sleeping at their schools. robert ray is in roswell, georgia, ten miles from downtown atlanta. hey robert, i just saw someone take an evening jog behind you, so clearly the conditions are okay at the moment, but things are about to change, right? >> reporter: yes, tony. continue was doing a quick jog before the storm hits. smart man, i would say. all is clear here in the atlanta metro area right now. this is roswell suburb, a place that usual lie would b usually d with people walking around to the restaurants. one restaurant is open here but everyone else is shut down. the oh governor has put a harsh issue on everyone, saying to hunker down for the next couple of days. the national guard is out in full force. there is an arm of electrical crews, trucks of people waiting for the power outage to occur. the governor's new emergency task force is watching the satellite and weather. businesses are closed, and no one

i see a lot of blue by atlanta, and what are you monitoring here?> this is one of our primary traffic management tools. the blue is the cancellations coming in from the carriers. >> reporter: atlanta is down to nothing. >> pretty much getting down to nothing. >> reporter: all airports have a weather plan, and this faa command center in warrenton, virginia helps coordinate the execution by communicating with 21 regional centers. you're doing real math here as far as how many planes can you de-ice per minute. >> once an airplane de-ices, we want to minimize that from the happening to them departing. so that's where the numbers slow down and we do not want to put anybody in a position where they're on the ramp where they have to go back to de-ice. >> reporter: you could call this the calm during the storm. it really gets busy here after airlines scramble to get their planes back into the air. >> to that point, it's not going to be much better tomorrow, right? >> reporter: no, you hit the nail on the head. some airlines have canceled overnight flights.

omar villafranca is in atlanta. >> reporter: rain is falling in atlanta, but it will soon start freezing over. before it's all done the national weather service says the storm could be of significant proportions with crippling ice conditions. >> it could keep you inside for several days. >> reporter: that kind of warning from local forecasters has prompted a run for local supplies. generators, winter supplies, and ice melt are selling out. a winter storm two weeks ago paralyzed atlanta and forced thousands of people to abandon their cars on the interstate. officials say this time they'll be prepared. >> we're running those trucks, 12-hour shifts 24 hours a day. >> reporter: in atlantic city there are two dozen cherry picker trucks like this with chains on their tires. as the ice knocks down trees and power lines, they're ready. >> we have a heck of a lot of trees in georgia. when they fall, they brick down the power lines. >> reporter: this is the second round of winter weather to hit the south this week. yesterday snow and ice fell from texas to north carolina. many of these places will

just before dawn, a woman in atlanta, gary tuchman has her story. >> reporter: the advice in atlantaome. but for an unlucky few trying to stay safe, it would have been safer to be away from home. a huge tree fell on top of this atlanta house. this is what happened inside. an elderly woman was sleeping on this bed when the roof came down on top of her. that woman is leila greer, who was hospitalized for lacerations. >> i woke up with the house on top of me. >> reporter: three weeks ago, she became a widow. her husband of 67 years passing away. how old are you? >> 86. >> reporter: you're 86 years old. you look younger, despite that shiner on your face. are you doing okay this >> yeah, i'm fine. >> reporter: you're a brave woman. it must have been scary. >> it was scary. >> reporter: tell me what happened. >> i was just laying in the bed and i hear all of this noise and all of this stuff is on top of me. >> reporter: did you know what was going on? >> no, i didn't. >> reporter: what did you think was happening? >> i thought it was judgment day. >> reporter: you thought what? >> it was j

of its operations in atlanta. nearly all southwestern flights are going to be cancelled today. delta which has a hub in atlanta is canceling flights. to give you an idea of how bad things are in atlanta, delta employees had to sleep on planes overnight because there weren't enough hotel rooms. weather also affecting operations in charlotte, north carolina. more than 33 i should say 330 flights arrivals and departures have been canceled. dallas is even experiencing cancellations. what will that mean for midway and o'hare as the day goes on still remains to be seen. there were some cancellations yesterday because of the weather. no big problems at o'hare or midway. we will wait and see what happens. as always if you are heading out, call your airlines to see how things are going. >>taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. the man charged with killing a store clerk in bensenville is due in bond court today. kenneth bardlett is charged with first degree murder, for the death of hussein saghir. saghir was

george howell on the street of atlanta for us. two weeks ago, 2 inches of snowpacked the same roads with parked and abandoned cars. today looks a whole lot different. joining us now is the georgia governor, nathan diehl. thanks for joining us. i know you're incredibly busy. when we spoke a couple weeks ago, you said the biggest lesson you have learned from the previous mistakes of the last storm was that you need to be -- everyone in georgia needs to be proactive. so has that worked this time around? >> absolutely. the public has been very, very cooperative. people are staying at home, which is the best thing they can do. it gives our crews that are treating the roads the opportunity to be out there. it gives all of the other emergency management people the opportunity to restore power when power goes down. and to remove trees and debris from the roadways, as well as from the other passages in our state along the streets themselves. >> schools were a big problem the last time you and i spoke a couple weeks ago. you said you had no

it makes sense because their hub is in atlanta. atlanta got hit ready hard today.ncellations. jetblue, on the other hand, they've had a really rough winter. so far today, though, only 41 cancellations, but tomorrow as the storm makes its way to the new york area they're projecting some 300 cancellations. but what about the planes that do get in the air? today we went behind the scenes to look at the operation that coordinates thousands of planes despite a major storm on the move. >> with the freezing rain, we'll check in with them. it is starting to snow now at charlotte. so no changes to that. >> conference calls every two hours inside the faa command center as another winter storm moves up the east coast dumping rain, ice and snow. on the call, airlines, airports and air traffic control. they're coordinating how to get planes around this winter storm and minimize traveler delay. >> we've been bumped about -- this will be the second or third time. i'm trying to quit counting. >> six large screens display the storm. planes in the air and planes grounded. at atlanta

an inch in atlanta, 8 inches in charlotte. as we get to the north, washington, d.c., possibly seven inches to a foot, brian. and some areas even to the north and west of that, up to a foot and a half of snow. >> this is going to be a tough one. we'll stay on it. we'll see you in the morning. >> yes, sir. >> al roker, thanks for being here with us tonight. >>> now to these games. and while you will see some of this in prime time coverage tonight, this next result was blasted around the world as urgent news earlier today. snowboarder shaun white will go home from his third olympic games without a medal this time in the men's halfpipe. in fact, it's a team usa shutout in a sport invented in the u.s. just part of the news from here. anne thompson is up at the mountain top ski venue for us tonight. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. you know, today the winter olympics felt like the spring games. forcing officials to cancel the practice runs for the women's downhill and creating a backdrop for one of the biggest u

that is the big problem in the atlanta area. there are 8,000 electrical workers, in the state of georgia, those are new numbers that just came out, those guys have come in from surrounding states. they're in staging areas. they are currently in the field right now. repairing power lines that are down. the big pine trees here in georgia, many of them fearful of them tipping over and going onto those lines and more power expected to go out throughout the night. as the governor said earlier we are only in half time. keep hunkering down. john. >> this is a different storm than the last one a few weeks ago, right? >> it sure is. the few weeks ago, the storm only dumped about two inches of snow. it was very quick. it was just a few hours. this is such a huge swath. this is a couple of days coming in. almost like a hurricane, john. we know it's dmomg and it lasts -- coming in and we know it lasts for a day or two and ticks down the area, continues to lay down precipitation all across the state. the storm ticking up into washington and

atlanta's big challenge.es are above ground and aeasily taken down by ice and wind. a problem that wasn't rectified in 2000 when half an inch of ice left more than 3,000 without electricity. wind gusts today up to 30 miles per hour combined with thick ice adding to the danger of falling trees. >> we are going to do all we can to get our focus to the outages and get the power on as quickly as possible. >> reporter: live pictures in decatur, georgia, outside of atlanta. they are a major concern. it is cold, about he low freezing, about 29 degrees. take a look at this table. when we got out here, it was clear. all the freezing rain is starting to turn into ice. officials are warning people to stay inside and specially stay off the roads. carol? >> look at you with your boots. i like those for that little tiny place. just as a precaution. the worst part is that slushy snow is going to turn to ice and become dangerous. nick va lvalencia live in decat. let's head to south carolina where david mattingly is. >> repor

atlanta on the left two weeks ago, and now on the right. store shelves are picked clean in the southeast. at least 420,000 customers have already lost power. throughout the country, more than 3,200 flights are canceled. we're only really in the middle of this. cnn meteorologist jennifer gray is standing by in decatur. ed lavendandera is braving the treacherous roads. and chad myers is in the weather center. jen? >> reporter: we have seen the ice come down since about 5:00 this morning. it has been sleeting. we've seen periods of freezing rain. we've also seen a couple of snowflakes in decatudecatur, bu ice is the concern. decatur is an older neighborhood. we've got the older trees. it's notorious for the branchs to come down and people to lose power. most people in decatur still have power, but this is the concern. look at this branch. you can see the ice accumulating on the branches. this is what we're seeing all over town. and this is just a tiny one. imagine those big older trees behind me and even those power lines. it only takes about

rainy in atlanta, though. sunshine in st. louis and denver.high of 49. >>> an interview with samuel l. jackson is burping up the internet. on monday, a newscaster in l.a. confused jackson with actor laurence fishburne, and jackson jumped all over him. >> i'm not laurence fishburne. >> that's my fault. that was my mistake. >> you know what, we don't all look-alike. we're black and famous, but we don't look alike. >> awkward. the interviewer came out and formally apologized. >>> best in show will be crowned tonight at the westminster dog show. this year, the competition includes new breeds and for the first time mutts get a chance to strut their stuff. alexis christoforous went back stage and met some of the pampered pooches. >> reporter: these pooches are getting ready for their close-up. >> gar thinks this is like dying and going to heaven. >> reporter: from pugnacious poodles to proud pugs. they're getting washed, blown and coifed to compete in the 138th westminster kennel club dog show. 3-year-old abba is making her debut. >> where did you g

atlanta will clear out. the carolinas are going to get the brunt of the storm overnight and as we go towards tomorrow, it will make its way up toward the eastern seaboard and washington, joie, you are going to see mostly snow coming through that particular area. ice. it's not going to be that much at all as we go toward tomorrow afternoon, charlotte, wilmington, raleigh clear out and the ice will turn stosnow in that particular area as we take a look at that. you can see, here it is right there. you can see, as we go into motion, washington right here, beginning too get snow. it will be mostly a snow event york. >> meteorologist kevi coriveaux, thanks so much. europeans and south americans, too, are dealing with climatic conditions not usually this intention. in england, they are having their wettest winter in more than -- get this -- two sentence trees and some of the worst flooding in decades as the river thames burst its banks. it is not over yet. much of the u.k. is under a flood warning. a red alert has

ed lavandara is there in atlanta. it is an eerie picture to see those interstates just empty. >> reporter: it's a far cry from what you mentioned what we saw a few weeks ago. it doesn't take much for things to really kind of get into a messy situation. we just finished driving up the hill. what we've seen in the last 20 minutes, about a dozen cars or so slip and slide. some of them having to come back around and drive the roads. the conditions at night as you can look out into these intersections that we're driving around in now, as the sleet and freezing rain continues to fall, these conditions will only worsen in the hours ahead so it's going to take quite a bit of time for these roads to be cleared up. the good news is, aaron, that people have heeded the warnings and they've stayed off of the roadways. that has made the situation a lot more manageable, especially for the emergency crews, the power line crews that we've seen working throughout many neighborhoods here in the atlanta and northern georgia -- northern g

. >>> los residentes en atlanta, donde el caos fue extremo, dicen que nunca olvidarÁn la experienciaas. >>> vannesa hauc estÁ en atlanta con lo Último. >>> asÍ lucen principales vias de atlanta, las imÁgenes de estragos causados por la tormenta, continÚan en la mente de todos. >>> fue algo traumatico. >>> la madre colombiana recibiÓ el video de su hija, dijo que viviÓ momentos angustiosos al saber que estaba atrapada en el choque en cadena. >>> se demorÓ tres horas y media. >>> su hija estÁ a salvo, y trata de recuperarse. >>> ayer me tocÓ trabajar, y estuvo dificilisimo de circular en la 265, estaba parado totalmente. >>> luis llegÓ caminando a su trabajo en Últimos dÍas, dijo que la falta de preparaciÓn en el estado es evidente. >>> el estacionamiento en carreteras. no entiendo como el gobierno del estado no estÉ preparado. >>> precisamente, hoy el alcalde de la ciudad, reid, anunciÓ que de ahora en adelante trabajarÁ de cerca con el canal del tiempo y el aeropuerto, asignarÁ fondos para limpiar el hielo de las calles, y contratarÁ un jefe de manejo de emergencias. la ciudad de atl

in anxious atlanta, roads and highways were lightly traveled all day.commuters stayed home, most schools canceled classes. the national weather system predicted this storm may be of historic proportions for the area, with significant, crippling ice totals. as much as nine inches of snow is forecast for north georgia. freezing rain could become ice a half-inch thick in metro atlanta, over three-quarters of an inch thick east of the city. georgia power has assembled 5,000 utility workers ready to respond, 2,000 from other states. >> all the weather services are projecting a heck of a lot of ice. >> reporter: aaron strickland directs storm operations for georgia power, the state's largest utility. that ice is his main worry. >> what happens there is it builds up on the trees, and we have a heck of a lot of trees in georgia. those trees start falling. when they fall, they bring down the power lines. >> reporter: the home depot in downtown atlanta had run out of most storm supplies-- no generators, no firewood, no ice melt. >> the storm lanterns, they're out

i'm on a bridge on i-75 outside of atlanta. it is completely dead as bbs of sleet is coming down and ice-lanta as people are calling it, my photographer is going to wipe his lens plus it is coming down. getting sand blasted at a hurricane. speaking of hurricanes, the hurricane hunters which go into the eyes of the storms in the gulf of mexico went into this yesterday in the system on biloxi to look at this low pressure as it meets the arctic. take a look at this, that is i-75. you see the ice forming on the fence. this interstate is where the gridlock was just two weeks ago. hundreds of cars stranded all over. well, everyone took the ice of the mayor and the governor this time. all the schools are shut. all the businesses are closed, atlanta is in total lockdown. >> is this worse than the storm that hit a couple of weeks ago? >> reporter: it's worse in the sense that it is long lasting. we're looking at 48 hour to 72 hour event. basically the whole week was shut down all the way through friday, all the businesses, and it's just

that's it. >> reporter: so not much going into atlanta or coming out of atlanta. >> no, not in or out >> reporter: debra griffith is the agency's national traffic management officer. she runs a conference call every couple hours for airlines and f.a.a. control towers. >> houston is at plus 15 and departure delays for low ceiling. >> reporter: they typically track up to 55,000 private and commercial planes daily lighting up u.s. airspace. the command center is surprisingly quiet because airlines cancelled so many flights ahead of the storm. all that could change with any unexpected weather developments. air traffic manager anthony tisdall. >> there are times when there's a disruption. perhaps a thunderstorm shows up where we didn't expect it to show up. ice shows where a little earlier than we may have been anticipating. where we have airborn aircraft that cannot reach their destination. that's when you end up with a diversion situation. >> reporter: the real test for that f.a.a. command center will come tomorrow and friday, scott. the number of cancellations are expected to decrease.

they're taking no chances in atlanta because of what happened the last time it snowed. this time they say they will be ready. >>> and private lives. what one of hillary clinton's closest friends wrote about one of her darkest hours. and now the attacks get personal. "nightly news" begins now. >>> and good evening from these olympic winter games where tonight is the eve of the popular event here, and there are some concerns about how it will go off tomorrow as scheduled now that much of the world is watching. there is a lot of news to cover from here, and we will do that in just a moment. >>> but first, we're going to begin with a report that is just in to us tonight, a situation that demands our attention. this comes from syria. it shows, as you'll see, a desperate situation. some very brave souls with the u.n. are trying to evacuate the oldest section of the city of hmos during what is supposed to be a ceasefire. it is slow-going and very dangerous. they got about 300 more people out today, and it was close. they don't want to leave anyone behind in the old bombarded c

it might snow for one day, god i love atlanta. and also in north carolina, in south carolina, you also have the same thing going oning cindy rights did someone say snow the meat section of the grocery store is empty. if you don't have it by now, too bad. and there you see the meat section. and also people have been going to get tools, flash lites that sort of thing. take a look at this, this was posted ten minutes ago. he says second snow day of the year in north carolina, they canceled absolutely everything, and everything on the base and in town is closed. they are saying people to stay off the roads. this is north of atlanta, this was posted just five hours ago. from the emergency operations center, posted this, and also south carolina department of public safety, they have been on the roads they posted this, showing the workers and rescue squad trucks. >> yeah. i am thinking about your report, and my understanding is -- not trying to give you an extra assignment, but there are people that are without power from that storm, and

shep. >> thanks very much, jonathan, from atlanta. >>> we talk about atlanta a lot. i can't get past how enormous this is. look at this. ice in jackson, mississippi. all the way up the east coast to the northeast. it's on the way. our weather center and chief meteorologist, rick reichmuth hit this on the nail. sad. >> yes. look at pictures out of charlotte, north carolina, another town getting hammered on this and i can see images on highways around there. everything is at a standstill. they will get 6-10 inches of snow there and maybe freezing rain at the end of it. everything freezes again. the biggest problem we're concerned about is icing and that is where you go from a line around charleston to augusta and i-20 and south of atlanta is the worst of the icing. all those trees there, you hold onto that ice, potentially an inch or so thick of the ice and there is very windy conditions as jonathan also said. that means a lot of trees will topple and over the next day to two days we will still see more trees popling and causing power outag outages. this is all snow an

john robert is is in atlanta as the so

a lot of them in southern atlanta.ally was the hardest hit part of the state. here in mid-town atlanta, not far from where we are. work crews are deciding what to do about the building that collapsed. this was an historic building in 2011, it served as the home of the chapter of the daughters of american revolution. called craig house, under renovation, but all the snow and ice just brought it down, now they may have to tear the rest of it down. up in north carolina, drivers will wake up tomorrow morning, trying to figure out where to go to get their cars in the case of this one person, they're going to have to go out and get a new car. there was a hill in the raleigh area, a lot of cars tryin to get up. they were spinning out to the side of the road. one car burst into flames, but for those lucky enough not to have their cars on fire, the transportation officials towed them to a safe spot. the governor, pat mccrory says even though the weather is getting better you need to be careful on the roads. he is urging people

atlanta, mother nature's latest victim. did it have to be? reporters go to war with the powerful. >> you cannot blame the citizens of atlanta for this. >> the view from both sides of the battle. cnn weather warrior carol costello versus ex-fema chief michael brown. remember him? >> and brownie, you're doing a heck of a job. >> amanda knox convicted of the same murder she was once acquitted of. everyone in this country asking, how did this happen? but in europe, a near unanimous cry, finally justice. how the media divided two continents with an expert on the case, dan abrams of abc news. and what unites us, the super bowl may just be television's last great communal event. let the cynics call it the corporate bowl. for hundreds of millions of us, it's good, old-fashioned american fun. we'll get to all of that this morning but up first, governor chris christie, explosive new allegations he knew more about the george washington bridge traffic scandal than he admitted. since bridge gate first broke, the story about christie's staffers scheming to

in atlanta. nick, i want to start with you first. you know, i feel like i'm getting real repetitive every time i say this is an epic and historic storm. but let me know how epic does it look so far? how are things -- how is everybody getting along? how are you getting along? >> reporter: using those words, we should probably temper our enthusiasm. we haven't seen this catastrophic or biblical storm predicted. we have seen freezing. temperatures below freezing causing a problem. a snow day. in fact, a couple kids off to the side here with sleds playing a game of football. not everyone is so lucky, though, ashleigh. tens of thousands of people here in the state of georgia, principally in the metro area, without power. big problem that freezing rain freezes with power lines and especially in this area in decatur just outside of atlanta. i spoke to a resident a while ago. for now, they do have power, but as the day progresses and as the temperature stays below freezing, it's going to be a really big issue, not just for clean up, but peop

robert ray is in atlanta. and has atlanta learned anything from that debacle of two weeks ago. >> completely they have? what is interesting is if the debacle had not occurred two weeks ago, the traffic gridlock, the government not listening to the national weather service, people leaving the city all at the same time, perhaps yesterday when this massive storm occurred here in atlanta, maybe it would have been worse. perhaps there would have been a disaster, perhaps people would have went out on the roads and there would have been accidents and injuries, but that's not the case here. except as you see behind me, this historic home from 1911 here that was purchased just a few months ago by someone who wanted to gut it and make it's in again, the ice, snow, and wind collapsed the entire back of this old house here in midtown atlanta. but here is the deal, power is still out for thousands of folks around the state of georgia, but the temperatures are rising and the thaw is beginning. my cameraman can take a look o

every restaurant in atlanta booked as well.ng to get supplies they need to feed folks on valentine's day. one possible casualty of the storm, these are different pictures. this used to be the home of the daughters of american revolution chapter in atlanta. it was sold in 2000 one. it was under renovation. it collapsed unweight of the snow. now thaa the snow is melting it is about recovery. this is weight of snow causing trees to fall down. still about 140,000 people in georgia still without power. that number half of what it was earlier today. they are making progress. now that the sun is out, which is best way to deal with snow in the south things will be markedly better. it will refreeze tonight but potential for slipperiness tomorrow. adam: john roberts thank you. i've driven in atlanta. i never seen traffic even good weather. georgia 400. thank you, john. here is "who made money today," sketcher's earnings more than tripled last quarter following double-digit sales growth. investor ran with it, the stock is up 6%. >>> chief

particularly in atlanta. ed, now it's like the opposite, right? it's sort of a frightening ghost town. >> reporter: it is. it's like the lyrics to a sad country song. a lot of lonely, lonely streets as we take you into downtown atlanta. you look out on the streets. they're still very slushy. we're seeing some traffic where some road work has been done throughout the day and that sort of thing. for the most part, there is that layer of ice and slush still all over the streets. the temperatures are not above freezing quite yet. but close. this is something that the city is going to have to contend with tomorrow. that's why you've seen government offices and you've seen schools throughout the region already canceled for tomorrow. so as you mentioned, erin, they're not taking any chances. hard to imagine two weeks ago that you saw these roads and so many people on these roads, these roadways were parking lots and people trying to figure out how they were going to get back to their cars. it's incredibly lonely out here on the roadways. >> in the movie

all of atlanta sort of under a gridlock. everyone hunkering down as over 500 national guards are out waiting for the storm to hit. 2500 power trucks from around the region are waiting for the ice to come in. schools and businesses closed. teams of salt spreaders moving around the interstate. and the governor, nathan deal, giving hourly updates saying this earlier. >> everybody needs to be patient, as prepared as possible and be ready for the next two days. to not assume your normal routine. >> john, 2200 flights have been cancelled in haertsville jackson, airport in atlanta. it's the busiest airport in the world. according to a speaks person, black spokesperson, they can't remember that meaning being cancelled. >> more updates from the governor. what is different from last time? >> two weeks ago, the traffic gridlock - officials took it as a big-time lesson. the governor nathan deal opened his own emergency committee of meteorologists, who are giving him extreme guidance throughout the process. mayor of atlanta contracting a

atlanta sidewalks are coated with thick sheets of ice like this. residents who stayed home had to stay clear of fallen branches and downed power lines. tens of thousands of people across the state have been left without power. but some atlanta residents and their pets tried to make the best of a bad situation. >> i love it. i love the snow. [ laughter ] >> reporter: there's not a lot of folks in atlanta who would say that. >> no, probably not. >> reporter: what does he think about it? >> he loves it. he is a little cold right now. look at him shivering. >> reporter: residents are hunkering down. cbs news, atlanta. >> this picture really says it all, doesn't it? the atlanta newspaper with the headline, bracing for the worst encased in ice. >>> rescue crews are in the process of reaching two injured skiers who are stuck on the side of a mountain in oregon. we have photos of the mountains where multiple avalanches have happened over the past few days. ate backcountry skiers -- eight backcountry skiers were caught up in the area. two were killed. some

tonight, mark, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian, the word here in atlanta, the weather is just miserable, and expected to get even worse tonight and tomorrow. already some 5500 flights have either been delayed or cancelled. the city of atlanta learned a hard lesson from the last big storm, when thousands of motorists were stranded on area roads, including i-85. this is that same stretch of highway today as people now heed official warnings and stay off the roads. still, there was no escaping the ice, the weather problems began today shortly before dawn when freezing rain became slush and ice, causing accidents. as trees grew heavy with ice, they began to fall. this one fell into a house where an 88-year-old woman was sleeping in this bed when the ceiling collapsed. her grandson said while injured she is lucky to be alive. >> and she was just covered with insulation and sheet rock. >> reporter: power crews spent all day repairing downed lines as more than 200,000 georgia homes and businesses lost service. >> just getting the lights back on. >> reporter: while some who lo

i mean, the perception in atlanta was at the time kids were missing. and i think if i'm not mistaken, the perception was a lot of young males are missing. that's what i asked. this is about those kids or boys or something like that, isn't it? >> remember what fbi agent mike mccomas said he saw when he got to the scene? >> saw a black male. he had on a baseball hat. >> this is the sketch provided by the witness who saw lubie geter talking to a man the day lubie disappeared and died. mccomas had never seen this until we came back to show it to him nearly 30 years later. >> this is a real strong resemblance to the person that i talked to, wayne williams. he had on a baseball cap. his hair was in an afro. so this just looks like him. >> williams agreed to let mccomas search his station wagon. on the floor, in the front of the back seat, he saw -- >> there was a nylon cord. the best that i could describe the nylon cord was a ski rope type, the woven type. and it was my guess about 24 inches long. >> no. >> williams denies there was any such cord. >> because

in atlanta hartsfield and charlotte is where they're hardest hit right now. 60% of the flights in atlantaled. 50% of those in charlottes. those are major airline hubs. atlanta for delta and charlotte for us airways. the airlines waived change fees. go ahead and change and make it convenient and possible to get where you're going. probably will not happen today if you're not southeast, martha. martha: wow, steve, thank you very much. more on that to come. thanks, steve. bill: what does it look like outside your window, huh? take us a picture, send us a photo. tweet to @billhemmer and @marthamaccallum. we'll show you them later in the show. getting a lot of shots already. there is white stuff on the ground. martha: tomorrow we can take our own pictures and poet them ourselves. bill: stay tuned. martha: new york city has its own plan on immigration reform. mayor bill de blasio making a lot of headlines since he became mayor. he is announcing a propositively to provide i.d. cards to all new yorkers regardless of your legal status. including undocumented immigrants, he also wants them to have

atlanta seems to be much better prepared. as we mentioned, 2.6 inches of snow shut down atlanta. how much snow will the people of atlanta have to endure this time? let's go to chad myers. chad, does this incoming storm scare you more than the last one? >> without a doubt, this has a factor of 10 compared to the last one. that was 2 inches of snow. this is solid ice. this is ice on trees, on power lines, on everything. the power lines will come down, trees will fall down. there may be a million people without power by tomorrow night and then another million as the trees begin to fall. this storm is just now getting out of dallas, texas. it moves to the east and then runs right over atlanta, augusta, charlotte, columbia and on up over to the piedmont of north carolina. at least 10 inches of snow for washington, d.c., new york city, like you haven't had enough snow up there and then up to boston. that's the whole story. but the real, true problem with this storm is this area right here. that white area is an inch of ice on everything. that is going to bring down every other tree. i

remember the scene from atlanta? you're seeing a repeat of that, cars stuck on the highway, people walking in charlotte, it's coming down so fast. and the snow creeping into roanoke, virginia. d.c., the snow is coming in tonight. here's our forecast. snow for you at times, whipped by the wind. and towards the coast, the wintery mix. and pushing to new york in the midnight hour and boston as well. so, yeah, your thursday is snowy. basically from virginia all the way into new england, and the snow continues there as we head into your friday as well, which is valentine's day. and the cape and the islands seeing some rain. look at the snow here. parts of just outside of d.c. could see a foot or a foot and a half of snow. and that swath, just west of philadelphia, just west of new york city. that's the big target for the heavier snow around new york, also western mass and new hampshire and maine. as you mentioned, they might not get out until late on your valentine's day, which is this friday, by the way. a couple of citi

they're based in atlanta. more than 600 cancellations today.gers had enough advance warning that many simply decided to stay home. here at the atlanta airport, only about 175 people spent the night on couches, sleeping on floors here that we've seen. the bad news, guys, this is a very busy holiday weekend. airlines tell us the flights that manage to get out are likely to be packed. john and marci? >> devin, thank you. >>> jurors will resume deliberations in the murder case which started as an argument over loud music. lawyers for michael dunn say he acted in self-defense when he shot ten times at a car full of teenagers in jacksonville. 17-year-old jordan davis was killed. prosecutors point out that no weapon was found in the teens' car and dunn failed to call police after he shot. >>> three current and former virginia tech students have been charged in the murder of virginia tech senior samantha shresha. published reports say the 21-year-old biology major was found in the trunk of her own car. the relationship between the suspects and the vict

in atlanta, i'm chris clackum, craig, back to you. >> thank you. meteorologist mike seidel is standing by. mike, are folks heeding the warning in, are they staying off the roads there in the upstate? >> they are, craig. it was basically a no turnout rush hour this morning here in greenville. schools are closed, very few businesses are open. we're going to try to find a restaurant today that's open. not many are. this is hayward road, they have treated this with salt and sand for traction, so this is slushed up. also, the snowfall has backed off. we've had about an inch so far. parts of the upstate have had three to four inches of snow. we're at 25 degrees. it's going to stay in the mid-20s and we have a long way to go. it's going to snow until probably 7:00 or 8:00 tomorrow morning. we're forecasting six to ten inches of snow here. they've only had six of those since 1892, and if they get more than five inches of snow, it will be a top ten daily snowfall for february, so everybody's just kind of sitting tight, hanging loose, and glad that they are

mark strassmann is in atlanta for us tonight. mark? >> reporter: scott, when the winter storm hit the city two weeks ago, state officials later called the inadequate response "a terrible mistake." they're promising this time will be different. in metro atlanta, drivers have been warned to be off the road by early evening. georgia governor nathan deal. >> do not put yourself or your family in jeopardy. the clearer the roads are, the more we have the ability to treat those roads and get them open as quickly as possible. >> reporter: on january 28, two and a half inches of snow and ice paralyzed atlanta. stranded motorists spent the night in stores and cars and 2,500 children had to sleep at school. more than 2,000 drivers abandoned their cars. georgia's governor apologized for the poor emergency response. no one told him the forecast had changed. >> i do not know that it had been upgraded and a more serious warning had been issued. >> reporter: at georgia power, the worry is that ice will snap trees and power lines. over the next two day

steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >>> making matters worse, that storm hitting atlanta is merging witha full-blown nor'easter. >> with parts of the northeast expecting a food or more of snow, accuweather's jim dickey continues our coverage. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and marci. a crippling ice storm under way in the southeast. freezing rain as we head through the early morning hours will spread eastward into north carolina, especially, columbia. this is going to be an historic inch. in all likelihood would key pick up at least an inch of ice. from here the storm system strengthens, up the coast with a classic nor'easter spreading snow all the way into new england. back to you. >> thank you. >> this is just -- >> it's just amazing. >> frustrating for people living down there who aren't used to dealing with this. they talk about the lessons learned in this last storm, so they're so much more prepared. i also think the residents are also looking at this mp differently now. a lot of people just planning to stay home. not even venture out. >> hopefully they'll keep their power

atlanta 31 degrees. the midwest has warmed nicely, temperatures up about 20 degrees, still cold, but an improvement. the east coast will warm slightly, but the snow is on the way. >> a landmark labor video in tennessee, workers at a volkswagen plant are set to decide whether to join the united auto workers union. the decision is closely watched by automakers and politicians across the country. this is one of those things that the old south side would never happen, a union. >> that's right. it's being closely watched by a lot of people and there's been so much political pressure and campaigning from outside groups that the volkswagen plant today has closed off its facility to outside visitors, so really only the workers will be here to begin the vote. it's closely watched because if the u.a.w. is successful unionizing, many think it will signal change, an area in the south that for so long has rejected the idea of having a union. >> we're pretty confident that we will win the vote. >> john wright test dri

it was just last week that a few inches of snow paralyzed atlanta forcing thousands to abandoned their cars right on the highways. >>> and you noticed coordinated attire this friday. and people everywhere are wearing red today. it's go red for women today to draw attention to heart disease. it's the number one killer of women in case you didn't know that. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is wearing red today for the same reason. >> absolutely. it's so important to eat well and exercise regularly. a lot of our viewers are on their treadmills and watch us before they head out and go running. it it's such a great way to stay in shape. we have had some good weather for that. no snow. i talked about snow and freezing rain when i visited this school in prince georges county earlier this week. the community school in college park. they have already had a unit on weather. had a terrific time talking to them. they asked some great questions. i want to thank the science teacher there for the invitation to visit the friends community school prince georges county in college park. we're g

john roberts back in atlanta. people are closed in yet again in atlanta, georgia, today. start here in new york. laura, where are you, and how are things on the roads? >> reporter: we are creeping up north on 10th avenue and it is a very slow commute as you can imagine. snowplows have been out here clanging and grinding away trying to clear out the snow overnight into the early morning hours. we'll switch to our camera on the roof here so you can see what we're looking at right now as we head up north avenue. it is coming down hard. it is an absolute mess. the snow covering streets, cars, buildings. insult to injure as you mentioned snow and ice built up. central park received 41 inches of snow. this is 25.8 inches of the 30-year average. 15.7. office of emergency management issuing a travel advisory along with winter storm warning urging people to use mass transit. you don't want to be out in this anyway. winter storm warnings in northeast, long island, new jersey, connecticut. timing and intensity are the big factors with the snow dumping down during the morning commute

like what happened in atlanta a couple of weeks ago. and now the folks here calling this at lan actor ca, sort of a running joke here. funny, i don't know. i guess it is up to the person. in fact looking as these bands. that is where you get the intense snowfall. these big storms move up the coast, and this area here, actually starting to see showers pop up. where it is cold enough, these are snow squalls that can develop, as this colder air moves in and brings the snow to the east. these bands setting up here going to new york and new england, two to three inches an hour. so they pivot around the storm that's where you get these snow. as, you can see these following around the storms and you stay over the same area. here is the lull we are talking about. but the snow comes back, it will continue to track up to the northeast, these bans come back around through, and the temperatures drop, so it could have warmed up, but it will drop and the rain or sleet can change back to snow. herele cos the snow coming to washington, d.c., 8:00 tonig

check out these live pictures coming from atlanta. >> here is a live look at hartsfield-jackson atlantaal airport this morning were planes are grounded. up to 1/4 inch of ice is expected. sfo is a duty manager confirms all flights to and from atlanta are canceled this morning, including flights from, delta air trainthey're trained. charlotte is the other airport and that is being greatly affected. >> more than an enterprise is possible today in the deep south, right now, even more people are without power. the latest count is that more than 57,000 customers in the atlanta area. aside from the thousands of canceled flights, amtrak has also suspended their trains. the >> georgia forecasters and elected officials are not taking any chances with the storm, which is exactly two weeks after snow stranded drivers of both for. president of obamas signed a state of emergency declaration making way for federal disaster assistance. winter storm warnings, watches and advisories are in place from texas to maine. >> this is a pretty massive system and we will continue to see nationwide flight delays.

atlanta better prepared for the storm. in the carolinas, thousands of drivers stuck on highways fail to heed warnings to stay home. in washington, d.c., government offices closed for the a second straight day, the nation's capitol expecting up to six-inches of snow saying that has already fallen. in new york, it may be a foot or more on the ground before it is all over friday morning. we have reporters to get the latest. first we turn to nicole mitchell who has been working round the clock, 24 hours a day tracking this latest storm. >> it's been a brutal storm, already making it through the south, now up the east coast. we have wrap around, moisture wrapping behind the system. you can see that even bringing a tail of snow still into northern parts of georgia. you've already got the ice and now the snow this morning. you're thinking boy, this could end anytime. there are numerous areas that got an inch of snow where we had all the trees and power lines down. it will take us a while to recover. durham, north carolina, a quar