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from a frantic 911 call to postings on a popular website to a series of unsolved murders in atlantic city. this latest mystery unfolded saturday, after long island police literally stumbled onto the crime scene. the first body was discovered during a routine k-9 training exercise. officers chose the location because shonnan gilbert, a 24-year-old known prostitute had gone missing here in may. >> she said help me again, and she just looked like she was spaced out. >> reporter: gus was one of the last known people to see gilbert alive. she says she was running from his neighbor's house, joseph brewer. she pounded on his door, saying someone was after her. he called 911 but she took off, vanishing into the wields. >> i could have saved that girl if i had known something was going to happen. >> reporter: her mother and sister believe she called 911 on her own. >> her last phone call was 23 minutes to 911. when she was grabbed and put into the truck. the police missed her by five minutes. >> she was basically running away trying to leave and he -- it was heard, get away from me and she was run

i went to atlantic city to the clarj hotel and casino where he was working. didn't make gazillion dollars then. when he retired he was $100,000 ballplayer. that was a big schmere back then. but he needed a way to make a living, and he needed in part because his youngest son billy was dying of a disease mickey always thought he would get. and so nonhodgkin's lymphoma. my parents had honeymooned at this hotel, december 25th, 1941, the only night they could get a rabbi in the city of new york before my father shipped out. so i wait for mickey. and he's late. he shows up a couple hours late. he looked like he had had a long evening the night before. and there were many of them. and he sticks out his hand, and i can't do the drawl too well, but he sticks out his hand and say, hi, i'm mick. and i said, because i was a mickey guy, you had to have a guy in new york, you know that. either duke or willie or the mick. well, mickey was my guy. so i stuck out my hand and i said, i'm nervous. and he said, why, did you think i would pull on your tittie? my childhood ended.

atlantic city got about 17.4 inches just in one day. that's their snowiest day of all-time.rtheast, we saw more than a foot of snow. the darkest shading of blue from new jersey into new hampshire, 18 plus inches over a two-day span. localized areas in new jersey received more than 30 inches of snow. the snow has ended for the northeast, at least as far as the blizzard is concerned. that is lifting all the way into atlantic canada. behind it the cold winds are still kicking off lake effect snow showers in upstate new york right around syracuse. with the strong winds blowing and drifting is still a major concern. pretty hard to clean up the snow when it keeps blowing around. these winds will finally start to taper down as we head into the night. back to you, rob and mike. >> thanks, ava. >>> here's the rest of your tuesday weather. frigid in the florida area with freeze warnings. expect record lows in the 20s and 30s. stormy in the west. up to 2 inches of rain around seattle, portland, and san francisco. another 3 feet of snow in the cascades and the sierra range. >> 43 meanwh

>> yeah, i think the general idea, chris, like the unsolved murder of four women in atlantic city, new jersey, about three or four years ago, they thought perhaps these unaccounted for women may have been prostitutes. that doesn't necessarily there to be the case. as you know from your reporter, the first thing they have to do is identify these four female victims and then they have to find out who and what they had in common to start this case. >> police in new york are also working with officials in atlantic city and i think partly because they thought one of these women might have been this missing escort, four prostitutes there in new jersey were killed back in 2004. so, will they, at this point, stop looking for a connection there? >> no. i think they have to. chris, i mean, four dead women in two different locations not that far removed from each other. investigators don't like coincidences and that can't necessarily be a coincidence. but they're going to be looking at dna, they're going to be looking at dental records and, chris, interestingly enough, they also will have some fo

tom costello, nbc news, atlantic city. >>> we got a rare glimpse today of the reverend billy graham, who at age 92, does not make too many public appearances. today, he did, however, at the billy graham library in charlotte where former president george bush and first lady laura bush signed copies of their books. before the signing, the bushes had lunch with reverend graham, whose son franklin escorted his faith tore the signing. >>> still ahead as our broadcast continues on a monday night, does it work? once and for all, the experts say they're going to weigh in on a supplement millions of people swear by when treating the common cold, echinacea. >>> later, how sweet the sound, talented young people making a joyful noise. making a difference in a place that could use it. >>> millions of people take it because they're convinced it works to combat the common cold for which there are, of course, is no cure. there have been various studies over the years, but tonight the results are in from the largest ever study of echinacea, including the big question here, does it work? our report fr

. >> reporter: atlantic city got 19 inches. >> this is really a blizzard. >> ridiculous out here. i don't think anybody can make it in this snow. >> reporter: to be safe, the eagles/vikings game in philadelphia was cancelled amid forecasts that the blizzard would hit right at kickoff. >> these are probably not the conditions that you want to have a game under. >> reporter: but it wasn't just up north. the south got hammered. in the carolinas, southern drivers not eyesed to this much snow tried to have fun and be safe. >> i'm going to have to drive today, just have to take it easy. >> reporter: nearly a foot of snow fell in norfolk, virginia, third biggest storm there in a century. made for a beautiful scene as far south as georgia. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> right over to nbc meteorologist bill karins, tracking a small storm for usbill, what happens next? >> well, now we have to do the cleanup. it's going to be difficult, bay it's so cold and windy. an historical sorm storm. from new jersey, newark airport to southern portions of newark state and connecticut, all of t

so by tomorrow night, we're talking 10 to 15 inches easily in atlantic city, new york city and in boston. and additional snow as we head into monday. so we could be talking 14 to 20 inches in boston, 12 to 16 inch in new york city. that's where we have blizzard warnings in effect from new york city up to boston and then up into portland, maine. we have a blizzard watch in effect. we're going to see the snow and the blowing snow. winds, 35 to 45 miles an hour, some gusts possibly up to 50. so your visibility out there on the roadways will be reduced to zero at times. very dangerous. be careful if you're hitting the roads. >> okay. samantha mohr, thank you. >>> now to christmas in bethlehem where a season with little violence between israelis and palestinians is turning this holiday into one of the biggest celebrations in a decade. officials say more than 100,000 visitors are in town. that's nearly twice as many as last year. at the vatican, pope benedict xvi delivered his traditional christmas message amid tight security, following the mail bombings this week at two rome embassies. the po

. >> atlantic city got 19 inches. >> this is a blizzard. >> ridiculous out here. i don't think anybody can make it in this snow. >> the eagles and vikings games were canceled amid forecast that is the blizzard would hit at kickoff. >> these are not the conditions that you want to have a game under. >> it wasn't just up north. the south got hammered. in the carolinas, southern drivers not used to this much snow tried to have fun and be safe. >> i'm going to have to drive today. just have to take it easy. >> nearly a foot of snow fell in the third biggest snow in a century. it made for a beautiful scene as far south as georgia. tracie potts, today in the east bay. >> time to check what's coming up on today in the bay. we say good morning to laura. in the newsroom working on more of the stories that matter most to you. >> good morning to everywhere at home. the controversial so-called death panels that are part of the health care overhaul are back in the news. we will break down why and what the president is doing. the 49ers need a new head coach. we will look at the

yeah, and four other women were also murdered in atlantic city under similar circumstances.he latest here, police have narrowed in on a house, but they won't confirm what the possible connection is. we've just heard that car was towed from that house last night. a man who lived there said one of the women in question was at his house for a party but that she became agitated and left alive. wednesday police searched this long island house where neighbors say shannon gilbert was seen running for her life eight months ago, ending up at a house next door pleading for help. >> she said, help me, and she just looked like she was spaced out. >> reporter: police say gilbert, a former prostitute, who met her last-known client on craigslist, could be one of the four yet to be identified women dumped on this barren beach over the past 18 months. guy coleti says gilbert claimed someone was after her. he called 911, but she took off and tumbled down his front steps, vanishing into the weeds. >> i could have saved that girl if i knew something would happen. >> reporter: her family said he

four other women were murdered in atlantic city, under similar circumstances. the latest here. police have narrowed in on a house. but we don't know the possible connection. we heard a car was towed from the house last night. a man who lived there said one of the women in question was at his house for a party. but that she became agitated and left alive. wednesday, police searched this long island house where neighbors say shannon gilbert was seen running for her life, eight months ago. ending up at a house next door, pleading for help. >> she said, help me. and she just looked like she was spaced out. >> reporter: police say gilbert, a former prostitute, who met her last-known client on craigslist, could with one of the four yet to be identified women, dumped on this barren beach over the past 18 months. guy coleti says gilbert claimed someone was after her. he called 911. but she vanished. >> i didn't know what was going to happen. >> reporter: her family said he called 911 herself and named her alleged attacker. another missing victim is single mom, megan waterman. >> it's b

when i reached over outside the player's gate, he emitted a certain flatulance, and i told him in atlantic city wrote the book. >> what i know about his wife is the only thing she wanted to be was mrs. mickey mantle. she was a great saprano and had gaven up a scholarship to be mrs. mickey mantle. she called him my beloved. and her friends said she never gave up the hope they would live together under the same roof. it was a tormented marriage, and

the reason i put myself in it was because i thought my experience with him in atlantic city, where he my door, and it was made of nice acrylic, and he had an ability to step outside what i call the mickness, the huge bubble of celebrity, and see me rather than just be seen him self was a really important part of him. i think he wanted -- his son said this to me. he wanted people to treat him honestly. he wanted people to tell him. what happens to these guys is nobody says what needs to be said and nobody says you can't talk like that, you can't act like that, and after he passed out facedown dead drunk in my life, and the next morning i went and told him off, and i could have gotten fired from the "washington post," and i took a huge risk, and his son said if you were a guy no doubt he would have gotten up and walked away and told you where to go, instead i said how can a grown up act like this, and here is what you did to me when i was 7 when i was waiting for an autograph, and he looked with utter remorse, and he says, well, hell, i will give you an auto graph now. and one of the fu

maybe atlantic city. and portions of long island. will probably see some snow. late saturday night into sunday. west of the bay, i think really west of the beltway, you may not see anything at all. the city may be just a little bit of snowflake activity. southeast winds, the bay, 5 knots. bay temp around 39. tonight, let's call it around 20. average low is still at 27. then tomorrow, we'll see a mixture of clouds and sunshine. temperatures in the mid-30s once again. not a lot of wind tomorrow. so it won't be a terrible day. but then it clouds up and stays cloudy and chilly for the ravens on sunday. probably game time, low 30s. so dress for some pretty chilly temps. okay. >> should be dry. >> good. >> should be. >> okay. >> i'll watch it at home. thank you, bob. >>> still ahead at 5:00. a nightmare commute. passengers react to the cause of that marc train delay in the sweltering heat. >>> killer cop. but are there more victims. the evidence that has los angeles police shifting their investigation? >>> the best of the best schools are announced. at the maryland sta

maybe a little snow atlantic city. right through there. eastern long island. and literally, right along our coastal area. it may snow a few flurries. a little bit maybe around the cambridge area. west of the day. we may see a few snow showers. and that's about it. that would be late saturday night, early sunday morning. most of the day, really, will not be that bad. all of this activity. it finally moves away. and stays on the cold side. southeast winds, 5 knots. bay temp around 39. tonight, still a few clouds around. but generally, we'll see some moonlight. 20 by morning. clouds and sunshine. mid-30s once again on sunday. maybe you'll see a few snow flurries. that's about it. and good luck ravens on sunday. >> oh. we concur. >> dress warm. >> that's for sure. thank you, bob. >>> we aren't the only ones dealing with an early taste of winter, much of the east coast deals us an arctic blast. >> from maryland, down through much of the southeast. snow, freezing rain and ice, made travel treacherous. >> you know, i'm trying to make it here the best i can. and tryin

a study shows that gamblers in atlantic city casinos are spending 30% less than they used to.ond largest gambling market now plans to step up its amenities to lure more people back, and the government has a new problem that's all about the benjamins. 1.1 billion newly minted $100 bills are now under quarantine because of a printing problem and made some of the bills unusable. the source of the problem is with the new high-tech bills' security ribbons. they are 3d, and they are intended to fend off counterfeiters. the original february release is now being pushed back. that's this week's "getting down to business." carter evans in new york. >> president obama with a face-to-face message for america's ceos and who's going to be in line to take home some of the hardware in hollywood? those are two of the stories that will be making news this week. we have your headlines before they happen, and i don't think this is what santa claus had in mind for a christmas present, pot, and lots of it, under the tree. talk about a very merry christmas. >>> hollywood's annual awards season kick

and that's the atlantic city boardwalk. can you see it? even more dangerous, drivers could barely see the road right in front of them. >> everybody needs to get off the road. >> it's ridiculous out here. i don't think anybody can make it in this snow. >> reporter: in massachusetts, a snow emergency. workers plowed into the wee hours. same in philadelphia, where the mayor is urging people to stay home and took to the streets himself. >> our forces are out. i mean we have hundreds of pieces of equipment, hundreds of personnel out all over the city. they're all over the storm. we're going to keep fighting it as long as the snow is coming down. >> reporter: too late for monday night football. >> the reason this game has been postponed until tuesday night is out of concern for public safety. travel in and around. that's the reason. >> reporter: to new jersey, where they're expecting a foot of snow, so bad officials declared a statewide emergency. when the snow does stop, forecasters say the wind won't. >> it's blowing horizontally right now. >>

atlantic city. >> starting next spring, you won't receive social security checks in the mail anymore. they will be paperless beginning on may 1st of next year. right now eight of 10 people are receiving payments electronically. the switch will eliminate the problem of lost or stolen checks. by phasing out paper checks, social security expects to save about $1 billion over the next decade. >>> what started as an act of random musical kindness -- it ended in the evacuation of a newly reopened mall in roseville. the galleria mall opened last night after a devastating fire this past fall. a local church called on people to show up and sing hallelujah outside. when 5,000 people showed up, the floor began creaking and the mall had to be evacuated. the fire marshal is checking the building for structural safety. >> just about 5:20 now. no major problems on the roads. >> not right now. we have the issue that was a concern. highway 4 eastbound. someone was pushing the car off the roadway. now westbound, the direction is moving fine at the 67 and 65. 67 should change in the next 20 minutes. wat

of four women just like now, four women in that case happened to be prostitutes were found near atlantic cityand that case has never been solved. so, right now police are in a hurry to identify the victims, find out their backgrounds and see what the common strings are and then, chris, they have to find a killer. >> and if it is true that this is a serial killer, if they come to that conclusion, are they right to be worried that this will likely escalate, clint? >> i think they are. normally serial killers don't quit over their own volition. we can find some examples where they have, but most of the time as an fbi profiler, if you see a serial killer stop her activities, they were in jail, they've been killed or they moved to another area of the country. someone like this keeps going and many times the media stories can spur that person on. and even though this was the, this was the body disposal site, perhaps the dumping ground, should one killer be responsible for the death of what we now know of four women? this person or these persons could easily move on to another site and, chris, there

if you're in cecil county or up towards atlantic city, there's a special weather statement.he mason-dixon line. here in baltimore, it's like a one inch snowfall. around d.c., not a big deal, but south of that, a big issue. 30 in the afternoon is the high. >> investigators may be closer to finding out if there was a five alarm fire that swept through the block last week. >>> don, investigators say the fire was set intentionally, the fire destroyed a building and damaged others in an area known- - known as an adult entertainment district. it's not sure if the person meant to cause harm. the media partner says that a man seeking shelter from the cold set the fire. >>> a man is hospitalized after he caught fire outside of the safe way in canton, he was on the side of the building. he suffered burns from his body. it's still not known how those flames got their start. >>> racing fans, listen up, if you missed out on the presale tickets, it's starting again today. the event is going to start next labor day weekend downtown baltimore. 6000 presale tickets have already been snatched

there's a catholic nun here in our state who is known for kind of going -- she enjoyed casinos in atlantic city fired for embezzling $850,000 from this small college, iona college, in new rochelle, new york, a period over ten years before they discovered how much money she was taking. sending phoney invoices to pay off personal credit cards and expenses. she was known to be the gambling nun but they found out she was quite the embezzler. almost a million bucks. she pleaded not guilty. the nun is now headed to trial. >> leave it to the folks at reuters to figure it out about a nun. >> a nun, i know. >> to say the least you'd think that would go against some of the vows. >> some but not all, apparently had to get enough money to go to the casino, man. >> not enough time for this next story. this is where i plug facebook. gecko: are you ready for your talk, sir? boss: just going over how geico helps people save in even more ways... ...with good driver discounts, multi-car discounts, defensive driver discounts... woman: you! oh, don't act like you don't recognize me! toledo, '03? gecko: no, it's...

there's a catholic nun here in our state who is known for kind of going -- she enjoyed casinos in atlantic cityambling trips. apparently now she has been fired for embezzling $850,000 from this small college, iona college, in new rochelle, new york, for a period of ten years. sending phoney invoices to pay off personal credit cards and expeblss. she was known to be the gambling nun but they found out she was quite the embezzler. almost a million bucks. she pleaded not guilty. the nun is in you heading to trial. >> leave it to the folks at reuters to figure it out about a nun. you'd think that would go against some of the vows. >>> frozen frustration. stranded due to an early arctic blast. >> i'm still stuck because i can't go back north, i can't go west, yaeg east. >> today's wintry threat in the deep south. >>> devoted dip mat. remembering richard holbrooke and his decades of service to the country. >>> and, star treatment. the rescued chilean miners and their big welcome to england. it's tuesday, december 14th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we decorated while you were gone. >

also a belief this whole thing may have some connection if you recall to four years ago, 2006 in atlantic cityur prostitutes were killed there. they are trying to tie all of this together because that killer in that case is also never been identified. we are talking four in knowledge and we have four more on long island. megyn: forecast calling for cloudy skies with a chance of a tall tale. one big city weather girl reporting a bogus story to police. what she pulled out of thin air that could land her in jail in "kelly's court." a police officer in a fight for his life. struggling with a burly suspect during a traffic stop on a dark road. you will never believe who came to his rescue. this is a must-see tape of the day. want a tax break? buy an alpaca. no joke. remember the cash for clunkers program? stossel live after this break on politicians' good intentions gone wrong. male announcer: introducing the world's first 100% custom, invisible, digital, and fully programmable hearing aid, loaded with today's most advanced hearing technologies, including our new soisticated noise reduction system.

are trying to see if maybe these crimes tie in to the death, the murders, of four prostitutes in atlantic city, new jersey. megyn: i want to ask you about shannon gilbert, the one you focused on in your report, whose picture you showed us. you reported that she did get away, that she called neighbors to complain or she called and said that he was trying to kill her and that she did get away. does that information come from him, the part about her getting away, or has that been independently verified? >> the information came from a neighbor. she knocked on a neighbor's house. as she knocked on the neighbor's house, the neighbor called the police, the neighbor reports that she then fled. that's the last time anybody saw her. she then fled. she was not seen again. megyn: was he interviewed by police that night, nerd, are police cargoo did they say anything about whether he has an alibi after the moments she fled the neighbor? >> you're talking about mr. brewer. >> yes. >> that's unclear. mr. brewer says she left because she was agitated and fled, presumably then went to the neighbor's house, afte

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figure out if these murders are somehow connected to the murders of four other prostitutes in atlantic city, new jersey, back in 2006. megyn, this story is developing. the news conference a little over an hour from right now. megyn: we'll be looking bard -- forward to that, trace, when it happens. again, one hour from right now. we'll be watching it, and we'll bring you updates as the police seem to be closing in on this case. >>> plus, a 1900-plus page spending bill cut down to this. one page. being held up here by senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. senate republicans pulling off a stunning victory last night. is this a sign of things to come? alan colmes weighs in on that. but first, a fiery harry reid on the floor yesterday. >> i can't accept the fact that people are saying why should we vote for this? it's got congressionally-directed spending in it. that's our job. that's what we're supposed to do. don't want to deal with a lot of flibbity-flab or mumbo-jumbo. sounds like you need to name your price. no gobbledy-gook? never. do i still get all the dagnabbit coverage i need? sure.

george, they're also looking at a possible connection to four bodies that were dumped in atlantic city similar circumstances. >> this could be a very wide investigation. okay. andrea, thanks very much. >>> for a look at the other top stories, let's go to juju chang at the newsdesk. >> good morning, everyone. we're hearing remarkable details from the school board members who survived a surreal shooting incident. we warn you, this video is hard to watch. but fortunately, no one was hurt, except the gunman. clay duke claimed he was upset the board has fired his wife, pointed his gun and started shooting. minutes earlier, he had told all the women to leave the room. but ginger littleton came back and tried to swat the gun out of his hand with her purse. she said it was all she could do. >> i could either walk away, thinking something bad was going to happen and try to live with myself. or i could try to do something to divert or delay. and so, my bag was what i had. and so, that's what i did. >> in the end, duke was wounded by a security guard before taking his own life. >>> the other big

island in the atlantic and western scotland, traveled down the atlantic to cape town, to another atlantic ocean cityhad taken a job on a little boat that were in the atlantic, attempted to rescue in atlantic, drowned in atlantic and the body was swept out into the atlantic, never to be found again. soon the end i decided the best thing to do was to dedicate the book to him. the book is dedicated to angus campbell mcintyre to me since a police part of the story of our human relationship with this great imperturbable mass of border, the atlantic ocean. [applause] >> there is a might care for questions. >> thank you. that was wonderful. >> john marsh. i think you can get it online. you can find secondhand copies. >> something that seems to connect all the stories as they connect to england, which is an island nation in the middle of the atlantic and that makes sense. do you have stories about new england, which depended very heavily on the atlantic and where people went back and forth to sort of stay in touch and to make a living whaling and trading? >> there is a whole heap was up about whaling from t

by the same killer who four years ago dumped the bodies of four prostitutes behind a hotel in atlantic cityl open and you know we are making calls on this we are going to keep following the story for you. >>> and now to a story that has a lot of you talking this week, it is the story that happened tuesday afternoon. there was a gunman who walked into the bay county school board meeting and essentially opened fire. there is several people on that case who have been call adhere row but the main guy who refuses to say's hero, everyone else says he is mike jones, good enough, we have now got him on the phone. mike, are you with me? >> caller: hello. >> hello, mike, this is brooke in atlanta, can you hear? he >> caller: yes, ma'am, go ahead. >> mike, i saw you today and i know i have heard from the school board superintendent. we talked to ginger, one of the other members of the school board, all calling you a hero. i know you are being modest but you were pretty teary identify talking about this whole ordeal today why are you so teary eyed? because you got a sudden lesson in the fact that life

the manilow music project has made major contributions to students in palm springs, los angeles, atlantic city christmas! >> with his career and his charity man ilow is beginning to focus on a bigger picture. >> i'm getting old, you know. i know i look fabulous but i'm getting old. >> you look incredible. >> but i've had a lot of experience. i think that when it's all said and done, people will remember, they won't remember what you do, they'll remember how you made them feel. >> such great stuff. it was clear you guys had a connection there. >> was it not obvious? >> i mean, you got into it there, right. >> yeah, i got into it. i don't know what inspired me but i just started singing that song from "thumbelina" so funny. >> i couldn't stop. >> like you out there singing "mandy." >> yes, yes, "mandy," "weekend in new england" i will croon all morning long. sorry. he's obviously a legend, you working on your career, as well, he was giving you advice. >> he was. basically be a triple threat. he thinks just singers are crazy. i don't know what that means but he thinks it is more admirable to be a

you know, i found out that casino dealers get tipped and i have been to atlantic city a dozen times and road to find out. >> you started asking people in the service industry about tipping, did you find it was an emotional subject for them? >> it was this is how they make their living. waiters and busboys and bathroom attendants and shoe shine guys this is how they make their livelihood. >> we will go through some of the jobs that you think people should or shouldn't tip for. can we talk about reality for a second? >> sure had. >> we are in a recession, people are cutting back, should they be cutting back on their tipping as well or is that something that should be an island? >> one of the first people that get affected in a recession like we have today are tip workers. they are feeling the brunt. so ask people to tip as much as they can. and i always say if you can't give what you gave last year, give something. and if you can't give money, maybe a gift to show appreciation toward you. >> you say it is not just about money, equally about relationships. let's talk about waiters right no

island in the atlantic in western scotland, traveled down the atlantic to cape town to another atlantic ocean city, had taken a job on a little boat that worked in the atlantic, attempted a rescue in the atlantic, drowned in the atlantic and his body was swept out into the atlantic never to be found again. so in the end i decided the best thing to do was to dedicate the book to him. so the book is dedicated to an angus campbell mcip tire, sums up at least part of the story of our human relationship with this great mass of water, the atlantic ocean. [applause] thank you very much. >> we have time for questions. you've just got to go to the mic. over here. >> thank you, that was wonderful. >> [inaudible] >> john marsh. john marsh. i think the book you can get online. i know that's a dirty word to use, but you can find secondhand copies. published in south africa by hutchinson, i think. >> something that seems to connect all the stories is they connect to england which is an island nation. so in the middle of the atlantic, so that makesceps. do you have of -- sense. do you have stories about new engl

atlantic city, 20 inches. moving up still in the east coast. boston, 16 inches and counting. so many people are trying to get back home after celebrating christmas on saturday. and the traffic situation is just as you would expect. the green is everything is going all right. closer to new york, the red is at a stand still. we were tell youg erpier about the stranded motorists. they're having a tough time. linsey davis is at new york's laguardia airport for us. >> reporter: good morning, robin. hotel laguardia is up and running. people are brushing hair and teeth in the bathrooms preparing for another potentially full day here at the airport. flights won't leave until 2:00 p.m. this blizzard has stopped traffic cold. >> it may be tuesday when we get to go home. >> reporter: all three major new york airports shut down. all flights still suspended. the 250 passengers stranded at laguardia were grateful for cots. >> hopefully, we make it to india the day after tomorrow. my wedding is a week and a half. >> reporter: there was a moment of hope that jason would take off afterall whe

there's a catholic nun here in our state who is known for kind of going -- she enjoyed casinos in atlantic cityently now she has been fired for embezzling $850,000 from this small college, iona college, in new rochelle, new york, a period over ten years before they discovered how much money she was taking. sending phony invoices to pay off personal credit cards and expenses. she was known to be the gambling nun but they found out she was quite the embezzler. almost a million bucks. she pleaded not guilty. the nun is now headed to trial. >> leave it to the folks at reuters to figure it out about a nun. >> a nun, i know. >> to say the least you'd think that would go against some of the vows. >> some but not all, apparently had to get enough money to go to the casino, man. >> not enough time for this next story. this is where i plug facebook. wnnfans.com. enough time for this next story. this is where i plug facebook. wnnfans.com.c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c >>> frozen frustrati

near atlantic city did you spend a lot of time on the rail? -- host: do you spend a lot of time on the route -- rail? caller: if they let them profiling, it would cure a lot of it. it may not be the total answer. but i know getting out of afghanistan and that will not change anything because that is why we are there because we had these problems here. host: dover, ohio, mike is calling us on the line for independents. can mass-transit in the u.s. be protected? caller: the assumption you are making is not the same thing. in an airline, the access is getting on the airplane. once it is in the air, the event will take place up in the air or on the airplane. so, somebody either got on the airline or put something on the airline. on the train, i do not have to be on the train to derail the train or alter anything with the bus. that could happen on the track and there is no way you can defend the number of miles of track that we have? last thing i would do to get on the train to do it. the only way on an airliner to get on the airliner itself or air

atlantic city, new jersey, is next. caller: i would like to say that i am actually disappointed with how people are treating our president right now. i know he has a good hearts -- if he has to give a little to get a little for a lot of people out there struggling, then i think that is what he should do. i think he is a great man. and as far as bloomberg is concerned, it runs he would probably make a good executive because he knows what he is doing. but i think people should look at what the president is doing -- try to help a lot of people who cannot help themselves in these tough times. host: an earlier caller mentioned wikileaks and it is the lead story in "the new york times." hackers attack sites considered wikileaks foes. written out of london by a guest on our "q&a" program last sunday. you can find lots of coverage and analysis. the business page -- presidential politics. albany is next. tracy, independent. caller: good morning to everyone. thank you for c-span. i do not think obama will run in 2012. host: you d

tom costello is in atlantic city with the details. >> reporter: this is the kind of backup camera we'rebout here, it's a dashboard view of who and what is behind you. and the camera used is a tiny little camera. it's usually tucked up right over here on top of the license plate. every year, 230 people die being backed over, a large number of them are children. as a parent, some things in life you never get over. for the nelson family, it was losing one of their three kids. >> truly in our wildest nightmares, we never thought that we would lose a child. >> reporter: alex was just 16 months old when he walked behind an suv as it backed down the family driveway. >> all it takes is an instant that somebody doesn't realize where that child is. >> reporter: it was adrian's father, alec's grandfather who had carefully checked all of his mirrors, but never saw alec behind the car. >> he was destroyed when i held him and i said it's not your fault. i forgive you. >> reporter: it's a tragedy repeated all too often. every week in america 48 children are injured and two die after being backed over.

city. again, the mid-atlantic, all the way through new england. and this was a whiteout here at this time yesterday. a history maker, no doubt. records fell along the length of the storm. 80 million americans were impacted by the storm, and look at that stat, 35 million americans witnessed blizzard conditions. transportation completely paralyzed. trains, planes and automobiles, all of it came to a complete halt. highways blocked to traffic. air travel, forget it. at the end of the day, when the storm is all said and done, it's estimated 6,000 total flight cancellations, domestic and international. my colleague, lester holt out in it all day and starting things off for us tonight not far from here in manhattan. lester, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. new york took the hardest hit from this, about 20 inches in the area i'm standing. up to 2 1/2 feet in other parts of the metropolitan area. keep in mind, all of this in the back of some pierce and howling winds. therefore, a city that usually prides itself on jumping back from these so

city. the mid-atlantic region also gets heavy snow. states of emergency have been declared in most of the areas. up to 18 inches of snow is expected in delaware. and more than 6 inches in the nation's capitol. the same weather system already laid a thick snow blanket in the southeast. >> it's absolutely beautiful at christmas. this is a real treat. >> reporter: it brought atlanta the first white christmas since 1882 yesterday. the storm also knocked out power to more than 100,000 homes and businesses in the carolinas. >>> forecasters predict that the snow will exit new england by tuesday morning. but the gusting winds could remain for the next couple of days, producing some harsh weather conditions. in new york, heather childers, fox news. >>> the storm is still pounding the east coast right now. for the very latest on where it is snowing we turn to ktvu meter olympic mark tamayo. any relief in sight? >> for tonight not really maureen. that storm is showing up nicely on live stormtracker ii radar. the coverage here from washington, d.c

city. he would be the first to fly alone across the atlantic ocean. >> his flight really fixed aviation in the mind of the general public. i mean, from that point forward, late may of 1927, the world realized that aviation really meant something. >> reporter: and from now on anything that he did or said regarding aviation, the world was watching and listening. and he visited oakland's airport he legitimated the airfield. in 1927, san francisco's mills field just across the bay was being described as a dismal swamp. in that same year, charles limburg came to the oakland airport and called it the finest, most modern airport in the country. now, what would make him say that? in that pivotal year the oakland airport became aviation's home base for historic flights. in june, army lieutenant's lester mattland and allan took off from oakland bound for hawaiian. 25 hours and 30 minutes later they touched down setting the world record. in august of 1927, the ill- fated dole pineapple race from oakland to hawaiian offered the winner a prize of $25,000. but only eight of the 14 rants were able to tak