bazi kanani abc news washington. >>> the clipper storm is already bringing snow and high winds to the upper midwest. >> accuweather's justin povick joins us with the forecast. good morning, justin. >> sara t.j. thanks and good morning to you. we are off to a very very cold start throughout the northeast and into new england. the good news we don't have any heavy snow but then again there's wind out there so that makes it feel colder and i think there will be a few additional travel delays southbound to jfk and laguardia. high pressure around for now so at least for the afternoon we'll squeeze out some sunshine. big concern later on this weekend. saturday night into early sunday looks like the worst of the worst here from boston to portland, 6 to 12 inches of snow around boston. perhaps over a foot in portland then a ton of arctic cold to follow all weekend long. sara and t.j. back to you. >> all right, justin thank you very much. >>> breaking overnight the field of journalism suffered another seismic shock. david carr has died leaving many readers in disbelief. his last column and man

abc's bazi kanani has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: federal investigators are carefully examining the charred wreckage removed from the scene of the deadliest dent in the history of this busy new york commuter rail. six people killed instantly tuesday on the commute home from work about 20 miles north of new york city when witnesses say a plaque suv gets stuck beneath the crossing gates. the train unable to stop in time pushing the exploding suv a thousand feet down the tracks. ellen brody, a mother of three, was behind the wheel. >> whoever she encountered in life she just -- they left smiling. >> reporter: smoke poured from the train as passengers scrambled to escape. >> things started to at least appear to fly in the car and then maybe it was sparks that were shooting off and it was just a lot of devastation. sort of hard to understand given what happened. >> we init end to find out what makes this accident different. what made it different that caused this to be fatal to five people on board that train. >> reporter: investigators acknowledge crashes like these betwee

all the updates from abc's bazi kanani. >> reporter: new warnings in boston already reports of more than 80 dangerous roof collapses, the heavy snow sliding off the roof of this ice rink buried five people. >> one, you could tell was hurt. the neck. and then the lady looked very hurt too. >> reporter: the record snowfall in massachusetts not done yet. >> i just want it gone. i just want it gone. >> reporter: the arctic blast hitting 24 states a challenge for drivers on icy roads, black ice hidden beneath the snow. in nashville this car just misses a police cruiser, farmers in southern states covering up crops to protect them and where schools are closed for a third day, food banks are trying to make sure needy kids get fed. >> now they're having to wait until mom and dad come home or in hopes that there is something available when mom and dad come home. >> reporter: the coast guard using special ice breakers to keep 140 miles of the delaware river north of philadelphia flowing for commercial vehicles and for their operations in an emergency. the deep freeze being appreciated by at least

once again we begin with abc's bazi kanani. >> reporter: still digging out in cities across the northeast an exhausting winter season. >> this is my third -- fourth double shift in a row. >> reporter: so much snow in hard-hit massachusetts, the national guard is helping out. boston running out of places to put it all. the mounting snow piles a hazard for drivers and pedestrians. >> it's hard. it's like an obstacle course over here. you have to you know, cross further into the street so that makes it difficult. >> reporter: the record-breaking snowfall too much for many roofs. in new hampshire, two men were trying to sweep snow off this gas station canopy when it crashed down onto an suv. incredibly, no one was injured. firefighters trying to save lives by digging out fire hydrants. >> seconds do count in a house fire or any kind of fire. >> reporter: new warnings about the frigid temperatures moving into 14 states, as far south as georgia. frostbite could set in in just minutes on exposed skin. moving in behind all that cold air, a valentine's day storm, blizzard watches again this weeken

bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >>> we turn to another major story, and, yeah it's weather again. much of the south facing a third round of severe winter weather. >>> worst of it stretches from northern texas across to virginia and includes a band of rare accumulating snow. >> the southern storms have caused a lot of traffic accidents as you can imagine in dallas it took look at this took almost 24 hours to remove that a truck dangling from an overpass. other travel a nightmare as well. hundreds of flights delayed or canceled. atlanta schools canceled and in north texas schools should re-open on time or might have to wait to later this morning. >>> choking shipping lanes on the great lakes. more than 80% of the surface covered by ice. as much as two to three feet thick here. so far, this winter the coast guard has come to the rescue of nearly 250 ships some running low on supplies while stuck in the ice. >> the full wednesday forecast from the guy who knows what he's taking about accuweather's justin povick. good morning to you, justin. >> t.j. and reena, thanks. good morning. a v

here's abc's bazi kanani. >> we, the jury, find the defendant, eddie ray routh, guilty. >> reporter: a quick verdict from the jury deciding that former marine eddie routh knew what he was doing when he attacked the navy's most famous sniper, chris kyle, and his friend, chad littlefield. abc's ryan owens covered the trial from the beginning. >> the clerk here tells us that of that 2 1/2 hours, an hour of it was for dinner, so a very quick decision from a jury of ten women and two men. the defense had argued strenuously for not guilty by reason of insanity. a jury rejecting that sending eddie routh away for the rest of his life. >> we've waited two years for god to get justice for us on behalf of our son and as always god has proved to be faithful. >> reporter: their families leaving the court in tears after 2 weeks of testimony from 30 witnesses including kyle's widow who was back in the texas courtroom tuesday after a weekend trip to represent her husband at the oscars where the blockbuster film recounting his heroics in iraq was nominated six times. taya kyle told the court about th

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bazi kanani abc news washington. >> this bitter cold wont last much longer. but you may not like what it's been replaced by. >> that's right. accuweather's justin povick with more. >> the northeast waking up to more of winter's chill. yes, it's downright brutal for many spots. thankfully the winds not going to be too much of a factor as the day wears on. it's breezy in the morning. enough so that we could have flight delays around newark, boston's logan. snow pushing its way out for now. not the case in the upcoming weekend. early on this weeken nation's capital. ice to rain over much of the tennessee valley. back off to the south. dry and mild. there will be heavy rain in places. >> thank you, justin. >>> another weather emergency happening right now. northern australia getting hammered by back-to-back storms. two powerful cyclones hitting this morning just hours apart. the twin storms are being called the cyclone sandwich. winds hitting 180 miles an hour toppled trees, knocked off roofs. the surf so rough a big shark washed up on the beach. >>> we turn now

bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >>> turn overseas to the escalation of attacks on isis. the king dodge of jordan is saying this is just the beginning. >> launched new air strikes against isis after the mill taventss burned to death one of its pilots. the sites in syria and iraq and included training enters and weapons storage. u.s. aircraft were involved in the missions but only in a support role. >>> some breaking news this morning in the investigation of this week's plane crash in taiwan. investigators say the black boxes reveal the pilot reported a problem just five seconds after takeoff. >> and less than a minute later the plane's fateful mayday call was made. four more victims were found raising the death toll to 35. >> hamish macdonald had an up-close look at the taxi that was clipped by the plane's wing. >> this cartels the incredible story of survival for two people that were involved in this crash. these people weren't on the plane, obviously they were in a taxi traveling on the highway. we saw those incredible images of the plane as it clipped the highway on th

bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >> the good news is that this bitter cold won't last much longer. but you may not like what it's being replaced by. >> that's right. accuweather's justin povick with the forecast. good morning, justin. >> ryan and reena, thanks, good morning. the northeast waking up to more of winter's chill. yes, it's downright brutal for many spots. thankfully, the winds not going to be too much of a factor as the day wears on. it's breezy in the morning. enough so that we could have flight delays around newark, boston's logan. snow pushing its way out for now. not the case later on this upcoming weekend. early on this weekend, over northern sections of the northeast. south, we're concerned about sleet and freezing rain around pittsburgh and our nation's capital. ice to rain over much of the tennessee valley. back off to the south. dry and mild. there will be heavy rain in the deep south and southeast as well. ryan and reena, back to you. >> thank you, justin. >>> another weather emergency happening right now. northern australia getting hammered by back-to-back st

abc's bazi kanani joins us with what we're learning about the most wanted man in the world. bazi. >> reporter: good morning, reena. good morning, t.j. officials have known the true identity of the isis executioner for several months but kept it secret as they tried to find him. the hunt still on this morning. the identity of the world's most wanted man revealed. >> our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people. >> reporter: mohammad emwazi 26 years old, college educated raised in this mixed income west london neighborhood where friends are stunned. >> the mohammed that i knew was extremely kind extremely gentle. extremely soft-spoken. was the most humble young person that i knew. >> reporter: authorities figured out emwazi's identity soon after the beheading of american james foley in august. >> to me it's just tragic that he would -- such a talented young man would lose his way and become part of such a brutal network as isis. >> reporter: the unmerciful isis leader then slaying steven sotloff and peter kassig plus two britons and two japanese hostages. emwazi

abc's bazi kanani joins us now from washington with more on this, good morning, bazi. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. good morning, sara. fbi officials say isis is using facebook youtube, twitter to spread its message getting thousands from around the world to join the fight including an unknown number of americans who can return home at any time. as coalition air strikes pound isis targets in syria and iraq a stark warning about how this war could come home. top fbi officials concerned about how effectively isis is using the internet and social media to recruit and saying they simply can't keep track of every one of those recruits who have left europe and the u.s. to fight with isis and might return to strike here. >> i don't know every person there and i don't know everyone coming back so it's not even close to being under control. >> reporter: the urgency of the fight against the extremist group stressed by president obama wednesday as he asked congress to formally authorize military force that could involve putting special ops troops on the ground. >> now, make no mistake, this is a

abc's bazi kanani is in washington with the latest. bazi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, reena. good morning, ryan. intelligence officials say they don't know yet who that masked man is but this morning they are getting closer to figuring that out. the new clues that could help identify this masked isis leader heard briefly in the gruesome video showing the beheading of 21 egyptian christians. >> today we are on the south of rome. >> reporter: his speaking patterns and his facial features now being carefully analyzed by u.s. intelligence officials and compared to americans known to have joined isis. >> he says south instead of soth so he's not from canada. >> reporter: linguist eric thomas says the isis fighter's distinct iveive pronunciations point to a possible u.s. background with some arabic influence. >> i think he's american. >> reporter: officials don't know for sure how many americans have gone overseas to fight with isis, but there is growing concern about the effectiveness of the group's online recruiting. up to 40,

. >> jordan executed two convicted terrorists abc's bazi kanani has the latest from washington where president obama is vowing to double down on isis. good morning to you, bazi. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. good morning, reena. jordan is a close u.s. ally and is also fighting the extremist group operating near its border. this morning the country sent isis a message of its own. ambulances driving away this morning with the bodies of two al qaeda militants executed by hanging in jordan. it's the kingdom's first act of retaliation against isis for the horrific murder of a young jordanian pilot who was caged and then burned to death. images abc will not broadcast as isis fighters stood by. the shocking video released tuesday sparked immediate outrage across the country. first lieutenant kaseasbeh involved. >> it's one more indication of the viciousness and this organization. >> reporter: president obama met with king abdullah in washington when the video was released and returned home early. in a statement broadcast on jordanian tv the king called the pilot a hero and vowed to strike

abc's bazi kanani joins us from washington with the latest. bazi. >> reporter: good morning. the three men are now being held without bail. two of them arrested in new york. one in florida. investigators say they were planning to join isis and willing to attack here at home. three young men living in brooklyn, new york accused of plotting to help isis by fighting alongside the extremists overseas or attacking here in the u.s. by targeting police coney island or the president. >> if they were not able to go that they would seek to acquire weapons here, handguns machine gun and seek to attack very specifically police officers. >> reporter: the fbi swooped in to arrest the men wednesday just as one of them was about to board a plane at new york's jfk airport. >> my hands are still shaking. yeah it was -- i'm still nervous. >> reporter: the travel agent who sold him the ticket too afraid to appear on camera said the suspect seemed like a typical teenager. >> he was speaking english fluently. he was totally normal. >> reporter: but investigators say he was headed to fight in syria

. >> abc's bazi kanani with new reaction from the white house. bazi good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. good morning, sara. kayla mueller was the last known american being hostage. in her hometown ofrescott, arizona, her family and friends are sharing memories of her hoping she'll be remembered for her spunk, bravery and compassion. the grieving family of kayla mueller releasing new details of her 18 months in captivity as they now try to accept her death. >> kayla has touched the heart of the world. the world grieves with husband. >> reporter: the 26-year-old from arizona captured by isis militants while working to help war refugees managed to smug out a letter to her family just the thought of you all, she wrote sends me into a fit of tears. >> they tried to silence her. they locked her up. they kept us silent out of fear but now she's free. >> reporter: over the weekend her isis captors sent her family pictures of her body after claiming that she died in a jordanian air strike. u.s. officials deny the claim and blame isis for

abc's bazi kanani is on the scene in monroeville, pennsylvania. good morning, bazi. >> reporter: good morning, paula. police have gone through every store in this mall, more than 100 of them, evacuating people. making sure the gunman was not still hiding inside. they captured him a few hours ago elsewhere. they have not said why he chose this place to attack. >> notify forbes. three gunshot victims. >> reporter: the panic in a packed shopping mall. >> people started running. >> reporter: this morning, police in pittsburgh have arrested 17-year-old tarod thornhill, suspected of opening fire inside a macy's store, injuring three and sending hundreds of terrified shoppers scrambling for their lives. >> all of a sudden, we heard people screaming. next thing you see is a bunch of people, teenagers, scared to death, just exodus en masse. >> reporter: the shooting around 7:30 saturday night near the inside entrance to the department store. just feet away from the popular mr. rogers neighborhood play area. in the chaos, children separated from their paren