at 3,500 tons, the "mackinaw" is the biggest and newest ice breaker on the great lakes. older ice breakers ride up on the ice and break it using the ship's weight. >> 176, sir. >> reporter: on the mackinaw, ensign michael cooper manipulates the propulsion system to churn up the ice like a blender. >> the beam of our boat is 58 feet wide. we're able to cut a track close to 70 feet by using that directional thrust. >> reporter: the vibration caused by this massive ship smashing through thick ice is relentless. one crewman described it as living 18 hours a day in an earthquake. forecasters expect 60% of the lake to freeze this year. despite the work of the "mackinaw" and eight other ice breakers, most of the routes here will be closed to shipping until late march. don dahler, cbs news, michigan. >> pelley: actor russell johnson played one of the most memorable characters in t.v. history, the professor on gilligan's island. professor roy hinckley was so brilliant he could make just about anything out of a coconut and yet he couldn't fix the hole in the boat. russell johnson

superintendent, do you know if this is a deal breaker with the police department? whether they have taken a position on it or are we going to go now with the proposal? >> so to tell you the truth i honestly think that what it comes to the should and shall and the williams and shoulds that it is really a matter of our legal counsel. those are where, i think that is where the legal checks in and says that we don't want to box ourselves into you shall do this and let's give us the wiggle room and say that you will as opposed to you should. and so i think that that is where it was not our legal counsel at all, angie has been phenomenal but it is kind of the wiggle room there and so is it a deal breaker? i would not assume that it would be. and it is certainly not to the chief of the officers, but, according to it might be a legal counsel thing that i don't know, we will make this recommendation, >> okay. >> thank you. >> yes. >> we as it came out of my office, we were comfortable with shall. and i am comfortable with recommending that it be modified to shall, and if th

successor games down to candle stick park and not to mention the various runs and the data breakers and swimming events our marine unite is taxes out along with the other police services. we have strictly the treasure island music they require additional services and they seek us out. private weddings and parties venues and store oakland maritime support services and product releases they call us for additional services. how does the process work any person can call our unit and ask for our services and we'll give them american people estimate. the construction as i mentioned earlier through the permitting there mta they make their requirements based on their estimate and size of the project as to how it is going to impact the contingent and pedestrians so to make it safe for everybody they'll make the recommendations and the construction your company will contact us. special events. the street closures generally the process that works for that if an organizer is going to have an event they seek out the district station. they have confidence with the event sergeant and the captain at th

to test as well as the crew's experience with what the ice breaker is really capable of. i mean this tour of the olympic torch to the north pole never before has a surface ship gone there so late in the season the ice was much heavier and to cope with it we almost needed the ice breakers maximum power. we were making incredible progress slicing through the thick polar ice like bazza and after only four days we were already near our destination that's a world record pace. we made it. less or do you ninety degrees north is it top of the world. once the champagne and been finished everything kicked into gear the torchbearers went off to get ready and our organizing committee began making preparations for the relay. we loved one on the other one and. tried to hold it the right way all. right but what. with everyone in position we were ready to go and our captain was given the owner of starting off the run my main task was to keep the torch warm and make sure it goes into past hand in time and just seconds later she was away and i was on collection g c. i think that's when we

a chinese ice breaker got stuck trying to rescue that crew.more than 120 crew members are on two boats. the coast guard's polar star ice breaker was stationed in australia and has started its journey to rescue them. >>> so a lot of folks and a lot of kids wondering if they will get another snow day or another ice day and that is not at all the case because temperatures are going get warmer, right before we dip again >> temperatures will continue to warm overnight into the morning hours tomorrow. and then throughout the day tomorrow we drop tomorrow evening, we plummet. we're talking about a 30 to 40 degree temperature drop from tomorrow morning on into tomorrow night. so we are going to experience bitter cold moving into the area very quickly. here are your weather headlines. freezing rain comes to an end around 9:00 tonight. again we're not worried about refreezing because most locations will remain well above 32 degrees in overnight tonight. early tomorrow morning, heading in to work for that morning commute you're dealing with rain, potenti

we did not have a heavy ice breaker. eek. so, in 2010, when its sister ship broke down, they unmoth balled the "polar star." they took it out of retirement. congress passed an appropriation to do it. they spent $90 million and 3 years getting the "polar star" out of retirement, getting it ready to go, break heavy sea ice again. the repairs were done. 90 million bucks. the upgrades were done. as of last week, the "polar star" was back out there again, back out on its first deployment after its big $90 million makeover. the ship was in australia. it was about to start a supply run south to mcmurdo station. a mission they were calling operation deep freeze. while the "polar star" was in port in sydney getting ready to start operation deep freeze to go to mcmurdo, while they were there, they saw the bat signal they got the distress signal. the united states has been asked and now the united states has agreed to assist with something that nobody else in the world can do. only the "polar star" can do it. this 38-year-old ship that

i was on board the ice breaker fifty years of victory the pride of the russian nuclear fleet for a truly once in a lifetime experience. deliberate flame was traveling to the north pole i was going with. it my stone was telling me to follow the flame i was going to take it as far as i could. see hundred nautical miles of stock a beautiful ocean lay between us and the top of the world. well just in case she didn't actually believe we were going to the north pole i think that eliminates any doubt. it's another historic first for the sochi torch and a relay around. ship was planned for the occasion. and you can learn so many new things but if you get the chance to test your own as well as the crew's experience and check what the ice breaker is really capable of. i mean this tour of the olympic torch to the north pole never before has a surface ship gone this so late in the season were that the ice was much heavier and to cope with it we almost needed the ice breakers maximum power. we were making incredible progress slicing through the thick polar ice like. after only four days we were alrea

stranded ice breaker.s. coast guard "polar star" is expected to take two days to reach the two ships without getting stuck itself.(p) hospitals for seriously ill patients. days after colorado became the first u.s. state to legalize marijuana, at one time state to allow the medical use of the drug. >>> still to come on the news hour, mapping monuments in 3d, how a u.s. company is helping preserve cultural landmark. >>> rafael nadal's season starts with a win. >> the first blue fin tuna auction of the year has been held in tokyo. prize spes mens sell for tens of thousands of dollars. is this year's a record breaker? >> reporter: this is tokyo's fish market. perhaps the biggest in the world. it's the first blue fin tuna auction of the new year, and the pressure is on. usually, the bidding is intense. last year, one fish sold for a record breaking $1.76 million. but then prices slumped. and this year's winning fish has fetched 20 times less than last year's. >> i'm glad that the congratulatory bid became reaso

we hop aboard a maryland state ice breaker and patrol the bay to break up ice when wusa9 news >>> sky 9 was over spa creek in annapolis this morning where maryland department of natural resources ice breaker was clearing a path to shelby bay, one ever several maryland ships clearing waterways clogged with ice flows. experts say this is the worst ice to hit maryland on the bay and its tributaries. some some places ice hasn't been this thick in years. alex demetric reports from an ice breaker trying to bust it all up. >> reporter: this kind of hard freeze has ripped the bay and its water -- hasn't ripped the bay and its waterways in at least five years. >> we're talking ten inches. >> reporter: which makes breaking ice by the crew a slow, grinding job. operated by the department of natural resources, it's working to clear channels keep. keeping it the narrows open is critical. >> in case somebody has a problem, we can at least get through in a decent amount of time. >> 20 minutes or so. >> up on the bridge, they make it t-shirt weather. so does the job's pressure. >> sometimes you get y

from there they will be carried by barge to the australian ice breaker at the edge of the sea ice. now on this holiday -- >> we're just about to enter 2014. >> reporter: a message -- >> happy new year! >> reporter: if the helicopter mission fails, reports tonight that the strong american ice breaker, the polar star isn't too far. it could reach that ship in just ten days if it's needed. >>> overseas this evening and to a new message from russian president vladimir putin after two terror attacks weeks before american athletes head to the winter games. is russia ready? abc's alex marquardt now. >> reporter: as the seconds tick down to the sochi games the promise they'll be the safest in history is seriously being questioned. two deadly attacks in two days have shaken that promise by president vladimir putin who had personally taken charge of the games and says he isn't taking any chances. tonight in his new year's address putin vowed to pursue terrorists until their total annihilation. after the suicide bombings that killed 34 security forces in volgograd arrested almost 90 people an

coast guard ice breakers have been working to clear the way for barges transporting gasoline and home heating oil on the hudson river. ice in parts of the river is eight inches thick. commuter ferry trips between new york and new jersey took up to three times longer than usual as captains had to navigate through the frozen slaps. we were with captain c.w. davis. >> this ice, if not gone over properly, can actually sink a boat. it could pierce the hull and actually cause some severe flooding and just goes downhill from there. >> reporter: the commute was not much better in the south where ice caused nearly 200 wrecks in houston. two people died on louisiana's icy roads. it took 19 hours to clear last night's pileup near michigan city, indiana, some victims were trapped in the wreckage and bitter cold for hours, including jeff renell. >> i wedged underneath the gas tank part of the semi truck and that's why -- so it took three hours to get me out because my feet were wedged kind of underneath the truck. and so they had to cut that out and it just took forever. >> reporter: the cold snap

fights in the australian ice breaker of our australians. their spirits up during the week but dead passengers can pose a special new year's son about their plates. it's the fans. at the same in a ninety eight the day. get me the show consigned to the team was hoping to be able to recreate australian expo learned deadliest month since nineteen eleven to nineteen eighteen foliage to antarctica. the new year has brought in new mayor to the big apple yesterday deal that was it was officially sworn in he became the first democrat to almost twenty years to move into city hall bill clinton administered the oath of office in new boston new york came to power promising to reduce inequalities between rich and four. he's promised increased taxes on the wealthy to pay for universal kindergarten to your spirit. and another chain drive to get used to in the us for the new year on wednesday colorado became the first state in the country to allow the sale of marijuana for recreational purposes. several shops already opened statewide and there's no lack of

. >> reporter: three ice breakers have come to free them, but the ice is just too thick. the plan now? when there's a break in the weather, chopper the passengers to the closest rescue vessel, the chinese ice breaker "snow dragon." >> when we get the call, the chinese will fly the helicopter over, land, but keep the engines turning over. we'll get the first 16 passengers in. we'll do it about four times, basically. >> reporter: through it all, turney says the team is in good spirits-- even singing in the new year. >> ♪ lots of ships are around us now ♪ boats at our stern and boats at our bow ♪ >> reporter: maurice, they don't just need good weather, they need good luck. the chinese rescue vessel on its way is itself stuck in heavy ice and it hasn't budged for a while. if it is indeed stuck, there is an american ice breaker on the way but it won't arrive for another ten days. >> dubois: okay, bill whitaker tonight, thank you. well, what a year it has been for the stock market. on the final day of trading of 2013, the dow gained 72 points closing at 16,576. that is the 52nd

that chinese help the team after ice breakers and by the australian maritime safety authority failed to reach the ship because of strong winds and heavy snow the helicopter arrived on thursday for my chinese icebreaker after weather condition stabilized. picked up all fifty two researchers and terrorists and transferred into an australian ice breaker to the twenty two crew members will stay on the research ship until the ice bins so they can leave the area around it. aye aye aye the emperor of japan has called for peace and happiness around the world and in this new year greeting the iraqi people. this week with two well wishers and took it from the balcony of the imperial palace. crown prince. the vehicle prints as classical and other family members joining the imperial couple. running now. coca mean. still you still in utility. yes i'm not up for dance and then mumbled out and looked all. ming and the mess. pushing on beginning at daddy. can you tell. take a no. still the tunnel. the new name though. she asked hill the naughty nice. more than eighty thousand people visited the pala

they've been smiling and partying. >> they had three attempts with the ice breakers to get through.hat didn't happen. days and days of trial and failure with the helicopters. i'm glad. >> mind over matter, proves what that can do. >> they'll be okay. they're off. >> thanks, poppy\. >> sure. >>> a surprise editorial "new york times" in the is sure to stir up controversy this mornin editor -- cnn's athena jones is in honolulu where president obama is taking his holiday break. any response to this. >> reporter: no response from the white house to this yet. but in that strongly worded editorial from "the new york times,"ette editorial board says edward snowden was a whistle-blower and says it's time for the u.s. to offer mr. snowden a plea bargain or some form of clemency. snowden's revelations about the nsa's tracking of americans' phone calls and even listening in on the calls of world leaders like german chancellor angela merkel sparked an uproar here at home and abroad and sparked this debate we've been having about privacy. "the new york times" writes when someone reveals that gove

they could use an ice breaker at the field tomorrow. wind-chill factors, minus 20.drop it done to 0, drop it another 20 below. that will be wind-chill factor tomorrow. san francisco, 55. you have the nation's flag. 49ers flag. bleg arou blowing aresporound to night. if you like the forecast, more or less you will love tomorrow. not much change. here is good news. a long time since been able to say not a spare the air day tomorrow. moderate air quality levels. you the might have noticed. wind started to pick up. helping to push some smoke away from bay area. right now, wind speed js generay offshore. in our hill tops. see wind gusts, close to 30 miles an hour for tonight. something to watch out for if you are at an elevation, above 1,000 feet. could get locally gusty at times. see there in the seven-day forecast. bottom of the screen. a few slight chances of seeing any rain. high pressure blocking off the storm. try to approach the coast. put this into motion. dry weather, holding on to northern california. southern california. rains stay well off to the north. doesn

earlier fierce winds and thick ice forced an australian ice breaker to be the third to give up. as for the trapped ship, all that takes to free it is a shift in wind direction. that can take weeks. it is going to be one new year tonight for the passengers who won't celebrate until they get out safely. >>> the tides continue to be dangerously high. it's a phenomenon known as king tides. it happens a couple of times a year when the sun, moon, and earth align with a strong gravitational pull. the king tides are expecting to last through thursday. >>> speaking of that kind of weather, let's check in with our meteorologist again on what's going on around here. it is just so weird. >> so many extremes here. lucky for you, it's going to be 2014 in just a few hours. be careful with these king tides. we're going to see a 7.3 foot extra push in the tide at pier 21. if you're up in the embarcadero, don't get too close to the water because it may rise closer than you're used to. we look for those king tides to go back at least normal levels throughout friday's forecast. a look right now. te

ice breaker is on the way to free the two ships stuck in ice.g 52 passengers, and a chinese ship that evacuated those passengers. it's going to take time for the coast guard to get there. let's go now to nbc's vanessa cutterford. first off, do you know when the coast guard is set to arrive and how many people total are still stuck out there? >> hi, alex. well, it'll take the u.s. ice breaker about a week to get there because of the vast distances involved and the slow progress through the ice. it's coming from sydney, australia, and was meant to be on another mission, going to an american research station near the ant aarctintarctic. now it's on the way to the russian research ship and the chinese ice breaker. the crew woke up to find huge blocks of ice moving slowly around their ship and an iceberg blocking their way. the good news is the 101 chinese crew and the 22 on board the russian ship all have plenty of supplies. so there's no immediate danger. in fact, the chinese ice breaker is hoping it may even be able to break out possibly tomorrow.

you might have needed the ice breaker to go across i with wii and the great lakes. we had air temperatures in the single digits. wind chills, numbers that did drop to almost minus 17 towards that last game-winning kick. but quite cold day. let's fast forward for sunday. as they head off to charlotte, north carolina. a lot nicer, a chance there may be a few showers. it will be 1:00 coming up next sunday. speaking of 50s, we still have a few 50s outside right fou. this after a day that had temperatures as warm as the 70s. setting a new record high earlier. now down to 47 degrees. 46 in san jose and relatively mild. 52 in san francisco and 39 degrees right now in the north bay. so a little chilly in the north bay. we have these chilly skies and relatively dry air in place that allowed temperatures to drop quickly overnight. we're going to start to see changes. it's going to weaken just a little bit. as we take a look at the rain chances, as we head towards tomorrow, as we go through the morning hours, clouds coming in through the west. mainly some high clouds to which

another circuit breaker. take this. 90, about $90 for nus shares. circuit breaker hit around $93.ow down to $71. another circuit breaker. halted for trading. again, about $90, down to $82, $83. now down to $70, $71, halted for trading again. the indication, somewhere between, sue, confirm this, between $68 and $73 a share. all kinds of choppy price action now. >> what's happening behind us here is, they're trying to get the books straight on where they're going to open it. i've got to tell you what i'm hearing, sneincidentally, see t guy with the headset late to? they're trying to figure out where they can get bids to open the stock. right now, nope's tabody's takit $63. i'm hearing, where will you take it? closer, it looks like, we don't know. looks like closer to $68. trying to get people to bid on it right now, dom. >>> we'll continue to follow nu skin, as as we do, other things on our agenda as well. the three big geopolitical trends of the future. michelle cabrera looking at what's ahead. back in two minutes' time. we know we're not the center of your life, but we'll do our b