brian todd out in the elements for us. brian has been driving around and checking out the situation for us in the d.c. area and in virginia earlier. what are you seeing now, brian? >> real deterioration in northwest d.c. you can see the visibility on connecticut avenue heading south from the maryland line. we are inside d.c. now. the snow plows have been working tirelessly all night. but as you can see they are having a heck of a time just trying to keep up with this volume. we're going to stop. can we jump out? we're going to keep going until we clear this policeman and -- >> are you being pulled over? >> no, we're not being pulled over i think he is just behind us and checking on some things. he is moving forward ahead of us and then we'll pull over. but what we can tell you is information from the virginia state police. here is a stat that will jump out at the viewers, 989 crashes from midnight until 10:00 p.m. we just got word from the virginia state police throughout the state, 989 crashes. nearly 800 disabled vehicles

cnn's brian todd is out on the roads. he's around washington, d.c. ing now where you are? >> wolf, conditions here getting much worse as we progress into the evening. the traffic is actually thinned out, but we just saw someone spinout in front of us. we're going to switch to our dashcam at the fronlt. i'm going to get out. i'm not sure if our photo journalist can too. it may be a little dangerous for him over there, but i can get out on mine and we can switch to our dashcam. this person just did a 180 and is now facing the opposite direction. and someone has just come to her aid right here. but the conditions as you can see are getting much worse. some people who are in suvs and other heavy vehicles seem to be getting a little overconfident thinking they can go faster than they can go, but the slush has really built up on this highway right now. and this person just spun out. let me just see if she can talk to us briefly for a second. ma'am, are you all right? >> yeah, i'm okay. >> can you tell us what happened? >> i don't understand what happened. i

brian todd, we're going to check back with you.that underpass has to be very icy as well with the temperature continuing to drop as it is. thank you so much. meantime, we are continuing to await press conferences out of virginia as well as new jersey. new jersey governor kris christie, that's the scene they're setting up right now. of course, when that happens, we'll bring it to you. they, of course, have had their experience with superstorm sandy and they're very well aware of the kind of flooding that this type of storm could be bringing as well. we'll be dipping in to their press conference as soon as they get underway. meantime i'm joined right now here in atlanta by retired lieutenant general russell honorey to tell us what first responders are up against, emergency preparedness, what they're doing. we heard from the new york mayor, bill de blasio, talking earlier about how mass transit will be shutting down by noontime. even though it looks beautiful, in the borough of manhattan people are out, he said these are the condition

we begin with brian todd who is actually on the road in dale city, virginia. brian, you have been riding and obviously you have your special gear on. officials telling drivers to stay home. what are you seeing? >> reporter: erin, a short time ago a state trooper told me that the area that we're in right now is what he said, quote, a hot mess. we're about to show you what he means. i'll get out of the vehicle and go to the dash camera and show you an exit off 395 south headed to southern virginia just coming south from washington, d.c., and the road conditions are getting mch worse. the visibility is getting much worse. they have just blocked this exit because people are having trouble getting off this exit. we're going to show you what we mean, switching to our other camera here. people down here have had to get off the exit and go to the west over here up this incline. and look, you've got two cars that are stranded trying to turn around and get up here. one of them did a 180 and slid off into that ditch. the other one over there is having a hard time turning

that's where we find brian todd out driving and checking out the road conditions. what is going on, brian? brian todd? >> reporter: a little bit north close to springfield, virginia, don. check out our dash camera here. this is near whiteout conditions as you can see. the wind has picked up. the volume of snow has picked up. this vehicle in front of us fish tailed just a short time ago. this is also what snowplow trucks and salt spreaders are up against. they are deploying 24/7. they are out constantly and yet, look at the roads. they still can't get ahead of this just because of the sheer volume, don. virginia state police told me just a short time ago between midnight and about 7:30 p.m. eastern time they responded to more than 840 car crashes throughout the state. that's more than four times the normal volume. the good news is a lot of crashes, don, are slow speed crashes, most of them involve people spinning out, hitting something at slow speed, not many serious injuries. there has been one fatality in the chesapeake, virginia area as we head north toward washin

it's go to brian todd on the road in northern virginia tonight. how are the roads, brian?er: anderson, the roads are terrible to be quite honest and getting much worse. the wind is kicking up, the temperatures are dropping and the roads are getting slicker. we're in dale city, virginia along i-95 southbound and had a huge backup of trucks. it's just cleared but i can tell you it's getting slicker. i can go to this camera and show you kind of just the sheen of ice, slush and snow that is developing here. we just had a big backup of trucks caught behind snowplows. that has cleared, but along this, these exits here, we seen people earlier tonight getting stranded as they try to exit and then going the wrong way out of the exit just to try to get out of it. we saw one car in front of us do a 180 and spin off the road and talked to a state trooper that helped that person and seen a lot of abandoned vehicles and telling aaa do not abandon your vehicle, stay in your vehicle until you get rescued. this is kind of an auxillery lane. people get over confident because they get a litt

brian todd is digging deeper. we've been talking to experts. what have you learned?we've been talking to analysts, experts and officials about this video and man. tonight, we're told british counter terror a officials are coming through the execution video. analysts say this is clearly an attempt by isis to threaten the west with a new version of jihadi john. in a familiar blast k mask and men nicing tone, he sands behind five hostages on their knees and aims his wrath at david cameron saying cameron is arrogant and foolish like his predecessors. >> in fact, david, you are more of an imbecile. only a imbecile would dare to wage war against the supreme. >> reporter: the men are accused of spying on the british. if this man bear as chilling resemblance to jihadi john, there is a reason. >> this person, whoever he is is trying to replicate that scary behavior of his predecessor. >> reporter: jihadi john, the british isis militant identified by western intelligence terrified western audiences as he presided over the americans james folly and other hostages. >> it's only

as brian todd reports... even when this ends... it could take up to 48- hours afterwards for all the roads to be cleared. 3 for millions - the snowstorm of a lifetime is heading into its heavavst stagag.it was an n early-arrival... with snowfall seen on the southern edges of washington's beltway, before noon.by then, d-c mayor muriel bowser had issued another serious warning:"we see this as a major storm. it has life and death implications." were hit first, early friday... with snow, and ice, pounding charlotte, greensboro, asheville. "i'm just going out for some last minute snacks here before they decide to close."traffic brought to a standstill in some places.trucks sideslipping, cars needing a push.even emergency vehicles got stuck.there were fatalities in north carolina, from accidents on i-95.then the storm barreled north. officials in washington, maryland and virginia are still pleading with people tonight, to stay off the roads. "we want people to stay inside! "snow-plow and salt-truck operators are hoping for that too. "if

cnn's brian todd is working the story for us.hapo and kate del castil castillo. >> reporter: many were sent before the meeting. some of the messages just don't seem like they come from a murderous drug kingpin. the decidedly unglamourous leader of the largest drug cartel in history responsible for thousands of deaths comes across a strangely kind and caring, even paternal as he bantered with the tv actress. next messages between guzman and kate del castillo before the drug lord's secret meeting in october with her and penn suggest the kingpin was infatuated with her. in one of the exchanges published in a mexican newspaper, he uses the code name papa. he says he is eager to meet her and that, quote, you are the best of this world. we will be great friends. i will take care of you more than my ownize. s she replies, i am beyond moved that you say you will take care of me. an official says the mexican government was aware of the communications before the secret meeting at one of the compounds. mexican authorities had intercepted th

. >> brian todd is out in the snow. what are you seeing out there? >> don, we are in the northwest part of washington and inside the city at this moment, the story is the wind and the volume of snow and the whiteout conditions, the lack of visibility. we are on connecticut avenue heading northbound toward the maryland line. i will switch you to the dash camera. look at the vortex of snow and the wind. look what it is doing. it is whipping it around from side to side. we're going to show you this part as we move nrth to the maryland line. they knew the visibility was going to be bad but it's worse than we thought it was going to be. we're going to pull over here and give you a sense of what we are look at here. the vortex of snow is impressive and treacherous. there is snow pack on the street and the snow pack is deceptive. it looks like it is packed down but it is slippery. underneath there is a small sheen of ice. and a lot of slush. switch over to this camera here. and you can see just check it out up here, just the snow drift and the wind. that is

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> joining me now from danville, former u.s.assador from south korea. thank you for being with us. do you worry that kim jong un is unstable and dangerous enough to use a nuclear weapon he had that capability? >> he's certainly inexperienced. he's certainly shown some ups and downs in his personality. without having -- without being a psychiatrist and certainly not having examined him, i can't say for certain, but there's a lot of reasons to be concerned. >> wolf blitzer interviewed donald trump. he asked him the best way to deal with north koreans. he basically said to be on china. this is what he had to say. >> china could shovel that problem. if they don't solve that problem, we should be very tough with them on trade, meaning start charging them tax or start cutting them off. you would have china collapse in about two minutes. >> we have great power over china and we just don't know how to use it. >> should the united states be outsourcing its foreign policy to china that sne and does flchlt trump have a point? >> of course

let's now go to cnn correspondent brian todd who's sitting shotgun with the team navigating roads in re was just a dusting, an icing wednesday night that created that sheet of ice causing hundreds of people to abandon their cars. this is a much more severe storm. how's it looking? >> jake, the conditions are getting worse and we're heading into a crucial period this evening when conditions will worsen even further. we are on 95 south heading past springfield, virginia. this is a major artery. normally on a friday afternoon we'd be probably in gridlock right now. you can see some cars in front of us on the dashcam. we have another camera you can see me on. we're pulling over into a cut in the road now to kind of show you what we're up against here. i'm going to get out and talk to the dashcam. and you can see some of the conditions here. switch this to the dashcam in the front now. as you can see what motorists are up against, visibility is a real problem. we were talking to people at aaa and the national weather service, jake, who said that visibility is going to be the issue. maybe n

brian todd, meanwhile, has been with his crew driving through the streets of baltimore and d.c. ng the problems that can come as a result of people heading out. brian, what are you seeing now? >> the conditions have not gotten any better. they have, in fact, gotten significantly worse. i spoke to a maryland state highway official a short time ago. he told me any decision by anyone to enter a vehicle and actually try to drive right now is a dangerous decision. it almost doesn't matter what your skill level is or what kind of vehicle you have. when you switch from me to our dash camera, you can kind of see what we're talking about. i-270 heading northbound in maryland away from the d.c. beltway heading north. we were told of a jackknifed tractor-trailer truck. we're trying to find it. a moment ago we saw another vehicle, another tractor-trailer truck that hit a guardrail near buoy, maryland. this was blocking an exit ramp going onto the d.c. beltway. because it was blocking that exit ramp there were about three or four plow trucks that needed to get onto the beltway which could not

brian todd, cnn, washington. >> the prisoner swap was complicated by an unforeseen incident.wo vessels ended up in iranian waters. and iran took the soldiers prisoner. >> reporter: mr. secretary, you're a sailor. you were in the navy. when you saw those ten american sailors with their hands over their heads on their knees, was that enough for you -- did you threaten the iranians, zarif, the u.s. was going to walk away p immediately released? >> suffice it to say, i don't want to get into precise language. that's inappropriate, but let me make it clear. i was extremely upset, frustrated. it was inappropriate, and i made it very, very clear to the iranians that we needed those people back and we needed them right away. >> what would have happen first down they wouldn't have returned? >> i don't think it does any purpose my counterpart, the foreign minister responded promptly. he could not have been more serious. he understood the gravity of the situation. the iranian president and others engaged. and within a matter of a few hours we did what could not have been done a year ag

cnn's brian todd is here. brian, what do we know about those americans? >> wolf, overall it took more than a year's worth of secret negotiations to get to those images we saw today, those of american prisoners released from iranian custody. you just mentioned there were two americans who were part of those negotiations who did not make it out of iran. one of them is still missing. the other was released and chose to stay. tonight their cases are leaving many more questions than answers. along with the images of joy and relief for some released americans and their families, there's renewed heartbreak and mystery tonight surrounding two americans left behind in iran. one is robert levinson, a 67-year-old former fbi agent. levinson vanished in march 2007 from the tiny iranian resort island of kish. iranian officials are promising to try to help find levinson. the iranians have denied holding him and say they don't know where he is. that doesn't fly with levinson's family. >> we all believe i think it's very obvious that the iranian government knows exactly w

about what they talked about in the texts and we're also getting information about a secret surgery brian todd joins me now. brian? >> anderson, tonight we learned from a mexican official that some weeks before his secret meeting in october with kate del castillo, he traveled to a facility in baja state mexico and had sexual enhancement surgery to improve blood flow. it's not clear if there's any connection between the surgery and eloquent ch"el chapo's" mee del castillo, texts which may well have led to his capture. the decidedly unglamorous leader of the largest drug cartel in history allegedly responsible for thousands of deaths comes across as strangely kind and caring even paternal as he bantered with this glamorous tv actress. newly released transcripts of text messages between joaquin "el chapo" guzman and del castillo before the meeting with her and actor sean penn suggestions the kingpin was infatuated with her. in one of the exchanges, "el chapo" uses the code name papa and says he's eager to meet her and that quote you are the best of this world. we will be great friends. i will tak

cnn's brian todd is working this story for us. ng development. >> very disturbing indeed, wolf. tonight counterterrorism officials are again focused on isis recruiting. what is getting a lot of their attention tonight is the recruitment of young women to be isis brides. the recruiters themselves are often women. and some of them draw on what they claim are their own personal experiences to lure others. she writes in floury detail of her first meeting of her husband. >> after a few minutes, he looked at me. our eyes catch each other's. i had pal paations faster than the speed of light. >> reporter: this is a blog written by a woman that goes by the handle bird of jana. analysts say this blog is a recruitment tool for isis targeting mostly women in a match.com style. >> where it's about romance, it's about the perfect life, it's about making everything bad in their past go away because now they're going to have the perfect future. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: experts say there's even a catch phrase circulating, jihadis. >> the jihotties

brian todd spent much of the weekend on the hazardous roadways around washington, a city still largely shut down. brian, where are you now and what is it like tonight? >> reporter: wolf, we're in northeast d.c. this is d.c.'s biggest snow dump, the parking lot at rfk stadium here in northeast washington. mountains of snow everywhere you look. it is loud, it is dirty, you could pass out from the smell of exhaust fumes but it is necessary. this is one of the biggest logistical headaches following the snowstorm, where to put all of it. this is where they're putting it for the moment. but d.c. officials are telling people stay off the streets. they have got to have time and space to clear the streets tonight. this is happening as officials up and down the east coast are still assessing the damage from this massive snowstorm. the big dig, up and down the east coast. major highways cleared, but smaller roads and the people who live there still buried. >> it's just wet and heavy. and it's two feet, almost two feet tall. >> reporter: the damage throughout the region is still being tallied. roo

brian todd has been checking out in the maryland section, outside of washington, d.c. reporter: yes. okay. coming to me now. >> reporter: coming to you right now, as in matter of fact, go ahead, brian. oh, sorry, i apologize, martin. i'm sorry, we're in the middle of a fluid situation here trying to get on an exit to 495, i apologize noor. let me go off the dash cam, first, you can see a stranded van, he can't really move at all. is this a very typical scene, exits coming really on to anywhere of the capital beltway. a lot of them are blocked off. i can get out and go to the dash camera from outside the vehicle and maybe direct you to another stranded vehicle up ahead here. i'll pop out for a second. what we're told, martin is that this morning there have been more than 120 some accidents just in the state of virginia. this morning, there were more than 1,000 accidents in virginia, all day yesterday. maryland is dealing with jackknife ed tractor trailers a over the place, along the beltway. any secondary roads are nearly impassible at this hour. you can see why, we've g

brian todd is working the story.beside the capital beltway here in the nation's capital, one of the spots always hit hard by these snowstorms. what are you seeing? >> reporter: wolf, you can feel it out here. the temperature is dropping significantly. we're at one of the really problem areas of the capital beltway, as far as traffic is concerned along the american legion bridge connecting maryland on this side to virginia on that side and look at the volume we're looking at. there is not even a snow flake on the ground yet and look at the volume at rush hour here in the d.c. area. last night there was less than one inch of snow on the ground, just a dusting and a thin layer of ice developed and you saw cars sliding off the side of this road, traffic monitors were telling us they saw people sleeping in their cars overnight. that is why tonight officials are really hoping they do not see nearly this kind of volume 24 hours from now. even before it arrives, it's being called epic, historic, comparable to the so-called s

cnn's brian todd has been looking into all of this for us. >> wolf, tonight we've got new details abouthe raid which led to "el chapo" capture about how the drug lord is being guarded tonight and about how an interview he gave to "rolling stone" magazine played a significant role in his apprehension. the mexican attorney general just telling cnn it was essential. now, the newly released video of the raid shows how chaotic and violent that gun battle was and how determined "el chapo" bodyguards were to protect him. [ gunfire ] a con cussive blast then a marine fires through a door. riveting footage from the mexican navy of the raid on a safehouse which led to the capture of the world's most wanted drug lord, joaquin "el chapo" guzman. from the helmet cam of a mexican officer, marines are seen firing up a staircase. [ gunfire ] our analyst art roderick the most dangerous moment in the raid. >> you're in a fatal funnel basically what you're in. so anybody can pop around that corner. you got three, four people stacked up. you can easily take out three or four people with one person. [ gunfi

brian todd is here. he's got details. what's the latest, brian? >> wolf, tonight a mexican -- excuse me, a u.s. law enforcement tells me mexican authorities had been closing in on "el chapo" since yesterday. this official says there was skepticism he'd ever be captured again given his level of protection. but tonight we have new details on a dramatic predawn raid where five of "el chapo" people were killed. a dramatic capture. the world's most wanted, most dangerous drug lord, joaquin "el chapo" guzman back in mexican custody tonight. mexico's president announcing mission accomplished after a nearly six-month manhunt for the sinoloa cartel chief. >> this is absolutely massive. it's of enormous importance for the mexican government in particular for mexican president enrique pena nieto. >> i think when most americans thing u think of naturalized crime they think of guys naturally like -- >> at 4:30 this morning mexican special forces closed in on one of "el chapo" houses in the city of los mochis in sinaloa. a mexican marine was wounded. the offici

>> so we know the mexican officials according to a source in speaking to my colleague brian todd, they were monitoring text messages she was having el chapo. at the same time, we know that law enforcement, they were aware of these communications that she was having with the actor sean penn. we have been told that mexican authorities asked the u.s. to gather phone communications where it's unclear if that request was compiled with but clearly, they were tracking the phone communications from this actress kate del castillo and sean penn's visit to the drug kingpin played a key role in the drug kingpin's capture. >> pamela, thanks. >>> today, iran released the ten u.s. sailors detained after entering iranian waters but not before these images were aired on state television showing the sailors after their capture in the persian gulf yesterday. they were on route to bay rain from kuwait when it happened. another video showed one of the sailors apologizing. while president obama was giving his state of the union address he didn't mention any of this. secretary of state john kerry was working

jennifer gray is down there, brian todd is also down there for cnn. brian, we'll come to you, because you've been out on the streets and doing a great job for us all morning long. there is a hint, a suggestion that things could start to get better over the next few hours. so, what are you seeing and what are you reading on the street? >> if there's a suggestion of that, martin, you wouldn't know it by being out here. i have heard the same forecast that it may start to taper off in a couple of hours, but it's still pretty treacherous. we just got off an exit of i-66 eastbound going into d.c. from the virginia suburbs. we're on that exit now. i want to switch to our dash cam now to show you kind of what it's like on an exit, because exits off these major arteries in the d.c. area have been the issue all day long. they are often blocked, they are often just kind of, just pummeled with snow drifts and people cannot get off on them or off them. often, vehicles are blocked right as they try to get off these ramps and on to the major arteries and we have seen

now our brian todd has some possible answers. >> reporter: with an explosion the size of a moderate earthquake, and the uncontainable blglee of a state news anchor, kim jong-un spends intelligence people scrambles. north kraes's nuclear test, whether it's a hydrogen bomb or not is concerning. analysts give an assessment of the danger. >> they're moving closer to a deliverable nuclear warhead that's miniaturized that can hit the west coast. that's where they're moving. and they're doing it with impunity. >> reporter: from seoul to washington, officials are assessing the motives. one possibility, he's signaling his enemies who he sees everywhere. >> he's facing threats from all fronts. domestically, internally, from his elites. and so he has to be able to manage and control all of that internally. but there's always the threat that north korea believes comes from its external environment. >> reporter: external rivals like south korea and the u.s. he needs nuclear weapons to balance the field. but he's got another possible motive with his outside rivals. >> with nuclear weapons, they can blackmai

let's go to cnn's brian todd. brian, there's a lot of skepticism about this claim. but even if it's a normal nuclear test, why would kim jong-un take such a dangerous step right now? >> wolf, that is what intelligence agencies from washington to seoul, tokyo, beijing are all scrambling to find out tonight. analysts are telling us the north koreans likely did this now because they probably just cleared some technical hurdles. but kim jong-un is also trying to fend off some very powerful external and potentially internal rivals. and experts believe that's why this violent, unpredictable young leader took this very dangerous step. with an explosion the size of a moderate earthquake and the uncontainable glee of a state news anchor, kim jong-un makes his rivals shudder and sends intelligence agencies scrambling. a senior u.s. official tells cnn north korea's nuclear test, whether it's a hydrogen bomb or not, is very concerning. analysts give a stark assessment of the danger. >> north korea's moving ever closer to a deliverable nuclear warhead that is miniaturized, that

brian todd has been following this story. brian is here. what are you learning? >> reporter: u.s. they are keeping a close eye on this facility because of the fact that it had previously been used by kim jong-un's regime to test ballistic missiles. this comes as cnn has learned new information about that north korean nuclear test earlier this month. a u.s. official familiar with the latest assessment telling barbara starr that kim jong-un's regime may have been trying to test components of a hydrogen bomb at the time. not necessarily a completely constructed bomb but components, possibly a detonateor. between that and the possible rocket launch preparations here, kim jong-un has clearly ramped up his threatening behavior. tonight intelligence agencies from washington to seoul are closely watching this facility. north korea's top-secret satellite launching station. a u.s. official tells cnn in recent days satellite imagery has revealed personnel, equipment for rockets and jewel being moved into the compoun. the place is so secret, parts are delivered by underground rail lines. >> t

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> and the mexican government is under pressure to extradite joaquin guzmanfaces federal indictments and charges in half a dozen states. last year's prison escape sparked criticism about mexico's ability to control guzman with some saying he should have been held in the u.s. earlier we asked a journalist in mexico city who has intimate knowledge of the case to weigh in. >> reporter: in 2014 when chapo was arrested for the second time, the mexican government said with a bit of bravado that he would have to stay 300 to 400 years in mexico before extradition could be contemplated. then he escaped which severely damaged the level of trust between the u.s. and mexican authorities. a mexican government is in a position in which it is loom -- it can almost impossibly resist the demand for extraditing chapo. then again, chapo's lawyers will most lely file more injunctions delaying his stay for an extended period of time. right now the mexican government is going to need to extradite him at some point, but it's still -- question is still how long it will take. >> with

let's turn to brian todd who has more details for us. what are you learning, brian?'re learning there is growing friction between egyptian officials and their accounts of this investigation and many others, including cnn's own sources inside the u.s. and russian governments. the new report from reuters of a possible inside job has egyptian officials on the defensive tonight. >> reporter: a grisly scene strewn across ten miles of the sinai desert. all 224 people on the plane killed. tonight, new information on how a bomb may have been placeod board. reuters citing sources familiar with the matter reports a mechanic for egyptair, not metrojet, the company which operated the plane but a mechanic for egyptair is suspected of planting a bomb on the aircraft. the mechanic had a cousin who had joined isis. >> many of those local workers are people with connection and possibly with connection to people that are involved with the local isis operation. >> isis had already claimed responsibility for the downing of the plane in october. >> isis is making a drive to recruit peopl

let's e get straight to brian todd, who has information on the other breaking story of the el chapo arrestthe phone with a mexican official. dramatic details of the capture today. it looks like this follows the pattern of his escapes and everything else he's done recently. just incredible drama in the operation. a mexican official says this operation began at 4:30 in the morning local time when mexican special forces closed in on his house in the city where he is from. they did some house searches before that. this official says there was a shootout. five people were killed, mexican officials say it was all on el chapo side of the gun battle. six people were arrested, one mexican marine was injured in this. it looks like el chapo had quite a lot of fire power with him. this mexican official telling me that eight rifles were seized and an undetermined number of rocket launchers were taken in this operation. two vehicles were seized. i've been talking to experts who say they are awe little bit surprised he went out of this alive. they thought because he did not want to go to the united state

we have brian todd this a car in arlington, virginia. .> reporter: they are getting worse as we speak. we're heading into the crucial period of the snowstorm now. the snow has been coming down for a little over four hours now and conditions are getting worse. we're on columbia pike. we're going to take you up to a snowplow and salt truck depot to our right. we have three camera capabilities. we'll be roaming around finding the problem areas where some of the vehicles may be getting stuck and whiteout conditions may occur. we are expecting whiteout conditions within a matter of hours. the crucial snowfall is going to come in the next few hours. the heaviest stuff will come down between midnight and 9:00 a.m. eastern time. showing you the capability now of our vehicle, you have the camera on me here. then we have a dash camera where you can see out the front. you can see from this dash camera that we're approaching whiteout conditions already because they told us earlier that the visibility is going to be maybe a quarter mile at its best. th

brian todd is joining us here in "the situation room." you've been digging into this. brian, what are you learning? >> wolf, tonight intelligence agencies are going through all the possible scenarios to figure out what triggered this escalation. that personal grudge you referred to, wolf, is a real possibility. it has to do with of all things a wildly popular all-girl band from north korea. and an embarrassing snub they received from china. tonight, north koreans are cheering even as the chinese are smoldering over kim jong-un's nuclear test. >> it was a great insult. i think the chinese at least believe that they were making some progress to keep north korea somewhat under control. >> reporter: analysts say the chinese have never liked kim jong-un, and the feeling is mutual. and tonight questions are raised about a north korean girl band and whether it could have had a strange connection to the nuclear test. ♪ the band, kim's hand picked troupe of young women in tight dresses who sing korean pop songs and patriotic tributes to their boss. >> this is a band kim jong-un

brian loftus. basketball coach for u-n- l-v... kirsten joyce the university says they mutually agreed it was time for a change. and now assistant coach todd simon is taking over as interim coach... ((brian loftus)) 8 news now reporter michael stevens is live outside the thomas and mack with a closer look into the rebels new fill-in. good morning michael? ((michael stevens)) brian, kirsten... the head coaching change comes in the middle of rice's fifth season. now... assistant coach todd simon has task to change things around... a major task... for someone with no head college coaching experience: (( todd simon: it's a tremendous honor and i will do my best to live up to the legacy and the high standards that we have here at unlv. )) ((michael stevens)) todd simon is in his third year as a coach with the u-n-l-v men's basketball program and is in his first as associate head coach. before u-n-l-v... simon spent six seasons as associate head coach at findlay prep. there...he led the team to a 35 and one record. now... bring some of his proven track-record to the runnin' rebs: (( todd simon: i think we need to get back to a little bit more pa

>> reporter: brian tate told todd that dog feces and rocks hahabeen hurled at his home. he then showed todd the evidence. he described the vandalism of his home in stark terms. >> he says that he thinks these e acts of terrorism and, you off like, "terrorism's kind of a weird word to use." and the whole time -- half the time, i guess, he's sitting there.e. he's -- i notice a shotgun layin' on the ground, you know? and i'm like goin' "that makes me feel a little --" >> reporter: does that make you a little twitchy? >> yeah, yeah. exactly. >> reporter: so twchy that todd sent a heads-up email warning fellow deputies about tate, that he might be dangerous. >> i'm thinkin', "i don't wanna be the reason a deputy goes out there and gets hurt." okay, if you go out there, be careful. tate might be 1096, which means mentally, you know, challenged. >> reporter: in fact, tate did have a history of mental lness. he'd been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. seth's mother lorraine, a social worker used to dealing with mental patients, was worried and talked to both seth and lisa a

. >> reporter: todd's rage was directed at the neighbor on the other side of the fence topped with barbed wire, a 56-year-old disabled army veteran named brian tate. >> i just remember saying, "go get him. go get him now," and i thought, "they better get to him before i do." embroiled in an escalating feud with his neighbors lisa and seth. todd knew all about it, and was certain his daughter was now dead because of it. this is this culmination of bad blood's been goin' on for a month's time or more now? >> right. uh-huh. >> reporter: it started about two months before the murder. seth pulled a dead deer off the road along the property line. brian tate later tossed the hide onto seth's property. seth tossed it back, and the battle was on. tate made several calls to the county, complaining about nasty acts of vandalism. todd caldwell responded to one in april. and tate pointed the finger at his young neighbor. >> i can't remember names. >> seth, seth techel. >> seth techel? >> yup. >> torkel? >> techel. >> techel. >> yeah, his dad owns champion bowl. okay. >> and i'll tell -- i just -- they're good people. they really are. >> reporter: now thi

todd simon... and his plans to get the team.. back on track. brian and kirsten? ((brian loftus)) michael... how did the players react to the news? did any of them blame ((michael stevens)) brian.. we asked that question to both simon and tina kunzer- murphy... they said some of the team leaders felt responible.. but they want them to be focused on playing each game.. not feeling additional pressure. they also said at the end of the day, it's the head coach's responibility.. not theirs./// ((brian loftus)) > influential singer and songwriter, david bowie, has died at the age of 69. his family said he passed away 'peacefully' over the weekend after an 18- month battle with cancer. brian selter takes a look back bowie's iconic career. (nats: bowie singing) "turn and face the strange. ch-ch-changes. look out now you rock and rollers." legendary british singer david bowie... who indelibly influenced generations with his eclectic persona and groundbreaking sound... (nats: bowie singing) "pretty soon now you're gonna get older." dead at age 69... after an 18 month battle with cancer. bowie's publi

((brian loftus)) his announcement comes right as the basketball team is in the middle of their season. assistant coach todd simon will take over as interim coach. dave rice and athletic director tina kunzer murphy met sunday... to talk about the future of the program. a statement from u-n-l-v says... they "mutally agreed that it was time for a change". (( dave rice/resigns as unlv basketball coach: "my whole concern is for the players. as i met with the players this afternoon. i love those guys. i obviously was a big part of the recruiting process with all of them and i'll be cheering as hard as i can." )) ((brian loftus)) rice was in his 5th season with the rebels... and only had 3 seasons left on his contract. he will be getting paid his base salary for those 3 remaining years. /// ((kirsten joyce)) > and many of you commented on our 8 news now facebook about rice's resignation. andrew says... "never saw rice as a head coach. brought in some good talent, but couldn't seem to get them to gel..." steve commented... "i don't blame him. i think his days were numbered. a coach only gets a few years to produce

assistant coach todd simon is now taking over as interim coach./// z ((brian loftus)) > pbr and the elks helldorado rodeo are getting together in may at the mgm village across from mandalay bay. mayor carolyn goodman was on hand for yesterday's announcement. it will be one of the top four events that the pro- bullriders do every year. the first helldorado days was back in 19-34... it will also include a parade downtown, carnival, and golf tournament. pbr has hosted its 'built ford tough series' in las vegas for ((kirsten joyce)) > better routes for pedestrians and cyclists.. ((brian loftus)) how your input can help the rtc make our valley safer.in "what's driving you crazy?" ((kirsten joyce)) > plus... a first hand look at the raid that took down el chapo.. the shootout between the mexican government and the drug kingpin's security./// next guest on the late late show ... and the segment hasn't even aired yet. he released a teaser trailer last night... bet you can't guess who it is: (( corden: hello? it's me. i was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet? hello from the out

." >> reporter: brian tate had beenlating feud with his neighbors lisa and seth. todd knew all about it, and was certain his daughter was now ause of it. this is this culmination of bad blood's been goin' on for a month's time or more now? >> reporter: it started about ore the murder. seth pulled a dead deer off the road along the property line. brian tate later tossed the hide onto seth's property. seth tossed it back, and the battle was on.ral calls to the county, complaining about nasty acts of vandalism. todd caldwell april. and tate pointed the finger at his young neighbor. >> i can't remember names. >> seth, seth techel. >> seth techel? >> yup. >> torkel? >> techel. >> techel.ad owns champion bowl. okay. >> and i'll tell -- i just -- they're good people. tate, does he know that you're the father-in- law of the neighbor? >> no, and i don't wanna tell him that because i don't want maybe what he does or doesn't do. >> reporter: and he thinks trouble? >> right. in the trailer property across the way? >> yeah. if you can, let us deal with it. >> what if -- what if --