snow still falling this morning in cedar rapids, iowa. hit by 3 inches of snow so far. the problem now is the plunging temperatures there. and the winds. the no will be blog all over the place making travel treacherous. stay home, cedar rapids. >> and look at this, the city slammed with 9 inches of snow setting a new record. some parts of kansas got more than a foot. >> kansas city warned residents to stay home there. for good reason. the city was pounded 10 inch es of snow. anybody witness someone being helped is encouraged to tweet about it, #kchelps. neighbors helping neighbors. >> all that awful weather that you just saw the pictures right there. it's on top of us right now. chad myers is standing in the middle of it in new york city. he's got his umbrella. i don't think that's going to do any good. >> no, but it's bouncing off the umbrella. i don't know if you can see this, it's bouncing off. it's sleet coming down. it was beautiful snow. now, we're turning into something that's a lot more dangerous. this is ice coming down in about an hour, it's going to be rain c

. >> i need the medicine bag, cedar and herbs i need to do my prayers.mall leather pouch. >> okay. this is what the captain told me now. he will take you over there first thing in the morning but you can't get to it right now. >> i went over there and said right there -- sat right there. it was on the cart. >> they -- >> no. officer wouldn't let me have it. he said i don't think you are indian, you know. >> okay. all right. well, i don't see an issue with it. but -- i did call the warden. warden said okay. >> i just don't see the problem with being able to say prayers, you know. >> me either. me either. maybe i can talk to the manager and, you know, he would have time to have somebody walk you over there. >> if you walk me over there, i'll spread it out. i'll let the officer look at it. >> okay. all right. let me see what i can do. no promises. >> i appreciate it. just two minutes. >> i'll try. okay. all right. >> for me personally, that's the only way i have found just to even survive in prison. it's become so important. it's just a part of what i redis

on our weatherbug network, 26 degrees at cedar lane school. 28 degrees.stop the wind at eight miles per hour. they will slowly subside during the morning hours. 28 degrees at winchester. lots of snow still on the ground in hagerstown. we are around 30 in frederick. windchill factors are much different. in thes like the teens dulles. park, maryland. the wind gusts around 20-30 miles per hour. it will certainly ease through the next couple of hours or so stop the reason why is a strong area of low pressure toward the east. it will weaken quite a bit. here is how it looks from earlier this morning. a few snow showers and the rain and the system has really wrapped up and is turning into a very, very powerful nor'easter. travel plans to boston thomas significant travel delays. they still have a winter weather warning. cape cod, a blizzard warning. they will pick up an additional 12 inches of snow. this is what it looks like on doppler. and is toward the north east. not too far off the coast and they are looking at hurricane force wind. up to 75 miles per hour.

before you can even see what's going on on west cedar. the sight lines here are just horrible. >> people that turn the corner here can't see them like look at this. you can barely see the light if you're this woman. >> reporter: at wisconsin and willard avenues in the heart of the busy friendship heights business district another of those potentially crash inducing piles of snow. >> that's not safe. >> reporter: it's not safe? >> no. >> reporter: they should get rid of that. >> yes. >> reporter: this mountain is maybe 8 or 9 feet high dumped here by crews trying to get the roads clear. across the region they've been struggling to sweep the snow from right turn lanes and merge points, but after an exhausting round of weather and with a little more snow coming they have not been altogether successful. >> potentially could be very challenging. >> reporter: wusa9 traffic expert monica centanni expects trouble. >> if you look closely, you see the shoulder and then none and this is only one car going by. imagine tomorrow morning what this could

plus, a new lift called cedar ridge. >> it will offer some new terrain that we have not opened yet for this year. it is very exciting. >> reporter: clear, blue skies and just enough snow to bring out big crowds. >> it is what we set out for and hope for. we are really excited. >> to get us back to where we should be is no longer measured in inches of rain but feet. what we are getting is barely more than mist. after clouds increase tonight we'll look for showers scattered over the bay area tomorrow. after this we'll dry out. no wonder february estimate calls for the month of february to be drier than average. there is something of a silver lining in the extended forecast. we'll have that in a few minutes. >>> police are warning people to be on alert for two prowlers. the warning comes after two men posing after san jose police officers went into a woman's home thursday through an unlocked door. they showed her identification, which she suspected was fake and called 9-1-1. san jose police say they had no officers in the area. suspects are between 30 and 40 years old and last seen drivin

they're sending in the national guard to refill water tanks in cedar grove.charleston is safe to drink now, but it's hard to tell from local officials. the head of the local health department says his water smells bad but he's trying to drink it against the wishes of his wife who's also a public health doctor who says he shouldn't drink it. the head of the state bureau of health says, sure, drink the water but maybe let the shower run for a while before you get in? west virginia governor tomlin says early on it's up to you whether you believe your water is safe. the cdc sends in an official this week who says pregnant women should follow their instincts. the guy at the epa who's responsible for water protection in the region told the charleston "gazette" this week people's homes are getting tested to see if the water is safe if their home, obviously or obviously not. in fact, local reporters had to correct the guy from the epa on that point. you might think that would be something he'd know since he's the epa's man in charge of water for that specific region

. >> a popular furniture maker is urging people to check and see if they own a cedar chest they stopped making after the deaths of three children. lane is recalling chests made between 1912 and 1987. the recall involved chests under the lane and virginia made brands. the latches that lock when closed and cannot be opened from the inside have posed a danger. though issued a recall in 1996 after other deaths but they are still being bought and sold at second-hand stores or hand down by families. we are more information on our website at abc7news.com. >>> just getting word that there is a delay in the transbay tube on the bart system. we will see if it is weather hen -- weather-related. >> the deadly accident and power outage that has nothing to do with the rain. police are treating this as a crime scene. >> apple could get an ear will today with the employment issue at heart of a planned one of the best things about is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. for example, if you're a single person making less than $46,000 a year, or a family of four, earning up to $9

the plan calls for the removal of street parking along king street between west cedar and highland place in alexandria. last night community members on both sides of the issue shared their concerns before alexandria's traffic and parking board. in order to add bike lanes in both directions, crews would need to narrow traffic lanes by one foot. >> if you go up and down the strip, all you're seeing is anti-biking signs. >> we're not anti-bike. we just think it's not a safe plan. >> the alexandria city council will consider the plans next month. >>> all right. ten minutes before the top of the hour, we're starting out with 37 degrees outside our studios right now. and we're thinking about a little bit of snow. >> thinking about it. i don't want to think about it. >> tom is thinking about it. >> i want to think about sunshine and 70 degrees, tom. >>> it is still february. and old man winter doesn't want to give it up quite yet. we have a likelihood of light snow moving in, but it is several hours away. as you head out the door, you will need your warm winter coat. storm team 4 radar showing

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. >> reporter: if the city approves, the area directly impacted would be between west cedar and highland place. the plan adds four and five-foot bike lanes in either direction, but narrows lanes by one foot. aaron eastman asks what about emergency vehicles on that road? >> if the vehicle is 10 1/2 feet wide and the lane is 10 1/2 feet wide, it's an accident waiting to happen. >> reporter: a cyclist all his life, he says with or without the lane, it doesn't change the route to welcome, it's the best we can get, honestly. it's a bike lane. i'll take it. >> reporter: this will now go before the city council next month. live in alexandria tonight, erika gonzalez, news4. >> thanks, erika. >>> an historic collaboration tonight between maryland's largest immigrants right group and the nation's largest civil rights organization. the naacp's maryland state conference rallied in indianapolis to focus on challenges facing minorities. they called on lawmakers to address issues such as minimum wage, foreclosures, immigration, and funding for historically black colleges and universities. >>> congress

plus, a new list called cedar ridge. >> that's going to offer some new terrain that we have not even opened yet for this yearment it's very exciting. >> reporter: clear skies and just enough snow to bring out big crowds. >> this is what we set up for and hope for and we're really excited. >> and perhaps it will be rooting for a little more excitement tomorrow. when the system that we get offshore might spread three or four flakes up in the sierra. the farther you get away from the low the less precip you get as you head east. right now concord has 43 and san jose is down the 47. in the city we have 48 degrees and it's chilly. in santa rosa just 48 degrees. here's the system in northern california and is the low presses south tomorrow. we'll get at few showers but it's not going to amount to much again. probably more than when we simply wet the dust on thursday. it might amount to a at the point or two health -- tenth or two tenths of an inch but because it's going to parallel the shoreline. not head inland, more rain along the coast like we do in livermore which may not see much at a

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the proposal calls for the removal of street parking along king street along west cedar and highland place. they shared concerns before the alexandria traffic and parking board. crews would need to narrow traffic lanes by one-foot in order to add the bike lanes. they're concerned emergency crews will have trouble getting through the area. >> if the vehicle is 10 1/2-feet wide and the lane is 10 1/2-feet wide it's an accident waiting to happen. >> it's the best that we can get, honestly. it's a bike lane. i'll take it. >> alexandria city council will consider the plans next month. >>> right now, d.c. leaders are looking for your input in a plan to bring football and other major sporting events to the district. news 4's aaron gilchrist is here with how you can take part. >> the d.c. council has big plans to try to get the redskins to move back to the city. today, they want your input. six council members unveiled the plan in november to try to convince the redskins to move from fedex field back to rfk stadium in southwest d.c. council wants to create an entire sports entertainment cent

it happened at the cedar hill rancheria in the northeast corner of the state. the killer is identified as the tribal chairwoman. she was attending her own eviction hearing yesterday when police say she just opened fire. the victims included her brother, her nephew and her niece along with an unidentified 47-year-old woman. two other women suffered critical injuries. rhodes has been arrested and her arrest comes amid-word that there's also a federal investigation involving her and at least $50,000 in missing tribal funds. >>> federal officials told california farmers they will get no irrigation water this year because of the drought. the bureau of reclamation flow to some bay area cities. >> reporter: a big impact would be on food prices but depending on you live times could soon get tough. water supplies for half a million people in the east bay from oakland to martinez to walnut creek today cut by half to 55-gallons per person per day. the lowest in decade. >> what that means to our customers is that we'll have enough water to meet the needs of indoor water us

it happened at the cedar hill rancheria in the northeast corner of the state. the killer is identified as the tribal chairwoman. she was attending her own eviction hearing yesterday when police say she just opened fire. the victims included her brother, her nephew and her niece along with an unidentified 47-year-old woman. two other women suffered critical injuries. rhodes has been arrested and her arrest comes amid-word that there's also a federal investigation involving her and at least $50,000 in missing tribal funds. >>> federal officials told california farmers they will get no irrigation water this year because of the drought. the bureau of reclamation flow to some bay area cities. >> reporter: a big impact would be on food prices but depending on you live times could soon get tough. water supplies for half a million people in the east bay from oakland to martinez to walnut creek today cut by half to 55-gallons per person per day. the lowest in decade. >> what that means to our customers is that we'll have enough water to meet the needs of indoor water us

now this woman has been identified as the suspect 44-year-old sherry rhodes of cedar schill in custody facing murder attempted murder charms. woman and son were being evicted from their home. >> 2 men injured this afternoon in san francisco when a staff hold -- scaffolding structure tipped over sending them plunging into the ground. happened at mission and free mont street in the financial district south of market. sky 7 hd overhead moment later to show you how it looked. 30 story sky scraper built for a sales force. 2 carpenter from web corps builder were getting ready to build concrete form when the scaffolding suddenly toppled. men taken away conscious and breathing to san francisco general hospital. firefighters describe the injuries though as significant. pretty badly hurt. until they figure out what happenedings, the building company president told us work has stopped and he doesn't know for how long. >> the site is closed. >>reporter: until when. >> until we do an investigation thorough enough to know the cause of the accident and then to be able to satisfy cal/osha and make sur

that is not far from cedar lane in columbia.ne person was taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation, and 16 units damaged at least and enough that the families will not be able to stay there, and because of the cold can weather, they are put up in the community's clubhouse. not clear what sparked this blaze. >>> from fire in maryland to water in detroit, a num bber of drivers are fortunate to be alive after a water main break trapped them in their cars. this is so bad that rescuers had to use front loaders to pluck folks out. some were stuck in the freezing cold water for more than an hour, and some told the rescuers that the water was as high as their seats. the weather caused that main to break. >> and at home, another nuisance after yet another water main break in arlington, the westbound highway to lee highwa highway, and this is going to to be closed tonight. this is between buchanan and columbus streets, because the crews are trying to e get this thing fixed, it is the scene this morning when the crews started digging. t

. >> let's go to cedar rapids, to be exact.e contest at the glendale mall, challenge for the best cake decorator for 2014. check them out. pretty creative. by the way, as great as these looks, they are styrofoam dummy cakes. they are just showing the decorating process. but top three finishers are $500, $300, and $200 respectfully. the finals are in west des moines, march 25th. >> i would like to be there if it was real cake. >> sounds like a plan. >>> i think this baby will soon be devouring a good deal of cake. there's a baby born in southern california and the parents are saying this is the biggest baby ever born in the state. >> paul bunyan. >> he was born, listen to this, at 16 pounds, 1.7 ounces. no joke! they have been seeing reports of other babies claiming to be the biggest baby born in the state, and they are like, wait a second, they never reported his birthrate when the baby was born, but now they are finally coming clean, 16 pounds, we have got this. now the baby is five months old. but they say he has been eating

they say he robbed the washington first bank in the cedar lake plaza tuesday afternoon. he walked in -- there he is -- with a cell phone to the ear, and implied he wanted cash, and then left and hopped on his buy sick toll leave. >>> the council agreed tuesday to limit the penalty of possession of pot for a parking ticket. anyone caught with small amounts of marijuana would get a fine n instead of jail time, but on the news4 viewpoint, phil mendelsohn told pat lawson muse that smoking pot in public still goes too far. >> and people don't want public smoking of marijuana, they just don't. i think that there are some who are behind this bill who just want the open use without any restriction whatsoever, but most of the citizens of the district do not want the open use of mj smoking on the street corner. and so that is what the debate was over to treat it essentially like another quality of life crime. >> and you can watch the full interview with the d.c. council chairman phil mendelsohn this sunday morning on "viewpoint." >>> he was supposed to uphold the law, but now a ar

kathy bueltel, cedar park, texas. i'm mad at you, bill.an chaffetz was insulting. you should have treated president obama like that, telling chaffetz to get off his butt was totally unwarranted. >>> and then from janice who lives in simpsonville, south carolina. bill, you were spot-on with chaffetz. asking why his committee has not subpoenaed leon panetta and wonder why they're not getting anywhere. >> i saw the interview, you were tough on him. leon panetta has testified at least twice before house committees. there are so many committees that can claim jurisdiction over this issue. chaffetz' committee that he sits on along with others to the intelligence committee to the foreign affairs committee, everybody wants a piece of the pie and that's part of the problem. >> here's my beef. so we established with president obama that on the libya issue, and i asked him point blank, did secretary of defense leon panetta tell you it was a terrorist attack on the day it happened. simple question because i'm a simple man, as you know. he wouldn't ans

it is all spanish cedar. it has a travel humidore which goes with his life-style. david: for the whole case? >> whole case, everything. we have a travel humidor for $350. that comes with 7 cigars. we have seven cigars in a beautiful gift box for $210. david: can i buy these cigars individually. >> absolutely. we would appreciate that. there are $30 a piece. david: 30 bucks. for those who don't know that is sort of the target that i think a lot of cigar, premium cigar companies are looking for. people who are willing, you don't smoke one every night. maybe once, a couple times a week at most? >> again depends on the cigar smoker but typically it is on occasion. david: how has that market been growing past couple years? >> we had a lot of different things. we've had taxes go up. we see a lot of legislation and regulation coming into our business but what we've also seen that cigar smokers are very passionate and they're very loyal and they find ways to enjoy a nice cigar with friends. david: yeah. >> and, especially what we're seeing is a really big resurgence for lu

modot county deputies say when cherie lash rhoades opened fire inside the cedar rapids seed office thursday afternoon there were 12 people inside among them this woman. she didn't want her face shown but she is the daughter of 50- year-old rurik davis one of four people gunned down during an eviction meeting. she spent hours walking around the scene of the crime friday just looking at the building. her father dead from a gunshot wound, her two sisters stabbed reputedly when rhoades allegedly ran out of ammo and grabbed a knife. also dead, sheila russo and two others, who gave birth to a baby girl five days earlier, the newborn found alive under her mother's body. just feet away from the violence, this woman's own son. >> i literally just walked outside to check on my son because [ indiscernible ] she started shooting everybody. >> reporter: rhoades was under investigation by the bureau of indiana affairs for allegedly embezzling $50,000 from the tribe. >> i didn't say anything. it was just a normal meeting. >> reporter: davis' daughter says she is still in shock unsure of what happened and

. >> katrina vanden heuvel, sam cedar.e rachel maddow show" starts now. >>> thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. happy snow day. the administration of republican north carolina governor pat mccrory has just been subpoenaed in conjunction with a federal criminal investigation. now, this is not new jersey. this is a whole different governor. but the language is starting to feel familiar by now. you are commanded to appear in this federal court. you are commanded to bring with you the following documents. it's not clear yet who exactly is being investigated and for what potential crime, but the u.s. attorney's office for the east district of north carolina, the federal prosecutor in north carolina is making the general terms of this thing very clear. "an official criminal investigation of a suspected felony is being conducted by an agency of the united states and a federal grand

cardiologist noel bairey merz, from cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles, says women, like heriffer from men in the way they have heart attacks. >> pearl grumet: i had this excruciating pain in between my shoulder blades. and then i got the nauseous feeling in my stomach... >> stahl: so the man comes in, he has chest pain, sometimes a radiating pain down the left arm. the woman comes in, and she says... >> noel bairey merz: she might be having stomach upset, she might be feeling fatigue. she might just be short of breath. >> stahl: why does she even go? >> merz: because they don't feel right, and they know something's wrong. >> stahl: they know something's wrong. did you ever, ever have chest pain in this whole time? >> grumet: no. >> merz: you can see, here's the constriction. >> stahl: typically, men get clogs in major arteries that are easy to see on an angiogram. but many women get blockages in tiny micro-vessels inside the heart, so their heart disease is more often missed. pearl had four minor heart attacks; five different hospitals couldn't find the problem. >> grumet: d

. >> katrina vanden heuvel, sam cedar. "the rachel maddow show" starts now. >>> thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. happy snow day. the administration of republican north carolina governor pat mccrory has just been subpoenaed in conjunction with a federal criminal investigation. now, this is not new jersey. this is a whole different governor. but the language is starting to feel familiar by now. you are commanded to appear in this federal court. you are commanded to bring with you the following documents. it's not clear yet who exactly is being investigated and for what potential crime, but the u.s. attorney's office for the east district of north carolina, the federal prosecutor in north carolina is making the general terms of this thing very clear. "an official criminal investigation of a suspected felony is being conducted by an agency of the united states and a federal grand jury." this is a surprise development today. i'm not sure anybody knew this was coming. this subpoena is dated monday of this week, th

and then there is the huge problem of cedar you, were some of our gulf partners believe that our concernsabout the day after assad's exit cloud our judgment. i wish i could offer simple answers to these concerns aren't new and neat prescriptions for these challenges. i cannot. but i am convinced that it would be a realistic if we allowed our occasional bouts and differences do we can distort bonds between us. i am convinced that for many years to come, our strategic interest will remain far more aligned than now. and i'm convinced we are far more to gain by working together than working separately. we can and we should seize this moment to renew our partnership, strengthen it, make it more resilient and ensure that it serves our common interest and our common aspirations. aspirations. as secretary kerry made clear it and how those last month, america's commitment to the middle east is enduring because america's interests in the middle east are enduring. and as president obama will stressed during his visit to saudi arabia next month, our partnership with the gulf will remain a cornerstone

. >> several years later the barbara streisand heart center was born at cedars-sinai medical center in. >> prior to our research women were typically falsely reassured that everything was fine. >> we're going to take a quick listen. >> when ruth greenburg suffered a heart attack at age 53, doctors were unable to determine the cause. >> it was a little surprising that there really are significant differences between men and women. >> thanks to specialized mri technology, problems can be detected in the heart's tiny arteries where women experience the most damage. >> they were so excited and so relieved to find my heart problem. >> streisand says it's stories like that that make it all worth it. >> you're a relatively private person and you don't tend to go out and speak publicly about every issue. >> i don't like to go to opening nights. i don't like to -- i don't even like to have to talk about my work. >> so was it hard for you to attach your name to this cause and to know that you would become the face of this center? >> it is hard. i don't particularly like to perform in public ♪ wh

its association with the old growth forest in the mature large trees, doug fir, redwood, western red cedarociation spell trouble for the marbled murrelet because it nests in the force which is very unusual for a seabird. these trees that they nested in were prize in the timber industry because they are very valuable as lumber. and so that controversy, once the nest was discovered in 1974, the first nest, the association was set and then the controversy began to be 10 years after that. marbled murrelet inhabits the range of the pacific ocean the outer aleutian islands in alaska south through british columbia, washington, oregon, down to central california. it is a band about 50 miles wide is were administered is a seabird though so it lives at sea 90% of the time but it's from coast-to-coast essentially. the bird is robin sized and it is a member of a family of birds which include birds like puffins and birds that people might not be familiar with with. the marbled murrelet does not build any. it unique in that it nests in trees at all. so what is in a summit of birds you have birds that co

right now over minneapolis and cedar rapids and des moines and chicago and milwaukee, you are mexicant of snow but a lot of us have about two feet on the ground already and we will add another 4 to 6 inches and in chicago maybe 6 to 8 inches. these are the snow totals for the midwest. area in the northeast may be lower along i-95 but it will happen tomorrow morning at this time. anyone who has to drive i-95, be prepared to do that in a couple of inches of snow. you're watching "morning joe," on this snowy, blustery, new york city day, presidents' day. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ told ya you could do it. (dad vo) i want her to be safe. so, i taught her what i could and got her a subaru. (girl) piece of cake. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. ... you might need to come closer... ... half a world closer! [prof. burke] at farmers,we make you smarter [bell rings] about your insurance,because what you don't know can hurt you. what if you didn't know that home insurance can keep your stuff covered,even when it's not at home? or that collisions with wildlife on the road may not be covered

and i went to a very international elementary school that was sort of the cedar school for kids, parents were married grad students at ucla. a lot of people who were on scholarships from all over the world and at various times i was one of the handful of american-born kids in my classroom and i thought was normal for everybody came from japan and india and the philippines and uruguay and when i was 10, we moved to north carolina and what's a wake-up call. i was in durham, n.c.. my dad left his job because he was asked to design an anti-aircraft missile and he didn't want to be an arms designer. he was very much against the war, and he went back to grad school and took a position with the environmental protection agency. next thing i knew we were in north carolina in nearly 70s when the state had barely integrated and after a year of pretty abusive local public school my brother and i enrolled at carolina friends school which was the first integrated school in the state, private quaker school where we were very fortunate to get a wonderful education with really dynamic and caring progress