it's charlotte's web. >> it is charlotte's plant. >> it's charlotte's plant. not anymore.all the children. >> more than 41 children are using charlotte's web here in colorado. all of them are reporting significant seizure reduction, and there are dozens more on a wait list hoping, praying that a plant could change their lives. just like it did for charlotte. >> i'm going to get you. >> you both seem very at peace. >> i'm very at peace, yeah. very peaceful. >> we've been given a great life. it's unfortunate that charlie has this gervais syndrome, but thank god we've got something now that's working. >> she's doing so great today. >> everywhere you look, it seems a heart attack is just waiting to happen. more than a million heart attacks a year. that's one, just about, every 30 seconds. just in the united states. if you haven't had a heart attack yourself, you likely know someone who has. i've got a secret to share -- with what we know right now? we could see the last heart attack in america. i've been investigating this for over a year. i've got lessons to share, things you

charlotte figge had an extreme form of epilepsy.er body was so frail that any seizure could kill her. with no traditional treatment left to try and the clock ticking away, her parents decided to try marijuana. charlotte was just 5 years old. >> i need a card to be able to get the cannabis from a pharmacy. doctors have to prescribe it. >> you need two doctors in colorado to get the card for a juvenile or a child. it was hard. we were the first young child, and they said no. everyone said no, no, no, no. >> certainly her age played a role in my hesitance. >> dr. alan shackelford is a harvard-trained physician. he is also among a handful of doctors in colorado who give prescriptions for medical marijuana. from the moment charlotte entered his office, he knew she was in trouble. while he was just examining her, she had two seizures. >> she had failed everything. there were no more options for her. everything had been tried, except cannabis. >> here's how scientists think it might work. marijuana is made up of two ingredients, thc -- tha

from charlotte to raleigh, heavy snows. this general area, 6-9 inches over the next couple of hours. and rain on the coast. and all will go up the eastern sea board into tomorrow. around 10:00 p.m. tonight, it will push into washington, d.c. there's the computer model, the snow, the mixing, there's the rain. around 10:00 or 11:00, snowing in d.c. and baltimore. and moving into southern new jersey. early tomorrow morning, the snow in and around new york city. there's the snow line. notice it's down near atlantic city. as we head towards lunchtime, it's rain in the city, in new york, new jersey, it is all rain. all rain in boston at this time. but it's all snow from upstate new york back into pennsylvania and back towards washington, d.c. starting to change over. and the evening, it's all rain along the coastal areas, heavy snow inland. and as cold air wraps around into the storm system, changing back to snow from new york to albany and boston. it's a little too late to pick up any significant snows at that point. otherwise,

charlotte is largely empty. the schools and government are closed and the people are staying inside because the storm is getting ready to last for 24 hours. >> breaking news out of oakland, police just announced a person of interest in the amber alert. his nay is roy mcamy. they received a report of a carjacking outside of a safeway store in oakland. the victims are described as a 13-year-old girl and an elderly man. oakland police have not received reports of a missing girl or elderly man. the amber alert is still active. stay with nbc bay news for more on this story. >>> a man walking home from new york got a surprise when he was knocked to the ground by a giant wave of snow. he was walking innocently enough where that wintery mix was kicked up by a snowplow. the car dealership where that was taken put that up online. his own wife didn't even believe him until she saw the video on tv. >> what happened, were you fighting with something? no, the truck came down the street and put the ice in my face. he was a lit

it is starting to snow now at charlotte.s every two hours inside the faa command center as another winter storm moves up the east coast dumping rain, ice and snow. on the call, airlines, airports and air traffic control. they're coordinating how to get planes around this winter storm and minimize traveler delay. >> we've been bumped about -- this will be the second or third time. i'm trying to quit counting. >> six large screens display the storm. planes in the air and planes grounded. at atlanta's hartsfield airport, the busiest in the world, planes are parked. i see a lot of blue by atlanta. what are you monitoring here? >> the blue is actually the cancellations that are coming in from the carriers. >> atlanta is down to nothing. >> atlanta is pretty much getting down to nothing. >> all airports have a weather plan, and this faa command center in warrington, virginia, helps communicate with 21 regional centers. you're doing real math here as far as how many planes can you de-ice per minute? >> once an airplane de-ice, we w

what are you seeing in charlotte? >> reporter: nothing anything like that here in charlotte. but the story here has been the precipitation. we started seeing snow flurries today a little after 9:00 in the morning, between 9:00 and 10:00. now 12 hours later and we have a pretty steady stream of sleet coming down right now. occasionally we have a car going by like this one, but for the most part, the streets are deserted tonight. everyone heeding the warning of officials here, who told them to get out early to get out ahead of the storm. people were well-informed. most of them did that. we did see some slipping and sliding going on today, sometime around 4:00 as people started leaving a little bit too late, as there is a little too much snow on the ground. there were some accidents, nothing serious according to the city. right now they're having some big meetings here in charlotte to determine how they're going to proceed tomorrow. but the buzz word here is, for everyone, stay off the roads for two reasons. one, for your personal safety. the other so that crews can get out here

brian, this is the biggest storm to hit charlotte in a decade and it has already crippled parts of the carolinas. >> peter alexander, mark potter before that. gentlemen, thank you very much. all of that brings us to al roker, and this is a monster storm. >> that is right, sadly, brian it is performing as we thought it would. take a look, we still have ice warnings for much of southern georgia into the carolinas. and then as you move to the north we'll see more winter storm warnings and watches and advisories all up the 95 corridor all the way up into northern maine. and looking at the radar you can start to see there is snow now changing on the west side of atlanta. the ice will make its way into parts of the carolinas, all the way up into virginia and maine have snow up there. high pressure bringing in northeasterly winds with cold air filtering down. the problem is we have nowhere for the cold air to go. it slams up into the mountains so as the rain falls it freezes and that cold air traps it as the levels of atmosphere start to freeze up. we see the rain freeze and it changes to sno

very sparse traffic in charlotte, north carolina. we'll continue to follow that story here on al jazeera america. back in a moment. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a look at your top stories at this hour. former new orleans mayor ray nagin has been found guilty. the jury came back with a verdict convicting him of 20 of 21 charges. the senate has voted to lift the debt ceiling, and hundreds of thousands are without power right now dealing with freezing temperatures, and devastating ice. this is marietta, georgia, just north of atlanta. probably i-75 right now, you see a few tractor trailers on the road. they got to make those runs, right? but very few other vehicles on the road, on i o-75. thousands in the dark as we get tonight fall, and the national guard is on stand by in atlanta. washington, d.c. will declare a snow emergency this evening, which will, as you can imagine, really slow down travel in and out of the capitol. john terrett is outside of union station. you look good now, but my brother, it's on its way. >>

. >> darrell price, a detective sergeant with the charlotte mechlinberg police department. >> she was very young and felt sorry for her because she didn't have a lot of parental guidance. >> in the course of cultivating his source, detective price has met the young woman's mother, phyllis crowell. then in november of 1992, the daughter tells price the mother is making inquirys about hiring a hitman. >> she decided a, she didn't want to see her mother murder her stepfather and b, didn't want her to go to prison for murder. >> price contacts the atf about helping the police set up a sting. >> our unit back in 1992, it was just nothing. there was no technology. so we utilized the atf technology. which at that time was top of the line, top notch. today if i were about to hire a hit person, you can go online, run that person, see what have they been arrested for. if you've been to prison for murder, chances are you've done it before and will do it again. in '92, you had to take people at their word. there was no access to the internet. you would have to walk into a courthouse and look up c

david mattingly reporting live from charlotte, north carolina. here's a live look at road conditions in metro atlanta. people are staying off the ice covered roads. it looks like a ghost town. definitely heeding the warnings as well they should. indra petersons is here to look how long this storm will last. >> travel delays. what a nightmare, carol. let's talk about the delays. airports, you don't see delays, flights are cancelled. atlanta, georgia, 1600 flights cancelled. charlotte, north carolina, over 700. raleigh, almost 150 flights. we know the problem. it's this. we were out there. the freezing rain is there. the icing is now accumulating and people go who cares, a quarter inch, half an inch of ice doesn't sound like much. wrong. that's all it takes to bring those power lines down. they weigh 30 times heavier as much as 500 pounds. that's the concern this ice storm is under way. the second wave of the system we saw starting questioned that's expected to be even stronger and for that reason historical. that's hat the national weather service

this is charlotte. >> that's true.ess all those bank of america executives just whining and moaning. >> pretty much. cars everywhere off to the side of the road. people just abandoned cared. >> and everything closed found? >> pretty much. >> tomorrow is valentine's day. will you get tomorrow off as well or is this supposed to melt overnight? >> i always hope that someone sends me something anonymous limp i never get anything. >> look what is happening on the big wall, talk about scary. i can't see you anymore, kim, but there's a scary picture. this guy here -- say hello, john. pretty interesting. >> we should play with the toys the rest of the day because we don't have anything productive to do. john, you didn't know you would be on tv this much, but now you are. look at that i'm not very good with is. didn't know all these people existed. facetime-under deliverable, kim is not available. >> oh, man. >> come back and visit us. >> i will. >> we have more pictures, fire truck about to stuck? the snow snow roanoke. a 10-f

nbc's peter alexander is in charlotte, north carolina again tonight. hey, peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. the snow didn't stop falling here until late this afternoon. in total, this was the worst winter storm to hit charlotte in a decade. nearly 9 inches falling all evening long. crews across the city are going to be picking up snow and trying to drop it off at dump sites like this. in raleigh, as you noted today, hundreds of drivers abandoned their cars in the peak of the storm today came back to try to find them. the state troopers and national guardsmen went door-to-door to make sure nobody was stranded so they could plow through. in atlanta things are slowly thawing there after the second major storm to hit the area in two weeks. and brian, back here, the real concern is that snow is going to melt and refreeze overnight, causing significant black ice. >> peter alexander in north carolina in charlotte again tonight. peter, thank you. >>> and let's go into the weather center. meteorologist janice huff is at the map. jani

this flight got it out of charlotte. the storm did not look too terrible if you are used to snow but it closed down all the arrivals. our flight wasn't going out. >> barbara got lucky. rather than having to fly through chicago the through flight was direct to san francisco. she says things were not lacking good back if charlotte. >> it was snowy and they expected ice and they could taught land planes because of the fog and snow nothing that betters those folks from michigan or us, used to driving in it but enough to slow down the planes and make it difficult to land. air travelers can spent more cancellations and delays as the storm now heads to the northeast. >>> google is helping people affected by the storm. they have put together a crisis response map showing where red cross and other shelters are located. it indicates where weather advisories have been issued. >> coming up on 4:36 and to the roof. >> it is quieter here. i am tracking the stole on live doppler 7 hd so we will look at where it is hitting. it is snow i

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but mostly to the south and east of charlotte.at will cause a lot of people to be in the cold and the dark tonight. that's still to come. in fact, the governor having some very straight -- some straight talk for the people who live here about being prepared. listen. >> do the common sense things. we know it's coming. take the precautions right now. do not wait. if you wait, that means you're going to take action, which puts our emergency operations people lives at risk. so there is some responsibility saul of us have to take at this point in time. >> and take a look at this. we have had this just for a couple of hours so far. this is going to go on through the night. they're expecting 8 to 10 inches here in downtown charlotte. maybe a foot or more to the north of here. it's going to be a 48-hour weather event for the carolinas here. and everyone saying stay hum hunkered down and hope for warmer temperatures this weekend. wolf? >> a lot lot of people losing power too in north carolina, south carolina, georgia, elsewhere, as well. i

in charlotte, snow fell so fast streets why covered in minutes, not hours. the city expecting 10 inches of snow and bracing for the ice that's predicted overnight. >> do the common sense things, we know it's commoning. take the precautions right now. do not wait. if you wait, that means you're going to take action which puts our emergency operations people lives at ris zbk. >> too many motorists waited too late to travel. some wiping out, others stuck in long, slow moving linings. >> we're not kidding. we're not just crying wolf. it is serious business. >> reporter: conditions in atlanta look much different than two weeks ago when just two inches of snow brought the city to a stand still. highways that looked like parking lots then were now empty. at the world's busiest airport, planes were busy waiting, and more than 3,000 flights were canceled nationwide. as the storm moves up the east coast, the biggest concern becomes power outages. across the southeast, over 450,000 are without power. thousands in georgia and there are no promises of a quick fix. >> we'

griffin drove off of old charlotte highway, and kim knew it was a dead-end street.t she jumped from the moving car. griffin caught up with her, struck her on the back of the head, stomped on her back, breaking her neck, and leaving the distinctive foot impression. he then strangled her to death, probably with his police flashlight. before he left, he removed the handcuffs and covered her body with debris. >> i still can't imagine what happened and what transpired in those few minutes, the last few minutes of kim's life. >> if i had an officer who was doing this, i don't care who it was, it shouldn't happen. nobody should die the way kim medlin did. but to get a conviction, prosecutors needed to prove josh griffin was the killer. >> with not having any dna, they actually had to build their case around that footprint. >> according to personnel records, griffin was the only officer to wear a size 8 1/2 thorogood shoe. so ricky novarro took a new pair of these shoes, made an impression and matched it to the shoeprint on the back of kim's sweatshirt. navarro believed it

it's been slowing and sleeting all afternoon in charlotte. the real issue is ice. those roads were slick out there. cars were stuck along our major highways earlier this afternoon. fortunately that's been cleared now there's cars stuck along the rah-rah leraleigh highways. that ice could settle on there and bring those power lines down. more coming in about power outages but we are hearing over a half million throughout southeast. officials have told people to stay home tomorrow,unc duke game has also been postponed due to the bad weather. >> robert, the dire warnings seem to work this time, right? >> indeed, john. absolutely. two weeks ago, it was traffic gridlock on the roads of atlanta. the weather service issued warnings, no one listened including the governor and the mayor. but this time around they took all the precautions they could. and no one has been on the roads today. over 6 million people in the metro area of atlanta have listened, and they have been hunkering down as the storm has been pelting this area since about 3:00 a.m. we've had rain, sleet, and

snow is in charlotte and raleigh, north carolina, and the storm is far from over. the senate passes a bill raising the debt limit, ho plus, a new study raises questions about the effectiveness of mammograms. >> millions of people along the east coast are bracing for a huge mess. there is gridlock in charlotte, north carolina, while roads are virtually empty. thousands of flights and trains have been canceled. crews are working to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the region. only a few people ventured out despite city and emergency officials, and for good reason as for some places from washington, d.c. to new england will see several inches of snow even a foot, and we start in north carolina. take a look at these pictures here. it is looking just like what we saw in atlanta just a few weeks ago. drivers barely moving along the snow-covered and in some places icy roads. let's go to mike, director of emergency management in north carolina, and he joins us from raleigh, mike, good to talk to you. thanks for the time. you have been i

looks like charlotte is one of the main ones. >> here you see charlotte close s out completely, d.c., closing out completely, new york manages to get a few flights out but it is still a mess for thousands of travellers. now, this is where we are right now. you see new york, dallas, d.c., hardly any -- >> only three delayed, 73 cancelled -- >> all told, 6,000 flights cancelled today and already 6,000 -- 1,000 are cancelled tomorrow. many more delays. >> it will take a while, mark, thank you, and folks just having a lot of trouble traveling the roads. look at raleigh, abandoned cars litter the streets after what went down there yesterday. some people left their cars in the bone-chilling cold. others spent the night in a shopping mall. we have team fox coverage for you this night. let's get to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth, but first, we'll talk to steve. it actually looks deserted. >> reporter: yeah, it was pretty quiet but it actually was a busy day as folks hoped to get flights they couldn't get. nature dealt us a one-two punch, more inches on top of that. and there is very littl

in charlotte light snow has started.rm system hitting the area really hard right now. we've received reports already a tenth of accumulation of ice accumulation in parts of georgia and quarter of an inch of ice. today the storm system will hit parts of the southeast very hard. by wednesday at 10:00 p.m., parts of the mid-atlantic starting to see the snow. the storm heads north impacting northeast throughout the day on thursday and by friday, early morning we expect the snow to be coming down across portions of new england. along coastal areas you could see a little bit of a mix. that could lower down the snowfall accumulations. i want to first show you the ice totals, half an inch and inch of ice. that is why they're calling this catastrophic across georgia and carolinas. six to 12 inches of snow across the higher elevations of appalachians. here is the forecast for northeast. new york city, five to 10 inches of snow. philadelphia, six to 10. sit. back to you. martha: certainly is. thanks, maria. bill: we're just learnin

what is the weather like in charlotte? are they better prepared, the officials there in charlotte?ls here have been very proactive. they saw this storm coming. they were getting salt solution poured on the roads 48 hours before the first snowflake even fell here. and it's paying off. the streets are still passable around the city. i was able to drive around a little bit a little while ago and see some of the areas of the interstate. there are some part where is obviously there are some problems. but for the most part the roads are still passable. i wouldn't call them safe, but they are passable. we're not seeing a great deal of congestion in the central city part here like we are seeing developing at raleigh where you have lines of traffic just gridlocked on some of the major highways there. we actually talked to an official with the department of transportation who says they are now trying to get plows and salt trucks to those stranded motorists on those highways around raleigh, but that equipment is also having a difficult time navigating through the gridlock. so on the surface i

atlanta and charlotte were hit hard. this flight came in late and managed to make it out. >> it didn't look too terrible for those who were used to snow. it closed down all of the arrivals and consequently our flight wasn't going out. >> she got lucky. instead of going through chicago it was direct to san francisco. she said things were not looking good in charlotte. >> it was snowing and they were expecting ice. they couldn't land planes because it was foggy and snowy. it was not anything that bothered those folks from michigan, but enough to slow the planes down and make it difficult to land. >> travelers can expect more cancellations and delays tomorrow as the storm now heads toward the northeast. in san francisco, ama dates, abc7 news. >> thanks. google is affected those affected by the storm. they have put together a crisis response map showing where red cross and other shelters are located. it also indicates where weather advisories have been issued. meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking that storm and she is her

john: charlotte. >> he has a point. we taught it to them.k -- john: to fed self-esteem to you? >> their parents. they're not allowed to fail. and never had to sink or swim. we taught it to the. john: i was surprised that other young people said compared to other generations we are slackers. >> yen people expect everything to be handed to them. i am one of them. and don't know. when you feel like your grandparents. >> my parents' generation is just more hardworking in general john: we are more hard working. the biggest issue is when stuff are not working out for us. there is a term for a living at home with your parents. failure to launch. >> a lot of this generation is suffering. john: look at the data. >> failure to parent. john: 36%. >> either live with their parents. john: not that different. it used to be 32%. >> going out on your own is how you become an adult. if you have too many people living at home and welcoming their kids at home we are in trouble as a society. we have never had a large group of people who fail to grow up. maybe a

high point area to charlotte and asheville.hat many metro areas in the tenth largest most populated state in the nation, we have not seen a storm like this in decades. >> i hear you. it's been bad in this city. it's been bad in this state and i feel we're getting dress rehaers sales and the real thing over and over. that's why i wanted to ask do you think you did enough early enough or was it the fault of the motorists who need to be rescued? >> no, we did everything. we cleared the roads. we did a state of emergency -- we had the same storm atlanta had two weeks ago. and we did the exact same steps. >> soon enough? >> but the issue there was probably the snow pack was a little bit different, which put things at a standstill. and we had, you know, some accidents that just caused a standstill in addition to some icy spots. and some people didn't take my warning. and we gave 24-hour warning. and, you know, i said be smart and take your stupid hat off, but we had a lot of people still get out and just say, well, maybe this is a fa

charlotte, six to ten inches, almost a top ten for charlotte.north, that purple section, that little band, may need to bring that down into the poconos. those are areas that are also going to get a foot-plus of snow. >> what about after this -- we're going to at least see a warm up in this part of the country? >> there's a mini storm, clipper low coming through saturday, sunday, through the east. after that, middle of next week, end of next week, looks like 50s and 60s, a big melt. >> good. some of that stuff will start to melt. >> may take till april, but we'll start. >> all right, all right, thank you so much for all the good news, bill karins. >>> back to politics now, speaker john boehner gets a clean debt ceiling passed the house, but a demand of reform. that's the topic for the agenda panel right now. z zarlina maxwell, amanda turkel, and victoria soto, professor of the university of texas, professor at the university of texas at austin. that's a mouthful. i want to start with you, you remember this article from bill krystal, from his memo

atlanta and charlotte were hit hard. this flight came in late and managed to make it out. >> it didn't look too terrible for those who were used to snow. it closed down all of the arrivals and consequently our flight wasn't going out. >> she got lucky. instead of going through chicago it was direct to san francisco. she said things were not looking good in charlotte. >> it was snowing and they were expecting ice. they couldn't land planes because it was foggy and snowy. it was not anything that bothered those folks from michigan, but enough to slow the planes down and make it difficult to land. >> travelers can expect more cancellations and delays tomorrow as the storm now heads toward the northeast. in san francisco, ama dates, abc7 news. >> thanks. google is affected those affected by the storm. they have put together a crisis response map showing where red cross and other shelters are located. it also indicates where weather advisories have been issued. meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking that storm and she is her

our coverage starts with erica edwards in charlotte, north carolina. >> it is windy and cold. the snow has turned to rain. cars stuck along a major highway. it is cleared, but other cars are stuck along the roads as well. >> as the sleet conditions officials are worried about ice. half a million are without power across the south-east. people have been told to stay home. schools are closed for thursday. >> erica edwards reporting. >> one resident was stuck in the storm five hours and had to walk five hours to get home with the kids and joins us on the telephone. sue, welcome. >> thank you. >> tell us what happened? >> i left my kids home, they didn't have school. i was popping out for a short job. the weather just came up very suddenly. it went from the first couple of slicks to dangerous driving conditions within 10 minutes. were you worried about the warnings that you weren't supposed to go out. >> yes - well, i was aware of the storm coming, but had checked the forecast and it seemed like i would have time to go out do this and get home. >> then what happened. >> i miscalcu

the worst, south of atlanta near i-20 to augusta, over to columbia as well as charlotte. this could be a very destructive storm. power outages that could last for days. then on the northeast side of this a powerful nor'easter gets going. it's from new york down through d.c. over half a foot is looking quite likely. strong winds at the coast and certainly a foot or more for many inland areas. an impactful storm for places like boston, new york, philadelphia, d.c., atlanta, charlotte impacted with lots of cancelled flights already. i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. >>> a trial is expected to close today in a charge of a florida money charged with killing a student over music. the defendant michael dunn took the stand tuesday and said he was acting in self-defense, but his fiancee contradicted part of his testimony. >> reporter: he said he feared for his life when he shot and killed davis at this convenience store in 2012. the confrontation began when dunne asked his teen and friends to turn down their radio. my rear view mirror was shaking and my eardrums were vib

weather also affecting operations in charlotte, north carolina. more than 33 i should say 330 flights arrivals and departures have been canceled. dallas is even experiencing cancellations. what will that mean for midway and o'hare as the day goes on still remains to be seen. there were some cancellations yesterday because of the weather. no big problems at o'hare or midway. we will wait and see what happens. as always if you are heading out, call your airlines to see how things are going. >>taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. the man charged with killing a store clerk in bensenville is due in bond court today. kenneth bardlett is charged with first degree murder, for the death of hussein saghir. saghir was shot and killed during an attempted robbery by two men outside sam's tobacco and foodmart on january 19-th. prosecutors did not say how bardlett was involved. the other suspect has not been arrested. a man and teenager are wounded after a shooting near a high school in south suburban dolton yesterday evening. authorities say a

atlanta and charlotte were hit hard. this flight came in late and managed to make it out. >> it didn't look too terrible for those who were used to snow. it closed down all of the arrivals and consequently our flight wasn't going out. >> she got lucky. instead of going through chicago it was direct to san francisco. she said things were not looking good in charlotte. >> it was snowing and they were expecting ice. they couldn't land planes because it was foggy and snowy. it was not anything that bothered those folks from michigan, but enough to slow the planes down and make it difficult to land. >> travelers can expect more cancellations and delays tomorrow as the storm now heads toward the northeast. in san francisco, ama dates, abc7 news. >> thanks. google is affected those affected by the storm. they have put together a crisis response map showing where red cross and other shelters are located. it also indicates where weather advisories have been issued. meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking that storm and she is her

>> take a look at this picture from charlotte, north carolina. a car on top of another after an accident. in raleigh, traffic was backed up for miles. people had to get out, push their cars down the road. one car caught on fire on a raleigh street. you can see the others scattered across the road there. >> you talk about schools being closed. you know, our school system here now already cutting into vacation days because of snow days. >> i know. >> look at this scene in virginia. the snow there started falling midafternoon. it has been going all night. it's snowing now. these pictures are from danville, near roanoke. the national guard is now on standby to help anyone who winds up stranded. >> okay, our reporters are out covering the storm from all the angles this morning. let's start with indra petersons, live in white plains, new york, just north of new york city, where it's snowing right now. indra's joining us on the phone. good morning! >> oh, good morning. i thought i was going to get a lucky break this morning. we looked out of our row at

also in charlotte a major hub for us airways. ice and snow on the road making driving dangerous and difficult. also the economic impact of all of this. for the airlines, lost revenue. for the passengers, lost time. it all amounts to billions of dollars. the cancellations, most of them in the southeast today. that will change. a ilk per share will be in the northeast and mid-atlantic states tomorrow. today we can take a look at some numbers we compiled. 3571 flights canceled today alone. 3165 tomorrow. these are preemptive cancellations because they know they will have to get equipment out of the way of heavy snow. 11,140 cancellations nationwide so far this week. so, people are bracing for the worst. the best advice for travelers is, number one, of course, call ahead. number, two, be aware airlines waived change fees so you can reschedule if you want to, take the trip another time if you can do that at all. at the same time as i mentioned the airlines are trying to get their assets, their aircraft and crews out of here so they do

for people to get help, megan writes my huhs and two-year-old daughter are stuck at charlotte airporthe is concerned about running out of diapers, food, etc. and you also have people having some sympathy for the people that -- >> yeah. >> get the mail every day. >> snow, sleet, rain. >> our mailman stay warm out there, and she has some hot cocoa for them. >> then you have this video. announced they don't have school today, dare a listen. >> . >> ♪ ice ice baby . >> oh, my. >> more boring emails about school that was vanilla ice, 1990, for those of you that know that song. >> yeah, david chuter, yeah, we -- yeah, we were around, we remember it. big news today for cable customers. the merger could change many people's t.v. and internet services. tone nip, these two companies do not compete in the same region, and their portfolios are different, since comcast owns content providers, still a comcast purchase of time warner would give the company access to the top media markets of new york and los angeles, also create a situation where one single company creates a chunk of the content, ame

charlotte could see as much as 6 inches before it's over.chools are closed and already hundreds of today's flights have been canceled. >>> driving through the south won't be much fun either. highways will be wet and slippery, roads near the great lakes will have snow. watch for the wet roads in the pacific northwest. >>> and if you're flying, airport delays are possible in atlanta, charlotte, washington and memphis. >>> all right, speaking of being on the road, we have all heard about those terrifying tales of road rage. >> yeah, now we find out what it's really like to be in the middle of an attack. here's abc's jim avila. >> reporter: the four-wheel brawl, a scourge on american highways from fists flying in north carolina to this lawyer and retired police officer duking it out on a california highway. and now what it's really like to be inside that moment of terror. a vicious attack on a raleigh, north carolina, street that left this saab a crumpled mess and a father desperately calling 911. >> i've got a guy that's following me and he's r

the worst airports atlanta, philly, charlotte, d.c. all the way up into new york.ne is delta. they're based in atlanta. more than 600 cancellations today. the good news, passengers had enough advance warning that many simply decided to stay home. here at the atlanta airport, only about 175 people spent the night on couches, sleeping on floors here that we've seen. the bad news, guys, this is a very busy holiday weekend. airlines tell us the flights that manage to get out are likely to be packed. john and marci? >> devin, thank you. >>> jurors will resume deliberations in the murder case which started as an argument over loud music. lawyers for michael dunn say he acted in self-defense when he shot ten times at a car full of teenagers in jacksonville. 17-year-old jordan davis was killed. prosecutors point out that no weapon was found in the teens' car and dunn failed to call police after he shot. >>> three current and former virginia tech students have been charged in the murder of virginia tech senior samantha shresha. published reports say the 21-year-old biology

also charlotte, columbia, south carolina. you could get damaging wind. thunderstorm wind damage threat along the east coast, especially the southeast coast line and then florida as we go throughout the afternoon. still pretty mild air behind the cold front. really not to the weekend. the next shot of cold air comes down. notice how nice it is much of the country. minneapolis, a high of 15, that's it? 14 on sunday. betty, all signs an indication are that the polar air is returning much of the country. >> no. >> once you get into march people are going to be like angry. >> polar air, not polar vortex? that's all kind of the same. >> better off to say polar air. >> i don't want to hear polar at all. thank you, bill. >>> two men who have pleaded guilty to a savage beating of a san francisco giants fan in 2011 got a verbal lashing in court thursday. 33-year-old marvin norwood was sentenced to four years in prison and 31-year-old louis sanchez was sentences sentenced to eight years but not before the judge called out sanchez for smirking during the hearing. >>

also through parts of south carolina towards charlotte and raleigh the wintery mix will cause big travel delays and the potential for quite a few power outages that could extend for several days. as this goes up the coast wednesday night into thursday very difficult rain/snow line. it goes through boston, new york, philly, and d.c. looks like the heaviest snow just to the west but still a couple days out so the line should shift as we look forward. >> pelley: complete weather coverage first thing on "cbs this morning." eric, thanks very much. today first lady called n.f.l. prospect michael sam an inspiration. some predict he will break down another barrier in pro sports as jackie robinson broke the racial barrier in baseball. james brown host of "the n.f.l. today" and a cbs news special correspondent has our story. >> i'm not afraid to tell the world about who i am. i am michael sam, i'm a college graduate, i'm african american, and i'm gay. >> reporter: with those words, university of missouri all america defensive lineman michael sam became the first openly gay n.f.l. prospect. he is p

two follow-up films peeking into the lives of carrie, samantha, miranda and charlotte raked in nearlyn. >> well, now executive producer michael patrick king is telling "entertainment week" that there's at least one more story left to tell, and it looks like most of the ladies are on board with a third movie. >> why do i think you're going to be at the opening of that movie? >> i just may. i'm pretty excited at the thought of it. i still watch my "sex and the city" dvds probably a little more often than i should admit. >> you're a single successful lady in new york city. you can be one of the cast, i'm telling you. >> i can relate. all right. >>> well, there's nothing juvenile about this year's best pictures' oscar nominees. yep, there it is, so the youtube channel fix put together some videos with kids reenacting the year's top movies. >> the videos spoof "american hustle," "the wolf of wall street" and a few others. >> give me this boat. >> no, this is my boat forever. >> give me your boat. >> no. >> let go. >> i can't. >> you have to let go. >> why? >> it's the theme of the movie. >

we begin with david mattingly in charlotte, north carolina. david, just -- those parking lot interstates that we've seen have come from where you are. >> reporter: well, we have seen a lot of snow falling, but for the last few hours it's been sleet and some rain. we have seen 12 hours of almost non-stop precipitation here. and this storm is not done yet. throughout the day entire cities slowed to a crawl. the national guard responding from alabama to the carolinas providing aid and shelter. in charlotte, snow fell so fast streets were covered in minutes, not hours. the city expecting as much as 10 inches of snow, and bracing for the ice that's predicted overnight. >> do the common sense things. we know it's coming. take the precautions right now. do not wait. if you wait, that means you're going to take action which puts our emergency operations people lives at risk. >> reporter: in spite of days of warning, too many motorists waited too late to travel, some wiping out, others stuck in long lines. >> we're not kidding. we're not just crying wo

. >> i'm taking three flights from here to charlotte, charlotte to chicago, chicago to minneapolis. he takes four flights. so he's to charlotte to raleigh to chicago to minneapolis. and he gets in at 11:30 tonight. >> you have to make three connections to get back and he's taking four? >> yes. to do a, like, three-hour flight to minneapolis. yeah. >> what do you make of this? >> it's insane. >> reporter: yeah, insane. no kidding. can you imagine? boyfriend, girlfriend, they kiss good-bye. he ran to the gate then she had to run to her gate. >> i can't even imagine what that's going to be like. >> reporter: and they had to get back today because they've got to start work early tomorrow. so there was no two ways about it. and the airline did take care of them. so it worked out in the end. not the way they would have planned it, but they're getting home. >> but at least they're moving. they're moving the right directions meaning to their final destination. you know, you got to hand it to all the ticket counter attendants. boy, you know they're getting an earful and a mouthful all the ti

warriors will host charlotte tomorrow. warriors deaf.all star break. and video provided by the team andrew said he can't witness for the break. >> we have a bunch of guy banged up carrying injury. every team in the league at this point. injury. probably being kind of coasting during the season. so we have a lot of guy soar and fish off stroychblingt pebble beach national pro am begin thursday on monterey peninsula. lake merced coming back to the bay area here. swinging skirt classic hall of famer julie promoting the event. at lake merced in daly city april 21 through the 27th. mike was the talking to julie. swinging skirt backed by a private non-profit trying to grow the game of golf globally. 2 70,000 dollars to the winner and julie says these young women can play. >> they have some girls that can just bomb the ball. not only that great short games and fun to wendy burch and they have some personality out ther there. so i think everybody will be amazed at how well they can play. you can wear a skirt and also competitive. >> we will see.

day, benghazi, the city the size of charlotte,. >> two years ago, fault lines traveled to libya, as forces fought to overthrow moammar gadhafi, in the unrest that was sweeping the arab world. now, benghazi is a by-word for political scandal, after the murder of an american ambassador in 2012. >> i cannot imagine sending folks out to benghazi, after what we saw, from the security cameras and the drones. >> mistakes were made. >> and i said that what benghazi is worse than watergate. >> meanwhile on the ground, a country is unraveling, torn apardon by the militia the u.s. helps to support. fault lines is here to find out what went wrong. >> on november the 16th after friday prayers, a peaceful demonstration formed in a neighborhood, in west tripoli. local proteste protesters were met by machine gun fire. when the shooting stopped, dozens lay dead, many others were injured. the last kerr took place the day we arrived in libya. by the time we reached the scene, the men there told us the killers had left. the militiamen who took over the area were from the libya shield, the shield that was set

traveled up to charlotte, six inches of snow there again not used to having that much snow and now it'stheastern area where i mentioned washington reagan national and dulles, those airports are suspending operations at least for the time being until the snow at least clears out and the federal government there is shut down so you just got, what's happening on the east coast is obviously affecting people here on the west coast, as we are talking about earlier, though, when we walk through the terminals here at sfo we're not seeing a lot of people coming out, we're assuming that they, like smart travelers, have checked ahead and found out their flights were canceled and they shouldn't bother showing up at least not right now. reporting live at sfo, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks a lot, bob. >>> "today in the bay's" tracy potts is outside braving the cold this morning. washington is shut down because of that storm moving in. tracy is going to join us with a live report in about five minutes. >> i know there's chaos in north carolina, pictures of cars off the road. >> people had

in charlotte, we really started to notice as a group of journalists actually one writer for "the charlotteiter, been there for 30 years or so, and i started to see this is something differe different. at that march in february, it wasn't -- there were arguments over the total turnout. there was no doubt there were tens of thousands of people there of all races and colors, and ethnicities. >> right. >> it was -- it's an incredible mix. >> it absolutely is. it's a great piece. people should check it out. i appreciate you joining us, michael. have a good morning. >> okay. thank you. >>> up next, our first read team says reps have a lot going for them so far, but there's an issue to hearten democrats, a gop brand problem. mark murray is next. and a live picture of the white house where michelle obama just started speaking. she is, of course, announcing the fda's proposal to change food labels. we were just discussing that. food labs will reflect calorie counts and give us a clearer picture of serving size. we'll keep an eye on that and play you any sound from the first lady. like this: dozens

it just started to snow now at charlotte. no changes to that. >> reporter: conference calls every two hours inside the faa command center as another winter storm moves up the east coast dumping rain, ice and snow. on the call, airlines, airports and air traffic control. they're coordinating how to get planes around this winter storm and minimize traveler delays. six large screens displayed the storm. planes in the air and planes grounded. at atlanta's hartfield airport, the busiest in the world, planes are parked. >> i see a lot of blue by atlanta. what are you monitoring here? >> this is one of our primary traffic management tools. blue is the cancellations coming in from the carriers. >> atlanta is down to nothing. >> atlanta is pretty much getting down to nothing. >> reporter: all airports have a weather plan, and this faa command center in warrington, virginia helps coordinate the execution by communicating with 21 regional centers. >> you do real math here as far as how many planes can you deice per minute. >> once an ai

charlotte's roads today have been extremely hazardous to navigate. just like what happened in atlanta a couple weeks ago, the rush to get home in the face of the storm, north carolina led to huge static lineups of cars. many cars ultimately abandoned on the roads. there are reports tonight again of people once again stranded for hours on the american roadways. this time it's charlotte, north carolina, raliegh, across the state of north carolina, throughout the whole region, more than a half million homes have lost power so far. 11 million deaths are attributed to the storm, most of them traffic incidents. >> the northeast and mid-atlantic are hunkering down for another winter pummeling, it's been a heavy winter already, but snow, rain and freezing rain are expected to move up the i-95 corridor. the national weather service used the adjective catastrophic to describe the impact of this storm in the southeast and east coast. if you are in the path of this giant storm complex, take it from me, my layman's understanding of this, stay home. this is a big

moving up the coast through charlotte and raleigh, in the washington d.c. they might get eight inches there today. of the philadelphia, new york, eventually into boston, massachusetts. tens of millions are feeling this one. again i'm bill hemmer. also good morning to my partner, martha maccallum. you have never looked better by the way. martha: thank you. you look pretty good out there actually. it is a winter wonderland and it is a tough one. more snow days for the kids. they will go to school into the middle of the summer at this point. millions of people are still in the path of this storm. we're tracking it closely up here from the 12th floor where it is vertical when you look at snow outside the window here. thethe storm is blowing into the northerly this morning after slamming the deep south and arrived on our part of the shoreline and leaving half a million people without power. causing complete chaos. storm warnings all around the region. forecasters predict this mom sister could dump as many as 15 inches of snow. this is like a shadow over i 95 all