the worst at chicago o'hare and john f. kennedy and boston's logan. t sfo as passengers scramble to rebooked after sfo's largest carrier, united airlines, grounded flights in chicago and cleveland. 80 flights were canceled. no cancellations reported at oakland or san jose. our weather app can be down lloyd god free at abc7news.com/app or on google play. >> the first of four san jose state students accused of terrorizing a black roommate will be in court today. the case sparked a series of campus protests over the treatment of minorities. the d.a. decided not to file felony charges against the students but, rather, misdemeanor charges. a police report says the white students taunted the black roommate with racial slurs, outknitted the dorm with confederate flag and barricaded the victim in 9 room and locked one of the bicycle looks around his neck. >> three are recovering from injuries after the car plunged from the road in grizzly hills. the driver lost control and the car veered east road and went 200' over the embankment into thick bushes. regulation

the hardest-hit airport is chicago's o'hare.. it was a bone-chilling, look at that. 40 below in far northern minnesota on thursday. all told, the storm is affecting nearly 100 million people across 22 states. as we said, it is a monster. the snow is piling up. right now in boston that's where we find our fred pleitgen out in it for us. hello, fred. >> reporter: hi, natalie. we're feeling more and more like we're part of the march of the penguins. this place is feeling more and more like the south pole. the temperatures are really plummeting here. the winds as you said are picking up and the snow is piling up. i want to show you how high it's actually gotten. it's probably gotten over 7 1/2, maybe 8 inches. the snow is really powdery. this is one of the things that's making it so difficult for the road cruise here. if you look around some of the cars you can see how the snowdrifts are starting to engulf these cars. a lot of these people will have to do a lot of shoveling in the morning. keep in mind it will keep snowing another s

the hardest-hit airport, chicago's o'hare and boston's logan airport stopped its flights a few hours'll have more on the storm in a moment. but first a check of some of the other stories that we're following. we have this just in. india's prime minister is about to call it quits. he says he'll step down after this year's elections even if his congress party defies the odds and wins a third consecutive term. mr. singh says it's time to hand the job to a new prime minister. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry will be heading to the west bank today for talks with palestinian thorn president mahmoud abbas. kerry trying to narrow differences on a framework agreement for a final deal with israel's prime minister netanyahu. >> the time is soon arriving where leaders are going to have to make difficult decisions. we are close to that time, if not at it. and i think we understand the circumstances within which we are working. >> for more on this story, stay with us. we'll be going thrive jerusalem later at cnn news room. >>> still no claim of responsibility for thursday's powerful bomb bla

phil lebeau's at chicago's o'hare airport.cold, there are probably cancellations. >> scott, when it's minus 15 outside, it's a little bit tough to get all the airplane equipment working just as you would like it to. as a result the airlines are canceling flights. latest numbers from o'hare when "the halftime report" returns. ♪ [ bell ringing, applause ] five tech stocks with more than a 10%... change in after-market trading. ♪ all the tech stocks with a market cap... of at least 50 billion... are up on the day. 12 low-volume stocks... breaking into 52-week highs. six upcoming earnings plays... that recently gapped up. [ male announcer ] now the world is your trading floor. get real-time market scanning wherever you are with the mobile trader app. from td ameritrade. there's nothing like being your own boss! and my customers are really liking your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotion is in order. good news. i got a new title. and a raise? management couldn't make that happen. [ male

but the hard evideest-hit airpo chicago's o'hare.lf of snow. our fred pleitgen joins us live in boston where it is snowing sideways. fred. >> reporter: yes, it certainly is snowing a lot. and the temperatures are also bone-chilling cold here. as you said and you're absolutely right. in boston right now. also as you can see a lot of snowfall at the moment. it isn't as much as other places in massachusetts. i have the old ruler with me here. we'll just stick it in the snow and see. we are at about 7 1/2 inches of snow. right now here in boston. it varies from place to place because there is a lot of drifting going on. if we go out i can show you on the streets and you can see with the wind a lot of those snowdrifts here going across the street. that's going to be a major problem for the snowplows that are going around the city of boston alone has about 500 snowplows that are going around the streets right now. the state of massachusetts more than 3,000. as you said, some places in the state of massachusetts are expecting more than two

atclaims that fellow agent chicago o'hare amuse themselves by mocking the images of passengers released by scanners. after several years as a screener, he wrote a tell all co magazine.politi it is something people have wondered in the scanner, mib gossiped about -- am i being gossiped about? and some work. he said the machines were good besidesting everything cleverly hidden explosives or guns. many of the images got that were of overweight people buried there every folded dibble on awful display. i feel uncomfortable next time i go through one. she says she would rather take the pat down. >> you do not know where the images are going. >> they should be professional. it it should be very professional behavior. canceled some of these and now they get a more generic image of the body. they are responding. " many of the tsa procedures and policies referred in this article are no longer in place or are characterized inaccurately. every passenger deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. tsa does not tolerate any form of unethical or unlawful behavior via its employees and take swift

. >> another flight skidded off the runway at chicago o'hare. we are losing the engine. we're losing engine power. >> this pilot was forced to land on a busy expressway. and a busy so storm pounding the midwest. dangerousre extremely conditions. i urge people to heed the warning and take the necessary precautions to stay safe. coldhools are going to be monday in the windy city and throughout the midwest. snow and ice can wreak havoc on the roads. it is some of the coldest weather in decades. wind chill is plunging far below zero. there is nothing people can do except bundle up and ride it out. abc news, new york. >> tomorrow congress returns to work. there will be plenty on the agenda. i spoke with a politico reporter. >> when they get back to session, the order of business will definitely be to work on the package of unemployment benefits. there is a three-month month deal on the table of the senate. the three-month package will extend the unemployment benefits that expired back in december as a temporary fix that will allow them to work on them or long- term solution.

chicago o'hare, one of the many airports effected, even as far away as l.a. greta? >> your flight may have originated from boston, l.a. to beijing, never going to get there to pick you up, because it's stuck in logan. molly, thank you. >>> coming up, doctors, nurses, and other hospital workers haven't been paid in a month and test test >>> more than 100 hospital workers haven't been paid in a month. the ceo says he can't make payroll thanks to obamacare. ceo jason leeday joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening to you. >> you say the reason you can't make payroll is obamacare, is that correct? >> yeah. next of obamacare, changing of the financial intermediary or the contractor, as you stated. those have all been critical situations for us that's caused us to be in the situation that we're in. >> all right. as i understand it, is that you get paid the medicare payments go through novatast, which handles the payments from medicare, that it changed from another organization that worked really well and novatast got a no-bid contract and now they are the ones delayin

most of them were in the chicago o'hare area. all day cancelling flights most in the northeast corridor. american airlines 600 flights canceled, united 550 flight s cancelled, delta 300 and southwest 100. and here at region international airport, if you can see behind me, this is a main runway, it's fog foggy, started to snow. they called in an extra 40-person snow team to treat the runway, look at the airplanes. they know they have a long night ahead. >> it's great they are ready and do what they can, but the situation is bad with a lot of cancellations, and it could get worse. there is a domino effect that we see so often with so many traveling at the end of a vacation. >> reporter: this really won't go away, john. tomorrow, the airlines know that and that's why they are anticipating many delays and cancellations tomorrow, because as you said, it's the domino ripple effect that goes from one airline to the other, especially, john, when we talk about the major airline hubs, chicago, boston, new york, those are major hubs no matt

similar incident at chicago's o'hare airport involving a spirit airline jet. thousands of flights have been cancelled from boston to nashville to st. louis. >>> investigators are trying to find the cause of a deadly fire that ripped through a new york high-rise. the flames from the 20th floor luxury apartment could be seen from blocks away. one man was killed, another critically injured. as frantic tenants scrambled to get out. more from abc. >> reporter: panic as fire breaks out in 42-story high-rise in the heart of midtown new york. one man who goes by the name mickey atwal, his wife nadja and 2-year-old son. tweeting their desperation. first posting this photo of the smoke with caption, quote, stuck on building on 26th floor. building on fire. firefighters rushing to the scene to battle the blaze. the smoke engulfing parts of the building. atwal, a scientist and professor, lived on the 26th floor. minutes later tweets, still stuck. too much smoke on hallway. standing in balcony with wife and 2-year-old. >> reporter: more than 133 firefighters responded to t

most of those are out of chicago o'hare and john f. kennedy airport. passengers at sfo scrambled to get reeboked after united airlines grounded flights in chicago and cleveland yesterday. >> when we get to cleveland that is it and then we hear from the same people, by the we, the replacement flight isn't until wednesday. >> there are a lot of people that were not doing everything just re-directing everyone to customer service. >> 80 flights were canceled at sfo. oakland and san jose international airport did not report cancellations. we will go to the north and show you what normally the polar vortex over the north pole but we are looking at lack of sea ice that helps warmer systems come up there and dislodge polar vortex and that is what is sitting to the north of the great lakes and brought all of the cold air with it and with the counter-clockwise flow and the high over us with the clock wise flow is pulling in air from siberia and the north pole and depositing it as far south as st. louis where it feels 32 below and 55 in new york, but all moving t

dean reynolds is at o'hare airport in chicago with more about that tonight. dean?> reporter: maurice, it's been snowing here for three days and parts of the midwest have received more than a foot of the white stuff with predictable results. travelers at chicago's o'hare airport scan the board in search of good news but there wasn't much. a quarter of the flights in and out of here were canceled or delayed. so you're stranded, basically? >> yes, we are. >> reporter: taer will and angela obradovich raided two days for a flight to cleveland. but since cleveland looks like this now they've given up and rented a car. when do you think you'll make it to warren, ohio? >> probably 7:00 p.m., i'm guessing. tonight. >> 8:00 or 9:00. >> reporter: the trouble drifted wiest the snow. new york's three airports scrubbed more than 600 flights and delayed another 700. in boston, logan airport said it expected to be shut down until friday afternoon. but driving was undeniably hazardous. and amtrak train service was limited so many, including debbie trowbridge, simply headed to the a

huge delays at chicago o'hare. almost two feet of snow fell in boston. western new york saw about a foot in the half of the white at this point, more may be on its way out, but does that mean we are in the clear? >> i'd like to say it is moving away from whoever is impacted by it, but importantly, the storm is still impacting so many people because we are getting the rain, wind, and snow across much of the ease but bitterly cold wind chill. it is so cold it is -15 in some areas, -20 and others. you can see the wind off to the coast. that in the blue. dangerous windchill will continue. >> brutal temperatures making it very hard for people who have to work outside. who is most at risk? >> i wrote about it in my book, there are a lot of common injuries that happened during cold and snowy conditions. one of them is for men over 40 shoveling snow. we have a graphic to show you with some of the weather injuries that are common. typically, we see most of them occur in motor vehicle accidents or being caught outside off guard. not all of them are while shoveling

more than 100 flights have already been canceled mostly at chicago's o'hare airport but not everybody is afraid of the cold. >> every time it snows, everybody got to go get rubber. >> if you are flying today, it will be a good idea to check the status of your airport. >>> a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed in oakland. he was shot on 104th avenue and walnut street tuesday night. he was walking home from a party on international boulevard. two young men in a dark car pulled shots. >> why did this happen? what did he do to deserve this, nothing at all. >> a vigil will be held at 5:00 on the street where the 8th grader was shot. so far there are no motives. >>> a memorial service was held for 17-year-old claire davis. horse jumping was one of her loves. her father asked people to forgive the shooter. >> we ask all of you here to search your hearts and also forgive carl pier son, he didn't know what he was doing. >> the victim's father said the world was a better place with his daughter in it. the world was attended by missy franklin. >>> an he had cordial -- ed tore you' all board was

chicago o'hare, one of the many airports effected, even as far away as l.a. greta? originated from boston, l.a. to beijing, never going to get there to pick you up, because it's stuck in logan. molly, thank you. >>> coming up, doctors, nurses, and other hospital workers haven't been paid in a month and the hospital ceo says obamacare is to blame. the ceo is here to tell you why next. youand you're talking toere rheuyour rheumatologistike me, about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. for many adults, humira is proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other

according to flight aware, chicago's o'hare, by far the worst. jetblue cancelled all of its flights to and from boston, new york city, and newark. so if you were going to miami to escape this, you can't do it. the airline reports it's trying to get things back on track after the miserable weather over the weekend. let's continue or team fox coverage and get to janice dean the weather machine. i've never seen this city with the two us and js and a q in the end and it's cold there. >> the worst is in central canada, pushing south in towards the northern plains and the ohio river valley where we saw garrett. it feels like minus 39 in chicago, minus 37 in fargo. and the core of the cold air across the u.s. is right positioned roos the upper midwest and the ohio river valley where we have wind chills in the minus 40 range, minus 30, and the average temperature across the map, across the u.s. right now, shepard, is 19 degrees, and this cold is affecting 200 million people. >> i have another question but i want to show you this. we watched the other cha

the hardest-hit airport is chicago's o'hare.e-chilling, look at that. 40 below in far northern minnesota on thursday. all told, the storm is affecting nearly 100 million people across 22 states. as we said, it is a monster. the snow is piling up. right now in boston that's where we find our fred pleitgen out in it for us. hello, fred. >> reporter: hi, natalie. we're feeling more and more like we're part of the march of the penguins. this place is feeling more and more like the south pole. the temperatures are really plummeting here. the winds as you said are picking up and the snow is piling up. i want to show you how high it's actually gotten. it's probably gotten over 7 1/2, maybe 8 inches. the snow is really powdery. this is one of the things that's making it so difficult for the road cruise here. if you look around some of the cars you can see how the snowdrifts are starting to engulf these cars. a lot of these people will have to do a lot of shoveling in the morning. keep in mind it will keep snowing another seven or eight

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they are de-icing planes at boston's logan and also experiencing moderate delays at chicago o'hare and philadelphia. about 1,000 flights. here at sfo, that's about 2 dozen flights that are either canceled or delayed coming from those locations at logan, philly, jfk and o'hare. but mostly with flights that are arriving from the northeast right now. the only departures that we're seeing that are affected are going to philly. of course, they canceled about 50 flights here at sfo last night. a lot of those people just stayed at the airport, didn't bother getting a hotel, slept here and are now getting on flights. so that's affecting a lot of people who are trying to get on an airplane right now. but the good news is that not a lot of departures are affecting the passengers for now. but we'll check on see. we talked to some people who spent the night at the airport and we'll have that coming up in the next half hour but for now, could be a worse here at sfo. lawrence karnow has the latest on the weather conditions all across the country and here in the bay area. here he is. >> yeah. i think

wednesday alone, more than 630 flights canceled at chicago's o'hare airport, a key transfer point in coast-to-coast flights. winter storm advisories and warnings are in effect for more than a dozen states. bitter cold and up to 18 inches of snow expected in some parts, boston has declared a snow emergency and public schools will be closed tomorrow. snow preps are underway in connecticut, new york and beyond. many spent new year's day buying ice melts, shovels and snow blowers. new york governor andrew cuomo said roads could be closed before tonight's commute. blizzard warnings are in effect on long island. the same storm system dropped at least a half foot of snow in chicago and other midwestern cities. nbc's bill kairns joins us with more. >>> with 72 people on board that stranded ship, all people have been rescued. a helicopter arrived on a self-made pad, passengers were choppered off the boat with, 22 crew remaining on the ship, stuck in the ice for over a week. there's a new challenge to the affordable care act. and it has washington talking right now. the supreme court threw in

you have delayed flights out of chicago-o'hare and midway, also getting to baltimore and d.c.nedy airport so keep that in rind. you are trying to george chamberlin a plane. as we head throughout tomorrow this will likely be the case for the northeast as well. for us, what an opposite. we have a beautiful day shaping up. hazy skies but really comfortable temperatures. out of theb8 thirsts into the . aches sit. let's check your drive. it's kicking up. >> we have an 18-wheeler involved accident on 880 northbound at market in oakland. you can see we have lots of heavy traffic headed into that accident. this will be slowing the next half hour to an hour as they try to get that off of the roadway. we have lots of green on our maps. approaching that specific location. not too bad. but things look very good. in the silicon valley. the trouble is 82. lots of green means things are good to go. >> thank you much. >> time now 6:58. a final check of the top stories starting with san jose police ves gacing the first homicide of the year. it happened about 12:30 this morning on east san ant

chicago it will feel as if it's 50 below zero. it was so cold there today the de-icing liquid used at o'hare airport froze. and chicago is just the tip of the iceberg that is middle america. in indianapolis, where miguel silva was shoveling snow, the windchill is in the minus 30s tonight. for many this will be a night in the cold and the dark. 50,000 power outages are reported in the region. most of them in indiana. in owen, wisconsin, the temperature today, the actual temperature, hit 29 below zero. and as far south as waco, texas, the temperature got as low as 16 degrees, breaking a record that had stood for more than a century. we have a team of correspondents covering this arctic blast. first, dean reynolds in chicago. dean? >> reporter: scott, it's colder here today than it's been in two decades and it's one reason why people here are starting to call chicago "chiberia." at 2:00 this afternoon it was minus 12 degrees. an improvement from 8:00 a.m. when it was 16 below. >> it's freezing, man! it's cold! >> reporter: the lake michigan shore was freezing solid. schools all over were canceled today and tom

most of those cancellations at chicago o'hare where hundreds of passengers have been stranded overnightt a boston logan airport. all the flights there have been stopped until at least noon today. here at reagan, not only dealing with flight delays and cancellations, but if you're going to drive to reagan this morning, take it very easy because the roads and overpasses surrounding the airport are pretty icy this morning. i can see from behind my photographer, there are a lot of trucks on the rams trying to clear the ice and snow. if you are coming here make sure you give yourself enough time and take it very easy. reporting live at reagan national airport this morning, john gonzalez, abc seven news. >> good advice john. 4:20 seven now, some maryland lawmakers in montgomery county will announce support for raising the state's minimum wage. state senator raskin will hold a news conference this morning in kensington to raise maryland's minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. right now maryland's minimum $7.25 per hour. sotomayor are temporarily block the obama administration from requiring

she just arrived from chicago o'hare and said the usually because lipping airport was deserted. >> i have a friend in the ground crew saying the sky jet bridges whatever were frozen and weren't able to fuel the jets for some of the smaller flights so yes it's a lot of capseled flights. >>reporter: despite cancellation the women from connecticut were determined to get to san francisco first leg to chicago was cancelled. so they rented a car and drove 18 hours to o'hare. >> we never get to good open vacation we both always wanted to come here so. >>reporter: worse it. >> yes i think so. we haven't had our wine yet so we'll see. >>reporter: passengers at jet blue the worst of it. airline didn't even try to fly in and out of the northeast. an faa rule requires rest time for crew. passengers not happy including a new thing her flight to jfk cancelled today but her husband and son got out on united flight. >> they had no answer to that. nobody there to answer such question. >>reporter: in the mean time passengers are checking for updates as often as they can. hoping they can head home soon

you mentioned, christine, chicago o'hare has seen a lot of flight cancellations.logan airport. wi the bottom line a lot of cancellations that is having a ripple effect for travelers no matter where they are trying to go in the united states. the ticket counter at american airlines really no passengers there. usually passengers are trying to get on the early morning flights. it's desolate. that is an indication that travelers are checking with their airlines and finding out their flights are, indeed, cancelled and just not coming to the airports. good news here. the airlines we know at least american airlines cooperating with passengers, working with them and not charging them cancellation fees and that kind of thing. that certainly is making it a little bit easier on passengers today. >> a big airline when american does that the other airlines tend to follow suit. one thing about the agreement you have when you buy that ticket, they are not obligated to put you on the first available flight on a different airline. they will put you on theirs. there could be a ripp

at chicago's o'hare, 47%, at l.a.x., 50%, and in san francisco, a 77% increase. every day, wildlife technicians use noise makers and grow the grass at just the right height to keep away the geese and rodents that attract bigger birds. at three major airports in new york, bird medication is a constant challenge. but on the river this afternoon, the survivors of the miracle on the hudson raised their glasses. >> it is a lot of emotion, raw emotion and feeling. >> reporter: together, they toasted life, tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> we're back in a moment with something not seen in over 100 years, the new additions announced to a very exclusive club. >>> some welcome news tonight for many of the parents who have been horrified to discover that the kids got ahold of the iphone or ipad and made a bunch of app purchases without permission. the federal government has announced a settlement with apple that announced the agreement to customers, many of whom had no idea until the bill showed up, in some cases, thousands of dollars. we have put the information for

chicago was hit with 9 inches of snow and more today. 400 flights were cancelled at chicago's o'hare airport. the east-west is bracing for a storm, expected to pack a blizzard like temperatures, flirting with 0 degrees. the governor of new york said the state may close major highway as a caution. >> in boston city schools closed for the week, declaring a snow emergency for the region. let's go to kevin corriveau for more on the storm's project path. >> well, we are seeing our weather deteriorate across north-east because of two weather systems that are merging and combining their energy. it will be severe. the system to the north has caused snow showers towards kansas. that will move towards the east. we'll get accumulations across the great lakes area. to the south, the second storm, that'll make its way to the north-east. tomorrow there's l -- there'll be a bit of snow. starting for connecticut, massachusetts and other areas. >> this is the snow total as we go for the rest of the day. the heaviest snow is across massachusetts, connecticut and rhode island. totals will be like this,

chicago's o'hare airport also grounded hundreds of flights today because of this massive storm. >> andhat storm is notone yet. coming up with other cities that have been hit really hard and what we can expect for the re of the week. >> plus, driving distracted. why researchers say texting isn't the only thing that puts you at risk for an accident behind the wheel. >> also questions tonight about who is at fault >> this is a new video that demonstrates the dangers of distracted driving. a teenager in the upper left corner is fexing and unaware that he's headed for the curb. researchers from the national institutes of health and virginia tech found that we are distracted about 10% of the time behind the wheel. whether that is texting, dialling or eating or whatever. the study discovered that all those activities could be a problem. it found chances of an accident increase significantly anytime your eyes are off the road for more than two seconds. >> a wheelchair bound woman is recovering after a metro bus hit her in southeast d.c. the 43-year-old was in her batte battery powered chair wh

chicago's o'hare airport grounding hundreds of flights because of the storm. >>> a northern virginia snow crews still at it this morning, working on roadways nonstop since yesterday trying to keep up with the bad weather. during the drive home yesterday traffic slowed to a crawl at some points, which hurt snow preparations. seeing salt trucks and plows stuck in the same traffic as everyone else. car are after car spun out on those slippery roads. ramps were especially dangerous for commuters. some people chipped in with the snow efforts and pulled vehicles out of ditches. >> two years ago i got stuck in a ditch for about an hour and a half and these gentlemen with kids stopped by and helped me because i thought i was going to have to sleep in the truck. > >>>. >> people rushed to get last-minute supplies including bottled water, some food, some good snacks there, and just in case the storm knocked out po r power. stay with news 4 throughout this winter storm. we'll be with you all morning to bring you the latest forecast on the road conditions, school closings, and our web team worki

the worst delays are in chicago o'hare, and john f. kennedy, and leg an with long lines at sfo yesterday scrambling to get rebooked after the largest carrier at sfo, united, grounded other flights. no cancellations reported at oakland or san jose. >> stay on top of the weather with the weather app free at abc7.com/app. >> the first of four san jose state students accused of terriesing a rome mate because he is black is due in court to face hate crime charges sparking a series of protests. the district torn decided taught to file charges against three students but misdemeanor instead. a police report says that the white students taunted their black roommate with available slurs, outfitted the dorm with confederate flag and locked a u shape bicycle lock around his neck. >> fleam are recovering from injuries after the scar plunged off a road in the berkeley hills yesterday evening. a witness says that the driver lost control and the car veered off the road. it went 200' over the embankment into thick bushes. rescuers worked together to re

at chicago o'hare, this spirit airlines flight skidding off the runway. and check thought small plane on an expressway in the bronx. >> we are losing engine. tower, tower, we're losing engine power. >> reporter: the pilot, on his way to connecticut, making a miraculous landing. >> i'll never make it. where do we touchdown? >> we are going to touchdown on the deegan expressway. >> reporter: no one nurt any of those potential plane disasters. as pilots and airlines put safety first, it's sheer chaos inside the airports. >> we don't have a plane, we don't have a crew, then they say say have a crew, they don't have plane. it's a big back and forth. >> reporter: jet blue announcing today it is canceling dozens of flights out of boston's logan airport, saying it will take days, not hours, to get people where they are going. today, passengers departing for chicago experiencing delays over fife hours long. departing for detroit many than three hours. still, some travel earls are trying to see the adventure in it all. lisa cho and her friends camping out at laguar

at chicago's o'hare airport, help is as rare as an on-time flight. >> a line which is about a mile long. can't get any information from anybody. the airlines basically won't even answer the phone anymore. >> i've been cancelled twice. and honestly, i mean, i have no idea when i will be able to get out of here. i just want to get back. i mean, i've been out in this airport for about 12 hours. exhausted. >> reporter: the situation is no better at the nation's smaller airports. hartford's bradley international does not expect improvement any time soon. >> if our arrivals do not come in late tonight which are our terminating flights we don't have the equipment here at the airport to make up the departures tomorrow. >> reporter: now adding to the chaos, they're new rules that took effect saturday that require pilots to fly shorter periods of times and get eight hours of uninterrupted sleep. add to that a little bad weather, and you can easily see how the careful choreography of airline schedules can get disrupted. brian? >> anne thompson from jfk in new york tonight, anne, thanks. as we said

about three cancellations so far. 37 delays, but chicago o'hare now, a big problem. 82 canceled flights. 116 delays and the impact across the country. already being felt on the roads, in the air, and on the train rails as well. brian? >> in some places we are just getting started. tom costello watching it all for us tonight. tom, thanks. >>> as for the track of the storm, al roker is on the plaza here at 30 rock where he can attest to the windchill numbers. if you are watching from florida to phoenix you're probably wondering what the fuss is unless you are waiting on a flight from the east. >> that's it exactly, brian. this ripples out and will continue to ripple out. we are seeing snowshowers in new york. as you look at the wide view of of the radar, you can see it spreads from new england all the way back to the midwest. heavy rain to the south. snowfall amounts so far just outside chicago, 18 irges inches of snow. cleveland and cincinnati, three inches. butler, p.a., six inches. 3.5 inches of snow in boston. by 9:00, philly, new york city, boston all involved. washington, d.c. as we

she just arrived from chicago o'hare and said the usually because lipping airport was deserted. >> i have a friend in the ground crew saying the sky jet bridges whatever were frozen and weren't able to fuel the jets for some of the smaller flights so yes it's a lot of capseled flights. >>reporter: despite cancellation the women from connecticut were determined to get to san francisco first leg to chicago was cancelled. so they rented a car and drove 18 hours to o'hare. >> we never get to good open vacation we both always wanted to come here so. >>reporter: worse it. >> yes i think so. we haven't had our wine yet so we'll see. >>reporter: passengers at jet blue the worst of it. airline didn't even try to fly in and out of the northeast. an faa rule requires rest time for crew. passengers not happy including a new thing her flight to jfk cancelled today but her husband and son got out on united flight. >> they had no answer to that. nobody there to answer such question. >>reporter: in the mean time passengers are checking for updates as often as they can. hoping they can head home soon

she just arrived from chicago o'hare and said the usually because lipping airport was deserted. >> iky jet bridges whatever were frozen and weren't able to fuel the jets for some of the smaller flights so yes it's a lot of capseled flights. >>reporter: despite cancellation the women from connecticut were determined to get to san francisco first leg to chicago was cancelled. so they rented a car and drove 18 hours to o'hare. >> we never get to good open vacation we both always wanted to come here so. >>reporter: worse it. >> yes i think so. we haven't had our wine yet so we'll see. >>reporter: passengers at jet blue the worst of it. airline didn't even try to fly in and out of the northeast. an faa rule requires rest time for crew. passengers not happy including a new thing her flight to jfk cancelled today but her husband and son got out on united flight. >> they had no answer to that. nobody there to answer such question. >>reporter: in the mean time passengers are checking for updates as often as they can. hoping they can head home sooner than later. this is 7 news. >> a lot of peo

two close calls at chicago's o'hare and new york's jfk when jets slid off their icy taxi ways. alexandra field is live outside of the airport. i'm sorry about that but take it away. >> reporter: don't be too sorry because it is raining and in the 50s here. i'm feeling sorry for the people out in the midwest dealing with those temperatures. that said people inside the airport they still got plenty to complain about. a lot of passengers have been delayed for days. stranded in airports since friday and blizzard-like conditions in chicago is causing major delays at chicago o'hare. hundreds of stranded passengers camped out in airports over the weekend hoping to get moving again by this morning. >> i missed a whole week's work. i need to adjust to the time back in melbourne. i just want to go home. >> reporter: blizzard conditions and icy temps slamming the midwest and northeast are keeping airlines from getting back up to speed. >> now we have this storm hitting chicago that's causing over 50% of flights to be cancelled to or from chicago o'hare so travellers all across the country

chicago's o'hare airport, a spirit airline flight skidded off the runway.d in those incidents. >> more than a thousand flights have been cancelled from boston to memphis to st. louis. airlines say a combination of high demand after the holidays and backlog of rescheduled flights because of the bad weather. at boston's logan airport, there was six extra patrols because of the crowd. a hawaiian vacation is delayed. >> i was shocked. when i saw they rebooked me for like three days from now, i was really upset. >> that has topped some of the delays across the can country. because the planes are stuck on the east coast. an country. because the planes are stuck on the east coastn country. because the planes are stuck on the east coast country. because the planes are stuck on the east coastcountry. because the planes are stuck on the east coast. >> along with all that snow is a bone-chilling cold that gripping much of the u.s. a polar vortex is pushing dense super chilled air over over more than half of the country. plunging temperatures into the sub zero range. t

look at this tonight, the scene from chicago's o'hare airport, runways covered in snow and low visibility canceling nearly 300 flights today. driving through chicago isn't any easier, the streets caked in snow. it's not just the snow tonight. with all this snow comes frigid temperatures as well. this woman bundled up in temperatures below zero in parts of wisconsin. just as the storm hit, firefighters forced to tackle a giant fire, the temperatures in minnesota, more than a dozen injuries, several people saved but they are in critical condition tonight. we have team coverage of it all beginning with abc's gio benitez from a frigid and snowy chicago tonight. >> reporter: we saw that airport, that runway, david. good evening to you. take a look at how much snow has already fallen here and so much of the nation is seeing whether just like this. 2014 bringing in a bone-chilling blast of weather, bitter cold temperatures, and up to a foot of snow for parts of the midwest. >> it's horrible. >> reporter: in minneapolis temperatures plummeting to around zero. take a look again as fire crews strug

the storm forced hundreds of flight cancellations at chicago's o'hare international airport. it's heading east, and the new york mea3ik area could see eight inches of snow with areas north looking at a foot or more. estimated 70 million americans are facing a major snowstorm by the end of the week. >>> while the rest of the country is really getting pounded by that snowfall, california's run of dry weather is creating all kinds of concerns for ski businesses. most ski shops in the bay area say while business is not booming, they are still seeing a steady stream of customers that are heading to the resorts. it seems now manmade snow is keeping them afloat. however, the owner of the snow drift ski shop in napa says he has scaled back the number of seasonal employees from ten to three as a result of the very dry year. some of the customers say conditions at the resorts are not ideal, but they're still skiable. >> you just have to expect a lot of runs that aren't going to be open, but, you know, the worst day of skiing is probably better than your best day in the office. >> well,

kentucky extreme cold forcing more than 1,000 flight cancellations mostly from three airports chicago o'hare, chicago midway and cleveland and chicago public schools shut down as temperatures were dash 4 degrees with the wind chill making it feel like 24 below zero. also minus 28 in minneapolis in dash 13 in cleveland temperatures expected to hold through tomorrow aaron ty coulter there in the in alaska where the temperature was dash four. we will be right back. stay with us. >> the obamacare train wreck the father of health savings accounts chorines us tonight whether obamacare is survivable. [ male announcer ] here's a question for you: is your tv powered by coal? natural gas? nuclear? or renewables like solar... and wind? let's find out. this is where america's electricity comes from. a diversity energy sources helps ensure the electricity we need is reliable. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. (voseeker of the sublime.ro. you can separate runway diculousness... from fashionhat flies off the shelves. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in e ai

at chicago o'hare, this plane slid off the runway. inside the airport, stranded passengers are frustrated. airlines warning it could take days to get people to their final destinations. >> i just want to go home. i just want to get back settled in. we've been cooped up for two days. >> reporter: but the brutal cold is not stopping everyone. green bay packers fans turned blue sunday, braving 5-degree weather for a sold out game against the san francisco 49ers. >> i have four layers of long johns. two sets of snow pants. four shirts, a sweatshirt, and a coat. >> reporter: mary bruce, abc news, washington. >> abc's mary bruce in washington, thank you so much. >>> forecasters are keeping an eye on this extreme cold. >> accuweather's marja martinez continues our coverage. >> it will be bone-chilling and blustery in the north central region and the upper midwest. on this monday. temperatures will only climb up to negative 26 in minneapolis. around sioux falls, negative 34. negative 36 is the high in grand forks. this cold weather is shiftin

pilot of a republic airlines plane got a warning on his panel right after he touched down at chicago's o'hare, just before 6:00 our time. he then order everyone off the plane. we got this picture from one of the passengers. all 61 people on board had to use the emergency slides. nobody was injured. >>> from excessive force to racial profiling, the d.c. police department is facing disturbing new claims in three lawsuits filed today. two of those lawsuits focus on the 70 district in southeast d.c. one of them is from a mother who says police shot her son, even though he didn't have a gun. the second is from a 19-year-old who says officers used excessive force on him. lawyers painted the seventh district as abusive. >> if you want to look up out of control police in the dictionary, 7 d would be right next to it. >> they say there is a climate of abuse, especially against black residents. d.c. police officials would not comment on the lawsuit, but last week chief cathy lanier said the actions of a few officers do not represent the good will of the entire department. >>> florida congressman trey r

at chicago's o'hare and midway airports crews work to deice planes and in new york signs at jfk warn travelers that the airport was closed after this delta connection plane carrying 35 people slid off a runway. no serious injuries were reported but the airport was shut down for more than two hours. airlines say all the delays and cancellations have been made worse by new rules mandating longer breaks and capping flying times for pilots. >> for more on the extraordinary temperatures this weekend we're joined from green bay by chris schuller from our affiliate wfrv. >> in green bay right now at the game it's 5 in green bay, windchill minus 12 but for the 80,000 people in front of lambeau field they don't care, this is perfect football weather in wisconsin. people staying warm today using lots of hand warmers handed out at the gates, also dressing in layers, up to four layers, the team even doing their part to help out the fans, handing out free cocoa and coffee at the concessions. >> thank you. >> we turn now to chris shaffer from wcco, chris, how long does this weather last for? >> i

two jets slid off icy taxi ways this one at jfk in new york and the other at chicago o'hare. no one was hurt in either situation. we have more on the impact of this new round of icy weather. get ready for bone chilling cold. behind the snow storm that hit large portions of the northeast. an arctic air mass will deliver cold temperatures that we have seen in decades. by wednesday nearly half the nation, 140 million people will shiver in temperatures of zero or be low which is why the red cross is warning people to be prepared. you should have an emergency kit at home or in your car. >> people across the nation are already heeding that advice. i checked out of a different grocery store earlier they asked me if i was stocking up at the end of the world. >> some say the game against the 49ers will go down in the record books as the coldest game ever played. it makes it very tough, but you have to figure out a way around it. >> and arctic blast threatens to plunge much of the deep south into the double digits. alaska will be warmer monday than nash vville and atlanta. >> the broke

chicago o'hare airport has the most delays at this hour. we are keeping an eye on things here in the dmv area as well. as far as the skies go, we checked for you. according to flight aware.com, reagan national canceled 34 flights and bwi has 32 cancel and dulles has 43 flights canceled this morning. those numbers could go up. if you are planning to fly out of town, check your flight status before you leave home. we will keep you up to date on the winter storm and the impact. our web team will make sure you know everything as you head out the door. logon to nbcwashington.com to see where the storm is and what the impact is and what the roads are look and what schools and governments may be closed through the day today. any impact they might have any the weekend. the winter storm is impacting more than just our area. some places see it a lot worse. hey snow to blame for power outages and near white out conditions. we will check it out in other areas and the wind knocking out electricity in our area. [ male announcer ] when your small business

. >> over 700 of those flights canceled were at chicago's o'hare airport, creating a travel nightmare at the end of the christmas holiday break. it's not just the weather in chicago. it's also the weather at the destinations in the east. but flights canceled from o'hare caused problems even where the weather is good. passengers at o'hare are frustrated. >> just canceled us. we're supposed to fly this morning. and then, got canceled again. >> now, we're supposed to fly at 3:20. we're waiting for the call that it's canceled again. >> the airlines say it will be several days before they can sort everyone out. >>> but it's not all work and no play. the operators of these deicing machines at the philadelphia airport are probably having more fun than all of the airport snowplow drivers and shovellers, combined. we trust they're also doing a thorough job. looks like doc ops from "spider-man." >> a little toddler boy's dream there, to operate one of those. >>> nearly two feet of snow is covering massachusetts and up to a foot, blanketing parts of new york. >> and for more on the timing and tr

chicago's o'hare international airport the hardest hit with more than 650 halted flights accounting for most of the country's headaches. >> my first flight to chicago was canceled and now my next flight is delayed. i don't know when i'll be back. >> we're freaking out right now. we're running out of time. >> reporter: the storm causing a ripple effect for air travelers and nearly every state. >> even though folks may not be flying to places like boston and new york, because those airports are such important components in the aviation network, that can have a domino effect on flights not even going to those locations. >> reporter: one stranded traveler snapped this wintry photo at laguardia where flights were grounded at 8:00 p.m. last night. air travelers should be patient and expect lots of delays. it seems at this hour, the airports impacted by the storm remain open. flights are expected to resume at boston logan airport at around noon today. if you take a look behind me here at the ticket counter you'll notice it's desolate. no passengers checking in for their flights. that's an indi

long delays at chicago o'hare, airport. today, more than 300 flights cancelled.nds of flights. they are waiting there at the airport sleeping overnight. tonight they are waiting for their flights. not going to get better over the next few days. a high of negative 8 degrees on monday. cannot comprehend. >> well, this winter blast is affecting folks all over the country. the storm forced cancellations in major delays at travel hubs every where with flights in and out of boston. plus there are more than 300 cancellations along with 45 minute delays reported at chicago o'hare. that is causing a ripple effect across the country. you don't know where the plane that you are going to be flying in is going to. let's take a snapshot at the ripple effect is going. 1600 flights so far have been cancelled initiation wide. 3500 delayed including 61 out of lax and here the weather is perfect. those gusting winds blowing snow which means poor visibility. you could be traveling and yet you cob affected depending on where you are flying. >> you had to rub it in. had to rub it in.