first, abc's clayton sandell with images moments after that plane crash. clayton? >> reporter: good evening, david. we have learned the ntsb is going to be investigating what happened here in colorado today. they'll be looking at whether those gusty winds played any part in today's crash. the jet came down at about 12:20 local time while trying to land, bursting into flames. the charred wreck flipped upside down. recordings captured this transition. >> okay, we'll turn back and do another approach. we have a tail wind of 30 knots. >> prun way 15, cleared to land. >> roger, november 115. >> reporter: one person was killed, another severely injured. a third suffered serious injuries. the local sheriff believes they were the only three people on board the plane, this bombardier challenger 600 like this one. it left tucson this morning, flying north on its way to aspen. wsb tv anchor craig lucie was there. >> the aspen airport is now shut down. you see all the planes right here, they are waiting to take off, but they will not take off. >> reporter: it's not clear why t

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abc's clayton sandell has the latest. >> if your i.d.s ready. >> reporter: they lined up before dawn. hours to get here. >> reporter: some, sleeping in their cars. >> it's a historical event. >> reporter: for a chance to be early through the door at one of the world's very first recreational marijuana shops. even in amsterdam it's tolerated but technically illegal. >> 8:00 a.m., we're going to do it. >> reporter: scoring weed, now as easy as buying coffee. >> your total is $59.74. >> reporter: anyone over 21 can buy it, helping fuel a colorado green rush. >> we want to be the costco of marijuana. >> reporter: in the first year alone, sales are predicted to hit nearly $400 million. >> this room is filled with about 25 different strains of cannabis. >> reporter: shop owner, toni fox, is expanding and hiring. she has nine employees. >> by the end of january, we should have about 30. >> reporter: matt brown started a company for pot tourists. he has 4,000 people on a waiting list. >> this is legal. this is real. and you can do this and have a good vacation and go home and not get in troub

>> clayton sandell leading us off. clayton, thank you. >>> and a dangerous scene playing out at new york's jfk airport today when a plane skidded into a snow bank. the jet full of passengers. no one was hurt. pilots landing on snowy runways across this country, making for some tense flying for passengers as others sleep this sunday night in terminals yet again. abc's linzie janis again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, snow, ice, even freezing rain, making runways from the midwest to the northeast treacherous. this delta flight sliding off a taxiway at new york's jfk had to be dug out, then towed to the gate. at chicago o'hare, this spirit airlines flight skidding off the runway. to keep the runways operating here in new york, more than 200 pieces of snow equipment, including melters that can liquefy more than 500 tons of snow an hour. plows that can clear snow at 40 miles per hour and thousands of gallons of liquid anti-icing chemicals to prevent snow and ice sticking to the runways. and check out this small plane on an e

clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> clayton, thank you. >>> a break in a national case tonight. a banker wanted by the fbi for $20 million in wire fraud, he had vanished after staging his own suicide in 2012. tonight he's been found. look at the before and after photos showing him declared legally dead more than a year ago. today he was stopped by police in georgia on a minor traffic violation. he's facing charges in connection with that scheme. >>> to russia and those two terror attacks weeks before american athletes head over for the winter games. this evening president putin has traveled to the site of those blasts to send a message to russia and to the world that his country is ready for the games. here tonight abc's alex marquardt. >> reporter: president vladimir putin arrived in volgograd before dawn to pay his respects to the dead and wounded of this week's two suicide bombings that killed 34. >> "there can be no justification for crimes against civilians," he said. >> reporter: the attacks have shaken russia and the world ahead of next months's sochi olympics. putin is t

clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >>> and a note now about former first lady barbara bush spending another night in a houston hospital where a family spokesman says she's feeling great and hopes to be released this weekend. doctors are monitoring a respiratory issue. her husband, the former president, tweeted today after a current and former president sent their well wishes and toll her to take care of herself. barbara thanks barack obama and bill clinton for their get well wishes and is heading their advice. doesn't happen with every president she knows. >>> and still ahead on "world news," moving forward, same chef, nigella lawson speaks out for the first time about a tough time and a new day. we're back in just two minutes. see you then. ♪ as your life and career change, fidelity is there for your personal economy, helping you readjust your retirement plan along the way, rethink how you're invested, and refocus as your career moves forward. wherever you are today, a fidelity i.r.a. has a wide range of investment choices to help you fine-tune your personal economy. call today, and we'll

and abc's clayton sandell has the very latest right now. >> reporter: the school day started with gunfire. >> we have one student, a female subject, possibly shot. >> reporter: police say a 12-year-old boy brought a shotgun to his school in roswell, new mexico, opening fire in the gym. two students, a boy and a girl, were shot. >> the shooter was quickly stopped by one staff member, who walked right up to him and asked him to set down the firearm. >> reporter: a state police lieutenant, who was dropping off his own child, came running to help. >> it's one thing for an armed state police officer to enter a school and do his or her job. i commend the principal and people that work at this school, for saving many more lives. >> reporter: police say they don't know why the seventh grade suspect began shooting. his victims, a 13-year-old girl and 11-year-old boy, flown to a hospital in nearby lubbock, texas. she is in condition. he is critical, after emergency surgery. >> keep these two children in your prayers, who were shot while simply sitting in their gym, waiting to go to class. >> report

abc's clayton sandell gets behind the wheel tonight. >> reporter: minicars can be big fun. squeezing into small spaces. but in a crash, not so much. in a new test of how minicars held up in front corner collisions, the insurance institute for highway safety, found 11 models, mostly rated marginal or poor. the worst, the honda fit and the fiat 500. >> if you're shopping for safety, you really shouldn't be looking at one of the smallest vehicle segments on the market. >> reporter: only one minicar, the chevy spark, scored an acceptable rating. high-strength steel that makes the passenger compartment stronger, along with seat belts that holds the driver in place, reducing injuries, makes it a top safety pick. we're tall guys. are we going to fit in this car? today in colorado -- we took the spark for a test drive. >> smaller cars in general, are becoming much more popular. >> reporter: there's nearly 4 million minicars on the road. but in a crash, they're often at a disadvantage against bigger cars. just compare the numbers. this suburban is 18 feet long and 7,400 pounds. the

here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: today, tiny rosetta woke from its long slumber. and phoned home. it's the little craft that could. soaring 500 million miles from earth, into the dark reaches of space. it's been resting for more than two years, saving its energy until today. its destination? an icy comet orbiting deep in our solar system, an almost impossible target to hit. think of it like firing a cannonball from los angeles, all the way to new york, trying to hit a specific horse on a spinning merry-go-round. if it works, rosetta's robotic sidekick will then land on the comet surface in november. in their soil, could be the origins of life. >> we hope to learn how life on earth came to be. and so, it's a completely unique opportunity to dig back into t past. >> reporter: rosetta is now wide awake, and hoping its comet rendezvous will make history. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> go, rosetta. >>> and we have word tonight that 50 million of us watched the 2 championship football games yesterday. 50 million. seahawks/broncos, on their way to the super bowl.

here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: tom perkins is an uber-wealthy silicon valley billionairewho believes there is a war against the rich. but in a letter publhed in "the wall street journal," perkins claims a rising tide of hatred against the wealthy 1% here in the u.s. can be compared to kristallnacht, nazi attacks in 1938 that killed nearly 100 jewish citizens and sent another 30,000 to concentration camps. "this is a very dangerous drift in our american thinking," he writes. as evidence perkins cites everything from newspaper attacks on his ex-wife -- celebrity author danielle steele -- protests against tech workers, even the occupy movement. >> analogies to the holocaust are simply never appropriate. he needs to apologize. >> reporter: the company that still bears perkins' name wants nothing to do with its founder. tweeshgts "tom perkins has not been involved in kpcb in years. we were shocked by his views." >> it's your typical football field-sized yacht, huh? >> reporter: perkins, who once showed off his $150 million yacht to "60 minutes," did not respond today. as the c

>> clayton sandell. clayton, thanks tonight. 60 degrees in denver. must be nice. i want to bring in meteorologist jeff smith from wabc here in new york. jeff, you said that much of this country will struggle to get out of the single digits this week. the polar vortex again? >> reporter: and unlike the last time, david, this one will really have some staying power. check out the arctic cold front blasting through the midwest on monday, off the east coast by tuesday. all week, basically, from tuesday through thursday, into friday, minneapolis will have temperatures in the single numbers. boston dips into the teens on tuesday and wednesday. and along the leading edge of that, we have some snowfall. a dusting over the midwestern states, might ramp up to one to three inches near the mason-dixon line, baltimore and washington, d.c. included. >> i wanted to show this image out west. they are dealing with a completely different problem as clayton pointed out. this man walking his dog this weekend in what was a lake. that's north of sacramento. any relief in sight? >> repo

clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> go, rosetta. >>> and the numbers are in. we have word, tonight, that more than 50 million of us watched the two championship football games yesterday. 50 million. seahawks/broncos, on their way to the super bowl. and for quarterback peyton manning, a real triumph after neck surgery. you can still see the scar running down the back of his neck right there. and of course, coaches worried he would never play again. abc's ryan smith, now, says, last night, he showed us how wrong they were. >> reporter: a triumphant day for peyton manning and the denver broncos. not just for the win against tom brady's new england patriots. but grace under pressure. like this -- a bad snap, a bobble. turns into another laser beam pass from the four-time mvp, just two years after a neck injury nearly ended his career. >> for me personally, it's very gratifying after all i've been through. >> reporter: four surgeries later, his vertebrae fused together. surgeries like his limit mobility by 10%, making plays like this, all the more amazing. does it

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abc's clayton sandell reporting from denver. >> reporter: tonight, one airline captain is alive.hanks to two quick-thinking passengers on a recent united flight out of des moines, iowa. amy sorenson was watching a movie when there was a call for help. >> asking if anybody on board had any medical experience. >> reporter: sorenson, a nurse from wyoming, and linda alweiss, a nurse from california, raced from coach to cockpit because the person having serious chest pains -- is the pilot. >> and he was kind of slumped over in his chair and he was mumbling incoherently. and i then turned to the co-pilot and i said, "you know how to land the plane, right?" >> reporter: pictures show the two quickly turning the plane's galley into an emergency room. they say the pilot had an irregular heartbeat. they gave him medication, oxygen and fluids, keeping him stable. the flight was originally supposed to land here in denver, until the co-pilot, along with a retired military pilot that just happened to be on board, urgent steered the plane toward omaha. medical emergencies in the air happens abo

clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> but he still hasn't apologized. >> apologize already.in america is dragged from their home and arrested and put on drains and -- give me a break. >> it's absolutely nauseating. >> it's ridiculous. >> he not only said it. he put thought into it. this is something he sat down and wrote. this is not an off-the-cuff comment. this is obviously a deep-seeded belief which is outrageous. he's 82 years old. he's worth about $8 billion. >> a lot of money. not the first time he's had controversy. back in 1996 he was convicted in france of involuntary manslaughter. that was from a yacht-racing collision. he had to pay a $10,000 fine. the experts said in there, you just never, ever make a holocaust comparison about nazi ever. good rule of thumb. >>> coming up -- the hollywood award season shifting into high gear. >> the 56th annual grammy awards, we'll have a rundown of this year's winners and a look at some of last night's highlights. up next. >>> also ahead in our next half hour, the road to fitness for the nation's children. how it's going to lead

and we begin with abc's clayton sandell in denver. >> reporter: call it polar vortex, the sequel. to take another cold swing at midwest and northeast. dangerous sub zero and freezing temperatures will stretch south all the way to florida. it could bring more trouble, like this massive pile-up that shut down an interstate in indiana, sending four to the hospital. drivers are slipping off roads from iowa to new hampshire. state troopers there, busy with at least 50 crashes. in massachusetts, plows and shovels helping dig out from around half a foot of heavy snow. forecasters say this cold snap won't be as brutal as the last round. but still -- >> the snow in my face is a little too much. >> reporter: some in chicago are ready for spring. >> something else this year. >> reporter: out here it's a much different story. 60 degrees here in denver. and parts of california are seeing record-high temperatures. the west is warm. and without any rain in sight, still very dry. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >>> like most football fans, you spend much of your day watching the final round of

clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> i love this story.been that into space but this is so fascinating to me. >> this is the first probe that will not only try to orbit a comet, but land on a comet. >> and it is expected to reach the comet in fall of this year. >> the european space agency operations center in germany. >> and it is named after the rosetta stone, and pretty cool. love it. >> coming up, beautiful gadgets from this year's consumer aek tronnics show. >> our gadget guru. am i saying that right? everything from a light bulb that sings to a camping stove that generates its own electricity. >> >>> the curtain has gone down on the electronics show in las vegas. some off beat and interesting gadgets. joining us is the dick bartolo. welcome to the show. >> the streaming light, i will play a little music here. and this will -- come on, just go. >> there you go. coming out of the light. >> coming out of the light. >> there's a light there. >> it sounds amazing. >> it is amazing, isn't it? >> just a regular screw-in light bulb. led, so

for "good morning america," clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >>> and our thanks to clayton for that>>> dry conditions helped fuel a massive fire that tore through this home in oklahoma city in just a matter of minutes. it is so dry, the lawn also caught on fire but no one was injured. >>> and overseas a deadly bombing caught on camera in a suburb of beirut, lebanon this morning. it is the latest attack targeting a neighborhood where the militant group hezbollah has a strong presence. the violence linked to the civil war in neighboring syria. >>> also this morning, new trouble for a vatican priest charged with smuggling nearly $30 million. monsignor nunzio scarano was rearrested and charged with using the vatican bank to transfer fake charitable donations. the pope is trying to restore its reputation. >>> and just as super bowl heats up the nfl is considering a big change. it may eliminate the extra point scored after touchdowns. commissioner roger goodell says the extra point has become almost automatic. he says several proposals -- pfff, robin says -- are on the table. i like your

here is clayton sandell. >> call it polar vortex, the sequel.itter arctic air gearing up to take another cold swing at the midwest an dangerous sub zero and freezing temperatures will stretch south all the way to florida. it could bring more trouble like this massive pile up that shutdown an interstate in indiana sending four to the hospital. drivers are slipping off roads from iowa to new hampshire. state troopers busy with are buh at least 50 crashes. in massachusetts plows and shovels helping dig out from half a foot of heavy snow. they say this cold snap won't be as brutal, but still -- >> the snow in my face is a little too much. >> some in chicago are ready for spring. >> it has been something else this year. >> out here it is a different story. 60 degrees in denver and parts of california are seeing record high temperatures. the west is warm and without any rain in sight still very dry. >> all right and it is time to get the latest check on our weather with leigh glaser. >> he is right. no rain in sight for the bay area for at least the n

here is clayton sandell. >> call it polar vortex, the sequel. arctic air gearing up to take another cold swing at the midwest and northeast. dangerous sub zero and freezing temperatures will stretch south all the way to florida. it could bring more trouble like this massive pile up that shutdown an interstate in indiana sending four to the hospital. drivers are slipping off roads from iowa to new hampshire. state troopers are busy with at least 50 crashes. in massachusetts plows and shovels helping dig out from half a foot of heavy snow. they say this cold snap won't be as brutal, but still -- >> the snow in my face is a little too much. >> some in chicago are ready for spring. >> it has been something else this year. >> out here it is a different story. 60 degrees in denver and parts of california are seeing record high temperatures. the west is warm and without any rain in sight still very dry. >> all right and it is time to get the latest check on our weather with leigh glaser. >> he is right. no rain in sight for the bay area for at least th

with the very latest, here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: the school day started with gunfire. shotgun to his school in roswell, new mexico, opening fire in the gym. two students, a boy and a girl, were shot. >> the shooter was quickly stopped by one staff member, who walked right up to him. and asked him to set down the firearm. >> reporter: a state police lieutenant who was dropping off his own child came running to help. >> it's one thing for an armed state police officer to enter a school and do his or her job. i commend the principal, people that work at the school, for saving many more lives. >> reporter: police say they don't know why the seventh grade suspect began shooting. his victims, a 13-year-old girl and 11-year-old boy, flown to a hospital in nearby lubbock, texas. she's in satisfactory condition, the boy in critical after undergoing emergency surgery. >> keep these two children in their prayers. who were shot while simply sitting in their gym, waiting to go to class. >> reporter: frantic parents came racing to find and hug their terrified kids. deja vu in a coun

abc's clayton sandell has those details for us. >> reporter: it is the moment of impact, captured byt-senses cameras as a private jet comes in to land appearing to strike the runway nose first bouncing back into the air seconds later slamming down in a ball of fire, skidding down the runway. the crash earlier this month in aspen, colorado, killed the pilot. a co-pilot and passengers survived, seriously injured. >> it appears that the airplane was going way too fast down the runway and for some reason hit the runway hard causing the aircraft to pitch up and perhaps stall so that there's no longer any lift coming over the wing and the airplane literally falls out of the sky. >> the newly released video captured by five different cameras shows the second attempt at a landing, the first time gusty winds forcing the pilots to go around. >> approach, november 1, was 33 knots of tail wind. >> reporter: those gusts nearly 30 miles an hour can be seen blowing snow across the ground. emergency crews raced to the burning plane as other pilots wonder just what happened? >> what's with all the sm

clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> that brings us to our facebook question of the day with the musiceverywhere? log on to our facebook page, wnnfans.com to tell us what you think. >> oh, my gosh. oh -- whoa! muhammad, put it out. put it out! we're in new york. that's not legal. >> i thought it was legal now. >> it's not. >> well, in colorado it is. >> come on. >> here. >> i'm not used to this. i know you travel all over the -- >> all i have to say is, you know, i live part of the year in afghanistan and pakistan. >> i know. >> that stuff is pretty common over there. >> they just grow it on the side of the street. >> it's a funny story. i was driving to osama bin laden's compound and stopped on the side of the street and there was an entire field of marijuana. >> a field of marijuana? i never knew that detail. never knew that. >>> coming up, real life drama with some international intrigue. >> a look at the new show that tells us the story of one of america's most stunning betrayals. >>> and ahead in our next half hour, the very simple and surprising thing you can do to help you lose

clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >>> that daily dose of coffee is apparently doing more than keepingsay caffeine is also giving your memory a jolt. a new study at johns hopkins university found 200 milligrams of caffeine can help the brain recall images more vividly, enhancing memory for up to 24 hours after it's consumed. 200 milligrams is about what's in two cups of coffee. >> i swear by coffee. half of my career i did without coffee. then i got this morning show years ago and i said, i better have coffee. i'm not kidding you, yes, i'm addicted to it. yes, if i don't get it on saturday morning at the right time, i start to get a headache, yeah, yeah yeah, but it is awesome. i love it. >> i don't know about the memory aspect of it because i'm a big coffee drinker as well. and i have the worst memory. >> well, you better keep drinking it. you would probably have even worse. i think it works. i think it improves your writing function, any kind of brain function. experts say it's true, by the way. it's published in nature, neuroscience journal. they tested them over 24 hours. the inter

for "good morning america," clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> clayton, thank you for that. >>> meantime, there is growing anger this morning against two police officers in california who have been acquitted in the fatal beating of a homeless man. now, surveillance video showed the fullerton police officers striking the man with a baton and then shocking him with a stun gun. officers say he was being combative. the fbi is now reviewing the case and decision. >>> new worries about obamacare and rising insurance premiums. enrollment among young adults is far lower than the obama administration's target. people under age 35 make up less than a quarter of those enrolled thus far. that is a concern because young and healthy people generally pay more into the system than they take out, thus, subsidizing older adults. >>> and the drinking water contaminated in that chemical spill in west virginia is causing new problems at this hour. it is flowing down the ohio river and will reach cincinnati today. that city is closing two river intake valves in an attempt to protect its water supply. meantime

for parts of houston which this morning are tumbling temperatures and that's where we find our clayton sandell reporter: hey, good morning, ginger. here in houston, they're treating the roads, trying to keep the dangerous ice from building up. most of the city is shut down. and the entire southeast part of the country now bracing for a winter storm that stretches more than 1200 miles. this morning, vicious windchills slamming half the nation. road crews are prepping for a rare winter storm from texas to the carolinas, something most of the south just isn't equipped to handle. >> we're not geared up to do 1,000 miles of roads if they ice up. we just have to close the roads. >> reporter: in texas, roads are already slick. this worker slipping hard on the ice. this man in grand forks, north dakota, trying desperately to push this car out of the snow. this greyhound bus in eastern illinois sliding right off the icy road. on the frozen delaware river, coast guard ice breakers are being called in to knock out ice jams. and outside cleveland this strange sight. hundreds of snow rollers formed by thos

abc's clayton sandell has more. >> reporter: the jet came careening down the runway, bursting into flames, flipping upside down. >> it was almost as if a fuse was lit. and it went that quickly down the runway. and the heat and the smoke were pretty devastating. >> reporter: the copilot, 54-year-old sergio brabata, was killed. the pilot, miguel henriquez, is in critical condition. the third pilot, moises carranza, riding as a passenger is in serious condition. all three are from mexico. they were flying the plane from mexico stopping in tucson, then on to aspen sunday morning. >> there's not a large margin for error in the aspen airport. when you have a tail wind, you have low weather, you have to know where the mountains are, you have to know where the approach is, but it can stack up on you pretty fast. >> reporter: the plane approached the runway. gusty winds forced them to abort the landing. >> okay, we'll turn back and do another approach. we have a tailwind of 30 knots. >> reporter: on the next attempt, the crash and the explosion. >> what's with all the smoke behind us at about our