i said i'm from dallas, dallas texas. the first thing they did was raise, they did this and then squeeze the trigger and then said kennedy, kennedy, kennedy over and over again. this is a long way from dallas and it really registered with me. i remember interviewing and talking with the great late author david halberstam. he told me in almost a jocular way i carefully like the dallas cowboys. i thought he had another personal preference but he said they are from the city where the president was killed. this was many years later. i think the city has recovered a lot and have eloquently addressed it. there's a beautiful museum there. if you haven't been there please go. it took a long time for the city to figure out how to heal and to move forward. and i think to grapple with the sense that we probably shouldn't let people in either extreme hijacked the microphone. >> thank you francie my questions and i want to open up to the audience now. if anyone has a question if you could just line up behind his microphone in the cent

he had been warned to stay away from dallas. yet he decided to give a speech about unity and ending the polarization in america and a bomb threat was lodged against him not long after that. the leading head of the anti-kennedy movement it's americana meant general edwin walker booted out of the military by kennedy, a kuester brainwashing has troops and reading john birch society literature a few months after the attempted assassination perhaps dr. king, general walker was almost assassinated in dallas by lee harvey oswald. an alleyway behind general walker's house put it gone on a notch and try to kill general walker. 1963 just kept getting more and more hot. neiman marcus, the famous store downtown, a lot of you know from the finest store in this part of the country was coated with swastikas. folks are coming out. the holocaust survivor in the spring of 63 came out and found a cross burning and it culminated in october a month before kennedy came to dallas with the united nations ambassador adlai stevenson being attacked by ano

motorcade in downtown dallas. the first report says that president kennedy has been seriously wounded following the shooting. president kennedy shot today just as an motorcade left downtown dallas. mrs. kennedy jumped up and grabbed mr. kennedy she called oh, no. the motorcade sped on. the united press says that the wounds could perhaps be fatal. repeating, president kennedy has been shot by a would be assassin in dallas, texas. stay tuned to cbs news for further details. >> we have more in the newsroom. perhaps you know now, president kennedy was wounded and automate little driving from downtown dallas along with governor calmly of texas and was taken to parparking hospital there where their condition is yet unknown. we have not been told their condition at dallas in a downtown hotel room, a group has been gathered to hear president kennedy awaiting his arrival. let's switch down there now. >> as you can imagine there are many stories coming in now as to the actual condition of the president. one is that he is de

and that is the way we were down main street into dallas. in this shot is towards the end of the main street area and also here we go, we have to turn right at the end of main street. >> this is sort of the end of the motorcade around main street. you are heading into an area called dealey class stamp yes, we are coming down main street, and we turn right on houston and had to make a sharp left hand turn and a lot of people say, why didn't you go straight down main street? well, we couldn't because we had to go right when we got underneath the underpass. if we have gone straight down main street, we couldn't get across that concrete divider that was in the center of the road. so we had to go right on and left on home to make it work on our way to the area. >> this is a photo of you and you have turn here and explain where you are in this photo. >> time in the forward position and these are leading on the other side of me and agent mcintire is here. there was one other agent in the back of the car with an a air of 15 rifle and he was in a pos

we have a lot of work to do for the talented dallas team. we have to be ready. >> cris: let's move on to shady who is signing another football over here. not enough people can get your autograph. that's for sure. another triple digit rushing night for you. two touchdowns. what seemed to be going to well? >> it starts with the week of preparation. you know the whole week we planned on running the ball. i think having that lost to minnesota, had to get focussed again. i told the media, it come down to the offensive line and me and the running backs. >> michele: team wins are the most important stat for you but the rushing hitle is there for the taking lesean. what would it mean for you to clinch it? >> it means a lot. it means a lot. everything player, you know, they dream of winning the super bowl and running backs dream of getting a rushing title. tonight as a group we got fitted for the crown. next week we win against dallas and we get the crown for good. >> michele: thanks so much. congratulations. >> thank you. >> michele: let's go over t

this one to the dreaded dallas cowboys. diana is live at fedex field with reaction. >> fed up, that's what many of these redskins players said today after the game. they're fed up with losing. and i think redskins fans feel the same way. the redskins have now lost seven straight. they are 2-6 here at fed fedex field, and things are pretty bad, but today's was the first time i saw fans stay here at fedex field until the end of the game because they still believed that this team could pull it out against the dallas cowboys. fans also in their seats, though, to see this guy, london fletcher. this was -- he was saying good-bye to fedex field in front of the sold-out crowd in his last home game. let's get to the game. third quarter, redskins down 13-6. kirk cousins to pierre garcon. eight-yard touchdown in the game. he breaks the franchise record for receptions in a season. number 88 now with 107 catches. in the fourth, skins up six. tony romo brings the cowboys back on fourth and goal, romo finds d'marco murray. ten yard touchd

gimbals has them in dallas. there were no other siren activated vehicles operating in dallas at that time. they had to report into the police department. that was the presidential limousine and the accompanying police cars filling and 80 miles-per-hour to try and get president kennedy saved at parkland hospital. there was that, right there at the trademark. you can't record conchos two and a half miles away on all little receiver that is the same as a telephone receiver. that is how weak it is. there are no gunshots. it is not the rosetta stone that it is so often claim that it was. it will not provide the answers to the assassination. what it does provide, it is a black box for the crash that occurred on november 22nd. it is living history. you can go through the day and here airforce one landing. there aired the first couple. it crowds are crushing. we have to move them back here. something has happened in the motorcade. get the sheriff and the deputies in to the rail yard. the president is going to parkland h

all from dallas-based american airlines. direct flights but connecting flights from las vegas are canceled. 49ers fan came from dallas if the game yesterday against the saw hawks but the trip was cut a day short because of the ice storm in texas. >> we were supposed to come to san francisco and be here on friday. it didn't happen. the weather is bad in dallas. at the love snow and ice. we only have four days to be in san francisco so we got one taken away from us. that was not nice. >> an ice storm stranded thousands in dallas over the past several days and american airlines canceled 700 flights coming in and identity of dallas. airplanes in philadelphia, chicago, and washington, dc, all hard hit by snow and ice. if your flight is canceled the airline is trying to rebooing the we passengers so call your airline before you arrive at sfo. >> at 6:46. >> a secret government surveillance program and the vatican both represent some of finalists for time's "person of the year." among the top tone, pope francis who became pontiff i

remember this is dallas week.ind roberts has more from redskins park about shutting out the noise and facing those hated cowboys. >> reporter: it's dallas week, but you barely would know it with the gushing of leaks coming out of redskins park. mike shanahan is staying, but his coordinators are getting fired or mike shanahan is leaving to be replaced by robert griffin, iii's college coach, but 1 thing that is true is the redskins have the opportunity to spoil the playoff chances of their biggest rival if everybody can get over all the talk. >> i don't think there's as much noise as you think there is. i think our players are really concentrating on their job. they know their jobs are determined if they play well. >> reporter: does it even feel like dallas week with all the rumors and london retiring and all the other stuff going on? >> it of it's still dallas. we -- it's still dallas. we know there's a big rivalry game. they're playing for something. we have to go out there with the same intensity and mindset. >>

abc's mike boettcher is at dallas ft. worth international with the latest. >> reporter: this storm hit here 48 hours ago. if you're a passenger here at dfw airport or just driving to your destination, you're still feeling the effects. the ice fell. but the ice did not melt. a record arctic air mas has kept dallas and ft. worth cleeping along. portions of major highways are shut down. i-35 north of dallas is backed up for miles. overnight, police halts 18-wheeler traffic along the iciest roads. at dallas-ft. worth international art, 90% of flights are canceled. thousands of passengers left stranded, some for days. >> i've been close to be starting to begin to be frustrated here. >> reporter: one traveler documented his experience. >> my piece of real estate that i have had for three days. >> reporter: showing 1 of the 4,000 cots and blankets the airport has provided. >> how long have you been stranded here? >> since yesterday, 8:00 a.m. >> reporter: patience is wearing thin. >> i don't think they were prepared. >> reporter

maybe you shouldn't go to dallas. but john kennedy said any member who is afraid to visit an american city doesn't teaser to be president of the united states. >> it went through downtown dallas and there were large crowds everywhere in a prominent cheering and stopped a couple of times and at one point he was driving the governor of texas and john connally and the governor's wife. she said mr. president, you can't say they don't love you in dallas today. down the street they are going to make the turn. tell us about oz called. where was he and how did he get there in that moment? >> he brought in the rifle to work that morning and told the man that drove him turn it around where i'm staying. the house already had drapes and curtains and as an aside the searched the entire building after the assassination and no curtain rods were ever found. so she hides the rifle and most of the workers were coming down for lunch to watch the president in the book depository. he doesn't have a radio and he knows when the president is

dallas won. we really were playing for a seed. it's our last home game as far as the regular season is concerned. we just clinched it. >> and now you head to dallas even more. what do you think is key to winning one of their plays? >> i think what's key is having a game like today. being effective in all three phases of the game. offense, defense and special teams all coming together as one. >> we will look forward to it and see you down there. thanks, michael. >> all right, michelle, thanks. when michael kendricks says the bears, he's a former cal bear. green bay at soldier field next sunday for the nrksz fc north title. two big seasons for green bay. eddie lacey aggravated a light ankle sprin in a loss to pittsburgh. we foe how bad chicago is in defending the run. it will make thingings a little bit easier on the bears. the eagles and cowboys play in dallas on sunday night for the nfc east title. the third straight year, the cowboys have been in that exact same position after losing to the jeents two years ago. make the playoffs

cnn's ed lavandera is live for us right now in dallas. so, ed, it's still looks like you're in the deep freeze in the big "d." >> it's look the largest ice skating rink that's ever been dropped down on any one location. it feels like it. it's treacherous for a lot of people. in fact, this morning we heard reports and saw footage of a truck that was slid off the highway along interstate 35 north of dallas and into lake lewisville. firefighters dove into the lake trying to rescue the driver but they could not do so. that really tells you the story of how treacherous it is on some locations as you try to drive around north texas. it's a nightmare of ice, sleet, and wicked cold. this winter storm has inspired the most haunting descriptions. i icepocylyse. trees eni cased by freezing rain is buckling under the sheer weight of ice and leaving more than 250,000 homes without power across dallas/ft. worth. crews are trying to salvage the lines still working and the roadways are a hazardous mess. >> go slowly. watch out for the person in front of

thankfully, it's moving out of dallas. how about these pictures from dallas?you can do this on your street. this guy's got some skills. the stars with a nice game against the flyers last night. maybe for the bench. this guy is good. meanwhile, the icing across arkansas. into parts of the tennessee valley right now. snow is a part of the system. we're very concerned about the icing. major icing across i-81. i can see closures there. i-80 will be a tough ride. interior new jersey. upstate new york. interior massachusetts in the morning hours tomorrow. after a couple of inches of snow. the snow is not a huge story. certainly a quick burst along the i-95 corridor could be a problem. a couple of plows out in spots maybe. you have snows across the midwest, too. lincoln. all the way up into the great lakes as we go through the day. >> this weather is brought to you by walgreen's. >> thanks, lee. >>> coming up, beyonce and jay z go on what they're calling a spiritual and physical cleanse. but are they getting it right? what's behind the move and what they hope to acco

that is a touchdown. 14-13, dallas. tony romo is still tony romo. he throws to the sideline and it is picked off by hall. his seven december interception in three seasons. with hisinds garcon 107th catch of the season. that is a new redskins season record. morris touches it in. 20-14, skins. just a little over one minute ago. goal and tony romo buys himself sometime to murray. that would give them the advantage and this is the last chance for the redskins. cousins throws to no one. it is way off the mark and so were the redskins today. they lose, 24-23. they are now 3-12 on the season. >> i thought we had it. fourth and 10. would it havey been to end my career, with a defensive stand. of plays away from having it. this is the nfl. those are going to be runs in the future. >> it is very disappointing. the ups and downs of the game is what makes it a great game and makes it extremely frustrating. we have been on the downside. >> today, peyton manning surpassed tom brady's record for the most touchdowns in a single season with 51. after the game, i am

so, dallas hard hit. let's go there now and see how ed lavandera is fairing and my goodness, a dusting of snow. that's an unusual sight for dallas. >> reporter: you know what, fred, i wished it was snow. it looks pretty. but it is -- it is ice. >> wow! >> reporter: yeah. that is ice, and that's what makes this so, so scathingly painful in many ways, because it's even hard to just enjoy what looks like a pretty scene here. but this is just hardened ice, and it is causing problems from the airlines to on the roads. it has been a painful couple of days, and it will continue to be like this throughout most of the weekend. it's a nightmare of ice, sleet, and wicked cold. this winter storm has inspired the most haunting descriptions -- ice apocalypse and north texas ghosttowns left entombed in ice. trees encased by freezing rain are buckling under the shear weight of the ice, bringing down power lines and leaving more than 250,000 homes without power across dallas-ft. worth. crews are trying to salvage the line

, tennessee, but for now the skies are clearing out for the most part against dallas.doesn't mean you should be the fact that the temperatures are well below freezing. we'll continue to see precipitation fall across arkansas, central indiana, and portions of missouri. so if you are traveling use precaution on the roadways. across the northeast we're just looking at rain falling. later on in the day it's this rain that is going to switch over to snow across pennsylvania, across up state new york, and between tonight and into tomorrow we could see 3 to 6 inches, and then the system i told you about across the pacific northwest is going to make its away cross the u.s. >> the next issue of the new yorker will pay tribute to nelson mandela. this image is an oil painting. the artist chose to depict a young mandela during the time he was on trial. >>> and people around the world are flocking to south africa to trace the steps of nelson mandela. visitors can talk through his old home. he lived there for 15 years before he was sent to prison in 1961. he returned there after bei

>> well, good morning, kate, here at dallas, ft. worth, it's been the story. 4,000 people had to spend the night in the terminals friday night. >> that number was down to about 650 last night. anyway you counted is enough people inside these terminals to populate a small texas town. >> this is day four, dallas-ft. worth, travelers are getting desperate. >> reporter: growing frustrations for dozens of passengers after being stranded at the airport since friday. he is one of them. >> i just don't understand why they can't get the ice off the runway. you know, from canada, we've gotten 4 or 5 feetby. i know it's for our own safety, it's a bit silly. >> reporter: he is putting updates on youtube, chronicleing his trip. he is apusing himself by interviewing other travelers at the gates. >> i'm going home. i don't like this place. >> you mean this isn't your home? >> it is right now. >> reporter: on friday, nearly 700 flights or about 90% of the total were cancelled. about 400 more on sunday. these newlyweds were on their honeymoon and tr

now dallas right now is at 29 degrees. nothing is melting today. and this is a little bit closer in. you can see the storm is pushing through across parts of arkansas, up towards tennessee. everything there has been left on the will stay on the ground for the next couple of days. we're going to see hard freeze warnings in effect, very cold temperatures, and we're going to be seeing light snow towards the north. but for dallas, well, it really is going to be until we get towards sunday overnight lows going down to the low 20s. your highs barely getting to freezing. so a little melting, a lot of freezing. a lot of icy roads still on the ground. highway 30 and 40 still a problem. >> a hospital in mexico closing because of patients admitted with radiation exposure. they may have fallen ill from exposure to cobalt 60. police found the abandoned vehicle in a field that toxic waste was dumped 24 miles away pap atomic energy experts say exposure to cobalt 60 could be fatal. >>> next week iran will meet with six world showers in deal aimed at cushing it's n

police in dallas have a cup of coffee. that might be a start. that story is next on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. ism richelle carey. here are your headlines. tennessee of thousands of refugees are fleeing south sudan. special envoy donald hooth is meeting with government officials to help bring an end to this complicate. a bomb exploded on the bus near tel aviv moments after it was evacuated. a passenger noted a sus specials package who e lettered the driver who got everyone off of the bus. >> a promise to help free political prisoners in russia. he said he will not enter politics. it is one of the risk iest operations to form, but surgeons in france have designed a new art official heart that could one day replace the real thing. barbara angapa reports >> reporter: this is the world's first: an artificial heart designed to sustain the body for five years. surgeons at a paris hospital implanted another one in a male patient on wednesday. so far, they say he is doing fine. >> the patient is doing very well. he's get

we are live in dallas with what is going on. here in dallas, all the way up to tennessee, this ice storm is hitting hard. to me show you what people are looking up to this morning. everything is covered. everything from these tables and chairs to the benches to the trees. everything is frozen in place. even worse, this will not clear up any time soon. it will last throughout the weekend. an arctic blast is bringing ice, snow, and bitter cold to this part of the country. to the south, treacherous driving conditions. takee north, wind chill's the temperature below zero. oklahoma, tennessee, and arkansas are under a state of emergency. >> if you do not have to get out, do not go out. >> that is the advice where up to an inch of ice is expected. the list of flight cancellations is growing. emergency officials in oklahoma say that rose our slick and hazardous. >> watch out for the person in front of you and make sure that you are ready for the road conditions ahead of you. emergencyte has an center to help people impacted by the weat

including seattle seahawks detroit lions, cincinnati bengals, and dallas cowboys who will make the playoffs if they win against the eagles sunday. eventually he'll queetsly go back to teaching and mentoring young minds. >> i try to be as awe then tick and real with them as i can day in and day out. i try to take a genuine interest in as many of them as i can. i try personally to the best at what i do. whatever it is. >> a real life lesson that legacies can be built on the field and inside. >> you're from dallas. tony romo is out this game. can you imagine if kitna gets in there, plays well did what he did. >> my dad's concerned about this potential >>> good morning. roberta gonzales in the kpix 5 weather center. stop what you're doing take a look at that.

>> yes, if you are headed to dallas or someone your love is headed here or from dallas, check the flights because many of the flights are canceled. it is either oned that nine flights from dallas to the bay area airport, san francisco and san jose, are canceled today. dallas-based american airlines was trying to get san francisco passengers booked this morning on to other flights, with eight flights to dallas from the bay area are canceled a man was delayed on friday trying to get here to watch the 49ers game and was surprised dallas is still seeing delays. >> i'm surprised four days later they still have canceled flights. it must be really bad to be canceled. an ice storm stranded thousands in dallas over the past several days. more than 1,300 flights are canceled. airports in philadelphia, chicago, and washington, dc, all hard hit bit snowy and icy conditions. check with the airline to make sure the flight is not can selled. it could take several days for the back leg to make its way through the system so people can get from the bay area to dallas and from dallas to anywhere else in the

to the scene playing out at dallas airport. the weather so bad, passengers slept on a parked plane overnight. tonight many still sitting in the terminals, hundreds of cancellations, as we're on the air. mike boettcher is right there. >> reporter: at the dallas ft. worth airport more than 3,000 passengers stranded overnight. terminals packed with passengers sleeping on cots or anywhere they could. the airport trying to make the best out of 400 flight cancellations. bringing in entertainment. one woman drawing pictures of passengers trying to bring smiles to the unlucky strangers. >> we are doing caricatures, entertaining while they are waiting for their flight. >> reporter: outside terminals, firemen knocking ice off the roof so it doesn't fall on passengers. on the runways an incoming flight stuck in the ice caught after making a turn on the taxi way. a qantas flight scheduled to leave last night never took off. some passengers spending the night on the plane. that flight scheduled to take off tonight, some 24 hours later. ther

and some travelers can't get out of dallas.e's cnn's ed lavandera. >> this is day four, dallas fort worth airport. times are getting desperate. >> growing frustrations for thousands of passengers after being stranded at the dallas fort worth international airport since friday. james archibald of canada is one of them. >> i just don't understand why they can't get the ice off the runway. you know, i'm from canada. we've got four or five feet of snow on the runway, boom, clouds go by. i know it's for our own safety but it's getting silly. >> he is posting video updates on youtube chronicling his misadventure in north texas as he waits out the weather, he's amusing himself by interviewing other travelers stuck at the gates. >> i'm going home. i don't like this place. >> you mean, this isn't your home? >> it is right now. they say home is where you lay your head down. >> reporter: on friday, nearly 7 had unflights or about 90% of the total were cancelled. about 400 more on sunday. these newlyweds were on their honeymoon and trying

this is downtown dallas. it would typically be packed with people.more traffic than you're seeing right now on the highway. as you can see, it's a bit of a ghosttown. even the sleet is gone for now, the freezing rain is gone, there is a very significant coating of ice all over dallas. this chair, for example, i want to show you has been here with me all morning. it is covered in ice. and just look at that. that's what we're talking about here, a lot of ice here in this part of texas. we have learned of one weather-related death. in who cannily county, this happened yesterday morning. and beak, authorities tell us an suv lost control of its -- a driver lost control of his suv, slammed into another car and killed a passenger in that car. these roads are slick. they're going to be slick, wolf, for quite some time because the temperature feels like it's dropping >> so are there going to be a bunch of canceled events in dallas this weekend? >> we know of at least one. there was supposed to be tomorrow an annual and you holiday parade. this happens every y

dallas is a major hub there.llas area continues to thaw out and flights have had a trickle-down effect even here to san francisco. >> well, actually, it was like three, four inches and kept freezing temperatures that would melt and go back. i know a lot of people were without power. our office was closed on friday. people could not get out and they do not do well there. i grew up in minnesota. it's a little bit different. >> we're seeing other flights from other cities as well. according to sfo one departure from philadelphia has been canceled. three arrives from the washington, d.c. area have been effected. you are taking a look at the board of departures and you see some listed. that's being optimistic at this point. the conditions in dallas continue to be changing situation because of the ice again from last week. we'll keep you updated throughout the morning here on ktvu. we're live here from sfo, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, brian. >>> go to ktvu.com for more on the cold snap including an

this was the problem here at dallas-fort worth. thick layers of dangerous ice that turned this entire tarmac and the runways into a virtual hockey rink. 4,000 dallas fliers spent the night in the concourse friday. some couldn't leave for days. >> when you get freezing rain turning into ice, it's very different than snow. it's four times as dense. it's much thicker and it's very hard to plow. >> reporter: amid the travel nightmares, a few notes of holiday cheer just when it's needed most. clayton sandell, abc news, dallas. >>> thanks to clayton. just 15 days before christmas we wondered if this wicked weather is throwing a curveball to shipping all the christmas presents. we talked to fedex and ups and they say they have their own meteorologists on staff and expect to make up any lost weather time in a few days so santa's helpers do not need to worry. >>> now the as yan know jumbo jet crash in san francisco back in the news tonight as new details emerge raising new concern over what is known as automation addiction. abc news confirm

here in dallas we stay in the deep freeze until at least wednesday, when we may get above 40. lester? >> jim cantore, thanks. >>> much of europe has been hit hard by severe weather in recent days, parts of england and scotland were slammed by severe flooding and hurricane force winds forcing the evacuation of thousands of people. it was described as one of the worst storms in more than half a century. it brought snow to other parts of europe, the weather was blamed for the deaths of at least eight people and here in soweto, south africa, we have thunder and lightning here that drove people off the streets that were celebrating much of the day. tomorrow is the official day of prayer and reflection here in south africa, part of a ten-day period of mourning over the death of nelson mandela. behind me the house he once lived in, now a museum where crowds gathered throughout the day, many of them old enough to have experienced firsthand the oppression under the white minority government and then their children born into free south africa, all of them today paying tribute to mandela

on the dog sled i learn the art of mushing from dallas.go. all i can do to slow them down especially on the turns. doing really well for a first time dog musher. takes it to it pretty naturally. >> reporter: on ultimate survival alaska they're constantly on the move over mountains, across rivers, all on a tiny supply of uncooked rice and beans. supplied by the show and plus whatever they can catch. dallas and eddie build a solid shelter in the trees for us. like it is nothing. as night falls on our adventure, eddie shows me his survival necklace. >> all way want to have ape leatherman. >> you have footools. >> knife sharpener. miniled light. >> the flint. >> eddie starts a chapstick and cotton ball fire. >> in terms of survival skills, this is number one. being able to start a fire. >> absolutely. if you have ability to build a fire that is going to buy you a lot of time. awe off sitting in the glow of a warm fire on a freezing night, eating beans and rice from melted snow, everything tasted good, and anything seemed possible for these two

but not dallas. dallas had so much ice come down. literally an inch of ice. even some sports more than that. and then it just slid. and when it gets a little warm, slippery or wet ice, and that ice slid right off the roadway. >>> we have airport delays because of the ice and snow. the main ones, laguardia and newark. if you're heading to charlotte, you're being stopped on the airport way because of the snow there coming down. and it's going to take another 30 minutes for that cool down and get back to normal. delaware, newark, you had a foot of snow. i was at a horse track yesterday and one of my friends called me and said hey, dude, i've got 7 inches of flurries in philadelphia. yes. and there are still 5,000 planes in the sky. not every plane is canalled. talk about how many are canalled, there should be about 5,800 out there. so about 800 not in the sky that should be at this hour. it gets better from here. there's one more batch of light snow and ice for the northeast in the next 36 hours. but this pattern is stuck now. what we see is what we get. every s

that in the dallas-ft.orth area there is up to a half inch of ice. if you want to have an idea of what that looks like you have to look around me. take a look at this chair. it is covered with ice. there is a bit of a glaze over it. these bushes behind me rock solid, frozen. the trees around here and also the roads, the roads are slick. they're slippery and that's probably why you're seeing these people taking their time out on the roads. there are already dozens of reported accidents in this area. let's talk about power outages, there are more than 230,000 people waking up today without power in this area, and carol, if this continues, this will likely continue to rise. >> i was just going to -- i'm sorry, i had a noise in my ear and couldn't hear the last part of what you said but i do hear the freezing rain falling onto the ground in your microphone, so let's just allow people to listen so they can glory in the freezing rain, along with you. >> reporter: it's definitely coming down here, and it will cont

gr thinking of those marathoners in dallas. can't say i have ever run 26.2 miles, but layering is key, i hear. thank you very much. we'll check back with you later. >>> let's talk economy. the new government jobs report has turned out to be an early holiday gift for us in the u.s. with the unemployment rate at its lowest since 2008. look at the number in red, 7%. last month, 203,000 jobs were created, beating many economists' expectations and more importantly, the numbers behind this jobs report show that the hiring isn't just for those $9 an hour jobs, but also for higher paying positions. let's talk about this with our senior economist at bloomberg government. and christine roman, who stayed up for us and we appreciate you, christine. cnn chief business correspondent and host of "your money." christine, first to you. we know november means holiday shopping for most of us, if you think ahead, which means seasonal workers. when we look at these numbers, did the government adjust for that? >> oh, yeah, and i'm going to tell you

. >> la brutal tormenta invernal azotó desde texas, la ciudad de dallas fort worth sufrió los mayoreslas principales autopistas de dallas quedaron cerradas y múltiples escuelas y oficinas cerradas. >> vemos que el hielo se acumula en los árboles. >> en el aeropuerto internacional de dallas fort hood fueron cancelados todosd los vuelos, más de 3 mil pasajeros durmiendo en los terminales, la trmenta agarró desprevenida a muchas personas y de 8 pulgadas en el sur del estado de indiana,. >> cuando no ha llovido por mucho tiempo, las lluvias levantan polvo que se convierte en resbaladizos. >> las tormentas también causan problemas en las carreteras y los equipos están listos para lanzar arena, los gobernadores de tennessee y arkansas ya declararon estado de emergencia. >> varios estados con vientos muy helados, el servicio meteorológico nacional anticipan que esto durará hasta el domingo, es todo por mi parte, regresamos con ustedes a los estudios. >> muchísimas gracias gracias y las autoridades informaron que está actividado el sitio de salud cuidadodesalud.gob que permite inscribirse en

the dallas, fort worth area among the hardest-hit. it knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of people. much of the state has been plunged into bone chilling cold. at least one death has been attributed to weather conditions. >>> a tow truck spun off an icy bridge, killing the driver. as the storm swept into arkansas, trees and power lines were down. the governor has declared a state of emergency. the weather is now moving up to the northeast. a winter storm warning has already been issued for central ohio. as you can tell, this storm isn't over yet. something tells me it is just picking up steam. alexandra steele is in the weather center. what should others expect? >> hi, fred, good morning. those pictures aren't really what it is going to look like with this new storm. what we saw with the ice from dallas to memphis, they had ice and the temperature stayed incredibly cold. this is going to be a different scenario. i want to show you the timing and who will see what and when. here is the forecast radar. this is a ice story. tomo

y en el aeropuerto de dallas. texas. mÁs de mil vuelos. fueron cancelados. dallas, paralizando una de las ciudades mÁs pobladas en estados unidos. >>> planeaba manejar con mucho cuidado yo sÉ que las temperaturas como estÁn bajando mas y mÁs esta noche. >>> miles en el Área se han quedado sin electricidad y las inclemencias son tantas que las autoridades han decidido cancelar el maratÓn de dallas. y el desfile anual de navidad pautados para este fin de semana alrededor de 700 vuelos fueron cancelados en el dÍa en el aeropuerto de dallas forth worth. la tormenta invernal que trae consigo incesantes nevadas y temperaturas de 20 grados por de fwaj de lo normal. hoy se desplazÓ del oeste de texas recorriendo gran parte del centro del paÍs. y llegando a pittsburgh pensilvania en la costa este. por lo menos 5 gobernadores han declarado estado de emergencia. las carreteras cubiertas de hielo seco y co posa nieve se han convertido en el peor enemigo de muchos conductores. decenas han quedado varados y muchos maccidentados. >>> este camiÓn ayudo limpiar las carretera

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ed is in dallas tonight and picks it up from here. >> reporter: well, here in the dallas north texas area, the rain and freezing rain and sleet has stopped falling but that does not mean we are in the clear by any means. roadways and highways are still an absolute mess. i spent a great deal of the day driving along those roads today, very slushy. the department of public safety here in texas tells us that interstate 35 on the bridge between texas and oklahoma, that that bridge has been closed down, impassable, and there's a two and a half mile backup along the interstate on the texas side, so that's the situation we're monitoring at this point. because of all this major events into the weekend have been canceled, as jake mentioned. the marathon which was supposed to be run on sunday has been canceled. a big holiday parade in downtown dallas for saturday has been canceled. so we're really feeling the effects of this. 80% of the flights from dallas-ft. worth international airport have been canceled over the next day or so, so this is really a treacherous situation and the problem now h

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dallas is nearly shut down this morning.t 26 degrees, it was colder there friday than in anchorage, alaska, causing the city to cancel its weekend downtown holiday parade and annual marathon. the freakish weather also causing the cancellation of more than 1 to flights in and out of dallas-ft. worth airports. in memphis, tennessee, rain turning to ice on roads. >> hopefully, it's over. >> reporter: it's not over yet, snow and sleet expected to hit the east coast sunday. the national weather service says this massive air mass is dropping temps 30 degrees below normal. >> we'll get there eventually. >> what about your family? are you guys waiting for her? >> we are. praying for their safety. >> and even though it's not ice and snow and all of that across much of the south, temperatures are going to stay below freezing for the next couple of days. so what's on the ground will likely stay there for at least tomorrow, maybe even tuesday for some locations. so still a mess. here's the system now completely pushing off the east. we

at least four flights are canceled headed out to dallas, also arriving, we will keep you updated.rian flores, ktvu channel 2 morning news. . >>> well the cold weather here has been good for skiers and snowboarders, most of the resorts have been opened now for the season including heavenly border, alpine meadows, the storm came out as drivers had to put on those chains except for several areas. >>> the man who shot -- sheriff's deputy who shot and killed andy lopez and we will have more on how andy lopez's supporters are reacting. >> they are calling it a slap in the face. >> reporter: that is why a protest will be held at the sheriff's department later today but the deputy who opened fire on that teenager has been cleared to return to work and in fact has been checked out by mental health professionals. he has been off the job since october when he shot and killed lopez and he mistook the rep lick can and the deadly shooting of course parked out -- sparked outrage and led to protests at 5:00 and another protest will be held here at the sheriff's department which many say it an unf

this is clyde warn park in downtown dallas.day like this you would think this place is usually packed with people enjoying the weekend. we were here a few days ago and it was 80 degrees. and people were out here. but you know, the streets are very quiet. a number of people out and about. but i think that's probably cabin fever setting in at this point. that's because we're dealing with this ice. i just plucked this off of a chair here in the park. and this is what's collected on that chair. you can see ice this thick and, you know, probably collecting on the roadways as well. that's part of the trouble we're dealing with. obviously power lines have gone down. still a let of people without power. and this is a leaf i just pulled off the ground here, as well. this is a leaf that is completely hardened, i can't even break that apart. in the ice. what happens here is that it weighs everything down. the trees have been collapsing. they fall on power lines. that's why people have been left without power. i want to show you a good pic

it seems like the dallas-ft.s epic battles with sheets of ice and sleet crippling the region every few years, causing power outages, shutting down schools, not even leaving children with snow to play in. city officials say street crews will be available to work around the clock, using about 70 trucks to spread a mixture of sand and salt on the icy streets if needed. this ice storm is threatening a downtown dallas holiday parade on saturday and the dallas marathon on sun. slippery ice doesn't go well with marchers and runners. the last wicked winter storm was in 2011 in the days leading up to the super bowl hosted in the dallas cowboys stadium, football fans struggled to navigate the treacherous roadways and street crews struggled to keep many roadways drivable. so they'll be watching here closely that fine line between this wintry mix and ice. as this arctic air mass moves down this way here into northern texas. we'll be watching very closely, schools, businesses, everyone wilin monitoring late into the night to

at dallas-ft. worth international airport, thousands of flights were canceled over the weekend. check out what passengers were seeing outside their windows at o'hare in chicago: snow on the ground as parts of the midwest and east coast got hit with storms. one family was supposed to fly out of san francisco at 6:50 but their delay created an opportunity. 3:30 so now we can go to alcatraz. >> the delays had some people sleeping in very uncomfortable positions throughout sfo and avoiding dallas can headache -- make for creative trip home. >> bunked out on the hard couples and had to sleep here. just toughed it out. >> what is the plan today? >> today i am supposed to lebanon at 6:35 to l.a.x. and then i am stalk -- stuck at l.a.x. until 11:30 tonight. and then home. >> delays are popping up on the flight board. the best advise today is to make sure you call your airline before you head for the airport. >> thanks, matt. delays just keep popping up on the flight board at sfo. matt said the best advise is to check with the airline. many canceled nights are commuter or colleague that