georgia governor nathan diehl, well, you're not going to fool him twice. on january 28th, diehl has already announced a state of emergency for 14 georgia counties today. that announcement is in preparation for this. a storm system moving up from the gulf of mexico. that's expected to bring heavy ice across the south. and later this week, potentially heavy snowfall to the northeast as well. we're keeping a close eye on that forecast. and finally, here in new york, a pair of annual events that generate international attention. get this. you could theoretically spend part of your day watching the models on the catwalk during fashion week. and then another part of your day watching the dog walk. that is the westminster kennel club dog show. how about that? only in new york city. >>> turning back to sochi where the third full day of competition is under way. and here's the medal count. norway and the netherlands are tied for the lead right now, as you can see there. as seven. the united states in a three-way tie for second place with russia and canada at five.

as governor nathan diehl said this afternoon, ice is the enemy of the south. and so we are preparing for something very very bad. in fact, an ice storm in many parts of the south, that's worse than a tornado or a hurricane for its widespread destructive power. the national weather service says we could have a history making the way in the next few hours. so, schools are closed. businesses are closed. the national guard is on stand by. power crews are staging from all over the southeast. well, power crews are here from all the way from ohio as well. staging in the metro atlanta area in case we get those widespread outages. the national weather service says we could see anywhere from a quarter of an inch of ice to 1 inch of ice. now, the last time we got a quarter of an inch of ice that was back in 2000. it was the super bowl, january 28th. and it was a mess. interstates were closed. trees fell. power lines fell. homes were damaged. 350,000 homes were without power. some of them for march than a week. the national weather service says this storm could be much mu

joining us now is the georgia governor, nathan diehl. thanks for joining us. i know you're incredibly busy. when we spoke a couple weeks ago, you said the biggest lesson you have learned from the previous mistakes of the last storm was that you need to be -- everyone in georgia needs to be proactive. so has that worked this time around? >> absolutely. the public has been very, very cooperative. people are staying at home, which is the best thing they can do. it gives our crews that are treating the roads the opportunity to be out there. it gives all of the other emergency management people the opportunity to restore power when power goes down. and to remove trees and debris from the roadways, as well as from the other passages in our state along the streets themselves. >> schools were a big problem the last time you and i spoke a couple weeks ago. you said you had no control over the schools' decision whether to stay open or shut down. i think it's -- as a proactive matter, everyone is has basically shut the schools today and tomorrow, right? >> that's correct

like before medicaid, you know, back when pastors apparently had medical training well, now nathan diehle two ideas into one thing -- he's one of 21 republican governors who have refused to take the medicaid expansion under the aca. that's putting huge strains on hospitals in his state, some of which are actually closing, because they can't afford to keep treating people who get their primary care in the e.r. he told a small control this week that if people really want to be serious about lowering the cost of health care in this country, they would revisit another federal statute that has been there for a lodge time, and said it came from bad facts that made bad law. the law he's talking about the emergency medical treatment and labor act of 1986 signed by a guy named ronald wilson reagan. it requires hospitals to provide emergency care to everyone. diehl's idea is for that law to be revisited, so the uninsured in his state would still have no medicaid, but also no more e.r. as an option. problem solved. the big irony is that the uninsured and the poor in this country disproportionately

>> well, as governor diehl mentioned, by and large most people have heeded the warnings and are at home. i understood that most roads are deserted, and so are, you know, the highways are deserted, and so are city streets. >> that's certainly good news considering what we saw there some two weeks ago. sounds like people heeded the warnings this time. what's the greatest concern right now? >> power outages. right now we've got a report of approximately 200,000 customers without power statewide. and that number is probably larger and is going to increase even more as the day wears on through early tonight. the national weather service is forecasting that we'll have high winds today, 20 mile an hour plus gusts. and for trees and so forth with coats of ice, these high winds are guaranteed to cause more outages. so that's our major concern right now. >> ken, thank you. keep us up to date, sir. we appreciate your time let's go to charlotte, north carolina. erica edwards is standing by there. what's the latest on conditions in charlotte? >> reporter: we're not used to snow like this. we are exp

banks has reached a diehl to buy eddie baur.en fighting over a hostile takeover attempt from its rival. it will pay $825 million to san francisco-based golden gate capital which purchased eddie baur in bankruptcy in 2009. >>> baseball season just around the corner as the giants pitchers and catchers report to spring training in scottsdale, arizona. today they will undergo physicals and begin workouts at the stadium. on tuesday, the full squad will report for practice. in phoenix, pitchers and catchers for the as are reporting to the first day of spring training. they will be joined by the rest of the team next wednesday. the as will pay their first spring training game against the giants on february 26th. >>> president obama is expected to speak about ways to help california's drought this afternoon. we have two crews breaking down all of the headlines of the visit and we'll be digging deeper into what that's announcements really mean for californians. that's coming up tonight at 5:00. >>> thank you for making ktvu your choice f

i'll call this the diehl effect.ng states of emergency a stay or more before the snow reached their state. that's a reaction. politicians react to one of their own when they fall down. that's it for this week's "inside politics." again, thanks for sharing your sunday morning with us. "state of the union" with candy crowley starts right now. >>> peace talks in geneva all but collapse while syria implodes. today, the syrian government lays waste to rebel-held territories. anti-government forces turn on each other, and militants islamists use the chaos to get a foothold. >> it's pad fbad for the region. it is bad for global national security. >> it's more than that and should be an affront to our conscience. >> more than 9 million people have fled their homes and an estimated 135,000 are dead. senator john mccain joins us on the horrific humanitarian problem in syria. and closer to home, his thoughts on whether republicans are blowing the mid-term

. >>> governor nathan diehl, spending the night inside in atlanta, georgia. >> we're not looking back, we're looking forward. the next three days are going to be challenging for the state for local government and private entities. we want to make sure that we are as prepared as upon and we can respond as quickly as possible. >> georgia state of emergency covering 14 counties. reporting many schools in atlanta area are already closing their classes. what a difference two weeks makes. how different is that going to be? >> narrow area that you have to watch because we will see that snow and ice developing. right now it's fairly quiet, just a little mix here, developing and taking shape, and it will start to bring a lot of warm air up and the cold air is in place. so throughout this area there's winter weather advisors and the winter storm warning, this is a winter storm watch as this area will move in, this is the area of concern, the temperatures are in the 40s in atlanta, alabama 49°, memphis just dropped to 42. you get that rain falling into that air which is below freezing. this is p

if we didn't raise the diehl, we would defategets blamed? >> let me play devil's advocate.ere is this kabuki, this charade. okay, bring the clean debt ceiling over and just democrats will vote for it and the rest of us republicans won't. we'll vote against it. and then ted cruz says but that's not what you actually think. you actually want it and support it. and 12 republicans have to vote for the procedural vote to support it. in a way, again, i'm playing devil's advocate here, in a way, what he did was very prince led. >> it alsoipled in the sense it plays better outside of washington where people are frustrated with washington and see that kabuki going on. somebody who's willing to stand up and say this is what i think and actually get behind it probably has appeal outside of washington because it goes against that insider game. >> also last man standing as republicans conduct this sort of organized retreat from showdowns since the government shut down john boehner's retreated, mitch mcconnell, ted cruz can say i'm the only guy left who stands. >> it's about him. in 2016

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governor diehl and mayor kasim reed, both blasted for their response to the first storm, gave specific details about the preparations this time. >> typically, the city has 25 spreaders. we now have agreements in place for 35 contractors which gives us 60 spreaders. we also have 40 snowplows, expanding that capability by 20 snowpl snowplows. that will give us 115 to 120 pieces of equipment. >> please use your own best judgment. do not put yourself or your family in jeopardy. the clearer the roads are, the more we have the able to treat those roads and get them open as quickly as possible. >> weather channel meteorologist paul good low standing by for us in atlanta. paul, does it sound like they prepared enough for what's coming? >> i think it's overkill early on but definitely they need to be prepared for perhaps a devastating ice storm across the area. all of the ingredients in place. we have cold air coming back across the south, though many cities are in the 60s yesterday, talking much colder today. cold air continues to come in overnight, into tuesday and wednesday, and moisture ove

this daunting cleanup in part led georgia's governor nathan diehl to declare a state of emergency. >> we're hoping federal authorities will follow suit. that will give us hope with what you're going to need a great deal of and that's debris removal. >> reporter: crews are working around the clock to clear the streets and restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of people but officials do not know when power will be restored. south carolina, which was hit bay heavy blast of ice, eugene spoke to us from his home. >> holding out and using anything battery powered now. >> state officials issued an advisory warning travelers there could be a fine layer of black ice out on the roads and highways. that's this morning. this afternoon temperatures should increase and by then it should be over. norah and anthony. >> wyatt andrews, we hope so. thanks, wyatt. airport south of baltimore facing a mountain of difficulty this morning. airlines have grounded a record number of flights this winter. 75,000 since december 1st. >> there have been 14,000 flight cancellations this week. that includes mo