looking at the latest video from reagan national and washington, d.c., where that storm on the east coast had blanketed that area with snow, suspending operations there, and at dulles, causing problems for travelers here on the west coast. 5,400 flights yesterday. airlines scratched an additional almost 4,600 flights today. more than 10,000 flights since monday, including 16 departures and 39 arrivals between sfo and airports from raleigh up to boston. it should be noted not all flights have been canceled yet to the northeast from sfo, at least not yet, which is why this passenger is a little nervous. headed to washington, d.c., do you think you'll make it? >> i certainly hope so in the stormy weather. >> reporter: have you checked the boards? >> they say it's on time so far but i don't know yet. i still have three more hours before the flight and i sure hope nothing changes. >> reporter: are you a gambling man? >> no. >> reporter: all right. that winter storm on the east coast has been an odd one, dumping snow in atlanta, six ninkz charlotte, which is unusual for that part of the country

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this storm affecting millions and millions of people up and down the east coast. the problems stretch all the way from the south up to maine. look at this map. look at these snow totals. there's more snow and more trouble in the forecast. >> this morning if you're planning to travel anywhere on the east coast, be sure to call your airline. more than 1,000 more flights grounded today. that's on top of nearly 7,000 canceled yesterday. crews racing to clear runways so they can get the planes moving again, and travelers are scrambling to find new flights, some even heading to the airport because they can't reach anyone on the phone. >> i don't know what to do. we were supposed to go to miami. >> i kept calling the last two days trying to rebook because i thought this was likely to happen, and they said that there was nothing available to be booked. >> i took time off from work. i'm going down to san francisco, valentine's day, and it's pretty much over with, you know. i'm being optimistic. lucky for me, i have travel insurance, so if it doesn't work out, i get my mone

there it is moving up the east coast. atlanta, this is charlotte. it is moving up into the mid lappet washington, d.c. and baltimore, and then on up the coast. it's coming to new york soon. we're back in a moment. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. a new orleans jury convicted former mayor of new orleans ray nagin of 20 of 21 corruption charges. he has been found guilty of a variety of charges including accepting $500,000 in bribes. >>> the debt ceiling ha hassings been lifted for another year. president obama will increase the federal contract minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10. >>> state of emergency has been declared for several areas. in southern england, thousands have fled homes, and prime minister david cameron has promised help for the flood-affected areas. >>> and derek jeter has announced that he will retire after this season. he said his injury-plagued season in part led him to realize it's time to retire. i'm tony harris. "inside story" is next. >> in many places in america once you're convic

you're looking at new video from reagan national, washington, d.c., you can see this storm on the east coast has blanketed that airport with snow, suspending operations there and at dulles, causing problems for travelers here on the west coast. let's just again look at the big picture, more than 5,000 flights have been canceled between monday and wednesday nationwide. airlines have already scratched another almost 4,600 flights just for today, that includes 13 departures, 34 arrivals between sfo and airports from raleigh up to boston. it should be noted not all flights have been canceled to the northeast from sfo, at least not yet, which is why this passenger is a little nervous. so you're headed to washington, d.c. >> yes. >> reporter: do you think you'll make it? >> i surely hope so, with the stormy weather. >> reporter: have you checked the boards? >> they say it's on time so far but i don't know yet. i still have like three or four hours before the flight. i'm hoping that nothing cancels. >> reporter: are you a gambling man? >> no. >> reporter: this winter storm has been unusual, dumping

brianed to has a look at the mess up and down the east coast. he's been on the road all day and he's joining us now live from maryland. what are you seeing? >> reporter: i'm seeing some very tough going. we just got word from virginia state police that they've responded to 1100 accidents throughout the state. two fatalities there. we're going to show you what we're seeing. we're north of baltimore, maryland, on the i-95 corridor. getting hit with freezing rain on 695. we'll toggle between my camera eight dash camera here. again, more snow is expected for the d.c. area. this is round two after a very treacherous round one. ang overturned tractor-trailer. the wheels are in the air and guardrail is demolished. >> they are putting a winch on it right now. the driver is okay. he suffered minor injuries to his hand and told me that the snow and ice here, the slush underneath the truck just lost his steering. the steering got away from him and he slid down a ditch. most lanes are closed on a highway usually packed with commuters in the nation's capital

that storm then moved up the east coast. states of emergency have been declared just about everywhere. in washington, d.c., government offices closed today. lisa, it's nasty out there on the national mall. >> it is indeed. take a look, it's a beautiful sight. you've got to admit, if you don't have to be out in it, it's turned to a bit of sleet now and the snow is not coming down as much as it had earlier. that's good news for the traps portation agencies in this area. they are able to do a little better trying to clear the roads, because the snow is not falling so heavily. they had thousands of pieces of equipment out. the federal government is closed, all the governments in this area closed. one office is open, fema are in the office, up and running. they have their command center up, of course, monitoring the storm. we also found some hearty souls out jogging this morning. one guy out jogging in his shorts. you can jog, but in your shorts? it is cold out here. people are urged to stay inside. there is a snow emergency decl

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this winter storm on the east coast may have found a way to ruin your weekend. is a travel expert. mark, this is a holiday weekend where airports were already expected to be busier than usual. how many people nationwide are being impacted by these flight cancellations? >> right now it's 1.2 million and climbing. the number is going to go up because one flight is going to get canceled. right here in philadelphia it's right behind me. so stay tuned. there will be more cancellations. >> and how long do we expect this storm system to have an impact on your travel? >> well, if you were scheduled to get out of philadelphia, let's say today, you probably can't get rebooked until sunday or monday. bye-bye holiday weekend. you're not getting anywhere and then you'll be back at work on tuesday and that little bit of a vacation is going to be a thing of the past. it never happened. >> and even though it's just the east coast airports getting shut down, this will affect travel plans for people all over the country. explain why. >> so take u.s. air. there's a charlotte hub a

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. >> more bad weather expected on the east coast. a look at the damage so far and the tragic story that had an impact on people this morning. >> we're looking at dense fog and it might affect your drive around the bay and traffic is looking good here west bound. lots of fog not where you are right now, but you heighten counter some if you're commuting in and we'll see if makes it in during the week. blahs . >>> welcome back to ktvu channel 2 morning news. a woman 8 months pregnant was among the people killed by the snowstorm that is bearing down on the east coast this morning. they were loading groceries into their car when a bobcat tractor backed into her. although she died doctors performed a c-section and delivered her baby. the boy is in critical condition, however. the tractor driver has not been charged, they say he drives recklessly. [indiscernible] >> at least 21 deaths have been blamed on this late test winter storm. it could bring up to two feet of snow in parts of the northeast. half a million homes are without power and m

struggling with their commute. >> we've had the big system moving through the south and up the east coasts in places in the south, the weather long gone. the east, pores of new england, but still problems behind that. the next two systems, one in the midwest in the later frame in the parts of iowa with snow this morning and then the northwest, it's like the spigot has been turned on recently. we've had system after system, the moisture needed, but so much rain and snow recently that it's actually and with some warmer air, all of this especially in our coastal rivers and streams, there's been a little flooding concern. you can see a lot of those areas on green, otherwise pinks and purposes, we've had storm concerns. the next one coming will make its way to the east coast already tonight. back to you guys. >> nicole, thank you very much. california thinking about putting warning labels on soda an sugary drinks with 1475-calories per 12-ounces. the proposed label would read like this, state of california safety warning, drinking beverages with added sugar leads to diabetes and tooth decay. b

most major cities on the east coast were shut down today. new york city, though, decided to defy that. public schools were open. no joke. mayor bill de blasio, that's the mayor of new york, now defended his decision, claiming it was an unexpected forecast, but that's not the case, says nbc's al roker, who blasted the mayor on twitter saying, how dare @new york city mayor's office, @new york city schools throws nws, the national weather service, under the bus. the forecast was on time and on the money. that was just the beginning of what al roker had to say about the mayor. cnn's zain asher is outside new york city tonight, and there is more snow coming this way. we were looking at those live pictures of washington. that snow looked really intense. >> hi, erin. yes, for the time being, the skies have actually held up, for the time being, but i did actually bump into a new york city public school teacher that lives right around here. she told me that she made the very difficult decision to stay home tonight, today, partly because she wanted to

ice and snow causing chaos up and down the east coast. in the southeast, ice knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and bringing roads to a stand still. nine deaths so far. now, heavy snow targeting the mid-atlantic, the northeast, more than 3,000 flights have been cancelled nationwide. "on the record" is taking you straight out to the elements in the hardest hit places. first chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the fox extreme weather center. rick? >> the south has had such a rough winter so far. big storm in atlanta two weeks ago and getting hit again. the benefit is because of that storm today, all of the schools were cancelled and there weren't people on the roads which is great news. it's a pretty sprawling storm, there is a severe side to it down across parts of florida. we have had tornado threats here. definitely damaging winds across south florida. but the snow across interior sections, especially across the southern appalachians right now, but it's this pink and purple that you see right here, that's where we hav

the east coast storm continues to pound the east coast. four-8 in. of snow to new york city. we are 32 degrees today. 27 degrees by nine. high 33 snide debate down to 12 degrees. decreasing clouds means increasing sunshine on friday. 22 again on saturday. >> a quick update on traffic. we have a road closures or about 83 the northwest highway gas of oil to central in place through the day. not seeing any accidents up there. no delays. it's a very quiet start. >>breaking news out of gary this morning, where several people were shot inside a club. tonya francisco is *live in gary. >> good morning. police are not releasing very much information about what happened last night. they have reports that as many as five people have been shocked including the gunman. this one took place at the safe and sound a senior citizens' social club at 1030 last night. it happened in the city of gary. none of the injuries are life- threatening. according to the post a raid by police back to october of 2011, the owner of that club was charged with serving alcohol without a permit and provoke promot

make sure you call ahead if you are traveling to the east coast.ure of snow around atlanta, through the piedmont of the carolinas and now into west virginia where it is snowing including pennsylvania and washington and toward new york and boston. it is change over in the next couple of hours to rain in philadelphia and new york but it will stay snowing in boston and washington. next 12 hours, it is mild. upper 40's to mid-50's with foggy conditions, and clouds better part of the afternoon with temperatures in the low-to-mid 60's and mild this evening mid-to-upper 50's and a few sprinkles are possible in the not bay and tomorrow and partly sunny and more sunshine and mild again for valentine's day, the wonderful holiday, and saturday and sunday a chance of rain dug the evening and overnight hours. cooler throughout the weekend. hope you have a good one. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone, at 5:39. we do not have anything to discuss in terms of didn'ts. -- of accidents. we do have fog. weather from burlingame to 280 and in san francisco, as well,

things looking good up and down the east coast. snow showers across the great lakes but everything else is quiet. high pressure dominating not just the east coast, but the eastern half of the country. this is that cold polar air ushering into the region. this disturbance could come into our neck of the woods by tomorrow but i am not expecting much in terms of cut -- accumulation. this afternoon, nice and clear, clouds increasing through tonight. into tomorrow, a couple of flurries. i do not think this will be any big deal. through the evening, overnight tuesday into wednesday, a second chance of getting snow showers. the chances of getting a coating him fortinet, the causal increase once again. be 22 228 degrees. the skies with clay tomorrow. it will see some flurries and some sprinkles. it will be 35 to 40 degrees. snow chances this week are greatest in the morning on your wednesday. . numbers -- to bidders only be in the 30's. temperatures will be the low average. we should be around 49 for this time of the year. , they60's that

topping america's money, retailers are worried the big east coast storm could put a chill on valentine'sholiday. starbucks is sell brighting -- is celebrating free lattes until 2:00, with the offer buy one latte and you get the other one for free. >> a re-make of robo cop but the new plot, and set in los angeles rather than chicago not expected to outgross the lego movie. for big spenders on valentine's day two luxury suites in las vegas for $25,000. a night. that is america's money. >>> if you are looking for a new job and good with your hands, home depot could be looking for you, they want to hire 600 people in the bay area for the spring, busiest selling season. the chain is hiring 80,000 new workers with more information at the website. >> pay pal president is cracking down on san jose employees with the chief scolding workers for not using their own product. some employees have refused to install the app and forget their passwords. he says san jose employees are not contributing as much as other pay pal offices. he took over as president and wants employees who are passionate about

thursday looks like a full-blown east coast storm. giving me the death eyes. let's set the stage here. cold air is on its way back in. it's not like it's ever been that warm. zero in chicago this morning, minus 9 in minneapolis. another arctic blast and then we're going to get more moisture out of the gulf. we're setting the stage. we'll be 11 in kansas city, 80 in miami today. setting the stage for a big temperature contrast. notice how warm -- we're 36 in atlanta with sleet on tuesday and, of course, we saw that happen in atlanta last time they had the snow and the sleet. this time they're doing a lot of prep and getting ready for this. the storm will come up the east coast. the cold air is in place. this is what it will look like. the storm takes a typical track along the east coast, keeping a lot of the cold air in place. most likely a snow storm, i-95. there's a possibility this will be a plowable snow storm, possibility of widespread six to 12 inches on top of -- we don't have room at the end of our driveways anymore. >> spring

it looks like wednesday night, all day thursday for the east coast. that's the potential for -- we haven't had many snow storms go all the way up the east coast. this has the potential to do that. >> south to north and then you've got some sprinkles out west, which they've been waiting for. >> they need the rain. that's a good thing. >> yeah, it is. >>> there are calls for compromise when it comes to the heated timeline on immigration reform. new york senator chuck schumer on nbc's "meet the press" saying it's a possibility this year, specifically calling out republicans, including speaker of the house john boehner and house majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> they have said they want to do immigration reform but they don't trust the president to enforce the law, particularly the enforcement parts. so there's a simple solution. let's enact the law this year, but simply not let it actually start till 2017, after president obama's term is over. >> would republicans accept schumer's idea? >> i think some republicans would be interested in that if we put

in new york city with snow falling on the east coast once again, commuters should expect a

part one dumping several inches of snow on the east coast and it's the first of what could be one of the worst weather weeks in memory. forecasters saying two more powerful storm systems are on the way. monday's blast snarled the commutes for super bowl fans on their way home from the game and boy did it erase all the memories of the 50 degree game at metlife stadium. more than 4300 flights were delayed. 1900 cancelled on monday. today more than 450 flights are already cancelled and the snow is piling up. this winter chicago has seen 53 inches, philadelphia 73 plus, boston 33.5 and more than 28 in new york and it's hitting our wallets as well. the polar vortex put a $5 billion chill on the economy and that's not all. 60 million american households will see their heating bills jump 50%. that's a $4.5 billion hit and flight disruptions cost another 2.5 bd in extra charges for passengers. bill karins will join us in a moment with the forecast. >>> but now to the dramatic capture of a killer that escaped from a prison. they caught 40-year-old michael elliott late last night but not befor

and the dangerous condition wills of people on the east coast are facing from a major new storm. >> a big day for twitter and what investors will lock for when it releases the first earning report. >> covering santa clara, san francisco, east bay and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, it is 4:40 on wednesday morning. a look from the rooftop camera to san francisco with a tall building that will be west this time tomorrow with the rain system moving in. mike will have more. >> new details in the death of actor philip seymour hoffman. police have arrested four people in new york, they men and a woman, are held on drug chances tied to the friction-year-old's death with 350 bags of heroin found in the apartment and are trying to determine if it is the same batch as the drugs found in hoffman's apartment or whether it was not. he was found dead of an overdose. the actor withdraw $1,200 from a grocery store a.t.m. before his death. >> twitter has the quarterly earnings report and the first since it went public. the social immediate can company stock has purchased

more on the east coast wednesday. more in the midwest today. west coast, by the way, we're fine at the airports. ripple effect. 32 states impacted, one of the more far reaching winter storms. won't be as severe in terms of snow amounts or ice amounts. widespread across the country. storm exited the west two days ago, still left behind cold air. temperatures in the 30s and 20s in the pacific northwest. there is some chill out there. especially montana, look at billings at zero. little chilly in vegas, los angeles, phoenix too. as far as what we're going to deal with next, not a lot in the next two days. we're protected a little bit, as it heads to thursday, another chance of rain heading into the bay area and it looks like it could be -- maybe a decent accumulation, maybe a half inch or so. would like to get that up in the mountains too. couple of breaks here. tuesday, wednesday, dry days for all your travels in west and introduce rain again on thursday. that rainfall does not at this time, not like the last one, where it tracked down to the cali

it's left its mark on the south and east coast and grounded virtually all forms of travel, cut power to hundreds of thousands and paralyzed cities across the country and you can see the scope of that storm from this picture. now we know why it happened the way it did. >>> this is supposed to be the time of year for hearts and flowers and maybe some chocolate. >> but the huge winter storm you just saw is causing big problems for florists. >> reporter: in jeopardy the most profitable day of the year for floor is up and down the east -- florists up and down the east coast. >> this is actually the super bowl for florists. with the weather, it just adds another element that we have to deal with. >> reporter: 100 million people have been hit by the storm. some florists forced to close. others pushing back orders till after the storm. industry analysts say nearly 67 million flower orders are at risk. >> 80% of the business for valentine's day is accomplished on the 13th and 14th. >> reporter: ftd, one of the largest online retailers of flowers has stopped taking additional orders in areas a

sleet and snow beating the east coast.ayor sent children to school anyway. >> it' to run a city than to see the weather on tv. so i am comfortable with our decision making. >> that's not the worst of it. wait until you hear what the head of new york city school says. a ball of flames dropping from the sky. look at that. speeding toward the earth. what is it and where was it going? >> single and logging on to look for love. this valentine's day are you doing that? >> that screams to a man, oh my god, she is high maintenance. >> the on-line information that could give you that. we will have that for you in a moment. >>> ♪ ♪ >> great song. it will wake you up on this friday and valentine's day. we can face all of the snow. happy valentine's day to you and your family. i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. it is half past the hour. we begin with serious news. people continue to dig out from the snow on the east coast. >> the treacherous storm claiming the lives or has at least so far, 21. right now more than half a

there's something else i want to point out along parts of the east coast.a very heavy type of snow. for people who have to shovel, you really need to be safe out there, keep this in mind try not to do too much work if you feel tired head back indoors. very heavy. very slushy type of snow due to the temperatures we have so close to the freezing mark. relatively warm for snow. otherwise the snow totals i want to show you some of these they are incredible. in lancaster, south carolina 8 inches of snow. 9 inches already reported in virginia and you can see other parts of north carolina like in charlotte 5.5 inches of snow. we have snow in parts of northern georgia and the atlanta area all of the way up to the new york city area. this is a widespread storm system. that storm coming down heavy as well across parts of maryland and northern virginia we are seeing snowfall rates there as well at 1-2 inches per hour. the radar along the coast including philadelphia, including new york city up through boston because the storm system is tracking so close to the coast w

. >>> snow and ice hitting the east coast and the driver to work is already turning dangerous. >>> nothing like that here but dangerous driving is coming our way. very soon. >>> wipers, check. tires, check. rain, check. >> you don't need a rain check for the rain. absolutely. >>> 1.5 miles in novato and we still have a last fog found up-and-down 101 and everyone else and doing okay but we seeing an increase in clouds. day planner is partly cloudy around the bay and upper 30's to low 40's with a few lower 30's around redwood city and in the low-to-mid 50's with the sky becoming gray in the afternoon and light rain developing at 7:00. inland we are cool and freezing cold in the 20's to mid-30's this morning so maybe some frost to scrape off the car. low-to-mid 50's with increasing clouds and sprinkles around 7:00 and we will get our better chance of rain at 8:00 or 9:00. the coast is cloudy through noon from the mid-40's to the mid-50's and gray by 4:00 and we will be with the by 7:00. >>> leyla gulen? >> there were a couple of issues as we started off in san francisco where we had a pedestr

but they have most of their east coast flights departing later on today. fingers crossed that everything is okay. live at mineta san jose international airport, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> utilities in the south have extra crews from neighboring states on the job as they work to restore power this morning. >>> new this morning, two people were taken to the hospital because of an early- morning fire in san francisco. no word on their injuries this morning. the fire started around midnight in a high-rise near san francisco state university. it was on the 6th floor there. no word on what started the fire. >>> a body discovered in a motel's garbage chute in san francisco. police were called to a motel on valencia street late last night about the body. investigators say no sign of homicide but the cause of the death and how that body got in the garbage chute are still a mystery. >>> an amber alert out of oakland turned out to be a false alarm. it was called off yesterday when investigators learned a female who was believed to be a carjacking victim was an adult not a

the massive storm walloping the east coast. drivers trapped in cars all night on the ice. lights canceled coast to coast. 100 million people waking up to a snowy and snarled commute. our team tracking every aspect of the storm. >>> decision day in the so-called loud music trial. fighting and tears in the courtroom in closing arguments. the case in the hands of the jury. >>> caught on camera. sinkhole stunner. watch this as eight classic corvettes are swallowed up in seconds. 30 feet deep, 40 feet wide, how did it happen? ♪ this is gonna be the best day of my life ♪ >> clean sweep. team usa winning all the medals in men's ski slopestyle this morning. and no more

and a deadly winter storm is now sweeping up the east coast -- causing power outages and flight cancellations. good morning. i'm dan ponce. >> it is wrong and glad it's not here. that's very selfish of me to sit at. are you going to let me have it? >> we've had our fair share. as long as the west's rest of the winter is on video let them have it. it's been nice winter. let's take a look at how things are going. a big temperatures drop today. all i can say is if you want to get in the mood, just look at the weather. it's just the beginning. >> that is hot. real hot. >> it looks like it's all downhill. >> we of light snow showers possible. best chance is south of 80. it is cold outside. it's 15 at midway. valparaiso is at 17. the wind chill is -10 in aurora. still zero in aware. the snow is coming in from the west. a chance of letters in charlotte south of 80 is where it will be. temperatures are cool. 32 yesterday. 19 at 5:00 today. we reached 21 for a high. snuggle weather. tomorrow high temperatures are 21. cuddle up. >> that was part of the best weather forecast you ever given. >> top five.

from one of the biggest snow and ice disasters in memory, but another storm is moving toward the east coast right now, and it's threatening to add to that danger and all the gridlock in the hardest-hit areas. a blizzard watch now has been issued for the coast of massachusetts. we're seeing is more frustrating cancellations and delays at some of the nation's biggest and busiest airports. this winter has been brutal for air travel with a record number of cancellations, apparently more than we've seen in a quarter century. cnn's rosa flores is standing by at laguardia in new york. but first reagan national airport outside of washington. >> brianna, yesterday was the single-worst travel day yet this winter. let me give you the numbers because it does show you how extensive all the delays and cancellations have been. in the last 36 hours there have been over 8,000 cancellations, but that doesn't even include, brianna, the delays. let me show you what people at reagan national are seeing. this is the board everyone fears seeing their flight up on. look at these cancellations and note that these a

as you can see cause i aggressively moving in the east coast region's leading to no plot at two fifteen centimeters of snow made by coming to an end in oregon. through friday the rest of the nation would get to enjoy and other mild winters day. in fact states have hives will see from between two to nine degrees making it feel more like early spring. the thing that's it tomorrow's ratings so and it will make it to six degrees. meanwhile snow showers are forecast in the center where the daytime high twelve hits set in. as for their b days and haven't said it will peak at six and nine degrees respectively team of four tops out at two what i thought i have read it out but i'll be back with my updates to the men. if that are broadcast on this wednesday nights and it became so charming thanks for watching all season. i was. the ending. eye i did it is. i am. i am the head the wound. in. the i am the food. he did. we do. it is. these. the when i did i i did. we do. in womb. use i will. am i. mm. the we are the years. cz the new new new new lulu . hungry for gold rush and friends and their hope

i am sure it will happen tomorrow morning on the east coast.headlines coming up next. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are the top stories. >> historic winter weather stretching from the gulf coast to main, 22 states and 100 million people at risk. the storms started in the south and made its way to the north-east. hundreds of thousands of people will not have power after snow, ice and rain. the weather is expected to continue until friday. parts of england are under water after two weeks of flooding. authorities issued high risk warnings for north-west england and wales. 2,000 soldiers are available to help. >> the debate has been revived. studies suggest that it does not lower a risk of a woman dying of breast cancer. a study was published in the british medical journal. >> former new orleans mayor ray nagin was found guilty of corruption charges and faces 20 years in prison. he's the first man in city history to be convicted of corruption. >> federal contractors signed an executive order increasing the hourly wage b

another burst of snow and i'll barreling up the east coast.nd in the southeast, the storm knocking out power to hundreds of thousands and more than 6,000 flights canceled nationwide. on the record is on the ground in the hardest hit areas and we begin in north carolina where the storm left drivers stranded all over the roads. lindsay. >> reporter: yeah, the major concern tonight is all of this slush freezing over. and i can tell you it's already getting slick and there is a lot of if. today we saw round two. we're looking at about 8 inches total. this fire hydrant is a pretty good picture of just how much snow we're talking about. yesterday afternoon, when it all started coming down, probably around noon, our 911 center had 283 calls reporting departmentss ju accidents just in five hours. that breaks down to nearly 50 ske accidents an hour. any which way you go, you'll see a lot of stranded cars. city crews had their plows out. they have hit probably about 70% of the major roads. hopefully i just heard from the city official they're hoping to

thousands of flights all up and down the east coast have been grounded. this is the same storm system that pounded the southeast with ice, sleet and snow. at least ten deaths are now blamed on the weather. more than 700,000 homes and businesses are without power right now. we have reporters all across the region covering the storm's dramatic impact. let's begin with cnn's don lemon joining us from a very snowy new york city. how bad is it, don? >> oh, it's really bad here, wolf. you know, it's not that cold. it was actually a lot colder yesterday. but it's providing for what everyone's calling a slush, this disgusting slush that you see right now. and this is what you're dealing with. i just walked here across the street from cnn so you're dealing with the slush on every single street and every single road. i just walked across here and really there are -- there's slush about this high. even if you have snow boots on, it can go inside of those snow boots. five to eight inches of snow so far. it's turning into an icy mix. and they believe it's going to get

thousand feet in the air with the ability to see three hundred forty miles in any direction on the east coast the booms are called j. lens and they're being purchased from raytheon by the u.s. army for two point seven billion dollars each blimp will be tethered to the ground and will have an insanely powerful cameras radar and built in sensors and you know what that makes sense because just knowing that everything you do online is being categorized isn't showing enough dissent apparently we need to have a man is seen orwellian symbol of the surveillance state in all of our faces but according to raytheon that's just silly talk because these books have nothing to do with spying on americans their stated purpose is to spot incoming threats since when do we need to put up humongous big brother blimps in order to spot threats look we already have to worry about cameras on top of every building about drones in the sky do we really need giant blimps obstructing our skies implicitly telling the citizens living underneath their ominous shadows to obey so if you want to keep just a shred of privacy in

this storm is causing problems up and down the east coast this morning. this is spreading into the midwest. we are checking out delays and cancellations at airports. this is something that anyone needs to hear. we will get a update from him. >> we are back. he went talk about the forecast. >> -- jackie was up in the camera. goodness. too much. too much information. not too much information that we can give you in the weather department and we want to give you as much as's. we have hazardous conditions at this hour -- we want to give you as much as possible. we have hazardous conditions at this hour. how you get around gaithersburg ,nd hagerstown into cumberland you have seen significant ice and moisture heading that way. has become ation little bit more spotty and our temperature is just above the freezing mark in washington, d.c. workperience walking into was that everything was wet at this time. you do not have to go too far outside of the city to see some the problems. in fact, arlington has freezing rain and the crossroads have had 00int 500 inches of

so it really is amazing how the low pressure tonight is going to travel up the east coast. if you're too close to the low you're going to be warm and you're going to be in good shape. if you're far enough away from the low, that's where you're going to get into the snow. >> talking to tricia just a couple of minutes ago there, she was saying they saw what had happened in atlanta. she was like, that's not going to happen to me. and yet lo and behold it happened to her. they're having the same issues atlanta had two weeks ago. >> they are because it happened at the same time of day. somewhere around 12:00, 1:00. that's when it happened in atlanta. people thought they had time in atlanta either to send their kids to school -- didn't go to school today -- or they thought they could go do one more thing and then they got caught. it snowed right in the middle of the day. the difference between atlanta's pictures today which is completely blank roads it started at 2:00 a.m. people looked out at 5:00, 6:00 in the morning and said i'm not going out in that and they stayed home. that

deliberating in the jordan dunn case. >>> in the u.s., you know it, that major winter storm turning up the east coastthe national weather service saying snow and ice storms are all up the coast. if you plan on flying call ahead, and if you plan on traveling, take a peak outside. >> yeah. we're getting a little break from i-95 up through new york and eventually through new england. this comes in off of the ocean and that will create wrap around snow, and this will come back through over the next few hours, really overnight tonight. as the storm moves out, the snow will return. we're getting a little lull now. that's the dry air coming in. more snow is expected, though. the wind pretty strong along the coast, so even though there's rain, there's coastal flooding along the coast. heavy bands came through in morning. they come back through overnight tonight between about 10:00 tonight and 8:00 tomorrow morning. temperatures will be dropping, maybe a lingering snow shower, as another disturbance comes through. just a brief shot of snow on saturday. there is close to a foot in many cities along i-95. this

the east coast has flight delayed in charlotte, philadelphia, and la guardia, and severe thunderstorming piedmonts and to the coast. it will continue so expect more delays. you will see the swirling cold air around the great lakes bringing in the next arctic blast. at home, live doppler 7 hd showing calm conditions and clear sky and dry air. it is not feeling quite is cold this morning because of the lack of wind. if you are headed to birth we are 40 in dublin and 41 this lafayette and 44 in fremont and concord and 43 in oakland and friction in hayward and 47 in pittsburg and san lap -- san lenadro at 49. 52 in daly city. sfo does not have delays and you can see how clear the sky is over the airport right now. we will have sunny conditions and passing clouds and brighter than yesterday and warmer-than-average. with high pressure holding through monday and the wet pat end is going to come into better focus next week the three areas of high pressure is driving the storm system to the north and once in a while a passing cloud goes over the top of that area of high pressure and look how f

as the storm moves up the east coast, the biggest concern becomes power outages. across the southeast, over 450,000 are without power. thousands in georgia and there are no promises of a quick fix. >> we're looking at possibility of hundreds of thousands of outages so this could be a long duration. >> reporter: all it takes is a quarter of an inch of ice to bring down power lines and atlanta may see three times that much by tomorrow morning. >> there's no way you can deal with ice. i don't care what yankees say, you can't drive in ice. >> reporter: the word for tomorrow is to stay off the roads and stay at home if you possibly can. schools are closed. a lot of other things are closed here, as well. everyone hoping that the city has a chance to get their plows out to be aggressive and try to clean up some of this monumental mess. >> david mattingly, thank you. a quarter of an inch is enough to bring down power lines, shows you just how precarious the situation is. thanks to david. the snow is, as we said, the whole point is how the storm is moving so rapidly. the l

we start to see mild air hit the east coast. as we get into wednesday and thursday that we get some of that warm air, possibly even some 50's back, so i know a lot of places are going to like that, while the west gets colder air after a pretty mild winter. back to you guys. >> i'm afraid she's teasing us a little bit. thanks so much, nicole. >> guatemala's highest court asked the nations top prosecutor to step down seven months before her term ends. the dispute stems from when attorney general was first appointed. why human rights groups want her to stay in office. continue her fight against organized crime. >> some say she's the most form middable attorney general in history. now the high court has told her she must step down in may, seven months before she says her term would end. >> the institutions responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes and administering justice must be autonomous and independent, cutting short the constitutional period of the post puts the institution of law at risk. >> since appointed in 2010

more of this spreads into the east coast during the day tomorrow.messy one. >> that's exactly what everybody wanted to here, thank you very much. >> it is a tough day for the dow, global markets tumbling. one veteran market watcher weighs in with his read on the damage and what he says lies ahead. >> an executive from target grilled on capitol hill. what target wants to know about the massive credit card data breach. >> we are the first generation of children working for a higher education. we can't may more for it. >> in africa, increases could come at a steeper cost. in a constitutional court. the opposition democrat party is >> anxious times on wall street following a rather difficult day for u.s. markets. monday selloff having a ripple affect around the world, stocks falling in asia, nikkei down 4%. the david nelson joins us. let's take a look at yesterday's numbers, the dow dropping more than 326 points, the s&p more than 40 and nasdaq almost 117 points. is this that correction we have been hearing so much about? on the part of investors, they'

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