>>> four us air force crewmen are dead after a helicopter slammed into the coastal marshes of eastern england. it happened during a training mission yesterday. british authorities have cordoned off the area so they can retrieve the bodies. so far, no word on what may have caused the accident. this type of helicopter is generally used in search-and- rescue missions, flying fast and low at altitudes of a few hundred feet. >>> an armed bank robber in southern california has police doing a double-take. they can't figure out if the suspect behind five bank robberies in san jose and milpitas is a man or woman. >> they believe that this person is on some sort of role right now where they are thinking i'm invincible. we believe they will continue until they are caught. >> police believe the robber has one or two accomplices. there is an $11,000 reward for an arrest. >>> home surveillance camera captured two burglars breaking into a home in belmont. watch the right side of your screen. they are going i'm through the house on cipriani boulevard. it's the second daytime burglary in that area in the past

. >> an air force helicopter crashed in eastern england today. the chopper was flying low when it went down. right now, there's no word on what went wrong. no one is believed to have been luter. >> the new york police and firefighters have been charged in a massive disability scam. some are accused of exploiting the 911 attacks to cash in on nearly 400 million taxpayer dollars. >> prosecutors say maurice was a 6th degree black belt, all while telling the new york police department he was injured. he is accused of taking $470,000 over 24 years. ryu chard allegedly received $207,000 while claiming he was too depressed to go outside. glenn, $157,000. also too depressed to go outside. new york city police commissioner -- >> as a new yorker. as a u.s. citizen, i can express scuse for the individuals involved. >> measure 100 are charged, more than half the cases came from those claiming the events of 9/11 theft them unfit to work. ring leaders coach the men on how to act. the operation funneled by excops, joseph and john, as wail as raymond, a former f

bodies of four air force members who died in a helicopter crash during a training session in eastern england. one witness said she did not hear a crash when the helicopter went down. and the cause is still under investigation. police believe there was ammunition on board. names of the airmen have not been released, pending notification of their family. >>> 4:51, ted a. head on "today in the bay," 49ers fans holding out hope with a playoff game and tickets on sale. >>> the warriors looking to do something tonight no other nba team has ever done before. >>> we saw clouds sinking down on the bay bridge, the san mateo clear as a bell. talk about the weather. wet roads and your community as it builds. >>> 49ers and fans have their eyes on the prize. not only talking about the super bowl, another game at the stick. >> hundreds of fans lined up at lefty's sports collectibles for a chance to meet defensive star navarro ballman. he's a hero. the win over the falcons clinched the playoff spot for the niners and he and fans talking about the possibility of a playoff game at the stick on january 19th. h

the chopper crashed last night during a training mission near the coast of eastern england. all four crew members were killed. alphonso van marsh is in london. alphonso, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the u.s. military helicopter was based as a royal air force station that is host to the united states air force units and personnel about 130 miles north of london. police cordoned off the area where the pave-hawk helicopter crashed, killing four u.s. air u.s. officials say the helicopter was on a low level training mission over england's coast north of london when it went down in marshland. local police say at the time, a second helicopter from the same military base set down in the area to try to help the crew. the concern now is the safety of those investigating the crash. >> we believe that there is some ammunition on board the helicopter. >> local residents pete and sue mcnesbii think they saw one of the helicopters through their window before it crashed. >> it didn't seem right to me. it looked like two headlights to me but it was going pretty fast. >> the pav

the helicopter took off when the u s bases in eastern england. there's no information about the possible causes of the crash the area of the crash is cordoned off on emergency services were there the residents are allowed to remain in their houses of the pedestrians and motorists are not allowed to move further. according to the daily telegraph the helicopter crashed in the marsh land that may hamper rescue operations meanwhile the us air force confirmed that the us military helicopter crashed in the uk. it is reported that the aircraft crashed during a regular training play. the weather conditions cannot have caused the catastrophe. negotiation with the sinhalese authorities were ruined a scheduled meeting did not take place and environmental organization greenpeace bears responsibility for this. this was stated by the federal agency for fishery be noted that the environmentalist prevented the release of the russian fishing trawler only the ghetto. south african authorities detained the ship accusing approaching sixty two russians and twenty cit

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the accident happened by the coast of eastern england. officials believe the victims were the four u.s. airmen on board. investigators are at the scene right now to figure out the cause. it was a pavehawk helicopter, which is a modified version of a blackhawk. the pavehawk frequently used for search-and-rescue missions was also used after the japanese tsunami and hurricane katrina. >>> this will be talked about across the board today, especially on msnbc and a little later on "morning joe." former secretary of defense robert gates blowing open the corridors of the white house, pentagon and state department with his new memoir. in "duty," gates says president obama rapidly began to doubt his own surge strategy in afghanistan. it was so stressful for gates, he considered resigning. the former secretary of defense also accuses officials in president obama's white house of suspicion and distrust of senior military officers. he writes, "the controlling nature of the obama white house and its determination to take credit for every good thing th

monday a air force helicopter crashed off of eastern england killing four american airmen. >> in iraqa suicide bomber blue up a bomb. the attack seen as retaliation against the iraqi government's campaign to retake two cities overrun by al qaeda militants. suicide attacks are the hallmark of the iraqi branch. >>> a 14-year-old pakistani boy is being called a hero after he tackled a suicide bomber. the 9th grader were both killed outside of the school's gates. classmates say he entered a private classroom. at tack happened when the troubled region ripe with violence against shia and sunni muslims >> den right after this rodman is in korea to celebrate the birthday of the country's dictator. he suggested american kenneth bay may have deserved ak rested by the north korea government. today he apologized to the family saying he had been drinking before making the comments. bay's family accepted his message. >> just ahead on abc7 news at 4:00 truck driver's near fatal mistake. >> our high definition camera, western skies. we're getting rain in the accu-weather forecast. >> and now, traffic

. >> raf in eastern england where the british military has been showing off its tool kit of drones. >> u.s. house of representatives are due to hold a hearing of how to bring peace to south sudan. several thousand people have been effected, and they sa the government say they will still fight the rebels. >> the government will defeat the rebels. we will defend the nation from internal aggression. we will stand together and seize that moment through. >> china has criticize the japanese prime minister after he visited three africa countries. they have tried to undermine beijing's efforts. we have reports from the ethiopian capitol. >> reporter: it's the first visit by a prim japanese prime minister in eight years. one that could bring investment to the country. accompanied by dozens of businessmen and representatives of japanese companies to spell out his africa policy. >> in 2012 we made a commitment to provide revised $2 billion over this same period. >> abe's visit says there is more money to be made in africa. however china has already invested billion dollars of dollars in the cont

military helicopter crash in eastern england.ll four people on board were killed when the craft went down in the north marshes. the helicopter was performing a low-level training mission when it went down. phil ittner is live. >> reporter: we just heard from ththatthis is going to be a leny process. they're being very methodical at the crash said that, there is some sense of urgency because there are many of these that are still flying. there is still u.s. personnel doing exercises in the region, and because the corpses of those four u.s. service members are still on site. until they get the coroner and forensic experts to clear the investigation area, they don't want any items being moved. having said that, also, they're being very careful about this site because there is an awful lot of live ammunition in the area and there is also a need to maintain the integrity of the site of what promises to be a very lengthy investigation. >> a court is back to the extradition of the former top spy to germany. germany requested the extradi

i have upped the totals of area of eastern new england, now you have getting probably a solid foot ofw. this is going to be a light, fluffy snow, probably easy to shovel. new york city, tough forecast, right on the edge of the snow to your north, northeast. chicago totals over two, three days, 5 to 7 inches and much of the ohio valley 3 to 6 inches. thursday and friday night are the worst of it in new england, even talking about blizzard conditions. looks like 78 million people will be affected by this storm. >> if you get your daily dose of vitamin e, we'll tell you about that. and will 2014 be as lucrative for investors as last year? plus denver fireworks lit up the skyline where more than a few revellers are taking advantage of the new recreational marijuana laws. "first look" is back in three. and the dusty basement at 1406 35th street. it is the story of the old dining room table at 25th and hoffman avenue. the southbound bus barreling down i-95. ...and the second floor above the strip mall at roble and el camino. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begi

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the chopper went down during a training mission coastal area of eastern england. u.s. ceives official tells the associated press that four u.s. press members have been killed. britain's royal air force says the fate of the crew is not known. we will bring you more information on this breaking news as we get it and now to tonight's speed read. and there is breaking news out of colorado. a deadly avalanche striking at the posh ski resort. at least one person is dead. three others are caught up in the avalanche. at this hour. gets underway. bring you social security disability fraud scheme. the defendants include 80 former members of the police and fire departments. many accused of claiming they suffered credit problems as a result of 9/11 attacks. prosecutors say the defendants lied to get benefits they were not entitled to. that cost federal taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. and american speed champ lynsey vaughn will not compete in the winter limb micks. her knee injury will keep her from going to sochi. she retore it in november. she needs more vureg. von is

the pave hawk helicopter crashed on the coastal marshes of eastern england during a training mission yesterday. so far there's no word on what caused the crash. the helicopter was based at the nearby royal air force station. this type of aircraft is typically used in search-and- rescue missions flying fast and low at altitudes of just a few hundred feet. >>> two california senators are fighting back against the nsa's spying program. they have a bill that would ban state companies from providing service to the nsa. the senators don't want state funding resources aiding any federal agencies that's spying on its own citizens. >> and it's my hope that the president and congress will rein in the nsa. if they don't do that, i think it's important for states like california to speak up and to assert our state's rights. we should not stand idly by while our citizens's rights are violated every day. >> the bill will be heard in march. >>> 5:10. the dreaded drought downplayed. why one east bay county isn't too worried about the lack of rain. >> plus the cheesy goodness some called liquid gold

i have upped the totals for areas of eastern new england, now having you get probably a solid foot of snow. again, this is going to be a light, fluffy snow, easy to shovel and plow. chicago, snow totals over about two, three days, about 5 to 7 inches and much of the ohio valley i have at least in 3 to 6 inches of snow. the timing for the worst of it will be thursday night/friday morning in new england, areas of boston are even talking about the boston of blizzard-like conditions. looks like 78 million people will be affected by this storm, a lot of big population centers. >> thank you so much. good news, if you get your daily dose of vitamin e, we'll tell you about that. and will 2014 be as lucrative as investors last year? and where we're also hearing more than a few revellers are teaking advantage of the new recreational marijuana laws. and we'll tell you why jennifer lawrence is just as good as money in the bank. "first look" is back in three. is this the bacon and cheese diet? this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the...

cold and the wind that will be the factor that makes this a memorable storm, especially in eastern new england, bost con get over a foot. it will be so cold, it will be light and powdery. lesser totals in pittsburgh and new york, chicago, most of it has fallen. so a lot of flights that will be canceled during the day will be in areas of the ohio valley and tonight and tomorrow in the northeast. up in the pacific northwest, we've got kind of a very warm, for this time of year, a lot of moisture, pretty warm system that's coming onshore. snow levels above 6,000 feet, northern portions of the cascades. a very warm system and temperatures in the 40s in seattle. light rain will continue to push through the state of washington during the day today. so the forecast, we continue to be dry and warm. that's kind of the weather pattern this winter. as long as the ridge holds on, it gives us the warmth and dry weather over the west, all the cold air from canada will spill into the middle of the country. the dryness in the west is your punishment with the drought, but it continues to punish the midd northw

england down d.c. this evening and we'll track it through overnight hours. this is the brunt of the storm during the overnight into early tomorrow morning. we'll be moving across long island and easternew england during the morning hours and then out to sea as we head towards tomorrow afternoon as dumping some hefty snow totals. over a foot in boston, in fact, some parts north of town have already seen more than a foot. over a half foot in new york city and blizzard conditions possible across long island, block island and into eastern massachusetts and new hampshire. the combination of 50 miles per hour winds and the blowing and drifting snow. and perhaps the most noticeable thing about the storm, the frigid cold. once this leaves, look at the temperatures come saturday morning. much of the northeast goes subzero, windchill values as low as 30 below zero. maurice, true winter weather, it didn't wait long this year. >> dubois: it sure didn't. eric fisher, thank you so much from boston. now in new york state governor andrew cuomo has ordered a number of major highways closed as the storm moves in. terrell brown is on long island tonight. terrell? >> reporter: maurice, long island is on

the pave hawk crashed into the tidal marches of eastern england during training yesterday. so far no indication of what caused that crash. >> we are not speculating on what exactly occurred. all we received was a report that an aircraft had crashed. >> that helicopter based at the nearby royal air force station is the type of aircraft typically used in search-and- rescue missions, flying fast and flying low altitudes of just a couple of hundred feet. >>> time now 6:09. it's football game time favorite but this sunday it may be harder to get your hands on that creamy cheesy deliciousness of velveeta. coming up, the velveeta meltdown. >> from chips to gummi worms and burritos. the new vending machine having you choosing between chicken and beef. >> drizzle around the bay area this morning that and dense fog but we have a chance of rain coming up in the forecast. tell you when in a few minutes. >> traffic is already sluggish this morning on westbound 280 the skyway coming off the bay bridge toll plaza because of an accident. we'll have the latest on what's closed after the bre

long island and parts of eastern new england. by the afternoon hours all of it's off to the ocean. we're talking the wind is still lingering. windy and blowing snow. gusts of 50 miles per hour. the good news is it's not a wet snow, not clinging to a lot of power lines, so power outages should not be a big part of this one. what will be a big part is the cold. we have seen that. we've accumulate 12 inches in boston, 6 inches in new york city. much of the northeast goes subzero and certainly some record lows should be set before the sun comes up on saturday. i'm meteorologist eric fisher in boston for cbs news. >>> well, there is a new snag for the 52 people rescued from that icebound ship near antarctica this morning. the australian ice breaker carrying them was asked to halt its journey this morning. a chinese ship that helped in the dramatic rescue is now in danger of getting trapped in the eyes. its crew will attempt to break free in open tomorrow but they may need help from the australian vessel. >>> they have partly taken ove

still pounding across areas in southern and eastern new england, even new jersey down through delawarek at doppler 9000, seeing the lingering flurries and snow showers from just south of westminster through howard and montgomery counties back to prince george's county. even a little stripe of snow from dunkirk through prince frederick. west of town you're pretty much down with t. in prince george's county, not just the light snow but the blowing snow as well. even though a road may have been plowed, we'll see some of the snow blow back. temps in the teens north and west to mid-20s in town. winds will be a problem gusting over 40. the windchills, feels like zero in winchester. feels like 4 over at andrews. let's check in with beverly with another look at timesaver traffic. >>> howard, all around the area it's out in the neighborhoods and secondary roadways that will be the

air force helicopter crashed earlier this evening in eastern england.ers aboard are presumed dead. the aircraft was on a training mission when that crashed. >>> and the dangerous cold gripping much of the u.s. is being blamed for at least eight deaths now. many areas of the country are still under windchill warnings or cold weather advisories. all u.s. states saw freezing or below freezing temperatures today, including hawaii. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." there is one word people use to describe hillary clinton's 2016 campaign, inevitable. hillary herself has said she is still months away from a formal decision, but it's no coincidence that there is a massive campaign infrastructure already taking shape for her. politico's maggie haverman takes an exhaustive behind the scenes look of what she calls hillary's shadow campaign. she writes more than two dozen people in hillary's orbit interviewed for the article describe the campaign in waiting, a term that makes some of clinton supporters bristle. need more tea leaves? here is 2008 p

they died when the chopper went down during a training mission along the eastern coast of england on tuesday. >> this has obviously been a very traumatic incident for the entire liberty wing family and specifically the 56. we want to maintain and make sure we are taking care of the families and make sure they are safe before they head back out. >> they are still investigating what caused the crash. >>> the 13-year-old girl declared brain dead is said to be improving since being fitted with breathing and feeding tubes this days after jahi mcmath was transferred from the children's hospital in oakland after doctors there refused to fit her with new feeding tubes. she was declared brain dead on december 12th after going into cardiac arrest after routine tonsil surgery. the mother of former kansas city chief is suing the teen for wrongful death. 25-year-old belcher murdered his girlfriend and killed himself. belcher was subject to repeat head trauma and denied adequate healthcare by the chief. this comes after his body was exhumed after testing. this comes in the paining of the nfl's $76

the accident happened off the coast of eastern england. believe the victims were four u.s. airmen on board. the helicopter was a modified version of a blackhawk that's frequently used for search and rescue missions. >> "new york times," authorities in new york say they've broken up a disability scam. cost the taxpayers merely $400 million. some are accused of saying they suffered post traumatic stress from 9/11, even though they were nowhere near ground zero. >> and security concerns surrounding the olympic games intensified. big news yesterday, lindsey vaughn not going to be there. that takes a big star out. >> yeah. >> the number of smokers worldwide has never been higher, especially in china and indonesia between 1980 and 2012. the number of daily smoker increased by nearly 280 million. here's the good news for us. cigarette smoking dramatically declined in the u.s. offer the last 50 years. anti-t ant anti-tobacco has saved nearly 8 million american lives. it has increased the average age of death in this country by two years. for anybo

. >>> four crew members are dead after a helicopter crash in eastern england. it happened last night in a remote nature reserve near the largest american air base in the country. officials say the chopper was on a rescue training mission. the names of the airmen have not been released. >>> time to show you some of the morning's headlines. politico says a bill to extend unemployment benefits advanced in the senate tuesday. six republicans joined democrats in supporting the legislation. now an agreement must be reached on how to pay for the extension. a final vote could come this week. >>> the "wall street journal" says jpmorgan will pay $2.6 billion in a settlement over the bernie madoff case. the justice department saying the bank ignored the signs of the ponzi scheme. madoff's victims will get $2 billion in compensation. >>> this morning, "the new york times" features an opinion piece by gabrielle gifford. today marks the third anniversary of the assassination attempt to killed six people. she and 12 others were wounded. and she called for patience on gun cont

it happened during a training mission today on the eastern coast of england. the air force says the helicopter was flying low at the time, but does not know why it crashed. >>> families are upset tonight over vandalism at a beltsville cemetery. somebody pushed over more than a dozen headstones at the de la salle cemetery, causing about $35,000 in damage. it happened over the past week. one of the headstones dates back to the 1930s. the vandal also broke a hand off of one of the statues. the cemetery is the final resting place for members of the christian brothers and parishioners of a nearby church. police say they're still looking for a suspect. >>> tonight, a united states congressman is back to work on capitol hill for the first time since pleading guilty to a cocaine charge. florida republican congressman tray raidle apologized during a meeting with reporters at his office. he also says he let down the country, his constituents and his family. he was released from rehab last month after being arrested in dupont circle in november. >>> this eerie picture sh

we have blizzard warnings in place. .ook at the radar picture snow bands are sweeping across eastern new englands how much snow did we get? here are the totals. six inches in central park. boston asght snow in i look out the window at lexington avenue. rhode island, eight inches of snow. it is still snowing in the new england area. it is also windy and dangerous. we can show the windchill factor. in many locations it feels like -10, negative 20 or even -30 toward northern maine. it is dangerously cold. as we go through today and tomorrow, the windchill will be a huge concern. >> we are getting information from jfk. it seems the airport will open in a half hours time. it looks like there is an easing up of passengers being able to get in. what else do we need to look out for? >> we need to worry about the windchill and what we expect in terms of strong wind making it feel a lot colder. i want to put the cold in context. you might think how cold is negative 20 or -30. if you look at the average surface temperature of mars, it is -67. the lotus -- lowest temperature 135.8 -- - earth is 135.8. schne

the pave hawk copper went down during a training mission among the eastern coast of england last night. it was flying low at the time of the crash. the area remains sealed off. the investigation expected to take a number of days because the helicopter was carrying live ammunition. >>> new overnight air canada plane at lax grounde reports of smoke in the cabin. there weren't any passengers on that plane at the time. two ice breaking ships they have finally broken free in the antarctic and they are headed to open water. a russian research ship was stuck in the ice since christmas eve. last week chinese ice breaker snow dragon was sent to help but also was stuck shortly after sending in the helicopter to rescue those on board the vessel. a ship in the wind tuck the pressure off the ice and allowed both ships to finally break free. >> an indiana man is in jail after police found nearly 50 bombs in his car. he was pulled over outside of columbus, ohio on new year's day. police found four guns 48 explosive devices and more bomb making materials when they searched his vehicle. investigators a

this area of purple, areas of new england, this is a foot plus, especially in the mountainous areas and especially eastern new england. boston could end up with 12 to 18. i upped your snowfall totals. definitely blizzard-like conditions if not blizzard conditions this time tomorrow morning. new york city itself probably around five, six inches. on long island you could get 10 to 12 inches of snow. further east you are the worst. philadelphia will get some snow. big city forecast, providence eight to 12, new york city four to six. d.c. and battle will see some snow but not the blockbuster amounts. bigger deal tore you is the snow. in chicago 750 flights were cancelled yesterday. detroit, indianapolis, st. louis, snow ending this morning. lexington, kentucky and nashville coating this afternoon. there's about 110 million people see winter weather today, tonight twoerm. the temperatures will get you. if you're going to get the snow, shovel as it's falling. don't wait until friday. way too cold. do it today and tonight because tomorrow the wind chill value tanks. it's 0 in kansas city with wind chills in nega

how much snow are we talking in the bull's-eye will be eastern portions of new england and that's who will get the blizzardlike conditions on cape cod and also out there on eastern portions of long island. 12 to 16 inches of blowing, light, fluffy snow. more or less, three to five pittsburgh during the day tonight and ending by midnight and the snow around philadelphia will to new york city is from midnight tonight to 8:00 a.m. and that's the bulk of it and here's snowfall totals for you. boston is the highlight. providence is nothing to sneeze at. 8 to 12. new york, 4 to 6 and areas to the east of new york city will see significantly more than that on the island. philadelphia, 3 to 5 and washington, d.c. is an interesting forecast and right now calling for an inch or two and we'll watch as the storm tails off. richard, the thing that will make this a memorable storm for people as they're out there trying to shovel. the windchills right now compared to tomorrow morning is a cake walk. try 7:00 a.m. shifling that walk on the driveway tomorrow, minus 13 inial banny and is minus 11 in ha

the remainder of today here is snow around new york and up in new england and eastern parts of canadaill continue to make its way further east with brighter skies coming in behind and essentially promises to be a clear, crisp day and gloves and shades and new york of minus two degrees. we have a fair amount of snow into ontario and quebec and will go further south through sunday. that is the picture for early on next week, the snow from the lakes and in the deep south so that will make its way through sometime next week, adrian. >> many thank, india prime minister says he will step down after general elections in may and will resign when the congress party remains in power or not and it's very unlikely that the congress party will win the election and sing who is 80 years old made the announcement at a rare news conference. >> in a few months time after the general election i will hand the baton over to a new prime minister. and gandhi has outstanding credentials to be nominated as the presidential candidate and i hope our party will take that decision at an appropriate time. >> repor

addition to the snow, i think for the wind i know they have a freezing spray advisory in the eastern section of new england. what can you tell us about the wind, they worried about power outages? >> reporter: they're not expect doing many power outages because the snow -- expecting too many power outages because the snow is pretty light now, but the wind is certainly a factor. now it's died down, but later it's expected to pick up, particularly on the coastline. they're expecting that wind to push waters and expecting some storm surge and potential flooding. so it's definitely a concern. >> stay warm up in beantown and we'll just see how bad it gets up there. thanks a lot. >> that snow is really coming down. >> did she say 12 degrees? >> but it feels like minus 3, the wind chill. >> which is even worse. >> derek was cringing the whole time. >>> tonight at 6:00 a maryland man gets one of the military's highest honors decades late. >> plus a new study finds adding lanes to one busy local road may not actually make traffic any lighter and -- >> reporter: despite starting newt year with two homicides prince ge

eastern europeans could walk on british soil. as the new year has come and gone the immigration debate rages on in england's but instead of twenty nine in the eastern europeans turning top of the british border of the romanian embassy says that less than that he had showed up. i met with the nep helm of the uk independence party or you get an awesome if that failed full costs negates their immigration policy. the last major enlargement the government told us we would have thirteen thousand people coming we had all from india i didn't think you can base a decision on a few days inn in the hike to the media storm. we're looking here at the ongoing princess. we suggested that they should be a moratorium on welfare payments for new immigrants for a period of five years the point is that we welcome immigrants we are a country of immigrants but we believe that we must have reasonable numbers that can be managed within are available social services and social infrastructure that if i'd get benefits down as suggested by q tip house cause the pics to a new case immigration debate. i asked british conservative mep size to read what he made

in massachusetts and connecticut and eastern new england will deal with snow for eighths -- a littleaska is 11. much of new england is colder than central alaska. that's how unusual this is. the wind chills are worse. people are trying to plow and clear the driveway. you don't want to be outside for a long time. one of the people who was out there is richard louie. are the winds starting to die off? >> good question. since we last spoke about an hour and a half ago, the wind has gone down around 5 miles per hour. it's about 2 degrees and wind chill about 20 below. oscillating in the early digits, the low single digits. we are seeing information that we got in in terms of a snow record. 10.6 inches yesterday. that sets a record going back to 1908 when it was eight inches. despite all this snow and cold weather and wind, i was able to grab one. this is the headline. they are worried about flooding on the shore. until 3:00 p.m., they have a flood warning about 150 miles up and down the coast. we are glad to see the winds die down. that's the key. folks will be getting out shortly. as i

there's the storm from there still piling on areas in eastern long island, southeastern new england there. boy, cape cod, nantucket, martha's vineyard, blizzard warnings for them. we'll watch another piece of energy coming in on a northwest flow which is reinforcing the cold but giving us another shot for a little snow tomorrow. but this is pretty minor. flurries or snow showers. this is our futurecast this afternoon. no problems except for the cold and the wind. we'll see some clouds increase late tonight into tomorrow morning especially in the mountains. now tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m., you'll notice some cleveland back toward pittsburgh, through morgantown and through garrett county we've got this area of snow showers coming through. this is going to make a run toward the metro here late in the morning toward midday with flurries and snow showers. could drop a dusting. mid afternoon already east of us as the sun returns. another cold day with highs in the 20s. the forecast today upper teens, maybe 20 but not going to feel much different with the winds out there. the windchill advisor

eastern seaboard. look at the temperatures into southern new england and they could see strong thunderstorms into the mid-atlanticoutheast coastline. there's a slight risk issued for saturday afternoon. we'll have to watch that. it's amazing. we go from arctic outbreaks to potential thunderstorms with damage. >> no one is complaining considering what we have been through. >> the people's choice awards kicked off the 2014 season of hollywood's best. >> now, would this interest you? it's actually an invitation to host the people's choice awards. >> oh my gosh, yes. >> open bar. it doesn't matter. i'll bring my open. >> britney spears won her first people's choice award in her 15 year career. sandra bullock lead the evening with four awards while justin timberlake was the second biggest winner with three trophies and the roots drummer keeps his grammys in an interesting place. on the top of his toilet. he broke his first award so he put it in the bathroom and put a second and third award there to give it company. i guess it makes sense. >> miley cyrus is now a cover girl. she's the new face of mark jacobs for spring

eastern new england, they are used to it.hink a lot of schools if they are not already canceled because of the break will be canceled friday morning. >> it's cold enough for that. we tested it out. >> rusty? >> no. >> not yet. >> my 6-year-old is struggling a little bit. thank you, bill. let's go on to other cold news that has to do with ice and rescue efforts on hold for the passengers aboard the trip trapped in thes a off antarctica. weather conditions are preventing a helicopter from air living them out from an ice breaker. they have been stuck there for more than a week. they are not letting the situation dampen holiday spirits. we know they are getting a little bit stir crazy and having cabin fever. they are singing a new year's song. they posted it on you tube overnight. they are making the best of it. coming up on this new year's day edition of msnbc -- >> i want to thank you for having brought us to this moment. >> bill deblasio sworn in as mayor of new york city, the first democrat to occupy city hall in more than tw

. >> heavy snow from west virginia to the eastern seaboard and up to new england including 6" to 12" from boston down to thede washington, dc area. >> these plows on long island are ready. >> if the storm stays on tap it is timed to disrupt the evening commute home. >> hope it is not too bad before i get home. >> the new blast is not expected to be quite so cold as the polar vortex we experienced early in the more it could hold on for longer. this new chill is expected to last until the weekend. >> a good play on words: our weather is polar open. >> wouldn't it be nice to get the snow as rain. >> we will take the snow for lake tahoe for the skiers and snowboarders. >> bring it on. there is the snow, you can see how it pulls the moisture in from the atlantic and pushes it up and over the cold air mass and brings 4" to 10" of snow in washington and a foot of snow in new york and breezy at times. expect cancellations at the maximum. at the minimum, delays. look at the art work. here is the day planner. clouds along the coast but maybe a touch cooler in the north bay at 28 to 48 in san f

to retrieve the bodies of four air force crewmen killed if a helicopter crash in england which slammed into the easternring a training mission yesterday. witnesses say they hear the chopper misfiring before the crash. >> the united states reaching a major milestone to reduce deaths from cigarette smoking and it will be 50 years on saturday since the surgeon scene's lap mark report on smoking and health that led to the warnings you see on packs of streets with eight million lives saved because of the report. >> a humid morning leading to fog and i am tracking it with live doppler 7 hd and napa is the lowest visibility at quarter-mile visibility so sprinkles are possible and a chance of rain coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> >> we do have the fog in certain areas and we want to use low beams not the high beams with mist and moist roads. a look behind me at the bay bridge toll plaza and it is quiet and the a pass was hit early. i will tell you what happened coming up. >> we are hearing from former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords the third and was of the massive shooting that federally took

down here in new york city, in connecticut, in rhode island, and also in southern parts of new england. easterns of up to 21 inches of snow and it is still snowing. the wind is another big issue. we've seen some reports of gusts. over 50 miles per hour at times in places like nantucket throughout the overnight hours. those wind chills are forecast to remain very cold today across the northeast and by the way, we have another storm system that we are going to be tracking. this one we have -- because of this storm, we have new winter weather advisories farther west and it will be moving into portions of the midwest, producing very cold temperatures. i want to show you this animation. you can see by sunday, much colder in the center of the country. into monday, high temperatures in the teens yet again in places like new york city. single digit high temperatures in the great lakes. >> thank you very much. you saw the caterpillar behind her loading up the snow. you know what they do with it? some of it here in new york city, they have high speed melters. usually what they do is a lot of it, they jus

england. so definitely on the cold side there. blizzard warning covering long island, eastern massachusetts you will likely be facing some more cancellations and delays if you are traveling back, just visiting the bay area. mane while here we have record high pressure to talk about quite a contrast back with all the details coming up. >> all right sandhya thank you. >> battle over 13-year-old jahi the girl declared brain dead after tonsillectomy heads to federal court tomorrow. judge will pre-side over mandatory settlement conference between jahi family and the hospital is on a ventilator. her pamly wants tracheotomy and feeding tube for the girl but the hospital refuse. the procedures are required to move jahi to facility in new york which apparently has agreed to care for her. on monday judge extended a temporary restraining order preventing the hospital from removing jahi from a ventilator until next tuesday, january seventh. >>> police have made an arrest in the murder of northern california priest. the body of father eric freed found yesterday in the church in eureka a af

this blizzard hit new england thursday and friday. many parts of easternons, the totals approached two feet. all of this accompanied by those absolutely frigid conditions. they made things miserable, of course. but the silver lining was because it was so cold the snow was fluffy and light, easy to shovel. and it also did not weigh down power lines. so the electricity did not go out. so these people have heat. so that made it a lot more bearable. and we talked about the coastal regions a little bit earlier. unfortunately, besides the cold temperatures, the coastal regions, got a heck of a lot of snow. right now they aren during an awful lot of flooding causing widespread power. not widespread but a lot of property damage, things like that. we checked with local authorities. so far not widespread injuries or anything like that. folks hunkering down doing their best to get through this. later in boston they tell me it will get into the 20s. that will actually feel good which is certainly scary. live downtown here in boston i'm jim smith. back to you guys. >>

it's expected to wallop a wide stretch of the eastern see board from washington to new england. >> the powerful storm is threatening to bury parts of new york and boston under a foot of snow, a winter storm warning has been issued. the storm could become a blizzard with the metro area experiencing face-numbing temperatures nearing negative 10 degrees. new york governor is considering closing the major highways as a precaution and in massachusetts they are preparing for the worse, declaring a snow emergency with 18 inches expected in some parts of the state. in advance of the storm boston mayor closed city schools through friday. >> erica pittsy is live for us. snow ploughs and trucks are ready for a significant storm. good morning, erica. >> good morning stephanie. in new york city trucks filled are out prepping the road. that's likely the case. since this storm expected to dump a foot of snow to maine. the snow storm taking aim at the east wreaking havoc in the west. in minneapolises responding to explosion reacted to extreme decisions. subtemperatures turning water from the hoses to

england. so definitely on the cold side there. blizzard warning covering long island, eastern massachusetts you will likely be facing some more cancellations and delays if you are traveling back, just visiting the bay area. mane while here we have record high pressure to talk about quite a contrast back with all the details coming up. >> all right sandhya thank you. >> battle over 13-year-old jahi the girl declared brain dead after tonsillectomy heads to federal court tomorrow. judge will pre-side over mandatory settlement conference between jahi family and the hospital is on a ventilator. her pamly wants tracheotomy and feeding tube for the girl but the hospital refuse. the procedures are required to move jahi to facility in new york which apparently has agreed to care for her. on monday judge extended a temporary restraining order preventing the hospital from removing jahi from a ventilator until next tuesday, january seventh. >>> police have made an arrest in the murder of northern california priest. the body of father eric freed found yesterday in the church in eureka a af

england. so definitely on the cold side there. blizzard warning covering long island, easternancellations and delays if you are traveling back, just visiting the bay area. mane while here we have record high pressure to talk about quite a contrast back with all the details coming up. >> all right sandhya thank you. >> battle over 13-year-old jahi the girl declared brain dead after tonsillectomy heads to federal court tomorrow. judge will pre-side over mandatory settlement conference between jahi family and the hospital is on a ventilator. her pamly wants tracheotomy and feeding tube for the girl but the hospital refuse. the procedures are required to move jahi to facility in new york which apparently has agreed to care for her. on monday judge extended a temporary restraining order preventing the hospital from removing jahi from a ventilator until next tuesday, january seventh. >>> police have made an arrest in the murder of northern california priest. the body of father eric freed found yesterday in the church in eureka a after he failed to show up for morning mass. police ar

eastern tread. this all wanting down in terms of snowfall, but it is still blowing in parts of new england. we got a pretty easy overall because it had about four inches so far new york city. 13.5 in boston and blizzard conditions out on the cape as well into long island. those winds are gusting around 40 plus miles per hour. visibility is less than a quarter-mile. ~ warnings across the northeast. stay home, don't travel in the northeast if you can help it. conditions will improve this afternoon when the wind starts to diminish. the cold is going to stick around through the day today and into tonight. current temperatures across the re region into the single digits. notice how the cold air has been spilling into our area and tomorrow morning it really will be the worst of the cold. 25 degrees and easy but look at the windchill. per hour with gusts in the 40s at times. we are seeing some teens on the map, notice or colder air, martinsburg, winchester 16 degrees, 23 in culpeper. but whenington park you look at wins, 20 miles per hour, 28 miles per hour 39 miles per hour. that makes us feel li

eastern on sunday. the other afc division game will feature the new england patriots, saturday at 8:00. >>> weather willf their concerns. that's where we find ross shimabuku with our coverage. >> tigers went 3 of 9, ended up firing their head coach. now tigers are playing for a national championship and a lot of people are saying that this team is a team of destiny because of two miraculous plays. >> first it was the play, auburn felled georgia 38-37 with just 37 seconds left in the ballgame. but the tiche tipped ball from k marshall. >> what did that ball look like when it was hang up there? >> like a bag of money. when you see that you want to go and catch it. >> everybody thought that that was the play of the year but the following week auburn pulled off another miracle dubbed the pick 6. >> there -- oh my god, it is going to win the football game! he ran the mid field goal back. >> the tigers knocked off then number 1 alabama 34-28 in the iron bowl. at that point on life has never been the same. >> it changed a little from signing more autographs, taking pictures and getting standing ovation he in c

england. a winter storm warning for this area for basically all of eastern pennsylvania and new jersey, new york state. from new york city up to boston, beyond. addition to a blizzard warning for all of long island and eastern massachusetts. it's going to be a powerful storm go,,ing to affect travel across the country. live view looking out over the bay. you can see haze. you know, air quality is poor and tomorrow, will be yet another spare the air day. fourth consecutive tomorrow and will be our 26th since november 1st. looking down towards ocean beach this is blue skies. chilly inland overnight early tomorrow morning bright skies and hazy sunshine but still mild. high temperatures low 60s on the coast to upper 60s inland. larry and carolyn? >> thank you, spencer >> still ahead effort to bag paper bag law in one city. another city will not be raising fees. >> also, ford about to unveil the first solar powered car from a major auto maker and what it looks like. >> and space and sound. rescue of those passengers trapped aboard a research ship. >> and 13 minutes past four a look at traffic from mc