>> emily schmidt, reporting. thanks, emily. >>> and, of course, emily just talked about that empty seat left for congresswoman giffords. also in her honor last night, most lawmakers wore those black and white lapel ribbons. the white, symbolizing peace. the black, for those who died in the tucson shootings. she'll be moved to rehab later today. >>> the serious topics even got a few laughs in the speech. we'll show you that in the next half hour. >> on top of that, george stephanopoulos anchors a special edition of "good morning america" coming up at 7:00. we'll have complete coverage of last night's state of the union. >>> the president is also keeping an eye on the increasingly violent protests in egypt, a key, u.s. ally. the white house is calling for an end to the violence, who has erupted in cairo and other cities across the country. >> two protesters and a police officer have been killed so far, as tens of thousands have poured into the streets. alex marquardt joins us live, now from cairo with the latest. g

emily schmidt joins us from washington with details. emily? >> reporter: vinita and rob, good morning to you. well, president obama and chinese president hu have now wrapped up their eighth meeting together. with a toast to prosperity and a trade deal, hoped to make that prosperity happen. the chinese delegation requested that the state dinner honoring president hu be as american as apple pie. and it was. right down to the pie for dessert. but the focus was on shared relations. >> to our people. for the citizens of the people's republic of china and the citizens of the united states of america. may they grow together in friendship. may they prosper together in peace. >> reporter: the night featured celebrity guests, from designer vera wang to barbra streisand. the day was all business. >> we want to sell you planes. we want to sell you cars. we want to sell you software. >> reporter: president hu promised his country will buy $45 billion worth of u.s. products. the white house says that will support nearly 225,000 u.s. jobs. >> everyone is ver

but he in his writings was totally enraptured by emily. and he hoped, i think it was more fancied than reality that she reciprocated. she wrote about three paragraphs in a book that he published in 1954 about his love for emily rogers. as i say, nothing -- nothing ever happened. and he was very sad and what he wrote about, it was the departure when the war was over and he had to leave the girl behind the beach. there were two paragraphs. i went there in the 1980s, i think it was, and one the things i wanted to do was to go and see emily rogers. who was this women that had so encaptured. of course, 30 object -- 30 or 40 years had passed. she was no longer a slip of a girl, she was 60-year-old lady married and a grandmother. married to the chief islander, mr. glass. i don't know his first name. anyway, i walked through the village of the seven seas and not a particularly difficult place to navigate since there's only about 40 houses to where they lived. there was her husband, mr. glass, rather large man standing with his arms folded. he said

emily, thank you so much. we are so glad to have your energy, your smarts to lead us to this tough topic this morning. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, susan. well, as the only - at least self identifying water system manager from the east coast, i had originally planned briefly present some highlights of our climate change experience in new york city but after listening yesterday i thought i could spare you anguish and tell you a brief new york story in a brief new york minute. i live in brooklyn and a little backyard in the back and stone walk in the front. years back my son was in the front and we left our backyard and there was a huge august moon rising and we up the block and out into a neighbors backyard when there was a party and when my son got to the party, he said we've got a moon just like that in our backyard. let me say we've not a climate change just like yours in our backyard. the time spent yesterday, at least for me, was very well spent and leads up to the business of today. yesterday we ta

the immigration authorities might rethink the case but whatever happens to emily her mark has been made these people are mobilized in value to protect all those without papers in norway which could be as many as twenty thousand out of a total population of only five million media i merely has succeeded in highlighting the plight of asylum seekers in norway they were previously seen as a group with little to offer and no resources to protect themselves but emily has a huge number of friends and the ninety thousand members of her facebook page a testament to the level of support she enjoys although the influence they enjoy looks limited with her deportation almost a certainty lower emmett's artsy. the e.u. boycotted the inauguration of incumbent leader alexander lukashenko he was sworn in for his fourth term earlier this week the president arrived at the ceremony in the capital minsk hand in hand with his son twenty seven member states refused to send representatives in response to claims that the symbol election results sparked a violent reaction which saw opposition leaders activists an

>> yes. >> emily, you mention you are not from around here. and as someone from a seebo trading family, broker family, you do a job good in the job talk about the exchanges are sort of clannish. obviously generations, there's family credits -- family secrets and things. not always they want to get the general public. how did you get people to open up to good stories and so many that you'll be able to tell us later? >> i -- over drinks. [laughter] >> no, no, i did not. is my husband here? first of all, i covered the industry for a couple of years before i wrote the book. and i think that was really helpful. people knew who i was and then were able to vouge for me. you are right, it's clannish. you had to have people make an introduction to other people. it was, for example, and everybody knows someone. but it's really all about introductions. the way that i found bill was through the snyder, the way i found the snyder was by calling people at the new york mercantile exchange. it's all -- it really is a just -- it's a game of telephone where eve

>> emily schmidt. thanks for that report. >>> the republicans' pledge to cut spending does not include campaign spending. that private fund-raiser, emily talked about a moment ago, took place in one of the poshest hotels. it includes a group with newly-elected tea party republicans. a spokesman defended the ticket price, saying campaigns are expensive. and members intend to keep their seats. >>> and coming up on "good morning america," diane sawyer conducts a roundtable with some of the tea party candidates that are members of the house of representatives new freshman class. >>> a key member of the president's staff will soon be leaving the white house. press secretary robert gibbs is taking a new role, as an outside adviser. he'll likely be advising strategy for the president's re-election campaign. mr. obama is looking for a new chief of staff and a top economic adviser. >>> navy captain owen honors has now been fired. he was stripped of his command and assigned a desk job after the videos shot aboar

>> emily schmidt, in washington. thanks, emily. >>> and tonight, abc has live coverage of the president's speech and the republican response. it all starts at 9:00 tonight, eastern. >>> there is another high-level departure from the white house staff. energy and climate adviser, carol browner, is leaving. browner got automakers to improve fuel economy and emission standards. and got billions of stimulus dollars for renewable energy. but she failed to get a comprehensive energy bill. and the future prospects are now dim. >>> and former white house chief of staff, rahm emanuel, is in a desperate race against time in his bid to be the mayor of chicago. an illinois appeals court has ruled him ineligible to run because he lived part of last year in washington. emanuel immediately filed an appeal to the state supreme court. but early voting starts next week. >>> a former stealth bomber engineer has now been sentenced for selling military secrets to the chinese. noshir gowadia appeared in court. prosecutors say he helped th

the next step is removing the tube that is helping her breathe. >> emily, thank you. >>> as emily mentioned, those newly released recordings of police radio transmissions provide crilling new details of saturday's shooting rampage. as pierre thomas reports, even the most seasoned dispatchers were stunned by what was happening. >> reporter: from the first radio transmissions it was clear something horrific was unfolding. >> shooting at the safeway. a man with a semiautomatic weapon, units responding advise. >> reporter: soon it becomes clear that a congresswoman has been shot. >> we have a caller who believes that gabrielle giffords was shot. it's multiple victims. it sounds like many people were shot. >> we have at least seven, eight, maybe sen gunshot wounds here. we're going to need -- we have as well and i believe -- >> reporter: moments later an army of law enforcement and rescue personnel are racing to the scene. >> start multiple med units. people down. i'm counting at least ten. >> and how many victims do we have? >> there are multiple victims. we need a lot more units here. >> i nee

. >> emily schmidt joins us with the latest. good morning, emily. >> reporter: vinita and rob, good morning to you. the president last night spoke of heroes and hope. and then, he shared that unexpected news that brought thousands of people to their feet. there were 26,000 people in the memorial service crowd. and president obama told them, they were not alone in their grief. >> the hopes of the nation are here tonight. we mourn with you for the fallen. >> reporter: mr. obama honored the six people killed in saturday's shooting and 13 wounded. he had come straight from congresswoman gabrielle giffords' hospital room, with an emotional update. >> a few minutes after we left her room and some of her colleagues in congress were in the room, gabby opened her eyes for the first time. >> reporter: new york senator kirsten gillibrand was in the hospital room. and she describes the moment. >> she struggled. and in a few moment, she opened her eyes. and mark, her husband, was so excited. he just said, if you can see us, if you can see us

under the precondition that she saw in the country but whatever happens to emily her mark has been made these people are mobilized invalid to protect all those without papers in norway which could be as many as twenty thousand out of a total population of only five million maybe i merely has succeeded in highlighting the plight of asylum seekers in norway they were previously seen as a group with little to offer and no resources to protect themselves but emily has a huge number of friends and the ninety thousand members of her facebook page a testament to the level of support she enjoys although the influence they enjoy looks limited with her deportation almost a certainty nor emmett's r.t. . a bomb has exploded in russia's republic of english though there are no reports of any casualties or the blast occurred at the village market in the districts of the device was said to have been hidden among the stalls to move bombs were later discovered and a few is near the scene there has been a cordoned off as police search for any new devices. ok some of the day's other international news in b

under the precondition leaving the country but whatever happens to emily her mark has been made these people are mobilized invalid to protect all those without papers in norway which could be as many as twenty thousand out of a total population of only five million media i believe has succeeded in highlighting the plight of asylum seekers in norway they were previously seen as a group with little to offer and no resources to protect themselves but emily has a huge number of friends and the ninety thousand members of her facebook page a testament to the level of support she enjoys the influence they enjoyed looks limited with her deportation almost a certainty. on the way in the program nuclear talks end in stalemates water latest. on the grounds atomic program of yielded no breakthrough why russia still thinks progress can be made. lawyers of alleged russian arms trafficking to boot say they will challenge a u.s. government move to prosecute the man named the merchant of death has been charged with conspiring to kill americans and supporting terrorism his trial is scheduled for septem

under the precondition leaving the country but whatever happens to emily her mark has been made these people are mobilized in value to protect all those without papers in no way which could be as many as twenty thousand out of a total population of only five million media i believe has succeeded in highlighting the plight of asylum seekers in norway they were previously seen as a group with little to offer and no resources to protect themselves but emily has a huge number of friends and the ninety thousand members of her facebook page a testament to the level of support she enjoys the influence they enjoyed looks limited with her deportation almost a certainty. oh it's late. world powers involved in the latest talks with iran over its nuclear program so disappointed with the outcome he was foreign policy chief baroness ashton says iran isn't cooperating enough i don't remain on the u.n. sanctions no further talks are planned. and it remains must include its right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes but they remain international concerns it's trying to develop a nuclear weapon char

family fled when she was twelve they were denied asylum in norway but stayed anyway over the years emily learned to speak fluent norwegian and to most his degree and a job offer but the government insists she's illegal and must go. her lawyer says that could happen within days it doesn't look very optimistic at the moment but. they're still sure. the immigration authorities might rethink the case because. the courts are sending new information to them all the time. that's happened. several times each day. it's not usually due to anything and there might be a court hearing on monday or tuesday but. under the precondition that she leaving the country but whatever happens to emily her mark has been made these people are mobilized invalid to protect all those without papers in norway which could be as many as twenty thousand out of a total population of only five million many i believe has succeeded in highlighting the plight of asylum seekers in norway they were previously seen as a group with little to offer and no resources to protect themselves but emily has a huge number of friends and

under the precondition that she's leaving the country are but whatever happens to emily her mark has been made these people are mobilized invalid to protect all those without papers in norway which could be as many as twenty thousand out of a total population of only five million i merely has succeeded in highlighting the plight of asylum seekers in norway they were previously seen as a group with little to offer and no resources to protect themselves but emily has a huge number of friends and the ninety thousand members of her facebook page a testament to the level of support she enjoys although the influence they enjoy looks limited with her deportation almost a certainty nor emmett's r.t. . u.s. just this week told alleged arms didn't even put a boot that he will go on trial in september the russian businessman labeled in the west as the merchant of death is charged with conspiring to kill americans and supporting terrorism his lawyers say the u.s. has no legal right to put him in court. cannot reports one firearm for every twelve people. you know we question. how we are in the ot

the immigration authorities might rethink the case but whatever happens to emily her mark has been made these people are mobilized invalid to protect all those without papers in norway which could be as many as twenty thousand out of a total population of only five million maybe emily has succeeded in highlighting the plight of asylum seekers in norway they were previously seen as a group with little to offer and no resources to protect themselves but emily has a huge number of friends and the ninety thousand members of her facebook page a testament to the level of support she enjoys although the influence they enjoy looks limited with her deportation almost a certainty your emmett's party. any hopes of getting more immediate cash in the kitty for the euro zone's bailout fund fell flat this week even though portugal and spain are teetering financially and who finance ministers meeting source six of the wealthiest nations including germany and france reluctant to boost the four hundred forty billion euros that already committed to british m.e.p. nigel farage says pumping up the firm will

the immigration authorities might rethink the case but whatever happens to emily her mark has been made these people are mobilized invalid to protect all those without papers in norway which could be as many as twenty thousand out of a total population of only five million many amélie has succeeded in highlighting the plight of asylum seekers in norway they were previously seen as a group with little to offer and no resources to protect themselves but amélie has a huge number of friends and the ninety thousand members of her facebook page a testament to the level of support she enjoys a little though the influence they enjoy looks limited with her deportation almost a certainty. r t o's laid. more revelations from wiki leaks this week reduces opposition groups in russia for their incompetence the online whistleblower published diplomatic cables in which the us ambassador to moscow brands the anti kremlin movements is unsustainable and immature the files also show that the opposition look beyond russia off from seeking washington's help the secret cables suggest american embassy staff in

the immigration authorities might rethink the case but whatever happens to emily her mark has been made these people are mobilized invalid to protect all those without papers in no way which could be as many as twenty thousand out of a total population of only five million media i merely has succeeded in highlighting the plight of asylum seekers in norway they were previously seen as a group with little to offer and no resources to protect themselves but emily has a huge number of friends and the ninety thousand members of her facebook page a testament to the level of support she enjoys a little though the influence they enjoyed looks limited with her deportation almost a certainty that lower emmett's r t o's laid. that world powers couldn't mask their disappointment at the outcome of the latest talks over iran's controversial nuclear program this last week the go see asians in istanbul failed to reach any agreement or even set a deadline for future discussions these foreign policy chief says iran isn't cooperating enough and will remain under strict u.n. sanctions and iran's president

department of environment director emily nutter. interim police chief jeff godown. thank you for being here today. [applause] now on with the program. when phil told me he invited the speaker of the california state assembly to swear him in, i looked at him and said, are you kidding me? the governor is introducing his

emily schmidt, abc news. >>> as emily said, as you and i still know, the northeast is recovering from a blizzard, two weeks ago. so, what can that region expect? >> for the answer, we turn to accuweather's jeannette calle. good morning, jeannette. >> it will not be as bad as the post-christmas blizzard, we'll see quite a bit of snowfall, especially in the major cities of the i-95 corridor. we have one storm coming in from the upper midwest. this is going to bring about one to three inches of snowfall across the ohio valley. meanwhile, we have another storm that's ledded up the southeastern seaboard. once the storms merge, we'll see the snowfall pick up. 12-plus inches in the boston area. rob? vinita? >> another great day ahead here in the north. thanks for that. >>> still ahead this morning, tom delay learns how much time he'll be spending behind bars. >>> and the flooding in australia. inundating a parking lot. everybody sweeping away cars. >>> and big finish. college football's top tout forn battle it out for the national title. nininininininininininininÑ >>> it is time, now, for a

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good morning, emily. >> reporter: vinita and rob, good morning to you. president obama says he has spent a lot of time thinking about what happened in tucson. he's reached out to the victims' families. tonight, he is reaching out to the nation, trying to find the words to describe this tragedy. tonight, president obama goes to tucson, to speak at a memorial service, honoring saturday's 20 shooting victims and the community. >> we don't want to have a finger-pointing moment in tucson. it's a national healing. he needs to be the healing agent of our nation. >> reporter: these are the first pictures from congresswoman gabrielle giffords' hospital room. her husband holding her hand on sunday. she remains in critical condition. but doctors note improvement. >> she's breathing on her own. as long as we don't backslide and as long as she holds her own, that keeps us hopeful. ♪ alleluia >> reporter: last night, people in tucson gathered for a special mass called the healing of our community. >> questioning, wondering, struggling with how such violence could happ

>> emily schmidt, with a breakdown of all those numbers. thank you, emily. >>> well it was during the president's visit to tucson that congresswoman gabby giffords first opened her eyes. and now, she is showing even more signs of improvement. doctors say she could move into a rehab facility in weeks, if not days. and in an exclusive interview with abc news, her husband says he is seeing encouraging signs, as well. alex stone has details. >> reporter: during an interview with diane sawyer, gabrielle giffords' husband, astronaut, mark kelly, described a stunning moment. when still not able to speak, she reached over to him. >> she stuck her hand up on the side of my face this morning. i leaned over. and she spent ten minutes, giving me -- this is so typical of her. she's in the icu. gone through this traumatic injury. and she spent ten minutes giving me a neck massage.wouldn'ti'm pretty sure she wouldn't do that for somebody else. and she's looking me in the eye. >> she reached up for you? >> for ten minutes, rubbing my neck. and i keep telli

emily schmidt is live in washington. but we start with diana alvear live there at the university medical center there in tucson. >> reporter: good morning, he has invoked his right to remain silent. but as you mentioned, today is the first day we'll get the look at jared loughner. the suspect the sheer shooter. he's appearing in federal court in phoenix. this is the place where intended for survival here at the hospital. congresswoman gabby giffords remains in a medically induced coma. the long-term prognosis is still unclear. she and 13 others are being treated at university medical center in tucson. six more victims lost their lives, including 9-year-old christina taylor green. >> comes into the word on 9/11, and at 9 years old, she leaves on this terrible day, yesterday. >> reporter: authorities have filed five counts against the suspected shooter, 22-year-old jared loughner, including attempted assassination of a member of congress. loughner might have killed more, but as he tried to reload a woman grabbed the ammuni

so the first thing i did was get emily's phone number and color. think an hour later, introduce myself because i really wanted to do what i could to help her to make this a very successful book that she is writing. >> which i appreciate. and which also i should add that to me, first of all, it's more than chicago economic history. it is chicago economic history but futures, you know, transform the financial system in ways that i think people don't fully maybe appreciate and don't realize. that goes for traders as well as for people who are wrestling with these big concepts like derivatives, and understand what they came from and understand what happened is i think a store that really hasn't been told very much. and i'm not so silly as to think that it's completely told in this book either. i'm hoping that this is, i scratched the surface of what i think is really interesting history, and it deserves a lot more attention than -- i know i have more stores in my notes but didn't make it in, so i hope i can add to this record after this at another time

>> yes. >> emily, you mentioned you are not from around here. someone from the family, broker family. i want ask you. you do a good job in the book talking about how the exchanges are crash. and obviously there are family secrets and stories and things, but not always ones that they want the general public to know. added to get people to talk to you? open up, it's a mini get stories and obviously so many of them you will be able to tell us later. >> well, over drinks. no. no, i did not. is my has been here? first of all, i covered the industry for a couple of years before the wrote the book, and i think that was really helpful because then people knew who i was and within able to vouch for me because you are right, this industry is incredibly crash. you have to have people that the essentially make an introduction to other people. it was for example -- and everybody knows someone, but it is all about introductions. the way i found bill was through the snyders, will way i found the status was by calling people at the new york mercantile exchange.

family fled when she was twelve they were denied asylum in norway but stayed anyway over the years emily learned to speak fluent norwegian and to most his degree and a job offer but the government insists she's illegal and must go says that could happen within days it doesn't kluge very optimistic. at the moment. there is still . the immigration of sources much researching the case but whatever happens to her mark has been made these people. to protect those without papers in norway which could be as many as twenty thousand out of a total population of only five million media i believe has succeeded in highlighting the plight of asylum seekers in norway they were previously seen as a group with little to offer and no resources to protect themselves but emily has a huge number of friends and the ninety thousand members of her facebook page a testament to the level of support she enjoys although the influence they enjoy looks limited with deportation almost just. want to read more about this story along website along with plenty more to entertain you and inform you this weekend all of. us

>> emily, i thank you. and encourage you to go get a hat now. >>> let's go to the boston area, where abc's jeremy hubbard checked in with us just a short time ago. >> reporter: rob and vinita, good morning. we're in a massachusetts department of transportation snowplow right now. we spent part of the evening with driver, ken coburn. he's been out here for 25 years. and you were saying, it's rare you see conditions like this. >> it is. it's rare you get storms like this, one after another. >> reporter: that's right. this is the seventh snowstorm so far this season. the fourth in just a month. it's been whiteout conditions for most of the evening. and snowfall is 270% above average here in boston. quite a mess. and it will be throughout the day, up here. rob and vinita, back to you. >> thanks to jeremy hubbard. >>> here in new york, it is officially the snowiest january on record, with 18 inches on the ground and counting. >> and for more, now, on how much we're bracing for and for other cities around the cou

under the precondition that she's leaving the country but whatever happens to emily her mark has been made these people are mobilized invalid to protect all those without papers in norway which could be as many as twenty thousand out of a total population of only five million media i believe has succeeded in highlighting the plight of asylum seekers in norway they were previously seen as a group with little to offer and no resources to protect themselves but amélie has a huge number of friends and the ninety thousand members of her facebook page a testament to the level of support she enjoys although the influence they enjoy looks limited with her deportation almost. nowhere and it's odd to see. some of the day's other international news in brief now official say at least fifty two people have been killed after a bus collided with oil tank with west. and others were injured in the accident. the bus carrying fifty passengers lost control and crashed into a state street fighter authorities are working to recover the victims the. pressure is mounting on to using as interim prime minister

the immigration authorities might rethink the case even though it does currently look like money emilywill have to leave behind the home that she's worked so hard to cultivate and the friends that she's made while she's been here she will leave behind a different norway it seems from the one that she came to this is a movement now that has been truly amazing waited to turn out into the streets and try to help really go immigrants here in norway and they seem determined to carry on fighting for asylum seekers and illegal immigrants here in this country no matter where the money amalie gets to stay or go. our correspondent reporting there from the norwegian capital all the way through this why love can be bought in afghanistan and it seems it's india that's winning hearts and minds right now while americans believe that going to waste the children but surely plus russia divers are plunging into ice top board says this winter there they go you can follow the journey of the fearless thrill seekers in just a few moments. an explosion of fire at a giant shopping complex in russia's urals has

. >> i brought an original man script of a poem by emily dickinson.his is a poem she sent to a friend of hers she wrote to a neighbor mrs. henry hill you want to hold that up. >> it is about -- >> in a little plastic. >> one and a half pages. >> will you read that? >> yes, i have it here. she wrote to her friend a consolation about a young boy in the neighbourhood died she said the power to control is not within corporal reach though it attempt is precious to die before it learned to die may have been a boon and emily dickinson was famous for sentiments like that, and this is typical of a lot of the man scripts you will see at this show they are not just books there are man scripts. >> pieces. >> yeah. >> that's great i don't want to be booned like that quite yet. how about this red book. >> this is an entirely different kettle of fish this is address and recommendations to the states by the united states congress in 1,783,000 this is before the constitution, when we were operating under the articles confederation this is like a congressional report t

and emily dickinson was famous for sentiments like that.is typical of a lot of the man scripts you will see at this show not just books but also man scripts a lot of things like this. >> little pieces. >> yeah. >> that is great i don't want to be booned like that just yet what about this little red book. >> this is an address and recommendations to the states by united states congress in 1783 this is before the constitution, this is when we were operating under articles confederation this is like a congressional report to the people they sent these out to 13 states and it has pieces by george washington, madson, it mentions jefferson, benjamin franklin what it is about, boils down to, they are figuring out how to pay for the revolutionary war they just won they can't figure out how to tax people they are arguing how to raise the general fund and pay for this if our grandchildren are going to be in debt the same thing we are arguing about today. >> this is a series of essays. >> series of reports and their recommendations they are making and

hundred thousand for our agency and what i'd like to do is see some west coast and east coast for too emily, california, or gone , colorado, each of us pledge a hundred thousand dollars to this public outreach to educate people about how climate change leafy fekt one of our most precious resources, drinking water. and how it will effect waist water. real life things to educate people. i think all other major agencies - the larger agencies should pledge a hundred thousand dollars. i know everybody likes to think of themselves as the big kids but smaller agencies can pledge 50 thousand. then what would be great, lester , is for the state,dwr, is match the collection of the different agencies. [applause] we are willing to volunteer. we are willing to volunteer our staff of the san francisco, puc, is willing to be the group that convenes the different communications heads. all of you have public relations people or head of external affairs, and we'd be willing to pull together that committee of different communication heads of different agencys to see about getting and energy gaming public outr

i'm emily oprah: 15 years after the oj simpson acquittal.ow could you say you didn't do anything wrong when you lied on the witness stand? >> oprah -- one on one with former lapd detective, mark fuhrman. oprah: you dont think he went . >> look at the 50s throughout atlanta, phoenix. portland and seattle upper 30s to near 40. you look around the country, things are really quiet other than down across southern california. that's where i would expect us to have some delays at lax, zeal and possibly las vegas. everybody else should be quiet weatherwise. other types of delays. we'll have those with our flight tracker at abc7news.com. here's terry. >> chile is getting back on track after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the nation yesterday. cellphone and communications and electrical power were knocked out but no major damage reported. no reported deaths or injuries. last year's quake killed more than 500 people. memories of the previous quake had residents scrambling for higher ground. >> president obama returns to a very different washington than

we get the latest from emily schmidt. >> reporter: in the northeast, the cold is sinking in faster than even the best layers can keep it out. >> i have long johns, two sweaters, two scarfs. and a blanket. >> i have eskimo gear for a reason. i don't like the cold too much. >> reporter: new york is facing its coldest temperatures in six years. boston could drop below zero for the first time since 2005. >> we're go fog hang in there, we're new englanders, that's what we expect to see. >> reporter: it isn't record-breaking, but it does make typical activities -- >> cookies -- >> reporter: -- a bit more dangerous. massachusetts has been advise to hold recess indoors today. and homeless shelters are extending their hours. >> people get acclimated in a situation like this. they don't realize the difference between 20 degrees above and 20 degrees below zero. >> reporter: it's so cold in minneapolis, some homeless had to go to a shelter. that improvement may be on its way this week, temperatures in chicago are predicteded to go up to the 20s. east coastthe southe keeping their eyes on a midweek

>> emily schmidt, in washington. thank you. >>> the battle to repeal health care reform legislation is under way. house republicans held a first meeting on a measure they call, repealing the job-killing health care act. the house is likely to vote on it next week. but it's likely to be blocked in the senate. >>> day two of the republicans' new leadership in the house included a reading of the constitution, from beginning to end. speaker john boehner red the preamble. nancy pelosi went next. all went well, until a new jersey congressman read the section on requirements for the presidency. >> no person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the united states, at the time of the adoption of the constitution, shall be eligible to be in the office of president. you need to show -- >> except obama. except obama. >> that woman shouting from the visitors' gallery was described as a birther. she was removed and arrested. >>> there was also an interruption during the health care hearing. it was adjourned so two republ

>> thanks, emily. >>> a fatal gas line blast has rocked a philadelphia neighborhood.t happened last night as crews were working to get at a gas and water main break. at least one person, believed to be a gas company worker was killed and five injured. dozens of residents were forced to evacuate. >>> along the oregon coast, the problem is sand. strong winds have blown around tons of it. most of the dunes, which usually protect the vacation homes, have completely engulfed some of them. the sand has even gone inside a number of homes. and that's never good. cleanup could take weeks. >>> two men have been arrested and charged with stealing e-mail addresses from more than 100,000 ipad users. prosecutors say the men swiped the information from at&t's servers as a way of impressing fellow hackers. there's no evidence that any of that information was actually used for criminal activity. the victims include former white house aide, rahm emanuel, new york mayor, michael bloomberg, and abc's diane sawyer. the security weak spot has been fixed. >>> researchers are out today about

i'm emily keeping up with the falling temperatures just ahead. >> the next time you reach for ztzp >> far as any delays we have flight arrival delays at o'hare because of snow. check out our flight tracker at abc7news.com. check out eric, he's got the latest news. >> mike, thank you very much. santa clara county supervisors are planning to make sweeping cuts to the social service agency when they meet tomorrow. they're looking to cut $6 million in spending that will affect the foster care system, public health nursing and elderly care. the san jose mercury news reports more than 125 layoff notices have been sent out. the budget plan calls for reducing nearly half of the front line social workers leaving only 27 in the county. the group affected collects donated food and clothing, enrolls foster children in school, performs drug tests on parents and supervises family visits. >> president obama is putting the finishing touches on the state of the union speech he'll give tomorrow night. the president says the theme will mostly be about one thing: jobs. he's equities expected to focus on

emily schmidt, abc news, washington. >> 4:45, just like yesterday starting with fog inland.ou can see the stars, even count them it was so clear. >> yeah. you couldn't see anything coming up from the valleys in the east bay, the protected valleys. mike's going to come in right now over here to tell us more about that. >> tell us about the two different stories going on. >> the fog and also the site that's a spare the air day. you can't burn wood. go the conventional route, use the heater. 4:50 this morning. you can see the fog einvestigating out of the north bay. as far as temperatures, we are running cold once again with only oakland, san francisco, and half moon bay in the mid-40s. everybody else in the 30s. in fact, it's freezing cold in santa rosa with 31. the cool spot. around the monterey bay, temperatures upper 30s, monterey and watsonville. for today high clouds, even more so than sunshine -- even more so than yesterday. and we'll have some sunshine today, seasonably cool conditions, one more night of tulie fog and looks like the winds will change a little bit starti

emily schmidt has an update. >> there are more signs of i am profit.er condition updated from critical to serious. she's breathing on her own with a tracheotomy that would allow her to speak when she's able. >> from the patient's perspective she's much more comfortable. she can participate more in her own care and physical therapy. >> giffords is one of the shooting victims still in the hospital more than a week after the shooting. >> i looked over and there was just bang, bang, bang, bang. >> survivors are trying to come to grips what happened next. bill's wife brought a neighbor's daughter to the event. nine-year-old christina taylor green was the youngest victim. >> she's a strong woman. and she knows rationally that there's no blame to be apportioned. but the fact of the matter is she took a little neighbor's girl away that morning and was unable to bring her home. >> authorities say accused gunman jared loughner is still not talking to them about his actions. >> we have to utilize it to have a more constructive instead of destructive political dis

emily schmidt there. >> reporter: good morning to you. here in washington, lawmakers return to regular business for the first time since the arizona shootings and as they do, their colleagues who was injured that day has passed another recovery milestone. there are more signs of improvement from congresswoman gabrielle giffords. her condition is now upgraded from critical to serious. she's breathing on her own. with the tracheotomy that would allow her to speak when she's able. >> from the patient's perspective, it's much more comfortable. there's less expectation required. and able to participate in their own care. >> reporter: giffords is one of three shooting victims still in the hospital more than a week after the shooting. >> i looked over and it was just bang, bang, bang. >> reporter: survivors say they're trying to come to grips with what happens next.eilman'sh bill heilman's wife brought a neighbor's daughter to the event. 9-year-old christina green was the youngest victim. >> she's a strong woman and she knows rationally that the