i'm eric fisher, cbs news. >> on the "cbs moneywatch" markets tumble on the fed announcement and new clues on the hacking attack. joya is with us. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. good morning, everyone. the fed said on wednesday that the nation's economy does continue to get stronger, and just as important it says interest rates will stay at zero. the fed policy meeting was the last for ben bernanke who is stepping down as chairman for the last eight years. >>> major stock indices fell on the fed decision and the markets. the dow lost 189 points on wednesday. the nasdaq was off by 46 points. asian markets dipped after manufacturing numbers flipped to a six-month low. the shanghai come pos sit down nearly 1%. it's closed for the holiday. president obama's plan is expected to be in effect by the end of the year. he signed the order on a visit to pittsburgh. the program known as m.y.r.a. is similar to the rockth ira for people who don't have plans. the sales suggest lenovo could become a big player in the smartphone business. >>> finally target says hackers stole credentials

also in boston is eric fisher, chief meteorpr'gist at wbz. eric, how do you see this one playing out tonight? >> reporter: maurice, this is significant. the first nor'easter of 2014. we didn't wait very long. it's been snowing all day here in boston and now it's just starting to swing in new york city. a large system as you mentioned earlier, energy combining with a low off the coast. that's from new england down to 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 eastern new 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 sno

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eric fisher of wbz. eric, thank you very much. the entire state of minnesota was below zero this morning. jamie judge kas is with our cbs station wcco in minneapolis/st. paul. >> reporter: they're calling this latest arctic blast the son of polar vortex. it was 13 below overnight here and never made it above zero today. the mercury has gone below zero 12 of the last 21 days in minneapolis. the bitter cold has forced propane prices to a 20-year high in minnesota and created spot shortages around the country. some seven million american households-- mostly in rural areas-- depend on propane for heat. three waves of freezing air are forecast to wash across the central united states in the coming days. the forecast high here for thursday's opening of st. paul's famous winter carnival? billed as the coolest celebration on earth, it's minus one. scott, the windchill in minneapolis this morning was near 30 degrees below zero. that means exposed skin like your face feels like is getting a really bad sun burn in less than ten minute's time

with more we are joined by eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz, and eric here we go again. >> it does sound like a broken record here, jeff, unbelievable cold, not a lot of falling snow but gusts of 50 miles per hour, a lot of blowing and drifting snow and wind chills as cold as 50 below zero. that gets into life threatening territory, really a time we have to stay indoors as much as possible. >> timing out some of those wind chills as we head into the timing out some of those wind chills as we head into the overnight and tomorrow morning, feeling like 20 below in chicago, 43 below zero in fargo, 30 below zero in minneapolis, and as we head tomorrow morning, feels like ten in nashville, 18 in little rock, headed southward, jeff. >> glor: and even further south, look at the prospect of snow in new orleans? >> it sounds crazy but true, these are winter storm watches that are up now, anywhere from the gulf coast right on down to the water from southeast texas clear over to north carolina, not just snow but freezing rain and sleet as we head toward tuesday morning

eric fisher is our chief meteorologist at wbz, our cbs station in boston. eric, this time around, what's behind the cold air mass? >> you know, scott, i feel like we've had a lot of these conversation this winter. it's been so persistent. the polar jet stream taking another big deep across the central and eastern u.s. and this time around all the way down to the gulf coast. this will drag extremely cold air down to the shores of alabama, mississippi, and florida, scott. >> pelley: and we have cases of -- we have storm warnings up from galveston all the way around the gulf. how big is that storm going to be? >> this is going to be a pretty significant storm by southern standards. this is a map you won't see many times in a lifetime. winter storm warnings from houston to new orleans over toward pensacola and reaching up through the carolinas, southern states that don't have a lot of infrastructure to deal with ice and sleet and snow and that's what's in the forecast. this begins tomorrow. we'll be breaking out lit icing and snowfalls as we head through the day

meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz says the brutally cold weather is not going away anytime soon. >> a storm has come to a close with impressive totals especially in the meg lop lus. around boston, a foot and a half of snow came down. 11 inches in new york city. that was a daily snowfall record. in philadelphia, over a foot of snow, but it's the first time they've seen over a foot before february 1st. it's never happened in philadelphia before. 4 inches in d.c. now it's about t many, many states with two dozen windchills and advisories as far as arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina, and freezes in effect. subzero in boston, near zero in new york and 30 and 40 below across the upper midwest, chicago and minneapolis. even a chill of 14 far south into atlanta. now, here's app upside-down kind of forecast for you. in juneau, alaska, temperatures in the 40s for the next few days. big ridge of warmth on the west coast. colder weather in atlanta, georgia. things looking wilder. this pattern is going to continue as we look ahead. more outbreaks of cold. another big one ar

eric fisher is chief meteorologist of our cbs boston station and, eric, what should we expect there tonight? >> reporter: a good old-fashioned winter storm maurice right off the bat in 2014. the two pieces of the storm we're watching-- one is across the midwest, in other in the south. one across the northern tear states gives the snow for tonight into tomorrow. as we head into tomorrow night, most energy goes to the coast. nor'easter wraps up, big shield of snow from boston down to washington, d.c. and as we head toward friday morning slowly this will start to depart by friday evening, the whole storm is gone. snow totals, we're looking significant. south side of chicago reaching through central new york. this is the first part of the storm system. we're in the coastal low taking over, big totals from boston to new york city, about a half foot in new york but lots of blowing and drifting. a foot or more possible in greater boston and, yes, the "b" word is out there. blizzard conditions are possible. strong gusty winds from boston into new york. also coastal wind and flooding and subzero win

meteorologist eric fisher of our boston fail yacht wbz has more on the first major snowstorm of 2014. >> reporter: well, a lot of folks will be waking up to a big blanket of snow on their back step. we're talking about a northeaster from new england to washington, d.c. picking up snow. motive of it now is going to wind down in terms of accumulating snowfall. the last of the snow clears eastern 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 an

i'm eric fisher, cbs news. >>> there has been a deadly avalanche in colorado. the grandson of one of vail's founders was killed. anthony seibert was killed along with three others. the avalanche happened yesterday morning in an area that was known to be dangerous. the three injured skiers are expected to recover. >>> and this morning u.s. officials are investigating the deadly crash of an air force helicopter in england. 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 helic

eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston, wbz t.v. eric, what's coming next? >> reporter: scott, good evening. cold will be the big story moving forward. we're digging out in those frigid temperatures. 3.8 inches of snow in d.c. philly has had three six-plus inch snowstorms before the start of february for the first time in recorded history. over a foot half? of snow just south of boston. now, the lows tonight, frigid, cyr owe in cleveland, 2 in green bay, philadelphia looking at the teens. and the windchill biting, subzero in boston tomorrow morning and 30 to 40 below zero in the upper midwest as we kick on thursday. for an upside down world, how about this? juneau, alaska, highs in the 40s for the next several days while atlanta looking at highs in the 30s. freeze warnings as far south as the afterglades and, scott, if you're interested in snowfall, we're watching a potential for next monday. >> pelley: eric fisher, thanks very much. naturalledly price of heating fuel is rising. natural gas is up nearly 6%. propane even more. here's dean reynolds. >> reporte

. >>> well, meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz has more on this giant weather system. >> reporter: we'll continue to track this storm throughout the morning hours. it will be winding down, but we can expect impacts into massachusetts. as we head through morning the snow starts to transition toward far southeastern massachusetts and by the afternoon all the snow winds down. it leaves a lot of snow in its wake. many folks looking at 6 to 12 inches. 4 to 8 in greater d.c. turn to the cold, a big part of the story. the snow well below average across central u.s. teens as far south as tennessee. i'd love to say things are going to warm up sometime soon. it does not seem to be the case. we're talking bitter cold that should stretch through the next 7 to 10 days, winter definitely striking hard this winter. i'm eric fisher for cbs news. >>> along the west coast, the weather's generally warm and dry, but on the coast of california, they are expecting some of the biggest waves of the year, some up to 15 feet high. the same pressure system that's forcing all that bitter cold we

i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. >>> well, tonight, president obama will deliver his sixthtate of the union address. with only three years left in office, plenty remains on the president's agenda. susan mcginnis is in washington with a preview. susan, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. the good news for president obama is he'll get his biggest audience of the year tonight. the bad news is, his popularity is down. and second-term state of the unions do not get much attention. but he will do his best to rally the democratic base and to push his policy agenda. and for that, he'll tell congress he would like their help but doesn't necessarily need it. >> the president of the united states. >> reporter: president obama is expected to stand before the nation tonight and ask congress to help him pass his legislative agenda, creating jobs, an extension of unemployment benefits and immigration reform tops the list. >> he will use every means available to him. >> reporter: but he's also bringing a warning. the president is expected to say if congress won't work with

. >>> meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz says this freezing weather system isn't goingway anytime soon. >> here we go again, deep in the throes of another arctic dip. the jet stream is take a dip. and with that, a winter storm. today is going to be the coldest day of the week. you're socking subzero high temperatures for minneapolis and detroit. right near zero in chicago a lot of southeastern temperatures are in the first part of the day falling during the evening. boy, winter storm warnings out for new orleans, over towards gulfport, pensacola, south of atlanta reaching up through the carolinas. a spot that doesn't usually see late of wintry weather. as we head through today and the afternoon, snow developing, a thin band and also a lot of rain and sleet mixing in. certainly not a pure snowstorm. up through charleston, myrtle beach and including most of north carolina and norfolk, snow and ice not a lost visibility. travel very much impacted. 1 to 3 inches also with ice across much of the deep south. and the bigger snow totals through eastern north carolina. 3 to 6 is

i'm meteorologist eric fisher of cbs news. >>> minneapolis officials say they don't know what started an apartment fire and killed 14 people. the fire started yesterday morning and quickly burned through the three-story building. fire crews dealt with subzero temperatures fighting the blaze. witnesses say they saw people jumping from windows. the roof partially collapsed and six of the injured people are in critical condition. >>> and the passengers on that russian research vessel trapped by ice in antarctica are being rescued this morning. a helicopter from a chinese ice breaker landed alongside the russian ship to fly them to a nearby vessel. the russian ship has been trapped since christmas eve, but passengers were never in danger. >>> federal officials investigating that oil train derailment in north dakota say they uncovered a broken train axle. it's not clear if the broken axle caused the crash. investigators say the oil train collided with an already derailed grain train. 18 cars of the oil train jumped the track. several exploded and burned. no one was injured. the track is ex

chief meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station is tracking the severe weather. eric, good morning. >> tracking a high-impact storm here in the east coast. blizzard warnings, parts of southeastern massachusetts. this really gets ramped up, heading through the day. snow already working its way toward d.c. and new york. into the afternoon, new york, boston, down through philly and d.c. heavy snowfall at times, certainly a lot of air travel delays. right up and down the i-95 corridors, 10:00 pm even down through north carolina, strong gusty winds along with it. most of the action transitions into southern new england and long island. by tomorrow afternoon it all heads out to sea. pretty significant totals here, wide swath of six to 12 inches. a couple of bullseyes a total of 12 to 14 inches of snow. the overall pattern is stuck. lots of cold in the east. to our viewers on the west coast, still looking at warm and dry weather here will persist through the end of the month. multiple bouts of cold working south and east. this, too, lasts at least until february. >> eric

i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. >>> overseas now, there have been three bombings in cairo, egypt, this morning. at least four people were killed when a powerful car bomb exploded near the main egyptian police headquarters. nearly 50 were wounded. another bomb explode. no one was injured by the third bomb of the pyramids. tomorrow is the anniversary of the uprising that forced the president out of office. >>> there was a deadly fire in a canadian senior sid zens home. the fire broke out early yesterday morning at the home in northeastern quebec. the three-story wooden building was quickly engulfed in flames. firefighters heard people inside they could not reach. many of the trapped residents were dependented on walkers and wheelchairs. >>> and this criminal investigation that chris christie's administration abused its power has expanded. they've been ordered to turn over documents related to the september closure of roadways leading to the george washington bridge. it's alleged that christie's aides created the traffic jams there as political payback. >>> former nsa contrac

meteorologist eric fisher tells us how bad it's going to get.assador caroline kennedy blasts dolphin hunting in japan, calling it inhumane. seth doane on the growing controversy. >> one, two, three, four! dooubs and michelle miller introduces us to a music teacher who was nominated for a grammy for helping troubled kids find their voice. >> you never give up? >> no, never, never, never.

meteorologist eric fisher tells us how bad it's going to get. ambassador caroline kennedy blasts dolphin hunting in japan, calling it inhumane. seth doane on the growing controversy. >> one, two, three, four! >> dubois: and michelle miller introduces us to a music teacher who was nominated for a grammy for helping troubled kids find their voice. >> you never give up? >> no, never, never, never. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz. >> the breadth of the cold. so many windchill advisories, not often we've seen that on the maps. the windchill advisories go all the way down as far south as naples, florida. subzero windchills in florida, it only takes, say, the teens and 20s for them to issue the advisories. in terms of windchills, still 30 to 40 below in places like chicago. even in atlanta, subzero windchills. got to believe a lot of folks staying inside. a lot of schools are canceled there. most of the cold across the great lake, the southeast, and into the northeast. even on wednesday, still chilly outside. we kick off the day with windchills in at zero in new york and pittsburgh. and boston. teens for wednesday as you wake up. wednesday afternoon, this is starting to depart. in terms of high temperature on tuesday, teens in nashville, 20s in atlanta. 40s for a good chunk of florida. even all the way to miami it will absolutely not be beach weather. then towards the end of the week, the polar vortex, a piece of it has broken off to the sou

eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz told jeff glor the cold will extend from northuth. >> unbelievable cold. a lot of wind. not a lot of falling snow with that blizzard warning. it's in red on the map. gusts of 50 miles per hour. lots of snowing and drifting snow and windchills as cold as 50 below zero. that gets into life-threatening territory. a time we have to stay indoors as much as possible. timing out some of the temperatures, feel like 20 below in chicago, 43 below zero in fargo, it's feeling unrelenting. feeling like 10 in nashville and 15 in little rock. >> we're looking at the prospect of snow in new orleans. >> it sounds crazy, but it's true. right on down from the water to southeast texas clear over to north carolina. not just snow but freezing rain and sleet. as we head into tuesday morning, we time this out in the i-10 corridor. you notice down to the gulf of mexico itself stretching across georgia and into south and north carolina. and on wednesday morning this will wrap up and move off to the east. pretty significant totals when you consider where th

for that we turn to eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston, wbz. eric? >> reporter: scott, bitter cold certainly the story this evening. 20 to 40 below zero windchills for so many americans. in fact, it's colder in indianapolis right now than in barrow, alaska where the sun won't even rise until late january again. windchill warnings and advisories go from the canada border down to naples, florida. the breadth of this is what is so striking. in terms of low temperatures tonight, so many below zero, even into nashville closing in on zero. orlando back into the 30s, around 40 degrees. tomorrow in the peak warming not doing a whole lot better. staying in the 20s in atlanta, 30s in new orleans, teens for boston and just above zero in cleveland. the good news is, this polar vortex starts to reconsolidate around the pole as we head toward late week. that means much of the cold heads back up to the north. with it, much-needed relief by the time thursday and friday roll around. scott? >> reporter: better days ahead. thanks very much. in another big story tonight

we wondered why the cold is so persistent so we turned to eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our station wbz. eric, what's going on? >> well, scott, one thing we look at when we try to forecast these things are teleconnections. one of those is the arctic oscillation, nothing new, it's always there, just in different phases. when it's in the positive phase you have strong winds around the poles. that bottles up the extreme cold air. when it goes into a negative phase those winds slow down like we've seen recently and that allows for the jet stream to wobble, taking a big dip across the eastern united states. it doesn't always have to be over the united states, it just happens to be at this time creating such cold conditions. meanwhile, across the west, warm and dry. scott, so dry that if it doesn't rain in sacramento before the end of this month, it will be the first january ever recorded without a drop of rain. >> pelley: and so when will it get warmer back east? >> i was trying to see some of these changes ahead. as we head toward the end of january and the start of february they're sho

meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz has more on this severe weather. >> bitter cold is already making its way down across the united states, and temperatures well below average. anywhere from 15 to 34 degrees below average in the upper midwest over into the northeast. this is the coldest time of the year so when you get that far below average, it really stinks, becomes dangerous cold. windchill values, about 30 below in fargo, 20 below in minneapolis, 10 below in chicago. for tuesday evening, subzero windchills all the way over to pittsburgh, sigle digits for boston and new york and more of the same as we head through the nighttime. then we're tracking the snow, winter storm warnings in pink. the winter weather advisories in purple encompassing a large area. the snow will be spreading up through the mid-atlantic and new york city as we head through the day. travel disruptions from laguardia, jfk, down through reagan and richmond. overnight, snow continuing from boston down through philly. and through wednesday morning, still be going strong in boston before heading tout

chief meteorologist eric fisher of wbz is watching all the weather changes. eric, good morning. >> good morning to both of you. another blast of cold air here we go again. much like we saw earlier on in the months. all across canada ready to be unleashed tonight and into the day tomorrow and wednesday. looking at the forecast, the midwest sees the first. it's not as bad as earlier in the year but single digit highs in minneapolis. chicago in the teens. same story detroit for tuesday and wednesday. the cold also into the northeast. single digits to around 10 degrees for buffalo. teens in boston as well as new york. not just the cold but the wind creating bitter wind chills. as it moves southward by the evening, feeling like 30 below in fargo, north dakota. that spreads across the feet of as we head into tonight and tuesday. there's also snow to go along with all of this. we'll track it through the mid atlantic. a bit of a rare thing. place like washington, d.c. a two-inch snowstorm in the city in three years. this should be it and will bring snow up the eastern

chief meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz is with us. eric, good morning. >> good morning, clarissa and charlie. good morning, everybody. certainly a pattern that's stuck and should stick around for a while. this is not the type you want to stick around. 36 below zero in minneapolis. 22 below zero in chicago. and that is dangerous, at times life threatening, cold. and wind chill advisories and warnings for 31 states now. widespread, much like what we saw earlier on in january. as we look forward through the rest of the month, repeated outbreaks of cold working through. this goes on until at least february, if not deeper into the month. and we take a look at the next storm potential, and another clipper starts to come down this weekend. this will spread snow. it doesn't look major, but chicago, already seeing its fourth snowiest january on record, so that's more in the bucket. this moves over toward the northeast on sunday night into monday. and it doesn't look as big as the last one, but more snow probably not what the folks are looking f