go to cnn poi.com/primenews and click on facebook. 70% of those polled on facebook said, yes, they do spank. let's get another call in. michelle with us in florida. your thoughts? >> caller: i'm sorry. good afternoon. i just want to say, mike, that i respect everyone's opinions. as a professional educator who works with children, my colleagues and i agree that students of today, they don't have consequences for their inappropriate behavior. in the past there wasn't the ad/hd label to use for certain behaviors. i was spanked. my colleagues were spanked. we grew up to be professionals who are leading the country. we vote. we haven't had criminal records. >> gotcha. >> caller: so our opinions matter and the parents today, dlaers no boundaries, no consequences and i do believe in spanking, yes, sir. >> thank you. thanks for the call. a facebook agreeing with anita. i got my share. i agree. that's why i turned out to be a good adult. michelle really not for spanking, i have that right, michelle. >> no. i guess -- wait, mike. i wasn't spanked and i turned out really good. >> of course you d

now he is taunting police on his facebook posts.s, even shared photos of christmas dinner on facebook. looking at one of the shots there with his turkey dinner. police have responded by seizing his assets. they are clearing not pleased by the facebook taunts. so far, that hasn't stopped him. he is up to 42000 fans on facebook. >>> finally, let's check out this story that a lot of people are looking at as they head back to work. how do you pronounce 2010? options are 2000 tenor twenty ten. they make a case for both. national association of gramaries taking a stand, saying they decree this year should be pronounced twenty 10 and all subsequent years twenty will he have en, etc. they laid it out there. twenty tennis what we are supposed to call it. who knows what society will call it. i am going with twenty ten. >> i like 2000 ten. let be different. >>> which movie is the first number one of 2010 coming up. >>> and something scientists found on the near side of the moon could make it easier for humans to live there. >>> slow going for

there is also facebook, of course. comments are already coming in on this question as we posted a while back. we will start reading some of those. there is twitter, facebook, and of course, phone calls. its purchase a patient better? or maybe not because of the new forms of media and communication. the phone numbers are on your screen. in the meantime, we will also mix in some stories out there. we found this one from politico from a couple of days ago. just one example of what made news this year in the social networking world. calls beginning to come in, but we do have comments posted on our facebook page on all of this. again, what is social networking -- has social networking and social media done to the political process? has it made it better? one of your rights absolutely for the better. one other facebook, and to start us off here, i do not think social networking affects the citizenry. it does allow mortises -- more citizens to express their opinions on social and political issues, but serves also as proof of

just weigh in on my facebook page. such for holly firfer or send us a message at cnn.com. >>> a florida woman was looking through a stask old pictures at a thrift store when she saw a familiar face. and a few dollars later she, had a piece of history to call her own. chris martinez of hln affiliate wfts tells us why these photos sore special. >> these are really special. >> reporter: safely stored in a black cardboard box, this handful of old photos has become amber osbourne's most guarded treasure. >> here's another one of jfk. >> reporter: they appear to be candid shots of history. three in the moment, black and white photos, of president john f. kennedy. amber found them in a stack of old pictures on sale at a thrift store. and instantly knew she'd stumbled on to something special. >> this is jfk. this is an historical moment that's going on. i need to know more about these. >> reporter: so $30 and a matter of minutes later, amber was home online trying to track down this moment in time. the name of a network tv exe

facebook came and took their space.hey capitalized on their weaknesses, so it's really the new products kind of pushing out the old ones. and so without, you know, i think we'll be more interesting to see what comes up and what is created, and i think that will actually have the biggest impact on what exists now. >> we'll have to leave it at that. thank you to the graduate school of management here at g.w., and seriously, thank you to the panelists for coming. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> today on "washington journal" -- a discussion about president obama's proposed fees on banks that received tarp money with steve bartlett, financial services roundtable president and c.e.o. also, a look at how al qaeda recruits young people with colonel j.m. venhaus of the united states institute of peace. after that, a discussion on a dispute between google and china after google announced they were being hit by cyberattacks that originated in china

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so, now with fios, you have facebook and twitter on your tv. amazing. let me, uh, tell my family about this. okay. "facebook on tv." watch this. [ ding ] boom. cool. boom. nice. wait for it. and... boom? boom. [ male announcer ] facebook on your tv and two times more very satisfied customers than cox. this is beyond cable. this is fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >> look at history. cultures of addiction to spending, power, and approval have ruined empires, and now they threaten the entire state. >> we knew was coming, we have known this for years. sacramento would not reinforce it. >> gov. david paterson of new york, gov. arnold schwarzenegger of california. tillman, we feel your pain unemployment, the latest figures at -- gentleman, we feel your pain. and a plymouth, the latest figures at 10%. >> this is an amendment in california that the state will not spend more on prisons than it does on higher education, which it does now. the jewel of public education in the united states come from k-12 to by t

he has 40,000 facebook friends including bo. glad bo is here because he is going to talk about this tauntitation that this guy is doing. >> if any one has information about him. >> you know what is great about him, you know he will get turned in. i would like to be the judge that is going to sentence him for the escape. >> or maybe his friend on facebook. >> and then when the judge has the determination you are a pretty smart little lad there and now you are going to do seven more years. >> that was irish? >> i don't know. >> kimberly: go ahead and defend it. >> a, he was toward the end of his sentence. b. >> that's awful. >> he was on day release and allowed to walk out of the building so it was not houdini escape. >> apparently it was easier to get out than it is to get out of this studio. >> you could be in a white collar prison and you could walk right out but if you escape. >> and then you flaunt it by going on facebook. >> kimberly: he is going to face more time and more charges. >> what about 40,000 people or 40,000 fans

. >> but can you rely, is there a model, i don't know has a journalism call on youtube or facebook. > i think something will emerge. government is going to step in some way and bail out some of the newspapers, in the next few years. >> terrible. >> the reporters will be for it. >> i think longer term, seek some kind of merger, like facebook with content. you're going to see more people watching the same show on their facebook page as a group like a collective experience than we've seen so far. content is still king and i think by the end of this decade we'll see that people are consuming content throughs the new media yeah social networks. >> by prediction by the end of the decade one of the big three networks will not be doing an evening newscast. the demand just isn't there. people, when you have cable news why put on an expensive news five nights a wk?

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he's posted these pictures on his facebook sites. even when phones aren't working, social media sites are working. talia over here has twitpicks as well. you have one here of a wounded person. a lot of these things coming in, larry, so a lot of new information coming through social media again. >> larry: amazing. michael holmes, he'll be on the scene, and by the way, i would gather, based on prior knowledge, that cnn international will be on top of this scene throughout the morning hours. jackie charles, the miami herald's correspondent, is on the phone. are you surprised to see this in a place like haiti, jackie? >> i would like to say i'm surprised, but year before last when i was covering the school collapse that came before the back-to-back hurricanes, everybody talked about the possibility of an earthquake because they know haiti opposites on the fault line that runs through the dominican republic through haiti. so even though people spoke about this, it was still not something you expected. but again, this is a nation that in t

sound off on my facebook page. search for jennifer westhoven, hln or e-mail us cnn.com/hln and dive into the discussion. we may read some of your answers on the air today. >>> most of san francisco's famous sea lions have disappeared. what happened to them? where did they go? it's been a big mystery, but now that mystery may be solved >>> maybe you heard about the big mystery in san francisco. hundreds of sea lions who had become a popular tourist attraction over the years just disappeared. well, we may now know where they went. it seems some of those sea lions went north, 500 miles north. the sea lions started showing up at a popular cave on the oregon coast. experts say it's probably because there's lots of sea lion food there, like anchovies. it's not totally a surprise that they made it so far. sea lions can swim 100 miles a day in search of food. millions of people have seen the sea lions at pier 39 in san francisco, but they started leaving late last year. just 20 were left by thanksgiving. scientists say the

and myspace -- facebook and myspace and twitter. it is interesting to me. i know celebrities who tried to find out where tmz is going to be so that when tmz shows up, they can accidently be caught and surprise on camera about where they were and what they were doing. now, as frightening as that is, it is ingenious, because what they realize is that now people are more interested in seeing celebrities surprised when the media show up, and an incredibly sophisticated publicist knows how to strategically placed you. they have been able to find tmz and accidently be surprised, so now they have another form of media that they can use to get in front of people and talk about what it is they are doing and put out some kind of scandal that is strategically used to get people to buy their cd. why is leadership not using these same kinds of methods? i am not suggesting we followed tmz around, but i am suggesting that we find out-of-the-box waste to use existing media and emerging media to effectively -- ways to use existing media and emerging

facebook you are now speaking to people on facebook are you actually doing this?do you have a staff? >> i have a small staff. no, i'm actually doing it. >> you have a very small staff. >> this morning i post -- last night couldn't sleep, couldn't sleep, kind of burning in me again with this reminder, all you -- i use facebook to remind americans on i'm this book tour. they shout loudly they say we to get this country back on the right track. the things going on now we don't agree with. why haven't congress listening with health care reform? couldn't sleep last night wants to -- wanting to put my thoughts, my heart on paper. posted this morning and facebook. those are my messages. wanted to let the american people know what was going through my mind last night. i want to do something about it. and asking americans too, keep the faith. >> you haven't said you are going to run. in the back of your mine you must think how can i reach the people who don't agree with me? easy to reach the people who agree with you. how do you reach the people way farther left from you?

facebook you are now speaking to people on facebook are you actually doing this?ou have a staff? >> i have a small staff. no, i'm actually doing it. >> you have a very small staff. >> this morning i post -- last night couldn't sleep, couldn't sleep, kind of burning in me again with this reminder, all you -- i use facebook to remind americans on i'm this book tour. they shout loudly they say we to get this country back on the right track. the things going on now we don't agree with. why haven't congress listening with health care reform? couldn't sleep last night wants to -- wanting to put my thoughts, my heart on paper. posted this morning and facebook. those are my messages. wanted to let the american people know what was going through my mind last night. i want to do something about it. and asking americans too, keep the faith. >> you haven't said you are going to run. in the back of your mine you must think how can i reach the people who don't agree with me? easy to reach the people who agree with you. how do you reach the people way farther left from you? >> t

questions like, we can pose things 2 facebook -- in terms of engaging with people on facebook, they aret years from now we can ship it over to the archive so it'll be there for decades and generations to come. >> i wanted to jump in. i wanted to challenge one thing you said about the white house -- whitehouse.gov being the center of the political universe. i do not know that it is. a lot is made about the restraints on official government websites. it is much different than your able to do on the campaign. tabloids were coming down every night it 6:30 p.m. it is completely different. it still cut abc and cbs doing their thing to get the media. people forget that. it is not as bad off as some people may get out to be. it is splintered. you have the cable networks. you can have joe smith come out of college. when did you can grab a camera and start posting things on the youtube. -- one of you can grab a camera and start posting things on you too. -- youtube. you are out there. a can be read. it can be heard. the center of the political universe is not whitehouse.gov. every single our peop

. >>> is facebook to blame for a increase in divorces? according to the london telegraph divorce lawyers claim the explosion of popularity of social networking sites is tempting people to cheat. suspicious spouses also use these sites to find evident of flirting. one source says one in five divorces are because of facebook. it could become another excuse as well for why the relationship didn't work. for information on all these stories log on to the technology page of abcnews.com. those are your "tech bytes." i'm jeremy hubbard. >>> a violent start to the year. baltimore city police report its first murder of 2010. >> a terror threat has the american and british embassies closed. we'll tell you why. >> and what are you doing sunday at 1:00? the ravens are going to be in new

. >> facebook is now being blamed on a growing number of divorces. according to london's "telegraph" divorce lawyers say the site is tempting people to cheat. a law firm now cites 1 in 5 divorces in facebook. >>> time for sports and an end to the regular seon. here's ducis rodgers at espn news. >> good morning, i'm ducis rodgers with this espn news update. a lot of drama heading into the final week of the nfl season. the jets with the bengals. the jets clinch a play offberth with a victory. brad smith under center. option right, 32 yards for the touchdown. mark sanchez and the jets are headed to the playoffs with a 37-0 victory. they'll face cincinnati again in week onen saturday. >>> ravens and raiders with the win. the ravens have a playoff spot. willis mcgahee up the middle. and a 73-yard touchdown as mcgaughey takes it to the house. worth another look. mcgaughey just moves eugene out of the way. mcgaughey with three touchdowns on the day. ravens w 21-13, they'll face new england on the playoffs on sunday. >>> chris johnson came into the titans/se

"facebook on tv." watch this. [ ding ] boom. cool. boom. nice. wait for it. and... boom? boom. [ male announcer ] facebook on your tv and three times more very satisfied customers than comcast. this is beyond cable. this is fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >>> brace yourself against the big chill. >> it is a long winter. >> everyonetruggles to deal with the arctic blast, but is a warm-up on the way? >> was to pay $2 to park for an hour? >> parking is getting more expensive. one county put the brakes on permanent speed cameras, but will it get a green light from drivers? captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> an arctic blast has people in the washington region bundling up, and it is going to get colder. steve rudin has a look at how low the mercury will plunge. >> under mostly clear skies, temperatures will fall into the teens across most of the mid- atlantic. the belfort furniture weather center, 28 degrees at reagan national, 23 hagerstown, 18 degrees elkins. the bigger story is the wind c

. >>> jurors in that mayor dixon trial continued to talk to each other on facebook. they were asked not to speak to anyone until after the hearing. however, wbal radio discovered three of the jurors communicating on facebook, joking about their relationships as recently as new year's eve. mayor dixon's defense team argues that the post denied the mayor a fair trial. >>> president obama returned to the white house for the first time since the christmas day terrorism scare. brooke hart has the latest from washington. a >> new screening rules were not a factor in a securities scare last nine and a new work after the wrong man walked through a checkpoint and disappeared. flights were delayed hours. new rules mean tighter security for all travelers bound for the u.s., with more random screenings, patdowns, bag searches, and body scans. passengers from 14 named countries all deemed state sponsors of terror or countries of interest can expect such checks across the board. that includes yemen, the country were president, said that the nigerian-born abdulmutallab was trained

we say are you on twitter, facebook, are you on youtube, e-mails? 90% of the people may go to the web site to find the information, but they're often link being the main websites and a new study just supported that so in terms of that level of credibility, that's out there, you know, weaving it through everything, so your campaign manager should in essence also be your new media manage early. it's all at the same time and one note about the haiti thing that i thought was really interesting, so we're talking about, you know, mobile technology yesterday and a friend of mine who works at the red cross, i'm sure hugh all seen the note, the text, haiti to 90999, so the red cross in the past 36 hours, has raised $5 million as of 7:00 p.m. last night, through that mobile campaign. and so, the ability to raise money on line, i think, has had a huge impact on campaigns. and so, i think what we may be seeing is a shift from instead of putting money towards traditional television advertising, we are not initially reaching people and it's harder to measure, may

you can weigh in on my facebook page. go to facebook.com and search for me holly firfer or e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. and you just might see your response on the air today. >>> fox and time warner cable reached a broadcasting deal just in time for millions of people to watch the sugar bowl. now, fox had threatened to force time warner cable and another cable provider to drop the fox broadcast signal from 14 of its stations and half a dozen of its cable channels. but a contract between the companies expired thursday, signals were extended as talks continued. the companies are not releasing details of that agreement. time warner cable is no longer a part of time warner incorporated, hln's parent company. that was sold earlier in 2009. >>> police in georgia say someone shooting a gun to celebrate new year's eve is responsible for the death of a 4-year-old boy. markell peters was in a church in atlanta when a bullet came through the roof and hit him in the head. police say someone may have gone outside and shot a gun into the

here's just a few posts from facebook. to dictionary.com and said -- and mike says -- >>> ralph nader isn't giving up on his lawsuit. the former presidential candidate tried to sue in a d.c. frl appeals court, but didn't file his suit soon enough. now, he's taken his suit to maine. his lawyer says they used the courts to sabotage nader's independent campaign. he appeared on the ballot in 34 states and won less than 1% of the vote in 2004. >>> robert gates plans to stay in his job another year. he was first appointed by president bush and reappointed by president obama. in an interview last year, he described his job as a very painful thing. a spokesman says before christmas, gates told president obama held stay for at least another year. >>> the house and senate are trying to work out their issues over health care legislation. right now, they differ over how to pay for it, how many people to cover and how to restrict taxpayer funding for abortion. >> once i sign health insurance reform into law, doctors and patients will h

are people writing to us and saying what is this facebook thing? and it is a thing, you know. and we'd say well, go for it because if peggy bertram will do it anybody should try it. they went to our web page on uncrownedqueens.com. and yet we still didn't understand or appreciate the breadth and the scope of their network. beginning with the black churches. and we just left the black church today. and by the way, what publishers say, listen, it will take two months before you can get a reading set up or presentation. don't believe it. don't believe it. because when one black woman calls the minister of her church, you got to read it. and if they call friday night, you got a reading saturday morning. and if you go to a black church on sunday, you got a reading on monday, tuesday and wednesday and it's absolutely fantastic because we're working at selling a book, selling a book by virtue of people hearing about it and understanding what it is and seeing its importance and seeing, you know, the importance of the historical moment. and the people on th

convicted mayor sheila dixon on a misdemeanor embezzlement charge continue to talk to each other on facebook. last week the judge ordered the five jurors to appear at this week's hearing for a new trial. the jurors were asked not to speak to anyone until after the hearing. however, wbal radio discovered three of the jurors communicating on facebook, joking about their relationships. dixon's defense team argues the post denied the mayor a fair trial. >> the city of baltimore says it will shut down the homeless encampment under the j.f.x. this wednesday, moving those people to permanent shelter. baltimore city's naacp president -- chapter president said his organization will make sure the city follows through as promised. >> we're sending one of our representatives there to make certain all the belongings of the homeless are basically taken care of, that the-- just to really not make the homeless feel as though they're criminals or something that they're break the law. they're in very unfortunate situation that have them not having a place to stay. at the same time, we must take care of them.

that is on our facebook page.rking affect the citizenry. that allows citizens to express their opinions but all -- but only serves as proof of the high level of ignorance among the local majority. it is scary, really. i think the new political adage can be added to this. you might think talk radio for setting the tone. george on the republican line. it talk to us about social networking and political media. do you take part? california, george, you are on the republican line. -- is from ocala, florida. caller: i think the left has now made a larger chasm between the two because they seem not to be objective. they are more subjective when it comes to the obama administration. at one thing i would like to say is that the activists in this country who receive grants has become so large that people forget when they come down on corporations they have to come down also on those corporations, even though they are nonprofit. the last thing i would like to say is that when we try these muslims of the new york, are they go

questions like, we can pose things 2 facebook -- in terms of engaging with people on facebook, they are figure out other ways to archive that so four or eight years from now we can ship it over to the archive so it'll be there for decades and generations to come. >> i wanted to jump in. i wanted to challenge one thing you said about the white house -- whitehouse.gov being the center of the political universe. i do not know that it is. a lot is made about the restraints on official government websites. it is much different than your able to do on the campaign. tabloids were coming down every night it 6:30 p.m. it is completely different. it still cut abc and cbs doing their thing to get the media. people forget that. it is not as bad off as some people may get out to be. it is splintered. you have the cable networks. you can have joe smith come out of college. when did you can grab a camera and start posting things on the youtube. -- one of you can grab a camera and start posting things on you too. -- youtube. you are out there. a can be read. it can be heard. the center of the political

you can sound off on my facebook page. susan hendricks, hln or e-mail us at cnn.com/hrnl and dive right in to the discussion. we may read some of your answers on the air today. >>> football fans thinking of going to tonight's nfl playoff game you can but you better be willing to pay big bucks. bob's here to tell us just how much we're talking about. >> how about 500 large. of course in english, that's $500. playoffs getting started ga. the late game, the cowboys, $1.1 billion stadium. they host the eagles. and talk about jacking up ticket prices. seats along the sidelines going for 500 bucks. that's face value. more than twice the regular season price. that said, the game is expected to be standing room only. oh, by the way, just to stand in the stadium will cost best 35. all right extra incentive to shop at the walmart superstore near the university of alabama campus in tuscaloosa today. that's because the crimson tide's national championship waterford kristol trophy will be on display. the tide won the title on thursday

. >> people reconnecting on facebook, myspace. but actually coming together physically for something that was really a special memory. >> mr. lewis says seeing their faces, hearing their stories, and knowing that he made a difference is what teaching is all about. >> you looking to take your adventures to a new level? how about a half a mile into the sky? it's the world's tallest building. it opens today with 160 floors. the building stretches 2,684 feet into the sky. it takes about two minutes, traveling at the 25 miles per hour and some of the fastest elevators in the world. the tower's exterior glass is enough to cover 17 soccer fields. enough concrete was used to stretch halfway across the u.s. that is a big building. i wonder how long it would take by stairs. >> i don't want to find out. 6:40. 23 degrees. coming up, a look at the morning headlines. >> dealing with icy conditions on the roads and wind warnings. we'll update you coming up. >> and the wind chill factor still in the low teens. we're not go fog see too much improv

i want to remind everybody what does microsoft, i-hop, facebook and cnn have in common? all started -- >> that's a good question. >> all started in recession. and over half of the s&p 500 are companies that were formed during recession. we need good idea for individual whose have jobs save their money in case they get laid off. we have to make sure going to local community colleges get retrained and certified we need to be expanding social networking losing facebook, myspace, black planet, start advertising. >> reach out, reach out. >> exactly. >> donna people still have their job but forced to scale back, working less hours, making less. tell me there's going to be more. >> the good news in 2009 people were getting furloughs, pay cuts pay freezes. picture's better for 2010. people will be getting pay raises, still pretty skimpy but for the best performing workers the average pay increase will be 4.8%. >> that's a lot. >> it is compared to 2.7% for the average worker. you need to make sure you're standing out on the job. it's not enough to do your job and stick your nose

facebook is also beefing up security. the computers will be scanned. facebook users can get a six- month service for free by becoming a fan of mcafee. hackers are attacking the social science. you are in a quiet feeder and it cell phone rings. you may soon be able to silence your phone without taking it out of your pocket. researchers have developed software that lets you hit your phone up to stop from ringing. it rotates the screen as the phone rotates. hitting the phone is designed to be distinct from typical balms in your pocket. groundhog day is less than three weeks away. the groundhog is ready to make its prediction. you can text it and get a response on february 2 letting you know if phil saw his shadow. for more information, log onto the tech page at abcnews.com. those are your tech bytes. i am eric horng. >> brian was very skeptical that the prediction will be texted. brian is such a skeptic. >> i am not a texture. >>> another cold morning, 28 degrees. >> we have more on this breaking news where a tanker truck is on fire and is overturned on t

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facebook started in 2004, and twitter began tweeting in 2006.lephones began to look and act like computers. they weren't just for making calls anymore. >> it's really become a window for us into the world. anything that's not directly in front of you, there's a good chance you can get at it through a smart phone. >> reporter: not only were our new phones versatile, we could take them anywhere. only 28% of all americans had cell phones in 2000. by 2009, that percentage had climbed to 85%. and public phones disappearing. >> ever use it? >> no, i don't. >> why not? >> i have a cell phone. >> reporter: cell phones became so popular, some of us even gave up our landlines. >> one-third of americans now, according to a most recent survey, either have only cell phone or have a home phone they scratch their heads about, why am i still using it? >> reporter: even in homes that still had landlines, the phone books that used to sit next to them were getting hard to find. after all, when we needed a phone number, many of us were much more likely to google it

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hit us up on our facebook and twitter pages.e're going to be reading some of your relies this morning. again, do you like your job? that's what we want to know from you this morning. >>> a lot of people out there, like somebody just mentioned, looking for a job. a lot of folks don't have one right now. more than a million americans expected to be high there year. we will tell you who is hiring and we'll check on the pay for you as well. >>> that arctic blast is causing animals, see this, to actually fall from trees. don't worry. the iguanas are all fine, even that one that fell from a tree. we'll explain. >>> as census workers prepare to hit the streets to count to people living in america, they're also counting their bresings. >> for minding much needed work. maggie lake takes a look at one grateful employee. >> reporter: 2010 is the year of the u.s. census. alvin wants everyone this section of brooklyn to know about it. in the spring he'll be pounding the pavement and helping with the headcount. when the census work gets under

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you wouldn't have had facebook and twitter and all these great -- >> larry: what happened? >> what happened on our end, we reached out to artists. got brand new songs that nobody's heard of. in some cases we wrote a song specifically for this cause, called "not alone." fans can go to musicforrelief.org or anywhere, their friend's site might actually have that on it. a lot of people are embedding it on the facebook pages. you can click it, have the music for free. you can donate to the cause and the money goes, 100% o the money goes to haitian relief efforts. >> larry: you donated a song, enrique, is that the way it works? >> great artists like alanis morissette, dave matthews band, all american rejects. the songs i've never heard before. they've previously been unreleased. cool for the fans. they can donate whatever amount they want. >> larry: wow, you tell them, i want to donate $10 and you get the music. >> yeah. >> we didn't want to tell them -- some people can donate $100. that's great. please do. some people don't have that money to donate. but the way that they can pa

i posted this windchill chart on my facebook page if you are interested n. this range, we are looking at 15 to 30 minutes with those kinds of temperatures so brutally, brutally cold. that is all due to an arctic high pressure system. now, we have another system we are dealing with that is bringing in the low pressure and the snow conditions across the northeast. that is the same pesky low bugging us late in the week last week including the new year's eve plans in the northeast. this is bringing in some strong winds and the system is actually doing what we call retrograding and moving backwards toward the coast. that is why the winds are going to pick up in intensity for tonight and continue throughout much of the day tomorrow. now, the worst of the snow is going to be somewhere along here along i-95 and inland where we expect to see a good foot of snow and the winds are going to be strong all over the place, so we have delays at some of the airports in the northeast and a lot of the holiday travelers out there, don. boston and newark over two hours, and we e

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you can join us on twitter, on facebook, myspace, and ireport.com. just log right on. >>> we've been telling you about all the people who are stuck on the tarmac and stuck in terminal c in newark international airport at the top of the hour. we spoke to cnn senior business correspondent ali velshi on the plane. ali has been tweeting and has also been e-mailing me saying that they are being told that they're going to send buses to drive them to terminal a. unclear as to what happens with their luggage and how soon they're going to send those buses. there are hundreds of people tonight stuck at newark international airport, and the planes are backing up. either way, a security breach at that airport is translating to a miserable marathon of waiting for passengers. and you heard again from ali and alina at the top of the show. they got caught up in that chaos. now we want to go live to the terminal and alison hawns from cnn affiliate wpix in new york. alison, thanks for joining us. what with you tell us? >> reporter: don, major headaches for these passe