out of her window in chicago, she will see frozen lake michigan and 11.5 months of the year. i am sorry. and now she has left that capital view, and wanted to give her something to take so she could hang on her wall and still have that view. if you could come up, we just want to present you with something. [applause] this was the capital before everybody signed all over it. [applause] and then, a great announcement. some of you know, and we had him with us on thursday. we have a new executive director. we celebrate the one going out and a one coming in. that is the way life works. gaspard, he has a great background in political campaigns and political work. a great background in labor movement. an organizer by heart and by conviction. he put that organizing work in the organizing talent to work at the obama campaign. he reaches deep into the constituencies that make up the broad democratic family. next week he will be on board as our new executive director. please give patrick around of applause. [applause] you know that i always close with a truman line. virginia, you always

this one rescued from the frozen waters of nearby lake michigan.dators of the plains have now moved into our neighborhoods. 2,000 of them living in and around the city of chicago by some estimates. every major u.s. city has them. l.a. to boston to the biggest concrete jungle of them all, new york city. >> i think it's safe to say there are literally millions of people living within a few yards or few hundred yards of sky yoep tees on a regular basis. now that they've move into the cities they are the top predator in urban areas. >> reporter: wow. why don't we see them? >> they do most of their activity in the middle of the night. they are able to find their own prey. they don't rely on us or garbage or pets. they can move through the cities like ghosts. >> reporter: stanley garrett tracks the ghost-like creatures -- >> she's right down there. >> reporter: he spent the last decade tracking and collaring some 500 urban sky yoep deeps in chicago. in all his years, in nearly all his encounters they've been docile, or at least he thought so. until he in

out of her window in chicago, if she was the frozen lake michigan six months of the year. [laughter] i am sorry, ill. guys. i know she has left the capitol view, we wanted to give her something she did take to hang on her wall is still have that view. if he would come up, we want to present you with something. [applause] it was the capital before everybody signed all over it. [applause] and then, a great announcement. some of you know, and we helped him with us -- we have a new executive director. we celebrate the one going out, and we celebrate the one coming in. many of you know patrick. [applause] if you do not know him, he has a great background in political campaigns and political work. a great background in the legal work -- labor movement. an organizer by heart and my conviction. it but that organizing talent for president obama in 2008. he has deep reaches into the constituencies that make up the broad democratic family. starting next week, patrick will be your new executive director. please give patrick a big round of applause. [applause] i always close with a tru

this one rescued from the frozen waters of nearby lake michigan. just weeks ago. predators of the plains, have now moved into our neighborhoods. 2,000 of them living in and around the city of chicago by some estimates. every major u.s. city has them, l.a. to boston to the biggest concrete jungle of all, new york city. >> i think it's safe to say that there are literally millions of people living within a few yards or a few hundred yards of coyotes on a pretty regular basis. >> reporter: wildlife ecologist stanley garrett tracks the ghost-like creatures. >> she's right down there. >> reporter: he spent the last decade tracking and collaring 500 urban coyotes in chicago. >> there may be more. >> reporter: in all his years, in all his encounters, they've been docile, a little more than a nuisance, at least he thought so. until he investigated what happened to taylor mitchell, a 19-year-old folk singer and a rising star in canada. ♪ lost my mother >> reporter: this young woman single-handedly turned everything scientists know about coyotes upside down. she's the first

lake michigan may look frozen but there's concern that high winds could cause waves as high as 25 feet to crash on to the iconic stretch of road. the powerful storm has already roared across the plains states with whiteout conditions. sheets of ice and dangerous roads. the monster storm reaches more than 2 thousand miles long from texas across the nation's midsection and into the northeast. the numbers are staggering. more than 100 million people will feel the effects of this storm. more than two feet of snow has fallen in some areas. wind chills as low as negative 20 degrees and winds gusting as high as 70 miles per hour. air travel has already been crippled. more than 6,000 flights canceled across the country yesterday. that ripple effect could last for days. in dallas, good thing the big game this weekend will be played indoors. the storm has been a record breaker already. and now it is taking aim on the northeast. i don't care what the groundhog says. it looks like our winter woes are not over yet. as we go to the radar, you can get a sense still how wide ranging this storm is. the

lake michigan. hundreds of people were stranded all night on the city's famed lake shore drive, after multiple accidents. >> everything's frozen. nothing's moving. i mean, it's just insane. >> reporter: even fire trucks and ambulances were stopped in their tracks and the fire department resorted to using snowmobiles for the first time ever to check on people trapped in cars. >> it seems super important when it's like this, because sometimes you can't get to people, you know, like if it's a narrow street or they're a distance down a narrow street, the rigs will never be able to get there. >> reporter: in all, at least 1,500 cars were stuck as the fierce, swirling winds sent snow into giant drifts and closed city schools for the first time in 12 years. roads began to crawl to life around midday, but chicago officials still urged caution >> be patient, city crews are working hard to keep up with the storm, and clear the snow as fast as possible. if you absolutely must drive, slow down and yield right of way to emergency vehicles. >> reporter: the storm also grounded all flights at o'hare airport-- a major hub-- and nothing was sc