. >> george howell has been covering this from the beginning.no reason to believe that the child has been harmed, so what do we know about this child? >> when you try to talk about these investigators, they are very tightlipped, they only offer updates every so often, when they speak, everyone listens. at this point, what we know is exactly what we said this young boy remains physically unharmed, the most important we heard. and they were able to get this young boy, medications, daily medications that he needs, but he remains held up against his will inside that bunker. one person who knows about that bunker is the same neighbor i spoke with, who says dykes fired a pistol at him and his family back in december. he took some time to describe the bunker where dykes is hiding out. take a look. jimmy davis jr. and his family have been neighbors to jimmy dykes since he moved to this area and brought property here more than a year and a half ago, and davis says he's seen the bunker first hand. >> he told me u.s. a storm shelter and i -- i have not see

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our george howell now has a closer look of just what we're dealing with here. >> reporter: jimmy davis jr. and his family have been neighbors to jimmy dikes since he moved to this area and bought problem more than a year and a half ago. he says he's seen the bunker firsthand. >> he told me it's a storm shelter. and i've not seen it in about probably eight to nine months. not sure at what he's done to update it or anything. >> when you saw that bunker, what did it look like? how wide, how deep was it? >> it was like a 15 by 15 foot wide in length and about 12 foot deep, and it was lined with bricks like the little red bricks. >> davis says the travel trailer where he lives sits about 20 yards off the road on his property just behind the trailer is a massive steel shipping container that davis says he used as a shed. and behind that, slightly to the left sits the underground square bunker. >> actually had cinder blocks going down the steps and it was covered up with two sheets of plywood and nailed together with hinges and stuff as a door to open to it. >> davis saw the bunker early in i

george howell, midland city, alabama. >> there is always a party in new orleans.wn and mardi gras coming up, the city is alive tonight. we're going to take you there next. >>> the super bowl down in new orleans marks the end of a great nfl career for baltimore linebacker ray lewis. the ravens chose him in the first round in 1996. now he is hoping to head into retirement with a super bowl victory. our rachel nichols has more from outside the superdome. >> reporter: ray lewis one way or the other, win or lose he said he is walking away from the game. and really, an interesting moment. because over his 17-year career hee has not only become for fans a presence. he is used to being a premier middle backer in the game for his entire career, but for other players as well. over the past decade i would say he has become kind of the godfather of a lot of nfl players, 20 the point where dozens and dozens of other players not just on his own team, but around the league regularly talk to check in with him, ask him for advice. i think some of that will continue once he leaves

cnn's george howell sat down with 7-year-old hayden mckenzie for a look at drastic measures he and hisfor him to hear. >>> give me five. >> reporter: for 7-year-old hayden mckenzie, it takes a little more time to get ready in the morning than his brother colby, from his parents. >> he'll set the breakfast for the day. our question is, do you have the hearing aid on? can you hear me? i thought last night, it sounded like a commercial, can you hear me now? >> reporter: hayden started losing his hearing when he was 4, the crippling result of surgeries to treat disease in his middle ear. these are hearing aids donated from a deceased child? >> right. >> reporter: this is a temporary thing? >> yeah. it's -- it's definitely not our ideal situation. it's definitely helping now. but in order to get him the proper ones that he needs, you know, we would have to go through our audiologist and purchase them. and you know, the insurance just doesn't cover it. >> reporter: a working class family, the mckenzies find themselves stuck in the middle. >> we make too much money to, you know, to do the med

george howell joins me live from hamden, connecticut. a whopping 40 inches of snow. that's a record for a lot of people in that area. the national weather service weighing in on that, as well. tell me about those drifts. and i think i saw you on like a 20 foot tall snow bank earlier morning. >> reporter: yeah, we're on one of those snow mounds right now in fact. this one may be five feet high. and you find these everywhere. just so much snow out here. you mentioned cars that were covered. there are so many cars and neighborhoods that are still covered in snow, people haven't even gotten around to digging those cars out. and keep in mind, it has been a rough situation here. of the nine people who died in accidents related to this storm, five have been in connecticut. this area really one of the hardest hit. and what we have right now, you're getting the rain coming down. it's creating a real slushy nasty situation here on the roads in hamden. and also it's above freezing, so that's the good news. no black ice on the road. it's also starting to compress a the lot of th

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i want to bring in george howell. i went to school in the area. covered a lot of those big storms.hey're usually pretty prepared unlike some other places. i feel bad for the new yorkers trying to catch up here. boston, they're used to this. >> let's talk about new york. we're starting to see some i-reports come in. i want to show you this video. this is in queen, new york where you can see snow on the ground, covering the ground, coating some of the cars. we're talking about an area that has less traffic than maybe manhattan would have. so you can see the snow on the ground and a lot more on the way i'm sure. it will be a busy day as far as snow clean up. >> right now it's pretty. >> yeah, that's good now. but just give it a few hours, maybe it won't be so pretty. maybe it will be sort of a pain. >> what other pictures do you have? >> this comes from logan airport in boston. you cancel thousands of flights, you have a storm like this coming in, that's what you get going into the terminal, empty lines. one of the busiest airports here in the country. >> often on the lines are very l

george howell is keeping track of all the pictures, the videos sent in by our ireporters.hat are you seeing from people living through this? >> you talk about connecticut. i want to start out on the lighter side of things. these images that people took just as the storm came in. look at abby and sophia here. in this big snowman. it's a lot bigger than them. that's how much snow fell there in connecticut. and, you know, that's what you see throughout the northeast. a lot of snow fell in a very short amount of time. and this morning, there will be a lot of kids, like abby and sophia who will have that ability to go out and make big snow men. that's pretty cool. i want to go to another image here. and this is sort of the situation you'll find in rochester, new york. upstate new york. these roads are rough, and it's going to be rougher this morning as people found several feet of snow that fell overnight. they'll wake up this morning, find that the town is the ghost town. nobody on the roads and it'll be a lot of digging and shoveling out to get about. >> you can't have a came

cnn's george howell sat down with 7-year-old hayden mckenzie for a look at the drastic measures he andr: for 7-year-old hayden mckenzie, it takes a little more time in the morning to get started. and for his twin brother, colby, it takes more patience. >> our big question of the day is, you have a hearing aid on. can you hear me? i was thinking about this last night. it felt like a cell phone commercial. can you hear me? can you hear me now? >> reporter: he started losing his hearing when he was 4 years old, a crippling result of surgeries to repair his middle ear. >> these were hearing aids donated from a deceased child. this is a temporary thing? >> yeah. it's definitely not our ideal situation. it's definitely helping right now, but in order to get him the proper ones that he needs, you know, we would have to go through our audiologist and purchase them and the insurance just doesn't cover it. >> reporter: working class family, the mckenzies find themselves stuck in the middle. >> we make too much money to do the medicaid route and we can't use them -- can't get any kind of suppleme

george howell spoke with one of the people. >> peter curtis waited at the front door. >> i'm going tond see if i can talk to you. not the easiest walk. >> watching curiously to see how deep the snow is that's kept him trapped in his home for days. how long have you been stuck in here? >> i went to the store friday morning. you know, got all the stuff i needed. so i've been here since friday. >> i guess i'm your first visitor if i can make it. >> good! >> reporter: a vietnam veteran living here alone, curtis says he isn't able to dig himself out of the snow like a lot of his friends. he takes it all in stride. >> what you want me to say is i'm -- you know, it's terrible. but i have books i'm reading and -- >> reporter: catching up on reading. >> of course. a book here, a book there. >> reporter: and patience is important according to mayor scott jackson. he says digging out from 40 inches of snow will take weeks. >> we have 240 miles worth of road and right now, about 50% of them are impassable. >> reporter: the city has called in extra crews to operate payloaders that scoop up the sno

george howell is there for us live this morning.rning. >> reporter: good morning. 40 inches of snow what do you do with that? where do you start? what you find here in hamden, there are plows everywhere. you scoop it up, pile it up. i want to show you over here, you see these big piles? they're everywhere. there's snow all over town and it could take several days before crews are able to clear the roads. in the neighborhoods, you find a lot of the roads unplowed. so people have been stuck in their homes for the last 72 hours. you can go stir crazy waiting in your home like that. crews are doing their best. also on the highways, when i drove in on i-95, you can tell the crews have done a great job of clearing those roads, but there's a problem because when you're on the highway, sometimes the shoulder lane can go away. there's so much snow piled up on the side. we spoke to the mayor of hamden, just what it takes to clean out all the snow. take a listen. >> we have about 240 miles worth of road, as of right now, about 50% of them are

george howell as he continued to cover the story. thank you, george. appreciate it. >>> more information on the explosion we were just telling you about outside the u.s. embassy in turkey. one dead. john with an update, and also the rest of the day's top stories. >> thank you, soledad. it was a suicide bomber and two people were hurt there as well. ivan watson live for us, covering the story from jerusalem this morning. good morning, ivan. >> reporter: good morning. a blast in turkey's somewhat sleepy capital. in a very well protected area, not far from the turkish parliament. a large police presence there and we're getting initial reports that blast occurred near the main entrance to the u.s. embassy. i've been to the entrance, it is at least i would say kind of 20, 30 yards away from the embassy offices. you have to go through a succession of doors there and metal detectors and so on. turkish officials are telling our sister news agency in turkey, cnn turk, that two people were killed in this explosion and two more wounded. we don't know what kind of

. >> george howell, thank you very much. >>> president obama is speaking out on a number of issues today. he went on cbs this afternoon and voiced his support that gay boys should be allowed in the boy scouts of america. >> my attitude is, that gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity, the same way everybody else does. in every institution and walk of life. and the scouts are a great institution that are promoting young people and exposing them to opportunities and leadership that will serve people for the rest of their lives. i think nobody should be barred for that. >> the president says he has no regrets about lifting the ban on women in combat. >> i don't. and the reason has become -- because women as a practical matter are now in combat. they may not get treated as if they're in combat, but when they're in theater in places like iraq and afghanistan, they're vulnerable, they're wounded. and they've been killed. and they have carried out their jobs with extraordinary patriotism and distinction. and i've said before, the greatest honor i have as president is being commande

george howell joins us. tell us what people are saying. what's going on there? >> reporter: don, you know this community is just waiting hour by hour. there was a vigil earlier. everyone is just hoping that this situation comes to a peaceful resolution. there was supposed to be a news conference here right now, but that was canceled. we did, though, get some new information from the sheriff earlier today. he gave us some insight into exactly how mr. dykes is treating this young boy. first of all, we know that mr. dykes has an electric heater and blankets. that is good news, obviously underground in this bunker, it's cold, a constant 50 degrees. so investigators say that mr. dykes is taking care of the young boy. also, they're able to get the medications into that bunker, crayons and color books. we also learned today, toys and potato chips from investigators. but today when the sheriff came out and spoke with us, he made what seemed to be a direct appeal to mr. dykes saying, i want to thank mr. dykes for taking care of our boys. it raises the question, does dyke

our george howell is live in midland city, alabama.re people in the community saying about mr. poland today? >> miguel, good day, you know, so chuck, as he's better known here, we found hundreds of people coming together today at a civic center nearby, they had to find a bigger venue for this thing. there were buses that brought students and faculty, even members of the military stood by outside in honor, as people filed in, and today people remembered mr. poland as a father, a husband, a bus driver who lost his life on tuesday to protect his students. he's a person who they say didn't want to be recognized as a hero, but in this community, everyone is considering him a hero and they're also praying for this 5-year-old boy who just behind me on this property has been held in a bunker for six days. >> police have not been saying much about the negotiations or the operation itself. do we have any reason for hope here? >> they do give us glimmers of hope. they gave us some insight into exactly how mr. dikes is treating ethan. it's a const

she has three children in dell county schools and she spoke with my colleague george howell.>> we can fight and push through and pray that our prayers are answered that ethan will come home to be with this large family. >> that large family she's speaking about is all the people who show up at the vigils every night. there were 50 last night, 100 the night before. in a town of about 600 people, that is a lot. so they are all praying that he will be coming home. you probably saw on the top ona ribbon, black, red, and blue. the red and blue are for the school colors in the county, the black for the bus driver killed on tuesday. his funeral will be this afternoon. we're hoping for more information when we have a scheduled news conference at 10:00 eastern today, randi. >> thank you very much. we'll soon know if the boy scouts will lift a ban on its gay members. now rick perry is getting into the debate. you'll hear from him. officemax is celebrating our new collaboration with go daddy! with an online package including: domain name, website builder with five pages and basic email

george howell has been keeping an eye on them and joins us now with what he's found. george?e got a lot of cameras here at the big cnn worldwide. you know, to be everywhere, that is where you come in. we appreciate all the pictures, the videos that you bring to us through ireport. want to start with this picture now from darrell lucas. take a look at this. he shows us when he woke up, cars just covered in snow. this is in middletown, connecticut. he owns an italian restaurant there in town. and made the -- you know, gave the impression that he won't be getting out on the roads any time soon. the cars are covered. the streets are unplowed. and keep in mind you're going to see a lot of that in those rural areas in places, you know, outside the city. may take some time for views to get to your area. a lot of snow on the ground. officials say it will take time. also want to talk about what's happening on twitter. we've been mining the word snow to see what officials are saying. i want to start with what connecticut governor malloy says, "this is a record-setting storm. it's going

george howell joins us. tell us what people are saying. what's going on there? >> reporter: don, you know this community is just waiting hour by hour. there was a vigil earlier. everyone is just hoping that this situation comes to a peaceful resolution. there was supposed to be a news conference here right now, but that was canceled. we did, though, get some new information from the sheriff earlier today. he gave us some insight into exactly how mr. dykes is treating this young boy. first of all, we know that mr. dykes has an electric heater and blankets. that is good news, obviously underground in this bunker, it's cold, a constant 50 degrees. so investigators say that mr. dykes is taking care of the young boy. also, they're able to get the medications into that bunker, crayons and color books. we also learned today, toys and potato chips from investigators. but today when the sheriff came out and spoke with us, he made what seemed to be a direct appeal to mr. dykes saying, i want to thank mr. dykes for taking care of our boys. it raises the question, does dyke

george howell, you've been looking through all of our ireports, videos, photos. what are people sending us. >> want to talk first of all -- brooke, about this video, that we're seeing. this is our senior weather producer dave henin. he's on the road -- >> dave on the road. >> he's on the road. i-93 into boston. they're at a weather conference up there. >> of all places a weather conference. >> you get a sense of what it is like on the roads headed into boston. so sort of a mess go,,ing igoia lot worse in the next couple of hours. look at this. this is from one of our ireporters. this is in queens. look at this. you see the cars already coated, road -- plenty of snow on it. this will be different than what you see, brooke, in, you know, manhattan, where you have more traffic. you'll see a little less snow on the ground. and, you know, looks nice now. give it a few hours, maybe not so much. >> so much will be changing. what else? >> look at this. logan airport. >> oh, wow. logan? >> you never see anything like this. it is amazing. >> a lot of flights affected alrea

cnn's george howell is right in the thick of things.what's going on? >> reporter: wolf, look, we're talking snow on top of snow. this is the second time in a week that the midwest has been hit hard by a snow system like this, and there's a lot of this stuff out here. you're looking at it right now, wolf, there's more snow in the forecast. snowplows hit the streets of kansas city tuesday, to wage war against mother nature. this city on the kansas/missouri border could see up to a foot of snow from the massive blizzard before it ends. lindsay hughes spend much of his day shoveling. >> it's heavy and it's wet and we're just trying to get it off. >> reporter: the heavy, wet snow has made getting around difficult. whether it's behind the wheel or on foot. and most of these major interstate highways are possible. you know, through missouri and kansas. and it's mainly because of these snowplows. they've been going through the night to make sure drivers are safe on the roads. we've seen very few drivers out here. most people going at a snail's

george howell for us. thanks, george. let's get right to alison kosik in ronkonkoma, long island. up the l.i.e., which is a big help to folks, but still how messy is it? >> reporter: it's very messy. the rain obviously not helping. you know this, living in and around new york city, soledad, on an average day, commuting can be a real headache. throw in the fact that the major highway here partially was shut down, that becomes a migraine. yes, some good news for commuters this morning. both the east and westbound sides of l.i.e. have reopened from the portion that was shut over the past 12 to 15 hours. you know, that's if you can get to the highway. a lot of these side streets here have yet to be really plowed. i've watched a lot of cars get stuck right on this road, just trying to get to the highway. that's another issue here, soledad. >> looks like a big mess out there. that's a major route, of course, to get into the city. as monday morning commute starts, that's going to be a real challenge for some koeks. alison kosik for us. thanks, alison. >>> alexandra steele is tracking som

george howell is there. police came out with new details what items the suspect jimmy lee dikes is giving the child. what are they? >> we just heard from the sheriff here, wally olson. he said a few interesting things. we learned that mr. dykes has electric heater and blankets. certainly it's cold in the bunker, about a constant 50 degrees in that bunker underground. they're still able to get the young boy medications he needs. he suffers from asperger's syndrome and dhd. also able to get him the crayons and coloring book. also toys. and there was another interesting thing that i noticed in this particular press conference. when the sheriff said that he wanted to thank mr. dykes, listen to this. >> he's told us that he has a lk heater and blankets inside that he's taking care of him. he's also allowed us to provide coloring books, medication, toys, and i want to thank him for taking care of our child. that's very important. >> reporter: again, he wanted to thank him for taking care of their boy. you can tell

george howell has been collecting images and joins me with some of the best. ourse, we always advise you, please, safety comes first, right, george? >> reporter: right. and to be your friendly neighborhood global news organization, you know, it takes yours ireports to bring us into your neighborhoods to see what you're seeing. we're getting a lot of report. you get to see what's happening in several different cities. in fact, you get to see some of the lighter things, too like this. really cool here. big snowman. one of the newest ireports. this comes from middletown, connecticut. this is an interesting scene. you see cars that are just coated, that are covered in snow. the gentleman who sent this to us, darrell lucas, said it's going to take time before he gets out of the house today. he owns an italian restaurant there in middletown. won't be getting out today, and keep in mind in those rural areas outside the main city, it will take some time for official to get around to your neighborhood to clear these roads. so just bear that in mind. you know, officials