george howell is traveling around atlanta to give us a firsthand look at the car recovery efforts. good morning, george. >> reporter: good morning. we're hearing so many stories about how people had to deal with that situation when the ice came in, when things started to freeze. i want to bring in here jenny nickels, you are the executive director for the day shelter for women here in atlanta. first of all, what did you have to do when you were in the situation where you had to leave your car? >> exactly. it was terrifying. everything was just solid ice. i had stayed at the shelter until we could get all of our homeless guests transported to their night shelters so we knew they were safe. i left and headed down 75 around 2:00 in the afternoon. i only made it to mt. perrin exit. it took me about six hours to get there. and i made it to the top of the hill and i started down the hill and it was just a solid block of ice. so i started sliding. and i was tapping the brakes, like they tell you to do. i was trying to steer my car to the side. there were georgia state patrol lined up. i th

george howell is there. are they ready to sit it out in that 5 degree temperature? >> you find people dressed like i am. you have the gloves on. you are wearing your hat and layers. that is a good thing when you deal with the temperatures that you have today. i think we may get up to 7. it could get warmer. 49,000 people coming to watch here in green bay. this is what they are used to. take a look at what people had to say about being here for this game. >> you can prepare for it but you can't really prepare for it. it is what green bay is all about. >> i don't know about the people from california. >> so the question will some of the players today will they wear short sleeved shirts? it is still uncleave. they are not tsaying yet. i don't get it. why would you want to wear short sleeves. it is not going to help your team sit? >> yeah. >> okay. all right. all kinds of ways of talking smack on the field. all right george howell we'll check back with you. >> so it isn't just football fans you have to worry about the effects of the cold. people were venturing out today

george howell is standing on a highway outside of atlanta to tell us more. ng, george. >> reporter: carol, good morning. a few days ago, it is wa a gawaf finger pointing and blame-shifting, now, governor deal is taking full responsibility and saying next time, he will act sooner. this morning, the icy roads that froze atlanta to a standstill continue to thaw out. this as georgia's governor tries to alleviate criticism about his response to the south's snowpocalypse. >> i accept responsibility for the fact that we did not make preparation early enough to avoid these consequences. >> reporter: governor nathan deal came out strong on thursday. >> i'm not going to look for a scapegoat. i'm the governor. the buck stops with me. >> reporter: a sharp contrast to his role in the blame game the morning after the storm. >> the national weather service had continually had their modeling showing that the city of atlanta would not be the primary area where the storm would hit. >> reporter: governor deal ordered an internal review for the state's delayed response to tuesda

cnn george howell is in atlanta with more. >> reporter: good morning.ople walking to their cars, thousands of cars on the highways here, especially on interstate 75 corrid corridor. if we could drive to show you. we'll switch to another camera to give you another perspective. there are plenty of cars out there. today is the day for people to go out, carol, and find those cars. there are two locations in the city of atlanta for people to go to meet up with officials. officials will take them over to find their cars. the second thing that's happening, cars are being picked up. that's good news. second thing here -- want to step out if you'll bear with me. it's 19 degrees in atlanta now, expected to get up to 41 degrees which is balmy for me coming in from chicago. there's plenty of ice on the roads. the challenge for drivers, especially when you get right along those highways, overpasses and under the highways as well, just watch out for the patches of ice. as the temperature picks up, carol, the good news is we'll start to see the ice melt away. we're se

our george howell joins us from atlanta where the presence of the national guard, thank god, is there the story, george. >> reporter: ashleigh, you mentioned it a minute ago, still thousands of cars on the highways now here in atlanta. the good news is the temperature is up. the good news is people are getting back to cars. right now where we are, this is one of the staging areas where you see people meeting up with the national guard. this is where people will basically be able to go back to their cars. they'll be given tours back to those areas where they left their cars to find their cars and hopefully get them off the roads. i want to bring in dan stephens with the georgia state patrol. we've been talking about b what a monumental task this must be. first of all, how many cars are out there, do you know? >> it's hard to give a ball park figure how many are out there. we know since the storm began, we've assisted over 2,000 stranded motorists with vehicles and transportation thus far. >> reporter: i spoke with the gentleman who's going to be helped by this service. he said the best

george howell introduced us to three families who weren't prepared for record prices. >> more than 12 americans use propane to heat their homes. this particular winter, we're finding the demand is up, the price is up as well, and the supply is limited. i want to take you on a tour of three different families to show you why they are trying to deal with it. >> if they are going to gouge me this bad, my propane will cost me more than my [ bleep ] mortgage payment. >> i don't want to pay $4,000 a month for propane. >> do you think home owners are prepared for the price of propane right now? >> absolutely not. nobody would have thought that was going to happen. >> does this keep you warm? >> no. i have blankets on the couches, kids have double blankets on their beds. i don't know what else to do. >> 1,000 gallon tank, how much did it take to fill this up? >> i only got 500 gallons. that's all they give me yesterday. natural gas ain't out here. it's natural gas or nothing. what do you do? you buy it and like it. >> horrifying. you can't turn your thermostat much lower without freezing your

george howell, cnn, columbia, missouri. >> thanks very much for that. i want to bring in mel robins, a former legal aide and criminal defense attorney. this is a complicated case. is the university of missouri at fault? >> no, you know, don, it's a complicated case but i think it's important for people to understand something very simple which is if in fact there was a crime committed, it happened -- the university didn't find out until two years after the fact, don, and they only found out based on everything that's in the public record right now based on a newspaper article, and so unlike the case, for example, with penn state where there was a paper trail and there were many people inside the university that knew about the allegations against sandusky, there simply isn't that evidence here in this case, at least not right now. >> you're talking about title ix, because under title ix if the university were aware that there were allegations of a sexual assault, they were obligated to investigation. and you're saying they were not aware at that time. >>

our george howell is on the city streets. george, a huge undertaking, thousands of cars still littering the roads right there. how is the operation going? >> reporter: wolf, good morning. we spent some time -- rather good afternoon. we spent some time driving the roads to see what the situation is. and quite frankly there are still thousands of cars. at last estimate more than 2,000 cars that crews will have to basically deal with to get people back to those cars. i'm joined here now by sergeant ford. and i want you to tell me first of all, how do you take on a case like this? i mean, it seems to be a monumental task to get that many people back to their cars. >> not as monumental as you might think. first it takes the governor. he requests us to come in and to assist gena and other agencies within georgia to help out. and they task our units who then come down and say, hey, we need this many people, this many vehicles to go out and do that. and we were able to come up with those numbers. and we came out here and we are handli

george howell, cnn, columbia, missouri. >> thanks very much for that. want to bring in mel robins, a former legal aide and criminal defense attorney. this is a complicated case. is the university of missouri at fault? >> no, you know, don, it's a complicated case but i think it's important for people to understand something very simple which is if in fact there was a crime committed, it happened -- the university didn't find out until two years after the fact, don, and they only found out based on everything that's in the public record right now based on a newspaper article, and so unlike the case, for example, with penn state where there was a paper trail and there were many people inside the university that knew about the allegations against sandusky, there simply isn't that evidence here in this case, at least not right now. >> you're talking about title ix, because under title ix if the university were aware that there were allegations of a sexual assault, they were obligated to investigation. and you're saying they were not aware at that time. >> n

. >>> cnn's george howell is live in green bay where that game is just getting started. george, they are known for their hard core fans. they've even nicknamed that area of the frozen tundra. this has to be considered extreme, right? well, martin, yes. it is a bitterly cold experience. as you mentioned, negative t t 9-10 with the wind kwhil. it's expected to get kolgder as the day goes only. could get down into the negative 20s and 30s overnight. keep this in mind. will this where like the ice bowl, that game back in 196 7b against the dam las cowboys? some 70,000 people are in the stadium right noi watching the game as it's underway. we do know that officials here, martin, they're gifling out hot chocolate, giving out coffee to help people get through this. make sure that you're wearing the hat and you're warm as you watch this game. >> they're doing several things. again, these strategies seemed to work. the hope is people can get through it together. you're always con sirned about frost biet in a situation like this. g . >>> in missouri, windchill, 40 below. >> it is u

that's where we find bundled up, our george howell. e had you out there hostage almost all day long. how are you doing with the temperature dropping? >> reporter: martin, i'm holding up. >> good for you. >> reporter: it is easy when you are prepared and have you the layers on. i have the hat, scarf, gloves. you have to have that in conditions like this. 77,500 fans are in there right now. 5:00 left in the game. tied at 20 each, 49ers and packers. for them to sit through the entire game and watch it, they had to come prepared as well. also we know that officials here, along with the nfl, officials took preparationes it make sure people were prepared. they told people to come bundled up. also they are passing out hot chocolate, coffee, things like that. just to help people get through it. that's something they did in 2007. seem to work then. they did it again this game. but look, when you talk to people who came out here, packers fans are used to it. 49ers fans are concerned about it. here is a look at what people had to say. >> nice and

we begin our coverage this morning with george howell. he's in green bay and i have nothing to complain about when compared to the folks in green bay, george. >> reporter: carol, i would imagine not. because here in green bay it's colder in green bay, wisconsin than it is in parts of siberia. yesterday that did not stop some 77,500 fans from coming into the iconic lambeau field to watch the packers play the 49ers with negative 11 degree wind chills. right now it's negative 16 degrees with the wind chill and the temperature. as you can see with this hood behind me continues to drop. brutally cold, arctic air is spreading a dangerous deep freeze over half the country. the frigid blast forcing schools and government offices to close, from the deep south to the northeast. >> temperatures that we're talking about are deadly. this is a combination that is unlike anything we've seen in a long, long time. >> reporter: nearly 140 million people will experience wind chill temperatures of 0 degrees or below by wednesday. temperatures the country hasn

george howell live in chicago with more on this. ng, george. >> reporter: carol, good morning. no doubt that hack here with target caused all kinds of headaches for customers, caused real problems for target as well and now we know the person who made the malware made it so it can be used again and again and again. it's kind of like playing that old game whack-a-mole. first target the security breach that compromised the confidential information of millions of americans. then we learned about neiman marcus the high end retailer disclosed it too had been hacked. we're waiting on how many people are affected. a report from the cyber watch group, intel suggests six more retailers have yet to tell customers they have been breached as well with the same malware. attacking their online credit card processing. so the question now, where should we look next? >> once it's identified then security community can rally around it and start put controls in place. the problem is the hackers know that so they manipulate or mutate this malware and th

cnn's george howell is in chicago. george, you have been braving this all week.ow, it was funny. you started with the beard and the mustache i thought maybe to warm up a little. you shaved it off. it's getting warmer. how are you doing? >> reporter: you know, i missed the beard yesterday, because -- >> i miss it. >> reporter: negative 10 degrees. hey, you know, it really helped. when you feel that wind coming on your face, very, very cold. and then, suzanne, the day before that, i believe it was sunday, to be in green bay, wisconsin at negative 40 degrees. that's like a new religion. negative 40. it's something i've never experienced as a texas guy, and living in atlanta for some time, this is very new. so fair to say, i'm getting, you know -- getting used to chicago in that sense. but look at the chicago river back here. you get a sense of what this means to be so cold. right now, it's 9 degrees. suzanne, it feels toasty here. i'm not wearing a hat. and it's more bearable. but this has been an intense weather system. and keep in mind, we know that there have bee

today there was a hearing in the case and cnn's george howell has the latest. court recommend at this hearing, george? >> reporter: anderson, as you mentioned, both the toddler and the 17-year-old mother, both have been placed in the same foster care home, but we've learned there are restrictions. for instance, the mother will not be able to see her son without supervision. and anderson, we also know that neither of them will be returning to the home where they once lived. >> so, child protective services stepped in last week, but not, they say, specifically because of this video. had they been watching the house before? >> reporter: right. and that's something we learned in court today. in fact, cps, they've been looking at this family, tracking this family, concerned for several months. they were concerned about issues of gun violence, allegations of gang members going in and out of the house, and also recently, we know that the toddler's father was killed in a gang-related shooting, that according to police. so, really, this video helped to kind of push it o

cnn's george howell joins me with the latest. the court recommend at this hearing, george? >> reporter: well, anderson, as you mentioned, both the toddler and the 17-year-old mother, both of them placed in the same foster care home. but we've learned there are restrictions. for instance, the mother will not be able to see her son without supervision. and anderson, we also know that neither of them will be returning to the home where they once lived. >> so, child protective services stepped in last week. but not, they say, specifically because of this video. have they been watching the house before? >> reporter: right. and that's something we learned in court today. in fact, cps, they've been looking at this family, tracking this family, concerned for several months. they were concerned about issues of gun violence, allegations of gang members going in and out of the house, and also, recently, we know that the toddler's father was killed in a gang-related shooting, that according to police. so really this video helped to kind of p

karen mckaginnis, thank you for that and my thanks to indra peterson and george howell working outside. >>> a young hero, gone far too soon. this boy, tyler duhan, was sleeping at a relatives mobile home. flame and smoke started filling the room. he jumped into, aand helped six other people escape that inferno. when he couldn't find his grandpa, he ran back into the fire. he did not make it back out. jean casarez joins me now with this extremely tranlg gic story. ultimately, what happened? >> it is so sad to even have to talk about. i just got off the phone with the fire chief and ashley, there were nine people in that trailer, six of them got out. truly, this little 8-year-old boy realized my grandpa is not here. his grandpa was an amputee. so he runs back in to the trailer home toward the back and the fire chief just told me that he and his grandpa was found. it was obvious, he was trying to lift him up to carry him out of that mobile home. here is some more information that we are learning. fire officials got there in less than a minute after it went out. they were very, very close.

. >> george howell, thank you in omaha, nebraska for us.t this and other cases like it around the country joins by sergeant john wells, president of the omaha police union which posted the video and also judge glenda hatchet. this isn't the only case that i'm sure is similar to this around the country. sergeant wels you suggested this mother may be a little tone deaf on the issue after she defended her parenting skills. is it a good idea to have the mother and son under the same roof with the same foster family? >> ultimately i'm not a child psychologist. i'm sure there is some consideration knowing looking at the situation and determine it is probably in the best interest of the small child. i imagine there is trauma from removing the child from his mother. i understand they are going to get counseling. ultimately it is a much safer place in a foster home with a caring foster parent than the situation they were in which was clearly dangerous prior to this. >> judge, do you agree with that? >> let me say that the court is charged with doing

the north is george howell in icy, green bay, wisconsin. poor guy never seems to get out of there. it feels like below 40 where george is. you can see his breath. in the south, victor blackwell. that picture of that not smiling man is atlanta, which normally would be a very smiley place to be. the picture does not look very happy to be there. alexandra steele has been watching all of this. george, i'm going to start with you because you have the worst of it. i have been watching you outside of lambeau field. you are still stuck there, my friend. >> reporter: well, but we did make sure to limit our exposure out here, ash lay. as you know, coming from canada, you know when you are out in this weather, you can't be out very long. we made sure to go inside and stay bundled up with the hat, scarf, gloves, all that. some 77,500 fans that were here yesterday, they braved the temperatures and watched this game in 5 degree weather. it felt like negative 11 with the windchill. they dealt with frozen bottles of beer and frozen beer. you leave it out f

up first for us, george howell live from frigid green bay, wisconsin. od morning. so, kate, it is colder here in green bay than it is in siberia. that's how cold it is this morning. for fans here who were at lambeau field for that game and tailgaters, we see those bottles of water and beer, they had to deal with frozen water and beer. the other thing to illustrate how cold it is, you pour water out there and it nearly freezes on contact and temperature continues to drop. brutally cold arctic air is spreading a dangerous deep freeze over half the country. the frigid blast forcing schools and government offices to close from the deep south to the northeast. >> temperatures that we're talking about are deadly. this is a combination that's unlike anything we've seen in a long, long time. >> reporter: nearly 140 million people will experience wind chill temperatures of zero degrees or below by wednesday. temperatures the country hasn't seen in decades. in fact, chicago, st. louis and atlanta are all colder than anchorage, alaska. >> the conditions are very ba

george howell, go somewhere warm. thanks so much. >>> when can we expect things to warm up? indra petersons is in the park. >> reporter: wind chill 20 below and snow blowing around a couple days ago. unfortunately the winds are stronger in new york city this morning. for that reason it feels worse even though temperatures are 14 below. that is the problem. same cold air in the midwest brings temperatures as low as 65 below yesterday. today 50 below, air has made its way to northeast. yesterday in new york city 55 degrees with a wind chill in the morning hours. this morning 60 to 70 degrees temperature drop in 24 hours. with the same strong winds now going over the lakes, lake erie, ontario, five feet of snow and blizzard conditions in that area. temperatures in new york city not expected to warm up even throughout the afternoon as the cold air is still making its way in. it's going so far south, even places in the southeast will be looking at temperatures below freezing. temperatures 30 degrees below average. millions of us are suffering today. >> at least we're suffering to

. >> george howell reporting live from chicago this morning. now we want to bring in rene marsh where flights are already cancelled. good morning. >> reporter: good morning carol. snow isn't here yet, but we're seeking the problems here in the washington d.c. area. let's give you perspective. on a typical day they have 200 cancellations. we're already past 2,000 cancellations at airport across the country. the problem airports, we have a list for you. at the top of the list, philadelphia. airports in new york as well as new jersey and right here in the washington d.c. area. i'm joined by a traveler trying to get to his destination. you have a job interview in new orleans. you're stuck here now. >> yes, ma'am. i was trying to get to new orleans for a job interview. i understand there may be issues for flights inbound i suppose, but i don't see snow and i know for a fact new orleans is roughly in the 50s, close to 60s now. not understanding why i'm not able to get out of the area. i'm hoping they're delaying my flight and i would like to get ther

george howell is live in chicago braving it and explaining this morning. >> reporter: chris, good morningew minutes ago seeing her in minneapolis dealing with colder temperatures than in chicago where now it's negative 9 and feels like negative 30. very cold weather. for anyone who has to go out and work in this today, two words, bundle up. >> bundle up put boots on, three or four pair of socks and several pairs of sweat pants. >> the safest place is without question indoors. for those who's office is outside, frostbite becomes an occupational hazard. >> got to do your job. that's what we're here for. >> firefighters in ohio battling the blaze and cold used exhaust from the truck to heat gloves. >> any water on our gear is going to freeze in a matter of minutes. >> this is completely, as you can see, completely ice. >>> in wisconsin one death has been attributed to the brutal cold. city of milwaukee workers piled on layers working to keep the streets lit. >> out here everyday no matter if it's raining, snowing or bitter cold like today. >> you know, about this time here in chicago, you se

george howell is joining us live from the atlanta roadways. ng. we're on i-75 near the perimeter. and really, this is where you see a lot of those abandoned cars still on the roads. we can drive up and you can see here car after car after car. in fact, if we can switch over to the other camera view just so you can see exactly what we're dealing with here. this is on the exit, a highway exit. and look at this. you know, you see so many cars that people will have to return to today. it is a mess out here. and look, we're talking about rush hour right now. you'd expect a lot of people on the roads here in atlanta. that's not the case right now. it seems that people are staying home. and they're keeping in touch with what officials have to say because this is where they're going to have to get their cars. they're going to have to go to officials and find out exactly where to pick up those cars. there are two locations here in town. i want to also show you the road conditions. i want to give you an example of what we're dealing with here. bear with