this is what one man in gloucester saw. >> trees went down. i went to open up the door, and the whole roof blew off, 20 feet up in the air. you can see the back. it landed almost on a house behind me. >> in upstate new york, hundreds of cars and trucks got stuck when snow shut down the i-84. the 40-mile stretch of highway was closed for about five hours yesterday, a real nightmare there. there was so much snow that state troopers used snowmobiles and atvs to reach stranded drivers. new york's central park got almost 21 inches of snow, which makes february the snowiest month in the city's history. some stranded truck drivers were surprised by all of this. >> new york is known for keeping the roads really, real lly impeckably clean. >> if they got stuck, they had to wait for the tow truck to pull that guy out and clear that spot up, then it's like a domino effect. >>> a river dam that was threatening to collapse because of this storm will likely hold. that is good news. it is word from officials in freetown, massachusetts. th

this is what man saw in gloucester. >> trees went down. i went to open up the door and the whole roof blew off 20 feet up in the air and then you can see the back. it landed almost on a house behind me. >>> a river dam that was threatening to collapse because of this storm will likely hold. that's the word from officials in freetown, massachusetts. the water started spilling over the dam this week and about a dozen people were advised to leave their homes. but last night officials said that the water will probably recede and the dam should be okay. this was a huge relief because safety experts were very concerned yesterday. >>> motivational speaker james arthur ray is out of jail and breaking his silence about the death of three people in a sweat lodge at a retreat that he was leading. ray was released yesterday, a day after a judge reduced his bond. here he is. here's what he had to say. >> i'm really, really grateful for all the love and support and the prayers i've received during this time. i have a tremendous faith in our legal system

90 miles an hour. 20 miles down the road, winds completely ripped off the roof of this motel in gloucester, massachusetts. no one was injured. much of the region had just finished clearing snow from the last big storm. >> some winters are bad, some are good. this was a bad one. >> sreenivasan: and residents are getting weary. >> i am totally done with the snow. i am so ready for spring. so ready for spring. ( laughs ) >> sreenivasan: snow totals from this storm could top three feet in some areas. economic news was mixed today. the commerce department reported the u.s. economy grew last quarter by nearly 6%, but consumer spending lagged. and in the housing sector, there were still signs of trouble-- sales of existing homes plunged 7.2% in january, the lowest level since last june. on wall street today, stocks rose slightly. the dow jones industrial average gained four points to close at 10,325. the nasdaq rose four points to close at 2,238. for the week, the dow lost seven-tenths of a percent; the nasdaq fell three-tenths of a percent. the governor of new york, david paterson, quit his camp

this is from gloucester all of the way down to the cape will be rain because of the ocean, keeping the and the air warmer. then back out here to the -- by the time you get to the berkshires, that is all snow and all snow west of there as well. we are already seeing snow coming down in some places today, and that means that the cold air is already in place. that cold air is in place and you are seeing the low cloud cover and significant airport delays at many of the major airports today. so if you have a flight, make sure it is on time. >> and you know i have interest on the weekend, because once again, i am flying. okay. we will check with you on the "off of the radar" and find out about the nor'easters. >>> we want to go to brianna keilar who is listening to the testimony on capitol hill about toyota. that is ray lahood testifying now. later the president of toyota is going to testify, and brianna is on it, so we will tell you what we know. ♪ [ speaking native language ] [ male announcer ] doctors have been saying it forever. let's take a look. [ male announcer ] but they've never act