jim spellman has the latest from outside the los angeles police department. >> christopher dorner the former police officer turned murder. >> it is difficult to identify the remains of someone in the building. that could take weeks. it will be a forensic dental analysis. >> he was spotted driving in the area by california fish and game officer. >> i noticed a white truck driving erratically at a high rate of speed. because he was drawn to this erratic behavior he took a good look at the driver. >> the suspect fired on him before carjacking another car and retreating into the woods into a cabin. >> to sheriff's deputies were shocked one later died. >> this is a very difficult day for law enforcement. >> the swat team stormed the cabin and smoke the devices were detonated. tuesday marked the final finale to a violent killing spree that started a week ago. >> the suspect was out to avenge his firing from the police department. the suspect went after the families of police. >> he fired on four different police officers onto different encounters killing one. >> reporting live from lapd hea

i want to bring some jim spellman in galveston. m, give us the latest with what's happening on the passengers and also the crew members. we got to give a shoutout. everyone to the last passenger we spoke with, said the crew was fantastic. >> reporter: yeah, every single person we've spoken to here, ashleigh, had nothing but glowing reviews. we spoke to one family they were craving peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. steward, roberto, had some in his cabin. he made get peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. it's possible to keep some sort of good cheer as they went forward. the people we've met here so far, the people so eager to get home, they jumped in a bus in mobile, and rode overnight to get here and get into their cars and drive home. they're so earring to get a hot shower. to use their own bathroom and maybe get a nap in. some of the families had it the worst. the people with little kids had to keep their kids' safety in mind. and keep them entertained. we caught up with roxie gallegos with her husband and brother-in-law and kids

reporter jim spellman is live at los angeles police headquarters with how this man hunt for the formerned fugitive apparently came to an end. >> reporter: huge sense of relief here in southern california. this man hunt does appear to be over. a charred body was found inside the debris of a big bear california cabin late tuesday. authorities will have to wait to positively confirm the remains of christopher dorner. the former los angeles police officer turned alleged murder. >> it's difficult to identify the remains of someone in a building. that could take days or weeks to do a dna analysis. depending on the condition of the body. >> reporter: a man watching dorners description was found in the area. >> a man noticed a white truck coming down driving erratically. because he was drawn to this erratic behavior he took a close look at the driver recognized him as a suspect. >> reporter: dorner fired on them before abandoning his car, carjacking another, and taking off into the woods and retreating to a cabin. as first responders moved in two sheriffs deputies were shot. one later died. >>

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reporting live, jim spellman now back to you. >> stay with us at twitter at abc2 news for the latest as it becomes available. >>> now, maryland's most accurate forecast. >> all right. let's check out what's going on as we head throughout the day. we have a winter weather advisory that goes into effect at 7 and we can see it for the one lone county cecil county as we go through the day. we will see rain switching over to snow by the evening. so it's at 7:00 until 3:00 tomorrow morning. so storm morning at this time we could be dealing with slick roadways. this morning not so much. satellite and radar picking up on what's going on at home. not a whole lot. we have the clouds increasing throughout the day. but this is a system to the south that will begin to work et cetera way in here. we can see the counter clock -- its way in here. we can see the counterclockwise spins the purples and blues mixing in. it's cold on the backside of the system and by tomorrow morning we could see snow across the area. temperatures this morning, coming in at 30 degrees in hunkton. good morning timonium 38

jim spellman has has been following this developing story drop overnight hours and brings us the veryoutside of los angeles police headquarters. >> this could take a possible weeks for a dna analysis to be done. this just depends on the condition of the body. >> a man matching his description was found driving a car. >> they noticed a white car that was driving at a very high rate of speed. because of his erratic behavior the man turned and looked at the driver and noticed that it was dorner. he carjacked a another person and retreated offensive a cabin area. >> our law enforcement agencies are credited for this. this is a very difficult day. >> is swat team stormed a cabin and some fire was detonated. investigators stated that he was out to revenge against the lapd do to them firing him. february 3rd he gunned down a daughter that was involved in the hearing. he also shot the fiancee. >> the lapd stated that day will look for anyone who might have assisted him what he was on the run. >> new video this morning into kron 4 news room. this is officers leaving christopher dorner's mother

. >> jim spellman has the latest from lapd headquarters. >> police say no one as celebrating but there >> this is what is left of the big bear california cabin where authorities believe the suspect allegedly violent rampage came to a man. >> his death has not been confirmed. police officers are breathing a little easier to day. >> it has been a very trying time alas couple of weeks for all of those involved at all of the families, friends, and everyone that has been touched by this incident. >> dna ever rented identification of the body could take days if not longer. authorities tracked a man fitting doors descripti his description. >> to sheriff's deputies for shot. >> officer down! officer down! >> the deputies were rushed to a hospital where one was pronounced dead. back at the same police and detonated small devices. a fire burned for hours. the owner of the cabinet was not home spoke to us at ktla. >> to see the cabinet go up in smoke was traumatic for me. >> this marks the end of the alleged killing spree which began a week ago. police say he was out to avenge his firing from the

. >> all right jim spellman, thank you for that update. >> make sure you stay right here with ktvu channelcourse online at ktvu.com for continuing coverage of the dorner investigation. we'll give you updates on the developments from southern california throughout mornings on 2. >>> we have developing news in the bay area. the santa clara home where explosives were found over night. ktvu channel 2 reporter janine de la vega joins us from humboldt avenue with new information that she just received from the chp just minutes ago. >> reporter: the chp spokesperson told me what led them to this house is they are claiming the man that lived here made a threat against an elected state official. now the chp officer that is starting to show up here now that it is daylight to they can continue their investigation. they have this home blocked off with crime tape. the front beyond a reasonable doubt is in complete disarray. last night law enforcement officers found explosives and explosive materials in here and they used those sandbags to cover that explosive material so they could detonate that materi

cnn's jim spellman is live in denver this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol.orm that would not end all day yesterday. hour after hour the snow came down. they're digging out now. crews out all night getting the roads clear. they're doing pretty good. you can see the main arteries are flowing pretty well. it's a different story on a lot of the side streets. take a look over here. they've already plowed here several time. there's this layer of ice under the snow. it's very rare in denver, even though you don't get a lot of snow to plow the side streets this year because of this ice, he's got 120 pickup trucks to get the residential streets cleared out. usually, we get that powdery colorado snow. this has the layer of ice that's making it tough on the side streets, carol. >> sounds cold. jim spellman reporting live from denver, colorado, this morning. >>> time to check our other top stories. chuck hagel could be confirmed as the next defense zret. this week, his nomination has been held up several weeks as some gop senators push the white house for more answers o

jim spellman live in los angeles, thank you. >>> cbs reporter carter evans was right next to police when the final shootout began. [ sound of gunfire ] >> i hear some screaming. [ gunfire ] >> authorities have told us we need to stay low for our safety. moments ago we were caught in the middle of this gun between christopher dorner and authorities. we are told that two deputies have been hit by that gunfire. their condition unknown right now. but take a look on the other side of this fence. you can see police and the s.w.a.t. team just a little down the road. they have dorner cornered in a cabin. [ gunfire ] >> police confirm yesterday one of the officers shot during the gunfire was killed. and, of course, you can find the latest updates on this breaking story at cbssf.com. >>> one officer is injured after a chase and shooting in the east bay. police say the suspect had several outstanding warrants. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is in pittsburg this morning with the officer's condition. >> reporter: the officer is going to be okay treated and released. streets are still blocked off around

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in atlanta with a southern food sample, here is jim spellman. >> reporter: atlanta is a big cosmopolitan. for food with southern heart you have to go to carver's kitchen. >> we used to be a grocery store. then my husband and myself decide decided i think we want to have a restaurant. we started very small, about 1992. and it has since grown to be quite a large endeavor. >> it smells incredible in here. >> it's really god. >> i can smell it even out on the street. i don't know what else to say. so good. three chicken breasts? what did you get? we must pause for the twitter photo. this is really a truly local place. >> this is. >> all right. ireporters, here is your chance to help us create a food lovers map of the world. go to ireport.com/100places. send us a photo of your favorite restaurant and dish and how you discovered this place. the definitive list of 100 places to eat like a local will be revealed in a few weeks. and some ireports will be on that list. stay tuned to see if you'll be one of them. [ whirring ] [ creaking ] [ male announcer ] trophies and awards lift you up. but they

. >> jim spellman in denver. you this morning. >>> a coast guard rescue crew near san francisco are searching for two adults and two young children who were forced to abandon ship after their 29-foot sailboat started taking on water. 65 miles off the coast of pillar point when someone on board radioed for help sunday afternoon. the boat's electronics were failing. and an hour later, the coast guard got a message, they were abandoning ship. >>> four days until your schools, health, safety, might be affected by massive forced spending cuts that washington said would never happen. politicians are calling it the sequester, but really it's forced budget cuts that will slash $85 billion in spending. the white house put out a list of how each state will be hit. jack markell, a democrat from delaware, welcomed to the white house along with other governors over the weekend. >> good morning. >> the white house putting a list out of how states will be affected by spending cuts. what they say will happen in delaware. 2,000 f

here's cnn's jim spellman here in atlanta with a southern food sample. >> reporter: atlanta's a big cosmopolitan a southern town. and if you want some good southern comfort food, you have to come to carver's country kitchen. when did carver's country kitchen start? >> we used to be a grocery store, and then my husband and myself decided i think we want to have a restaurant. we started very small. about 1992. and it has since grown to be quite a large endeavor. >> reporter: it smells incredible in here. >> yeah. it's really good -- >> reporter: i could smell it even on the street. oh, so good. i don't know what else to say. what did everybody get? chicken -- chicken breasts, meatloaf? okay, we must pause for the twitter photo. this is really a truly local place. >> this is. it's a destination place. >> reporter: already, ireporters, here's your chance to help us create a food lover's map of the world. go to ireport.com/100places. send us a photo of your favorite restaurant and dish, why it's special, and how you discovered that place. the definitive list of 100 places to eat local will be reveale