john terret is in washington which has already been hit hard. john some paralyzing snow there. >> reporter: you know, it really is paralyzing. look at the scene behind me. this is m street antonio. one of the major thoroughfares in washington, d.c, the nation's capital and look, there's hardly anybody out. normally on a friday night at this hour there would be cars and taxis and buses and people having a good time but not tonight. that's because the snow began here in washington about 1:15 eastern this afternoon. it's gotten steadily heavier as the afternoon went on. we're told by meteorologists that this is only just getting going, not the full storm has started yet. they are already calling there the the storm of 2016. the monster storm is forecast to dump around two feet of snow on the most iconic sights in the nation's capital. at the end of the national mall, president lincoln never looks too pleased certainly thought today. the city's mayor says this is a dangerous winter event made worse by high winds. >> we see this as a major storm. it h

john terret is in washington, d.c. but we begin our coverage with roxana saberi in new york city where subways are up and running and children will be heading back to school tomorrow. >> reporter: snow from saturday's blizzard plus wind and rising tides flooded towns up and down the jersey shore. in pennsylvania, people are cleaning up. and dealing with damage like this church that collapsed under the weight of the snow. >> opened up the door to the auditorium and looked up and just a gaping hole in the roof. some 60 foot by 60 foot, the firefighters told us. >> reporter: saturday's storm dumped up to 40 inches of snow on the east coast, paralyzing air and rail travel and culting power to 200,000 people. in new york 30 inches of snow fell in some areas. >> this storm was the second largest snow storm in terms of accumulation in the history of this city. >> reporter: mayor bill deblasio lifted a one day ban on driving put into place on friday so the crews could get the roads clean. howard and his crews took six hours to

john terret joins us. john this is the latest big drop in oil and big drop in stocks. >> a spree for commodities traders, today u.s. stocks sold off across the board on friday. the reason wall street is worried that too many commodity companies will go belly up now that oil is in the bargain basement. >> a sea of red driven by an ocean of black. investors are scared the low price will damage the global economic recovery. >> terrible start to the day terrible start to the year, the selling is universal but today the stocks that did so well last year got hit more than the usual stock. >> the problem is there's a glut of oil that's why it's so cheap, devastating for the countries trying to produce it. first there's overproduction by saudi arabia which has opened the spigot in an effort to hobble iranian oil which will start soon once sanction he are lifted following the iranian deal. while saudi arabia can take low prices for a couple of years, that is not case for nigeria, hurt by cheap oil, and wants an emer

john terret, al jazeera. >> katherine hickley, joins us from berlin. katherine it's anth credible story, works by monet, degas, chagal, how could that remain hidden for so long? especially since cornelius sold some to survive. was there complicity within the art community? >> there were some who knew he had an art collection. whether they knew the dimension and what exactly he had, was another question. it wasn't widely known that's for sure. and the fact that he kept all of this incredible art secret in his apartment and in his home really was possible because he was such a recluse, he was cut off from the real world. in his own world, it was easy to keep the rest of the world out and stay at home with his collection. >> fascinating in its own right but how his father hildebrand amassed the collection, and then managed to keep it even after being detained by the allies, defies belief. >> yes, hildebrand is a very interesting very ambivalent, very contradictory character. and it was him who i found particularly fascinating while i was doing the researc

al jazeera's john terret reports. >> reporter: at the new york stock exchange a sea of red. investors are scared the losses will damage the american economy. >> the selling is universal but today the stocks that had done so well got hit more than the average stock. >> reporter: the problem is the world has too much oil, there's a glut, while that helps consumers, it's devastating to countries trying to produce it. first there's overproduction by saudi arabia, which has opened the spigot, to hobble iran. while the saudi economy can take low prices for a couple of years that's not true of other oil producers like nigeria where the economy is being hurt by cheap oil and which wants an emergency session of the cartel opec to try to negotiate a price like. add to that the downturn in china's economy and far too many companies add risk of going under. >> it was a reasonable risk that money was so easy by central banks so so long, companies were able to borrow money that shouldn't have been able to borrow money and now that the economics are changing might not be able to pay that m

al jazeera john terret joins us with the story. to say that the police officer is remarkable is an understatement. >> it is a miracle nonetheless that the officer survived, calling his actions a true testament to his bravery in what they say was a chilling attack. surveillance video captured the attack. a man in a long white robe walked up to a philadelphia police cruiser and fired 13 shots at officer jesse hartnet. he was wearing a bullet proof vest, still he managed to fire back hitting the suspect twice. >> the bravery he demonstrated was absolutely remarkable. his will to live undoubtedly saved his life. and we're ever so thankful to god that he's here today because this could have easily been a police funeral. >> reporter: hartnet's father says he is doing as well as could be possible. >> he's waking up. >> the.suspect was caught neern, edward archer confessed to the crime and said why he did it. >> he pledges allegiance to islamic state, follows allah and that's why he was committed to doing this. >> committing this cowardly

john terret is here with the story john. >> good evening to you. rhode island police are investigating cases of abuse at st. georges, it failed to tell authorities about on several occasions. >> i was publicly raped at st. georges in 1978, by a fellow student with at least five witnesses. >> hidden for almost 25 years but on the rhode island campus of the press timingous prep school, the scandal was well-known and joked about in the school yearbook. >> my sole reason ofor coming out in public is to provide a forum for the victims many who were male and don't have the comfort level to talk about this. >> groom says that in 2002 he contacted st. george's current head master and outlined the graphic details of his rape but nothing was done. groom is among 40 former students dating back to the 1970s who now say they were sexually abused. >> i was threatened not to tell, if i told anyone he would come after me and i would be in trouble. i said nothing to anyone. >> ann scott said she was in 10th grade when the school's athletic trainer reapped her inn 1

john terret is in washington, d.c. with more. >> good evening from washington, d.c, the capital of the united states, and take a look over my shoulder. this is m street, it's a major thoroughfare in the city, normally on a friday night into saturday morning well into saturday morning actually there will be lots of people out and about, there will be taxis and cars and buses ferrying them around they will be having a good time. but not tonight. the reason sitting over washington, d.c. for the next 24 hours one of the biggest snow storms the united states has ever seen in this part of the world and the problem is that not only is it snowing very hard but there are very, very high winds forecast in the course of the next 12 to 24 hours deep into saturday. so deep snow is forecast, one of the great worries here is that the amount of though that will be dropped on this area will -- amounts of snow that will be dropped on this area will be heavy for roofs and they will cave in. the last time there was a storm like this in wa

john terret joins us and expectations are that prices are going to keep dropping. >> i think that's a safe bet, antonio, especially that iran is going to start pumping with international sanctions lifted and that will add to the glut of oil in the world and that's driving the price so low right now that it risks the global economy that's the problem. >> falling oil prices and no end in sight, what sparked a rocky day, oil prices led the way, closing down 2%, the reason the price of crude oil falling below $27 a barrel the lowest it's been since 2003. >> we have a absolute glut of i'll and put it in simple terms, say four times the supply and one, one and a half, two times the demand. anyone can say that's not good. >> while it helps in short term it's devastating for countries trying to produce oil. china's demand for oil is reduced while saudi arabia floods the markefloods the marke crude. and iran will soon start pumping because of the nuclear deal and sanctions removed. nigeria where the economy is being hurt by cheap oil. >> the straw that is going to break the camel's back, we ea

john terret is there tonight, john. >> that's right, john good evening from the nation's capital where i can tell you it began snowing at about 1:15 eastern this an got steadily heavier ever since. i would guess right now, one to two, maybe three inches on the ground. and the problem is this storm is so large and the forecasters tell us it's going to sit atop washington, d.c. until late tomorrow. and that is a problem, because it just means that we're going to see this snow piling up, and although the year is only 22 days old, they're already calling it the storm of 2016. the monster storm is forecast to dump around two feet of though on the most iconic sights on the nation's capital. washington, gong, the most heartiest taking it in until it gets too deep. president lincoln never looks to pleased especially today. the city's mayor says, this is a dangerous weather event made worse by major winds. >> we see this as a major storm, life and death implication and all the residents of the district of columbia should treat i.t. tha it that way. we need the city's full cooperation. >> the ci

john terret is there tonight, john. >> that's right, john good evening from the nation's capital where i can tell you it began snowing at about 1:15 eastern this an got steadily heavier ever since. i would guess right now, one to two, maybe three inches on the ground. and the problem is this storm is so large and the forecasters tell us it's going to sit

john terret is here. ohn. >> the world is simply swimming in crude, so much so that it's still knocking down prices per barrel and taking the dow with it. falling oil prices and no end in sight. that's what sparked another rocky day on wall street. oil and gas prices led the day, the dow closed down 2%. the reason the price of crude

john terret is here. john. >> thank you john. abuse it failed to tell authorities about on several occasions. >> i was publicly raped while at st. george's at a freshman in 1978 by a fellow student by with at least five students. >> harry grooms kept his sexual assault by another boy hidden for almost 50 years. well-known and almost joked about in the class yearbook. >> my sole reason for being here today coming out in public is to provide a forum for the victims. many of who are male and don't have the comfort level to talk about this. >> groom said in 2002 he contacted st. george's current head master and outlined the graphic details of his rape but flog was done. dating back to 1970s other students said they were sexually abused. >> i was threat.ed, if i were to tell anyone, he would come after me and i would be in trouble. >> ann scott said she was in 10th grade when the school's athletic train are raped her in 1977. she remained silent for years while battling depression. >> they are very sneaky. >> presidential candidate ho

john terret is here. john. >> police in philadelphia says it's a miracle that the officer survived the ambush, callings his actions a true testament to his bravery in what they said was a chilling attack. surveillance video captured the attack. a man in a long white robe walked up to a police cruiser and fired shots at jesse hartnet. he was wearing a bullet proof vest was wounded three times in his left arm, still he managed to fire back hitting the suspect twice. >> the bravery he demonstrated was absolutely remarkable. his will to live, undoubtedly, saved his life. and we're ever so thankful to god that he's here today because this could have easily been a police funeral. >> hartnet's father robert says he is doing as good as is possible, concerning the circumstances. >> i love him and am very proud of him. >> the suspect was caught nearby, 30-year-old edward archer confessed to the crime and why he did it. >> he pledges his allegiance to the islamic state and a allah ad why he did this. >> according to

john terret is here. john. >> the world is simply swimming in crude, so much so that it's still knocking down prices per barrel and taking the dow with it. falling oil prices and no end in sight. that's what sparked another rocky day on wall street. oil and gas prices led the day, the dow closed down 2%. the reason the price of crude oil falling below $27 a barrel, the lowest it's been since may 2003. >> we have an absolute glut of oil, simple terms we have four times the supply and one, one and a half, two times the demand. anyone can say that's not good. >> reporter: while that helps consumers in the short term, it's devastating for. saudi arabia floods the market with more and more crude in an effort to first hobble producers in the west and then counter iranian oil that will begin flowing soon, to top the nuclear deal with the p-5 plus one. oil producers like nigeria, where oil is being hurt by falling oil. >> the straw will break the camel's back. we've got tankers full of oil waiting for some places

john terret is here. john. >> police in philadelphia says it's a miracle that the officer survived the ambush, callings his actions a true testament to his bravery in what they said was a chilling attack. surveillance video captured the attack. a man in a