north of us, they have already seen so much ice, an inch around jonesboro and ft.th in arkansas saw an inch of ice. we have a category five ice storm potential that means they could lose power for weeks. take a look at the satellite and show you the radar where exactly the system is right now. you can actually tell overnight plenty of damage already these little balls you're looking at, those are reports of freezing rain we have already seen and they stretch from indiana back in through texas. so with that, we know farther to the north we have seen smaller amounts of that ice accumulation. about a quarter of an inch or so and half an inch, the threshold we get concerned with these power lines coming down and that is the mention earlier. we have already seen north of us looks like northwestern portions of arkansas getting the large amounts so far. here in memphis talking about the next few hours really starting to switch over from rain to freezing rain. with that we could see about a half an inch of freezing rain in this region. with that we talk about the potential

around jonesboro, arkansas, they're calling this catastrophic, level 5.y're seeing the freezing rain moving into this region and this is what i want to point out to you. there is actually a marathon, a st. jude's marathon in memphis tomorrow morning. it has not been canceled at this point in tile. there's 20,000 people expected to move in and out of this city. just imagine the danger of these people commuting in and out with the dangerous ice storm under way. kate? >> all right, indra, thank you so much. we'll be back with you throughout the show. let's talk about the jobs report. it's scheduled to be released this morning. and economists are optimistic on what we'll be seeing. but that's really only part of the story. christine romans is here with more on that. >> hi there, kate. let's talk about the jobs report in a moment. your economy is three things, jobs, investments and housing. we think of it as the three corners of the triangle. you need all of those for your personal finances and to grow your wealth. small businesses, they seem to be hiring more

. >> reporter: live here in jonesboro, arkansas, an our or so north northwest of the city of memphis, and we have been through all morning, through this afternoon, and started around the freezing mark, at 32 degrees, marsh a degree higher, and it start with rain but slowly but surely the temperatures started dropping, and guess what, the rain turned into freezing rain, then sleet, and then a snowy mix. roads here, well, some of them are impassable but a lot of folks heeded the warnings and stayed off the streets. let's get back to the storm that started where casey was at, and started moving in an easterly northeasterly direction. one person was killed today when a tree struck his trailer. just about 85 miles north and west of little rock, arkansas, in polk county. and another person was killed and it's being blamed on the wintery weather yesterday right here in arkansas. i talked with -- there's about 11,000 people all across the state that don't have power right now, 11,000. they're also telling me they're getting assistance from other states, other municipalities, about 5,000 stron

this is an ice machine for memphis, little rock, jonesboro, evansville. the ice will stick to everything. trees, power lines. millions of people will be without power before this thing finally stops. when it gets to new york and to the east coast it runs out of moisture before the cold air gets there so that's some good news. not putting down power lines in the northeast. but central part of the country is in for it for the next few days. this is going to get ugly and ugly fast. people will be stuck at work, kids will be stuck at school. by tomorrow night it will be an ice rink in dallas, into little rock and points northward and a lot of snow just to the north of there. >> so there are more storms behind this one. >> there are. there's actually another storm that could affect even parts of washington, d.c. for the i would say sunday night kind of arena. the warm air is already in place in dallas. the warm air is going to be in place in d.c., too. the cold air undercuts the warm air. and then all of a sudden it tries to rain through. so if you're on this

near jonesboro street about three blocks from union square. police are on their way to the scene.gue colleges excel but recycling company. this is just one of the types they had. their large like a trash truck. as we understand the victim was an elderly man walking around the backside of the truck as it was backing up. we're waiting for more information from the san francisco police treat their investigators are on the scene right now tricky to in the kron4. two men have been arrested in an october shooting where the victim went to a san rafael fire station for help. 23-year=old cameron weaver and 23-year old ruben torres were arrested yesterday. the 29-year-old victim told police that someone approached him and opened fire while he was listening to music with friends on pelican way. the victim went to a san rafael fire department station on castro street for help. the victim was treated by paramedics and transported to marin general hospital. investigators have not identified which suspect actually shot the victim. police arrested two marin county men on suspicion of attempted mu

host: this is keith and jonesboro, arkansas on our independent line. caller: this is an interesting conversation. a choice.ity is i do not care what anybody says. they choose to engage in the act. it is unnatural, as one of your previous callers said. it is a totally unnatural act. host: we are talking more about free speech and political correctness. caller: that is what i was going to get to. this is about free speech. why is it that certain groups are allowed to shout down those groups they do not agree with. they shout them down and shut them off. they do not want to hear about it. that is a problem. in america, we have the right. cannot getpeople together to conspire to prevent someone to exercise their constitutional rights. all this man was doing was stating his particular beliefs. like it or not, he stated them. that does not mean he should get fired were relieved of his duties. we just need to get on with our lives and quit this bickering about little things. thank you and have a great day. host: from usa today, new hampshire gop to scott brow

to the north in jonesboro and port smith is where they saw a good inch of ice.people were stranded. they were entertaining them in the airport. 4,000 people stuck in the terminals. the story now is the second wave. we have been talking about this. there still is concern here. even if you did not get to the threshold of half an inch of ice, there is another chance of ice coming this afternoon. you can take that amount and you got .25 inch, you add another .25 inch and you are concerned about losing power with the next wave. we are on standby for the next wave and motion. >> that second punch is more than an annoyance. indra petersons, thank you so much. >>> let's go to jennifer gray in the weather center. >> where is the storm headed next? >> it will head up the east coast. the first wave like indra was talking about has hit. she was talking about dallas. we have video of a car that was just fished from the icy conditions. it was just flipped back over. this is just one of many situations that have been exactly like this that have gone on over the past couple of