manuel bojorquez, cbs news, new york. >> axelrod: and that is the cbs evening news.er on cbs, "48 hours." for now, i'm jim axelrod in new york. for all of us here at cbs news, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

>> manuel bojorquez. thanks manuel. >>> they canceled thousands of flights and amtrak rail shut down service for much of the region. let's talk about how much has been closed down. we heard terrell brown say all flights at logan canceled. how far is this cancellation problem reaching and for how long is it going go on for? >> this is a very big deal. there's been some 5,200 flights canceled since thursday, because of the storm. we've seen great impact not only in the east but especially new england, newark kennedy, laguardia. we've seen staggering cancellations. even beyond that if you look on the west coast texas, florida, san francisco, not only dozens but hundreds at some of these airports. that's largely the effect of what we're seeing. they can't come here. >> how dlong we think they'll be stuck on the ground? >> well there's good news and bad news. i think today looks promises for new york less so for new england. we're going to see some movement, but this is something we're going to be talking about

manuel bojorquez talks to the neighbors who know the captive well. here in new orleans, we return to the man who faced down katrina. >> you saw those people standing around the superdome and you said to yourself what? >> now what was an arena of misery is host to america's biggest party. >> and meet trombone short at this, michelle miller introduces us to the child project who grew up to be a star. captioning sponsored by cbs >> this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley reporting tonight from jackson square in new orleans. >> pelley: good evening, we have a lot to get to on this super bowl eve, and we will tell you all about that in a moment. t first we are going to turn to a place that is legendary for being very far away. there was a remarkable spectacle in the town of timbuktu today, the center of culture in the african nature of mali, islamic extremists had taken over there, but this week, french forces with american help retook it and today the french president capped the triumph with a quick visit to the city, whose people had suffered und

manuel bojorquez, cbs news, houston. >>> well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning,"esident obama's draft of his immigration plan. we'll get the latest from the white house. >>> plus we'll go to vatican city for the newest revelations about the pope's resignation. >>> and we'll look at danica patrick and her life off the track. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanking for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com mallicoat. and i'm michelle griego. >>> this is kpix 5 news. >>> happy monday everybody and good morning, february 18th february 18th i'm frank mallicoat. >> and i'm michelle griego. time is 4:30. let's get our first look at weather. >>> guys, getting excited, we have changes coming our way. we have a little brain brewing out there. storm clouds have been moving in. not today. we will tell you when coming up. >>> and a big problem spot down by morgan hill, a fatal accident northbound and southbound 101 approaching blossom hill road. we have a r

manuel bojorquez, cbs news, new york. >> axelrod: and that is the cbs evening news.n cbs "48 hours." for now i'm jim axelrod in new york. for all of us here at cbs news, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org panic at an apartment complex. neighbors have to restrain a father as his 10- year-old daughter can't get out in time. plus: vindication for an oakland man wrongly convicted. after 6 years in prison, why he has complete strangers to thank for his freedom. and injuries reported after a small boat crashes into a ferry just south of tiburon. kpix 5 news is next. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. ou people >>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. we are following developing news out of san francisco. two people on a small boat have been seriously injured after their boat collided with a commuter ferry in the bay. it happened in raccoon strait between tiburon and angel island around 4:30 this afternoon. the coast guard says two people aboard the smaller boat were badly injured and they've been taken to a hospita

manuel bojorquez reports.s now offering a million-dollar reward for the capture of the former los angeles police officer accused of killing three people. carter evans is following the manhunt. in a challenge to the white house, senator lindsey graham is vowing to hold up the nominations of chuck hagel to lead the pentagon and john brennan the c.i.a. and the incredible shrinking automobile: lucy craft in tokyo test-drives a new generation of microcar. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> jeff: good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor. the worst winter storm of the season has moved on. but the state of emergency has not. in six northeastern states, here is the latest tonight. the blizzard's death toll stands at 11. 357,000 customers remain without power. 40 million people across the region were affected. the storm dropped record or near record amounts of snow in many locations, with hamden connecticut, recording the single biggest total of all, 40 inches of snow. that's where manual bojorq

manuel bojorquez is at a refinery in new jersey. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. good morning, gayle. the gas has got up 46 cents. they're shutting down a refinery behind me. firet at two different chevron facilities in california are bad news for drivers on the west coast while in the east coast they continue to pinch. many plants typically go down for routine maintenance in the winter months when cold weather means fewer drivers on the road. other drivers are switching over to produce summer gasoline, a special blend that produces pollution but costs more. >> i'd say we'll peek out between 3.80 and 410. i think the upper great lakes has the potential to go up to $4 as will california. >> reporter: over the last two years gas has been almost 10% more expensive in the spring than in the fall. this year the increase has come earlier. >> the investors chase the prices higher. it's like move up the oscars and the grammys. >> what can we do but pay, pay, pay. >> reporter: gas producers along the gulf have plenty of it but can't get it where it needs go fast enough. >>

the standoff in midland city is now in its fifth dayable and manuel bojorquez is there. >> police have shared few details about negotiations with jimmy lee dykes. they are speaking to him through a four-inch ventilation pipe connected to his underground shelter, his five-year old hostage has been identified only as ethan, dale county sheriff wally olson. >> he told us he has an electric heater and blankets inside that he is taking care of him. he also allowed us to provide coloring books, medication toys, and i want to thank him for taking care of our child. >> police would not say if dykes has made demands. the 65-year-old allegedly forced his way on to this school bus tuesday and demanded hostages. police say dykes shot and killed driver charles poland jr. when he resisted. cindy steiner's grandson was on the bus. >> he seized the bus driver and this man who done the shooting he sees blood here is the gun, he hears a lot of screaming. >> is he having nightmares? >> yes. >> one neighbor told us dykes spoke of making worldwide news some day. others said he was often hostile and convinc

and manuel bojorquez has the story of this american teenager who is the youngest women's world slalom champion in nearly four decades. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. we begin tonight with thatth meteor that exploded overnt russia. scientists now say it was even bigger and heavier than they first thought, 55 feet long and weighing 10,000 tons. it was moving at a speed of 40,000 miles per hour when it hit the atmosphere, produce an enormous shock wave that blew en out windows and injured 1200ows people in chelyabinsk, russia. tony guida has more on the largest known media to hit the earth since 1908. 1908. >> reporter: at chebarkul lake 950 miles east of moscow, scientists today looked for

manuel bojorquez talks to the neighbors who know the captive well. here in new orleans we return to the man who faced down katrina. >> you saw those people standing around the superdome and you said to yourself what? >> now what was an arena of misery is host to america's biggest party. >> and meet trombone short at this, michelle miller introduces us to the child project who grew up to be a star. captioning sponsored by cbs >> this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley reporting tonight from jackson square in new orleans. >> pelley: good evening, we have a lot to get to on this super bowl eve and we will tell you all about that in a moment. but first we are going to turn to a place that is legendary for being very far away. there was a remarkable spectacle in the town of timbuktu today, the center of culture in the african nature of mali islamic extremists had taken over there

. >>> she was found sunday at her home in hee bare springs, afrmt manuel bojorquez shows us a life and talent cut short. ♪ i can tell he's going to ask me to dance ♪ >> reporter: mindy mccready rose to country fame in 1996 with her debut album "10,000 aainngels." on top of stints in and out of jail and rehab, the singer was plagued by a long list of other problems. a eight years ago billy knight the father of her oldest son was charged with attempting to kill her. in 2008 she was reportedly in an alleged fair with baseball player clem endent when she was in her teens. sunday afternoon authorities found mccready's body on the porch of her home dead from an apparent gunshot to the head. this is a month after her boyfriend, the father of her 10-month-old son killed himself. >> he didn't just touch my heart. he touched my soul. he was my soulmate. >> like mccready, wilson's body was found on the same porch. >> i think it obviously speaks on the pain she was feeling that for whatever reason she chose to go to the same location and do what he did. >> reporter: mindy mccready was 37. for "cbs

manuel bojorquez has more. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. police tell us they still have an open line of communication with dykes but after almost a full week of the standoff, very little has changed. details remain scarce. dykes did allow police to lower crackers and a red hotwhiles eer into the bunker. she's a friend of the family. she says he has autism. >> i know he's cried. i know he wants his mama because he's never been away from her. >> i want to thank him for taking care of our child. >> reporter: neighbors know him for his anti-government rant bus he's a decorated vietnam veteran. he received awards for good conduct. just miles from the standoff, hundreds gathered sunday to remain slain bus driver charles poland jr. police say dykes shot poland tuesday when he stormed this bus and demanded child hoss tax. 22 escaped. robby bachelor is also a school bus driver. >> he laid down his life for the kids on that bus. >> reporter: children will return to school today for the first time since the shooting. we've also learned ethan could spe

manuel bojorquez has more. it's nice to see you in studio. good morning. >> good morning.ront offices where many of them have their galleries. this is a broader response how they respond creatively to natural disasters. >> to start telling you what we lose it's like a lifetime. >> her home was flooded after hurricane sandy. she lost family mementos much of her artwork, and power for more than four weeks. >> how are we going to -- how am i going rebuild my inner structure? how am i going do this? >> her neighbors had it worst. their homes were completely tattered, left ripped apart on the beach. >> the idea of doing art was the furthest thing from my mind because it's like let's get our lives back together. >> with funding from new york foundation for the aortas melissa and 22 other artists are displaying their creations. it features artists who had their homes, studios, our art wachovia damaged by the storm. >> out of the destruction came beautifully and resilience. artists know how to make something out of nothing and they inspire us to do this same and that's what this e

>> manuel bojorquez, thank you. >>> an alaskan airlines jet made an emergency landing last night afterilot passed out. flight 472 was en route from los angeles to seattle. the jet was over oregon when the pilot lost consciousness. the co-pilot declared an emergency and landed the plane in portland. a doctor on board treated the pilot who remained unconscious. there were 116 passengers and five crew members on the boeing 737. >>> ed koch died. he served three terms and rescued the city from near financial ruins. gained a national reputation for his out spoken style and trademark question, how am i doing. koch died of congestive heart failure. he was 88 years old. charlie, you knew him well. >> i did. he was a true new yorker, a man who loved his city. until i saw him a few months ago, a man of the city and an incredible mayor. >> a documentary coming up soon. >>> and now white house officials tell cbs's major garrett they're disappointed at yesterday's confirmation hearing but they believe the former nebraska senator will be confirmed if only by a slim margin. one of the most damages re

>> manuel bojorquez, thank you. c cbs correspondent and former director john miller.he question is always what are the options? >> well the options here aren't many. one is to keep talking. the other tactical options which is making a rescue attempt and entry are all bad options. so negotiation is the one that has the best outcome. >> what are the tricks to talking? >> the first trick to talking is to keep talking. you have a hostage taker here who went on that bus. if his mission was to kill children, he would have done that there. if his mission was to separate one child and kill him, he would have done that in the bunker. so clearly he has something he wants to talk about. if you're the negotiator, he's says this man has a story to tell. my job is to get that story, draw it out, and see what we can do to resolve this. >> one of the concerns has to be the 5-year-old. how does that factor into the thing? >> that becomes a multi-pronged element in that that 5-year-old is in a very small space with him. they've been there for four days now. you've got two human beings

manuel bojorquez is in midland city, alabama, with the latest on the disturbing drama now in its fourthgood morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie and good morning to our viewers out west. short time ago a state trooper told us the situation did not change overnight. we're hearing the boy is now crying for his parents. his mother is described as hanging on by a thread. hostage negotiators have been communicating with suspects jimmy lee dykes through a four-inch-wide pvc pipe that runs 16 feet into the bunker where dykes remains with his 5-year-old captive. >> negotiators continue to communicate with the suspect, and there's no reason to believe the child has been harmed. >> reporter: the two have been underground since tuesday afternoon, when dykes stormed onto a school bus and shot driver charles poland jr. four times, killing him. according to published reports, poland held the gunman at the front of the bus while 21 children escaped out the back. the gunman grabbed two children but one managed to break free. he then kidnapped a boy now identified as ethan. the six foot

>> manuel bojorquez, thank you.n miller is a hostage negotiator and has been involved in other standoffs. good morning. they've been in the bunker for six days. this poor boy may spend his birthday in there. he's 6 years old. there are signs he's being cared for? >> the good signs are you've got that kind of, one, you're going to develop stockholm syndrome named after a famous bank robbery in stockholm where the captor and the captive start to bond. you can see signs when dikes asks for coloring books, for crayons, he allowses the medication to come in. he's trying to provide for this boy. as time goes on this bond will increase. it also happens with negotiators. there's going to be a primary negotiator who started this conversation and a backup negotiator. over this many days there are going to be others and he's going to develop relationships of trust with them as he asks for things and they give him things, and he's asked for things in return. that's developing too. that can only get better probably not worse. >>

manuel bojorquez is at a refinefully woodbridge, new jersey. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. nationally gas prices have gone up nearly 46 cents during this current run-up. it's all about supply. hess is shutting down this refinery while other facilities have had production problems. fires at two different chevron refineries in california are bad news for drivers on the west coast. while in the northeast, lingering effects of superstorm sandy continue to pinch gas supplies. >> $60 just to fill the tank up. >> reporter: many plants typically go down for routine maintenance during winter months when colder weather means fewer drivers on the road. other refineries are switching over to produce summer gasoline a special blend that reduces pollution, but costs more. >> i'd say we'll probably peak out as a country between $3.80 and $4.10. there will be some hot spots, the upper midwest, the great lakes has a potential to go well above $4 as does california. >> reporter: this is the time of year when gasoline prices typically start inching up. for example, over the last two years, ga