good morning, devin. >> reporter: good morning, marci. we had wings and pizza here, too, but the party is over here at metlife stadium over what you called it, a blockbuster blowout. fans in seattle beginning their celebration while those in denver are asking how and why? from the first snap the seahawks were sore soaring. >> a safety to start this game! >> reporter: scoring just 12 seconds in. quickest points on the board in super bowl history. from there, it was no turning back. seahawks stunning peyton manning and denver broncos to clinch their first title in team history. >> just played football and the things that were supposed to happen, happened. >> we needed to play well in order to win and we just didn't come anywhere close to that. >> reporter: for the fans the game triggered emotional highs and some painful lows. >> it's like all our dreams have come true. there's no better feeling in the world. >> xleerly disappointed. i may not sleep well tonight. >> reporter: for the stars, it was a night to shine. ♪ >> reporter: as for the

john and marci, back to you. >> jim, thank you.g. my backyard in new jersey, the limbs are like down to the ground. >> i know. >> it's the heaviest stuff. and a little bit of icing and those power outages are going to happen. >> you look up at the trees and you can't imagine how any more could possibly go on there without some of those limbs coming on. fingers crossed. >> fingers crossed. >>> let's move away from the weather. people across the country will soon be feeling the financial impact of the deep freeze that gripped the west back in december. now the frigid temperatures and historic drought have wiped out nearly a quarter of california's citrus industry. and that is more than $400 million in lost oranges, lemons, mandarins. some growers had to scale back on hiring. food prices are expected to go up in the coming months. >> industrywise, you know, there's a lot of damage. and some people did get hit harder than others. but i think the ultimate effect is going to be the people, the jobs. >> a number of growers lost all their

>> stay away from yellow snow, though, marci. >> any green snow there. a lot of snow cancellations with schools and clearly without a doubt, the best announcement comes from burlington kentucky. this was monday, february 3rd. the principal and the drama teacher decided to tell parent how the zool was going to close in a very unique way. they sang to bohemian raps di. check it out. >> school is closed, school is closed, sorry parent for another day. very, very frighten pg. school is schedule. bras it's cold. so everyone grab a snuggie and watch tv. or play the wii. and maybe read. >> that is awesome. >> isn't that great? i love that. apparently, they prerecorded it knowing that they are bound to get a snow day when it pops up. so they had it ready. and they said they want to teach kids to be creative with technology. >> i wonder if kids even know the bohemian raps di. >> their parent do for sure. >> this is a personal injury attorney in georgia. and this is his advertisement. he did a two-minute super bowl ad. this is my advertising his services as an att

john and marci? >> karen, thank you.remony isn't until tomorrow, the competition is under way. >> before the day is out, there will be mens and pairs figure skating in the new team competition and qualifying in the women's freestyle skiing moguls event. >> women will also be qualifying in the new slopestyle snowboard competition and the first american already competed in the games. >> and charles guldemond who took part in this men's slopestyle snowboard, and we are happy to report he advanced to the event's next round. so team usa off to a good start. >> that's good to hear. >>> we told you about the bad water and lots of other stuff that didn't seem ready for the games. well, there is also apparently a pillow shortage. organizers are said to have been surprised by the number of athletes who showed up to stay at the olympic village in the mountains above sochi. so sleep tight, everybody. i guess they weren't expecting people to want a pillow to sleep on. >>> all right, at least the medals handed out to the winners have

john and marci? >> devin, thank you.sed 45% and concern over heroin mixed with potent painkiller fentanyl. 22 people died in western pennsylvania after using the drug mix but it does not appear hoffman's death was linked to the combination. >> the big story this morning is the recapture of an escaped convict in indiana. michael david elliott was on the run for about 24 hours before being taken back into custody last night. police caught him after reporting a stolen car, now on sunday elliott broke out of a michigan prison where he is serving life for murdering four people back in 1993 after escaping. he carjacked a woman driving a jeep when they pulled over for gas in indiana, she called 911 from inside a locked bathroom. >> i'm being -- i'm hostage to an escaped convict. from ionia correctional facility. >> you're being held hostage? >> yes. he's in paying for gas. >> okay. michigan correction official confirms the prison tower nearest to where elliott broke out was unmanned at time of the escape. officers missed elliot

marci, what do you think you get?. no formal competitions or rules. it's all about style. so >> kind of like wake boarding. but an official skurf board has a different design. there are foot straps. concave tunnel at the bottom and heel fin. pretty cool. >> very cool. vacation was the subject of our facebook question. we wanted to know, what's your favorite warm weather destination. >> bhasmark says, i live there,. >> team ruby says, i have to go with poipu beach, kauai. >> nice, been there. >> timothy's response, the backyard with a bonfire and cold beer. >> nothing wrong with that. >> anything except minnesota. today is 2 below. >> they should come join our beach party. >> from karen, i don't necessarily want to go anywhere. just want to be warm and enjoy myself where i live. >> i really enjoyed beach day. guys, come on in. let's have a beach party. >> what's in the cooler? >> yeah, what's in the cooler? >> beverages of some type. anybody want to play beach ball. captain? >> why not? >> can't get the snorkel on. >>

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john and marci? >> all right, tahman bradley, live in washington, thank you. just down the street from where tahman is. another look at washington. the white house. one of the few federal offices that will be open today in washington. kind of looks like a snow globe or a christmas card. >> kind of does, doesn't it? >>> let's find out where else the snow is falling. >> accuweather meteorologist mark mancuso joins us live. man, oh, man, it's coming down. >> it's pouring snow across the i-95 corridor here. new york city, southward to philly, around the baltimore, washington, area. already reports about 10 inches of snow around towson in maryland. so it's really coming down. we're going from shivering to shoveling in the northeast. the snow worked its way up into southern new england. it's snowing in providence. that snow will arrive in boston for the morning commute. along the coast, we are seeing a changeover to rain here. the frozen precipitation working westward. richmond, after about 3 or 4 inches o

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i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> and i'm john muller. we begin with the new details on the shocking death of oscar-winning actor philip seymour hoffman. a friend found the 46-year-old in his bathroom, dead of an apparent drug overdose. >> from broadway to the big screen, hoffman was one of the most ambitious actors of his generation. friends gathered overnight to pay tribute with candles and flowers. tahman bradley is live in lower manhattan with the latest. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: marci and john, good morning to you both. this is the apartment where the oscar-winning actor was found dead by his friends and police. it was an apparent drug overdose. today, the search for answers in the sudden death of actor philip seymour hoffman. the results of a medical exam should be revealed later today. overnight, fans brought flowers. to this manhattan memorial. >> sad. he was a bright light. >> terrible. he was too young. way too young. he's so talented. >> reporter: police say they found him unresponsive, lying on the bathroom floor of

i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> and i'm john muller. we begin with another massive winter storm barreling across the country. take a look at the radar. dozens of states are feeling those effects. >> but this storm is a bit different than previous systems this winter. ice is the biggest concern. >> we get more now from abc's tahman bradley. >> reporter: it just won't end. another winter storm, the second one this week, is blasting more than two dozen states. it's dumping a mix of heavy snow and freezing rain on more than 160 million americans. >> i'm ready for it to end a little bit, so it seems like it's been a lot. >> reporter: across the midwest an army of plows are out in full force. snow removal crews are working around the clock. >> we just take the snow from the left side and we push it all the way over to the right. >> reporter: kansas city braced for up to 12 inches of snow, the biggest storm in 20 years. a number of cities have declared a snow emergency and canceled school. the storm was so bad in the midwest, that a southwest

john and marci? >> all right, devon, thank you.e deep freeze is so severe, watermains and pipes are bursting. so the warning has began out to businesses and residents, keep at least one faucet running nonstop. their water bill will be adjusted for extra use. anyone who doesn't comply will have to foot the bill for the busted pipes. >>> the extreme weather is taking a toll on the supplies. milwaukee alone used 62,000 toj fr tons of salt on the rowa ♪ [ male announcer ] new vicks dayquil severe. >> straight to work. we did it. >> all right. she's no diva. but she's getting the diva treatment. we need a massage, stat. we have treats for you. power bars, gatorade. how do you feel after that? >> i don't know how it's possible. but i feel okay. i feel great. such a great vibe in the stairwell. you're pretty good at this, nole, thanks. another. everyone was encouraging one another. i met a great group of guys. bill had a stem cell transplant from multiple myeloma, the research raised $750,000 for the organization. it was great for him see

john and marci?nk you. >>> the government can keep borrowing money to pay its bills now that senate raised the debt ceiling. but the approval did not come without some drama. ted cruz trying to force a filibuster on the issue but he was overruled by members of his own party joining democrats in the vote. >>> after a disastrous rollout, obamacare seems to be picking up steam. more than 3 million enrolled under the president's plan. the goal was to have more than 4 million enrolled by now but the administration says it is still pleased with the progress. young adults make up about a quarter of the new enrollees and that's vital since that age group tends to be healthier. >>> this may be our ahh story of the morning. a pennsylvania animal shelter has a book buddies program allowing children to read out loud to rescued cats. >> that cat actually looks like he is listening. >> yeah. >> the shelter says it is beneficial to help children improve reading skills and the cats are soothed by the sound of the ki

good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and marci.tion's mid section with snow dumping. widespread heavy snow fall. mixed bag of precipitation, these areas marked in pink. some soaking rain by the coast and as far as accumulation is concerned, we look for an area of more than a foot of snow north of boston into northeastern pa with a wide area of 6 to 12 inches expected. john and marci, back to you. >> this stuff is almost more frightening with the power outage, and in my backyard, new jersey, limbs are down to the ground. >> i know. >> the heaviest stuff. and little bit of icing and those power outages won't happen. >> you look up at the trees and the you can't imagine how many more can go out there. fingers crossed. >> fingers crossed. let's move away from the weather. people across the country will soon feel the financial impact of the deep freeze. that grip the west back in december. now the frigid temperatures and historic drought wiped out nearly a quarter of california's citrus industry. that is lost oranges, lemons, mandarins.

john and marci? >> abc's dr.ation unless you absolutely need it. but with this, this is something that's been around for a long time, has a great track record and so most people should still feel comfortable taking it. >> doctors say it is essential for treating fever, even in pregnant patients, so it's one of these things i guess you use your best judgment. >>> there is more medical news for women this morning. new research finding women as young as 35 may benefit from having their ovaries surgically removed if they carry either of the two brca genes. women with those genes are much more likely to develop breast and ovarian cancer. the surgery researchers say can reduce the risk of premature death by up to 77%. >>> health insurance costs are going up for millions of americans under obama care according to a new federal estimate, while as many as 11 million employees of small businesses can expect higher premiums, the rates are going to drop for 6 million others. the new law says premiums can no longer be based o

john and marci?ction, so they're really trying to be seen as bipartisan problem-solvers. that's their focus. they want to seem as even as possible. >> absolutely. the last shutdown did not go well in the polling. at this stage of the game they want to focus on inadequacicies they see in obamacare and prevent a shutdown. >>> at the white house, the obamas hosted the president of france at a state dinner. the couple gave francois hollande the red carpet treatment after he arrived alone after the messy breakup with his long-time girlfriend. the protocol experts solved that problem by sitting hollande between the president and mrs. obama. >>> wall street likes what it is hearing from the federal reserve. new fed chief janet yellen made her first appearance on capitol hill yesterday and pledged to continue the central bank's policy of low interest rates. after that, stocks soared for the market's longest winning streak of the year. the dow's 193-point increase was also its biggest of the year. >>> consume

john and marci, back to you. >> accuweather's jim dickey. thank you. stay with abc news for the latest on this storm. we'll have live team coverage coming up on "good morning america." >>> well, parts of the uk are bracing for a new round of monster storms with thousands of hopes flooded and evacuated after their wettest month in nearly 250 years. forecasters are expecting a month's worth of rain over the next two days much winds could top 100 miles an hour. thousands of people without power after the thames burst its banks. even if the rain stops now it could take months for the floods to drain. >>> and there's been another deadly avalanche in the west. two back country skiers were killed. two others suffered broken legs. all the victims are from the seattle area. a skier missing after an avalanche outside of a colorado ski area was found dead yesterday. at least 12 people have died in avalanches nationally this season including six since sunday. >>> the senate is expected to raise the debt ceiling today after a landmark vote in the house. republican

john and marci, back to you. >> jim, thank you. our extreme weather team will continue tracking this storm. live team coverage coming up on "good morning america." >>> and we're learning new details about a scare and some injuries after a united airlines plane hit severe turbulence. the packed 737 dropped without warning and then began to bounce around yesterday. it left denver bound for billings, montana, and one passenger said he saw a baby fly out of his parents' arms and land in a seat nearby. this man describes what it was like. >> it started shaking and then it dropped. i don't know how far it dropped, but a lot of people, they were screaming and having issues and, you know, there was a lot of people that were scared. >> other passengers described papers going everywhere, even seeing someone leave a footprint on the ceiling, it was so violent. several passengers and flight attendants were taken to the hospital. one is still in the icu. >>> well, an indiana family was among those terrified passengers on board ethiopian airline

i'm john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez.alking about the warm-up here, 40 degrees or something like that. >> 40 degrees felt like it was 70. >> it is in sight. countdown on -- >> 29 days, i believe. >> but you're not counting. >> we begin with a major warm-up in what has been one of the coldest spots in the nation. >> the mercury rising in the twin cities to over 40 degrees yesterday. first time since before thanksgiving it's been 40 degrees. but higher temperatures of course raising the risk of flooding, clogging storm drains and swollen rivers and collapsing roofs. >> melting snow and ice blamed for this, giant piece of metal trim. falling in the seats of a basketball arena of indian university. no one was hurt but it comes on the heels of yet another powerful winter storm. abc's gio benitez has the latest. >> reporter: whiteout conditions in butler, pennsylvania. so bad, this armored truck flipped. near chicago, this car, stuck on icy tracks gets struck by a train. watch again. miraculously the driver walked away unhurt.

good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and marci.across the east into new england. through the early morning hours. it is weak but it will travel along the i-95 corridor. boston, south and west, new york city into d.c. just picking up a coating to an inch or show but leaving roadways slick. meanwhile, dealing with brutal cold along the upper midwest. northern plains minus 13, early morning low minneapolis. minus 3 in chicago. many spots above 0 during the day. soaking rain in california. we do need this but too much of a good thing will lead it flooding into the weekend. john and marci, back to you. >> jim dickey, thank you. >>> a spectacular scene from the surface of the sun. a giant solar flare erupted there yesterday. winds over 4 million miles per hour. flares often disrupt communications here on earth. this one was not directed at us. it could still cause auroras near the poles tonight. >> as the health care sign-up deadline approaches, president obama wants to see an enrollment surge next month. he says about 4 million people a

good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and marci.the worse the conditions in the early morning hours, that's across the lower mississippi valley. really from northern louisiana southern arkansas across mississippi into central alabama. freezing rain will lead to slick spots on the roadways for sure. onto the overnight, things get going here. we could see significant ice in these locations headed through wednesday, including atlanta. much of central and western carolina, into north carolina. we're talked downed trees, widespread power outages. some spots seeing over an inch of ice accumulations. on through late week, storms up the coast, we could talk significant snow once again. i-95 corridor here too. john and marci, back to you. >> thanks, jim. >>> the white house is deciding whether to authorize a military drone strike against an american citizen thought to be in pakistan. u.s. officials say the person is a member of al qaeda and is actively plotting an attack against american interests overseas. under new guidelines, lethal force

good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and marcy. tracking a couple of systems. snow departing the northeast, area of low pressure moving offshore, taking the snow with it. moving on with snow in cape cod and coastal maine. that system is gone. watching a weak disturbance move into the plains. light snow falling there right now and also tracking a second system that's still keeping rainfall in california. will dry out throughout the day today. the combined efforts of these two storms will keep things wintry in the south. area of ice through dallas into the carolinas. snow for the northward. most will be light but as we saw with the past system to impact the south, only takes a little snow and ice to make roadways slick. be mindful of that as we start the work week. john and marci, back to you. >> that ice moving in definitely not what people in atlanta want to see. it's been nearly two weeks since that storm that basically paralyzed the city. shut down the freeway. had people waiting hours upon hours in their cars. they couldn't move. now another ice storm. >> th

john and marci, back to you?he aircraft went down not far from lanai's airport. two critically injured and another seriously hurt. the ntsb and faa are investigating. >>> attorney general eric holder is resting at home after a brief stay in the hospital. holder was treated for an elevated heart rate. he was light-headed and short of breath yesterday. the department said holder did not suffer a heart attack. >>> california's governor jerry brown decided to run for reelection. it was not a complete surprise. the 75-year-old democrat has been fund-raising. the official announcement was posted on brown's campaign website. polls show the republicans entered for the race are for the most port unknown to california voters. >> the president unveiling a new program reaching out to black and latino kids. mr. obama drawing out on his own experiences when he spoke. >> reporter: blanked by young men struggling to grow up in some of chicago's roughest neighborhoods, president obama opened up about his own troubles as a teenage

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i'm john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> lots of butter. it's valentine's day. it's friday. it's all good. except for our top story. wicked weather in the northeast bringing snow, freezing rain, sleet, even lightning to millions of americans. >> second round of rain and snow will fall on new york this morning. many lack power or a way to get to work. now, this is the seventh major storm of the season in the northeast. abc's lana zak begins our coverage. >> reporter: as temperatures hoferred right around freezing, thunder snow showers hit new york city. it's just the latest and crazy unrelenting winter weather. from georgia to maine, travelers were stranded. in raleigh the conditions were so dangerous, some drivers simply abandoned their cars. >> cars around me were just spinning. i was just waiting for my turn to get hit. i was like, i have to get out of here. >> reporter: even this philadelphia ambulance was no match for the icy roads. still, some people decided to brave winter's barrage outdoors. >> we have no coffee po

. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >>> we begin with a new terror threat surround the olympic games. a live picture of the coastal venues in sochi. competition is already under way ahead of tomorrow's opening ceremony. >>> but there's a new security warning this morning and at least two arrests. abc's michelle franzen has been tracking events overnight. >> reporter: just a day before the opening ceremony in sochi a new urgent warning for u.s. and international airlines flying into russia. the department of homeland security says it has specific and credible information terrorists may try to use toothpaste tubes filled with explosives to create a bomb. >> either toen construct it on an airplane or smuggle it in. >> reporter: a serious enough threat for them to alert a small number of u.s. aircraft traveling to russia even though the warning is aimed at alerting foreign airlines. the warning comes after the arrest of two chechen women after officials then warted a possible bomb attack. they had direct ties to the toothpaste tube intelligence that triggered the warning. russia ha

i'm marci gonzalez. >> and i'm alex perez. john and diana are off. we start with the final countdown to the olympics and those lingering concerns about security. >> give you a live look now at sochi. today's opening ceremony takes place in the stadium there on the left. it starts at about 11:00 a.m. eastern time. >> thousands of americans are in sochi, and more will be arriving in the coming days following the warning about terrorists smuggling explosives onto planes in toothpaste tubes. homeland security is now banning liquids in carry-on luggage and direct flights from the u.s. to russia. now, these are the most expensive olympics staged, an estimated $51 billion, and as abc's hamish mcdonald tells us, there's a lot at stake. >> reporter: and for vladimir putin, the president of russia, he has staked everything on being able to carry out these games successfully, but with just a few hours to go before the big event, as it were, the opening ceremony, a lot of last-minute work being done, a lot of those final bits of preparation at the venues and som

. >> and i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. the last day of february is proving to be a brutal weather day no matter where you live. take a look at the radar. heavy rains are taking aim at bone-dry california where evacuations have under way at least in one neighborhood because of mud slide fears. here's abc's tahman bradley. >> reporter: they've been praying for rain, just not this much. this morning, drought-stricken california soaking wet. >> we need it. i don't necessarily like it but we need it. >> reporter: in the bay area the storms have snapped trees on roads, trucks are sliding out of control. an l.a. county yesterday more than 100 crashes. there's a lot of anxiety in foothill communities outside los angeles. the worry, mud slides. in glendora residents filled sandbags near land scorched by recent wildfires. >> i think we're a little aware that a lot of rain in a short period of time could create problems with mud slides. >> reporter: mandatory evacuations are ordered and continue in some places. >> no entry zone excep

>> good morning, john and marci. our stormy week continues here with storm -- winter storm two of three. it's already forming up here across the lower mississippi valley going to streak north and eastward wednesday but the snow, that's beginning already through these early morning hours across the plain, front range of the rockies, snow spreading eastward. the heaviest will be across eastern kansas into central and northern missouri to the ohio valley. kansas city by the time the sun rises wednesday, likely 6 to 12 inches of snow then new england, bringing a fresh foot in many locations northern p.a. into portions of new england again, 6 to 12 inches too and another storm that rolls in this weekend hitting many of the same regions and looks to be the strongest of the bump so our stormy week continues. john and marci, back to you. >> thanks, jim. >>> a much different scenario in the west where they're struggling to cope with a historic drought threatening to cut off water to millions across california. >> the bay area

jim. >> good morning, john and marci. a winter storm continues to impact the south here as we head on through midweek. the worst of the ice this morning, that's from northern louisiana eastward into mississippi and alabama. watch out for slick spots on the roadways, but this will be light compared to what's going to go on here tonight into wednesday across south carolina into north carolina, portions of georgia including atlanta. we're talking significant ice accumulations, over an inch in some locations that will likely lead to downed trees, power outages across the region. john and marci, back to you. >> all right, jim, thank you. >>> breaking news out of the dallas area, those icy roads have claimed the lives of at least two people. a firefighter dying last night after he fell from a slippery overpass onto an interstate below. >> fire crews were responding to several crashes when the fatal accident happened. earlier in the day, a 16-year-old boy died when he lost control of his pickup truck because of slippery conditio

good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and marci. a couple trouble spots we're dealing with across the country here today. first off across the northeast, new england, seeing some snowfall. it'll be light, but coming through the morning commute, cities like boston, d.c., new york city likely dealing with some delays through the morning hours. and with this brutal cold in place across the upper midwest, the northern plains, early morning temperatures, minus 13, minneapolis. minus 3 in chicago. we won't get above zero in many of these spots as we head through the day, and rainfall is moving through the west that will last through the weekend. many cases too much of a good thing going to lead to flooding and some mud slides. john and marci, back to you. >> jim, thank you. >>> to arizona now sparking a national uproar over contentious bill that could change the way gay people are treated. the legislation would allow businesses to refuse service to gays and the final decision is now in the hands of arizona's governor. we get more now from

good for you, marci. >>> meantime, making headlines for not showing his face.. >> it is apparently his latest attention-grabbing antic at the berlin film festival, wearing a paper bag over his head wearing the words i am not famous anymore. a phrase he's been repeating on twitter. >> whatever. the bag incident follows his bizarre reaction to a question earlier during the day in a press conference. he lifted a random quote from a french soccer player from 19 years ago about fish and sardines and he walked away. >> very bizarre. >>> walking away from a snow shovel competition is man from new mexico. >> check this out. hundreds of spectators and thrillseekers jammed resorts. this is in angel fire resort outside of santa fe for this year's annual snow shovel race championships. men, women, and children waxing up their shovels and taking a dive. >> this year's winner, justin gonzalez, no relation, of angel fire. >> no relation? >> no. he clocked in at over 70 miles an hour. >> 70 miles an hour? >> it's better than shoveling, i guess. using the shovel for this purpos

i'm john muller. >> and i'm marci gonzalez.o idea that what's app was such a big deal. i use it because you don't have the texting rates if you are trying to keep in touch with someone who is abroad. and -- 19 billion. >> $19 billion. it must be pretty darn good. have you used it for any of the olympics coverage? >> i have. i have a few friends in sochi right now so, that's how we keep in touch. we are texting on what's up right now. >> let's talk about the olympics. talk to them later on what's app. we'll start out with the olympics in sochi, a big day for the american women on the rice. ice. >> we will get to that in a moment but first medals count. team usa starts the day on top thanks to one medal of each kind yesterday. keir has the details. >> reporter: another day, another gold for team usa. ted ligety dominates in u.s. giant slalom. >> this is the event that i wanted to win the most. this is the event that i have worked the hardest the last couple of years. >> reporter: making history, becoming the first american man to

abc's marcy gonzalez tonight on the system from texas all the way up to the northeast. >> reporter: a winter storm barrelling through parts of texas and heading north. some parts of the lone star state seeing more than a foot of snow. elsewhere, an inch of ice coating roads. and in dallas, hundreds of flights are canceled. the system on the move, bringing snow, sleet and freezing rain through illinois and straight into the northeast by monday. tricky timing, as thousands plan to travel home from the super bowl. this weekend, just the start of back-to-back storms, threatening to once again hit a winter weary midwest. this weekend, snow-covered roads in chicago and freezing roads in wichita created dangerous driving conditions. this woman, able to free herself after her car flipped on an icy highway. >> i was able to unhook myself and crawl out. all the witnesses were like, i can't believe you crawled out of that, so -- i'm okay. >> reporter: not faring so well, snow budgets and salt stockpiles in towns across the midwest. nearly tapped out as road crews use what's left, for a deja vu m

marci, ryan? >> all right.different countries who were involved in this. and you can actually check out more about them in their biographies and all of that. they have a website monumentsmen.com. >> the story, incredible. saved over 5 million pieces of art during world war ii. absolutely incredible. don't miss updates on facebook, wnnfans.com. >>> more news coming up from abc. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now." informing insomniacs for two decades. "world news now." informing insomniacs for two decades. toxic chemicals and carcinogens are leaching into the environment. it's happening right where we live, work and play. everywhere. cigarette butts are toxic waste. let's stop the toxic litter. learn more at rethinkbutts.org >>> making news in america this morning -- breaking overnight. a plane is forced to make an emergency landing after an attempted hijacking. we're live with the latest. >>> chilling claim. a teenager makes a stunning admission. if proven true, the crimes would put her among the most

. >> reporter: the woman's face is marcie, and she owns two lice removal places. they are called knitless noggins and she says most new clients are teenagers. it seems everybody is taking selfies, me, hillary, the first lady. but for marcie, she says when it comes to selfies, two heads are not better than one. >> when the kids get the others to take the group selfies and they are together for a prolonged time, they're looking at youtube videos together that the lice is crawling from one head to the next. >> reporter: she bases her theory on a dramatic increase in the number of teenage clients. >> we were noticing them on their food and talking to them about doing group selfies. and we thought hey, this would be the possible impact of the increase. >> reporter: daniel wilson is with the health agency and is not afraid of a group selfy, obviously. but he is skeptical of the theory. >> if you had a heavy infestation, it's going to come out in the pictures. most low-level infestations, i don't think you can do it so casually. >> reporter: dr. pollock is far more skept

. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. another potentially dangerous round of bad weather hitting california. the second of two rainstorms is beginning to pound the golden state and this is the stronger of the pair. >> there is a mandatory evacuation order for more than a thousand homes. abc's brandi hitt beginning our coverage from los angeles rep. t >> reporter: report with trucks sliding out of control on california's rain-soaked streets. there's concern walls of mud could soon do the same.rain-soa. there's concern walls of mud could soon do the same. in glendora families are filling sandbags for lands scorch last month that could give way it lands slides. . >> i'm prepare teddy vac yit with our daut rs. >> hundreds of homes are in what officials call the primary impact area. they are hoping to avoid landslides like this one nine years ago. the storms hit california wednesday but that's not compared to the second system that could dump up to seven inches of heavy rain. >> from the possibility of heavy flooding to mudsli

i'm glad have you this first story. >> marci.nt, at brigham young university, surprising some random women with a serenade. check it out. ♪ ♪ >> scaring some. and pretty cute. >> she doesn't look amused. >> i don't know why anyone would dump candy down a toilet but it happened in space. the astronauts, international space station, showing how the toilets up there work. and what better way than with some chocolates, i guess. so -- >> nice. >> they call this exclusive video obtained by abc news. very serious story. i think the serious part of it is that chocolate is going to waste. >> that is not good. >> of all places in space. >> polka time. >>. ♪ wh needs flowers, who needs sweets, plug your love with texts and sweets ♪ ♪ it's the val not tinevalentin polka. even if you're an hunk you can still text your junk. take the accordian, you're bound to find a date. every bachelorette agrees, we all make a great main squeeze ♪ it's the main squeeze orchestra ♪ . ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ our thanks to main squeeze orchestra.com. have a great weekend. see

marci and ryan? >> lama hasan live in london, thank you. and of course, we'll have much more on "good morning america." >>> our other big headline this morning, the latest round of severe snowstorms slamming both ends of the nation. >> another major system gaining strength in the pacific northwest is expected to move east, blanketing 3,000 miles of america under yet another layer of snow. here's abc's tahman bradley. >> reporter: the northeast can't catch a break. another monster storm ravaged the new england coast. some areas more than a foot of snow. and whiteout conditions from 50-mile-per-hour winds. 14,000 homes and businesses lost power. residents are screaming, enough already. >> i hate it. i wish it was done. >> reporter: in milwaukee, crews are now using sand on side streets, trying to conserve what little salt they have left. >> if this winter doesn't break, we're going to start running out. it's kind of a scary situation to go through. >> reporter: out west, the problem, avalanches. two more skiers found dead on sunday, swept awa

it's a maybe, marci. >> it's a maybe.don't know. >> i'll see if i can pencil you in. >>> time for sports highlights. >> we have hoops, some hard ball and our friends at espn. >>> good morning, america. welcome to the "sportscenter" set. >> adjusting in. >> bristol, ken nut. >> he's neil everett and i'm stan verrett. >> wait till you see the j.j. redick catch. just kidding. clippers and rockets wednesday at the staples center where stan and i used to work right across the street. deandre jordan there, darren collison here. clippers up three. an entertaining ball game on espn, i might add. chandler parsons tries to get the club back in it but collison, 19 points, 12 in the fourth quarter. clippers won, 101-93. >>> spring training baseball but josh reddick is ready for the regular season. look at that catch. robbing michael morrison. this is giants and a's. and reddick making the grab. fourth inning, morris batting again and reddick goes up and does it again. reddick's ready for the season. a's beat the giants, 10-5 in that

i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> and i'm john muller. someone in california is waking up much richer winning the sixth largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history. >> that lucky person bought the single winning powerball ticket at a chevron station in milpitas in the bay area. the ticket is worth $425 million, $242 million in a lump sum payout. this gas station just ten miles from where december's $648 million jackpot was won. >> so someone went to the gas station, probably got some gas, walked in, said, hey, i'm going to get a couple tickets tonight and won $425 million. >> that chevron station, by the way, will receive a million dollar bonus at least for selling the winning ticket. you wonder if that person is even awake and knows that they are rich. >> what a surprise he or she is in for. >>> all right. this morning's other story, breaking news from ukraine where that fragile truce declared last night is falling apart. >> take a look there. live pictures from kiev where fierce fighting between police and protesters has started up again. p

i'm marciviolent and deadliest days in ukraine, talks are ahead between the president and opposition leaders. what you are looking at is not a war zone. this is what the main square in downtown kiev looks like right after scores of people were killed in an antigovernment protest. joining us from the phone from moscow, kir yat kirit radia. good morning. sides are talking. what are the chances of this truce holding? >> reporter: well, frankly, i don't know if chances are all this good. yesterday they had a truce as well. but that was broken after a radical group of protesters assaulted police. you have to remember, there are agitators are both sides here and all it takes is one molotov cocktail to set this whole thing back on fire again. >> are sanctions from europe and u.s. enough to change ukraine's position? >> reporter: well, that's the hope at least. and the thought is that if they can hit ukraine's president and allies where it hurts, in his bank accounts and restricting his travel, that th

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. >> and i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. officials in the u.s. are calling for the extradition of most wanted drug kingpin joaquinn guzman who was arrested this weekend to mexico. he faces prosecution in at least seven american cities. more about the take down in just a moment. >> faulty water heater blamed for a deadly carbon monoxide leak at a long island new york restaurant. the manager died after he passed out in the basement. more than two dozen workers and first responders were taken to the hospital. >> jason collins in the first openly guy player to play in a profession yl sport. he signed a ten-day contract with the team earlier in the day. he called getting into the action fun. >> a small plane flying at 3,000 feet. a florida airport there had a sudden encounters with a bird shattering the wind screen. the pilot in the cockpit didn't know what hit him. but he did land. those are our top stories monday, february 24th. >> this is abc "world news now." >> good monday morning, everybody. we have new details about the capture of one of the mo

thank you, marci. >>> is there any more extreme weather in store for us? let's bring if jason nicholas from wews. unfortunately, i think i know the answer. >> what are you going to do? great to be here. huge weather day. wild weather. severe weather can happen in february. look at this map here. eight states, more than 20 tornadoes. in fact, in illinois itself, eight tornadoes. storm surveyors are out there. they may add to that. the severe weather, thankfully, now, moved off across the east. each of the blue dots indicates where wind damage was. we had hail damage and tornado reports. the big weather story over the next couple of days, certainly across the eastern third or eastern half of the country, another arctic blast. air temperatures not getting out of single digits across many spots. even down into the deep south. temperatures could top out in the 20s. we'll talk more about that in about 15 minutes. dan? >> jason, thank you. >>> another major story this morning. major flaw in apple's devices could allow hackers to intercept your e-mail. this is a b

. >> reporter: lawyer marcy hamilton studies polygamy and says the ruling actually makes it tougher for authorities to investigate potential abuse. >> reporter: when you have a polygamist culture and you have one man with five women, you have to do two things -- you have to marry younger and younger women in order for one man to have multiple wives. and you have to discard some of the boys. >> reporter: the united nations calls polygamy a violation of human rights. another study concluded polygamy leads to poverty and higher rates of child neglect and abuse. >> it is a real attack on the equality of women. even cody brown's arrangement is offensive to equality principles. >> reporter: but for the browns and other families like theirs, this life, one man, many wives, is a means to get to heaven. and while utah's attorney general plans to appeal the ruling, the browns say they'll fight for it before a higher court if they have to. >> i just want to be free man. >> reporter: and a higher power. i'm cecelia vega in las vegas. >> thanks for that report. next, for kids like max, being with th