marcy gonzales has more. >> reporter: good afternoon with the windchill dropping below 0 in some places today the cleanup is proving to be a challenge for the 100 million people impacted by this storm. it's the hard work one shovel at a time after the big storm. >> you do one shovel at a time until it's gone. >> from nebraska to new england they are digging out from piles of snow left from this latest winter blast. >> it's not too much, come back and see me in late march i may have a different story. but so far so good. >> in chicago they are clearing the streets after the fifth biggest snow storm in the city's history, getting ready for more snow tonight. >> people are getting stuck. >> people in boston are getting through the snowiest week in history. causing schools to close again. >> plows are out on a tight schedule, with the patriots victory parade starting tomorrow. >> the police will enforce that there is no climbing on snow piles during the parade. >> since this storm began at least seven people have died in weather related accidents. in new york marcy gonzales channel 6 "actio

marcy gonzales channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> those trains were carrying oil that is the same form of highly explosive oil that wendy saltzman alerted you to earlier this month in a special investigation. and it's been transported through philadelphia neighborhoods and south jersey. while no major explosions have occurred, 11 tank cars derailed here in the past few weeks. >>> still to come on "action news" at noon a new clue for police trying to catch a woman who killed a woman in a case of road rage. this is jim. a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto®, jim's on the move. jim's doctor recommended xarelto®. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce afib-related stroke risk. but xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem tha

marcy gonzales reports on the cleanup. >> reporter: the snow has stopped falling and now this part is far from over. >> we have been shoveling since 2:00 in the morning. >> the city was hit with nearly two more feet of snow bringing the total to a record breaking 74 inches so far this winter that is more than d.c. baltimore pennsylvania and new york city combined. people are still trying to figure out where to put it all. >> we can handle snow but we are running out of room to push it and we keep having storms. >> three consecutive storms leaving this home buried and officials had to shut down commuter train service today. and it's another dangerous day for driving and shoveling out. with so many digging left to do one penned a breakup letter to the snow, writing maybe next winter we can be friends but for now please lose my address. >> there is more snow in the forecast for boston later this week. marcy gonzales channel 6 "action news." >>> the white house has confirmed the death of an american woman held hostage by isis. kayla mueller was taken hostage, isis claimed she was killed d

reporting live, marcy gonzales channel 6 "action news." >> thank you for that report. health check tonight, federal health officials face tough questions about the flu xrak seen and why it's not giving good protection. lawmakers are asking where they didn't act months ago when they knew it did not match the strain going around. they said because the egg based vaccine takes six months to make and it wasn't possible to change course then. >>> nearly 200 people fell ill on a ship forcing the voyage to end early the same time the ship was hit with an intestineal bug, because of what health officials think was norovirus, some passengers were from our area, but it's not known if any of them were sick the ship had similar outbreaks in march and april of last year. >>> the job of retrieving bodies from asia air flight 8501 continues to be slow going they pulled six more bodies out today, bringing the total bodies to 90 there was 162 people on board when it crashed into the java sea, and some bodies were found floating hundreds of miles away from the crash. >>> "action news" is

marcy gonzales has more. >> the executioner, identified. a former u.s. intelligence official, confirms that the masked man seen in several barbaric videos, including three americans being beheaded is muhammad emwazi. >> it's really hard to imagine the trajectory. >> the "washington post" reports he is a native of kuwait who group in west london. >> he is in his mid-20s and went to syria to join isis just three years ago and authorities have known his identify for several months but are still trying to track him down, this has police and the fbi arrest three men that live in brooklyn new york, accusing them of plotting to help isis, that they wanted to fight alongside extremists overseas or launch attacks here in the u.s. coasting on isis websites about bombing coney island and killing police officers and assassinating president obama. >> this is real, the concern about the lone wolf inspires to act without going to the middle east. >> one man arrested yesterday just as investigators say he was trying to board a plane at jfk airport heading to syria. >> m

marcy gonzales has more over the investigation. >> stretching from home to home in the rural missouri town. seven people shot to death last night before police say the killer drove away and later turned the gun on himself. his body found in his vehicle along the highway. >> we still got family and people to talk to. we are not going to have all the answers today. >> it may have started after the gunman found his elderly mother dead from natural causes. he then went to four other houses, opening fire. a girl who is in one of those homes called 911. >> she heard gunshots. she fled to a neighbors house. >> all of the victims were adults including a woman who was shot and is now helping investigators. >> they have identified the gunman and they say several of the victims were his cousins. >> this week it is going to mark one year since the disappearance . >> the eight-year-old girl vanished. we have more from a friend of the family. >> police searched the area for weeks in a tragedy that gripped the metropolitan area. she disappeared february of last year with 51-year-old who had been a g

marcy gonzales joins us with the latest. >> reporter: we were able to identify him by his voice one described him as intelligent quiet and sadistic. unmasking a barbaric murderer, jihadi john shown in hostage videos identified today. he is believed to be in his mid-20s, he is a nate of of kuwait, a college graduate that grew up in this neighborhood in west london. >> a beautiful young man it's hard to imagine the trajectory. >> those that knew him said before he left for syria he later joined isis, he grew frustrated with the english government. m i-5 questioned him and even tried to recruit him. >> they have pictures of him and finger prints and they were watching him what happened? did he fall off the radar. they knew what was behind the mask for months but is still not commenting. >> as the hunt continues the family of one of his victims, american journalist steven - is confident he will be caught. >> we are told that british authorities wanted to keep it a secret hoping he would eventually call home and they would be able to track him. rick back to you. >> marcy thank you. >> there is mor

marcy gonzales joins us with the latest. >> reporter: we were able to identify him by his voice one described him as intelligent quiet and sadistic. unmasking a barbaric murderer, jihadi john shown in hostage videos identified today. he is believed to be in his mid-20s, he is a nate of of kuwait, a college graduate that grew up in this neighborhood in west london. >> a beautiful young man it's hard to imagine the trajectory.