. >>> meteorologist megan glaros of our chicago station wbbm is tracking this snowstorm as it moves east. >> good morning, anthony and gayle. here we go again. another storm system. this is moving west to east. impacting chicago and portions of indianapolis, cincinnati, columbus, going into the next 24 hours. and then moving off to the east coast and to new york and boston by the time we roll into tomorrow morning. accumulations on this will stay a little bit lighter than the last two storms but still could top six inches in spots. ice accumulation could be a factor in washington, through south to cincinnati and omaha. middle to end of this week we're looking at mild air. temperatures could top 50 in new york. and in boston, a problem because not only do we have a lot of snow on the ground, but it will be paired with the possibility of rain. so snow melt will be a big factor. frozen ground will create a lot of runoff. so flooding will be an issue paired with those milder temperatures. anthony, gayle? >> avalanche warnings are in colorado. on sunday searchers found two skiers. were skiing

meteorologist megan glaros of our chicago station wbbm is tracking this morning's snowstorm as it movesast. >> good morning, anthony and gayle. here we go again, in this never-ending winter. another storm system, this one moving west to east, impacting chicago and portions of indianapolis, cincinnati, columbus, going into the next 24 hours, and then moving on off to the east coast, to new york and to boston by the time we roll into tomorrow morning. accumulations on this will stay a little lighter than the last two storms but would top six inches in spots. ice accumulation could be a factor from washington through south of cincinnati and into st. louis and omaha. middle to end of this week, we're looking at very mild air. temperatures 20 degrees above average, topping 50 in new york, and in boston a problem, because not only do we have a lot of snow on the ground, but it will be paired with a possibility of rain. so snow melt will be a big factor. frozen ground will create a lot of runoff, and there could even be icejam flooding on rivers, so flooding will be an issue paired with the mi

megan megan glaros of our affiliate wbbm is here in studio. >> therein lies the difference.r and show you what's happening right now where new york is being hit by a very intense line of snow oftentimes near the line is where it falls. eventually out to sea, but there will be so much to clean up. in fact, as much as 12 to 18 inches could extend really from parts of new jersey all the way on up potentially as far north as into vermont and new hampshire. what we're seeing is the low pressure moves up the coast line. also in combination with high tide because of a full moorngs we have a risk for coastal flooding from new jersey up to maine. it's not great risk but one of the angles of the storm. as well the winds will kick up the snow making the whiteout conditions as well. norah, charlie, gayle. >> thank you, megan. >>> for decades scientists and on tre pre nears have tried to reinvent mae, but a missouri company believes it's on the cutting edge. in a moment we'll talk with the ceo and founder of beyond meat. >> this is where it's done? >> yes. >> where are the chickens? >> e

megan glaros from our chicago station wbbm has a look. >> certainly colder than average.x going into the next several days as cold arctic air descends into the plains the great lakes, pushing off to the east coast 20 to 30 degrees below average. timing on this pushes it in toward chicago, minneapolis by tuesday. and on wednesday, it will filter on off to the east coast. and, sadly, looking ahead at the month of march, it appears that the great lakes and the midwest will continue with colder than average temperatures. charlie, norah, gayle? >> megan glaros thanks. >>> eric holder is appealing to congress this morning in the wake of the cyber attacks on millions of shoppers over the holidays. jan crawford looks at what could be the next step in the fight against retail hackers. >>> good morning. representatives for target and neem nieman marcus testified it took them only four days to get word out to their customers that their information had been stolen but some customers were never notified directly. which the justice department says is a problem that needs a national sol

it will give meteorologists like megan glaros a powerful tool for predicting extreme weather. norah, because every tool in our arsenal is a good thing, you know? it is an imperfect science, but there is much we still don't know about precipitation itself clouds, storm systems that form in the sky. soon however, we should finally get some answers. >> all systems are ready. >> the high-tech satellite was blasted into orbit without much fanfare, even though it will soon help meteorologists around the world forecast big storms. the $1.2 billion global precipitation measurement core observatory is a joint mission between nasa and its japanese counterpart. >> the hubble space telescope and the mars curiosity rover, high-profile spacecraft like that get all the attention, but this mission is arguably much more important to the average person. >> nasa says it will help predict weather patterns after a year of deadly tornado outbreaks in the heartland, massive droughts out west and record-breaking snowfall seemingly everywhere. >> it's going to help the forecasters improve their climate

megan glaros is ready to guide us through the next 48 hours.the deep south and you have been talking all morning about what it will do there, it moves to the northeast as a classic nor'easter. you can see the snow beginning to fall in d.c. and new york and boston as it continues to make a play on off to the north and east. what i expect is that the heaviest accumulations will be in interior portions of northeast, but could be as much as a foot to foot and a half there. we will see lower accumulations closer to coastal areas because as of low tracks off to the northeast, we will probably see d.c., new york and boston on the rain/snow line and gusty winds will be a big problem with this system and could create blizzard conditions in interior areas over the next 48 hours. >> megan, thank you. >>> closing arguments begin this morning in a high profile murder case that draws comparisons to the trayvon martin killing. dunn is accused in the shooting death of a african-american teenager. dunn took the stand on tuesday, and we go to jacksonville florid

>> megan glaros from our chicago station wbbm. onth than any january since at least 1766. princes william and harry joined a british work crew yesterday morning handing sandbags to workers. >>> the u.s. takes on russia in men's hockey. we'll have morn that in just a moment, but first we won't be they hope to add to that today, especially in the big hockey match. alphonso van marsh is in sochi this morning. alphonso, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anthony. good morning, vinita. i want to s the women -- the missouri native crashed out of the final. and it's a sad case here for emily scott. you know, to raise money, used crowd sourcing, hundreds of people raised thousands of dollars, and as we learned today, it's come to an end for her. back to you. >> alphonso in sochi. thanks. >>> for decades, we've been promised we can harness the power of the sun with nuclear fusion, a clean, safe, and unlimited energy source. now, all that investment may finally be paying off. scientists at california's lawrence livermore said they prod

>> megan glaros thank you. it's still below zero in minneapolis at this hour. the midwest is slowing the flooding risk but there's still a threat. an ice jam in lafayette, indiana, flooded a neighborhood and damaged cars. in wilmington illinois outside of chicago hundreds of homes are threatened by blocks of ice that are several feet thick. >>> legislators in ukraine voted to dep sochlt e the president on trial, viktor yanukovych is still a fugitive. russia's prime minister called the prime minister's ouster mutiny. holly williams is in kiev. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. there are a lot of unfolding events this morning here in ukraine. the country's parliament says its former president is responsible for the deaths of 100 citizens. the big question for now is who is actually in charge here? at the residence of former president viktor yanukovych divers recovered these documents, they believe they're proof of the ousted president's corruption and greed. we found ukraine's parliament guarded by masked men armed with clubs, the

megan glaros of our chicago station, wbbm, is tracking this severe weather.record snows to seattle, that system pushes into the deep south with a mix of rain, sleet, snow and most likely ice accumulation. watch as we go overnight tuesday night into wednesday. the last few frames here in atlanta in the morning commute time period on wednesday, looking at ice possible, anywhere from the heart of texas all the way off to the east coast. snow on the northern extent of that low pressure system. as the low ejects into the atlantic and heads northward, the question remains, will it go up the coast or out to sea? that's something certainly that we will be watching. 81 in miami today, just 10 in chicago. charlie, norah and gayle, that is 50 degrees colder than it will be in sochi, russia, today. >> my goodness. megan, thank you. >>> more success this morning for the u.s. winter olympic team in sochi. julia mancuso won a bronze medal in the women's super combined competition. the u.s. is now third in the medal count behind norway and canada. american women's hockey tea

megan glaros of wbbm is tracking the latest for us. eavily across the new york metro area, all the way up into massachusetts, back to west virginia. the storm system exits really pretty quickly during the day today. i think the evening commute is much easier for those folks. we do have winter storm warnings in effect from the ohio river valley all the way through long island and we could see some very heavy accumulations, six to 12 inches, from the new york metro area all the way down into parts of western maryland. and it looks like we're going to see another storm system coming in to play tuesday into wednesday wednesday. it hits chicago tomorrow with as much as ten inches south of the city. gayle, charlie norah? >> megan, thank you. >>> governor chris christie's inner circle faces a deadline today. his appointees are supposed to turn over information related to new jersey's traffic jam scandal. one of the governor's aides has received a subpoena resigned friday. christina genovese renna left the job friday. >> elaine quijano is here

meteorologist megan glaros of our station wbbm is with us in studio 57. megan, good to see you. good morning. >> good morning to you, and happy valentine's day. mother nature left a little gift across the country over over the last few weeks. the only holdout, the sunshine state of florida. we may add to those states potentially with snowfall exacting the areas. lets look at the radar. lets look where the storm system is now. it's beginning to snow in boston but push to the north and east. exiting to the north and east finally giving us a bit of a break to clean up but dropping about 20 plus inches across parts of the blue ridge mountains. ice was a huge factor down to the south and many of our major cities did pick up very high snowfall accumulations for this total. what we see future cast wise, this area of moisture will work towards the east coast, drops one to three inches across ohio valley and new york city, parts of the mid-atlantic as well. as the storm system works up the coastline, there is the potential for it to deepen once again and impact new england with more snow

meteorologist megan glaros of our chicago station wbbm is tracking it all. >> good morning, charlie andorah. good morning to our viewers in the west today. we do have milder than average temperatures on tap for southern california, topping out at 81 in los angeles today. that's 10 to 15 degrees above average. bun fortunatebut unfortunately, no rain. we do have showers and heavy mountain snows across washington and oregon today, totaling as much as two feet in the higher elevations. a major storm system creating blizzard conditions from the portions of the midwest up near minnesota, iowa and wisconsin, to severe weather potential from michigan down to the gulf coast. could see as much as 10-plus inches of snow across parts of the midwest today, while the threat for severe weather includes damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. that threat works eastward tomorrow. charlie, norah? >> and while millions brace for severe weather, officials used dynamite to blow up ice in michigan. it was up to two feet thick. crews needed three hours of explosions to break the jam. >>> snow caused the r

meteorologist megan glaros of the chicago station, wbbm, says a winter chill is hitting most of the country hard. >> good morning, charlie and norah. good morning to our viewers in the west. most of you are bracing for more rain that's headed your way. we're talking about the heaviest of the rains, in fact, friday coming into saturday. for california, this could be some of the heaviest rain you've had since march of 2011. flooding, mudslides, and severe storms are all a possibility with this next storm system coming through. we're talking about very high accumulation rates here. could be just shy of 4 inches at l.a.x., and we're talking about almost 2.5 inches for those of you down around san diego. much-needed rain, but a little too much too quickly. it's bitterly cold, still, across the midwest and east. wind chills up across minnesota, wisconsin, and the u.p. of michigan could drop to 50 below this morning, and temperature records are being challenged all over the place in the midwest. now, as that low pressure from the west coast moves into colder air, we are going to see the potential

meteorologist megan glaros of our chicago station, wbbm, looks at the weather. >> storms starting in oklahoma, kansas, missouri, spreading to the north and east, impacting st. louis and chicago, columbus. and moving on off to the east coast, likely meaning a snow storm for hard-hit new york, that picked up 8" of snow in a new daily record yesterday. more snow on tap there. we are talking about a storm system impacting 29 states and over 100 million people. tons of advisories, watches and warnings for winter weather are posted across the central and northeastern part of the country. what we see accumulationwise is as much as six to 12 inches from kansas all the way through illinois, indiana and on off to the east coast. we may see a bit of a rain/snow mix and ice accumulation down to the south. the west today, southern california, topping out in the mid 60s. charlie, norah? >> governor chris christie remains defiant this morning. he says the united states attorney in new jersey sent a subpoena to his office. the procesecutor wants informatn related to the george washington bridge traf

meteorologist megan glaros of our chicago station, w about bm, says this storm will make it hard for millions to get to work. >> good morning, charlie and norah. very heavy snowfall rates across chicago and the midwest yesterday. now it pushes east, impacting new york and boston and rides up the coast line. it should be gone later on tonight but will bring heavy snow in rush hours this afterno afternoon. three inches from eastern ohio over to boston and coastal maine. possibly some ice accumulation, minor ice accumulation from washington, d.c. to columbus, ohio. chicago is topping out at 42 degrees today. first time in 18 days we'll break freezing and it will be nearly 80 in dallas. the warm-up begins. with that warm-up comes the potential for flooding and even a chance for severe weather thursday and friday of this week. possible damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. charlie, norah? >> all right. >>> this morning, dramatic stories from passengers on board a united airlines flight. their jet hit severe turbulence. the captain was forced to declare a medical emergency. anna, good mor

megan glaros of our chicago station, wbbm tells us what to expect. >> good morning, charlie and norah. the southern storm system will come in two distinct waves. the first of which is impacting the south right now. that's the weak erer wave. the second form overnight tonight bringing rain to parts of alabama, mississippi and changing over to sleet, freezing rain and snow into the overnight could create a crippling ice storm from georgia on into the carolinas. talking about winter storm advisories watches and warnings from texas all the way on off to the east coast. the states that will be hit hardest with possibly the most severe ice storm in 10 or 20 years from alabama up to southern virginia. power outages, downed trees, road closures and travel issues with as much as three-quarters of an inch of ice there. ice to the south, snow to the north. the blue ridge mountains could pick up as much as a foot of snow. and as the storm system moves to the north and east significant snow is a possibility from washington to new york to boston. the intensity and track, though at this point still

megan glaros of wbbm is tracking that and another threat facing the east. >> good morning. talking about a system in fact several systems, kwom coming onshore between now and the end of the weekend for the west likely totalling more than 7 inches inches of rainfall in the north bay of san francisco and 2 to 6 inches of snow in portland oregon associated with what's called the pineapple express, an atmospheric river of moisture that extends from hawaii to the pacific coastline, it will be in place for several days, helping with the drought but certainly not ending it. by the way, as the storms push eastward, we expect the storms to stay separate now, meaning we will likely not see a monster storm for the northeast going into the end of the weekend. but there will be periods of snow and minor snow for the midwest, which will also deal with bitter cold again today, windchill advisories for folks in the great plains and midwest this morning. >>> this morning, hope is fading for a broad overhaul of the nation's immigration system. house speaker john boehner says he can't see a p

meteorologist megan glaros of our cbs station wbbm is tracking the storm's potential up and down the coast. >> good morning, charlie and norah. good morning to our viewers in the west as well, where we are finally anticipating rain. several storm systems to be precise. and we expect to see a very stormy end to the week here. potential for almost too much rain in spots, especially over areas which have recently been dealing with fires, we could see the potential for mudslides. it will be stormy today through saturday. heavy rain and mountain snow is to be expected and the next 48 hours will bring more than two inches of rain to parts of california, nearly two inches in los angeles. and if you head farther east, you will find wind chill advisories in effect for montana all the way through to nearly the east coast where temperatures are brutally cold yet again today. charlie, norah? >> thank you. >>> and after five days in the nation's capital, governor jan brewer is back in arizona this morning, and she's facing a firestorm. she must decide on a bill that's ignited days of protests. bu

meteorologist megan glaros of our chicago station wbbm is watching the storm. >> good morning, charliend norah. good morning to our viewers in the west this morning. storm system continues to plow through the midwest, heading now for the east coast today. a possibility of severe weather from the carolinas up to new jersey and down to northern florida. a little bit of snow will continue for parts of new england. but otherwise, looking at a very windy feed setting up around the midwest and pushing for the east coast after the cold front pushes on through. let's highlight that severe weather zone that really does extend anywhere from south of new york city all the way down into northern florida. damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes a possibility there. in advance of the front, mild temperatures today. 52 in new york. but look at los angeles. 80 degrees for l.a. today. 50 degrees in portland, oregon. we'll see mild temperatures continuing for the west but it looks like a polar vortex makes a return next week in the east. charlie, norah? >> all right, thank you. and the sochi winter o

meteorologist megan glaros of our chicago station wbbm is watching the new threat. >> good morning, norah and charlie. there may be some widespread black ice across the new york metro area today due to bitter cold coming in in the wake of yesterday's snow. and we are talking about very cold temperatures from billings with a high today of 1 below to chicago at just 7, on off to the east coast, new york city topping out at 28. 83 degrees, though for miami. and the west coast celebrating with the possibility of rain today. portland oregon could see as much as 2 to 6 inches of snow and san francisco, as much as 1 inch of rain. now, that system does move to the east and in the weekend time period, we're looking at two different scenarios for a weekend storm system. the first is two low pressure systems staying separate as two separate storms that would mean minor snow for the midwest and the northeast, and rains for the south. but the second possible scenario merges the two storm systems off the coast, creating a nor'easter. that would mean major snow and very high accumulations. at this point

it will give meteorologists like megan glaros a powerful tool for predicting extreme weather. megan, good morning. >> cause for celebration, anthony and norah, because every tool in our arsenal is a good thing, you know. it is an imperfect science but there's much we still don't know about precipitation itself, clouds, storm systems that form in the sky. soon, however, we should finally get some answers. the high-tech satellite was blasted into orbit without much fanfare even though lit soon help meteorologists around the world forecast big storms. the $1.2 billion global precipitation measurement core observatory is a joint mission between nasa and its japanese counterpart. >> the hubble space telescope and the mars curiosity rover, a high spacecraft like that can get all the attention but this mission is aringly much more way with quickbooks. this is your business on the all-new quickbooks. run with it. but we're not staying in the kitchen. just start the slow cooker, add meat and pour in campbell's slow cooker sauce. by the time you get home, dinner is practically done. and

so here we go again, norah and anthony. >> megan glaros. thanks, megan. >>> all this nation's weather may be having a chilling effect on the economy. retail sales dropped 0.4%. the colder air means higher home heating bills and less spending on other things like car sales. several restaurant chains like mcdonald's blame the weather for cutting into sales. >> this morning afghan's president karzai remains defeent. he said his decision to free 65 taliban fighters is, quote, of no concern to the u.s. but it's adding strain between washington and kabul. major garrett is at the white house where they say they're very disappointed. good morning. >> good morning. repeated u.s. protests against this prisoner release not only fell on deaf ears but may have accelerated and intense filed karzai's defiance. united states believes these prisoners are indeed dangerous, have committed acts of terrorism and they fear they have returned to the battle field. if they haven't, they will. the afghan government ignore much of what the ufs provided and claims tha

ma megan glaros of our cbs affiliate, wbbm, has more. >> thank you, charlie and norah. the storm will likely total 7 inches of rainfall in the north bay air forrea. it's called the pineapple express. it's a river of moisture extending from hawaii to the pacific coastline. it will be in place for several days helping with the drought but certainly not ending it. by the way, as the snowstorm pushes eastward, we expect the storms to stay separate, meaning we will likely not see a monster storm going into the end of the weekend. there will be periods of snow and minor snow in the midwest which will deal with bitter cold. charlie, norah? >> this morning hope is fading for broad overhaul of the nation's immigration system. house speaker john boehner says he can't see a path forward. he blames president obama for the stalemate. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with what is next. nancy, good morning. >> good morning, charlie and norah. yes. this came as a big surprise. speaker baner and just about everyone else around here has been saying if congress is going to get anything big

megan glaros of our chicago station wbbm says the new cold blast could bring more heavy snow. >> good morning, charlie and norah. we see the polar vortex descending down from the poles, bringing anywhere from 20 to 30 degrees below average in terms oftowns that will invade. it's all right started in fargo at 8 degrees. the real cold air has just started to enter the u.s. it arrives in the midwest by tuesday and by wednesday push off to the east coast. bracing for a potential for another snowstorm. it may ride closer to the coastline. some of the models have it heading out to sea. we'll track that possible heavy snow there. >> thanks, megan. >>> today the pentagon announces plans to cuts. cbs news has learned the 2015 budget will cap troop pay raises at 1%. it also freezes the salaries of generals and admirals. also including cutting subsidies to commissaries that sell food and produce to housing. they also want to shrink the u.s. army to the smallest force since before world war ii. the new york times says the number could drop to 144,000. >>> this morning they're looking to put to mo

meteorologist megan glaros of our chicago station wbbm said the worst of today's weather is in the midwest>> charlie and norah, we're talking about a major winter storm that will impact more than half of the country. and it starts this morning. in fact, parts of oklahoma, kansas, texas, back in the rockies start in the system. but it pushes to the north and east impacting st. louis, chicago, parts of ohio. moving into pennsylvania and eventually the northeast. that happens overnight tonight into your wednesday. an area hit hard yesterday with snow gets more. just 24 hours later. and a winter storm watches, warnings, advisory, all in effect from the rockies all the way off to the east coast. more than 24 states impacted. that's over 100 million people. we're talking about as much as a foot of snow possible anywhere from kansas, all the way through to parts of new york state. vermont, new hampshire and maine. we will see lower accumulations in big cities like chicago, down into cincinnati, and into new york city. but still travel difficulties in that area as well. and some ice possible from