will, now engaged to former miss california, nicole johnson. you see her there. they have been dating off and on the past few years. >> phelps is finishing a six-month suspension following his second drunk driving arrest. the gold medalist didn't say when the wedding will be. >> congrats to them. we're not going far from the oscars. coming up -- >>> returning to the after party. >> including the biggest surprise in snubs and who's the most thanked on stage year after year. who do you think it is? you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by lysol toilet bowl cleaner. weather brought to you by lysol toilet bowl cleaner. of all the places in your house, this one's the busiest. so you want it to be the cleanest. that's why you need lysol. because when you use bleach, some stains are left behind. as this dye reveals. lysol toilet bowl cleaner does more. it removes the tough stains that bleach doesn't and it also disinfects. so why just bleach? with lysol you can do more. that's healthing. and get max cleaning

his fiance is a former miss california, nicole johnson. the two dated for several years. he's nearing a six-month -- the end of a six-month suspension after a fatal car crash.snow could make a tricky start to your work week. the problem eil >> we were almost fooled after seeing the amazing weather today into thinking things are going to turn our way. >> temperatures will plummet tomorrow, so get ready for it. but look at the time lapse from the weatherbug camera. you can see the cruise cleaning up the pavement there and notice from the snow banks, you can see a lot of the snow melted leaving all the titles. a beautiful sunset in oakdale, but look at these temperatures. in ashburn, virginia, 56 degrees and we've drop down to 39. 44 degrees and 49 the high in arlington. temperatures will take a little time before they fall below freezing after midnight, but that's when i'm concerned all of the water will re-freeze and we will have icy conditions. 46 at reagan national, but you don't have to go too far west to get into the arctic cold. zero right now in minneapolis st. paul

let's get the latest from nicole johnson, joining us on the phone line from harr at. what happened there? >> well we are getting information from the chief commissioners. he is saying that at 4:00p.m. yesterday. one of the ethnic groups inside afghanistan, 30 people were kidnapped. 20 on one bus. and 10 on another bus. they had been in iran and were on the way back to kaboom on the road between harat and kaboom. at this stage we don't know who is responsible, no one has claimed responsibility it's not the first time that shias have been targeted in afghanistan. there was a very large attack in 2011 on a shrine in kabul. more than 80 people were killed. they were trailing on this - travelling on a dangerous road. the kandahar to kabul road. the kandahar has a lot of checkpoints. they tend to be on the look out. the number is a large number of people to be kidnapped. the instability, and this having occurred it's not unusual. we do here about the taliban kidnap iption and attacks in -- kidnappings and attacks in afghanistan every day. from the taliban, we haven't heard

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we have alum with us nicole johnson, since the age of 4.alk a little about what the difference it made with your lives and with your other siblings and friends too. and without it, some of your other friends, what they missed out on. >> wtef impacted on my life a lot such as the grade mentorship, the guide daniels it helped me with my responsibilities, my confidence. because i know a lot of friends that i grew up with they got involved in the street life and the drugs and the crimes and whatnot. i think wtef, they changed my life. >> mike, you see the direct correlation, whether it be dropouts or people staying in school staying off the streets. you see that connection. when they're in this program, they don't get into trouble. >> yes, i'm always looking at trying to bring the kids off the streets. what we want to really look at is how can i impact these kids in their lives? i was one of those kids. i was a great tennis player but i didn't have that direction in life. i didn't have anyone to push me in the right direction. we always say we

i believe we can now go to nicole johnson who is there for us.re can you tell us about this attack? >> reporter: the information that we are getting is from the spokesman for the provincial governor. this attacks happened around lunchtime. it happened as you said in the provincial police headquarters inside their kitchen and dining room. at least four attackers entered two of them are were wearing suicide vests they detonated those, we don't have a casualty figure yet. because the for it's is still going on. all of this happened in a province right next to kabul. it goes to show at the moment, at least, you know, that the taliban to believe able to breach a secure place like a police headquarters just how strong they are their ability to really strike anywhere. >> it really does heighten the issue you of security within afghanistan and particularly in the capital kabul. it's still early yet nicole, this attack occurred in the last hour or so. what is the afghan government likely to do in terms of reaction? >> reporter: well, the afghan government

a further 22,000 nicole johnson is live for us.m a little confused here, can you please make the link for us between the attack on the school and the re repatriation of these refugees? what's the link? >> reporter: the link is that pakistan is using it as a reason or some jeff gees would say an excuse to crack down on afghan refugees. and many people would say that potentially something that pakistan has wanted to do for a while. so they are use this is what pakistan callings counter terrorism campaign inside pakistan to tart rounding up afghan refugees. many of these refugees are not documented and don't have papers to be there pakistan is very concerned about his security situation and also says that these afghan refugees are a huge drain on resources. now, we are here at a united nations processing sent tore try to help some of these afghan refugees. once they arrive back in pakistan, they get medical treatment, they get money as well to help them try to reestablish a life. but even still some 90% of the people who are crossing

the 18-time olympic gold medalist announced on twitter he is marrying nicole johnson. johnson, as you may know was miss california in 2010. and phelps posted a photo of the couple in the snow. he will be plunging back into competition coming up in april after sitting out a suspension for drunk driving. >>> and this is erica's favorite story of the day. the always adorable bear turns 18 months today. that is the age panda cubs stop nursing and start living separately from their mothers. she should be able to live on her ownby early march. she is only the second panda born at the zoo to survive her first birthday. >> it is my favorite story. of the day. >>> because the weather story is certainly not a good one. >> i can't believe it has gone down 10 degrees since this morning. >> reporter: the temperatures are plummeting. and it is a real shock of the buzz usually you wake up to the really cold temperatures and it moderate a little in the afternoon. i hope you have been paying attention to the catastrophe, we talked about it last night at 11:00. howie and allison talked a

. >> i'm nicole johnson in panjshir in afghanistan. coming up we'll find out how emergency crews are coping with dozens of avalanches and heaviest snow this valley has seen. >> and bangladesh, a blogger hacked to death in central dack a >>> and australia and new zealand put on a thriller at the cricket world cup. action later this hour. >>> the afghan government is appealing for international help to find remaining survivors of the avalanche in the north. 200 are known to have died. as nicole johnson reports from panjshir the afghan government is accused of being too slow to respond. >> the panjshir have seen snow this is different. meters and meters of it turning jagged mountains into smooth white slopes and valleys into slept gorges. the the capital, it was anything but quiet. helicopters bussed overhead. hundreds of troops trumped uphill to secure the peaks, and a convoy of the military vehicles blocked the only rode through the valley. while the commotion - president ashraf ghani was flying in to check out the rescue efforts. the p

the olympic gold medalist proposed to his girlfriend nicole johnson. he showed this instagram photo with the caption she said yes. 4:57. under ground explosions lead to the closure of a busy street in the heart of center city. witnesses describe what they heard. >>> a new study suggests parents may want to be more careful of what their children are seeing online. when "action news" comes right back. >> good morning, it is 5:00 a.m. on this monday, february 23. we're following breaking news. >>> reports of a mantua gun prompts a s.w.a.t team to flood a bucks county neighborhood overnight. >> under ground explosion brings a busy philadelphia street to a standstill. >>> accuweather tracking more arctic air that will send us back into the deep freeze. >> david i'm sick of saying the words, blast of arctic air. we have karen rogers to look at traffic, good morning. >> reporter: all right guys i'm trying to get the bird cooperate here but -- the big board here to cooperate but it's not going to do it. we'll look at the windchill advisory at 10:00 a.m., 15 to

. >> let's go live to nicole johnson, who joins us from kabul. the fighting is now over, but the death toliver high. >> that's right. some of the information we can give you is that the attackers were wearing police uniforms and the two suicide bombers detonated explosives, one in the dining room, one at kitchen. this happened at lunch time, when the police station was very busy. it was in the headquarters of the provincial station. what's significant about this attack i guess it's a big attack. it's a very big hit to have killed some 20 police officers. it should also be a secure location so it's a strong message from the taliban to the afghan government and force that is they can hit anywhere, anytime. it's significant because of the timing of what's going on at the moment. a couple of days ago the afghan government started a campaign against the taliban a military campaign in the southern part of the country where the taliban is strong, areas like helmund and kandahar. they started that ahead of the spring offensive when we see the afghan secu

. >> i believe we do not have the nicole johnson story. we'll turn to our get from the u.n. high commission for human rights. thank you so much for being with us. explain for us if you could, why the significant increase in the number of human casualties. >> the increase comes from ground encroachments between surgeons and afghan security forces. this year they've been engaged in fire fights around the area or district centers, and as a result civilians have been killed in the crossfire from the use of mortars, smaller arms and rocket propelled grenades. >> are there certain areas within afghanistan where civilian casualties are higher. where would they be and why? >> well the u.n. has documented higher numbers of casualties in areas where there are offense ist and defensive military operations going on. >> this is in kunar province. the areas are where we see the highest number of casualties. >> now, taking into consideration that afghanistan is a country, can the civilian casualties be realistically reduced. absolutely they can be reduced. the parts, insurgents there are s

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. >> nicole johnson in kabul. >>> republicans in congress say hard won gains made against the taliban could be lost in much the same way that sectarian violence returned to iraq after u.s. withdrawal there. secretary of state john kerry says president obama will make a decision soon. rosalyn jordan is in the u.n. rosalyn, what effect does this have? >> ali, let's consider what it is that the 9800 u.s. troops in afghanistan are supposed to be doing. they're not combat force he. they are training ansf forces working with them in the field to basically improve their capacity and make them more confident in their skill sets. but it's the afghan military that's carrying out the fight against the taliban. now complaints that republicans have made about a too-hasty pullout from the country well you're now starting to hear something similar coming from the top general of u.s. and nato forces general john campbell. he has suggested slowing down the number of u.s. troops, leaving the country by the 2016 deadline. and there's also this: they're not just going to continue with the draw down. in f

let's cross to nicole johnson. explain to us why has there been an increase in the number of civilian casualties last year. >> there's a few different reasons. one reason is there's an increase in the number of high explosive weapons used in combat. we are talking about mortars, rockets and grenades. their u.n. report also found that there'd been an increased use of i.e.d.s, improvised devices, cheap, locally made weapons, but as you said in the introduction the main reason for the increase of civilian casualties has been this widening. ground offensive. the u.n. puts that down to the withdrawal of foreign forces from afghanistan. that meant that afghan security forces don't have the air cover that they had in the past so that the ground combat has expanded across a wider area and is going on for m longer and has been carried out for major centers, and that's why civilians have been caught up in the fighting. some other statistics that came out of the support - the number of casualties for women increased in 12 mon

he proposed to his long time girlfriend nicole johnson. >>> drivers in denver are hopefully being careful on the roads today. this is why. whiteout conditions. a storm is barreling through colorado this weekend. more than 2 feet of snow has fallen in some places today. forecasters say two more feet could fall by monday. snowplows are doing their best to keep the roads clear. it is tough to keep up. more than 100 nights have been canselled at denver international airport. >>> snow in the east caused a roof of a barn are to collapse this morning in massachusetts. 7 horses wered in of that barn. the stable owner say they all escaped injury. crew his to make a hole. the temperatures are expected to drop again tonight. the authorities are warning residents that snow on roof tops could get heavier with more snowfalling. >> out here we got plenty of sunshine in the bay area. winds picking up even after we had strong winds today. you look at ocean beach what a beautiful evening this in the bay area. not much in the way of low clouds out there. clear skies and mild temperatures, really, in concord

nicole johnson hat latest from kabul. >> four attackers entered the headquarters of the provincial police station. two of the suicide bombers all of them wearing police uniforms detonated explosives in the kitchen, as well as the dining room. this was a very big hit by the taliban to have killed at least 20 police officers. it's a strong message from the taliban to the afghan government and the security forces that they can hit anywhere, anytime. it's also significant because of the location, the headquarters of the police should be a secure location, and the timing is significant, as well because a couple of days ago, the afghan government launched a military campaign in the southern part of afghanistan, targeting the taliban. this is down in helmund province and kandahar. this comes ahead of the spring offensive when we see the afghan government are taking on the taliban. seems that the government wants to get the jump on the taliban in some respects. this is going to be a big year for afghan security forces. they're left to confront the afghan taliban largely on their own. that's becau

nicole johnson has the latest. >> reporter: the police chief and the governor of pancheer say there are dozens of villages thee cannot contact, isolated. up in the mountains in panjshir. 200 families are unaccounted for. afghan security forces tried to reach the areas. we've seen a learning convoy of some 600 vehicles from african security forces entering into panjshir. there's it 100 troops trying to clear the main road. there's on one road in. it's part of the problem. afghan security are hampered by the fact that they don't have the necessary equipment or expertise. afghanistan's president ashraf ghani will visit the area at the moment. the government is under a lot of pressure to try to do something to try to help the situation and get supplies to people who need it. panjshir is an area that a lot of political elite in kabul come from putting extra pressure on the government >>> since the syrian still war began years ago, 12 million have been displaced. many sought refuge abroad. more than 7.6 million have been internally displaced. james base diplomatic editor has the latest from t

nicole johnson, al jazeera at the lebanese-syria border. >> there are new pictures of cuban leader fidel castro that have been published by the cuban media and they show the eight and he-year-old. look at him. there you see the 88-year-old reading and looking pretty alert. these pictures were apparently taken on the 23rd of january. there have been so many rumors, because he hasn't been heard from for a while and so these pictures have been reds by the cuban media. >> it's been two weeks sips the death of a prosecutor in argentina. the death has polarized people in the country just months away from a presidential election. we have the latest. >> whether the prosecutor committed suicide or was murdered is still being investigated. if he was killed, then who killed him? someone with the government, one of the many elements of a security service in crisis, one of the the security men or the assistant he borrow add gun from just days earlier. she spoke to him days before his death. >> it's very difficult to say he was heard because i don't have evidence but i heard a very alive person thinki

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our correspond end nicole johnson joining us from afghanistan.. >>> two al jazerra journalist says are out on bail after 411 days in jail in egypt for their fight for justice isn't over. bahar mohammed and mohamed fahmy are still charged with colluding with the banned muslim brotherhood their previous conviction was thrown out and their retrial is set for the 23rd of february. peter greste was auld charge but is back this australia after being released. bahar mohamed has been speak big being apart from his family as well as his hopes for the future. >> it's hard to describe that moment. you can see it, you can feel it. but to describe those moments with words, i think it's -- i can't. it's -- it's finally i am home. the children was different. it was like -- it was something different. as soon as they saw me they saw knee on the stairs they suddenly jump and we -- so i took them and start hugging them and i think i start crying, that's the first time. my children start telling me, stop going to work. don't leave again. you spend too much time at

nicole johnson reports from kabul where unemployment lines are gathering.eporter: they gather at dawn jobless men with the tools of their trade, painters builders brick layers all desperate for work. >> i was working for a foreign agricultural organization. it has less than 50 employees. i'm responsible for 40 people in the family and i have not made any money for two months. >>reporter: most men here had jobs somehow linked to the war economy working for ngos the military, or on construction projects. but now the work is gradually drying up. all over kabul hows are waiting on the side of the road looking for a job and they're angry and frustrated with the country's unemployment rate growing the chances of getting anything are very remote. others blame the government and its failure to agree on a -- driving investors away. this man says why aren't they making peace among themselves instead of filling their pockets? on the edge of the city diggers lie idle in the dust. construction machinery lined up with not a customer in sight. mohammed was a refugee in pa

. >> nicole johnson looks at their life. >> reporter: beneath the gum tree they have put up a tent. they escaped 35 years ago with a son. on his way, his other five children and wife drowned crossing a river. in pakistan he remarried. had more children and grond children and all 15 are back in pakistan. pakistani police detained him and his son. >> they gave us a document saying they have only three days, you have to leave. >> what can you see in three days? >> i was selling things in the street. some owed me money, i left it behind. >> they remember the brick home and its orchards. it's the first time his sons have been to afghanistan. >> our first few days i wasn't relaxed. it was all new. now my heart is for my own country. everyone was with us. >> reporter: in the last month, more than 3,500 afghan families left pakistan. more than the number who crossed in all of last year. >> thousands of afghan refugees are entering behind me many are accusing the pakistani government of carrying out raids on their homes, detaining the men until they leave the country. they say it's happening

fisherman used to cross over where the catches are better, but as nicole johnson reports on the lebanese other syrian border that all stopped when the conflict began. >> it's a cold morning on the sea in northern lebanon but these fisherman have more serious things to consider, the catch is down 70%. they've always relied on syrian waters for catching big fish. they say the coast is less polluted and unlike lebanon the sea hasn't been overfished. >> when we used to go into syria, there were more fish. since the crisis, the syrian navy stopped us. sometimes we go in 200 meters and they shoot at us, not to kill us, but to make us go back. >> they used to catch $500 worth of fish a day. now they're lucky to get $100. >> this is about as far north as lebanon fishermen can go. before the war, they were able to sale north into syria around 20 nautical miles and work near the port city. >> back onshore the lebanese village is a few hundred meters away from syria. the border is this river. people in the village say sometimes armed groups from lebanon fire towards syria from here and the syrian a

as nicole johnson reports, the afghan government is accused of being too slow. >> reporter: the panjshir has seen snow before. this is something different of the meters and meters of it turning jagged mountains into smooth white slopes and valleys into silent gorges. in the provincial capital it was anything but quiet. helicopters buzzed overhead. hundreds of troops trudged uphill to secure the speaks and a convoy of the military vehicles blocked the only rode through the valley. while the commotion, ashraf ghani was flying in to checkouts the rescue efforts. the problem is the only bit of residuing we saw was a lean grade are, sfruging to clear the road meter by painful meter. >> this is as far as emergency crews can get. dossens of villages are cut off, right now they are not getting help. at this rate it could take up to 10 address. this man is desperate for news. his wife and eight children are in a village they can't reach. >> all my families are stuck up there. i have no contact. i come here in case someone comes from the other side. >> the government says it's doing its best. 100

nicole johnson reports from kabul. >> reporter: afghanistan had been experiencing a mild winter until now. there has been dumps of snow up to two meters. it caused avalanches smothering villages. people are leaving the area. they can't cope with the snow. it's too dangerous. >> translation: three children and one adult is under the snow. the government rescued three people. animals are under the snow as a result of the avalanches. >> reporter: the mountain rages and a narrow valley. there's 1 main road to get in and out. 300 people are using shovels to dig though the snow. they don't have the right equipment to get to the homs. >> we demand the government come and rescue people they are poor and need help. >> reporter: cars and trucks are stuck on the roads. getting around the province and other areas in afghanistan has become possible. a tunnel carved through the mountains has been closed. it's the only road through. conditions should improve over the next few days. it will give emergency crews a chance to clear the road. for many help will come too late >>> south korea's constitutio

here is nicole johnson. >> has put up a tent, and made a home for his family. he escaped from after dan stan 35 years ago. which one son. on his way his other five children and wife drowned crossing the river. in pakistan he remarried had more children, and grandchildren, all 16 of them are now back in afghanistan he says the police detained him and then his son until they agreed to leave. >> they gave us documents saying you have only throe days. we have to love. >> what can you do in throe days in is i was selling things in the street. some people owed me money i left it all behind. >> he still remembers his old mud brick home in afghanistan. and it's orchards. it's the first time his son who was born in pakistan have ever been to after dan stan. >> our first few days were tough. i wasn't re, laked, it was all new, now my heart is to my own country many the last month more than 3,500 afghan families have left pakistan. that's more than the spire number that crossed last year. >> thousands of afghan refugees are entering behind me at token crossing and many of

phelps announcing his engagement to nicole johnson.f and on for the past few years. phelps still serving a six-month suspension from usa swimming. that ends in a couple weeks. he is expected to start swimming competitively in april. we are all looking forward to the summer of 2016 when he is supposedly going to make another run at the summer olympics. >> andy scholes, mariota or winston? >> i think it is winston at this point. with all of the off the field issues where are they? everybody is talking about how well he is at the combine. i think he goes number one. >> thank you, andy scholes. >> did you watch daytona 500? >> i think the oscars. we will have our crack staff check that out. >> gotwo big events. >>> the most magical place on earth is not cheap. single day tickets going up $6 to $105. children between 3 and 9 will be $99. this is not stopping families from coming. all-time attendance records set last year. >>> could a unified show of force of arab nations be what it takes to stop isis? the increased efforts against the terro

he announceed his engagement to nicole johnson miss california in 2010. >> big congrats to mychal phelpsaight temple stumbled against 21st first smu them looked to bounce back against tulsa and get their 20th win on the season. first half the owls drive to the basket and get out of here. he saves the rock. starts the fast break and markell curtis finishes witness easy dunk. temple falls for the second game in a row 55-39. >>> lasalle in overtime against st. louis. the he gets the rock in the corner right here. and he hits the tray ball. st. louis is a five-point lead at that point and it was their largest in the entire game. the explorers fall skate-64. they're now 15-12 on the season. >>> despite that loss the explorers are starting to play consistent basketball. that's largely because of the play of jordan price. auburn transfer has already become the leader and go to player for a resurgent lasalle team. >> price for three. >> jordan price starting to put the explorers on his back. price averaging over 17 a game and has exploded over the last seven. this is registered sophomore's first

he took to social media to let everyone know he got engaged to nicole johnson.to share about a close call for the kardashian family over the weekend. kim khloe and kyley along with baby north survived a crash. kim posted these photos to her account after the incident. during the red coverage khloe was in the droifriver's seat and there were photographs of the car in the ditch. they were all very afraid and kim instagrammed the photo saying thank you, god for watching over us. it's scare tow have the baby in the car and when you go online and see the pictures of the narrow road and the suv goes into reverse and entered the other lane of traffic. this comes on the heels of bruce jenner in the awful incident as well. >> snowy mountain roads are scary. >> i'm from texas and they shut down schools because of the ice. >> a lot of them don't get treated. there not budgets for that. >> that's the traffic reports. up next, beachfront hotel and a caribbean cruise. sun pathbathing by the this year, make every amazing, despicable wizarding second of your vacation count by s

." >>> "usa today," michael phelps is engaged to long-time girlfriend nicolle johnson. 18-time olympic his engagement to the former miss california in an instagram photo with a caption" she said yes. johnson posted her own picture saying i'm going to be an mrs. they've been dating since 2007. phelps finished up his six-month suspension from usa swimming following his second dui request. >> sarah palin newspapers, that's another question that a democrat would have never been asked. they thought, oh, she's from alaska. remember that snl skit about manhattan types going up to alaska. there was such a huge -- that question would never have been asked of a liberal democrat. >> i'm not sure that's true. >> please. >> i can't think of one -- i don't know how to say this carefully. but the question was appropriate. >> because she was a republican that people were trying to -- >> no the question was appropriate because nobody knew anything about her and they wanted to understand more about her and was the answer not incredibly revealing? >> i think people on your twitter feed will find that you

nicole? kind of a scary report. it came in yesterday. >> against american shopping malls, we're going to talk to jay johnson, the secretary of homeland security ought to know something about this, we'll see what assessment he makes, does he take this seriously, i think he does. we'll get the very latest on that from him. chairman of the senate armed services commit bee, that and the overall question of terrorism. then we're going to talk to the new governor of texas gregg, as attorney general of texas last year. >> filed federal appeals court, to protect illegal immigrants from deportation. we'll see what he has to say about that. and where he thinks that issue goes from here. so we've got a lot to talk about this morning. >> all right bob she have nerve washington, thanks for the preview. >>> it is 8:42 right now. still to come this morning freezing rain and more rain continuing this morning. there is some warmer weather on the way today. so some good news, don't get used to it though, bitter cold makes a come back, and carol breaks it down for you next. also, the mobile app that lets use he is grocery shop from their mother phones. whether