one of the rivers that spills into the ohio river is the elk river in west virginia.nationally famous now because it's home to the massive chemical leak that con tam nated the drinking water 300,000 people in 9 west virginia counties. the elk river flows into the kanaw river and flows into the ohio river and it's all just downstream. some west virginia residents are finally starting to get their water back on off a five day do-not-use order. their chemical spill is no longer west virginia's own. a 60 mile chemical plume of contaminated water that started in the elk river in west virginia is now starting to drift downstream into ohio and kentucky and is drifting toward indiana. today, the ohio river water valley sanitation commission reported that the chemical spill has reached the meldol locks and dam. the chemical licoricey smell is moving. as it closed in on cincinnati, ohio's third largest city, the mayor there is preparing to shut down the city's water valves along the ohio river tonight for 48 hours. starts tonight. trying to keep what happened in west virginia f

one of the rivers that spills into the ohio river is the elk river in west virginia.iver, of course, is nationally famous because it's home to the massive chemical leak that contaminated the drinking water 300,000 people in nine west virginia counties. it flows into the canall river and it flows into the ohio river. it's all downstream. some west virginia residents are starting to get their water on after a five day do not use order. their spill is not west virginia's own. a 60 mile chemical plume that started in the elk river in west virginia is now starting to drift downstream in ohio and kentucky and rifting towards indiana. today the ohio river sanitation reported the chemical spill reached the locks and dam, that chemical licoricy smell is now in ohio. it is still moving. as the slurry closed in on cincinnati the 3rd highest city, the mayor there is preparing to shut down the travels tonight for 48 hours. it starts tonight. trying to keep what happened in west virginia from what happened in cincinnati, too. a federal investigation into this ongoing disaster is no

the ohio river valley water sanitation commission to model the plume to track the spill along with the spill that occurred in belfry, ohio, earlier this week. we have worked with our representatives to review water test results to detect any evidence of chemical. we expect ther there will be di di restitution in the rivers, and we're alexandri regularly testing water. late test results indicated .031 parts per million at the intake, and 0.006 parts per million in the finished water. both results are below the 1 ppm determined by the center for disease control. we brought additional chemists in the area to help with laundering. along with the comment spill unrelated to the charleston event it happened 120 miles up stream of the hunting ton water treatment intake. we continue to track and monitor performance. we're confident that our treatment existing treatment barriers are effective and experts are also prepared to increase treatment if deemed necessary. >> you're watching a live press conference from west virginia. the governor saying that they're going to begin lifting the ban method

what's happening with the water supply down the ohio river, jean? >> reporter: well, wolf, here's the situation. this is the elk river right behind me, which is the water source for the people here in charleston, west virginia and nine counties. the elk river feeds into the canal river, which feeds into the ohio river. and so ohio's water authority has shut off two valves, just as a precaution. now, their water companies do have reserves, so it doesn't mean the people are out of water there, but kentucky also followed suit for a short time. they turned off two of their intake valves in protection for their people. those have now been turned back on. but right here in charleston, west virginia, 300,000 people were without water. water to bathe in, drink or cook with. and now we're learning that one-third of those people have gotten the green light to turn their water back on, but what that means is two-thirds of the people are still waiting to use water. they still have to it use bottled water. this is still a community that is in dire straits when it

next to the ohio river which runs south to kentucky and beyond the three investigators insist that the love of the ncaa champ will be so offended by that time many regions of all of those states that the wire will be staying. northern kentucky water district authorities and the greater cincinnati waterworks how close their water intakes on the ohio river just a thought for caution. problems continued to play for in an industry is as a company tries to clean up the chemical spill. if the un inspectors for the state department of environmental protection sign of the company and for finding the violations at the secondary storage facility where the chemical corps moved on friday. an inspection report the dp said quote secondary containment within the facility wasn't hearing and or non existant the plan indicates that the building itself acts as a secondary containment what was the exist at floor level in the building's walls the problem you so is serious and three the industry's might be forced to move its inventory of ncaa champ chemical to a foreign stores plants in order to avoid anoth

district authorities and the greater cincinnati waterworks have closed their water intakes on the ohio river just as a precaution problems continue to plague freedom industries as a company tries to clean up the chemical spill and seem of inspectors for the state department of environmental protection cited the company for fine but violations at the secondary storage facility where the chemicals were moved on friday its inspection report the d.p. said quote secondary containment within the facility was deteriorated or non-existent the plan indicates that the building itself acts as a secondary containment but a hole does exist at floor level in the building's walls the problem is so serious that freedom. might be forced to move its inventory of m.c.h. of chemical to a third a storage plant in order to avoid another catastrophe meanwhile west virginia authorities released documents from two thousand and ten saying that local residents complained of a licorice smell in the air near the elk river plant site so this might not be the first time that the plant has experienced issues containing him

the satellite and radar pictures showing you the cold front is making its way to the ohio river right now. we're starting to get a little moisture kicking into west virginia and western parts of maryland. maybe aing to be light, couple of flurries or sprinkles mixing in. as the cold air advances, it will look up with the system in the southwest, bringing wintry weather across parts of the deep south into monday night and tuesday. that could clip into southern maryland on wednesday. the rest of us will be dealing with the cold more than anything else. be very much on the chilly side. check out our futurecast wind chill. the temperatures will be falling into the teens. i early tomorrow morning, we start to see the negative numbers. i will have more of your seven-day forecast in a few minutes. it is time for a traffic report. here's amanda. >> a chilly morning commute. so far, fairly quiet. activity along route 1. a fire activity. we have a crew live on scene. it looks like they have gone the activity moved -- they have gotten the activity moved out of the lanes of route 1. someay run in

cincinnati officials are so worried contaminated water could flow in the ohio river, they've taken action. two water intake valves that feeds the water supply are closed today as the water of west virginia moves through the ohio river. over the past 24 hours, a small number of west virginia residents were allowed to drink their tap water. hundreds of thousands of others are still banned. freedom industries is now under federal investigation and has not spoken one word since this press conference on friday. >> it has been an extremely hard day. i'm having trouble talking at the moment. i'd appreciate it if we can wrap this thing up. >> we actually have a long questions. it's been a long day for a lot of people that don't have water. >> then there was the facebook post from kathy stover-kennedy. she's the girlfriend of an executive. i'm not asking for sympathy but a little empathy wouldn't hurt. i showered and brushed my teeth this morning and i'm just fine. end quote. we are in charleston, west virginia. tell us more about this company. >> reporter: good morning carol. a lot of questions o

it travelled down the elk river to the river and found in ohio. and the chemical was found in the drinking water there and several other intake drinking water areas. impacting thousands who make their lives along the water. down river in louisville, the water intake valves will remain open and the authorities will catch whatever chemical remains. back in charleston where some tap water still smells like licorice and is discolored authorities urged customers to keep flushing their faucets. >> if there is additional coloration, we ask they flush wait for an hour and do that step again. >> reporter: now, officials here think the chemical plume will be gone tomorrow, certainly friday at the latest. brian? >> anne thompson, in kentucky, thank you. across the river from cincinnati, thank you. >>> and the battle over abortion was back before the supreme court today specifically this time, abortion protests and an effort to limit them around the entrances to clinics. the question before the justices today, does it violate free speech? we get our report fro

is a salon broken-down home on the right banks, the west bank of the ohio river. up north where ohio, pennsylvania, that tiny little sliver of worcester junior at all meet, and it is important for no obvious reason accept when you drive from east liverpool eastward towards the bridge over the ohio you notice an obelisk beside the road and that obelisk is hugely important because of thomas jefferson and an act that he passed before he became president in 1785. a hugely important act in the making of america and that was the land ordinance of 1785. up to that point in the eastern united states the model of land ownership was modeled in the british isles, belonged to the king or the aristocracy or the church and ordinary people have no right or business to the homeland. jefferson thought this was entirely wrong and for this country to prosper everyone should have the right to buy and own land. because after rawl the tangible good they could trade would give them something to grow crops on, they could build on, developed, do all sorts of things with this land and the g

notice the difference right around the ohio river.cold weather is beginning to advance and set the stage for a winter storm to develop. we have two things going on in the atmosphere. this clipper system is moving across the midwest. off low pressure is facing the coast over here. this will determine who gets the heaviest snowfall. the cold air is ahead of the moisture. we are talking all snow all the time. be sticking.o here is a futurecast showing clouds rolling in through the overnight areas. seen --row, we will be seeing snow to the north of d.c.. the right it should be ok. p.m., we will start to see heavy snowfall at times. perill see an inch or two hour. it is very light and fluffy snow. andhe evening, things will from the northwest down toward the south and to the east. skies will clear out and cool out by wednesday morning. i want to show you some computer model forecasts. these are the models we look at all the time. the first one is showing heavy snow to the south and east. i like this because for the most part that will be t

there extending back down towards wichita, kansas and all that moves into the southeast and the ohio river value. minneapolis zero, chicago, 30. it's minus 13 right now in fargo. 27 boston but you add a windchill factor of minus 30 in fargo, three degrees it feels like in green bay, 30 chicago and 14 boston. here is a look at the game forecast tomorrow, folks. a windchill warning expecting windchill 25 to 45 below zero and kick off, 34 degrees expected and maybe a light snow shower overnight and on sunday at 7:00, second half temperatures drop to a minus four. we'll take a look coming up. >> thank you, leigh. >>> mike shumann is traveling for coverage on tomorrow's game and a play-off edition of the view tomorrow night, the on going interview series with the niners tight end. >>> still ahead at 9:00, how a u.s. crew is lending more than a hand to help two sea vessels break free from the frozen [ superfan ] we're hitting the road to help america discover the new helper. you've got to try this sweet & sour chicken helper. i didn't know they made chicken. crunchy taco or four cheese lasagna?

melissa: from a scientific point of view, i mean it is fascinating, it is flooting down the ohio riveru're basically shutting your water supply in and you have, i understand, it is a 60-hour supply on hand. you think it is going to take 20 hours for it to pass by. how do you know that? how did you come up with that timetable? >> well, i mean, i'm not a marine biologist but we have, literally have marine biologists on our staff and water works have a team of experts. we've been monitoring this since it happened of we have people stationed up 25 miles up the river testing water as it has come down. we've been tracking it. of course the federal government has been helping us track it. it is moving three miles an hour. yesterday we thought it would get here at 7:00 p.m. the river is moving a bit slower and it will get here 9:00 this evening. we're constantly monitoring the water. we shut down the valves now. we'll wait to pass it through before we turn the valves back on. melissa: are citizens concerned? have they gone out and bought bottled water. >> i'm sorry? melissa: there is really so

. >> the worst is in central canada, pushing south in towards the northern plains and the ohio river valley where we saw garrett. it feels like minus 39 in chicago, minus 37 in fargo. and the core of the cold air across the u.s. is right positioned roos the upper midwest and the ohio river valley where we have wind chills in the minus 40 range, minus 30, and the average temperature across the map, across the u.s. right now, shepard, is 19 degrees, and this cold is affecting 200 million people. >> i have another question but i want to show you this. we watched the other channels and our channel is on a delay. these other channels are doing the same thing. and we could have spent a total of eight seconds to tell you it's cold, stay inside. unless you're in florida. parts of the south are getting it bad, too. >> look as at these wind chill advisories. never seen this before. over two dozen states into wind chill watches and warningsessing a far south as south florida and look the gulf coast. temperatures in the single digits overnight tonight with wind chills below zero for a lot of our

look at the warming that is taking place, the yellow, the orange, the red, stretching into the ohio river valley so the worst of the cold air is right new gripping the east coast but it is going to move on out and this morning was probably as cold as it is going to get. if you are headed to charlotte right new, the models are saying rain, saturday. rain again on sunday. but after the game. it is timing whether it will be wet. i am keeping rain in the forecast still. but after having a low down in the single digits this morning, there will be highs in the mid-to-upper 50's by sunday. here is the live doppler 7 hd, a lot of cloud cover out there again, and no radar run. temperatures in the 50's but napa is behind at 48 and we are close to where we were yesterday, and we will end up in the same place with a little break in the cloud cover lick we are seeing right here in san jose, so, sunny pockets this afternoon, and some rain could fall from the clouds and evaporate and a couple of chances of rain through saturday and. wary than average can dry starting on sunday. temperatures today are in

it's spreading into the ohio river valley. cincinnati's water supply. city officials there shutting down two in-take valves along the ohio river in order to dilute the drinking water there. back in west virginia, there is some good news this morning. 39% of customers with the american water, the state's largest water utility, are allowed to use their water. >>> talk about a real joke, a connecticut man busted after posting a tour of his pot farm on youtube. >> as you can see, god has gifted me with an abundance and it's more than i need, so i want to take the extra and give it to people. >> oh, my. okay. that's lane bradley. he says he has terminal cancer. he's seen on the video asking for donations. he even gives his name and address, which cops eventually used to track him down. police say he has a long rap sheet. the -- that guy looks like he's been smoking a little too much of that stuff. >> perhaps. >> it makes the cops' jobs a lot easier. >> thank you very much. >>> yesterday we were telling you about the obamacare numbe

then it continued rushing downstream to the ohio river, travelling more than 250 miles to cincinnati. today, cincinnati closed their two river intake valves to protect the city's water supply. they say they have enough water in reservoirs to last until the toxin flows by and the river water is safe again. the chemical plant responsible for the leak has not been inspected since 1991. still, west virginia state officials say people now told that they can drink the water shouldn't worry. >> i'm perfectly confident that it's safe. >> reporter: would you drink some from this fountain behind me? >> sure. absolutely. want to see me do it? i thought it tasted fine. >> reporter: not everyone in this area is so sure. susan saulny, abc news, charleston, west virginia. >>> and we move, now, out west, tonight, to show you a videotape as investigators are on the hunt for a mysterious arsonist. in san jose, authorities believe 1 man has set up to 13 fires since last wednesday, all of them in the early morning hours. and have you seen this man? they are looking for the man in this surveillance video,

it continued rushing toward the ohio river, traveling 250 miles to cincinnati. tonight, it's closing in on louisville, kentucky. cincinnati closed its river intake valves to protect its water supply. louisville officials say its filtration system will protect theirs. but in west virginia, for the seventh night in a row, more than 100,000 people still can't drink their tap water. susan saulny, abc news, washington. >>> and we have two steps forward, tonight, on the american economy to tell you about. first, the senate has passed a big, new budget deal. the compromise, which effectively avoids another government shutdown. >>> and we learned today, that home foreclosure rates, once soaring, that symbol of the country on the edge, headed toward a recession, are finally down to the level before the real estate meltdown. >>> and there was an urgent warning about hospital emergency rooms in this country. the nation's doctors coming together to warn us about the length of time it takes to get treated. abc's linsey davis, now, talks to the doctors on the front lines to as

you can see the ohio river valley pulling from the great lakes and the moisture coming up from the gulfteract with this and we will have flight delays from washington, north, possibly even flight cancellations so make sure you check before heading to the airport. here is the forecast for later on, you can see the snow moving in and the heavy rain falling in the deep south. there is rain around seattle and portland but nothing for us. if you are coming into san francisco, 47 downtown is the cool spot and we have 53 coming across the golden gate bridge and 47 in the financial district. 47 in belmont, and mid-40's around san leandro, richmond, 40 in pittsburg and saratoga and everyone else is in the mid-to-upper 30's from petaluma at 33 and walnut creek and pleasanton and santa clara are cooler spots at live. bay bridge is a beautiful picture all the way to the embarcadero center still with the lovely lights on this morning. we will have near record highs today and poor air quality. 25th of the season exceeding healthy levels 12 times already. poor air will linger into the weekend and not

the southern half the us is going to push north east most of this will be rain but even to the ohio river valley with a look at some freezing rain coming out of this and temperatures will be on the rise is not just this as far as the weather systems that although the pacific northwest with a storm up here. this is dropped maddie still fall some areas up to thirty centimeters of snow winds up to buy hundred and thirty kilometers per hour coming up short this bus to go to the temperatures the off course northwest things stay in our adequacy of these rain showers airfield los angeles is the warm spot on the map yet again today. eighteen there for ipod father is to look cool but it's not a lot warmer than it was just a few days ago in the next several days. it will be warming up exceptionally more as well thursday minus two there take a look at the last in new york philadelphia toronto all here on your saturday nearly ten degrees above average night and day from just the forty eight the seventy two hours ago. now here's ten things i sew the cooling down of going into the week in little elm wi

tonight it will close its water intake valves on the ohio river as the chemical plume passes. >> it's important for citizens the residents in the cincinnati area to know that our water is safe. we're taking all necessary precautions to keep it safe. >> reporter: now, as the chemical heads down river, it is dissipating, but the fear isn't, as cincinnati and now louisville monitor for any potential trouble. brian? >> anne thompson in west virginia again for us tonight. anne, thanks. >>> new jersey governor chris christie gave his state of the state address today, while the state of his administration is engulfed. his political future is in peril, the investigations into the intentional traffic jam on the george washington bridge are just getting started. and he talked about the troubles again today. nbc's kelly o'donnell has our report tonight from trenton. >> reporter: on his way to the assembly chamber, governor chris christie prepared himself for another public display of regret. while tradition welcomes the governor with applause, controversy is where christie began. >> mistakes wer

ohio river froze over. press box heater broke. it was also cold there.day of my life. >> speaking of freezing over. i'm talking about a very low. dallas cowboys, you've got a new poll out about them? >> yeah. they were voted as least favorite team in america. you know what, martin, they were also second on the list for the favorite team behind the denver broncos and that tells me the cowboys are truly america's team. they can provoke this kind of emotion, negatively or positively. we are talking about a team that has not won a world championship since 1995 and just two play off games since then. >> where is this coming from, this emotion? >> people like the star. here it is, decades later, still talking about them one way or the other. >> i will go all over the sports map here. the hall of fame announcement came out wednesday. >> yes. >> you're a hall of famer. >> yes, i am. >> two former plant braves pitchers, they going to make it in? >> they're there. they've got my vote. i put my first check mark beside their names. extraordinary pitchers. but the th

acrossw has been heavier the ohio river. the storm system is going to be tracking to our south. that puts us in the sweet spot for getting some of the worst conditions. what are we expecting? things are going to get developing in the metro by mid to late morning. total accumulations somewhere between four and eight inches. it is possible we will get into the eight to 10 inch arrange. -- eight to 10 inch arrange. -- range. >this is one computer model projections showing the most likely that the heavier numbers. intoe the lesser numbers northern maryland. we will talk about timing and the wind chill factor getting dangerous tonight. that is coming up. let's head on over to traffic. we had trouble early on. we have trouble on the inner loop of the beltway. if you use that stretch to come down towards lake arbor, you're going to run into major delays. accident. nothing is getting by. nothing coming towards us. the brake lights heading away from us, that is the outer loop. that is looking good to go. stretchome through that , down from college park and you towards central avenue, wil

it is a broken downtown on the right thing, the west bank of the ohio river. up north where ohio and pennsylvania in that tiny little sliver of west virginia all need. it's important to know of this reason except when you drive from east liverpool eastward towards the bridge over the ohio, you'd notice it goes past nrb, something beside the road. that obelisk is hugely important because of thomas jefferson and an act that the past before he became president in 1785. a hugely important act in the making of america, and that was the land ordinance of 1785. up to that point in the eastern united states is the model of land ownership, the model enjoyed or suffered in the british isles. which is land belong to the king or the aristocracy or the church. and ordinary people have no right or business to be owning land. jefferson thought this was entirely wrong. for this country to prosper, everyone should have the right to buy and to own land. because it would after all given a tangible good bigotry, give them something to grow crops on. they could build on, develop on

, plans to stop using water from the ohio river to protect its city from the dangerouss. the facility where the spill occurred had not been inspected for 20 years. what of the officials who knew of the toxic chemicals were sitting there? they did nothing. the lesson gleaned by john boehner who hails from cincinnati, ohio, the same place they are literally turning off the taps today, the lesson according to him is less regulation. no not more inspections, not more accountability, not more safety. none of that. when asked this morning about the west virginia disaster and whether republicans had maybe gone too far in their deregulatory zeal, speaker boehner said this. >> the issue is this. we have enough regulations on the books. what the administration ought to be doing is doing their jobs. why wasn't this plant inspected since 1991? i'm confident that there are regulations already on the books to protect the health and safety of the american people. >> the facts on the ground tell a very different story. the region of the chemical spill is so lax in its regulation that r

two pieces of energy, one coming across the ohio river valley.hen another piece of energy coming up from theulf of meco. those two combined are mging together off the coast and will bring a nor'easter. the problem is we cou see wind gusts in excess of 50 miles-per-hour. even if you don't get the big, massivenow totals if you have wind gusts i excess of 50 miles-per-hour you cannot travel anywhere. rose will b be shut down overnight. there's a look right now. the temperatures dropping as the storm continues to move stward. filling in across jersey, philadelphia, new york boston, it has been snowi. that is the first piece of energy. the nor'easter has not gotten its act together, but when the guests already along the coast. thirty-six, 37 miles-per-hour. nantucket 40 miles-per-hour. this storm has not even really gotten its act together. that is the problem. as people say, well, here it is, it is not here yet. it will start to crank up overnight and into tomorrow. a blizzd warnings for much of long island and all along the coast. that means when gu

snow is a big problem across the ohio river valley, where you see the band of purple. that's an area we expect to see between 4-6 inches. where the cold is, there's no snow. normally when it is that cold, it tends not to snow. here is the frontal boundary. anything to the north-west is the coldest. as we go towards monday the cold settles in and pushes the snow over here. now, look at minnesota 5-day forecast. minus 11, minus 6, 2. not until thursday do be get back to normal, a balmy high of 14. >> and that's back to normal. thinks. the north-east digs out, many rely on salt to melt the ice. tonnes of it are thrown on sidewalks and streets. it damages pavement and the environment. we have more on new alternatives that can melt away some of those problems. >> traditional ways of solving the problem of slick surfaces include chemical deires, sand and salt, the same salt on the dinner table, and there's a reason it's the most popular agent against ice. it works. salt lowers water's freezing point. the more salt you add the lower the freezing point goes. salt is corrosive

others downstream on the ohio river are not taking any chances. >> we are going to shut down the valves for more than double that time so it's out of our hair before we put the intake valves in. >> even when the ban is completely lifted, questions about why this happened and what it means for residents will remain. activists point a finger at poor regulation. >> so this happened because the west virginia chemical industry is not regulated here in west virginia. it happened because these are old holding tanks that were not proper reply maintained by freedom industries and no inspection at this site aat any point. >> there are also questions about safety standards. the centers disease control, when the spill was first noticed last wednesday, residents reported a foul black licorice smell in the air. the leak happened just a mile upriver from a west virginia american water company plant an intake area that supplies the water to nine different counties. the chemical tanks line the local rivers. when something does go wrong the authorities usually have established procedures. but this time l

we will show you what is going on since midnight along the ohio river valley now headed through the mid-atlantic, a big time snowstorm and check out the snow totals, 10 itch in washington, n washington, dc and nearly a foot in new york and boston. nelson is there, hope he is having fun and he will send us in snow. look at the beautiful art work from the exploritorium through san francisco, where it is 50 degrees right now and our destination is 69 and it was a record yesterday, tied a record and today we have to get to 71 and the temperatures are within a degree where we were yesterday with today another record-setting day and tomorrow, also, i don't see a change headed to thursday and fridays mid-60's and near 70 and breezy in the hills, still watching to see if a fire threat develops. >> mike, thank you, at 6:10. >> man rights organizations peta is facing controversy with tweets that some call race it. >> first be though, an 80,000 pound cement truck barrels into a home and what the drive was doing just before the deadly crash. a new phrase taking the to thosd ewelcome to covered california. n

the chemical spill in west virginia spreading to the ohio river value.alves have been shut down to protect drinking water in cincinnati. >>> the white house extending the enrollment deadline for people with preexisting conditions from january 31 to march 15. >>> justin bieber's buddy rapper little za released from jail after he was arrested for drug possession during a raid at bieber's home. >>> time for the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good. a worker at home depot alaska being hailed a hero. he saved a baby who fell out of a shopping cart. the car seat was resting on top of the cart and the infant was not strapped in. next the bad. a connecticut man busted for pot after posting a tour of his crop on youtube. william bradley says he has terminal cancer but police say he has a long drug-related rap sheet. finally, the ugly. an enraged elephant stomps a car filled with tourists, flips it over during a safari in south africa. passengers manage to survive because that elephant stomped the back of the car thankfully. >> that does it for us. "fox & f

it continued rushing to the ohio river, traveled more than 250 miles to cincinnati and it is closing ly. louisville officials say their filtration systems will protect theirs. but in west virginia, more than 100,000 people still can't drink their tap water. abc news, washington. >> that is something of a dispute over breast-feeding involving a woman, her child and victoria's secret. the woman is ashley clawson from austin, texas. she asked to breast-feed her son in a fitting room. she was told she couldn't do it. she said she was surprised that a store that focuses own women's bodies wasn't more understanding. >> if you think of it in its natural state, it's meant to nurse your children. that's why they're there. and you would think that victoria's secret would understand that. >> so, when clawson complained to victoria's secret, the company said her being denied a place to nurse was a violation of its policy. a statement referred to the company's, quote, long-standing policy to permit mothers to nurse in their stores. the store manager apologized to clawson and offered her a $150 gif

. >> ought storm is ramping up in the ohio river valley and in the big weather i will give you an idea and show you with live doppler 7 hd focusing on what will happen: 41 star filled skies around the bay at 7:00 and our day planner for the next 12 hours we are looking at mid-50's and low 60's poor air quality again and dress for 53 headed out this evening. inland we have forecast developing this morning and temperature in the upper 50's with a if you high clouds and poor air quality through the day and low-to-mid 60's at 4:00, 7:00 grab a heavier coat 51 and at the coast we have a few clouds lingering and they will stay as we start out clear and mid-40's and high clouds and sunshine and low 60's. sue? >> we have word muni is experiencing system-wide delays on most muni routes. call ahead and give yourself extra time we do not have any reason for that but we will check back. accident in livermore near first street with slow traffic approaching the scene and it picks up toward the dublin/pleasanton area. the accident in san francisco coming off of the bay bridge is cleared from the lane

have already seen a little snow but it's that arctic air that blasts in across great lakes region, ohio river temperatures have been running just about average, start to dip down another 15 to 20 degrees. new york city expecting teens as we go into tuesday. by wednesday not a whole lot of improvement taking place there. only 20 for a high in north. here is that clipper i was talking about. area low pressure moving through the great lakes but that cold air dives much further to the south, even into the gulf coast. speaking of that, take a look at this. for atlanta, temperatures in the 50s, then we drop down into the 30s on tuesday and wednesday. watch the development the storm system along the gulf coast. keep you updated on that. fred. >> thank you so much. keep those scarves and hats handy and gloves. >>> millions of americans are shivering from the bitter cold and shuddering for the cost to stay warm. the price for propane has almost doubled in some ways. george howell introduced us to three families who weren't prepared for record prices. >> more than 12 million americans use propane to he

. ♪ >> on the banks of the ohio river, louisville, kentucky, has been ranked as one of the ten safestarge cities in america. but downtown is a two-block reminder that not all is well. every year, about 45,000 men and women are booked into the louisville metro department of corrections jail. most have only been charged with their crimes and are here awaiting trial or the resolution of their cases. >> act like you got some sense. >> those stays can range from months to years. and during that time, some will find themselves with new troubles. >> we have some intel from two various sources. there's been a whole lot of marijuana on the fourth floor, so we're trying to catch something and then link it back to certain inmates and try to link where it's coming in. we have some ideas, so what we've got now, i've activated the shift team of s.o.r.t. we're going to go in and get in their fast and try to search the inmates and search the dorm and hopefully get some of the dope out of there today. >> search them, go back in, search the dorm. all right. anybody causes us any problems, we cuff them

. >> ought storm is ramping up in the ohio river valley and in the big weather i will give you an ideaer 7 hd focusing on what will happen: 41

and heading in to the ohio river valley. a little bit of it moving into northeast.therwise a pretty dry pattern for most of the country right now but definitely seeing the coolest of the weather. coming across the golden gate bridge, 56 when you get into christie field and organization beach. downtown is the only spot not in the 50s at 48 and if you're coming through the ferry building 55 degrees. walking from the ferry building to the financial district you'll notice a drop in temperature. 31 in american canyon. enough moisture in the ground in fairfield we may see frost. 54 in richmond. 35 in walnut creek. pleasanton 73. half moon bay 68 degrees. wow i wonder how it is sleeping at half moon bay when it's 69 in january. we have gusts around 20 to 25 miles per hour. sunny, warm and calmer. record highs possible but because of this the fire danger will start to wane. it won't go away completely because it's so dry. our extended period no changes. still very dry. let's take a look where we're going to have records down south. san jose at 73. gel roy 76. warm spot agai

single digits across the northern plains, great lakes, and it spreads into the ohio river valley and northeast. 22 is your daytime high for boston. international falls wab daytime high of minus 26 whereas on the 9th of january it was minus 311. fargo, not far off here. chicago, that will feel relatively balmy to what you felt on january 6th at minus 16. it will be zero. n the windchill will be colder. yet again, another arctic plunge wednesday into thursday. back to you. don't shoot the mess aenger, as you said. >> exactly. we'll be here for everybody. >> jamie, earlier in the news cast we told you about the latest obamacare delay over actual health benefits for employers and employees. the proposal was put into the law back in 2010. but now four years later it's been put on hold over questions of the irs. just the latest play to hit the problem. >> jerry moran is a member of the obama care. good to join you from the little apple. >> are you surprised at this latest delay? they keep on coming almost every weekend, it seems. the more, surprise miss serious announcement and, oops, anot

they're closing two intake valves, temporarily preventing the water from the ohio river from entering treatment plant. they say it's strictly a precautionary measure. people in the cincinnati tristate area are being told that the water is safe. >>> precious resource of water is also the focus of this "bacteria bacteria your world" today. helping bringing water to those most in need. watch. ♪ >> reporter: this celebration in india has a very special guest. matt damon. but the oscar-winning actor isn't the big news of the day. the new water pump is stealing the spotlight. and damon's charity made it happen. water.org helps bring water and sanitation to those in need. >> water really kind of underpins everything. every 20 seconds a child dies, because they lack access to clean water and sanitation. every 20 seconds. >> reporter: this hits home for damon, who has four daughters. >> once you have kids, it's impossible not to see, you know, their face in every child you see. >> reporter: water.org provides small loans to help people get access to water. >> people were paying money for water

so low pressure across the gulf coast, one across the ohio river valley.oing to merge or phase and bring us this nor'easter, and we have new information, blizzard warnings up from long island to coastal maine, so maybe you're not getting the jackpot of storm totals in terms of snow, winds gusting over 50 miles-per-hour will make travel impossible. it's going to cripple travel overnight tonight and into tomorrow. so, as we look ahead, friday morning's commute will be very, very hard across the i-95 corridor it's out of here by the afternoon but we're still left with blustier conditions. so winter weather advise riz and in red is where we have our blizzard warnings, including long island, maine,, people are urged to stay inside. a snow day for kids in boston north, but the temperatures are going to be so frigid people need to be staying indoors. this is forecast wind chill as we go through the evening, it's going to drop considerably below zero for all of these big cities, by 10:00 a.m. friday, talking about below zero wind chills, for new york, boston, alba

and maybe a winter weather advisory for a dozen states across the ohio river valley, down towards the tennessee river valley where they could get an issue in nashville. the cold, i mean, that's the big story. all the way from the north pole, these are windchills minus 30, minus 40, minus 50, it feels like minus 41 in fargo, feels like minus 10 in kansas city. we haven't felt this cold in decades. look at the forecast windchill as we go further out in time. minus 40s, minus 50s. incredible. if you're below the age of 40, you have never seen this before. it's historic. and the windchill advisories, all the way down to the gulf coast. unbelievable. really, this is unbelievable. rain forecasts, snow again moving eastward towards the great lakes, interior northeast, but then, jamie, i'm really concerned because all of this wet weather as the cold air moves eastward is going to freeze. ice everywhere potentially on monday and tuesday. so a lot to cover. we'll continue to do so. back to you. >> very treacherous conditions, j.d. thanks for the warning. be careful out there, folks. >>> jamie,

. >>> there's word that chemical spill in west virginia could make the way down the ohio river and reaching hours. city officials say they're taking steps to make sure the water supply remains safe. >>> almost 200,000 west virginians still face a tap water ban today. >>> reteam sales up.2%. economists say a nearly 2% drop in car and truck sale is to blame. and mixed reaction to this. the chicago cubs' first mascot. he is one of four big league teams without a mascot until yesterday. one team official said clark is young and friendly. but one writes, he looks a lot like the paranoid bear. >>> police in colorado say emergency workers have taken four students and one teacher to the hospital after some sort of chemical device as they describe it, went off inside a classroom at that school. it happened about three hours ago at sky view academy just south of denver. cops say they evacuated the school. police didn't give any more information about this device. they say they do not know whether it was an accident or somebody set it off on purpose for some reason. let's get to will carr in our color

then we are also watching this storm system across the plains, the ohio river valley, up towards the interior northeast. we may even get some snow in nashville, tennessee. we will track all of it from the fox news extreme weather center. uma, back to you. >>> and this just in to fox news. former first lady barbara bush is heading home from a houston hospital after being discharged this morning. she released a statement saying she was thankful will for the treatment that allowed her to, quote, get back to george and our dogs as quickly as possible. she was admitted on monday for pneumonia. >>> well, as america prepares to withdraw from afghanistan, there is word that comes to iraqi cities are once again in the hands of al qaeda militants. "the washington post" reporting that al qaeda forces have captured the city of fallujah, raising their flag over government buildings. other reports are saying that al qaeda militants have also largely taken over the city of ra mahdi. the overrunning of these cities is a big blow to prime minister nuri al malaki who has been struggling to maintain di

mainly a rain event but snow right along the ohio river valley towards the great lakes. so that's our big next weathermaker, and you can see several inches of snow in and around the chicago area, upwards of a foot, and 75 days to go until spring, harris. >> who is counting? you are. thank good. in janice, thank you very much. >>> for those who don't plan to venture out into the cold to watch football, the packers report they will not have to face a local television blackout of their playoff game on sunday. this after representatives say the team has sold out of tickets finally. they had until 4:00 eastern to do that. not very much longer than now. the nfl requires home teams to sell all their general admission tickets to avoid this tv blackouts. reps for the indianapolis colts said they also sold out their local seats at lucas oiled stadium for tomorrow, and a business bought the last 1200 tickets and it's donating them to military families. one of my favorite stories of the day was hearing that. the cincinnati bengals have not yet sold all the tickets to their game on s

ohio river froze over. the press box heater broke and it was also cold back at the hotel. worst and coldest day of my life. >> how long is this winter blast really expected to stick around? see meteorologist tom sader here. tom, please have good news for us. when will it warm up? >> good news is they aren't playing tomorrow night. would be in top two. this will last a little longer for the northern tier states but really we're talking monday and tuesday. now one of the computer models i was looking at, come friday, shows every state in the lower 48 above average when it comes to temperatures. we will see if that holds true friday. what you see in purple are warnings for wind chills. what do you see for half of the u.s. is some sort of warning watch or advisory for the cold. we have 32 states right now that are looking at dangerous cold. i've got a few here in the northeast, about eight that are not included, that could reach criteria. that would bring the number to 40 out of 50 states. let's talk about what we are looking at now and how long this will last. this is just th

and making travel very difficult and then we have winter weather advisories across the ohio river valley and we could see 6 to 12 inches of snow from the missouri valley all the way up to the great lakes and, of course, the cold is what everyone is talking about. these are current temperatures, below zero with the windchill, though, we could feel as far -- as far down as minus 50, minus 60 degrees. there is your windchill. minus 35 in rapid city. minus 28 in minneapolis. and you can see the windchill advisories stretching as far south as the gulf coast. incredibly historic cold air. these are your morning lows. this is not windchill, by the way. minus 26 at international falls. minus 22 in green bay and minus 15 on monday for chicago. and you could set an all-time high record low in chicago. minus 13 degrees air temperature as your high on monday. and then we are going to watch this mess continue to move eastward with the potential for snow and, shannon, all of that cold air will move eastward. so any of the rain that's left on the ground is going to freeze. that is going to make travel

we're looking at a few inches up through the roy ohio river valley, getting into new england. look at this in boston. not expecting much for you in boston but we are going to see aly bit. if you are into the higher elevations you could see a couple of inches. atlanta, waking up 26. grab the jacket before heading out. temperatures will warm up. dry but it will certainly be colder than normal out there. 50s in florida. that is the look at what's going on around the country. >> tell you what compared to what we've dealt with the last couple of months it's pretty quiet out there. >> for now? exactly. >> we'll take it. >> thank you very much. glad to have you here and coming up here on "gma," little league, big lawsuit. why a coach is suing his own player and why he says he deserves $500,0 thousand dollar >>> plus, who wears the pants in this family. how she's hoping for a conversion. >>> entourage encore. supply really -- >> the guys from the hbo hit are back on the big screen. >> it could great. don't you think? >> well, i mean it's not a whole lot. ♪ ♪ i think the sun might be s

guess where most of the moisture is going to be, midwest and ohio river valley.what we will be dealing. hello, can i get a mulligan here? wow. holy cannoli. all right. i've untied my tongue. let's try again. guess where we will be the next three months, according to the climate prediction center? below normal precipitation. i don't think we are going to shake this drought this year. all right, here's your day planner the next 12 hours. low 30s inland, mid-40s the rest of us. mid-60s at noon, tons of sunshine, records will fall once again, temperatures in the upper 60s 4:00 after hitting 70s in many areas, as we head through 7 clack, enjoy the evening. weather should not cause you any worries, low to upper 50s. save me. please. come hither. talk. leyla. >>> i will do my best, we have got some big problems on the roadways. first thing's first, we have loads of gravel that has been dumped onto the roadway in the east bay. this is along 580, duplin, pleasanton and sunol. right now, sky 7 hd heading out there right now. they are going to track chp and all the damage t

bit of a concern about the fact the river of where this chemical spilled out, it flows into the ohio rivertucky and parts of ohio. officials there are going to monitor it. they believe this chemical will be diluted because the river has more volume than the river behind me and the elk river. other states don't get too worried, it should be well below the limit for which it is lethal. as far as west virginia where i am right now, they hope to be able to get the water back on over the next day or two. that's the goal, and the way they'll do that is through zones. they'll say this zone is green, this zone is red. if your zone is green, you can use the water again. where i am now, downtown charleston, sort of the economic engine of the area. a lot of businesses have been without business and the ability to make profit over the last few days because the water has been shut down, so once this zone is green, it will be the first one, then they'll move out throughout the surrounding nine counties, but richard, this is day five now. local officials have done a good job in terms of distributing wate