robert gray is in atlanta, and robert, the situation there is warmer but is anyone smiling?the situation is warmer and you can can see i'm on, i 75 right now, the national guard is out here, as hundreds of vehicles line the sides of the road. perhaps you can see in this one little pocket we are in, i counted over 100 just a little bit earlier. so folks are trying to get their vehicles they are trying to get into them, and get their life back in order. you can see the interstate here, i 75, vehicles are moving as most of the ice is gone. there is some ice on the side of the road still. and life is starting to get back to normal here, dell, but the main question is what happened? why all the cars stranded? why were schools open on tuesday, and the situation is still very fluid as many people want questions from the governor, and from the mayor. >> and robert, at least they left the vehicles in place, there were big concerns that a lot of the vehicles would be towed if they could get to them, and people would come back to where they left their car only to find knock. nothing. >

robert gray is now on that story. 2000 cars 2,000 stories. >> yeah, dale, a bit of a hard time hearing, you, but indeed 2,000 cars oen the roadway here today waiting to be picked up. you can see over here, many of the vehicles that were here earlier today have been picked up by commuters that were stranded, the national guard, helping them state police helping them, and breaking news, that we are listening to in our satellite here, the governor of the state of georgia and he is taking sonnability for the entire situation, says the buck stops with him, and they are working on crafting new plans. the governor also brought out the head of georgia emergency management agency, that particular gentlemen says that he made a terrible mistake, on tuesday morning that the warnings came out from the national weather service at 3:30 a.m., that the governor didn't get briefed until 9:00 a.m., the emergency management agency decided that they did not want to put out a warning telling people to not go on the roadways to perhaps school being cancelinged. the schools rely on gema to make their decision

robert gray is there, and robert, you were inside earlier and you're outside and i don't know how smart that was. you can give us a better sense how cold it is. how rare is it for atlanta to see weather like this? >> reporter: tony, very rare. in fact, tonight they could see a record low. it depends on exactly how cold it gets. it's in the teens right now as the polar vortex has made its way to this pocket of the south. like you said, we're at a salvation army makeshift center. a warming center, if you will, for people out on the streets that have nowhere to go. it's bad enough for people in homes town here with perhaps poor insulation not like the north. let's step inside. i want to show you the inside of this center and look at the conditions of where people will stay tonight. i want to try to get in here. you can see the mats down below. these are where peel are going to be brought in here tonight. there are crews out on the streets as we speak looking for the homeless. people that perhaps don't know this exists to bring them in here or coerce them to come in here so the dangerous te

. >> and robert gray is live from lasatlanta and how are you gettg around? because you had a rather dicey commute today. >> it is an understatement. and actually, the commute started yesterday at about 2:00 p.m. and went about 20 miles, and took about nine, ten hours, and this morning, along with our satellite truck, as we try to travers and get to a position, my car was on a steep hill. and instead of going full force into another vehicle, we decided that we would turn the just like many people around the atlanta area who decided that they don't want to brave the roads and leave their cars on the sides of the roads. the interstate was absolute mayhem yesterday. and in fact, today, sheets of ice, and where i am right now in my vehicle, there are about 20 cars off of the uc side that are still here and a couple of school buses down the road. >> i know that the state is trying to figure out how to get the parents to the chirp, but from where you stand, how hard is that going toking be with a lot of parents still stuck in traffic, and a lot of students still st

. >> robert gray in atlanta. and thank you very much. they compared it to the living dead, saying that it looked exactly like the movie flyers. >>> warmer weather in atlanta now, and how about the rest of the country? >> it's the start of a warmup. last night it dropped below freezing but it will climb back and not be quite as cold tonight. so that's the good news. this is the visible view. and the actual picture from space, you can't see anything. there's the snow on the ground. and no clouds. so we're getting the melting. the storm is pushing off the coast. and the temperatures still down below freezing and climbing. not nearly as much as 24 hours ago. it will be above freezing today and dropping down to below freezing tonight. the story on the west coast, they need the rain in california. and they will get it with this one storm. it will start a pattern change. and though we're getting light snow, briefly heavy. it could coat the ground in some areas. an inch or two, and a few inches farther north in minnesota. but the coating it can

robert gray is in charleston, west virginia. there are now reports that the city is preparing to sue. what can you tell us? >> reporter: indeed, good afternoon, del. city council members have talked to local businesses. they're convening this afternoon in what they call a closed door meeting, an emergency executive session with city council members where they're considering to file a lawsuit with losses caused by the comment spill and water outages here. they could have a vote as early as tomorrow evening. in the meantime a lot of people here are drinking bottled water, and not drinking it out of their taps, and the concerns are everywhere. in west virginia roadside water distribution sites dot the highways and county roads. >> well, some are still afraid to actually drink the water. >> over the past 11 days nearly 300,000 people have lived through the unprecedented do do-not-use order from west virginia american water, but the problems are not over yet. >> we're still getting complaints from from various residents. in and out o

robert gray is in atlanta, robert, good to see you, judging by the scene behind you, can we assume that most of the major interstates are passable today? >> yes, absolutely. temperatures are above freezing you can see the water lying around, it used to be pack snow and ice, this is like the only remaining car there this pocket we are in. we have been out here all day, and there were hundreds of vehicles sprung along, i 75 here. this seems to be the on one left where we are at, the national quart has been sweeping in here all day, helping people fill up their gas tanks, and bringing folks to their vehicles p so a lot of work has been done here in atlanta today, and some new news that just came out, not surprising but the city of atlanta and fullton county which extends up into the suburbs has canceled school again. they just don't feel like they are ready yet, some zillion sitting on those hilly roads not quite ready, tony. >> you know, robert, maybe you can take a moment here and talk a bit more about the efforts from i guess it is the national guard, the state police, because that is a

new orleans is not on the list, robert gray joining us with more, over to you. >> yes, tony, i met aot of people wish they were on the list that he announced today, and he also said that the next year will be about recovery for the poor. here is the issue. for child poverty the statistics have not changed that much, so there isn't really a recovery process, but more something we need to completely fix. take a look over here, this is a house project right outside the french quarter. like so many of the housing projects across the city, they are being torn down, and made into mixed income development as lot of people that used to live here are in those and awaiting to get into the new development which should be done in the next year or so. now the families here are trying their best, there are local nonprofits to try to give them a better life, tony. >> the conference is tomorrow. >> meet single mother. she grew up in a new orleans housing project. she is also working a part time job and makes less than the nearly $24,000 poverty line. >> nothing comes easy, everything is a struggle.

don't forget robert gray on the house of cards when the golden globe. now back to you.s the evaluation has gotten lofty but the next guest says it is still the best bet for the year ahead. wealth minister president joins us now. so this called does it have the worried? it seems like the market is jittery. >> thank you for having me today. not at all. look at the p/e ratio of where the market is today in the universe has the earnings yield of 6.eight 5% drop that over the 10 year treasury, there is the base risk premium of 3.seven 5% that is very attractive. sandra: does the jobs number have you worried? >> not at all. we think that was just a blip on the road to economic recovery of the expansion. that have been some time to time but with the backdrop of the fed and other central banks accommodating policy the market will the economy is poised for expansion. sandra: i want to point out your picks. dow chemical they are all in the red today but that has been a big winner for about 25%. do you believe this is up by still? >> we do. lifted -- looking at projected gdp of th

robert gray filled will join -- greifeld will join me.ion between london and new york about who will win out with the markets of the future. great interview with london mayor boris johnson. he said london will always remain number one. another thing is any quality, the crisis is over, that is good as long as it does not leave a legacy of more inequality. >> is a first year of focus on that and talking about it. i hear a lot of wheels spinning on inequality. andeed more economic growth some form of immediate, short-term and if it to begin a dialogue to create the patient's creatert-term benefit to a dialogue to create patience for a long-term solution. maybe that awaits. >> tom keene of "surveillance," about 20 minutes from now. we have been speaking to ayman asfari, head of petrofac. we asked him how the year has been for the u.k.'s largest oil company? demand willas continue, driven by demand in emerging markets. -- theretry is facing is a huge amount of -- i am in the service industry, there is cost pressure. you find that everybody now

robert gray is in atlanta. what are things like this morning?good morning, del, things are improving here. the roads are getting back to normal, though there are sheets of black ice in certain places. schools are closed, government is still closed here today, officials saying don't go out on the roads until we see a thaw. temperatures are in single digits in the outer areas of atlanta, teens here. people are asking question how could atlanta have such a break june atlanta, paralyzed by only a few inches of snow that turned quickly into dangerous ice. >> people were trying to drive up and down the roads still and couldn't make it. tires were losing traction. >> over a million commuters and school children all trying to go home nearly simultaneously tuesday as the storm bother down. the result, a colossal region wide traffic jam, many people driving, if you can calm it that, for over 16 hours, marking their progress in inches. some stranded overnight, forced to leave their vehicles and walk to makeshift shelters in freezing temperatures. >> i didn

robert redford. let's give it to him. >> true. >> not just to give it to him, but because he's earned it. great, gray. >> why don't we give him one of these? >> i wouldn't mind being in the room when you personally present it to him. how than? we'll make a date? >> me either. >> good to see you. appreciate it. >>> all right. that's does it for us for now in the "newsroom." see you back here in about 30 minutes. i'm fredricka whitfield. "your money" starts right now. >>> the economy is taking flight, but 50 years later we're still fighting a war on poverty. i'm christine romans and this is "your money." >>> good-bye polar vortex. i'm not talking about the weather. i'm talking about the economy. the deep freeze is over. >> 2014 could be a breakthrough year for america. >> economic growth above 4%. rising home prices. more than 2 million jobs created last year, and a record-breaking performance for the stock market. but wait. only half the country is invested in stocks. low-wage jobs replacing those lost in the recession, and the white house admits, the economy is not it strong enough to let emergency u

robert redford. let's give it to him. >> true. >> not just to give it to him, but because he's earned it. great, grayne of these? >> i wouldn't mind being in the room when you personally present it to him. how than? we'll make a date? >> me either. >> good to see you. appreciate it. >>> all right. that's does it for us for now in the "newsroom." see you back here in about 30 minutes. i'm fredricka whitfield. "your money" starts right now. >>> the economy is taking flight, but 50 years later we're still fighting a war on poverty. i'm christine romans and this is "your money." >>> good-bye polar vortex. i'm not talking about the weather. i'm talking about the economy. the deep freeze is over. >> 2014 could be a breakthrough year for america. >> economic growth above 4%. rising home prices. more than 2 million jobs created last year, and a record-breaking performance for the stoc

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