moved into the northern gulf of mexico by this pointment we're looking at chilly temperatures in south florida. cold into the southeast and downright frigid in the northern plains and great lakes. this will be a window week of lake effect snow for you folks and up and down the appalachian chain as well. you typically get a fair amount of snow in this situation. storm system may be riding along a frontal system and stationary front still sitting out in the west. that will continue to cause upslope snowshowers. the next system is starting to show up by the middle of the week. that will spread southward across the rockies. that could bring moisture across parts of the southeast next week also decent snows in the recent rockies as well. still lake effect snow ongoing with cold air sitting in place in the eastern 2/3 of the country. in our next half hour, we'll check the longer range forecast. >>> "u.s. farm report" is brought to you by ag connect expo where the world of agriculture will come together

now we come all the way down to south florida and i'm still freezing down here. fact, it feels almost colder than it did up north. however, it is not technically freezing, at least, not in this part of florida. at least not now. temperatures probably in the low 40s but you've got overcast skies. you've got a strong, gusty wind that's blowing. there are windchill advisories that are out for south florida, and there are concerns, as you point out, the possibility of freezing. and that would be devastating, of course, to the vegetation. it would be very harmful depending on how cold it gets, perhaps for the citrus crop continue could also create a great deal of chaos for life in general down here. we ran into two types of people that are very busy today. first of all, the repairmen who fixes furnaces and heaters. they are in great demand. there are a lot of people who have not turned their heaters on down here for years. this week, when it started to get cold, they turn it on and much to their dissatisfaction, cold air came out. they've been putting in the emergency

here is something you hardly ever hear of done here in south florida. they have a windchill advisory that goes into effect in two hours. so it really means that tonight from, say, midnight on to the early morning hours, the question will be will it freeze? and the problem is you can see perhaps that there is a light rain that is falling. if that turns into freezing rain that will trigger chaos down here. folks are trying to prepare one of the busiest people you'll find in south florida, heating and air conditioning repair guy. he's not fixing the air conditioning. they have had desperate calls from homeowners as they report their furnaces aren't working. the reason is many people have not used their furnace in years. they turn it on this week only to find cold air coming out. space heaters you can't find them in south florida. they're flying off the shelves. and that is going to put a greater load on the interest gr electric grid. they saw a record on tuesday. likely to break that tonight. on top of that is the man who will sell you wood, the wood busin

south florida beats northern illinois, 27-3. cotton bowl. dallas, texas.ississippi, and oklahoma state. it was tied up until old miss went to a two-touchdown spur, overwhelming the cowboys. that is a brutal return. mississippi over oklahoma state, 21-7. local college hoops. loyola, hosting rider in northeast baltimore city. behind 21 points from bret harvey. watch him beat the first half buzzer. right there. the greyhounds win their fourth straight game. loyola over rider. and a close one, 68-66. not far away, neighboring johns hopkins, it was the neighboring annual blue jay annual. got a lot of inside points like that single role move there from eric rolander. on the other end, though, watch hopkins' sean wild on the shot. that's good. thanks to the kind bounce. no final report. yeah, there it is. we finally got it. 77-69. hopkins over mary washington. that game went to overtime. hey, we have got a lot more to talk about at 11:00. the eve of the big game. >> also at 11:00, on wjz. more emotional reaction for the family of sarah foxwell, that young foxbury

it's now 20-3, south florida. insurance, call your local carrier, mike ford who takes the handoff and races in from 24 yards away. south florida wins 27-3. >>> the papa johns.com bowl. 1st quarter no score. frasier to moore. how about that fair catch? 7-0 huskies. another look at it. the one-handed grab. quite simply amazing. unbelievable. uconn would add two more field goals. andre' dixon from 10 yards away. 126 yards rurke are the. uconn wins moving to 3 and 1 in bowl game. cotton bowl at the cowboy's stadium. no score until the rebels give it to mccluster. a second gear and third gear and fourth gear. 86 yards later 7-0. the real story, turnovers. 12 of them. 5 by ole miss and 7. ole miss up 7. hubert antyam coughs up the football. trahan taking to the house. the rebels win. >>> if i can change and you can change, then everybody can change. the famous groat rocky balboa in rocky iv. who knew it would apply to the redskins. change is definitely coming. >> reporter: a long and strange season it's been. it ends on

>> desperation calls, mostly. >> reporter: these days in south florida, the business of wood is good.martin savidge for us tonight. >>> a suicide bomber vows revenge in a newly released video, unfortunately, the cia thought he was one of theirs and the mistake cost them dearly. >>> is the proper way to fight heroin to publish a pamphlet on how to use it. it was paid for by new york city taxpayers. >>> new reports are coming in after a 6.5 earthquake off the coast of northern california, that's one of the homeowner's kitchens, quite a lot of mess to clean up. a lot of rattled nerves, no serious injuries. it struck about 3 hours ago, residents say they felt a rolling motion that cracked walls and knocked things off the shelves. authorities report scattered power outages and broken water and gas pipes. senate majority leader harry reid is apologizing for comments he made during the 2008 presidential campaign. a new book called game change quotes reid as saying, barack obama could win the white house because he was light skinned and had no negro dialect unless he wanted to have one. presi

the economy is bad, and florida depends upon tourism, and especially south florida, so what is the word on that? a big concern? >> it's a big concern. i'll tell you, though, a couple people we spoke, to what's helping out is iowa is in town for the bowl game. atlanta is in town for the orange bowl game. the pittsburgh steelers travel, huge. they've brought tens of thousands of fans down here. at least this weekend because of football, we are fine and this is as busy as we have seen lincoln road in the last several weeks, but the last thing we need here on miami beach is the ocean a few blocks that way for the temperatures to dip into the 50s, and right now the last reading we had was 55 degrees. don? >> you are very lucky with all of the people up north and east and they are used to the cold so 55 is warm for them. and you are a pro, because usually people would be yelling behind you on lincoln road. i've been there many times, thank you for joining us on cnn tonight. >>> president barack obama learnings a christmas day plot to al qaeda forces in yemen. what are the chances of a new mil

florida. to the south, in miami right now, it is raining, and it's cold out there. take a look at a live picture of miami, florida. and, yes, wow, look at that. a lot of water out there courtesy of our affiliate wsvn. 46 degrees. keep in mind the normal high temperature for miami today is 76 degrees. so if you're looking for some sunshine and some nicer weather in florida, unfortunately you're not finding it this morning. some rough waves there as well right on the bay side. in gainesville, florida, the temperature is 30 degrees. that is cold enough for snow. but what is happening, we're getting freezing rain but we're also seeing such dry air. you probably feel how dry it is on your skin in the southeast. it's so dry that when the snow falls from the sky it evaporates before it hits the ground. not so say you won't see flurry or freezing rain, you certainly could. it's coming in on the radar picture across northern florida at this time. but big changes are ahead in the forecast. we have temperatures 10 to 30 degrees below normal, as you saw. but things are changing

lincoln road, the restaurants packed and the space heaters are out. >> did you expect to come to south floridand sit under a space heater? >> no, not really. it ought to be a little warmer. >> i think we didn't bundle them enough. we should have brought more blankets. >> reporter: the cold no laughing matter for crop growers with a freeze watch in effect for miami-dade county and broward county. they've picked as much sweet corn as they could this saturday. they put a coat of water to keep them warm through the next several nights. >> we're getting all we can, all the corn out of the field we can, between now and wednesday morning. a more festive mood saturday night in coral gables, an appropriate year for the theme to be miami winter wonderland. >> we lucked out with clear skies and a little bit of a chill in the air. >> since i have this on, it's kind of cold. >> reporter: yes, it is cold. but megan says this sure beats iowa city. >> consider yourselves lucky, it's a little chilly in iowa. >> reporter: so for those braving the cold, many of them at least here on lincoln road coming in to get

joseph fernandez the leader of the south florida urban rescue task force two team. dr. mark grossman, also of task force two. and eric ficus, the south urban as well paramedic for pembroke pines, florida, the town where mimi dittmer is from. how do you explain this? how did she live? >> well, i think by the grace of god, as mimi said. and with some help from us. when i first saw mimi come out after hours of guiding the operations and all these guys that were in the hole with her, and she started reciting all her information down to her driver's license number in detail, i really was anxious that when i was going to make the call, something might not be right. so we had a lot of pensive pauses there between ricky and i. and i said, is this a family member of mimi dittmer? and he answered yes. then my stomach kind of knotted up. then i thought to myself, what would i want to hear first if i was the person receive the message. and i said, your mother is fine. and then there was a huge pause, and then an exclamation from ricky. my heart sank there for a second. then we have

. >> our jacqui jeras is in the severe weather center tracking this very frigid from south florida to good part of the rest of the nation, it is cold outside. >> it is. there are very few people in the country who can say, this weather is nice. complaining rights all the way around, fredricka. the good news is that, once we get through this weekend, things will be looking better. we will see temperatures moderate. we will be much closer to normal. a few of us will see temperatures above normal. hang in there. some of the worst weather in the country today in the sunshine state, believe it or not. not looking so sunny, especially in southern and central parts of florida. how the rain is coming down if we zoom in here across central florida along over i-4 towards daytona beach, ocala. we will see some of that. most of this is light. we could see light, freezing drizzle. in florida, that is going to be impossible to deal with in terms of what we are going to be seeing on the roadways. this is that arctic front, what's left of it, sweeping all the way down. right now, in tampa, at 36 degr

heavy snow and frigid temperatures from maine to south florida. francis has more. >> reporter: a state which normally basks in sunshine florida felt the freeze. nighttime lows in the tampa area hovered in the 30s prompting some folks to seek shelter and others to lend a hand. >> i'm glad to help out. i have a warm house. they don't. >> reporter: in jacksonville, daytime temperatures maxed out in the low 40s. a stroll outside was no work in the park. >> at least it gives us an opportunity to use our fireplace. >> reporter: farther up, in charlotte, north carolina, post holiday shopping was weather stripping and faucet covering. >> i've been here 40 years and this is one of the coldest winters. >> reporter: the winter blast also attacked the northeast, boston got a double whammy of snow and flooding. powerful winds and high tides created massive waves that crashed against sea walls. winter didn't show any mercy for the midwest either. in minneapolis, firefhters battled not only blazes, but snow-covered high drants and arctic conditions prompting a se

not just here in d.c., heavy snow and frigid temperatures are blasting areas from the north to south florida. the sunshine state, they saw temperatures this morning in the 30s. in boston, as you can see, snow is the main problem there and across the midwest, more snow and temperatures that struggle to reach single digits today and chuck bell you put it best at the break. when you walked outside it's like the cold justmacks you in the face. >> old man winner in your face today. >> i think we're all ready for a break from the extreme wind event we've been suffering from the last couple of days. its before very windy and cold since about midnight friday night and winds are showing signs of diminishing a bit but it will probably be after midnight. tomorrow, breezy but not windy. outside on your sunday evening, mostly clear skies. current temperature has slid back to 25 degrees. a cold one in the books for today, for sure. our coldest high temperature since early march. our high today, only 28 degrees. and that was after a 16-degree start this morning. so cold for sure. right now, 25 and wind chi

that is called for south florida. for us, seems like another day. pennsylvania avenue, the wind is picking up out of the nthwe. clear skies allow temperatures to fall into the teens overnight. the weatherbug network, 19 degrees middletown, feels like 13. at 10 degrees germantown at the weatherbug network. the final stop, wtop radio, 23 degrees, high of 31. feels like 13. 36 at reagan national was the high temperature after re morning low of 23 degrees. this time of year, we should have temperatures and the low 40's. looks like we will have another three, four days and then the temperatures will finally be in the low 40's. 23 hagerstown, oregon national 28. -- reagan national 28. the core of cold air across the great plains, two degrees below zero minneapolis. miami, 39 degrees. jacksonville, fla., 24. hard freeze warning in effect for parts of louisiana, mississippi, alabama, georgia, north florida. the high pressure eventually moves out for the day tomorrow. the wind changes direction, and we finally looked for a little bit of a warm-up. wind chill

south florida beats northern illinois 23-3.me, the cotton bowl in texas where mississippi and oklahoma state duked it out. when a bruising return on this fumble recovery by ole miss. >>> women's hoops locally. coppin state hosting morgan state. you are about to see good defense right here. morgan number one carin adams blocked by manly. later, watch manly, who wasn't denied. coppin drops a third straight. 61-50 the final score. carin adams in the meac opener for both squads. >>> on the men's side, loyola hosting ryder. watch 'em beat the first half buzzer. greyhounds beat indiana on the road several weeks ago winning their fourth straight, barely 68-66 over ryder. one other local score to tell you about, georgia state beat elton. that's sports. raiders luckily will lose by 10 if the ravens want to get in the playoffs tomorrow. >> keep the penalties down too. >> 4:00 on jz. >>> ,,,, produce with a 100% guarantee... means freshness is always in season. rancher's reserve beef, guaranteed tender, says you're always ready to grill.

the cameras leave the when the cameras leave we have to continue resisting the efforts because south florida has the largest haitian community also that haiti. it's our responsibility as americans, south floridians as well to continue those efforts providing the relief efforts. >> so does it help to have debbie wasserman schultz on your side to come up here and see the president's speech and maybe have a chance to lobby the congress? >> it does. it does help with that. i am an advocate of what she stands for, and i know that she means well and she wants to do everything possible to make sure that all of the individuals in south florida, no matter what race, color or what have you continues to have the opportunities and continue to get the -- pd continues to get help and support they need to rebuild the infrastructure as well. this committee and what is the website if people want to contribute? >> you can go to amcharities.org where the dollars go straight to project medishare and assist the doctors on the ground. and we look to see this as one year or eight to your effort on the ground, cont

couple from ole miss, wake forest, south florida and georgia. >> georgia state leading. 11:44 to go in the first half. shot try swatted out of play. it will be panther ball when we come back. your score at the break georgia state 14. vcu 10. parents trying to feed their children. but we can all do something. we can help the american red cross as it delivers the food, water, and medicine that can save lives. donate $10 by texting "haiti" to 9-0-9-9-9. visit redcross.org or call 1-800-red-cross. thanks for your help. >>> vcu leads the league. georgia state is plus six now. >> foul immediately. lob inbound. boy, are the officials calling a tight one. these teams have to adjust. nikonany -- anycontact will be whistles. >> pressure guards like to get you up the floor. georgia state will need to be physical on the inside against sanders. >> nice to the rim by dukes. he hand faked and pulled the defender. >> dukes moved it without the basketball. easy bucket for georgia who is showing nice court vision. they are playing good team basketball. >> when these teams clashed last a couple weeks ago

in south florida, a lot of the beneficiaries are involved in the fraud.for selling their number. in this particular case, we had an individual, a subject of an investigation, who owned a medical equipment company. he was billing medicare. he began cooperating with agents who targeted him and approached him. he cooperated. he provided a list of beneficiaries and the told us how he provided kickbacks to the beneficiaries. we devised a plan where we wired a van for audio and video and he picked up these beneficiaries. as he picked them up, he took them to a clinic. he paid the clinic owner $1,600, up $200 per prescription. the beneficiary walked in. each received one of three prescriptions, either for a nebulize are, occupational therapy, or for physical therapy. in return, they got back into the van and were paid $150 each for providing the script to the driver. the then basically drove a provided to our office -- and the then basically drove the folks to our office where everybody was arrested. [laughter] . >> that would come into this medical supply compa

the university of south florida fired coach jim leavitt after a school investigation concluded he grabbed one of his players by the throat, slapped him and he lied about it. >> less than two weeks after he was fired at texas tech's coach, mike leach is suing the university saying administrators intentionally made statements to damage his reputation and hurt him financially. leach is accused of miss treating an injured player, allegedly stuck him in a storage shed and electrical closet because a concussion prevented him from practicing. >>> the nfl play-off fs get started this afternoon in possibly snowy cincinnati. the bengals host the new york jet. someone has straightened out jets coach rex ryan. three weeks ago ryan said we're out of the play-offs and that's unfortunate. obviously the coach got some bad info. it happens sometimes. ryan now says his jets should be the favorites to win the super bowl. we'll see. that's a check of sports. >>> thewindchill is just painful. >> we have to say the reporter is okay with kgw in or egon. winds in that area topped 100 miles an hour. two-thirds ar

to thank the rescue team of turkey, the one from new york, and the one from -- and the one from south florida team and they did what they had to do and they helped me and i am really thampgful. want to also say that -- >> larry: you sound strong. go ahead. >> thank you. and i want to say these men were sent my by lord jesus christ. >> larry: thank you. we have been auctions off my suspenders this week. the ones i wore tonight was bought out by a corporate donor paying $25,000. they are challenging others to ante up the money. go to our website, cnn.com/larry king. keep bidding. ai got a lot of suspenders. light as air lipwear that does what a lipstick can't. the precision pen glides over lips with a flush of sheer color. it's never sticky. 'cause it's a stain. and it won't leave your lips 'cause it's from outlast. read my lips, this is not a lipstick. it's lip magic in a marker. outlast lipstain. [ male announcer ] from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. thanks for coming. it was really nice to meet you, a.j. yeah, you too. a.j.? (alarm blasting) (screaming) (phone rings) hello? this is bill

mark grossman with south florida urban search and rescue task force 2. as are joseph fernandez and eric. let's check in with our own ivan watson who has been covering this dramatic search and rescue operation. what is the latest, ivan? >> reporter: the latest is that the team here, they have actually reached two people who are still alive in this mountain of rubble here. the workers have gotten through, and they have cut through and actually have been able to hold the hand of a krael speaking woman there trapped along the side of a man. her voice is strong and they are passing water to her. they are trying to open up a hole to try and pull the woman out. she survived five days, five days, larry, in the mountain of rubble. and today, overnight, the same rescue workers, from new york and workers from florida, and from turkey as well, they pulled out three other individuals, a haitian man, and a 13-year-old girl, and early this morning, a 50-year-old american woman named mimi, and we understand she has a son in florida not living far from the home of one of

even in south florida farmers are trying to just protect their crops. northern plain states, rocky mountains, all of you guys experiencing record low temperatures. >>> those are some of the top stories for this sunday. "amanpour." continues in just a moment. >>> welcome back. we have a story now about a form of slavery that dates back through the ages and continues to this day in some parts of the world. women and girls used as currency by their impoverished families when there's drought or when times are really hard. they're forced into lives of sexual exploitation and misery. we're going to talk to some women who are trying to stop this, but first we have a special report from cnn's sara seidner. >> reporter: the field, cattle, and farms of ancient times. this is rural india. the harvest determines feast or famine here and so much more. drought, debt and desperation have pushed people to extremes in this north central indian region. to survive the bad years, some farmers turn to the "rich man" who lends money. but the high-interest loans mount up and

south as miami. and now there are concerns for one of florida's biggest cash crops.ts of florida could see historical low temperatures by tomorrow morning. julian martin is in winter garden, florida, for us. with a good morning, you've been in florida throughout this week. i thought that was a plum assignment but it is really cold. >> reporter: yeah. not that plum this morning. in fact, some windchills in the teens here in central florida this morning, alex it is a little warmer now. we're at 34 degrees. light rain, mixing with sleet. so far so good as far as citrus. we really haven't seen too many widespread problems yet. but the real test is going to be the next two days. temperatures tomorrow morning and again on monday morning are going to be in the 20s. and all it takes is 28 degrees at about four hours to cause trouble on these trees. of course, this is a huge industry here in the world. in fact, 40% of the world's orange juice comes from central florida. $9 billion industry. so over the past several days, farmers doing everything they can to get this fruit off

arctic air invades the deep south with teens in some parts. and in floridareezing temps are threatening the citrus crops. >>> defiant tress tpass is char for the man who breached security at the airport this week. he was arrested at his new jersey home and released hours later. he faces a $500 fine, if convicted. >>> drugs up in smoke. police burning almost five tons of confiscated cocaine. the crew is waging war against the drug trade. in 2008, police seized more than 38 tons of illegal drugs. >>> and now to a horrible story out of australia. an indian man parking his car in melbourne was attacked by a group of men and set on fire. that man is now in the hospital with burns over more than 20% of his body. >>> and creator of gumby is dead. animator art clokey dying yesterday in california. he was 88 years old. and those are your "fast five headlines." >>> well, the 23-year-old nigerian man accused of trying to blow up that detroit-bound plane on christmas says he is not guilty. umar abdulmutallab pleaded not guilty to six charges in his first court appearanc

these seemingly suicidal lizards are as a result of south florida's record cold weather. >> it is cold, snowy and terrible traveling in the midwest. >> the wind is picking up. >> we are dealing with windchills between zero and 15 degrees below zero. that is more commonplace up north, in the memphis area it is not so common. >> word of the day, layers, gloves, lots of pants and ugly hats. the bad news is it is going to be this way for several more days. >> there is hope on the horizon. forecasters say temperatures in the south will be closer to normal but ten feet of snow in the northwest. >>> no official word on the late-night shakeup that has the tv world buzzing. jay leno will be moved back to his 11:30 slot and conan o'brien back to midnight. refusing to comment on what is going on behind the scenes. leno himself made light of the situation. >> well, happy birthday to katie couric. it is katie couric's birthday today. and she left nbc for another network. i have to give her a call and see how that is working out. as you may have heard there is a rumor floating around we were cancele

south. but in florida as i mentioned earlier, it's not just the oranges that are freezing in the trees.h, goodness, you have to watch this. i'm sorry. that shouldn't be funny. they're alive and everything is okay. >> they weren't hurt in the taping of this video. when it gets below 40 degrees, they are non-native reptiles and they go into instant hibernation. and no matter how high up, they're going to fall a. >> you think that would wake them up. >> apparently they keep snoozing. some people are heavy sleepers and they are. >> could you imagine if humans had that same syndrome. oh, it's 50 degrees in here. too bad. >> some people get sleepy enough that they pass out like that. but i'm amazed by that. they say they're okay and they wake up with headaches maybe but they're okay. >> a bump on the head or two. it's all right. nothing you can't sleep off, right? >> but a consequence of the cold weather. we'll continue our coverage throughout the morning with bonnie schneider. we do have a couple more incidents to tell you about in the past week that have forced airplanes to land before reac

invasive species overrunning south florida. the cold weather puts them literally in a state of suspended animation. not good when you live in a tree. florida's version of groundhog day, when the iguana falls out of the tree, six more weeks of winter. john zarrella, cnn, miami. >>> the "newsroom" continues at the top of the hour with fredricka whitfield. it's warm enough in here none of us are falling asleep. >> nice and toasty in here. gosh, outside? >> not used to this. are we? >> a tease coming into work. >> brutal. dangerous. the whole black ice thing. gotting to careful. what are we hearing about -- okay. all right. so let's talk about richard heene. talking about him. not a hoax -- or is it? i'm confused on the whole thing, what he's saying. he talked with larry king once again as he's getting ready to carry out his sentence. this is a little bit of what he to say. okay. i i'm getting no sound. i think it was roll sound, but it's no sound. you'ller th hear that story. and it might jeopardize the legal hurdles he may still h

hopefully south florida should be just fine with the orange crops, but this is cold here. you go to disney for the week, and you're hoping for temperatures that are going to be warm, you're not doing the water rides this week. >> no. i was also thinking about the movie "fargo," remember that one scene where these two guys both are dressed like eskimos and one of them looks up and says something like, "i hear it's going to turn cold out here," and it's already brutal. >> coen brothers, you watch the movie. that's what they're experiencing today. >> it's a good day to stay inside and watch a movie. >>> other our big story, for the first time president obama just hours ago directly blamed a branch of al qaeda for the botched bomb plot on a detroit-bound plane. nbc's mike viqueira is at the white house for us. thfs pa this was part of his weekly radio address that essentially came in overnight. >> that's right, chris. vab available at 6:00 this morning. they called it aqap. while there have been many reports the past few days both from leaks from the intelligence community on

the family, they live in several homes within this area of south florida.very now and then there would be a supposed sighting of paul merhige around one of those residences causing some panic in the area. and especially for this family. they were living with 24-hour security in at least one location, some of the family members had armed themselves. nobody knew where this man was, what his next plan would be, or if he would come back and try to harm other family members. his family said that during the attack he announced that he had waited 20 years to do this. they described him as a brilliant young man. he is 35 years old but said that he was troubled. there had been some tension in the family and that he was on various medications for antianxiety. as you heard them say in the beginning, they are relieved that this is now over. as much as you can be considered they're still mourning loss of four of their family members gunned down on thanksgiving night, david. >> nbc's michelle kosinski in miami, thanks for that. we appreciate it. >>> brace yourself. a bad

as i mentioned, this arctic plunge is going to fall as far south as florida, jacksonville 36 overnightonight, lows in the 20's into next week. and this arctic chill is going to be with us for the next several days, early next week as well. the storm we are watching is the same system that brought us kind of a wintery mix for new year's eve, it's going to get its act together across the gulf of maine and bring quite a bit of snow across northern new england, upstate new york, where we've also got that lake effect snow happening. snow accumulations the next 24 hours, six to 12 inches and winds will bring blizzard-like conditions heading into the weekend, so people are asked to call ahead if you're picking someone up at the airport or dropping someone off. gregg, back to you. >> gregg: janice dean, thank you very much. whether you prefer paper or plastic you're going to have to pay for it if you're buying groceries in washington d.c. governor engler today, the nation's capital became the first major city in the country to impose a fee for disposable paper or plastic bags. the damage, five

never fear, they head to south florida at the end of january. >> $1.76 billion for the winter olympic games in vancouver. >> not an all-time high but it is for the winter games. after the super bowl we have 5,000 athletes, don, from 58 countries heading to vancouver. $2 billion of cost. the open, closing ceremony already sold out. hockey game already sold out. good to know in this economy it's a big event and doing well. >> world cup, too, another event. prize money $420 million. >> well, the $420 is one story, but the fact that south africa is hosting a world class event for the first time, little bit risky. the infrastructure isn't guaranteed. we've seen it. it's going to revolutionize the world cup and bring major events to a continent that haven't had them before. >> did you have a good holiday season? >> fantastic holiday season. i drank a little bit, thinking about how we're going to make segments bigger and better for the next 30 years, my friend. how does that sound? >> that sounds great. by then i'll be really old. we won't say how old. >> really rich in. >> 30 years i'll be

that's a bargain, 65 for at least the folks in the northern plains, but even for the folks in sf south floriday cold. should be in the 70s. boston around 32 degrees. new york city, only getting to 24 for your day. if you want some warm stuff, head over towards los angeles. that's where the temperatures are actually warming up. upper 70s there in southern california. so not too bad. it's this cold air that's rolling in and driving over some of those lake waters causing some issues here. we're talking about lake-effect snow that's going to be impacting us over the next couple days. we'll see snow amount in the southeastern or southwestern lower michigan 6 to 10 inch range and we ramp it up as we head downwind of lake erie and ontario. a lot of folks will be bundling up and shoveling. >> alex, thank you very much. alex wallace at the weather channel. >>> to all of our viewers, we welcome your weather stories. you can send us your pictures and video from the latest winter storm, but also we remind you exercise caution when doing so and in addition to on-line or e-mails, if you want to twitter pict

two are south down in florida, and the farmers are trying to figure out how to keep from losing theirrops because of this cold temperature. any time the temperature gets below 22 degrees for them more than three or four hours, it's really threatening crops, strawberries and crops that grow over the wintertime in florida. you might expect to see higher prices at the supermarket because of this weather snap. in atlanta, we won't expect to see temperatures go above freezing until sometime tomorrow afternoon. another day of treacherous driving on roadways, where there are still a lot of patches of ice. >> my gosh. my director, adam, keep rolling this stuff of sheet of black ice. that one, too. the ones we've been looking at, we see people going down this hill, ron, in atlanta, you cannot even believe it. steve from cnbc is coming up next, said couldn't the cameraman have warned the guy. these people, steve, they come too fast, come from the top of this hill, heading downward and boom! >> the thing, alex, a lot of people are going, why don't they salt the roads? they did. the problem the c

south florida was under a hard freeze warning, and readings in miami fell below 37 degrees. farther north, growers kept spraying crops to protect them with an insulating coat of ice. but a spokesman for the state's largest citrus growers' group reported "considerable" damage. florida produces 40% of the world's orange juice supply. there were signs of confidence today among the big three detroit automakers. at the annual detroit auto show, chrysler said it's planning to hire more engineers and other workers, starting next monday. general motors reported it can't keep up with demand for new vehicles. it said it may reopen some closed factories. and ford won two major awards, for truck of the year and car of the year. it's the only major u.s. automaker not to accept federal rescue aid. on wall street today, industrial stocks got a boost on news of higher exports from china. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 45 points to close just under 10,664. the nasdaq fell more than four and a half points to close at 2312. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be b

we have a lot of doctors in south florida. he sends doctors to different areas.parts of the country are without doctors because they are forced to search elsewhere. we should have it more ballast. i am a cuban american against the embargo which is an excuse by the castro government to excuse of the misrepresentation and the terrible way they have destroyed the economy. one has to see the balance and the internal embargo that this government has forced and two people. there is a reason people have been leaving the country. there are 2 million cubans now. guest: they could trade is an interesting aspect. congress passed a bill that allows u.s. technical producers to sell food to cuba on a one- way basis. they cannot sell to the united states. last year, there were the fifth largest trading partner on this trade along. there is potential -- with respect to the doctors, this is something that is controversial in cuba. many doctors to serve overseas and it could impact the country's health system. one in three cuban doctors are serving overseas. this is something that

south. freezing temperatures flirting with areas of florida, as far as south even as orlando. mostly cloudy tomorrow. a brief warm-up, if you call 38 a warm-up by midweek. by friday it looks like more snow is possible. a 50% chance of snow showers intermittently throughout friday. the high only 29. we remain in the upper 20's all weekend long. >> thank you. in recent years college students have embraced online education, sometimes taking entire course overs the internet. >> now this long distance learning is spreading to high schools, giving students access to more advanced courses than most school districts can offer. >> hey, hey what do you say? >> they do just everything for its students. >> good afternoon. tomorrow spirit day. wear your school colors. >> however, this senior, lucy, who is determined to be a chemical engineer, wanted something more. >> there weren't really electives here that i wanted to take that were specific for what i want to do later in life. >> so each day for one period lucy leaves the traditional classrooms to take a course with a teacher in vermont

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. >> we do have some very unusually cold temperatures as far as south as florida where they have temperatures running 20-30 degrees below normal. you can see on the radar this morning. we have freezing rain and some sleet. flurries and georgia has been getting on some snow. this is very unusual weather. high pressure system that won't quit. it is covering much of the nation. you can see it's on the radar. few lake effect snow showers, but high pressure is the dominant weather feature and keeps reinforcing this arctic air. but we do have warmer temperatures that will slowly start to push it's way into the forecast. unfortunately not indicates today. we're still going to be looking at some very chilly overnight lows and they go far south. so again, in florida we are looking at another situation where we have frost, freeze and wind chill advisories for tonight and tomorrow morning. this may be one of the coldest mornings we've seen with this cold snap. for tonight, it is going to be brutally cold. then some warmer air coming into the picture. i'll tell you more about that coming up. >> gregg: do

florida keys. co air diving to the south. they have one more cold night coming. last night in a lot of spots the coldest night in 20 to 30 years. citrus crops and strawberry crops across much of florida in real danger for this morning and toght coming in to tomorrow morning. teens and 20s around the east with single digit wind chills. high pressure will be moving a little bit closer to us. that will take some of the sting out of the wind by later on this afternoon. watch very small little alberta clipper system zipping down across the great lakes, clouds come back in our skies during the day tomorrow and that may be enough to generate a little light snow west of the blue ridge and maybe snow flurries late monday night into the early morning hours of tuesday morning. not going to be a big deal. just want to give the heads up on a chance of seeing a snowflake around here. there's your extended forecast. 34 today. 36 tomorrow with the clouds coming back. 30% chance of light snow flurries or light snow north and west of town. wednesday, thursday and friday, yes, indee

haitian immigrants from brooklyn to south florida are hard-working and productive neighbors. we know that. the problem is in their homeland their brothers and sisters are not given half a chance to prosper. as i have said many times before, one cannot pay anyone less than you can pay haitian for an honest day's work in this hemisphere. but we have not seen foreign capital rushing into haiti in recent decades, because corruption and a predatory state have made it extraordinarily difficult to do business there in the past decades. what a difference the rule of law makes. haitians, who domestic gpa-- i am sorry, gdp per capita is one sixth of their dominican neighbors. the haitians state share the blame brinkley for keeping the poor country men trapped in an exploited economic model and self-destructive political system. the sad fact is life in haiti was virtually unsustainable even before port-au-prince tumble to the ground. as my agi colleague tom donnelly has observe the haitian catastrophe is more than a natural disaster. it is a political one indications in the internationa

he has been on the run since anksgiving day gaining notoriety as south florida's most want the fugitiverofiled on america's most wanted several times. surveillance video and pictures of him broadcasted nationwide actually $100,000 reward for his capture. after police say he shot and killed fo of his own family member. among the victims, his twin sisters, carla and lisa. and a 6-year-old. >> i thought he was going to come back and try to finish what he started. so the first thing i thought was i'll be able to sleep. >> the fact that this criminal was caught cannot heal or wound. we will always suffer from the trauma and terror that he excuse caused. >> is a vur viver. said he was shot in the arm by his own cousin. u.s. marshals say they got a tip just before saturday night's america's most wanted featuring him. >> we were able dispatch that tip immediately and we were able to almost immediately verify that it was a good tip. we dispatched officers from as far away as palm beach county. so we had palm beach, broward, miami-dade county head to that location. >> we are getting world of the

. >> in south florida the man audiotape accused of killing four family members at a thanksgiving dinner is behind bars. officials arrested paul mehrige. he's been charged with killing which is twin sisters, 79-year-old aunt and 6-year-old cousin at a family gathering in jupiter, florida. police credit the tv show ""america's most wanted" for the. i. >>> a virginia teen is dead this morning after leading police on a high-speed car chase. police tried to pull over colby eppard for taking a man's truck without permission. he ran away then stole a deputy's car. virginia police went after him. during the high-speed chase eppard taunted authorities through the police radio. >>> the teenager crashed the police car, got out then started firing at officers and deputies. police fired back and killed him. all the officers are on paid leave. investigators are still trying to fugue out why the teenager started shooting. >>> 6:37 is the time. 17 degrees. coming up. president obama is taking a break. not going as he planned. why the commander in chief may need a vacation from a vacation. a dog falls i

trustees who are with us today as well as to those who have gathered in new york, los angeles, south floridaand san francisco, participating in this session by videoconference. welcome to all of you. over our 25 years, we have been very proud to establish a close working relationship with the uniformed military. sometimes, we come to you. today, two of our senior scholars could not be 0 -- who could not be with as they are lecturing in atlanta. sometimes you come to us. are more than a decade, we have been honored to host serving officers on research and education training. through it all, we have come to respect the complexity and the multiplicity of responsibilities that you face in our part of the world. the middle east. we have seen in your people a real appreciation for the need for deep regional expertise and specialization that we hope we bring to the table. i look forward to many more years of this partnership together. today, in the broader middle east, the challenges are great and numerous. hot wars, assembling complex, this radical -- the spread of radical ideological and we have

florida. flurries and ice reported as far south as miami yesterday. people using whatever they can to scrape off their windshields in florida. not something you would see every day. in fact orlando hit one of the coldest highs its seen in about five years. and several southern states just dealing with treacherous roadways as a result of this system. sheets of ice all the way from dallas in through st. louis in through atlanta. so, lesters are today we are still in the 20s here and again going to be some sleepless nights for the farmers across florida all the way from citrus to strawberries. >> so strange to hear the word flurries and florida in the same sentence. weather channel's julie martin. julie, thank you. so is there any hope in sight for ending this deep freeze? janice huff is upstairs. tell us the good news. >> well, there is good news and hope in sight. it is going to warm up but not today. the temperatures around the region right now range from 1 degree above 0 in chicago to 36 in miami. with the wind in miami, the windchills are in the 20s

we have a lot of doctors in south florida. he sends doctors to different areas. many parts of the country are without doctors because they are forced to search elsewhere. we should have it more ballast. i am a cuban american against the embargo which is an excuse by the castro government to excuse of the misrepresentation and the terrible way they have destroyed the economy. one has to see the balance and the internal embargo that this government has forced and two people. there is a reason people have been leaving the country. there are 2 million cubans now. guest: they could trade is an interesting aspect. congress passed a bill that allows u.s. technical producers to sell food to cuba on a one- way basis. they cannot sell to the united states. last year, there were the fifth largest trading partner on this trade along. there is potential -- with respect to the doctors, this is something that is controversial in cuba. many doctors to serve overseas and it could impact the country's health system. one in three cuban doctors are serving overseas. this is somethin

i am a student at the university of south florida.we can all get along here. tampa, behavior cells. >> first of all i would like to say that i did the work on your campaign and i think it's great what you did for the community because to involve us as they used to-- my question is, last night in your state of the union address respoke of american support for human rights. then, why have we not condemned israel and each its human-rights violations against the occupied palestinian people and yet we continue to support financial with billions of dollars coming from our tax dollars. >> everybody has got to be courteous. everybody is asking the question. let me just talk about the middle east generally. look,-- alright everybody, hold on one second. i have to answer my question first. to you have some beads on? are those new orleans beats? okay. look look. the middle east is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries. and it is an issue that elicits a lot of passions, as you heard. here is my view. is real is one of our s

new low temperatures are expected as far south as florida, across the midwest, and out west. we're going to have the forecast in a moment. snow and ice were a dangerous combination in atlanta. we can't get enough of looking at this video. can you imagine being at the top of that hill, that incline and seeing a sheet of black ice below you and cars to boot? yeah. fortunately we can report there were no serious accidents other than the damage done to the cars there. a lot of insurance adjusters being called today. and over two dozen car crashes reported overall. bill karins has more. bill, good morning. >> good morning, alex. a historic morning in central florida. we're getting reports of snow and sleet from areas in tampa, just outside of downtown orlando. this just doesn't happen. i lived there for five years myself, never saw anything like this. look at the temperature. orlando international airport, a temperature of 32 degrees. and we're getting rain and sleet and snow mixed in all through central florida. look at the winter radar, the white is showing where the snow is, mo