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they include regions within los angeles, san antonio you, philadelphia, southern kentucky, and the chatawervation. >> we will help them succeed not with a hand out, but as partners every step of the way. and we're going to make sure it works, and hold them accountable to make sure it is making a difference in the lives of kids. >> officials haven't said how much the program will cost. it aims to assist 20 regions over the next three years. to take a closer look, let's head to the white house. mike viqueira is there on the north lawn. mike, what kind of federal assistance are we talking about here? >> yeah, everything from tax money, tax credits, providing medical expertise, streamlining red tape down to america core volunteers. his next state of the union is coming in, in two weeks. these aren't really a new idea, aly. remember jack kemp when he was the hud secretary, and enterprise zones, empowerment zones. they have had mixed success in stimulating growth in urban areas, and the obama administration wants to extend this into rur ro -- rural towns and places that have seen decay. there i

coldest air to hit the region in 20 years. 40 mile per hour wind gusts knocked out power in southern kentucky and central tennessee. this man lost power this morning. when we were with him it was ten degrees outside. >> when i got up, the house was already getting cold because it's so cold outside. >> reporter: most homes in this area use electric heat. tennessee's largest power provider could set a winter record for electricity demand tomorrow. laurie parker works for nashville's largest utility company. >> people's heat is not shutting off, running continuously. there's a constant strain on the system. >> reporter: the weather is also testing drivers. lows in north carolina and arkansas were in the single digits and wind blew snow black on roads cleared by plows. and, scott, public schools here in nashville are closed until wednesday. it's only the second time in their history they have been closed and canceled classes because of the cold. >> pelley: adam ghassemi of wtvf. adam, thank you very much. the cold is blamed for more than 4,000 flight cancellations to day. that brings the total to

the promise zones where san antonio, los angeles, the nation of oklahoma, and southern kentucky. federal funding will go to those areas to help things with education and housing. anybody in the country that works hard should have a fair shot. doesn't matter where they come from, what they look like, what their last name is, they should be able to succeed. we will then them succeed. not with a handout, but as partners. request them, every step of the way. >> and we will make sure it works. tonight in one of the five zones is our jonathan martin. term us why the administration chose this area. >> when you look around here, you can see a lot of this -- what you see behind me business that is are closed that are boarded uhm when you start digging into the numbers it is evidence why they those this area. this is one of the poorest communities. $11,000, 30 to 40% of the people here are living below the poverty line. and people familiar where this region hire, know this is really coal mining country. this is an area know for the coal mines but we know with new regulations and changes, a

kentucky. snow increasing in west virginia. you see in southern maryland. snow getting closer and closer to hagerstown now. the leading edge of this may not be roaching the ground, and we know in allegany county, we have snow on the ground. north and west, i think we'll get 6 to 9. maybe 10 in in a few spots. it's going to be a fluffy snow. dc, far southern maryland, and northern neck, over toward parking parking lot parts -- parts of the delmar. hefty healthy snow coming our way, temperaturwi

as you know, kentucky has been the only southern state to both expand medicaid and develop its own state-based exchange. [applause] and today, today every time the topic of reform comes up, both pundits and the president of the united states himself say look at what kentucky is doing. in fact, i have been invited to tell our story on programs like "meet the press," c-span, cnn, bbc, npr, "cbs evening news," in "the wall street journal," and "the new york times." i have been asked again and again, governor, how are you doing this? and also, governor, why are you doing this? [laughter] first let me talk about the how, because that is an easy conversation. i determined that i had the legal authority under kentucky law to do it. that is the way some governors do, you know. [laughter] but historically, the general assembly in our state had delegated and has delegated to the executive branch the authority to determine medicaid eligibility. so instead of having to wrestle with a legislature, i simply had our cabinet for health and family services amend our regulations. and so we expanded medicaid. an

kentucky to japan. >> it's sad. i'm originally from southerna and we have been brand loyal to beam as a family. today they're weeping tears. not of bourbon. >> i didn't realize bourbon was that popular over there. >> they've got yamazike. the japanese whiskey are clear and crisp and interesting but they're not beam. >> do you see a trend here? >> people will follow the almighty dollar or yen, or euro. whoevers going to offer you -- makers mark were going to water down their spirits last year, and -- >> because they were running short. i wondered if that wasn't a publicity stunt. >> toteat publicity opportunity. we have so little and people were saying, you can't do it. but people are much more specific about their bourbon and whiskey than beer. people continued to buy bud because it's force of habit. >> they've have not changed the formula. makers mark has makers 46 that you see. everybody is looking for something that is the next level up, so you can charge more for it. and they were expanding, and it just looks like, okay, jim beam is good to

as you know, kentucky has been the only southern state to both expand medicaid and develop its own state-based exchange. [applause] and today, today, every time the topic of reform comes up, both mountains and the president of the united states himself say, look at what kentucky is doing. in fact, i have been invited to tell our story on programs like "meet the press," c-span, cnn, the bbc, npr, cds evening news, hardball, the "national journal" here in d.c. and in "the wall street journal" and in "the new york times." [applause] and i'm asked, i've asked again and again, governor, how are you doing this? and also, governor, why are you doing this lacks well, -- why are you doing this? first, let me talk about the house because that's an easy conversation. i determined that i had the legal authority under kentucky law to do it. that's the way some governors are due, you know. but historically the general assembly in our state have delegated and has delegated to the executive branch the authority to determine medicaid eligibility. so instead of having to run so with the legislature, i simply ha

southern parts of the shenandoah valley. there's more back here. this area of low pressure and snow in west virginia and kentucky now as it dives for the virginia capes, it will try to tap that virginia moisture. we'll remain cautiously optimistic. they will be measuring snow in the inches, not the millimeters. full force winter, everybody. winter storm is arriving now. most everybody has seen their first snowflakes. the chances of washington getting at least two inches of snow, 90%. at least four inches of snow, 60% and only a 20% chance of six inches or more. it will have severe travel impacts, no doubt about that. if we can get the snow to heavy up a little bit, we could get as much as an inch per hour. that will make travel dangerous, treacherous and very much not something you should be doing. and windchills will be dropping down near zero and dangerous windchills are a big part of this storm. for more on that, let's go to amelia seigle, dealing with the snow. >> reporter: it's not windy just yet. as the snow continues throughout the day, the winds will continue to pick up. in addition, the temperatures wil

kentucky. 11 people lived inside the home. two of them flown to vanderbilt university medical center in nashville, tennessee, nearby. there's no word on what may have started that fire. >>> a southerna teacher arrested after more than 300 snakes were found in his home. it was, quoted, ungodly. a smell that forced neighbors to finally call the police. officers raided william buckman's santa ana home yesterday and they found snakes everywhere inside. some were alive, most of them dead. and a number of them decayed. a lot of rats and mice were also crawling over the home. >> we have rats that are dead in the cages with the live rats. and they are actually become cannibal and eat each other. and there's no food in the cages. they are completely filthy soiled with feces and urine. >> 53-year-old grade schoolteacher has been arrested and booked on suspicion of animal cruelty. >>> 5:51. hundreds of cruise passengers who fell violently ill in the caribbean now back on dry land in new jersey. what they had to say about being aboard that packed ship. >> a mcdonald's employee in pennsylvania is accused of putting a little something extra in some customers' happy meals. why he is not facing cr

kentucky to tennessee. parts of the southeast is going to move eastward. we have freezing rain especially through central new england. if you are traveling this morning, the roads could be slippery. most areas, southern new england and south back toward buffalo, it is all rain. we have a slight risk of strong storms. the biggest threat is damaging wind gusts, isolated tornado. that would be not really all that likely today. other than that, heavy downpours with the wind gusts. mild today. 61 in washington, d.c. 62 in atlanta. 80s through florida. 28 in minneapolis for a high. tomorrow 38. melting out that way. 41 in chicago. as the rain clears on the east coast, temperatures drop to the upper 40s. alex? >> thank you so much for that. >>> the death toll as the flu outbreak spreads across this country. you have heard of perspective colleges and employers checking out accounts, but banks? what you post could affect you getting a mortgage. you see the gray. try root touch up by nice 'n easy. just brush our permanent color matching creme right where you need it. then rinse. in 10 minutes, zap those grays and get on with your day. nice 'n easy root touch up. over the pizza place on chestnut street the mode

northeast, the latest storm stretching 1,000 miles from kentucky to new england, creating havoc, even shutting down busy roads like i-65 in southern indiana. >> 1400 flights have been con cred in new york, philadelphia, boston and washington, d.c. schools also canceled in some areas because it's simply not safe to even be out there on the roads. this is the fourth major storm to hit the u.s. since december and with so many winter storms, some cities say they are now running out of rock salt. we have more on the impact of this fast-moving system. >> from whiteout conditions in the great lakes to spinouts on virginia's highways, a blaring reminder to the 80 million residents across the midwest and northeast that winter is in full effect. >> i had an idea it was coming, but i didn't really think it was going to be this much. >> it's the second round of heavy snow and plunging temperatures, blasting cities from new york to pennsylvania to illinois to indiana, where the storm barreled through the morning's commute folding this truck in three. the great lakes frozen. this endless pool of ice is lake michigan. in washington, d.c., the ha

don't know kentucky might consider the commonwealth on odd choice to be leading the nation and implementing federal health care reform. suffered from national stereo type being one of the southern states that a little bit behind the times. further more, as ron pointed out, our two u.s. senators, mitch mcconnell and rand paul, are vocal and have a meant about their opposition to affordable care act, medicaid expansion, government spending and about anything related to president obama. they feel comfortable doing that because our lek trait in kentucky has been somewhat cool to president obama through two elections. coming out against him by about a 2-1 majority. classic red state per sewn that; right? >> wrong. we developed our own state-based exchange. look at what kentucky is doing. in fact, i have been invited to tell our story on programs like meet the press, c span, cnn n, bbc. cbs evening news. hardball, the national journal here in d.c. and in the "the wall street journal" and "the new york times." governor, how are you doing this. why are you doing this? let me talk about the how. because that's an easy conversation. i determined that i had the legal authority under kentu

kentucky? can there be a resurgence in the party? do you sense the state is shifting rapidly to the right? >> the geography, west virginia is the northernmost southernstate in the united states. we are right on the mason-dixon line. goes through our state. we are the last. we are seeing on the national trend lot of social issues, a lot of lifestyle people don't understand. they just -- one of those things. >> you think the shift -- >> i don't think it has to be a permanent shift but we lost the entire south from the democratic party. i am proud west region yet democrat and i have a lot of friends who are proud west region republicans. we on both sides of the aisle don't really relate to the washington democrat lot or the washington republicans. it is a little different and we are not just running against that basically who we are. in western kenya you could be pro-life or pro-choice, pro labor pro-business, pretty big tail. >> the want hillary to run? >> i don't know if there's anyone more qualified. experience basically is hard to replace. a person that had the experience she had, seen it from the front lines as first lady on the governor's end of