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united airlines flight from denver just landed in wichita when it was stuck in the snow on the runway. passengers were stuck on board for about two hours there. workers had to dig the plane out and then clear a path for a bus so it could bring pass swrers to the terminal. despite the delay, passengers say it wasn't that bad. >> everybody wags this really good spirits. >>> by far the most entertaining delay in my life. it's been laughable to me. >> nice when you can grin and bear it. wichita seeing the largest snowfall on record. more than 14 inches of snow. >> we're not expected to get anything close to what they had in the west. meteorologist tom kierein has your forecast. tom? >> radar showing this area in gray, a few scattered flurries trying to reach the ground in northern rvirginia, the distric and into maryland too. the areas in light gray, just very light flurries right now. there's not a lot of moisture with this system as it's heading to the east. we do have, though, a winter weather advisory. all the areas in the lavender, including western maryland from alleghany county int

, the usda tells us it's investigating to see if united will receive any civil penaltyipenalties in bam bam's death. the airlines declined to answer any questions. now, many of our investigations start with information from our viewers, if you have a tip for the unit to investigate, call our tipline at 888 -996-tips. and you can also send an e-mail to the unit at nbc bay area.com. finally, we thank you for joining us. we invite to you stay tubed tu area, because we investigate. good night. mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be here in 20 minutes! [ mom ] don't stress. we can figure this out. ♪ [ male announcer ] get the speed to make a great first impression. call today to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. this is delicious. ♪ [ male announcer ] save the day in an instant. at&t. ♪ . >> joe julianne first kiss only we found and dr. drew under fire. following mindy death. mistake or murder? the blade runner mystery takes another bizarre turn. hi everybody. welcome to "access holly

. >>> united airlines is keeping the grounded boing 787 off its schedule through june 5th.estigators are still trying to figure out what caused a battery fire and the second battery problem last month. current flights will be postponed until at least may 12th. the world's fleet of 50, 787s have all been grounded since january 15th. >>> march madness just around the corner and cal and st. mary's making their cases to join the dance. carry has those stories and much more coming up. there is no mass-produced human. so we created the extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. a collection of innovations designed around a bed with dualair technology that allows you to adjust to the support your body needs. each of your bodies. our sleep professionals will help you find your sleep number setting. exclusively at a sleep number store. sleep number. comfort... individualized. at the ultimate sleep number event, queen mattresses start at just $599. and save 50% on our limited edition bed. ends sunday! >>> again everybody st. mary's off the deck following the gonzaga loss. t

. >> airport tonight at united airlines is keeping its fleet dreamliners7 grounded until june 5 tentative figure out what sparked a battery fire. united says if a fix is that before june, it would consider putting the planes back into rotation. >> the university of maryland is preparing to welcome a very special guest, his holiness, the dalai lama. he has long advocated long violence and religious harmony. he is the winner of the nobel prize and says unlike the 20th- century it which millions died in wars, you like to see the 21st century be one of tolerance and dialogue. would we all. >> i would like to see some warmer weather. >> be patient. it could return by sunday but until then, kind of cold. let's get started with our coverage here. first up, i want to show you the view from arlington. it is beautiful around the area, gorgeous with clear skies and temperatures falling into the lower 30's and into the 20s overnight. the winds are diminishing and we will be just fine weather wise. this is a little town on the missouri-arkansas border. during the day, we have been looking at a lot of

. >>> united airlines says its boeing dreamliners won't fly until at least june 5th. meanwhile japanese investigators say they found the cause of fuel and other causes but they're still investigating the 787's more serious battery issues. >>> americans who have a tv hooked up to a cam will be counted in voting. we'll have more on that in entertainment. >>> good news for america's wine industry, new figures show wine exports set a report of more than $1.4 billion in revenue last year. brand you clean those wine glasses a national survey conducted by a home appliance maker found more than 40% of americans fight about loading the dish war washer. 60% argue about whether dishes should be prerinsed or not. they say do not prerinse because the detestent needs to clean your dishes. >>> they won $7 million after stopping at the favorite casino of their dearly departed friend. details coming up next. >>> welcome back. now to some other stories that caught our eye this morning. we start in indianapolis where a brazen robbery attempt left the crooks empty handed. the heist got o

united airlines canceled 2,000 flights nationwide. we have a report from rag and national airport. >> reporter: about a dozen flights to new york have been canceled, eight so far to boston. all though are in the afternoon. word is as of noon today, logan airport in boston shut down. however, folks heading to new england able to score an early morning flight were lucky. >> i was here last night to get my flight out. >> reporter: kathy white is boston-bound and hoping to fly out early before beantown gets buried. >> i was to leave at 12:30. my husband called and said no, that is dim not going to work. >> reporter: crews are planning to work around the clock in new england and massachusetts governor duval patrick sending one message to bay state residents. stay inside. >> the other good thing is it is on the weekend so that gives people the opportunity, they're not on the roads so i'm hoping for the best. >> so get that fire going and enjoy it. the first goal is to get home first. >> and coffee. >> reporter: if you are trying to get to n

. >> i called united airlines, they stated she never boarded the flight, never arrived at the airport in turkey. >> reporter: her husband and her brother flew to turkey to help in the search. the state department is working closely with turkish government officials to help solve the mystery surrounding sierra's murder. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. >>> in alabama, the standoff involving a gunman holding a 5-year-old boy in an underground bunker is now in its sixth day. let's get the latest from gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: the boy has a mild form of autism, trapped underground more than 121 hours. they're communicating with the suspect bunt won't reveal a motive. he's held the boy captive since tuesday when he allegedly boarded a stopped school bus and demanded two children. when the bus driver refused, police say dykes shot and killed him before grabbing ethan. police are choosing words carefully, since it's possible dykes has access to television. also today, lester, mourners pay their respects at the funeral for that murdered bus driver. >> gabe gutierrez, thank yo

. >>> united airlines says it is keeping the boeing dreamliner off of the schedule through june 5th. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the lithium batteries to catch fire. boeing will reportedly present a plan to the faa tomorrow to make the batteries safe. >>> health officers say the flu shots are not working for seniors. the centers for disease control says the flu shot is only nine percent effective in people 65% an older. why it is not clear. the vaccine does better against three other strains. >>> a new report alleges wide separate fraud by the seafood industry. conservationists say the consumers are being cheated when they order certain sushi items. john faller explains what you see is not always what you get. >> activists say they genetically tested 178 seafood samples finding 27% of supermarkets and half of markets selling fish mislabeled under fda rules. >> the most comprehensive study ever been done, we found fraud ramid. >> repaider for instance is never red snapper, 58% of all restaurants and 100% of sushi restaurants that activists visited mislead custom

airways and united airlines will create the largest airway in the world. some analysts say you could be paying more. frequent flyer dean kempsly isn't sure what to expect when u.s. airways merges with american airlines. it will be the largest carrier in the world with more than 300 destinations in 56 countries. frequent flyers from both airlines should keep their miles, but some analysts think this may not be a sweetheart deal for passengers in the long run. >> consumers end up paying more for tickets in general. they have less convenience because typically during americaners there's cutbacks in flights. >> reporter: the new company will take the american name and a brand-new logo. the ceos of both airlines will stay on board. u.s. airways chief doug parker will take the top spot. >> we'll work together to make sure we have a good transition. >> reporter: the merger will bring major logistical challenges. recent union of united and continental led to a spike in consumer complaints. this is the fourth major airline merger since 2008. >> i think it's just so

. >>> united airlines is putting off using that boeing dreamliner at least until june 5.o go to the faa today with its idea to fix the plane's battery problems. the plane of course grounded since last month. japanese investigators say they have found an oil leak that was caused by an improper paint job that disabled a switch. they are still looking into that battery issue. >>> it's 5:18 right now. a dangerous prank. what happens when a teen throws a snowball at a friend on a chair lift. >> let's see lebron james do this. a cheerleader's incredible trick shot our play of the day coming up. >>> chinese new year looking good! we are going to see a great parade, temperatures well it's going to be chilly, 51 degrees. >>> checking roadways around the bay area, we are just getting word of breaking news in san jose. it's at capitol expressway and tully road. we are getting first reports of a car in an accident involving a vta bus. injuries are record. we'll have more details on that plus the rest of your morning drive. "timesaver traffic" is coming up. >>> well, look at this. an

united airlines is reportedly taking its dreamliners out of commission through june 5th, with one expeception. the 787 is still set to fly between denver and toyko may 12th. today, the faa will get a look at boeing's plan to get all dreamliners back in the sky. a senior boeing executvie will meet with the top official of the faa. reports say boeing is proposing a number of fixes for the grounded aircraft including: a better box to contain possible fire in the jet's lithium-ion batteries and increased space between cells in the batteries. homeowners are getting payback from big banks. total, banks have paid $45 billion as part of a settlement to help homeowners still struggling from the housing market collapse. 550,000 consumers have received assistance. jpmorgan, bank of america, wells fargo, citigroup and ally financial contributed to the settlement. 11 million consumers are underwater on their homes. it's estimated the settlement will help 1 million get back on track. walmart sales are off to a weak start this year. profits ticked up in the fourth quarter, but sales at walmart and sam's clu

an airport spokesperson says united airline flight from ft. lauderdale had just landed, but when the 737 made a turn on to the taxiway, it slid right off into that grassy area. very slippery conditions have been reported in the area because of all the snow and rain mix out there. we're happy to report even though the plane slid off, nobody was hurt. >>> boeing's troubled 787 dreamliner may soon take flight again. the company said it found a temporary fix for battery problems that have grounded that fleet, the entire fleet, and will present the plan to faa officials lathe later on today. boeing is not giving any specifics at this point but the plan does include putting the battery inside of a fire-resistant container to prevent that overheating. if you recall, back in january, all dreamliners were grounded worldwide after battery problems on two separate flights. if this plan is approved boeing hopes to have the dreamliner flying again by april. >>> the largest orchid show in the u.s. just opened its doors right here in the bay area pap bob red

united airlines has cancelled 350 flights in anticipation tomorrow.n airlines already cancelled 43. that of course could have a ripple effect on flights across the country, including here in the bay area. people in road island where at grocery stores stocking up on supplies. the storm over the great lakes right now could merge with another storm over new england tomorrow. >> i will have the forecast model showing you the path in a little bit. first though we have some clouds to talk about and some rain showers. waking up early this morning with the rain clouds pushing into the region. san jose lingering clouds, the rain bands south down toward morgan hill and gilroy. right now on live storm tracker 2 the coverage really on the decrease. the focus in the south bay neighborhoods chose to monterrey bay and activity around 101 south of san jose and zoom in tight closer to morgan hill and this activity towards watsonville oak region and that region there that is showing you that. >>> current temperatures on the cool side mainly in the 50s at last check. li

. >>> some scary moments today for passengers aboard a united airlines flight out of fort lauderdale. the boeing 737 skidded off the runway in cleveland this morning. flight 1639 ended up on the grass. none of the 103 passengers were hurt. investigators say the freezing winter weather might have been a factor in that. >> maybe. >> you think? >> good investigation on that. okay. >> we don't have to worry about that here, though, right? >> not so much. north and west, bridge and overpasses tonight. but in town, it's a friday night. everybody is going out. take it easy. >> get those tires. >> exactly. now we talked about the snow pulling out of the midwest, headed for chicago. they had a cute little snow. 3 to 5 inches fell. officially 2.7 fell at o'hare and they are down about 66% of their normal. 10 inches, supposed to have 30 this time of year. they pickweek, too. for ke a live look outside. a little lull right now inbetween systems. a temperature around 34. winds out of the east at 5. pressure is still falling. and the dew point is still below the freezing mark, which is something we

this united airline's plane scooted off the runway in cleveland. luckily no one was hurt. >> and here is a lesson for those of you trying to goof off on a ski lift. a teen tries to throw a snowball at his friend on the chair in front of him and yes, he fell off. now, this is a lot of people's worse nightmare. catching himself on the arm lift and tried to pull himself up. after six minutes he couldn't hold on anymore, falling 35 feet to the ground and he suffered only minor injuries. but you know, they are sort of unnerving, you know, when you're sitting up there. >> yeah, keep your seat belt. >> exactly. >> wow. >> no goofing off. >> the video of it too. >> scary. >> but at least he's okay. that's the most important thing. a lot of people skiing this weekend. they'll get some snow in sierra. i'll explain why. you made it. weekend time. we have some clouds rolling around at about 3:00 this afternoon, but we simply cannot get any rainfall. let's look at kpix 5 high-def doppler. and the radar here to the south. i'm only seeing a few showers about an h

united airlines set up a specific line just for those having to rebook flights around the northeast mayhem. >> really looks like an airline attempt to proactively cancel flights reach out to their passengers before they come to the airport, to advise them of what's happening. >> reporter: travelers waited more than an hour just to get to the front. even then, how they would get to their destinations still unknown. >> pretty interesting. expected to get on the flight and now we'll see where i'm going. >> reporter: kamilah was trying to get back to finland. she says she is okay with the delay. but she only wished she found out sooner. >> i feel like i should go back to hawaii. we came from hawaii yesterday. why didn't they call us there and say you don't have to come back. >> reporter: patrick is trying to get back to philadelphia tole school. we asked him how his classmates are preparing for the storm. >> i don't know that they are particularly concerned about it. they aren't said much about it. we are more concerned about midterms. >> reporter: others concerned about getting where they nee

airways will be slightly bigger than united airlines. >>> well, there are more questions this morning on the shooting of a police trainee that happened in owings mills in baltimore county. police have not released the identity of that trainee. and abc2 news' sherrie johnson joins us with more on the story. what do you have for us this morning? >> reporter: at last report megan the trainee was in critical condition at shock trauma. this morning there's some dispute over the details at the former rosewood center. the only public comments we received from investigators came tuesday night in a briefing outside of shock trauma. sources say roughly 50 trainees from several police agencies were involved in the training on tuesday. a baltimore city police instructor fired a live round hitting a trainee from the university of maryland police department in the head. there have still been no answers on how a live round could have been fired during training. a state police representative said police training has been going on at rosewood quote for years. if that's the case, a woman who lives righ

. >> i called united airlines, they stated that she didn't board the flight. >> reporter: turkish police found her clothes, her passports, still in her hotel room. >> i don't like that combination. because that, leads me to believe that someone was able to lure out of the room. >> reporter: then there are those grainy surveillance videos taken a day before she lost touch. nothing seems amissed when she walks around the mall. eats alone at a food court. >> is there any surveillance of somebody walking in or out at a location? all of those potential leads. >> reporter: leads that can hopefully brings answers for a family now forced to face a very painful loss. juju chang, abc news. >> our thanks to juju tonight. >>> next to the fast-moving developments after that attack at the u.s. embassy in turkey. tonight, the surveillance video of the suicide bomber just moments before the attack and new information on his motive against america. abc's nick schifrin reporting in from turkey. >> good evening. they say the attacker was a 40-year-old with enough explosives to destroy a two-story building.

. >>> united airlines says the dreamliners won't fly through at least june 5th. they found the cause of fuel leaks. >>> americans who have a tv hooked up to the internet will now be counted by the neilson ratings company. neilson has vowed to include mobile viewing in the future. >>> and a national survey conducted by a home appliance maker found more than 40% of americans fight about loading the dishwasher. 61% argue about whether or not dishes should be prerinsed while the appliance company has the answer. they say do not prerinse because the detergent needs to cling to food to avoid scratching your dishes. here i've been doing it wrong all this time. >>> coming up, they were leaving a funeral, stopped at the deceased's favorite casino and won $7 million. devine intervention? that's coming up next. then we turned the page, creating the rx hybrid. ♪ now we've turned the page again with the rx f sport. ♪ this is the next chapter for the rx and the next chapter for lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. hi victor! mom? i know you got to go in a minute but this

together the two airlines will be slightly bigger than united airlines. >>> republican leadership today rallied against president obama's call to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour. house speaker john boehner says an increase in minimum wage will translate to a decrease in jobs. the white house estimates boosting the minimum wage would help 15 million low-nfk workers. the last federal minimum wage increase was signed into law in 2007. it raise it had minimum wage from 5.15 to 7.25 in a three-sthech process that ended in 2009. >>> on wall street today stocks finished mixed. nasdaq gained ten. >>> today sis ko reported earnings that were slightly better than wall streetest mats. the san jose-based maker of compute and her networking gear said its adjusted earnings for $2.7 billion compared to 2.6 billion for the same quarter one year ago. >>> our exclusive ktvu field poll turned up some intregs findings on taxing sugary drinks. 53% of voters say they oppose a generic tax on sugary befrmgs but support jumped to 68% if voters are told the money would go towards school new trigs and fitnes

. >>> united airlines will keep boeing 787s grounded until june. boeing will go to the faa today with plans to fix the plane's battery problems. the 787 dreamliner has been grounded since two incidents last month. the japanese investigators say they found an oil leak caused by an improper paint job that disabled a switch. they are still looking into the battery issues. >>> hewlett-packard's latest report shows better-than- expected results. hp profits fell 16% in the latest quarter but that was better than wall street and even hp expected. ceo meg whitman said it may take several years before the company is on solid ground again. hp's revenue has dropped for six consecutive quarters compared to the previous year. >>> the dirty past is coming back at google's complex at mountain view. the problem has roots to the 1970s when companies used cancer-causing chemicals to make computer chips and dumped thousands of gallons of the toxic solvent tce into the ground. a recent construction project let toxic vapors into two of google's buildings. >> there have

they were told by united airlines that there is a special area set up for them for rebooking flights, possibly tomorrow night and on sunday. so they have an extended stay right here in san francisco. but the delays are not just being felt nationally. they are also being experienced internationally. this is what one passenger had to say about her flight from hawaii to finland. >> i feel i should go back to hawaii because we came from hawaii yesterday so why didn't they call us there and say, you don't have to come back? >> reporter: so that woman obviously a bit on the upset side as well but we are here now 10 hours later after the early grass that today now look at the airport, it is just empty. it's a ghost town because anybody flying to philadelphia boston newark laguardia or jfk already know that they have an extended stay right here in san francisco. reporting live from sfo, and mobile weather, roberta gonzales for kpix 5. >>> flight to hawaii should be okay but find out about other flight delays and cancellations before you head to the airport. you can find a link to the airport

united airlines is keeping the grounded boeing 787 off of its schedule through june the fifth.rs are still trying to figure out what caused the battery fire and a second battery problem that happened last month. current flights will be postponed until at least may the 12th. the world fleet of 5787 has been grounded since january the 16th. boeing's latest plan is to put more monitoring equipment on the lithium ion batteries as well as a fireproof protective layer around the batteries. >> the time now is 7:11 a.m.. same-sex couples who are challenging california's ban on gay mayor say that the constitution prohibits discrimination against them in the nation's largest state or elsewhere in the united states for that matter. in a brief that was filed yesterday, same-sex couples say that 30 states that prohibit gay marriage amounts to a " badge of inferiority ". they laid out several options for the court to consider but stopped short of the declaring for marriage equality across the country. the supreme court hears arguments on proposition 8 on march 26th. >> we will be right back.

we were over with the ground crew at united airlines. cows up there and ran the little machine. is it possible that somebody flying out today is on a plan that was de iced by tom skilling. the professionals took over and did it the right way. what in his group of folks. we'll be hearing that next week. the big news is precipitation is changing over to snow. house as to mention that the bank of session is off tonight. heavy snow reported in other places as well. this is what we're looking in chicago. pretty good rain was coming down for awhile. mostly rain in the southern suburbs. the snow is falling in northern sections of our viewing area. it is starting to stick on all of the roads in that area. conditions going downhill. the rains will be sagging self. the main energy here, another pretty vigorous system appear. these will consolidate into a mammoth storm. the northeast is in for quite a blow this weekend. all of this translates to accumulating snow. the best thinking, this has been in the evolving forecast. the latest factors would suggest something in the order of 3-6 in. t

airways will be slightly bigger the united airlines and it reduces the number of major u.s. rlines to 4. >> this year, gross cost of launching a cookie finder app to help connect scout cookie mongering customers. the app allows users to find out when and where a local group is having a sale, and then create calendars marking down upcoming cookie sales. >> if there are no both sales nearby, users can enter the contact information and ask to be contacted by their local scout with further details. >> users can share their findings with friends of facebook followers on twitter. >> still ahead explosive devices in a santa clara homes in the neighborhood is a panic mode. the welcome back. let us get a full forecast of the weather with erica. >> good morning james. visibility is at 0 in navato. it took a wild fog to develop yesterday's it is out of the gate early around oakland and as at all this morning. by half moon bay visibility at 3 tenths of a mile. >> drive with extra caution. we have fog advisory's i will talk about in a minute. temperatures not bad. upper '40's in san franc

. >> united airlines plans to keep a fleet of boeing 787s off the schedule and says planes could be back the air sooner than june saying the 787s have been grounded weerld wide because of problem was the batteries, japan announced a battery in a 7 76 -- 787 had been improperly wired. boeing says it will propose a design tomorrow before the faa. >> business news, apple's newest innovation may be a high tech accessory. ememily? >> struggling computer maker hewlett-packard and for a title of reported a 16% drop in profits due to pc. the it had projected profits suggesting making the company turn around. >> apple smart watch is getting louder with? that application apple zibed a device with a flexable screen. the device would have i tunes control. last week reporting apple has about 100 devices on a watch-like device. >> neilson going to start taking streaming viewers into account expected to have technology in place by the fall to measure people watching shows on hulu, net flix and more. bill board says it's taking videos into account when measuring phone charts. stocks falling today. bloom

united airlines jet skidded off the runway this morning. the flight was attempting to land from fort lauderdale when it skidded off the runway and ended up in a grassy area. no one was hurt. passengers were bused from the plane to the tournament. >> this has caused a domino effect at airports all over the country as flights are either canceled or delayed. as you can imagine, that is causing some frustration in our area airports. >> just to show you how fast those dominoes can fall, i just checked the flight board inside the airport a couple of minutes ago. a good one-third of all the flight scheduled to arrive tonight are late. >> we have been here since last night. >> flight after flight coming into or out of reagan is delayed or canceled. the source of the problem is in the midwest. a huge winter storm strangle the number of airports. this is the scene in kansas, a jet stock in the snow. -- stock in the snow. >> we were just lucky to get here today. >> my brother is 12 and he wanted to see how many cards you could find on the side of the

the merge of american and u- s airways will be slightly bigger than united airlines. >> the californiag some baby spinach because it could be contaminated with e-coli. check your fridge before you make that salad. the spinach was sold in several states under five market organics, full circle organic, simple truth organic, marketside organic and taylor farms organic. the company, taylor farms retail, says no illnesses have been reported. >> a developing story. that crippled cruise ship is expected to limp into an alabama port sometime tomorrow. more than 4-thousand people are on board.and it sounds like they're pretty miserable. after an engine room fire four days ago - a power outage has reportedly led to sewage-filled hallways and long lines for food. people who have managed to reach relatives by phone are talking about what they're hearing. >> he said the conditions have gotten so bad that they're asking to use the restroom and backs and they're eating onion sandwiches on monday using the restrooms- in bags.. >> the daughter she is afraid to hear that she is never going to be possibl

our investigative unit requested interviews with the airlines in this report, all declined. if you have a tip, give us a call 888-996-tips or send an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay" the latest on the murder investigation surrounding olympian oscar pistorius, what his family is saying this morning about the accusations that he shot and killed his girlfriend. >>> a beautiful start to the day in san jose. those high clouds making for a very nice sunrise, but what do they mean for your weekend plans? thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. weekend plans? presidents' day plans? >> should be just fine especially today. it will filter the sun at times. veiled sunshine around the bay area, thanks to the mid and high level clouds which made for a nice sunrise. 45 degrees in san jose. san francisco and okayland, mild, 50 to start things off. there is the source of your high clouds coming up from the central coast this morning and during the day. we'll see partly cloudy skies, a mix of sun and high clouds, thi

united airlines is offering to change lies ahead of the storm. we're not seeing too much of an impact at bay area airports. as the updated flight status is coming in will let you know if any cancelled flights are here as well. >> us over to the the what the department. erica is keeping an eye on the weather. >> this is what is left of the storm that was impacting the entire midsection of the country namely the heartland. we saw winter weather advisories. official storm warnings judging from arizona all the way toward virginia. >> what is left is in portions of michigan. we are seeing wet weather in some of the dakotas. the blue on your screen indicates stovall we're not talking too much. maybe 1-2 in.. >> the mission and peninsula said they could see 5 in. of snow. >> the green and yellow indicates where it is warmer in the area. around the southern half of the country we are dealing with thunderstorms some moderate to heavy rain in that area of the country. >> we did not expect the widespread problems like yesterday when the storm was in the mid

. >> following the latest of the boeing 787 dream liner, united airlines is keeping a ground boeing 787 op is scheduled through june fed. investigators are still trying to figure out what of the battery fire and a second battery problem last month. current lights will be both want to let least may 12th. the world fleet of 5787 has been grounded since january 16th. boeing's latest plan is the but more modern equipment on lithium ion batteries as protective layer around the batteries. they are waiting for at a of her will to do another test flight. >> same-sex couples or challenging california's ban on gay marriage say the constitution prohibits discrimination against them in the nation's largest state where it was of the u.s. for that matter. at a brief filed yesterday, san sex couples say that 30 states that prohibit the marriage amounts to a bad of inferiority. they laid out several options for the court to consider but stopped short of declaring full marriage equality across the country. the supreme court hears arguments on proposition march 8, 1926. >> coming up on the kron4 morning

airways passengers is a benefit taken away from american airlines with united airlines.used to have co-chairs, they still do. they have joint frequent flier benefits and so on. so they're giving with one hand and taking away with the other. and i do expect this merger to go through but i'm hoping that congress and the d.o.t. will allow us to get some things like airline fees disclosed so that consumers can actually compare prices across airlines and have more competition there. >> brown: all right, charlie loka, holly hegeman, thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: still to come on the "newshour": the hold up on the hagel nomination; four freshmen on capitol hill an olympic star charged with murder. and a president's love story. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: senate democrats moved today to find a way to prevent the sequester-- across- the-board spending cuts, set to take effect march first. they called for smaller reductions in farm subsidies and the pentagon budget, plus a minimum 30% tax on million- dollar

the world's biggest airline for starters for a market cap of $10 million much higher than the unitedtal merger. it would be 2.5 larger by capacity and by traffic. you would own it that american creditors would don't three-quarters, u.s. shareholders 25%. american has been wallowing in bankruptcy since 2011 and posted one point* $7 billion loss. this would bring them out of whole and with a string of bankruptcy's mergers have become the new black. no carrier has gone into bankruptcy has survived without a merger. it merged with continental air white -- airwaves to file chapter 11 in merging with each other. this has happened many, many times before. many of you know, to expect any changes will not be felt for a while. appeal already booked a flight, don't panic. the airlines could not start making changes until after the merger is approved as a big of chief judge and a runner justice. that will take months. there will be rising airfares with less people to choose from an with rising fuel prices you get a higher ticket prices. you don't have to worry about drawdown of service since the

ed in the last fiver years, the house committee held hearings on two major airline mergers delta southwest in 2008 and united continue then tal in 2010. five major airlines now control an estimated 80 percent of the domestic market. if the merger goes through the number will decline to four. should it be the last merger in the airline industry? would allowing this strike the right balance between competition and the bankruptcies that have occurred in the industry recently? a major concern any time there is fluxuation in the airline industry is how smaller airports which depend heavily on routes to and from larger hubs would be affected. for travelers leaving from my district, it is a major hub destination and. it is by no means clear the merger would have all or any of the negative effects that an airline merger can produce. american and u.s. air maintain the routes are compliment i are not overlapping and enhance it by giving the fourth and five largers airline a stronger competition which compete with the other three. congress has no formal role in the department of justice review process. congressional he

. >>> united airlines has eliminating the boeing 787 from its schedule until june. is also postponing its new direct flight from denver to tokyo. the fleet of 787s have been grounded worldwide as investigators search for the cause of a battery fire in one plane and an emergency landing of another plane due to an overheated battery. >>> nasa is warning a giant sun spot can flair up and cause communication problems this week. the sun spot developed quickly on tuesday and wednesday and according to scientists it's big enough to swallow six event sized plants. sun spots form from the shifting of magnetic fields. the sun is in the midst of an active phase that's supposed to end this year. >>> temperatures on the warm up as we go into the next couple of days they warmed up toáeud. highs tomorrow will be a little warmer still. as we go into the weekend we could see upper 60s in some of the warmest spots. these were the highs from today. mid-60s at santa rosa there. 64 in the napa area. 60 in redwood city. cooler in san mateo 64. but real nice. look at antioch 62 degrees. i

united airlines has an all-time arrival rate of more than 80% and the employees will get a hundred dollars each as a result. >> coming up tonight at 5:00 cutting into surgery and giving new hope tulips parents of babies with life-threatening conditions. this evening, one little girl's story and why her mother is calling it a miracle. join us at 5:00. >> how much is the ravens super bowl mvp quarterback orthopod? >> joe flacco's aged things that he should be the highest-paid man in the position. in an interview, his agent basically said yes when asked if he should be the highest-paid quarterback. he will likely point to peyton manning's $18 million and the saints' drew brees' $20 million contracts, during the upcoming negotiations. >> that's a lot of money. >> the lucjk was not with the capitals. >> the capitals were leading 3loss against their opponent. >> there are a couple crazy deals to talk about. >> the denver nuggets forward threw a wild shot while getting filed. it bounces in. it was called the shot of the century by an announcer. the crowd went wild because it meant 100 points and

airways will be slight bit bigger than united airlines. >> the current cruise ship that has been without power since a fire at its engine room is expected to report today and will will alabama. the cut will triumph is being towed from where it broke down in the gulf of mexico. more than four dozen people on board. carvel cruise lines says it is canceling another 12 voyages for the disabled ship. the cruises aboard the triumph were taken to placto take placem february 21st of their april 13th. passengers will be fully refunded at get discounts on future cruises. a future cruise probably would not sound so good at this point. >> expect more stories to come to light once they get off that cruise ship and start telling their tales. it is foggy over the city right now, fog is in other parts of the bay as well. erica will have your forecast in a minute and george will keep an eye on a growing problem in the east bay, we will find out if it is a hot spot. you can't move the tv there. yuh-huh. we have a wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wireless receiver that let yo

a united airlines flight from denver had just landed in wichita, kansas last night when it got stuck on the runway. workers had to clear a path for a bus to take passengers to the terminal. despite the delay, people on board say they made the best of it. >> everybody was in really good spirits. we all chatted and had a good time. it got a little long, but for the most part, everyone stayed in good spirits. >> by for, the most entertaining delay. it's just been laughable. >> it is not a laughing matter for a lot of people. wichita, kansas is getting its second largest snowfall ever. more than 14 inches of snow and the system is headed this way. >> no snow outside our window. looks frit god right now. let's find out what's going on in the weather. here's tom with his first midday forecast. >> we got a cloudy sky now in the metro area. we just saw from the nbc 4 hd city camera. here's an up close view and where you are seeing those areas in gray, those are the few flurries. then west of washington, parts of fairfax county, prince william, across much of faulkier county and into stafford

airlines around the world bounded the new boeing jet last month after a string of problems including a battery fire. investigators are trying to solve the issue but there is no fix yet. uniteds a the only u.s. airline that has the dreamliner. if they find a fix earlier than june they will consider putting the jet back on the schedule. >>> a former mayor accused of ripping off citizens and nearly bankrupting his own city did it because he is illiterate and uneducated. the scandal rocked the los angeles suburb of bell a couple of years back. prosecutor charged the former mayor there on the left. we have a picture of him but apparently i can't show it to you. charged the former mayor and other city officials with illegally paying them isselves huge salaries. nearly three times median income of residents in the town all as the economy was tanking before their eyes. the mayor made close to $100,000 a year for a part-time job. prosecutors say that the ex-mayor knew exactly what he was doing. he and other city workers raised property taxes, hiked fees for businesses and used other shady measures to pay. the lawyer claimed the one time city leader cannot read and never graduated fr

it will rank ahead of united airlines which joined continental in 2010 and delta which absorbed northwest airlines in 2008. >> the only way to survive, at least some of the airlines believe, is to merge together, grow, and then don't overlap as much. >> reporter: with american in bankruptcy, it will be up to a federal judge to decide if the deal will be a good one for its creditors. >> american if it had not done some sort of a merger would have been interior -- inferior to its biggest competitors in terms of its network. >> reporter: federal regulators will look at whether the merger will mean less competition. >> american will have a monopoly on virtually every route that they fly. >> reporter: if the deal flies, the world's four biggest airlines would control nearly 70% of all air traffic. experts say ticket prices could take off as a result. >> even though people say that, you know, this particular merger of u.s. airways and american airlines isn't going to raise ticket prices, i don't believe that one bit. >> reporter: despite those concerns, the merger is expected to be approved. su

united airlines canceling the maximum number followed by delta, us airways, jetblue and american airlinesthis, outdoors or sitting in the dark, almost 650,000 customers without power in the region with the bulk of them in massachusetts followed by rhode island, connecticut, new york, and maine. you can see the trajectory of this storm. coastal areas in massachusetts are under mandatory evacuation orders. the state's emergency management agency fears widespread flooding from the towns of hull to sandwich. residents in scituate are already reporting rising water. and the long island expressway and sunrise highway, two of the busiest highway, closed to all nonemergency vehicles. hundreds of cars are now stranded on the expressway because of the snow. there's nowhere for them to go. many of the people in the cars have been rescued. some, though, are still out there. authorities say they are doing everything that they can to get everyone and to make sure that those folks are at least warm. >>> first lady michelle obama is back in chicago not far from the obama family home. she's there for the

. >>> united airlines canceled 2,000 flights ahead of this storm and several mass transit systems are being shut down in new england as of now. >>> there was no storm, but it was lights out this afternoon for tens and thousands of pepco customers, including dozens of schools and three metro stations. first a tree fell on to power lines. at about the same time, an overcharged, underground transmitter was discovered in the 6200 block of central avenue in capital heights. the cause, an improperly installed generator at the shopper center was sending electricity without its knowledge and the result could have been catastrophic. fear of a possible explosion led to the evacuation of a shopping center and 20 homes nearby. everything is back to normal now, but the outage and the confusion around it caused some panic for the family of a dialysis patient being treated in that area. >> i came to pick up my husband after dialysis and i couldn't get in the building. i still don't know what's going on. i don't know where my husband is. >> he was sitting in a wheelchair right in that corner. >> some