but as vinita -- as vinita nair explains, his walks could soon become a thing of the past. >> reporter: he says his commute is physically and mentally grueling. >> you have to gear yourself up to do it. >> reporter: buses don't cover his entire 23-mile route to work so robinson is forced to fill in the gaps. he walks about 21 miles a day and has been doing it five days a week since his car quit in 2005. >> i do it with no excuses. >> reporter: in order to make his 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. ship, robinson says he leaves his detroit home at 8:00 a.m. he walks about eight miles to work and about 13 miles home. he works as an injection molder at a fakery in suburban de-- factory in suburban, detroit and he hasn't maced a day of work for 12 years. >> how he do the work is how the real battle is won. >> reporter: his story was featured in the detroit free press. and inspired someone to -- inspired -- [indiscernible] to get involved. >> it's $500 in bus fares. >> reporter: the two men met for the first time on monday at a restaurant in downtown detroit. of the six figures raised, most have come

vinita. >> reporter: that's right, scott. commuters are not only battling those record lows here on the hudson river. they're also battling these huge chunks of ice that you can see behind me. the port authority tells us that for the past two weeks or so they have been sending tug boats out ahead of the ferries just to break up some of the ice but this is even bad compared to some parts of the country. here at niagra, tourists have been rushing to see the now-legendary frozen falls. >> everybody said it was frozen so i had to see for myself. you see how it is. it's beautiful. >> reporter: devastatingly beautiful, but in the rest of the country just devastating. residents in boston are struggling to see over the mountains of snow that snarl their streets. they've gotten about 88 inches of snow in just four weeks making it impossible to keep up with all of the shoveling not to mention how hard it is to keep track of a car. beleagured commuters here were happy to see some of the trains running again today. >> fantastic. i can't

vinita, thanks very much. this was a rare sight off of massachusetts. waves of slush washed ashore on nantucket island. the water temperature there is below freezing, but sea salt and the motion of the ocean are keeping it from going solid. one thing heating up today is the race for the white house. republicans are auditioning at the annual conservative political action conference in maryland, cpac for short. and our nancy cordes is there. >> reporter: there are few places besides a debate stage where you can find every single g.o.p. hopeful. but cpac is one of them, an annual gathering of thousands of conservative leaders and activists. texas senator ted cruz is right at home here. >> obamacare is a train wreck. and that's actually not fair to train wrecks. >> reporter: for new jersey governor chris christie, it's a chance to convince skeptics that he's further to the right than they think. >> i'm pro-life. i ran as a pro-life candidate in 2009 unapologetically. i spoke at the pro-life rally on the steps of the statehouse and vetoed planned parenthood

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eyes on the streets-- vinita nair on the growing number of businesses sharing their surveillance cameras with police. ♪ how many roads much a man walk down ♪ >> axelrod: and bob dylan's school of rock is in session. at his star-studded salute he provides a lesson in shutting down his critics. >> critics say i can't sing, i croak, sound like a frog. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. groundhog day was monday, but for the people of new england it must feel like groundhog month. for the third time in the last three weekends, they're looking at a forecast for a major winter storm. boston is expecting up to another two feet of snow by tuesday. and they're not entirely sure where they're going to put it all, because that would make six feet in just the last 16 days. let's bring in eric fisher. he is the chief meteorologist at wbz-tv, the cbs station in boston. eric, how much more can new england take? >> jim we are waving the white flag in new england unbelievable snow totals. four feet in boston in the last two weeks alone an

vinita nair on the eerie coincidence and the nearly tragic consequences. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. this is the western edition of the broadcast. i'm jim axelrod. it is a gruesome scene we've now seen at least half a dozen times. isis militant again posted a video online today that purportedly shows the beheading of a hostage. this time it was a journalist from japan who was brutally murdered, a man named kenji goto. goto had been held captive since october when he had traveled to syria seeking the release of another japanese hostage, haruna yukawa. yukawa was executed a week ago. charlie d'agata reports now on the failed negotiations to free the two men. >> to the japanese government... >> reporter: time, apparently, ran out for japanese journalist kenji goto. the purported isis video addressed the people of japan. >> this knife will not only slaughter kenji, but also carry on and cause carnage wherever your people are found. >> reporter: japanese prime minister abe condemned the parent killings s

vinita nair, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. >>> were drugs found inside bobbi kristina's home? what police are telling us now. >> and why was whitney's daughter just moved to another hospital. >> at this point, that's what we need, is a medical miracle. >> we'll explain why bobbi kristina is now here, as reports say she opened her eyes. what that could mean. >> plus, what we have learned about the friend who called 911. his past drug arrest. >> and, thereewas no coincidence that she was in a bathtub. the hhuston family's unimaginable heartbreak. have you really come to terms? no? >> no, i haven't. >> so much tragedy for that family. also tonight, piers morgan is here, and he is angry at people

eyes on the streets-- vinita nair on the growing number of businesses sharing their surveillance cameras with police. ♪ how many roads must a man walk down ♪ >> axelrod: and bob dylan's school of rock is in session. at his star-studded salute he provides a lesson in shutting down his critics. >> critics say i can't sing, i croak, sound like a frog. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. and this is a western edition of the broadcast. northern california and the pacific northwest are getting much-needed rain this weekend. the rain comes with a heavy price in terms of flood and wind damage. here's carter evans. >> reporter: that was a 90-foot pine tree in the berkeley hills east of san francisco. blown down by powerful winds up to 50 miles an hour. ken renworth says his neighbors were lucky. when you went back there and looked at it, what did you think? >> oh, it was incredible. i mean, it's a huge tree, and the roots failed. it's scary. >> reporter: while northern california got pounded with up to four inches of rain, the win

vinita nair, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. >>> metro says radio problems that could slow down emergency responders is an urgent matter, but some lawmakers say they're not acting urgently enough. >> reporter: a highly touted school superintendent is out and the search is on for a replacement. what does it mean for the schools? that's coming up. >> gas prices creeping back up, an outlook for 2015. >> milder wednesday and then another arctic front thursday. rain showers could turn to snow shower, what that means for your morning commute on thursday. >>> today in a closed door session fairfax county supervisors discussed the officer who fatally shot john geer. good evening. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm derek mcginty. officer adam torres is still on the police force after firing the single shot that kill geer. even at that time he was under investigation -- killed geer. even at that time he was under investigation for an out of control meltdown in court. peggy fox tells us what led to

and vinita nair with the man who has the worst commute we've ever heard of. >> i had no idea how long it was. to me it was just another commute. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. jordan's king abdullah ii hurried to the white house tonight after what appears to be the savage execution of a jordanian air force pilot who was fighting in the u.s.-led coalition against isis. jordanians had been holding vigils for the 26-year-old who fell into the hands of the islamic terrorist group when his plane went down in syria christmas eve. today, isis put out this video showing the pilot in an orange jumpsuit. then, he's murdered, not a beheading this time, but something equally cruel and inhuman. he's set on fire. we're not going to be showing you that. we don't know when the execution was carried out, but isis chose to release the video just as jordan's king was in washington. and holly williams has been covering isis from the beginning. she joins us tonight in northern iraq. holly, what can you tel

than 180,000 homes and businesses were without power most of them in the carolinas where we find vinita nair. >> reporter: this is the scene above durham after last night's storm. four inches of snow fell in this part of the state, even more in the hardest-hit regions of the south, enough to snap tree limbs and fracture power lines. today crews were dealing with the clean-up like this utility pole that splintered under the heavy weight of the snow. >> can you tell me when the power will be back on? >> jay simmons is directing part of the 1,000-person emergency team, helping to restore power. he's on a 16-hour shift. >> that's a big storm anywhere, 200,000 people, but hopefully a lot of the problem will just be the freeze -- trees and we can clear them. >> reporter: coleman brown is with the durham department of public works. >> the snow was coming down so hard, it was really difficult for us to keep up. >> reporter: last night's storm coated the south in snow and ice from georgia down to texas inch lubbock icy roads caused this vehicle to flip. in tennessee drivers were stranded on i-24

vinita nair is at the scene. jeff pegues looks at the danger at america's railroad crossings. caught on video, a taiwanese airliner crashes on takeoff but there are survivors. seth doane has the latest. desperate civilians rise up against i.s.i.s. holly williams in syria with a school teacher turned sniper. ben tracy at ground zero with the measles outbreak. pressure grows to make childhood vaccinations mandatory. and jamie yuccas with martha flynn. when it snows in the country she's in fat city. >> i've raced before with the starting temp at minus ten. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley, reporting tonight from washington. >> pelley: good evening. tonight, investigators from the national transportation safety board are on the scene of a horrifying rail disaster. it happened about 20 miles north of new york city at the end of the tuesday evening rush. a commuter train out of grand central terminal slammed into an suv that stopped on a crossing. the explosion lit up the night sky. the driver and five on the train were killed. several oth

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and as vinita nair reports, now their angry tweets are being answered. >> reporter: before it shut down public transportation system averaged about 1.3 million trips per work day. so far, 80% of those trips have been restored, but it feels like b the entire city is still tweeting about it. most of the people who wrote those tweets probably never expected to hear back. >> we're basically looking for tweets about anything service related. >> reporter: but lisa said she reads every single one.ai she's m.b.t.a.'s public information officer. >> social media is an easy wayocia to expression that frustration and we are happy to be the sounding board.r >> reporter: on an average day she resident tweets from 113,000 followers. for the past four weeks, there have been five times the number of tweets.ct >> we generally tend to actually log every single tweet that we put out, send to people, so we have a record. we got so many tweets over thets past three weeks, that we w couldn't keep our log anymore. >> reporter: boston is not the only city to instantly communicate with its passengers. mass trans

anthony, vinita? ed curran from our chicago station wbbm-tv. >>> a top nascar driver is the first ever to be suspended following accusations of domestic abuse. it has taken kurt busch off the road, preventing him from competing in tomorrow's opener daytona 500. it is said that busch likely attacked his girlfriend last september. he denies the accusations and pledges to appeal the suspension. >>> to baseball now where pitchers and catchers started arriving this week for spring training, hopefully a sign that weather is going to change. but if you watched a major league game recently and thought it was taking much longer than usual, you're not wrong. baseball games have been getting slower for years from about 21s 2 hours in 1981 to more than three hours last season, a record. so major league baseball hopes to counter that trend with some rule changes. brandon tierney, co-host of of a radio show is here with more on that. hey, brandon. >> how are you going? >> i have a problem with my kids. we sit down

vinita? >> meteorologist ed curran of our station wbbm. it's hart to see 62 and 72 degrees in other parts of nation right now. thank you. >>> west coast dockers are expected to return to work tonight after reaching an agreement. the month-long slowdown left millions of dollars of cargo on ships in nine ports. it's already had a dramatic effect on businesses around the country. workers were angry about potential changes to their health coverage. they also wanted an increase to their pension. a ratification vote is expected to take place in april. >>> now to the latest stumble to obamacare. the administration has announced a special enrollment period from march 15th to april 30th for people who did not realize they'd have to pay a penalty for not having health care coverage. it could mean a headache for hundreds of thousands of tax pairs enrolled in obamacare. julianna goldman has more on this. good morning, julianna. >> good morning. this is the first year that americans who have health care t

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that's nice vinita. the price point for dresses is very reasonable.soon become more diverse with new emojis. ahead, why not echbl is texting a thumbs-up. you're watching "cbs this morning." >>> yesterday apple announced that at long last they're putting out what they call diverse emoji, black guy, slightly black guy, brownish guy, white guy i don't know who this guy is to be honest with you and pacman colors guide. there you go. racism is officially over. cot graduate >>> and good wednesday morning, everyone. it's 8:25. >>> a fourth person is in custody after a search for a colorado robbery suspect ended with a high-speed chase and it ended in martinez. that search continues for a possible suspect, more of them. chp says the car was spotted near vacaville this morning. that chase ended when officers used spike strips to stop the suspect car in martinez. >>> some potentially huge news for raider fans. inglewood city council is going to build a stadium. the st. louis rams are part of the deal. that could leave out the raiders. >>> statewide ban on plast

thank you, vinita. >>> a poignant essay by dr. website and twittering worldwide. he did a series of short books and stories. there was a book that beigeng a movie. but this morning he's facing his own more tart. he has a deadly form of cancer. he has only months to live. it is sparking a discussion on,000 embrace life. >> to call him a doctor and author is to miss the mark. he humanizes the odds and explains the seemingly unknown. no one is safe from his professional curiosity, not his patients or even sacks himself. >> the cancer made me think about death. >> it is no surprise he turned to words to treat an inokay lat tumor that in 2006 had suppressed. sacks writes although the radiation and lasering to remove the tumor ultimately left me blind in that eye only in such rare cases do tumors me as the ta size. i am among the unlucky 2%. but he continues this does not mean i'm finished with life. grateful for his years of health, sacks is now reflecting on the life he has lived. i cannot pretend i am without fear, he writes, but my

that's nice vinita. the price point for dresses is very reasonable.> your phone will soon become more diverse with new emojis. ahead, why not echbl is texting a thumbs-up. you're watching "cbs this morning." >>> yesterday apple announced that at long last they're putting out what they call diverse emoji, black guy, slightly black guy, brownish guy, white guy i don't know who this guy is to be honest with you and pacman colors guide. there you go. racism is officially over. cot graduate lagss. >>> i'm ukee washington. good morning. here's an update the on the news we have just received. neshaminy high school will be dismissing early today. school will let students out at 10:00 o'clock because of a broken water main. students at neshaminy high will be getting out early at 10:00 o'clock this morning because of that broken water main. please make adjustments you need to make in that area or attend that school. katie a has your forecast, good morning. >> forecast is a good one considering we have some active movement in our atmosphere. we have another arct

vinita nair is in durham north carolina.ose country where there are several inches of snow on the ground. >> god's country. >> i have a feeling charlie's more comfortable where hi is now. when we went to sleep in durham last night there was no snow. so all of this fell overnight. four inches here and eight inches in the other state. it's a heavy wet snow making drives conditions difficult. we want to show you video. you can see a tree limb completely snapped in half. it's clocking up the entire state road. of course, power is also an issue. take a look at this power line. it's really coated in a nice blanket of snow. having had a chance to jump reach out, we're getting numbers at this point saying there's about 200,000 people across the state without power. but, norah, there is a tiny silver lining. that is for all those states across the state. in north carolina almost all of the schools are either delayed or closed. they'll get to enjoy all of this from the warmth of their home. >> it's a beautiful shot vinita. >> thank yo

good morning, danielle. >> good morning, anthony, good morning, vinita.as it spreads toward the coastline, fwiengts to rapidly intense five, traveling toward the east picking up moisture. i expect a little lull in action. after that snow falls back in. snowfall rates 2 to 4 inches per hour in parts of new england with near whiteout conditions. it will linger in eastern maine the longest and that's where we'll anticipate the highest totals. 1 to 2 feet of snow in portland. a foot plus from boston to massachusetts. 8 to 12. fluffy in consistency but the wind is going to be whipping around. that's going to be a big story. the stomp will come in from the north gusting at over 50 mile' hour at the coastline. that will result in scattered outages and minor to moderate pockets of coast at flooding and significant beach erosion at north-facing beaches. back to you. >> thank you, danielle. >>> the weather that affects us here on earth is driven by energetic weather 93 million miles away on the sun. now we have a new tool to keep an eye on it. >> and lift-off. the

vinita nair is at the scene. jeff pegues looks at the danger at america's railroad crossings. caught on video, a taiwanese airliner crashes on takeoff but there are survivors. seth doane has the latest. desperate civilians rise up against i.s.i.s. holly williams in syria with a school teacher turned sniper. ben tracy at ground zero with the measles outbreak. pressure grows to make childhood vaccinations mandatory. and jamie yuccas with martha flynn. when it snows in the country she's in fat city. >> i've raced before with the starting temp at minus ten.

vinita nair is in new britain, connecticut where the apparent heist unravelled. vinita, good morning. >> reporter: this is the second part of the convoluted story. according to the police the executive said he was forced to drive to the credit union fearing for his life and the life of his mother. police lights and sirens lit up the streets of new britain, connecticut. the neighborhood was swarming with s.w.a.t. teams after a plot involving a high ranking employee. >> police investigating a report of a home invasion. information was developed that linked that incident to the scheme to steal money from the credit union. >> reporter: two untruders stormed the home of the cfo of the credit union sunday afternoon. they strapped a device to him claiming it was a bomb. next the invaders tied the banker's mother to a bed, attaching a device to her as well. they allegedly told yussman if he tried to take off the device they would detonate it. he was instructed to drive to the bank and empty the vault and bring the money to them. yussman was able to alert the authorities

vinita nair, cbs news, durham, north carolina. >>> virginia state police say troopers have responded to more than 200 weather-related accidents. >>> it was a busy morning because of the snow you told us about, came sort of right when you thought it was going to at the worst possible time. >> it got slick fast because it was so cold, but good news. we had some melting today. bad news, it's going to refreeze tonight. so what appears wet tomorrow morning actually will be black ice. i did an instagram yesterday or day before about be careful walking next to your downspouts where they feed it out because ice will develop. i was shoveling today and i went down like that. >> oh, no. >> let's start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam. be careful where your downspouts feed the water out because it's just a sheet of ice. 38 now, dew points low 20s, clouds, winds out of the north at 6. again don't freak out tomorrow morning if we see some snow showers because there are some snow showers in pennsylvania. they'll roll into the mountains later tonight and possibly into o

and vinita nair with the man who has the worst commute we've ever heard of. >> i had no idea how long it was. to me it was just another commute.

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vinita, good morning. >> reporter: good morning and to viewers in the west who we are incredibly jealous of. right now in the new york harbor aboard a ferry that throughout the course of the morning has been breaking through small chunks of ice. talking to some of the crew earlier in the day and they actually had to send out tugboats and they're breaking up the ice in certain portions just so the ferry can get through. >> it's so cold i can't take it anymore. >> reporter: a blast of cold air sending temperatures plummeting to lows not seen in years. in upstate new york the winter shill cold enough to faushlpartially freeze over niagara falls. not cold enough to keep away tourists. >> everybody said it was frozen and i had to see for myself. you see how it is. beautiful. >> reporter: in massachusetts, beauty took a back seat as falling ice caused a small gas line explosion at a facility housing alzheimer patients. several apartments damaged by the blast, but no one hurt. not far from there, rescuers able to save a man and two dogs who nearly drowned after getting stuck in an icy marsh. wi

vinita nair has more. >> reporter: police lights and sirens lit up the streets of new britain, connecticut. this home in a quiet residential neighborhood was swarming with s.w.a.t. teams after police were alerted to a bizarre extortion plot involving a high ranking bank employee. >> police agencies began to investigate a report after home invasion that occurred in bristol. information was developed that linked that incident to an alleged scheme to steal money from achieve financial credit union. >> reporter: two intruders stormed the home of matthew yussman, the cfo of achieve financial credit union sunday afternoon. they strapped a device to him claiming there was a bomb. next they allegedly tied the banker's mother to a bed attaching a device to her as well. they allegedly told yussman that if he tried to contact police or take off the device, they would detonate it remotely with a cell phone. yussman was then instructed to drive nine miles to the barpg, empty the vault -- bank, empty the vault and bring the money to him. but he was able to alert authorities to his location outside the c

eyes on the streets-- vinita nair on the growing number of businesses sharing their surveillance camerashow many roads much a man walk down ♪ >> axelrod: and bob dylan's school of rock is in session. at his star-studded salute he provides a lesson in shutting down his critics. >> critics say i can't sing, i croak, sound like a frog.

vinita? >> thank you. >>> now president of the security firm crowd strikes services.ood morning. >> good morning. >> really interesting for charlie to it set up the bioof this man. what i'm curious about is the timing of all this because it sounds like u.s. and british intelligence officers knew about this right after the james foley event? was it safety? why did they choose to keep that to themselves? >> there are a lot of reasons. first of all you want to make sure you protect any potential hostages or victims that might be in involved here. they were still continuing to hold hostages there and releasing his name could potentially insight him or the group and cause them to take action. secondly you want to be able to track these people. maybe they had some operation in place where they were able to locate him or had him under surveillance perhaps and by releasing that name could have caused him to go underground. it's not really clear. >> sean it appears that emwazi was on a terror watch list since 2009. how do security services prioritize who they keep tabs on? >>

vinita nair, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. temperatures in north carolina dropped into the 20s last night causing a lot of the snow that already thawed to refreeze. the perfect recipe for black ice, like this stuff you see right here. speaking to emergency crews, they tell us the primary focus was the main streets then these side streets. many southern states are still dealing with the messy, dangerous conditions left behind by thursday's storm. >> by tomorrow morning, we won't be like this least. oop. >> reporter: the north carolina governor is urging people to be cautious on the roads. >> a lot of accidents occur after the storm has left where people become more comfortable and think everything's okay. >> reporter: from above the view of durham north carolina is serene. on the ground a different story. snow and ice led to overturned cars toppled trees and snapped power cables. at one point, 224,000 people in the carolinas were without heat and electricity. >> a lot of people are staying in their houses just to try to keep th

anthony and vinita?is barely under way and already officials in 19 states say there are significant increases in fraudulent filing activity. what's described as suspicious filings led turbo tax to suspend its state tax filing options for 24 hours. the online third-party tax preparation service is back online this morning. the company says that customers who have already filed have nothing to worry about. >>> police in atlanta have begun a criminal investigation in the case of bobbi kristina brown. the only child of the late singer whitney houston and bobby brown remains in a coma. tmz, the celebrity news website, says the investigation centers on possible foul play. the target of the investigation is said to be her boyfriend, nick gordon. bobbi kristina brown was found in bathtub at her georgia home last week. >>> "to kill a mockingbird" has stood the test of time as one of the undisputed literary masterpieces but after it was released in 1960 author harper lee retreated from the spotlight and never publ

vinita nair is at the scene. jeff pegues looks at the danger at america's railroad crossings.n takeoff but there are survivors. seth doane has the latest. desperate civilians rise up against i.s.i.s. holly williams in syria with a school teacher turned sniper. ben tracy at ground zero with the measles outbreak. pressure grows to make childhood vaccinations mandatory. and jamie yuccas with martha flynn. when it snows in the country she's in fat city. >> i've raced before with the starting temp at minus ten.

vinita nair has more from durham, north carolina. >> reporter: many southern states are still dealing with the messy, dangerous conditions left behind by thursday's storm. >> by tomorrow morning it won't be like this at least. >> reporter: north carolina governor pat mccrory is urging people to be cautious on the roads. >> a lot of accidents occur after the storm has left when people become more comfortable and think everything is okay. >> reporter: from up above the view it'ser is even. on the ground a different story. the snow and ice have led to overturned cars, toppled trees and snapped power cables. at one point people in the carolinas were without heat and electricity. >> a lot of people are staying in their houses just to try to keep the heat in. >> reporter: and now crews are working 16-hour shifts in the cold slush to turn it back on. >> we were really fighting the storm, just trying to ride the wave. >> reporter: kolman brown is with durham's department of public works. he says snow this heavy is not typical for the state. >> when it lays on the trees, the trees are not used

and vinita nair with the man who has the worst commute we've ever heard of. >> i had no idea how longo me it was just another commute.

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eyes on the streets-- vinita nair on the growing number of businesses sharing their surveillance cameras with police. ♪ how many roads much a man walk down ♪ >> axelrod: and bob dylan's school of rock is in session. at his star-studded salute he provides a lesson in shutting down his critics. >> critics say i can't sing, i croak, sound like a frog.