>> zain, unlike me, you obviously didn't grow up in buffalo, new york. so this -- >> no, i'm from london. >> this is new to you. so dress warmly and deal with it. it's not that bad yet. all right, zain, thanks very much. >>> the new jersey governor, chris christie, is in the middle of the storm, literally. and figuratively. he was just sworn in for a second term, though under a cloud of controversy. and his inauguralel gala has been cancelled because of the snow in new jersey. gloria borger standing by to discuss this and more. we'll talk about the road ahead for chris christie. [ male announcer ] this is the story of the dusty basement at 1406 35th street the old dining table at 25th and hoffman. ...and the little room above the strip mall off roble avenue. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those who believed they had the power to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world's great stories. that began much the same way ours did. in a little dorm room -- 2713. ♪ this magic moment ♪ [ chicken caws ]

i want to bring in zain asher. zain? >> interesting things to say. first of all, he says he is not coming back to the usa anytime soon. he said that whistleblower protection laws in the country are too weak and infectual. he says this is not the way to go. he focused on the way of it is all about targeted surveillance. i think bruce said we are the products, i find that interesting. the different with facebook and google and with facebook and google, they have an incentive to make users trust them. that is where you have the checks and balances. that is why they allow you to opt out or update you on the privacy laws. the nsa doesn't have that. >> i think that is what marissa meyer's point was this week. bruce, ceos are asking the government for more transparency. how hackers are getting credit card information. it is all kind of rich all this opinion out there about spying and whose credibility is hurt by whom. we are not going back to a world without e-mail or social media. what needs to change? >> or a world without cell phones. transparency is imp

>> that is zain vergery.ope you recognize zain because she has been with cnn for nearly 15 years. been to all the hot spots, and today i learned that zain verjee, while she has been out there working with bullets flying around, she has also battled a serious, serious physical ailment. zain is good enough to join me from london. hello, my friend. nice to see you. >> hi, brooke. thank you so much for having me. >> wow, let's just begin with your battle, and zain, at its worst, how bad was your skin condition? >> it was really traumatic. i basically struggled to walk. i was unable to do so without putting heavy vaseline on my legs that were almost twice the size because the surisus plaques would bleed. i would douse myself with perfume to disguise the smell and wrap myself up with saran wrap and russell my way through the day, and my scalp would flake. it would itch me all the time. and i was extremely uncomfortable and wearing clothes was just such a nightmare. i was so resentful and bitter and angry, especiall

zain is joining us, jennifer gray in the cnn severe weather center. zain, how bad is it where you are? >> reporter: jake, it's not as bad as i predicted earlier. the snow isn't coming down as heavily as predicted but sometime between now at 10:00 we're expecting 8 to 12 inches of snow. and then you add to that the windchill factor and it will feel below freezing and then the wind gusts, 35 miles an hour. so despite working over time, there is a chance that you could wake up and see almost a foot of snow. one thing i will tell you is that if you have a choice between taking a car and using mass transit, it really is all about mass transit. the long island railroad is putting out more trays and the mta as well, especially during rush hour. one thing i may say that mayor de blasio said, if you see a homeless person that needs help, please call. nobody should be outside in these conditions. margaret will have more on flight cancellations. margaret? >> reporter: zain, thank you very much. here at laguardia, 690 cancellations. that's more than double the ca

we have zain asher. still to come, ted rowlands in chicago where several inches of snow have already fallen. margaret connelly is live at laguardia airport, watching all the cancellations. we'll head to you in a moment. and also meteorologist jennifer grey, tracking all the latest warnings and advisories. but zain asher, let's begin with you in the thick of things in and around columbus circle. i read that the snow is supposed to tease new yorkers through the day, but then really hit hard a little later on. tell me what you're seeing where you are. >> reporter: the last five seconds, it's started to come down slightly harder, but the real drama is expected around 4:00 today. mother nature is sort of trying to be gentle with us, because it's starting to ease us into it. this morning, the snow is relatively light. but the real action is between 4:00 and 10:00 this evening. roughly around eight to 12 inches of snow. if you're like me and you shy away from cold weather -- oh, it's actually really coming down

zain asher is in new york city for us. what are the conditions like there, zain?>> reporter: the snow is pretty light but the winds are i can approximating u approximating picking up. i'm colder than i've been in a long time and you're from buffalo so you're used to this. i certainly am not because i'm from london. this is new to me. but i will say that the big question right now is really how is this weather going to impact the evening commute? is it i'm sure a lot of people are at their desks wondering what is the best way to get home tonight. if you guessed mass transit, give yourself a gold star. you don't want to be driving in these conditions. you can see that this area, which is usually very busy, drivers are i can taking it ver seriously. even if you did leave work 45 minutes early or so, chances are you would be sitting in traffic. your best friends are the msa and long island railroad. wolf? >> zain asher, thank you so much. athena jones is here in the nation's capital. what's it like outside, athena? >> reporter: wolf, it's very, very cold here. we've b

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zain arbor has a look ahead at the week on wall street. >> the first full trading week of 2014.rs be watching stocks close cloirks give us a claw how the mark let's do for the rest of the year. the thinking is if s&p 500 post a gain in the first five days of january, it will be up for the entire year. it's more than just a belief. according to the stock traders almanac, it's correct nearly 85% of the time. most analysts do expect the bulls to keep running this year. a few things could move the market this week. the monthly jobs report is out on friday. analysts expect a gain of 190,000 jobs in december. a decent number certainly, but not enough to bring down the unemployment rate. that currently stands at 7% and expected to stay there. finally, new mortgage rules kick in on friday. banks have to make sure monthly mortgage payments are affordable and low documentation loans won't be allowed anymore. the change in requirements are due to the dodd-frank wall street reform passed in 2010. that's what's coming up this week on wall street. >> all right, zain arbor, thank you. >>> it's

while the markets didn't ring in the year in a nice way after 2013, zain joins me. was ugly. are things better today? >> i have to tell you, the first two trading days of 2014 have been a surprise, even for traders themselves. the dow, as you see, is basically flat right now. we had been as high as 72 points earlier in the session, but yesterday, triple losses as the dow fell 135 points. actually created a buying opportunity for investors. that's why you see the markets slightly higher today. the swings we have seen, certainly symbolic of what to expect this year. traders are saying we do expect some volatility. >> zain asher for us at the new york stock exchange. thank you for being with us. that's it for me. "newroom" continues right now with brooke baldwin. >>> and we begin this hour with breaking news. i'm brooke baldwin. we will get into the nasty nor'easter affecting millions of people, but first, news just in to us here at cnn. we have just gotten, i have it right here, this is the final coroner's report on the death of fast and furious actor paul walker. the

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happy new year, zain. >> happy new year, fred. >> what's in store for today?lysts expect momentum to continue but probably not with the same gusto as in 2013. you're seeing the market down slightly right now so it looks as though traders are proceed preceding the year with caution. the s&p 500 rose 30% in 2013, 52 record highs on the dow. i asked traders what is the biggest thing on your horizon for 2014 in a lot of them are saying a market correction is actually long overdue so they are proceeding with some caution. cnn money did survey about two dozen analysts about what they expect for 2014, half of them expect a 5% to 10% gain, a fraction of what we saw in 2013, 36% expect a gape of less than 5% but most analysts expect the markets to rise. it wasn't a good year for stra traditional investments last year for gold but we expect stocks to be the cool kid in the market. fred? >> okay, good advice, good way to get the new year started. thanks so much, zain. >>> meantime a massive nor'easter is headed for the northeast, where extreme winter weather is already f

. >> zain asher for us at the new york stock exchange. thank you for being with us. that's it for me. "newroom" continues right now with brooke baldwin. >>> and we begin this hour with breaking news. i'm brooke baldwin. we will get into the nasty nor'easter affecting millions of people, but first, news just in to us here at cnn. we have just gotten, i have it right here, this is the final coroner's report on the death of fast and furious actor paul walker. the car he was riding in, i'm going to quote this here, traveling at an unsafe speed, approximately 100-plus miles per hour. our digital reporter, alan duke, is live for us in los angeles. and alan, i know you have been looking through this, as have i. what more are you learning? >> interesting to say that he -- that walker was in a defensive position, as if he war bracing for an impact, it suggests. and the other interesting thing is something that we speculated on in the days and weeks after his death, when we looked at video. and that is that it seems that they -- walker and rodas, did not live very long after t

zain is here to tell us why. >> i have been down stairs talking to traders today.saying this drop is pretty much expected, specially gichbt context of what's going on this week. there have been fears stemming from emergent markets. the fed's decision. they were wondering whether the fed would hold their decision. this he chose to taper. this is the end of the month. they are trying to reposition themselves and start february afresh. the big question, people are asking, are we seeing the beginning of a possible market correction. i want to make this clear. on wall street terms. market terms is defined as whether the market drops by 10%. when you take the s&p into context when they rose between 25 and 30%, we saw all the record highs. trade certificates were telling me, expect some volatility. this year, buckle up. i would recommend it. >> i'll do it right now. zain asher, many thanks to you. >>> also, this morning, atlanta moves once again. the deep south is now starting to thaw. with that melting ice, comes an apology. actually, more than one apology. georgia's gov

zain asher says that one key indicator, there is one to watch. >> hi, partin. full trading week of 2014. investors will watch stocks closely. we will see how the markets do the rest of the year. if the s&p 500 posted a gain on the first five days of january, it'll be up. if it is more than just a belief. according to the almanac, it is correct maybe 85% of the time. most analyst expect the bulls to keep running, just a little less than 2013. the monthly jobs comes out on friday. they are expecting a gain of 190,000 jobs in december. not enough to bring down the unemployment rate that currently stand at 7%. and it is expected to stay there. finally, new mortgage rules kick in on friday. banks have to make sure that monthly mortgage payment are affordable and low documentation loans won't be allowed any more. change in requirements are due to the had to do frank reform passed in 2010. martin, that's what's coming up this week on wall street. >> you're in the cnn newsroom. i'm martin savidge. good to be with us this evening. it is bone-chilling cold. the kind of c

. >> zain, thanks very much. >> of course. >>> more water troubles in west virginia. chemical company responsible for contaminating the water supply is now getting cited for additional violations at a second storage site. an epa report says freedom industries had five violations, one of them for not having adequate spill prevention barriers. meantime, a new advisory is being issued in the nine counties affected by the chemical leak. state health officials say pregnant women should avoid drinking tap water until they are absolutely no detectable levels of contamination. officials also say the decision is based on guidance from the cdc and is being made out of an abundance of caution. the do not use order for the tap water also remains in effect for about 150,000 people within the so-called leak zone. not having clean water is a daily reality for millions of people around the world. that's something one movie star wants to change. our own chris cuomo shows us how matt damon is impacting our world. >> this celebration in india has a very special guest, matt damon. but th

zain asher more from the new york stock exchange. regardless of the weather, business keeps on moving on wall street. >> i feel so lucky to be warm in the new york stock ex-change. i feel so sorry for others. the dow is up about 60 points or so, and it shows it is stabilizing. yesterday we saw those triple-digit losses, the dow ended lower by 135 points maim because traders don't expect we'll see the same gains we saw last year so immediately when they got to work, first day back they took a chance to lock in some gains. when i talk to traders i hear the same thing, buckle up because 2014 is not for are the faint of heart, expect to see some volatility. we are expected overall a gain of 5% to 10% this year but possibly also a market correction and that's important because a lot of people are saying if i follow the herd and jump into equities and then we get this massive pullback, am i going to lose my share? it's a fair question. the trends overall when we see the market in january go higher, that does seem to bode well for the rest

zain asher is at laguardia.held this media call not too long ago. >> reporter: they wanted to really sort of take the time to explain why this particular winter storm proved so tricky for them. they're saying look, 80% of our flights originate or touch down in new york city or boston. therefore you have a massive winter storm hit the eervast co, it does affect them disproportionately. jfk was closed several hours due to inability to remove snow. they talked about these new faa rules that required pilots to get more rest. they're saying it's not the rules itself that proved so tricky, it was having to implement the rules right in the middle of a winter storm. that was also tricky for them as well. but they did take the steps to preemptively cancel flights because they wanted to protect the crews as well. but the most important thing for them right now is really protecting customer loyalty and winning back those customers. >> what about those customers? what are jetblue passengers being told right now? >> reporter

zain asher shows us how the software works. >> it measures how quick i am.and play games to find out and then have those map out. this test, i have to judge of the emotional state. job matching besides can match front runners. what kind of video game can know you better than you know yourself. it also stated that i was a emotional. >> you were really good at putting effort. >> it stated that i was a hard worker. thi type of test can be more all formative experts state that some of these can lead to discrimination that stated that is the question of social background. >> people will ever been exposed to puzzles and a problem solving can be better than people will were not part of this experience with that one of. >> this is unfair. >> they are asking their best sales person to take the test. i want to hire people who are similar. >> these tests were wrong people and come up with a profile. you run everyone else for the profile. there tried to figure out what is different between people who are best and others. >> should it company want to hire a employee who