i'm zoraida sambolin. nice to be with you. >> zoraida's here, 6:00 in the east coast.his is "new day saturday." we're starting this morning with that frightening health scare at this top ivy league university. since march, six students at princeton university, new jersey, and a visitor, they have come to the campus and they've become ill with type b meningitis. now the fda are trying to stop it from spreading of course. this is a rare strain of the bacterial disease. if it's untreated it could lead to serious complications, hearing loss, rain damage and in the worst case death. >> we need to treat it quickly. so a community that may have other cases has to be aware of the symptoms. because the quicker you put someone on antibiotics, the more likely they are to recover. >> well, there is no vaccine for type b meningitis approved here in the u.s. but thousands of students at princeton, they could get an emergency vaccine used in europe now and australia. jessica snyder of wcbs has details for us. >> reporter: health concerns on the princeton university campus are growing

zoraida, martin?nic robertson, thank you very much. >>> as we enter now week two of the recovery in the philippines after that deadly supertyphoon, people in that largely catholic nation are going to church and many are finding their places of worship badly damaged, the roof ripped off of some of those churches. >> the number of dead jumped again overnight. the government confirming now 3,681 deaths there, with more than 12,500 people hurt. and more than 1,100 are reported missing. >> reporter kyle penhaul is in tacloban, and i know you've been attending some of those masses this morning and i know it's been very emotional. >> reporter: that's right, martin and zoraida, we were down at the santo nina church, one of the largest here. the roof was completely peeled off by that supertyphoon. so as the mass was going on, rain, because it's rainy season here, was just pouring down into the church, down the aisles, and on to the pews. and there at one end, at the altar, stood the priest, him talking to the

it zoraida and victor. >> the first case was back in march. why are we just learning about this now? >> reporter: this is becoming news now as the cdc gets that approval from the fda to import this drug. the students here on campus tell us they were made aware of the cases of meningitis "b" as early as march. they have been getting e-mail update as long the way. >> alexandra field, thank you very much. we talked to a doctor earlier who said they recommend this vaccine if they approve it. >> it is a difficult decision. the good thing is some of the kids will go home for thanksgiving break soon. they will be able to disperse and end here. >>> another story we are following. the embattled mayor of toronto. he says he is staying put. he is going nowhere. he is being stripped of most of his powers. this was an unprecedented move. the city council voted yesterday to strip mayor rob ford of his ability to govern in an emergency and appoint and dismiss committee chairs. >> despite the calls for stepping down, ford's wife is standing by his side. >> sh

is it a friend of zoraida? look what's under her hand right there?alligator on the train. >> police want to find this woman, they have a lot of questions for her. as for the gator, it's nicknamed ali. said to be recovering in the care of a reptile society. >> we cannot make these stories up. what was she doing with that alligator? >> first in the subway and then the airport. she likes transportation stations, apparently. >>> coming up, grab the coat, turn up the foururnace. it's cold out there. indira petersons has the forecast. ...so you can be up th. here i come! [ female announcer ] ...down there, around there... and under there for him. tylenol® provides strong pain relief and won't irritate your stomach the way aleve® or even advil® can. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®. so i deserve a small business credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cash card from capital one, i get 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. i break my back around here. finally someone's recognizing me with unlimited rewards! meetin

i'm john berman along with zoraida sambolin.we're filling in for brooke baldwin and we have been walking remarkable footage of part politics, part intervention, part really confession going on in toronto. >> a bit of a circus as well. >> the mayor there, rob ford, is speaking with the city council. the city council is really confronting him about his admission that he smoked crack. rob ford says he will not quit. the city council there has no means to remove him, but they have asked him to step down. he says he will not. now, to increase the soap opera feel of this, his brother doug ford, is also on the city council. and as you might imagine, he has been defending his brother today. let's listen to what he said. >> question is, have you ever smoked marijuana? have you ever smoked marijuana? hold it, have you ever smoked marijuana? it's a question. it's simple. a yes or a no. have you smoked marijuana? >> okay. >> the answer, i guess, is yes. the answer is yes, i guess. >> counselor ford. >> i would like everyone else to stand up

>> i'm michaela pereira in for zorai zoraida. >> i'm john berman. >> it feels like it's still october. >>> deadly and ferocious

in new york along side zoraida sambolin. a former president has some advice for the current president. he says keep his word. >> bill clinton speaking out with his take on president obama's repeated promise to americans about their health care. president obama's facing intense criticism as thousands of health care plans get canceled under new obama care rules. when he campaigned for his sig nuature health care law, the president repeatedly said if you like your plan, you can keep it. now, in an interview with ozzie.com former president clinton said president obama should keep his promise. >> i met a young man just this week who has a family, two children, bought in the individual marketplace. his policy was canceled and one was substituted for it that doubled his premium. now, i asked him, the same coverage, he said, yeah. and i said, but are your co-pays and deductibles the same? he said, no, they're much, much lower. he said in the years when i use health care, i might actually save money. but he said we're all young and w

i'm john berman. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. minutes past the hour. >>> this morning, we're covering breaking news off the coast of florida where the search is on for any survivors of a frightening plane crash. a leerjet plunged into the ocean just minutes after taking off from ft. lauderdale international airport. the wreckage brought to shore on a coast guard boat. on the flight, were two pilots and two passengers said to be a doctor and a nurse. the plane was moved by a company that moved sick patients around the world. two bodies, a male and a female has been recovered. there are two others missing. it appears that something went wrong just after the plane departed. the pilot radioed air traffic controllers that he wanted to return to the airport. >> you're going back to ft. lauderdale. >> we have engine failure. >> maintain 4,000 and turn left heading 330. >> it's not possible, we're gonna do a mayday. >> i not it was really strange for a plane flying so low. >> we're continuing our search assets with search and aviation as

i'm zoraida sambolin. it's 30 minutes past the hour.rella, your coats, neighbor your rain boots. a massive nor'easter bringing strong winds, heavy rains to millions. messing up plans on one of the busiest travel days of the year. the scene in ohio, let's start there, it is snowy with 3 to 5 inches of wet, sloppy precipitation on the ground. with even more headed their way today, it is making it tough to get around. it means for many heading out extra early. >> we originally planned to leave in the morning. but news in the weather forecast, we decided to leave early. >> i'm from north carolina, i'm definitely not used to this type of weather. >> in new york state, it was an ugly start to the storm. all of the rain and sleet making for an awfully ugly day to get around. to north carolina, the rain piling up quickly, 2 inches' worth. caring off the roads in some places. and overwhelmed storm drains leading to serious backups. i can tell you that is quite a mess there. indra petersons is in the middle of the storm this morning. she is live

i'm john berman alongside zoraida sambolin. we're live from new york and we begin with breaking news. the milwaukee children's hospital currently on lockdown after reports coming from there of a shooting. a tweet from the hospital confirms the lockdown. let's listen in to the press conference and learn what we can. >> protecting the investigation, we still believe that the community has a need to know early on some of the things that transpired here this afternoon. we have primary jurisdiction here. police jurisdiction here at the medical complex. this is a joint investigation with the milwaukee police department right now. about 11:59 a.m., a call came into our dispatch of an active shooter at children's hospital. squads arrived and what we learned was that milwaukee police officers were here conducting a warrant pick-up, a guy who they got information, the guy was wanted on a warrant, felon in possession of a fi firearm, that he was here at the hospital. they proceeded to the neonatal progressive care unit on the seventh floo

good morning, zoraida and don. i hope you're having a good morning.s expected to move on through. we have been talking about this because primarily the weather has been quiet the last several days but here comes the rain from rochester and buffalo. just in time for late week disruption as far as your airline traffic is concerned. it definitely looks like it could impact the region. not just with the wet weather and the reduced visibility but we are expecting gusty winds behind this system. yes, a fairly mild morning, but by the afternoon, those temperatures are really going to swing around quite a bit with wind gusts possibly as high as 30, possibly 35 miles an hour. here is the water vapor imagery. frontal system makes its way towards the east so it isn't the i-95 corridor and extends to charlotte and for atlanta, but we have got another weather system moving into the northwest with plenty of mountain snow. >> thank you, karen. >>> 38 minutes past the hour. >>> a 13-year-old eighth grader from kansas says he was suspended from school wednesday for re

i'm zoraida sambolin. it's 4:00 a.m. in the east.elcome to this election day edition of "early start." one very tight race if a critical swing state topping the headlines this morning. in new jersey, a possible, possible preview of 2016. republican chris christie sweeping the victory for a second term. and democrat terry mcauliffe is the next governor, surviving a stiff challenge from republican ken cuccinelli. and the bloomberg era is over in new york. for the first time in 20 years, the big apple has a democrat in charge. liberal bill deblasio easily becoming the city's 109th mayor. let's bring in political director mark pressen who has been up and watching this all night long. what's your take on last night's results? >> the big win, stability, in many ways because they won a big contest in alabama. a huge win for chris christie the fact of the matter is, today begins his run for the white house, even though he won't say he's actually doing it. and a big win for the democrats in the state of virginia. terry mcauliffe taking back t

. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. >>> breaking overnight, super typhoon haiyan. a category 5 storm with winds topping out at 230 miles per hour. it is slamming into the philippines and happening right now and overnight and putting millions of people directly in harm's way. we go live to kathy novak who is live on the phone from manila this morning. i know it's difficult to get live images out of there because you're in the midst of this. can you describe what is happening right now? >> if i can give you a sense how big this storm is. it covers an area as large from washington, d.c. to miami. you said this storm is a category five. if we compare that to super storm sandy, sandy was a category three when it hit cuba and two when it cost the u.s. east coast. this is a category five and only because there are no categories above five. it is just huge. only three official reports of death but it's hard to get information from these hard-hit areas. communications are still cut to many of those regions. several aviation authorities haven't been able to make contact with

jason says zoraida has been anchoring a lot without fussing. do the same without cussing. here is what happened. i went to atlanta on friday. i hopped on a plane so i couldn't anchor an afternoon show with you. i leave you alone and what do you do? >> i may have sworn on the television. >> on live television! >> which i am deeply sorry and your fault for not being with me. >> it's viral. i'm going to tweet it out. >> okay with you? >> not at all. please come up with your own morning rhyme. tweet us with #morningrhyme and anterior early start. we probably will be right back. both maxwell and ted have hail damage to their cars. ted is trying to get a hold of his insurance agent. maxwell is not. he's on geico.com setting up an appointment with an adjuster. ted is now on hold with his insurance company. maxwell is not and just confirmed a 5:30 time for tuesday. ted, is still waiting. yes! maxwell is out and about... with ted's now ex-girlfriend. wheeeee! whoo! later ted! online claims appointments. just a click away on geico.com. ♪ [ male announcer

." >> i'm zoraida sambolin. it is nice to have you with us. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. begin with the stunning historic vote in the u.s. senate. so extreme it is called going nuclear. essentially blowing up what had been the rules for a generation. no longer will 60 votes be necessary to move ahead. with most presidential nominations, no longer will the minority be able to filibuster or executive branch conditions. democrats have been threatening this for years. republicans say the majority has gone too far and they will regret it. chief correspondent dana bash has more. >> reporter: john mccain continues to work across the aisle and by detonating the nuclear action democrats may have blown up any senate bipartisan. republican feathers are so ruffled an agreement on issues that should be passed maybe harder to find. >> there are going to be difficulties from time to time. where cooperation was probably the case in the past, and will not be now. >> reporter: the historic rules change strips republicans of their power to block the president's executive and judicial nomine

i'm christine romans in for john today. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. 20 minutes past the hour. >>> a massive storm bringing cold and ice and snow for a big part of the country on a big travel week. it's now blamed for at least six deaths and it's causing big problems for millions of americans this morning. >> in oklahoma, one of the many states why icy roads led to major accidents. this happened in oklahoma city. a truck rolling right off the road and in lawton, southwest of oklahoma city, snow fell fast over the weekend and many schools are closed this morning. >> texas reeling from the brunt of the storm. snow fell on lubbock, sunday. three people were killed in accidents in north texas why ice and sleet traveled the roads. >> air travel may be a nightmare today. hundreds of flights were canceled in dallas/ft. worth international which a major hub and more likely to be canceled today as the storm moves east into the carolinas. >> let's show you the snow on the megasign in las vegas. this is what it looked like -- >> how often does that happen? >> yea

i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm john berman. >>> we start in the philippines.ng by the day in the wake of super typhoon haiyan. 4.2 million affected by the storm' millions left with no water or food. the official death toll is under 2,000. but that is expected to climb much higher, they say. the red cross estimates some 10,000 people were killed. anna koren took a ride above the damage and it is just devastation. >> reporter: across huge expanses of the philippines nothing is left but rubble and desperation. can you see it from the air and feel it and smell it on the ground. survivors walk past the ruins of their homes and lives. focus on one thing, finding food. the water is crunching beneath their feet as they scrounge for scraps. get international help to come here now. >> not tomorrow. now. this is really, really like bad, bad. worse than hell. worse than hell. >> reporter: u.s. marines are on the ground. relief operations are under way. the food, clean water, and medical supplies can't come fast enough. this air field in cebu is the staging ground for the

. >> amy robach will have a double mastectomy, something my next guest, zoraida sambolin has dealt with got a text from a friend saying have you heard? i instantly went on line to get more information. and when i saw amy's face as she talked about this process and told her loved ones, that is when it brought it all back. i really felt for her at that moment. that was such a complicated time to tell the people you love that you have breast cancer. >> from what you went through, what is the hardest things that you dealt with, and how did you get through it? >> gosh, i guess it depends, early on it is just the diagnosis. because so many things go through your mind. she has children. i have children. and that is the first thing you think about is your kids. and you think about living and dying a lot. and so you have to go and work through all of those emotions. that was the toughest time, thinking how will i tell them and how will i survive this? what is my game plan to survive this? >> incredibly, you have carried on being a great mum, working ridiculously hard. as i'm sure amy will do, to

i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm miguel marquez in for the lovely and talented john berman. it's 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. welcome to a special election day edition of "early start." one very tight race in a critical swing state topping the headlin headlines. terry mcauliffe is the next governor surviving a stiff challenge from conservative republican ken cuccinelli and the bloomberg era is over in new york. for the first time in 20 years, amazingly enough, a democrat in charge. liberal dill de blasio easily becoming the city's 109th mayor. let's bring in political director mark preston. what's your take on last night's results? >> you know, miguel, there are a lot of winners, individual winners. chris christie, a big winner. he won by 60% in a blue state, he never should have done so, but he has done so. in many ways we look towards chris christie, what is his knicks step, is it washington, d.c. where i sit right now? for the republican establishment, they won an election down in mobile, alabama, that will push back the tea party a little bit on its heels. but there's st

>> i'm michaela pereira in for zorai zoraida. >> i'm john berman. >> it feels like it's still october. >>> deadly and ferocious flooding in central texas. more than a thousand homes evacuated, heavy rain sending creeks and rivers over their banks and into communities already devastated by a punishing drought and awful conditions there. at least two people were killed overnight. plenty of pictures. dramatic rescues. some by helicopter. they were playing out in neighborhood after neighborhood. >> my dogs kept making noise and i thought, shh, a couple times and then i heard dripping, and so i got up and, you know, the carpet is wet and it just got worse and worse and worse. >> the water came too fast. there wouldn't be time to get the people out of their houses. the water was so bad. >> it came so fast. the national weather service reports up to 14 inches of rain fell in some communities southwest of austin. 14 inches. emergency crews in the area responding to more than 100 rescue calls and one of the men killed was swept right out of his car by the raging floodwaters. just simply treach

. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. tuesday, november 5th. 5:00 a.m. in the first. >>> first, we start with gunfire. witnesses say a man opened in black opened fire at 9:30 last night inside the westfield garden state plaza mall in paramus. after a massive search we are finding out the shooter's body has just been found. late-breakinging details and get straight to nic robertson who is live in paramus. >> reporter: police found the body of the man who went into the mall shooting, richard shoop's body was found at 3:20 a.m. this morning in the back of the shopping mall behind a building area under construction some distance where he entered the mall six hours earlier. police say he took his own life, that he was probably laying dead there for some hours. he had entered the shopping mall, gone through the mall and arrived at a place where he took his own life. i'm joined by the prosecutor here, john mullanely. can you talk us through exactly what happened tonight? >> some time after 9:00 p.m., mr. shoop came in dressed all in black and wearing a black mo

i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm christine romans. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. berman has the day off. >> nice to have you with us. >>> we begin with what is unfolding in the philippines. more than 10,000 people now feared death in the aftermath of typhoon haiyan. drinking water and food cut off to millions. bodies are littering the streets and hanging from trees as well as. entire villages are gone. haiyan has been downgrade to do a tropical storm but still a killer and slamming into northeast vietnam overnight and we are getting reports of widespread destruction there as well. such a tragedy. we begin our coverage with andrew stephens live in the fips a philippines and can you tell us what is happening now? >> it's evening right now. >> reporter: i'm at the airport which is shattered by this huge tropical storm surge that came through here at 8:00 or 9:00 friday in the morning. a shell here but it's turning into a crucial point for recoveries and for getting relief supplies out to people. at the moment we are seeing relief planes coming in on a fairly regular

and zoraida sambolin, also had a breast cancer diagnosis. and dr.sti funk, who was angelina jolie's doctor. welcome to you, dr. funk. obviously, you have two high profile tv people, going through this in exactly the space of a month. how important is early detection and immediate action? >> you know, prevention does not yet exist. so early detection is our best defense against this disease, and our only chance at a cure. so it is incredibly important, and by early detection, mammograms every year beginning at age 40, and self breast exams every single month, and clinical exams every year with your docto doctor. >> and angelina jolie had a positive exam, not a positive diagnosis. >> and angelina jolie had surgery after the positive gene, not the diagnosis. so it is a huge, positive move for women to do this. but do you think it is essential in cases like that? >> absolutely not. i recommend things on an individualized basis. for cancer, her breast cancer risk was up to an 87% lifetime risk, which was just too high for her to take one day at a time. i

. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. >> it is thursday, november 21st, 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> we begin with cocaine and politics. an aide to freshman congressman trey radel says the congressman plans to check himself into a rehabilitation center today. overnight he delivered an emotional news conference where he says he has been struggling with daddiction for years. he has no plans to step down but some people want him out of office right now. >> i have no excuse for what i've done. >> reporter: contrite and apologetic, trey radel announced late wednesday night he is taking a leave from congress after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine. >> i've let down our country. i've let down our constituents. i've let down my family. >> reporter: the freshman lawmaker says he is accepting responsibility for his actions. >> i have been getting the help that i need and i will continue to get the help that i need. >> reporter: federal agents arrested radel back in october during a drug sting. court documents say he bought 3 1/2 grams of cocaine from an undercover office

. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. nice to have you with us. it is thursday, november 14th. 5:01 in the east. >>> in washington they are waking up with giant headaches in the white house. that's if they slept at all. chances are many of them didn't because not only is there significa signature policy on the line and the obama care enrollment numbers for october are out and they were very low. epic low. about 100,000 people have signed up on the exchanges which is below the numbers being nay sayers were expecting and they say the numbers is higher than the number of people who started playing for their plans which they count. look. this is bad all around, period. the white house continues to insist things will get better. the president has an economic event today in ohio so let's see if he explains how things will get better because some of his closest democratic supporters are demanding changes and starting to bolt. here is jim acosta. >> reporter: it's not july the numbers that are in for the first month of sign-ups and obama care so are the r

zoraida sambolin has the day off. >> i'm john berman. it is monday, november 4th and 5:00 a.m. in the east. up first a cnn exclusive. a shooting that paralyzed one of the major airports and terrorized travelers and shined a new light on the issue of airport security. now a woman who knows the alleged l.a.x. shooting is giving us a look inside his mind in the hours leading up to friday's deadly rampage. she says the suspected gunman paul ciancia had a roommate carry out his murderous plot. here is more from miguel marques. >> reporter: days before ciancia's crime. >> he asked one of the roommates if he could have a ride to the airport. >> reporter: why did he need a ride? >> his dad was sick and he needed to deal with family issues. >> reporter: did anyone see a ticket? >> no. >> reporter: he says ciancia rarely moved his apartment since moving here in january describing him as awkward and heavily smoker the day he put his alleged plan into action, she says, it took his roommate by surprise. >> that morning, he doesn't knock. just opens the door and says, i need to leave. can yo

i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm john berman. >>> tuesday, november 19th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. >>> the latest on the deadly tornadoes that ripped through the midwest. this morning, those who had their lives simply shattered are trying to pick up the pieces as the death toll rises. the stories of survival, i have to tell you, are stunning. indra petersons is in washington, illinois, this morning. what is the situation there, this morning, indra? >> reporter: it really is amazing. after we took a look around yesterday, i mean, this is the staging area we showed you yesterday. we have a lot of wood frame houses in this residential community you can't recognize. yesterday i was able to drive around in the region in the communities nearby. we were talking about two-story homes and some made of brick and leveled down to the ground. very easy tond how powerful the storm was. we know now it was an ef-4 tornado and winds packing 100 to 90 miles per hour. hundreds of thousands are still without power this morning after sunday's deadly tornado outbreak. illinois's governor de

in new york along side zoraida sambolin.e for the current president. he says keep his word. >> bill clinton speaking out with his take on president obama's repeated promise to americans about their health care. president obama's facing intense criticism as thousands of health care plans get canceled under new obama care rules. when he campaigned for his sig nuature health care law, the president repeatedly said if you like your plan, you can keep it. now, in an interview with ozzie.com former president clinton said president obama should keep his promise.

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zoraida -- >> i wish i would have done this. looking at it, thinking that is precisely what you need. it puts you in the right mental state heading into that surgery. >> isn't that great? >> good for her. >> under the category of completely missing the point, the moves were strong. taking on cancer, the positive, that's all great. the moves are strong. >> dancing in a hospital room. >> which leaves a little left to be desired in the back. >> she rocks it. >> i respect that. >> she had the double wrap. >> she's good. >> she was prepared. >> she planned this out. she is a doctor. she knows a hospital room. >> i love that. thank you. >> the best part, the surgery was successful, she's doing well and that is the best news of all. >>> let's take a break on "new day." we're going to keep tracking a massive, historic super typhoon that is hitting the philippines right now. it struck it overnight. what you're looking at is 300 miles wide. winds faster than anything we have seen in years. maybe in recorded history. we'll track it for you

i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm christine romans sitting in for john berman.ith us. >>> the top story is the weather and making this november week treacherous for many on the east coast and travel tough for a lot of other people. at least 12 are dead as a result of the storm system moving very quickly east here. >> in wisconsin, snow made for a nasty morning commute. this is right near milwaukee. take a look at that. there were dozens of accidents as cars slipped and slid onto the highways. >> i was just coasting going about 3 miles an hour and i just about got in a car accident right here because you can't stop. there's a point where there is nothing you can do. it's just glare ice and you're just a passenger in your own car. >> that is wisconsin. let me take you to arkansas. arkansas also dealing with accidents as well. this is the scene in fayetteville in the northwest part of the state. rain and cold causing roads to ice up and that meant many cars losing control. >> i get on the highway and next thing i know, i'm spinning." people don't realize who they g

i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm john berman. it is friday, november 15th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. >>> let's begin with the big administration from the president over obama care. he is saying the health care rollout has been rocky, that the administration fumbled, and that he is the one to blame. but he is vowing that he is not giving up on his significant achievement and make ago policy change meaning if you like your plan, you may be able to keep it at least for the short term. >> possibly. >> yeah. here is senior white house correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: president obama's new message is he likes his health care plan for the nation and he is going to fight to keep it. >> there's no question the rollout on the affordable care act was much tougher than we expected but i want everybody here to understand, i am going to see this through. >> reporter: the new obama fix leaves it up to insurance companies and states to decide whether to let consumers keep plans not in compliance with the law and it forces carriers to advise americans of the choices available under

"early start" anchor zoraida sambolin johns us with the story.his is one where the family wants answers. >> you're watching that video. tragic story, the 22-year-old suffered from severe food allergies, when he died at a washington county jail over a year ago. his mother's filed a $10 million wrongful death claim against the county with distressing video released as part of that legal action. recently released surveillance video shows the shocking moments 22-year-old michael saffioti pleaded with girls for help as he suffocated from a fatal allergic reaction. >> we discovered he had a dairy allergy when he was very young. i know that he asked for help and i just -- it was awful to see him. >> reporter: michael's mother, still fighting for answers a year after her son voluntarily turned himself in to a county jail on a minor pot possession charge. the next morning, he died from an acute asthma attack after eating a bowl of oatmeal. >> we know michael had a belief that the oatmeal was safe to eat and that he had been told that it did not contain mi

. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. >>> breaking overnight, super typhoon haiyan. winds topping out at 230 miles per hour. it is slamming into the philippines and happening right now and overnight and putting millions of people directly in harm's way. we go live to kathy novak who is live on the phone from manila this morning. i know it's difficult to get live images out of there because you're in the midst of this. can you describe what is happening right now? >> if i can give you a sense how big this storm is. it covers an area as large from washington, d.c.o

>> we're now focused on tropical depression zoraida. it is heading north and west.he last thing they need. here in this country, we have the cold. first the number for tomorrow morning. 24, chicago. look how far the cold front goes. that's right, tallahassee, you'll be down by 42. atlanta, sub freezing. a few snow flakes to talk about. >> it is lake-effect snow time. almost five inches in the next 48 hours. if you're driving east of chicago, it's that time of year. >> you love this time of year. >> i do. >>> coming up, new details in the case of the newly wed charged with pushing her husband of eight days off a cliff. >>> and george clooney dishing a little dirt on leonardo dicaprio and russell crowe. >>> and through h new mazdas driving across america to the winners. could it be you? >>> and jason derulo and service members with a proposal. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military memb

. >> are you referring to zoraida? >> that's one of them.er one forming out in the pacific. there could be another three or four storms coming before december. we need to find the solution to help these people or help prepare them if there's another storm that these people are protected. >> are you getting the sense that logistical challenges are slowly but surely being overcome? we know that the u.s. ma convenience have deployed and brought in these heavy lift aircraft and there is a mechanized brigade coming in with infrastructure building capability. to what degree is that going to help? >> that's definitely a big help. i am pretty sure that the philippine authorities will need assistance. one thing that's necessary is helicopters. even if airports are closed, you can fly the material in. you can git there quicker. it is very important that that help comes in and it's well coordinated. the u.n. is planning their part, we are planning our part. the filly peeb authorities are doing their best. this was not one catastrophe in one area, the s

our own zoraida sambolin fought her battles. to make her decision to make her battle public. i have to tell you on a personal note, i have always -- i'm not at that point yet. but i've always been deathly afraid of getting a mammogram. i'm not really sure why. i know it needs to be done. i have to tell you, i'm going. and for me, it just kind of hit home like, don't be afraid. it helped save your life. it can save your life. >> i'm exactly like you. >> yeah. >> i've never gotten a mammogram and that's a bad thing, many people would say. >> carol, carol costello, go! >> i'm just saying sometimes mammograms are very confusing. after this story, i probably will go. >> don't you think a little discomfort is worth it if you do get that diagnosis? >> it's not the discomfort for me. it's the conflicting information you get about the -- about mammograms, whether they really do what they say they do. but like you said -- >> in this case -- >> i'm like you. i'm going. >> amy said it helped save her life and i'm going to believe her. i'm g