most circulated paper in new york city. and getting bigger as time goes on we'll try to engage in some of this thinking where people are thinking of this early and not just presented with a plan to go, thumbs up or down on it. the idea of putting sustained conversation with consistent information is very important. this is new york city does not preclude the water utilities thinking about climate change and water and the things that go along with that and trying reach out nationally. one more. last one. >> i'm representing the endangered species coalition. made up of four hundred different groups. i guess my question from yesterday revolved the impacts of global warming like the, eco basis. >> i don't want to disappoint you but we're not going to be able to do questions. so i hope you can make this a comment. >> i would encourage water managers and people included in water matters try to preclude or include other species and in the process early on rather than late in the game which has occurred down through history where w

special correspondent john tulenko reports from new york city, where the outgoing schools chancellor is a big supporter of the idea. >> reporter: two years ago, when justin martinez started ninth grade, he was one of 2,000 students at bayard rustin high school in new york city. >> when you walked the halls, it's so packed. and then in the classrooms, it's so crowded some kids didn't have a seat. so you're standing up, you're sitting on the floor, you're sitting on the teacher's desk. they're so many kids in the room the teacher might think you're doing good, when you may not even understand what's going on. that's how bad it was. >> reporter: justin's high school had a 50% graduation rate, but the problems there went deeper. >> i almost got shot. i was going to my eighth period classroom, going upstairs, and a gang approached me and started asking me questions. and at the end, they put a gun in my face. >> reporter: what did you do? >> i didn't know what to do. i was in shock. i didn't want to die. and they kept talking and one of the kids asked should i pull the trigger and he turne

the good news is by tomorrow morning, some leftover snow in new york city. but still cold, 29 degrees. 30 in dc. it is quiet in the nation's midsection, and we have yet another storm to talk about for the bay area. it is spreading heavy rain of our own and gusty winds. details on that a bit later. >>> eight americans have been killed in a tour bus crash iny egypt and a couple survived the wreck. officials say three tour buses were traveling together in southern egypt around dawn when the middle bus crashed into a parked dump truck. six women and two men were killed. 19 other americans. they egyptian and tour guide were injured. he says his 76-year-old mother suffered a gash on her leg and his 87-year-old father had bum -- bumps and bruises. >> the chairs around him crumbled in, apparently forming a roll cage which probably saved his life because from what i understand , and i wasn't there, so it is not factual, but the people in front of him died and the people behind him died. >> he says he is leaving for cairo tomorrow to bring his parents back to san fran

he shows me his treasures cell phone where he keeps pictures of new york city. and he tells us about his best friend, who he saw shot by a sniper. >> i just hear gunshots. i see blood on the ground. so i told him, stand up, so he didn't answer. i know what to do. just screaming, my friend is shot, my friend is shot. he's dead. >> we are going to take s"a closer look tonight." >> reporter: when the story aired, we got e-mails from hundreds of viewers. including one from a small school in maine, thomas college. they want to give dan a scholarship, which seems like a great idea to me. >> how is it going, man? give me a hug. >> reporter: so, i get permission to do something very unusual. to intervene in the story and actively help this kid come to america. >> enrolled? >> reporter: while you're a student. >> thomas college. okay. >> reporter: dans parents are very enthusiastic about all of this, but it takes two anxious months and white house intervention to get him a visa. finally, on march 2nd, 2007, dan arrives at new york's kennedy airport. you all right? welcom

so by tomorrow night, we're talking 10 to 15 inches easily in atlantic city, new york city and in boston. and additional snow as we head into monday. so we could be talking 14 to 20 inches in boston, 12 to 16 inch in new york city. that's where we have blizzard warnings in effect from new york city up to boston and then up into portland, maine. we have a blizzard watch in effect. we're going to see the snow and the blowing snow. winds, 35 to 45 miles an hour, some gusts possibly up to 50. so your visibility out there on the roadways will be reduced to zero at times. very dangerous. be careful if you're hitting the roads. >> okay. samantha mohr, thank you. >>> now to christmas in bethlehem where a season with little violence between israelis and palestinians is turning this holiday into one of the biggest celebrations in a decade. officials say more than 100,000 visitors are in town. that's nearly twice as many as last year. at the vatican, pope benedict xvi delivered his traditional christmas message amid tight security, following the mail bombings this week at two rome embassies. the po

new york city really getting hit hard. treacherous travel out there all along the interstates and into boston. it looks like the worst is yet to come just for the morning rush hour and eventually all the snow heading into maine as well. >> our thanks to ava dinges from accuweather. >>> for the rest of the morning's weather from around the country, a frosty morning in the south with record lows and windchill warnings as well. parts of northern florida dips to the 20s before warming up later on today. meanwhile, rain in the pacific northwest, gusty winds along the coast and 6 inches of snow in the cascades. >> 40s in seattle and portland. 58 in sacramento. 17 in minneapolis. 27 that chicago, 30 in boston. 26 here in new york and 56 in miami. >> and you can stay tuned to abc news for continuing coverage of this massive east coast blizzard coming up later today, of course, on "good morning america." >>> president obama and the rest of the first family, rob, avoiding that winter mess as they're on their vacation in hawaii. the

she still hasn't gotten a flight out back to new york city. but perhaps the most telling video of all is from minneapolis. a storm cost the minnesota vikings their home field. the teflon roof of the metrodome, well, it couldn't hold the tons of snow that had piled up. they will play tomorrow night at detroit's ford field. we'll turn to our meteorologist jacqui jeras. take it away. >> a far-reaching storm that will have major impacts on eastern portions of the u.s., at least through the middle part of the week. storm packed quite a punch in the midwest, and now the worst of the storm is focused here across the great lakes and down across the ohio and tennessee river valleys, at least in terms of the wintry aspects of it. some of the heaviest so east of nashville. look at this over parts of kentucky, and over towards the cleveland area where you're under a winter storm warning, you'll likely see a couple of feet of snow by the end of the week on the lee side of the lake as the lake-effect snows continue to kick on in. ahead of this system in the

six inches just east of new york city. and there could be a foot to a foot and a half plus from new york city up through the berkshire mountains of massachusetts, into the green and white mountains, as well as portions of maine. this is a big storm. >> really big. so, another 24 hours of snow and then comes the wind? >> then comes the wind and the cold behind that. and right now, dan, the storm is at 968 millibars. that's the equivalent of a category 1 hurricane. >> all right, quite a storm. i know you'll be tracking it for us. thank you for joining us tonight. we appreciate it. >>> and as chikage told us, this storm is now heading north, putting boston directly in the bullseye. and that's where our jeremy hubbard is tonight. hey, jeremy. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, dan. it is already bad here, and this is nothing compared to what awaits in the overnight. we're in boston common, where it is windy. the snow is already falling at a rate of one to two inches an hour, and in the overnight, the hourly snowfall tota

he decided to go to new york city. we're coming to you live from new york city, and to spend a year, to spend a year in new york city. now what's he going to do? go to union theological seminary. he had already gotten his doctorate at age 21 from berlin. so to him, this is like, you know, going to a community college practically. this was not something -- he was not going there for reasons of academics in particular. he was not disappointed. bonhoeffer gets, and i write about it in the book. he writes in his letters home, he's shocked. he find it to be very shallow. it's interesting inbear again say were theologically liberal. he respected the theology as the professor in berlin, he respected them as academics. he was able to learn a lot from them. now he gets to union, he feel that is, you know, they are sort of -- they think they are getting the right answers, when i ask them to show me their work, there's no work. they are cheating in a sense. he's gracious. but he was not impressed at this point. what did happen th

, new york city. a lot of folk dos not. anything we can do based where we live to help us mentally? >> absolutely. figure what will bring you joy where you live. it you're in a place where you can be outside a lot, do that. here in new york city, walk more. do more outside. enjoy the arts. lots of free things can you do. figure out what can you do to maximize where you are so that you enjoy it and can become part of it and then build in your community where you live. >> all of this is cheaper than $75 an hour. not bad? >> there you go. >> jennifer hartstein good to see you, thanks so much. >>> up next this morning, jerry herman, one of broadway's top composers and lyricists for half a century. the kennedy center is singing his praises. a look at his life's work when we return. this is "the early show" on cbs. life's work when we continue. this is the early show on cbs. 77777777it's pain relief77 without the pills. no pills, no pain. how can you get pain relief without taking pills around the clock? tr

>> right now it's snowing heavily in new york city. basically anywhere from dover, delaware, through new york city, long island and boston as we speak right now moderate to heavy snow pretty much everywhere. we're just beginning to see the real impact of the system right now. >> mitchell: how powerful if is storm overall? >> this is not your average nor'easter, this is not even your average blizzard. we're talking about an intensity in terms of the central pressure that rivals that of a category two hurricane. now, we're not going to see the impacts of a category two hurricane but because it's so intense we're going to see thunder snow, we're going to see frequent wind gusts to 60 miles an hour and snowfall rates to the tune of around two to four inches an hour for several hours. and what that means is we're going to see a widespread swath of around two feet of snow from the jersey store straight through new york city, long island, connecticut, all the way up to providence and boston. >> mitchell: you were telling me earlier the effect

there's calling new york city response dismal. michael bloomberg admitted the city didn't do as well as he had hoped. one convenient private tow trucks and plow operators were on vacation. hundreds of people abandoned cars, blocking streets making it hard nor crews to clear roads. the city has hired nearly 2,000 workers to help out. >> now, our city is using every single resource at our disposal and many more that we've bored and hired to get the five bureaus back up and running. we have a lot more work ahead of us. >> across the river the mayor in newark, new jersey, is receiving a lost praise. mayor cory booker has been helping to dig south plows, ambulances and cars as well as shoving snow from sidewalks. he has been responding on his twitter. >> both the governor and lieutenant govern out of state where one evaluations in flew and another in mexico. >> if your new year's resolution is eat more fruits and veggies, you can expect to pay more. a cold snap in the southeast and heavy rain in california has had a devastating effect

a lot of the nightclubs in new york city in the 30s and 40s as you know were segregated, and so sugar ray robinson took it upon himself with the earnings from the ring to build a nightclub that was called sugar ray's. it was very elegant and folks could come, all races, all youths, and they could come and sit down and not worry about the color of their skin and that in turn proved to the wonderful jazz giants, duke ellington, sammy davis jr. who was an entertainer that sugar ray's was the place to be in harlem. i went on a book tour, and i'm going to tell you about two things that happened that stand out a great deal and made me know that the five years i spent on this book were well worth it. i was interviewing somebody, and they said, you have to go find mel dick, and i said, who is mel dick? this person said, well, mel dick knew sugar ray robinson for many, many, many years, for more than 35 years. he's someplace in florida, and you must find mel dick. it's going to add a lot to the story you're trying to tell. i was able to track mel dick down in miami, florida, and this is mel di

new york city has done pretty well during that period of time. we've never had the deep recession other cities have had. we've recovered faster. >> the question is still how do you -- even a new york model, you're not dealing with congress. isn't it easier said than done to say from the outside, get in there and roll congress, tell the far left and the far right they're both irrational? >> there's no easy jobs in the world and particularly in the politically charged world that we live in, with the constant scrutiny of the press and the lack of funds to go ahead. but, you know, that's the job. and i think the president is capable of doing it and i think he is doing it. i don't think we give him enough credit. i have said he should go around the world and sell our products. he was in india. he negotiated a trade deal with korea, which i think will be great for our manufacturers, who will sell to korea, and great for the consumers, who will buy stuff from korea. i've said that he should get more business experience on -- in his advisers. why? i come

far north as new york city. here we have our temperature map for the morning hours. you can see the blue, that is 20s into central florida. including into orlando. new york city also into the 20s. their low right around the lower 20s to start off the day. jacksonville, they're sitting into the teens. morning low temperatures as cold as 18 degrees. we can see those teens all the way into atlanta, even into columbia. even as we progress throughout the day, temperatures are going to stay generally about 20 degrees below normal. it has been all this cold air across the east which has been kicking off heavy lake-effect snow. northern indiana into ohio back into upstate new york where some of the heavier snow bands, we could see 2 feet of snow as we go throughout the day. that's going to create travel problems along i-80 and i-90 as we go throughout your day. into the northwest, more heavy rain seattle toward portland. on top of the rain they've already seen. additional flooding problems are expected. back to you, rob

. >>> the son of bernie madoff committed suicide in new york city this weekend. mark madoff was the eldest son of the disgraced wall street executive and this weekend is the second anniversary of his father's arrest. mark madoff and his younger brother worked for their father but were never charged in the financial wrongdoing, although that investigation is still ongoing. earlier this week, lawsuits were filed against the madoff brothers and other family members, including mark madoff's children, his emwife and his wife. >> obviously, it's not easy having the last name madoff. >> this is the third suicide link to the bernie madoff scandal. >>> coming up next at 11:00, we'll show you a few ways to get the best deals on electronics this holiday. >>> birds that endsed up trapped bwi eer cans around their necks. ♪electronic santa song ♪electronic santa song verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. the contrast of infinite black... the clarity of fast-switching phosphors... the smoothness of 600 hertz... all come together to creat

a blizzard warning has been issued for new york city. the storm is expected to dump 11-16 inches of snow on the big apple. strong linds will reduce visibility to near zero at times. >> the visibility is a real issue. so if you have to go out today please leave the cars at home and take mass transit. >> and of course many air travelers are having trouble. about 1,000 flights have been cancelled in the new york city area airport alone today. and more are expected. a blizzard warning is also in effect for parts of new england. >> the snow will be wet and heavy. the temperatures will be at or below freezing. and winds will be high. >> reporter: amtrak has cancelled some trains in the area, including its service between boston and new york city. the mid-atlantic region also gets heavy snow. states of emergency have been declared in most of the areas. up to 18 inches of snow is expected in delaware. and more than 6 inches in the nation's capitol. the same weather system already laid a thick snow blanket in the southeast. >> it's absolutely bea

highs in new york city in the upper 30s. speaking of snow, take a look. boreal record snowfall last seven days up to 9 feet. look at this poor soul who waited to the last money clean off his car. that's crazy. i'm sure that took all day. >> i hope he is not spending his whole day doing that instead of skiing. >> lucky to find it. >> that's the weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the latest statistics show 40% of oakland's high school students don't graduate. for those who try to get their ged later in life there is some help. sharon chin introduce us to this week's jefferson award winners. >> because i didn't have confident in myself to think i could pass the exit exam. >> reporter: michole edwards dropped out of high school at age 17 but three years later she studying for the ged. she wants to be a lawyer. >> anything that i want to do is possible in that i can achieve my goals and dreams. >> i like it. >> i do, too. >> reporter: she is getting help from the next step learning center in oakland. two nuns direct the center matching students with volun

and there are piles of snow throughout new york city. for that matter, throughout the eastern seaboard. this is what an average new york city side street looks like. piles of snow this big and larger. cars buried. the problem is, this isn't an average new york city side street. we're standing in the middle of 49th street, just near the base of the world famous 30 rock christmas tree where millions of people come to see this site every year. this churning blizzard starting in the south, came up through new york city. again, the mid-atlantic, all the way through new england. and this was a whiteout here at this time yesterday. a history maker, no doubt. records fell along the length of the storm. 80 million americans were impacted by the storm, and look at that stat, 35 million americans witnessed blizzard conditions. transportation completely paralyzed. trains, planes and automobiles, all of it came to a complete halt. highways blocked to traffic. air travel, forget it. at the end of the day, when the storm is all said and done, it's esti

there are stores like this one in new york city that sell lebowski-only merchandise. its proprietor comes to work in his bathrobe. there's even a porno parody of the film. and now it's in academia. >> we received proposals who wanted to talk about the movie. >> reporter: edward is a professor at indiana university who co-edited a collection of academic papers ands says fleshing out the movie's subtle undertones. >> it's a western. it's a noir. a buddy flick, a sports flick. a stoner flick. a feminist avant-garde flick. if you want to talk about medieval grail quests, it's in there. hamlet, it's in there. >> reporter: jeff bridges told our bill weir, to this day, there's no escaping the lebowski persona. >> who do you get yelled at the most on the street? >> dude! dude! >> reporter: so, you can imagine the thrill at lebowski fest a few years back -- >> please welcome jeff bridges! >> reporter: when the dude himself abuilded. >> when this movie came out, originally, i was so damn disappointed. you can imagine, because it didn't do much. but you guys -- you kept this thi

that those bonuses will turn around and infuse cash into new york city but it's important to see where the money is being spent are the financier's going to mom and pop shops of mom and pop pharmacies are they going to gentleman clubs christie's spas and getting luxury hamburgers well that is of course one of the ironies here right is that everyone is so angry that wall street who got bailed out now gets lavish bonuses and gets to go spend it but if you know consumer spending is what the economy really needs you think about the fact that someone might buy a watch worth one hundred twenty thousand dollars you know worth more than the annual income of three families then well they really are doing a lot to boost consumer spending. that's nice of you to make that argument one of walk was even one hundred fifty eight thousand dollars and that was very surprising to me and that is one watch that's going to very jeweler that deals with luxury jewelry luxury time pieces i don't know how many people are going to how many jobs are going to be created from that one purchase how many people are g

of course, we will go to new york city to bring it to our friends in new york city, the former home of the giants franchise. a complete listing of all the communities and dates are in the press kit, available to you. just a little bit about what happens when the trophy arrives in the community. each stop is expected to last about two hours. we would do our best to accommodate everyone. the viewings are free to the public. there will be an opportunity for a professional photograph to be taken of you with the trophy. those photographs will be available for purchase on-line. so once again, the test run, kick off to the trophy tour will be right over here from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. we are anxious to get started, anxious to bring the trophy to giants fans everywhere. the best fans in baseball. thank you very much. [applause] >> i do not know what more we can add that has not been stated. i want to again express our appreciation to the giants for beginning the tour here. thank you again for making this city what it is. without the fans, the giants' organization would not be what it is. your enth

a blizzard warning remains today in new york city along with parts of new jersey which could see up to 20 inches of snow by tomorrow morning. more than 1400 flights were cancelled out of new york's three major airports alone leaving thousands of post-christmas trafficers stuck for now. u.s. airways cancelled 110 flights today and other airlines don't expect normal operations to resume until tomorrow. it was a frustrating day at the airport for many. >> supposed to leave 5:30 this afternoon. made reservations for 11:00 tomorrow morning. >> gave us a flight for 8:00 tomorrow morning but don't count on it. >> amtrak cancelled train service from new york to maine and bus companies have halted routes up and down the east coast. in philadelphia, the mayor declared a snow emergency and you urged people to stay off the roads. it was so bad, the nfl rescheduled last night's philadelphia/eagles game for tuesday. flight cancellations are affecting travelers at sfo as well. john allston reports. >> with all flights to the northeast cancelled, the jetblue ticket counter at sfo looked like a ghost t

that is the message from new york city mayor michael bloomberg who is leading this movement right now to ends bitter partisanship in politics. he's calling it the no labels campaign here. jessica yellin is there and joins me next. >>> plus the man who will be third in line to the presidency not so much afraid to cry. shed a few tears. we've compiled the best of, if you will, republican john boehner's greatest watershed moments. that's next. ♪ [ male announcer ] breathe, socket.

york city. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in san jose with a look at how the nfl's decision can impact youth football programs here in the bay area. bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, scott. you know this is a special concern for the nfl and should be for players who play in any football game at any level. concern in the nfl that there are one to two concussions every game. so today and tomorrow in new york city the nfl's brain, head and neck medical committee will be meeting to look at ways to cut down on concussions and traumatic brain injuries on the field. this comes after a youth sports summit in d.c. yesterday during which the national athletic trainers association agreed to team up with the nfl to push for laws that will better protect young athletes, those who play on high school football fields like this one here in san jose. the idea is for each state to have a law similar to the one that's already enacted in washington state. that one requires young athletes and parents t

new york city really getting hit hard. treacherous travel out there all along the interstates and it looks like into boston, the worst is still yet to come. just for the morning rush hour, and eventually all the snow heading into maine as well. now back to you rob and mike. >> quick question here. when should folks in new york expect all the snow to finally be out of here? >> well, it's going to still be around the early part of the day but i think the worst of it will be ending after about 6:00 or 7:00. so people heading to work early on, you're going to be running into major problems. for the later part of the commute it may not be as bad. snow around through much of the day and blowing snow with that with the winds. it's going to be pretty bad all day long in new york. >> ava, thanks a lot, appreciate that. >>> out of massachusetts the governor could use the national guard, if necessary, because of the state of emergency there. >> the snow's been falling at a dramatic rate in boston since last night. jeremy hubbard is t

new york city mayor michael bloomberg takes the heat for the blizzard that paralyzed the big apple. >>> and suicide defense. dr. conrad murray to claim the king of pop killed himself. this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, december 30th, 2010. good morning, everybody, good to see you this thursday morning. i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. the western part of this country cannot seem to catch a break. another monster storm pounded the region. wednesday parts of arizona were hit by rare blizzards, high winds and heavy snow created near white-out conditions. more than two feet of snow expected to accumulate in the higher elevations. but it wasn't all bad. in flagstaff, the snow didn't stop some kids and their parents from hitting the slopes for a little fun sledding down a hill. >>> earlier in the day the same system brought rain to water-logged southern california. the state is asking the federal government to declare it a major disaster area. at least one person is dead and another missing. the new storm brought more flooding and more fears of mud slides. kendis gibson repo

it's done here in new york city. northern new england now. >> okay, well, much more on the storm and other news and weather coming up. morning. fog has. >>> good morning. fog has been an issue today. >> it has. we'll show you there. not really any backup at all. all morning, low beams on through the fog but the visibility is the story and lowering the speeds not because of the volume of traffic. fog advisory for the bay bridge. smooth drive through san rafael and thick in spots and pothole repair. owndo t one lane probably all morning long. >>> former dog walker charged with stealing his client's jewelry will appear in a san mateo courtroom today. jewelry worth more than $5,500 he was a dog walker last year and prosecutors say he -- the clients gave him the keys to the homes to walk the dogs and when he allegedly stole the jewelry on several occasions. he is in jail on bail. >>> another update for you in half an hour. have a great monday morning. see you back here in a little bit. >>> last week we called california's

the fourth is peer pressure, particularly from new york city and philadelphia. these were the years when the committees were becoming very active. no son of liberty wanted to see a repeat of the failure, distrust, and recrimination that followed the failure of the nonimportation agreement in 1770. the right-hander had warned that the nonimportation agreement is obligatory and all the parties to it. whoever shall or eight in the violating of it is an enemy -- enemy to commerce and liberty. william paltry who was a merchant and an inner circle some of liberty, he was traveling to new york and philadelphia to try to cement these intercolonial alliances. he writes back probably to john hancock saying you guys have to be firm on this question of the east india company. he says if by any means he should relax or fall back in any degree from europe played resolution you will be reproached among your neighbors and never more be able to retrieve the public confidence. now is the time to convince the world that the people of boston can act with virtue and revolution. you

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cancelled 1400 flights out of new york city with no simple plan b. come up seven times and finally was on hold for four hours until i finally talked to a human being. >> pushing snow. >> not used to this kind of weather. >> the nor'easter began in the southeast. atlanta saw its first white christmas since 1881. as the storm moved, so does the fight against it. maryland national guard members were deployed for operation fearful dusting. >> a very unique name. i assume it was created because it wasn't supposed to be a lot of snow and all of a sudden it came out of nowhere. >> the snow was expected to taper off this morning. the problems won't go away as easily. it will be tomorrow or even later before the flights get back to normal. emily schmidt, abc news, washington. >> the dreaded nor'easter back there. here? a few minor things going on. >> nothing like that. another really good downpour late this afternoon back east and then things start to ease up the next couple days. so stranded passengers will finally get back home. >> fingers crossed, everybod

so, up to new york city. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> purple pride going on in the studio, as well. not a bad ride out there. there is some slick areas because of snow coming down in the area. we will check speed sensors put a bit of a slow spot as to approach the beltway northeast. moving pretty well at 46 miiles per hour on the west side. we continue to look at a nice ride on the beltway. the jfx is running smoothly. major roads running at a pretty good clip. baltimore street at south street, watch for a closure because of cleanup operations. this is a quick live look outside. we have salting operations at the bay bridge. watch for slow spots developing in and out of the eastern shore. this is 95 in howard county. north and southbound checking out fine. >> a little bit of light snow to contend with to start the day today in some neighborhoods. we have some snow falling in the city and into harford county and some light to moderate snow in

york city today. so it's no surprise many stores in the northeast opened late, or didn't open at all. unfortunately for many merchants, the storm came at a crucial period. on average, stores ring up 10% to 15% of holiday sales in the week between christmas and new year's. but scott krugman of the national retail federation points out some will actually benefit from the blizzard. >> clearly the online sector is showing a lot of strength. and any time harsh seasonal weather, the internet becomes a perfect outlet for anyone who can't get to the malls. >> reporter: but for mall retailers, the storm will mean a delay in gift card redemptions. those sales aren't counted until the cards are actually swiped. on top of that, consumers who redeem gift cards typically spend an extra 25% more than their value. the good news is the storm came after christmas, not before. in addition, experts say sales momentum was strong up through christmas eve. all told, retailers are expected to ring up holiday sales gains of 3

snow totals, 20 inches in central park in new york city. 19 in boston. a foot in philadelphia and snow drifts 3-5 fealt and there you see, snow. gone as well as the storm. back here in california, we are watching our own storm. heavy rain in the eureka area and we are expecting very heavy rain in the bay area tomorrow night. we will have the latest on our forecast coming up. stay with kron 4 as we continue to cover gyps. we have more resources including links to canceled flights on www.kron.com. >>> other stories. the dead body of a woman found hassine identified. jill marie abbott of richmond. police say they receive adenine 11 call from someone who found her body on the ground near a walking trail. a friend who did not want to show his face told us she was struggling with drug addition. >> she said she wanted help but when the help was put to her, she would deny it. she had a lot of pride and when you have a lot of pride sometimes saying yes, i need help and admitting your faults is not easy. it's not. she needed help and wasn't able to get it. >> how

snowfall brought new york city to a halt. buses, plow trucks and rescue vehicles had a hard time getting through. >> i'm asking new yorkers to call 911 only for genuine emergencies. >> reporter: crews worked around the clock to dig out the city. >> we got to do it. got to get done. >> reporter: snow cleared from the usually bustling streets of times square sat piled high as high as street signs. subway tracks were impassable stranding passengers for up to nine hours. >> no heat, no nothing. we're not going nowhere. >> reporter: in philadelphia, digging out the stadium and residents struggled the find their sidewalks. >> it's a lot. it's a hot. >> reporter: and this stuff is packed in rock solid and with the temperatures not going anywhere, any time soon, in the end, this snowstorm made it to the top ten worse snowstorms on record here in new york city. rebecca? >> incredible. cbs' whit johnson in times square, thank you. here's russ. >> thank you. >>> planes are taking off but thousands of passengers are stranded and some wil

we are coming to you live from new york city and to spend a year, to spend a year in new york city. now what is he going to do in new york city? substantively is going to go to union theological seminary but you have to understand bonhoeffer have hardy gotten his doctorate at age 21 from berlin university. soth to him this is like going o a community college practically. this was not something, he was not going there for reasons ofe academics in particular. and he was not disappointed. the fact is that bonhoeffer gets to union and i read about this in the book. is actually quite funny. he writes in his letters home that he really is shocked by what passes for theology at union. in other words he comes very shallow theologically. it is interesting because in berlin university they were very theologically liberal. bonhoeffer was not theologically liberal but respected the liberal theology of his professors in berlin.pr he respected them as academicsl and was able to learn a lot from them are go but he gets to union and really what passes for theology there are is he feels that they th