that's not true at all they only were putting stuff up on their web page when you go to the new york times or der spiegel. or the guardian or use we're putting up or very useful to the united states government in some ways there is a severe slanting in the output. that is the new york times got to go through as many document as it possibly could in the several weeks or several months given to it by we kulaks to go through these documents and pick and choose those documents that were most conducive towards the new york times there's a lot of mystery surrounding wiki leaks but what's on the surface now are examples of double standards everyone is after a week in leaks but not for example the new york times question is why going to shut down our t. washington d.c. . here with our to you live from moscow still to come on the program a boat for a billionaire for an out of world yacht and unveil its owner as well as how much he had to drop to make it his own. that's coming up but first

york story in a brief new york minute. i live in brooklyn and a little backyard in the back and stone walk in the front. years back my son was in the front and we left our backyard and there was a huge august moon rising and we up the block and out into a neighbors backyard when there was a party and when my son got to the party, he said we've got a moon just like that in our backyard. let me say we've not a climate change just like yours in our backyard. the time spent yesterday, at least for me, was very well spent and leads up to the business of today. yesterday we talked about the state of knowledge. some of it was wonderfully obvious. and water goes down hill and collection areas and some of it was breathtakingly vague trying make a billion dollar decision about something. we talked about simple solutions and bold actions and diverse drinking water systems in san diego and we heard about thinking about discipline, winning over regulators and economic development agencies and environmental groups as getting them to wor

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

in new york? >> people are talking about that. >> people are talking about that. >> it is the end of the year, íl today, we gather to recognize the selfless decision of one of the most influential women of our time. the woman who, after having one too many drinks, chose not to drive home buzzed. here today to honor rachel is the family whose lives she spared. >>> killer storm. another direct hit for california and the cleanup from the last storm is far from over. >>> lingering danger in new york. the anger and despair over unplowed streets. >> this was a royal screw-up. >> conditions that cost lives. >>> and, cinema cowboy. jeff bridges talks about his successful starring role. it's thursday, december 30th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we both saw "true grit" and loved it. it really was a good movie. jeff bridges is great in it. he's totally believable. the remake of the john wayne classic. he's funny, he's good. >> tough with remakes. sometimes they're not as good. i think this

at that time, the bank of new york own the property. there was no compliance and the case was scheduled for the directors hearing. the notification at that time went to bank of new york. between the time of the notification and the hearing, title was taken to the property. nobody showed up. the order was then issued. in march, the order of abatement was mailed to the bank of new york. the owner claims that mail should have gone to her and not the bank of new york. she made repairs, is that true? >> yes. the invoice and reinspection took place. it was repaired within less than 10 days. commissioner murphy: so she made the repairs as soon as she was aware of them and then mailed it to the housing inspector in july. for some reason, the inspector did not verify those repairs until october. commissioner lee: i think you just made your case that the board of abatement went to the wrong party. commissioner murphy: yes, so i see the present owner -- commissioner walker: and that is what we are looking at. i feel the same way. i feel the order

york on new year's eve. >> you're stuck in san francisco. so what's the deal, are you going to be able to get to new york. >> not before friday and that's when it's on. >> you're going to miss the opera. >> i hope no, that's what i've come for. >> it was good snow and bad snow. after four great days of snow, they lost a flight home to the east coast storm. >> our flights were cancelled both last night and tonight because of it coming into the coast and they just e-mailed me, textsed he -- me. >> reporter: this woman managed to get home from london. >> i rerouted myself from kennedy to san pan to los angeles or i wouldn't have made it home. >> reporter: mike and his kids aren't stuck. they cut their holiday visit short to leave new york early ahead of the snow. >> we wanted to stay in new york an extra day but we're back in paradise. >> some of those are booked as late as wednesday and friday. even if the weather clears, there's going to be a big backlog of folks trying to get home. >> thanks. >>> meanwhile, into the eye of the storm where mi

>> 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

smith went on to be the governor of new york. robert widener turned out to be a senator in the roosevelt administration and of course the wagner act of 45 that guarantees bargaining which is part of his domingo and perkins was successful in creating something called the factories investigating commission new york state factory investigating commission which became a sort of template for such commissions around the country and they went all over new york state she and her they not only looked into the fire hazards but also they got into an area that was just beginning to see a decrease of attention which is what you would call the toxic waste chemicals and gases produced in manufacturing process these called the dillinger straight. no one had looked into this much before and those kind of effects are often hard to spot because they can take years to develop frances perkins also put herself into trying to discover and reform along those lines as well so that period of 1909, 1911 eisel the emergence of the three developments. use al

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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

amtrak canceled new york-boston service. airlines canceled 1,400 flights in new york on sunday. all three new york airports remained closed well into this afternoon. >> we've been waiting for this trip all christmas break. so it's kind of a disappointment. >> reporter: in massachusetts, toppled power lines left tens of thousands without power and made it difficult for firefighters to save this burning house in brockton. >> it's a nightmare. that's the word. >> reporter: dangerous conditions in philadelphia, even forced postponement of last night's scheduled game between the eagles and minnesota. >> the reason this game has been postponed until tuesday is out of concern for public safety. travel in and around. that's the reason, not what we're seeing here. >> reporter: here in new york tonight, the head of the union that represents ems workers says because so many ambulances are stuck, response times are up to three hours for emergency calls here, brian, adding more urgency to clearing this city's 6,000 miles of streets. >> lester holt on this cold night a few blocks away from ou

to get the new york. because my son is getting married on new year's eve. >> that's huge. are you going to be able to go to new york. >> are you going to miss the oprah? >> i hope not. >> reporter: skiing the sierra, they skipped the flight home. >> automatically, they just e- mailed me, they text me. >> reporter: the ryan's now plan to avoid newark by flying to chicago then directly to kansas. >> i rerouted myself from kennedy to san francisco, other wise i wouldn't have made it home. >> reporter: mike bolen is not stuck, they had cut their visit short to get ahead of the storm to new york. >> we're back in paradise. >> some of those trying to get to where they want to go are rebooked for flights as late as wednesday and friday of this week. but, even if the weather does break, there's some concern about whether they'll be any room for the people that are all backed up trying to get on to these planes. >> >>> in the east coast, blizzard conditions continue from new england to north carolina, snarling the

brooklyn, new york. washington, d.c. newport news, virginia. philadelphia fought mother nature with an army of plows. durham, north carolina, with an old broom. >> everybody go to the back! >> reporter: in new york, more than 500 passengers were stuck inside subway cars. some upwards of eight hours. they could see the train platform but couldn't get the doors open. >> we're not going nowhere. not one damn train. no heat. >> reporter: negotiating city streets proved difficult for pedestrians, impossible for some drivers. highways were littered with cars. drivers stranded for hours. >> i was so scared last night. i've never been scared with a snow storm before last night. >> reporter: for andrew louda, home from a six-month deployment, was stuck on the side of the road with his wife and 3-month-old baby for eight hours. >> just feeding him as much as we had, the apple sauce we had in the trunk, the bottles we had made. we had him wrapped up in three snowsuits, his regular clothes, two blankets, bundled up against us trying to keep him warm. >> re

rob nelson, abc news, new york. >> in that piece, rob mentioned the new york fire department. people a looking at what other cuts that could be made. one interesting one that people are pointing to. the new york fire department, they have paid drivers for the fire chiefs. some people are saying maybe that can be some of the fat trimmed off. >> the insurance industry is trying to rally against the cost of premiums that go up. they started this website, accidenttax.com, to rally opposition for the fees. but that's outrageous. >> yeah. to say the least. >>> coming up, miley cyrus lights up. and her dad has plenty to say about this. pretty shocking photos. >>> and the jokes that have kathy griffin on the defensive. that's next in "the skinny." ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >>> miley cyrus cannot get out of the negative spotlight, it seems like. more drama. this time, dealing with some video of her smoking salvia, which apparently has a similar effect to lsd and marijuana. we should point out, it is legal. there you see from the tmz video, she's smoking this. i guess it was five days af

terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news." >>> air travel isn't the only nightmare, four subway cars in new york stranded nearly 500 for nine hours. they were finally rescued this morning just after sunrise. one passenger pulled apart the doors on one of the trapped trains to talk about the ordeal. >> there is no heat. there is no heat, no nothing. we're not going nowhere. >> bus service was also affected. dozens of passengers spent the night at the greyhound station and amtrak resumed limited service after shutting down all operations yesterday because of the blizzard. >>> switching gears, the 49ers will hold a news conference at noon at santa clara headquarters to discuss the firing of head coach mike singletary. he was let go after the team's loss to the st. louis rams. that loss ended any hopes the niners had of making playoffs. after last night, he was fired and singletary took the blame for the disappointing season. fans said it was about time the team made a change. >> i think it's great. i think it's what they needed for at least this season. definitely the coach. >> i'm surprised it hap

burns, london bureau chief of "the new york times." he joins us from the studios of westminster live, located across the thames river from the house of parliament. >> john burns, the last time we chanted, i asked you about a book -- we chatted, i ask you about a book, would you write your memoirs? >> i thought about it. there are a few agents in new york who can tell you that i am remiss. i came back from iraq after quite a few years a couple of years ago. i really did not relish the idea of the solitude of writing the book. i would have told you that when i was in iraq and afghanistan that i was relishing the assignment. i hated leaving. i had not anticipated was the difficulty of readjustment. coming off of a very big story, partly, it is because of the camaraderie, the exhilaration. but part of it, too, it is being in a place which is beyond, in some respects, the consciousness or imaginings of people, notwithstanding television and everything else. and i think, probably, i am talking now about how the season has receded by this ass

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

whereas in new york, everyone is in their own tv show. you know, whether you are a taxi driver or a bus driver or-- you know, oh, today, charlie rose on my show. how are you doing. i like that feeling. >> rose: exactly. >> it's relaxing. >> rose: i know, i couldn't agree more. how about asia, though, is the asian market for music and performance different, more enthusiastic, is it -- >> well, i'm glad it's there. >> rose: of course, it's billions of people. >> i'm going there next month in january. i'm going to seoul actually. >> rose: to do this. >> yes, to do with the korean orchestra, then a japanese organize tra in tokyo. >> rose: so you just show up and you can do this with any organize tra. >> you should. it is a miracle. you show up with the score and put it down in front of them and they play it instantly. a little tweak here and there but it's almost like pressing play in a studio. it's fascinating. >> rose: see, i would bet that they see its alike saturday night. i mean this is time to do something different. >> yeah. >> rose: y

brooklyn, new york. washington, d.c. newport news, virginia. philadelphia fought mother nature with an army of plows. durham, north carolina, with an old broom. >> everybody go to the back. >> reporter: in new york, more than 500 passengers were stuck inside subway cars. some upwards of eight hours. they could see the train platform but couldn't get the doors open. >> we're not going nowhere. no heat. >> reporter: negotiating city streets proved difficult for pedestrians. impossible for some drivers. highways were littered with cars. drivers stranded for hours. >> i was so scared last night. i never been scared with a snowstorm until last night. >> reporter: just home from a six month deployment was stuck on the side of the road with his wife and 3-month-old baby for eight hours. >> we kept feeding him as much as we had, the apple sauce we had in the trunk or the bottles we had made. we had him wrapped up in three snowsuits, his regular clothes, two blankets, bundled up against us. try to keep him warm. >> reporter: those who tried to fly away

it out of queen's new york airports in new york are the hardest hit. it will be in effect until this afternoon 20 in. of snow could fall. we have nine airports in new york shut down right not now because of this. it is just as bad on their roads. they're feeling the effects of the blizzard. a lot of rhode island snowplow slams into a car is bin said and put it on its side amazingly nobody was hurt. in connecticut the same thing. blizzard warming in effect there as they brace for its first winter storm of the season. many people are just paying off the road. calling in sick keeping kids then. police and national guard on standby to help anybody who might be stranded. the weather in the east coast is affecting flights to the bay area all those flights canceled all of the travelers have to be ready for that jackie sizzle is live at sfo where there'd not even dealing with that delay but we are also dealing with their own fog delayed. >> we have good news of bad news, bad news situation let's start with the immediate news we talked about some of the of grou

york city and they specialize in new york city education and they're all reporters and they are regularly doing very very good journalism you know blogs like tree hugger or clean technica blogs like tech crunch for example those are the blogs that i'm that i was referring to that i regularly read because they have reporters they are doing real reporting in journalism they're not just citing a source and presenting a huge amount of of opinion and you know an analysis so i just want to ok and i go do you see what are the blogs i was talking about is that obama's trip to india cost six hundred million dollars a day or something like that or obama is a muslim. the. ground zero mosque that is a terror mosque those are the kind of blogs i'm talking about and they do have a lot of influence and they do go into the mainstream go ahead steve. there's there's no doubt about that if you look at the quote unquote ground zero mosque story which isn't just a mosque and it wasn't it's not proposed to be build on ground zero that story did bubble up from these sort of fever swamp rightwing islamophobia b

this is a story out of reuters in new york. there's a catholic nun here in our state who is known for kind of going -- she enjoyed casinos in atlantic city, taking gambling trips. apparently now she has been fired for embezzling $850,000 from this small college, iona college, in new rochelle, new york, for a period of ten years. sending phoney invoices to pay off personal credit cards and expeblss. she was known to be the gambling nun but they found out she was quite the embezzler. almost a million bucks. she pleaded not guilty. the nun is in you heading to trial. >> leave it to the folks at reuters to figure it out about a nun. you'd think that would go against some of the vows. >>> frozen frustration. stranded due to an early arctic blast. >> i'm still stuck because i can't go back north, i can't go west, yaeg east. >> today's wintry threat in the deep south. >>> devoted dip mat. remembering richard holbrooke and his decades of service to the country. >>> and, star treatment. the rescued chilean miners and their big welcome t

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ice and snow covering i-90 from indiana to upstate new york. and on i-81 from tennessee to west virginia. wet on i-5 from seattle to portland. snow on i-15. 84 and 90 in the northern rockies. >> if you are flying today expect airport in seattle, detroit, boston, new york, philly and d.c. >> there's also been some harsh weather across the middle east region. powerful waves pounded red sea beach resorts and powerful winds whipped through coastal areas from egypt to lebanon leaving behind some damage. >> but the pors of it may have been felt by passengers in a royal crib yang cruise liner in the eastern mediterranean. the brilliant of the seas" was battered by heavy waves sunday that it actually tilted 30 degrees. >> everything sort of fell off their shelves in my state room. but i heard people with more damage. television sets falling on the ground and breaking and telephone lines coming out of the wall. >> dozens of passengers were treated on board after suffering some minor injuries. we're told most of those on the ship are americans. >>> and t

a live look at time square in new york. do you see any cars down the road except for down there at the top. it's quiet in time square. no bumper-to-bumper traffic, but that's because they are facing a huge storm blanketing the east coast and it doesn't appear to be coming down now, but they did get up to 18 inches. from new england to the deep south. the third biggest storm there in a century. in the carolinas, southern driver who are not used to that tried to have fun. stay safe. >> i'm going to have to drive today. have to take it easy. >> blizzard warnings are in effect from maine to new jersey. forecast calls for up to 25 inches of new snow in places. >> right now all tlooi of new york's major airports, jfk, la guardia and newark are closed. passengers slept in la guardia and the same in boston. more than 1400 flights were canceled in new york alone and more are expected today. all the airports hope to at least reopen before the end of the day. all those airport closures having an ripple effect before you take your fami

is a center to shoot in new york. so for budget reasons. >> she wanted to shoot here. >> it's expensive to film here, that is the bottom line. i think with the economy the way it is today, it's about money. >> they say san francisco has to be competitive. >> new york is a city that gets it. >> musical set in new york was shot in san francisco. seven years ago, matrix and made $10 million in income but that the past. >> we had a dry spell for six or seven years. we invested the only city in california that has tax incentives to film but it's still not been enough. >> they gave a percentage of money on city services and payroll taxes. the mayor says part of the problem that california was -- they say loss of movie projects cost the state in billions in lost wages and thousands of jobs. there is hope. bay area has a film legacy, great classics. we can't be claim important pixstar in emeryville and lucas film in marin. things are changing. part of clint eastwood's was filmed in san francisco. >> i think we have to try to

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a very cold whit johnson in new york's times square with more. whit, good morning to you. >> reporter: terrell, good morning to you. welcome to times square this popular tourist spot is being used as a dumping ground right now for all this snow. if you are trying to get around, it's really sort of a mixed bag. some of the streets as you can see are clear and good to go. others are impassable, completely covered with snow. for those actually trying to get somewhere like go home after the holidays, there are few options, if any. the first monster storm of the season continues to hammer much of the east coast this morning. crippling virtually every type of travel. >> the streets are horrible everything's just horrible. >> reporter: overnight two of the busiest airports in the world, jfk and newark shut down completely after snowplows couldn't keep up. airlines are hoping to get passengers back in the skies later today african selling more than 1400 flights over the weekend. >> you take it for what it is. if you travel, you got to be prepared for any

new york times poll looks like although it may take is some wining and dining at least that's what one health care insider turned whistleblower going to sleep with an a for sparing of the young turks to get her take on the scandal. this is a cable from the u.s. embassy in colombo to talk about here an apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military according to the press that on that day filled nine gorillas and found that the best situation by instructs young could you know that and they're going to do strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues. explain how you know this kind of phenomenon where bodies are dressed up as guerrillas and presented as killed in action and this and this idea that you need to produce bodies actually encouraged paramilitary collaboration this is a cia document central intelligence agency they knew about these activities they knew they were happening they knew about links to paramilitary groups and yet. usaid continued to. the subtle. the web site youth radio dot org stumbled

rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back here tonight, pleading for her freedom. convicted murder amanda knox takes the stand in an italian court. >>> you're looking at the aftermath of an explosion that killed one person and injured two others in sweden tonight. another blast occurred about 200 yards away in a busy shopping area, in the center of stockholm. a swedish news agency says it received a warning threatening retaliation for sweden's role in the afghan war. >>> emotions were high in an italian courtroom today as foreign exchange student amanda knox tearfully told the court she did not murder her roommate more than three years ago. knox is appealing her conviction and 26-year sentence. nbc's keith miller now with more from the italian city of perugia. >> reporter: amanda knox entered court today appearing pale and withdrawn. three years in prison, she says, have broken her. in an unexpected plea to the court, knox delivered a tear-filled declaration of innocence. speaking fluent italian, knox said she is the innocent victim of an enormous mistake. knox and

corresponsal en new york. nos tiene los casos d algunas personas afectadas por esta tormenta. la saludamos isolda, buenas tardes. adelante. >>>isolda: buenas tardes rogeo, para que tengan una idea 3 días después de la mega tormenta del 2010, aquí en new york, la ciudadue nunca duerme, capital del mundo, hay calles que no han sido limpiadas. por aquí no ha pasado una remolca dora de nieve como pueden ver en este condado de queens. hay mucha gente quejándose de que cómo es posible que la capital del mundo 3 días después de la tormenta, continúe sumergida bajo nieve. >>> don Álvaro ayala, describe una palabra, la nieve que 3 días después de la tormenta, fue removida de la calle donde vive. >>> entre las quejas de la lentitudue las autoridades han manejado la remoción de nieve. vimos a varios camiones remolcadores estacionados cerca de la calle n vive don Álvaro. que a consecuencia tiene 3 días sin poder mover su limusina para ir a trabajar. >>> porque tiene que pensar que tenemos que trabajar ellos

christine romans is live in new york. this is kind of like a do not call list that keeps telemarketers from interrupting dinner? >> you are trying to get me off the cougar story, i can tell. >> i'm trying to not laugh. >> do not call list -- there are about 200 million people in the do not call list. wildly popular. i'm on it. i bet you're on it, too, don. what about a do not track list? companies can't see your every move when you are on the internet shopping or brassing and the like? that's what the ftc is considering, the federal trade commission, and they'll know for sure if they are going to propose this by january or so. it's intriguing. consumer rights groups like the idea because whether you mow it or not, there are so many eyeballs watching what you do on line and selling the information to advertisers so they can target ads to you. his is a do not track list, like the do not call list. it would be an add-on piece of software that lets you go dark when you work on the internet. >> isn't this a big part of busines

ashley morrison is in new york with that and more. good morning to you. >> good morning to you, terrell a rough day for most asian markets. japan's nikkei down a fraction, while hong kong's hang seng shed nearly 2%. today, wall street gets the very latest on inflation and the housing market. stocks finished higher tuesday even after the federal reserve warned the economic recovery is still not picking up enough speed. the dow gained 48 points to hit another two-year high, while the nasdaq added two and some change. >>> president obama meets with 20 ceos today at the white house. the group including the heads of ge and google will discuss tax reform, trade and job creation. a recent survey finds top executives are the most optimistic they've been about the economy since 2006. 45% of ceos surveyed expect their companies to hire more workers and spend more money in the next six months. >>> it is shaping up to be a merry holiday season for retailers. sales have been strong so far, with the biggest jump in department store purchases seen i

snow is not a new phenomena in new york. >> reporter: new york mayor michael bloomberg brushed off criticism. >> when it works it works and we take credit. and when it doesn't work we stand up there and say, okay we did it, and we'll try to find out what went wrong. >> reporter: the mayor's office has promised to get most of the snow plowed by tonight. as for the timetable here at the airport, officials say the flight schedule should be back to normal by thursday. harry. >> smith: michelle miller at laguardia tonight, thank you. in maine, officials at the sugarloaf ski resort said today they had problems with the chair -lift before today's accident. workers had been trying to fix a cable that was out of place when the lift derailed. some plummeted 30 feet to the slope. high winds also played a role in the mishap. in jackson hole, wyoming, an american airlines jet skidded off a snowy runway this afternoon. the 757 had just flown in from chicago. none of the 181 passengers or crew were hurt. the plane was not damaged. in suburban detroit, an apparent natural gas explosion destroyed a furniture

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aaron katersky, abc news, new york. >>> bankruptcy hearings are set for later today, for a&p, once the country's biggest grocery chain. the a&p company owns 400 stores. including pathmark and super fresh supermarkets. court documents filed yesterday show that a&p is more than $1 billion in debt. while operating under chapter 11, the stores are expected to be in operation and fully stocked. >> this next story is hard to believe, the holiday spirit is in full swing deep in the heart of texas. it's giving thousands of kids the warm and fuzzy feeling. >> the coats for kids foundation handed out a record 35,000 new coats in austin over the weekend. parents were so eager, they started lining up with their children overnight. >> it says so much about the need in a place you wouldn't think of as being that cold. there were 2,000 volunteers on-hand to help out. and many kids said they found exactly what they were looking for. a good reminder to donate coats this time of year. i just cleaned out my closet and found several things. >> it's amazing what a simple coat will do. and 35,000 people loo

terrell brown, cbs news, new york. >>> in other news, elizabeth edwards' battle with cancer appears to be nearing its end. this morning the estranged wife of former presidential candidate john edwards is resting at her north carolina home, surrounded by family and friends. her breast cancer has spread, and doctors have told her further treatment would be unproductive. edwards, who endured the death of a teenage son, and her husband's affair, says that it was strong will that kept her going. >> there are parts that were really just, you know, primarily pain, but in the end, you know, you reach for the things that are going to give you comfort. the beautiful things, the children, the people that you love and care about. >> on her facebook page, edwards wrote, quote, the days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. we know that. >>> it was 69 years ago this morning, december 7th, 1941, that the japanese attacked pearl harbor. the sneak attack killed more than 2,000 american service members, and drove the united states into world war ii. survivors, their numbers dwindling, will gather t

tonight airports in new york and new jersey reopened but it could be days before all of those passengers are finally able to get where they're going. >>> coming up at 10:30, we'll have a live report from san francisco international and an update from the east coast to see how passengers are faring. >>> and right now i'm using wide storm tracker two to track significant snow and wind headed to your neighborhood. >>> a big reversal of fortunes. what triggered a stock fall off today for tesla motors. >>> thousands of drivers in the north bay are finding the freeway a parking lot all day and into the night. how potholes tangled traffic and nerves. >>> a santa clara police officer is facing new charges for providing confidential information for a leader of the hell's angels. his name is clay ro rojas. state charges are filed back in october. batencort and an association of him has also been charged. >>> the coroner identified a woman found dead on christmas eve morning at abbott from oakland. abbott's body was found in a walking trail. the coroner has not determined the cause of death but pol

new york, up towards boston, all throughout new england. you'd expect snow this time of the year, but you're in that warm wedge, but that was enough to cause some major delays at the airports. we have major delays for the midwest, from the northeast, to the southeast. at this hour after more than 1,300 flights cancelled in and out of o'hare, look at this. still delays over six hours. newark delays having delays over two hours. one hour in san francisco. low cloud and low fog and a lot of this has dwindled down primarily because it's that time of the day when a number of flights start to push on out. the good news out here in the northeast is you're going to stay rain, maybe a few snow showers tomorrow. but the heavy snow is now moving on up into canada. what you're going to be left with is bitter cold windchills. take a look at the temperatures. minneapolis 15 below and 18 below in cedar rapids, chicago 1 below. and all of that cold air will advance southward. and we'll see this all the way down into florida for the middle of the week. yes,

new york scored four unanswered and rangers won it 3-1. this may be the last name you see sal alosi. after tripping a player he was suspended for the season. now he's suspended indefinitely after the team five out he ordered five inactive players to form a human wall along the sideline. he's been doing it without the team's knowledge. may have tripped a player but now alosi is taking a big fall. that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >> another quick look at the weather. here's nbc's meteorologist bill karins. >> you know it's cold when i stop shopping on airfare for warm destination between my weather hits. >> probably not a good thing. i don't know. we can't lose you here, bill. you're not allowed to take vacation. didn't they tell you that. >> i haven't gotten that memo let. let's talk about temperatures. still very cold. especially new england. windchills, 6 in pittsburgh, 10 at boston. 18 in new york. 8 in philadelphia so there's still one more really cold morning to get through. skies are relatively snow-free. there's a c

you need to experience it, brand-new in new york. essentially, it turns the streets of new york into a stage. and what happens is, people go on this ride. and they sit and watch performers all over the streets of new york, on about a 4 1/2-mile route. and they're entertained like they've never been entertained before. >> sometimes your audience, they're a little unique. this is intentional. the ride, it brings a lot of what people suspect about new york city to life. which is you'll always see something that will amaze you. there it is. no reason to stop. who else have we got? uh-oh. that's my move. that is my move. oh, that's good. yep. >> nice. >> impressive. impressive. thank you very much. and, homeboy, what have you got? >> i'm just a rapper. >> you could have had a back beat going during the other ones. that's okay, though. ♪ this is my promo i'm here with robin roberts ♪ ♪ and chris cuomo >> came to you, just like that. >> that's old-school. he's from queens. >> this is being well received, isn't it? >> it is. we're goin

of double standards everyone is after a week in leaks but not for example the new york times question is why going to shut down r t washington d.c. . for the first time in more than seventy years of nobel peace prize will be received by its winner or representative he seems to be given to chinese laureates for his work on human rights and political reform but the pro-democracy activist is serving any sentence for subversion chinese authorities have not only banned him but also his wife from attending the ceremony norway on friday instead and i says he has. the us is among nations calling for his release saying he's from expressions of the core of human rights but professor michel chossudovsky who's a globalised nation on this says it's next of double standards. i don't want the past and. such an odd use now all but in effect what this implies is really an targeting of china on its you know clinical sense organ it has nothing to do with what your child was actually done and you come to the conclusion that that prize based on political considerations rather than on anything tangible i t

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. he says he is not a hero, but watching mike jones and the terrifying video from that tuesday afternoon school board meeting in panama city, florida, you're likely to disagree. jones is the security guard who,

. >>> 30 years later after that awful night here in new york. unheard until now, john lennon tonight in his own words. >>> and some very bad news tonight ant another music legend, aretha franklin. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. >>> good evening. it doesn't seem quite real, but the world is in the midst of a >>> good evening. it doesn't seem quite real, but the world is in the midst of a kind of electronic war. the mysterious man who runs wikileaks and keeps his secrets in a military bunker is tonight in a london jail and today forces loyal to him took down the websites of mastercard and visa and there's no real telling where this ends. every day, we learn more previously confidential state secrets on the web for everybody to see. every day there's new diplomatic damage done. and now there's this counterattack going on, hitting big financial interests in the u.s., the same companies behind the credit cards carried every day by millions of americans. our own peter alexander remains on thi

getting around new york city on the ground proved tough going. including problems with trains, planes and subways. >>> in philly, more than a thousand passengers were stranded at the airport there and last night's eagles game was postponed because of a snow emergency. at eagles -- that eagles/vikings game will be played tomorrow night. >>> here at home, tragedy in a walnut creek neighborhood. an elderly man who neighbors say was a well-liked war veteran was found dead during a fire at his home. the call came in just before 2 :30 p.m. for a house fire near bancroft and ignacio valley r oad. the firefighters found the victim in an upstairs bedroom. >> his wife passed away about six, seven years ago, and -- and loved by all of the neighbors. several of us had him over for din -- over for dinner an regular basis. his name has not been released. >>> a warning tonight from the oakland police department about robbers using craigslist to lure victims. the robberies are happening in east and north oakland neighborhoods. the victims are being lured with th

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