newark closed from 10 a.m. to noon this morning. check out our flight tracker to see what flights are cancelled. abc7news.com. >> we'll check back, mike. the golden gate bridge today could move a step closer tow eliminating toll takers. the bridge finance committee is expected to vote to all electronic by next year. that means fas trak and no humans to collect your cash. if approved, the issue may be presented to the golden gate bridge directors at their meeting tomorrow morning. >> san jose state is planning to offer a new doctorate degree in nursing starting next year. that campus will be part of a pilot program aimed at getting more nurses qualified to teach the profession. according to federal experts, california is expected to have a severe shortfall of nurses in ten years. the state ranks last in the nation in the number of nurses for every 100,000 residents. the nurses association says the state would be better served by more undergraduate spots and colleges. >> mike was talking about it, the northeast is suffering through a

we have 7,000 students in newark unified. and so i think it's important to focus on, you know, how do we work with the 7,000 students. >> but despite having policies in place to prevent bullying, like signs in classrooms, anti-bulling and even a three-second rule for teachers. >> we have a three-second rule, is being bullied and doesn't do anything within three seconds, that's tantamount to giving approval to it. >> we found in tina's instance the district violates its own standard for teacher conduct. from the time the desk is thrown at tina. and during the punches. the teacher finally gets involved. it takes 30 seconds. >> standing up and she had the desk. i'm looking at him. not saying anything. i don't know what to say. i'm looking at him like do something. >> was the teacher's response acceptable? >> the teacher in the situation responded to the best of his ability. >> okay, the teacher's response. >> what i'm saying is that each one of these situations are situational. >> abc 7 has learned that teacher was given a warni

. >> newark memorial high school no different from other schools. it's diverse, it's growing but so is this. this school is nor toreus on you tube for fights tlchl is a music video of the fight of 2010. some of the fights involve target add tacks on students picked on for months and in other words they're bullied. this video was shot. trina is the girl in the blue tee shirt. >> this 15-year-old says the girl bullied her for a year. >> she just called me names. and... i asked her why. she said that i was talking to her boyfriend. >> then, september 29th, this happened. >> i found my daughter with a pack of ice over her nose. her shirt was bloodied. blood on her jeans and shoes. and crying. >> the student in black suspended five days. for criminal charges tina's mother says every county department tells her all information is confidential since the girl in black is a minor. we called alameda county juvenile probation and d.a.and got the same answer. tina's mother is also demanding more from the school district. >> i would expect that the student be re

newark, new jersey had the biggest cut back in 32 years. off 30% of its officers. newark, new jersey had the biggest cut back in 32 years mi off 30% of its officers. newark, new jersey had the rk will be the center of o orm president obama's state of t union message tuesday night. it is not just their jobs that are at stake, but his own. mike vicara is at the white house for us mike? >> reporter: almost 15 million americans are looking for work. but the economy is slowly recovering. as the president prepares to address the nation on tuesday night, he is putting a renewed focus on jobs and growth. in a pre state of the union message to supporters, the president left no doubt about the theme of tuesday's address. >> my principle focus, my number one focus is going to be making sure that we are competitive and that we are going and creating jobs not just now but well into the future. >> that focus is evident in nearly every recent public appearance by the president with new emphasis on competing on markets abroad and give ing jolt to a slow economy. >> the next two ye

newark will reopen at 7:00. now just an hour ago the arrival and departure boards they looked not too great. we had some cancellations there from midnight until 3:15 this morning. nearly 20 flights into sfo were canceled. people trying to get here to sfo have been stuck in d.c., philadelphia, boston and new york. a storm has pummeled the east coast for the past couple days but it's stopped snowing for now and passengers say they are anxious to move on. >> put us up in a hotel yesterday so it wasn't that bad. not that big of an inconvenience. sleeping in a hotel. you know. >> reporter: you got an extra day in san francisco. >> i did. yeah, i did. >> reporter: yesterday there were more delays. about 30 flights to sfo were canceled. a lot of those people were able to get rebooked on other flights. hundreds however were stranded. we actually met some people who if we come here back live we can show you were camped out on some chairs over here overnight. they were actually from germany and were passing through new yo

>>reporter: she decided to leave newark memorial hay school due in part to bullying. this is abc 7 news. >>> coming up next. dog breeder strut their pet. coming up. we take you inside the search for the bay area top coming up. we take you inside the search for the bay area top dog. stay with us. subpoena. >> it is starting to feel a lot more like winter. another update on the forecast with spencer. >> okay. i'm sure you know by now a big consolidate down today but how much cooler was it. here's a look at some of the day highs with negative number in blue with how much cooler we ka. redwood city high of 54. 14 degrees lower than yesterday high. high 53. 16 lower than yesterday high. fair field got up to only 43 today. that's not a high. that's a low. still cooler than yesterday high. so we have got quite a change coming our way in western pattern. frontal system on the way that brings us rainfall over the weekend. tomorrow mortgage it will be dry but we have some cloud and fog around by midday we see the cloud thickening. later in the day with high pressure reaching on

in newark, we have dropped the recidivism rate. jack -- dies like jack kemp who either came to admire who thought about enterprise zones that are creating wealth in urban areas all across the world. no political party has a monopoly on great ideas. this nation can only go as far as we are willing to take each other. there is no democratic destiny or republican destiny. there is an american destiny. [applause] we know from all our traditions , christian, muslim, jewish -- the ideal of community. people love their favorite three word phrase, a hallmark of this nation -- e. pluibus unum. we have a choice to make. we can answer the call of our country. we can claim the truth of our nation. if we can realize that america is a nation, but is also a destination. we as a nation must be willing to make the sacrifice. democracy cannot be a spectator sport. you cannot get joy after sitting at home on our couch looking at msnbc or fox. if we do not get off of that callous every make our nation -- this is the test we have before us. we must rea

>> reporter: police in newark, delaware are asking for public help in reconstructing his movements since december 28th. when he was last seen getting off an amtrak train to wilmington from washington, d.c. investigators say his body was apparently dumped into one of ten trash receptacles somewhere along this route in newark. they're checking the locations where is the collection trucks stopped. john wheeler, a 19676 west point graduate, served in vietnam and became determined to hop nor the service of veterans after returning home to find a country turned against the war, as he would later recall. >> i felt like i had come back -- i might as well had gone to france. i did not feel part of our culture. i felt isolated. >> reporter: the founder of the group responsible for the vietnam memorial in washington says wheeler was passionate. >> many of his friends got killed during his military tour. he was a man who had a lot of pain, but he took his pain and he put it to good use. >> reporter: wheeler was involved in a recent controversy in court trying to block construction of a house across

. >> and just about everything to the northeast however, philadelphia, newark, are experiencing delays from 30 minutes-two hours. it is just all ice, that is the problem. >> to have a percentage of flights canceled or delayed? >> anything in the northeast has been delayed, canceled. just a handful of cancellations this morning. most of the year carriers tried to keep a normal schedule for the day. >> what is expected for tonight/tomorrow morning? >> and i hope that they can get caught up tonight and depending on the weather. we are aware that it could slow things down again tomorrow. >> with the bay area fog to contend with. >> with no fog the last several days. it will be here tomorrow. we could expect if impact or arrival of delays. and will just have to wait and see. >> mike, at the spokesman at s f o, thank you. (music) >> and a live look outside from our mount pam cam crystal clear over san francisco. something, bay- area wide and mild temperatures. and with dense fog. we're going to be seeing changes. to take a look or current conditions, nice, with sepa a 62 degrees in san franc

. >> newark memorial high school is no different from many other bay area schools. it's diverse it's growing but so is this. ♪ >> the school is notorious on youtube.com for fights. the list of fights is a long one. there's even a music video of the top mmhs fights of 2010. ♪ >> some of these fights involve targeted attacks on students of that been picked on for months; in other words they were bullied. >> use your phone, bro. >> this was shot during biology class this fall. we blurred out student faces because of their age. >> i was sitting there. >> tina as we'll call her is the girl in the blue t-shirt. >> people looking, just fightin' get it over with. >> the 15-year-old says the other girl in black bullied her for a year. >> just calling me names and -- and i asked her why. and she said that i was talking to her boyfriend. >> and then on september 29th this happened. >> i found my daughter with a pack of ice over her nose. her shirt was blooded, blood on her jeans blood on her shoes. crying. >> the student in black was suspended for five days. as for crimina

departures supposed to leave newark with arrivals not beginningggggggggggggggggggggggq lysol believes kids shouldn't miss school during cold and flu season. that's why lysol created a healthy way to wash hands and developed healthy habits programs for schools with a pediatrician. for healthy tips and more visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> 6:29 on this thursday and trading about to get underway on wall street with the opening bell. the government looking for a fund. 454,000 people applied for jobless benefits last week. the highest level since october. we'll go live to new york stock exchange in about 15 minutes. >> during a chase, officers faced what could have been a deadly communication problem and it's not the first time. abc 7's terry mcsweeney is live at the oakland police headquarters with more. terry? >> that's what police are saying, a fatal police shooting last evening in oakland pointing out a communication problem that's been around for quite a while. this one was the result of the shooting that ended at the end

. >> we also have an injury crash in newark. several fog advisories in affect coming up in a few minutes. >> 6 a.m. on this wednesday morning. thank you for joining us so early. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen. our top story a long wait finally over for survivor's of san bruno explosion and fire. handing out hundreds of thousands in donations made to the survivors' fund. >> victims can come here to city hall at 8 a.m. when it opens to get their check. there's no need to rushing. the money is here. it's decided who's going to get what. it's here at their convenience. here's how it's going to break down. the city has $395,000 to hand out. of the 38 homeowners whose homes were totally destroyed, they will get $6,000. 17 homeowners had what's considered moderate damage and they'll get $4,000. and 45 homeowners had minor damage and they'll each receive $1,000. now, the vice-mayor explained at a meeting a couple weeks ago why the city waited four months to hand the money out. >> we really weren't aware of any definitive need. we were

i've called the newark police department several times. and still, nobody has come to see if my three children are okay. to see what's going on. to try to get the bus out of the way. just said that they would send somebody out. >> the police even told you that? >> yes. yes. and nobody has come out. >> now, your kids, you have a 19-month-old, an 8-year-old, and a 6-year-old. so, is how do you explain what's going on to them? and what's their comfort level right now? >> well, my daughter is sleeping on one of the shuttle bus seats. she's been sleeping for quite a while now. my 8-year-old son, i tell him to hang in there. he fusses periodically. and my 19-month-old is having a rough time. >> oh, my goodness. for a family like that, that is so tough. we hope they get off that bus soon and on their way to hawaii. >>> all that snow is making for a tough commute in new england. let's go to kent pierce in our new haven affiliate, with more on that. kent? >> reporter: elizabeth, we are driving around new haven, connecticut. and the good news is, th

both jfk and newark were shut down overnight. today more cancellations and delays. in new york city officials are more on top of it this time around having lined up city crews and private contractors ahead of the storm. >> by tomorrow morning's rush hour all the city streets and roadways will have been plowed. >> january 2011 has proved to be the snowiest in the city's history. over 36 inches since the first of the month breaking a record from 1925. >> public schools on the east coast are cancelled for a second day today and power is slowly being restored in the washington d.c. area where hundreds of thousands of people were in the dark at one point. the latest weather forecast? more snow is expected for that region tomorrow night. jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> thank you. back here today the officials who manage the golden gate bridge could move a big step closer to eliminating human toll takers. the bridge finance committee is expected to vote on a move to all electronic tolling. if approved, it means fas trak tags or license plate scanners will be used to collect t

. >> so she hit the road on a national tour doing health fairs like this one in newark, new jersey. >> very great to have these voices standing up, somebody like a yolanda adams and michelle obama trying to point the finger at personal responsibility, about the simple things we can do to make massive changes in our lives. >> bringing blood pressure screenings is -- i mean, it's integral. it's so important, because a lot of people can't afford to go to a physician, go to a clinic and get it done. >> one highlight of the fair is if larger than lifeblood vessel. inside, people are given information about blood pressure and remedies to control or avoid the disease. >> before i came here today, my blood pressure had always been low and i found out today it's kind of high. so i have to eat in moderation. >> getting regular checkups is important. especially for yolanda. her mother didn't find out her own condition until it was too late. >> you know what the doctor told us? he said this is unnecessary. it is so unnecessary because your mom could have had a well-woman exam, a whole bunch of th

both jfk and newark were shut down overnight. today more cancellations and delays. in new york city officials are more on top of it this time around having lined up city crews and private contractors ahead of the storm. >> by tomorrow morning's rush hour all the city streets and roadways will have been plowed. >> january 2011 has proved to be the snowiest in the city's history. over 36 inches since the first of the month breaking a record from 1925. >> public schools on the east coast are cancelled for a second day today and power is slowly being restored in the washington d.c. area where hundreds of thousands of people were in the dark at one point. the latest weather forecast? more snow is expected for that region tomorrow night. jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> thank you. back here today the officials who manage the golden gate bridge could move a big step closer to eliminating human toll takers. the bridge finance committee is expected to vote on a move to all electronic tolling. if approved, it means fas trak tags or license plate scanners will be used to collect t

. >> reporter: in the new york area flight delays of about an hour because of rain in newark and equipment trouble at jfk. delays of more than two hours at san francisco all day, fog. no fun for final holiday travelers but not nearly as bad as it has been. >> we pray for the best. >> reporter: for this new york traveler the good news was her prayers had every chance of being answered although check-in lines at laguardia airport were long, there were no flight delays in early afternoon. >> we're sending our son back to school to chicago and doesn't seem to be a problem. so far, so good. there being pleasant here at the airport and it's all working out well. >> reporter: easy when all flights are on time. >> if there is anything the major disruptions of the past week have taught us again, it's how fragile the air travel system really is. the smallest disruption here can cause major problems across the country. so what happens when the disruption is a blizzard in the northeast a week ago? more than 6500 flights cancelled from tacoma,Ñi to tampa. tens of thousands of travelers sleeping in air

philadelphia 15 inches, no newark, 14, areas around washington, d.c., at least 9. one storm after another, 50 inches of snow has fallen in new york city in one month. >> it's -- >> never happened before. >> it's unbelievable. thanks so much. >>> and getting around washington today may be tough, but lawmakers looking to tackle the federal deficit have their work cut out for them. a grim estimate from the congressional budget office puts the nation's deficit at just under $1.5 trillion this year. tracie potts joins us from washington with those details. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. that annual gap between what the federal government spends and what it brings in is now at the highest point ever, at $1.5 trillion. why? because the government's been trying to put more money in your wallet. remember that tax deal from december, that ran the numbers up. while you get more money, it's tougher for uncle sam to cover all these federal programs. plus we also got word from the congressional budget office that social security is now experiencing a $45 billion de

enforcement officers simultaneously served search and arrest warrants in 10 different locations including newark and berkeley. officers were able to arrest eight people for their role in operations along with women from tiawan and china who they believe were prostitutes. >> this this case 10 -- in this case 10 women were identified and all but one were taken into custody. >> those kinds of things uncheckd and if you are not able to get under them can lead to crimes of violence, things that degrade a neighborhood. >> it is san ongoing investigation. the police are looking into another cities in the bay area. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> facebook today raised new speculation that it may go public year. the site confirmed it raised $1.4 billion from private investors. under securities and change commission rules they require a privately held company to make their financial reports public by the end of 2012. books open for skraot tphaoe. facebook may decide the time is right to issue a stock offering. >>> strong earnings from general electric help lift the dow to the 8th straight gaining

and in newark, 19 inches of powder. the storm also crippled airlines, grounding more than 1200 flights at new york's three major airports, stranding thousands of travelers. tens of thousands are still without power. for millions of students, another snow day, only the ninth in 33 years for new york city schools. of course not everyone is complaining. just ask these kids in connecticut. >> do you like to go fast or slow? >> medium. >> medium. good answer. >> reporter: peter alexander, nbc news, new york. >>> this is tom costello in washington where 5 to 8 inches of wet, thick snow put rush hour in a dead stop last night. tens of thousands of commuters who normally get home in 30 to 60 minutes stuck for 7 and 8 hours. on the george washington parkway, 12 hours of gridlock. >> no one is moving. some people are walking in frustration. it's surreal. >> reporter: even the president's motorcade was slowed to a crawl by mother nature's fury. >> this is a sharp snow, it's an angry snow, and it bites you as it hits your face. >>

in the near east bay, highs up to about 68 degrees and oakland and 67 at newark and union city and fremont and castro valley, 66. to the inland areas of the east bay, we will see mainly upper 60s. 69 concord. 69 in dublin and 70 in danville and pleasanton. and here is the mildest weather of all. near monterey bay. 70 in santa cruz. 74 in salinas and inland, farther inland, gilroy 70 and hollister 71. here is the accu-weather seven-day forecast, seven days of sunny skies and pleasantly mild. the mildest weather will be this weekend. and even as high temperatures moderate a little bit over the next week, we will still see temperatures holding in the 60s. on the coast, around the bay and inland. it is a nice, warm january so far. >> unbelievable. >>> up next, what is in that gordito? the lawsuit against taco bell up next. >>> someone has a beef against taco bell, and they are taking it to court. a class action suit filed in federal court says there is not enough beef in taco bell's offering to qualify as beef. the alabama consumer law official said it is mostly fillers. the lawyers aren't ask

in newark, we have dropped the recidivism rate. jack -- dies like jack kemp who either came to admire who thought about enterprise zones that are creating wealth in urban areas all across the world. no political party has a monopoly on great ideas. this nation can only go as far as we are willing to take each other. there is no democratic destiny or republican destiny. there is an american destiny. [applause] we know from all our traditions , christian, muslim, jewish -- the ideal of community. people love their favorite three word phrase, a hallmark of this nation -- e. pluibus unum. we have a choice to make. we can answer the call of our cotry. we can claim the truth of our nation. if we can realize that america is a nation, but is also a destination. we as a nation must be willing to make the sacrifice. democracy cannot be a spectator sport. you cannot get joy after sitting at home on our couch looking at msnbc or fox. if we not get off of that callous every make our nation -- this is the test we have before us. we must realize

ten miles away in newark they found disturbing clues. police traced the pickup to ten dumpsters in a one-mile area. wheeler's body was stuffed in one of them. from there, the trail grows cold. and the case gets harder. they still have no idea where wheeler was murdered. >> you would love to have a crime scene because obviously that gives you some forensics to work with, what actually caused his death possibly. >> reporter: police are checking surveillance cameras, atm machines and nearby businesses. >> you've got to figure out who he has communicated with and what his movements are. >> reporter: and small town new castle residents are shocked and afraid. "nightline" went to a local diner and bar where wheeler was a regular. >> this is a man who sat here next to me, who every time he comes in orders a greek salad. will sit here next to me, have a beer. might do a shot with me. right now it's a mystery. >> reporter: police are focusing on a dispute between wheeler and one of his neighbors about construction in front of his house. police ar

oakland around 60 with union city and newark. fog keeps us in the mid-50s. upper 50s, too. we would be the mid to upper 60s. that's how much potential warm is out there but the fog's going to slow the warming today. mid to upper 60s monterey bay and inland. watsonville near 70 today. you can see the fog pretty thick in the central valley. mid to upper 60s sacramento and chico. 54 tahoe but l.a. 80. palm springs 87 degrees today. accu-weather 7-day forecast, thick fog again tomorrow. i think our warmest afternoon the way it looks will be wednesday and thursday because the fog won't be as prevalent those mornings. a little cooling trend but no real rain in the forecast for the weekend. frances, good morning. >> good morning, mike. good morning, everyone. you're going to deal with a very thick fog on your drive to work. i want to show you how it looks all along the bay area starting with 101 at san rafael. traffic is light for the holiday but it's very thick, especially across the richmond san rafael bridge. there is fog advisories in most bay area bridges. especially the bay

overnight new york got slammed with 19 inches of snow and this morning the kennedy and newark airports were closed r several hours while plows cleared runways and crews de- iced planes. that caused hundreds of flight cancellations. >> another issue is just on the east coast alone is getting people who operate the plane who maintain the plane to the airport because the roads or power outages could be an issue as well to try to get out to that. >> because of scheduled changes there could be more cancellations tomorrow morning. so as always you should check ahead if you are traveling. >>> the velocity of a winter storm hit the nation's capital with a wallop. crews have been working on restoring service. washington d.c. received up to seven inches you have snow and that caused havoc on roads. the federal government's operating status told employees to show up for work but they had two extra hours to get there. the notice also suggested that employees work from home if possible. >>> homeland security secretary this morning made official what had been widely reported from anonymous sources y

the high clouds moving in. 53 for san francisco, santa rosa 53. 52 for napa and 54 for oakland and newark will climb to 52. a cold start tomorrow for antioch and brentwood. not a lot of warming for you tomorrow afternoon. 51 for antioch and we will go 56 for santa cruz. my accu-weather seven-day forecast, a nice day for monday and the showers return to the bay area on tuesday. we get a break on wednesday, and then the next chance for rain will be thursday, friday or saturday. mainly north bay locations. we will have to watch that. we will be right on the southern edge of that. so either movement north or south, and we could all get wet. >> thanks, leigh. >>> on to shu, and it is just one bowl game left after tonight. >> that's right, the national title game. the kraft fight hunger bowl. we have the highlights. and wild card weekend is done. aaron rodgers lead the tigers to round you can see you want some fiber one honey clusters? yeah. you must really care about him. what? no, no. you gave him fiber. no she didn't. this tastes way too good to be fiber. they're delicious crunchy clusters w

low 50s. 52 in hayward and newark. the temperatures are still going to remain on the cold side. look at the afternoon highs. brentwood at 43 degrees. 44 in antioch. the fog will linger. 45 in fairfield. livermore 47 and around the monterey bay, this is where you will see the mildest readings. mid50s for santa cruz and watsonville. accu-weather seven-day forecast, cold and foggy inland tomorrow. comfortable by winter standards around the bay and coast. you will see the milder daytime highs on sunday, monday dry conditions through tuesday. a chance of rain again coming back in mid to latter part of next week. if you are thinking of cold, the cold nighttime readings are coming back sunday night and monday night. prepare. >> thanks, sandhya. >>> coming up, the word of the year. >> a couple hints. it trends toward tech and beat out a mop pell. >> can you -- ring ring progresso i look great iny wedding dress with the help of your amazing light soups. you know they're the only ones endorsed by weight watchers. they taste so good. now we're adding even bigger pieces of white meat chicke

here is a look at the top stories the terrorist next door a rising arrest in newark turns the spotlight on e.u. cylon policy for providing extremist safe haven. feeling the fear of nuclear war the moscow bunker museum that's giving visitors a first hand experience of the horror of atomic holocaust. and turning to the war is distressing to dollars would have us marriages breaking down we'll look out why it's an opportunity to make a fast bar out of failure. as russia develops its own silicon valley questions are being raised whether the project is really worth investing in r t sophie shevardnadze talks to a leading a team of eight or so also one of the government's key figures in getting the venture online. yes and. mr gum is down thank you for being with us today so why did the authorities decide to build the innovation center from scratch rather than use takes base of science cities switch to moscow region alone has quite a number of good i often joke of skin for instance but i know. what beautiful. firstly this innovation center isn't designed to be the same as a science city in sovie

newark, new jersey, laid off 167 cops in november. in december, car-jackings shot up, one quarter of their year's total. tulsa, oklahoma, cut back 11% of its force. at one point, the domestic violence unit had just four officers to handle about 5,000 cases. and in oakland, california, they fired 100 police officers. officials say they can no longer respond to vandalism, identity theft and some burglaries. >> when a new period in which cutting police hasn't happened in the last ten years. we're about to test the theory of, do police matter? >> reporter: in camden, locals are in no mood to test theories. what kind of message do you think this sends to the criminals? >> go ahead, do what you got to do, act a fool, run the streets. >> reporter: the mayor told me what she's hoping for is some kind of an agreement for pay concessions, in other words, pay cuts with the police union that will help get 100 officers back on these streets. that's 100 of the 160 laid off. that is the best case scenario. and right now, just a hope. diane? >> john

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newark international airport also closed. philadelphia and boston, the airports are technically open but many canceled and delayed flights. check ahead before you hit the road. whit johnson, cbs news, boston. >>> washington, d.c. always has a tough time when it snows. this storm is no exception. up to 10 inches of snow in the nation's capital along with ice and sleet. as we just heard, even president obama got hung up in the storm. cbs news correspondent nancy cordes in the nation's capital with more. no one is safe in this respect, are they, nancy? >> they are not. this community was not fun for anyone with snow coming down at 2 inches an hour for a while yesterday evening. people were abandoning their cars on the side of the road. 30-minute commutes were taking three hours, especially for folks heading from d.c. over the bridges into californvirginia. runways closed at dulles national airport. 3,000 people lost power and government workers sent home early. this morning the roads are looking pretty clear but the snow has fro

police say wheeler's body was picked up from a dumpster in newark, delaware, but there's much they don't know about a crime that seems to get more baffling with every new clue. in the days before his death, wheeler seemed to come unhinged. on december 29, he showed up at this pharmacy in newcastle, delaware, asking for a ride. that night, wheeler was captured on surveillance tape stumbling through a parking garage looking for his car which wasn't there. >> he just didn't look good because he had on... he was really red, he had no overcoat on and he had one shoe in his hand. >> reporter: at about 8:30 the next night, december 30, wheeler was seen at this building in downtown wilmington, again seeming disoriented. the next day his body was found at the landfill. robert dill, a neighbor who had seen wheeler christmas eve was shocked at wheeler's condition on the tape. >> i have never seen him like that in my life, i have no idea. >> reporter: wheeler, a veteran, was working in washington for a defense contractor. he was recently interviewed on cbs news "sunday morning." >> that brutal close

newark is about to hope in about pan hour and jfk opened about 7:00. the ripple effect is still pretty strong. we are seeing delays and cancellations on caughtal, jet -- count con tip thenal jetblue and united. hundreds are stuck trying to get back to the bay area. >> another issue on the east coast getting people who operate the planes getting them to the airport. >> reporter: yesterday there were more delays, about 30 flats to sfo. the snowplows have had trouble keeping up with clearing the runways rand deicing the plane. we've met quote a few people who isn't the night on claires in the airport or hotels. a good idea to check with the airline first. >> thank you. >>> a california man accused of making threats on a jetblue flight is facing federal charges this morning. it happened monday night on a flight from san francisco to florida. the fbi said 4345-year-old kevin theodore simon repeatedly shouted he will take the plane down. he was apparently intoxicated and angry that the flight attendants refused to sell him anymore drinks. the plane was diver

this is are working to see, jfk and newark airport are closed. j kate should open at 7:00 a.m.. york at 9:00 a.m.. third two major airports are closed. we are watching things on this end. >> well, mark, they are close right now. she believes that jfk it will reopen at 10:00 a.m. at our time. that is the news because if your flight of asset about to jfk this morning, in fact, this is the video we shot earlier. everything is on go right now. these lights called a were previously canceled and that there be open it for the public. once they take off from here by the time that they land at jfk that should be all clear. this is the newest development. if they are going, you better believe that the other airlines are born to follow suit as well. there seems to be some wiggle room and as far as the end of flights, many of them are canceled. now that the flights have been reopened at jfk and perhaps they're letting flights take off from there as well. we heard that for 30 8:00 a.m. is inbound flights, as much as 22, were canceled today. perhaps that will change today. it is light a movie

a mix of sun and clouds and there is numbers into mid-50s and there is 57 in hayward and newark, temperatures hovering into low to mid-50s and there is 64 degrees in salinas, light showers and drizzle. then a dry afternoon. chance of rain coming in very light again, thursday. you notice milder readings towards friday, saturday, and sunday. and there is temperatures upper 50s to mid-60s and expected to be dry. >> great. >> terrific, thank you. >> and there is weather continues to deep freeze the [ male announcer ] rockin out to the big hot pastrami. big. hot. pastrami. don't dare call it a cover band -- unless you're talking about covering freshly baked bread with layer upon layer of flavor-packed pastrami. this sub lays down power cords of tasteocity with pickles, mean licks of mustard and riffs of melty, bubbly cheese. catch 'em before the fresh toasted tour leaves town. subway big hot pastrami. crank up the flavor at subway. >> it's been more than a keck yaid since the property fell into disrepair after a financial backer went bankrupt but this sland now on the way to becoming a prime piece

at the years ago, as the united states attorney, i visited the robert trent academy in newark. like those in many charter schools, a slots in this charter school -- because it has been so successful, and because we do not have enough charter schools -- are limited. so the slots are allocated by lottery. near the end of my visit, i asked a mother of one of the students how she felt on the night her son was in the lottery. the way she framed the issue was so simple and in so many ways tragic. she told me, whether her son was chosen for the lottery meant the difference between him going to college or going to jail. that is what she believed. over 100,000 students just like that one are trapped in nearly 200 failing public schools in the state. this is an awful situation, it is obscene, it is unacceptable in new jersey, and we must change it now. phfft we made some progress this year with the interdistrict choice bill, with the expansion of charter schools, and with mark zucker per's landmark $100 million gift to newark. i want to thank mark zuckerberg, and i look forward to contin

newark breaks the record with 37.6 inches back in 1996. islip, long island, new record. bridgeport, 38 inches of snow. january, this snow, 19 inches of snow. that is coming down and we're not done yet. as we check out the satellite and the radar, you can see the radar pulling away, the snow starting to shrink as that system moves offshore. that's the good news. final snowfall totals before it's all over, we are talking about 19 in new york city. newark, new jersey, almost 19 inches. new haven in connecticut, 18. another clipper coming soon. matt? >> good news, al. thank you very much. we'll get the rest of your forecast in a moment. what's causing this to be such a wild winter? storm after storm? a physics professor at the city university of new york and author of the upcoming book "physics of the future," professor, good to have you here. is this just bad luck or is there a scientific reason? >> common sense says that the freezing cold is driving everything. common sense is wrong. when you're making ice cubes, it's the amount of water you put in your refrigerator that d

brooklyn vemos que obviamente pues no han poloed idido a hace trabajo a la escuela, en new jersey, y newark 16 pulgadas y aquí hacia road island esto parece postal de navidad, y sé lo que es fuerte manejar en carreteras con estas condiciones del tiempo así que por favor hágalo con precaución, es todo de mi parte continuamos con más de "primer impacto." >> gracias jackie autoridades de los estados unidos emitieron alerta podrían tener relación con un extraño cáncer, aunque casos son aislados médicos recomiendan estar pendientes de síntomas como dolor en las mamas. >> y un representante del ohio demanda aúna cafetería por un emparedado porque dice que tenía aceitunas con semillas y que causó problemas en su dientes y exige compensación por esto. >> y así vamos la pausa y un piano acaparó titulares y fuimos en busca del respuestas y verán qué encontramos. >> te dije que se lo iban a llevar. >> vamos a decirle que más adelante hablamos con el empleado hispano que se convirtió en héroe cuando se enfrentó a un ladrón. >>> y se ira a ir palo jugador aldo de nigris, le cue

san antonio con 34 grados para esta noche condiciones peligrosas serios retraso en su aeropuerto, en newark y la guadia tres horas de retraso y así que precaución y por favor especialmente al manejar, es todo de para mi parte continuamos con más de prim"primer impacto." >> y la congresista gabrielle giffords se recupera muy bien, y su estado de salud pasó de grave a bueno y está internada en un centro en houston ayer y ella su esposo vieron por televisión el discurso del presidente obama. pues ante el congreso donde dejaron un puesto vacío en su honor, y como saben fue blanco de un atentado el 8 de enero. >> mucha aten las automotriz toyota enfrenta problemas con vehículos, la empresa deberá reparar un millón 700 mil vehículo por eso posibles escapes de combustible. los modelos incluidos en el nuevo retiro del mercado son el modelo. >> con esta información vamos a la pausa y rápidamente en seguida visitamos la casa dónde nacieron y crecieron jenny y lupillo rivera. >>> y claman justicia por la muerte de un hispano fue cono fu confundo ido por un oso. >>> y este artista logra q

north wind will keep temperatures in the mid and upper 60s. 67 calistoga. 64 in hercules as well as newark but in between we've got mid-60s returning for oakland today and over the hills, a little bit of east wind will keep the temperatures in check here in the mid-60s for dublin and walnut creek. numbers will be more on the mild side topping out around 70s, gilroy and salinas. seven-day forecast, some of that tule fog tonight, north and east bay valleys and wake up to that in the morning, probably tuesday, too. middle of the week, maybe a high cloud here a and there. that is about it. a lot of nice weather to enjoy considering much of the nation is in a deep freeze. >> thank you. >> blustery weather, at noon green bay packers face the bears. later the new york jets mountain the steelers for the a.f.c. title. both of those games are going to be played in frigid temperatures. the winners will be meet in superbowl 45. the warriors last night were in los angeles against the clippers. here is shu with all the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning, warriors going for the first fi

his body placed in a trash receptacle in newark. it was discovered last friday morning in a will tingeton landfill. investigators believe he was killed somewhere in newark, but a police spokesman says they still don't know exactly where. >> we have not located a crime scene at this time. >> reporter: they have yet to reveal how he was killed, saying only that lab tests have not been completed. those tests could reveal whether a medical problem, or some other cause, was behind john wheeler's erratic behavior in his final hours. for "today," pete williams, nbc news, washington. >> on friday, police released a new statement from wheeler's family thanking the public for their condolences and asking for privacy. and we'll be back. but first, this is "today" on nbc. the next, you start one feeling bit off.fine. the moment you feel run down or achy, nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. >>> now to a growing problem in the south. bands of wild pi

afternoon sun and mixture of clouds in hayward and newark. look for the 50s because of the tule fog, you are still going to stay rather cold in the mid 40s for the delta. 49 in pleasanton. mid-50s in hollister. >> still 40s for the highs which is kind of hard to take but it could be worse. sunnier and mild in the days ahead. looks like a return to the rain by mid-week. >>> big news for 4 49er fans, jim harbaugh is named as the new coach he spoke about his big move. >> as an n.f.l. player, harbaugh's nickname was captain comeback. he will be tasked with bringing a once proud organization to the dominance it once enjoyed. >> without excuse or hesitation, losing is not an option. >> with those words, the harbaugh era begins. >> in the world's greatest sport played by the men who are the greatest, strongest, fast test athletes in the world. that competitive challenge, that is a perfect opportunity to compete at that level is something that i willingly accept. >> you mentioned the competition the money, the location, was it all just the perfect fi

but the other hook is, they're saying that he possibly came from newark, delaware, in a dumpster there, which is in another part of the state. so, how did he get from wilmington to newark, when he's only about ten minutes from that dump where he's -- when he's last seen on video in downtown wilmington? >> what does your gut tell you? >> my gut tells me it's probably fragments. that something happened to him. that he did have some sort of catastrophic physical breakdown. and he falls into the wrong hands at that point. the rest of it doesn't work for me because of -- >> what you just said. >> exactly. >> well, hopefully, he and his family -- his family will be getting answers quite soon about this. brad, thanks for your insight, as always. >>> let's get the latest on other stories developing right now. and go over to juju chang at the newsdesk. good morning, juju. >> good morning, everyone. this morning, an american woman has been detained in iran, accused of spying. according to media outlets there, an iranian news site posted this picture, claiming it shows 55-year-old haley talayan,

newark warmer at 56. just like yesterday the fog and the length it takes for it to finally retreat back to the central valley will keep the corridor in the low 50s. around the monterey bay and inland, upper 50s to low 60s. tonight temperatures in the 30s just about everywhere. san francisco 42. napa 29. thick fog in the central valley. we'll spill into the east bay. black ice possible there and up into the north bay for tomorrow he's morning commute. as far as what's happening there, those two areas of high pressure we've been watching are now dominating our weather. look at the storm track. well to the north and that's where it's going to stay all seven days of your forecast. depending on the fog inland, low to mid-50s there and along the coast and mid to upper 50s around the bay. have a great day. look at the temperature in castro valley, frances, about 39. all that water probably not freezing. >> these good news, mike, because apparently there's quite a bit of water from a water main break in castro va

researchers from newark university to the university of virginia surveyed 2300 undergrads on 23 campuses showed that 30% of them showed no improvement in critical thinking, complex reasoning. partying only half the problem. they did not take courses in heavy reading or extensive writing. >>> well, what do you say we hear more from raiders owner al davis? >> there's the soap opera. lauren scott joins us. boy, that's entertaining tv, watching him. >> it was a very intriguing day. he had a variety of things to say. so many things. we'll bring you all kinds of topics. new stadium, he really throws tom capable under the bus. that and so much more coming up in sports. >>> and i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. clear conditions in the south bay right now but find out who will have fog for your morning coute in minutes. in >>> a southern california beach town is voting tonight whether to post photos of repeat dui offenders on the web site. they hope people who see these photos on facebook will think twice about drinking ask driving. >> obviously not everyone thinks it's a good idea. here's wh

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grant he gave to newark. the campaign i was running in 2009, that president obama and i agree on this issue. agree much more than he did with my predecessor on education reform. this is the transformational issue that can also bring both parties together, if we rise above the interests, the special interests that want to protect the failed status quo. >> tip o'neill said all politics is local. you came under criticism after the post-christmas blizzard, including from former new york mayor rudy giuliani. >> my advice? they elected you governor. you got in an emergency. you have to be there. you have to be there if you're a governor, a mayor or even a president, if it's important enough. >> he said you shouldn't have been at disney world. >> i know you find it shocking that two, strong italian guys will disagree on something. we agrow on so many more issues that mayor giuliani and i, two former u.s. attorneys will disagree on things at times. this is one we do. >> rush limbaugh has something of a man-crush on y

at the years ago, as the united states attorney, i visited the robert trent academy in newark. like those in many charter schools, a slots in this charter school -- because it has been so successful, and because we do not have enough charter schools -- are limited. so the slots are allocated by lottery. near the end of my visit, i asked a mother of one of the students how she felt on the night her son was in the lottery. the way she framed the issue was so simple and in so many ways tragic. she told me, whether her son was chosen for the lottery meant the difference between him going to college or going to jail. that is what she believed. over 100,000 students just like that one are trapped in nearly 200 failing public schools in the state. this is an awful situation, it is obscene, it is unacceptable in new jersey, and we must change it now. phfft we made some progress this year with the interdistrict choice bill, with the expansion of charter schools, and with mark zucker per's landmark $100 million gift to newark. i want to thank mark zuckerberg, and i look forward to contin

near east bay, nice day for you again in oakland at 68. 67 in newark with pittsburgh coming in at 67. and look at salinas, 74 degrees. the accu-weather seven forecast, some of the warmest numbers today, a bit cooler tomorrow. those north winds will back off and temperatures will be still very pleasant, above normal into next week with really no rain -- >> i can't believe this weather. it's fantastic. thanks so much, lisa, but it's brrrr! cold on the east coast. what's coming up on "g.m.a." >> hi, jenelle. it is freezing. 14 degrees in new york city right now just to give you an idea. we're going to talk more about the weather and this arctic chill between the coldest weathertivity season between the midwest and northeast. how long will the deep freeze last. plus gabrielle giffords leaves tucson for rehab in houston and doctors were very optimistic. what benchmarks doctors will be monitoring going forward. we'll tell you about the controversial new show your teens are watching with scenes so explicit that critics are concerned. and then a new start-up company garners significant suppor

the east coast a little light snow causing flight arrival delays into philadelphia and newark. temperatures mid to upper 30s. anytime you travel use our flight tracker abc7news.com. here's kristen. >> 4:48. stanford may lose its head coach or head football coach to the nfl but the cardinals will keep its star quarterback. andrew lux will pass on the millions he could make next season and stay down on the farm to earn his degree. why for now lux is passing on the wheel of fortune. >> he led the stanford cardinal to a 12-1 season, including an impressive victory over virginia tech in the orange bowl. the payoff could have been a multimillion dollar nfl contract but luck is staying put. teammate carroll stevens is not surprised. >> i don't think it's about money. it can't be. a degree from stanford is priceless. i think he sees it that way. >> luck pretty much confirmed that in a statement that says i'll eastern my degree in architectural design in stanford university and on track to accomplish this in the spring quarter of 2012. there's no question the quarterback's decision also