because the ship left thaddeus harbour but the new england missionaries found for hawaii in 1819. that and it's saturday only took in four days a week. waikiki is a spot for a tourist to sit beneath and ponder a historical implications of the lukewarm takeout because none of us belong here, not me, not the macaroni, not the chicken soak in this way sauce and not even the tree. like a lot of people, spaniards are imports from somewhere else. in this case, india. the branches true that all that slid down and aboard slowly into the ground and take root into new connected trunks so as to support more leading to more and more trunks until each tree becomes its own busy little forest. there is a courthouse square in the town those planted in 1873 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the new england missionaries on the island. it was 8 feet tall when the missionaries planted it and now it stands over 60 feet high with 12 trunks spanning more than 200 square feet. one time i was in a courthouse chatting with a woman that worked there. she told me that the town gardener pu

of new england. if you're throughout, walking, take it easy, have the snow boots on hats, gloves, this is the time of year that we do get sick because of the whether. >> and check on the elderly as well. >> meteorologist: yes. >> in ukraine, two are under investigation for brutality. tens of thousands of demonstrators continue to rally for and against the current government. violent demonstrations occurred weeks ago when the president decided not to sign a trade deal with the european union. many people carried machetes as they waited in long lines. aid organizers were out numbered, and french patrols said that security risks were too high. secretary at this hour--sectarian violence has crippled the country for weeks. >>> the state run television in north korea showed kim jong-un visiting. his uncle was executed after a military tribunal. >>> coming up a hit too controversial for mainstream america. the europe? >> reporter: it does look, >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here

it's finally dry across new england. that storm is off the coast of the mid-atlantic. look at this snow developing on the eastern side of the great lakes. now we go from very warm weather to cold weather. an arctic blast shaping up and here is the cold arctic air from minnesota to chicago down down to the east. we'll look at what it looks like christmas eve and christmas day with the national forecast. >> thank you so much. today marks the key deadline for the affordable care act. it's the last day for americans to have coverage on january 1st. there is one group that the white house is desperate to sign up, the young and the healthy. >> reporter: it's right before christmas and troy and tory has shopping to do. but the last thing they plan to buy after work is insurance. the administration wants people like them to enroll. they're not convinced. >> the only thing i know about obamacare is what i've seen on saturday night live. >> i did not because i think healthcare should be free. >> reporter: they would like to see 7 million people signed up by spring. the administr

light snow in new york and new england. most of the rest of the country, kind of nice and dry. >>> and finally this morning, the british royal family celebrating christmas while her majesty, the queen, reflected on a very important year for her and her loved ones. >> the bbc nicholas winchell has more of the queen's annual holiday message. >> reporter: morning service at sandringham church. everyone was there, with one exception. prince george was left in the nursery. more interesting, his parents told the crowd in the wrapping paper of the presents. and at 5 months old, who can blame him? in her christmas day broadcast, recorded at buckingham palace a few days ago, the queen spoke about pausing occasionally to take stock. >> we all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. >> reporter: and she looked back across 60 years. >> i myself had cause to reflect this year. at westminster abbey. on my own pledge of service, made in that great church on coronation day 60 years earlier. >> reporter: after reflectin

england, it comes close, without some external help and some good luck christian new england might have fallen. serving with king philip, two or three native people who were educated at harvard and that is also true two centuries later as we begin to take young black men, a black women and prepares them for these various roles. very often action will be those educations become radicalizing experiences, not necessarily the civilizing one is that the benefactors in head and. the capacity of people of color to use their education to pursue their own game and to pursue the liberating project of liberating their people, shouldn't be ignored or swept under the rug the. we have to pay attention to is that so i am careful not to make this argument that education always succeeded in the gold. to say that education, we could use it strategically is one thing. doesn't mean they succeeded. among native americans, african-americans you find loads of examples of people who took those educations and turned them into radical in mandatory purposes within their own community. >> host: what in your resear

only for northern new england right now. the bad news, though, cold air could come into the area. all of this could soon be ice. could be dangerous out there. bianna? >> rob, stay warm. thank you. >>> so, what else can we expect from this massive winter storm and what about those reported tornadoes hitting florida? well, wabc's chief meteorologist lee goldberg is tracking those all. >> very dynamic system. you name it, this storm had it. just remarkable. from snow, rain and ice. where is the storm now? it's actually approaching cape cod, it's already clearing the new york area, slushing mess in new york, a deep blanket of powder in albany, half a foot of snow in boston, now about a foot to fall across northern new england. astoria, illinois, double-digit snowfall. boston come in at officially with 6 inches of snowfall. the snow again moves into northern new england. cold winds on the backside. icing tonight. the lake-snow machines get going again. the southern part of this system, there was a squall line that went through no

the worst ice of storms new england has seen in 15 years. near detroit, the hum of generators fills neighborhoods left without power. the harrison's were intending to for weristmas dinner five people. metropolitan airport, the ice caused a delta plane to fly off the attack to slide off the runway yesterday. out west, winter weather is bringing other dangers. at least eight avalanches in utah since this weekend. the storm caused at least 11 deaths and its effects will be felt much less today. wendy gillette, abc news, new york. is the new deadline to sign up for health insurance through healthcare.gov and get the insurance on january 1, thanks to an extension. was monday. the obama administration granted the extension because it anticipated the last-minute lot -- rush. aboutre also concerned the website. >> at least 14 people are dead and dozens are hurt after an explosion at police headquarters in egypt. it happened north of cairo just after 1:00 this morning. muslim brotherhood was accused of organizing the attack and they're being called a

a little heavier up towards boston and new england. so the winter storm warnings remain in effect, and the temperatures are still just barely above freezing. very cold temperatures, very slippery roadways, especially untreated surfaces here across new england. winter weather advisory and even winter storm warnings remain in effect because the snow continues to come down. the heat -- well, you could call it that -- returns, barely. this is in new york, so that snow clears out today then the temperatures climb just a few degrees there. closer to 50 by this weekend. of that cold air returns with more snow, but at least two or three days temperatures in the 50s, dell. >>> kiss is now in the rock and role hall of fame. this year's class also welcoming the '90s grunge band nirvana. >>> on wall street investors seem a little cautious ahead of tomorrow's big fed decision. the dow is down 29.points. stocks have been lower following most of the session. this will be the last meeting for the fed. ben bernanke will be replaced by janet yellen, set

a month ago he won the new england award from the new england independent book sellers association, perhaps his passion for his subject can be demonstrated from the just 21st post from mystic seaporting when the attended the launching of america as only surviving whale ship. he says the picture he posted on -- along with his blog was, quote, taken at the moment of impact as a christening bottle containing water from all of the seas upon which the more more began ever sailed was bashed against the bow. next i'd like to introduce brenda wineapple,en essayist, of ecstatic nation, a "new york times" reviewer noted that brenda takes the reader on a different road. the growing gulf between north and south, familiar scenery like the lincoln-douglass debates and suddenly the civil war. but instead of that usual ride for reviewer david reynolds, brenda wineapple takes us on a different ride, take the monaco grand prix, zigzagging and hairpin turns, followed by straightaways where you reach 200. it's history in real-time, full of plans that backfired, schemes spoiled by chance. outliars who change ev

. >>> utility companies are on alert as a new storm threatens new england with heavy wet snow. >>> and a second rescue ship attempting to reach a russian vessel stranded in antarctica is turned back by severe weather. captioning funded by cbs captionided cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, december 30th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, a second deadly terror attack in less than 24 hours is raising new safety concerns in russia just 39 days before it hosts the olympics. a bomb ripped through a bus in volgograd this morning, killing at least 14 people and injuring others. on sunday a suicide bomber killed at least 17 at a train station. volgograd is about 400 miles from sochi where the winter games are being held in february. susan mcginnis has the latest. in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. the death toll for both of these bombings could still rise from here. there is said to be widespread panic in volgograd and large worries about the upcoming olympic games with a rebel cheh chen leader calling specificall

a little more snow expected here across new england. by tomorrow morning, you'll see a coating of snow on the ground from boston up through maine, maybe just a little light snow still coming up across i-95. temperatures are above freezing, climbs into the mid- and upper 30s now. still some winter weather advisories, but a winter storm warning around boston. temperatures will climb, but it doesn't last, cold air returns by the weekend, but at least the snow clears out and get a chance to melt what is on the ground. >>> kiss is now in the rock and roll hall of fame. 40 years after the band burst on the scene, also welcoming in nirvana and others. thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. "inside story" is next. and you can always check us out 24 hours a day on aljazeera.com. . >> the senate is back in session with the budget still not settled. that's tonight's "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez. the u.s. house is already home for the holidays, now all eyes are on senate to see this they can pass the bud

some went to new england and studied privately. some studied privately in the atlantic and became ministers, teachers, and doctors. but in fact, actually, one of the things i got more interested in, i started that project was why they were excluded from the colleges and universities. that these, colleges, in fact had a long history write black people. on campus. and enslaved people but not as students. but they had a long history with native americans. and that's a very -- at black students were excluded. native american students were on campus for 200 years. >> host: doing what? as students? >> guest: students for almost 200 years. >> host: how were they able to be on campuses. you write about that. >> guest: that's the beginning of the book. if you think about it, you know, the first attempt to build a college for native american students is about 210 years before the first attempt build a black college. the first native american graduate from a college is 200 years. the first may -- native minister 150. it sounds like native ame

abc's linzie janis reports. >> reporter: new england bracing for up to a foot of snow. thousands of homes in maine still without electricity a week after an ice storm took down trees and crippled power lines. the goal now, get the ice off before more ice and snow come. >> we will be trimming the lines a little bit to make sure that whatever has built a lot of ice weight on it might not come down. >> reporter: power crews are working around the clock. many may not get electricity back until after new years. meanwhile, an arctic blast sweeping through america's heartland. officials in north dakota banned travel in the northeast part of the state. across the plains and midwest it is dangerously cold. the kind that causes frostbite with windchills up to 50 below zero. linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> it's cold. thanks. here's a look at your weather. heavy snow is falling in northern new england. dry but subzero temperatures in the upper plains. snow is moving in to the northern rockies and rain in to southern texas. >> 30s in the northeast and southern new england area.

they both play new england. but baltimore has to go to detroit and to cincinnati where -- oh, i lost my train of thought now. where miami has games against buffalo and the jets. and so miami is really sitting there in pretty good position, but they've got a huge game coming up with new england this week. >> bob: you know, coach, don't worry about it. this whole situation is so jumbled, it's remarkable you can keep your train of thought 99% of the time. let's turn to mike florio, "pro football talk." what will you have your eye on for tomorrow? >> all eyes on washington where coach shanahan already considered to be on the hot seat. espn reported shanahan nearly quit in january, packed up his office and after sunday's bl blowout loss to the chiefs, he in a roundabout way confirmed the report. in a time when it looks shanahan won't be back next year, some are wondering whether he'll be back next week. there also were significant injuries on sunday. among them, vikings' running back adrian peterson. rob gronkowski i

the area in purple, 18 inches across upstate new york and parts of new england. new york city, philadelphia, two to four inches toward the midwest, chicago, five or six inches. some areas of indiana seeing up to eight inches of snow. it will be a mess this weekend as people get out and finish their holiday shopping and getting ready for the holidays. >> a dicey couple of days to travel for folks east of the mississippi. janice, thanks, as always. >>> now to revelations that rippled through the u.s. intelligence community and left one american family feeling they were abandoned by their government. this an unusual unmasking of a top secret mission it was reported that robert levinson who vanished in iran seven years ago had been working on a covert cia mission, one that wasn't even sanctioned by the cia. andrea mitchell in our washington bureau tonight with more on this. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. the mysterious disappearance of robert levinson has turned into a scandal and a government cover-up the family believes jeopardized efforts to bring him ho

likely on to northern new england. john and diana, back to you. >> thank you, jim. >>> here's a look at the rest of the day's weather. snow showers in kansas and around the great lakes. rain and snow in the pacific northwest. dry, warm and pleasant for the southeast. >> temperatures in the northeast will range from the 30s in new england to 60s in the mid-atlantic region. highs in the 40s and 50s from alabama westward. 60s in southern california and parts of arizona. >>> an amazing story from seattle here. 16-year-old has her eyeglasses to thank for being alive. alanza bryant wound up with a bullet lodged in the bridge of her nose after her house was the target of a drive-by shooting. the bullet broke the frame of her glasses this slowed the bullet enough to not penetrate her head enough to be fatal. far enough anyway. >> i could have been dead, and the glasses saved me. i just wish this never happened. >> six other people were in the house at the time of the shooting including three children. no one else was hit. it i

if you're in central new england, it will be worse. if you stair really, really hard, you can see the flake right there even in times square. it will come down. how much snow? the brighter white strip outside of new york city, north jersey, catskills, central connecticut and massachusetts, birkshires, that's where we could see three, four, five inches. i-95, we're going to call it maybe only one or two inches. it should be fluffy enough to blow around a little bit. d.c., you're not getting anything out of this. philadelphia, you've seen a trace. new york city central park, with town two inches. most of that is coming in the next two and three hours. that will be about it. hartford, connecticut, two to four. boston, three to five. portland, four to six. by new england standards, we could easily deal with this. it's just the morning commute we're concerned with. it's very cold, too. minus one in albany, new york. 11 in boston. a very powdery type snow that will blow off the roads. by the way, the rest of the country is having an incredib

. >> it could take until the weekend to get power restored from michigan to northern new england with 500,000 spending christmas in the dark while crews tried to get the lights back on. our reporter has this story. >> from michigan to northern new england, thousands of storm survivors are waiting for power to be restored and the christmas lights to come on. tom has not had electricity since monday and he had to pack up and leave home in maine. >> it has been challenging. >> this is the worst time of year to have something like this happen but it happened and it is not a lot you can do to keep mother nature from doing this sort of thing. >> the deadlyic storm hit the great lakes region putting hundreds of thousands of people in the dark in toronto in the height of holiday season before hitting new england. shelters in michigan have been busy providing food, warmth and comfort for those looking heat. >> struggling utility crews sent to the hardest hit area with many repair workers a long way from home and spent christmas away from families. >> lack of slope. elements are tough. >> the r

folks across new england could see up to a foot of snow. the florida state quarterback and heisman trophy favorite accused of rape has the road cleared to helm the team in the championship against auburn of a the florida governor's office dropped any further pursuit of the sexual assault case against him. despite pleas from the accuser's attorney. a new independent investigation, the governor is denying the request. the heisman trophy ceremony tonight. >>> south africans planning to say their final good-byes to nelson mandela. the body of the country's former leader arriving in his home province ahead of a state funeral and burial tomorrow. we have the latest from johannesburg. >> reporter: greg, nelson mandela is coming home for the last time. the body of the man many here consider to be the father of modern-day south africa was flown to the eastern part of this country. that's where he was born, where he will be buried on sunday. there had been a flap earlier today. anti-apartheid veteran, tutu, a friend of mandela, thought he wasn't invi

england, pennsylvania, upstate new york. so lake effect snow has been going on the last 24 hours and then we're going to add another storm on top of that. here we've got some cities that are a little behind for the snow that they normally get but researchers will be out watching the snow fall on top of some places already two feet of snow in place. >> a state funeral for nelson mandela will be held on sunday but two years ago, mandela agreed to pose for photos to raise money for south africa's hospital. a photographer remembers the day. >> he was the drive for us. for the 21 orphans project. for me had been i guess an inspiration for me since my teens. since i sat there in australia and watched him released, with my parents. coming to south africa six years ago and understanding what he's done, we shot a project for 21 eye continues project and again it was an absolutely unforgettable experience. for nelson mandela it's just another day in the life of nelson mandela. he is meeting people that are so inspired by him and so ta

, up into new england. a light snow through the day. a coating of an inch or two at most. into the overnight, that's when things get interesting. this low will strengthen, move up the coast and bring a band of heavier snow to portions of maine. especially along the coast. cities like bangor, portland, augusta. three to six inches through the night. behind this system, fresh arctic air. that's diving into the northern tier of the country. that will move towards the east as we head towards new year's eve. john and reena, back to you. >>> well, hot and dry conditions on the west coast are being blamed for sparking a wildfire burning north of los angeles. new video this morning shows crews trying to contain what's being called the lilac fire. crews say there's plenty of fuel for the fire, which is likely being made worse by the santa ana winds. temperatures have been at or near record highs for the past few days. >>> this morning, online shoppers slamming u.p.s. and fedex on special media, of they failed to del

new england wins 34-17. >>> peyton manning, what about manning? >> all-time record. >> he passed tom brady's single season touchdown mark with his 25-yard touchdown strike in the fourth quarter against the texans. his 51st touchdown of the season. the broncos beat houston to improve to 12-3. mike, they look great, don't they? >> broncos, i think -- broncos and seahawks in the nfc championship. one is coming to new york. >> all four teams still have a shot. dolphins, reigns aavens and cha all have to win. steelers can get in if all three of those teams lose on sunday. broncos and seahawks -- >> you did good with sports. >> you like that? >> this guy likes sports. >>> coming up on "morning joe" we're going to huddle around -- it's a good shirt. it's funny. we're going to huddle around water cooler to see one of the many guest who is joined justin timberlake on snl. "morning joe" is moments away. can we stay here? >> it's comfortable. honestly, my kids are hard to impress... so i got the windows nokia tablet. it's, well, impressive. it's got the brig

snow bottled up over new england. all the way to chicago the windyity looking at gusty winds this afternoon and also very chilly tall way back into new york city. temperatures are around the 20° mark. minneapolis that cold air reaching on in to you as well. it's going ocontinue to feel that way as we track into the next couple of days. we have a bit of footage into chicago where the snow fell along i-80, causing multiple accidents, we'll have to deal with that as we track into new england 10 to 18 inches of snow across portions of new england tonight and then conditions clear out just a bit. we pay see a little bit of lake effect snow, up into new york state freeway, 90, we're looking at snow around lake erie and pennsylvania, lingering showers across the southeast, areas right around jacksonville, and southwest 73° in los angeles and they're under red flag warnings to 6:00 p.m, gusty winds in excess of 45 to 50 with santa ana winds, and high pressure returns to the area across the southeast as well, sunshine and qu

ice storm warnings in parts of northern new england, even as record warmth is forecast elsewhere for sunday. as high as 80 in south carolina and 70 as far north as new york. >> what really worries me tornado-wise about this situation is, one, people don't usually expect tornadoes in december. two, they are going to be, in some cases, farther north than people expect them. >> reporter: it all adds up to potential travel misery from coast to coast. >> temperatures will be falling. >> possibly a couple of thunderstorms as the front makes its way through the area. >> the bridges, overpasses, power lines, going to hang a lot of ice up there. >> reporter: already today flights leaving denver had to wait for de-icing before taking off a. this morning 15 inches of fresh snow outside the national weather service office in flagstaff, arizona. in chicago, just getting to o'hare was a challenge. >> it did take a while to get here because of the rain. >> reporter: in wisconsin a green bay packers tradition. about 600 fans shoveling out lambeau field for ten bucks an hour. here at o'hare, they are

a man from virginia, arriving in new england. a couple weeks after the battle of bunker hill -- and this is a new england army. these are people whose idea of diversity is, okay, i'm from massachusetts but i'm willing to serve in an army with someone from new hampshire. and then to have this plantation owner arrive, and he realizes, this is an army that, because they have grown up with the new england town meeting -- which is a wonderful form of government in which basically people argue until finally they come to a decision. the soldiers in this army, when given an order, would say, fine, that's -- we understand that's what you want us to do, but we'll discuss this before we agree to do that. and this drove washington crazy because he had arrived with the miss placed hope he was going to whip these people into a professional army, and it was -- god bless him, he stuck with it. it was not pretty, but with washington you see the beginning, where this very in-grown group of new englanders begin to think of themselves not just from

we're going to see more freezing rain across portions of new england. that rain stretches further south ward, along the eastern seaboard, all the way down into the gulf of mexico. john and diana, back to you. >> jim, thank you. >>> the other major story this morning. there are reports that credit cards with the stolen numbers of target customers are now showing up on the black market. the retailers' across-the-board deals this weekend not enough. >> and now limits on how much some customers are spend at target. abc's aditi roy has the story. >> reporter: it's the busiest shopping weekend of the year. and more fallout of the security breach in target stores nationwide. now the largest bank in the u.s., jpmorgan chase says it's putting limits on those who shopped at target between november 27th and december 15th. that's when store officials say as many as 40 million accounts were compromised. nearly 2 million chase debit card holders who shopped there during that time are being told they can only wrist draw $100 on their debit cards on any one day and lim

basically it's only a problem only for northern new england. the bad news, though, all this slush and snow you see out here, cold air about to move in which means all of this could once again be soon ice. bianna? >> folks seem to be taking it in stride at least for now. rob, stay warm. thank you. >>> so, what else can we expect from this massive winter storm and what about those reported tornadoes hitting florida? well, wabc's chief meteorologist lee goldberg is tracking it all and, lee, those tornadoes were actually part of the same system? >> same system. very dynamic system. you name it, this storm had it. just remarkable. from snow to rain and ice and even the tornado. we'll get to that in a moment. where is the storm now? it's actually approaching cape cod. it's already clearing the new york area, slushy mess in new york, a deep blanket of powder in albany, half a foot of snow in boston, but now it's about a foot to fall across northern new england. some amounts, astoria, illinois, double-digit snowfall. chicago, 4 inches, new york, 5 inch

all up into new england. 21 states are under some sort of winter warning or watch today. the weather channel is in cleveland this morning with scott. >> we are along i-271 east in cleveland. it is snowing steadily the last few hours as this storm system swings through here and heads on its journey toward the northeast. >> reporter: more than a hundred million people may be battling snow and ice across a thousand-mile span this weekend. it started in the midwest. coming down hard in indianapolis. in chicago, people raced to the store for supplies as the first snow fell overnight. >> buying shovels, salt, oil for our snow blower. >> reporter: northeastern states were getting ready at about the same time. >> yes, we have snow blowers and ice melt. >> reporter: it is going to be another rough weekend in new york state where they have just finished digging out from storms earlier in the week. this is the fifth big storm of the season, while the official start to winter is week away. >> you can complain all you want but it won't do any good, that's for sure. >> reporter: the sn

england utilities including the new england company of new hampshire. >> we have a lot of kids who don't have any power, no christmas lights. >> reporter: this lineman volunteered to help, working through the holiday. adding urgency to thatsjiÑ big temperatures were expected to drop into the single digits across maine. >> a lot of people don't have heat. pipes are going to start freezing. so the sooner we can get up there and sooner we can help, the better for everybody. >> to west, in vermont, where several thousand people still have no electricity for most of christmas eve, firefighters in some towns were going door to door to check on residents. you have power here? >> they were letting people know about shelters and urging safe use of generators. after a vermont man's death on monday blamed on carbon monoxide poisoning from using a generator indoors. neighbors were also helping neighbor, lending food and equipment. >> saying if we need anything, we can get water and supplies. >> reporter: as for the dozens of crews, the companies northeast utilities say they're glad to lend hands to

upstate new york and new england. boston will be getting snow then. your snow will continue until about 6:00 a.m. then the storm lifts to the north. but still some more snow for parts of maine. could see up to a foot and a half of snow there before the storm comes to an end on sunday. and look at this. by the time this storm ends, this is how much snow will be on the ground, stretching from chicago across the great lakes all the way to boston and to southern new england, that will see more than a foot of snow. we also have winter storm warnings and advisories that remain in effect for this entire region through tomorrow. lester? >> janice huff here in new york tonight. thank you. >>> and this is not the only weather we're watching. overseas, parts of the middle east are digging out tonight from a snowstorm of historic dimensions. more than a foot of snow paralyzed jerusalem and surrounding areas, cutting off power to tens of thousands of people. it was described as the heaviest snow in jerusalem in 50 years. there was

it's mainly a rain event, too warm to see snow, however in upstate new york, new england, you'll see snow today. new york, you're going to start to see the rain in the hour. in fulfill, as well as d.c. call ahead, check the airports if you're traveling. a lot of people are trying to get home from the holidays. there's your forecast satellite radar imagery. the bulk of the rainfall across long island and in towards new england. and then monday, it's out of here, but we have to watch the next clipper system move in. relatively quiet after this, but we could get two inches of rainfall and several inches of snow where it's cold enough, and a wintry mix and some areas dealing with power outages from the last ice storm. you mentioned the incredible cold across the northern plains and midwest. we'll in some cases feel 50 below zero. quite a winter for parts of the northern plains and the upper midwest. a quiet new year, we think. however, it's going to be cold, so bill and elizabeth need to bundle up. >> i hope it's not 50 below in times square. >> it won't, but for bill, it will be cold. >

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interstate, but in new england the massachusetts d.o.t. says they're ready. >> we have almost 4,000 pieces of equipment. we have both salt spreaders and plows and heavy, really heavy pieces of equipment, as well as some specialized snow blowing equipment. >> reporter: and yet despite the blizzard-like conditions, not everything came to a halt. the annual army game went on as planned. the navy midshipmen beat army for the 12th straight year in a row, 34-7. and aaron flanagan got her wish of a white wedding. the pennsylvania bride and her groom said their i do's in the middle of the snowstorm. >> i just wanted a white wedding and i wanted it to snow. i think snow is beautiful. it's because i'm from massachusetts, so it works for me, and i got it. >> you hit the jackpot. >> yes, i did. >> reporter: alexandria field, massachusetts. >> a different story here in sunny california. we're going to continue to see nice weather the next few days with sunshine, warm

ten states from new england all the way to texas. and doctors say this particular strain of the flu has an uncommon target. here is ron claiborne. >> reporter: the winter flu season has sudden by kicked into high gear and one of the hardest hit states in the country, texas, where the flu is being blamed before the death of a 18-year-old. >> it was a teenager. he had h1n1 and succumbed. >> reporter: health officials say this season, the most prevalent strain, h1n1 is hitting the younger more than older people. they believe the elderly people was around in the 1940s and the 1950s. >> the next several weeks. >> reporter: more people will get it? >> more people will get and it more people will get ill. >> i am 18 years old and a college freshman. >> reporter: she had all the symptoms of a flu. >> a fever to 104 degrees. terrible back aches and a headache that was so bad, it felt like someone was inside of me trying to get out. >> reporter: the flu outbreak in texas has led to demand for the flu vaccine. >> take that more seriously is and

the commute could be very difficult around new york city up through southern new england right during the day. riding home from boston will not be fun. this is not a huge snowstorm. we could get two to four inches from your house to new york city and new england. >> a white christmas, perhaps. >> no, it will rain and got up to 50 by the weekend. >> bill, good morning. >> coming up, republican leaders do seem to like the strategy behind the compromise. how the bipartisan agreement could impact the midterm elections. when we come back here, we huddle around the cooler. iran reportedly says another monkey into space. how long the little guy was up there and what iran is hoping to accomplish with it there. hard news brought to you by lewis when we come back. [ female announcer ] we give you relief from your cold symptoms. you give them the giggles. tylenol cold® helps relieve your worst cold and flu symptoms. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol cold®. mom? come in here. come in where? welcome to my mom cave. wow. sit down. you need some campbell's chunky soup

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the rain will fall heavy at times in southern new england. snow falls heavily in northern new england tomorrow evening and night before the whole storm pulls way from the northeast on monday. so how much rain are we talking? a widespread 1 to 2 inches up and down the eastern seaboard. heaviest amounts through georgia down to alabama where two more inches could be possible. snowfall is a different story. it's definitely a coating to an-inch. minneapolis to chicago, a little more in the upper great lakes. it's 6 to 12 in parts of central and eastern canada, stretching back into northern new england where, of course they were hit very hard with the ice storm last weekend and there may be 12 or more inches that falls away from the coastline in maine where they're still dealing with several thousand outages. after that the story is the art tick air. it's going to return and dive in here as we head into new year's eve and new year's day. that means dangerous cold as we head into the ball drop. midnight temperatures teens in boston new york city dan

there is a mixed possible here across new england but as of now, it's just all rain. not really cold enough to see that snow coming down, but as the storm begins to push north in to some colder air we'll see significant know fall across new england, rain all the way up the east coast not seeing a break yet along i-95. washington, baltimore, philadelphia, new york, rain heavy at times throughout the day today. the temperatures remains in to the mid to low 40s the forther northug. it's just a rainy and colder day. the future weather computer shows this mix starting and then really intensifying as the storm really getting wider as the storm intensifies and brings in some colder air. very heavy snow across maine and new england by 11:00, 10:00 tonight, and then by tomorrow morning, it's gone. but now we have some bitter cold arctic air coming in so what snow faults down which could be close to a foot will stick armed for a while. as far as the snowfall amounts, here is heaviest snow, vermont, new hampshire and through maine will see that heavy snowfall overnight tonight a

parts of new england, maine and michigan may get another helping of snow today. utility officials say the freezing temps prevent the thick layer of ice along power lines from melting which could leave people in the dark another day. i know, olga, a lot of folks were saying -- helping to plan your day, wusa 9's first alert weather. >> but at least we haven't been dealing with those sorts of situations. >> exactly. we're thankful for that. it was nice and cold and brisk for christmas, so it felt like the season, but as long as we keep it dry, that really is a good thing for us. i can't guarantee you how long we're going to keep it dry. we are tracking some of that moisture passing on on our radar, but overall i think today is going to turn out to be a pretty good day. we are now looking at mainly sunny skies, and, in fact, we're going to see the opportunity for the temperatures to take a little bit of a bumpup as we get into that extended forecast. but, first, let's take a look outside with our michael and son camera. look at all that blue, not only the water, but

connecticut, new york and new england. and the cold blast through the middle of the country. they are all warming up to the middle of the 30s in the middle of the country. the wind chill temperatures are brutal. the cold air keeps coming down from coast to coast. >> experts like yourself warned us on friday so the country was ready for it. >>> a week-long good-bye to former president nelson mandela begins today. president obama and three of his predecessors will be among the tens of thousands in johannesburg. nbc's ron allen is live outside of the former leader's home in soweto. ron, good morning. what is the latest you are seeing? >> reporter: richard, the celebration continues of the life of nelson mandela. there is grieving and mourning but the mood in this country has been upbeat and celebratory since the passing of mandela. yesterday a day of reflection. today perhaps a day of preparation for the huge memorial service set to take place tomorrow, tuesday, at the huge soccer football stadium here that seats 80,000 people. there will be hundreds of thousands of people perha

don't expect a lot of sunshine from the great lakes to northern new england. the blue line shows the freezing line. south of it roads are fine. north of it watch out. snow overnight from minneapolis to green bay. freezing drizzle around the des moines area. the storm now over areas of new mexico will kick to the middle of the country. that bright yellow and red is as much as two to three to four inches of rain. we have the possibility of seeing snow. today's forecast record warmth. 60 in d.c. 53 in new york. 64 in atlanta. the cold side of the storm is towards minneapolis with a high of 19. a huge temperature swing as you travel across this nation. that's your national forecast. here's a look at the weather outside your window. >>> so we could see showers and thunderstorms developing ahead of this storm system. i don't think we will see much in the way of severe weather today in tennessee and wisconsin or in dallas but as we go towards tomorrow could be a different story in the southern plains. looks like severe weather mississippi, louisiana, arkansas. >>> ru

most of the foot snowfall reports across upstate new york and new england. we could see three to six inches. a little further south with the changeover happening like philadelphia and washington, d.c., we should be closer to one to three inches. boston, four to eight before a change over. albany, hartford, 8 to 12 inches. portland, maine, we could end up with 12 to 16. we are going to see the snow in new york city too. it changes over to freezing rain, which will make things very icy for early tomorrow >> well, to politics now. a growing number of senate republicans say they will not support the bipartisan budget bill passed in the house. it's not clear if they will have the numbers to blocks it. 332-94. 60 votes will be needed to allow the senate to bring the budget deal to the floor. let's go to the white. kristen welker, where it's not snowing there yet. good morning to you, my friend. how does this look like it's shaping up in the senate? >> alex, good morning to you. this piece of legislation faces an uncertain future. you just mapped out the incomes. i

and all of new england looking good. aside from a little bit of lake-effect snow in upstate new york and right around buffalo, we could see some of that snow accumulate again today. lake-effect has been a pain across portions of the northeast lately. wind gusts to 27 miles per hour, though, in boston. 48 in portland. so it is going to be a very windy day across the northeast and even though the snow has moved out, still going to deal with that wind across portions of the northeast. so, guys, we are going to be cold in the northeast, but luckily, most of the snow has already pushed out. >> all right. we'll get ready for all the snow. thanks, jennifer. >> all right. >>> what would you do with $550 million? >> i could think of a few things. >> i've got a few that's how much is up for grabs in tuesday night's mega millions drawing. the prize drew from $425 million, after officials say no winning ticket was sold there. >> that's right, the jackpot, now the second biggest many mega millions history. hey, but don't quit your jo

hundreds of thousands from the great lakes to new england lost power. snow and ice threatened to disrupt holiday travel in the eastern third of the u.s. >>> a member of the russian punk band pussy riot has been freed from prison. she is the latest political faux of president vladimir putin to be released. she calls it a p.r. stunt. she's not the only one questioning his motive. >> reporter: it was an emotional reunion mchale khordokovsky waited ten years for. hugging his parents the moment he arrived in germany. he was russia's richest man when he was thrown in jail for fraud and tax evasion, but supporters say the charges were trumped up by russian president vladimir putin because khordokovsky was seen as a political threat. at a press conference he was more subdued. he said i'm not going to engage in any political activity. i'm going to engage for public work. the struggle for power is not for me now. he'd still be in jail if not for putin's sudden about-face granting him freedom so he could see his sick mother. but many see the presidential pardon as