0 to stories making news in the week ahead. another potential legal hurdle for amanda knox. the seattle college student who spent four years in an italian jail for the killing of her roommate. her murder conviction was overturned last year. on monday italy's supreme court could rule on the prosecution's appeal of knox's acquittal. also monday, the mediterranean country of cypress face as deadline to avoid a banking collapse that could impact other world economies. right now the european union chief is trying to get a last-minute deal together. on tuesday and wednesday the u.s. supreme court will hold hearings on same-sex marriage challenges. proposition 8 and the defense of marriage act. people are already camping out mere the supreme court in washington to get in to the hearings. on thursday, we will find out which cars get a world car award. winner in power categories announced at the new york international auto show. shout-outs go to best all-around, best performance, green cars, and best design. that's going to do it for me. see you throughout the week p much more straight ahead with don lemon. no golf for you. i want to you take a look at this. this is a pga course in orlando where tiger woods was leading before mother nature put the smackdown on it. the weather is severe in many parts of the country today. ridiculous storms here. blizzard there. live from snowy dayton, ohio in just a moment. speaking of tiger, if he wins tomorrow, he will be the new number one golfer in the world. he hasn't held that spot in more than two years going back to when his game and his personal life fell apart in scandal. he has since gotten divorced, spent time in therapy, rebuilt his golf swing. the bodies of would sky divers ed found in florida have been identified. the instructor and student were part of a group from iceland. the two men never returned after their third jump yesterday. officers found their bodies in a wooded area. the sky dive company manager says that the chutes have automatic deployment devices. john kerry had strong words for iraq's prime minister. do something to stop the flight of iranian weapons to syria. his visit to baghdad comes amid growing concern over iraq's role in the syrian conflict. iraqi officials deny allowing the transfer of weapons through iraqi air space to president al assad's regime. if you haven't heard the news yet, the winning powerball ticket for $338 million was sold in new jersey. sadly not here in atlanta. the winning numbers are 17, 29, 31, 52, 53. p powerball number is 31. the largest powerball jackpot in history was back in november. it was worth close to $588 million. it is officially spring. may favorite season. birds, flowers, and great outdoors finally shakes off its winter coat. let me show you some glorious pring d spring days around the country just today. isn't that beautiful? kansas city, missouri. didn't get the memo that spring officially arrived four days ago. three to nine inches of snow. knocked out power to 5,000 homes today. atlanta, powerful thunderstorms. all night long. pushed over huge trees on to houses and cars. fell much colder than normal. water is rising all over the atlanta area. flood warnings in some places. and this is colorado. all around denver today. single digit temperatures and snow that shut down parts of both main interstates in colorado. will somebody please spread the word that it is almost april? punxsutawney phil, what happened to that prediction, sir? let's go live now to dayton, ohio. bundled up with her big gloves and cnn gloves on. susan, it is freezing in dayton. >> reporter: they are ready for it here but it has not happened yet. we had a few flurries earlier in the day. but that is what the forecast has been. we have only been expecting maybe one to three inches during the daytime hours. and we didn't even get that. you can still see the grass. because it is just over freezing, a little bit of snow we had earlier in the day, just didn't stick. traffic is flowing. we see the highway, interstate, i-75. you got the cars and trucks going. no problem yet. but we are seeing a lot of plows going back and forth so that they know that snow is coming. radar shows it and it is a few hours away but it is going to come late tonight. this is the university of dayton arena and it was packed with cars and peeled out of here. less than an hour ago. after the second of two big gains. we talked to the people as they were leaving and they know that snow is coming. listen. >> i want to take our time and go slow and go on espn and listen to the other games going on. >> hopefully it stays like this. by the time we get to columbus we skroen to drive in it. if you are driving drive safely and hope no one gets stuck in it. >> reporter: fortunately, that pan is not driving. at least not with that contraption on his head. in any case, seriously, they are expecting overnight hours anywhere from 5 to 8 inches of snow p possibly a little bit more than that in the northern sections of ohio. just north of dayton, columbus, that kind of thing. for now, especially for the fans, that live in the columbus area, here in dayton, indiana, they are trying to hightail it out of town in advance of that snowstorm. don? >> that's what i was going to ask you. lots of people are in dayton for the ncaa basketball tournament. you heard the guy say i'm going to go watch it on espn. anybody worried about the drive home? getting out before this is going to sit will and watch the became and not worry about it? >> reporter: they are okay. the games are over with for the night here. they wrapped up about an hour ago. they are okay. that's why everyone is back home now or heading home in advance of the storm. some of those people going back to indianapolis where they already have the snow coming down. but as for the rest of us, we just wrapped up the temple university game, philadelphia, so -- those folks, more than likely may be spending the night. may have some delays getting out tomorrow. if that snow develops. as they expect it will overnight. >> done deal will. other games going on. thanks, susan. appreciate it. bundle up and stay warm. check in with our meteorologist. he has a bigger picture for us where springtime snow is piling up tonight. tom? >> good evening, don. many are wondering, are we really in the third week of march? or is this the 52nd day of february? snow is month stranger in march. of course, parts of colorado, you a roar a 14.2. just under a foot in denver. here we go again. parts of kansas, nebraska, getting another dose of snow. missouri, kansas city, st. louis. let's take a look at our area of low pressure, rain from lexington, kentucky to nashville, paducah. all the way down south where we had rail report and wind damage, mississippi, alabama, central florida. it is overnight tonight where we are going to see the area of low kick in. then it will transfer its energy, here we go to a coastal area of low pressure. the good news is the models want to kick this area of low pressure on the coast away from the coast. it is still going to cause wind problems. as far as the amounts of sfloeshgs could be a good dose of snowfall in parts of central madonna and areas of ohio. but the heaviest amount will be in the you about ridge. western maryland where elevations above 1,500 feet could see 6 to 12. now, remember, outside of the d.c. area, mainly to the west, thousands that live there and have to commute to d.c. may only be putting up with a slushy morning commute. one to two. as we watch the accumulations take place in the next 12 to 24 hours, here is your 6 to 10 bull's eye. parts of illinois, into indiana. higher terrain is expected. will is an advisory in new york city. keep that in mind as well. could see a slushy morning commute with maybe an inch and a half. >> tom, thank you very much. appreciate it. public memorial service for tom clemens is set for tomorrow. he was laid to rest today in a private funeral. he was shot to death in his driveway tuesday. the suspect, a white supremacist killed thursday in a shoot-out in texas. the motive, unclear. your television may soon be flooded with ads linked to the gun debate. the new york mayor bloomberg's anti-gun violence group slaun muching a $12 million ad by to push for mandatory background checks for gun sales. ads will start airing tuesday in 13 states. why is the -- why is the mayor flooding the airwaves this week with this in particular, this week in particular, and who is he trying to reach? >> reporter: hi. the idea is to reach senators who are at home for a would-week spring break. spring recess for easter, for passover. off for would weeks. idea is to reach them there in their -- in their states, i should say. let's listen to how mayor bloomberg explains what they are trying to do. >> we are running ads around the country. we have people manning phone banks and calling. we are trying to do everything we can to -- impress upon the senators that this is what the survivors want. this is what the public wants. this is what the 900-plus mayors in our organization want. >> and so the idea that -- focused on the 13 states, believe that these senators, particular senators, could be influential when the senate comes back here to washington to this aid. gun measure that includes not only standard background checks but school safety. >> how is the nra responding to the push? >> nra has been running their own ad campaign on television and online. they say that more ads will be coming. they won't say exactly when. but they also believe that this idea of extended background check will not help. let's hear what what wayne lapierre had to say about that this morning? >> the universal check is a dishonest premise. there is not a bill the hill that provides a universal check. criminals aren't going to be checked. her not going to do this. shooters in tau son, aurora, newtown, they are not going to be checked. >> reporter: so -- another concern of the nra is that this -- expanded background check is just one step towards a kind of universal gun rej instrument which a lot of -- gun owners are worried about. so they are stress hag in some of their ads as well. >> athena jones in washington. thank you. the u.s. supreme court prepares on weigh in on the same-sex marriage debate, this is what is going on in france. a rally against gay marriage gets violent. atient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. 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