winter whiteout. a powerful storm batters the nation's capital. planes, trains and the mail all grounded. the only thing moving is the snow plows. a betrayed political wife speaks out. jenny sanford reveals the trials and tribulation of her had husband's very public affair and wait till you hear what else south carolina's first lady has to say about her soon-to-be ex. michael jackson's personal physician conrad murray will find out next week whether or not he'll face prosecution in the singer's death. have authorities waited too long to bring charges? we're getting your views. hi, welcome. you're watching hln. thanks for spending some of your weekend with us. i'm jennifer westhoven. snowpocalypse, snowmageddon, no matter what you call it an epic winter storm hit the nation's capital and mid-atlantic states. before it's over washington, d.c. could see a record 2 1/2 had feet of snow. parts of maryland and west virginia are already buried under 20 inches. in pennsylvania, a disaster emergency is in effect. utility crews are trying to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people and many airlines have canceled flights at washington's three major airports. nearly every plane is grounded. the snow plows are out, but authorities say stay home, stay off the roads if you're in a dangerous place. at least two people have died. a father and son who stopped to help a stranded driver in virginia were killed when a tractor trailer jackknifed into them. we want to bring you the latest on this purrful blizzard. meteorologist bonnie schneider has been tracking p. >> i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider with your hln update. we still have blizzard warnings. they will persist until 10:00 tonight for washington, d.c. and for baltimore. the airports say no flights are going in or out, but the terminals are open. at least you can get a cup of coffee if you're out waiting. look at the snow. it continues to hammer washington, d.c., all the way back toward western maryland and then down towards virginia beach it's starting to taper off, which is good news. not quite making it through new york city. you will see a few inches here and there. south shore of long island maybe a dusty but nassau county reporting so far we're not getting any snow. but the wind may change everything. because the wind is blustery. when you have a blizzard, one of the criteria are these strong winds. you can see right now 40 miles per hour sustained winds on the boardwalk of atlantic city. that is just treacherous. that means that the high snowdrifts are blowing about, creating poor visibility. and that's going to bring a lot of problems to the region. we're also looking at very windy conditions back to the south down in virginia beach. really this storm system isn't set to shut off just yet. here it is extreme weather, the low just offshore. the snow forecast here just to the west of the center of low pressure. it's kind of cut off really. you don't see it coming all the way into new england. the storm will travel to the east, but another reason for that cutoff is this low is actually pulling down drier, colder air with it. and that colder, drier air acts as a blocking mechanism. that's why you see the line so sharply defined right here. eventually the storm will push off to sea and we'll see improvements in the forecast for late tonight and into tomorrow. but you will be shoveling out much of sunday. that is a look at your forecast. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln. the west coast is being battered, too. they're getting heavy rain and mud slides. officials tell the associated press that more than 40 homes have been damaged by mud slides north of los angeles. about 500 people have had to be evacuated. some homes filled up with more than a foot of debris. shefrl cars were swept into storm drains. high water from the rains closed off part of the long beach freeway early today and flooded businesses on melrose avenue. more than 10,000 people in the l.a. area were hit with power outages. an american contractor who went missing in iraq last month has been identified by the u.s. military. isa t. is a loamy is from california pep was working with u.s. forces when last seen in baghdad january 23rd. he's 60 years old. the u.s. military says it's trying to find him. tonight former alaska governor sarah palin will give the key note address at the first ever tea party convention in nashville. organizers say some 600 people have paid more than $500 each to attend the sold-out event. tea party activists believe the government is too big, spending it out of control, and individual freedom is at risk. some argue the president's policies are taking the country in the wrong direction. >> i think we're a pretty good radical, cohesive group of conservatism. less taxes, less government. less means more. i think that's a pretty resonating message here. >> if the tea party draws significant numbers it, could threaten both republicans and democrats. they're trying to bring uncertain voters over to their side. as you might expect, the president and congressional republicans have very different ideas on what to do with the money left over from the wall street bank bailout. republican congressman jeb hensarling of texas in his party's weekly address said the leftover money should be used to pay down the budget deficit. >> you know, it was about this same time last year president obama and democrats in congress promised that if we passed their trillion dollar stimulus bill and grew big government even more, that jobs would be created immediately. they said unemployment would remain below 8%. well, republicans stood on principle, offered a better alternative. and according to an analysis developed by the president's openly economic advisers would have created twice the jobs at half the cost. but democrats chose to go it alone and jam through their stimulus. what did the american people get? a bill for $1.2 trillion and 3 million more jobs lost. >> the president says he agrees that the budget deficit is important, but he has said that his mission in 2010 is to create jobs. in his weekly address, he said that's how the extra money should be used. >> last year, the steps we took supported over 47,000 loans to small businesses and delivered billions in tax relief to small business owners, which helped had companies keep their doors open, make payroll and hire workers. but we can and must do more. that's why i've proposed a series of steps this week to support small business owners and the jobs they create, to provide more access to credit, more incentives to hire and more opportunities to grow and sell products all over the world. >> the mayor of las vegas is under fire. some community leaders say mayor oscar goodman crossed the line and they want him to apologize for comments he made about the president. >> the president of the united states is always welcome to las vegas, as far as we're concerned. he's certainly welcome to west las vegas. the fact that the mayor has taken a position that he's not welcome, we've stepped away from that. we hoped the mayor would go ahead and change that position. what we want him to do is apologize to the president and extend a key to the city. >> they say the mayor overreacted. here's what happened. president obama warned people not to blow cash on vegas if they're trying to save money. the mayor was upset. mayor goodman said, well, when president obama visits las vegas, he'll give him the boot back to washington and called the president, quote, a slow learner. michael jackson's doctor will find out on monday if he will face any criminal charges. prosecutors say that's when they'll formally file charges in the singer's death. we don't know what charges or who's facing them. but lawyers for it dr. conrad murray say they expect he'll be charged with involuntary manslaughter. murray's lawyers said he was ready to surrender yesterday, but that fell through when prosecutors said they wouldn't be ready with charges until this week. michael jackson's former attorney spoke to jane velez-mitchell on "issues!" here on hln. he said prosecutors should be careful. >> it may be more than gross negligence, but the question is what did the prosecution think they can prove. i've defended cases where prosecutors had a good case for assault and brought in attempted murder and i looked at the jury and said, they shouldn't have brought attempted murder. they're not credible. they're misusing their power. don't believe anything they say. that can happen here if they bring a second degree murder charge and can't prove it. i'd rather bring voluntary manslaughter and convict him than run the risk of him having go free on everything because you overcharged a case you couldn't prove. >> the doctor, conrad murray, said he gave jackson the anesthetic and sedatives blamed for his death but he said they shouldn't have killed jackson. toyota could announce within a few days how it plans to deal with the brake problems in one of its most popular cars, the prius hybrid. the automaker told dealers last night it's working on a plan and will make a decision soon. toyota is blaming a software glitch for the brake problems. it says that the prius coming off the assembly lines now are fixed, but it hasn't issued a recall for all the ones already out there, already on the road. a ninth grader is accused of shooting and killing a classmate, shooting him in the back of the head at school. the young suspect was arrested in madison, alabama, yesterday and charged with murder. police aren't sure what motivated the shooting. one student told a local tv station it may have been gang related. but local police say it was an isolated incident between the accused shooter and the victim. mark your calendars, set your tivo and join us 4:00 p.m. on monday. charles barkley will join richelle carey on set. he'll give his insights on stories of the day along with nba co-host kenny smith monday 4:00 p.m. "hln news and views." it's been three years since anna nicole smith died of an overdose. now we know when her boyfriend and two of her doctors will stand trial. plus, your views next on whether it's taking too long for prosecutors to file charges in the michael jackson case. all right. so we've been talking about michael jackson's doctor, who tried to surrender to police but his plan fell through because he hasn't been charged with anything yet. now the l.a. county d.a. says that charges relating to michael jackson's death will be filed on monday. but some fans say it's taken too long. we want to know what you think about this. barbara posted this on facebook. deloris from maryland e-mailed -- whoa, some strong opinions there. and we get them from all pafrts spectrum. we want to hear yours and also want to stress dr. murray has not been charged with any crime yet. the trial date has been set for anna nicole smith's two doctors and boyfriend, august 4th. they face drug conspiracy charges. all three pleaded not guilty to illegally giving her sedatives and opiates. none are charged with causing her death. smith died of an accidental overdose of at least nine medications in 2007. a 911 operator in newton, massachusetts, probably won't ever forget president obama's first state of the union address because as soon as it ended, tim walton got a call. a man whose wife had just gone into premature labor. as you can hear on the 911 call, the father-to-be was freaking out. >> listen to me. the umbilical cord to be wrapped around the neck and body. listen carefully. i'll tell you what to do next. slide your finger on to the cord, stretching the cord -- listen to me. sir, listen to me. you're doing a great job. i need you to stay calm. >> walton said he just followed all of his training as an emergency operator. the mother and her newborn son are both doing well. this time of year is normally dry in central mexico. but not this year. heavy rain is taking a toll on thousands. you're watching hln. you're watching "hln news and views". right? you can count on us to bring you the news throughout the weekend and then there's the views. that's where you come in. this weekend, it is all about the super bowl. we sent our own joe carter out on the street to check in. >> reporter: i'm joe carter and we're stepping out of the newsroom and on to the street to get your views. tim tebow and his mother, pam, are set to air a commercial during the super bowl. it's an anti-abortion commercial. is this an appropriate place to have an anti-abortion commercial? >> yes. >> why? >> think about how many people are actually watching the super bowl. that's your audience that you need to reach. different people, different backgrounds, different experiences. and to get a message like that when you're not really prepared for it could sit in, versus how many people are going to watch a show with that theme? >> reporter: is this an appropriate place and time to air a commercial -- >> good with me. >> good with you? >> sure. >> why is it good with you? >> i think it's a good message to get out. >> it's a family event. i just think that's not a time and place to be putting out your religious views or how you feel. >> we all have different choices, and that's okay as long as you're not inflicting your own personal ideas. you should change this and you're wrong for this. no. at least give us the information. give us the information and let us choose. >> there's free speech. and i think free speech should be happening anywhere and any time, even if it's during the super bowl. >> reporter: i'm joe carter and i'll see you on the street. a winter whiteout is causing a power blackout for hundreds of thousands of people in the nation's capital and up and down the northeast coast. what could be one of the most powerful snowstorms on record has already dumped nearly a foot of snow in washington and another foot and a half could be on the way. authorities say unless you drive one of the snow plows, stay where you are. there have been hundreds of accidents on the snow-snarled roads, including at least two fatalities. snow is falling from indiana to pennsylvania. maryland, new jersey and new york. a lot of people aren't venturing any further than their own driveway. even if they did, many flights and trains have been canceled. even the mail isn't being delivered in washington, d.c. while record snowfall is causing headaches and travel problems across the united states, it's the rain causing misery in mexico. a rare winter rain storm flooded thousands of homes, killed at least 29 people. 11 were killed by a landslide in central mexico. schools have closed. freeways have been shut down because of all the water. fortunately, they are getting a break. the forecast is for clear skies. ten american missionaries charged with trying to have kidnap 33 haitian children have been separated. last night haitian authorities transferred the men and women to separate prisons. more court hearings are scheduled next week. the group was stopped at the border when they tried to bring the children into the dominican republic last week. a judge has not ruled on their petition for bail. right now, no decision has been made on if they'll be prosecuted. in baltimore, organizers say they've collected more than 3,000 crutches, canes and walkers to help victims of haiti's earthquake. volunteers at the johns hopkins children's center have been helping load them for delivery. crutches for haiti was organized by residents of the hospital who recently came back from haiti. they say many of the country's so-called crush victims now need help getting around. >> we're giving from our hearts. if people can't contribute money, we use physical. >> it's going to be amazing for them. this is definitely something so simple that's really going to help them out. >> look at all those people doing good. the trucks, which were donated by fedex, should arrive in miami about the middle of the week and from there the crutches will be flown to haiti. brad whitney has been told it may not move a thousand jobs out of connecticut at least. yesterday a federal judge stopped the enginemaker from moving the jobs to columbus p, georgia an singapore. the judge said the company didn't live up to the spirit of the contract with the machinist had union which represents the company. in the agreement pratt and whitney agreed to do everything possible to preserve those jobs. the union says it's just a temporary victory because the contract expires at the end of the year. . jenny sanford tells all. south carolina's first lady is sharing what it was like, how painful it was for her when she found out about her husband, soob soon to be ex-husband was cheating. now she says she should have seen a red flag when the governor didn't want to include a fidelity vow at their wedding. ♪ >> welcome to comcast local edition. i'm donna richardson. and my guest this hour is doug gansler, maryland attorney general. thank you so much for coming in. >> good to be here. thanks. >> we have issues with how we elect our judges, and it's really problematic, so explain to everyone how we can at least address this issue. >> it is problematic. what happens is the governor appoints somebody to be a judge, and then they are on the ball let the very next election, and the problem with that is three-fold. one is we are polite sizing people that ought not to be politesized. second, and the supreme court just had a case about this last year, which called in to question, the very nature of campaign contributions to judges. the supreme court said in that particular case, the judge had toe recuse himself because he received money from one of the lawyers that was appearing before him. they didn't say where the line is, but it really points out the problem of these people running for judge, and the first people they call -- in fact the only people they can call are the people that know they are the judge, which are the people that appear before them. and the third problem we have is minorities on the bench. we have 24 jurisdictions in maryland. two are ma joerty/minority. [ technical difficulty. ] >> this problem has a problem, but it's not in that contested election format. >> excellent. moving along the chesapeake bay is under attack from so many different areas. explain the no discharge zone. >> every year i have one sort of priority bill environment, and we passed the last three, and they have all had different impacts. this year we are trying to deal with human waist. so that they dump holding takens in to the water. it's not the big problem, but it does contribute 1% of all of the nitrogen. most boaters have tanks that bring in to the arena, and it goes in to the wastewater treatment system. look, you wouldn't want to be in the bathtub with 1% of human waste, or be in the pool, so we want to make sure the whole chesapeake bay is a no discharge zone. >> making salvia illegal. >> that's a drug they sell in ocean city and college campuses. it is illegal in all of the states. kids have died from using it. if you type it in on youtube, you will see kids filming each other using it. today it is legal to be sold in maryland to 9-year-old, 8-year-old kids, and they do buy it. so we want to make that illegal for at least for juveniles here in the state of maryland. >> excellent. unfortunately we have run out of time, but thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> if you are interested in what comcast is doing community, go to on-demand and click go to on-demand and click "get local." winter whiteout. a powerful storm batters the nation's capital. planes, trains and the mail all grounded. the only thing moving is the snow plows. a betrayed political wife speaks out. jenny sanford reveals the trials and tribulation of her had husband's very public affair and wait till you hear what else south carolina's first lady has to say about her soon-to-be ex. michael jackson's personal physician conrad murray will find out next week whether or not he'll face prosecution in the singer's death. have authorities waited too long to bring charges? we're getting your views. hi, welcome. you're watching hln. thanks for spending some of your weekend with us. i'm jennifer westhoven. let's get you caught up with the news. snowpocalypse, snowmageddon, no matter what you call it an epic winter storm hit the nation's capital and mid-atlantic states. before it's over, washington, d.c. could see a record 2 1/2 feet of snow. parts of maryland and virginia are already buried under 20 inches. in pennsylvania, a disaster emergency is in effect. utility crews are trying to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people, and many airlines have canceled flights at washington's three major airports. nearly every plane is grounded. the snow plows are out, but authorities say stay home, stay off the roads if you're in a dangerous place. at least two people have died. a father and son who stopped to help a stranded driver in virginia were killed when a tractor trailer jackknifed into them. we want to bring you the latest on this powerful blizzard. meteorologist bonnie schneider has been tracking it. >> i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln with your weather update. we still have blizzard warnings. they will persist until 10:00 tonight for washington, d.c. and for baltimore. the airports say no flights are going in or out, but the terminals are open. at least you can get a cup of coffee if you're out waiting. look at the snow. it continues to hammer washington, d.c., all the way back toward western maryland and then down towards virginia beach it's starting to taper off, which is good news. not quite making it through new york city. you will see a few inches here and there. south shore of long island maybe a dusting but nassau county reporting so far we're not getting any snow. but i can tell you this, that the wind may change everything. because the wind is blustery. when you have a blizzard, one of the criteria are these strong winds. you can see right now 40 miles per hour sustained winds on the beach, on the boardwalk of atlantic city. wow, that is just treacherous. that means that the high snowdrifts are blowing about, creating poor visibility. and that's going to bring a lot of problems to the region. we're also looking at very windy conditions back to the south down in virginia beach. really this storm system isn't set to shut off just yet. here it is extreme weather, the low just offshore. the snow forecast here just to the west of the center of low pressure. it's kind of cut off really. you don't see it coming all the way into new england. the storm will travel to the east, but another reason for that cutoff is this low is actually pulling down drier, colder air with it. and that colder, drier air acts as a blocking mechanism. that's why you see the line so sharply defined right here. eventually the storm will push off to sea and we'll see improvements in the forecast for late tonight and into tomorrow. but you will be shoveling out much of sunday. that is a look at your forecast. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln. the west coast is being battered, too. they're getting heavy rain and mud slides. officials tell the associated press that more than 40 homes have been damaged by mud slides north of los angeles. about 500 people have had to be evacuated. some homes filled up with more than a foot of debris. several cars were swept into storm drains. high water from the rains closed off part of the long beach freeway early today and flooded businesses on melrose avenue. more than 10,000 people in the l.a. area were hit with power outages. an american contractor who went missing in iraq last month has been identified by the u.s. military. issa t. salomi is from california. he was working with u.s. forces when he was last seen in baghdad on january 23rd. he's 60 years old. the u.s. military says it's trying to find him. tonight former alaska governor sarah palin will give the keynote address at the first ever tea party convention in nashville. organizers say some 600 people have paid more than $500 each to attend the sold-out event. tea party activists believe the government is too big, spending is out of control, and individual freedom is at risk. some argue the president's policies are taking the country in the wrong direction. >> i think we're a pretty good radical, cohesive group of conservatism. less taxes, less government. less means more. i think that's a pretty resonating message here. >> if the tea party draws significant numbers, it could threaten both republicans and democrats. they're trying to bring uncertain voters over to their side. as you might expect, the president and congressional republicans have very different ideas on what to do with the money left over from the wall street bank bailout. republican congressman jeb hensarling of texas in his party's weekly address said the leftover money should be used to pay down the budget deficit. >> you know, it was about this same time last year president obama and democrats in congress promised that if we passed their trillion dollar stimulus bill and grew big government even more, that jobs would be created immediately. they said unemployment would remain below 8%. well, republicans stood on principle, offered a better alternative. and according to an analysis developed by the president's own economic advisers would have created twice the jobs at half the cost. but democrats chose to go it alone and jam through their stimulus. what did the american people get? a bill for $1.2 trillion and 3 million more jobs lost. >> the president says he agrees that the budget deficit is important, but he has said that his mission in 2010 is to create jobs. in his weekly address, he said that's how the extra money should be used. >> last year, the steps we took supported over 47,000 loans to small businesses and delivered billions in tax relief to small business owners, which helped companies keep their doors open, make payroll and hire workers. but we can and must do more. that's why i've proposed a series of steps this week to support small business owners and the jobs they create, to provide more access to credit, more incentives to hire and more opportunities to grow and sell products all over the world. the mayor of las vegas is under fire. some community leaders say mayor oscar goodman crossed the line and they want him to apologize for comments he made about the president. >> the president of the united states is always welcome to las vegas, as far as we're concerned. he's certainly welcome to west las vegas. the fact that the mayor has taken a position that he's not welcome, we've stepped away from that. we hoped the mayor would go ahead and change that position. what we want him to do is apologize to the president and extend a key to the city. >> they say the mayor overreacted. here's what happened. president obama warned people not to blow cash on vegas if they're trying to save money. the mayor was upset. mayor goodman said, well, when president obama visits las vegas, he'll give him the boot back to washington and called the president, quote, a slow learner. michael jackson's doctor will find out on monday if he will face any criminal charges. prosecutors say that's when they'll formally file charges in the singer's death. we don't know what charges or who's facing them. but lawyers for dr. conrad murray say they expect he'll be charged with involuntary manslaughter. murray's lawyers said he was ready to surrender yesterday, but that fell through when prosecutors said they wouldn't be ready with charges until this week. michael jackson's former attorney spoke to jane velez-mitchell on "issues!" here on hln. he said prosecutors should be careful. >> it may be more than gross negligence, but the question is what did the prosecution think they can prove. i've defended cases where prosecutors had a good case for assault and brought in attempted murder, and i looked at the jury and said, they shouldn't have brought attempted murder. they're not credible. they're misusing their power. don't believe anything they say. that can happen here if they bring a second degree murder charge and can't prove it. i'd rather bring involuntary manslaughter and convict him than run the risk of him having go free on everything because you overcharged a case you couldn't prove. >> the doctor, conrad murray, said he gave jackson the anesthetic and sedatives blamed for his death but he said they shouldn't have killed jackson. toyota could announce within a few days how it plans to deal with the brake problems in one of its most popular cars, the prius hybrid. the automaker told dealers last night it's working on a plan and will make a decision soon. toyota is blaming a software glitch for the brake problems. it says that the prius coming off the assembly lines now are fixed, but it hasn't issued a recall for all the ones already out there, already on the road. a ninth grader is accused of shooting and killing a classmate, shooting him in the back of the head at school. the young suspect was arrested in madison, alabama, yesterday and charged with murder. police aren't sure what motivated the shooting. one student told a local tv station it may have been gang related. but local police say it was an isolated incident between the accused shooter and the victim. mark your calendars, set your tivo and join us 4:00 p.m. on monday. charles barkley will join richelle carey on set. sir charles will give his insights on stories of the day along with his "inside the nba" co-host kenny smith. that is monday 4:00 p.m. "hln news and views." it's been three years since anna nicole smith died of an accidental overdose. now we know when her boyfriend and two of her doctors will stand trial. plus, your views next on whether it's taking too long for prosecutors to file charges in the michael jackson case. the shuttle endeavorer got the green light tomorrow. it will deliver deliver practically a whole new wing. a new room, observation deck. the launch comes as nasa workers face some uncertainty about their jobs. president obama this week nixed a bush administration program to return to the moon. we've been talking about michael jackson's doctor, who tried to surrender to police but his plan fell through because he hasn't been charged with anything yet. now the l.a. county d.a. says that charges relating to michael jackson's death will be filed on monday. some of his fans say, though, it's taken far too long. so we've been asking for your views on this. here's what you're saying. linda posted -- >> hey, thank you, everyone, for sending all your views about what's happening. we want to stress again dr. murray has not yet been charged with any crime yet. those are just lots of our views and opinions. the trial date has been set for anna nicole smith's two doctors and boyfriend, august 4th. they face drug conspiracy charges. all three pleaded not guilty to illegally giving her sedatives and opiates. none of them are charged with causing her death. smith died of an accidental overdose of at least nine medications in 2007. tonight on hln's "nancy grace" is the stepmother of a missing little girl on the verge of coming clean? will misty crosslin tell police everything she knows about the disappearance of 5-year-old h haylee cummings. police are turning up the heat on the 18-year-old. nancy grace has the latest at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern. this time of year is normally dry in central mexico but not this year. heavy rain is taking a toll on thousands. you're watching hln. i'm joe carter at super bowl xliv in miami, florida, where the saints and colts lock horns tomorrow night. one player to keep your eye on saints defensive tackle anthony hargrove. it's been a long, tough journey for him to make it to the super bowl. at age 6 his house burned down. at age 9 his mother passed away. he was kicked out of georgia tech after two seasons. then in 2008 suspended by the nfl for one season for violating the drug policy. that's when he decided to clean his life up. he checked himself into a rehab center. here in miami, florida, just a few miles from where we stand. >> when you see your life starting to get good and you realize that what you are doing was messing it up and you finally found something that's going to make it better, i think i'm going to stay and keep -- trying to get it better. >> you know what, it gives you confidence in the human spirit and what someone can change in their life. despite the mistakes they've made prior. and that's why it's -- you know, it's easy to be proud a guy like that. >> hargrove sent out 32 video resumes to all the teams in the nfl. sean payton and the saints the only ones to bite. you want to be a part of super bowl xliv history? well, you can. you can buy the turf after the big game. for $99.99, you can have a 3x3 square right in your house. that's sports. i'm joe carter. a winter whiteout is causing a power blackout for hundreds of thousands of people in the nation's capital and up and down the northeast coast. what could be one of the most powerful snowstorms on record has already dumped nearly a foot of snow in washington and another foot and a half could be on the way. authorities say unless you drive one of the snow plows, stay where you are. there have been hundreds of accidents on the snow-snarled roads, including at least two fatalities. snow is falling from indiana to pennsylvania, maryland, new jersey, and new york. a lot of people aren't venturing any further than their own driveway. and even if they did, many flights and trains have been canceled. even the mail isn't being delivered in washington, d.c. while record snowfall is causing headaches and travel problems across the united states, it's the rain causing misery in mexico. a rare winter rain storm flooded thousands of homes, killed at least 29 people. 11 were killed by a landslide in central mexico. schools have closed. freeways have been shut down because of all the water. fortunately, they are getting a break. the forecast is for clear skies. an american missionary held captive in north korea is heading back to the united states. after six weeks in a korean jail, robert park was released yesterday. his first stop out of north korea back across the border into china. he illegally crossed into north korea on christmas day to appeal for religious and other freedoms. north korea state news agency reported that park said he changed his mind and now believes there are religious freedoms in north korea. it's not clear if he said that freely or if he was forced to. ten american missionaries charged with trying to have kidnap 33 haitian children have been separated. last night haitian authorities transferred the men and women to separate prisons. more court hearings are scheduled next week. the group was stopped at the border when they tried to bring the children into the dominican republic last week. a judge has not ruled on their petition for bail. right now, no decision has been made on if they'll be prosecuted. pratt whitney has been told it may not move a thousand jocks out of connecticut for now at least. yesterday a federal judge issued an injunction stopping them from moving the jobs to singapore and japan. the judge said it didn't live up to the spirit of the contract with the machinist the company. in the agreement pratt & whitney agreed to do everything possible to preserve those jobs. the union says it's just a temporary victory because the contract expires at the end of the year. join hln money expert clark howard. 4:30 eastern he shows you ways to spend less and avoid getting ripped off. "the clark howard show" 4:00 p.m. eastern right here hln. jenny sanford tells all. south carolina's first lady is sharing what it was like, how painful it was for her when she found out about her husband, soon to be ex-husband was cheating. now she says she should have seen a red flag when the governor didn't want to include a fidelity vow at their wedding.