Early today starts now. Good morning. Im richard lui. A new storm bringing snow and ice is moving in across 32 state across the country. 118 million americans are in the cross hairs, many of which are digging out from a storm earlier this week. More people are under watches and warnings for this storm than all of last winter. The storm buried parts of the midwest. Its heading northeast. Philadelphia, new york and boston will be it by this. With trees there still covered in snow, todays storm could lead to widespread Power Outages. Travel delays is piling up. This southwest jet landing in kansas city safely but ran into a snow bank taxing to the gate. No one on board was hurt. Already this morning, nearly 2,000 flights cancel add cross the country, 1200 delayed that the moment. Lets get to meteorologist bill karins. Looks like this is going to be a tough one. Weve got another one coming. 120 million under the warnings yesterday. We got it yesterday with six inches of snow. A lot of people lost power kansas city to maine. 77 Million People under the warning. The worst is ending in the ohio valley. Its not a pretty morning in new engine england. 150,000 without power. We have freezing rain outside of baltimore, philadelphia and over the top of new york city. Well see additional Power Outages during the day and could see 6 to 12 inches of snow albany to boston. The mountain areas doing worst. The biggest impact will be travel on roads and of course at the airlines. I wouldnt expect many flights if any to get off the ground in d. C. , philadelphia, new york until it lightens up and the storm moves out. Thank you so much. Well be back in a minute for us. Now to the death of Phillip Seymour hoffmann. Four people have been arrested in the heroin bust. Investigators looking into whether suspects could have provided zrugs to the actor. Drugs were found in the apartment where they were taken to custody. An emerging time line leading up to his death. The actor made six withdrawals totals 1200. He was talking to two men wearing messenger bags. The next morning his body was found surrounded bying bags of heroin. Many thought the overdose could have been caused by the potent addict. Theres new fuel over the debate over obamacare. The analysts say the Affordable Care act could lead to millions of job losses. 2. 5 million jobs in fact by 2024 according to the congressional budget office. They predict American Workers will cut back on hours or leave the nations work force entirely. The Group Previously predicted the law would lead to a loss of 800,000 jobs. John boehner says in a quote, the middle class is getting squeezed in the economy. The white house pushed back saying the possible reduction would be voluntary. This is not businesses cutting back on jobs. This is people having new choices they didnt use to have. Those are two completely Different Things in terms of impact on people. The wide ranging report shows the budget falling to the lowest since the president took office. A Police Corruption rocks the florida Justice System potentially leading to scores of convictions of criminals. Joseph graves is accused of stealing and reselling narcotics used to bust suspects. He launched his own drug enterprise by replacing evidence with non prescription pills. Authorities hope grays 2600 cases will not force the court to throw out prison sentences. He faces theft, Drug Trafficking and evidence tampering. The debate over creationism and evolution got a joke last night. Bill the science guy went head to head tuesday with the creator of the museum on the question how we got here. He believes the earth is 6,000 years old. And then he creates the Big Bang Theory happened sparking evolution. The bottom line, as a christian i have a foundation. I ask bill, what would change your mind . You said if you came to faith youd never give up believing in billions of years. We need one piece of evidence. We need a fossil. We need evidence the earth is not expanding. The stars appear to be far away but theyre not. I overstated it. They said they added energy to the argument. I heard it got snoozey. It got to the science part. Carbon dating, people arent excited. Quiet in the west or what . As noisy in the northeast . Theyd love to get a storm in the eastern half of the country with moisture, rain, sleet. Theyd take the moisture. Were waiting for that next storm to come in tomorrow with a little moisture, not a lot. Temperatures very cold in the northern rockies. That air stuck down to salt lake city. Vegas 41 this morning. As we look at west koercoast, w pretty much clear. Theres the storm thats going to bring in moisture tomorrow. How much rain are we expecting is this fortunately not a lot. Less than half an inch in the green area. Well get some in the mountains and on the california coast. Not a dense buster or anything like. That at least the weather pattern portland, oregon 27 degrees. Thats even considered cold, colder than youve been for a good chunk of the winter. Richard, well look at the upcoming weekend. Maybe we can get a rain rain event. Its been a horrible ski season. Theres the silver lining. Thank you so much. A major sex trafficking bust including 45 pimps. Plus a pill that might save you from the frightening colon oso y colonoscopy. Early today is back in minutes. Improve mouth health. [ male announcer ] it fights germs for 12 hours, in 24 hours starts to fortify enamel, and in 4 weeks helps improve gum health. You can do it with colgate total®. [ male announcer ] do more than protect. Improve mouth health with colgate total®. And use the whole line for even better results. [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat . Campbells healthy request soup lets you hear it in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. [ mm. ] great taste. 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President barack obama is expected to sign the bill friday. Pope john paul ii most private and personal notes will be published today even though the last will and testament requested they be burned. The cardinal entrusted with the notes said he did not have the courage to follow the popes orders to burn them. Instead hes making them available for the world to read. The cardinal plans to use the money from the books to build a museum honoring john paul. A super bowl sex trafficking crack down led to the recovery of 16 teenagers ranging in ages from 13 to 17. Mostly girls were kept in the abuse trade by pimps. 45 pimps were caught leading up to the super bowl. Harry reid and john mccain putting a side differences for a study of brain injuries caused by boxing. Both were boxing as young men. Apparently the fighting spirit hasnt gone away. We have so much respect if for each other. It was a month or two ago we ran into each other at elevators. I said i wouldnt expect less. He did. That was a blaze. Olympic torch is set to arrive in sochi today marking the longest torch relay in history. The networks of Nbc Universal will be exclusive coverage of the winter games including skiing and figure skating 8 00 7 00 central here on nbc. Cvs is phasing out Tobacco Products and will no longer sell to customers. The company will lose 2 billion annually. The ceo says the change makes sense since they are positioning themselves as a health care company. 30 year parra olympics sponsor at t is the first advertise or to ban the antisex laws. President barack obama is asked to adjust the prices on propane shortages. They are asking for an excess of supplies for every means of transport. Nasty Winter Weather is having an impact on the economy. 39,000 flights were cancelled in january. Its the most since hurricane san sandy hit the coast in 2012. Many communities and regions are are running out of supplies. Colon exam as may never be the same. 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College basketball unranked ohio state at ranked iowa. Craft led with 22 points. This put a dent in the big 10 title hopes there. Shaun white had a minor injury tuesday in practice. He tells us hes out of the olympic slope style event. The two time olympic gold medal remained happy about one thing, his hair. I love it. Its so much better. I used to kind of put it back so it wouldnt fly in my face while i was doing tricks. Im faster. Hes getting old. Hes 27 there. The twin toilets drawing attention. At it again. Two fully dressed skiers on the toilets. It was quoted to say two athletes pose on strange toilets in sochi. Not everyone watched the super bowl. I thought tom brady was great. He killed it last night. He threw real well to the seattle receivers. Did you think it was heartwarming when the seahawks let that kid play during the Fourth Quarter . Absolutely. Especially without a helmet. It was great. 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We go through the next couple of days and watch the moisture increasing. Mini storm as we go throughout thursday. I think the friday into saturday event could be more impressive. If we look at sacramento, keeping rain in the forecast through the weekend which would be fantastic. We have winter storm watches central and northern mountains. One to two feet of snow expected by the time we get to saturday night. Richard, some promise. Love to see the rain drops in sacramento. Thank you so much. Jay leno told 24,000 jokes over the years. Thats a lot of jokes. The target is former bill clinton. He has the honor of being made fun of in 4,607 jokes thanks to his intern. Surprisely oj simpson also topped the list. Paul walker left his estate to his daughter. He died in a car crash. Netflix it house of cards has been renewed a third season. Red hot chili peppers were caught in a red hot scandal tuesday after rocking the super bowl halftime show sunday. Photos surfacing with the instruments not plugged in. The basist said nfl said they mind the performance to avoid problems. A press poll shows half of americans plan to follow the winter olympics. A majority 24 said figure skating is their favorite sport of the games. Ive got to agree. My mom and family love watching that. Not enough people hockey is big. Southern half of the country is not as big as the northern half. Thank you bill karins. Im richard lui. We hope this is just your first stop of the day here on nbc. Anybody know where flo is . Are you flo . Yes. Is this the thing you gave my husband . Well, yeah, yes. The name your price tool. You tell us the price you want to pay, and we give you a range of options to choose from. Careful, though that kind of power can go to your head. That explains a lot. Yo, buddy i got this. Gimme one, gimme one, gimme one the power of the name your price tool. Only from progressive. We need a new recipe. 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