Director, Richard Attenborough. Thanks for joining us, everyone, the mother of american journalist peter curtis says her heart is full. That was her reaction to her sons release after his nearly two years as a hostage. Theo is now in tel aviv. The u. S. Government refuses to pay ransom for hostages. Curtiss freedom comes another day after being eexecuted by the militant group isis. Nick payton walsh reports. After a week of horror, some good news finally an american citizen, a freelance author and journalist, a man called Peter Theo Curtis released sunday from an Extremist Group and the syrian rebel ranks, released, it seems, according to a statement from his family, after a negotiation from the americans and the qatari government thats said to be a humanitarian gesture. He was handed over on the golan heights, an area between israel and syria. He was actually kidnapped in october 2012, up in the north of syria and held in aleppo as well. We also know a built about his captivity becaus
Mayor bill de blasio of new york is expected to lay out the winter storm plans for his city in about 30 minutes. The nice room starts right now. Hello again, and youre about to see some live pictures from boston. Take a look right now, and new york, it looks so placid and gorgeous but this just might be the calm before the storm. A major blizzard hit an area all the way to maine. Now a onetwo punch, authorities warn another powerful worn some places could see up to two feet of snow Hurricane Force winds are expected along the coast. Widespread Power Outages and there is coastal flooding to deal. Airlines are already offering passengers the chance to change their flights for year. Mayor bill de blasio holding that press conference in about to minutes. Ivan cabrera is trafficking this new storm us. Here we go again. Here we go again, if we categorized winter storms the way we go hurricanes this past weekend storm would have been a cat 1, this one is a cat 5. This is the kind of storm wer
Crushing blow to abaco island to the east. The Prime Minister said the islands suffered a historic tragedy. The initial reports from abaco, is that the devastation is unprecedented and unextensive. They are deeply worried. The images and videos we are seeing are heartbreaking. Many homes and businesses and other buildings have been completely or partially destroyed. And in the United States, mandatory evacuations are under way in four states. The storm is predicted to turn north at some point. But people along the u. S. Coast are urged not to take any chances. Cnn is covering this hurricane from all the angles. Patrick altman is in freeport on grand bahama island. Nick valencia is in melbourne, florida. Lets hear from our meteorologist, adam cabrera, in our studio. The big news, youre sensing, from what youre seeing, that dorian could very well move, start to move, in five or six hours. It will start moving to the north. Its too late for the bahamas. Its been stalled, 24 hours, categor
nick valencia is in melbourne, florida. let s hear from our meteorologist, adam cabrera, in our studio. the big news, you re sensing, from what you re seeing, that dorian could very well move, start to move, in five or six hours. it will start moving to the north. it s too late for the bahamas. it s been stalled, 24 hours, category 5 or category 4 storm winds. it s dark. there s no power. all you can hear is the wind howling out there. the water, has been wous, going over the western part of the island. on the other population here, the extreme. 120 mph, if you re just joining us. that is down. it is not a weaker hurricane. it s a category 3. wind gusts at 150.