0 people. i love people s pets, small children, good food, clothes that fit and are comfortable, a nice bed means a lot. things that you take for granted, i get all that. there is so much more to this story. catch an unreal dream , the michael morton story. tonight at 9:00 p.m. on cnn. we ll be watching right with you. here in the cnn newsroom, hello, everyone. a deep chill settled across much of the united states and changed the weekend plans for millions of people from the rockies to new york city. it hit central virginia today at about noon. a thick layer of sleet and rain froze over when temperatures dipped into the 20s. also to date, near milwaukee, wisconsin, about four cars and semi trucks smashed into each other on southbound interstate 94. at least 50 people are reported hurt. a live look here at reagan national airport just outside washington, d.c. lots of planes are flying. nowhere. lots of people stuck in the terminal. we will go live there in just a minute. and new york
0 us. keep it right here. there s much more ahead in the next hour of the cnn newsroom. good to see you all. all right. we have a lot ahead. i guess you re passing the baton. yes, take it away. thanks so much. it is the 11:00 eastern hour. of newsroom, and it begins right now. hello, everyone. an american held in north cree since october is now a free man. his surprise release coming overnight. we ll hear what he had to say after being freed, and follow his journey home to san francisco. and a big ice storm sweeping the country. hundreds of thousands without power, lots of flights grounded. we ll go live to dallas, one of the hardest-hit areas. and south africa prepares to bury nelson mandela. we ll talk with martin luther king iii. he ll tell us about his memories of meeting mandela and the shared legacy with his own father. let s begin this hour with merrill newman, an elderly u.s. war veteran dragged off a plane and then locked up in north korea and is now free a
0 i want to thank my studio audience and my special guest, pastor rick warren. the new book is the daniel plan, i will be starting it in january. that s it for us tonight. see you here next time. good evening everyone. breaking news, an ice storm is a killer storm and people from california to kentucky, duluth, minneapolis to dallas, texas are caught in the deadly grip and how south africa and the world is saying good-bye to nelson mandela and my conversation with maya angelou and gary player about the power to inspire people to imagine a better world and make it real. and later, you ll meet a man who spent 18 years in prison and came close to being executed for a murder he didn t commit despite evidence he didn t do it. we begin tonight with breaking news of freakish and dangerous weather pattern that made it possible to experience a 105 degree swing from miami where it was 80 to montana where it was minus five. super cold rain is falling, freezing and coating a big chunk of the