we re following the developments live in indiana. reporter: good morning. it was a little more than 24 hours of freedom. a nearly 200-mile run that all started at that prison in michigan. we understand from authorities that elliot carjacked the jeep and kip napped a woman. they crossed the state lines in indiana where at a gas station, the woman managed to get away. he drove here into la porte county, indiana. that s where it all ended. got involved in a high-speed chase, but eventually ended up catching elliot. what a scary situation that was. lucky he is back where he belongs. another story for you this morning. the winter olympics just three days away. vladimir putin has arrived in sochi where he s going to
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as the instant, overwhelming front runner. let s talk about the president very quickly, paul. we also have a new polling on the president approval rating. it s ticked up slightly, but that s not the whole story. it has ticked up slightly. 45%. he was 41% back in november and december. he was at or near all-time lows in all polling. look at the next number. troubling. we asked, do you think the president s policies will likely fail or succeed. for the first time, a majority say they think his policies will fail. polls are a snapshot of how people feel right now. people change their minds. also interesting, we ll get into it later, how fewer people now that are hopeful that the president s policies succeed. we ll talk more about that.
prescriptions for these drugs, where exactly he bought the heroin and whether or not anyone was with him when he died. really important pieces to the puzzle of what was going on with them. there was a process going on. was he trying to find a way off these drugs or was he getting in deeper. that s the kind of story that s unfolding right now. now, it may not have been much of a game for some people i actually enjoyed the game. it still turned out to be the most watched tv program ever. joe carter is here with this morning s bleacher report. it sounds like a wild thing to say. each year, three out of the last super bowls have set tv ratings records. this one people think, maybe the viewership dropped off, but no. the game and the halftime set
morning, by the way. reporter: you know, chris, you know it s bad when you show up to the airport and people who work here ask you, you re back again. we have really been here so often. this has been the story, air traffic snarled back to back days. analysts say they believe this is the worst it s been in years. just last month alone, 30 million people had canceled flights. yet another winter storm once again proving when snowfalls, planes stop flying. flight had been canceled until 6:00 a.m. in the morning. reporter: last month was the worst january for flight cancellations in years. a staggering 40,000 u.s. flights were canceled in january. that s four times more than the past two years. nasty weather is partly to blame, like this storm that buried new york s jfk.