Oh, boy, pants on fire. A small explosion in a store caught on Security Camera and, no, that is not money burning a hole in his pocket. Well, good thursday morning. Millions of americans are reeling from the vicious storms hammering the eastern twothirds of the country. Along the midatlantic, virginia is under a state of emergency this morning where tornadoes and thunderstorms have left at least four people dead. Tens of thousands are still without power and roadways are flooded. In the midwest blizzardlike conditions left a huge mess, nearly a foot of wet, heavy snow power. Drivers need to be careful of dangerously icy conditions created by frigid temperatures overnight. The impact nearly 1,200 flights in and out of chicago airports have been canceled so air travel across the country today. And on the ground the full effect of the devastating storms and the massive cleanup ahead are just starting to unfold. Overnight, millions of americans hit hard as a deadly winter storm continues i
Lighting and downpours. It is the one that has been damaging. We have seen wind gust in excess of 70 miles per hour. The severe thunderstorm watches up, including boston and all of eastern massachusetts. You can see the line working now. The most intense storm at this point is south of boston. We have been watching this storm. It has been producing strong wind. We want to zoom in tiger. We had intense storms out there. We are going to continue to deal with these thunderstorms the next couple of hours and things should list ft offshore. Emily tens of thousands of people are without power because of these storms. The intense weather, causing street flooding, brain down randy julie is in boston and a dorchester neighborhood with the damage. What a mess this storm has left behind. Huge tree down on a home here. We want to give you a look at more damage that happened in cambridge this morning. A tree down on some cars. It happened just after midnight today. No one injured. No one appeared t
Its been about a year since weve had weather like this so remember to bundle up and wear those layers. We have some warming coming up in a few minutes. It feels like green bay around here. Guess who is in town tonight . The green bay packers. The big playoff game is now less than 24 hours away. The 49ers, packers at candlestick. The San Francisco skyline showing off the citys team spirit. At city hall the 49ers flag is flying high with hopes this win tomorrow, if they win, will pave the way to new orleans, the site of the super bowl. Preparations are under way, course, at candlestick. The game is sold out. It will be cold as jeff said, but some people are already tailgating. You see the parking lot. Huey lewis and the news will will sing the national anthem. E40 will perform at halftime. The real excitement is whats going to happen on the field. They embrace that put up or shut up, that win or you go home. And theyre excited about it. Theres no more fun you can have than winning a play
Its robust jobs growth were still waiting for. Are you feeling the recovery . Find us on facebook and twitter, our handle is cnnbottomline, my handle is christineromans. Ill be back at 1 00 with your money and ali will interviewer the House Majority leader about the budget, debt, the way forward in washington. Well discuss why congressman cantor might be the most powerful republican in washington. Cnn saturday morning with around randi kaye continues right now. Flights canceled, hundreds of car wrecks. All the result of an arctic blast along the east coast. Are we close to a thaw or more of the same . A teenager makes a stunning announcement to a high school crowd. Now the video, the admission is viral. Well talk with him live. Its a movie winning acclaim, racking up nominations and now being invoked by the secretary of state s. Ill talk with the writer of argo. Good morning, everyone, im randi kaye. It is 10 00 on the east coast. Thank you very much for starting your morning with us.
Bottom of the hour now. Welcome back, everyone. Im randi kaye. Im victor blackwell, thanks for starting your morning with us. Five stories we think you should know about this morning. Number one, the Hacker Group Anonymous has declared war on the u. S. Government. It took over the website of the United States Sentencing Commission this morning and posted this video. The message demands reforms of the justice system. Hackers threatened chaos if the government doesnt meet their demands. The message says the suicide death of internet activist Aaron Schwartz prompted the threat. He was facing federal Computer Fraud charges and 35 years in jail. Live pictures for you this morning here. Thousands of people expected to march on the National Mall in washington later this morning to support tighter gun control measures, lawmakers, pastors, even some celebrities will be joined by victims of mass shootings, including residents from newtown, connecticut. They Want Congress to enforce a ban on mili