Them. Thank you for teaching me the ropes. You can have your bell back. I want to hear what you think about davos. My interview with congressman canter or anything else we discussed today. Find me at facebook. Com ali velshi and tweet me ali velshi. Have great weekend. Thanks for watching. You can catch us every saturday 1 00 p. M. Eastern, sunday at 3 00, plus weekdays at 3 30. Ill see you back income new ill see you back income new york next week. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com its 2 00 p. M. On the east coast, 11 00 a. M. Out west. Thanks for joining us. I Miguel Marquez in for fredricka whitfield. Here are the top stories. Extreme arctic weather is making it unbearable for people in the dakotas all the way to new england. The cold is so bitter water cant flow out of this hydrant in new york. It turned rock solid as firefighters chipped away at it. In the south, icy roads blamed for this tencar pileup last night. The National Weather Service Warns bitterly cold possibly deadly co
835,000 to develop a simulator that would rep mix indicate the effects of piloting a plane while drunk. 295,000 to determine if male fruit flies are more attracted to younger female fruit flies than older ones. Nearly 155,000 to determine if drinking excess alcohol leads to losing money while gambling. And more than 1 million to study whether stress makes monkeys more vulnerable to cocaine abuse. You get the picture. With a 30 billion annual budget, Michelle Fields says its the nih that needs to get its priorities straight. And were joined by dr. Campbell. Dr. Campbell, how does the nih prioritize and how common can is beat ebola . Monkeys beat ebola. The nih grant process is complex and different disciplines apply for grants to study Different Things and have committees that look at this. Im not sure the different committees talk amongst. Thes and prioritize what is funded and what is not. 85 of things that come before the . F g nih are not funded. So theres a bit of a lock of priorit
Operational plan. We have additional Engine Companies and companies throughout the city to reduce the response times. Side streets, the dpw commissioner is working diligently. Theyre doing a great job staying ahead of this. We have some issues on some side streets. So we are taking it very seriously. Were working very hard. Were certainly ready for anything that comes our way. It was interesting. You were saying earlier because it is so cold the snow is so much lighter, there havent been as many issues as far as downed power lines. Its not heavy enough to bring them down. Dana let me bring you in. As youve been watching for people potentially stranded, tell me with the red cross what you all have been dealing with the challenges youve been facing in the city of boston. Well this is as we say in boston a wicked big storm. And we have run or supported shelters in the region. I think 170 of them 170 people excuse me, in shelters. Thats our first concern, for the people who cant stay in th
21 inches in boston. Foot and a 1 2 in proveidence rhode island. The height of the storm, more than 28,000 homes were without power. Among todays cancelations the u. S. Postal service. Delivery is suspended in connecticut, rhode island and massachusetts. Experts put the price tag of lost business at half a billion dollars. Thats low if you can believe it. 2014 polar vortex cost more than 50 billion. We can get into more of that ahead. Start once again in the storm cycle Weather Center with domeica davis. All of the way up to maine. New hampshire getting a good clip as well. This storm is going for new england as it pulls away. We will see this finally pulling a way by tonight. We will improving conditions. Heres a look at the blizzard warnings with ve in providence up to bangor maine. It will end providence and boston by 7 00, 8 00 tonight, 10 00 tonight possibly. It will go late. And then tomorrow morning, early in the morning about 3 00 is the expiration time for bangor. We still hav
The blizzard of 2015 is performing exactly as predicted, just not exactly everywhere predicted. New england got crushed all night and all morning and its still snowing. On track for one of the worst and possibly the worst snowstorm ever recorded in parts of the region. A live look at boston where the snow is still coming down in areas and could keep coming down into the night. The blizzard brought Hurricane Force wind gusts along the massachusetts coast. Theres local flooding, and the afternoon high tide around 4 00 5 00, is expected to be worse. It knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses, including all of nantucket. Officials say the states on Nuclear Power plant shut down. Emergency workers said families could spend days in the dark. New york city dodged the worst of if after the storm shifted 30 meals to the east, and then hammered long island. At the same time it crushed new england. A foot and a half in hyannis. New london connecticut, two feet and its still snowing