bring in meteorologist bonnie snider doing what she does best. it s looking like a very cold new year s eve for folks in the northeast. sure is. for so many negative numbers for windchills. take a look. how do you dress for that. layers or stay in doors and we re looking at this cold air plunging to the south. currently the widespread cold stretches across the northern tier of the country. looking at current temperatures. only nine degrees? st. louis with a negative 4 windchill. dodge city, also windchill of nine. head further to the east, even colder. cincinnati feels like negative 2. atlantic city, three degrees. boston has it worse. feeling like negative 9. talking about snow. busy travel week. looking at serious of clipper system. snow coming into water loo and minneapolis. watch as the storm system works
the public s disgusted and they ll get more disgusts because if it continues, come summer when the busy travel season hits, people will choose not to travel. i don t know what the president is thinking. congress is giving him discretion, take it to the faa and tell them it s a 4% cut. you re going back to what? 2010 levels. what business hasn t had to go back to some previous level? we re talking about 4%. so 4% is getting cut yet 40% of planes have the chance to be canceled or delayed? something doesn t smell right. i think its the administration and their attitude of making customers feel the pain which will have repercussions through the economy. they ll blame the republicans. neil: whether they are or not, the airlines are asking for reprieve on the furloughs, layoffs, whatever you call them, and a number of republicans are getting nervous, urging a 30-day
for four years in italy for killing her roommate then acquitted. now amanda knox s case is before an italian court today putting her freedom on the line yet again. it is monday, march 25th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everyone. i m marci gonzalez in for diana perez. you got this world news now thing going? you got it? you getting the swing of things? yeah, i got it. i m john muller. the unusual twist in the italian justice system for amanda knox. that s our top story. and then what a mess for travelers in one third of the country. busy travel week begins. a foot and a half of snow fell on missouri and big cities in the northeast. we re going to get hit later today. the latest from accuweather. in just a bit. also this morning, a dangerous turn for a honeymoon couple who decided to get a
whether your flight can be rebooked, a change fee, which could range anywhere from $50 to $200. megyn: a change fee? why would you pay a change fee when the airline cancels you because of weather? that s it exactly. they impose flexible weather policies. megyn: but is the inventory out there? you know when you re trying to get a flight back to mom or grandmom s in christmas you have to book the flight way in advance. it is such a busy travel weekend the flights fill up. now people who have been booted off their flights, are they likely to get onto another one? you know, being as proactive as possible and not, you know, waiting around for announcements to be made will get you that seat on that flight, you re right. inventory is extremely low. so you should be online, on the mobile app, on the smartphone making alternative plans. whether that means being rerouted to a different airport, you know things like that. i do not recommend calling and sitting on 45-minute long wait times on