Dollars in debt in the reaction to this had skinny, on this monday, february 15th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning on then holiday on president s day. Im kendis gibson. Im reena ninan. Our top story this half hour. Snow at alling at times in chicago after several inches yesterday. Many drivers said they were only on the roads because it was valentines day and there were quite a few zens. Hundreds of flights were canceled, too. It wasnt just the chicago area. Details from abcs phillip mena. White knuckle driving across the midwest. Heavy snow bringing white out conditions outside indianapolis, triggering multiple pileups injure ing at least ten. I78 is back open after this massive pileup saturday killing three and sending dozens to the hospital. That blast of arctic air sending temperatures plunging to lows feel like a razor. New york city hitting minus 1 degree. The coldest day in new york city in 22 years. Its like whipping you in the back of the head. It
Causing delays for rail service. It was the coldest morning in boston in nearly 60 years. And the defense the highlight of the allstar game last night in the toronto. It was the highest scoring allstar game ever. The west winning it 1 6173. Russell westbrook was the games mvp. Those are some of our top stories on this president s day, monday, february 15th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Were going to start this half hour with the dmu details were learning on the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. As the political fight over his seat gets under way, we hear from one of the people who saw scalia the final hours of his life. With more, heres jim avila. Reporter Justice Antonin Scalia died behind the drawn curtains of this room. Peacefully and in his sleep. I was a firsthand witness. The cibolo ranch in west texas where the judge had been a first time guest scheduled to hunt his body discovered when he lunch. He was totally peaceful, hes just di
She is off and this is baby grayson who was born yesterday. Doug she says everyone is healthy, feeling amazing, feeling tired, watching from her hospital room. We want to welcome the little guy into the world. It is a nice balance for some of the sad stories we have to bring you this morning. To be able to share that right news with folks at home. Doug Karen Mayweather is bright, too. Temperatures are warming up at the 10 00 hour. 40 s and boston. Look down to the south. 50 s in cincinnati. Also in raleigh. That is the warm air that is heading in our direction. 40 and worcester right now. 47 on nantucket. 46 in concord. One of the reasons why we have strong wind out of the south and west today, anywhere from 1020 Miles Per Hour, you will feel them through the afternoon. We will also see more sunshine after lunchtime and we will today. Really, enjoy it. It will be a mild at sunday. A couple clouds around right now. They should be clearing out later today. Then, we are watching a system
Theyre under 10 miles per hour. That being said, still have a bit of a wind chill to contend with. It does feel like its below zero in most areas right now. Actual temperatures running below zero up on the north shore. Beverly one ble. South shore plim ut four below. As cold as 13 below out in orange right now. The temperatures will actually pick up today. Were going to do better than we did yesterday. In fact, by late morning, we are in the teens. We should jump into the 20s this afternoon. Look at the sunshine fading behind increasing clouds. Looking for late day high temperatures in the upper 20s to around 30 degrees. Look at whats happening here. Our clear skies this morning will give way to clouds. Theres an area of snow to our south and west. This is actually going to be moving in during the evening commute. It will not last long. Its going to change over to some sleet, freezing rain and eventually rain by tomorrow morning but it gets a little messy tonight. Because of that Winte
She says everyone is healthy and feeling amazing. Danielle, you even got to see them. Danielle i got to see them. They were such proud parents. Little greyson is the cutest thing ever. Im just saying. Maybe im biased. Lets talk about that weather though, shall we . This morning were actually starting out on the mild side. In the upper 30s in boston. Low 40s on nantucket. Already this morning which means obviously as we go through the day today, temperatures are going to warm up. One of the reasons why is because were going to have a pretty persistent wind out of the south and west. Just an hour ago these winds were pretty gusty. Right now we have wind gusts up to 22 Miles Per Hour on block island. Those winds are sustained anywhere from 1015 to even 20 miles an hour through the day. Thats going to allow these temperatures by lunchtime already to creep into the upper 40s, maybe even pushing 50 degrees in some spots. So it is a mild one, folks. Enjoy it. With a mix of sun and clouds, thi