i m just happy. well, maybe one day she ll find her way back to her mother herself. she did. back in 1987, new york city police say carlina s biological mother had apparently given the newborn to a woman at harlem hospital dressed as a nurse. she was suffering from a fever and was not seen again. no suspects were ever identified in the kidnapping. growing up, white, who had been living under another name in connecticut, was told that she was adopted and that her mother died and her father was in jail. this according to carl tyson, her biological father. white became suspicious after she couldn t provide a birth certificate after she wanted to get a driver s license. she researched cases of missing children in 1987 and found a picture of a missing girl who turned out to be her. dna test would prove her right.
gregg: but we begin with yet another fox news weather alert. the entire eastern half of the country is shivering in a deep freeze. temperatures plunging 15-20 degrees below normal in the northeast. we are dealing with some of the coldest temperatures we ve seen all year setting the stage for yet another major snowstorm next week. here is the scene in tulsa where residents are making the most of it, getting into a fun snowball fight. but at a shelter in minnesota, the mood is not as. right i have special needs so we have a lot of people freezing feet and fingers. that is pry march concern. gregg: hi, maria. keep in mind that it s cold and dangerously cold across much of the upper midwest and in parts of new england you need to bundle up. another storm actually off the coast of the southeast. this is north carolina. looks at that snowfall and southwestward we re seeing an accumulation of three to five inches of snow. that is going to produce dangerous driving and some p
starts right now. he may have been a member of elite but led a live dedicated to public service. sergeant shriver is being remembered. vice president biden, michelle obama, clin top and pelosi and several members of the kennedy family are at the our lady of mercy church. shriver tied tuesday. he suffered from alzheimer s. he founded the peace corps, celebrating the 50th anniversary this year. he was instrumental in work with the special olympics founded by his late wife, whose siblings were john, bobby and ted kennedy. gabrielle giffords is beginning a new and arduous phase in her recovery. nearly two weeks after being shot in the hot in, the arizona congresswoman flown from tucson to a texas hospital where she will begin rehabilitation. mike tobin joins us from memorial herman hospital in houston where she has been transferred. what can you tell us about the recovery phase? reporter: her husband, mark kelly sent out a message on twitter saying they are getting settled
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captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning and welcome to a very snowy rockefeller plaza. i m ann curry. i m lester holt. matt and meredith have the day off. this is getting to be a habit. last time we did the show was the blizzard morning. here we are again in the snow. al said this would be a big mess for the morning commute in the east coast and that s what s happened. at least we don t have a mound behind us. you make it look stylish. i m going straight for comfort. we re expected to get six inches of snow when all is said and done. it looks very pretty all over the city. in central park it is a stunner. in boston, kids are happy again because they have cancelled school for a second time in two weeks. when the storm moves out, the cold will move in and overnight it will plunge, we are told, to 44 below in international falls actually it plunged to 44 below in international falls, minnesota. bitter cold is heading east now. we ll get al s foreca