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Thank you very much for starting your morning with us, on what can be a difficult morning for many people as they try to struggle through all of what is happening with the snow thats coming down. Lets go right now to Ashleigh Banfield from darian, connecticut. Ashleigh, how are you . Reporter well, it is very, very snowy here, marty. I was taking the drive because the media was allowed to be on the roads last night but everybody else wasnt. Between greenwich, connecticut, and darian, connecticut, on that 95 corridor as you look at your map all the way to new haven and beyond. And i have never been on a freeway like that, with five cars over the course of about a 45minute drive, driving about 25, 30 miles an hour. If youve ever imagined 95 looking like a farmers field, thats what it looked like, trying to make headway throughout the night. It was about 12 00 midnight, 1 00 am. Just look i said, absolutely remarkable to see that people really did, for the most part, heed the travel ban w
Cover three wounded americans made their escape including a grievously injured stephan mace. But more americans, their bodies were still out there. And Clint Romesha lives the soldiers creed, i will never leave a fallen comrade. So he and his team started charging as enemy fire poured down. And they kept charging, 50 meters, 80 meters, ultimately 100 meter run through a hail of bullets. They reached their fallen friends and they brought them home. Throughout history, the question has often been asked, why . Why did those in uniform take such extraordinary risks . And what compels them to such courage . You ask kleine aclint and many soldiers here today, and theyll tell you, yes, they fight for their country and they fight for our freedom. Yes, they fight to come home, to their families. Most of all they fight for each other, to keep each other safe and to have each others backs. I called clint to tell him he would receive this medal, he said he was honored, but he also said it wasnt ju
And now, regardless of how we got there, being the team player and knowing i have his back and hes got mine, thats what i reflect thats what i thats what motivates me. President obama will award the medal of honor to Clint Romesha on monday at the white house. He will be honored at the pentagon on tuesday, after which he will come back here to minot, north dakota and continue with his new job. Meanwhile, the war in afghanistan continues, more than 60,000 American Service members are right now in that country fighting that war. Im jake tapper for cnn in minot, north dakota. You are in the cnn newsroom, im Brianna Keilar in for don lemon. We have breaking news tonight, powerful devastating weather in the southern states. This is new video just in to cnn, it was reported by a storm chaser in hattiesburg, mississippi late this afternoon, when an enormous tornado touched the ground and started tearing up the town. We have extensive damage to show you tonight. There are some people hurt, and
The way up to midnight. A special twohour edition of 360. Right now, piers morgan starts. Chris cuomo is filling in for piers. Thats starts right now. All right, our thanks to everybody here. Its truly an honor to join the cnn team. Thank you for the coat. Theres a hat somewhere as well. And i got my big First Exclusive for you. Piers morgan, hes okay. Hes landed in london safely. We have new information for you tonight on the two big stories. New insight into that rogue excop turned alleged killer that could help lead to his capture. Plus reports on the restraining order his girlfriend took out against him. All that in a moment. First, were going to deal with the story that is literally all around us. This potential recordsetting blizzard. Predictions have been terrible, up to 3 feet of snow, up to 40 million in its path. A blizzard earns its name, however, not from snow but from winds. 70mileperhour winds, littery hurricane force. Potential damage and Power Outages much worse. So far