Another winter storm blasting the u. S. This morning. The second in more than two weeks in two dozen states. More than a hundred million americans feeling the brunt of triplethreat weather, ice, snow, and rain. And expected to dump yet another foot of snow in the northeast. It is causing a nightmare in the skies. Thousands of flights have already been canceled, so check ahead. Visibility outside on the roads is poor. Icy roads turning deadly. Making it dangerous for anyone who decides to venture out. Thomas brayton reports. That all too familiar sound and sight is back again. I cant remember it being so cold or so much snow for one season. Reporter another blast of snow slamming over two dozen states with kansas and missouri taking the brunt tuesday. Blizzardlikes and near zero visibility on the great plains, had ever plow and snow truck out on the road trying to stay ahead of a constant snowfall, and now there are concerns things could get worse on the highways. Kansas ci kansas city
Bravo. And the drug store chain c. B. S. Praised for removing Tobacco Products from its stores, even though that move is likely to cost the retailer billions. Hi there, welcome to al jazeera america. Im thomas drayton, good to have you with us. Its been a rough 24 hours for a lot of folks. The latest snow and ice knocked out power to more than a million people. As paul beban tells u the long winters are starting to put a strain on resources in many states. As night falls the temperature is dropping and all the slush and water on the streets is turning back to ice on roads making the evening commute treacherous. People are asked to take public transportation, be careful on the roads and the big question for thousands of people is when they do get home, will the power be on . Across pennsylvania more than 750,000 people are without power. More than half a million of them, homes and businesses in the suburbs of philadelphia. The cause, by and large, downed power line, dragged down by snow
Agencies. The threats they are monitoring days before the opening ceremony. People didnt believe you could be psychologically coerced to confess to a crime you didnt commit. Free at last after years behind bars, what is behind the number of overturned convictions in america. Millions of americans are waking up to another winter headache this morning. A major snow and ice storm that hammered the midwest on tuesday is beating up the northeast. Several states issued Winter Weather alerts and warnings in kansas and new jersey are under states of emergency. Good morning, welcome to al jazeera. Omstephanie sy. Americans have been busy digging their way out of mondays storms, their shovels will not get a rest. Thomas drayton tells us how it impacts the country. The alltoo familiar sound and sight is back. This year is terrible. I cant remember it being so cold for swiften. Another blast of snow slamming two dozen states. With kansas and missouri taking the brunt, and the storm taking aim at t
Reportedly make four arrests tied to the case. Huge and historic decision from one of the nations largest chains, cvs will no longer sale to be toe products at his 7600 Stores Across the country. They say it could cost them 2 billion of revenue every year. John terret is in washington. It is our top story so fill in the blanks for us. Reporter tony, good afternoon. The first blank to fill is to to say when news came through everybody was caught by surprise. We werent expecting this from cvs its a surprise and a very important decision. Here say giant u. S. Corporation making a social, a political and a business statement all in one. Go, which could well have ramifications for many years to come. Rained mark decision from the nations second largest pharmacy chain, vcs has 7,600 stores in 43 states. Its decision to stop selling all Tobacco Products this year could be a retail game changer. When we asked ourselves where we peck to be in the future as a Health Care Company. It became clear
In europe, steal mate in kiev, as the chief meets the ukrainian president. And the trial opens of the man accused of being behind the collapse of one of irelands biggest banks. Two damming reports about the abuse of Children Worldwide have been released by the United Nations. In the first the Catholic Churched is denounced for allowing priests to rape and molest tens of thousands of children over the decades, and the second on syria describes the unspeakable surfering of its children. First lets take a closer look at the severe condemnation directed at the vatican. They say it is a crime not a moral failing. They protected pedophile priests by moving them around, and it says this practice is still happening. Nuns and priests who spoke out were ostracized and those who [ technical difficulties ] the Catholic Church signed up to the convention in 1990, and part of its commitment is to be periodically reviewed on its performance. The scandaling relating to child sex abuse, on january 16th