to catch up from the delays because of other days of severe weather. moments ago new york governor andrew cuomo announced parts of new york state thruway will be closed. in the midwest, several states took the precaution of closing roads and schools today and in a news conference indiana governor mike pence told residents to stay inside if at all possible. we are still in the midst of a dangerous winter storm. while the sun is out, they should not be deceived by that. wind gusts are expected to be in excess of 40 miles per hour. if you can stay in today, stay in all day today. if you can, stay in. nbc s ron allen is live for us in chicago, which has already hit a record low for this date of minus 16. ron, as we talk about chicago, we know that this is a city that is used to hard winters but this one is really catching everybody by surprise at just how extreme these temperatures are. reporter: it s stunning how cold it is out here. as you can see here in the
of course, when the bombs went off. today, they ran the final mile from boston s kenmore square to the finish line. powerful pictures there from beantown. i m craig melvin, 16 young school children and their teacher all died in pakistan early this morning in a bus explosion, five more children were hurt. authorities say all the children were between the ages of six and 12. pakistani police say a short circuit near a leaking gas continuing caused that explosion. back here in the united states, severe floods in texas submerging cars, closing roads, causing squares. the san antonio fire department says it has made more than 100 water rescues over the past 12 hours. at least one person died when her car was swept up in the flood waters. and a federal judge ruled yesterday that arizona sheriff joe arpaio racially profiled
returning to flood stage in paterson, new jersey. the mayor is considering closing roads and declare tag new round of evacuation and declaring a new round of evacuations. dramatic tapes just released from the 9/11 attacks. we are hearing some of the cockpit and control tour communications. reporter: all you can say about this is wow! as one former investigator said the story of 9/11 is best told through the voices of 9/11. as you listen to these recordings. i want you to remember two things. one, they were all compiled for the 9/11 commission. 140 recordings in all. they have not been made public. the members of the 9/11 commission were told again and again that these audio recordings did not exist. they pushed, they got them. we are going to play them for
snow and ice shutting down airports, closing roads, and stopping trains. and a nightmare at europe s busiest airport. heathrow turned into makeshift camps. hundreds of passengers cashing in on temporary mattresses on saturday. only one runway is operating at heathrow, and do not expect things to get better until after christmas. that storm system is causing huge headaches for commuter trains and road traffic. this is a look at a highway in belgium, an absolute parking lot. looked like a frozen parking lot. the big trucks and cars barely able to move, just sort of creeping along the roadway. a stunning accident last night at the most expensive broadway musical ever perused. spiderman: turn off the dark had to stop when a stunt man fell off a platform and came crashing down off stage. the actor was taken to the hospital. no word on his condition this morning. you hear some cheers there. people cheering for the actor as
cell phones are becoming a growing problem in schools across the country, but some administrators are trying to use the trend to their advantage. we ll tell you why they re actually giving students phones to use and use during class time. up first, though, violent weather battering the west coast. and the worst may be yet to come. there are heavy rains now pounding southern california. it s been happening there for days now and it may not let up until christmas. the result, severe flooding and mud slides. closing roads and forcing thousands of people from their homes. when you get up in the mountains, 10 feet of snow has fallen on sierra nevada with another potential 10 feet on tap. casey wian is live for us in ventura county, california. let s go first to rob marciano. how much is in store for us in the next few days, rob? and when might this end? look at this, guys, it s a river of moisture over southern california. here it is on the satellite