a week of violent antigovernment demonstrations in egypt could intensify. the brotherhood has been called to demonstrate. mohamed el berra die is returning home to join in the protests. nasa is remarking the day tomorrow of the space shuttle challenger explosion. a spokesman in dave voss say a small fire work went off at the back entrance of a hotel where high powered guests are gathering for the world economic forum. former president bill clinton expected to speak there tonight. a crazy story about charlie sheen, you ve heard them. but you ve got to hear what his
prin poe, thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. more travel problems, shuttered schools and power outages. new york central park broke a one-day record with more than a foot of snow. more fell this morning. it s so bad in philadelphia, the mayor declared a snow emergency. the city pounded time and again this winter by one storm after another. in washington, d.c., half a foot of snow disrupted air travel and forced government offices to delay opening this morning. we ve got live coverage this hour. reynolds wolf is in boston. karen mcginnis is tracking the storm in the cnn center. reynolds, you re in boston. the roads don t look too bad behind you. reporter: i tell you what, if you re tuning in right now, if you happen to be in boston and you look down at my feet or down the street, conditions look pretty good. you d never know that we had nearly a foot of snowfall that fell in about 12 hours. if you look down the street, it tells a bit of a different story. yes, the roads are
one of the reasons often cited to support health care reform in this country is the outrageous behavior of some insurance companies. when a cancer patient inadvertently shortened his premium payment by two cents, his insurance company dropped him. the company thought better of that decision after our denver affiliate, kngh, aired the patient s story. here s russell heythorn. reporter: ron and frances flanagan share a moment of sheer relief. our prayers were answered. reporter: ron s health insurance was reinstated after he was cut off for being two cents short. on his november payment. relieved to have insurance again. retroactive to december 31st. reporter: their insurance benefits provider dropped them when frances paid their last bill online. she hit a 7 instead of a 9, leaving their $328.69 payment 2 cents short.
clearly republicans and democrats, both sides of the aisle involved in this yelling match which did not end. they would change the way the state government would operate. democrats wanted to continue debating an amendment. republicans did not. eventually the democrats stormed out of the room. the bill now heads to the full house. we ll keep you posted. these california congressmen, though, had no problem crossing the aisle. democrat bob filner planted a big one on republican brian bilbray. isn t that sweet? the two were being interviewed by a san diego tv station from d.c. they were asked about the president s state of the union address and bipartisanship. and their answer? hugs and a big kiss. a tea party lawmaker may be considering a white house run. paul steinhauser, live from the political desk in washington. so what s this about, paul? carol, before i get to that, i just saw that beautiful story, the congressmen kissing. i promise i will not be kissing steve, our coverage
billion muslims in the world. but according to a new study, 20 years from now that number will have doubled. by 2030, muslims will represent more than a quarter of all people on the planet. and here in the united states the number of muslims will more than double to 6.2 million in the same period. what s behind the anticipated growth? researchers at the pew forum on religion and public life say a high birth rate. the large number of muslims of child-bearing age and an increase in life expectancy in muslim countries are responsible for the trend. so let s take a look at some of the oh, actually, we re going to talk more about that story. we ll have a guest in the next hour. right now we want to look at some live pictures from cnn producer julian cummings. he s in new york. this is the brooklyn bridge. and you can see it s in terrible shape. at least the walking part. we hope the driving part is a little drier from that. rob marciano is tracking the weather from the cnn weather cen