Time off. They are working to make ends meet and its not working. The reallife impact of cutting food stamps. How people in food banks could feel the pinch. The impact of a crippling winter storm is felt across the southern u. S. A slight warm up could help the region thaw out. The storm is blamed on several deaths from texas to the carolinas, striking part of the country not used to dealing with snow and ice, and thousands were stranded in cars, at work, in schools. Im stephanie sy. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Atlanta is one of the hardest hit areas. Good morning. What are things like there right now. Its cold, in the teens. We are expecting a warm up to melt some of the ice. Most of the roads are clear now. We are seeing some sheets of black ice. So officials warn people to stay off the interstates and the highways here today. The schools are still closed. Government is closed and the finger pointing seems to be starting here in atlanta as to how its possible that only a few inche
One saw coming. Wreck me good morning, america. All back together. Extended roll today. Yeah. Yeah. Super bowl edition getting all revved up because were right here in the middle of super bowl boulevard, look at that, some very special cheerleaders. Getting all revved up. Good morning, america. The whole region getting in the mood. Well take a look right there. Thats times square. Look at the George Washington bridge. It was lit up overnight in the colors of the broncos and the seahawks. Boy, that looks magnificent. Everybody is getting in the mood around here. And we have an exclusive look at those super fakes that are turning up before the big game on sunday. Authorities are cracking down on all that counterfeit merchandise floating around there. So a lot coming up. Lets get right to the weather. Emergency in atlanta. Where the dangerous snow and ice storm froze traffic, straned thousands in their cars, students in schools. Abcs matt gutman is in atlanta with the latest. Good morning
I just saw your dress, and i love it. Tell me whats happening here. This is donna morgan. Like a velvet. It looks really pretty. Al was about to get up on it, you know what i mean . He was. It was weird. I was, like, wow. You know what i love about al . He tells you what he thinks. He really just said he wanted to get on that. Thats exactly what he said. All right. So the Oscar Nominations are out. Before we list them all and they are so deserving, what happened to the butler . Hodas been championing that movie when did the butler come out . Who knows . Because it was a long time ago. People have short memories, hoda. I thought for sure that oprah would get a nod just because shes beloved by the industry. By the way, she was great in it. She was great in it. And forest whitaker, oscar winner. Okay. Anyway. Im sorry. I know. Anyway, the most nominations if you want to look at the big headlines, gravity and American Hustle each got ten. Each got ten. Want to make predictions . That would
Nations three Nuclear Missile bases. Shes investigating what may be the worst cheating scandal in the history of americas Nuclear Missile force. A group of launch officer at montanas Malmstrom Air force base is allegedly involved or has knowledge of cheating on a proficiency exam. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Susan, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. 34 airmen who are in focus here are in charge of maintaining and operating this nations Nuclear Missile. Now, the test they were taking was to assess their knowledge of how to operate nuclear warheads. Its being called a huge breach of integrity. 34 air force officers responsible for the deadliest weapons in the world have been pulled off the job for their roles in an alleged cheating scandal. This is absolutely unacceptable behavior. Pentagon Officials Say in september a launch officer at Malmstrom Air fort base in montana allegedly texted other officers answers to a monthly proficiency test. Some officers did it. Others apparentl
Have happened. A congressional report calls the benghazi attack preventable. The Senate Intelligence committee faults the Intelligence Community and state department and also points to Chris Stevens for rejecting offers of additional protection. Scandal rocking the United States air force. 34 officers entrusted with Nuclear Missiles have been pulled off the job for alleged involvement in a cheating ring. We do not know the extent of the scale of the cheating. A new video showing a missing soldier missing in afghanistan since 2009. The video has not been released. Three people including the gunman are dead after a supermarket shooting innen indiana. We know he had the gunpointed at another individual. And a man terrorizing individuals in california may be behind bars. Oscar nominations, American Hustle, gravity, 10 nominations, and the most nominations oh, that . At the other end, whoa look out here they go going at each other. Obviously, you suffered an accident apparently you wrote ab