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0 power lines down, people left in the cold u. could hear the rumble and then the snap of the power. and this storm is creating a nightmare in the skies. thousands of flights cancelled, even more delayed, and no relief is in sight. four to six more inches on top of what we ve got tonight with temperatures in the 20s. we are definitely not out of the woods yet. we re live throughout the storms on everything you need to know. good morning. welcome to new day. it s thursday, february 13th. 6:00 in the east and we re beginning with breaking news. another monster outside your window paralyzing the south and now pounding the northeast. this system is massive and deadly. ten have lost their lives so far. the pictures, as always, tells story. take a look. this is chaos in north carolina. epic traffic jams forces thousands to abandon their cars on icy roads, of course. and lessons learned in atlanta. no one on the roads after the crippling storm a couple weeks ago, everyone seemed to
last olympics. if you remember, there was a tragedy on the course, they shortened it. she finished out of the medals, was not one of the favorites this year, and came home with a bronze. it was really exciting to talk to her, because not only is it something very personal for her and her family has worked very hard with her, but she becomes the first single luger in the history of the united states to medal in that sport, so the sport is thinking that s very big for them. i also want to mention for you devin logan, she is the silver medalist in ski slopestyle. she had a bad injury. she blew out her knee. she spent the year studying the judges, what are they like, what do they score on, and she ended up with a silver. fun seeing both of them today, richard. today s events, very quickly? women s hockey, oh, my gosh, i was outside talking to the usa and canada, this is going to be a preview of the final. just finished up, canada pulled it out 3-2, but, boy, was it an
not a great performance from the americans, though. they finished tenth, 15th and 2 1st. germany, austria, and france will be taking home medals for this first time event. an historic moment for the u.s. yesterday. aaron hamlin won bronze in the women s singles luge. a first medal for my single luge athlete since the sport was introduced. it s the fifth olympic medal for usa. the first four came in the doubles races in the luge event. congrats to them. helping with our medal count there. another solid performance from the american women on the slopes in slope style skiing. devin logan won silver. those ladies were absolutely amazing if you watch that. let s get a check of the medal count. more on top with four golds. canada also has four gold medals, nine total. the netherlands, three golds, eight medals in all. the u.s. sits in fourth place with two golds and seven total. our stage manager, jen, who is in sochi, we re wondering where the heck she is, jen by the
shaun white and olympic gold. hey, hey, everybody. good morning. i m thomas roberts. it is wednesday, february the 12th. welcome to way too early the show where hosting stag makes setting up the seating chart a little easier around here. we want to start, though, with the latest winter storm in the of course, we are going to get a block buster snowstorm. i know you keep hearing it, i am ready for spring. eight to 14 dames, 50s and 60s. so, the seating chart didn t go as planned. white house host ed hollande. the view from under the tent on the south lawn. spectacular, senators, second of state, you see her there in white, eddie win sor, julia louis drifus sat next to joe biden. we both paying tribute through world war two. it was all business as the two leaders fielded questions from the deteriorating situation in syria. president obama clarified, they don t have a standing no spy agreement with the allies. back to the dinner. according to my source saying, a t