from abc news, this is world news now. i love lady gaga at any time of the day. any time of the day or night. yeah. that s right. sorry. it is night. i keep forgetting. we re in this morning for john and diana. diana, of course, a few days away for her big delivery. john taking the right time to take some downtime and missing the major storm. yeah. more than 100 million people feeling the wrath of the new year s storm. it s reaching its peak from philly to boston at this very hour after burying the midwest in snow. here s the george washington bridge between new york and new jersey. both under states of emergency this morning. government offices in new jersey will be closed today. dangerous high tides threatening the coast in suburban boston. some communities calling for voluntary evacuation. parts of the state expecting as much as two feet of snow. abc s ron claiborne is in massachusetts with the story.
good morning. good morning, in for diana per perez. i m in for john muller. here are some of the top headlines we re following this morning on world news now. 2014 is getting off to a ferocious start across the midwest and northeast. a monster storm is now moving up the east coast with heavy snow and high winds bringing the region to a virtual standstill this morning. stay tuned as our extensive coverage continues. passengers from the cruise ship caught in the ice off the antarctic are on their way back it australia. it ll be a couple weeks before their new ship will be get there. the russian crew is staying with the stuck ship. the new year s murder after priest in fresno.