Midwest to the northeast. First, the storm, singledigit temperatures moving in. This from maryland tonight. The power lines turning to icicles. In philadelphia, the state of emergency in pennsylvania tonight. Hundreds of thousands spending this evening in the dark, as those temperatures now plummet. A virtual Obstacle Course for american drivers. Everywhere, power grids pushed to the brink. This sign reads, sorry, power out. Hospitals, in fact, forced to take drastic action. And now, that third storm on the way. Abc meteorologist ginger zee with the forecast. But first, gio benitez, tonight, on the black ice worries. Reporter tonight, the storm after the storm. After that winter blast dumped nearly a foot of snow and ice from kansas to maine. Freezing cold. And a race to restore power. Officials comparing the damage to the aftermath of a hurricane. Trees down for a hundred miles. Nearly 500,000 in the dark and frigid cold. Its slow, painstaking work. Watch as the workers try and pull a
Which i love. And green alcohol. And green alcohol. My mom said, when we were old enough to drink, never drink anything green or blue. I dont know. That was her advice. Never drink anything green or blue. I dont know what it was. What is it . Im not letting you taste. We can cheers. Yeah. St. Patricks day, not pattys. Some kind of liquor. We have a little bit of news that just broke out of california 6 30 a. M. West coast time. A earthquake in california. You could feel it around 6 30. It was a 4. 4 on the magnitude scale, so just to get a little perspective, there was a bad one in San Francisco and that was about a 6. 9. Billy bush tweeted, you saw the tweet. He said something like, felt the worst earthquake ive felt in my eight years in los angeles. Stuck in the shower. But ive been emailing him, heading out to california for work and emailing a producer out there, didnt even mention it. But maybe depends where you are. Exactly where you are. Earthquakes are really scary. Ive never b
St. Patricks plans for millions up and down the coast chilled by a last blast of winter. Dont worry, enriqueiglasias warms um our plaza. Announcer live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. This week off to an eventful start for the west coast. Absolutely. L. A. Was jolted by a strong earthquake within last 40 minutes. 6 25 pacific. Centered about five miles northwest of westwood. Lets get to Miguel Almaguer. He is on the phone with us. Good morning, miguel, what can you tell us . Miguel . Do we have miguel . Apparently we dont. As we said, 4. 4 on the scale. We will go back to miguel in a couple of minutes. To a Major Development for the search for Malaysia Flight 370. Nbcs tom costello has been falling this. Following this. Hi, matt. Malaysian investigators say they believe it was the copilot on the radio with air Traffic Controllers saying good night. But its not clear if that was before or after one of the critical flight data transmitting systems was turned off.
Was made to turn over to the house energy and Commerce Committee and it appears gms Ceo Mary Barra knew more than she has been saying. Rich edson has been going through all these documents. Rich . Gerri, General Motors engineers knew about chevy cobalts shutting off inad vert antly a decade before they recalled dozens of these cars. That is what documents in the house energy and Commerce Committee showed. Engineer was writing aways very aware with inadvertent ignition office. The piece cost of the ignition switch went up 90 cents and 400,000 in tooling and almost 500,000 doll in volume. Another gm document showed the Company Already decided cost was too high. In report entitled, quote, cost estimate to change the vehicle key for the cobalt only, the author writes, quote, none of the solutions represents an acceptable business case. In other words the solution is too expensive that very report says a lengthy lead time cost and no guaranty their proposed fix would fully solve the problem
House energy and Commerce Committee and it appears gms Ceo Mary Barra knew more than she has been saying. Rich edson has been going through all these documents. Rich . Gerri, General Motors engineers knew about chevy cobalts shutting off inad vert antly a decade before they recalled dozens of these cars. That is what documents in the house energy and Commerce Committee showed. Engineer was writing aways very aware with inadvertent ignition office. The piece cost of the ignition switch went up 90 cents and 400,000 in tooling and almost 500,000 doll in volume. Another gm document showed the Company Already decided cost was too high. In report entitled, quote, cost estimate to change the vehicle key for the cobalt only, the author writes, quote, none of the solutions represents an acceptable business case. In other words the solution is too expensive that very report says a lengthy lead time cost and no guaranty their proposed fix would fully solve the problem. By last year, federal regul