nfl s biggest game. although this year s super bowl is being played outside in new jersey s metlife stadium, the weather is not expected to cause problems. the game time forecast calls for temperatures in the mid 40s. those are your top stories. reliable sources with brian set her is at the top of the hour. now back to fareed zakaria gps. starting friday, the eyes of the world will be on sochi, a resort town sandwiched between the black sea and the caucasus mountains. these two features will be the geographic backdrop of these games but the geopolitics of the region are moving from background to foreground. there are terror fields centered upon chechnya and dag gas stan, and then there is the revolution next door, just 600 miles away is kiev, the capital of ukraine, a nation of 45 million being rocked by a revolution. ukraine gained its independence when the soviet union collapsed
68 were ejected. just the percentage, tens of thousands of fans, that s not that many. it could go down as the coldest game in history. it s trending as the fourth. the forecast calls for tomorrow in green bay calls for minus 20 degrees for the windchill, somewhere around 40 below. fans braving, i say braving in quotes, the elements, will be rewarded, rewarded, i said with free coffee and hot chocolate. can they bring space heretos? i don t know. and also giving out 70,000 hand warmers. so the hand hand warmers will make up for the space heaters. those choosing to stay home, aka, the smart ones, they will be able to watch the packers game. because green bay was able to sell all the tickets meaning the game won t be blacked out in wisconsin. there was a big fear that one of the most severe games of it, the rule is you have to sell 100% of
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for that. martin, thank you very much. we appreciate it. travel is not the only thing in danger from the storm bearing down on the northeast. high winds could ground some of those big balloons in the macy tajikistan day parade. it the blans are allowed to fly if wind gusts are above are not allowed to fly above 35 miles per hour. the forecast calls for winds to be around that level on parade day. new york city police commissioner ray kelly says his men will be in place to help just in case. we have a sergeant assigned to each of the balloons. they can be lowers all the way to the ground or a determination is made not to fly. organizers say they will wait till thursday morning to make their decision. shining a new light on mental health issues. two high profile stories are showing the challenges for families and communities. we ll take a closer look.
strong winds that are helping to weaken the storm system. again, a little bit of good news appears karen is weakening. we have hurricane watches in effect from grand isle, louisiana, to areas west of destin, florida. very widespread area that could be look at hurricane conditions as we head into this weekend. look at the tropical satellite. the center of the storm system is over parts of the gulf of mexico and most of the thunderstorm activity is east of the center of circulation. that is a sign it s weakening. the forecast calls for some intenseification as we head into the next several days. by sunday t could have maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour and stronger gusts than that. otherwise very quickly, i want to mention that we have another storm system currently producing blizzard conditions, one to two feet of snow and also winds of up to 70 miles per hour possible. on the warm side of that same storm system, we have a threat for severe weather from parts of minnesota, dow