town wins a $950 million lottery jackpot. you heard right. all except one guy who missed out on it. we start with this. we re just a few hours away from the start of the nevada caucuses. it is the fifth contest in the republican presidential race, but the first one to take place west of the mississippi we will have much more on that in just a moment. but first, here are some of the other top stories we are watching for you this morning. in syria anti-government activists say the military is randomly bombing residential neighbors. it has been the center of the uprising in syria. activists say as many as 260 people including women and children have been killed in the past day alone. cnn has not independently confirmed the accounts, though. here is what one brave activist told our anderson cooper last night. they have been bombarding an a area for like three hours with tank shells because a part of the syrian army led down to welcome the syrian army. so they bombard randomly
shelling and shooting. the fire breaks out again. at least 200 people kills there today, according to activists in the city, including women and children. i spoke to a witness, we re calling him danny. he s only giving his first name for obvious reasons. but he s at great risk. what s been happening? what s the latest? well, what s been happening, right? yes. they have been bombarding an area in homs for three hours. mortar bombs and tank shells. there s a part of the syrian army defected. they went down to welcome the syrian army, so they bombarded it with water bombs and tank shells. and in the first half hour, we have 40 people dead. now we ve got about 200 dead all around homs. there are people under the destruction. we can t move them. all of the buildings have been on top of bodies, human beings. kids dead, women dead, men dead. we can t get medication. they re shooting at the avenue, they re shooting. we can t get medication in there, we can t help them. no one
shelling and shooting. the fire breaks out again. at least 200 people kills there today, according to activists in the city, including women and children. i spoke to a witness, we re calling him danny. he s only giving his first name for obvious reasons. but he s at great risk. what s been happening? what s the latest? well, what s been happening, right? yes. they have been bombarding an area in homs for three hours. mortar bombs and tank shells. there s a part of the syrian army defected. they went down to welcome the syrian army, so they bombarded it with water bombs and tank shells. and in the first half hour, we have 40 people dead. now we ve got about 200 dead all around homs. there are people under the destruction. we can t move them. all of the buildings have been on top of build bodies, human beings. kids dead, women dead, men dead. we can t get medication. they re shooting at the avenue, they re shooting. we can t get medication in there, we can t help them.
shelling and shooting. the fire breaks out again. at least 200 people kills there today, according to activists in the city, including women and children. i spoke to a witness, we re calling him danny. he s only giving his first name for obvious reasons. but he s at great risk. what s been happening? what s the latest? well, what s been happening, right? yes. they have been bombarding an area in homs for three hours. mortar bombs and tank shells. there s a part of the syrian army defected. they went down to welcome the syrian army, so they bombarded it with water bombs and tank shells. and in the first half hour, we have 40 people dead. now we ve got about 200 dead all around homs. there are people under the destruction. we can t move them. all of the buildings have been on top of buiodies, human being. kids dead, women dead, men dead. we can t get medication. they re shooting at the avenue, they re shooting. we can t get medication in there, we can t help them. no on
go giants! go blue. reporter: in fact, the national climatic data center says there s no correlation between groundhog predictions and the actual weather. because if there were the groundhogs would know spring kind of started already. part of me is like is this real? reporter: yes, those are real cherry blossoms in washington, d.c. and yes, this really has been the warmest winter for much of the u.s. in more than 40 years. but it s been a brutal winter in europe, where the cold has killed more than 100 people and temperatures have plunged to historic lows. overnight in denver they say there could be as much snow as the city typically sees in one full winter month. groundhogs in denver won t be because so many people