what did you say? we saw a drone, a drone aircraft. roger, what altitude did you see that aircraft? about 1,500. roger. caution, report of a drone on about a five mile final by the traffic that you are following. so drones are becoming more popular, as you know. not only among government agencies but even hobbyists. folks doing it for recreation. because of that the faa has been scrambling to set up new rules and tighten existing restrictions near airports. because, you know, god forbid there s a mid-air collision or any of those drones get sucked into into the engine of another commercial plane. online trackers have another great white shark to keep up with today. her name is lydia. researchers off jacksonville, fl tl, captured and tagged their third great white sunday. take a look at this. lydia s almost 15 feet long, weighs nearly 2,000 pounds.
she s the first great white to be captured. satellite tagged. then released in an area south of cape cod, massachusetts. we re learning this morning venezuela reporting the health of its president is failing. hugo chavez has been battling cancer, as you know, for months. the government says he now is facing a severe new infection as well as troubled breathing. what you re looking at here is the last public image of chavez that was released last month. those are his two daughters with him in the photo. just a heads up for you, too, if you live in the eastern united states. take a look. this storm has its eyes set on you, i m sorry to say. in north dakota this morning motorists are being told, look, just stay off the roads altogether. high winds are creating, as you can see, whiteout conditions. in colorado, accidents littered roads and highways. blizzard conditions blamed for a 30-car pileup near vail. this morning we do know interstate 70 is once again open in both directions, thou