affecting this region with rain, wind and mountain snow. we have lots of winter weather advisories, high wind warnings where winds could gust in excess of 50 miles an hour and the snow, we could see in excess of three feet of snow across the cascades and northern rockies. jamey and greg, back to you. thanks. you got it. well a major development now in the alex rodriguez scandal. a short time ago an ar traitor reducing his suspension from 162 games from 21. the decision sidelined the new york yankee. he is till challenge today s ruling to try to get more games shaved off his sentence through a federal injunction.
have asked for identification before that card was used. jamie you bring up a good point. oftentimes it will tell you what you re liable for. read it. but the best defense is be organized, reduce the number of cards and as you did, freeze your credit report. this way you re never going to have to worry about that. one other thing i think is interesting, use a separate e-mail address just for shopping online or anytime you re going to get a receipt e-mails to you, use a separate one away from the normal one that you use. i like that. don t use your name or home address in passwords. passwords are so important. thank you so much, ed, who advises us on our money and our security and a bunch of other things. great to have you here. greg? how are you feeling in. better than you. because greg is a little under the weather today. yes. i have to be honest. but it s not the flu, i think. now wept to the doctor. i did go to the doctor, yesterday. i m feeling better today.
we re consumer protection, attorney types, we try to help people. this is so serious you couldn t imagine it would happen in stores like target and neiman marcus. coming up we re going to tell people what you need to do if it was affected now or it might be in the future. you don t want to take any chances. you want to keep your private information private and that s coming up later in the show. keep it out of the wrong hands. it really wreaks havoc on people s lives. it does. the iconic israeli leader ariel sharon has died. suffering a stroke eight years ago this month from which he never recovered. he was 85 years old. he devoted his life to the security and survival of his country. hunter powell is live from jerusalem with more. reporter: greg sharon is described today by his fellow friend and politicians as a great defender of israel.
decisions about surging u.s. troops without a thorough debate. but gates seems to have a different take op it. he says he saw, quote, a lack of appreciation from the top down of the uncertainties and unpredictability of war in the obama white house. jamie. and he s putting it owl aut there now. molly, thank you so much. greg? some possible legal troubles now swirling around new jersey governor chris christie and his staff. this week it was revealed that one of his aides ordered that three lanes on the george washington bridge be closed for days as punishment because of the mayor of ft. lee would not endorse christie s run for governor. now the u.s. attorney said he s going to look into whether they violated any federal laws. what could this mean for the governor and his staffers? richard st. paul is a defense
than original thought. there s a newest in the house to derail obamacare. coming this we re going to tell you why this time around the white house may have a real cause for concern. but we begin with that chemical spill affecting the water supply of about 300,000 people in west virginia. officials in nine counties there ordering folks not to use their tap water for anything at all and it s forcing businesses and restaurants to close now we re learning hundreds of people say exposure to the spill is making them sick. doug is live with the latest. reporter: there s been a steady driving rain here all day long. it just let it about an hour ago. water everywhere but not a drop to drink, at least from your tap. most people in the charleston area and surrounding counties are getting the water from the trucks like this or from other kinds of flatbed trucks. last night a convoy of about 75 fema trucks loaded down with pallets of water arrived at the air force base. they were ha