there. an emergency shelter was set up in a nearby city. in central new jersey, five people are dead after their small plane went into a nose dive just before landing at the airport. witnesses say a piece of the plane appeared to fall off just before it crashed. proceed was scattered across a 200-foot-long path. relatives of the three men and two boys on board were waiting for them at the airport. the ohio valley s getting slammed with another round of snow this morning. as the snow came down yesterday, slick roads triggered dozens of accidents north of columbus. witnesses say cars were sliding off the highway in every direction. a 20-mile section of interstate 71 had to be shut down because of those nasty conditions. a snow storm is hitting the east coast this morning and sending cold air down south. that s right. rachel harvey jones is tracking it at accuweather.com. cold air affecting a large portion of the nation, jeremy and vinita. across the plains, cold and d
than any other country. that s right. alex thomas has a wrap and also a look at what s on tap for today. reporter: thanks, john and kiran. opening weekend of these 2010 winter olympics has been an historic one for america. short track speed skater apolo anton ohno who got the ball rolling saturday, came in second in the 1500 meters, apolo s sixth olympic medal, making him the most decorated male olympian for the u.s.a. legendary bonnie blair. not to be outdone, johnny spillane in the nordic combined won silver. though it was second place it was the first medal america has ever won in the event. the united states first gold at these olympics was won by 23-year-old freestyle skier hannah kearney. she claimed the ladies moguls,
coolest thing ever, ever, ever. i mean, it s not gold, but come on, what about the hug afterwards? that was an attack. i know. i know. i m so sorry, hannah. i was just so excited for myself, getting a medal but for her to be olympic champion. like i knew the second she crossed the finish line, i was like, oh, my god, hannah is a gold medalist. you do know, hannah, that s your new first name, olympic gold medalist. i love it. will you take it? i will take it. it will take some getting used to, but i will take it. what did it take for you? the canadians really had their heart set on gold for this and you take it. all my training and skills came together at the exact right moment. that s what s so tough about this sport. so many elements go into a good mogul run. anything can happen on any day and it was just my day. i had a good feeling about the day from the get-go and i skied
of partying going on here in vancouver and around this country. but let s talk for just a minute if we can, oh there heston phone. very hand pi with the medal. about the women s moguls. that was a surprise and a gold medal for hannah kearney, the american with an absolutely spectacular run. she was not favored, had been four years ago. didn t even make the cut. so america takes home gold in the women s moguls and also shannon bahrke took the bronze. there you see here with the tinge of pink hair at the medals platform last night. i had a chance to talk with them before the medals ceremony and floating on air. this is only competition so they ll spend the rest of the time going to other events and having good time and celebrating. they were so excited to get those medalities. let s talk about what s coming up. lindsey yvonne back on the slopes today. she had what was described as a pretty thorough training run yesterday. now, she is officially going to
kearney saying afterwards being half-canadian, she just pretended all those cheers for canada were for her. how about a silver medal for the united states in nordic combined. you see this one? it combines ski jumping and cross-country skiing. that s america s first-ever medal in the event and it goes to a guy with a hell of a good name johnny spillane. congratulations, spillane. canadians were getting antsy about the lack of a gold medal during the first days of competition but last need that ended when alexandre bilodeau won a gold medal in freestyle moguls. there was a giant national exhale after bilodeau s win last night. the first gold is front page news across canada this morning. here s today s globe and mail hot off the press gold comes home. by the way, american bryon