this morning on world news this morning on world news now mammoth storm. the icy snowy conditions around atlanta and major snowfall expected in the northeast. 100 million people in the bull s eye. french connection the president of france joins the obamas, a host of celebrities at a glamorous state dinner. but who was missing there? marijuana munchies. a major journal looks into pot smokers into why weed causes such a feeding frenzy. we are learning so much more about philip seymour hoffman s final days of his private diaries are made public. that s in the skinny , on this thursday, february 12th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, i m marci
this mornin w this morning on world news now mammoth storm. the icy snowy conditions around atlanta and the major snowfall expected in the northeast. 100 million people in the bull s eye. french connection the president of france joins the obamas and a host of celebrities at a galamorous state dinner. but who was missing there? marijuana munchies. a major journal looks into pot smokers into why weed causes such a feeding frenzy. and secrets revealed. we re learning much more about philip seymour hoffman s final days as his private diaries are made public. that s in the skinny , on this thursday, february 12th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, i m marci gonzalez in for diana perez.
snow all the way into new england. back to you. thank you. this is just it s just amazing. frustrating for people living down there who aren t used to dealing with this. they talk about the lessons learned in this last storm, so they re so much more prepared. i also think the residents are also looking at this mp differently now. a lot of people just planning to stay home. not even venture out. hopefully they ll keep their power. when you get zonked by snow, can you stay indoors. these ice storms are really, really bad. 2600 flights already canceled just for today. practically anything in and out of atlanta. atlanta a big hub. they re saying this could be the worst ice storm for parts of the south in ten years. the white house weathering an unusual diplomatic storm before last night s state dinner for the president of france after he lost his first lady a few weeks ago. not to worry. pro protocol expert came up with a
together to produce an historic winter storm through the end of the day. as far as today is concerned, seeing ice, watching the corridor through atlanta, up towards raleigh, we are talking in some cases over an inch of ice that will bring down trees. power lines widespread power outages expected from a crippling ice storm expected here. from there, the storm strengthens, moves up the coast and taking the classic nor easter snow all the way north into new england. john and marci, back to you. thanks, jim. federal investigators in tennessee are trying to figure out who mailed a deadly package bomb to a retired lawyer. the 70-year-old was killed in the blast and injured his wife. i had a long life as a bankruptcy attorney. of course neighbors are stunned. just the perfect neighbors. we felt like that this was a place that nothing would ever happen. authorities believe this was an isolated incident and that the retired lawyer was targeted. closing arg utilities are
crackers, a blanket. reporter: more than 2,000 flights across this region are canceled. but once again, it s atlanta that s in a panic. this is one of mother nature s worst kinds of storms that can be inflicted on the south. and that is ice. it is our biggest enemy. reporter: authorities are sounding the alarm on cell phones and answering machines, calling the expected ice potentially catastrophic. now is the time to prepare for this winter storm. reporter: up to half an inch could look like this and bring down trees, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. help is already on the way from houston, a texas power company is sending up 60 crews. the traffic nightmare that was atlanta in the snow two weeks ago is fresh on the mind here. we rode along with a sergeant from the state patrol who says the timing of the storm is different. the thing about this storm is, we ve got a heads up on it as far as it ain t going to hit during the commute times. reporter: but it was st