get ready for the opening ceremonies. we re going to turn and check the news feed here. almost 600,000 people are still in the dark and cold after yesterday s wintry weather. crews are looking to restore power in eight of those states. most of those outages are in pennsylvania. this morning, we re watching snow go through oklahoma city. they re expecting several inches there. according to meteorologist nbc bill karins, 64% of the country is actually covered in snow. and the investigation into the apparent overdose death of philip seymour hoffman. broadway just last night dimmed its lights to honor the memory of that revered actor. hoffman had three tony awards there. three drug suspects were arraigned in new york city and one of them did have hoffman s cell phone number. and also opening statements in your stand your ground trial of michael dunn. dunn is accused of killing 17-year-old jordan davis at an
controlled substance. they said they found the largest amount of drugs in robert s apartment. they learned his cell phone did have hoffman s number stored in it. one of the nicest people i have ever met. smart. he goes out of his way to be nice. knows everything about film and music and art and literature. great guy. investigators trying to determine if any of them sold drugs to hoffman. they could be looking at more serious charges. possible prosecution under the so-called felony murder rule when someone dies after the commission of a felony. it happened in the john belushi case to kathy smith and she served 15 months behind bars for injecting him with the fatal dose of heroin laced with cocaine. the felony murder rule, you attempt to apply it to a drug