suzanne malveaux says the white house might be bending a little. and his body found buried under concrete. $17 million might have cost him his life. we knew it was coming, and boy was it delivered. the southern plains getting the smackdown. lights out, trees down, and flights cancelled. it s lockdown in oklahoma. right now more than 146,000 homes and businesses without power. snow messing with lubbock, texas. more than a foot closing down the new mexico state line to the oklahoma border. flooding, you don t want to drive in this mess. jacqui jeras, you are all over it for us. yeah, we have more of that to go and into the weekend as well. a lingerer and on the move, 150,000 people without power this morning. the freezing rain still coming down three quarters of an inch of accumulation here approximately in the city. we will watch that turnover to snowfall now, and minor accumulations expected. the worse of the ice storm is putting in the i-40 corridor here across par
the economy, we re talking to bill birden from the white house. it seems like the president and his agenda hit a brick wall last week in massachusetts. if 85% of the state of the union tonight isn t on the economy and jobs, i guarantee you the criticism tomorrow will be the president is tone deaf. but i m sure it won t be the case. 8:00 cnn. you have a great day. okay. love you, tony. let s rock. it is wednesday, the 27th day of january. here are the top stories for you in the cnn newsroom. tonight president obama faces americans cranky about the lack of jobs this hour. a state of the union, small businesses are the biggest job creators in the country. i will ask a bakery owner about her dough and if she is ready to hire. and toyota dealers are as lonely as the maytag repairman today. the top-selling car maker stops selling most models for now. good morning, everyone, i m tony harris and you are in the cnn newsroom. so here we go. president obama preparing f