leaders in south africa will be here but this will be closed to the public. it is mainly mps and basically vips and leaders in the country, fredricka. thanks so much from capetown, south africa. i m fredricka whitfield here in the newsroom. on to tony harris to continue our coverage for the day, this february 11th, from the newsroom. fred, appreciate it. thank you. have a great day. it is thursday, february 11th. here are the faces of the stories behind today s headlines. watching today s anti-government protest in iran from california. a mother believed dead reunited with her husband and sons after nine years. you won t believe this. barbara and clarence announcing the winter olympic games in their mother tongue. ani, that s hello. i m tony harris and you are in the cnn newsroom. after record-breaking snow, the cleanup begins. how do you say that in ojibwa. it will be days before the northeast gets back to close to normal. rob marciano will join us in moments liv
come down. so you definitely want to stay indoors at least for the next couple of hours. this is what we call a blizzard, my friends. our i-reporters showing us some great reports. this is from fredericksburg, virginia. there you can see this is from jill harrison. she says 14 to 17 is what she s predicting is on the ground right now. you can see how poor visibility is. she just shot this video a couple of hours ago. thanks to jill for giving us that brand-new update and some of that fresh video. send us those i-reports to ireport.com but always stay safe when you re in the middle of this as well. blizzard warnings are in effect. this includes you in new york city, philadelphia, baltimore, and now washington, d.c. as well. the worst of it in d.c. now. baltimore is coming within the next few hours. philadelphia midday today. new york city we re going to say maybe early afternoon through early to mid-evening. one of the biggest issues will be these winds which will be kicking up. the sto
200 2009-2010 could be the snowiest season ever. go to our blog, cnn.com/a.m. fix. that will do it for us on this snowy wednesday morning. time to hand it over to atlanta and the cnn newsroom with fredricka whitfield. good morning to you. an ugly day if you re trying to get around in the northeast but a beautiful day if you re staying put. 9:00 on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. i m fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips. here s what we re working on this morning. whipping winds and heavy snow much of the northeast now under a blizzard warning. live reports straight ahead. and burning in the bible belt. two more church fires erupt in east texas. add it to seven others deliberately set. and an ambulance joyride? police say a drunk man took the wheel while paramedics were working on a patient. hello, everyone. everything on tap this morning. at the white house the jobless rate and president obama will be meeting with a number of african-american leaders to
a once in a lifetime snowfall. we re doing the best we can. the next thing i knew, i just i thought a truck hit my house. it s amazing. i m very disappointed to leave her all by himself. when he doesn t get those problems solved that s what irks him. i know probably will beat them and let them stay in juvenile for a while. oh, dear. welcome to hln news and views. i m richelle carey. you can tell we have a lot today. let s talk about the weather first. the east coast is literally at a standstill again, the second winter storm to hit the area in less than a week roaring into the washington area. blizzard warnings are posted all along the mid-atlantic seaboard so we had to bring in bonnie schneider to talk about how this compares to last week. on my facebook page wayne says, snow, snow, snow. when will it end? that s what he wants to know. well, i think we ve had the rest of winter. but for this storm at least 24 hours because the blizzard warnings will persist a
good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, february 10th, and here are the faces of the stories driving today s headlines. dave rothschild snow plow driver, back-to-back storms stimulates a lot of overtime. rosnie, a mother in haiti. her claims fuel new allegations against american missionaries. jessica marko witz. seattle teenager and humanitarian. she is reaching out to girls in are you wanda to help them learn. good morning, everyone. i am tony harris and you are in the cnn newsroom. you know it is bad when it s your snowiest winter on record. baltimore-washington and nearby dulles airport just passed their old record. you can sending us great ireports of just how bad it is and today the snow is piling up again. blizzard warnings from washington to new york. cnn s reynolds wolf is live from the national mall. reynolds, give us a look around, if you would, sir. reporter: absolutely. well, tony, this is one of the major streets that we have, this third street in washin