ferocious flame, firefighters are starting to get an upper hand. that s the good news. we have reporters, as always, all over the country covering these major stories for you. i want to start out with sandrasandra endo and let s begin with athena. athena, nearly 4 million homes are without power from indiana to player land from the brutal storms, the death toll is climbing. what can you tell us? what are you seeing? reporter: well, we know that there are six confirmed deaths in virginia, poppy. that s coming from the governor s office, governor rob mcdonald. at least 1 million customers are without power in west virginia and that s a large chunk of the nearly 4 million. the governor has declared a state of emergency due to the severe storms and we note two other deaths and an official said a man was electrocuted after he left his house and a woman in maryland, a 71-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell on her home. this is proof of how dangerous the storms can be. you
no guy wears them to the beach. and including, very worrying, my own. he goes bonkers doing jim morrison. take a look it s in a book a reading rainbow behind bars but $70,000 richer. this is piers morgan tonight kwoecht. our big story tonight, america s choice 2012, the race for the white house may come down to the economy and nothing but the economy. if it does, many democrats think that could spell big trouble for president obama. listen to what james carville said on good morning america today. i m worried when the white house and the campaign talk about the progress being made, people take that as a signal that things are fine and people, i feel, don t believe that. so, is the president in trouble over the km economy. joining us an economist and author. it does ring a lot of true bells. this election is going to be about the economy. nicole, there s a lot of argument raising on both sides at the moment, is anybody winning that argument? i don t thin
since charges were file against jerry sandusky. they are trying to address accountability. for the first time they explained why they fired joe pater paterno. they say he was forced out because he did not meet a moral obligation to do more to alert authorities about allegations against sandusky. family and friends are mourning the death of sarah burke. she died thursday from brain trauma. she was a four-time winter x games champion. she was only 29 years old. developing news now. bracing for a weekend winter storm. storm and freezing rain will dart across the midwest tonight and head east. nearly a dozen major cities will be affected including chicago, where the airport already cancelled now 500 slights. mike is live in the windy city. i know that scene all too well.
sandusky. he wanted the university procedure to take its course. again, you have to make up your mind about whether you accept that answer from joe paterno. it s got a lot of column space in the washington post. it s warranted. thank you for joining us sally jenkins. thank you for having me. reading the fine print when it comes to the economy. we ll talk about president obama versus mitt romney on jobs, taxes and debt, that is next on weekends with alex witt . and it hasn t been going exactly as planned. cut. cut! [ monica ] i thought we d be on location for 3 days it s been 3 weeks. so i had to pick up some more things. good thing i ve got the citi simplicity card. i don t get hit with a fee if i m late with a payment. which is good because on this job, no! bigger! [ monica ] i may not be home for a while. [ male announcer ] the new citi simplicity card. no late fees. no penalty rate. no worries.
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