Banned sport. We begin with breaking news out of yemen where a weapons depo has been bombed in sanaa causing a huge explosion. The saudiled air strike was apparently targeting a scud missile base for the shia Houthi Rebels and impact from the explosion shattered windows of nearby homes and some had to be evacuated and in a development the foreign minister says thousands of houthi fighters as well as those loyal to former president have been killed since the operation started. And our correspondent is in saudi arabia and lets start with the huge explosions and what is going on there . Yes, in the mountain overlooking the district of hada where the president ial palace is located and also the concentration of the special forces and forces loyal to president , former president so its a very interesting target and it has been a spectacular scene and plumes of smoke in the sky and windows smashed in the nearby residential areas, people fighting and fleeing near the place and however there w
Southern california. A former cop with an angry manifesto and a highcaliber grudge. And a special performance for us by a young superstar who could be a big winner at tomorrow nights Grammy Awards. Ed sheeran. That and much more on cbs this morning saturday, february 9th, 2013. Captioning funded by cbs good morning and welcome to the weekend. We begin with a big white blast. Got snow everybody is asking this morning and that is our top story for the day and throughout this half hour. Its becoming whats likely to be known for years to come as the great blizzard of 2013. The storm is here and as predicted, it is enormous. Heres the latest. Governors declared states of emergency in five states. The storm is blamed for at least four deaths. At least 650,000 customers have no power. A Nuclear Power plant in plymouth plymouth, massachusetts, lost power and shut down and Authorities Say there is no threat to safety. Transportation is mostly suspended. We begin our coverage with the latest fro
The new york city area notice the snow is gradually ending from the west to the east. Central and eastern connecticut, you still have plenty of snow. Its not the case in eastern connecticut, rhode island, and the boston area and all of coastal maine, theyre seeing occasional bouts of heavy snow. Some of these bands are still pretty strong and thats going to continue to be the case for much of the morning. In fact, where you see the blue thats an additional 3 to 6 inches of snow could fall before the end of the day and that certainly does seem like that could be reasonable. How about the danger of flooding, especially in areas hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy, david . Thats a good question. I know as far south as Atlantic City during high tide we saw moderate coastal flooding and wash in that area. The winds now not only for the jersey shore and long island connecticut, now have it going offshore. The coastal flood warnings are confined along the massachusetts and maine shoreline. And, a
To new jersey. Plus a desperate manhunt for an alleged cop killer in Southern California. A former cop with an angry manifesto and a highcaliber grudge. And a special performance for us by a young superstar who could be a big winner at tomorrow nights Grammy Awards. Ed sheeran. That and much more on cbs this morning saturday, february 9th, 2013. Captioning funded by cbs good morning and welcome to the weekend. We begin with a big white blast. Got snow everybody is asking this morning and that is our top story for the day and throughout this half hour. Its becoming whats likely to be known for years to come as the great blizzard of 2013. The storm is here and as predicted, it is enormous. Heres the latest. Governors declared states of emergency in five states. The storm is blamed for at least four deaths. At least 650,000 customers have no power. A Nuclear Power plant in plymouth plymouth, massachusetts, lost power and shut down and Authorities Say there is no threat to safety. Transpor
Doctors if south korea say the u. S. Ambassador will spend the next couple of days in the hospital after a vicious knife attack. Mark lippert needed more than two hours of surgery and 80 stitches to close the wound on his cheek. He was slashed on the face and hand just before he was to deliver a breakfast speech in seoul. Translator if the injury had been one or two centimeters deeper it could have caused damage to an artery and could have been life threatening. Thankfully though the worst Case Scenario of avoided. Were told lippert is in good spirits. He sent out a tweet, you see it on the the screen saying hes doing well. He says hes deeply moved by the support and will be back asap. The suspect was also injured. State media says he was angelburyangel angry about joint south korean u. S. Military exercises. Christopher hill says seoul is usually considered a safe place. Take listen. When i was ambassador here, yes, i had security but often i was able to walk outside by myself. Occasi