And good thursday morning to you all. We begin with what some people hope is winters last hurrah. Are you sure it is . Were hoping. Okay. A farreaching system affecting nearly 20 states right now. The storm looking impressive on radar stretching from texas to new england this morning. More than 2,000 flights already canceled. And overnight a plane in dallas, that one youre seeing there, getting stuck on the tarmac for three hours after a few inches fell in the area. Passengers were forced to sleep in the terminal. Abcs bazi kanani has our coverage. Reporter winters wrath looked like this in lindbern, West Virginia, the swollen creek washing away a bridge, flooding from all the rain and melting snow. Look how fast that is. Holy cow. Reporter in pennsylvania, basements getting soaked. Some homes completely inundated. Emergency crews rescued carol lind and her dogs. He had to carry us on his back to the raft. Reporter and now that rain is turning into another blast of snow. At least 24 st
Outbreak . We speak to the companys ceo, coming up. Also lyft you know, lyft are raising another 150 million right now, the majority coming from carl icahn. Coming up well discuss how much this cash and icahns name can help lyft compete with uber. More of those puns are awaiting us. The story today, bill that has everybody talking from Silicon Valley to back here on wall street. What are carl icahns intentions and what does it signal about the prospects for these two in the markets . Exactly. The dow, well start with the blue chips there, up about 3 points. The s p roughly flat. Remember yesterday with the close of 2121. That was a new alltime high for the index. The dow is still 30 points away from where it needs to be. 18,288 is the number we need to keep an eye out for. 33 points shy at the moment. The nasdaq slightly under pressure and still has a few points to go as well if it wants a new high water mark. This is the third friday of the month, therefore, it is expiration day as we
Living next door to a fraternity. The outrageous behavior caught on camera. Got to give it up and pharrell not giving up anything in court. The superstar taking the stand in the blurred lines trial claiming he didnt rip off the marvin gaye classic. And wait until you hear how much money the smash hit song really earned. Got to give it up got to give it up keep on dancing you just cant help but move and groove to marvin gaye. Thats the song at the center of that blurred lines trial. Well have more on that ahead. And we have so much to get to. This morning that massive storm sweeping across the country dropping snow from texas to new york, six states declaring an emergency. More than 2400 Flights Canceled. Ginger and our team on that. In a minute. But we begin with that breaking news. Look at these dramatic pictures. Right here. The u. S. Ambassador to south korea, mark lippert, viciously slashed at a breakfast speech. North korea is praising the attack as the ambassador recovers in a ho
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And wounded 260. U. S. Attorney general Loretta Lynch called it a fitting punishment for a horrific crime. The jurys decision came after 14 hours of deliberation. Don dahler is at the federal courthouse in boston. Reporter its a city that has been holding its collective breath for this. Yes i think that its justice. Reporter but inside, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev showed little emotion, standing with head bowed as his fate was announced. Federal prosecutors knew they had an uphill battle in massachusetts, a state that has outlawed the Death Penalty in its own cases. Bostons Police Commissioner William Evans you know, not going to blow up our marathon, theyre not going to blow up our city, and theyre not going to inflict any type of terror in our country. I think thats the strong message we sent today. Reporter its likely, this was the critical image for the jury Surveillance Video of tsarnaev pl a deadly Pressure Cooker bomb four feet away from the Richard Family which witnesses said put eightye