Stick. Thats three feet deep. Another brutal wirntd blast buries the heartland. Wreaking havoc up into the plains states. Hurricaneforce winds brought travel to a halt. The second powerful winter storm in a week continues to dump snow and knock out power. It may be worse than the last one. Congress has until friday to hammer out an agreement to avoid the socalled sequester, a series of sweeping federal spending cuts. It looks like we cant defend america, our allies are going to be uncertain and our enemies are going to be on steroids. Hundreds of thousands of americans will lose access to prime care and Preventive Care like flu vaccinations. [ beep ] an explosion rocks a hot air balloon in egypt a couple disappears in peru. Back in december. Family members fear the couple has been kidnapped. I just want somebody to find my sister. The dow posting its worse loss of 2013 on worries that italy could spark another debt crisis. Free speech of speech. In america you have a right to be stupid
Whatever. Happy birthday to jason aldean. Imus in the morning the president walks back armageddon, not so bad after all. My, how times change. Good morning, everyone, quote from last night. A lot of people may not notice the spending cuts. Really . Whoa, thats a far cry from the disaster speeches the president was making all week. Thousands outtafter job, meat not inspected, children not vaccinated. But now, a lot of people may not notice. Why the switch . Why retreat from the armageddon threat . Perhaps the president knows it was political grand standing all along. After all, will the sky really fall if we make a tiny spending increase reduction . So, here is where we stand. The cuts hit tomorrow. Most people wont notice. Ben will keep printing and the dow industrials could hit an alltime high soon. Varney company is about to begin. [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when hes 153, whh would be fine if bob were a vampire. But hes not. Hes an architect with two kids
Father, their fouryearold son and 8yearold cousin. Its unclear where the boat was from. The call indicated there were no life vests or survival sutsz. We dont know if they were able to make a makeshift life craft that raft that they were able to piece together. Were hoping its not a hoax. The coast guard said, its an laboratory one. The it plans to continue the search using boats. A couple went missing on a cycling trip in peru. They havent been heard from in a month and a warning from the department is causing more concern. Reporter this is the last picture jamie neal and her boyfriend gart hand posted garrett hand posted on their facebook page. This is the last postthat they posted on his blog. We first must go to lima, we want we do not want to stay there long. Reporter garretts Family Living room has been transformed into animation gathering headquarter. Someone knows where he is right now. I want to hear from him. Reporter the family says garrett and jamie travelled from cusco to
Welcome to cbs this morning, for the second time in a week a giant winter storm is hammering the middle of the country. The storm is marching across missouri this morning on its way to the east coast. Its already shutting down highways airports and schools in texas, oklahoma and kansas. And now the storm is blamed for at least two deaths. Emily rittman is from kctv in overland park, kansas. Good morning. Reporter many in the state are trying to dig out from last weeks storm that dumped out about a foot and a half of snow. Its possible we could see another foot of fresh snow. The latest winter storm is unleashing blizzard conditions from texas to oklahoma and kansas, a system so powerful you can literally hear its fury. This was amarillo texas, monday, where howling winds whipped around more than a foot and a half of snow creating fivefoot snow drifts in some areas. Were going to step outside and let you see what its like so far. Woo reporter the storm knocked out power to thousands in
Hi, its robin, and i have been waiting 174 days to say this, good morning america. I keep pinching myself. This is actually happening. Good morning america, and welcome back robin. Robin, we just want you to know the whole obama family, weve been thinking about you and praying for you and rooting for you every step of the way. Did that tribute from the obamas create the appearance of coziness . Robin roberts survived a lifethreatening illness and that cuts across the usual lines separating journalists and politicians. Business is business, roberts has landed an upcoming interview with michele obama. Thats it for this edition of reliable sources. If you missed our Program Check us out on mondays on itunes. Search for reliable sources in the store. Were back next sunday morning for another critical look at the media. State of the union with Candy Crowley begins right now. And the award for best dramatic performance goes to washington . Today, if you cant beat them, scare them. We are req