0 and power outages. and this is no time to be losing your heat. but that s happening for thousands of power customers across the country. power companies are asking people to conserve energy. a lot of schools are closed and opening late in parts of the country. pittsburgh, government offices, and many visitors are being urged to stay closed today including in the city of indianapolis where the mayor says this cold is a real killer, saying you could be dead in 10 minutes without the proper clothing. it s causing problems with planes and trains and automobiles. train tracks are freezing in some cases. the roads are covered with ice and black ice. the best advice is to stay indoors if you have to go out and cover those important parts federal regulations that kicked in last week that give pilots have to have more rest. that s part of the reason. but as this harsh weather spreads east, more flights are expected to be dropped today. we are going to dig into that. bill: senate majority lead
0 ial marathon. the event honors victims of the 1995 oklahoma city bombing. prior to our start, we ask you now for 168 seconds of silence, please. event organizers invited runners who could not finish in boston due to the attacks. many of the 23,000 runners wore red socks to honor the boston victims. we ve learned tonight that president barack obama is going to name charlotte mayor anthony fox to be the next transportation officials tell cnn that fox is the president s choice to succeed ray lahood. a mississippi man suspected of sending letters tainted with ricin to president obama and others faces his first federal court appearance tomorrow. 41-year-old james dutschke was arrested yesterday and charged with possession and use of a another man, paul arrested earlier but charges werertis an elvis impersonator ramed by dutske following a long standing feud. flash flooding causing misery in parts of texas. a storm roared through yesterday dumping 8 inches of rain in some areas.
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his controversial play? and good morning, america. happy monday, great to have amy, rachel, and ginger here. love the spring colors this morning. what a wild weekend at the masters. all kinds of twists. the sudden death. zpand australia rejoices all over again. really, the sport one. and so did we. instead of being remembered as masters with a questionable friday afternoon in will be remembered as a masters that had sunday night drama the likes of which we may never see again. between two sportsmen, both who deserved to win. brand-new video of the plane crash in bali. everyone survived. a new headline about 737 safety inspections. we begin with the latest from north korea. u.s. intelligence has expected a missile launch by today. major holiday in that country. bob woodruff is following it all. good morning, bob. reporter: good morning, george. today was supposed to be the day, when the missile could have been launched. it s still right there on the launch pad. and the u
remembered as a masters that had sunday night drama the likes of which we may never see again. between two sportsmen, both who deserved to win. brand-new video of the plane crash in bali. everyone survived. a new headline about 737 safety inspections. we begin with the latest from north korea. u.s. intelligence has expected a missile launch by today. major holiday in that country. bob woodruff is following it all. good morning, bob. reporter: good morning, george. today was supposed to be the day, when the missile could have been launched. it s still right there on the launch pad. and the u.s. and it allies are waiting to see if north korea s leader will talk. secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. is prepared for direct talks with north korea if kim jong-un makes the first move to slow down his nuclear weapons program. the united states remains open to authentic and credible negotiations on denuclearization. but the burden is on pyongyang. north korea must take