This is the cbs morning news for friday, february 8th, 2013. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, a potentially recordbreaking debilitating winter storm is expected to slam the northeast this morning. Snowfall totals could top 2 feet in some areas. Dangerous wind gusts threaten Power Supplies and travel will be affected from coast to coast. The storm is actually a combination of two powerful storms converging off the atlantic coast. One part of the storm is coming from the midwest. The worst of the storm will hit tonight into saturday morning. In some areas snowfall totals could reach historic levels. Cbs news weather consultant David Bernard has the latest. The major nor easter is taking shape this morning right off the banks of North Carolina and this is going to rapidly strengthen throughout the day as it continues to move off to the north and northeast. By 7 00 this evening weve got a fullblown storm with rain mixing with snow from the coast from long island
Im will thomas. Our neighbors to the northeast will feel the impact of that monster storm overnight. People in the path are urged to get prepared to be snowed in. Many schools in new england have been closed for tomorrow. Hundreds of flights have canceled. The fox 5 weather team is all over this for you. We start with sue palka with more on the effects that will be felt here at hope. We are getting lucky home. We are getting lucky with that one. Think back three years ago to when we were dealing with back to back blizzards. Thats what theyre getting ready for in new england tonight. Let me show you where the system is now, two pieces, a Southern Branch that will be a major player, but the moisture you see over chicago will also play a big part because those two pieces will get together and form one gigantic storm. The reason it wont happen for us is it will be too far north when those two storms phase together. We are going to book end friday with some wintery precip. As we look at rad
And furious from new jersey all the way up to maine, the worst still to come. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im brian bolter. Im shawn yancy. Our neighbors to the north are expecting to get 1 to 3 feet of snow lets take live look at foxboro, massachusetts. The snow is coming down hard and heavy there. The winds are whipping and blowing the snow sideways. It will be a long night for People Living there. Gary mcgrady is in the Weather Center tracking this monster storm and wind advisory in parts of our area. Thats right, shawn, still blizzard warnings up there. This is a legitimate blizzard. Its going to be of the believe it or not, this storm is just now coming together and during the overnight hours is when its going to become its strongest. Let me take you to radar here. Let me take you back. This loop will start again. This is 12 hours ago. Watch the two pieces come together. They are just now beginning to phase. Thats two storm systems, two pieces of energy coming together, and as t
Good evening. As we come on the air, 10,000 Law Enforcement officers are trying to find a killer in los angeles, california. A sweeping manhunt, triggered by this man. A former policeman, accused of a shooting spree, targeting fellow cops and their families. And these images say it all. Police officers on the hunt for someone who knows their coldcod their moves. On highways, a request that commuters study license plates and call 911. And tonight, a city is on the edge. Abcs david wright is there. David . Reporter good evening, diane. Tonight, Police Officers across this whole region feel they are under attack. Police headquarters here on lockdown. Every entrance, every exit, heavily guarded. The entire police force in americas second largest city, essentially held hostage to one man who is allegedly bent on revenge. Tonight, by air, land and sea, an allout manhunt. The suspect, one of their own. 33yearold Christopher Dorner. A former lapd officer, now an alleged cop killer. Police say
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