Heading into another night in the dark. A huge area of the country on its knees where life has ground to a halt, because of this one storm. The death toll is now at least 40. The biggest city in the country has been staggered. Power is out for more than 8 million homes and businesses, and thats an early low ball estimate across 15 states. An early guess at the cost of this storm would begin at 50 billion in damage and lost business. The map of the atlantic coastline, especially the jersey shore has been simply redrawn in some areas. The president is touring the damage in new jersey tomorrow. Today he told the folks across this entire region, america is with you. Here is where this storm is now. Its centered 50 miles eastsoutheast of pittsburgh. Think of it this way, the same storm that plunged the east coast into darkness, was today causing 60 mile an hour winds as far away as gary, indiana. The storms being felt in wisconsin. It made a direct hit on the jersey shore. Nbcs ron allen is
Is that the problem . He was too stiff . It could be when the American Public in 2012 h they didnt like his policies. Not about how he talked about his policy portfolio. In just about one hour president obama will depart the white house, bound to the House Democrats issues retreat in philadelphia. But as lawmakers huddle with the president to plot a Winning Strategy on policy Many Democrats are plotting how to win the white house in 2016. And for presumptive president ial hopeful Hillary Clinton, that means apparently taking her sweet time to launch a campaign. Politico reports that clinton is considering delaying the formal launch of the perspective bid until july. Three months later than originally planned. The thinking goes there is more risk than reward in getting into the glare of the spotlight too early. Which may be why clinton has reduced her public squej of lathe. With just four skjed public appearances tweens middecember and march. If clinton is shying away from the limelight
New details just ahead of the mexican hospital explosion. The super bowl why is he can ka door shelling out millions of dollars to be part of the spectacle. Im isa su ar rez. Let me bring you up to date with our top story. No sign of any Prisoner Exchange. Theres only been silence from isis after it demanded the release of a convicted female terrorist in exchange for kenji goto japanese journalist. Theyve said they would kill a pilot. We spent the last hour i am aware you were by the turkish Syrian Border yesterday. What is the mood there . What are people telling you . Reporter well isa, the main boarder crossing where people believe the exchange was to take place. It is a crossing that borders turkey and isis controlled syrian territory. No one knows for certain if this is where the suggested Prisoner Exchange that isis was demanding would have taken place, but it is the one that logically people believe it would have done so simply because its where exchanges have taken place before
Makeshift Police Headquarters friday. Analysts say it could be part of an isis offensive to take over more Oil Facilities or just a diversionary tactic. Senior International Correspondence fred flight again explains. Reporter these are the sounds residents of kirkuk woke up to this morning, heavy gunfire around this former hotel now used as a base by the local police. The lis say militants raided the building and put snipers on the roof while consideredish peshmerga fighters fired back. Kurdish forces moved in and retook the building. The militants detonated a car bomb this general says. About three terrors who stormed into the hotel started firing at our troops. After a period of time our forces are able to kill two and wound another. The military operation ended, the situation is now stable. The seen was possibly part of a larger isis assault on kirkuk. In the Morning Hours the Extremist Group invaded an area southwest of the city. This video from a news agency shows the battle that
Perhaps a very dramatic scene that could be unfolding away from all of the cameras along the border. On one side isis ready to hand over the japanese journalist, kenji goto and on the other side the iraqi prisoner that jordan has been holding for over a decade. Didnt want to hand her over until there was guarantee that their captured pilot will be allowed to live. But isis says the pilot will be killed if the deal doesnt happen within the coming hours. Isis is very unpredictable, theyre known for breaking the rules, lying, so we dont know whats going to happen. We know and the feeling here in japan is if this Prisoner Exchange is going to happen and one or both of these men is going to get out alive it could very likely be now is the time or in coming hours were going to watch closely. We know you will keep us posted on all breaking news. Lets bring in daveed gartensteinross and harris rafiq, the head of the quill yam foundation. Harris i want to start with you, what do you think of th