away, an hour away from where it s usually held because the threat is so potent right now. they have planning. they prepare for these things. joel lobby, thank you for your reporting there. now on to northern china where a thick, lingering haze has caused several car crashes. pileups involving dozens of trucks caused a huge backup on saturday. firefighters had to save people who were trapped inside their vehicles. a few people were even sent to hospitals. no word yet on the extent of those injuries. you re watching cnn newsroom, and still to come in just a few minutes, we will take you live to italy where pope francis is celebrating the feast of the holy family inside the vat can. plus, iraqi forces make a gain in their fight against isis. stay with us. this is cnn newsroom
lexus got pushed into on coming traffic, it was then struck by an on coming hummer and the driver of that lexus was killed, 69-year-old kim howe. but it s very unusual with a chain reaction that just caitlyn jenner might be facing these charges. i want to bring in legal analyst danny cevallos and midwin charles. help me figure this one out, danny. with all those cars involved, how do we land on kaitlin jenner in. there are two different kinds of misdemeanor manslaughter in california and many states and the difference is between gross negligence and negligence. gross notion is when you do something and you know darn well it s reckless when you do it. mere negligence is just the failure to apply the ordinary standard of care. to drive as a reasonable person would under like circumstances. and these cases i m sure midwin know this is, too. these cases where you have pileups. where car number one is rear ended by car number two and car number three hits another car, they happen all th
were arrested as the crowd moved from manhattan to brooklyn. some people blocking traffic and refusing to move. two officers were injured one hit with a bottle. arrests on the west coast, about 15 people taken into custody in l.a. blocked train tracks for a couple of hours calling for justice and others who have died at the hands of police. one man has been killed and more than two dozen others injured in a pile-up in utah triggered by a massive dust storm on interstate 80 near the nevada state line. 25 people were injured in the chain reaction that involved at least six tractor-trailers. those heavy winds uprooted trees and forced a standstill at salt lake city s airport. meantime, further west, dust storms triggered pileups in fresno, california, that involved at least seven vehicles. gusts up to 30 miles an hour limited visibility to ten feet. luckily, there were no serious injuries. turn to the east now.
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fell to 45, 50 degrees and we had to leave for somewhere warmer. reporter: roads look like demolition derbies with massive pileups in indiana, chicago and massachusetts. another blast from this winter that won t loosen its grip. tom llamas, abc news, new york. with many americans traveling on this president s day holiday the airline delays are felt far and wide. absolutely. the storm system shut down air travel yesterday. there were thousands of flight cancellations and hundreds are already reported today. our coverage continues with accu-weather s stephanie olmo. good morning, stephanie. good morning ryan and mara. we are beginning the workweek and one storm departed the area and we are dealing with another storm impacting the southeast region bringing in a swath of snow all across the mid-atlantic states. further south, we are dealing with rain. while that combining with the colder air it will produce icy travel.