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here is what i find interesting. throughout the week we had positive economic reports in terms of car sales, new home sales et cetera and the market sold off a bit because everybody feared of the tapering. we get the jobs report and the market is a lot higher, it goes basically the reverse of what you would think. here is what is happening, you re seeing long-term investors at the levels, just basically betting on the strength of the economy, people are sort of accepting the fact that the fed is going to begin to taper, they ve accepted that, we know it s going to happen in a few months, but the economy is getting stronger, and long-term investors are liking it and buying in. zain asher we ll check back with you. iceiest roads treacherous travel from texas to tennessee. the ice will build up, bringing down tree limbs and of course power lines. more than 230,000 people are without power in north texas and that number is expected to rise. george utility crews are on the way to arkans
three-quarters of an inch, over a500-pound. north of arkansas they re expecting a catastrophic ice storm, category 5, they could be without power for weeks. it s unbelievable. let s talk about that marathon for a second. how could people possibly run on icy streets? reporter: yes, it hasn t been canceled yet and that s the thing for me, my bigger concern is people coming into town and out of town during the busiest time of this ice storm so even more importantly how do they plan on getting here because i know they re not here yet and the hotels, many are sold out. people are losing power. there s nowhere else to go. my goodness. we ll check back with you, indra petersons, live in memphis, tennessee, this morning. we re carol, thank you. still to come, few can talk about the horror that nelson mandela had to endure, but one man can do that, a man that was in prison with nelson mandela at
gust, but it is still very cold. and it has been falling for hours. so we hear reports that this area, the dallas-ft. worth area has seen up to a half inch of ice. look around me. this entire around in downtown is frozen. this chair is frozen. this isn t snow, this is really hard ice. i mean this is ice. the bushes are frozen. the roads are slushy. take a look at the highway behind me. people taking it easy and taking their time because the roads are slick. this is a treacherous driving situation throughout this part of texas. now, power outages, we re talking about at least 200,000 people without power today here in the dallas-ft. worth area. we re also hearing of cancellations at the dallas-ft.
the weather service is calling for a category 5 catastrophic ice storm for parts of arkansas and tennessee. people living there could go for weeks without power. i hope that doesn t happen. the storm stranding air travelers, flightaware.com reports more than 1,000 flights have been canceled for today, on top of another 1,000 from yesterday. those cancellations are both for weather and mechanical issues. with the domino effect your flight could be affected even if you re not flying out of an ice zone. cnn s indra petersons is in the storm s bull s eye, which is oddly memphis, tennessee. tell us more, indra. reporter: the scary thought when you think about this, carol, there s about 20,000 people coming into this city for a marathon that is starting tomorrow, the st. jude s marathon. lot of people are traveling on the icy roads and even though the sun is coming up, the temperatures have been dipping farther down as the arctic air is zooming in closer. for us, the freezing rain west of