away yesterday. president obama s saying the united states is safer, the world more secure because of his half century of patriotic service. and joining us now to talk more about richard holbrooke is former assistant secretary of state jamie rubin. he served with holbrooke for almost eight years and close friends with him ever since. this is a huge void when it comes to afghanistan policy. he d made so many changes in how we were doing things diplomatically over there and now he s gone. yeah, i think it is a great loss, not only to the people that he put together this rather unique team of dozens of experts from across the government and true experts he put together in this mission in afghanistan. but in many ways, it s a loss for all of us who believe in the moral and principled role of the united states in the world. richard really believed in that, and i think his finest moments were during the balkans peace
the world a peaceful place and this morning the nation the mourning the death of richard holbroo holbrooke. he died yesterday at 69 years old after an aorta tear and several hours of surgery to try to repair it. we ll look at a career that started in vietnam and ended trying to end the war in afghanistan. social network is golden with critics. will the hollywood foreign press show love? nominations in 40 minutes from now. we ll find out. also, it is not over yet. a big bruising winter storm pounding the midwest, burying cars in up to five feet of snow. millions suffering in single digit temperatures and the system is not done yet. freeze warnings issued for the south and parts of the northeast, could be in for more snow today. rob marciano live in chagrin falls, ohio. they re chagrinned about the amount of snow they re receiving. good morning, rob. reporter: good morning, guys. the big freeze is on again.
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the tax bill cleared a hurdle yesterday. but will the house move quick enough? and he s dedicated his life to making the world a more peaceful place. and today we re mourning the life of richard holbrooke. we ll take a look back at a career that started during vietnam and ended in afghanistan. up first, a monster midwest storm piling on the pain from wisconsin all the way to western new york. wind-whipped snow and a dangerous deep freeze had people trapped in their cars. this was in indianapolis. a lot of people stuck for more than 12 hours. rescue workers weren t sure if they found everyone this morning. and so that s the situation on the streets around chicago. check out chicago s o hare airport. well over 1,000 flights canceled yesterday, zero visibility on the runways, and zero chance of booking a hotel room for thousands of stranded travelers. we have the storm covered for you. our jacqui jeras is tracking this enormous system.
1995 dayton peace agreement that ended the bosnian war and served under president clinton. and two days after taking office, president obama turned to him to be his point man in afghanistan and pakistan. and it means his passing could leave a big void in the president s war and peace strategy. ed henry live this morning from the white house. and the president set to meet with his afghanistan team today. what does the holbrooke loss mean to the white house right now? it s huge, kiran, as you just laid out. on paper, it doesn t seem like a big difference. because 11:00 a.m. eastern time, the president s afghanistan team will continue to review the situation on the ground in afghanistan. and on paper, there s a year-end review that s already finished. regardless of richard holbrooke s sad death, and that is basically going to say we re told by senior officials there s been some progress on the ground in afghanistan, but a lot more needs to be done. and the broad framework is