home especially at this hour. a common sleep problem could now be linked to cancer. sleep experts say those with severe sleep apnea have nearly five times the risk of dying from cancer than those without the disorder. since sleep apnea patients snore and have interrupted breathing during sleep, oxygen is depleted and that s what increases the risk of cancer. specialists highly recommend treatment for healthier sleep. good advice for a lot of you insomniacs out there now. yes. all right. here s a look at your tuesday forecast. showers for portland and seattle to billings, montana. severe weather across the dakotas. near record highs in the southwest. rainy in the northeast. showers around d.c., and scattered thunderstorms from the carolinas southward. 85 in miami. 77 in baltimore. 67 in bean town. 71 in detroit. 80s in salt lake city, kansas city and dallas. and yet another triple-digit day
medical headline that could hit home especially at this hour. a common sleep problem could now be linked to cancer. sleep experts say those with severe sleep apnea have nearly five times the risk of dying from cancer than those without the disorder. since sleep apnea patients snore and have interrupted breathing during sleep, oxygen is depleted and that s what increases the risk of cancer. specialists highly recommend treatment for healthier sleep. good advice for a lot of you insomniacs out there now. yes. all right. here s a look at your tuesday forecast. showers for portland and seattle to billings, montana. severe weather across the dakotas. near record highs in the southwest. rainy in the northeast. showers around d.c., and scattered thunderstorms from the carolinas southward. 85 in miami. 77 in baltimore. 67 in bean town. 71 in detroit. 80s in salt lake city, kansas city and dallas. and yet another triple-digit day for the folks out in phoenix. still sweltering out there.
investigation began into alleged sex crimes. in announcing the resignation of the ceo, he quoted a message from a mother who wrote saying, i m saddened by the prospect of people losing faith in this amaze organization. what you have done second mile has said it s begun it s own international investigation and has hired outside attorneys and that includes lynn abraham, a long-time district attorney in philadelphia. suzanne, we haven t heard directly from anyone at second mile. we have seen paper statements over the last week, but there s increasing pressure on this group to come out and address these allegations of what happened. again, they re not charged with anything, but this is the group where these alleged victims came from. do we suppose that this is just the beginning, mary? there s going to be a domino effect or the head of the organization is the only one to fall? reporter: it s really very difficult to say, because like with so many things in this story, the
see more than a foot of the white stuff. that s actually especially troubling because the trees are not ready at all for this. the trees, still plenty of leaves on them. you have forecasters saying heavy, wet snow, high winds. those are the perfect ingredients for potentially a large problem with the electric grid. we ll have in-depth coverage of the storm with meteorologist chad myers and jacqui jeras in just a few moments. the florida highway patrol arrested a driver accused of going 120 miles per hour. that driver, a miami police officer. the highway patrol says the miami officer was on his way to a second job when he was pulled over and that he was arrested at gunpoint after ignoring multiple warnings to stop. and wikileaks founder julian assange could learn next week whether he will be extradited to sweden. assange deanalyze the accusations saying they are an attempt to smear him because of his work as head of wikileaks which has published confidential u.s. diplo
a generally hands-off attitude in all of this. starting today, federal agents may target clinics that dispense medical marijuana too close to schools. a new reason to lose weight you will sleep better. british researchers say obese people often suffer from a dangerous disorder called sleep apnea, a wake-up call for a woman who weighed 400 pounds. as the bbcs eleanor bradford reports. reporter: getting out of bed in the morning is no longer a problem for diane maclean. she used to feel tired all of the time. losing weight has cured her sleep problem. this is my ex-favorite pair of jeans i used to wear everywhere. these used to fit me perfectly. reporter: diane s weight was causing sleep apnea. one night she stopped breathing. this is sleep apnea in action. this man s throat relaxes so much that it closes. and he stops breathing.