christmas up across the upper midwest and great lakes. we will have to see how those snow bands hold together. i know all about a white christmas. thank you so much. well the shot of a lifetime. we ll break down how one team pulled this play out of their back pocket. and amid the trees trents and santas. americans may be losing sight of the real meaning of christmas. oh come let us adore him, oh come let us adore him
snow tapers off, we ll continue to see the wind below the snow around that s on the ground. it will continue keeping conditions blinding. a few heavier snow bands that will continue to wrap up across connecticut and massachusetts and maine and parts of coastal new hampshire until around 5:00 or 6:00 before it s done in cape cod and the islands. boston, you ll be done earlier, around noon today. heavy snow still to come but we re end end of the storm which is good news. it was a big one and a rough day ahead. you said we might do this again next weekend? two more coastal storms potentially. can t say somehow strong or big but thursday looks like a bit of a nor easter and another chance next week. yeah, we re not done. good times. thanks so much, rick. a civil war in the united states. that was apparently the plan of
2012 election totals $7 billion. that s a new high. but a new poll says trusting government is at a new low. 53% of americans say they believe the federal government threatened their personal rights and freedoms. and that s your morning dish of scrambled politics. and now for your morning look at the weather. we turn to bill karins. good morning. good morning. this is a happy friday. it is happy friday. we have super bowl weekend. a lot to look forward to. good weather to look forward to? i don t know. that s not the point. good morning, everyone. we do have very cold air once again to talk about. we have snow chances over the next three days. some areas haven t seen a lot this winter. we ll start with the wind chill values in the midwest. just like yesterday morning, another painful day to be outside. minnesota, north dakota, south dakota, wisconsin, iowa, illinois. and now even down into indiana. your wind chills at minus 12 in indianapolis. so this is as cold it s
over the relatively warmer lakes, and that forms lake-effect snow bands and you can see them moving far off towards the east across parts of upstate new york and even central pennsylvania and the reason why they are so far stretching this time around is because of how strong the winds are and, they stretch out, snow bands and additional snowfall accumulations, not a lot and it will die down to an and we expect 2-3 inches in the persistent lake-effect snow bands and the gulf coast, moisture, we have to watch the area of showers and thunderstorms. they could be impacting the daytona 500 heading into tomorrow afternoon and the northwest continuing to be pummeled by moisture, an additional foot of snow across the cascades. heather? heather: thank you very much, maria molina reporting live for us. gregg: we could use extreme weather here in the northeast. we need snow and like white stuff out there. heather: you were having fun
assault. troops are surrounding the city. at least 30 people are reported killed today. saudi arabia has drafted a formal condemnation saying the government there is violating human rights and the u.s. ambassador to syria directly blames the syrian military for killing hundreds. here now is ivan watson. reporter: residents of the besieged city of homs a woke once again at dawn on saturday morning to another day of sustained bombardment. that is routine. a deadly routine they have lived for for the better part of a week, a routine that has killed hundreds of people and wounded hundreds more. at the hands according to the u.s. ambassador to syria of the syrian military. take a listen to what ambassador robert ford had to say to wolf blitzer friday night. we know who is shelling homs and it is not the armed opposition groups. it s the government. and that s why i wanted that picture put on our facebook account so people could see there is the artillery and that s what s firi