secretary of defense and c.i.a. director. we need men and women and department of defense to need a leader. reporter: they postponed the nomination on chuck hagel and could come up this week. heather: steve, thank you. coming up a massive cleanup underway all across the northeast as the region digs out from yesterday s huge winter storm. the latest on the snow removal efforts. gregg: and florida senator marco rubio is spearheading immigration reform. what he needs to say to convince members of his own party to get on board. we have a fundamental problem in america today, that is we have a broken legal immigration problem and we have serious illegal immigration problem. those are the problems we are
thanks so much. you re welcome. good morning, everyone. i m rob nelson. it s a stormy end to 2010 for millions of residents in western states. a powerful storm has brought heavy rain, fierce winds and more than two feet of snow. here in new york the mayor now on the defensive over snow removal efforts. t.j. winick is joining us this morning with more. t.j. reporter: good morning, rob and mike. a storm continues to swirl around new york s mayor. can t get out of the block. what s the problem? mayor, what we should do? reporter: while city officials insist they met their goal plowing every street at least once by 7:00 a.m. this morning we found several streets in brooklyn that still appeared untouched. nobody is satisfied. we re accountable, i m accountable. reporter: there are rumors of a protest plot by plow operators, refusing to work after job cuts and cut-backs. the sanitation commissioner denies that was the issue. we manage the storm first, we worry abo
to end. jim clancy, atlanta. so we are watching the anniversary parades protest of president ahmadinejad. what is the government doing to handle the opposition movement? we will also keep returning to the severe weather center and meteorologist jacqui jeras for updates on, boy, the snow removal efforts now and this other blast that is she mentioned just moments ago and it may reach the deep south this weekend. the it, the snow. first, here is the latest on the dow, new york stock exchange now. take a look at the numbers, flat to negative. we re do you know eight numbers and following these numbers with stephanie elam right here in the cnn newsroom. a quick break and we re right back. first, they drive it in the real world and put it through its paces. they rate its fit and finish and the amenities inside. they factor in purchase price and operating costs, fuel economy, and resale value. in short, they do what you do to test its quality.
yes, there are two things you notice right off the bat in downtown chicago, the lack of folks. this is an early to work city, and there is virtually very few people up and down the street. we just talked to a regional manager of a starbucks who s actually walking around with coffee, handing it out to people on their way to work. he had a full tray. we only took one. i have a feeling he s going to have a full tray for a while. snow removal efforts have been ongoing overnight but they re going to be hampered by a couple of things. one, the high winds in chicago. we got 25-30-mile an hour breezes, plus sustained gusts of 40-50 and even last night, up over 70 miles an hour. as a matter of fact, we had a piece of wrigley field come loose. we re told there was a piece of the roofing up over the press box that came loose because of the 70-mile an hour gusts. the other problem is you ve got some cars that have been stranded along the street. that s going to make it more difficult to remove the