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
you may not be surprised to hear who s behind it, peta, people for the ethical treatment of animals. it blows the whistle on unethical treatment of animals anytime it can. they are denied freedom, peta, claims and everything else that is natural and important to them while kept in small, concrete tanks and reduced to performing stupid tricks. the 13th amendment prohibits slavery and these orcas are, by definition, slaves. seaworld, of course, couldn t disagree more. i want to reed you its statement to cnn. this effort to extend the 13th amendment s solemn protections beyond human beings is baseless and offensive. seaworld is among the world s most respected zoo logical institutions. there is no higher priority than the well fare of the animals entrusted to our care and no facility sets higher standards in husbandry, enrichment than seaworld. these animals serves an invaluabled educational purpose and makes direct contributions to species conversations. in the name till i yiku
police firing tear gas to try to discourage occupy oakland. the police say they cracked down after the protesters threw paint and rocks at them. at the same time this was going on, atlanta police moved in on the wall street protesters camped in a downtown park. there were more than 100 arrests last night combined in both oakland and atlanta. and rescuers pulled two more people out of collapsed buildings in eastern turkey today. the number of people killed in sunday s powerful earthquake has climbed now to 461. turkey is asking for tents and prefabricated homes of prefab homes, the ones essentially built elsewhere and bring them in and construct them on site. police say that people are homeless and spending the nights outdoors and freezing temperatures there now. and people are jamming the square in the heart of damascus today to show support for syrian president bashar al assad, and the rally comes as the arab league ministers visit damascus. they want to mediate talks be
pennsylvania, april and rhode island. at this moment, former vice president dick cheney is recovering after undergoing a heart transplant. mr. cheney has been on a transplant list for 20 months and doctors say his prognosis is good. nbc s chief medical editor, dr. nancy snyderman is speaking to me by phone. this is a far from routine operation for anybody, let alone a man of dick cheney s age. how long does it take to perform this sort of surgery and how long is it? the difficulty, frankly is finding the appropriate match and that s why he was on the list for 20 months. which is little longer than the average. and then as you well know, getting the right tissue type. because you want to minimize any chance of or minimize the chance of rejecting this organ because it really is a foreign body from one person to another. the technical aspects of taking a heart out of one person and sewing it into another interestingly, is, is rather routine at this point and only takes a few hours.