coast. snow showers from north dakota to michigan. rain in the pacific northwest. snow in the cascades and northern rockies. 50s in the northwest. 20s across the upper midwest. 30s in the northeast. 51 in atlanta. and a warm 84 in miami. new developments from ukraine. reports that russia is pulling troops away from the ukraine border, although russian troops still remain in that sovereign country. this bit of hope comes as secretary of state john kerry arrives in ukraine s capital today. u.s. officials are saying the the pentagon put on hold all of its military exercises with russia, as well as any bilateral meet lgz, port visits and planning kompbs. at the white house there is growing pressure on president obama to find a solution to the crisis. there are reports the administration is getting ready to impose sanctions against russia. for more on all this, abc s jonathan karl. reporter: white house officials say what concerns them is when it comes to exactly what is going on on
i m marci gonzalez in for diana perez. you just told me good news that the worst of the freezing cold, for at least this area, might be over. hopefully there s a light at the end of the tunnel, right? fingers crossed because we begin with the punishing deep freeze settling in from the midwest to the east coast. the day after a winter storm made a mess from texas to the nation s capital and beyond, many americans will be waking up to subzero and single digit temperatures. more on the snow from abc s ryan owens. reporter: going nowhere fast. thousands caught on the highway. it looks like minnesota, but this is texas. how long have you been stuck here? about four hours. i ve got work at 3:00 in college station, so, looks like that s not happening. reporter: the biggest backup was south of dallas on interstate 45. a line of cars and semis stretched 30 miles. some had to spend the night in their cars. texas weather is known for its extremes, but this is crazy even for here. on
good morning on this fat tuesday. i m john muller. i m marci gonzalez in for diana perez. you just told me good news that the worst of the freezing cold, for at least this area, might be over. hopefully there s a light at the end of the tunnel, right? fingers crossed because we begin with the punishing deep freeze settling in from the midwest to the east coast. the day after a winter storm made a mess from the nation s capital and beyond, many americans will be waking up to subzero and single digit temperatures. more on the snow from abc s ryan owens. reporter: going nowhere fast. thousands caught on the highway. it looks like minnesota, but this is texas. how long have you been stuck here? about four hours. i ve got work at 3:00 in college station, so, looks like that s not happening. reporter: the biggest backup was south of dallas on interstate 45. a line of cars and semis stretched 30 miles. some had to spend the night in their cars.
rain in the pacific northwest. snow in the cascades and northern rockies. 50s in the northwest. 20s across the upper midwest. 30s in the northeast. 51 in atlanta. and a warm 84 in miami. new developments from ukraine. reports that russia is pulling troops away from the ukraine border, although russian troops still remain in that sovereign country. this bit of hope comes as secretary of state john kerry arrives in ukraine s capital today. u.s. officials are saying the pentagon has put on hold all of its military exercises with russia, as well as any bilateral meetings, port visits and planning conferences. at the white house there is growing pressure on president obama to find a solution to the crisis. there are reports the administration is getting ready to impose sanctions against russia. for more on all this, abc s jonathan karl. reporter: white house officials say what concerns them is when it comes to exactly what is going on on the ground in ukraine, putin seems to be oper
a four-year break. apple launches carplay that gives drivers hands-free control of maps and music. mercedes and volvo are the tops to sign on. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good tuesday morning. we begin this half hour with urgent mission for secretary of state john kerry. he arrives in kiev today. there are new reports this morning that russian president putin has pulled troops back from the ukraine border. but they remain in the crimea region. abc s karen travers is in washington with more. good morning, karen. reporter: good morning, john. good morning, marci. yesterday president obama issued another warning to russia, but so far it seems unlikely that any of this international pressure is going to deter russian president vladimir