Sleet and freezing rain of the season this morning and follows days of weather misery around the country that left more than two dozen people dead in several states and welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. The southeast is dealing with rain and in texas the people there cleaning up from deadly tornados and causing chaos for air travelers and we have more. Reporter drivers are hearing warnings of a dangerous commute in several parts of the country from illinois to massachusetts where the first snow of the season is falling this morning. First storm of the year with a lot of accidents and hopefully they will be minor. Reporter anything but minor across much of the u. S. Already this week, high winds and icy roads created dangerous conditions in wisconsin. In missouri deadly flood water swept through homes, washed away rvs and shut down major highways and new mexico declared a state of emergency after heavy snow left behind snow drifts measured by the foot, one couple was trapped in their car 20 hours until rescuers broke the windshield to free them. My wife was shivering and shaking and i got in the drivers seat and full of snow from trying to dig out and we cuddled together. Reporter delayed and stranded at airports. Stranded in the airport for 50 hours. Reporter almost 3,000 flights and cancelled and a thousand more today, the weather system spawned more tornados in northern florida and arkansas. Drive. Get on the gas and go. Reporter cleanup is underway near dallas, texas where a string of tornados left miles of splintered homes in debris and tried to reach his sisters car and couldnt. I watched my sister lay upside down for hours. Reporter Severe Weather is blamed for at least 11 deaths over the weekend in texas. Al jazeera. Want to bring in metrologist kevin for more on this dangerous storm and in the northeast the problem is ice and snow. It moved out of the midwest to the northeast and that is what we are dealing with today and today is the last day we will have to deal with the system. And it will clear out. This is what it looked like and snow across the great lakes and now dealing with the northeast as well as the east coast. I want to take you to the northeast because that is where the big problem is delays for the commuters today. And the temperatures look like this boston 33. But wait until you see the area of purple where we see those below temperatures and that is where the problems on the roads are. Take a look at what we are looking at now. Around boston for example north on highway 93 south on highway 93 as well as highway 90 the road travel is anywhere between 2540 Miles Per Hour in some locations. So its a very slow go in morning across much of that area. Come back and ill show you where that sleet is. Where you see the purple and pink areas that is where that mix of rain as well as icing is. Lets go a little closer in. For new york we are dealing with rain. There was a little bit of snow last night when the temperatures came down but if you go up to connecticut and massachusetts as well as Hudson Valley is where the big problem is and then if you go more to the north, vermont, New Hampshire and into maine that is where we will see the snow and we are going to be seeing anywhere between 11 half feet of snow over the next day and accumulation of sleet is a big problem across much of new england as well as new york and pennsylvania. That is going to continue probably for the rest of the late morning. Remember when people were complaining about the 70s on christmas eve. Its gone. Yes, thank you very much. A grand jury has cleared two Police Officers in the shooting death of tamir rice and been described as a tragedy but not a crime by the cleveland prosecutor and Al Jazeera John reports. Reporter no charges for the two police officered involved in the death of tamir rice the 12yearold boy shot when he reached for a pellet gun in november of last year and prosecutors said he agreed with the grand jurys decision. Given this perfect storm of human error, mistakes and miscommunications by all involved that day the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police. Reporter the weapon he had was a realistic copy of a real pistol. In a Statement Issued through their attorney the rice family accused the prosecutor of abusing and manipulating the grand jury process to get the outcome he wanted. The Statement Reads tamirs family is saddened and disappointed by this outcome but not surprised. A shooting led to protests in the city and was one of the key events in 2014 that led to the nationwide black lives Matter Movement along with the deaths of Michael Brown in ferguson, missouri and eric garner in Staten Island new york and the mayor appealed for calm once the grand jury finished his work i want to say to the family and mother in particular we are sorry for their loss and we know that it has been a long process but we do not intend to add to whatever and thighty or agony they feel in terms of the process. Reporter the police chief says now criminal proceedings are over his next priority is an internal investigation. Now that the county grand jury has concluded, we start our administrative process in this matter with both of the officers involved. We are going to reconvene our Critical Incident review committee. That committee will look at this incident from start to finish. Reporter the u. S. Attorney in cleveland says the department of justice and the f. B. I. Are still reviewing the shooting. John with al jazeera, new york. In chicago officer Jason Van Dyke is going to be arraigned today on charges of murder in connection with the shooting of mcdonald and facing six counts of first degree murder in connection with that 2014 shooting. The dash cam video showing van dyke shooting him 16 times as he was veering away from officers and mcdonald was armed with a knife when he was shot and killed. And chicagos mayor cutting his Family Vacation to cuba short dealing with another Police Shooting two people were killed one of which officers admit was by accident and betty jones killed by a stray bullet after police got in an altercation with laguir and filing a wrongful death lawsuit. After a week long search the young man known as the afluenza teen captured in mexico and couch arrested yesterday for violating probation. Two years ago coach killed four pedestrians driving drunk and claims he suffered afluenza and so wealthy and spoiled he could not tell the difference between right and wrong and plead guilty and sentenced to ten years of probation. The judges decision not to give couch jail time was controversial. Cannot abort a planned parenthood license a federal judge ruled they treated the clinic harshly because of political pressure and mondays ruling gives the clinic more time to find a doctor to perform abortion and admitting privileges at a local hospital. Al jazeera investigation into performanceenhancing drugs is in the spotlight and includes the claims of a pharmacist who interned at an antiaging clinic in indiana. The clinic shipped human growth here hormone and includes the dates charlie sly worked at the clinic in indianapolis and we have this report. Reporter when collins first met charlie sly as part of al jazeeras investigation sly immediately demonstrated his knowledge of drugs. Offering liam a metabolic ban in sport and in seven different meetings and more of 27 hours of recorded conversations sly opened up about his contact with athletes. Statements he now denies. His most controversial allegation is that when he did part of his pharmacy training at an antiaging clinic in indianapolis Human Growth Hormone was shipped to Peyton Mannings wife. All the time we are sending Ashley Mannings drugs all the time everywhere like florida and not under his name but under her name. Reporter sly was only there in 2013 they claim after the mannings moved away to colorado not 2011 as al jazeera originally reported. Now al jazeera is releasing the phone call we made almost a month ago to confirm the dates of slys rotation. Thank you for calling the Guyer Institute of molecular medicine. This is heather can i help you. Hello i wonder if you can yes i need to do an employment verification on a gentleman called charles sly. He is a pharmacist and i believe he did a rotation with you, is that right do you know him . Yes. Could you possibly give me the precise dates . I can. It will be just a minute. Thank you. Uhhuh. Remain on the line. A representative will assist you momentari momentarily. The start date we have where we find for him is 1017 of 11. Sorry 101711 and do you know how long he stayed with you . A couple months like three months maybe. Great. All right that is great and sounds like you know him then yes, i knew him when he was here. Reporter that was a month ago. Now dr. Dale guyer who never responded to al jazeeras request for comment says charlie sly has fabricated his whole story and sly says everything he said when he didnt know he was being recorded was untrue. Peyton manning has issued his own angry denial saying he has never used performanceenhancing drugs. However, the allegation in the program the growth hormone was shipped from the guyer clinic to Ashley Manning has not been denied by Peyton Manning or the clinic that leaves several key questions to be answered, was growth hormone shipped to Ashley Manning and if so over what period and in what quantitys. And can they confirm Ashley Manning does not suffer from any of the three serious medical conditions for which it is legal to prescribe growth hormone . If she does not it raises the question has the Guyer Institute broken the law . David davies al jazeera washington. We spoke to deborah the al jazeera journalist who investigates the story and defends the reporting and asked if its fair she relied heavily on one source. Well the recanted statement of charlie sly is a short 54 seconds saying i didnt say what you caught me saying when i didnt realize you were recording me so you have to take a call on his credibility in the under cover and his credibility in the recanting. If we had any doubts on what he was telling us was not the truth we would not have recorded it and included it in the program. Now according to usa today the nfl responded to the al jazeera report and saying it is reviewing the matter, Human Growth Hormone is part of the story but what is hgh . Human growth hormone is produced in the brain and it fuels growth in childhood, as we age hgh maintains tissues and organs but middle age the levels start to drop so the big question when is it legal to use the synthetic version of hgh, its a Prescription Medication and fda makes the rules and in children it treats short stature and poor growth and conditions and adults it is approved for three things hgh sufficiency with tumors on the gland and its rare and another use for hgh is short bowel syndrome by an intestinal disease or surgery to remove part of the intestine testify tin and used for hiv and aids and antiaging on bodybuilding and the use of hgh not approved by the fda and prescribing it is illegal and ban by olympics and sports leagues including nfl but how well they test for it that is another matter. Last night Denver Broncos secured a spot defeating the bengals 2017 and we were in denver to see if paytons fan base is sill supporting the legendary quarterback. Missed the sixth straight game monday as he recovers from a foot injury and knowing he wouldnt play so many fans still told us they showed up here just in the hopes of getting a glimpse of him or perhaps getting an autograph. In these friendly confines the only thing tougher than finding a needle in a hn hay stack is finding a fan who believes the allegations against Peyton Manning. Look what he has done and dragging him through the mud. Ive been a fan of his for as long as i can remember. What do you make of all this controversy that came out the last couple days . I dont believe i t. Payton it, he does things the right way and trying to pick on him and bring him down and its not fair, do it in the right court and dont drag him out. If it were not true would it matter to you . It would. He is my favorite player and why we are here of course and give less merit with me and like i said i think holding at face value i believe what he says and believe he is innocent. Of course the fans got a chance to watch him warm up with the team before monday nights game and multiple reports that his foot is improved so much that he might actually practice with the team at some point this week. But all of this good news for manning and his fans comes against the back drop of a possible investigation by the league. John henry smith in denver, manning is one victory from setting a new record for most wins by a starting quarterback and the injured manning may have to wait to the playoff and they say oswiler will be the quarterback for the regular season game. Prison sentence. Former israeli olmert sentenced behind bars for bribery. Identity crisis and chinese are being pushed out of china towns across the nation. There has been a deadly blast in northwest pakistan this morning. Near a Government Office north of the capitol city islamabad and 12 were killed and Dozens Injured and someone on a motor bike drove in the gate and blew themselves up and the worst since the School Massacre a year ago. Vows to take mosul from i. S. I. L. After victory in ramadi and this morning alabadi visited the city one day after proclaiming the last i. S. I. L. Fighters had been driven out and ramadi had been under i. S. I. L. Control since may and we are live in erbill, iraq, good morning is the fight in ramadi over or are the celebrations premature . Well, the battle is over we can say but the fight still continues. In ramadi the strategic victory that has been claimed in the last couple of days is over a government compound. This complex houses the Anbar Police Headquarters the preventel buildings and this compound is held by whoever controls the city. Having said that i. S. I. L. Is still present in downtown ramadi, in eastern ramadi and in northern parts of ramadi where iraqi forces have been trying for months to infiltrate and enter through the river. They still have not been able to do that. So there is a claim of victory. There is a lot of jub escalation and iraqi forces have every right to jubilate and be proud of what they have done because this is the first time iraqi forces themselves have taken on an offensive and completed it to an extent where they can claim victory over the city. Backed by u. S. Air strikes in the operation, how challenges will be it for Government Forces to keep control of ramadi especially given these pockets of i. S. I. L. Fighters that you describe . Its going to be very hard. They are up against an unconventional enemy. I. S. I. L. Has been planting bombs on the roadside which we have seen in other places as well and also been rigging houses with explosives and in addition to that it also left suicide bombers in some buildings where they lie and wait, waiting for the Security Forces to come into try to clear the building and then they blow themselves up so we are hearing reports that they have been some explosions in houses and there have been some injuries on the iraqi side and there the fight is still going on. Coalition air strikes have been very, very useful for the Iraqi Military to try and enter the city because its for the first time they have launched major offensive with conventional methods ie the forces go in and try to fight i. S. I. L. , if they get pinned they face stiff resistance and call for air support and the air support we heard more than 600 air strikes by the coalition has helped the Iraqi Forces Advance to where they have gotten to now. Reporting live from erbill, iraq, thank you. Lets talk to someone who knows it well, ambassador to iraq under president obama and also served as Deputy National security advisor to president George W Bush and is in washington and thanks for being with us clearly most military minds say ramadi could have been taken sooner by u. S. Forces but iraqi forces raising the flag and occupying a government complex in ramadi is that saying that the obama strategy is finally bearing fruit . That is a tough question. Its always good for local forces to be involved because they must hold the city and by local forces we are talking not just about the iraqi army but the anbar police and sunni arabs from the region. On the other hand particularly in some of the bigger fights that we will have in the future and raqqa and syria and in mosul you do need to move forward quickly against an foe as dangerous as i. S. I. S. And means the more american combat and involvement being Ground Troops or advisors up front or be it more effective air strikes the better. One reason that this battle was won is the United States changed dramatically the quantity and quality of air support and other advisory efforts. Ambassador, you maintain that the world cant wait for the obama strategy to take hold because it is a slow going strategy to say the very least but let me push back on that didnt be in a hurry get us to iraq in the first place and why not wait and take our time this time . We are in a hurry to take down the saddam regime, that was done successfully with very, very few casualties. We then launched ourselves on a tenyear i was in iraq twice in three years and tenyear nation building exercise under fire. Something like that is going to get you in