After pyrotechnics set that building on fire. Most victims were trampled to death or died from the smoke. For more on the fire in brazil, im joined on the phone by chasta darlington who is there for us. What do we know right now . Well, randi, you brought up important points. What we found out from officials on the scene from firefighters, is the vast majority of the people that are pulling out of the rubble did die of smoke inhalation. They arent finding charred bodies and they arent feep finding people who were killed by the fire itself. Some people couldnt find the exit in the darkness. There was a pyrotechnics show going on, but the people we talked to said they dont think that is causing the fire. They say the investigation is just beginning but the insulation caught on fire and filled the establishment with smoke. A huge nightclub that could fit up to 300,000 people. They do say that the death toll will likely be over 90 by the time they pull the bodies out and they count them. Of course, a lot of injured at the three hospitals in this city of southern buzil called santa maria. I talked to one of the hospitals and they said they had over 50 people, but they didnt know the exact number, randi. Some local reports tying this to a similar cause from the rhode island fire, the station nightclub fire all those years ago where the pyrotechnics set off this sound proofing foam that was lining the walls and the ceiling. But, again, you have spoken to people there and any survivors who can help figure out how this started or shed some light on it . There are survivors. I think its still the situation of panic and chaos. What the director of the civil defense, the regional director told me, this is a nightclub. Its dark. You have lights and as soon as the fire goes up, all the lights go out. No one can see where the fire was and people were running into each other. They dont know whether or not the emergency, fire emergency went into effect, but they know people couldnt see and running in all the wrong directions, randi. Can you tell us about the crowd that would be in this sort of nightclub. The ages of the people there. How old might they be . From what we heard, randi, a very popular among young people. This is a city at the very tip of brazil down near and this is the Summer Season here. People are not in school. Theyre going out a lot. Its a popular time to be out and about in these beach towns and now, of course, at the nightclubs, randi. Shasta darlington, thank you very much. If you get any more information on that, be sure to bring it to us. A deadly clothing factory fire has killed seven workers, all of them women. They were trampled to death or jumped to their death from the second floor. A first floor exit was locked and there was no fire alarms. Two months ago, more than 100 people died in a similar clothing factory fire in beng u bangladesh, as well. A battle against islamic militants. Help with Aerial Refueling missions. France has a few thousand troops in the land locked nation which used to be a french colony. Theyre fighting islamists who seized the northern part of the country. Theyre accused of atrocities as well as banning music and drinking and even watching sports. Back here at home, an ice storm making its way through the midwest. The latest winter storm pushing through the plains towards the great lakes. Its leaving as much as a half inch of ice on roads, trees and power lines. Heavy snow, aapparently, also possible. So, lets bring in meteorologist Samantha Mohr on where the system is headed. Good morning. A winter mess across much of the country, including, of all places, arizona. Phoenix is the valley of the sun. Yesterday top ten rainfall in recorded history in phoenix, as they saw over an inch of rain. You say one inch of rain, thats not that much. Typically they only get eight inches a year. Definitely a deluge there and that snow will drop to around 5,000 feet tonight. Heres the problem. Heres the freezing rain element of this system. Moving in through st. Louis right now, they havent recorded any freezing rain yet, but we anticipate in the next hour likely see some slick surfaces here. Freezing rain warning in dubuque. Could see half an inch of frozen ice on the roadways. Here is st. Louis. The wintry mix is starting to push in right now. Be careful if youre heading out this morning, especially on the overpasses and bridges. They tend to freeze first. Chicago will also likely see this freezing rain moving in and they have a freezing rain advisory and could see around a tenth of an inch of freezing rain there. As well as in milwaukee. And you can see it starting to show up. That light wintry mix starting to show up on the radar. Wintry weather all across the midwest into the twin cities and chicago and, of course, all this slick stuff pushing to the east as we head into today and into the day tomorrow. Here is your future radar. Expecting to see that wintry mix moving into chicago as we head towards dinnertime and then heading through the great lakes as the overnight hours just click away and well end up seeing this wintry mix moving in to cleveland, pittsburgh and Early Morning hours and then during the day tomorrow and new york city. So, be careful whether youre driving or walking, there is likely going to be slicked spots on the sidewalks, as well. Should turn to rain once we get into the overnight hours. Then we see big changes. Frigid air is out of here and High Pressure building on in and that will end up warming us up dramatically. Temperatures doubling as we head into the next few days. Mid70s in wichita and then all that warm air pushes to the east and we warm it up in the ohio valley as we head into tuesday and by the middle of the week, big changes here. Just hang in there, youll be able to thaw out once we get to wednesday, randi. The light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you very much. As samantha mentioned that midwestern ice storm is headed to new york tomorrow and that means more misery for victims of super storm sandy. More than three months after the monitor hurricane many residents still do not have power. Theyre not back in their homes. Our National CorrespondentSusan Candiotti caught up with one family that is battling the cold and a whole lot of red tape. Three months into the cleanup following superstorm sandy, a lot of people are still waiting for repairs. And now they have this wintry blast, its just adding to their misery. Now, for some, their heat and power has been turned back on, but for others, well, theyre still living with family or friends and still more are living in hotels or apartments being paid for by fema. Now, the owner of this house is in a battle with the city. They say it can be repaired and other experts telling her it needs to be demolished. She told us how tough it is on her family. Its hard. Its been emotionally hard from the beginning. You first have the shock and you dont realize whats going on and then you basically go through the motions of what you need to do and what you have to do and all the red tape. Its just, i just cant take this any more. I just want my mom. I just wish my mom doesnt have to fight with the Insurance Companies and its okay. I wish i could just get back in my house. All of this can be so emotionally devastating, especially for children. And then as you walk around staten island, you still see things like this. Dotting the landscape. Another sign that the cleanup has a long way to go. Susan candiotti, thank you very much. This morning, the hacked website of the u. S. Sentencing commission is back up and running. And the fbis handling the case as a criminal investigation. The site was shut down for a few hours yesterday after the group of anonymous took over the page. The hackers made it known it was payback for the suicide of aaron schwartz. She was facing federal Computer Fraud charges. An iowa democrat who has served nearly 30 years in the senate said he will retire next year. Senator tom harkin is 73. He told the Des Moines Register he felt its somebody elses turn. He was praised for his work with Health Care Reform and education. To new york now and a major gift from mayor michael bloomberg. He is giving 350 million to his a alma mater john hopkins. Bloomberg has given more than 1 billion to the school since he graduated in the mid1960s. 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Protesters are calling on congress to reinstate the ban on militarystyle assault weapons and require universal background checks. Some came to show their support for newtown victims. Newtown just tore my heart out. Honestly, didnt feel this emotional since 9 11. Across the street from that rally, a Smaller Group of gun rights activists protested against new gun control measures. Gun control advocates hope that rally would show lawmakers the support out there for gun control laws, but as cnn joe johns reports democrats have their own strategy to get those new laws in place. But is it a Winning Strategy . In the uphill battle to sell the assault weapons ban, both Vice President biden and democrats in congress are making one thing loud and clear. The bill protects hunters and sportsmen by protecting 2,200 specifically named weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes. They are by make and model exempted from the legislature. Reporter the board is to get hunters onboard early by making sure their guns are safe. None of us want to take away the hunting rifle that uncle tommy gave you when you were 14 years old. We dont want to dothat. Reporter seen by some progun rights activist a strategy to splinter the nra constituency and persuade members of congress from pro gun parts of the country to sign on. The ability of a member, particularly one struggling with what they think of difficult, as difficult politics back home, the ability of that member to go home and have that factually based conversation with people in the audience who may start off angry but get them to feel better when they know their gun and their shooting buddys gun are protected makes a big difference. Reporter heres the problem. For the growing number of sport shooters who use socalled assault weapons and extended magazines at firing ranges or for hunting, they wouldnt be able to buy ar15s or rifles any more. Most sportsman are using some other type of weapon, theyre also recreational shooters and many of them engage, myself included, in the shooting of an arstyle reefl rifle. Reporter its clear the National Rifle association isnt getting on board with any of this. As executive Vice PresidentWain Lapierre said in a speech this week. We defend ourselves and our families with semi automatic firearm technology. Reporter which raises doubts whether the proposal can pass in congress. Biden and others have a fallback position, focusing on magazines and ammunition instead of the weapons themselves, which could affect hunters and sports shooters. I am much less concerned, quite frankly, what you call an assault weapon than i am about magazines and the number of rounds that can be held in a magazine. Reporter one question is whether the socalled divide and conqur strategy is working in order to get support for the assault weapons ban. Their survey of 1,000 members which was done a month after the newtown shooting showed the vast majority of respondents opposed to banning semiautomatic weapons. Joe johns, cnn, washington. A picture perfect kidnapping and dark secrets uncovered. New york times best selling author lisa gardner gives us an inside peek at her latest mystery, touch and go. How does this thing work . Oh, i like it [ garth ] svens Small Business earns 2 cash back on every purchase, every day woohoo so thats ten security gators, right . Put them on my spark card why settle for less . Testing hot tar. Great businesses deserve great rewards [ male announcer ] the spark Business Card from capital one. Choose unlimited rewards with 2 cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day whats in your wallet . Heres your invoice. [ bop ] [ bop ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i dont like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 vfusion. A full serving of vegetables, a full serving of fruit. But what you taste is the fruit. So even you. Couldve had a v8. With the bitterly cold weather across the u. S. , it might be a good time to just stay inside, grab a cup of hot cocoa and a mystery novel. If youre on the hunt for a new one, look no longer. Touch go the best selling novel from lisa gardner. A gripping psychological thriller about a family and a detective on the hunt to find them. Im joined by the novels author lisa gardner from new york this morning. Good morning to you. Good morning, randi. Thanks for having me here. Im about 150 pages into this book and im pretty scared. One review, which i can definitely relate to, a socks off thriller. Certainly a compliment. I guess that is what you were trying to do here. I love taking a very fun premise like kidnapping an entire family and then how do you unspool it from there and the case of touch go we start with that classic, how well do you know your neighbors, what really does go on behind closed doors . The dembys are that family on your block that seem to have it all until three masked men break into their house and hold them at an abandoned prison. Its getting pretty intense. Im trying to figure out exactly who is behind it. But where does your inspiration come from . How do you think of these characters and think of these plots . I love doing the research. I think the coolest thing about being a suspense novelist is the opportunity to go out and play with Law Enforcement experts and the case of touch go i got to visit a federal prison built in New Hampshire and one thing the book talks about is in this real world day in age a budget crises will build 250 million state of the art facilities, but then we dont have the funds to open them. There really are some massive correctional facilities out there not being used for suspense novelists like me, thats the perfect opportunity for murder and mayhem. You go out there and do the leg work and talk to investigators as if they were working a case like this . Absolutely. I also spent some quality time working with the New Hampshire county sheriffs department. I never worked with a small town sheriff before and the reach they have in an area like New Hampshire which is very rural and your drive time to get to a crime and to have backup. Generally when i interview Law Enforcement, most real detechives, Police Officers will tell you they dont draw their weapons on the job. Thats something us suspense novelists do. I go to talk to New Hampshire county Sheriff Department and first time on the job, four times a year because theyre alone and often in rural situations. It was the wild west of policing. But, again, in this day in age and i Love Learning about these experiences and bringing them to the reader. If you look, though, at the New York Times best seller list its nearly half mystery novels. What do you think about this genre that people love so much. You get into a book like this and you cant put it down. Is there something more . I think one of the best things about thrillers is the vicarious thrill. Were all drawn to the puzzle of them. In the case like touch go on the one hand this family has been kidnapped, but why . There is no ransom and no known enemies and that kind of puzzle when something bad happens to good people, how can that be and why does that happen . I think its fascinating both in our fiction, but, again, also in this day in age when we turn on the news at night and were like, how could Something Like that happen and that appeal brings us back. You dont have any firemen in your family, right, you just ended up as a best selling mystery writer . I started when i was 20 years old and thats all why i go out and spend days playing with the sheriffs and abandoned prisons and i went to the