slippery roads, stalled cars and stranded travellers. a busy holiday week coming up this is not a recipe for lots of holiday cheer. where the storm is heading next and what it's done to the east. in washington, people are shivering not in the senate where things are pretty hot as debate wraps up on health care reform. can republicans make good on their threat to stall the bill. priceless treasures lost during the early days in iraq finally home again. we'll give you and up close look at the artifacts from the past that are making a big splash in the present. you found hln "news and views." there will be a white christmas in the eastern u.s. a little too white. a slow moving winter storm is blanketing the atlantic coast line leaving behind two feet of snow. it's caused five deaths. blizzard warnings have been posted for massachusetts and rhode island. heavy snow is shutting down east coast airports and cities are trying to cope. >> our effort today will be getting in to the secondary streets to ensure that they are clean by the end of today's shift and during the evening we'll continue to plow streets and we'll be out taking care of the schools. that will be a primary effort tonight on the midnight to make sure all the buses and parents who are driving their children to school can get to the schools and that the teachers will have some areas to park if they come in by car. if you don't have to take your car tomorrow, leave it where it is, let it relax, and take public transportation in. we expect all the roadways tomorrow morning to be open, passable. there should be no delays. >> both airports in the washington area are getting back in business today after the snowstorm shut them down leaving passengers stranded in the terminals. reagan national airport reported 16 inches of snow. dulles got more than 18 inches. the biggest one day snowstorm ever at either airports. the u.s. senate is spending a rare sunday at work. republicans are still vowing to do everything they can to stop the health care reform. not much they can do to kill the bill now that all 60 members are pledging to support it. majority leader harry reid land up the last straglers with last minute compromise. they include new restricts for funding on abortion. the senate bill contains no government run health insurance plan. the white house defends it as a major step towards universal health coverage. republicans attack the plan as too expensive. >> this is a very, strong bill that's going to help give security to people who have insurance today and it will help people who can't afford insurance and small businesses can't afford insurance get insurance. it's going extend the life of medicare. going to help seniors get prescription drugs by closing some of the gaps in the prescription drug program and reduce our deficits 132 billion according to the congressional budget office in the first 10 years. over a trillion in the second ten years. this is such an important step that we won miss the opportunity. they cancel it on the merits. so the way they sell it is through an arartiface. first you have to vote up against christmas. if you want to go home for christmas you have to go through this series of votes and vote for it. secondly, what do you want? the president has reportedly have said to the people at the white house what do you want? everything is continentnegotiab. >> the first vote is set for just after midnight and the last is scheduled for christmas eve. also coming tomorrow it's the last day to send first class mail if you want it to reach its destination by christmas. also the first dave winter, shortest day the year. >> 12 more detainees have been transferred from guantanamo bay. four detainees transferred to afghanistan, six to yemen and two to the somalia land region of africa. the move brings the total number of detainees held at guantanamo to just under 200. president obama has already said his administration won't be able to meet the deadline. iran's most senior opposition cleric has died. grand tallahassee hossein ali montazeri died last night at the age of 87. he was at one point in line to succeed the leader of iran's islamic revolution but then fell out with other leaders and spent years in house arrest. he's accused iran's regime of becoming a dictatorship and criticized the controversial elections in june. a volcano in the philippines could erupt any day now. today authorities raise the alert level to four for the volcano. meaning an eruption is imminent. there have been hundreds of tremors in the last few days. more than 30,000 people have already left their homes in the area. this volcano's most violent eruption back in 1814 killed more than 1,000 people. brazilian doctors say a boy stuck with dozens of needles is facing for surgery in the next couple of days. surgeons removed four of the most life threatening needles near his heart and lungs yesterday. doctors say people from all across brazil are calling the hospital to offer support and some are even dropping off christmas presents for him. the boy's stepfather admitted he stuck the needles in the boy's body because his mistress told him to. he said it was part of a ritual aimed at keeping them together. the mistress manipulated him out of revenge against the boy's mom. junior high can be pretty rough especially for girls. here's one girl's unique solution in this week's break through women. >> my name is erin and i'm nominating haley kilpatrick as a break through woman. she's a break through woman because she believes in empowering young woman. she started girl talk to help mr. younger sister get through middle school. girl talk is a peer to peer mentoring program that pairs high school girls with middle school girls and they address issues that middle school girls face every day. body image. self-esteem. boys and dating. under age drinking. being nice. they cover all the bases. haley kilpatrick is inspiring and compassionate. she inspired me to make a difference in my community and inexpired the 30,000 girls she reaches every day to dream big as well. that's why she's a break through woman. we're watching that major storm bashing the east coast. it's burying the north in snow. problem a bit different but just as devastating in the south. we'll take you to one of the worst hit spots on hln "news and views." the blizzard along the east coast is causing problems for nfl. all major games in areas in the heavy snow are on. bears ravens game and 49ers and philly game pushed back to 4:15. yesterday washington redskins cancelled practice because of the storm. they are hard at work removing 25 million tons snow. east coast isn't the only spot seeing weather-related travel delays this weekend eurostar the train that traveled through the chunnell is shut down this weekend. wintry weather caused six trains to break down and thousands of passengers on both sides of the english channel are stranded. many of them were furious they were stuck on trains for hours with no lights, heat or water. >> we ran out of food and water, the toilets look like something out of the third world. >> there was no water, no food, no blankets. she was freezing. there were babies without milk, as well. it was disgusting. >> i have my 4-year-old daughter with me. she was walking down the tracks with me. next to live lines. >> the heat was unbearable. a little girl got taken to the hospital because she was going in and out of unconsciousness. >> in a statement, it said it will do tests on several trains today and now the company will give a full refund, a return ticket and compensation to travellers. in southern florida people are tackling major clean up after being flooded out of their homes. one woman's apartment was completely soaked and all of her belongings destroyed. >> i don't know what to do. >> that woman later told our affiliate that she would just try to start over again in the new year and that her losses were only material things. chicago mayor richard daly says the city will install 90 surveillance cameras out of 40 high schools. one high school where a 16-year-old was beaten to death in september. the "chicago tribune" reports the crams will go into areas that police call crime hot spots and where students wait for buses or the subways. it's another stop to help stop the epidemic of children killing children. doctors say part of the problem in chicago may have something to do with the way teenagers are wired. researchers say the brains ever teens are still developing and that means they are prone to act more impulsively. if teens are exposed to violence their brains can misinterpret it and lead them to overreact. >> in the frontal lobe right here is very late mature, not until about age 25. the biology will make the brain change and adapt to whatever demands they are. >> experts say just as the teen brain can be changed through violence kit be transformed through a nurturing environment. the san jose, california police department is testing out a new camera. 18 officers wear the device on the side of their head, like a blue tooth cell phone ear piece. they press record each time they talk with someone and download recordings after every shift. the cameras are response to criticism that officers use excessive force during each arrest. each kit costs $1700 plus a $99 per officer monthly fee. that means a $4 million annual price tag for the department. "giving in focus" is a special project of the talented photo journalists here at cnn networks. the focus is on giving. today a journalist uses his camera to show how some new jersey hunters are giving back. >> my name is justin. and i am a bike messenger and bike designer. it's very stressful. there's a lot to worry about. there's a lot to be afraid of. i ride around all day. and i wouldn't want it any other way. i messengered on aluminum, on steel, on different types of steel. now i ride a bamboo bike. a bamboo bike is important because bamboo bikes are the cheapest way to make bikes. steel bikes are made in china and sent to ghana. there's many things that facto into that high cost. i went to ghana to do some logistics for the factory we're hoping to start. it's interestsing to see how people lived, and to see how the bicycles sort of impacted them. >> we want people to be the engineers. >> you're able to reduce the cost bicycle by half. as the cost comes down the market just explodes and if you're on a bicycle and you can effectively move five times as fast. if you actually sort of calculate that out you get roughly 27 times the area you have access to. or 27 times the economic opportunity, 27 times the health care opportunities, 27 times the educational opportunities. >>it's really just making it more stable. >> maybe they can sell twice as many goods at the market and then increase their income twice as much. >> we're not just giving them fish, we're teaching them how to fish. >> what we're giving is the technology we developed. >> this is to wraparound the joint. >> we can set up this really efficient factory that makes these great bikes like for unanimous credibly low cost. >> we want them to contribute not just with their living but also ideas. >> we're giving access to cheap bicycles that isn't dependent on anybody else. just dependent on the people who make bikes. i want will improve so many people's standard of living. >> i miss my bamboo bike when i don't have it. >> cnn photojournalists have put you and hour long special for your on christmas day and 3:00 p.m. on saturday. tourists suffering through the snow. >> it's like our first time here in new york city, and i guess snow is so big. >> after the break an i-reporter takes to the snow covered streets. >> i like it. it's crazy. it's too heavy to walk. because we came from like a tropical island. >> there's almost no snow. >> where are your from >> taiwan. >> this is your first snowfall >> yeah. >> enjoy it. >> thank you. >> i don't mind it. >> i left my proper snow gear at home. been tough walking around. >> honestly, i urge every american not to go outside if it ever becomes like this again. >> new yorkers are used to snowy white christmas. but this year more than a norm. 10 inches in a single day. one of our ireporters took her camera outside to see what people are saying and what it's like to be surround by the white stuff. thank you for submitting the photographs. you're a life long new yorker. how does this storm compare to those in the past? >> a good one. been a long time since we had this much snow. it was quite an event. it was that white powdery, very powdery snow that's lovely to play around in. doesn't make great snow balls but it's a lovely snowstorm. >> not good for snow balls or snowmen just yet. you captured a lot of pictures of people trying to have some fun. tell us what it's like in your neighborhood on the upper west side? >> bitterly cold. if there was anything exposed it froze including your hair. but it was quiet because people tend to stay in and there was very little traffic. but people were out and about running errands, going to eat, going to the grocery store, going to the bank, walking their dogs. and generally the people that were out were enjoying it. >> anything else you want us to know about the pictures you captured? >> high excitement. we haven't had a snowfall like this in years. and to have it this close to christmas, i think, is especially thrilling to people. most people that i saw last night were enjoying it. they were complaining a little bit about the cold because it was very bitter. but they were really, i mean the spirit was just way up high. it was fun. >> thank you so much. >> you're welcome. thank you. >> happy holidays. >> thank you. you too. merry christmas. >> if you have pictures or video of breaking news or cool stories from your commune go to ireport.com and we hope you'll share your story. a maine state lawmakers want cell phones to carry a health warning. state representative andrew an bolen is pushing a bill to carry a health warning on a cell phone. she wants the hand-held units labelled with warnings about the risk on brain cancer. no studies have proven a link to the disease but scientists are stew dig long term cell phone use. a dutch carmaker has made a bid to save saab. gm has been in talks with spiker and when talks fell through on friday gm said they would close saab all together. spiker submitted a new offer and to have a final deal by the end the year. no comment yet from gm on this new offer. the san jose, california police department is testing out a new camera. 18 officer wear the device on the side of their head like a blue tooth cell phone ear piece. they press record each time they talk with someone and can download recordings after each shift. if the city wants to equip every police officer it could be costly. each kit costs $1700 plus a $99 per officer monthly fee. that means a $4 million annual price tag for the department. it was nearly destroyed by looters after the war began but iraq's national museum looks so different now. plus, this isn't a trap. it's actually a way to help this bird get back into action. they said it would never last. but it's been two months, and you're still going strong. glade lasting impressions. two fragrances alternate to keep things... fresh and exciting day after day. - and not just for 30 days. - ( inhales deeply, sighs ) but for 60. it's the longest-lasting plugins ever. get freshness that won't fade away for 60 days. ahhh! with plugins lasting impressions. and yes, it's glade. s.c. johnson, a family company. slippery roads, stalled cars and stranded travellers. a busy holiday week coming up. this is not a recipe for lots of holiday cheer. where the storm is heading next and what it's done to the east. in washington, people are shivering but not in the senate where things are pretty hot as debate wraps up on health care reform. can republicans make good on their threat to stall the bill? priceless treasures lost during the early days in iraq finally home again. we'll give you an up close look at the artifacts from the past that are making a big splash in the present. you found hln "news and views." there will be a white christmas in the eastern u.s. a little too white. a slow moving winter storm is blanketing the atlantic coast line leaving behind two feet of snow. it's caused five deaths. blizzard warnings have been posted for massachusetts and rhode island. heavy snow is shutting down east coast airports and cities are trying to cope. >> our effort today will be getting in to the secondary streets to ensure that they are clean by the end of today's shift and during the evening we'll continue to plow streets and we'll be out taking care of the schools. that will be a primary effort tonight onto midnight to make sure all the buses and parents who are driving their children to school can get to the schools and that the teachers will have some areas to park if they come in by car. if you don't have to take your car tomorrow, leave it where it is, let it relax, and take public transportation in. we expect all the roadways tomorrow morning to be open, passable. there should be no delays. >> both airports in the washington area are getting back in business today after the snowstorm shut them down leaving passengers stranded in the terminals. reagan national airport reported 16 inches of snow. dulles got more than 18 inches. the biggest one day snowstorm ever at either airports. you have found hln "news and views." there will be a white christmas in the eastern u.s., a little too white april a slow moving winter storm is blanketing the atlantic coast line leaving behind as much as two feet of snow. the storm has caused five deaths. blizzard warnings have been posted for massachusetts and rhode island. heavy snow are shutting down east coast airports and cities are trying to cope. the u.s. senate is spending a rare sunday at work. republicans are still vowing to do everything they can to stop the health care reform. not much they can do to kill the bill now that all 60 members are pledging to support it. majority leader harry reid rounded up the last stragglers with last minute compromise. they include new restricts for funding on abortion. the senate bill contains no government run health insurance plan. the white house defends it as a major step towards universal health coverage. republicans attack the plan as too expensive. >> this is a very, strong bill that's going to help give security to people who have insurance today and it will help people who can't afford insurance and small businesses who can't afford insurance get insurance. it's going extend the life of medicare. going to help seniors get prescription drugs by closing some of the gaps in the prescription drug program and reduce our deficits 132 billion according to the congressional budget office in the first 10 years. over a trillion in the second ten years. this is such an important step that we won miss the opportunity. they t sell it on the merits. so the way they sell it is through an artiface. first you have to vote up against christmas. if you want to go home for christmas you have to go through this series of votes and vote for it. secondly, what do you want? the president has reportedly have said to the people at the white house everything is negotiable except getting a bill. what do you want? >> there's still plenty of action ahead on the health care reform bill. there's six necessary votes over the next five days. >> the first vote is set for just after midnight and the last is scheduled for christmas eve. also coming tomorrow it's the last day to send first class mail if you want it to reach its destination by christmas. also the first day of winter, shortest day the year. >> 12 more detainees have been transferred from guantanamo bay. four deta