I am. And anticrash cars. New technology allowing cars to communicate with one another that could reduce deadly communicate with one another that could reduce deadly collisions. Captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for tuesday, february 4th, 2014. Good morning, good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning, the second major winter storm of the week is bearing down on the midwest. And headed to the northeast. And if thats not enough, a third, even more severe system is lining up to strike the atlantic seaboard this weekend. Todays storm will bring a combination of snow and freezing rain to an area stretching from nebraska to new england. This seemingly neverending series of storms is affecting business and travel. Yesterdays storm made travel difficult at best. In pennsylvania, trucks and cars slipped off roadways in the deep, wet snow. And many areas in the northeast got 8 inches or more. A state of emergency was declared in new jersey. Already today, more than 500 flights have been canceled nationwide. And more than 1300 are delayed. Meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz has more on this latest weather system. That one storm has wrapped up, another one getting started. This is going to drop a lot of snow for a lost of folks over the next couple of days. Getting started, it will be moving across the plains and work its way into the midwest and eventually into the northeast. So a lot of states with winter storm advisories and watches, covering every two dozen states, as a matter of fact, everyone dealing with this particular system. Timing it out, we start with a storm system in the plains, heavy rainfall moving down from the Tennessee Valley as we head to the afternoon and evening. Snow expanding from cincinnati, to chicago, westward to omaha as we head towards tuesday evening. And as we head to wednesday, this snow heads to the northeast. New york, much of an icy mix. New york, boston, mainly a snowy event. Over towards detroit, there will be snow coming down of course a trickledown travel effect at the airports. This wraps up wednesday evening. In terms of total snow, 6 to 12, a wide swath, stretching from the northeast back towards the southern great lakes and into the plains. 3 to 6 on either side of that. A couple spots along the way may just get over a foot, another significant winter storm. Im meteorologist eric fisher. For cbs news. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says his office has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors in the bridge scandal thats rocked his administration. Christie answered questions about the scandal on a radio callin show, ko im is here with more on that. Good morning, ko. Good morning, annemarie. Christie said he may have heard about the issues, but an aide who allegedly orchestrated the traffic tieup as political payback isnt talking. The woman at the center of the bridge traffic scandal is keeping her mouth shut. A lawyer for Bridget Anne Kelly says a lawyer for christies former chief of staff is invoking her fifth amendment rights. Kelly will not cooperate with a subpoena from a state legislative committee. I know everything i needed to know from a point of employment for Bridget Kelly when she didnt tell me the truth, and i fired her. Reporter an email from kelly last summer cost her her job after ft. Lees mayor refused to endorse christies erection bid. Kelly emailed saying time for traffic problems in ft. Lee. A month later, several toll lanes lead to get George Washington bridge were closed, creating days of traffic jam. During his monthly radio show on monday, the governor repeated statements he made at a news conversation last month. Before these lanes were closed, i knew nothing about it. I didnt plan it. I didnt authorize it, i didnt approve it. I knew nothing about it. Reporter Christies Office is complying with subpoenas but another former aide linked to the scandal is not. Christie says he understands why. People have rights and theyre going to exercise those rights as they see fit or a lawyer has advised them to do so. Reporter the u. S. Attorneys office is also investigating. This was the first time christie took questions since another former aide claims christie knew about the lane closures as they happened. Christie said the matter of what he knew when is a game of gotcha. Annemarie. Ko im in new york, thank you, ko. Autopsy results are expected today on actor Philip Seymour hoffman. Hoffmans body was found in his new york city apartment sunday, along with at least four dozen small plastic packet. There was a syringe in his arm. Sources confirm some of the packets tested positive for heroin. They were labeled ace of spades, or ace of hearts. Further tests will be conducted to determine if the heroin contained additives. Syringes and five Prescription Medications as Brook Silva Braga report, more than 100 people a day die in this country of a drug overdose. Reporter the faces of the heroin epidemic include jordan medoff 24yearold that loved playing the guitar and hitting the gym. When i tell people that his addiction started ten years ago, they kind of look at me with shock because he was 14 ten years ago. Reporter medoff died of a heroin overdose in september. The way this starts is with prescription pills that come out of mom and dads medicine cabinet so it quickly becomes a 200 a day habit. Then someone taps you on the shoulder and says, hey, look, heroin is the same drug, its only 10. Reporter drug experts say the heir win epidemic is getting significantly worse in the suburbs. Here in new yorks long island, the death toll is the highest its ever been. 120 deaths last year. 121 the year before. One reason for the surge in overdoses a deadly mixture of heroin and the Prescription Drug fentanyl, a powerful painkiller up to 100 times stronger than morphine. In western pennsylvania alone, the heroin fentanyl mix claimed 25 lives in two weeks. Ive never seen it this bad. Reporter dr. Reynolds says lowering the death toll will take better treatment for addicts and less stigma for addiction. And families liked medoffs are pushing even in their loss. Brook silva braga. For cbs news, breakneck, new york. On the cbs moneywatch, the dow cinches deeper and the super bowl attracts a record audience. Marlie hall is at the New York Stock Exchange with that and more. Reporter good morning to you, annemarie. The New York Stock Exchange opens in the wake of big losses following a weaker than expected manufacturing report. The dow suffered a tripledigit logs for the seventh time this year. The Dow Jones Industrials fell 326 points, its worst day in seven months. The nasdaq composite lost nearly 107 points. Investors moved into safer assets such as u. S. Treasuries. The string of winter storms and unusually cold weather hurt car sales last month. Overall, u. S. Auto sales slipped 3 in january to just over 1 million. It was the first yearoveryear drop since august 2010 but analysts say january was an anomaly. And u. S. Sales are on track to rise to more than 16 million this year. Asian markets plunged on news of weak manufacturing in china. Tokyos nikkei plummeted more than 4 . Hong kongs hang seng dropped nearly 3 . Janet yellen was sworn in as the new chairman of the federal reserve. Yellen is the first women to lead the fed. She replaces ben bernanke. Yellen takes over as the fed begins to scale back its bondsbuying program. On capitol hill this week, there is a series of hearings concerning the data breach of target and other retailers. Today, senior target officials are scheduled to testify at a Senate Judiciary committee hearing. In a massive theft over the holidays, information was stolen from over 100 million target customers. And, annemarie, even though it was a blowout, the super bowl set a record for the most watched tv event in u. S. History. Its the fourth time in five years that the super bowl set the record this year, 111. 5 million tuned in to see it. Annemarie. Im sure that makes all the advertisers happy who paid several million for 30 seconds of air time there. Marlie hall of the New York Stock Exchange, thanks a lot, marlie. Coming up on the morning news, abuse allegations, a young womans Youtube Video accusing a teacher of sexual abuse results in arrest. And later, cars that talk to each other to make the roads safer. This is the cbs morning news. Safer. This is the cbs morning news. Botox® is an fdaapproved treatment that significantly reduces headache days for adults with chronic migraine, 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more. 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It was posted in january and been seen nearly 1 million times the alleged victim claims she was abused from 1997 and 2001, beginning when she was only 12 years old. Andrea fuji of kcbs. Reporter this is andrea cardosas booking photo just released after she was arrested and charged with 16 felony contact with two underage girls while a teacher and coach at Chemawa Middle School and tomas rivera middle school. Shes going to face it. Reporter attorney david ring represents one of the accusers, jamie, who brought the allegation to life through the Youtube Video. You ruined my life, you ruin might childhood, do you realize that . Reporter cardosa was most recently the principal at alhambra high school. It was there that jamie calls her there and posted it on youtube. Cardosa resigned after the video went public. You should be so ashamed and so disgusted with yourself. I am. I am. Reporter ring said jamie had no idea that woman a decade after the alleged abuse her video post would result in an arrest and now wants cardosa in prison. Jamie will follow through with this as long as it takes, no matter what she needs to do. Shes ready, willing and able to testify. That was andrea fuji from kcbs in los angeles reporting. Now even though the alleged crimes took place more than ten years ago, the statute of limitations does not apply because five of the charges carry a life sentence. Now straight ahead, your Tuesday Morning weather. Plus, a look at new technology that could prevent traffic accidents. And well show you how some of the super bowl champion seahawks celebrated their big win. Announcer this portion of cbs morning news sponsored by silk. Try silk almondmilk light original with half the calories of skim milk. Almond milk light original with half the calories of skim milk. [ superfan ] were hitting the road to help america discover the new helper. 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In sports, the Seattle Seahawks returned home as super bowl champions for the first time in team history. Fans gathered outside the teams practice facility to celebrate. The seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos 438 on super bowl sunday. The teams arrival was delayed, though. Their plane made an unscheduled stop in minneapolis to deice. Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson stayed behind here in new york. He was a guest of David Letterman on mondays edition of the late show. Dave had a question about the seahawks head coach pete carroll. Coach carroll, does he know what hes doing . Its definitely coach carroll. [ laughter ] its definitely. First of all, he looks like hes 25 out there. Hes having so much fin, chewing his gum, running up and down the field all crazy. But, you know, he brings so much to us. Is that that funny . Yeah, it is. After the interview, wilson completed one last pass this season to david, of course. And earlier on monday, super bowl mvp Malcolm Smith paraded through the main street of walt disney world. Smith will see a much bigger crowd tomorrow. Thats when the seahawks will have their super bowl parade through downtown seattle. This is the citys first time to celebrate a major pro sports championship since 1979. In the nba now, it looked like the Los Angeles Clippers were about to escape from denver with a twopoint win. The clippers leading the nuggets by two points in the final seconds but denvers randy foye gets open at the top of the key and nails a buzzerbeating threepointer. Nuggets win 116115. The new Number One Team in College Basketball stays unbeaten. Trevor cooney tied the schools record with nine threepointers. He finishes with 33 points. And the orange beat notre dame 6155. When we return, car communication. We will show you how cars will soon be talking to each other to prevent accidents. Event accidents. Get paid however you want with it. 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Mostly sunny in seattle today. The car of the future could be right around the corner. New Technology Allows vehicles to talk to each other. And we could say that will make driving much safer. Tara mergener explains how it works. Reporter cars that talk to each other may sound like science fiction, but they could be on the road in the not too distant future. The department of transportation wants cars outfitted with vehicletovehicle or v to v technology in the next ten years. V to v has the potential to allow drivers to avoid 70 of all drivers. Reporter cars can detect other vehicles up close. V to v is going a step closer. Radio waves allow them to communicate with one another and avoid accidents. Ford is already testing the technology, here the driver is warned about an impensding collision with a car he doesnt see. The Obama Administration is working on rules to eventually require automakers to equip their cars with v to v. I think within about the next decade, consumers will see their this technology on board new vehicles. Reporter and v to v may be just the beginning. Several carmakers are testing Autonomous Cars that drive themselves. A technology with a potential to prevent almost all crashes. Tara mergener for cbs news, washington. Now, coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, an alleged kickback scandal involving the Army National guard. Im annemarie gren. This is the cbs morning news. Involving the Army National guard. Im annemarie green. This is the cbs morning news. Toaster strudel best morning ever [ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. Toaster strudel [ female announcer ] olay pre