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Reporter good morning, boston may not be directly in the path of the latest storm, but it is expected to get several inches of snow here today. A lot of cities dealing with the aftermath of the snow in the northeast, and now, the bitter cold. 12 people were evacuated from their homes in the boston suburb when the roof of that autorepair shop buckled under the weight of heavy snow monday night. Its one of dozens of buildings in new england to crumble under the accumulation. Wind blows, it feels like six below zero. Reporter the extreme weather for arctic temperatures to the northeast is not just inconvenient its dangerous. A frozen pipe burst in new york city Movie Theater yesterday, sending a light fixture crashing to the ground. Luckily, no one was hurt. Just freezes and breaks. Reporter windchills 16 below zero challenged firefighters struggling to extinguish flames in this philadelphia house. The water from their hoses freezing on impact and coating the home in ice. The level of snow right now is becoming unbearable. Just absolute terror. Reporter looking around boston, its hard to tell nearly 300,000 mimes of snow have been miles of snow have been plowed this winter. This used to be a twoway street. With nearly eight feet of accumulation, boston is closing in on the citys alltime record for snowiest winter at 107. 6 inches. You know what at this point, bring it on. May as well beat the record. Reporter and officials here are encouraging people to start spending money to help the local economy. We spoke to a Restaurant Owner who said business is down about 60 over the last three weeks because he said simply put, people do not want to come out in all of this then have to deal with the aggravation of trying to find a parking space. Gayle. Thank you, jericka, that guy had a right idea might as well break the record. Thank you jericka, i think shes seen every flake it was snowing at joint base andrews in maryland as air force one brought president obama home from a Holiday Weekend in southern california. Much of the federal government is closed this morning because of the weather. Chip reed is out on the National Mall in washington. Chip, good morning. Reporter it is an emergency, but i tell you, it is absolutely beautiful out here. It is a Winter Wonderland perhaps the most beautiful thing about it is that the federal government is closed only Emergency Personnel are required to work today, and congress does not qualify as Emergency Personnel. So what that means is the roads are already completely empty. Ive seen more snowplows than cars out here today. Museums are closed including the air and space museum monuments and memorials are closed including the Washington Monument monument. This snow is incredibly light and fluffy. It is not weighting down trees, its not bringing down power lines, not many people who dont have power. And theres a piece of good news for senators too. They decided it would be a good time for a trade mission to cuba where the temperature today is expected to be in the high 70s. Charlie. Chip thanks. There is heavy snow this morning in philadelphia. The snow is combining with windchills. There are around zero or even lower. That cold weather stretches well into the south this morning. Drivers are facing a dangerous commute. Arenas are facing a lot of snow. Reporter good morning, 1,000 extra utility workers have been brought to the state to help deal with this very unusual weather. The problem has been ice. You can see some of it on the roadways behind me and even icicles hanging off of the awnings there. Look at this plastic tape. Even it has been frozen over. Same problem with the power lines all around the state this morning, and that has caused more than 100,000 homes to be without electricity. A dangerous mix of heavy snow and freezing cold temperatures are making for messy roads across the southeast. Its really bad. Real bad. Theres trucks turned over. Cars getting stuck. Its dangerous. Reporter a family driving through tennessee narrowly avoided disaster after a sheet of ice came crashing through their window. I saw a sheet of ice lift up off the roof of the truck. We are safe we are sound, nicks and scratches, a lot of glass. Reporter in manassas virginia more of the same. I dont know if youve driven in manassas but they dont know what theyre doing. Reporter led many more wrecks and a state of emergency was issued. Stopped in a line of traffic, and then incredible big bang. And whoa. Reporter the best thing to do if you dont have to be out. Dont get out unless you have to. Just stay home. Reporter many cities are still recovering from a weekend storm that knocked out power for thousands. Utility crews are bringing in extra workers as forecasters have predicted up to a foot of snow in parts of the south. We had crews who worked 16 18 hours. Theyve since had their rest ready to go. Reporter this morning, many schools are still closed and North Carolina is under a state of emergency and highway patrols have been told to go check on abandoned cars to make sure that no one is inside. Norah. Thank you so much. This is disrupting air travel all report significant slowdowns because of the weather. More than 1200 flights this morning have will be been canceled. Meteorologist Danielle Niles of our boston station is watching how long this arctic blast will continue, danielle good morning. Norah, good morning, i wish i could say theres a light at the end of the tunnel, this pattern will stay in place. Thankfully the wintery weather will continue to shift off the coastline today, but obviously the cold air behind it does mean there will be slippery condiions from the coastline of the carolinas back to the midatlantic through the day today, then the threat becomes a downpours and thunderstorms through portions of Central Florida through the afternoon and evening. Behind it yes, another arctic blast. Air digging all the way in the eastern twothirds of the country. West coast, still relatively mild enjoying the quiet stretch and warm temperatures high temperatures through the middle and end of the week only in the Single Digits and teens from minneapolis to chicago, down up there st. Louis and the southeast is not exempt from this either. Bitterly cold temperatures and highs only in the 40s to northern florida. Gayle, back to you. Got it thank you, danielle. Road conditions are treacherous this morning for commuters and emergency crews like you see here in new jersey. Well continue our storm coverage and show you a close call for a news crew in virginia. Thats ahead on cbs this morning. Investigators are trying to figure out how a train carrying crude oil exploded in West Virginia. The accident sent massive fire balls into the air yesterday. Two towns were evacuated. Kristin ketchell is in fayette county, West Virginia. Kristin, good morning. Reporter good morning, the governor of West Virginia has declared a state of emergency. One person is being treated for possible respiratory problems and the fire continues to burn on the hillside behind me. The train burned for hours after derailing in this small West Virginia town monday afternoon. As many as 15 of the 109 rail cars of a csx Freight Train were engulfed in flames. Can you feel the heat . Reporter several explosions fueled the fire. It spread along the banks of the river where it also destroyed a home. The flames were higher than the top of the mountain i could feel the heat on my face. Reporter the crude from the train was seeping into the river forcing the Water Treatment plant to shut down. The train was traveling from north dakota to yorktown virginia, carrying vac and crude oil. Some of the most combustible crude oil on earth which has been involved in a series of derailments over the last two years. Last april, another train went off the tracks in lynchburg, virginia. In december 2013 a massive fire ball erupted over castletown, north dakota and in july 2013 47 people died after a train carrying Bakken Crude Oil derailed in the middle of a canadian town. They are among the reasons why the why theyve made it a priority. This is a former ntsb chairman. Theyve investigated too many of these kinds of accidents. Made too many recommendations that have gone unheeded. Reporter now just two weeks ago, the department of transportation sent a final draft of new tank car regulations. Mondays accident involved, those new tank cars the industrys moving toward. Kristin ketchell for cbs this morning. The future of nearly five million Illegal Immigrants is uncertain this morning. A federal judge is challenging president obamas executive action. Jan crawford is in washington with the next steps for the president and his opponents, jan, good morning. Reporter good morning, this order came down late last night. It would temporaryily block the president from implementing these programs. Its in response to a lawsuit that was filed in texas by 26 states this. Theyre saying the programs would cost them millions and the president has no authority to impose them. Now the president s plan would allow longer term immigrants whose children were born here to ask for deferred deportation. It also would protect people who were brought into this country illegally as children. That will part of the program would have started taking applications on wednesday. Now texas republican governor greg abbot led the opposition. He said the judges statement rightly stops the president s overreach in its tracks. The white house this morning, of course saying that the executive actions are within the president s authority and the Justice Department indicating it will appeal gayle. Thank you, jan. Carnival turned deadfully haiti when a parade float hit power lines. At least 18 people died there. Another 60 were hurt. Witnesses say that some of the victims were electrocuted. Others jumped from the float causing thousands in the crowd to panic. It was the second day of annual festival in haitis capitol. This morning, it is emerging that the gunman accused of two deadly attacks in denmark had a violent history. Last night, some 30,000 people paid respects to the two victims in a candle light vigil near one of the shooting scenes. We are in london as investigators put together why these these happened. Good morning. Reporter good morning, the Counter Terror agency reportedly said that the suspected gunman was on their radar, and that he may have been inspired by last months attacks in paris on a satirical magazine. Tens of thousands of danes came out last night, lighting canned ms to mourn the dead and show solidarity with danish democratic values. Its important for all of us to show up and experience because we are united just as a city but just as a country. Reporter denmark has been in a state of shock since two people were shot dead in attacks on a free speech debate and a synagogue over the weekend. More details are now e mernging about the suspected gunman who has been named by local media as 22yearold omar al hussein. Seen here in the blue and black shorts in a kick boxing match. The former gang member had a long rap sheet for weapons violations and violence. In late 2013 he reportedly stabbed a 19yearold student in the leg on a train. A danish reporter who covered his Court Appearance said he did not appear to be religious. He just seemed like a callous, hardened criminal. And nothing more spectacular about him. Reporter he was sentenced to two years in prison and was released just two weeks before this weekends rampage. Yesterday, denmarks Prime Minister said there were no signs that the gunman was part of a larger terror cell. This is not a conflict between islam and the west. This is not a conflict between muslims and nonmuslims. This is a conflict between the core values of our society and violent extremists. Thank you. Today the prosecution could rest in the american sniper murder trial. The texas jury saw and heard key evidence monday. The recorded confession of Eddie Ray Routh two years ago. We are at the courthouse in stephenville, texas, with the questions raised by the video. Good morning. Reporter good morning, prosecutors used rouths own words against him. The jury heard him admit several time and later heard them aapologize to their families. It could have a big impact on whether the jury believes rouths insanity defense. Following his arrest Eddie Ray Routh, still in handcuffs of interviewed by a Texas Rangers in this interrogation room. Navy seal chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield had taken the veteran, allegedly suffering from post Traumatic Stress disorder to a shooting range earlier in the day. It was played for jurors but the judge is not allowing the audio to be released to the media. He told his interrogator i imagine theyre head hunters trying to hunt everybody down. The man he shot first was kyle the one he could clearly identify. If i did not take down his soul he was going to take down mine. He believed that he had to pull the trigger. That it was his life or theirs. He might have been in the state in which he thought that at that point in time he had to do what he did. Reporter routh admits to shooting the two men, but his pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity insanity. On the witness stand monday, the ranger told jurors he stated that he knew it was wrong to kill them. That he wish he hadnt done it, that if he could apologize to the families he would. Asked if he knows the difference between right and wrong, routh responded, yes, sir. Asked what hed say to the families of the men he killed he said i would tell them im so sorry for what ive done. The con fex included rambling statements that were more difficultle to desiecher. The war lords arent happy with me. Ive got tons of people eating on my soul right now. The statements that were made were sounding crazy, however, he had also been drinking as well as smoking marijuana. Did that confuse state rise to the level of insanity . And thats what the jury is wrestling with. Reporter in the interrogation video, routh asked if his parents had arrived at the police station, he said quote, id like to see them at least talk to my mom one last time. Gayle. Manuel thank you, such a sad, sad story. Ahead on cbs this morning, Lance Armstrong is hit with what could be the largest financial sanctions against an individual. Rikki shows us what it means f for the news is back in the morning right here on cbs this morning. The news is back in the morning right here on cbs this morning. Tigers, both of you. Tigers . Dont be modest. I see how youve been investing. Setting long term goals. Diversifying. Dip you got our attention. We did . Of course. Youre type e well, i have been researching retirement strategies. Well thats what type e s do. Welcome home. Taking control of your retirement . E trade gives you the tools and resources to get it right. Are you type e . 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