Marriage. And toronto the mayor that has big news that may keep his name in the punchlines for years to come. We begin with a winter storm of 2014. This is a live picture of midtown manhattan, the wind and snow picking up. Its bad, worse in boston. This is a live picture from there. Parts of new england have two feet of snow on the ground as 1 million americans are in the path of this extreme weather. John terrett has been following the situation and brings more. A good evening to you. This is the end of the boston marathon. You know where we are. We are in the square in the downtown, as you can see, the snow is coming down steadily and its been this way since lunchtime today. I have to say we were expecting more blizzard conditions by now than we have, to be honest with you. Its freezing cold. And its important to remember that what we have is two storms coming together. One is a noreaster and they clash and the effect is a huge dump of snow, and massachusetts is the epicentre of the
Last 50 years. Good evening. Happy new year. You are looking live at the Empire State Building here in new york city. This is definitely the calm before the storm. In just a few hours, extreme weather will slam into the east coast, taking aim from washington up through new england. The system is hitting the great lakes region, sweeping through detroit and chicago. 400 flights have been cancelled. Airlines are reporting delays. Half a foot of snow will hit chicago. East coast is prepping, stocking up on shovels. The state may close major highways as a precaution. Says the governor. Schools preemptively closing in boston, declaring a snow emergency for the region, Kevin Corriveau is tracking the storm. It sounds big. This is big for the east coast. There has been a lot of snow in the Northern Plains into 2013. We are getting a combination of storms. The Northern Storm is bringing snow across chicago, the great lakes, pennsylvania right now. Now we are getting the influence of the souther
And there are hopes with a growing economy and private Health Insurance starts for more than two million americans. But the president s new healthcare law has encountered a legal hurdle. Justice sotomayor with a ruling that applies to nonprofit groups that have the same health plans. The white house said it is confident the new law does address the objections of religious organizations. The legal challenge wont stop coverage from kicking in for millions of americans who signed up in hawaii where the president is vacationing. Healthcare for the majority of the population is nothing new. Jennifer london joins us from honolulu. Reporter hi, tony, its nice to see you, and happy new year. When most people think of hawaii they think of the image that is behind me. Beautiful beaches, surf, and palm trees. Its not called the aloha state without good reason. But if you take a closer look perhaps hawaii should also be known as the health state. Inside eden and love a small boutique in honolulu c
That provision of the Affordable Care act. Much of the east coast has spent this friday cleaning up the mess left behind after the first major winter storm of the year. People across the region woke up to heavy snow. More than two feet falling in some parts of massachusetts. And when the storm moved out, frigid temperatures moved in. We begin our coverage with richelle carey. Shes at columbus circle. Can you walk us through this day. I know it was a real pain during the Early Morning commute, but how are things going in the afternoon . Reporter i think its going much better, youre right, tony, when storms come in often the most difficult is in the morning when plows out are and children are needing to get to school. However, 1. 1 million children got out of school for snow day. It is dangerously bitterly cold here in new york city. And of course in boston as well. I know john terrett will have much more on that. That is what went into the decision to Cancel School today. I know people
President obama is asking americans to send their thoughts an prayers to Washington State after saturdays mudslide. 14 people have been killed and that number is expected to rise. Rain is complicated efforts to find people missing. AlaAllen Schauffler is in the nearby community. What can you tell us from the search effort there . Reporter we can tell that you it conditions an continues. Fema will have a 70person team out on the ground helping with the recovery effort and helping with logistics and the Emergency Management folks with the huge, huge job they have. Things are really ramping up here. There have been questions whether this is a search and rescue operation or a recovery effort, they say thats a matter of semantics. No matter what you call t their work, their intensity, it will remain the same. Yesterday i reported that we didnt find any signs of life. Im saddened to tell you that that is the case again today from the night shift. The night shift basically produced the same r