ever meet. and the fbi reveals new information about the suspected hostage taker. in the meantime, tough weeks ahead in the battle against omicron as post holiday cases spike. this is a very difficult time during this surge. we re seeing high case numbers and hospitalization rates. the good news is there are parts of the country where we re starting to see a plateau and in some cases, an early decline in cases. good evening. i m poppy harlow. we begin with severe weather, snow, freezing rain, tornados in the southwest and in florida particularly a massive storm has more than 80 million people under winter alerts. the storm will march to new england after battering the south across the southeast. 180,000 homes and businesses without power after the weight of freezing rain and high winds brought down big trees as you see and across the country, air traffic is snarled on this day before the martin luther king junior holiday. nearly 3,000 flights have been cancelled. foll
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cutting covid quarantine from 10 to 5 days may be premature, we begin this hour with the winter storm plowing across the eastern united states. right now more than 80 million people on winter weather alerts across the east, the storl will exit the south tonight and march across new england across the southeast some 180,000 homes and businesses without power, trees brought down, heavy winds and the rate of freezing rain and snow as well, and across the country, traffic snarled on this day before the martin luther king jr. holiday, flights ka canceled today and many delays. not used to snow, let alone this much, right? reporter: that s right, and underneath all this snow is a lot of ice, the word of the day has been travel. air travel, with more than 90% of the flights out of the charlotte s airport cancelled but if you look at the live drone footage showing the interstates around charlotte, it s the roads, all across the state at this point, more than 200 accidents throughou
of the jungle! they are thinking they hit the jackpot. they were vacationers turned prisoners. a mother and son kidnapped by terrorists. we need 10 million u.s. dollars for the release of your family. 10 million? from me? are you losing your mind? a harrowing international hostage drama. it s a big operation, it s not this ragtag group of people. anything can happen, there are no guarantees. negotiator help bring them home. we prepared him for the worst. i am getting so worried. a lot of people were praying for them. a lot of people were. hello, and welcome to dateline. they were on a dream vacation when suddenly a mother, her teenage son, and a cousin were all kidnapped by a group of men with guns wanting money and lots of it. but the worldwide hostage drama be resolved before it was all too late? here with heart of darkness is keith morrison. they lay in wait, unseen underneath the green canopy, armed to the teeth, immersed and there to find extr
all of the hostages, which may include the synagogue s rabbi, we re told, are at this point reported to be uninjured. two law enforcement officials are telling cnn that investigators believe the hostage taker may have been motivated by wishing to free aafia siddiqui, who is in prison in texas. out of abundance of caution tonight, law enforcement agencies across the country have stepped up synagogues and other jewish establishments. let s begin this hour with my colleague, think mon por cue pez. a lot of reporting over the last hour, some good news, that the individuals being held hassage are uninjured and that the fbi is still talking to the hostage taker. right, and that s certainly significant. that at least point seems that the fbi feels that the negotiations are going well and that they can continue to negotiate, because people, of course, naturally, are asking, well, why doesn t the fbi just go in and take this guy into custody, but there seems to be some good communic