top of the hour. i m jim sciutto. in short, it is cold. the powerful winter storm battering the u.s., expected to grow even stronger and colder today, covering nearly half of the u.s. population. parts of the country could see the coldest christmas in decades. sub-zero temperatures hitting hard out west. here is the owner of a local towing company in montana speaking with cnn this morning. it is cold up here. if you ain t prepared for it, it could be really bad. i ve been here 20 years and this is the worst i ve ever felt. wow, tough time to be a towing company. right now hundreds of thousands of people are without power. that is tough in the cold. many of them in the southeast. travel plans upended for many going to the holiday weekend. more than 3500 flights canceled already today and counting. here is the transportation secretary pete buttigieg. lots of things are so important to us around the holidays. our traditions, our loved ones. but of course, the most importan
Of the area. Reporter i like that analogy. Good evening the Time Thursday rolls around, its going to be like the time your guests leave. There is something toe look forward to to look forward to. Its easier to point out where its dry than where its wet. Parts of 66 even where we saw heavier rain this morning are starting to dry out. Notice near 64, moments of drier weather. It is going do continue for to continue for a few hours. Around dinner time, well start to see a few breaks in it. There is still a lot of rain out there but there are areas that will see drier moments. Well see more downpours tomorrow. 47 degrees. Winds are out of the southwest so we are a little warmer ahead of a cold front. We will see temperatures near 50 today. This is a brand new computer model, ill go through the rest of the day and tell you what to expect and when that sun is here. Thanks. Today starts meteorological winter, a storm dumped record snow fall in the dakotas and iowa making a mess of travel. Its
Up in questioning after he was caught. He surrendered last night at olds airport hangar. 35 miles from the shooting scene, he had been using the hangar therefore shelter. And so life is finally getting back to normal in the community surrounding the scene of the ambush and that nearly two month manhunt. Fox 29s Jennifer Joyce talking with those who are finally exhaling. Everybody pulled together. And, you know, were very proud. Township pride posted on utility polls and school front. People like angela are thankful that their community is once again safe. Now her four year old daughter ellis a what are you snaring. A butter fly. Can celebrate halloween like all children should be able to do. Very pretty. Relieved. Able to go outside and play and not have to worry about anything. The people of this Pocono Community have waited seven weeks for these headlines. I got a text from my friends, and it was just a relief when i think we stayed up and watched all the news we could. I really am s
Police car, a closer look shows him sitting, head down, finally captured. Sky fox over Police Barracks in pike county in the pocono mountains where he is being held right now. Frein has been on the run since early septa accused of ambushing two state troopers in a dead lay tack. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. Jennifer joyce is live in pike county tonight. Jenny, you have been on this from the get go. Reporter tonight i got a text from the source at 6 28 p. M. Saying fugitive eric frein was in police custody. I heard once he was caught he surrendered without even putting up a fight. We got word that pennsylvania governor tom corbett will be holding a press conference at 11 00 oclock tonight, we are also awaiting arraignment details for eric frein, now many people were tweeting us, telling us they wanted proof that eric frein was captured, here it is, this picture sent to me by a Police Source frein in the back of the cruiser wearing handcuffs belonging to the tate Police Corporal he is a
Reporter tonight i got a text from the source at 6 28 p. M. Saying fugitive eric frein was in police custody. I heard once he was caught he surrendered without even putting up a fight. We got word that pennsylvania governor tom corbett will be holding a press conference at 11 00 oclock tonight, we are also awaiting arraignment details for eric frein, now many people were tweeting us, telling us they wanted proof that eric frein was captured, here it is, this picture sent to me by a Police Source frein in the back of the cruiser wearing handcuffs belonging to the tate Police Corporal he is accusedded of killing. Brian dickson shot and kill in the ambush outside a Blooming Grove State Police Barracks, seven weeks ago, tomorrow. Trooper Alex Douglass was also wounded in the attack. It has been a long seven weeks of searching, high and low, only to find eric frein near a hanger at former birchwood resort. Frein was walking up to the hanger when a approached by members of the u. S. Marshals