Blizzard Snow News Today

Times" is calling out the white house this morning. details straight ahead. thanks for waking us with us on "early start." >> im poppy harlow. >> im ana cabrera. >> blizzard snow emergencies and subzero emergencies to kick off the weather in the northeast. nearly 1,800 flights cancelled already for today and most in chicago. a blizzard warning in effect for long island. at this time tomorrow there could be 10 inches of snow on the ground there with windchills 10 degrees below zero. a snow emerge...

An inch per hour and expected to continue through today. the windy city is living up to its name with powerful gusts causing whiteout conditions and hundreds of flights have been canceled. and as for the rest of the nations weather, theres snow around the great lakes and up into maine. we have some morning rain for the major cities in the northeast. drying out across the nations middle. some rain later today in the northwest. >> temperatures rise to the mid 50s near new york and atlanta. high ...

Cajun kitchen. >> pretty much just training. >> reporter: but the road to papa rouxs restaurant began with a slow walk after friday mornings ice storm. >> im putting down salt to melt all the ice because it was an ice rink out here. while im doing it, a young guy comes walking through a parking lot and he says can you tell me how far it is to 10th and sherman? >> reporter: that young guy was walking ten miles to an interview for a minimum-wage job. >> i decided i cant afford to pass you up, beca...

In missouri, the snow so wet and heavy, look what it did to this building in kansas city. and this roof collapsed in oklahoma killed a man. >> we havent had snow like this in 20 years. >> reporter: a foot of wet snow can add up to 20 pounds per square foot. thats like having several cars on it. if you hear creeking or popping sounds, get out. iowans expected to be spared, but some parts of the state could get up to a foot. further east, snow and freezing rain closed schools in north carolina. ic...

Delivering a direct hit to chicago. it started coming down yesterday afternoon at nearly an inch per hour and expected to continue through today. the windy city is living up to its name with powerful gusts causing whiteout conditions and hundreds of flights have been canceled. and as for the rest of the nations weather, theres snow around the great lakes and up into maine. we have some morning rain for the major cities in the northeast. drying out across the nations middle. some rain later tod...

>> reporter: its all the same storm that sent plows off the road in kansas city. and encased parts of texas and oklahoma. from above, you can see where the snow started and where it stopped. in wichita, the weight of the snow sent it crashing off this building. the snow so heavy and wet in missouri, this building south of kansas city crumbles. and in oklahoma, this roof killed a man after it buckled. shawn fixes roofs for a living. >> these roofs that are flatter cant take as much weight. a stee...

Since the owner posted the story on friday, its gotten more than 14,000 likes. >> 3500 shares and people calling from all over the country and other countries wishing him well and wanting to do good for him. >> i think its going to benefit both of us. i think it was meant to be. >> reporter: already hes learned to bread catfish, helped bus tables. he says he likes his co-workers, his boss and the harmony of papa roux. >> its my first day and im already starting to like it. >> hes right, if hes w...

Was questions when he was released last year whether or not he would flee and if he would leave florida. on cnn, they said yesterday they had spoken to the attorney for zimmerman and he is still in florida according to his attorney. >> and that town has a new police chief that is doing community outreach. we have dramatic video of a teenager in a runaway car, avoiding accidents on a texas highway at more than 100 miles an hour. he called 911 saying his car accelerated and couldnt slow down. an...