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Didnt get above freezing for four days. different event than today. to compare the two its not necessarily totally fair. but what we did do after 2011 in legislation is 2011 we actually noticed that trucks were a problem and we continue to work on that. so, we actually got a statute passed that said we would require chains on tractor-trailers if we signed them into the region. that statute was passed. its very difficult to do that. have you to understand, interstates are built to move commerce. ...

Thats something well work with the department of public safety on and try to determine whens the best time to make that call to require tractor-trailers to have chains and when they come into the area they have the ability to have the traction and not have the impacts. >> reporter: were you able to stop any of the trucks coming in? at the point in time where everything was just shut down, are you able to stop the tractor-trailers from coming back into town? >> we started posting signage early ye...

Equipment could not function with so many people on the roadway and unable to move. now, i dont know the best way to solve that, other than to start taking it gradually to unclog that part of congestion. thats the approach that weve been taking. and those large trucks are a major portion of it. and maybe i should ask keith to talk to you about what could be done in terms of preparing them to either avoid an area such as this in a time of crisis with a storm, or whether or not there are requireme...

And that has already been the case in some instances. but in those cases, we are offering to them food, water, whatever they need in terms of a blanket or whatever else might make them more comfortable. one of the real problems that we have had, and i think that in talking with agency heads that we have to probably pay a little more attention to, is the obstruction that is occurring because of the large 18-wheelers who are jackknifed across our roads and even under the best of circumstances circ...

Talk about requirements that have been put in place that would require certain truckers to have chains on their trucks, and of course the idea being that youre not supposed to be inside the perimeter with an 18-wheeler unless youre making deliveries inside the perimeter itself. >> governor, the national weather service -- all between 6:00 and 7:00 this morning were forecasting two inches north of i-20. they were saying this morning that the storm is coming. and it hit in the middle of the aftern...

Whether it was two inches north in cherokee or one inch north of cherokee, were looking at three to six inches in the middle part of the state. so we could not have repositioned any of our folks. i dont know that we would have activated that, but thats something well be working with the department of public safety on and trying to determine whens the best time to make that call to require tractor trailers to have chains and to make sure that when they come into the area they actually have the ab...

Seen. you know, 2 inches of snow, i havent seen a sander yet. no road treatments at all. >> a lot of people are saying that, i havent seen a salt truck or sander or anything. people are just left at, you know -- you know, left on their own. i wanted to ask you about something governor nathan deal said, the governor of georgia said. he said big rigs were in part to blame for this traffic mess because they slip and slide on the roadways. they dont have chains on their tires. what do you say? >> ca...

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Got to show you a heart pounding horse rescue in hamilton, massachusetts. thats 1,800 pound moonshine stuck in the mud and ice, stuck up to her mud. it took firefighters two hours to pull her out with ropes, chains, even a crane. we are very happy to report after warming ivs were used and a few hours in a heated barn, moonshine is expected to make a full recovery. no telling whether moonshine was used to warm her up. get it? if i have to overexplain it -- >> sold me. >> it was a star studded nig...

By james earl ray nine years after he killed civil rights leader martin luther king jr. ray had been an escapee from missouri state penitentiary when he assassinated king. >> the main thing he was interested in was escaping. now, when i first met him, i was interested in escaping too. we got into a couple of plots together that never worked out. one we were going to go through the roof of the old auditorium where they showed movies. we did get the hole cut but it was discovered before we had a c...