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New concerns turn to two countries in particular, syria and jordan, opposition groups planning big rallies there tomorrow. in jordan the protests planned despite major concessions by king abdullah. earlier this week he absolved his cabinet and asked the government for swift reforms. our crews are in place to give you the latest developments as they happen. a morning after the monster storm. thats right. the united states is digging out. ] breathe, socket. just breathe. we know its intimidating...

In massachusetts, a month much snow accumulation took a toll on a building in east end. employees made a run for it after they began to see ceiling tiles fall and they heard the building give way. fortunately, everyone made it out okay before that structure came crashing down. finally to connecticut where firefighters rushed to save 14 horses after heavy snow caused a barn roof to collapse. it took over four hours but a rescue team of volunteers, vets and firefighters were able to safely remov...

Role but you draw your own conclusion there, brooke. >> good luck with that bedtime reading. that is quite the book. we trust you can get through that whole thing. thank you very much, jess. this is something jessica and you in washington are dealing with but also in the northeast. digging out today after another storm dumps mo are than a foot of snow in new york city. were on that. also, we keep showing dramatic pictures. they keep coming in from egypt. were taurning them around for you and...

Want to rent a cheap beachfront vacation home, bring a shovel. while many americans are shovelling snow right now, folks in oregon are shovelling sand. a howling storm blew sand from the dunes on to houses right near waldport. digging out will take weeks. gretchen? >> brian, thank you so much for the laugh. ok. moving on. long before the government health care takeover passed, one county in michigan, well, they came up with their own idea to tackle mounting medical costs. they decided to invest ...

Hurricanes fury from people who lived through it. >> good evening, south florida. we have survived. its been the toughest night of most of our lives. >> youre leaning up against a wall in the closet and you can feel it shaking and you really feel like this is it. but we made it. so thats good, you know? but it was really -- it was really scary. i wouldnt do it again. never, ever again. lock the door, dont even board it up, and just walk out. >> lived here 28 years. its gone. >> the house started...

You for being with us. thank you so much. unfortunately, we have to move on and talk about some things that many of our viewers are very concerned about right now, another crippling winter storm in the northeast. it may look like pretty pictures, but there is allan chernoff digging out of the snow. a lot of people cant get where they want to get, and we will update you with chad myers. by the way, he is shoveling, because he was not simply employed to shovel snow outside of central park. we wi...

Passable. we cant compromise public safety by planning to scrape to the pavement on every road. we have to keep them passable. we had national guard helping to deliver babies and getting in with humvees delivering heart attack victims to the hospital. thats the mode we are still in is protecting public safety. im still trying to convey to neighbors that, look, eventually the street will get plowed down to the pavement, but its going to be an awful long time given the amount of snowfall. >> i gre...

Barked, theyre chopped into chips and sent to this dryer where theyre dried out and compressed and at the end you get these, wood pellets about the size of vitamins and they get burned inside incinerators instead of burning coal, its considered carbon-neutral because when a tree falls in the forest actualcle the decomposition releaseses its carbon into the atmosphere so burning the wood according to insiders is essentially the same thing. jon: folks all over the country digging out. more snow on...

Atlanta. wakefield says hes had his fill of weather after dealing with atlanta flooding last year and two blizzards in a row. they are in the mid at atlantic and had it. new york is trying to get back on its feet after being smothered by snow. the transit system is getting back on schedule. schools are reopening. but theres still a lot of digging out and cleaning up to do, of course. blizzard dumped about ten inches of snow in and around new york city. wicked winds accompanied it. some people ju...

A foot more snow on top of what is already on the ground. two storms over the midwest and the southern plains expected to merge tomorrow night, creating another big east coast blizzard. this time all the way from washington up through and north of new york. the weekend storm dumped 2 feet of snow in some spots and 3 feet in others. not only shutting down the federal government but also cutting power to hundreds of thousands of customers. today, folks were digging out, mostly moving huge piles of...