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Thursday night. 3-7 inches of snow in the five boroughs and just outside of new york city. new jersey, connolly con tonight and also into thursday night. boston, massachusetts we could be looking at 4-8 inches of snow. very low on this forecast because the storm is further away from you. in washington, d.c. 6-12 inches of snow in places west of the core droir. areas across northern virginia and the state of west virginia will be getting some of the highest accumulations. 8-15 inches in some of t...

Talks aimed at a new pilots labor contract. the union rejected americans most recent offer back in august, but now union leaders say they will seek an industry standard contract. >> americans also dealing with plenty of flight problems. the latest came yesterday during a scheduled flight from dallas to st. louis. the plane was forced to turn back to dallas after just ten minutes in the air. >> passengers were told to brace for a crash landing, but thankfully it never happened. they were put on a...

You were wondering. first, american airlines in something of a thaw in the frigid relations between the company and its pilots union. >> they will be back at the table later this week. talks aimed at a new pilots labor contract. the union rejected americans most recent offer back in august, but now union leaders say they will seek an industry standard contract. >> american is also dealing with plenty of flight problems. the latest came yesterday during a scheduled flight from dallas to st. lou...

Twisters touching down in louisiana and mississippi. our rob marcianos following all that. well check in with him later. also, the tucson shooting suspect now officially an accused killer today. hes going to be arraigned on additional charges. altogether 49 charges related to that mass shooting that killed six people and wounding 13 others including gabrielle giffords. space shuttle "discovery" will return to earth for the very last time. if it lands today, itll have spent a record 365 days ...

The very same routes that planes fly. flight problems are expected to last at least another full day. on a normal day there would be 2,000 flights in european air space. but today, officials are expecting just 11,000. that is a big story. in its most direct response to the sexual abuse crisis embroiling the vatican, pope benedict is saying its necessary for the church to, quote, repent. speaking directly at a u.n. -- atten untelevised mass at the vatican, the pope said the church was, quote, und...

Journey. ill give you a full briefing. >> first, mika, the news. >> lets get a look at todays top stories. well start with this situation that affects air travelers around the world. thousands of flights remain grounded throughout northern europe due to a massive cloud of ash from a volcano in iceland. its the worst disruption in air travel since 9/11. tens of thousands of travelers on six continents are stranded. because the plume of ash is so powerful, it could shut down a planes engine. the a...

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