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we have winter storm warnings posted for parts of southern new england and maine and new hampshire. d.c. metro, you ll see flight delays, philly, as well. pittsburgh and cleveland, low clouds and visibility. the midwest including the ohio river valley will continue to see lake-effect snows throughout the day today. as a matter of fact, cincinnati so far for the month has seen over 23 inches of snow. that is a record. they ll continue to see snow showers throughout the day today and then cold air all the way down to where they re celebrating mardi gras. another storm moves into the pacific northwest as they rush to try to rescue that hiker there across the border in southern washington at mount st. helen s. we ll keep you posted on that, as well. john and kiran, happy mardi gras. you, too. thank you very much. all right. we ll keep you posted on the rescue. they re going to attempt to get up there again whether it gets light and also when the winds die down. top stories minutes aw
go. it s you know, if we have to do it, we ll do it. thousands of people climb to the crater s rim every year, although a warning on the u.s. forest service web site says it s unstable and can be hazardous at any time. well, that hiker has reportedly climbed mount st. helen s before, 65 times s. the coast guard, though, says it has lowered survival equipment into the crater in the meantime near the area. they re not sure if it reached the hiker. again, as we said, they will try again at sunrise today when it gets lighter and the winds die down to rescue him. other stories at six minutes after the hour. in a few hours time president obama is expected to announce plans to break ground on construction. the first new nuclear reactors in nearly 30 years. federal loan guarantees will pave the way for two nuclear reactors to be built at a georgia power plant. the white house says nuclear initiatives are a sign that the president is willing to work with republicans on solutions to our
like this. if you ve paid for them, yes, you can eat your peanuts. i still get free peanuts. you do? they must really like you. maybe you have the gold card. i fly a lot. 30 minutes past the hour. other stories new this morning, the taliban is denying it, but u.s. officials tell cnn they ve captured the taliban s number two and he s talking to investigators. mullah addul ghani baradar is said to have been nabbed several days ago in karachi, pakistan. officials are hoping that the capture will lead them to the taliban s spiritual leader, mullah omar or even give them clues as to the whereabouts of osama bin laden. rescue crews waiting for the sun to come up and the extreme conditions to wind down on mount st. helen s so they can go back in to try to rescue a hiker who fell 1,500 feet of the crater. they came to within 15 feet of the hiker yesterday but had to turn back. today president obama is
john and kiran, in about 30 minutes. good morning, we ll see you then. rob, thanks. looking forward to it. also new, right now, there s a man trapped in the mouth of an active volcano. rescue crews in washington state will try to go back in there this morning to reach the hiker. he fell into mount st. helen s. his partner says the man was literally over the lip of the crater and didn t know the only thing under him of snow until if gave way. i think somebody was taking a picture of him when the when it gave way and he disappeared over the edge. a 1,500-foot fall into the mouth of an active volcano. it was pretty much snow free, lots of boulders, lots of rocks. the hiker was no longer dressed for the cold. by the time you climb to the top of the mountain, you get pretty warm. i understand they took off their jackets and stuff to cool down. a 911 call from the rim sparked a massive search effort. within an hour a helicopter