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Long duration event. storm already reaching into d.c. and still snowing back through kansas city. overnight, well lookk for more of an icing situation across north carolina. d.c., snow really comes down late in the morning through the afternoon. look at how it lingers late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. half a foot of snow in our nations capital. high-i78 impact event for d.c. meanwhile, more storms coming into the west. more problems out there all next week, tom. >> all right, rob, than...

Plane crash. the improving weather conditions off the coast of indonesia. the search for wreckage from flight 8501 is taking on new urgency. abcs muhammad lila has details from indonesia. >> reporter: investigators have found what they say is the biggest part of the plane yet, 32 feet long, along with four more bodies. and a controversial new theory saying weather likely triggered the crash and that icing could have broken the engine on the plane because of cooling. >> when you talk about icing,...

A mechanical malfunction? >> im very skeptical with the data still. when youre talking losing 40,000 feet or dramatic amounts of altitude, its impossible to me, which amounts of altitude, its impossible to me. which means that the data if it was coming from the engines theres a possibility that that data was corrupted, maybe by an icing situation, even though were saying that it was clear air. we dont know. im talking about a situation from the engines itself. because the engines have as we talk...

We continue to see these record-breaking morning lows this morning. unfortunately, this cold air, its going to be lasting. i still dont have any good news for you. down to the south, about 30 below. memphis only seeing 35. charlotte looking about 11 below where they should be. tomorrow, well recover a little bit. still talking about 15 below average instead of 30 below average. in texas, theyre currently talking about an icing situation. rain for mardi gras. coming up on "new day," well take a...

Good morning. >> good morning. as one storm pulls away in the northeast, were watching another storm pummel the minute west and it will bring some snow to some areas. its also going to bring some severe weather. look at how warm it is down across texas right now into the mid-60s. it is going to warm up significantly later on today. thats going to help spark some very strong storms, especially across central texas. so, well watch out for the potential for hail and lightning and strong gusty winds...

Air is going to move in any time soon. new england, most of this system is going to produce rainfall, tomorrow morning, rain is going to push as far north as central and northern new england. this stalled front will continue to sit and give us that heavier rain tomorrow and finally it will start to improve. we have an icing situation here you see across portions of southern massachusetts, falling as mostly snow in new hampshire. because of this, we have winter storm advisories and warnings acros...

Developing but its so big and so lumbering it is stretching almost already from coast to coast. from east coast back to the southern colorado rockies. this thing is huge. in the middle of it, an icing situation and you saw that live shot from reynolds, dangerous situation there. down to the south, dangerous situation with severe weather and damaging winds and/or tornados and to the north, blizzard conditions and dangerous cold. all right, radar to the northeast, your snow and your sleet and your...

This is the kind of travel and risks that come with living in this kind of state, comes with the territory. >> our cnn all-platform journalist patrick oppman. thank you. lets talk about the weather conditions at the of the crash. rob, we got some information from the ntsb but you have been helping sort through it. >> temperatures were above freezing, so they would have had to be flying well above the surface for an icing situation. so at this point, that probably is unlikely unless they were t...