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>> come on, hurry! hurry, hurry! come on, come on, lets go! >> on an icy interstate, a car is crushed between the police vehicle and a careening tractor trailer. >> i thought for sure the driver of that car would have been seriously injured, if not killed. >> february 13th, 2007. officers douglas eagler and bill allen report for duty at the erlanger, kentucky police department. at 7:00 p.m., the night is already wet and icy. >> when we started our shift, we had to use our flashlights to knock th...

Fire which created major delays on interstate 75. well theres a chance you dont know his name, but his face became a symbol of heroism during the iraq war. this is marine major doug zembeck. those who fought with him called him the lion of fallujah. he was killed in 2007 while fighting insurgents in wbaghdad. >> this morning as the violence escalates in that region his wife, pam, like so many relatives, are reminded of those who lost loved ones there. her new book "selfless beyond service." it...

>> come on, hurry! hurry, hurry! come on, come on, lets go! >> on an icy interstate, a car is crushed between the police vehicle and a careening tractor trailer. >> i thought for sure the driver of that car would have been seriously injured, if not killed. >> february 13th, 2007. officers douglas eagler and bill allen report for duty at the erlanger, kentucky police department. at 7:00 p.m., the night is already wet and icy. >> when we started our shift, we had to use our flashlights to knock th...

And preparations came early. people stayed off the roads. salt trucks had room to roll. a big big difference many our gary tuchman has been out and about. he joins us now. youre on the streets of downtown atlanta. looks pretty good there right now. >> much different situation, anderson, than two weeks ago. we do have a situation where there are 150,000 homes without power here in georgia. a lot of people call atlanta the city of trees because its so green. countless trees have been destroyed, po...

Makes, piers. there are about 150,000 homes without power in georgia, lots of powerlines down, lots of trees down. compared to two weeks ago, huge difference in the highways and streets. youll remember two weeks ago when the atlanta area got hit by a storm. people were stuck in traffic. my own daughter, i live in atlanta, i had to wait six hours for her to come home from school. people had to wait up to 20 hours for their loved ones to come home. people took it very seriously today. everyone fro...

Jonathan? >> hi, bob. its been fleeting on and off throughout the day, and most people are playing it safe and staying home. case in point, take a look at the downtown connector behind me. the downtown connector is where interstate 75 and 85 meet north of atlanta. they stay merged right through the heart of downtown atlanta, before splitting again on the south side of the city. it is the major north-south thoroughfare, and as you can see, only a handful of vehicles on what normally is a very, ve...

They also prepositioned trucks go out and pretreat some of these roads and bridges that they knew would be problem areas. and so even out here on this major interstate where theres a lot of ice covering some of the lanes, they have kept at least two lanes in each direction open. bob. >> dana, you have a question? >> i was curious what the forecast is, how long is this going to last? >> you know, theyre saying throughout the southeast, everyone is going to be on high alert over the next 48 hours....

There is the explanation. hundreds of flights cancelled at the nations biggest airport in atlanta causing a ripple effect across the country. the national weather service calling this a one-two punch. a catastrophic storm saying travel will be impossible in the hardest hit areas. live with more on this now. jonathan. reporter: right now were overlooking the downtown connector where interstate 75 and 85 converge and stayed together for several miles through the midtown and downtown area of atlant...

Thursday. people came back to claim their abandoned cars. >> all right. your vehicle was stole by s&w. >> state troopers and the national guard are helping transport people to the more than 2000 vehicles strewn along roads and highways. >> i give them an afrmt"a" insp all the fs. this is an "a." >> reporter: state troopers scoured the roadways towing away any unclaimed cars. the cleanup is moving forward even though some neighborhood streets are still sheets of ice. a 14-year-old girl lost part ...

People are further enraged by the lack of accountability that state and city officials -- theyre not taking responsibility whole-heartedly for this mess and this disaster. its just as bad as it looks out there. weve seen interstate 75 just in gridlock. people stranded in their cars for overnight. people still stranded out there after being on the road since 2 p.m. yesterday. and this report that we just confirmed a little while ago is getting quite the reaction on social media, wolf. the mayor k...