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Him and start to focus on playing football in 2014. >> reporter: the report says richie incognito along with veteran john jerry and mike pouncey engaged in a pattern of harassment. martins was not the only target. the investigation uncovered another lineman who was subjected to homophobic name calling and inappropriate touching. a trainer was also the subject of racial slurs. >> im embarrassed by my actions. what i want people to know the way that jonathan and the rest of the offensive line and ...

But there was one problem. temperatures plummeted overnight and turned this pennsylvania turnpike into a sheet of ice. >> i could see that there was going to be an impact. and then, i guess the air bags deployed. and then, it was sort of dark for a second. >> reporter: drivers scrambled to safety. the last blast of this noreaster struck violently overnight, with lightning and thundersnow. all up the east coast, collapsing roofs. this garage in new york city, crushed. officials say a foot of heav...

The storms we have witnessed will likely stand in the record books among top ten all time. todays disaster was an enormous pileup on the pennsylvania turnpike. power remains out for tens of thousands of people. extraordinarily large area of the lower 48 is still snow-covered, and its cold, and heating has become a major expense. it was a striking story when it first broke, and some, especially nfl fans still cant get their heads around it. the miami dolphins offensive lineman jonathan martin a...

Player martin walked off of the teams facility allegedly because of relentless bullying. he gave this interview in the fall. >> ive spoken to my teammates -- former teammates in other locker rooms across the nfl asking does this go on, is this normal rookie hazing. the consensus was this is not normal. >> reporter: the report says martin was tormented by three of the teams offensive linemen. starting in his rookie season in 2012. on friday, martins agent reacted. >> im just happy that were able ...

Thanks for being out in it all day to report our lead story. tom costello in d.c. and now we turn our focus to the south. you will remember just as we came on the air last night they were getting clobbered. and as we saw hundreds of people had to abandon their cars on highways covered in snow and ice. nbcs peter alexander is in charlotte, north carolina again tonight. hey, peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. the snow didnt stop falling here until late this afternoon. ...

An 88-year-old woman was sleeping in this bed when the ceiling collapsed. her grandson said while injured she is lucky to be alive. >> and she was just covered with insulation and sheet rock. >> reporter: power crews spent all day repairing downed lines as more than 200,000 georgia homes and businesses lost service. >> just getting the lights back on. >> reporter: while some who lost power have generators for lights and heat others are not so fortunate. >> we have a fire going, that is basically...

Says that while crews will work through the weekend about 50,000 customers will remain without power into at least monday, that is a couple more cold days and nights of continued hardship until the relief arrives. one more note on the effects of this cold weather. satellite photography now shows almost 80% of the great lakes have been frozen over. theyre the largest grouping of fresh water lakes in the world. that is the highest percentage of ice covering that group of lakes in close to a decade...

>> i made just over $12,000. >> $12,000? >> yeah. >> cash in, tonight. good evening on this thursday night. diane has the evening off. were following two major weather headlines this evening. in the west, the system hitting tonight, amid all those warnings about the vanishing water supply. first, the misery from the midwest to the northeast. first, the storm. now, single-digit temperatures moving in. this from maryland tonight. the power lines turning to icicles. snapping with cars underneath....

Pedigree in maple glen spent the night close to the fireplace in their den. she slept on the couch, he slept on the recliner. this is your central heating right now? >> yes. >> reporter: like the pedigrees, there are still more than 400,000 without power with parts of the state declaring a disaster emergency. >> it will actually be a third more people than were here during hurricane sandy. >> reporter: some 3500 workers have come from as far away as arkansas to help repair the lines. but first, ...

Abc meteorologist ginger zee standing by with the forecast. but first, abcs gio benitez, tonight, on the black ice worries. >> reporter: tonight, the storm after the storm. after that winter blast dumped nearly a foot of snow and ice from kansas to maine. freezing cold. and a race to restore power. officials comparing the damage to the aftermath of a hurricane. trees down for a hundred miles. nearly 500,000 in the dark and frigid cold. thousands of workers from as far away as canada are coming t...