and prison guards in brazil, attempted it cell phone, drills and saws and there s a culprit in custody. we re not talking about a person, it s a cat. this kitty smuggler was caught with the items, taped around its body. guards saw the white cap slipping through the gates and caught it before it could make the delivery. it s not clear who is responsible since the kitty cannot rat out its accomplices. meow. who wrote that? who thought was a good idea. and he had all of these gadgets strapped to him. that s brilliant. let s check in with maria molina, she s small enough and could have fit through the bars. maria: i don t want to be associated with that. we re outside our studios in new york city and it s a pretty chilly morning this morning, temperatures in the mid 30 s and factor in the breeze and it feels cooler.
rain moving in and kind of putting a damper into your sunday. otherwise as we head westbound. california, san francisco, dealing with areas of rain and high elevations around the area as well and areas above 5,000 feet could be looking at eight inches of snow. the bad news is that we ll see some as well and we could be seeing travel impacted and that storm will need to track over the next several days because it s forecasted to produce heavy rain across places in texas and also oklahoma and even severe storms as we head into tuesday, next week. otherwise for today. high temperatures 21 in minneapolis, bundle up. 43 in new york city, a little bit tof that warming trend and made it into the 60 s today in san antonio, guys? thanks so much, maria. well, it is the new year and with it every new year comes new laws and new government regulations, look at all of that paper work,
night, but rain further west. juliet: new, maria. let s get to some headlines, remember, we we talking about this woman who shoved a guy to his death, once again, in front of an oncoming subway train in queens, new york. she says she did it because she thought he was a muslim. there she is. she wanted revenge for 9/11 she added. erica menendez, looked crazed and ranting as she was picked up by police last night. and she admits to pushing the man and now she s charged with murder and a hate crime and her family says she s bipolar. overnight three members of al-qaeda killed by a u.s. drone strike in yemen. local officials say the men were hit as they were driving in a car. one of them, a senior operative for the terror network, this is the fourth drone strike there in one week. good news this morning, former president george h.w. bush is out of intensive care and now in a private room and the 88-year-old has been in the hospital since november 23rd for a persistent cough from bronchiti
clayton: a snowstorm founding parts of the ohio and the northeast and people are picking up the storms in parts of southern new england and here in boston, looking at pictures from boston. juliet: yeah, drivers across the area warned to be careful due to slick road conditions and five people are hurt after a 20 car pileup there. dave: some airports saw some flight delays in albany, new york, and got stuck in a snow bank and 66 people on board and no one hurt. for the latest on the conditions let s get to maria molina in for rick reichmuth this morning. maria, not as bad as it could have been, i guess. yeah, not as bad for us in manhattan and some areas got hit hard with a lot of snowfall and like juliet mentioned, some areas over a foot of snow. one was milford, in massachusetts. and a lot of snow in of specific areas. overall, that storm not so bad. we have areas of snow across eastern maine and that s still
tallahassee, right now, you re looking at temperatures at the freezing mark and central florida, 40 degrees for you in tampa and orlando is cold for a floridian. so it s going to be a cold start to your day today. and you re rebounding nicely into the 60 s with some sunshine today. it s a very quiet day in terms of precipitation today across most of the country in the plains in the west and also the southeast and we do have clouds right here and that s basically where the system is farming and producing wet weather across places in the mississippi valley as we head into your new year s eve around midnight. keep that in mind. otherwise the nor easter brought snow across massachusetts and the northeast and slowly winding down and eastern parts of maine at this hour. thanks very much, maria. let s get to headlines, the moment the plane misses the runway in moscow, watch this, it s all caught on video.