The executive order suspends the entire u. S. Refugee program for 120 days. It no longer singles out Syrian Refugees for an indefinite ban. A new travel ban takes effect on march 16th. Nigeria is warning citizens not to travel to the United States saying several nigerians with valid visas were put on the next plane home. Nigeria is not on a list of six muslimmajority nations. Two dozen students from yemen who were invited by the state department to be in a High School Student Exchange Program are now terrified to be sent home. Six of those students now attend Northern Virginia community college. They are asking the embassy of yemen to help stay in the u. S. The state department extended their visas after war broke out in their country. Their visas will expire in its even really hard for them just to take care of themselves. So all i have to do now is just take care of myself. What do you parents tell you . Theyre saying its safer for you there than here. The embassy is contacting the d
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, this morning a potentially paralyzing blizzard is taking aim at the northeast, hundreds of flights have already been canceled for tuesday. Heres why. A blizzard watch is posted for coastal regions including new york city and long i land. Where up to a foot of snow or foot and a half is possible. Whiteout conditions plague south dakota. In minnesota travel was treachero treacherous. Plows had a hard team keeping up with relentless snow. Its not just the snow people will have to deal with. The forecast also calls for powerful wind. Meteorologist Pamela Gardner of our boston station wbz is tracking the storm. Major storm as but first we have one area of low pressure were tracking across the upper plains and the great lakes where we could see several inks of snow fall. Thats going to create a combined pressure creating a kind of blizzard condition as we have mu