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Welcome back. theres a shot this morning of boston. 6:30 there right now. 25 degrees and snow. a little bit later going up to 33 degrees. and they are looking at snow as well. apparently service on amtrak suspended on the northeast corridor between new york and philadelphia. they say they are having some problems as well. power problems. so probably weather related. >> yeah, people, whether you are on the road, trying to take a train or fly, youll have a problem today. welcome back. t.j. holmes ...

So many cities sliveringing and sliding. cars are stuck there in oklahoma city and drivers leaving them behind. snow plows spinning their wheels. then in indiana, roads are like ice rinks basically. take a look at this. cars just slipping around. tree limbs and power lines snapping. officials say some people may be without power for days. after socking the midwest, storms going to move east. new york is going to be pretty dangerous on wednesday. commute there on the icy roads and amtrak suspendi...

Snow is certainly a remarkable thing. even though they are trying to keep it -- trying to keep it clear. snow banks are, obviously, a huge thing here. the winds have been piling up. theres going to be drifts three, four, five, six feet in some areas. thats been the dangerous part of this situation. we expect the snow to continue for the next several hours. blizzard warnings remain in effect until 3:00 this afternoon. >> yeah, we were just getting used to the snow. thats old hat. now mother natur...

>> all right. on this wet wednesday, the extreme weather wreaking havoc on travel throughout the northeast right now. amtrak service between new york and philadelphia has been suspended due to power problems along the line. there is a major ice storm in the area and all trains have returned to their stations while crews try to track down the source of the problem. so if youre traveling between new york and philly today on train, stand by. as the country continues to get hammered by the weather, ...

Headquarters, im ainsley earhardt. record-breaking temperatures creating power problems along the east coast. the heat believed to have briefly left a new jersey hospital in darkness on tuesday night. backup generators quickly going online and the hospital restored to full power a short time later. despite tuesdays searing temperatures, the states largest utility company reports power usage did not exceed the record set in 2006. queen elizabeth and prince albert are returning to england after a ...

And power problems forced amtrak to suspend service between philadelphia and new york. about 500 passengers were stranded also on new jersey transit train for six to seven hours because of flooding on the tracks. but whether its on the rails or at the airport, most travelers seem to be taking it in stride. >> we had kind of a bumpy flight and were ready to get back and, you know, be in our dorms and we got stuck on the train for a while, so that was disappointing. >> of course, this storm causin...

Is it? what is life like in iraq now? >> well, i think one of the important things to keep in mind is that the violence has gone down, especially for american soldiers. its ramped up a little bit leading into these elections, but you know, a large part of iraqis daily lives is dealing with a country that has been shattered by years of war. so infrastructure is still very bad and public service is still a major concern, and those are the issues that voters really care about going into these elect...

Few. if rangel and other members of congress who attended did not know there was corporate sponsorship, thats how to understand how they didnt because we have some pictures of the event supplied to us by a group called the national legal and policy center, and they show banners with the company logos in plain view. it also reported, its also reported that corporation executives from these companies spoke during the meetings, yet the ethics committee did approve the trips beforehand. they claim t...

After that, days of waiting and legal maneuvering. reports of power problems in the jail and concerns that one of the detained americans, a diabetic, was becoming ill. but it isnt until three weeks later, february 17th, that a haitian judge rules eight of the ten americans can be freed. they leave that night after being granted bail without bond. released on their own recognizance. how are you coping with that? tonight silsby and her 24-year-old nanny, charisa coulter, remain in custody, leaving...

Vehicles not being able to get through, and the second one is people with -- with power problems. were not hearing that in philly yet, as the mayors telling us. it hasnt reached those proportions, and hopefully it wont. whats the role for the national guard in helping out cities right now? >> well, both in d.c., maryland, and the state of virginia, national guard is decisively conducting hundreds of missions to help police and emergency teams get to patients that need to be moved to hospitals, p...