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Jenna: fascinating, thank you so much. jon: a lot of folks are dealing with the fist major storms -- first major storms of the season from alaska all the way to the east coast. significant snowfall and plunging temperatures are the rule. thisthis is the worst winter ane can remember in anchorage, more than 26 feet of snow since november, and more is on the way. another system is crawling across wisconsin, iowa and missouri. commuters there dealing with dangerous driving conditions this morning. ...

Eyes i still kind of see us going through the whole thing. >> reporter: meanwhile, from colorado to kentucky snow and ice are making travel treacherous, causing at least two deaths in iowa. after weeks of being held at bay by the jet stream, an arctic air mass is now plowing south, fueling this brutal blast of winter weather. in chicago over 500 flights were canceled, and the city braced for the heaviest snowfall of the year so far. >> well shovel it out, lay down the salt, and hope it goes away...

and for now at this point, kyra, ive reached out to some republicans here on the hill. theyre reserving judgement at this point. as you know, they frequently talk about wanting smaller government, so on its face this seems like something that they could go along with but, of course, theyre waiting right now to see what president obama says. theyre waiting to see if there are any catches. you see president obama here doing a couple of things. hes trying to make good on some promises abo...

These peace talks is they may be contingent upon the release of five taliban fighters from guantanamo bay to be sent to the gulf nation of qatar where theyll be held in some kind of detention. we know the taliban has recently opened a diplomatic office there, and these peace talks will likely happen in qatar. ambassador mark grossman enroute there this weekend to try to jump-start these talks. jon? jon: do i see bright sunshine and shadows there at the white house? >> reporter: bright sunshine. ...

is responding. well take you live to afghanistan. also, no holds bard in south carolina. the candidates unleashing brutal attacks trying to stop mitt romney from steam rolling straight to the nomination. will it work? newt gingrich who said, im not going to go negative. heres what he said. >> this is going to be armageddon. they will come in here with everything theyve got, every surrogate, every ad, every negative attack. >> wait, wait, what happened to the im not going to go negati...

to why he thinks it was okay. but guess what? there are four killers who are already out and there is no hope for getting them back in but we may have changes in the other ones who are set to be released. >> that is right. several bombshells in the casey anthony case as well. how she thinks she got pregnant, who killed her and why. there are reports this morning that her attorney has quit. >> quit or fired? always want to know. they both have something to say on this. new this morning ...

out the door. were going to talk to a family member of the victims who says theyve been left now without any answers. no one is talking to them. and then, a tragedy. im not even a really big football fan. that was so sad to watch, the tide rolling over my favorite lsu. of course, they were thrilled because it was revenge approximately we. well talk about that. and former chief white house staff, theyre going to talk about the former governors late surge. texas a&m going to get into it ...

man has been sentenced to death. the countrys court has found him guilty of working for an enemy country, meaning the united states, and spying for the cia. ven ne swale len president chaff vez -- mahmoud ahmadinejad is going to cuba, ecuador and nicaragua. hes hoping to shore shore up support. an american pop star surprised her fans when she announced her pregnancy to the world during the mtv video awards back in august. beyonce and her husband, jay-z, welcomed their baby girl int...

Truck and this is very well the case. we do have some recommended minimum ice thicknesses to keep in mind. i would say if you are a person or you are considering walking over a pond that you think is frozen i would suggest at least 6 inches of ice being there before expecting that ice to probably break and you sink into very cold water. otherwise, 8 to 12 inches recommended for a car or small pickup truck. also a lack of snowfall because of how mild it has been out there. buffalo, new york, curr...

That is very important. make sure there is enough ice. typically speaking if you are person walking on ice, six inches of ice on lake for you to safe to walk over. keep that in mind. also, lack of snowfall in portions of new england and parts of the upper midwest. take a look at the totals. we had an inch of snow in boston. on average we should have received a foot of snow. so well below average. this is not good news for ski resorts either. that is what they are looking at. no snow in the forec...