the life of the man who brought them democracy. many of the celebrating mourners are described in honor of mandela s achievements as born frees because they were born post apartheid into the freedom he fought for. paul is live in south africa. thank you temperature much thank you very much. here at home, ice, snow, wind, bitter cold, a bitter arctic blast making life difficult and dangerous for millions of americans. in dallas, horrible mess. people are stranded. in memphis, they re right on the freezing line. poinns between those two areas, this is affecting millions and millions of people and it s in the heart of fox country. we ll take you there live with multiple team fox coverage, on a friday, from the fox news deck. nice to have you in.
so far and it s not even half over. we have team fox coverage. rick leventhal is near a busy highway in new jersey right now. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is in the fox weather center. first though, let s go to carl cameron live at reagan international airport. karl? hi there, harris. well for air travelers it s not going to be pretty but if you are patient you will get there. this storm started in the southwest on sunday and dropping a foot of snow all the way across the country and snarling airports and domino effect have you been talking about it s been range and most of the flights delayed. there have been cancellations across the country today 500 flights cancelled across the country. and you can do yourself a lot of good by before you come to the airport or as triple a suggest use some of your hand held apps. take a watch. travelers are getting smarter these days and using smart tones to get around
issues out west. welcome to our second hour of happening now. jenna: some areas could see up to a foot of snow. as the wintry blast creates even more danger on jampacked roads filled with holiday travelers. live with team fox coverage. first let s go to chief meteorologist with the holiday forecast. jon just said the word, winter-like. so far to the west, that means the cold air was not really in place along the coastal areas. but it has been a slow, long-lasting storm for the six day doing with this, the southeast clearing out, still with rain for another three to four hours across the mid-atlantic in toward new york and another six or seven hours toward the boston area.
weeking of intense negotiations in geneva. now the two sides have six months to try to hammer out a more comprehensive deal that could potentially solve the dispute over iran s nuclear intentions, but is this really the first step in trying to stop an ianian nuclear bomb. president obama praised the development last night. today, that diplomacy opened up a new path toward a world that is more secure, a future in which we can verify that iran s nuclear program is peaceful and that it cannot build a nuclear weapon. criticism that it s not enough, and we have team fox coverage. jennifer griffin in the bureau, but we begin with peter life at the white house. last night, we got a very rare, very late saturday night statement from president obama where he explained that his job as commander in chief is to try to resolve our differences with iran peacefully. he thinks this agreement is a way to do that, and here are the basics of the deal.
with state insurance officials as his signature healthcare law takes another huge hit in the polls. there is a new cbs news survey out it indicates but 7% of americans say obamacare is working well and should stay in place as is. 48% say there are good parts to the law but that it needs changes. and 43% say the government should scrap it completely. the problems are also hitting the president in the polls a big way. that seems the cbs survey 57% of the americans don t approve of the job as president. that s all-time high in that poll. 37% approve. that s down from 46% in october when the healthcare web site launched. we have team fox coverage now. mike emanuel has the latest from capitol hill. let s start with ed henry who is live at the white house. between the polls and democrats bill clinton urging him to make some changes. there is a lot of pressure on the president from his own supporters here. there are and with that