of snow, wet, heavy snow in some areas, including omaha, nebraska. first alert forecasters say out when conditions are possible and that the storm could turn into a 50 mile-per-hour blizzard south and west of chicago. roads and highways are closed all over the place and some 400,000 homes are already without power. just in time for santa. farther south in alabama, the storm may have caused several tornadoes this morning. they are talking cars flipped, trees down. shredded roofs, you name it, in and around mobile, alabama. let s get to team fox coverage. rick reichmuth is at the weather center with the latest on where this storm is going. first let s get to fox news chicago s reporter tisha lewis fox 32 there. she is in lake zukerman, illinois. this is causing big problems. that s right, shep. it s beautiful but it s also dangerous. the back drop behind me, the storm started a few hours ago.
why would anybody kill his mother and go on a rampage in an elementary school? tonight there is word of a possible motive in the newtown massacre. a man who says he knew the shooter s family tells fox news.com that adam lanza was upset because his mother was planning to commit him to a psychiatric facility. we can t confirm that, but a senior law enforcement official does back it up. saying investigators are looking at whether lanza was angry over plans for his future mental health treatment. police say lanza shot and killed his mother friday morning before driving to that elementary school. there they say he murdered 20 children and six adults and then killed himself. we have team fox coverage. molly line on how kids are going back to school. first to rick leventhal with the latest on the investigation. police searched lanza s home for clues. one thing they reportedly did not find is of great interest. right. according to the hartford current, they found no
state police confirm the gunman shot somebody else all before this at the school. somebody he lived with. that victim, apparently his own mother. fox news has confirmed the gun that he used were hers. all legally purchased and registered, glock and hand guns and a semiautomatic rifle. the weapons used to murder 27 people today and shatter countless lives in connecticut. we have team fox coverage. molly line with us. but we begin with a fox report chief correspondent jonathan hunt with me live in newtown tonight. it is hard to imagine what these children went through today. it is the terror that they experience today, bill, unimaginable. the pictures that you see, those faces filled with tears, the faces filled with terror give you some idea. these were tiny children, ages between five and ten, we were
they gave her those talking points but those opponents did not back down and today ambassador rice sent the letter to the president, quote: i am now convinced that the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly to you and to our most pressing national and international priorities. that tradeoff is simply not worth it to our country, end quote. we have team fox coverage now. catherine herridge is live on capitol hill where lawmakers got another classified briefing on benghazi today. first though to ed henry live at the white house. ed, what s the reaction there? good evening, harris. there is disappointment here because i said over the decision last few days, he wanted susan rice to ambassador up to secretary of state. he knew it would be too much of a bruising battle, not just threatened filibuster from conservative republicans like john mccain and lynsey gram, collins who would be likely to support the president s nominees said she was troubled
scott brown likely to run. some democrats tonight nervous that they could gain a new secretary of state in john kerry but lose that senate seat in massachusetts. bottom line the white house made a bigger political calculation tonight, harris, they did not want to start this second term off with a messy battle over benghazi. harris: thank you very much. one u.s. official says the state department may not he release the report on its own benghazi negotiation. team fox coverage continues now. catherine herridge live for us on capitol hill. does the department have to release that report? well, thank you, harris and good evening. tonight fox news has reviewed the regulations here. there are 15 pages long that governor the state department s interrible investigation there does not appear to be a requirement for secretary of state hillary clinton to give the entire report to congress. there only seems to be a requirement for the secretary to provide a written sum troy congress findings o