Winter Storm Battering News Today

bill to avoid a government shutdown at midnight. and with respiratory viruses on the rise and kids medicine harder to find, well look at how to keep your family safe during the holidays. we begin this morning with the dangerous winter storm battering much of the country that has up ended holiday travel for many americans. this morning more than 200 million americans are still under some kind of weather warning orred a size ri. the storm continues to move east expected to bring powerf...

Bill to avoid a government shutdown at midnight. and with respiratory viruses on the rise and kids medicine harder to find, well look at how to keep your family safe during the holidays. we begin this morning with the dangerous winter storm battering much of the country that has up ended holiday travel for many americans. this morning more than 200 million americans are still under some kind of weather warning orred a size ri. the storm continues to move east expected to bring powerful winds a...

Tomorrow is still up in the air. >> a brutal winter storm pounds the u.s. as millions prepare to assess the damage. the details from cnns weather center. plus, north korea launches four missiles. we are live for you this hour in tokyo. and the australian open is finally underway without tennis star novak djokovic. well have a live report from melbourne on what this means for the tournament. >> announcer: live from london this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. welcome to the show. it is mo...

Alison and christine. >> alina, thank you. flood warnings in effect across missouri. deadly winter storm finally clearing out overnight. not before killing at least ten people. the mississippi river now 7 feet above flood stage. it is expected to rise to 8 feet before cresting on thursday. >> we were rescued by a boat with the fire department. but we were rescued at 9:00 this morning and stood in that water for about three hours. >> in southern illinois, more rain and flooding overnight. forcing...

Breaking news this morning. busted. after weeks on the run, the affluenza teen detained in mexico with his mother. northeast now in the path of the deadly winter storm that devastated the south and midwest. hundreds of flights canceled. we are tracking severe weather. and breaking overnight. protests erupt after the police cleared in the shooting death of the 12-year-old boy. >> im christine romans. >> im alison kosik. >> authorities in mexico detains the so-called affluenza teen. ethan couc...

Interviewing the hunter a month ago or seeing this giraffe story, different countries have different rules. we saw the story in japan as well last week. lots of different cultures treat different animals in different ways. why shouldnt the danish frankly be able to treat giraffes the way they wish to if they believe its the right way to treat them? >> i think youre raising a good point. i think we all here do object to the way that the danes have treated marius. but american zoos have their own ...

The issue that you raised with yosemite national park i think just again brings out the contradictionses and inskins says that we have in our treatment of animals. >> right, cari lawmey carey it as easy as people in the twitter verse would like it to be. these bad guy danes treating animals badly. it theres killing of animals and culling of animals and eating of sacred animals all over the country isnt there? how do we bring uniformity or consistency when you have different cultures at play? >> ...

So theres a lot of issues here that cross cultural lines. and i think one thing we need to do is to get away from thinking, oh, these are the danes who are behaving badly in this way. these are the japanese. the issue that you raised with yosemite national park i think just again brings out the contradictionses and inskins says that we have in our treatment of animals. >> right, carey carey its not as easy as people in the twitter verse would like it to be. these bad guy danes treating animals b...

Frustration for air travelers. more than 10,000 flights canceled since monday. airports from washington to new york have been paralyzed as we head into a very busy holiday travel weekend. renee marsh is looking at that. >> reporter: snowplows on the runways instead of planes. this weeks winter storm battering the east coast led to the worst single day of air travel this winter. more than 6,500 flights were canceled thursday making it one of the first worst air travel days in recent years. a febr...

An avalanche strands a colorado snomobiler. his incredible survival story. oscar nominee matthew mcconaughey tells me how much his father influenced him and what he would think about his sons turn in the oscar spotlight. >> organization hed love it. hed be hamming it up right now. hed be hamming it up. he would love it. absolutely. >> i want to begin with our big story, the massive winter storm battering northeast. over 700,000 people without power tonight, 6500 flights in and out of the u.s. ar...