communications and dispatching system. >> and the new york city council holding a meeting on january 10th. meanwhile, a woman says it took emergency workers three hours to reach her elderly woman having trouble breathing. by the time the medics reached her home, she says, the woman's woman was dead. well, this week's massive storm not only bad timing for air travelers, it was bad news for retailers, too. at least in the eastern half of the country. the storm kept people indoors, of course, when they normally would have been out shopping. chasing those after christmas sales. christine romans, part of the cnn money team, but first, christine, the breaking news which is about jobless claims and finally good news? >> finally. for two years sitting here at 9:00 every morning on a thursday telling you how many people filed for unemployment benefits most recent week. first time in two years, below 400,000, alina. 388,000 people filed for the first time for unemployment