town wins a $950 million lottery jackpot. you heard right. all except one guy who missed out on it. we start with this. we're just a few hours away from the start of the nevada caucuses. it is the fifth contest in the republican presidential race, but the first one to take place west of the mississippi we will have much more on that in just a moment. but first, here are some of the other top stories we are watching for you this morning. in syria anti-government activists say the military is randomly bombing residential neighbors. it has been the center of the uprising in syria. activists say as many as 260 people including women and children have been killed in the past day alone. cnn has not independently confirmed the accounts, though. here is what one brave activist told our anderson cooper last night. >> they have been bombarding an a area for like three hours with tank shells because a part of the syrian army led down to welcome the syrian army. so they bombard randomly with tank shells. in the first half hour we have 40 people dead. now we have about 200 dead. there are still people all around we can't move them. all the buildings and human beings, kids dead, women dead, men dead. we can't get medication in. they're shooting at the civilian cars. we're trying 00 to get medication in there. we can't help them. they bombard them now. people are trying to move bodies out of the street and putting their lives at risk. people are getting killed just to move the bodies from the street, just to move the bodies so they can bury them and they're getting killed for moving bodies. that's bravery. nobody is helping us. the u.n. isn't helping us, the arab league. people are sitting here and they're dying while they're having a discussion. they kill millions. we will remember that no one did anything about it. >> the details are hard to to listen to. in just a few hours the united nations security council is scheduled to meat to consider the situation in syria and possibly try to force the government to stand down. we'll have a live report there. you have to see the scene here in egypt. protesters have clashed with e police in several cities. they are angry at what is perceived as a lack of police action during deadly riots at a soccer game this week. 79 people died in those riots. nine people have died in these post riot protests as you see here. police say protesters have been pelting officers with bird shot and molotov cocktails. the group of hackers known as anonymous, they're at it again. this time they secretly record add phone call between the fbi and scotland yard discussing the investigation into hacking attacks. here are some of the conversation anonymous posted on one of their websites. >> ryan cleary and james davis due in court on the 27th. we've set back the further arrests of kayla and t-flow, that being [ bleep ] and [ bleep ], until we know what's happening. >> law enforcement source tells cnn this is basically vandalism. the fbi is now investigating. the army has decided private bradley manning will face a court-martial for allegedly orchestrating the biggest intelligence leak in u.s. history. he is blamed for leaking sense is tiff military and diplomatic material to wikileaks. manning could face life in prison if convicted by the military court. no date has been set are for the trial yet. a massive hard boiled egg recall is under way. a minnesota company is recalling around a million eggs that went to 34 states. those eggs could be tainted with listeria which can cause sometimes deadly infections. none of the eggs went straight to consumers, though. they are usually used by grocery chains and other stores in things like egg salad or maybe unprepared salads. for more information go to fda.gov. the justice department has dropped its investigation into claims that champion cyclist lance armstrong used performance enhancing drugs. lance armstrong says he is gratified by that decision. fellow cyclists claimed armstrong was doping when he won the tour detransseven times. the justice department is not explaining why it dropped the case. big story today, want to get back to politics in the nevada republican caucuses. this is the first contest west of the mississippi. voting there is still a few hours away. here is one of the latest polls out of nevada. you can see that mitt romney holds a double-digit lead over newt gingrich. cnn's joe johns has more on the final rush for support. >> reporter: susan, as the race for the nevada caucuses enters the homestretch, the mitt romney campaign was hoping their candidate was well positioned to score a victory here just like he did four years ago. it was a bizarre week in politics, though, with donald trump stirring up a publicity firestorm before finally publicly endorsing romney for president. romney did not help his own case with his comments on cnn that he was not concerned about the poor because there's a safety net for them. he later said he misspoke. meanwhile, newt gingrich, the former speaker of the house, tried to capitalize on the romney misstep promoting his own plans to create jobs and improve the economy. texas congressman ron paul was also attracting large crowds in the state of nevada with his anti-war smaller government message. he actually placed second here four years ago behind former senator rick santorum already defensemen be on straighted his prowess in the caucus by his big win in the state of iowa. for now it is up to the caucus goers in nevada to try to determine which among the republican presidential contenders they believe should be their standard-bearer as we move toward the general election this november. i'm joe johns in las vegas. back to you, susan. >> joe, thanks so much. be sure to stay with us throughout the day for updates from nevada. and tonight our expanded coverage starts at 6:00 p.m. with a special edition of "the situation room." don't miss it. then join the best political team on tv with wolf blitzer, john king, anderson cooper -- you name it -- for all the results. you could say it's a ray of sunshine on unemployment with nearly 250,000 private secotor jobs added last month. the unemployment rate has dropped to 8.3%. that is down from 8.5%. at this rate all 4.6 million jobs lost during the obama a administration could be recovered by election day. here is the president. >> these numbers will go up and down in the coming months and there are still far too many americans who need a job or need a job that pays better than the one they have now. but the economy is growing stronger. the recovery is speeding up. and we've got to do everything in our power to keep it going. >> here is a breakdown for you. the group that saw the biggest gains, after rican-american unemployment is still the highest of any ethnic group but it came down more than two full percentage points in january. hispanics dropped half a percent and white men over 20 dropped 3.3%. those jobs numbers had a profound impact on the financial markets. the dow jumped 150 points to finish at its highest point in four years. the nasdaq was also up hitting its highest point in more than a decade. it has been kind of a warm winter, haven't you noticed? new york, i believe, in the high 40s today. it is february. meteorologist reynolds wolf is in the weather center with what is coming up and colorado has been the big story, but i assume that it's because it happened all at once. >> absolutely. colorado has really had a deficit of snowfall. many places have been making their own snow for quite a while. many of them stopping now because they have a great dose of snowfall. if you take a look at the map, it's not just the snow story today. the snow leaving the rockies, moving into the central plains. some could see a foot of snow. if you follow the line of storms it curls back over to the great lakes and south to texas. nearly 1,000 miles, in fact, with scattered showers and storms, perhaps even flash flooding before the day is out. it's a busy weather day. we'll tackle it all in a few minutes, susan. >> we're glad you're with us all day. reynolds, thank you. coming up this morning, chaos, confusion and grief. long lost jfk audio tapes allow us to hear events as they happened right after president kennedy was shot. we will listen to some of those recordings. also, is your pet overweight? do you think it's cute? well, there's a bigger problem than you may think. we will explore what is being done to help obese pets. and what if everyone you knew played the lottery and won except you? a man in spain was the odd man out. we'll tell you about his unfortunate luck. also, ever wanted to go to college for free? yeah. we will tell you where you can apply to do that. we're all over it. 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[ male announcer ] ask your doctor if cialis for daily use is right for you. for a 30-tablet free trial offer, go to cialis.com. are you flashing back to christmas? the storm is moving east. good news for you. fun skiing out there. welcome back. it is 11 after the hour. parts of colorado have been slammed over the past day or so by a major snowstorm. airlines were forced to cancel hundreds of flights. a snow removal crew of nearly 500 plan to work throughout the storm to keep the airport running. but more cancellations are expected today because of that backup. meteorologist reynolds wolf is here now, and the big story is denver. it's moving out of that area which is good news. >> huh? >> huh? >> i'm sorry. ♪ the weather outside is frightful ♪ >> hearing that this time of the year, are it's like having cotton candy with steak sauce. the two just don't fit together. >> i thought the same thing. how odd. >> the same mindset. we're seeing the big transition into parts of the rockies and into denver where they had the backu backups. they had the travel nightmares. now they're beginning to move into the central plains. as you gander at this map, one big white area in the middle of the map. at least to omaha and wichita. yes, ladies and gentlemen, that is your snow to the tune of 8 to 12 inches before all is said and done. a delay under an hour. minneapolis due to the fog, minor backups. the same deal in cincinnati but because of rain. houston, thunderstorms is the bottom half of the system and in san diego, if you've ever flown into san diego, it's pretty close -- at least the airport -- close to the bay area. might have the marine layer that might keep you grounded for a little bit. delays expected under an hour. this is the big ice -- you see denver on the left-hand side of the screen. that's where you will have your advisories, your watches, your warnings and the big target we'll see will be around omaha, n nebraska. for the next 24 hours we expect it to stack up. anywhere from 6 to 8. i'm going to call for a bit higher. i would not be surprised if we have a few drifts in excess of a foot of snow. other than that strong showers and storms moving across parts of the ohio valley expected today. you could see backups later on in birmingham and even atlanta. highs in atlanta, 67 degrees in both spots. in chicago, 43. 46 in new york. 83 in tampa. miami with 78 degrees. 59 in seattle. 57 in el paso. that's a quick snapshot of the forecast. of course, we'll have more throughout the morning. >> 50 in washington, that's amazing this time of year. >> enjoy your cotton candy and steak sauce. >> that will be in my head all hornung. new recordings hidden away for decades offer a glimpse into the confusion that followed the president's murder. hear them for yourself next. you know when i grow up, i'm going to own my own restaurant. i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i want to write a novel. i want to go on a road trip. when i grow up, i'm going to go there. i want to fix up old houses. 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