Sinks it from half court. Watch this. First time i saw this, i thought someone had to do that digitally. No, that cheerleader actually did this. She told the New York Daily News she learned how to do that while playing soccer. She said she was invited to perform with the harlem globe trotters this week and she deserves that. Wow little boy in New Hampshire didnt like wearing his hearing aid because he said super heroes dont wear them. So Marvel Comics based a new superhero on 5yearold Anthony Smith after his mom wrote to them. His name is blue ear. His hearing aid calls for help far away. He hopes blue ear will inspire other hearingimpaired kids. We know that means a lot to him and his family. People inside those tents. Listen to that. Wind and rains hardcore Milwaukee Brewers fans are camping out to get opening day tickets that go on sale this morning. Brewers nicknamed it the arctic tailgate. Some fans said they are sleeping, wrapped in three sleeping bags but others have heaters inside their tents. Some said theyve been waiting in line in that weather since wednesday. Great to have you with us this morning. Theres a lot coming up on cnn saturday morning. It starts right now. Good morning. Im victor blackwell. Good to have you with us. Randi kaye is off this morning. 8 00 on the east coast. 5 00 out west. Thanks for starting your day right here. New england cannot catch a break for the Third Straight weekend. A winter storm is ready to drop snow on that region, as much as a foot and a half in some places. Midwest knows this storm packs a punch. Its already roll thud that area, causing trouble like what you see here. Look at this you can look right into their house. Heavy snow, this is in missouri, collapsed a roof at a dance school in gladstone. Fortunately, no one was hurt here. Chicago knows how to handle bad weather but the storm was enough to tie up traffic yesterday. It dropped fewer than three inches on the city, nothing chicago cant handle. It was still the largest amount of snow this season. And enough to cause several accidents on several streets there and, of course, on the highways. Now, chicago is not alone. Look at this a multivehicle crash shut down part of interstate 80 in iowa. Semi truck lost control, smashed into a cable barrier and then a charter bus smashed into the semi, slicing it in half. Carrying the Simpson College softball team. No one was hurt. One player tweeted an ainngel mt be watching over them. People in this building thought it was an earthquake when sheets of snow is it started sliding off the roof. Described it as the sound of a thund thunderous roar. Wichita saw its second highest twoday snowfall total on record. Is this what nupg can look forward to this weekend . Karen mcginnis is tracking the storm for us. That could have been dangerous if someone had been walking on that street. That was from an ireporter, amanda slchlt aviana. She thought it was a hurricane at first. She hurried down and got the tail end of it. It just kept going on and on and on. Some areas saw nearly two feet of snow. It was widespread, affecting millions of people there. Theyre trying to pull everything back together after such a tremendous late winter storm system. Now were look iing at new england. The computer models all over the place. How much snow is boston going to see . Boston northward, how much snow is going to occur . Area of low pressure will develop off the midatlantic coast, move off the coast of new england. Now its moving a little further away. Still on the back side of this. Probably starting later on this afternoon, between two and four. Youll see spits of rain, maybe clouds and fog. So, watch out for that. But then after about 6 00 or 7 00, you might see that snowfall develop. It looks like this will be a short but sweet event, continuing into sunday. For boston, you might expect two to four inches of snow. Could back off of that just a little bit. Maybe one to three inches possible. Its very hard to determine at this point what that area of low pressure is going to do exactly. Interior sections of new england might see twice that amount. Ru russell, kansas, saw 22 of snow. They shattered their daily snowfall record for the day. We move to the southeast. Here we go. Flash flood watches and warnings have been issued. What about that northeast and new england . Boston, two to four inches of snowfall. Nothing really substantial in the way of wind. Temperaturewise for the afternoon, boston looking at 34. That gives you some clue as to just how mild, relatively mild those temperatures are. Victor, we continue to watch this. The west coast braces for a pacific storm system. Everybodys getting something. Yeah. Karen maginnis, thank you. Oscar pistorius cannot go home again, at least while the conditions of his bail are still in effect. Pistorius was in the backseat of a car driven away from court by his uncle. South african magistrate granted bail for the olympian accused of murdering girlfriend reeva steenkamp. Local media reports say pistorius spent the night at his uncles house. Pistorius cannot go near an airport. He had to surrender his passport and his guns. He cannot drink alcohol and he must report to police twice a week. Senior International CorrespondentNic Robertson is in johannesburg. Nic, this story has captured the attention of South Africans really, people all over the world, but in south africa, what do they think about the decision to release him on bail . Reporter everybody has been following it here, whether its on twitter, the headlines in the newspapers, whether its the lead story on the television. Everyone has been watching it. Everyone has been talking about it. Now theres a decision. It seems people are divided over this decision to let him have bail. Eye think its fair. I think the man is we dont know if hes guilty or not and to try him now is not really fair i think they set the right conditions for the bail. It shocked me despite all the evidence mounted up against him, he still managed to get bail. I guess its a reflection of he has already had a visit at his uncles house. Oscar pistorius has had a visit at his uncles house from parole officers on saturday morning. He is staying in a large house, large walls, big gates. What the legal experts are saying is dont read too much into the bail hearing. Its not a proper trial. There are detailed legal arguments that havent come out yet. And those will come out as the trial starts. Nic robertson in johannesburg for us this morning. Thank you. Lets now talk about Lance Armstrong and the federal government is taking up the case. The government says they will join in a lawsuit for the Postal Service team that armstrong rode with. He admitted to using performanceenhancing drugs when he won those titles. The government says that broke the contract. Microsoft is trying to figure out who carried out a brazen hacking attack. The tech giant says some of its computers, including some in its Business Unit were infected with m Malicious Software known as malware but insist nos Customer Data was taken. Microsoft is just the latest bigname company to get hacked. Apple and facebook were hacked earlier this month. President obama is pressuring congress to get to wo work. He wants a deal on those forced spending cuts that go into effect march 1st if no deal gets done. That means a cut of 85 billion this year. Weve been telling you what those cuts mean to you. Athena jones tells us what that means to you on early education. Reporter dropping her grandson off at an Early Head Start center in virginia. Give me a kiss. Love you. Theyre all different sizes. Reporter she says the preschool program for lowincome families is vital to his success. When they do get into kindergarten, they know their a, b, cs, they know how to count. My 7yearold, she started off in Early Head Start at 3. Very smart, honor roll student and it came from Early Head Start. Reporter ward supports three children by cleaning hotel rooms so she relies on head start for child care. Her 3yearold niece is on the wait list for head start but she could become up to 70,000 kids the Administration Says will be shut out of the program if forced spending cuts go into effect this friday. Those cuts would come even as president obama pushes for preschool for all kids, including expanding head start. You are looking for a good bang for your educational buck, this is it right here. Reporter not everyone thinks head start is such a good idea. Critics point to a government study that raises doubts about its longterm benefits. All the effects were gone by the time kids were in kindergarten and certainly not there by the end of third grade. Reporter that debate aside, ward says the Program Works for her family. Dont take the Daycare Program from the kids, innocent little kids. They dont know nothing about budget cuts. Reporter department of health and Human Services says if these cuts go through, some head start classrooms will have to close early this school year and start late in the fall. Victor . Athena jones, thank you. Much more ahead this hour. Here is a look at whats coming up. Its the hotel at the center of the mysterious death of a canadian tourist, but its not the first time guests have checked in and never left. A little boy with a rare condition, desperate for a hearing aid. But his Insurance Company says its not mandatory. The truth about a widespread Health Crisis in an exclusive cnn saturday morning report. Tigers new teammate, average joes hoops, and the maverick meets his match. Your look back at the week that was. The delightful discovery. The sweet realization that you have a moment all to yourself. 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He used it as his hideout in 1985. In the early 90s, there was another serial killer who targeted prostitutes and its reported, victor, he brought back his victims to the cecil hotel where he carried out the killings. Even before the 80s and 90s, this was an infamous spot for lovers leaps, 50s and 60s where people at the end of their rope, so to speak, would end their life. One of the most notorious crimes in l. A. , the history there. Tell us about that. The black dolly, a favorite of our executive producer, nora. Sort of a murder mystery of whodunit. Reported to have drampg there at the hotel bar before she was gruesomely killed. Its well known to the los angeles residents. As much as officials have tried to clone up the area, it still has this very ominous history to it. They dont put that on the website. Not so much. 4. 5 million twitter follower s. Stephen colbert is someone you would want helping you. Thats right. He hits the campaign trail today. 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Well, in just a few weeks, one of the biggest political conferences of the year kicks off and cpac could give us a preview of the 2013 gop campaign for mid terms and 2016 for president. At least seven potential white house hopefuls will be speaking at the conference, including louisiana governor bobby jindal, senators marco rubio, rand paul, paul ryan. Also rick santorum, former Florida Governor jeb bush and wisconsin Governor Scott walker. Cpac starts the third week in march. Stephen colbert, the funny guy, will be hosting a fundraiser to help out his sister. He will be at a Bowling Alley in charleston, south carolina, where his family is from. Elizabeth colbertbush, running in a special election to replace republican tim scott who moved to the senate. Bush is a democrat. The district leans republican. The royal bump makes a debut. The maverick, he aint going to take it. And Double Barreled biden is doing it again. Here is a look at the week that was. 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