Hits . What went wrong. Jimmy fallon makes his first appearance of the top rated show. How did he do . Good morning everyone. Welcome to early start. Im Michaela Pereira. Im christine romans. We are going to begin with what is happen aing now. To be honest, its the last thing you want to be hearing. More ice, more snow on top of what is on the ground from the midwest to maine. Take pictures from illinois. Sthoe fell so fast there. Up to three inches an hour. You could barely see a few feet ahead of your car in rock ford. It happened during the worst possible time, evening commute leading to lots of accidents in minnesota and elsewhere. Roads looked like rivers of snow. Six inches fell on the area. This is the sixth of the year. In iowa there were reports of thunder snow as it rolled through. Even worse the layer of ice making roads slick, delaying flights. Dozens of flights were delayed in des moines. Indra, weve got this backwards. This is supposed to be happening in sochi. They need it, we dont. Reporter right . Its a case of here i come when it comes to snow. Just start aing to come down. A lot of people do not want it except in sochi, they definitely need it. In new york city, snow is coming down. It made its way a across the country yesterday. Four so six range in the ohio valley. Its exiting now and look what were expecting. Good amounts today. Two to four inches towards new york city. Notice towards boston in through portland, maine, as much as eight inches of snow. This is a good little system making its wye through. Its not the only one. Lets talk about timing. New york city, 10 00 a. M. Or so the system will start to exit. Hanging out in boston by noon, youll see the snow exiting by evening through new england. By tomorrow morning, another system is out there. Hey, look at the difference. Were talking rain this time. It could melt the snow thats starting to fall. It also means flooding concerns a as that works through. Look at temperatures going way up. Rain is going to feel so much better. When you have a clash of warm air and cold air, by the end of the week, were going to be talking about the threat of severe weather. A lot going on, each system completely different from the one before. For now, here comes the snow. Some havent started to begin digging out their cars from the snow banks, theyll be glad rain is on the way. And piles of garbage because garbage trucks cant get through. That is gross. That is gross. All right indra, keep an eye on that for us. Were learning more about the terrifying moments on the United Airlines flight that left at least five flight. The 737 flying from denver to montana. It hit turbulence so severe, it dropped without warning. One says a baby popped out of a parents arms and landed in a seat apparently okay. The crew seem to be surprised by the sudden drop. Just as surprised as they were. I felt the plane bank to the right a little bit. It felt like we got hit from the bottom. I was scared. There was a lot of screaming and lot of holerring. Nobody was expecting and i do mean nobody. The flight crew in the same boat we were in. A man hit the top of the plane and came down on the other side. Where you know remains in intensive care. The white house is trying to pull off a prisoner swap with the taliban. Theyre trying to swap five taliban members held at kwan tan know bea f. President nicholas says the u. S. Is helping orchestrate. There are more demonstrations set for today. The government allegedly met with students organizing marches. The state department insists it had nothing to do with the protests. Happening today in vienna, the start of talks aimed at reaching a deal over Irans Nuclear program. The Supreme Leader has made it clear he thinks the talks will be fruitless. Give us an idea of the feeling there. If you know iranians, you know they love to talk and debate politics. Thats what theyre doing at investigations in vienna. Many debating where this is going to go. Theres so much at stake if theres a deal struck and if crippling sanctions are wiped out, it could boost and economy and make life easier. A lot are watching. Late last year the two sides, world powers and iran struck an interim deal. That was difficult. Observers say this one, the perm deal, is going to be much harder. Both sides have put forth position and say theyre not budging. Iran want to be recognized as a Nuclear State and keep facilities under international law. Western powers are talking about restricting and squeezing the Nuclear Program talking about destroying the nuclear facilities. Iran says theyre not going to do that. A lot of complicated issues on the table a. Theyre going to see where things go the next few days. Both sides have indicated theyre not certain anything is going to come of this. The Supreme Leader says im not opposed to these talks. Im not sure its going to go anywhere. Michaela, looking at last year, no one thought washington would be sitting across the table talking about the Nuclear Program. Thats where we are today. Many see this as an opportunity to reach a win win situation with both sides. Certainly challenging negotiations ahead. Thanks for that. Morning the Obama Administration touting the stimulus programs. An economic event in maryland a day after economists detailed what they say the stimulus accomplished. Thousands of miles of new roads, Water Systems and increased high speed internet. What is true is it was 800 billion injected into the economy at the moment the economy was catering. This morning, five years later, we watch the stock market. Asian markets this morning. Nikkei up 3 . Hong kong closed higher as well. European stock markets are down this morning. This will be the first day of trading in u. S. Stocks for the week after yesterdays holiday. You know, the early indications are a flat opening. Thats the rally you saw friday. Looking for a flat start this morning. Dow, nasdaq and s p 500 each up. Everyone wants to know if the buying will continue. February has been good so far for stocks. Thats going to be important to watch this week to set the tone. Well be watching that. Another thing were watching. Keeping our eye on sochi. Fog and warm weather affecting events postponing them. Meryl davis and Charlie White won the first ever ice dancing gold for the united states. Theyre being held as the golden couple. Good morning. Must be nice to be called the golden couple. When this pair started skating 17 years ago, the couple was so shy she couldnt look him in the face. People think theyre an actual couple. Theyre not. The the ice dancing duo set a record with the free Dance Program and in the process won the u. S. First ever gold in the event. This story is trending on bleacher report. Com. The u. S. Womens hockey team beat sweden 61. They advance to the gold medal game against the biggest rival canada. U. S. And canada do not like each other in hockey. Every time they play, they fight. They beat the women in the pr preliminary round. Can the u. S. Finally win gold against them . The mens bobsled team won first medal in 62 years. Steve lankton by the tightest of margins. They won bronze by. 03 seconds. A rare procedure saved his eyesight years ago. The procedure is so rare, doctors named the procedure after him. Speaking of eye, a lot of people are watching lolo jones and the bobsled team. She was a summer olympian. She is still looking for her first limp pick medal. Mens snow board this morning across the board. 19 medals for team u. S. Tied with host russia. Germany leads the charge with eight gold medals. Christine and i are anxious for the hockey game. We hope the ladies just a little bit. Its incredible. 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Most of the ten who were killed were aged 18 years old. One injured was telling journalists about the panic trying to get out of the building. He said there was one door in the building and the roof collapsed too quickly for people to get out. Forensic teams are down there picking through the rubble to try and find exactly what the cause was. It is expected at this point there was simply too much snow in the area that weighed too heavily on the roof. The question is whether or not the building had faults when being erected. We hear from local media one policeman said there were no pillars in the building itself. That could have been a problem because it couldnt cope with the weight. A day of celebration ending in strategy. Ten day and more than a hundred injured. Thanks so much for that report. One of the snowiest winters on record. This morning the east coast you have to laugh at this point getting more snow. Its so irritating. Im moving to california after the break. 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Happening now, east coast slammed with another round of snow, sleet and rain this time. Quickly becoming one of the snowiest ever in parts of the country. When will it end . Indra petersons is tracking the storm. Jimmy fallon making his first appearance of the new host of the tonight show. Well take a look how it went. While you were sleeping. Welcome back to early start. Im christine romans. Im Michaela Pereira in for this half hour. If you live anywhere in the northeast, weve got more snow coming folks. Its here now from the midwest to maine. Not a ton yet, but snow and ice are falling fast, piling up in time to make it very tough to get to work this morning. It could not have happened at a worst time in illinois. Heres pictures from rock ford where there were whiteout conditions in the evening commute meaning lots of accidents. Slick roads mean slipping and sliding as people were trying to get home from work. Snow looking like rivers of snow in minnes