And well speak with jim clemente, dr. Michael welner, james usera, a former classmate of Christopher Dorner. Ronwiden, and david frei of the westminster kennel club. We want to welcome our International Viewers as starting point starts right now. Hey, everybody. Welcome. Our starting point, everyone bracing for the monster blizzard. Could turn out to be a storm for the ages with forecasters using words like epic to describe the storm. Live pictures of new york. A foot of snow could be on the ground by this time tomorrow. Right now, 23 Million People in the northeast under a blizzard warning. Air travel hit or miss. 3,000 flights scheduled for today and tomorrow have already been canceled. In boston, concerns that the storm could be worse than the blizzard of 1978. You will remember a hundred People Killed in that blizzard. Thousands of homes destroyed. Forecasters calling for 34 inches of snow there. Meteorologist Jennifer Delgado with us from the cnn Weather Center. Alison kosik in new york. And Indra Petersons in washington. It has become impossible to find shovels or bottled water. Indra, how is it . A mild season so far. 15 inches below normal for snow totals this season, but we all know by this point, this atomic bomb basically, this huge low pressure system developing is expected to bring heavy snowfall here by Late Afternoon. Currently, of course, the sun support, still generally calm, visibility is great. One thing picking up here is the wind, just in the last my hat flew right off, not warm enough, i need the beanie on top of it. You can see the custom tower, and you remember, two to three inches of snow per hour. Thats the amount of heavy snow were expecting as we go toward Late Afternoon in through the evening and even all the way in through tomorrow. Keep in mind, not talking about heavy snow, but high winds, and with that chances are as we go through the afternoon, we wont be able to see the tower anymore. A quarter mile away. As soon as we cant see that we know visibility is less than a quarter mile. People getting prepared. 600 trucks ready to go, another 4,500 on stand by. And the National Guard on stand by. Everyone feels were prepared. The good upside, on the weekend. Schools are closed and people will ride out the storm. All right, indra. Thank you. Appreciate it. For those in new york, we have been warned that there will be a foot or more. Flooding could be a concern. Alison kosik in Columbus Circle close to central park here in manhattan. Good morning, allison. The conditions have certainly changed over the past half hour or some of winds picking up and a nice comfortable sleet is fall from the sky. And you can see, roads are wet. People are still going about their day. Going to work as they normally would, nothing is really sticking as of yet, but fast forward 24 hours from now, this will likely be covered with snow. As for what new york city is preparing for . Preparing for a lot of snow. Hundreds of salt trucks up at the ready and plows ready, also trains, extra trains running during rush hour to get people home, right when the storm is supposed to hit. At its finest, soledad. Alison kosik, thank you, allison. Lets head to where the latest on where the storm is headed. Jennifer delgado at the cnn Weather Center in atlanta. Give us a sense of where it begins and where it ends over the time frame . Two different systems. One right off the coast in the midatlantic. Really getting energized. This is the system that is moving up the northeast and this is whats combining with the system in the great lakes. Right now, were dealing with rain out there for most areas. Again, still seeing a little bit of wintry precipitation moving through parts of northern weigh, washington, d. C. Area. We saw allisons live shot out of new york city with a little wet snow. Snow not going to pick up until later in the afternoon for new york city. 4 00, 5 00. But snowfall totals are going to be quite impressive. Were talking in some locations 2 to 3 feet of snow. For you International Viewers, thats roughly a meter of snowfall, and its really going to start to explode as we go later this evening, once the two storms merge and to the overnight and into tomorrow. Some of the winds were talking hurricane strength. And gusts picking up, especially later this evening. Thats when we start to expect some of the blizzard conditions to arrive for areas like newark, boston, and winds will be gusty. Even traveling through saturday is going to be tricky as well. I want to point out, a blizzard warning in place in there new york to maine. And we have big post coastal flooding potential. Winds, two to three feet storm surge for areas, soledad. Still trying to recover from Superstorm Sandy. Again, for International Viewers, wind gusts up to 100 kilometers per hour. All right this will be a complete mess. Jennifer delgado, thank you. Stay with us as we continue to cover the storm. Beal take a look at airport conditions, thousands of flights already canceled and what it looks like over the next couple of days. The other top story this morning, the hunt for this alleged killer. A former cop in Southern California, thought to be a potential break in the case overnight turned out to be a lead to nowhere. A reported sighting of Christopher Dorner turned out to be false. Suspected of killing three people, including a Police Officer and the fired lapd officer vowed he would target other cops and their families in a long online manifesto. Burned out truck spotted in an area around the Big Bear Lake ski resort. He, though, remains at large. Casey wian following developments live in hollywood station, california. Good morning, casey. Reporter good morning, soledad. As you can imagine, Law Enforcement officials on high alert throughout Southern California this morning. They are trying to protect potential targets of this suspected killer, Christopher Dorner, while at the same time trying to find him. A possible break in the hunt for Christopher Dorner as investigators find his truck burning near Big Bear Lake, california. Officers fan out and go door to door. We will look for him until we determine is he no longer in the big bear valley. Reporter he has threatened to hurt officers and their families in retribution for being fired in 2008. He said i never had an opportunity to have a family of my own. Im terminating yours. In a parcel to anderson cooper, he had a dvd and a post it that said i never lied. Dorner claims he was forced out after reporting alleged Police Brutality and a coin wrapped in duct tape, which says thanks, but no thanks will bratton. Chances are he would have received it from me. The custom of i have when somebody activated to the military, heading overseas. Reporter cnn cooperating authorities. Police say it began sunday in irvine when dorner killed two people. Monica quan, the daughter of a former lapd captain, who represented dorner in front of the police board that eventually fired him, and her fiance. Three days later in san diego, police say dorner attempted to hijack a boat. Then early thursday, dorner fires at Police Officers in corona who were assigned to protect someone connected to dorners threats. One officer hurt. Later in riverside, two officers fired upon in what police call a cowardly ambush. One seriously hurt. The other killed. Dorners manifesto states the attacks will stop when the Department States the truth about my innocence. Publicly. Hes told us what he intend to do and so far hes done it. Reporter leaving the community on edge, wondering when the violence will stop. Ill give you a sense of how seriously Law Enforcement is taking the threat. Several Police Agencies in Southern California have ordered officers to travel in patrol cars in pairs until dorner is found. Soledad. Casey wian, thank you. Well hear more from the former lapd chief, william bratton, what he says about the bulletriddled coin that dorner sent to cnn and the manifesto. Well talk to jim clemente, a former profiler for the fbi. Good morning. The manifesto, long, rambling with specific lists of his intentions. What does this reading tell you . Tells us a lot about his personality and goals. Trying to communicate how wronged he was during his life. And thats an indication that he is a justice collector. During the course of his life, he would look, search, every single direction to see if hes being treated special, like he thinks he deserves to be, or disrespected. And he ticks off a checklist and adds up all of these injustices over the course of his lifetime. The lapd very much wanting when he measures this. He says this, which i think is interesting. I know your ttps, techniques, tactics and procedures, any threat assessments you generate will be useless. I will mitigate any of your attempts at preservation. I will mitigate all risks, threats, and hazards. Hope you will analyze and you are aware that i have always been top shot highest score, an expert in rifle quality fictions in every unit ive been in. I had utilize every bit of small arms training, dem nation, ordnance. He is trying to overcompensate for inadequacies. This is typical of narcissist. He goes back and forth from being the victim. He has to overcompensate by overselling himself. When you read the manifesto. He says hes not afraid of dying, not afraid of killing the litany of officers for the long na lust of injustices. Do you read this and say this is a guy who will kill himself or this will continue with violence until someone kil him . How does it end . Any one of those. Basically this type of personality could be suicidal and he could be heading toward suicide by cop, but also trying to take out as many people as he can in the process. He may be convinced that once hes gotten the attention and the acclaim he deserves it may calm him down. He may want to enjoy the aftermath. He wont stop until my name is cleared. Its like youre killing people as you go. Your name will never be cleared. Hes irrational about that. Thats very clear. Thank you very much for joining us. At the bottom hour, well speak with dr. Michael welner to talk more about this case. Other stories making news, christine has that for us. New this morning, a 7. 1 magnitude earthquake hits the solomon islands, an aftershock of a quake on wednesday. Nine People Killed by a tsunami afterward in the initial quake. The man the president wants to head up the cia, john brennan getting grilled, defending the administrations increasing use of drone strikes, saying they are critical for National Security. But brennan told the committee he would rather capture terrorists than kill them. The American People believe we take strikes to punish terrorists for past transgressi transgressions, nothing further from the truth. Democrats laid out the 15point plan for gun safety on thursday. Involves strengthening background checks, one for every gun sold, and a ban on assault weapons and magazines, cracking down on illegal gun trafficking, closing holes in the Mental Health system and support for Citizens Rights to possess firearms for hunting, shooting sports, defense, and other legitimate lawful purposes. Party is over in boca raton. They have seized a 2. 5 million mansion from a squatter who has been living there since december. Andre bar rosa, 22 years old. Police and a bank of america representative came calling and they gave barbosa the boot. Which you knew that was going to happen. You cant squat in a 2 2. 5 million mansion. He has law school in his future i believe. Still ahead, if you use your smartphone for work when are you off the clock, does that count for overtime . New implications for one lawsuit. The snow sports business has seen a drought in the last four years this could be the answer to the industrys prayers. Youre watching starting point. Oure a dog. Can you smell that leather . Of course you can. Your nose is amazing. You guys keep in touch. Ill get you a great deal on any tradein, no questions asked. I have no questions and just look at that cargo space what . Once you sit in a subaru, youll stay. 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The people who make stuff to ski in and for Outdoor Sports are looking at this snowstorm and saying great for them and bad for pretty much everybody else. Still ahead, a lot of people continue to work long after the office closes on blackberries and smartphones. Should that time qualify as overtime . A new lawsuit says yes. It should. Well talk about that. Starting point team heading in. Back in a moment. [ female announcer ] ready to mix things up with lean cuisine . Try our entrees, snacks and new salads. Wild salmon with basil, garlic Chicken Spring rolls, and now salads, like asianstyle chicken. Enjoy 100 delicious varieties under 400 calories. Lean cuisine. Enjoy 100 delicious varieties under 400 calories. We are gathered here today to celebrate the union of tim and laura. Its amazing how appreciative ople are when you tell them they could save a lot of money on their Car Insurance by switching to geico. They may even make you their best man. May i have the rings please . 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Ill let you weigh in if you spend a lot of time answering email and doing work on your smartphone, blackberry at home, should you be compensated for it, as an employee . Oh, wow. It depends on a lot of things. Are you salary or hourly . A chicago Police Officer says, yes, he feels he should be compensated. Jeffrey allen has filed a lawsuit against the city. He says they need to pay for the extra hours while hes off duty, but home from his departmentissued blackberry. Here is what the officers Attorney Says about that. If they have have halfhour phone call to a superior about a search warrant they are going to work on the next day that is something that needs to be paid for. The lawsuit is not silly. It seeks to enforce the law. The city says it has policies and procedures for officers to request overtime. At best this is a union grievance, not a federal lawsuit. Its a fascinating question. Every level of government is facing financial squeeze. Initial reaction is you need to pay this guy can we afford it . But on the other hand, we are all expected to respond. People you work with are offending if you dont understand, no matter what hour it is. How do you feel about that . 24 hours a day im not paid. But some jobs, you go into it, saying us too. We are expected that there will be phone calls in the middle of the