Transcripts For KPIX CBS This Morning 20150217 : vimarsana.c

Transcripts For KPIX CBS This Morning 20150217

A winter storm plowing into millions. Americans waking up to record low temperatures. Snow and dangerous commutes. The biggest bullseye across virginia. Significant snow in d. C. Federal offices closed today. And more than 1,000 flights canceled. A Train Derailment in West Virginia forces families from their homes. The flames were higher than the top of the mountain. I could feel the heat. The judge in texas temporarily block the executive action on immigration. The federal government is expected to appeal. A chilling video in the socalled american sniper trial. And Lance Armstrong is expected to pay 10 million for lying for using performance enhancing drugs. It might not be much left. It is fat tuesday. The Biggest Party happens in new orleans with mardi gras. In new zealand, a woman rest rescued from a sinking car. Into the box goes mousa. Get out of there. The shows still going on. And all that matters. The biggest names in music honor Stevie Wonder in the allstar grammy tribute. Stevie i cant put it any other way. Youre [ bleep ] great. Fifty shades of grey made 38 million on friday alone. That is the same way i saw it on friday. Alone. I cannot imagine any sentence more depressing than one ticket for fifty shades please. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Captioning funded by cbs stoeshz welcome. Many of you in the west can expect more brutal weather. A heavy coat of snow and ice. People in new jersey and new york are waking up to snow on the ground. A winter storm warning in washington. We have correspondents along the east coast from North Carolina to massachusetts. We start with Jericka Duncan in boston. That city is close to setting an alltime record. Reporter good morning to the viewers in the west. Boston may not be in the center of the storm, but the area is expected to receive 3 inches of snow today. This city along with the northeast is dealing with the aftermath of snow and now the bitter cold. 12 people were evacuated from their homes in the boston suburb when the roof of the Auto Repair Shop buckled under the weight of heavy snow. It is one of dozens of buildings in new england to crumble under the accumulation. Wind blows on the street t feels like 6 below zero. Reporter the extreme weather that brought historic snowfall to the northeast is not just inconvenient but dangerous. A frozen pipe burst in a new york city Movie Theater yesterday sending a light fixture crashing to the ground. Luckily no one was hurt. Freezes and breaks. Reporter windchills are 16 below zero challenging firefighters to put out flames and the philadelphia house. The water from the hoses freezing on impact and coating the home in ice. The level of snow is becoming unbearable. Absolute terror. Reporter looking around boston, its hard to tell nearly 300,000 miles of snow have been plowed this winter. This car is struggling to make its way down what used to be a twoway street. With nearly 8 feet of accumulation boston is closing in on the citys alltime record for snowiest winter at 107. 6 inches. You know, at this point, bring it on. May as well beat the record. Reporter officials here asking people to help support the local economy. One Restaurant Owner we spoke to said business is down 60 within the last three weeks. Simply put, a lot of people dont want to come out in this and it is very hard to find a parking space. Thank you, jericka, that guy had the right idea. Might as well break the record. She has seen every flake. It was snowing in maryland as air force one brought president obama home from the Holiday Weekend in southern california. Much of the federal government is closed this morning because of the weather. Chip reid is out on the National Mall in washington which is under a snow emergency. Chip, good morning. Reporter good morning. It may be sunny and warm in los angeles today, but here in washington, we got 5 inches of snow overnight. That is enough to shutdown the federal government. All of the schools in the Washington Area are also closed. What that means is the roads, as you can see, are all but empty. The National Mall and air and space museum and museums that line the mall are closed. Monument and all other memorials are closed. One piece of good news is the snow is light and fluffy. It not weighing down trees and bringing down power lines. The bad news is the Homeless Population in washington. There are many people who live on the streets here and some of them, in weather like this cannot be talked into going into the shelters. Chip, thanks. There is heavy snow in philadelphia this morning. The snow is combining with the windchill around zero or lower. The cold weather stretches into the south this morning. Drivers are facing a dangerous commute. Brag the ice and snow in charlotte, North Carolina. Vicente . Reporter good morning. A thousand workers have been brought to North Carolina to deal with the unusual weather. The problem has been ice. You can see some of it is even hanging off the warning tape here. There is also ice on the roadways. That has been a problem for drivers and ice hanging off the awnings here. The other problem power outages. This morning, 100,000 homes left in the dark and cold. A dangerous mix of heavy snow and freezing cold temperatures are making for messy roads across the southeast. It is really bad. Real bad. Theres trucks turned over. Cars getting stuck. It is dangerous. Reporter a family driving through tennessee narrowly avoided disaster after a sheet of ice came crashing through the window. I saw a sheet of ice lift off the roof of the truck and saw it flipping at us. We are safe and sound. A lot of glass and a lot of places. Reporter in manassas virginia. More of the same. I dont know if you have driven here. They dont know what they are doing here. Reporter slushy streets and wrecks led to a state of emergency. I was in the line of traffic. A big bang. If you dont have to be out, dont get out. Just stay home. Reporter many cities are recovering from a weekend storm that knocked out power for thousands. Utility crews are bringing in extra workers as up to a foot of snow is forecasted in the south. Crews worked 16 or 18 hours. They are ready to go. Reporter this morning, many schools are still closed and North Carolina is still under a state of emergency. Highway patrols have been told to check abandoned cars to make sure no one is inside. Vicente, thank you so much. The storm is disrupting air travel. Boston, new york, philadelphia and washington and charlotte reporting slow downs because of the weather. 1,200 flights have already been canceled this morning. Meteorologist Danielle Niles with wbz is watching how long the arctic blast will continue. Good morning. We have been tracking a bit of everything from snow to sleet and freezing rain and rain. This front, the leading edge of arctic air coming in. Slippery travel continues through the midatlantic and carolinas today. The big story is the cold air. Highs in the teens in minneapolis through the middle part of the week. Same in chicago. That is without the wind factored in. Teens in st. Louis. Little moderation to ended the week. Across the southeast, only in the 40s, which is cold for northern florida. We will approach records here by the end of the week. D. C. , record cold. 20 for the High Temperature on friday. Only in the 20s and 30s for atlanta. The eastern 2 3 of the country in the colder pattern. Mild weather and quiet conditions on the west coast with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. 80s in the southwest. Thank you, danielle. Road conditions are treacherous for commuters and emergency crews like you see here in new jersey. We will continue our storm coverage and show you a close call for a news crew in virginia ahead on cbs this morning. Investigators are trying to figure out how a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in West Virginia. The accident sent massive fireballs in the air yesterday. Two towns evacuated. We have the latest from fayette county. Kristin . Reporter the governor of West Virginia has declared the state of emergency. The fire continuing to burn on the hillside behind me. One person has been treated for respiratory problems. The train burned for hours in the small West Virginia town monday afternoon. As many as 15 of the 109 railcars of the csx Freight Train were in flames. You feel the heat . Reporter several explosions fueled the fire. It spread along the banks of the kanawha river. When it blew up the flames were higher than the top of the mountain. Reporter the crude from the train was seeping into the river forcing the Water Treatment plant to shutdown. The train was traveling from north dakota to yorktown, virginia carrying crude oil. Some of the most combustible oil on earth. Last april, another csx train went off the tracks in lynchburg, virginia. In 2013 a massive fireball over north dakota and in july 2013 47 people died after a train carrying Bakken Crude Oil derailed in the canadian town. The crashes are among the reason the National Transportation safety board had made safety a priority. Richard burson. The ntsb investigated too many of these accidents and too many recommendations gone unheeded. Reporter the department of transportation sent new safety regulation legislations to the white house for review. The industry is moving toward the new standards. Kristin ketchell thanks. The 5 million Illegal Immigrants is uncertain this morning. Jan crawford is in washington with the next steps for the president and his opponents. Reporter thank you. The order came down late last night and blocking the Obama Administration to implement the programs. The response to the lawsuit filed in texas by 26 states. They are saying the programs would cost millions. The president has no authority to impose them. The president s plan would allow longer term immigrants whose children were born here to ask for deferred deportation. It would protect people who were brought into the country illegally as children. That part of the program would start taking applications on wednesday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott led the opposition. He said the decision rightly stops the president s overreach in its tracks. The executive actions are within the authority of the president and Justice Department is indicating it will appeal. Gayle. Jan, thanks. A carnival turned deadly overnight in haiti. Witnesses say some of the victims were electrocuted. Others jumped from the float causing thousands in the crowd to panic. The second day of the annual festival in haitis capital. The gunman accused of two deadly attacks in denmark had a violent history. Last night, 30,000 people paid respects to the victims in candlecan candle light vigil. Clarissa ward has latest from london. Reporter good morning. Denmarks Counterterrorism Agency said the suspected gunman was on their radar and may have been inspired by last months attacks in paris on the satirical magazine. Thens of thousands of danes came out last Night Lighting candles to mourn the dead and show solidarity with danish values. It is for us to show up and to express the united front as a city and as a country. Reporter denmark has been in a state of shock since two people were shot dead in attacks on a free speech debate and psynagogue over the weekend. More details are now heemergeing about the suspected gunman who has been named by local media as Omar Abdel Hamid el hussein. Seen here in the blue and black shorts in a kickboxing match. The son of Palestinian Refugees the former gang member had a long rap sheet for weapons violences and violence. In late 2013 he stabbed a 19yearold student in the leg on a train. A danish reporter who covered his Court Appearance said el hussein did not appear to be religious. He just seems like a callous, hardened criminal and nothing more spectacular about him. Reporter el hussein was sentenced to two years in prison and was released just two weeks before the weekends rampage. The denmarks Prime Minister said there were no signs the gunman was part of a larger terror cell. This is not a conflict with islam and the west. This is not a conflict with muslims and nonmuslims. This is a conflict between the core values of our society and violent extremists. Reporter authorities across europe are increasingly concerned about the threat posed by socalled hybrids. Part terrorist and part criminal. Norah. Thank you. The prosecution could rest in the american sniper trial. The jury heard and saw key evidence on monday. The recorded confession of Eddie Ray Routh in the killing of navy s. E. A. L. Chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield two years ago. We have Manuel Bojorquez with the latest from the courthouse. Reporter good morning to the viewers in the west. Court resumed a day after the prosecution used rouths words against him. He apologized to the families. That could impact whether the jury believes the insanity defense. Following his arrest Eddie Ray Routh still in handcuffs, interviewed by a texas ranger in the interrogation room. Navy s. E. A. L. Chris kyle and chad littlefield taken the veteran suffering from ptsd. The tape was played for the jurors. The judge is not allowing the audio released to the media. He told the interrogate or after meeting kyle and littlefield, they are head hunters. The man he shot first was kyle. The one he could clearly identify. If i did not take down his soul he was going to take down mine. He believed he had to pull the trigger. That it was his life or theirs. He might have been in a state in which he thought that at that point in time he had to do what he did. Reporter routh admits to shooting the men, but pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. On the witness stand on monday the rang erin after viewing routh told jurors he stated it was wrong to kill them. He wish he hadnt done it. If he could apologize to the families, he would. Asked if he knows the difference between right and wrong, routh responded yes, sir. Asked what he said to the families of the men killed i would tell them i am sorry for what i had done. The statements were more difficult to decipher. The warlords are not happy with me. The statements that were made were sounding crazy, however, he had also been drinking as well as smoking marijuana. Did that confused state rise to the level of insanity . That is what the jury is wrestling with. Reporter in the interrogation video routh asked if his parents arrived at the police station. Quote, i would like to see them. At least talk to my mom one last time. Manuel thanks. Ahead on cbs this morning, Lance Armstrong is hit with what could be the largest this National Weather report sponsored by toyota. Lets go places. Police at dui check wonts stopped in their tracks. And the news is back in a moment right here on cbs this morning. Ck in the morning right here on cbs this morning. Tigers, both of you. Tigers . Dont be modest. I see how youve been investing. Setting long term goals. Diversifying. Dip you got our attention. We did . Of course. Youre type e well, i have been researching retirement strategies. Well thats what type e s do. Welcome home. Taking control of your retirement . E trade gives you the tools and resources to get it right. Are you type e . Introducing new flonase allergy relief nasal spray, now available over the counter in full prescription strength. 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