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WCAU Today January 29, 2015

Misterrious childhood illness. What may be this years most talked about super bowl commercial. Marsha what happened . As we catch up with the stars with some of the moment memorable Super Bowl Ads of all time. Today, thursday january 29th 2015. From nbc news this is today with matt lawyer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, Everyone Welcome to today on a thursday morning and made it back here. Guess what more snow is coming. I know sunday. You were telling me about that. It is a whole different world in the northeast where dylan dwyer is. We will check in with her in a while. Lets start with our top story, that new message from isis militants overnight as two countries try to free two hostages the terror group is threatening to kill. Katie, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. The japanese say they believe the voice on this latest recording is that of kenji goto asking for husband life and the life of a pilot in exchange for a would be suicide bomber. The deadline is just about three hours away. I am kenji goto. This is the first message i have been told to send to you. Reporter isis claims this is the voice of kenji goto explaining the recent demands. For the release of would be suicide bomber on death row in jordan and if the sun sed set deadline is not me. They say they will kill him immediately. In japan, vigils while japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe responded angrily, saying these lowly acts of terror are something we can fought forgive. Speccing to reporters, gotos mother says the Prime Minister is doing everything he can to bring her son home. As for jordan they have agreed to release an iraqi woman in prison for trying to blow herself up at an amman toelt hotel. They claim they have beheaded the other hostage on saturday after initially demanding a 200 million ransom. The japanese government says they have been in close contact with the jordanian government but wont specify what moves they may make. Right now, japanese journalists are lined up at the turkey border matt even if the prisoner release goes as planned, it is unclear whether goto or the jordanian pilot will be released as well only that they wont be executed. Thank you very much. Closer to home the big story remains the weather, the impact of tuesdays weather across the northeast. We will talk to dylan in a moment. Two new systems, really that could bring more snow. Its a onetwo punch. Nobody wants to hear. I hate to be the one to tell you about it. Already, look at this we got winter storm warnings up already from maine, freezing rain adviseradded a advisories. It makes its way into the east. So by early tomorrow morning, we got snow here in the northeast. We are looking at maybe onetotwo possibly three inches of snow. It means heavy snow for maine right now. We are talking nineto12 inches for maine. If that second low strengthens, we could see some of the heavier snow slip down towards new york city. We are watching that. Now, heres the other storm we are watching. Sunday morning, this storm developed in texas. Its going to be the one that brings rain into the southwest. The track of the storm still uncertain. You look at the main models the european model. The strak further to the south. Its more of a midatlanticsoutheastern atlantic coast. The american model, which did better in this last storm, had the trap further to the north. That means the heavier snow in the midatlantic into the east. An isles an icy mix. We have to watch. We have a few days out. We will be watching these models closely. First, i forgot. I have to go talk to dylan dwyer. I like being with you guys. I have to see dylan dwyer. She was on the first ferry in nantucket after they got cut off from this big storm. Reporter al the last thing Everyone Wants to hear about right now is more bad weather, considering we are just finishing up digging out from the first storm. So here in nantucket, the quintessential new england town completely cut off and in the dark during the storm is finally getting back up and running. Power is restored schools are up and running. The ferries are running. This whole community is ready to move on. A summertime get away nantucket is encased in snow and ice. It started out a plain old winter storm. Then it has become an ice storm, then a hurricane, then a flood. Reporter much of the space has been reserved for power crews. Things are ripping off your house, what is that sounding like as the storm is happening . It sounds like a train is coming through your living room. Reporter they say people in nantucket stick together during a storm. Its such a Big Community that people tend to almost embrace them. You definitely feel like a Community Thing that you can just go to a neighbors house rom just look at this, a few photo of what some faced on tuesday, walls of waves crashing ashore. Thats the sound of the ocean being chipped away in marshfield nearly everything was doused the water freezing in place. The upstairs i think is okay but the downstairs clear through. Reporter high tide smashed through this home sending debris into his face. If i got knocked out, i probably would be kill. Reporter le survived but his home is an icy ruin. The storm brought into focus by a satellite photo, showing a blanket of snow in the northeast. In portland maine, people on sidewalks are shielded by snow banks. Its taking a toll on snow blowers. Business is booming at this machine shop. Belts are going, people are pushing the machines a little too hard. Reporter there is plenty to do with snow ntt forecast perhaps more to come. There is one shoveler who is getting a lot of attention. This boston man was anonymously shoveling and clearing away the snow from the finish line at the boston marathon. Obviously, an important symbol in the wake of the boston bombing. We found him. We will talk to him in a bit. I saw that picture online i started to choke up. There is something so wonderful and kind about that gesture. Dylan, thank you very much. The fbi is intensifying its search for the person or persons behind a series of threatening tweets aimed at threats in the u. S. Mr. Bomb threat made in the name of isis that mentioned specific flights him nbcs tom costello is at Reagan National airport. Good morning. Reporter hi matt good morning. What makes it so concerning its happened so many times in the past two weeks, more than 20 sometimes times since saturday. Often they are coming while the plane is still in the air. The radio traffic between the tower and pilots anything but usual. This is fbi just doing a check. Hows conditions on board . Flight deck secured . The flight deck is secure. Passengers are pretty well behaved, starting to get a little bittancy. Reporter its happened nearly two times, bomb threats posted on twitter by someone claiming to represent isis. On january 17th delta flight atlanta to raleigh. There were dogs sniffing us on and off the plane. Yeah it was a little kraesz. Reporter on sunday jetblue 1006 long beach to seattle, and phoenix to seattle and delta 1061 los angeles to orlando divert after someone tweeted. So to see that and say we are isis we are here were on the plane, i mean that was absolutely terrifying. Because you dont know what you are looking for. You dont know if someone looks suspicious or fought. Reporter once on the ground the plane and passengers isolated and searched. Everyones going to have to be cleared t. Entire aircraft is going to have to be cleared due to the possible credibility of a threat. Reporter Law Enforcement say its the work of pranksters and copycat, fought terrorists t. Penalty if caught up to five years in prison and a 250,000 fine. The fbi is an leadsing the twitter feeds looking for the foot prints that could lead them to a suspect. Every time its creating a little profile. That gives authorities more information so they can make better decisions. Reporter for passengers of course its a huge inconvenience, missed connections, missed appointments but for the airlines we are talking tens of thousands of dollars per flight. This is very expensive. So as you might expect the fbi is being very aggressive on this thank you. Meantime there is new concern on that measles traced to disney parks. The number of confirmed cases is now approaching 100. Hundreds more are warned to watch for signs of the virus. Halle jackson has the story in mesa arizona, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah Arizona Health Officials Say a thousand people may have been exposed in this state from the seven patients that had the virus here including one woman that visited this clinic. Because the virus is so contagious it can survive a couple hours in the air or on surfaces. That one case may have put exponentially more people at risk. This morning some 200 people who may have been exposed to measles are monitoring children and themselves after people are visiting health care centerings in california and in arizona where they live. I have been informed it was an adult woman unvaccinated who exposed my child at a facility thats for high risk children. Its sad because this was preventible. Reporter its fought just unvaccinated adults who could be spreading the highly contagious virus. A man it would Health Officials he thinks he was immunized when he was younger, but he became infected with the virus anyway. A single measles shot can be 95 effective. Two can boost it to 99 . They are concerned for adults and children because its galloping from state to state. If are you not vaccinated or not sure if you had the infection, play it safe and get the vax nation. Reporter even if you were immunized as a child you may want to consider a booster. As we get older, our immune systems arent as strong that makes everybody a little more vulnerable. Reporter its why adam winetraub visited his doctor for a shot. I am 39yearsold the last time i had it was at 13 when the doctor recommended it i said yeah this is a good idea. I should do it. Reporter he lives in Southern California where half of measles cases, 61 , affect adults and every reported measles cases in nearby Orange County is over the age of 18. Experts are bracing for more measles case one California High School for example, sent home more than 66 students who havent been immunized for up to a week. One dad wants his sons school to ban any kids who dont have the vaccine. Matt savannah. Astonishing how quickly it can spread. Thank you. Natalie is here with news on the airasia disaster. We have new information this morning on the crash of airasia flight 8501 Officials Say it was under the control of the first officer and not the captain when it climbed 300 feet in 30 seconds. It is believed though the captain took over control of the aircraft as it began to descend sharply. It went down in the java sea killing all 162 people on board. Meantime the disappearance of Malaysia Flight ah370 has been officially declared an accident. In a statement this morning released Officials Say all 239 people on board are presumed dead. The search for the wreck annual in the southern indian ocean will go on. Secretary of defense chuck hagel said farewell to the troops as he begins to leave his post. Hagel resigned in november. The president has named ashton cart tore replace hagel, but hell remain at his post until a successor is confirmed. Future president s of the United States will take off in a brandnew air force one. The pentagon announced on wednesday the Current Fleet of two president ial aircraft will be replaced by boeing 7478s. They will need five years of testing after that. Chaos erupted at st. Louis city hall wednesday night at the first public hearing at a Police Oversight board. About an hour into that meeting. An officer was testifying when you see this shouting and shoving match break out there behind him. The commotion lasted about 15 minutes until order was finally restored. The hearing was then adjourned early. And an arizona weatherman kept us cool when things got very very hot. Take a look. Im not authorized to evacuate. This temperature seems pretty high. Cape creek, fountain hills, they dont look good either. Frankly, wickenburg is a total loss. Fox 10 al you can attest to this. Those weather computers have a minds of their own sometimes, maybe the wet model from mars perhaps . Or hades. It was 325. Natalie, thank you very much. Mr. Roker, what else do you have . Its a dry heat thats okay. A quick look. Show you we got a mess coming to the northeast. Also in the southwest, where everybody is getting ready for the run up to the super bowl. It will be wet right until how much money do you have in your pocket right now . I have 40 21. Could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement . I dont think so. Well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. Good morning, im meteorologist bill henley. A very cold start but well see sunshine to start the warming process. Well warm into the 30s this arne afternoon. Sunshine fades. Might see flurries this afternoon, then light snow. An inch or less for most locations this evening. Gusty winds friday and then here comes the Cold Saturday morning, eight degrees, just 26 saturday afternoon. As youre watching the super bowl, a little snow moves in sunday and continues into monday. Have a great day. And thats your latest weather. Everybody earlier was talking about the man that finished the boston finish line. Earlier, dylan showed you this powerful picture shoveling snow from the boston finish line. Shortly after it was posted to twitter, it indeed set off a social pedia search. People started sharing other images guys using the hashtag who involved the finish line . Even the Boston Police department got in on this they tweeted, help boston solve the blizzard of 2015 mystery. Well the mystery has been solved t. Man is chris le donny, i had the pleasure of speaking to him earlier him i asked him what inspired him to get out there and shovel the line take a look. Hey, it was a spur of the moment decision. I had been spending most of the morning shoveling anyway. The city was pretty buried. The finish line is my favorite spot in the city. I wanted to dig it out because it was covered in snow. Obviously it holds a place in everybody in bostons heart. To me it was more about the spirit of the boston mar on the and the incredible amount of encouragement and positivity that surrounds the event and how much people including myself love to race. Now, we love him. He is awesome. Chris said he was stunned by the response on social media, supply. Guys because get this he doesnt have a twitter account. He doesnt know what was happening around it. Chris, we may have to get you a twitter account with the av tore superman or big b on there, boston man, boston strong. I like when he said he found out the police were looking for him, its a new experience for him. Was he a bartender . He worked a block away he had done the shoveling at work and decided to be in the moment. I love hes not on social media were all like where are you . Who are you . 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Lets get our first alert forecast with meteorologist bill henley. We dont have the wind we had yesterday, but that has allowed temperatures to come down even lower. No mixing in the atmosphere is happening with clear skies overnight, weve seen Single Digits this morn

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