Feet from one of the hottest casinos. And major changes if t the academy awards. A restructuring that hopes to fix the oscars diversity problem. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Northeaster for the record books. Thought we were going to have a mild winter. Braced for the worst. A deadly winter storm wallops the east. We want people to stay inside. States of emergency in ten states and the district of columbia. 85 million plus americans in the path of a deadly winter storm. This is where its really cranking in the morning, d. C. Towards philly and new york city and long island. Just learned from state police that around 3,000 motorists are trapped on 75. Countrys air traffic is practically at a standstill. A mass shooting in canada as the shooter opened fire in a high school in saskatchewan into to custody. Oscars are pledging changes after complaints for a second year about all white acting nominees. Lot of things has to be improved. How do i preach this mike and make this work . Do it like a lady. Dream on why am i showing you . All that go. And all that matters. Curry frameworks half court. And its good. He banks it in. This ones good. On cbs this morning saturday. Its ten day before the iowa caucus. Donald trump, hes in it to win it. He showed it this with week because he brought out sarah palin. Negotiate deals kind of with organizer maybe organizing a neighborhood somewhere in arizona Johnny Mccain is going, you should have called me, dude. And welcome to the weekend everyone. We have a packed show for you this morning, including full coverage of the monster storm thats slamming the east coast. Plus speaking of snow, well take you to one of the worlds most dangerous sporting events. It is happening today. Some of the best skiers in the world will attempt to navigate the strife in austria. A race that can quickly turn ledley. Also a conversation on rock and roll mortality. With the passing of david bowie and glenn frey, at least one is wondering if hes next. And a unique display at the create incredible images of our solar system and well show you how it is done. Our top story, a big and powerful blizzard effecting more than 70 million americans. At least nine stormrelated deaths are reported. Snow, sleet, freezing rains and gale forced wins, combined with high tides is battering coastal areas. One in seven americans could get at least half a foot of in snow. In carolinas snowplows are working but conditions are hazardous with many cars just skidding right off the road. In philadelphia not many vehicles are out making it easier for the snowplow. Officials are urging residents to stay home today. Philadelphias Transit System has shut down. Here in new york the mayor is also telling people to stay home. At least a foot of snow is expected today. There are ten states along the east coast under emergency declarations this morning. As well as no, sir and thats where chris van cleave is, good morning. Reporter its been snowing about 17 hours and we have about 17 hours more of wibds and snow before the storm leaves the nations capital. Behind me, pennsylvania avenue leading up to the kaptcapitol. It is snow covered. Driving is treacherous because of the blowing wind and snow drifts it is hard to get an exact sense of how much snow has fallen but as of right now weve got about 13 inches or so on the ground here if d. C. Defiant drivers hit the streets here despite a plea from the mayor to stay home. We want people to hunker down and shelt in place and stay you have to roads. Wind gusts 55 Miles Per Hour and snow falling at 23 inches an hour, conditions are getting worse. Plow trucks struggled coto keep up the ground by the time it is all over. This a 36 hour storm with expected dangerous winds. Commuters are finding themselves on lockdown as well. The d. C. Metro suspended service late last night and wont be up and running again until monday o. To close it down inside is just kind of ridiculous. Because there are people that have to get to work at hospitals and other places that do not shut down. We came to have dinner with our neighbors, with our friends. We thought we would walk. Because that was the better option. While kids went sledding down capitol hill friday evening, the first dog got to play in the snow at the white house. But the scene wasnt quite as pretty friday afternoon when daniel made rounds in his snowplow. How important is it for people to get you have to roads tonight . Very. I just dont want people to be in the street, me personally. Because of time. Is going to be a hard time fighting to get back on top. There is great concern after about an inch of snow wednesday gridlocked the city for hours. Are running the storms response. Our first concern really are the residents. One of the major monikers of success for me personally is to make sure we dont lose anybody. That is first and foremost. Forecasters have been warning about this monster storm for days but some waited until the snow started falling to stock up. What are you able to get . We only got 1078 snacks like potato chips and popcorn and stuff to eat around at night. Thats all we got. So everythings gone. Now, d. C. Has asked surrounding states to bring if extra snow removal equipment as they expect the dig out to last for several days. The lingering concern here particularly as the snow keeps because that can bring downpour lines. It is well below freezing here so there are concerns of people being without power potentially for days. So far Power Outages have been limited anthony but we have a little more to go before the storm is done. Krist van cleave. In washington. I went to school in d. C. They do not deal with snow very well there usually and that is a lot of snow. All right. The big storm first slammed parts of the south with snow and ice. That caused major problems on the road. Good morning. Reporter the head line here really is those Power Outages. Thousands of people are waking dark. But the storm also brought other kinds of wintry misery. Around lexington, kentucky a series of car and truck accidents has closed i75 for 35 miles both ways. Stranded in their cars. No time line when the highway should reopen. Nine people were killed in car crashes during the storm in four southern states. Parts of kentucky got more than a foot. Tennessee and arkansas eight inches. In raleigh the issue is power. They report about 135,000 are currently without power. The utility has 6800 workers across the system restoring it. Now here is the good news. Temperatures here are supposed to stay above freezing most of the day. That means less of a chance of icy build up that topples trees and power lines ss and vinita that should give this area a nice day to recover from the worst of winter so far. Certainly what they need. Mark, thank you to much. One of the biggest dangers from the storm is the threat of severe coastal flooding. One place on edge is new jersey which was hit hard by Superstorm Sandy. Chris christie did not issue some shore communicates did advise residents to get out before the storm hits. Meg baker has more. Reporter the blizzard has hid the jersey shore and hit hard. The big story now are the winds. And weve been warned about flooding. Take a look behind me. This is the inlet. The water already coming up over the bulk head. This is the fist high tide of the day and this is powered by the full moon. So it is a dangerous combination of these very strong winds mixed with this lunar high tide that is going to cause major issues here and down the shore. Over to this side there is the beech front where these houses basically sit on the beach front and there is only a three foot berm of sand protecting those homes from the impact of the storm. Were expecting waves up to 12 feet high that could really create more damage along the coastline. The winds are really whipping down here. On the jetty behind me. Governor christie has issued a state of emergency. That means no one should be on these roads. You can see very low visibility here. It is awfully slippery. It is freezing and as we go through the day this flooding is only sure to get worse. Meg baker in manasqaun new jersey. Even those in the in the direct path are being effected. Canceling thousands of flights and creating problems for rails traffic to. Reporter were talking about blowing snow here in philadelphia, to give you an idea driving to our live shot this morning it looked like a snow tornado rolling right in front of the vehicle. So much so it was setting off the sensors on the front bumper because the vehicle throughout there was an object in front of it. Air traffic has been frozen, snarled and amtrack, cl the look at the snow blowing. The aktrack station near us is still rolling. They will modify schedule they say but it will not stop it. Here is whats expected. From yesterday through sunday whats expected is were talking 82 hundred flights that have been canceled and more than 3300 delayed in and out of the u. S. For the same time period, American Airlines will be canceling over 2 thousand flights. Southwest just over a thousand and united just under a thousand. The most wide spread cancellations are from charlotte to philadelphia. Bwu, which is in maryland. Reagan national. Washington. The Dulles International airport. Mass cancellations. Airports will be empty because there will be no flights in or out. But Many Airlines are allowing travelers to make changes for free. So if you had a trip planned and let you do it and there shouldnt be much of a hassle. As for the drivers on the road, aaa says a dangerous winter storm and bad weather is always factor for about a half million crashes and about 2 thousand road deaths every winter. If you dont have to be out in it today, please do not. Back here in philadelphia they believe they got about a foot of snow overnight. And they think they will get another foot over the next 12 hours. It is in the mid 20s. They have clocked wind gusts up to 45 Miles Per Hour. And you saw the blowing snow earlier. Anybody who thought this storm was overrated was wrong. We appreciate you being out in all of that David Begnaud in philadelphia this morning thank you. So what is next for the storm . For that we turn now to lonnie quinn in new york. Is the worst over . No. I think today is going to be just as bad as the previous days we have had in terms of wintry weather. Will be gone tomorrow. Lets take a peek at 77 Million People who are effected in some way, shape or form. Blizzard warning right now. New york city, philadelphia. You saw all the wind blowing around david. And this big swath of blue, that is not rain or snow. That is moisture. This storm is drawing moisture from the caribbean. It is not going to fade away. Not today. There is just too much moisture available. It will be gone by sunday morning 10 00 a. M. You are measuring the stow more a lot of folks in feet. This is pretty general. It will be less than a foot for the areas in blue. That includes boston and the cape. But then 12 feet. The pink shading from new york city, philadelphia, into west virginia, virginia. Here your sweet spot. If you call snow sweet. Two feet or more and that is the 81 corridor in virginia. It is piling up. Ground, i think 19 inches. And they will pick up another ten. It could be the biggest storm in d. C. s history. Thanks so much. A Deadly School shooting in the canadian province of saskatchewan is under investigation. It happened in la loche about 400 miles north or calgary. At least 4 people were killed and two were critically wounded in the attack friday. The suspected shooter is custody. Police opened fire on a man waving a gun as he walked in the middle of traffic in las vegas. Last night from front of the bellagio on the strip. At times he pointed the gun at people. Orders. The man was not hit by the gunfire but two bystanders were as the intermural fight between donald trump and start ted cruz continues. The latest poll from fox news shows trump in the lead nationwide with 34 . Cruz 14 percentage points, rubio at 11 and everyone else in single digits. The donald trump ted cruz rivalry hit a new high friday with both candidates unleashing duelling attack ads. As they barrel towards the iowa caucuses, donald trump depicted the texas senator as flipflopping on immigration. What it doesnt mean that i supported the other aspects of the bill reporter cruz hit trump for supporting and profiting from Eminent Domain laws, which allow the government to seize private property. It made him rich, like when trump colluded with atlantic home of an elderly widow. Trump took to twitter once again raising questions about whether canadian born cruz is eligible to be president. And he fired back at the National Review for publishing a series of essays making a case runner. While trump once called the magazine a true conservative voice, he tweeted in response very few read the National Review because it only knows how to criticize but not how to lead lead. In ab interview with abc cruz dismissed trumps twitter tirades and said hed steer clear of personal attacks in favor of policy. Indishable from bernie sanders. Politics is not a soap opera. It is not a baseball game. Sanders didnt mention cruz where hes leading in the polls making clinton supporters neshs. To fight back clinton has been aggressively taking on sanders record on guns, healthcare and financial regulation, while emphasizing her experience. We need a prosecuteesident who can do all aspects of the job. For cbs this morning saturday, Julianna Goldman in washington. Theres been another highway death. The tents caused by a defective air bag maidde by the japanese manufacture takata. Dimarco morgan has more. 52yearold joe knight was driving this ford ranger when a his car struck a cow in the road. Air bag killing him. The spokesperson for the national highway traffic administration. This is a National Safety crisis and precipitated by the tact that they manufactured millions of defective inflaters and then provided incomplete, mislead on inaccurate information to nista the public. Some deploy with Excessive Force shattering the metal inflater and sending shrapnel flying into the vehicle. As much as 24 million vehicles are now involved. Stephanie was injured when her air bag exbloeded in 2013. Instant blindness followed by gushing blood. It was terrifying. Takata Vehicle Manufacturers are struggling to make enough air bags for millions of and tens of millions more may still need to be recalled in the future. For cbs this morning saturday. If to check if your car or truck is being recalled find an updated list on cbs news. Com. Time to show you some of the mornings head lines. The new york city New York Times reports he details with the missing consultant robert lechbsen. Iran maintains it did not know of lechbsens where abouts during recent negotiations that. Led to a prisoner swap between the u. S. And iran. Announcer Detroit Free Press say answer e expert in legionnaires is connecting the disease to the citys water condition problems. It is a reasonable link. Health Officials Say 70 of the people who contracted legionnaires during the recent spike in cases were exposed to flint water two weeks before their symptoms began. A listeria outbreak from dole packaged salads killed one in michigan while sending others to the hospital. The outbreak rigid t at a packaging plant in spring field ohio. Outbreaks in six states. The plant has been shut down. The independent of london reports the man convicted of murdering Meredith Kurcher say ss he was trying to sell her something before she died. Knox was convicted and eventually cleared of kerchers and a new jersey Animal Rights group spared the life of a cow. The group heard about the cow which bolted from a slaughter house only to be rounded up by police. Freddy will apparently now go do a farm. Reportedly named after Freddy Mercury thank you anthony. We are loving that cow story. Not loving this. This is one of our cameras in the city and you can barely see anything because the wind is whipping and the snow is flying. 25 Miles Per Hour winds gusting to 30 Miles Per Hour. We are going to be back with the live coverage real soon but want to let you know its over tomorrow. L asking for a Political Campaign contribution, look out. Your money may not be going where you think. The diversity problem. Well break down the new system. Also we continue to monitor the first major blizzard of the year. Well have updates from the affected areas ahead. Morning saturday. Since 1961, Pearle Vision has provided the neighborhood with expert eye care. That was dr. Stanley pearles vision today, doctors like Lisa Hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. Because we care for you. And your eyes. This is genuine eye care, in your neighborhood. This is Pearle Vision. Coming up, why that smart phone in your pocket is forcing change in the banking business. Also we preview tomorrows epic nfl faceoff. Tom brady versus Peyton Manning for what maybe be the last time. Well be right back. This is cbs this morning people are shocked, that this process is so easy. Every person that i helped, i wanted to help 10 more people after that. It just made me feel good. Come into work everyday, and just knowing that i was going to make a difference in peoples lives. Come get health insurance, its easy. I can help you. I just love helping people. I dont want anybody to be without health insurance. A live look from the top of the empire state building. You can see the snow blowing heavy winds and snow bands causing white out conditions. And lets take a look at the jersey shore. Zero visibility out there and coastal flooding is a major concern this morning. And a state of emergency is in effect and if you need a proof of how bad it is take a look at pictures from the garden state parkway in new jersey. Cars are getting stuck out there. Everyone being urged to stay off the roads and watch us on t. V. For the next few hours as we blizz