In the runup to tonights Grammy Awards. How they honored Whitney Houston one year after she died. And they call it the oscars of the dog world, the contenders arriving in new york city for the Westminster Kennel Club show. The pampering boggles the mind, blowouts, manicures and pilates. And good morning, america, on this morning after a storm for the record books. Now the nightmare of digging out begins. Life wont be normal for days for some people with the power out for more than 350,000 homes and businesses, and travel still at a standstill in some areas. Ginger zee leads our coverage of what theyre calling the big snowcane of 2013. Part hurricane and hurricaneforce winds and ginger doing what she loves this morning. Also coming up on the eve of the Grammy Awards, nearly four years to the day after he assaulted his girlfriend rihanna, in trouble again. How he totaled his porsche overnight and the role the paparazzi may have played. For us girls aint no Mountain High enough. Ginger and myself. We jumped, raced and now were climbing. Icy temperatures couldnt stop us from going to mt. Washington. Dan and ron wouldnt come along so the girls braved it. Just for the record, ron and i not invited. Speaking of ginger, though, take a look at this amazing satellite picture of the blizzard of 2013. You can see why this snowstorm paralyzed some of the most heavily Populated Areas of this country. The stats are coming in, and they are very impressive. The worst hit town, hamden, where they got an astonishing 40 inches. Portland, where theyre used to snowstorms, they got nearly 32 inches from this one, and to give you a sense of the power, the winds were as strong as a category 1 hurricane with gusts up to 83 miles an hour on the cape. Thats cape cod. And speaking of massachusetts, thats where meteorologist ginger zee is this morning. She is in boston. Hey, ginger, good morning. Good morning, to you, dan. Boston was one of the areas hardest hit and recordmaking here. It was the fifth largest snowfall on record in weather history in boston. And its not just the snow and wind i was concerned about this morning. Thats gone. Its the cold temperatures. Look how cold it is for a lot of these cities that you were just talking about, more than 350,000 still without power. And the numbers not pretty as we go into day two of digging out. At its peak it was a turbulent tempest. Demolishing seawalls in new hampshire, sending the ocean into massachusetts homes and forcing people and their belongings out. The noreaster that immobilized more than 40 million americans this weekend is now off to sea, but its icy residue is feet deep. Everywhere encasing cars and responsible for taking at least nine lives, two to Carbon Monoxide poisoning including a 12yearold boy. Im assuming the son got cold so the father told him to sit in the car, and then the next thing you know, the father started screaming hes not breathing. Hes not breathing. The exhaust pipe had backed up with snow. Obviously it melted away the snow, but thats not always the case while the hidden dangers postblizzard is starting a car and having Carbon Monoxide build up. More than 2,000 National Guard troops in four states will be making their rounds to help today. Alltime record snowfall for portland, maine, of almost 32 inches to the fifth largest snowfall on record in boston. Theres a lot more digging to do. Even if you get two feet of snow, it can easily turn into four or five. The storm wasnt the best for business. So have you had a lot of customers. No, not today. Reporter but there was a blizzard victory when the National Guard made it through the worst of the storm in worcester and helped deliver this little lady. Nolie. I guess new years babies and stuff like that. Mine is a blizzard baby. Reporter its a weekend her parents and countless others will not soon forget. We have another blizzard to talk about. Also tornadoes in parts of the country and a slight warmup for the northeast. Ill have all of that in the national forecast, but for now we go to gio benitez, the latest and honorary member of the extreme team except we need to get him snow pants. Hes in milford, connecticut. Reporter i know. Im waiting for those snow pants. Good morning. We are in front of a church here in milford, but clearly this sunday morning nobody is walking in here today, and thats because getting around town, as we found out, isnt easy. In the aftermath of the 2013 blizzard, so many cars were stuck in the snow, even we tried to help move them. Thats the story across connecticut where at least five deaths are being blamed on the storm, and governor dan malloy is asking president obama for financial aid. I have filed a request with the president of the United States for an emergency declaration. This was a recordbreaking storm throughout the state. Reporter at one point the storm forced every road in the state to shut down. Even those with the right equipment had no place to go. Here you are trying to dig yourself out. Yes, i am. Reporter and you got stuck. I got stuck good. Reporter we made the slow journey from hartford, connecticut, to milford, which saw a whopping 38 inches in a town of 50,000. Everything from the trash can, a doorway, a no parking sign all buried beneath the white stuff. Terry smith is trying to dig herself out. Do you still like the snow . I do, nice to look at, not nice to drive in or shovel. But to have a nice cup of cocoa. Reporter and it is still a mess here in connecticut. Some 37,000 homes are still without power. Dan, bianna . Thank you, gio. He looks official with the abc news hat. I think he can join the extreme team. Heres the latest on whats running and whats not the day after this blizzard. Airports shut down on friday afternoon with airlines canceling 5300 flights. All three major new york area airports have opened with limited service. In boston, logan opened one runway, and connecticuts Bradley International airport has just reopened this morning. And on the rails amtrak hopes to restore limited Train Service today between new york city and boston. Most service is canceled throughout much of new england. Commuter trains are on a limited system, and bostons famous t Transit System shut down by the storm hopes to it open for monday for work. Big problem if they cant get it open. In new york, hundreds were stuck and highways have reopened. One 26mile stretch of the long island expressway still closed this morning, and the travel bans in massachusetts and connecticut and rhode island have been lifted. That wraps up our storm coverage. Well head out west for a Surprise Development in the case of former lapd officer Christopher Dorner. On the run after allegedly killing three people and putting much of the southwest on alert. The l. A. Police chief has ordered a reopening of the case that got him dismissed from the force. The latest from big bear lake, california, where the search is centered. Good morning to you, clayton. Reporter good morning to you, bianna. There are still about 50 Law Enforcement officers searching the mountains in this area on the lookout for Christopher Dorner, and as you mentioned, theyre trying a new tactic now to try to bring this weeklong reign of terror to an end. We are coming together today to catch mr. Dorner. Reporter overnight the lapd announced that the 2007 case that got Christopher Dorner fired from the department for allegedly lying is now being reopened by the police chief. It was dorners anger over that firing that apparently prompted his alleged rampage this week. But the l. A. Police chief insists that has nothing to do with his decision to reinvestigate the case. Im not doing this to appease him. Im doing this so that the community has faith in what the Police Department does, and im going to im going to make a rigorous inspection to either validate or refute his claims. Reporter abc news has also learned that thursday a man claiming to be dorner called randall quan, the former Police Captain who represented him in his legal battle against the department. Quan is the father of monica quan, an assistant basketball coach, who police say dorner shot to death along with her fiance, keith lawrence. Four days later a man who identified himself as dorner called the grieving father to taunt him. According to a federal warrant, the man calling says he should have done a better job protecting his daughter. At a game saturday players and fans paused for a moment of silence. Dorner hasnt been seen since thursday when police say he shot three officers killing one. Officer shot multiple times. We will look under every rock. We will look around every corner. Reporter in the mountains where dorners burnout truck was found with a broken axle and two ar15 rifles still inside, heatdetecting helicopters are now searching a trail gone cold. And police tell us they are still guarding about 50 officers and their families that dorner threatened in that online manifesto. Police also tell us they are beefing up the number of officers guarding tonights l. A. Tonights Grammy Awards in los angeles. Dan, bianna . Still a stressful time in that part of the country. Clayton, thank you. Moving on now to politics, this morning the white house is lifting the veil a little bit on what the president is going to say tuesday night in his big state of the union address. Lets bring in George Stephanopoulos host of abcs this week. Good morning, sir. Lets start with this extraordinary scene in chicago, the First Lady Michelle Obama attending a funeral for a 15yearold girl, hadiya pendleton, shot and killed not far from the obama home. This is a girl who actually performed at the inauguration. The president sent a personal note to the family promising he will work hard to end the senseless violence. So whats the status of gun control legislation which we know youll talk about the show . One thing youll see him mention is hadiya in the state of the Union Tuesday night and democrats will bring victims of gun violence into the chamber as guests tuesday including gabby giffords, and it appears a consensus is starting to develop over the idea of expanding universal background checks even if you buy one at gun shows where it will be more difficult for the president s agenda. It looks like the assault weapons ban is running into resistance even from democrats in the senate, and there will be a big fight over whether or not to limit those highcapacity gun magazines. I think thats where youll see the focus of the fight going forward. The president is also going to be talking about taxes and looming acrosstheboard budget cuts. Were only weeks away from the sequester. Coming march 1st and democrats will say there will have to be revenues to lift it. Republicans saying no way, no how. Most people in washington expect the sequester to kick in for at least some time. Another deadline following and the government set to run out of money on march 27th that could force negotiations. Youll see the president discuss that. What hell also do on tuesday is focus back again on jobs and what it means for the middle class. The white house taking some criticism, but the president didnt talk enough about the economy in the inaugural. We did bury the lead somewhat. There is a headline we havent touched on. George stephanopoulos birthday. I wanted you to keep that one quiet. Im getting up there. 35th birthday. We can celebrate, right . He is not aging. George, thank you. Happy birthday. By the way, george has a big show on his birthday including two powerhouse panels later on this morning coming up on this week with George Stephanopoulos. All right, time to check in with Ron Claiborne for the developing stories this morning. It is, good morning to you, bianna and dan. Good morning, everyone. We begin with a developing story, four people shot celebrating mardi gras in new orleans. It happened on jampacked bourbon street and Police Released this video showing the alleged suspect in a crowd of people. Two men and two women were wounded, one of the victims in critical condition. No arrests have been made and no word yet on a motive for the shooting. And more trouble for r b singer chris brown. He wrecked his porsche while he said he was trying to avoid overly aggressive paparazzi in beverly hills. Heres abcs john schriffen. Up up up reporter the bad boy of r b is back in the news this morning. Chris brown crashed his porsche turbo into a wall in beverly hills. A rep for brown tells abc news brown was on his way to a Charity Event when he was cut off by two vehicles, and the rep says the occupants jumped out with cameras and aggressively approached his vehicle. Thats when brown who reportedly turned down an alley was trapped two more cars then hit the wa. If you love me reporter the crash eerily similar to an accident involving Justin Biebers ferrari last month. Biebers friend at the wheel had just been pulled over for speeding when a paparazzo died trying to snap a picture. Just this week, aerosmith front man steven tyler urged hawaiian lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow celebrities to sue paparazzi who photograph or video them in an offensive way during private time. As for brown, neither he nor anybody else was hurt. But the crash does mark the end of a tough week for the singer. On wednesday, he appeared in a los angeles courtroom where prosecutors accused him of failing to complete his Community Service following the assault of his now on again girlfriend rihanna. The pop superstar stood by or, should we say, sat behind her man in court. For good morning america, john schriffen, abc news, new york. And for the First Time Since boeings 787 fleet of jets was grounded, the company carried out a test flight. It was taken out of Service Three weeks ago following an Emergency Landing in boston and another in japan due to battery problems. The plane spent more than 2 1 2 hours in the air. Boeing said the flight was uneventful. More will take place before the results are released. Finally, ushering in the year of the snake, fireworks signaled the beginning of the lunar new york. They celebrated the cycle in the lunar calendar. People born in the year of the snake are said to be thoughtful and stylish and complex. I dont believe that stuff, but guess who was born in the year of the snake. Ron claiborne. There you go. Very stylish. And complex. Emphasis on complex. Thank you, sir. The stylish Ron Claiborne with the news. Lets check the weather once again with the stylish ginger zee. Ginger, good morning once again. Hey, good morning, guys. Yeah, around that that ron is really a snake, isnt he . Lets get straight to the headlines. Another one this morning being tornado warnings from the austin area through east texas and now that Severe Weather. Well head to the east. I want to show you whos included in the threat area today. Its not just heavy rain, but isolated tornadoes, large golf ballsize hail or even bigger and, of course, damaging winds possible. There were some damaging wind around dallas this morning. The next warning, a blizzard warning from northeast colorado all the way through minnesota. Thats who has to be concerned as we go through the end of the weekend, start of the workweek, all of the snow, of course, the wind a big part of blizzards as weve learned in the last couple of days and all that snow in numbers there, above a half a foot in the hot pink color. This is a look at the national so you saw those numbers, 42 on tuesday here in boston. Dan . Hopefully it will melt everything. Thank you, ginger, we appreciate it. The grammys, by the way, are tonight, but the party has already started, and abcs brandi hitt is in l. A. Covering the story. Brandi . Reporter good morning, dan. You know, there were definitely mixed emotions at last nights celebration. Last year Whitney Houston was supposed to attend this big pregrammy party, but she never made it. This invitation only party is like a private concert. Why do you play with my heart why do you play with my heart baby, baby, these tears i cant hold insider the funniest thing about the Clive Davis Party is like its the craziest episode of Hollywood Squares youve ever seen. Reporter its an eclectic mix of fashionable stars. I like when my wife dresses up like. Reporter a mix of movies, television and sports, as well. Secretly i love to be a singer. Reporter guests are invited by Legendary Music executive clive davis and the Recording Industry who explained that the loss of Whitney Houston is still being felt. She died one year ago on the day of this party that she was set to attend. She was the greatest contemporary singer of our lifetime. I heard it through the grapevine yeah reporter they celebrated whitneys life and each other past midnight. Yeah whoo reporter hopefully with enough energy to spare for the big show tonight. Now, i dont know about you, but i definitely want to hear Magic Johnson sing now. We are just hours away from the grammys, and last night we heard from some of the contenders by the lumineers and miguel. One of my favorite nights of the year. I love the grammys. Its a great show. Thanks, brandi. In new york city, the hotels are booked solid and not just with people who got stranded by the snowstorm. Nope, some very highprofile pooches are taking over for the annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show. And this year some