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Jenna: some brand new information in the suicide of bernie madoff s son mark. adam shap shapiro has the breaking details. it s been more than 24 hours since the new york city medical examiner actually ruled the death of mark madoff a suicide, yet nobody has claimed mark madoff s body as of yet and sources indicate there is a discussion ongoing with the madoff family as to whether there s actually going to be funeral service. a lot of people wondering if bernie madoff would be allowed to attend a funeral service if one is eventually scheduled. different sides of this, judge napolitano from fox saying there is no constitutional right that says an inmate who is incarcerated has the right to attend the funeral service of a family member. the bureau of prison services says bernie madoff has not requested to attend a funeral service, as none has been scheduled as of yet. that s the latest on what s happening on that side of it. ....
The other issue has to do, again, with mark madoff, the family not claiming his body as of yet, his wife, releasing, of course, some of the e-mails that we now know he sent to her just before taking his own life and in one of those e-mails actually saying that nobody wants to hear the truth. as for the civil lawsuits against mr. madoff, mark madoff, those will proceed, they will now be against his estate, jenna. jenna: adam shapiro on that breaking story, adam, thank you. jon: some new concerns about over video first released by the website tmz, it shows teen queen miley cyrus smoking a bong filled with something, supposedly, called sal via, a la newsna again, member of the mint family and produces an intense high, similar to marijuana or lsd, but in california and some other states, it is legal. at least 15 states have actually banned the stuff, ....
box, where the cold on top of all that snow is now making road travel even more treacherous, also making it tough for folks to dig out in places like minneapolis, which you can see in the bottom box, now this fierce storm is heading east. jenna: that s not all, jon. as far as the west, it has its very own weather woes, not a whole lot of snow out there but heavy rain pounding oregon, washington, flood watches now in effect in parts of those two states, as incredible flooding sparks mudslides and fears that more could be on the way. we re all in it together. steve brown is live in illinois with a report on that. steve, what are we hearing about, stranded motorists, in indiana. any ideas on how many? reporter: that s the problem, they don t know how many. we re talking about la port county n. the northwest corner of the state, which is traditionally an area that gets pounded by lake effect snow off lake michigan and the sheriff says don t know how many they have strande ....