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Is -- >> oh my gosh, is everybody okay? did everyone get out? february 3rd, 2011, easton, massachusetts. the northeast experiences one of the worst winters in years. snowfall averages in region break records. peter howe is a reporter for new england cable news in newton, massachusetts. >> it was a horrible winter. i can't remember what the first snow was, but it was probably november. it started snowing. it kept snowing every five days. it never got warm enough for it to melt. the snow piled up and piled up and piled up. >> that morning a snowy, icy rain is falling. howe and cameraman brian bu...

Cnn. i really wanted to work for abc, cbs, nbc. what i didn't realize is we were beginning to do something that nobody else was and that was covering the first gulf war as it was happened. i was the production assistant at cnn business news. lou dobbs was my boss. >> that must have been terrible. i grew up with lou dobbs and he was fantastic. he was dedicated. >> you got into the fabric of cnn and behind the scenes. how did you get in front of the camera? >> i was studying economics and after five years lou wanted to redo the assignment desk and that would have put me back on the overnight as ...

Cnn. i really wanted to work for abc, cbs, nbc. what i didn't realize is we were beginning to do something that nobody else was and that was covering the first gulf war as it was happened. i was the production assistant at cnn business news. lou dobbs was my boss. >> that must have been terrible. i grew up with lou dobbs and he was fantastic. he was dedicated. >> you got into the fabric of cnn and behind the scenes. how did you get in front of the camera? >> i was studying economics and after five years lou wanted to redo the assignment desk and that would have put me back on the overnight as ...

Did you have a cross that you carried? >> i grew up with lou dobbs. >> lou dobbs. >> school of journalism. he was fantastic. dedicated to excellence. >> you got into the fabric of cnn and how did you get behind the camera. >> i studied economics. five years at cnn business news, lou wanted ited to redo the assignment desk that would have put me back overnight morning producer for the morning show. the only place i wanted to work was cnbc because they were the only one who respected business didn't just give dow and aztec. >> off hours. >> then i sent it to cnbc i called to follow up we like yo...

Terrible. did you have a cross that you carried? >> i grew up with lou dobbs. >> lou dobbs. >> school of journalism. he was fantastic. dedicated to excellence. >> you got into the fabric of cnn and how did you get behind the camera. >> i studied economics. five years at cnn business news, lou wanted ited to redo the assignment desk that would have put me back overnight morning producer for the morning show. the only place i wanted to work was cnbc because they were the only one who really respected business didn't just give dow and aztec. >> off hours. >> then i sent it to cnbc i called to fol...