Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, this winter has a lot of folks crying enough already. And this morning, the northeast is getting hit with another storm. Light to moderate snow and freezing rain will make for another rough morning commute. It is the latest in a series of storms thats moved in from the midwest. This afternoon, the Severe Weather will hit new england. In chicago this morning, the order of business will be digging out. Up to 8 inches of snow fell there late in the day yesterday. Temperatures are expected to climb today. And that could lead to a different kind of trouble. Flooding. Some residents in floodprone areas have sandbags out already. An eightmile stretch of interstate in southwest michigan was shut down following a weatherrelated pileup. At least 40 cars and 15 trucks were involved in the huge Chain Reaction crash. The result o whiteout conditions yesterday and icy roads. Six people suffered minor injuries. Now, the Severe Weather has m
Andy muller played football with jim harbaugh at university of michigan when i would sit in the stands with my family and andy is now an offensive coach for the ravens. Youre sending a shout out. I love it. Theyre all in the family. A shout out to Christine Romans who is 25 today. Bring in the cake happy birthday your birthday, happy birthday, christine. Yeah we wrap it up and be back here tomorrow morning of course. Cnn newsroom with Carol Costello begins right now. See you now everybody. Hi soledad and happy birthday christine. Stories were watching right now in the newsroom, trapped by rising water, rescuers in maryland struggle to save stranded drivers. The storm system they say killed two in the south. Reporter in adairsville you can see to the right of the funnel some of the debris coming up, this is only about a quarter mile from our location here on highway 41 near i75. This same weather system pushing to the northeast. Day three of a dangerous standoff, a 5yearold boy still he
He spent keeping himself on tainted and logging and other kinds of things. When you look at the transition from leon panetta and asking what kind of person you would have in their, eventually to deal with what will be a shrinking defense budget, i think chuck hagel seemed a very obvious choice. I basically thought that is where the president was going to go early on. Host this is a the news from the New York Times. The war and against hagel and republicans called him in the piecer based on what he said in iraq. He voted for the war but turned against it. Easer sings very strong. Guest he voted for it and then had criticism of how it was being carried out. When you talk about the secretary defense, the most important thing that happened during the war is the surge. He voted against the surge. He called the worst mistake since vietnam. We know in terms of the military, strategy and the search worked. It was very successful. When youre talking about putting somebody in the secretary of de
Good evening, scott is off tonight. Im james brown. And this is our western edition. The poet said the fog comes to chicago on little cat feet. But the snow . Its more like a stampede the midwest got hit today by another winter storm, and its moving to the northeast tonight. More than 97 million americans are under winter storm warnings, watches or advisories in 20 states from minnesota to maine. Driving in the storm zone is treacherous and more flights are being canceled. In parts of illinois snow was falling at a rate of three inches an hour. The mercury in chicago never got higher than 25 degrees. Dean reynolds is there, dean . Reporter james it has been snowing here in chicago for most of the day. And this is now the third snowiest winter in chicagos history. 62. 9 inches of the stuff so far. A thick snowfall, blustery winds and fresh layers of ice are confronting the midwest today as local governments struggle to meet another winter challenge. Snow emergencies have been declared i
Play this notion that hagel is being forced out, pushed out. What are you hearing . Im hearing from defense officials that this was mutual. Thats a consistent line. I know that others are hearing he was pushed out and, to be frank, there had been talk of dissatisfaction from the white house with secretary hagel for some number of weeks. Now, to be fair, that criticism does not only go in one direction. Fact is, in the halls of the pentagon you will hear frustration with the white house, with lack of strategic planning, with micromanagement and thats, frankly, a criticism that ive heard, wolf, outside of the pentagon as well in other departments. The state department, other wings of this government. Its a consistent frustration with this administration which we hear quietly and privately internally. Keep in mind as well that secretary hagel when he came into this job he had a different remit. A little less than two years ago the focus was on withdrawing troops from iraq, withdrawing tro