injured. >> the impact was immediate and nationwide. >> an explosion in oklahoma city with worldwide implications and enormous consequences. >> the bombing sent shock waves through washington. >> there is increased security nationwide. >> the pentagon act vakted the emergency disaster response. >> it could be a contractor. it could be a wako. it could be a professional. you don't have to be a rocket scientists to create this kind of bomb. >> as the smoke began to clear, two questions reverberated across the country, who and why? the answers would be shocking. the man behind the devastation was an american. his name timothy mcveigh. >> tim mcveigh was one of ours. a war hero and grew up in the suburbs of buffalo. we needed to know. it was a sense, obligation to know who he was. >> timothy mac va was born on april 23rd, 1968. >> there was nothing that gave you warning he was going to do something like this. in fact, as a teenager, he was the young man that people in the neighborhood would choose to baby sit their kids. >> he was a good student. he was bright, above average intelligence

town of moore, oklahoma where she lives. you'll remember that that tornado was one of the biggest tornadoes every recorded on earth. it leveled everything in its path, including this woman's house. but look, she is pointing to something, she's pointing to the purpose built storm shell tir where she rode out the terrifying storm that wrecked her house and her whole neighborhood. the ap photographer who took this picture reports that the woman and her husband had literally won a lottery for government rebates on shelters, they won which meant the cost of it was paid for it and so they got a shelter. a and when the storm hit them dead on, they lived because they had that shelter to climb into. over the last decade or so, the town of moore, oklahoma has really been in a true tornado alley. after another deadly tornado there in 19 # #, the federal government helped thousands of people pay to install storm shelter. designed and tested to help you survive what otherwise might not be survivable. and these shelters work, i mean that's the important part, right? after the utter devastation

. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, oklahoma this afternoon. the u-s-g-s say it was a 4-point-5 centered in edmon just north of oklahoma city. people >>> an earthquake rattled parts of oklahoma this afternoon. it was centered in edmond a little bit north of oklahoma city. people were surprised when things started shaking just after noon local time. no reports of damage or injury. but since 2009 more than 200 magnitude 3 or greater earthquakes have hit the state's midsection. according to the us gs scientists aren't sure why the activity spiked. >>> 72 years ago today the japanese bombed pearl harbor and hawaii and the united states entered world war ii. today 2500 people gathered at the pearl harbor memorial to mark the solemn anniversary. the minute the bombing began they observed a moment of silence. 50 survivors returned for the ceremony. and local veterans gathered in concord to remember falling comrades today. the event was supposed to happen on mount doe ab low to celebrate the relighting of the 85-year-old beacon shut off after the 1941 attack. so it wouldn't be targets. cold weather and the threat of s

never earthquakes. >> we'll tell you about oklahoma residents' new geological roar. >> normally when you think of earthquakes, three have hit, and the u.s. geological society says that more than 200 earthquakes have shaken up america since 2009. >> in the small town of edmond, oklahoma, earthquakes are a big part of daily discussion. because in recent days, these residents have had their share of tremors. >> i was sleeping, and i felt a little -- and i woke up and went to my mom's room. and my mom is, woo, did you feel it. >> we have had tornadoes and hail storms and all of those kinds of things, but never earthquake. >> they have averaged 2-6 earthquakes a year, most so small they hardly register. but since 2009, they have increased. the natural gas drilling are making hydraulic fracturing, and some are concerned that that process has led to a rise of earthquakes. they have conducted at least one study. >> the relationship between the earthquakes and hydraulic fractish, we used to have 1-3 in a year, and now we're having 40 earthquakes. >> but the findings are controversial. oklahom

scratch. i know that. we have a couple of the ranges in my state of oklahoma, in vance air force base, where i will be tomorrow. these -- that's one of the largest centers that we have training pilots. but right now our problem is a pilot shortage and one of the reasons is because what i just said, if they're grounding these airplanes, these guys finally say, well, if i can't fly, i'm getting out of here. and there have been a lot of them who have left. now, the only thing to hold some of them would be the existing aviation officer retention bon bonus. this gives a bonus for someone to re-up. if anyone has been in the services, they'll remember, as i do, from the u.s. army that when they're trying to get people, encourage people to re-up, recognizing it's a lot cheaper to -- to retain someone than it is to retrain them, we give them a bonus. we did that when i was in the service. well, that's a -- a bonus tha that -- that they would not get. and so i think with already a serious problem with the shortage of -- of -- of pilots, we have to do something about that. so that's -- and, by t

oklahoma almost always comes out on top. what's fueling the sooner state. [ male announcer ] here's a question for you: the energy in one gallon of gas is also enough to keep your smartphone running for how long? 30 days? 300 days? 3,000 days? the answer is... 3,000 days. because of gasoline's high energy density, your car doesn't have to carry as much fuel compared to other energy sources. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. >>> today is a special edition of pump patrol because the state with the cheapest gas is montana. every day this month except the last three days there's one state that's posted the cheapest gas. >> we are looking at oklahoma as the lowest price for gasoline right now. >> oklahoma city. >> the lowest gas prices in the nation right now are in oklahoma city once again. >> so, why is oklahoma always the big winner? let's get epperson who is on the case. >> why do oklahoma drivers get such a good deal? >> the lowest prices tend to be in places closer to refineries but close to cheap domestic crude. oklahoma is the beneficiary of cheap domestic crude as are the

room to provide hot, sweaty dental coverage. thankfully, one brave state, oklahoma, is fighting to remain okla-hetero. its constitution already bans same-sex marriage. otherwise, oklahoma would be a gay mecca. think of all the things they have to offer the gays-- the musical... that's it. ( applause ) so oklahoma did the right thing and took away some rights. jim? >> the national guard has stopped processing same-sex couples benefits after getting an order from governor mary fallon, despite the pentagon's announcement last month that same-sex spouses of military members are eligible for the same benefits as straight couples. >> stephen: sorry, l.g.b.t. crowd, you got greedy. if you let us keep don't ask, don't tell, nobody would know if your same-sex partner was gay. ( laughter ) now, according to some obscure the u.s. constitution, denying rights to a specific minority group is illegal. so governor fallon is ensuring that all okla-humans are treated equally by ordering state-owned national guard facilities to stop processing all military spouse benefits. now, every oklahoma nation

production of unmanned drones is ramping up in oklahoma, of all places, and drones mean big business there. >> reporter: think of oklahoma and you probably imagine cowboys, football and steak, but here is what the sooner state wants you to think of what when you hear of oklahoma, drones. today the state of oklahoma hosted a drone conference where local politicians, academics and businessmen gathered to discuss the different applications of drones and unmanned aerial systems as the industry likes to call them. right now drones are used by the military and law enforcement but they are potential commercial applications helping farmers check crops for diseases or monitoring pipelines. by the end of the year, the faa is expected to launch six drone test sights around the country. the agency wants to dlecollect a to figure the right rules and regulatio regulations. steven, oklahoma's secretary of science and technology says the drone industry could bring more jobs to his state. >> it will be creating a lot of jobs both in the vehicle design, but also the operations, certification and analy

innovators in ohio, allowed the innovators in oklahoma -- i believe that a blue state governor has got to feel that they can put health care plans in their state together better than some bureaucrat in washington, d.c. talking to people's hearts is that messaging part of it, whether it is dealing with immigration, which i will suggest to you a just as an aside that the immigration debate will change substantially in the next 18 to 24 months especially if mexico is successful in liberalizing their oil and gas exploration policies and allow the private sector to come in and probably contract and then look at the concessions later on -- completely change the immigration discussion. and i would recommend that the discussion will be where will we find enough people to fill all the jobs that will be created in this country because all those people that came over here illegally will be back home. because of what i hope occurs in the north american region, canada, the united states, and mexico, to collectively become this very powerful energy- producing region that is independent of other areas o

those that made this day possible including dan boren from oklahoma. [applause] fortunate to have in leaders two outstanding , two native americans of tom cole and mark woolen -- mark mullen. we need to immortalize men who were in no way, meeting for the first -- in a way meeting for the first time. during the second world war, he was a member of the 195th field artillery battalion. one day in 1944, he was walking through an orchard in southern france and heard one of his brother and singing under a tree. dialogue and the put them to work on opposite ends of the radio. that coincidence brought these men onto the stage of history and alongside the elite band that we call code talkers. i asking all of you to join me in welcoming him here and thanking him for his service. [applause] edmund and his brothers were at normandy. they were on hiroshima. they mobilized the simplest weapon, language, to thwart the fiercest enemy that free people ever known, and they made a difference. after serving with honor, they did the honorable thing, they kept their service a secret, even to those that th

. good to have you here. >> great to be here. it's a mess as we look into the oklahoma city metro. freezing rain falling overnight. we look at this picture from norman, oklahoma, shows the ice accumulating on the tree limbs there. and this is all part of an even bigger winter storm that's crippling much of the nation. for many americans, christmas travel is looking to be messy and cold. >> we expect it to get a lot worse. with the snow coming tomorrow. >> reporter: the storm is threatening to wreak havoc for the 95 million people taking to the streets and skies. with ice and snow already delaying 9,100 flights and littering highways with wrecked cars. >> if you're traveling, you're going to want to go early. for some people who can't make that decision, it's going to be a gamble. >> reporter: in the northwest, snow and slick roads led to this ten-vehicle pileup in washington. icy conditions in kansas caused multimillion. cars to lose control and flip. ice in oklahoma was the cause of a deadly pileup. it knocked out power to nearly 3,000 homes and left everything from cars to chris

state of oklahoma awake at night. >> in sports, why it's been a bad day for this defender in the english premier league. >> welcome back. the u.s. state of oklahoma is famous for its tornadoes, but that's not been the hot topic of discussion lately. something that was rare until only last year is now keeping people awake at night. we explain. >> in the small town of edmond, oklahoma, earthquakion are a big part of daily discussion. that's because in recent days, these residents have had their share of tremors. >> i was sleeping and it felt like a little -- and i woke up, and so i went to my mom's room and my mom was like whoo, did you feel that? >> we've had tornadoes hail storms and all those kind of things, but never earth quakes. >> six years ago, the southwestern state would having a between two to six earth quakes a year, so small they hardly rental terd. in 2009, the quakes began rising with residents feeling the tremors. >> oklahoma's oil and natural gas drilling is being done by hydraulic fracturing. many residents are concerned that process that ha led to a rise in earth

oklahoma is not on the list. more than 200 have shaken oklahoma since 2009. kimberly talked to some residents that belief hydraulic fracking is to blame. >> in the small town of edmond oklahoma, earthquakes are a big part of daily discussions. that's because in recent days these residents have had their share of tremors. >> i was sleeping, and i woke up and so i went into my mom's room, and my mom is just like oh, did you feel that. >> we have had tornadoes. and hailstorms, and all those kind of things but never earthquakes. >> six years ago the southwestern state would average two to six a year, most so small they hardly registered but in 2009, the number of quakes began rising with residents feeling the tremors. >> increasingly oklahoma's oil and natural gas is being done by hydraulic fractures and many are concerned that process has led to a rise in earthquakes in the state. >> hydraulic fracking injects high pressure water into bedrock to increase the flow of oil and natural gases. and the dispose sol of that water has also more than doubles in recent years. >> so the earthquake

graphics board because places like oklahoma are under ice storm warnings. we are going to be fine until late sunday when we get showers. ice storms and snow is on tap for the weekend but for us it will stay on the warm side. plenty of moisture off the pacific and eventually to the gulf. the cold front will get here but not until late sunday. as we head to the day tomorrow, we will climb even more. into the mid-60's with a little sunshine. >> thanks. construction will begin soon on a casino in prince george's county. maryland gaming officials picked mgm's design for casino at the national harbor. us. bell is very and joins -- there and joins us. >>lects it is -- collects -- it is going to be big. it will cover a large part of this area that they call the plateau. the ceo says he will build something that he describes is both beautiful and iconic. c. it will look something like this. over the national harbor -- a huge casino harboring a hotel and shops. it is expected to bring in more than $700 million per year while paying a 56% tax rate. the head of mgm says the casino will be a b

coming from the gulf of mexico and pacific ocean. ice across oklahoma. i storm warnings. that will be an issue as we move north into portions of the midwest and great lakes. everybody else with soaking rain. some is coming this way. more about the week ended a couple of minutes. >> we will check back with you. trouble for the metropolitan police department. another officer facing criminal charges. witheran is charged attempted murder. roz potter joins us live with more on this arrest. >> leon, in less than a month, three officers have faced charges of pornography, prostitution, and now attempted murder. folks are asking, what the heck is going on? at the shop in adams morgan, the buzz about the police officers is hotly debated. at -- do i go to a fire if i get in trouble? >> prosecutors say inside this held by usn lawrence to his wife's throat and beat her head with the fixture. -- a fixture. now she is -- he is charged with attempted murder. 10 days ago, another veteran officer was arrested and charged taking out young girls. another officer was arrested on pornography charges after

covers at least 35 states and carries with it a little bit of everything -- heavy snow from oklahoma to wisconsin, as much as ten inches predicted through sunday. possible tornadoes with the highest risk tomorrow from texas to tennessee. flash flood watches across 11 states from texas to new york. ice storm warnings in parts of northern new england, even as record warmth is forecast elsewhere for sunday. as high as 80 in south carolina and 70 as far north as new york. >> what really worries me tornado-wise about this situation is, one, people don't usually expect tornadoes in december. two, they are going to be, in some cases, farther north than people expect them. >> reporter: it all adds up to potential travel misery from coast to coast. >> temperatures will be falling. >> possibly a couple of thunderstorms as the front makes it through the area. >> the bridges, overpasses, power lines, going to hang a lot of ice up there. >> reporter: already today flights leaving denver had to wait for de-icing before taking off a. 15 inches of fresh snow in flagstaff, arizona. in chicago, just g

. southern plains, oklahoma city, dense fog there this morning, that has improved. this is not. this is lookout pass just under 5,000 feet elevation between montana and idaho along interstate 90, snow covered there and more snow continues to come down. this is a storm that will really impact the weather across the nation this coming week. right now it's dumping a lot of snow in western montana, idaho seeing a mix of rain and snow, cold air is approaching from the north. you can see these temperatures dropping along the eastern side of the rockies, the cold air can't quite make it into western montana, meeting the warm air coming up from the south, that's the energy the storm will tap into and really bring in more cold air and warm air to the east. right now as it happens we're seeing this snow and rain as the front moves south through idaho then into nevada and utah. there's snow that continues to come down in eastern montana. one to two feet in the mountains expected with this. the wind will pick up tomorrow and wednesday. we could see wind chills in eastern montana and north dakota to

arctic air. >> as snow moves from to oklahoma from ohio, temperatures are plummeting even more this morning. look at some of these numbers. at this moment, minus 3 in bismarck, north dakota. minus 1 in denver. and a staggering 17 below zero in glasgow, montana. our coverage begins now, with tahman bradley. >> reporter: this morning, half the country is waking up in a deep freeze. overnight, temperatures plummeted, as winter storms blasted two dozen states. slick and icy roads are making diving conditions dangerous. from montana, to north dakota, to minnesota. >> we're going to hit. we're going to hit. >> reporter: in northern minnesota, a powerful storm dumped over two feet of snow. the conditions didn't stop these brave postal workers from trying to deliver holiday packages on time. >> it's the most enjoyable time of year when we have bad weather conditions. but we all try to stay in the christmas spirit. >> reporter: the brutal cold is making life miserable for millions. in california, they're dealing with record-breaking low temperatures. >> couldn't have been much more than 40 l

and oklahoma city where there's freezing rain continually coming down we do expect to stay in the forecast throughout tomorrow as well. so we've pinpointed some of the top travel concerns for tomorrow. oklahoma city, freezing rain. also a wintery mix. a trifecta in chicago. not only snow, but sleet and also freezing rain. then we'll take you to the third spot, the southeast. arkansas, louisiana, mississippi. the possibility of tornadoes in those locations. here across the bay area if you're waiting for a flight to land they should have total clearance with mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the low 60s. but strap on your seat belt here. if you're headed anywhere across the west on some sort of a hopper flight, rain in seattle, certainly could delay you with 47 degrees and also more snow in salt lake city with 33. headed to the south, phoenix, or also los angeles, you're in the clear with upper 50s and also low 60s. we'll have more on the bay area weather forecast. if you're doing any traveling on the roadways. and where some of the sore spots could be in about 15 minutes. >> o

plains there is texas and oklahoma and this color is be isan ice storm warning. it will coat everything with ice including trees and bringing down branches and roadways making them slick. this is what is happening. this is the past six hours. this is the pink color we are focused with and it's not snow or rain. oklahoma city at 24° and dallas at 25. look at these temperatures 20° and 50° and a tremendous temperature contrast. not from place to place. 5000 feet it's 50 there and the rain is falling into air that is 20°. this is where you goa get the ie accumulation. it freezes before it hits the ground or when it hits the ground we will see this tremendous area of icing happening overnight tonight we'll get a little break and overnight tonight icing conditions here in northern oklahoma and moving up through missouri and it continues until eighuntil:00 tomorrow:00 -- 8:0w morning. it will come to an end and push off to the north east at 12:00. a half inch or more ice accumulation is possible over the next 24 hours. there could be 4 to 6-inches of snow through northern oklahoma and ice

auburn is over the top in the 4th quarter. oklahoma. oklahoma state, first quarter jalen saunders on the punt return for oklahoma. bugs it outside. he's gone. 54 yard, game tied at 7. bob stoups holding nothing back, trailing in the 3rd. 8 yards to michael honeycutt. sooners trailing again, corner of the end zone, saunders got it. stoups is jacked. oklahoma wins 33-34. o.k. state eliminated with the loss. the calls to beth teams early. tied at 3 in the third. 11 yards to antoine goodly. bear, next drive. levi norwood, 287 yards in the air. after a defensive interception, he ices it. 18-yard touchdown run. baylor wins the big 12. they will likely get an invite to the bowl. sherwood country club and thousand oaks, tiger woods and 17 of his best friend in the mutual world challenge. johnson regained the lead until tiger gave him a share of the lead at 11 under. he hit a tree on 12. tiger runs away with the tournament, but 3-putt 13 after sticking his approach, woods birdies, leads by 2 shots at 11 under. salt lake facing off at the mls cup 76 minutes. collins off the quarter kick, tied

by those that made this day possible including dan boren from oklahoma. we are honored to be joined by [applause] we are fortunate to have in congress two outstanding leaders, two native americans of tom cole and mark mullen. today, we need to immortalize men who were in a way meeting for the first time. during the second world war, he was a member of the 195th field artillery battalion. one day in 1944, he was walking through an orchard in southern france and heard one of his bretheren singing under a tree. he recognized the dialogue and put them to work on opposite ends of the radio. that coincidence brought these men onto the stage of history and alongside the elite band that we call code talkers. i ask all of you to join me in welcoming him here and thanking him for his service. [applause] edmund and his brothers were at normandy. they were on hiroshima. they mobilized the simplest weapon, language, to thwart the fiercest enemy that free people ever known, and they made a difference. after serving with honor, they did the honorable thing, they kept their service a secret, even t

oklahoma residents have a new fear. we have has tornadoes and hailstorms but never an earthquake. and a far reaching zeal has human rights activists worried. debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america here is more. >> beneath the fluorescentsun in a former meat packing plant is the latest trim in farming. they call it "vertical farming." these fields grow on floors on at industrial park and farmer john adel and his staff agrees user. >> my shipping proceed did you say 1500, 2,000 miles to get are. >> the plant of the indoor -- as the indoor formers call it doesn't grow corn or soybeans but mustard, high end micro greens on the plates of white-napkin restaurants. these fish supply the vert liser that number issues the when you think of earthquakes oklahoma is not the place that normally comes to mind, this week alone at least two have hit. more than 200 have shaken oklahoma since 2009. some residents who say they believe hydraulic fracking is so blame.

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made this day possible including dan boren from oklahoma. [applause] we are fortunate to have in congress two outstanding leaders, two native americans of tom cole and mark mullen. today, we need to immortalize men who were in no way, meeting for the first -- in a way meeting for the first time. during the second world war, he was a member of the 195th field artillery battalion. one day in 1944, he was walking through an orchard in southern france and heard one of his brother and singing under a tree. he recognized the dialogue and put them to work on opposite ends of the radio. that coincidence brought these men onto the stage of history and alongside the elite band that we call code talkers. i asking all of you to join me in welcoming him here and thanking him for his service. [applause] [applause] edmund and his brothers were at normandy. they were on hiroshima. they mobilized the simplest weapon, language, to thwart the fiercest enemy that free people ever known, and they made a difference. after serving with honor, they did the honorable thing, they kept their service a secr

oklahoma state capital preservation commission to place a study of a statue of the hindu monkey god on your lawn outside the sooner state capitol building will follow as an attempt by a new york based safeness group to place a say a symbol outside oklahoma's capitol building buildings grounds currently have a monument to the ten commandments on display in both the satanists and the hindus think that if public buildings are allowed to display religious symbols at all they should display the symbols of all religious not just christianity oklahoma's religious conservatives naturally disagree which just goes to show how it was that point of view was to begin with good on the hindus for helping point out the bad bryan fischer not everyone is so happy about what's going on at the oklahoma state house to share the director of public policy with the american family association took to the airwaves tuesday to bash the satanists campaign and to clear the air about which religion the first amendment really protects. but the point is by religion the founders were thinking of christianity so the purpose

, spinoffs and deadly pileups. at least three killed in oklahoma. one shopper in oklahoma city capturing this scary moment as huge sheets of ice fly off a roof in to a busy outdoor mall. luckily, no one was injured n. in the south, the storm spawned possible tornados tearing apart this roof in louisiana, overturning mobile homes in mississippi and destroying entire neighborhoods in parts of arkansas. in milwaukee, john says walking his dog lola has become a challenge. >> it is shutdown mode. we better get inside and be prepir paired for whatever else comes. >> reporter: that's the attitude many are taking get out of the winter weather as soon as possible. temperatures are expected to plunge as the week begins. alex perez, abc news, milwaukee. >>> after spring-like warmth here in the east, get ready for a wet, wild and chilly changes. >> and potential for an icy commute. let's check in with meteorologist jim dickey at accu-weather. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and diana. many spots over the weekend, new york city, philadelphia, d.c. setting new record highs. many spo

mainly be a rain event, however, we will have the ice threat anywhere from oklahoma city through springfield and we could see additional quarter of an inch of ice, maybe even half an inch of ice. you know what that means. possible downed power line, power outages. things like that. so we are going to see that ice component. we're also going to see the severe component, and this is going to be from shreveport through memphis, nashville, in this area for today, could possibly see isolated tornadoes, could see damaging winds as well. that threat shifts to the east going into tomorrow. also, the very heavy rain event. we're going to see a possible five inches of rain through indianapolis, st. louis, even little rock could pick up possibly four to five inches of rain. so tracking this hour by hour, you can see through memphis, jackson, little rock, as we go through 4:00 this afternoon, it's going to continue to push to the east as we go through midnight tonight, and you can see there's mainly rain on the map. not as much snow with this system. most of the snow is going to stay very fa

, we'll tell you what is keeping some people in the u.s. state of oklahoma await at nights. returns from injury, sarah will have the details right after the break. blame hot topic lately,n the something that was rare until now until last year. it is now keeping people awake at night. >> earthquakes are a big part of daily discussion that's because in recent days these residents have had their share of tremors. >> i was sleeping and i felt like a little and i woke up so i went into my mom's room, and my mom is like did you feel that? >> way have had tornadoes and hailstorms and those kind of things but never an earthquake. >> six years ago the southwestern state would average between two to six earthquake as year, most so small they hardly registered. in 2009, the number of quakes began rising with residents feeling the tremors. >> increasingly, oklahoma's isle h oil and natural gas drilling is being done by hydraulic fracking. they have concerned that that has led to a rise of earthquakes in the state. >> fracs injects high pressure water to increase the flow of oil into natural gas. the

planes. and in bartelsville, oklahoma, look closely, the rain even freezing on this bird's feathers. the ice built up so thick, trees snapped and crumbled under its weight. >> those trees are coming down pretty quick. >> reporter: and threatening homes. in kansas, many cars ended up upside-down, some even stranded. this pickup truck, slid off the highway, killing the driver. in amarillo, and in other parts of texas, first responders struggled just to keep up with the crashes. treacherous road conditions in vermont caused this rollover on i-89, and ice in michigan, thick enough to cover this car window. and it's not just snow and ice, overnight, this storm causing possible tornadoes in arkansas. causing this 18-wheeler to overturn in west memphis, and destroying at least eight homes in chico, and flooding entire neighborhoods. and this storm is not over yet, that ice, snow and rain now moving east, and here in the midwest, temperatures are expected to plunge tonight. dan? >> something to look forward to, alex. >>> t-minus three days until christmas, so is there more extreme weather c

retirement home. temperatures will plunge in the 30s in ohio by tonight. >>> and in oklahoma city, sheets of ice tumbled off a roof, directly falling onto shoppers at an outdoor mall. thousands in oklahoma are without power of after ice and freezing rain coated electric lines causing them to snap. >>> in canada, crews struggling to restore service to hundreds of thousands of customers without power. toronto's embattled mayor rob ford called the storm one of the worst in the city's history. >> reporter: the storm swept across southern ontario with an icy fury. firefighters in downtown toronto were left to deal with an ice-covered tree that fell on the hydro wires and caught on fire. while elsewhere, brilliant flashes lit up the sky as transformers began to explode. >> is truly a catastrophic ice storm we have had here. probably one of the worst we ever had. >> reporter: hundreds of trees have across towns and cities caved under the pressure of the ice. most landed on hydro lines leaving hundreds of thousands without power. toronto's emergency services 311 and 911 had been inundated

, accidents there, people taken to the hospital. tulsa, oklahoma, oklahoma city waking up saturday morning to freezing rain and colder conditions than they wanted. back here in kansas city, the weather has had an impact on airport travel, a handful of flights canceled at kansas city international airport. it's expected to worsen. an official said they expect more cancellations by airlines later this evening. nick valencia, cnn, kansas city, missouri. >> thank you so much. >>> this wild weather is doing a number on air travel. according to flightaware.com, more than 570 flights have been canceled across the country. the west side shows more than 9,000 flights delayed. the airports with the most cancellations, chicago's o'hare, denver international, dfw in dallas and will rogers in oklahoma city. >>> four men have been arrested in connection with a fatal carjacking at a mall in new jersey. local authorities worked alongside the fbi and u.s. marshalls to track down the men. they are accused of shooting and killing a young attorney while his wife watched in horror. the incident occurred six da

it happened on patriots' day. virtually 18 years to the day after timothy mcveigh attacked oklahoma city. >>> he was a brilliant mathematician who hated society. >> he was extremely smart, but socially awkward. >> he started fantasizing about killing people. >> the unabomber left his angry mark of death. >> he orchestrated a vicious bombing spree that killed three, maimed four, and injured 19 others. >> in all sixteen bombs, locations all over the united states. >> i began to think i may not make it. >> his base of operations was crude. >> the cabin was a bomb factory. >> his devices were hideously lethal. >> pieces of wood, nails. >> that's an antipersonnel device. that's used to maim or kill. >> for almost two decades, he skillfully evaded identification and capture. >> we had literally hundreds and hundreds of suspects. >> he dropped out of sight for six years. >> people thought he was dead. >> he was obsessed about leaving fingerprint evidence. >> nobody has seen anybody like theodore kaczynski. >> the hunt for the unabomber. next. >>> a simple sketch was almost all investigator

peoria, oklahoma city, the ice is coming downment and it has been accumulating. we could end up with half an inch of ice, programs an inch in some of the heavier downpours of rain. just to the east of that. st. louis, heavier rain. the potential of very strong thunderstorms today. isolated tornados possible in parts of western tennessee, stretching into louisiana. in yellow, we could see strong storms with possible hail and damaging wind gusts. it is going to be a very active day today. we should top out at 57. 33 in chicago. freezing rain turning over to snow by tomorrow. tomorrow is 31. minneapolis, 18 degrees with snow coming down. 66 degrees in new york city. washington, d.c. should even make it into the lower 70s. so we have a little bit of everything going on for the holiday weekend. but the ice today will be the biggest concern for travelers through the plains states. >>> thanks for that heads-up. new this morning, president obama in hawaii for the holidays. the president held his final news conference of the year. he addressed several years, including the rollout of the

massive winter storm is blasting its way across much of the country. in oklahoma, a number of accidents have been reported due to the recent snow accumulation. temperatures in missouri hit so low that roads became sheets of ice leaving drivers sliding all over the place. and for more on this storm, bill karins is here with the forecast. good morning. >> good morning. and as advertised, this has been just as bad as we expected. many airports will have problems including many people's morning commutes. a lot of school delays, school cancellations out there. the freeze line is the important line. that's the white line. 28 in dallas, 20 in oklahoma city, plenty cold in dallas area. portsmouth, arkansas, one of the worst spots for ice and freezing rain. you're under ice storm warnings in those areas, that's in purple. that's where the power outages are most likely to occur. the pink shades are winter storm warnings that now extend all the y nto columbus, ohio. we've had pretty heavy snow overnight. southern illinois a, and southe indiana, probably more than you were expected. winter weather

like this. texas and oklahoma, freezing rain happening that's where ice accumulates on surfaces and a lot of it could be causing a lot of problems there on power lines on branches and on roadways. right now, we are seeing this large area of patient with the radar plus the clouds this is not snow, or rain, it is what happens in the middle here, the temperatures are easily below freezing in oklahoma city, dallas is at 35, and gets warm tore the south. we look at temperatures in a different way, we see 20 and 50, not too far apart, but we have to look at fit the side, this is where we are getting the freezing rain and sleet. at the surface, it is 20 treeings so you can getting rainfalling in the air, which is below freezing and either freezes before it hits the ground, which would be sleet, or when it hits the ground, that is freezing rain, and we could see a lot of accumulation of that ice in this area. we with can look at the computer forecast, and it shows that between now and about two or three in the morning we are getting a break, but another wave of moisture moves through, and thi

extra supplies stored in christian, oklahoma, to increase our production in our upper plain states as well as canada down to our refining center in the gulf. so this connectivity will allow that to happen. and the reason this importance has you know been upped over the past several years is the change in supply flows. we university to import more oil from venezuela, mexico. those imports have been decreasing. canada, our supplier and.partner of oil, we have been importing for decades, this is the opportunity to increase that benefit. >> jane, we have been using oil sands for decades, a large portion already exists. what's the controversy. >> farmers and ranchers don't think it's our responsibility to bail canada out of a bad investment of tar sands. their main goal is to get as much tar sands to export as possible to make as much profit as possible. we would rather diversify our energy portfolio here in america, it means a lot of solar wind and other renewable energy like ethanol. that's where our country needs to go. if canada wants to refine and export tar sands they can do it on

. >> meteorologist: good morning. specifically the midwest. oklahoma city, wichita cans, goowe're highlighting the area f oklahoma at this and wichita. this is what you would see if you were driving. be careful on the roadways, it won't slow down because it can be clear and then all of a sudden you can run into this. in reduced visibility advisory remains in affect. the satellite radar tracking other storms. we'll have that later. >> after months of harsh criticism the obama administration announced it has met it's deadline to get the healthcare.gov website working but they warn it's still in progress. >> the bottom line of healthcare.gov from december 1st is night and day from where it was on octobe october 1st. >> fixing the website that was originally bogged down with hundreds of bugs. the white house said dramatic progress has been made with this site now performing with private sectors. this site has a lower error rate with capacity to handle 50,000 visit hvisitors at once. if it's busy there is a virtual waiting room that will e-mail you when it's less crowded. >> 50,000 peo

rolled into oklahoma towards the tail end of the rush hour and it caused its trouble there. we had a lot of snow, we had a little sleet and then snowed on top of it. nothing worse than getting a little ice and snow on top. look at the map here, these are our warnings and watches and advisories. we have the big ice storm and snow from oklahoma city to dallas all the way up into areas of western new york. we had dangerous windchills all through the northern plains and a new winter storm that's going to move into california today which that one by the way could even bring snow to areas like philadelphia, d.c., new york, and washington, d.c. on sunday. not a significant event, but still, that's the next one in the wings. as far as the worst right now, overnight the icing has been really bad in arkansas and it tennessee where the trees are coming down this hour, roads closed, schools closed. snow in southern portions of missouri. snowing pretty good in oklahoma city at 19 degrees. it is bitterly cold on the back side of the storm. dallas has had an inch of sleet overnight. they didn't get

the midwest. roads turned into ice rinks in iowa, oklahoma, kansas, missouri and illinois. if you are flying, watch for possible flight cancellations. after two-hour delays in places like kansas city, chicago and dallas. in the south, rain, damaging wind and possible tornadoes are the threat. one twister touched down in mississippi taking out trees. so far, no reports of injuries. we could see more tornadoes later on today. some could be large and violent. jennifer gray is tracking the system. what are the indicators? >> we have tornado watches in place right now, severe thunderstorm warnings. this is what we are going to keep an eye on throughout the afternoon. we have several components to the storm system. we have very heavy rain, possible flooding rain, the severe component, we have the freezing rain and ice and we have snow. we'll break it down for you. we have been dealing with a lot of ice across oklahoma. it's been stretching into missouri. kansas city getting freezing rain. ice in oklahoma city as well. it's trying to change over. we have tornado watches in effect for muc

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