conditions. the colorado department of transportation is now using a special ice slicer, combination of sodium chloride and magnesium chloride to treat the roads to try to make it as safe as possible. >> all right, anna cabrera live from colorado. by friday the storm could cause extremely dangerous conditions in some cities that aren't to used freezing rain, sleet and snow. shear a live look at santa lewis, expected to be hit by snow and ice tomorrow. dense fog there right now. dense fog here, too, in atlanta. let's head to new york, though, and eindra peterson. >> you nailed it, it is the threat of freezing rain that we're so concerned with. but more snow still expected to fall anywhere from over a foot of though still in through colorado, even through minnesota. we'll still be talking about, yes, that heavy snowfall, but let's take a look at the system and where it's expected to go forward from here. now, this is what we were talking about, that freezing rain threat. where you see the pink, that's a wintry mix. what we're concerned with is that wintry mix could be not just sleet, but

community. those few hours will tell us a lot as far as the current situation, when we can start bringing people back. right now, we're just going to hold the line. the area is safe. people are out. at this point we're looking for the experts to tell us what kind of readings they're getting. the railroad crews are responding and getting set up throughout the night here. things are definitely happening and everybody is safe right now. no injuries. we're just very thankful for that. >>> ntsb leading the investigation along with the federal railroad agency. >>> releasing new elements on the key element of the recovery. the value of your home and the rebound from those gut-wrenching losses a few years ago. alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. pretty big numbers. >> there are. this is a big number. good morning to you. s&p kay schiller says houses rose 13.6% if you compare it to the number a year ago. las vegas and los angeles both continue to show strength. when you compare numbers to the earlier month in september, fwroeth in prices in 18 of the cities on the index, it's slo

. >> pistorius, nicknamed blade runner for the prosthetic legs he uses for sprinting, was charged with premeditated murder. he's fighting that charge, saying he mistook steenkamp for an intruder. number nine, the royal announcement heard around the world. >> the duchess of cambridge safely delivered a son at 4:24 p.m. local time. >> god save the queen! >> the fountains of trafalgar square illuminated in blue light. >> the new royal heir in the royal kingdom. >> baby george was born in july to prince william and his wife kate. number eight -- >> tens of thousands of people have poured out on to the streets in is what another demonstration against the government. >> about a year after the arab spring ushered in egypt's first democratically elected president, mohamed morsi is outed in a military coup. many egyptians frustrated by what they saw as the slow pace of change and the rise of islamic fundamentalism. number seven, after decades of distrust and a diplomatic gridlock, there's a thaw with iran. >> the phone call that's making history. president obama called iran's new president hasa

. a safe that had been secured but they used a crowbar to breakthrough the glass. a spokesperson took us through how they did it. >> broke the window to one office, gained access to this office and went kettle to kettle taking out any of the dollar currency that could be 5s, 10s, 20s. >> again, $10,000 worth total stolen by the suspects. d.c. police tell us they are looking for information about the suspects. no arrests made, yet, wolf. this is a setback for the salvation army. itis a big setback. the commander said this is going to be christmas for a lot of families in that neighborhood of southeast washington, d.c. this is the only christmas, the only way some kids in that neighborhood and around the area can have a present for christmas and good food. this is a big setback for them. >> certainly is. how vulnerable are charities like this, specifically at this time of year? >> especially according to a law enforcement specialist, they have a particular vulnerability because our law enforcement analyst said there's more money in the kettles than you think. that creates a vulnerabilit

that depending on what brand you use and how they vaporize the nicotine. this is not a standardized industry. this is the wild west. it's not regulated. when the fda tells me that they're safe, then i will believe they're safe. when i know that their lawyers are put ogen that i package saying that this product is toxic and addictive, that's pretty much good enough for me. >> it seems like system people might thing that you're sort of jumping the gun. because there is no hard core evidence out there that these are dangerous to other people. and it's more like another nanny state law that new york city has passed. >> we think this is a prudent public health move. and we are no way near the first. we've got about between 18 and 20 million americans that live in jurisdictions that have these regulated the same way as tobacco. new jersey, utah, north dakota. many other jurisdictions have made this common sense public health move. but big tobacco who are in the toxic addiction business want everyone to think otherwise. they sued the fda, they said that they wanted to be regulated as tobac

anti-bacterial soaps and body washes are safe for long-term use. >>> heart-stopping moment at an airport in poland. that man puts his baby on a luggage counter and looks away for a second. you know how fast things can happen. that baby suddenly -- you're going to see it in a second -- falls off. you see the security guy? he does an amazing dive and he catches the child before the baby hits the ground. wow! we hear that officer received a bonus for that amazing rescue. good for him. >>> $586 million. that's what's up for grabs at the mega millions jackpot. no one has picked the winning ticket in the past 21 drawings. if it rolls over again, it will reach $800 million by the end of the week and possibly $1 billion. joining me on the phone is mega millions group lead director and current executive director of the texas lottery. good morning, gary. >> hi, carol. how are you? >> i'm good but i bet you're better. how fast are tickets selling? >> we're bracing for today. on a typical draw we'll sell between $15 and $17 million worth of tickets. by the end of today, nationwide we'll sell

more. >>> some news today that impacts all of us or at least those of us who like to use soap. the government may look to ban those antibacterial hand soaps along with body wash unless companies can prove they are effective and safe. so how does this impact you? cnn's senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here to explain. >> these soaps are everywhere, soaps that claim to be antibacterial. now the fda says if they want to claim to be antibacterial they'll have to prove that they are safe and effective long term. that's a pretty high bar. there are lots of concerns about the safety. there are concerns that these soaps may be causing hormonal problems, may be causing antibiotic resistance so that the antibiotics our doctors give us aren't working as well as they should be. there are also concerns that really, this soap is no more effective than plain old soap that doesn't have the antibacterial claim. the fda says you have to prove these claims or else you need to stop making them. brooke? >>> now this. just chilling audio recordings just released, recounting the final mome

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guilty until proven innocent. we need to know these things are safe and okay to use. >> reporter: they've been in the u.s. less than an a decade and increasingly big tobacco companies are manufacturing them. the health impact and conflicting studies on whether or not nicotine alone is harmful. >> i would like the science to catch up with what we're doing here. >> reporter: but you're still willing to do it. >> but i think the alternative to just smoking all day, i think this is a better alternative. >> what we gain is far greater than what we had the potential. >> reporter: amy fairchild of columbia university school of public health co-authored this op-ed making the case for e-cigarettes. a lot say there's not enough science. >> there is never going to be enough science. there is always going to be room for another study and what i would say to them is the need is so great now, you have so many tobacco death now. the dire urgent public health need. this is one of the most important public health. >> reporter: they must be federally regulated and not marketed to kids. i wish you

the right way? are we making sure that we're keeping the american people safe, number one. are we also being true to our civil liberties and our privacy and our values. >> i understand it's a tough job, and god forbid there's another terror attack. every one of us will be second guessing you and that's extremely difficult. >> i volunteered. >> my question is, do you have any personal regrets. you're not addressing the facts the publish statements you made to address the public. james clapper went up, got a question from a democrat, not a republican, about whether some of this was going on, and he denied it. doesn't this deflate the public trust? he's still on the job. >> i understand. what i'm saying is this. that yes, these are tough problems. that i am glad to have the privilege of tackling. your initial question was whether the statements that i made six months ago are ones that i don't stand by, and what i'm saying is that the statements i made then are entirely consistent with the statements that i make now, which is that we believed that we had scrubbed these programs and st

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now for any other deliveries or anything that's nonemergency. janie fricke, stay warm and safe, keep us posted. >> thank you, fredricka. appreciate it. >> all right. >>> now people all over the world are mourning the death of nelson mandela. outside the civil rights icon's home, not only are there memorials, but people are actually celebrating his life through song, dance. cnn's robin kur no joins us from joe han he isburg where people have been celebrating his life as people mourn around the clock since the announcement of his death. >> reporter: absolutely. you can probably hear behind me, i am surrounded by south africans on a street outside the house where he passed away. they are singing and dancing, but don't be mistaken, this isn't a party, this is the way south africans say good-bye and welcome people. south africans basically show their feelings in song and dance. so you hear a lot of that song, nelson mandela, nelson mandela, there's no one else like you. it keeps getting chanted over and over again. it is a lament, a prayer, but a thank you as well. >> incredible. tell me,

rates but you want to be most safe. at this point forward, are we saying that no matter what, using our debit cards, we're just so much more vulnerable, we need to lean toward our credit cards or what will this do and how will it influence how we buy things now? >> debit cards are great, budgetary control, no interest, no late fees, no due dates, they're great right until they get stolen, then they're terrible. because you have very limited protections and it's your money being taken versus the credit card where it's the bank's money that is being taken and you have ultimate protections. i would seriously consider converting from a debit card to a credit card. having a debit card is great, but it acts as an incentive to keep a large amount of money in your checking account where it is extremely vulnerable to hackers versus a credit card where there's not a dime of your money on that card. it's the bank's money. all this is is you being kind of in control of these impulses to use the card and getting yourself -- >> credit card companies love this because they'll make more money off y

blade runner, due to the prosthetic limbs he used for running, is fighting the murder charge seeing he hiss took her for a burglar. >> duchess of cambridge safely delivered a son at 4:20 p.m. local time. the fountains of the square illuminated in blue light. >> the new royal heir in the united kingdom. >> baby george born in july to prince william and his wife, kate. number eight -- >> tens of thousands of people have poured out on to the streets in what is another demonstration against the government. >> about a year after the arab spring in egypt's first democratically elected president, is out offed in a military coup. the rise of islamic fundamentalism. number seven, after decades of distrust and diplomatic gridlock, there is a thor with iran. >> the phone call that's making history. president obama called iran's new president. >> six world powers. >> the preliminary deal elimit the nuclear weeapons and international sanctions. some say it doesn't go far enough. number six. >> all around, you hear the sounds of windows breaking. objects crashing to the floor. >> typhoon haiyan wipi

on and asked for iran's help because they had offered help in the past in finding -- in helping us locate and return him safely. >> okay. separately, there was a high profile execution in north korea yesterday. what's your assessment of what's behind this execution? is this kim trying to consolidate power? >> so we're going to continue to monitor jay carney's briefing at the white house. they're moving on to north korea right now. but you just heard him hem make the case for the release of robert levinson, the former fbi agent who's been held captive, maybe in iran, maybe some place else for the last seven years. it's now been revealed by the associated press and "the washington post" that he was in fact, working pore the cia in some sort of fashion when he was abducted in iran seven years ago. let's bring in our cnn law enforcement analyst, the former fbi assistant director tom fuentes. tom, i understand you worked with robert levinson at the fbi. you knew him. tell us a little bit about this man. >> yes, wolf. we worked together not directly together because i was running the fbi

infiltrated and others that have protections in place so that when i use my card, i'm safe? >> well, just because you don't detect the attack doesn't mean you haven't been attacked. >> hmm. >> you know, it's -- what we tell all of our clients is, it's not a matter of if you'll be attacked, it's a matter of when. and it's just -- it's just the way that we deal with -- i know with target, some people are starting to say, well, these p.i.n. numbers had to have been decrypted, because our p.i.n. was actually compromised. however, there's a very good chance they could have been hit somewhere else. >> so then, david, really quickly, what do i do with this information as a consumer? what do i do when i go shopping, if i can't count on the retailer to, you know, make sure that i'm protected? what can i do as a consumer when i use my card, or are you telling me don't use my card? >> well, yeah, there's a couple of things can you do. always use signature. don't ever put your p.i.n. number in. try to use credit cards and not debit cards. that way, the money's not taken out of your account. if you ca

using a card. >> i would have thought it was guaranteed before. >> right. >> and a lot of people, i can tell based on my twitter feed, that people do not feel safe there and are not willing to go there. it may take a long time to repair some of this damage. it makes me think, if these guys, these thieves pumd off something this size, i don't know what other retailer might be next. >> what could be the impact of these class action lawsuits? >> that's something that's going to have all of the companies getting on their toes. one of the questions that i have about the lawsuits that are reportedly being filed is are they really customers that are upset or are they lawyers saying, i'm filing on behalf the customers. i think it's only $5 million worth of damages. i think we can expect to see that number go way up. target's really got a problem. >> folks on twitter and friends of mine feel like 10% is kind of chinsy. only 10%? >> still, what a hit for them to be taking at this time of year. the number two retailer in the country. this is a massive hit on them for many, many fronts. i'm goi

-killing benefit of antibacterial so and data that the does show that these sos are safe. >> the burden will be on them. elizabeth is joining us now. elizabeth, i want to shift also and get your perspective on this growing controversy over the past 24 hours or multivitamins. there's a new you skiskt medical report suggesting they aren't at least as effective as we thought they they were. they might even be dangerous. give us the latest information about multivitamins. >> right. so these were studies that looked to wlf multivitamins helped fight dementia or heart attacks. basically the studies found they didn't. people take multivitamins for a multitude of reasons, no pun intended. so some people might say well, i take it because i think it makes me stronger or i think it might prevent me from getting a cold. the editorial writers at the annals of internal medicine said look, most supplements don't prevent chronic disease or death. their use is not justified and they should be avoid pd. at least these doctors think there's really no reason for anyone to it be taking a multienviron

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companies tend to lag behind a little bit. government tends to make safe betts. no one ever got fired for hiring ibm, that is the culture of washington. if we only exclusively hired ibm in the private sector, we would still be using the old giant monolithic pcs. >> good advice. good talking with you again, clay johnson. good tips there for people >> good to see you and happy new year. >> happy new year to you. >> we know how tempting vending machines can be. but soon you'll get a reality check because millions of machines will be required to displace calorie information. we'll take a look at how it will work and how much it will cost. >> new regulations will go into effect early next year as part of obamacare. they allow more information for you. more than 10,000 companies will have to display this, the calorie counts. similarly to what you see in menus in restaurants. it will be on vending machines now. they'll see the calories next to their snack choice. they include lays potato chips, skittles, snickers. you'll see it right there. now, the fda hopes this will help consumers go from alt

live for us now in new york. so, is that the case, very difficult to, i guess, decode? >> reporter: well, fred, target is telling shoppers they believe that the information is safe, secure and protected, but some security experts are saying it's possible that that information might not be. there are sophisticated hackers out there right now trying access those p.i.n. numbers, so really no reason for shoppers to wait and find out. just a day after saying there was no evidence that personal identification numbers, or p.i.n.s, were accessed in its massive security breach, a turn-around from target. the retail giant saying debit card p.i.n. numbers were stolen along with names and card numbers as part of the recent hacking. still, target insists the p.i.n. code information is safe and secure, in a statement, saying "the p.i.n. information was fully encrypted at the keypad, remained encrypted within our system and remained encrypted when it was removed from our systems." the company insists it would be unlikely that hackers would be able to unscramble the data, but some experts remain c

were affected by the hacking. many rushed to get new cards. joining us live is kevin, a former hacker who was once the fbis most wanted computer criminal. he's now the president of a security site. target says the p.i.n. numbers are encrypted, so they are still safe. what is your take? >> well, that's what we have to go on. unfortunately, we really don't know for sure if the hackers were able to put in software into the point of sale systems at any of the target stores. it's possible they could have intercepted the information but we really don't know. really, who cares if the hackers got the p.i.n.s because if they got the debit card numbers, they are able to use the debit cards online without the p.i.n. the only thing you need is the code, the cvv code to commit fraud using the cards as long as the debit card allows you to use it as a point of sale card as well. >> you have quite a resume. you have a 100% track record for being able to break into any corporate system for which you have been paid to hack. what is your advice? what advice would you give to target to protect the

cover the whole school. >> so perhaps this will be another opportunity for us to revisit, you know, what needs to happen again to keep students safe to prevent shootings like this. daylan, what are your friends saying? what are you doing in terms of trying to heal now? >> well, last night me and about eight miff friends, we got together, and we really just talked. we kind of got our feelings out. none of us really cried, but we did have times where we just needed talk about it and be with our friends and, of course, friends and family really help to get through the situation. >> will you be scared to go back to school on monday or on tuesday, i guess? school is closed monday. >> no, i won't. i've always known that this is a possibility, and i know that it's a possibility again, but. i have confidence that they will get business done. >> we really appreciate your time. >> yeah, thank you. >> thank you for braving the cold. it's deceptively chilly out here in colorado today. wren you have a lot to try to refocus through the weekend. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> martin,