ACROSS THE COUNTRY, DAMAGING WIND AND INTENSE RAIN BATTERING THE EAST, WHILE THE MIDWEST DIGS OUT FROM RECORD BREAKING SNOW BLIZZARDS TURNING ROADS INTO A TOTAL WHITEOUT JUST DAYS BEFORE SPRING. WHILE FIREFIGHTERS TAKE ON A HUGE WAREHOUSE FIRE IN THE BITTER COLD. LOOK AT THAT.PLUS THE DRAMATIC COAST GUARD RESCUE OF A SNOWMOBILER STRANDED ON AN ICE SHELF ON THE EAST COAST. RARE TORNADO WATCHES, HIGH WIND ALREADY TEARING THROUGH TOWNS UP THE COAST. AND LOOK.A FUNNEL CLOUD FORMING OVER A HIGHWAY IN MARYLAND. T ...

We actually tried to talk to you yesterday. Um, but while we were getting ready, uh, about to launch into the interview, Cuba lost power, which is representative, emblematic, I should say, of some of the issues the island is dealing with. It seems to be now partially back up today, the power that is.But talk about what happened um to the power grid there and how the situation on the ground compares to what you experienced when you visited Cuba a few years ago. >> Yeah, my apologies. This is part of just the ...

Yonerkis Polo Garcia is fighting for her life at this hospital in Havana. The mother of two young boys has leukemia. Administering what in most places would be routine cancer treatments is almost impossible here.>> Garcia lives about 20 miles away from the hospital. Too far to walk. She tells me without fuel or affordable transportation, life has only gotten harder.>> We are fighting every day. She says, "My biggest fear is going to bed and not waking up next morning." This is a supply room where all of the ...

It's sunrise on the Rio Grand and Charlie Angel wonders how many more he'll get to watch here. For more than a decade, he's made the river his life and his livelihood, running canoe tours from his home just off the banks. >> And here we are on the banks of the mighty muddy Rio Grand.>> He showed us exactly where that dream might end. I >> I always knew that if they were going to build a border wall, it would be right here upending my life. For weeks, letters from Customs and Border Protection have filled hi ...

This is the straight of Hormuse, which the US government says is the most important energy choke point in the world. Typically, about 1if of the world's oil supply flows through this narrow waterway every single day. But now, ship traffic has slowed to just a dribble, according to the White House, with only a few tankers, primarily Iranian, getting through.>> The straight of Hormuz is the big one. It's always what intelligence analysts, military planners have been concerned about. We have never had an exten ...

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If you could say something to President Trump and he was going to hear you right now, what would it be. >> You are a worthless pile of >> And you voted for him how many times. >> Three times.That was my bad. Apparently, I'm an idiot. >> Are you displeased with the war in Iran.>> Yes. It's not our war. I We shouldn't be We should not be sending our soldiers over there to get harmed when it It's not about us.It's about them. Like, why are we sticking our noses where we don't belong. >> What do you think about ...

WELCOME TO MISTY O'DONNELL IN WASHINGTON. AND WE BEGIN WITH AN ABRUPT CHANGE IN COURSE FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP TIED TO THE WAR AGAINST IRAN AND A TOP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL RESIGNING HIS POST OVER THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO GO TO WAR. AFTER LASHING OUT AT NATO ALLIES FOR REJECTING HIS DEMANDS TO HELP THE U.S. REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW SAYING THE U.S. DOES NOT NEED ANY HELP AND THAT IT NEVER NEEDED ANY HELP, DESPITE JUST YESTERDAY SAYING THAT NUMEROUS COUNTRIES WERE ON THE WAY TO ASS ...

We're down lower than we've been in seven years in gasoline prices and oil prices. Not just the three states that I talk about with 199 a gallon. How would you like to have 199.You know, that's [cheering] that's the equivalent of a very major tax cut. >> Welcome back. Now, that was President Trump in Pennsylvania back in December touting low energy and gas prices.Today, the average price for a gallon of gas in Pennsylvania is 376 according to AAA. That's higher than last week, and it's up more than 60 cents ...

If it's Tuesday, voters are voting somewhere. And today, that somewhere is Illinois, where all eyes are on the Democrats and a crowded and combative race to replace retiring Senator Dick Durban. The top contenders in that race are Congressman Raja Christian Murthy, Congresswoman Robin Kelly, and Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton.Our own Shaquille Brewster, who is often a road warrior on the campaign trail, caught up with all of them in recent days, and they make the case for why they believe they are the ...