Some northeastern states are under a state of emergency because of the dangerous snow storm bearing down on the region. It's expected to blanket much of New England with as much as 3 feet of snow. That means major disruptions to travel and possibly lengthy power outages. NPR's Joe Rose reports how the NewYork City area, which is still recovering from last year's super storm Sandy,  is preparing for this storm.

 

　　New York major Michael Bloomberg spent the morning thanking city sanitation workers. They are the ones who had tried to remove the snow that's expected to start accumulating by the evening. On his weekly radio show Bloomberg said the snow plows and 250,000 tons of salt are on standby. We are locked in what's happening on Friday night, Saturday morning typically have a lot lost traffic. So ***  and make that a lot easier. New York city schools are open today and many after-school programs are not. And track has already cancelled trains north of New York's pen station and most major carriers plan to seize operations at a New York city's airport later today. Joe Rose NPR news, New York.

 

　　Authorities are searching the snow-swept mountain east of Los Angeles for the former police officer accused of a deadly shooting rampage. They are focusing on the Big Bear Lake region of the ## mountains after Christopher Dorner burned-out pickup, was found on the 4th road. Sheriff John Macman says there's still a lot of ground to cover.

 

　　We are going to continue to search primarily up into the mountain area and make sure there's a lot of carbons up there that are abandoned we want to make sure he didn't find a place to hide out for the night. Authorities describe Dorner as a ## former officer who has threatened in rambling writings to bring 'welfare to police and their families'. He's accused of killing at least 3 people, including a police officer.

 

　　In response to the mass shooting in the Newtown of Connecticut you may recall New York quickly enacted the toughest gun laws in the nation, while  NPR's Richard # reports that now some California law makers want to top New York.

 

　　The law makers proposed to ban the future sale, manufacture, transfer and importation of semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines. But the proposals come from Democratic law makers who control both Houses of California Legislature.  They also want to regulate amunnition sales and make some prohibition retroactive, in other words ' apply them to current gun owners, not just gun buyers in the future'. A spokesman for the group called Gun Owners of California says the proposed law would have zero impact on gun violence, and he accused the law makers of trying to windup the State of New York where similarily tough gun laws are in effect.  Richar #, NPR news San Francisco.

 

　　At the last check on Wallstreet, Dow is up 40 points at 13,984, NASDAQ up 28, S&P 500 gaining 8 points. This is NPR.

 

　　Syrian rebels have cut off the main highway out of the capital , Damascus, but the fighting has been especially fierce in the northwestern part of the country. And the mass exitors form Syria continues. The UN refugee agency now estimates 5,000 people a day are fleeing to neighboring countries.

 

　　In Egypt, growing frusration with President Mahomad Morsi led to rallies in several major cities today. Thousands of people took part in the arguing with the government's been too slow to change since the 2011 revolt. Adding to the political unrest, hardline Muslim clerics # to assasinate the Islamist President's opponent. The government swiftly denounced the fatwas # # assasianation Wednesday in Tunisia.

 

　　A Somalia journalist is in police custody. NPR's ## reports from the capital recent court case has heightend tensions between journalists and police in Mogadishu. The journalist Dawood Abdidawood was arrested Tuesday after giving an interview to Somalia television just a few minutes after another Somalia journalist was convicted in court. That journalist  ##  was arrested after inviewing a woman who said she was raped by government soldiers. She convicted for insulting a government body. According to the National Union of Somalia Journalists, Dawood Abdidawood was outside the courtroom giving a television interview about the case when he was arrested and ordered held for 5 days in jail without charge. Somalia has become one of the most dangerous places in the world for reporters. Last year a journalist was shot and killed on average every three weeks. ## NPR news Mogadishu.

 

　　At the last check on Wallstreet, the Dow is up 40 points. This is NPR news.