[Lemon:] Man, oh, man, Buffalo, western New York, clobbered with snow. You're looking at pictures. We're awaiting a news conference. But here's what happened. Yesterday and overnight, almost two feet of snow caused some major power outages there. Some trees to be downed and big chunks of the interstate to be closed down. More than 220,000 people are without power. We're awaiting a press conference from the governor and the mayor and also from the city's manager to talk about the problems there and how they are going to get all these people to get their power back up soon. As soon as that happens, we'll bring it to you live here in the
[Cnn Newsroom. Phillips:] Well, we're working another developing story, this one out of Florida. Fredricka Whitfield is working the details on that Fred.
[Fredricka Whitfield, Cnn Anchor:] Kyra, a horrifying discovery on the Florida Turnpike near Ft. Pierce exit there on the turnpike. Four bodies being found there. We talked to police earlier who indicate they believe it's an Hispanic family: a man and a woman in their 20s and 30s and two children, ages 4 and 6. And apparently, according to investigators there, the woman's body was seen clutching the two children. All four had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators believe it happened somewhere between midnight and about 7:45 a.m. when they got the first call from an eyewitness who said they saw something on the side of the road there. When investigators got there, come to find out, it was these four bodies. And this location is near a golf course. And there are some residences near that golf course. And at least one resident of that area said they believe they heard gunshots somewhere about 3 a.m. Police are having a really difficult time on this one, because while there are video cameras mounted in the area along the turnpike, they are live feed cameras. So there is no tape in which they can go back and look and see what kind of activity took place. So they are asking that anyone with any information about anything unusual taking place between midnight and 7:45 a.m. in this area, to call 772-462-3230. That number again, 772-462-3230. Investigators are planning a press conference at about 1:30 East Coast time. We're going to be monitoring that. And Susan Candiotti out of our Miami bureau is on the way to this location. She'll be able to bring us some more up to date reporting there from the scene Kyra and Don.
[Phillips:] All right, Fred, thanks.
[Lemon:] Now another member of Congress you probably never heard of before the Mark Foley scandal: John Shimkus, Republican head of the House Page Board. Today he's telling a House Ethics Committee about Foley's problem with teenage pages. And joining us from Capitol Hill, CNN's Andrea Koppel. It seems like it's not even drip, drip, drip, in this. This just seems to be rolling right out, all of this stuff.
[Andrea Koppel, Cnn Correspondent:] Well, it is. And that's certainly one of the messages that Republican leaders in the House want to send out, that they are moving aggressively to get to the bottom of who knew what when, Don. As you mentioned, the next star witness, who's behind closed doors now at the House Ethics Committee, is the Republican chairman of the House page committee. This is basically the three-member committee that oversees the page program in the House. He was the only member of this three-member board, however, who was notified about those inappropriate e-mails that were sent by Foley to an underage teenager, basically, to that page, back late last year. Chairman Shimkus was notified and then shortly thereafter he was one of those who met privately with Mark Foley to discuss those e- mails and told him to knock it off. We know that Shimkus is likely to tell members of the House Ethics Committee today what he told reporters after the story broke, and that is that Foley told them that he was simply acting as a mentor to the House page and that nothing inappropriate has happened. Now, next week, the next star witness to take the hot seat is going to be the House majority leader, John Boehner. Now, John Boehner's story is that he only learned about Foley's behavior and this was last spring. And that even though Boehner's story has changed over the last number of days, he has said that he did tell House Speaker Dennis Hastert about that. Now, we know that House Speaker Hastert has said that, while he doesn't dispute this, he doesn't remember the claim that he was told about Foley's behavior and that he first learned about it, Don, what he says is only two weeks ago when the story broke.
[Lemon:] And even, still, the president, yesterday, in Illinois, standing behind the House speaker.
[Koppel:] Well, that's true. And that was a very important symbol for not just Dennis Hastert but for House Republicans to send to all of their constituents, that Dennis Hastert isn't going anywhere. As you know, he's come under fire in recent days for the way that he handled the matter. It's questionable as to what he knew and perhaps what senior members of his staff knew. But also once he learned about it, how he handled the matter. So the fact that President Bush and Dennis Hastert were standing side by side, shaking one another's hands, is supposed to show that the party is unified behind Dennis Hastert and that the party in general is unified, Don.
[Lemon:] All right. Andrea Koppel, thank you.
[Phillips:] A congressman pleads guilty to taking bribes and will be out of the House soon, one way or another. Ohio Republican Bob Ney will be sentenced January 19 for conspiracy and making false statements. Ney's lawyer says that he'll resign the seat in Congress before then. But House leaders say he should quit this month. Otherwise, they'll move to expel him. Ney is the first member of Congress convicted in the long-running scandal involving disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Abramoff has been cooperating with prosecutors.
[Lemon:] If you look at the calendar, it's October, and it says fall. But don't tell the folks in western New York that.
[Phillips:] They got clobbered with record snow overnight. Thousands of people still in the dark. We do expect Governor George Pataki to hold a briefing this hour. We'll bring it to you live from the NEWSROOM.