Big storm threatens to unleash wind and snow on your perfect holiday get getaway. We are tracking mother pitch that ears wrath, mother natures path, it all begins right now. Hi, everybody, im Ashleigh Banfield in for john berman and michaela pereira. They have the day off. At this hour in new york police believing up security, protesters threatening to march in the streets of harlem despite mayor bill de blasios appeal for a haultd to all of the demonstrations for now. That is until after the funerals for those two nypd officers who were gunned down in an ambush. Last hour, mayor de blasio and his wife visited the memorial for those two officers. The mayor is asking for everyone to stay calm and he is rejecting claims that he is antipolice. All the while, we are learning more about the man who killed those officers in cold blood. Investigators say this brand new Surveillance Video shows the shooter, ismaaiyl brinsley, about three hours before he unleashed his deadly rampage at a mall in brooklyn. They think that the gun he used was actually inside that white bag that hes carrying. Our alexandra field joins me from brooklyn. So the family of the shooter is telling us more about him. What more are we learning and does it make a difference to whats happening now . I think people want to know. I think people have questions, i think in these cases you dont often get answers that will satisfy you, but there is some explanation coming from the family, ashleigh. Ismaaiyl brinsleys mother made a statement to local media talking about how troubled her son was. She said his life was out of control, that he was in a downward spiral. She said she had become estranged from her son. He was estranged from the family, shed had very little contact with him in the last few years. She went on to offer her condolences to the families of both of the officers killed out here in the street corner. Brinsleys sister also speaking out and she wanted to make one point clear. She said that her brothers actions had nothing to do with police retaliation. She said her brother was suicidal, that he was ill, emotionally troubled, a sick person who simply did not get the help he needed. So alexandra, is there something thats planned later for city hall in . This is holiday week, a lot of people are taking down time. But it seems to me that they have a big job and they have to deal with this now at new yorks city hall. And youve heard the mayor call for peace in this city, hes trying to set the tone today with what theyre doing at city hall this afternoon at 2 47, the exact time these officers were executed, assassinated out here. There will be a moment of silence at city hall. People are not stepping away from this, ashleigh, you just said it was a holiday week and, yes, we know people are with their families or loved ones. I think that makes this resonate a little more deeply, the fact that there are two families, two wives will who will not have their husbands home for this Holiday Season. Its the reason why so many people are out here in the rain. Theyve been coming out here for two days lighting these candles and leaving flowers and it takes your breath away to see people come here to grieve, to reflect on something that was so horrible. Nothing strikes you more, though, ashleigh, than to see the officers who are still out here. We see them come in dozens all day long. Theyve been out here for a few days, they though this is a place where they need to be. These two of their comrades and they are taking a moment to pay their respects and reflect on whats happened here. I was just peeking over your Left Shoulder because i can see two of them in the frame shot right now. It made me wonder, what are they doing and what is the Actual Police force doing to protect the force . I know it sounds bizarre, but they have to have some different protocols given the fact theyre getting actual real tangible threats. Right. You have a few things going on here. You have these officers who are out here grieving and were seeing them sort of connecting with the community out here. This is a place where people come to pay tribute and respect. This is a tense place, this is this isnt a political place, this is where people are coming together. These officers who are here to reflect the loss must be feeling their own sense of concern or fear about their own safety. This is something that the city has taken seriously. Theyve taken a number of steps for the last few days, perhaps most significantly, most pointedly were talking about the celebration of new years eve in times square. Its a celebration that every year draws so many people, its always a big security concern for the city and its the nypd who is in charge of making that a safe event. This year they say theyre going to take extra precautions to keep themselves safe when theyre throughout with the publ public. No matter you how you look at this issue, murder is wrong. Alexandra, thank you. We got this just in from new york. A foundation established to honor the First Responders after 9 11 has decided its going to pay off the mortgages for both of the families of these two men, these fallen officers. I got a statement here from governor mario cuomo and it says i just said mario cuomo, that dates me, doesnt it . Pardon me, folks. The statement says in times of need and pain, the family of new york always comes together to support each other. The web site for the tunnel to Towers Organization is going to be up and running at 5 00 p. M. Today for anyone who wants to donate. Thats the tunnel to Towers Organization accepting public donations to help pay off not only those who suffered after 9 11 but now these two officers as well. Later this hour, this is one of the controversial cases that helped to spark all of the tension over the alleged police brutality. Talking to an attorney for the family of eric garner. Hear what he says about the shooting of those two nypd officers and about the citys stop and frisk policy and what that family wants that has city tries to move ahead in healing. With millions of people who are going to be traveling for the holidays, the last thing you want is someone getting on your plane with guns, much less loaded guns. So i know that sounds like its just not possible, but according to federal prosecutors its not only possible it happened and it happened multiple times. An arrest two weeks ago in new york has exposed an alleged gunsmuggling operation. In this day and age of heightened airport security, without question it should not have been possible but according to a criminal affidavit, a delta baggage handler in atlanta and an accomplice, an alleged accomplice were somehow able to smuggle 129 handguns and two assault rifles on five flights since last may. Seven of those guns were actually loaded and actually in the cabin with passengers. How they pulled this off is mindboggling and we expect to learn more at a live News Conference by the brooklyn d. A. Coming up at 3 00 p. M. Eastern time. In the meantime, aviation correspondent rene marsh has been working the phones trying to hammer down how they could do anything like this. Rene, ever since 9 11 i have watched as the tsa has been put into place, new security measures have been established, ive had to take off my shoes and i watch pilots and i watch flight attendants and i even watch the girl from starbucks who works in the concourse go through security and actually get her bags xrayed. How on earth could this have happened with the baggage handler . Its an alarming breach in airport security. Having said that, this is how investigators say this all happened. The gun supplier according to investigators was that Delta Airlines baggage handler. Apparently, this individual by the name of eugene harvey, he would drive his vehicle into the employee parking lot and then, with his badge, he would let himself in to the secure restricted airport area. At that point, he does not need to go to through tsa or through the security checkpoint. This is all according to the documents from federal prosecutors. Now, his accomplice was a former Delta Airlines employee. That person went through tsa like you and i would, did not have any weapons on him. Once the accomplice cleared security, he waited in the waiting area in the secure area, were talking about at the gate where you would wait for your flight. He would communicate with the baggage handler, let him know he is there, the two men met in a bathroom within the airport and thats where the transfer happened. This apparently happened multiple times. At least five flights where weapons were transferred from atlanta to new york city, ashleigh. Pretty shocking. It certainly does raise a lot of very disturbing questions. Rene, stand by, i want to bring in cnn analyst mary schiavo. Mary, you seem to have the answers to why we make such big mistakes and where we could be better. This one seems to scream for answers. How does a baggage handler have the kind of clearance to come to work with a bag full of guns, park in the employee parking lot and again the guns on the tarmac. Why is there this loophole . Whats unfortunate is the reason i have the answer is this has all happened before. This the subject of a tremendous amount of debate after september 11, 2001, when they were setting up the new tsa and deciding how it should be done. And 23 you recall, there was a debate about whether the pilots and flight attendants had to go through security and they decided yes, of course, they do. But this loophole persisted and that is employees of the airlines and aurpt wirport who n the secure areas of the airport, the bowl bowels of the airport you dont see, they report to work throughor gateways into the secure area but they do not have to clear metal detectors or tsa security checkpoints. And so thats been a big loophole. And it was discussed way back when we we set up tsa and they were desited that if they had the rudimentary background checks they would be exempted. This is rick d ridiculous. Theres a glaring opportunity for anyone to get a job on friday and show up to work on monday with nary an fbi eyeball on his background and take whatever he wants on to a tarmac to be loaded up through the ramp on to a plane . Thats just about it. And, you know, surprising was the aviation industry, the Airline Industry and others who did not want this additional layer. Now, they do have background checks but not the background checks you have to get a top security clearance. In those background check, the fbi goes out and talk to your neighbors and see what kind of mail you get, et cetera. For these background check its an arrest check. They make sure youre a lawful worker, et cetera, then you can report to work. So obviously that does not get the kind of information youd want to know if they would be likely to be involved in a criminal operation and they took advantage of all of the known loopholes. Even the bathroom loopholes because there are security cameras in the stalls and everyone knows that. Its ridiculous. Its ridiculous. It is ridiculous. Known loopholes, you said the words on national television. I have 20 seconds left. Now that we have a nice criminal affidavit for all to read, a Public Document about how they pulled this off, tell me this is going to change. Tell me that this is going to be a wakeup call that we should have been 13 years ago and that this wont happen again and someone with a farm more nefarious motive than gun smuggling wont be able to do something much, much worse. Id like to tell you its going to change, ashleigh, but sadly i think it wont because this has happened before. Weve had baggage handlers pilfering things and misusing their bags and airlines say its too expensive to close the loophole. Hopefully with you shedding light on it and others the government will see how truly ridiculous this is. This is even the plot of a baldacci novel, by the way, they transferred backpacks in the background. That was ten years ago, that novel. It needs to close, the loophole needs to go away. Unbelievable. Mary schiavo, i wish i could say thanks for the information, but its even made me more angry. Have a good holiday, my friend. Hopefully youre not getting on a plane. I am, sadly. My dear, im sorry. See you in the new year. Got my fingers crossed. While mary gets ready for her trip, the brooklyn d. A. Will be holding a News Conference today on this gun trafficking arrest. Its a doozy. Thats coming up at 3 00 p. M. Eastern time so either set your dvr or leave your channel on. I have an early Christmas Present for you. Are you ready . Ding ding ding ding. Wall street, dow, 18,000. Thats a milestone that it hit for the First Time Ever and it happened today. This has been a heck of a year for stocks. One being written . 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Fingers were pointed directly at city hall. Police unions and others said the killings were the result of de blasio being anticop. And heres why perhaps they felt that way. Mayor de blasio campaigned against the Police Tactic known as stop and frisk. It stopped after he became mayor as well. He told his biracial son to be extra care informal his deals with police because hes nonwhite and announced that publicly. The mayor is accused of allowing recent antipolice demonstrations to get out of hand and not punishing those who broke the law during those demonstrations. He referred to two Police Officers who were roughed up by protesters as an alleged assault not as an assault and hes been close with protest organizer al sharpton whos been extremely critical of the new York City Police department. My guests today are jonathan moore, who is the attorney for the family of eric garner who, of course, youll know, died after being put in a police choke hold last july. And former nypd captain mark novak who has been a guest just this week as well on this program. Im glad both of you are here because this is one of those weeks where the mayor is calling for a moment of kumbaya. Look, everybody just take a deep breath, its a holiday week and we havent even buried the dead. For the protests to go forward, Everyone Needs to just have this moment. Is that what eric garners family wants . Yes. I think theyve made a conscious decision to not be involved in anything while these families grieve for their lost sons. They spoke very eloquently on saturday expressing their deep condolences toward the family. Theyve experienced the loss of a son, his mother experienced the loss of a son, she understand what is that is. Theyre not interested in ratcheting up the emotion. Theyre not going to give up their struggle for justice for eric garner and for other victims of police abuse, but i think we all would benefit by a cooling off period. But, mr. Moore, after the funerals and that will be soon then what . Well, then we have to begin to deal with the issues again of what caused the death of eric garner. We have to begin to tell the truth about why new york city is in the situation it is. For roughly the last ten years, the Police Department has been engaged in a policy of stopping and frisking people without reasonable suspicion and because of their race. Thats not me saying it, thats not the Garner Family saying it, thats the federal court and the United StatesDistrict Court for the Southern District in new york, they concluded that after a tenweek trial, after hearing over 100 witnesses, after having 400 exhibits concluded that the Police Department, not the officers, the Police Department, had maintained a policy and practice of racial profiling. When you have that kind of culture within the Police Department, youre going to have problems like what happened to eric garner. So mark what does this mayor have to do . If this is true and the critics are writing it at length today that if you dont have the support of your Police Department you cant govern a major city or a minor one. What does he have to do to fix this . Hes going to have to try and restore that trust with the Police Department. How . By what the officers want to see and feel is that when they are correct, when the officers are doing the right thing, he wants them to have they want him to have their back. The officers understand that if something went wrong, if there is any kind of things that need to be addressed then so be it. Lets look at what happened, well take our lumps and move on. But what the officers are not feeling right now that anybody has their back. They feel under attack. They feel theyre being painted with one broad brush stroke. I hear over and over again how were not supposed to judge an entire community or an entire organization by the actions of one or two people. Well, this is what the officers are feeling right now when you have these protests going about with the signs for racist police, all police are racist, k k k nypd, calling for the death of Police Officers. They feel under attack and they feel that no one, including the mayor, some officers weather rightly or wrongly feel the mayor has fostered this. Jonathan, has the message reached the public . When i mean the public, those taking to the streets and calling the nypd racist or calling the policies racist, has the message reached the streets that mayor de blasio is the first mayor to provieside over city as it has shifted to maj majority minority. Meaning there are more black people, asian people, hispanic people than white people in the city and thats reflected on the force. This police force in this city is majority minority. Is that known . I think thats a good point and i think people understand that the city has changed. Thats why we now have a new mayor who has spoken quite eloquently of his own personal experience, his familys experience, and the need to begin to address these issues. We have been in the process over the last several months of meeting with the Police Department. We i mean the lawyers in the stop and frisk case, meeting with the Police Department, meeting with representatives of the city to try to come up with ways to change the culture within the Police Department and the culture within the community in terms of how they see the police. We all have a lot of work ahead of us. But we have to start from the basis of acknowledging what has happened over the last few years. Weve had very aggressive policing that has created a rift between communities of color and the Police Department. Thats a fact. Thats not going to be you cant ignore that fact. You cant ignore the truth if you want to have reconciliation. Does the Garner Family want to be the face of the protests in new york . Michael browns family in ferguson was okay with being the face. They went to geneva to be the face of that movement. Do the garners want to be the face of this movement . I wouldnt say they want to be the face. I think they were thrust into this situation and they didnt want it and wherever they speak about it they say they wish they werent here, they have to speak about it. Theyve spoken very eloquently, i think, particularly his mother and his wife about the pain they feel. And theyve actually gone out of their way to say over and over that theyre not antipolice, that they support the police. And this movement to the extent that i can speak for the movement and i certainly wouldnt pretend to do that, but in all the events ive attended, the message have been clear. Were not antipolice, were about effective, fair, biasfree constitutional policing. Thats the standard that should apply to all citizens of this city. All residents of the city. Id like to say thats the goal when most Police Officers go out on a daily basis and do. Somehow they have to figure out how they have the same message and show they have the same message to one another. I appreciate you both being here. Thank you and happy holidays to you. Ahead at this hour, www. Noservice. Com. No kidding. North koreas Internet Service is out again. Second day now according to din research and kim jongun is pointing a finger directly at the United States of america. Ed royce whos the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs committee will be here with the reaction. He has a couple suggestions for kim. Youll hear what they are next. Ring ring progresso i cant believe im eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sisters wedding well its only 100 calories, so youll be ready for that dress uhhuh. You dont love the dress . I love my sister. 40 flavors. 100 calories or less. My baby drove up in a brand new cadillac. My baby drove up in a brand new cadillac. 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But i want to bring in congressman ed royce whos the chairman of the House Committee on foreign affairs. Chairman, thanks for taking the time to be with us today. Whats your speculation, if thats all weve got, speculation. Is this the latest salvo from the americans or Something Different . You know, we dont know at this point. But whats interesting is that we did have conversations with the government in china, i know, and part of that discussion was over the fact that china unicom has been used as sort of the north korean access point. So its anybodys guess right now in terms of whether it was china finally saying no and shutting that down or some other source. But the other thing we should remember is theres only a couple thousand Access Points or addresses in north korea. So three quarters of the country doesnt even have electricity. Ive been in north korea. Its not as though we could do much damage or a hacker could do much damage if they did shut down the north korean system. I want to read one more quote from that annist at din research, matthew prince. Kwut its probably risky to speculate that attack is being launched by any statebased entity. Its much more likely its some 15yearold in a guy fawkes mask. Lets just say taking down the internet aside as one of the possible methods of retaliation to north korea and as you said, what effect would it really have . You have some concrete ideas on what might be a stronger message and actually a bigger stick to wield. Can you tell me what it is youre mulling about . I have legislation that we passed into the senate, and let me just explain the concept here. What we noticed about the north korean hackers and theres about 3,000 of them that have been trained, some in moscow, some in beijing. But they are really good with this malware and one of the things theyve done is to take out the Banking System from time to time or specific banks in south korea. Another thing theyve done is to probe to see what they could do to our electric grid or what they could do here in the United States to air traffic control. These the types of things we worry about. Whats the achilles heel for north korea . Its the fact that they need access to the Financial System. They need hard currency. And in the past, in 2005 when we caught them counterfeiting hundred dollar u. S. Bills, what we did was to sanction banko delta asia, and it shut down their Financial System. So thats the approach i think would work in terms of not only stopping the resources that they apply here but the that generals wouldnt be paid again, this is what happened last time, the dictator couldnt pay the generals and he couldnt pay to maintain his Nuclear Weapons program which i think we have a vested interest in. Ill put the out a note to our viewers that you introduced the north korea saks sanctions enforcement act that passed in the house and stalled in the senate, now we have a new senate and you plan to roe introduce the bill as one of the first orders of business when the Congress Reconvenes in the new year. Can i move beyond even that . Weve seen sanctions against rogue nations, somewhat langu h languishing because its the people who suffer for than the leaders, it would seem. What about the possibility of conventional war . Is that even in the offing . Is it even on anyones radar when it comes to thats not on anyones radar. Why would we want to do that with north korea when, frankly, we know that sanctions worked on south africa. We know weve piled ten times the sanctions that weve applied on north korea against burma and that worked. That brought the burmese government to the table. What weve never really done with north korea except for that short period of time after we caught them counterfeiting hundred dollar bills is to just take their Financial System offline. Basically disallow any banks to do business with that regime because of the Money Laundering its engaged in. And that is the way to put maximum pressure on the regime to actually get change internally. And i think thats what we have to do at this point. Can i ask you, this is sort of a personal question, a moral question, and its about the movie that has sparked this whole problem, the interview. It shows the violent death of a sitting leader. Regardless of what you think of this leader, do you think its appropriate for that kind of an image to be created in a film thats released globally . If that had happened to president obama, to an image of president obama, wouldnt americans be outraged, disgusted, angry, all the same things the North Koreans are . Well, there has been in art in the past and in theater this theme. And i think what you have to go to is the question of how we should have responded to salmon rushdies satanic verses. A million years ago, sure. A long time ago but what an affront that seemed to be to the Ayatollah Khomeini who put out a fatwa on his head. But remember at the time the way our Artistic Community responded to that. Stephen king, for example, called up the head of one of the bookstore chains and said hey, i understand this fatwa has been put on you. Well, either you carry Salman Rushdies books or you take my books off the shelf. And so this was the way the publishing houses reacted, the way that authors reacted. I think when it come tots freedom of expression, freedom of speech, pushback. That was one of my first stories when i got into this business about 27 years ago, the Salman Rushdie satan verses. Thank you so much for remind megaof how old i am. Thank you so much. Still ahead, the rage and protests against police spreading now to another american town. Its milwaukee, folks. Look at your screen, its outrage after the District Attorney there decides not to charge a cop in the shooting death of a mentally ill africanamerican man. So this time theres a different method that was employed. No grand jury. Well take you the scene with the latest. Also, got travel plans this holiday . If so, stick around and get up your internets because youll see pictures like this and, oh, i hope it wont be where youre going. A huge winter storm threatening to wreak havoc on your potential plans. Sorry to be the bearer of the bad news. Ill let you know how bad it is, next. Youre driving along, having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pickup truck slams into your brand new car. One second it wasnt there and the next second. Boom youve had your first accident. Now you have to make your first claim. So you talk to your Insurance Company and. 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Maria hamilton, ashleigh, she says shes frustrated by what happened. Remember, this happened back in april so this family has been waiting for many, many months. There have been protests here in milwaukee for months. That answer came just the other day. Its an answer that the family is having a hard time understanding. Keep in mind that this officer, ashleigh, was fired from his position by the police chief who basically said he put himself, chris manning, put himself in a position where he had no choice but to use deadly force, basically firing his weapon 14 times. So he was fired from his job, the family, many protesters, are trying to understand why he wont Face Criminal Charges for what happened. So as i understand it, the situation was that the protocol wasnt followed properly in patting down dontre hamilton and thats what escalated into hamilton grabbing the officers baton and attacking the officer after which the officer fired his weapon. So the criminal charges suggested that he was being beaten so he had a right to defend himself and use deadly force but the federal government is still doing an investigation. The federal civil rights investigation. Is that correct . Where are they with that . Well, to our understanding, and this was Just Announced the other day, right after that decision we understand that they will do a concurrent investigation. They will look at this just as well as the District Attorneys office looked at it. The d. A. s office had an independent reviewer to look at the case. That decision was that the officer did what he was supposed to do when confronted, when in a confrontation with another person. But, again, going back to what the police chief said, did he instigate that fight . Also the police chief pointing out that mr. Manny knew this was a mentally ill suspect but did not follow proper training when dealing with a mentally ill person. All of those things will be back under the watchful eye, the reviewing eye of the department of justice. George howell live for us, thank you for that. Well have a whole lot more on this ahead on legal view. You have heard people say why a grand jury . Why not a special investigator . Well, thats exactly what the d. A. Brought into that case. Brought in a special investigator, not the grand jury. And still the criticism is flowing in. So well talk about the difference and why the criticism hasnt abated. Also coming up, australia is on high terror alert after the Prime Minister of that country says a terror attack is not only possible its likely. This on the heels of the one theyre still suffering from. We have the chilling details of what theyve found in that country. And if youre planning on going overseas this holiday, what do you need to take into consideration regarding your safe safety . Guess what . The United States government has a warning for you, and its serious. We have the answer straight ahead. Concerns about another terror attack in australia. The Prime Minister tony abbot says there has been a high level of terror chatter since that awful siege in a sydney cafe last week. Two hostages, including the manager of the cafe, were killed by a gunman before commandos took his life. An attack is likely. We dont know when and how an attack may come but we do know that there are people with the intent and the capability to carry out further attacks. As australia warns another attack, sfrans also on edge over a series of incidents just this past weekend. It certainly brings up the question are we more vulnerable during this particular time, the Holiday Season season. Our cnn terrorism analyst Paul Cruickshank joins me live. I was trying to go over the list i can remember from holidays past. Its unpleasant. The shoe bomber, right around christmas. The los angeles airport millennium plot in 2000. The Strasbourg France in christmas. What makes me think this christmas should be different . There is additional concern at this time of year, documents found at bin ladens compound in abbottabad show he was talking about launching attacks in the christmas period, the holiday period, on christmas day, even july 4, a sort of cloj squall reason. Also they realize a lot of people are traveling at that time. But in general, these terrorist plots have been launched when the terrorists are ready rather than at any particular time of year. But there is additional concern this holiday period because isis now has this safe haven in syria and iraq and theyve called for lone wolf attacks in the west. Weve seen attacks in australia and now in france last weekend. The story that we led the program with about the Delta Airlines employee hauling on over 100 guns, seven of them loaded using his very useful baggage pass, his baggage handler pass to get it on to a plane. The first thing some people thought was, yeah, okay, he was running guns for money, not terror. But did it cross your mind this could have been a dry run . They might have been guinea pigs for a larger plot to see if that loophole was really good . I dont think theres any in evidence this case this is any n any way connected to any terrorist group or any terrorist activities. Obviously consider concerning any time you have guns on planes. Its pretty difficult for terrorist groups to get guns on planes because they have metal detectors and sophisticated scanners at airports and theyre very good at picking these kind of guns up. Every year theres some guns that get through but in general al qaeda and other terrorist groups realize that its difficult to get guns on planes. Not for this guy. He had a pass right from the tarmac on to the plane. Its unbelievable to me. Before i let you go, though, the nation that the state department on december 19 put out a reminder of the warning for americans traveling specifically in the middle east and abroad to be vigilant of their surroundings, i suppose we should just assume thats the new order. Or is it . Is that warning, that reminder of the warning Something Else . Ashleigh, i think it is the new normal and theres particularly acute concern in the middle east. Weve seen a string of isisinspired attacks against westerners in recent weeks in the middle east. Notably against a dane in riyadh a canadian in saudi arabia, an American Woman killed in a knife stabbing in an upscale mall in abu dhabi. A french hiker recently beheaded in the mountains of algeria. Theres definitely a trend there. Theres rising concern that groups inspired by isis may want to launch attacks. Paul cruickshank, nice to see you, thank you. Happy holidays. 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I wish i could come with better news. It was the same thing at thanksgiving. Weve had several hundred delays across the nation today. We have had ground stops in houston and new york. Looks like things are starting to get back on track just a little bit. But if youre watching from the airport in new york, no matter which airport you are at, it is going to be about a 45minute to an hour and a half delay. Also seeing delays of about an hour in houston. We have some rough weather going on across the gulf coast. Showers and thunderstorms. We have a tornado watch in effect across south louisiana and mississippi until 6 00 central time. We have severe thunderstorm warnings as well as tornado warnings currently in south louisiana. Actually it is going to spread these showers are going to spread to the east coast as we go into tomorrow. So expect delays tomorrow across the south and the northeast. Jennifer, i once spent about eight to ten hours in Denver Airport over christmas with two toddlers. My heart goes out to anybody whos in the airport. Thanks, jennifer. Be well. Happy holidays. There is no better time than this season of giving to remember the more than 49 million americans who do not have enough to eat. Thats one in six of us. Rapper and business mogul 50 cent working to change that with his savvy marketing style and also his time. Reporter from international hiphop star to creator of a multimilliondollar empire, Curtis Jackson remembers a time when things werent so easy. Thats why he says hes paying it forward by working with feeding america. I had it pretty rough but not to the point where there wasnt something to eat. Now im seeing a lot of kids that have even tougher stories than what i experienced. Feeding america, it is the best Charitable Organization to be a part of if hunger is your cause. Feeding america is the nationwide network of food banks. 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