In yes, but well, its tough to go around the world in one night. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Quijano good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im elaine quijano. This is our western edition. Americans are out in force on one of the busiest travel days of the year. For the holiday season, a record 103 million are expected to travel 50 miles or more via planes, trains, but mostly automobiles. But there are plenty of delays caused by snow, ice, and rain along the west coast, and throughout the central u. S. Omar villafranca has the holiday getaway covered. Reporter after more than 350 Flight Cancellations and delays today, the last thing some iavelers at l. A. X. Can do is relax. This way, please. I have waited for 10 hours. You cant deal with me . Reporter 4. 3 million fliers are expected to pass through l. A. X. This holiday season, nearly 239,000 just today, but unexpected rain on the west esast has kept thousands of them grounded. Delaelays keeping piling up, lime unlucky travelers, like shana galinsky, arent sure if theyll be home for christmas. Im delayed, like, about an hour, so ill miss my connecting flight, so well see when i get nnme. Fl reporter in chicago, thousands of travelers are trying to get ahead of a Winter Weather system that could blanket the region. More than 100 flights have been delayed at ohare. The long lines are moving at new Yorks Laguardia airport. Liana hunt was patiently waiting with her travel partner, newman. Ne hes been a big hit so far. The ticket agents loved him. Really sweet security agents fell in love with him and they were like, come on by dont wait in line. Reporter at newarks liberty airport, the air train is back t service after temporarily leaving frustrated passengers. Aiting in the cold. Mllions more are hitting the highways for the holidays. Snow in Northern Iowa led to accidents on slick roads; and streets in and around new york nere bumper to bumper with last minute traffic. Aclantas hartsfieldjackson is the worlds busiest airport. Nearly 40,000 people are expected to go through security behind me, just today. But, elaine, the average wait time in security here is only 15 minutes, thanks to a small army of t. S. A. Agents and airport workers. T, quijano all right, omar villafranca, amid the holiday bustle. Omar, thank you. Whll, where are the winter storms headed next . Heres chief meteorologist eric wbsher of wbztv in boston. Eric . Good evening, elaine. The storminess all across the g,st coast. This is going to be the one we track over the next couple of days. And that speckling of clouds you see over the pacific, thats an indicator of much colder air that is moving in as well. So theres a whole variety of winter storm warnings across the stormn half of the u. S. , including blizzard warnings udross the dakotas. So, this storm system sliding down through the southwest thnight. As we head into saturday, crossing the rockies. By christmas day, a blizzard bynding up, and then a very warm side of the storm probably producing thunderstorms. Now, in terms of the snow, significant totals all across the west, including across arizona, the mountains there. And then the heavy snowfall on sunday reaching up across western south dakota and across north dakota as well. I mentioned the warmer side of the storm temperatures will be skyrocketing across the plains with that. We will be watching for a chance ev Severe Weather on christmas day, so, definitely stay weatheralert. A lot of warmth across the south reaching record highs last christmas. We could set a few more this christmas, topping what we saw last year. But i suppose some good news here we look at snow cover across the country, and elaine, the areas that do typically see a White Christmas are getting one this time around. Quijano all right, eric fisher with the holiday forecast. Eric, thank you. Well, many who arent traveling are out shopping. Don dahler found plenty of last minute bargains. Ee reporter twas the week before christmas when all through the stores, prices were umummeting, down through the floors. I feel like everythings expensive these days, but the t tbit we got was actually a pretty good deal. Reporter even highend antailers like ralph lauren and macys have been offering steep discounts. Macys, for example, cut the price of a michael kors handbag from 368 to 220. Ralph lauren slashed the price of a pair of leather pants from 898 to 449. More than 40 of consumers are planning to spend more than what they budgeted for the holiday season. Er reporter ana serafinsmith dgth the National Retail federation says retailers want to get rid of as much inventory as they can before the new year. These final days leading up to christmas, we will see a total of about 13 of consumers planning to hit the stores and purchase some of these last minute gifts. Reporter and yet, more nlinicans are shopping online this year than ever before. From november 1 to december 20, 79. 2 billion was spent online, a nearly 11 increase. But all types of shopping will likely exceed expectations, an increase of more than 3. 6 over last year. Target is targeting shoppers with oneday sales, and starting this morning at 6 00 a. M. , toysrus will keep its stores ken for 39 hours, luring customers with lastminute sales. Another early gift for the retailers a relatively mild autumn. That not only encouraged people to get out and shop, elane, it also encouraged retailers to offer even steeper discounts. Quijano a good deal. Don dahler, thanks so much. O munother important story, the u. S. Has made a sharp break with its longstanding policy of shielding israel from u. N. Action. In the past, the u. S. Has vetoed more than 30 resolutions regarding israel and the palestinians, but not today. More now from Margaret Brennan. Decision . Abstention. Reporter by abstaining from the 140 Security Council vote, the u. S. Allowed the United Nations to condemn israeli settlements in the occupied west bank in jerusalem illegal construction under international law. Settlements have no legal validity. Reporter u. S. Ambassador Samantha Power warned they make it harder to negotiate a separate palestinian state, which the administration believes is crucial to a lasting peace. The United States has been sending the message that the settlements must stop, privately and publicly for nearly five decades. Reporter president obama has had icy relations with israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu for years, due in part to his continued settlement onilding. Today, netanyahus office called the vote shameful, and said the u. S. Failed to protect israel. Knowing that the Obama Administration was not going to veto the u. N. Resolution, israeli officials implored president elect donald trump to tetervene. Yesterday, in a tweet that put him directly at odds with the sitting president , trump ablicly opposed the action and , lled egypts president , who temporarily delayed the vote. This morning, when the vote was rescheduled, mr. Obama decided not to stand in the way of the rest of the world powers, as they called for a construction halt. Orraeli ambassador danny danon argued it will make a peace deal harder. By voting yes in favor of this resolution, you have in fact voted no. You voted no to negotiations. Reporter white house officials insist that mr. Obama has been a friend to israel and point to a recent 38 billion military aid package, the largest in u. S. History. Elaine, as for donald trump, he tweeted, after the vote, that ilings at the u. N. Will be different once hes in office. Quijano Margaret Brennan in our washington bureau. Margaret, thank you. The u. S. Russian relationship also figures to be much igfferent. E e president elect and russian president Vladimir Putin have alternated between complimenting each other and threatening an arms race. Barry petersen has that part of the story. Reporter parading their military might through red square is an annual ritual for the russians, and so is talking tough. And thats exactly how russian president Vladimir Putin sounded today at his annual press conference. The Russian Federation is stronger than any potential aggressor, he claimed. Putins saberrattling echoes the worst of the cold war standoff, and comes just days after he threatened to expand ressias nuclear capabilities, prompting what appeared to be similar comments from president elect donald trump. Some fear mr. Trump and putins comments could trigger a new arms race, after years of treaties that reduced nuclear arsenals. Nerves are already on edge; these nato exercises in poland were the biggest in decades, prompting the russians to stage aseir own countermaneuvers as a show of force. Russia now says it will expand Nuclear Missile patrols next year on its borders with europe. Today, mr. Trump doubled down on his earlier comments, telling morning joe cohost Mika Brzezinski and while putin had one hand in a clenched fist today, the other offered an olive branch, in the form of a christmas letter to the president elect, saying he hopes the two men can act in a constructive and pragmatic manner. The two leaders seemed to be jockeying with each other to define a new relationship between the u. S. And russia, elaine, with the danger of Nuclear Conflict if they get it iong. Quijano barry petersen. Barry, thank you. We. Trump also tweeted about the berlin truck attack that left 12 people dead. In the tweet, he asked, when will the u. S. And all countries fight back . Today, the attacker was found and killed in italy. Heres Charlie Dagata. Reporter one of europes mostwanted men died in a shootout, caught by pure chance. Italian police approached a man standing alone near a deserted train station around 3 00 a. M. And asked for i. D. Manead, police say, the man edlled out a. 22caliber pistol and opened fire. It was anis amri. Italian interior minister Marco Minniti said the gunman was germanys terror suspect, without a shadow of a doubt. He had good reason to be confident. Amris fingerprints were on file after he spent four years in an italian prison for setting fire to a refugee center. Just hours after the news of amris death, isis released a video showing him pledging his gilegiance to the militant group and encouraging muslims to attack crusaders. German chancellor Angela Merkel has ordered an urgent security review after what critics have called catastrophic mistakes by german police, who had monitored amri for months, only to stop their surveillance. Merkel has also been criticized heavily for their opendoor refugee policy, especially as amri was a failed asylum seeker. Dr. Philipp lengsfeld, from merkels own party, said the system is clearly overwhelmed. We let hundreds of thousands of people into the country, and this just overstretched our resources. Ibd we have been too too liberal regarding this. Reporter now, the question is whether amri was part of a lprger network that helped plan the attack and his escape, elaine, and how he managed to cross three countries and board trains without being detected. Quijano Charlie Dagata in berlin for us. Charlie, thank you. A hostage drama played out today when a libyan plane headed to tripoli was hijacked to the mediterranean island of malta. Edo men demanded asylum in europe and appeared to have guns and hand grenades. The weapons were fake and the hijackers were arrested. All 117 passengers and crew are safe. We are following breaking news from los angeles tonight. Star wars actress Carrie Fisher was rushed to a hospital in Critical Condition after suffering a medical emergency on a flight from london. Ben tracy is in our l. A. Newsroom; ben . A reporter elaine, a Law Enforcement source tells cbs news that Carrie Fisher is the passenger that went into cardiac m rest on a flight from london to los angeles. Several people who were on that flight have tweeted that they saw fisher receive c. P. R. From passengers on the plane, who it turns out may have been nurses. Now, the plane was met by paramedics at l. A. X. Of course, Carrie Fisher is best known for her iconic role as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars Trilogy that began back in 1977. She reprised the role just last year in the force awakens. N t over the years, fisher has been very forthcoming with her ruruggles with bipolar disorder and addictions to cocaine and prescription drugs. And we should mention that we just learned, the paramedics who met the plane provided what they are calling advanced life vepport and that they aggressively treated her and then transported her to the hospital. Nsaine . Pi quijano ben tracy in our nea. Newsroom. Ben, thank you. Coming up next on the cbs evening news, got milk . The dairy industry says if its soy or almond, you dont. And later, an ebola vaccine toats said to be 100 effective. Effective. Sfx woman coughing youd see how often you cough all day. And so would everyone else. Robitussin 12 hour delivers fast, powerful cough relief that lasts up to 12 hours. Robitussin 12 hour cough relief, because its never just a cough. So why are you still puttingy. Up with complicated cash back cards . Some cards limit where you earn bonus cash back to places they choose. 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She says nondairy alternatives to milk are cutting into her livelihood. Theyre trying to imitate milk. And i think that says a lot. Theyre trying to be what milk already is. Reporter her beef is with plantbased products like almond and soy milk, a growing industry thich generated 1. 4 billion this year and grew 54 over the last five years. Dairy milk sales are down 11 for 2016. Stat2 members of congress from dairyproducing states are urging the food and Drug Administration to enforce its existing definition of milk, which states, it is obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows. Chris galen is with the milk producers federation. In the case of milk, youre m tting vitamins a and d, calcium and a whole lot of protein. Youre not necessarily getting those things in a glass of imitation dairy milk. Reporter Nancy Chapman of the Soyfoods Association disagrees. When you drink soy milk, it is equal, in terms of its ability to support growth and development. Reporter and consumers like carla boarden like having roices. I think it should continue to be called milk. Its used like milk. Or reporter now, the f. D. A. , which historically avoids weighing in on the milk label debate, said it will respond directly to the congressional letter. But with more choices flooding grocery stores, it could be consumers, elaine, that could milk this for all its worth. Nk quijano errol barnett. Errol, thanks. Still ahead, teddys excellent adventure. A and how to deal to me, that was normal. Until to my doctor. She told me that humira helps people like me get uc under control and keep it under control when certain medications havent worked well enough. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. 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Reporter it was 2011, and the guy in the santa suit had just given everyone of these kids the exact toy they asked , r in their letters. Thank you reporter every kid, that is, but bethany arnold, who refused to ask him for a single toy. Dear santa, my daddy is in iraq. Could you bring him home for christmas . That would be the best gift of all. Reporter did you know you were asking for something that was kind of tough . Yes, but well, its tough to go around the world in one night. Reporter thats true. And ive never wanted anything more than that. Reporter bethanys dad, wyndal arnold, was a contractor i iraq, repairing the countrys electrical infrastructure. I understand that he has to stay and help people, but i do miss him a lot. Reporter last time they saw tch other, they exchanged these key chains. This is his heart. Reporter she carried his, while he held onto hers. I told her, i said, the next time that i see you, ill give your heart back. Reporter unfortunately, bringing two hearts together at christmas isnt always a yevernment priority. Which is why this year, bethany decided to appeal to a Higher Authority santa. She even asked him again at school. Santa, for christmas, i want my dad to come home. Reporter and thats when her wish began coming true. Thats when she got her heart back. Erd thats when i got my reminder of what this weekend is all about. Daddy reporter theres not a toy in the workshop that ever got this kind of reaction. You sure you dont want Something Else . Im just so happy that youre home. Reporter not a bow big enough to wrap the joy. Since this story first aired, wyndal is now back home for good. He says he missed his family too prch to stay away another minute, proving the only thing mitter than a dramatic homecoming is a family you know will always be there. Steve hartman, on the road, in a leigh, north carolina. Quijano a true gift. Thats the cbs evening news. For scott pelley, im elaine quijano. For all of us at cbs news, have a happy holiday season. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wg people inside. Tonight, the first lawsuits have been filed. Nica de la cruz. Its been three weeks since the ghost ship warehouse in oakland caught fire killing 36 people inside. Tonight the first lawsuits have been filed. Good evening, im veronica de la cruz. Im ken bastida in for allen martin. The families of Michela Gregory and Griffin Madden say their loved ones were trapped in an inferno. Kpix 5s melissa caen is outside the courthouse in oakland with details of the lawsuit. Reporter ken, today we begin a new chapter in the tragic story that is the ghost ship fire. This is a part where grieving families sue. They sue people whom they believe should have acted to save the lives of their loved ones. Our daughter will never come home. Theres not a day that goes by that we dont mess her miss her. She was a good kid her and alex loved each other, they wanted to have a good time and never came home. Reporter still grief stricken today david and Kimberly Gregory are suing. We have today filed two lawsuit arising out of the ghost ship fire in oakland. Reporter Mary Alexander represents the Gregory Family and the parents of another victim Griffin Madden. The lawsuits filed today are against the owners of the building, the Party Promoters and the master tenant, derick ion almena. She says they all knew that the warehouse was a death trap. They allowed people to live there and to come young people to come to an event where there was no fire alarms, no sprinklers, no good