getting involved. billions of dollars in taxes piling up at the department of energy. there s a good chance that some of them may have come out of your own pocket. that story at 4:00 p.m. eastern. at 5:00 eastern, forget that resolution to diet or stop smoking in the new year. you may want to focus on career resolutions. you re in the cnn newsroom. i m joe griffin in for fredricka whitfield. there s no word yet from diplomats at united nations headquarters in new york. the security council is meeting on the escalating tensions between north and south korea. our senior u.n. correspondent is there. richard, what is taking place? drew, they just have taken a brief break at the security council following several hours of closed door discussions. there is division in the security council on how top proceed on this north/south korea debate and possible escalation of military violence. the russians wanted this meeting. they are angry it wasn t held yesterday. many countries
north korea, they have now triggered eed an emergency meet at the u.n. in three hours. north korea meanwhile is making a gesture offering to return newly discovered remains of hundreds of u.s. soldiers killed in the korean war. also a whole lot of weather to tell you about, a nightmare in europe right now, that s what you re seeing on the left side of your screen, they ve gotten heavy snow and ice kind of shut down the airports, a you canal of the major airports there stranded a lot of passengers. on the right side of your screen you see what happens when people try to make their way up a hill that has snow and ice on it. we ll tell you where the severe weather is headed next, how is could impact your travel during this week which oh my goodness, we re only a few days away from christmas. stick around for all that. now let me give you a look at other stories making headlines. the u.s. coast guard rescued the crew of a fishing boat skimpinging off the coast of alaska yeste
and a change of heart turps out, there s a man in the works to perhaps above the ground zero mosque to a new location, but opponents say, don t celebrate just yet. and a school says bah h humbug and fired a santa because a handful of parents may be offended. fox & friends starts right now. hey, good sunday morning, everybody on a chilly morning inside the fox news studios. stop. enjoying the freeze today, it s very chilly in here. great to have you. great to be here, thanks. it s a big day in washington, the senate has been hard at work all weekend. there was a historic vote yesterday and they decided to repeal the don t don t ask, do tell policy on gays in the military and president obama is expected to sign into law this coming week. to women being allowed in the 70 s, peter doocy live this morning. good morning. reporter: good morning, as you guys said the senate voted to repeal don t ask don t tell after the house of representatives pass the same a
much more there. good morning, everyone. i m jamie colby. eric: i m eric shawn. welcome to a new hour of america s news headquarters on this sunday morning. folks are bracing for a punishing storm out west. stacking up on flashlights and batteries but the flooding rain is the first lashing. a lot of storms are set to unleash several feet of snow. take a look at that. just in next few hours. that will happen in the sierra nevadas. meteorologist rick reichmuth tracking it all. how bad will it be? doesn t it look nice? like seeing the snow. if you could throw up the weather behind me and show you the storm we have going on across the west. major storm. heavy rain. up to eight inches of rain and dealing with snow totals up to 15 feet by the time it s done. that is about wednesday before it comes down. winter storm warnings in effect across the mountainous west toward colorado, in and around parts of california obviously. but notice here to the northern plains, but tomorrow, s
is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. with midterm elections behind them and christmas less than a week away, this outgoing congress is certainly not acting like a lame duck. as we come on the air, the senate is still at work in a rare sunday session having handed the president two important votes in the last week on taxes and gays in the military, they now seem poised to possibly grant one more big item on barack obama s wish list, ratification of the nuclear arms treaty with the russians. this sudden flurry of bipartisan good cheer has caused the president to delay his christmas trip to hawaii as he remains in washington hoping to end the year on a political high note. mike, good evening. reporter: good evening. after the two big victories on domestic issues he s pushing for a one on one more thing in congress on what he calls a priority. today on meet the press confidence from the vice president that s.t.a.r.t. will ab proved by christmas. do you ha