Gunfire on the vegas strip. Police take down a gunman just feet from one of the hottest casinos. And major changes if t the academy awards. A restructuring that hopes to fix the oscars diversity problem. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Northeaster for the record books. Thought we were going to have a mild winter. Braced for the worst. A deadly winter storm wallops the east. We want people to stay inside. States of emergency in ten states and the district of columbia. 85 million plus americans in the path of a deadly winter storm. This is where its really cranking in the morning, d. C. Towards philly and new york city and long island. Just learned from state police that around 3,000 motorists are trapped on 75. Countrys air traffic is practically at a standstill. The shooter opened fire in a high school in saskatchewan killing four before being taken into to custody. Oscars are pledging changes after complaints for a second year about all white actin
Thats a good boy. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im vinita nair. The monster blizzard that hit the east this weekend continues to claim lives. At least 26 people have died in eight states and washington, d. C. Some were in car accidents. Others suffered heart attacks while shoveling. A growing number have died from Carbon Monoxide poisoning in their homes and cars. Notable snow totals include 42 inches in glengary, West Virginia and 26. 8 inches in new yorks central park, just a tenth of an inch short of the record. We have several reports on the cleanup, beginning in washington, d. C. With kris van cleave. Reporter the storm has stopped, and so has much of the Nations Capital. Theres no way a car could drive down side streets like this. Snowed in cars and feet of snow block the way. Pedestrians are still using main icedover sidewalks. The airports are closed. So is d. C. s metro. Schools and the City Government will be closed tomorrow. Mayor m
Distance even if you win in iowa and New Hampshire . Well, john, let me just say that the poll in South Carolina was 6038. If thats the case, it is showing us making huge, huge gains. And i feel confident that if we can win here in iowa, if we can win in New Hampshire, and those are going to be tough races, i think we stand an excellent chance to win in South Carolina and in nevada. But if you look at the polling recently, and i can tell you because i have been to South Carolina. We have a lot of momentum on the ground. I think were picking up more and more africanamerican support. Frankly, i think we can win there. You have a new ad out this week which is you and the Simon Garfunkel song america. What does that ad mean for you . What that ad is about is to talk about the fact that as we come together as a country, and we have so much strength, so many extraordinary people, that there is nothing we cannot accomplish. We are the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should
Notion of single payer system. That doesnt win them over any more than he would if he said, as are unrealistic, that is something that would turn off democratic voters. Having discussion in both parties about pragmatic, person with lot of skills, been in there, doing the hard workevels. The person who just speaks to your heart. Absolutely. You have this really interesting phenomenon where some cases you have people like ted cruz and Bernie Sanders making theact anticrony capitalist argument against things like free trade interesting psiders who are really gaining steam and momentum. I do think theres a difference, the old saw used to be thatans fell in line, democrats fall in love. The opposite now. Theres a flirtation with bernie is great in lilly white space of New Hampshire and iowa. Will be much more pragmatic and eventually the think the republicans are in the wilderness thats where thes. Dickerson political report did analysis of the states found that iowa and New Hampshire are t
Reporter trump encouraged his fellow new yorker to get in. Then im going to have to deal against hillary if she doesnt go to jail or im going to have to deal against bernie. Or somebody. Or bloomberg comes in, which would be great. Id love to have him come in because i love the competition. Reporter with the caucuses just eight days away candidates blanketed iowa where trump and texas senator ted cruz are battling for conservative voters. The republican frontrunner attended church on sunday and continued to raise questions about cruzs eligibility to be president. Hell run for president. Then hell run for Prime Minister of canada. And so we have an opportunity once again to make America Great again. Reporter over the weekend iowa senator Charles Grassley appeared at a rally with trump. While it wasnt an endorsement it is a sign that the establishment is warming to the idea of trump as its nominee. Even as he doubles down on yet another controversial comment. You said yesterday you could