Billion prime items last year, so where did all those boxes go . Well show you what happens to the mountain of cardboard left over from your holiday purchases. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The weather is very cold. Chilling. It really stings the face. The deep freeze gets deeper across most of the u. S. A major storm begins roaring up the east coast. A beast of an ocean storm. This is going to become extremely powerful. Diplomatic contact resumed between north and south korea hours after President Trump appeared to taunt kim jongun. President trump refusing to back down from his support for the iranian people amidst the continuing protests. The u. N. Must speak out. In the days ahead we will be calling for an emergency session. The crash in peru killing 48 people. The driver lost control after the bus was hit by another vehicle. Senator orrin hatch of utah has announced he is retiring. This paves the way for mitt romney to run for his seat. Ive always been a fighter, but every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves. Blizzard conditions causing deadly conditions on the new york city thoroughway. You couldnt see a gosh darn thing in front of you. All that in spain one passenger was so fed up with the delay, he opened a door over the wing and just leapt. And all that matters recreational pot is now legal in california. Californians can finally try marijuana. Just like that, millions of fake cases of insomnia and back pain and migraines were suddenly cured. They went away. On cbs this morning. Kim jongun bragging of a, quote, Nuclear Button always on my desk. At the same time, proposing talks that could lead to north korean participation in the Winter Olympics. Sounds like a guy walking into his office like nobody move, i have a bomb strapped to my chest. And put me down for that pot luck on saturday. Im making oreo brownies. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Im Norah Odonnell with jeff glor and bianna golodryga. Gayle king is off. Happy new year. Welcome back. I missed you. Its good to be back. Lots of news going on, especially with that weather. A powerful new winter storm will take aim at millions of americans as the recordbreaking cold wave intensifies across the country. At least 13 deaths from the midwest to the northeast are blamed on the frigid weather n grand forks, north dakota, windchills could hit minus 28 today. Windchills in chicago may dip to minus 7 and hit 15 below in cleveland. More than twothirds of the country faces temperatures below 20 degrees this morning. Even Southern States like texas, tennessee and North Carolina are waking up in the teens. And then theres the major new system that is about to explode in force off the east coast. It will bring heavy snow and strong wind. Demarco morgan is in hamburg, new york, where the windchill is expected to fall as low as minus 10 degrees today. Demarco, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Just take a look at this outdoor deck right here behind me. It is completely covered in icicles. And if thats not enough to show you just how cold it is, look at this ice block right here. A block of ice which can be extremely dangerous. Also the roads are very dangerous as well. One person died after a 75vehicle car pileup on the new york state thoroughway. Wow look at that truck reporter dozens of vehicles were stranded on the new york state throughway tuesday as drivers battled whiteout conditions. You couldnt see a gosh darn thing in front of you. Everything was blurry. There was complete whiteout. Reporter as temperatures in lancaster plummeted to 15 degrees, the snowy roads turned slick. Into the night authorities were still cleaning up remnants of a massive pileup. In nearby Buffalo Niagara airport, more whiteout conditions. Video shows a plane barely visible while trying to taxi. Indianapolis tuesday tied a 131year record low of minus 12 degrees. Weve had to relieve our units much more quicker than normal. Reporter in new york city, dozens of icicles formed on power lines and fire escapes as firefighters battled flames in 13degree temperatures. Wow oh, my god reporter willard powells car was parked in front of the building and he came outside to find it frozen shut. I have never felt the cold like im feeling it in these last few days. The only thing i can think of is alaska or the arctic. Reporter it was actually warmer tuesday in anchorage, alarks th alas alaska, than in new york city. It is really chilling. Reporter and in chicago where temperatures reached at least 20 degrees. You thought you were cold last year, you thought you were cold last month, but you werent cold. Now youre cold. Reporter now, many schools throughout new england and parts of the midwest and the south are delayed or cancelled today because of the cold weather, but its not over just yet. Were expecting more cold temperatures pretty soon. Demarco, thank you very much. Slick roads could make for a dangerous commute across the south this morning. Subfreezing temperatures froze fountains from South Carolina to texas. Forecasters predict the coastal storm will bring 1 to 3 inches of snow from North Carolina to georgia today. Manuel bojorquez is in brunswick, georgia, where theyre under a state of emergency. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Were riding along with Georgia State troopers on what has already become a very busy start to the day with dangerous conditions on these roads. Weve seen them respond to one accident after another where cars have spun out. Its part of the reason that parts of brunswick have essentially shut down ahead of the weather. They dont want people out in this. Schools have either delayed the start of classes or cancelled them altogether. Lets give you a look right now at our outside camera. This is looking at i95, the main corridor through coastal georgia. Its already slick. The main concern is ice. Its already started to form on bridges and overpasses. Were also getting late word that in florida, a 50mile stretch of i10 is shut down because of ice. Here in georgia, nearly 250 crew members and 13 trucks began treating the roads last night with sand and brine to keep the ice from sticking. The headaches not just here, in texas slippery roads caused more than 30 Car Accidents tuesday with possible snow later today. Georgia officials are hoping to keep coastal cities from experiencing what happened in atlanta in 2014 when a mere 2 inches of snow caused gridlock that lasted more than 24 hours. Here in brunswick, the message is this, we cant get to all the roads to treat them, so stay home if you dont have to be out in them. All right, manuel, thank you so much. Chief weather caster lonnie quinn of wcbs is here to show us where the east coast storm that is being called a bomb cyclone is heading next. Lonnie, good morning. Good morning to you, norah, good morning, everybody. Were going to talk about bomb genes genesis in just a second but we jump into the current radar picture. I10 in north florida, a lot of icing. Then you get up into the 95 corridor in georgia, theres a problem there as well. The computer models are initializing it and just fine with this. Its depicting where the storm is right now. So we feel confident with the forward projection of where they think the storm is going. It travels up the eastern seaboard. Now, as the black lines show the wind tighten up and get closer and closer together, thats when the storm bombs out. Big winds are expected, 50 to 70mileperhour winds with snow falling as well. Northern maine could see up to 2 feet of snow out of this. Blizzard conditions will be in effect from the northern border of maine and canada all the way down to block island, cape cod and the islands as well. Bianna, lets go over to you. That sounds terrifying. Thank you so much. South korea says it made contact with north korea overnight on a newly reopened communication channel. The hotline in koreas Demilitarized Zone was restored for the first time in nearly two years. A spokesman for north korean dictator, kim jongun, announced the reopening on state tv. Ben tracy is in beijing with the move that may put the u. S. And south korea at odds. Ben, good morning. Reporter good morning. So it was just yesterday that south korea said that it wants these formal highlevel talks with north korea and they want them to take place next week. Now, the north has responded and appears to be a step in that direction and perhaps an easing at least temporarily of some of the tensions on the korean peninsula. Now, this communication channel that weve been talking about between these two countries, it actually exists and is set up in a border area called panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, but north korea shut down that hotline about two years augo. In recent weeks the south korean president has offered to come to the table for talks with the north without preconditions and in advance of the Winter Olympics which will take place next month in south korea. Now, that contradicts the latest stance of the trump administration, which has said talks could only occur if north korea ends its nuclear program. Now, mr. Moon has further annoyed the u. S. By saying he can basically veto any military action that might take place on the korean peninsula. Now, while all this is happening, u. S. Intelligence has actually detected signs that north korea may be ready to test another intercontinental ballistic missile. If they do go through with that, it could happen in just a matter of days. Jeff. Ben, thank you very much. That hotline was reported open just a few hours after President Trump lashed out again at kim jongun. The president tweeted that he has a bigger and more powerful Nuclear Button. It was a reaction to kims recent speech saying his country had completed its nuclear forces. Chip reid is at the white house. Chip, good morning. Reporter good morning. That war of words came on a wild day on twitter for President Trump. He tweeted 17 times on everything from immigration to pakistan to threatening jail for a Hillary Clinton aide to, of course, that Nuclear Button tweet. Now, the president does not actually have a Nuclear Button, but his rhetoric escalated simmering tensions. President trump raised the temperature in his duel with kim jongun who had boasted of having a Nuclear Button on the desk in his office. Will someone from his depleted and foodstarved regime please inform him, the president wrote, that i too have a Nuclear Button but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his, and my button works. The taunting tweet caught mr. Trumps Homeland Security secretary, kirstjen nielsen, by surprise who was briefing reporters on the california wildfire response. The president speaks for himself. I think we have to continue, as he said, to take the threat from north korea very seriously. They will be met with fire and fury. Reporter explosive rhetoric aimed at north korea is nothing new for the president. We will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. Reporter but he had signalled earlier tuesday that peace talks between the north and the south offered by kim and accepted by south korean president moon were worth exploring, tweeting rocket man now wants to talk to south korea. Perhaps that is good news, perhaps not. U. N. Ambassador nikki haley said talks were meaningless if the north continues to build Nuclear Weapons. We consider this to be a very reckless regime. We dont think we need a bandaid and we dont think we need to smile and take a picture. Reporter the president s other advisers have taken a more cautious tone. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has even suggested the possibility of talks with north korea. Tillerson and secretary of Defense James Mattis will be having lunch with the president here at the white house later today. North korea is sure to be on the agenda. A busy day at the white house. Chip reid, thank you. This morning the president tweeted new praise for antigovernment protesters in iran and wrote, you will see great support from the United States at the appropriate time. Tens of thousands of iranians came out this morning to back their government. Many were ordered to attend the rallies. Six days of protests have left at least 21 people dead. Irans government is restricting Internet Access and appears to have shut down social media apps used to organize demonstrations. One of President Trumps gop critics, 2012 president ial nominee mitt romney is eyeing a new opportunity to represent utah. The longest serving senate republican, orrin hatch, says hes going to retire after 42 years in washington. Our sources expect the former Massachusetts Governor to run for hatchs senate seat. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning. Several gop sources tell cbs news that romney has been quietly laying the groundwork in case hatch were to retire. While he hasnt said anything publicly about his intention to run, take a look at this. This is a pretty good clue. Yesterday afternoon, romney listed his location on his twitter profile as massachusetts. But then after hatch announced his plans to retire, romneys profile location was updated to holliday, utah. Every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves. Reporter in a video posted on twitter, orrin hatch referenced his early days as an amateur boxer as he revealed his plans to leave the political ring. After much prayer and discussion with family and friends, ive decided to retire at the edged of this term. This was a landmark day. Reporter as chair of the finance committee, senator hatch spearheaded last months passage of gop tax cuts and he was one of the earliest Senior Republicans to support President Trump. Mr. Trump, no fan of mitt romney, had urged hatch to stay in the senate for an eighth term. You are a true fighter. Reporter trump once had the same respect for romney, and even considered him for secretary of state, despite romneys frequent critiques of him. Hes playing the members of the American Public for suckers. Reporter but the relationship has been a rocky one. And i said, mitt cannot run. He chokes like a dog. Reporter in august, romney urged the president to apologize for his response to the deadly charlottesville protest. I think theres blame on both sides. Reporter romney wrote on facebook that mr. Trumps words caused racists to rejoice, minorities to weep, and the vast heart of america to mourn. Romney congratulated hatch yesterday on his 40plus years in the senate, saying senator hatch has represented the interests of utah with distinction and honor. Hatch has appeared to go back and forth about retiring over the past few months, partly because of pressure from the white house to stay on. If romney is running, norah, he will likely make his intentions known soon, because the election is this november. All right, nancy, thank you. I know theres also a big meeting today between congressional leaders and white house officials. Whats on that big agenda . And do the democrats have any leverage . Reporter well, they think they do. Congress needs to pass a bill to funding the government by midmonth. They punted on this issue when they were trying to get out of town for the holidays. Democrats want some kind of solution for daca recipients, young people who came to the country illegally, in exchange for their votes on government funding. Right now republicans dont really believe that theyd be willing to shut the government down over that issue. All right, nancy, thank you. The First American soldier killed in combat in 2018 was serving in afghanistan. Four other american soldiers were wound edmond in Afghanistans Nangarhar province. Senator cory booker says the army identified the dead soldiers as Sergeant First Class mihail golin of new jersey. Rescuers worked late into the night after a bus plummeted off a cliff in peru. 48 people were killed and 6 seriously hurt. A tractortrailer hit the bus in a dangerous section of highway known as devils curve about 40 miles north of the capital of lima. The bus fell around 260 feet to the rocky beach below. Three people are still missing. Firefighters say the search is difficult because there is no direct road to that beach. Perus transportation minister said the speed of both vehicles was apparently a factor in the accident. The longtime president of the Mormon Church died last night. Thomas monson had served at the churchs highest levels more than half a century. He kept a low public profile during nearly a decade as president. At the same time as mitt romneys Political Campaign put a spotlight on mormon beliefs. A Church Statement says president monson had all of the hallmarks of an unassuming servant of the lord. The Mega Millions jackpot climbed even higher overnight, meaning the prizes in both major u. S. Lotteries are now more than 400 million each. No one matched all six winning Mega Millions numbers in last nights 361 million jackpot. They were 1, 42, 47, 64, and 70. The mega ball was 22. The jackpot jumped to 418 million. 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