The weather is making the trip home from christmas than usual. S even more miserabl a massive winter storm barrels east. Snow and ice made for dangerous conditions in mountains of Southern California. Ive never seen it this bad. Reporter a deadly plane crash in kazakhstan. It went down after taking off at Almaty International airport. Reporter a 14yearold wanted for questioning in the murder of tessa majors was released. The day care owner hid children behind a fake wall at her licensed day care facility in Colorado Springs. Nancy pelosi has yesterday to hand over the articles of impeachment to the senate as leaders continue to negotiate the terms of an impeachment trial. She is just flopping to the left. Reporter six people were rescued or freed themselves from the snow when an avalanche hit a ski resort in the swiss alps. All that great goal, scoring lacrosse style. Thats pretty good. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. And all that matters to the end zone, and it is caught for the touchdown. 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How do you get on bill gates santa gift list keep watching if youre watching, im see you in 2020. Not bad. So cool. Welcome to cbs this morning. We switch gears now to a powerful winter storm in the west. It is still causing nightmare journeys for some people in the middle of the very busy travel time. The system is now blowing across the southwest after dumping torrential rain and heavy snow on Southern California. The mountains just outside los angeles got up to three feet of snow, and that is where jamie yuccas is now, in castaic. What are you seeing . Reporter i want to show you, this is i5. You can see that it is shut down now. Its been shut down for the past 32 hours. Its the main connector between Southern California and northern california. Weve seen a number of cars and even semitrucks having to turn around in the spot and go back and wait this out. Theres no word on when it will reopen at this point either. Thats a situation here. Now the storm is barreling toward nevada and arizona before heading further east. Less than 30 miles northwest of las vegas, snow is blanketing mt. Charleston creating Hazardous Conditions for visitors from sin city. Normally will take us maybe 30 minutes. Took us about an hour today just going slow, following people. Reporter travelers heading from nevada to california sat in traffic for hours after snowy conditions forced the closure of the busy interstate 15. Alternate routes were overwhelmed, as well. I turned around twice. I came over the pass to go to work. Because of the weather, we didnt work. So trying to get back home. Reporter meanwhile, heavy snow also fell in flagstaff, arizona, as the massive storm the storm wreaked havoc in Southern California yesterday with snow in the mountains closing two of the states major interstates. With diverting traffic and leaving travelers frustrated. Not like theres any signage. Suddenly everybodys getting off of here, and theres no instruction on what to do. Reporter some drivers stuck in the snow posting video of the mess to social media. Weve been stuck out here actually for almost five hours. Reporter in san diego, heavy rain shut down roads, submerging cars. And it wasnt just ground travel that was affected. Long lines were seen at airports across the west, including here at seatac airports in seattle. Now depending on where youre located in the country, you may see rain, ice, or snow. The plains are going to see rain. Places like colorado and new mexico, that snow is going to come down quickly. Were told a foot to two feet of snow is possible in the rockiesa jamie, the spirit of the season, nobody seems to want right now. Thank yo cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli is has more, excuse me, on what its going to look like across the country coming up. Good morning, everyone. This little storm you see right here which is covering about a state and a half will literally cover the whole country over the next couple of days. It will grow, it will, panda, it will become a it will expand, it will become a stronger system. This is what it looks like as we zoom in. Rainy in phoenix. In the mountains, it is snowing and snowing hard. Heres the situation we have a strong scream driving to jet stream diving to the south, reyoernting itself. When it does that, it drags cold air to the north, drags warm air south. On sunday, 60 degrees. In between showers and thunderstorms, very heavy rain. Temperatures in the east, 60s and 70s. Were going to break a lot of records the next several days. The cold air will cause a collision zone with thunderstorms likely today oklahoma and also into texas. That will expand north. Look at how big the storm becomes. Its going to be a headache for travelers across the country. Snow from denver into the upper part of the plains states. Everyone else is rain including minneapolis, chicago, indianapolis. Sunday at 2 00 pm, eventually that will move into new york and boston. Snowfall, the heaviest snow is north of the rockies into the Northern Plains states. Places like pierre, south dakota, around one to two feet of snow. Most of the country rain, and that is probably the saving grace. Nevertheless, lots of travel delays across the country. Thank you so much for that. Neverbeforeseen confidential video given to the New York Times reveals shocking details from the war Crimes Investigation of a navy s. E. A. L. Members of s. E. A. L. Team seven were interviewed about the operations of edward gallagher. He faced nearly a dozen charges including allegedly murdering a vi is athe pentagon is. Case. What do these interviews show . Reporter good morning. The men said they witnessed gallagher stabbing a captured isis fighter. One of tre contradicting his sworn system in court. Some of them were visibly uncomfortable at breaking the code of silence against a fellow s. E. A. L. I think hes just wants to kill anybody he can. Reporter dark testimony from members of s. E. A. L. Team seven paint a chilling picture of violence by their platoon chief. Did he say when he did this or pulled out a knife and started stabbing him . He pulled a knife and started stabbing him. Reporter it was part of a war Crimes Investigation into edgar gallagher, a decorated navy s. E. A. L. Accused of fatally standing a stabbing a young isis prisoner. Includes neverbseen footage in which y gallagher over the limp isis fighters body before the camera is switched off. Did you interpret him as a threat at any point when gallagher stabbed him . Not did not, no. Reporter corey scott whose interviewed. Did he do anything that could no. Reporter on the stand and after being given full immunity, scott took responsibility for the death. They tried to film me from the get go. Reporter a military jury convicted him of posing for a photo with the corpse. A navy board also considered stripping gallagher of his triedent pin, symbol of his status as an elite navy s. E. A. L. They wanted to take his pin away. I said no. Reporter President Trump intervened and restored gallaghers rank. These are tough people. And were going to protect our war fighters. Reporter a move that angered many in the Navy Including former Navy Secretary richard spencer, who was ousted after requesting the president not get involved in gallaghers case. I dont think he really understands the full definition of a war fighterment war fighter. A profession of arms has standards that they have to be held to and they hold themselves to. It. Reporter gallagher who this week met with President Trump at his maralago resort has repeatedly expressed his gratitude. I dont know how many times i thanked the president. He keeps stepping in and doing the right thing. Reporter the jury heard an attorney for gallagher, told cbs news the jury heard all the evidence, the prosecutions and the defenses, and acquitted eddie of every serious charge, enough said. David martin for us. The Upcoming Senate impeachment trial. We will continue to push for rules that give us witnesses and documents. That is the key. Reporter democratic senator richard blumenthal, who would be one of 100 Senate Jurors in the president s Senate Impeachment trial, supports House SpeakerNancy Pelosis decision to withhold the articles of impeachment until democrats can ensure a fair process. Mitch mcconnell is sabotaging this proceeding. Reporter alaska republican senator Lisa Murkowski says she was disturbed by these comments by republican leader Mitch Mcconnell im going to coordinate with the president s lawyers. So there wont be any difference between us on how to do this. Reporter some House Democrats are concerned about republicans impartiality. Some of them have decided already that they will not be impartial. They actually have to take an oath to say they will be impartial. The game in the house was rigged. It was rigged. This is a carnival ring toss. Reporter republican john kennedy wants the senate to act differently. I want people to walk away saying the senate gave everyone due process and an opportunity to be heard because they cant say that in the house. Reporter even if some republicans vote with the democrats on having witnesses, that certainly does not necessarily mean that theyll vote with the democrats on removing the president from office. And keep in mind, removing him from office takes a twothirds vote of the senate. And that at this point looks extremely unlikely. Dana . All right. Thank you. At least 12 people were killed overnight in a plane crash in the Central Asian country of kazakhstan. The aircraft slammed into a twostory building shortly after takeoff. 93 passengers and 5 crew members were on board. Dozens of them were hurt. The flight was traveling from almaty, kazkazakhstans largest city, to the capital. What more can you tell us, rox roxana . Reporter it had problems shortly after takeoff. The jet started falling and people were screaming and crying. Images show the front of the beck airplane smashed into a building in a residential area just outside the airport with the rear of the plane laying in a field nearby. Video posted on line shows rescuers digging through rubble, searching for survivors, and a small child being carried away from the scene. The countrys deputy Prime Minister said the runway was in ideal condition. Authorities are investigating whether the crash was caused by pilot error or technical problems. The state News Agency Says both flight data recorders have been found in good shape which should assist with a quick analysis of the cause of the crash. In the meantime, authorities have suspended all flights of the Budget Airline and the dutchmade 100. Production of the aircraft ended more than two decades ago, but around 140 are still active, mainly in australia and iran. Vlad . A ski slope in the swiss alps is closed this morning after a massive avalanche buried half a dozen people alive. Dramatic video shows heavy snow barreling down the side of that mountain yesterday. Six people were rescued or freed themselves from the snow. At least two people were taken to a hospital with minor injuries. A German News Agency reports that heavy snow in recent days raised the avalanche danger to level three, meaning there is a significant danger. The owner of a colorado Day Care Center and preschool faces criminal charges including child abuse following a sixweek investigation. Carla faith is accused of hiding neglected children behind a false wall in her home. Three other women have also been charged. Don dahler is here with us with more. So what else do we know . We know that this case started back in midnovember. Colorado springs Police Showed up at the Day Care Center after receiving complaints that it was housing too many children for what its license said. What they found when they got there was far more disturbing. On november 13th, Colorado Springs officers pulled up to this home owned by 58yearold carla faith. They were conducting a welfare check on children she was supposed to be taking care of at her day care, play mountain place. When officers first arrived, they say they found no children and that faith refused to cooperate. Then they heard childrens voices. And after investigating, found a false wall inside the building. Behind it, a basement with two adults and 26 children, all under 3 years old. According to the arrest affidavits, officers reported finding most of the children sweating, visibly dehydrated with wet or soiled diapers. Saying dont take me to the house, dont put me downstairs. Reporter cbs affiliate kktv spoke to parents of children in faiths care after the facility was shut down in november. We all feel completely betrayed. Its so hard to trust your children with people. And we felt like we could really trust them. Reporter Police Arrested carla faith, christina swaug katelynne nelson, and Valerie Fresquez for child abuse. Faith, swauger and nelson were also charged with felonies for other crimes related to the case. But the consequences extended beyond the day care. Faith always ran a preschool nearby, and when Police Closed it, nearly two dozen teachers lost their jobs. We werent actually associated with anything going on at play mountain. And thats the hardest part was were getting punished. I didnt each get to say goodbye to didnt even get to say goodbye to most of my kids. Reporter faith earned four childcare facilities in Colorado Springs. All have been shut down. The Colorado Department of Human Services says she previously ran childcare facilities in california that were shut down for similar reasons. Parents who left their children in her care have now filed a lawsuit claiming breach of duty of care. It seems unbelievable that this could have happened in one state and now here. I know. And shed be able to get licensed again. It was so strange. The Police Showed up after reports that there were too many children there. She initially told them that there were no kids in the building. Then she said, theyre playing at a park. But they took the initiative, went inside to investigator, and this is what they found. Like that woman said, thats the hardest part is trusting your children with someone else. It is. Not know figure theyre doing the right thing knowing if theyre doing the right thing sometimes. Thank you. The coast guard is searching for a tour helicopter in hawaii that disappeared yesterday. Seven people were on board the chopper that vanished off kauais na pali coast. There are aerial tours every day depending on the weather. There is reduced visibility around the island due to clouds and rain. The missing helicopter has an electronic locator, but so far no signals have been received. Oscar winner Marlee Matlin is a longtime advocate for other hearing impaired people. Why the actress called out Delta Airlines for a lack of accessibility. Good friday morning. It is a cold start to the day. Several degrees colder than yesterday morning so bundle up as you head out the door. As we look ahead to the afternoon enjoy the sunshine. 55 in San Francisco, 57 in sodas say and mostly sunny for your saturday. The rain returns on sunday especially widespread rain sunday afternoon and evening. High pressure builds right back in with plenty of sunshine for next week. We have much more ahead. 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