Living under warning. Missouri is grappling with what officials there are calling historic white house conditions from the northeast to the midwest. Thousands of travelers are stranded. We dont even know if we are going to get on a flight. George pataki announced the suspension of his campaign and donald trump is ramping up his fight against hillary. Madam president , can you imagine . If it has to be a woman, which im all in favor one day, it shouldnt be hillary. The u. S. Military says Iranian Naval vessels conducted rocket tests near u. S. War strips in the strait of hormuz. A 4. 4 magnitude earthquake widely fel across southern california. Everything started shaking really bad. The fbi is investigating the fatal crash of a plane into an Anchorage Office building. Sixth floor. Iron mike tysyn on his sons hoverboard and the latest to hit the deck. Might come out with big moves. In rhode island. My brother and i will whoop both of their booties if we ever step in the ring with them. Guns n roses will be reunited with the bad coachella. It is a joy to watch a babys first step but a riot to see this baby eating bacon for the first time. Thank you dada [ screaming ] announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning, im jeff glor with Margaret Brennan. Chilly rose and gayle king and millions of americans face the threat of flooding in illinois and missouri. Mandatory are under way at this hour and in missouri the flood is blamed for 13 deaths. The Mississippi River could each 14 feet above its flooding stage in st. Louis. The flooding could affect 18 million in its path from illinois to louisiana. Anna werner has more. Reporter this is what youre seeing around st. Louis or they are waiting for it to happen. This is river water coming this way. It looks kind of just like a generic area or a field. This is supposed to be the southbound lane of u. S. 67, but as you can tell, there is no the severity of this is not broken to flooding. They would not sell me Flood Insurance so ive never been concerned about it. Reporter this is not the usual time of year for the Mississippi River to come over its banks. Its been more than 20 years since this kind of event has happened in the area, but all of winding up down here. Margaret . Anna, thank you. Some areas could suffer from the effects of the storm system for days. Chief weather caster lonnie quinn of our new york station wcbs shows us what to expect. Reporter good morning, everybody. What is interesting to note you take a look at the satellite image for the entire u. S. A good portion of the country that is having this catastrophic flooding is getting a pretty calm day today. But, remember, a lag effect from when the big rains come and when the river crests. Take a look at the number of rivers we have river flood warnings in effect. 18 states have a flash of green out here. Each and every urnship one a river flood warning. You saw the pictures in st. Louis. Here is the deal. For st. Louis, flood stage is 30 feet and 31 feet will cause a problem and right now its 41 feet and it will crest tomorrow at 43. 1 the third highest in history. I dont see it being a record because that would be up to like two more inches of rain will fall in the southeast so that is problematic as well. If you take a look at how things will change by the time you get to new years eve to new year day colder air for the norman tier of country and Midatlantic States have chillier air. In new york city, youre dealing what is the warmest december in our history going back to the late 1800s and start on a different note as we go into the new year. That is the latest. Now back to you. Lonnie, thank you very much. Airlines are scrambling this morning to get back on track after days of weather delays. More than 160 flights are cancelled so far today and 170 delayed. Yesterday, more than 7,300 flights were cancelled or delayed. Adriana diaz is at chicagos Ohare Airport, one of the hardest hit airport. Good morning. Reporter good morning. If youre trying to get through security at this checkpoint this morning you have to get on this line. It is eight rows deep and starts a hundred yards in that direction. Flin are frustrated and weary. They are just trying to get home after weather delays from two days ago backed up flights. Our flight was at 5 30 and its 10 00 and they cancelled it now they wont speak to someone this is bull [ bleep ] its such a bull [ bleep ] reporter emotions are running high at chicagos Ohare Airport as travelers struggle to get to their destination. This woman is trying to get back to northern virginia. How long does this even go . Oh, my god. This is actually this is for security . Reporter yes. The airport set up 400 cots last night for people calling these terminals home and hope pfizer and Scott Millman found a spot on the floor. They described the situation as chaos. They wouldnt tell us that our flight had been delayed for an hour and then they would just delayed for an hour. Finally, they move your gate and tell you its cancelled. Reporter flightaware. Com ceo daniel baker says flights are packed so rebooking the stranded take time and when it gets airlines to pony up for a hotel. The airlines doesnt have an obligation to put you up at once. If you put enough pressure on them and you have a good reason you probably could pull that off. Reporter that couple we met sleeping on the floor, they are now at a hotel. They were rebooked on another flight but it doesnt leave until next year on new years day. Wow. Adriana, thank you. We have breaking news this morning from New Hampshire where four secret Service Agents were involved in a deadly car crash. Local police say the agents car was hit by another car that strayed across the center line in wakefield along the main border. The driver of that car was killed. The four agents are being treated for serious, but nonlifethreatening, injuries. Ready to put more money to work in the republican president ial race. The billionaire has led the polls for months. Even though other candidates have outspent him. He told reporters, though, he will ramp up spending in the new year. Major garrett in washington looks at trumps plans for the final weeks before republicans start voting. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning. Donald trump played squire aboard his appointed private jet inviting reporters for an onboard press conference but reminding them not to scratch anything. Trump promised to spend 2 million over campaign ads the next month and republicans running far behind trump ignored the frontrunner and started attacking each other. Madam president , can you imagine . Believe me. Women, if its got to be a woman, which ill all in favor of someday it shouldnt be hillary. Reporter at an iowa rally next month, trump aimed most of his barbs at Hillary Clinton but made a pitch to evangelical half of the gop caucus turnout in 2012. To the best of my knowledge, not too many evangelicals come out of cuba. Okay . Just remember that. Just remember. If all fairness, here we are. Reporter rubio and cruz who are cuban descent are trumps rivals. Trump says he will soon hit the air waves because he doesnt want to risk losing momentum. I will be spending a minimum a week of 2 for ads in iowa, South Carolina, New Hampshire. Reporter the others battled each other. The super pac supporting jeb bush denounced rubios absenteeism. Rubio admits National Security hearing and missed more votes than any other senator. Millions of dollars in fortunes, he is becoming his attack is not new. Reporter another ad criticized kasich and christie. Christie joined the jousting, questioning his rivals qualifications. We do not want another president who sits in a chair in the oval office on the first day and spins around and says, gee whiz, isnt it great im president . Reporter George Pataki quid the republican candidates to 12. With big boys and girls of the intelligence world understand they are being listened to. One of the challenges the administration has done is unilaterally disarm on collecting on certain allies and not others. It puts the white house in an uncomfortable position on why it decided not to collect on some leaders like Angela Merkel but collecting on netanyahu. Police in turkey this morning have foiled suicide attacks planned for new years eve. Officers raided a house in ankara. The attackers were going to blow themselves up in the capital city. Police believe suspects were working with isis. In less than 24 hours more than a Million People will start pouring into midtown manhattan for the biggest new Years Eve Party in the country. Organizers ran a confetti test tuesday with colorful paper security preparations are also in full swing. Don, good morning. Reporter the new York Police Department began their preparations for this new years eve celebrations when the last piece of confetti fell last year. With the threat of global terrorism on the rise, security is more intense than ever, some measures you see, some measures you dont. When the clock strikes 12 00 this new years eve, the new york police dement when the clock strikes 12, nypd new years eve in new york city will be the safest place in the world to be. Reporter roughly 6,000 Police Officers are guard the heart of manhattan. Hundreds of them with long guns and Radiation Detector and bomb sniffing dogs. Rooftop snipers and nypd helicopters will be on patrol. At a new Operations Center in will monitor thousands of cameras. This year the nypd also set up a specialized counterterrorism unit with more than 500 highly trained cops and Officials Say there are no Credible Threats to new york city, deadly attacks in paris and San Bernardino have raised the level of fear. We are aware that the threat picture has changed because of isis. Share information about any potential threat. Jeff . Don, thank you. One of the most successful rock groups in history may be planning a comeback. Guns n roses is reportedly considering a reunion tour next year and could signal the end of welcome to the jungle reporter welcome back to the jungle may be in the future for this famous rock group. Billboard magazine says members including axl rose and guitar slash plan to headline a Coachella Music Festival in april and a music tour is in the works. One of the most successful rock groups of all time, gnrs 1987 album upended the genre. Slash left the band in 1996. The two havent performed on stage together in more than 20 years. Rose snubbed an invitation to the bands rock n roll hall of fame induction in 2012 but earlier this year, slash talked to cbs this morning about burying the feud with rose and reuniting. A lot of the attention youre talking about is we dont have all of those issues any more. Not a lot of controversy. Its something that is more per pep per pep waited by the media. Would you want to do it . If everybody wanted to do it for the right reasons, i think the fans would love it. Representatives for the band have not yet commented on the reported reunion. We would love to see the music but not sure about the hairstyles coming back. Thats true. The socalled affluenza teenager to return to the United States today. Ahead how a phone call re metinka another round of light snow through central iowa. It will be out of here by noon, leaving behind one inch to 1. 5 inches of powder. The careful on the roads. 26 degrees. 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It included a childrens choir from the Cicely Tyson School as jazz musician terrance blanchard. Can you see the emotion in the audience. The 91yearold honoree was clearly delighted and overwhelmed by that performance. She had an extraordinary interview with gayle king the other day that aired, if you missed it. She talked about how that made such a difference. So good. Welcome to cbs this morning. Fugitive teen ethan couch is in custody and likely to return to texas today. How a call to dominos may led to his capture in mexico. Rikki klieman is in our green room and shows us how couch could face additional charges when he comes back to the United States. Our Fact Checkers are working overtime in the next campaign. Time to show you some of the mornings headlines from around the globe. The Chicago Tribune to expected to announce changes in Police Tactics today. It includes tasers for every officer on street duty and Training Police to deescalate conflicts when it comes to shoot or dont shoot situations. Fbi leading an investigation into why a pilot crashed a small plane into an Office Building where his wife worked. The cessna clipped her building, first, tuesday, before crashing into another building. The pilots wife worked on the sixth floor. The pilot was the planes only occupant and was killed. Officials do not believe it was an act of terrorism. It is reported the faa is investigating a plane that accidentally land odd a taxiway in seattletacoma runway. The pilot landed in a taxiway between two runways and nobody hurt but it could have been disastrous if a plane was parked there. Been made at the airport. The New York Times reports on a new copyright Class Action Lawsuit against the Music Streaming Service spotify. David larry who led beethoven and cracker is seeking 150 million in damages. The suit claims spotified streamed songs without the necessary rights. The fugitive texas teen known for the socalled affluenza defense is expected to return to the u. S. From mexico today. Ethan couch and his mother tonya were arrested at a Puerto Vallarta apartment comple