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Its now blamed for at least 12 deaths, along with the snow it caused more than 40 tornadoes in the deep south, starting on christmas day, and this morning, Northern Areas of pennsylvania new york and new england have one to two feet of snow on the ground. Nearly 500,000 utility customers have lost power. Melina shop row is in new york. Reporter as the snow continues to fall authorities are urging motorists stay off of the roads. With about a foot of snow already on the ground were seeing how big and powerful this snowstorm has been. From california to new york the fastmoving storm system that began over the weekend completed its crosscountry trek in the northeast, enveloping state after state and heavy snow. Thats pretty rough. The wet snow its heavy, you know, just kind of been trying to move what we can. Reporter with wind gusts up to 30 Miles Per Hour blizzard warnings were issued in indiana, illinois and ohio whiteout conditions made the car ride home for the holidays hazardous. All over accident accident accident. Reporter air travel has been crippled according to flightaware. Com, 1,700 flights were canceled yesterday. Planes werent the only high flyers to be grounded. Just hours before last nights tipoff, snow forced the pacers to postpone their matchup with the bulls. Overnight the massive storm system covered parts of pennsylvania to upstate new york to maine with up to a foot of snow. And for indiana resident george cummings, trying to clear the relentless snowfall all day left him beaten but not broken. Were fighting a losing battle but its one were fighting. Reporter here in buffalo were expecting moderate snow to continue to fall throughout the day and into the evening but it appears the worst of it is definitely behind us. For cbs this morning, im nalina shop row. All right, meteorologist jeff giardelli in miami, what are the biggest problems right now . Its still snowing herself nil parts of upstate new york and vermont and New Hampshire and berkshires of massachusetts. Heaviest snowfall fell last night, 18 inches of snow to the south of rochester. The storm is moving east very gradually. It will be snowing the remaybe der of remainder of today in vermont, 6 to 12 inches of snow boston to new york city its rain and theres bound to be flight delays during the day today. Jeff what is the weekend outlook . Well believe it or not we have another storm system building, take a look at it tomorrow morning in texas, rain will start to fall also in louisiana, that will take a similar track but further south than the last one eventually on saturday it moves into washington, d. C. Philadelphia and new york city right now its a tough call as to how much snow is going to fall but we think a few to several inches of snow is possible on saturday going to be another probably pretty tough travel day. Could be another white new year. Jeff, thank you so much. The health of former george h. W. Bush has taken a turn for the worse. Is he in guarded condition this morning, fighting a persistent fever. Ann warnere arer in is outside Methodist Hospital. Reporter good morning, the 88yearold bush has been hospitalized for weeks and is now suffering what his spokesperson says is a stubborn fever thats been hard to get under control. Doctors have put him on a liquids only diet and are said to be cautiously optimistic about his course of treatment. The honorable George Herbert walker bush. Reporter former president h. W. Bush is currently in the icu. He was initially admitted last month for a persistent bronchitislike cough. While that condition has improved a spokesperson says bushs condition remains guarded. Hes got a fever right now that has been a stubborn fever, not responding to tylenol treatments for example. Reporter doctors put bush on a liquid diet yesterday but he was reportedly able to join his family in a christmas meal of chinese takeout from this local houston restaurant. Hes received visits in recent days from his wife barbara, his children and grandchildren. The elder bush has looked the picture of health the past few years, sky diving multiple times to celebrate recent birthdays. Seven months ago he was at the white house for the unveiling of his sons official president ial portrait. I am honored to be hanging near a man who gave me the greatest gift possible unconditional love. And that will be number 41. Reporter the former president s Office Released a statement yesterday, they say that bush is surrounded by his family, that he is alert, and that he is talking with the medical staff. Rebecca and jeff back to you. Anna werner thank you. With us is dr. Lori mosca, professor at Columbia UniversityMedical CenterNew York Presbyterian Hospital thank you for joining us good morning. Good morning. Its beendescribed as persistent fever, guarded condition. What does that mean . Guarded condition is somewhere between being in stable and critical condition, a place where were being vigilant, watching over the patient carefully. When we talk about the persistent fever maybe you can talk about that and exactly what that means. Persistent fever in this case appears to be a couple of weeks is concerning and often we think initially this is due to an infection but theres really a whole host of conditions that can cause a stubborn fever like this, including malignancy immune conditions allergic reactions, drug reactions. Hes also 88 years old which has to be a factor here. Certainly as we get older our immune system isnt quite as effective that can cause fevers in increase of age such as cancer are also a concern. What other problems does he potentially encounter the longer he stays in the hospital . Well the longer youre in the hospital, the potential for lots of things to you know go awry but its also a place where you can get the best care and you know its important to keep looking for the source of the fever so hes in the right place. When he was initially admitted it was for a bronchitislike condition. Does that tell you anything about what hes facing now . Well its not uncommon for elderly patients to come in with bronchitis. It could be bronchitis can last a few weeks to months. It could be related to that but it also could be due to something else. This is a situation where Mother Nature is telling us to be vigilant and keep looking for the source. Any fever in an elderly person is serious. Dr. Mosca thank you very much. Former South African president Nelson Mandela is home now and reportedly doing well after he got out of the hospital yesterday. He received nearly three weeks of treatment for lung infection and gallstones. He is not fully recovered but is well enough to go home. The 94yearold will continue to receive medical care in his home. In washington negotiations to avoid the fiscal cliff are still struggling for survival. Congress has five days to strike a deal before the end of the year deadline. President obama is on his way to washington this morning while senators are coming back to capitol hill. Chip reid is at the capitol. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The president arrived back in washington in a little bit more than an hour. The senate comes back tonight and the house it could be a couple of days. There is not the sense of urgency you would think there would be with a critical deadline looming. Some members of congress admit they may well just go over the fiscal cliff and deal with it in january after the new congress is sworn in. Leaving his family behind to continue their vacation without him, president obama boarded air force one early this morning and headed for washington to deal with unfinished fiscal cliff business. With just five days until the combination of automatic tax increases and spending cuts that could send the economy back into recession, mr. Obama wants congress to take the lead in getting the job done. The senate convenes later today and Senate Majority leader harry reid told members to be prepared to address fiscal cliff issues through the weekend. Reid is working on his own plan to get lawmakers to come together before the end of the year deadline. That plan would likely include letting the bush tax cuts expire for households making more than 250,000 a year and short term spending cuts instead of the massive longterm cuts that would happen if there is no deal. After our wednesday conference call, House Republican leaders issued a statement saying they were waiting for the democratic controlled senate. The house will take this action on whatever the senate can pass they said but the senate first must act. In a sign of public frustration over the lack of a deal the coffee giant starbucks is asking employees in approximately 120 Washington Area cafes to write the words come together on cups for drink orders. We just wanted to have a subtle message of coming together and everyone being united. Reporter now a new problem making the fiscal cliff talks even more complicated, secretary of the treasury tim geithner announced yesterday that the nation will hit the 16. 4 trillion debt limit also on new years eve. He says he can take measures to postpone that for a couple of weeks but probably not much more than that. The president wants to include the debt limit talks in the fiscal cliff talks but republicans do not, just one more issue they dont seem to be able to agree on. Rebecca and jeff . With us now is is the editor of the magazine. What is the Immediate Impact on january one for most americans . The first two things that are going to hit are the payroll tax increase, that will affect almost every working american and we ran some numbers and calculated that for a family with two working parents make being 82,000 a year that could tack another 1,600 on to your yearly tax bill. Thats big. The other Immediate Impact is the end of emergency Unemployment Benefits so for the most vulnerable americans that have already gone over all the rest of the benefits theres nothing else in the pot. What about the expiration of the bush era tax cuts . For the same family i spoke about, if all of those go through thats 2,600 a year extra on your tax bill. So much of the debate has focused on the tax issue but spending is a huge portion of this and there are automatic spending cuts also in place. Thats right, and those go through all kinds of social programs, programs like fema thats involved in Disaster Relief for sandy, thats part of the discretionary spending. And part of this is a snowball, right, so the cuts take place, they have their effect but they dampen Consumer Confidence. Thats right. People are less confident, they spend less and hurts the economy more. If you look at what happened last year with the debt wrangling in august of 2011, Consumer Confidence dipped 30 and that was without the worry over tax hikes. Even if its not clear exactly whats going to happen in the fiscal cliff im hearing from retailers, theyre saying were feeling this. Holiday sales were dampened by it, what happened next year as far as business hiring could be dampened as well. Retail stocks are down. The stock market has been jittery and business is extremely worried. Any Silver Lining at all . Some good news . One Silver Lining if we go over the cliff its possible that will create a political reset that will change the terms of debate and really focus things and get a deal done fingers crossed. Part of that deal also another thing i hear from businesses is the market and the World Economy want a particular type of deal. They dont want a deal thats light. They dont want a bad deal. If we have to go over to get a better deal thats better than a bad deal. Rana thank you very much. Thank you. The fiscal cliff and other issues seem to be dragging down Holiday Shopping. Forecasters predicted a big jump but analysts say it could be the worst in four years. Elaine quijano has more. Good morning to you jeff and rebecca. According to early numbers shoppers were not in the Holiday Spending spirit and some of the reasons had nothing to do with the economy. Holiday retail sales grew just 0. 7 this year far short of expectations and down from 2 a year ago. Whether it was Hurricane Sandy and the need to spend on the home whether it was the tragedy in connecticut and took away the feelgood factor it was a confluence of events that led to a should have been better holiday season. Reporter in the densely populated northeast, where more than a fifth of the countrys retail sales take place, homeowners hit hard by Hurricane Sandy spent more money on repairs than on holiday gifts. Also dragging down sales was uncertainty about the fiscal cliff, tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect next year. If lawmakers dont reach a deal to avoid it consumers could see higher taxes eating into their paychecks. Even online sales suffered compared to past years of doubledigit growth this year online holiday sales rose only about 8 compared to nearly 16 last year. Lack of Consumer Confidence means this shopping season could be the weakest since the recession in 2008 when sales actually shrank. Consumers need to have more confidence. Right now its more of an uncertain way for the first half of 2013 so i think everyone has thought going into the year. For businesses, the Holiday Shopping season officially ends december 31st, and retailers are hoping to salvage some profits by offering deep discounts until then. The president of the National Retail federation is still optimistic. He estimates holiday sales growth will be about 3. 5 to 4 this year. Rebecca and jeff . Thanks elaine. Its interesting, macys and target report next week so were going to hear from them really two big retailers about what actually did happen this holiday season. Happy new year elaine. Happy new year. Other headlines from around the globe Financial Times says toyota agreed to pay 1. 1 billion to settle a Class Action Lawsuit over sudden and unintended acceleration. Owners of about 16 million toyota lexus and scion models are eligible. The settlement does not cover lawsuits claiming gas pedal defects caused death or injury. East coast longshoremen are threatening to strike on sunday a lockout would shut down 14 ports from texas to massachusetts for the first time in 35 years. It would affect tens of billions of dollars worth of merchandise bringing east coast imports to a halt. The the wall street journal says home prices have hit a milestone, on track for their first yeartoyear gain since 2006. The strongest performance since the housing bust. Home prices rose 4. 3 in october compared to a year ago but they were down in new york city and chicago. Theyre up nearly 7 overall this year. Maybe a buying opportunity in new york city and chicago. Britains guardian reports syrias military police chief defected from the army and declared his support for the rebels. He was shown making a statement on arab tv saying hes joining the peoples revolution. He also claimed syrias army has committed massacres against the unarmed population. Also the independent the comet of the century is due to pass earth next year it could be the brightest comet seen in generations, even brighter than the full moon. Even all right. And we got police have plenty of clouds in the bay area. They are looming but it is dry outside. You can put away the umbrellas for at least one day. Its going to be chilly grab a jacket 46 in oakland, 48 in San Francisco, and only 40 degrees in napa. 39 in fairfield. By this afternoon, low to mid 50s and then chance of rain friday and saturday. Announcer this National Weather report sponsored by mcdonalds. Im lovin it. Im lovin it. A newspaper ousts a newspaper out, thousands of handgun owners. People are questioning. In this case i think the newspaper has gone a little bit too far in terms of publishing information that actually stigmatizes people. 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