This, its very dangerous. I stayed indoors this morning. A prewinter storm blast. A deep deadly freeze from california to the midwest. The snow and ice, three feet dumped in two days. Im looking forward to it. An american has been shot dead in benghazi. Ronny smith was shot and killed near his home earlier today. No one claiming responsibility for that murder. The massive breech. Hackers have stolen the 2 million google, facebook, twitter accounts. A virus sent the info to hackers. The truck vanished with radio medical waste. All wastes have been recovered. New allegations. Did toronto mayor rob ford try to buy the alleged video of him smoking crack by offering gang members 5,000 and a car. Sounds like hed make a good game show host. Crews in florida are trying to lure whales out of dangerously Shallow Water. Short supply at a Christmas Free light Tree Lighting in philadelphia two women got into it. Spurs and timberwolves were supposed to kick off. Smoke postponed them. A car cruising down the highway in a snowstorm with no one behind the wheel. All that matters. Seems the excitement of the season was too much for obamas newest dog. On cbs this morning. 113 congress is on pace to be the least Productive Congress ever. Theyre doing something, theyre getting into the genius book of world records. Welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning norah. Good morning to you charlie. Breaking news this morning. As you wake up in the the west we begin with the deadly attack on an american citizen in libya. Last year the ambassador and three other americans were killed when muslim extremist stormed benghazi. This morning a you man was shot to dealt. Mark is there. Good morning. All information regarding the american killed in benghazi comes from chool where he worked. A staff member identifies him as ronald smith, a 33yearold chemistry teacher apparently out jogging when he was shot reports say by a group of men. Ronald smith was you working at the International School in benghazi and what appears to be his twitter account he described how his wife had left to go home. He talked about leaving himself at the end of the week. Just realized ill be flying home friday 13th of december he said. It was nice knowing you. Who am i kidding, it wasnt. Eight peers to be a joking one. The internet is filled with heart felt condolences from students. He had a young son. He kept a live chatter on his account, some taunting militant groups active in benghazi. I understand i teach the school of rich kid, he said. If im kidnapped whos going to pay the ransom. The incident appears to have happened not far from area where there were killed last year. Religious affiliations have been happening in benghazi. The students could have took the threats serious. Benghazi and libya are dangerous places for americans. Thanks mark. A massive cold front from canada is impacting the west and much of the area. Areas 20 to 40 degrees below tomorrowle. The entire state of montana below 0 this morning. Forecasters say the freezing cold will stick around five days. Meanwhile the ice storm causes problems texas to ohio. Drivers are dealing with dangerous conditions on the roads. Don is in minneapolis. Good morning. Reporter good morning norah and charlie and good morning to our viewers in the west. That cold air mass that has been marching its way east ward from the west has hit this area now. I might not be a meteorologist but i do know one highly technical a term. That is this weather is nasty. Through bitter wind chills and piling snow plow operators in minnesota are working around the clock after another round with the storm that dumped two feet of snow in parts of the state and caused five deadly traffic accidents this week. People werent ready for the Winter Weather and were driving in it today. Reporter sub zero temperatures and wind gusts could ice roads and knock out you power for thousands. Some commuters are taking a creative roach to getting around. I stayed in doors this morning. The allies were great. They plowed last night. There was a couple inches of snow perfect for skiing. Reporter 42 inches has fallen since the beginning of the storm. The worst has moved on, but you hard work for many is not over. We have not shut them off in 30 hours. Reporter even when they plowed the road its so cold out here that the streets have frozen over after that making the driving very dangerous. When i was driving here last night, it felt like riding on a camel on roller states. Charlie, norah. Stay warm. Thank you. As temperatures dive below zero in colorado the state is digging out this morning. Snowplows working all night in areas to clear more than a foot of snow. Airlines cancelled dozens of flights at Denver International airport. Megan is tracking the storm from our chicago station. Thanks charlie and norah. The winter storm playing us all week shifts direction and focuses on folks from west texas, oklahoma, ohio river valley and pennsylvania in the next couple of days. Snow on the northern extent of the storm. Rain to the south and in between, an ice storm. We anticipate Ice Accumulation on roadways anywhere from texas up through tennessee to kentucky West Virginia eventually pennsylvania today and tomorrow. This will mean significant travel impacts as well as power outages, Ice Accumulation on power lines and things of that nature. Were talking about snow on the northern extent of this system that could top five inches in springfield, four inches in oklahoma and inch and a half around indianapolis. The cold air is invading. Coldest air weve had in over three years for much of the nation. Charlie, norah. Megan in chicago. The cold weather is threatening citrus crops. Farmers are protecting their plants. A freeze warning is in effect this morning. Citrus grows 1. 5 billion each year. This cold snap could destroy half of this years crop. In washington, president barack obama is laying out the priorities for the rest of his term. High on the list an increase in minimum wage. The president challenged americans to help low income americans. I believe this is the defining challenge of our time making sure our economy works for every working american. The opportunity gap in america is now as much about class as it is race. That gap is growing. So if were going to take on growing inequality and improve upper mobility for all people, weve got to move beyond the false notion this is an issue exclusively of minority concern. Good morning Major Garrett at white house. Reporter good morning charlie, norah, viewers out west. He gave the speech of what he believes an obsession republicans have to prosperity. The white house disagrees on this issue coming front and center in the next couple of weeks. Congressional negotiator democrats and republicans on capitol hill are trying to figure out a way to avoid the second round of across the board spending cuts otherwise known as sequestration. Those cuts would harm the push for better Economic Growth and wage equality. Another push from the president , renewed push for higher minimum wage. Currently 7. 25 an hour. The white house backs the democratic proposal to raise to 10. 10 an hour. These are things the white house will press in coming weeks. Major, lets turn to obama care healthcare. Gov website. It appears there are improvements. Shon shoppers have had a better experience. Reporter thats right. The first part is much much better. Consumers go on the federal health care website, look for a plan, put in financial information, see if they qualify for a financial subsidy from the federal government and select a plan. That part is working better. The second part is not. The data that consumers put in is transferred to Insurance Companies. In many cases that data doesnt arrive at all or in a garbled fashion. Those that think they enrolled wont have purchased a plan. Yesterday, it was work jointly with the Insurance Industry to find a fix. Its the first time officials have brought in the Insurance Companies to fix the problem. Major, thank you. Joe biden is taking a stand this morning over chinas air defense zone. Biden arrived in south korea today after wrapping up a two day visit to china. He spoke in beijing about chinas territorial dispute with japan. Chinas recent and sudden announcement about the air Defense Identification Zone has to state the obvious, cause apprehension in the region. I was very direct about our Firm Position and our expectations in my conversations with the president. Biden met with the president five hours wednesday. Today biden criticized chinas crack down on american journal oust working in the country. He says innation thrives where people speak freely and newspapers report the truth without fear. Congress is getting close to the end of this years season and on track to be the least Productive Congress in american history. But members of congress are tackling some issues including the eternal question, is there life on other planets . Really . Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Good morning. Reporter sad but true. Good morning norah, charlie, viewers out west. This could go down as the year of missed opportunities on immigration, tax reform budget. All issues leaders wanted to tack al at the start of the year. They had trouble funding the government and running out of time to pass critical legislation. American families could see milk prices spike to 7 a gallon if congress cant pass the farm bill by the end of the year. Lawmakers are running out of type to set funding and policy for the pentagon next year. They still need to confirm janet yellen as the next federal chair before bernankes term ends next month. Its no wonder one House Committee chose to focus on a less invasive topic, space aliens. Is there life out there . What do they think about new york city . Reporter congress has passed 56 bills in 2013 in the past 66 years only three other times that congress has passed less than 100 bills in a single year. Many of the bills this Congress Passed were simply extensions of older laws that were set to expire. Hope appears to be dwindling for the small deal between house and budget leaders that wanted to replace the federal spending cuts known as sequester with smarter cuts and revenue. When will they learn to say yes . Reporter john boehner argued Senate Democrats were to blame for this years inaction because they wouldnt consider the bills. This year is going down as the least productive in congressional history. What can you and others do to change that . Look at the number of bills passed by the senate you can see where the problem is. Reporter reporter reporter report the senate is in the midst of a two week recess despite all these deadlines. One bright spot i suppose norah and charlie, for the first time in many Years Congress is not facing the manufactured crisis this Holiday Season like a fiscal cliff or government shutdown. Several lawmakers told me their lives threatened to leave them if they allowed another crisis to ruin yet another family christmas. Now to a new security threat. Stolen pass words. Victims in the u. S. And around the world nearly 2 million accounts on social media and websites have been breached by hackers. They gained access to user pass words to 100,000 websites including Facebook Google twitter, linked in and adp the payroll company. It may still be underway. Mexican Security Forces are standing guard over a payload of dangerous Radioactive Material. Stolen then found two days later north of mexico city after thieves abandoned the supply. This is raising concerns about the concerns of nuclear materials. John miller former fbi assist and director, good morning. Good morning. What happens here . A truck with Radioactive Material is stolen. Yesterday they come up you with the truck without the material. Then they find the material a short distance away giving off Radioactive Material the. It does not look like terrorists. Looks like thieves were in the knuckle head zone and thought they were going to get a truck with a piece of valuable kwoimt equipment. They could end up in a hospital or dead. Even though it may be knuckle head, how dangerous is cobalt 60 . This is the thing hospitals use in Radiation Therapy for xraies and things like that. Half life of 2. 7 years. Could you make a dirty bomb out of it . You could and it wouldnt be eaten up in the explosion. It could be exploited there which is why there was the concern. Thats a big worry somebody having capacity to steal something thats a dirty bomb. This happens more than it ends up on the news. These trucks get stolen from time to time. It goes out on the Law Enforcement community it has to be found because of that danger. Time to show you this mornings headlines from around the globe. The Washington Post says nsa is tracking cell phone locations around the world and gathers 35 billion records a day including a substantial amount of data on domestic cell phones through surveillance. Our new york station wcbs says the engineer in the Train Derailment has been suspended without pay. Drug andle alcohol tests for William Rockefeller came back negative. Service has returned to the line where the derailment happen. The state officials and families of 19 firefighters killed in june a report contains the last photos of the Granite Mountain hot shots before they died. The investigation bliems the state forest ri division. The families will each receive 25,000. The toronto star looks at em battled mayor rob fords latest troubles. Police documents show he was the target of a black male plot. Gang members wanted must be in ex change for a video appears to show him smoking crack. The mayor of the fourth largest city had extensive dealings with gang members. In mexico, many are still waiting for a game. Smoke forced the evacuation of the stadium. The spurs and it is the coldest day of the season, freezing temperatures, widespread frost. Out the door, we have clear skies. But bundle up, it will be chilly all day long. Freeze warnings now have been extended until friday morning. Looks like another round of temperatures in the 20s and the 30s. 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