Composition and answer questions about how life began on earth. The first major storm of the system. Temperatures in some areas plunging. It was just pretty bad. This is a major milestone. President obama and chinese president xi announcing a historic Climate Change agreement. Ferguson missouri is on edge, waiting for the grand jurys decision in the Fatal Police Shooting of Michael Brown. Missouris governor says he will send in the National Guard if necessary. Violence will not be tolerated. New York City Police are searching for two men in a brazen jewelry heist in manhattans busy diamond district. The man who says he killed Osama Bin Laden opens up about firing the deadly shot. But two navy s. E. A. L. S have come forward with conflicting stories. The lava flow from the big islands kilauea volcano. Is advancing in new directions. More residents there are now getting ready to evacuate. Two City Employees in dallas came to the rescue of one of their colleagues. I guess we got there just in time. All that bruce springsteen, rihanna, and eminem were among the stars. Who honored our nations veterans in a huge concert. Martin jacobsens pokers 2014 world champion. 10 million. And all that matters obviously theres a lot of speculation on jeb. He ought to run for president. Would be a great president , should he win. I understand you want to make a big announcement about your wife today. Shes the happiest grandmother in the world. On cbs this morning. For the first time radioshack will open at 8 00 a. M. On thanksgiving morning. Which opens a very important question. That question is radioshack is still in business . Announcer this mornings eye opener presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. As you wake up in the west an enormous arctic cold front covers more than half of the lower 48 states. Nearly 20 of the country has snow on the ground after this weeks major storm. That is unusually high for midnovember and it is expected to increase. The real issue for tens of millions of people is the cold. Temperatures are below freezing this morning for seattle. It is below zero in montana, wyoming and the dakotas. Barry petersen is in denver where you can see the conditions are just brutal. Barry, good morning. Rr rr. Reporter it is not just cold, but it is also blowing snow out here. As if the miserable cold wasnt bad enough temperatures are plummeting and temperatures are falling. Denver hit 16 yesterday. Now, the forecasters talking about getting below zero. That could take out some more records. So this is an area braced and bundled up for a lot more miserable cold. Just a little bit of snow. Reporter heavy snow and strong winds pounded the countrys midsection tuesday. In colorado, an invasion of arctic air sent temperatures plunging, producing slick snowy roads. That led to spinouts and accidents. Nobody knows how to drive on them because we havent had them in a while. But no winters here. Reporter it may be to blame for this deadly crash in jefferson county. The driver of this car died after a headon collision with another vehicle that slid across the icy road into oncoming traffic. Four people were sent to the hospital in critical condition. And in colorado springs, a record amount of snow on tuesday didnt help matters. A driver lost control and went barreling through this neighborhood. So i pulled up paed walked up to the door and the car came slamming through, hit the house. No one was seriously injured, but police say the driver acted recklessly. The bottom line is people have to slow down, take their time getting to wherever theyre going. Reporter it was slow moving for plow operators in south dakota who have run into trouble cleaning off the roads. Bonechilling temperatures have turned the streets here into sheets of ice. Were having a little bit of trouble peeling some spots off, it will take some sunlight to burn some things off. Reporter theres kind of a Silver Lining to all this. Or maybe youd call it a white lining. The forecasters say there could be 5 to 10 inches of snow up in the rockies. So the smiles that youre seeing are in the faces of skiers because now colorados resorts say theyll be open for the weekend and the season. Some would say thats the good news. Barry, let me say you look dapper in your hat. Does that help . Thank you so much. I love being dapper but i love betterening being warm. Thats where im headed right now. Thank you very much. More than a foot of snow on the ground in minnesota, setting new records for this time of year. Meteorologist Danielle Niles of our affiliate wbz is tracking the chill and the new storm taking aim at the northwest. Danielle, good morning. Reporter good morning, good morning to our viewer in the west. It is a brutally cold start in parts of the rockies. Windchill values are 15 to 30 degrees below zero this morning. The snow has been a big story as well. Thin band from denver to kansas. Another storm going to be coming into the west coast later on today. That will spread rain from comfortable california back to the pacific northwest. Snow from east during the day tomorrow and in terms of snowfall accumulations, lesser amounts in the valleys, 1 to 3 inches, but as much as a foot or more in the cascades and rockies. Temperatures struggle to get out of the 20s today and tomorrow. Danielle, thanks. An historic moment this morning. In just a few hours a spacecraft is set to land on a moving comet. It is the First Mission of its kind. Charlie dagata is at Mission Control in darmstadt, germany, where scientists are waiting to see if ten years of preparation will pay off. Charlie, good morning. Reporter good morning. There was a huge cheer this morning here at Mission Control of the successful launch of the craft. But trouble too. Overnight, we learned that the thrust system that they pinned down has failed. It does have another system to keep it from flying off. The decadeslong dream of landing on a streaking comet came one step closer to reality today. One small step separating from the unmanned mother ship, one giant leap, a sevenhour drop to the comet below. This selfie with the comet was captured in october from 10 miles away. This image taken today is the first from the final stretch of its 4 billion mile journey. Catching up to a comet traveling 84,000 miles an hour meant using the gravity of the earth and mars as a sling shot, building up speed by swinging around both planets before swinging off toward its target. It finally caught up in the comet in august and began looking for a place to land its probe. This is exactly the size of the Landing Craft, and theyre aiming for a flat, relatively smooth surface. When they caught up to the comet, they were expecting something about the shape of a potato it instead, they found this, which has been described as closer to awe rubber duck which makes it much more important to find the exact landing location. Scientists say if that Landing Craft is even by even half an inch at launch it could veer several hundred yards off course and into an icy peak or crevice. Although its the European Space agency thats making history nasas director of Planetary Science jim green says some of nasas equipment is on board for the ride. Its not them versus us in Planetary Science, it really isnt. Is it not a rivalry . Its not. Theres no rivalry like that because we want to see their program succeed because when it does, we all gain from that. Reporter if successful, the probe will begin analyzing the stuff the comets made of, shedding light on the formation of the solar system, the origin of water on earth. Maybe even life itself. You can feel the tension here as miss Mission Control. Theres no knowing if the ice is going to be too hard or too soft for the ice drills or the harpoons to take hold. Charlie, thank you. President obama arrived in myanmar this morning after striking a major deal with china on Climate Change. The two countries vowed to cut Greenhouse Gases over the years. The goal is to set an example for other nations. Major garrett is in beijing where the two leaders couldnt find common ground, though, on everything. Major, good morning. Good morning. President obama and chinese president xi jinping ironed out some big differences on Climate Change and made progress about cooling tensions about military patrols in the pacific. But the two leaders could not have been farther apart on political reform in hong kong or human rights overall. The two president s reviewed troops before the great hall of the people and mixed with children to embellish the supposedly cheerful mood of cooperation. There were big agreements. China said it would cap and eventually reduce its Greenhouse Gas emissions and have 20 of its Energy Supplied by nonfossil fuel services by 2030. The u. S. Vowed a onequarter reduction from the existing Greenhouse Gas emission targets by to 25. By 2025. As the worlds two largest economies, Energy Consumers and emitters of Greenhouse Gases, we have a special responsibility to lead the global effort against Climate Change. Reporter the two countries also promised to inform each other about military exercises in the south china sea. Translator the Pacific Ocean is broad enough to accommodate the development of both china and the United States. Reporter but the two leaders were starkly divided over the peaceful student protests in hong kong. An issue mr. Obama raised directly with president xi. I described to him why it is so important for us to speak out for the freedoms that we believe are universal. Right, we believe that are the birth right of all men and women, wherever they live whether its new york paris or hong kong. Reporter for the first time xi publicly branded the protesters, organized under the name occupy central, as criminals. And told america to back off. Translator Hong Kong Affairs are exclusively chinas internal afirs and Foreign Countries should not interfere in those affairs in any form or fashion. Reporter xi was also asked about restrictive rules here regarding journalists. Xi, who is also head of the communist party, said the reporters are getting too much heat for reporting aggressively and said they need to change their behavior because hes not going to change his. Draws a line, doesnt it . Thank you, major. The former navy s. E. A. L. Who claims he fired the shot that killed Osama Bin Laden is releasing additional new details about that mission. Robert oneill said he thought they were going to die in that raid. Bin laden was killed in his many could pound in pakistan three years ago. Oneil said the more s. E. A. L. S trained, the more they realized it was going to be a oneway mission. Were going to go and not come back. Were going to die when the house blows up, were going to die when he blows up or were going to be there too long and be arrested by pakistanis and were going to spend the rest of our short lives in pakistan prison. Oneill said they were still eager for this mission. On friday we will hear from oneil right here on cbs this morning. More than a week after election day republicans have picked up another senate seat. Alaskas dan sullivan claimed victory overnight against democratic senator mark begich. The gop has a 5346 edge in the next state. One seat in louisiana will be decided by runoff next month. Ferguson, missouris awaiting anxiously this morning for the grand Jury Announcement in the Michael Brown case. Jurors will decide whether Police OfficerDarren Wilson will face charges for the killing. Jericka duncan is here with how residents are being warned to stay calm when the decision comes. The grand jury is likely to reach their decision in the coming days or weeks. What happened in ferguson has ushered in a National Conversation about Police Tactics and race. And local officials have made clear they are prepared for any scenario. Violence will not be tolerated. Reporter governor jay nixon made it clear tuesday that hell take any steps necessary to protect the people of missouri. When we make a determination, its necessary to provide support and im prepared to issue that order. Reporter he hopes to avoid a repeat of the chaos that erupted in the days and weeks following Michael Browns august 9th death. Nixon also said multiple law agencyies will form a unified front to patrol the streets when the grand jurys decision is announced. One Police Agency not mentioned in the unified front, the Ferguson Police department. I dont want to speak to the future of the department. That will be dealt with by local officials. Reporter Governor Nixon said more than 1,000 officers have had extended crowd control training. Police in ferguson drew criticism over the summer for their militarized approach. And for using tear gas and rubber bullets on the crowds. St. Louis county police are prepared for more protests with around 100,000 worth of new riot gear. We would prefer to just be as relaxed as often as we can. When you put riot gear and Different Things on like that, it agitates us, but frankly we havent had anybody with the riot gear on yet. Reporter the governor and state agencies prepare for their response. Community leaders last night met for a plan of their own. In spite of our differences from color creed or race we are united for peace and were united for justice. Several School Districts have asked the Prosecutors Office to make the grand Jury Announcement fall on a weekend when classes are not in session. Meanwhile, the community is also waiting for the results of a civil rights investigation by the justice department. Norah. Thank you. A dallas hospital is paying for mistakes this morning in a handling of the first ebola case diagnosed in the United States. The family of Thomas Eric Duncan says it has reached a settlement with texas health. Details will be released. Duncan was misdiagnosed in the beginning and later died from the virus. Meanwhile dr. Craig spencer is ebolafree this morning. He was released from a New York Hospital yesterday. The doctor contracted the disease treating patients in west africa. Please join me in turning our attention back to africa. Ensuring volunteers and other aid workers do not face sigma and threats upon their return home. Spencer returned home to his fiance in harlem. His fiances quarantine ended yesterday. Packed the mall last night for concert for valor. Chip reid was at the concert. Hes now on the National Mall where crews are cleaning up. Chip, good morning. Reporter they sure are. You can see the stage about three blocks away in front of the capitol. Theyre getting ready to turn that down. This concert had something for just about everyone. Patriotic, country, rock, rap, and even heavy metal and all of it was focused on our veterans. O say can you say reporter Jennifer Hudsons powerful rendition of the starspangled banner kicked off the night. The bombs bursting in air wait a minute tell you bang bang reporter nearly a dozen top performers including rihanna and the Zac Brown Band honored americas veterans. I thank god for my life for the stars and stripes may Freedom Forever fly and let it rain reporter country star Carrie Underwood got a little help from the Singing Sergeants of the u. S. Air force. At the other end of the spectrum was the heavy metal band metallica. We finally get to play for our heroes reporter joined on stage by a wild throng of dancing vets. Thousands of seats on the National Mall were reserved for veterans. Many of them came with Veterans Service organizations. Brandon young is with team red, white and blue, whose vision is to help veterans by connected them with their communities. The military does a very good job of teaching us how to put our armor on but never ever teaches us how to take our armor off. Reporter a highlight of the evening, Bruce Springsteens version of the protest song against the vietnam war. This was no protest. This was a celebration of the brave men and women who know what its like to wear the boots on the ground. One big theme last night was that veterans day shouldnt be just one day on november 11th. Every day should be veterans day. Norah . Well said. Good point to make. What a really nice concert. I love when he said a wild throng of dancing vets. Can you imagine . It was great. Very beautiful to see. Its 7 19. Ahead this morning, a new round in the battle between taylor swift and spotify. Online music giants 2 billion weve storm system off the coastline. So far no rain but later on this evening, thats all going to change. Out the door, at ocean beach cloudy skies. Kind of a mild start to the day. 50s and 60s out the door no