They have killed the suspect in that berlin truck attack. A shootout in italy. With the berlin attack suspect. During a routine search in milan he took out a gun and shot police and was shot back. During a routine search in milan, he took out a gun and shot police. And was shot back. Major problems could be ahead for millions of people who are traveling today. Its wonderful. I love it. Hes putting the world on notice that he will do what he this he needs to do to keep us safe and secure. Donald trump and president Vladimir Putin calling for the expansion of nuclear capabilities. Are we going to have another Nuclear Arms Race . The Assad Government regime declared victory over the city of aleppo. Looks like block after block of wasteland. A prefight brouhaha. Ivanka received an apparent tongue lashing from a college professor. You ruined our country. Now youre ruining our flight. A terror plot possibly planned for Christmas Day has been foiled. A boy dangles from a ski lift in utah. Minutes later he was rescued. Thats one of my skiing night maushs. All that. End zone, touchdown and the eagles will not let the giants clinch a playoff berth. Tiger woods creating a firestorm, tweeting christmas tradition that my kids love, mac daddy santa is back. And all that matters. Kiss reportedly turned down an offer to perform at Donald Trumps inauguration. Its not the first time trump has been refused a kiss. On cbs this morning. Special night for a miami heat alum. Shaquille oneal. Hoisting his jersey to the rafters. Thank you. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. And welcome to cbs this morning. Im Anthony Mason with alex wagner and dana jacobson. Charlie, norah and gayle are off. Good morning. As you wake up in the west, german officials confirm the main suspect in the attack on a Christmas Market in berlin was killed overnight. Anis amri was the target of an international manhunt, a video released this morning shows amri taking an oath of allegiance to isis. Italys interior minister says anis amri died in an Early Morning shootout with police in milan. Charlie dagata is at the market in berlin where 12 people were killed in mondays attack. Charlie, good morning. Good morning, germans are just beginning to absorb this information as the prime suspect here has been caught and shot dead and yes, there was a increased security alert throughout europe, but they realized that the Italian Police were able to do as the German Police were unable to do, and thats stop this suspect in his tracks. The person killed is without a shadow of a doubt anis amri, the suspect in the terrorist attack in berlin. The italian interior minister. Local media published a photo of amris lifeless bod i go at the scene of the shootout where forensic officers were at work this morning. Meanwhile, a video has emerged of amri pledging allegiance to isis, who had previously said he was responsible for the berlin rampage about but today, released a statement claiming he had died carrying out an attack on Italian Police. It was a random stop and search by a foot fa troll asking for amris identification documents that led to the shootout on the streets of milan. When he was stand, the suspect immediately drew out a gun and shot at Police Officers, he said. The person who attacked our officers was killed. One of the officers was shot in the shoulder. Here is the bullet hole in his uniform. That officer is now recovering in the hospital, with nonlifethreatening injuries. Dash cam footage has emerged appears to show the tractor trailer a split second before the attack. Taken by a taxi driver pulling up at the intersection. The video appears to show the black tractor trailer barreling toward the Christmas Market. Followed an instant later by terrifying onlookers running away from the scene of the carnage. Italian media is reporting that amri was found with a train ticket that went from france to turin and then to milan, and importantly he was found with the same caliber handgun that was used to shoot dead the polish driver here. Dana . Charlie dagata in berlin, thank you. Were following another breaking story. A hijacking drama has just ended on the tiny mediterranean island of malta. All the passengers and crew have now left the libyan jet and the two hijackers have sushen dered. They had threatened to use hand grenades to blow up the plane. The plane was on a domestic flight inside libya when it was hijacked. Police in australia say they have disrupted a major Christmas Day terror plot inspired by isis. The series of raids across melbourne this morning led to seven arrests. Two of the suspects have since been released. Hundreds of officers took part in the operation. Police say the suspected plotters wanted to use bombs, guns, and knives to attack landmarks in australias second largest city. The alleged targets include an iconic railway station, a cathedral, and a square lined with bars and restaurants. A Record Number of americans will travel on highways, and in the air, for the holidays. Aaa says more than 103 Million People will take a trip over the next week and a half. Heres a look at this morning at the line at Chicago Ohare International airport. Winter storms in the northwest, and midwest could cause major travel headaches. Hundreds of flights this morning are already canceled or delayed. Omar ville franca is at Hartsfield International airport in atlanta. Omar, good morning. Good morning from Hartsfield Jackson the worlds busiest airport. Tsa agents and airport workers are doing a pretty good job of organizing all of this chaos. Were keeping an eye on some delays happening in the new york and boston area, and there are a few delays on the west coast. In los angeles, and San Francisco. And right now, millions of people are getting ready to leave town. At airports across the country, before dreaming of a white christmas, many travelers are experiencing a preholiday nightmare. Im supposed to be going to japan, but they sent me to san diego. Reporter its all about the journey, not the destination, right now that journey is filled with detours, long waits and cancellations. Our flight was bad. For 2 1 2 hours. Reporter aaa predicts air travel this year will see a more than 2. 5 increase. But most travelers, nearly 94 million, will be hitting the road. Including some stranded flyers. People are trying to rent cars but the rental cars are getting filled up. Reporter unusually rainy usual airport commute even worse. And just getting to the terminals at los angeles International Airport was a hurdle. Followed by the inevitable delays. Weve been in this line for four hours. Reporter airport officials warn travelers to keep track of their bags and belongings. Or, risk causing even longer waits due to false alarms. We are always going to err on the side of caution. It may cause disruptions, it may cause some flight delays. But its important that people know that our priority is their safety. Reporter but, its not all bad. We got in, stood in line for 30 seconds, they helped us right away. No chaos. Reporter others not too so lucky are taking things in stride. Jingle bells jingle all the way oh, what fun tsa agents here in atlanta expect to screen 40,000 passengers, and thats just today. Airport workers told me about two things people can do to kind of speed up their journey. One, always have your boarding pass out and, two, put your phone down so you can actually read the airport signs and know where you have to go. Jingle bells always makes everything better though. Thats our other lesson. Omar, thank you very much. Meteorologist from our chicago station wbbm is tracking the holiday weather. Megan, good morning. Good morning. Chicagos airports will see one to two inches of snow coming into play this afternoon. A little bit more to the north across wisconsin and parts of the plains states. Looking out to the west, though, this is where the major storm system is brewing. Heavy rain possible around the los angeles area, heavy mountain snows, and as that system progresses eastward it strengthens creating even more of an issue. What were looking at on Christmas Eve our travel impact slippery roads low visibility, from the four corners area stretching up to the canadian border. But on Christmas Day were looking at rain in chicago ice across minneapolis possible blizzard conditions from wyoming, and montana, stretching up into canada. And even a chance for Severe Weather for parts of the plains states, heading down into texas. Its going to be a busy Holiday Weekend of weather. Anthony . Megan, thanks. Russia president Vladimir Putin says president elect trumps vow to expand the u. S. Nuclear arsenal is, quote, nothing unusual. And he denies making any attempt to swing the election in mr. Trumps favor. Putin answered several questions this morning about the u. S. , and the president elect at a marathon News Conference in moscow. Barry petersen is in london with some of the russian leaders sharp edged comments. Barry, good morning. Good morning, anthony. Well, russian president Vladimir Putins Christmas Present to the world, was some Serious Nuclear weapons saber rattling. At his News Conference in moscow he made reference to comments by president elect trump about expanding the u. S. Nuclear arsenal. He responded ominously about russia modernizing its nukes. The Russian Federation is stronger, he said. Its very important to note that its not a coincidence that i put it that way. What does an aggressor mean . That is the one who potentially could attack the Russian Federation. He also talked a couple of times about charges that russia hacked the american information. Not so he says, not surprisingly. And he offered some cutting words to the democrats saying they were just trying to find the culprit somewhere else, or as he put it, quote, the party that loses always tries to pass the buck. Alex . Barry, thank you. Some are still wondering what the president elect meant with his twitter message about Nuclear Weapons. Mr. Trump wrote yesterday, the United States must greatly strengthen and expand its Nuclear Capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. Margaret brennan has reaction to that statement. Margaret, good morning. Good morning, well every president since Ronald Reagan has tried to reduce the worlds atomic stock pile. President obama even signed a treaty with russia in 2010 ledging those type of reductions. Yesterday donald trump appeared to upend decades of u. S. National Security Policy in a single tweet. Hes putting the world on notice. Donald trumps transilgs team scrambled to explain the president elects tweets which said he supports the expansion of Americas Nuclear arsenal. What hes saying is we need to expand our nuclear readiness. I think that you are getting a little too far ahead of ourselves that hes changing policy and making policy in a way that he did not intend. Reporter another trump aide tried to clarify the comments thursday. Saying the president elect was referring to the threat of Nuclear Proliferation and the critical need to prevent it. But none of that language appeared in trumps tweet. Which is his first articulation of Nuclear Policy since his election. Aides did not say what prompted the tweet. But it came after Vladimir Putin said russia needs to strengthen the military potential of Strategic Nuclear forces. It wasnt exactly clear what donald trump was saying. Reporter former u. S. Ambassador to nato nick burns warned the stakes are too high to risk a misunderstanding. In Nuclear Diplomacy and diplomacy in general, you want to be clear, most of the time, especially with your adversaries, about what youre willing to do and not willing to do. Reporter but trumps comments on Nuclear Weapons during the campaign seemed at times to be intentionally vague. The United States has not used Nuclear Weapons since 1945. When should it . Well, it is an absolute last stance. And you know, i use the word unpredictable. You want to be unpredictable. Look, nuclears should be off the table. But will there be a time when it could be used . The trouble is when you said that ill be the last one to use nuclear. Ill be the last one. Believe me. I think that once the Nuclear Alternative happens, its over. At the same time, we have to be prepared. I cant take anything off the table. Trump at one point suggested he was open to the possibility of japan and saudi arabia obtaining Nuclear Weapons, and said in a cnn town hall quote maybe its going to have to be time to change you have so many other countries now having it. Alex . Margaret, the president elect also weighed in on a u. N. Resolution which would denounce israeli settlements in territory claimed by the palestinians. He urged the Obama Administration to reject it. What are the implications of that . Well president s elect typically avoid publicly contradicting the silting president. But hours before that scheduled u. N. Vote yesterday trump publicly pressured president obama. He tweeted the u. S. Should reverse its longstanding policy condemning israeli set mngt building in the west bank, and then he went a step further by speaking with egypts president , who ultimately agreed to delay the vote. So traditionally american president s like to say theres only one president at a time. But now theyre contradicting each other on the world stage. And that, at a minimum, is causing confusion. Margaret, thanks. Ivanka trump was harassed by two strangers on a jet blue flight. A social media photo shows the president elects daughter sitting on the plane yesterday. One of the men reportedly said her father is ruining the country. The men were kicked off the plane before it took off from new yorks jfk airport. Security was waiting for ivanka trump and her familiar ply when the plane landed in San Francisco. They were taken to a private jet to complete their trip to hawaii. A San Francisco airport Spokesman Says the secret Service Requested the security detail before the incident. An arkansas man is in custody accused of killing a 3yearold in an apparent road rage shooting. Police arrested gary holmes last night, for the death of acen king. He faces one count of capital murder and two counts of a terrorist act. The 3yearold was killed saturday night in little rock. He was riding with his grandmother and little brother to a Department Store when the gunman pulled up behind them and opened fire. Syrias government is in full control of aleppo this morning for the first time in four years. The last of the rebel fighters yesterday left the even part of the city. This new drone video shows the widespread destruction of aleppo. Experts say it will take years to rebuild, and cost billions of dollars. Tens of thousands of residents have fled the city in the past week alone. Among them a little girl whose account of the war on social media drew a huge global following. Holly williams spoke with her in turkey. Shes in istanbul. Holly, good morning. Good morning. Weve been following that little girl on twitter along with hundreds of thousands of other people who were moved by her story of survival in aleppo. Bana alabed has just lost a front tooth and loves harry potter. So far so normal for a 7yearold. Except just four days ago, bana and her family escaped the nightmarish violence of aleppo. And before that, as they were under siege bana and her mother ran a twitter account that turned her in a social media sensation. With more than 300,000 followers. It shows the devastation of war through a childs eyes. The terror when the syrian regimes airstrikes rained down on them. Eventually they told us, destroying their home. Now in turkey, banas finally safe from the bombs, and shes making plans for the future. What do you want to do when you grow up . Teacher. You want to be a teacher yes. Like your mum . Yes. Youre kind of famous now. Did you know that . Yes. How do you feel about that . I am happy. Fatima told us what it was like as a mother. Raising three children in a war zone. Their posts on twitter prompted sympathy and outrage at the plight of civilians in aleppo. But syrias president Bashar Al Assad called it a game and propaganda. And others then claimed the account was somehow a fake. Im not sure what happened. Reporter bana and her mother did show the world what happened in aleppo. And made it out alive. So even a little girls pleas for help didnt stop the carnage. Bana and fatima told us they want to go back to aleppo as soon as its safe to do so. But after the regime retook the city yesterday, we have no idea when that might be. Anthony . Holly williams in istanbul, thanks. Wow. As people there have been throu