Condition. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Home for the holidays. But getting there is hard for many. We thought winter storm watches and warnings and even blizzard warnings. We are stuck. We sat on the car mack two and a half hours. tis the season for freezing. Going skiing, great for them. To california. Woo somebody has to save our skins fans around the world are hoping the force is with Carrie Fisher. Fisher hospitalized in intensive care and taken from the plane to the hospital. The vikings team plane ran off the runway in snowy conditions. Has this ever happened to an nfl team . Everyone is off the plane and no jours. The Obama Administration allowed a resolution condemning israeli settlements. The radio city rockettes set to perform at the january inauguration. Some say they dont want any part of it. Alec baldwin said he would perform on one condition. If he could sing highway to hell. All that. That could have been a tapin with crawford out of the net and all that matters. Down to seven seconds. He makes a move and dallas beats the clippers in los angeles. Merry christmas on cbs this Morning Saturday. Santa claus is almostdy for his annual trip around the world. He left his home in finland in his sleigh. At the north pole gather the rest of his reindeer and make his final preparations and he sets off to deliver gifts to children around the world. Go for it, santa. Santa claus is coming to town memories Merry Christmas welcome to the holiday weekend, everyone. Im Anthony Mason along with alex wagner. We have a great lineup for you this Christmas Eve and the start of hanukkah. Later on, we will show you a unique Photo Exhibit photographer neil slavens who is known for taking portraits of group and we will talk with him about why these photos captivate him and teach us about ourselves. Also the nba takes a shot at boosting viewership by putting you on the court. We will behind the scenes to show how you can now watch games via Virtual Reality headsets. He is known for his work on Stephen Colberts late show but now band leader john batiste is here to play us holiday music from his new album. That is ahead in our saturday session. A powerful winter storm is expected to move across a large part of the country today, making it difficult, if not dangerous, for millions of holiday travelers. Last night, the Minnesota VikingsFootball Team, their plane slid off the runway and got stuck in the grass during snowy condition at appleton, wisconsin, international airport. Players waited for hours before they were able to leave the plane by cherrypicker. Defensive end brian robson posted this video to instagram. Show you what is going on here. Holla woo how are you doing down there . They are in good spirits about it. The airport did not have a staircase high enough to reach the doorway of the plane. There were no injuries. The bad weather caused widespread Airline Problems on friday. One of the busiest travel days of the season. More than 3,000 flights were delayed and 200 cancelled. You can see the mess that is stretching from the rockies to the Northern Plains and over into the midwest. Its not just snow and ice. In Southern California, heavy rains have residents living near burned hillsides bracing for more mudslides. Some hills gave way last week. Here is meteorologist ed curran of our chicago station wbbmtv. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Here is the rain in Southern California moving down near san diego now. Los angeles will see sunshine today. To the north of there, you can see all of the snow here. This is all part of that system we are talking about. We have Winter Weather advisories here and winter storm warnings in the pink. Tomorrow is when we are really concerned as we have a blizzard warning up here in the dakotas sunday morning to monday morning. 6 to 12 inches of snow and driven by wind gusts to 55 miles per hour. East of there the weather will be more mild, an ice storm warning northwest of minneapolis and freezing rain on sunday as well. These hazards are on sunday. As is this. A Severe Weather hazard for sunday with thunderstorms that could reach severe levels, a slight chance of severe in the area youre looking at here. So some wild weather across the nation. Be very careful. Especially in those areas with a blizzard warning as travel could be very, very dangerous, if not impossible. Alex . The weather outside is frightful meteorologist ed curran of our chicago station wbbmtv, thanks. Carrie fisher is hospitalized in intensive care. Passengers aboard the plane saying fisher was given cpr and was treated by paramedics. They rushed from the back with, i think it was a defibrillator and first aid box and running towards the front. Fisher is known for playing Princess Leia in star wars movies and including last years the force awakens. Sending all of our love to Carrie Fisher and we will have much on her battle the next hour. This morning, deepening divisions between the u. S. And israeli. On friday, the you allowed the passage of a United NationsSecurity Council resolution condemning israeli settlements in palestinian territory. It was the first time in decades that the Security Council was able to adopt a resolution on settlements. In the past, the u. S. Has used its veto power to block resolutions critical of israeli policies. But as Tony Dokoupil reports the move reports how raw the feelings remain between president obama and israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. Reporter allowing the resolution to pass, president obama may have gopt tten in a parting shot over netanyahu before leaving office. Reporter israeli settlements in the west bank and jerusalem make it hard to negotiate a palestinian state. The United States has been sending a message that the settlements must stop, privately and publicly, for nearly five decade. Reporter the settlements which are illegal under International Law have been the source of friction between president obama and Prime Minister netanyahu. The vote was temporarily delayed thursday after israeli officials reached out to president elect donald trump to intervene. On twitter, trump publicly opposed the resolution. After the vote, netanyahu said he is looking forward to working with the Incoming Trump administration. Trump responded by tweeting, things will be different after january 20th, inauguration day. Israelis u. N. Ambassador said fridays decision puts a peace deal further from reach. By voting yes in favor of the resolution, you have, in fact, voted no. You voted no to negotiations. Reporter and netanyahu for his part accuse the Obama Administration of failing to protect israeli and colluding with the rest of the Security Council. Netanyahu says israeli will not abide by the terms of the resolution which calls israeli to stop building settlements. Palestinian officials, meanwhile, call the resolution a victory for International Law. Tony, thanks. More than a month after he won the race for the white house, donald trump continues to assess the outcome of the election by applauding remarks made by russian president Vladimir Putin. Trumps tweets are sparking a fire storm for democrats and they say a signal of what is to come. Errol barnett is in our Washington Bureau with more. Reporter the russian president is embolden and the u. S. President elect is looking forward to working with him. In fact, when Vladimir Putin said democrats humiliated themselves for accusing russia of election tampering, donald trump tweeted so true. A new phase of u. S. russia relations and nuclear policy. In a press conference, svladimi putin wanted to neutralize nuclear weapons. It came on the same day that president elect trump gave a tv anchor in festive pajamas. We will outmatch them in every pass and outlast them all. Reporter that phone call clarifyived mr. Trumps earlier tweet saying the United States must expanding its Nuclear Capability until the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. That tweet dropped hours after putin pledged to enhance his Nuclear Forces with military advisers. Trumps Incoming White House press secretary friday reiterated mr. Trumps nuclear stance. There are countries around the globe right now talking about increasing their Nuclear Capacity and the United States is not going to sit back and allow that to happen without acting in kind. Reporter the Nuclear Saber rattling isnt being taken literally. He is posterring. If it takes a stance saying we are modernize our nuclear arsenal, so tb. Reporter also on friday the Trump Campaign released this christmastime letter from putin to trump hoping to bring u. S. russian collaboration to a equ equal tatively new level. Just days after meeting with boeing and lockheed ceos as his resort in maralago, trump sent another National Security tweet that se sent markets rippling. Citing tremendous costs and costs overruns. He took aim at alist celebrities for wanting tickets to the inauguration after supporting hillary clinton. And speaking of alist celebrities, president jimmy carter is the only former president who has rsvpd yes to the president elects inauguration and will feature a performance from the new york city rockettes. Reportedly any dancers with personal objections are allowed to skip out on that performance. Errol barnett, thank you. It was a whil wind week for the Trump Transition Team as the days tick closer to the january 20th inauguration. For the latest on the president elect, we are joined by phillip bump, a Political Columnist for the washington post. Happy holidays and thanks for joining us. Great to see you. Vladimir putin and donald trump, is this tough talk, the beginning of a Nuclear Arms Race and what is happening here . I think it seems pretty likely that donald trump is open to the idea of this being a Nuclear Arms Race and we saw what he said on msnbc yesterday. Im not sure it signals that he and putin are at odds at all. I think both Donald Trumps whole campaign is predicated on this idea of the reagan era and making America Great again and that sense. Putin would love to have a new cold war to be the contrary polar opposite power in the world to the United States and i think it serves them both well how they see themselves on the world stage. Its interesting. I cant recall a russian leader sending a letter to an incoming american president. What do you think putin is trying to get out of this . I think putin wants to regain russias position in the world, right . There are huge sanctions that are imposed against russia after crimea and wants to see those lifted. Obama administration treated china as the main competitor on the world stage. Putin wants that to be russia again and i think that he is doing was he can to make that the case. There has been a lot of Foreign Policy development that has been tweeted in 140 characters or less this week. When we talk about the u. N. Resolution and u. S. israeli relations, they have been bad a long time and they are probably at a low point at this moment. There is a stark contrast between the position that president obama has taken and the announced position of president elect trump. What do you read in that . Its a fascinating question. We will have to see how it evolve. Obviously, once trump becomes president , things change in a lot of different ways, right . I think that the report that you saw earlier was that president obama has long been at odds with president netanyahu. People remember that netanyahu came to the United States and gave a speech against the will of the president to try to get congress to act against the iran deal. There has always been that tension. I think trump has given every indication he will be friendlier to netanyahus administration but donald trump who is still a private citizen technical, once he becomes president , interesting to see if that change. The Obama Administration resisted pressure from israeli and Public Comments by president elect trump. Is this a parting shot by obama at netanyahu, do you think . Ore say that this is a position that obama has had his team focused on for some time and this was an opportunity to reinforce that position. Phillip, the recent cbs news poll has president obamas Approval Rating at 56 . The highest its been since december of 2012. Do you think that is something at all that president elect trump might keep in mind . He has been he has not directly criticized the president in recent weeks. I legitimately dont think that donald trump cares about president obamas Approval Rating. I think his approval ratizing high because he is not trump or clinton. Quite frankly, i think it didnt do clinton much good that president obamas approval ratizing so high and i think trump will do what he wants to do once he gets in the white house. Can you recall a time where youve had an incoming president who has been as willing to contradict the sitting president as this one is . No, not at all. It is the traditional policy is for the president elect to be quiet essentially until january 20th and not confuse the world about who americas leader is because the goal is that america hasnt changed. We are moving forward just with a new leader. Donald trumps entire position america will change dramatically and i think why we are seeing why he is doing what he is doing. Phillip bump, extra points for a Christmas Eve appearance. Thanks very much. The fbi is Warning Police departments across the country about an isis call for attacks on u. S. Churches and other holiday gatherings sites. Police here in new york are alert at some of the citys most Prominent Church like st. Patricks s cathedral. U. S. Offfficialsls say t there crededible threaeat thatat t thr ut in italy. Charlie dagata has that part of the story. Reporter one of europes most wanted men died in a shootout, caught by pure chance. Italian police approached a man standing alone near a deserted train station and asked for i. D. Instead, police say, the man pulled out a. 22caliber pistol and opened fire. It was anis amri. They say the gunman was germanys terror suspect, without a shadow of a doubt. He had good reason to be confident. Amri fingerprints were on file after he spent four years in an italian pretty much for setting fire to a refuge center. Just hours after the news of amris death, isis released a video showing him pledging hi allegiance to the militant group and encouraging him to attack crusade crusaders. Critics have called catastrophic mistakes by German Police who had monitored amri for months, only to stop their surveillance. Merkel is also been criticized heavily for her opendoor refuge policy, especially as amri was a failed asylum seeker. Dr. Phillip langsford from merkels own party said the system is clearly overwhelmed. We let hundreds of thousands people into the country and this just overstretched our esources, and we have been liberal regarding this. Reporter for cbs this Morning Saturday, charlie dagata, berlin. Uber has not announced how or when the cars will be tested. Time to show you some of the mornings headlines from around the globe. Buffalo news reports calls for Buffalo School member Carl Paladino to step down after remarks he made about the first family. He served at cochair in Donald Trumps new york state election campaign. He suggested president obama should die from mad cow disease and paladino made insulting remarks about first Lady Michelle obama. The Trump Transition Team called his remarks absolutely reprehensible and no place. First lawsuits have been filed in a deadly warehouse fire in oakland. They describe the warehouse as a death trap that killed 32 people this month. No sprinklers in the building and two stairwells did not lead to an exit. The cause of the fire has not been determined. The New York Times reports federal investigators are doubling the reward to 25,000 dollars for any leads about an explosion in central park here in new york. The blast happened over the fourth of july weekend and blew off part of a mans leg. Police initially suggested it was a malfunctioning firework. There we