Stops traffic on a freeway. It was all caught on camera. Rogue one is expected to be the biggest block buster of the holiday season. Early tracking suggests the movie could pull in upwards of 130 million in the Opening Weekend but then again early tracking suggested that Hillary Clinton would be president right now. So you never know. You still have to go see the movie. Welcome to the weekend, everyone. Im Anthony Mason with alex wagner. We have a great lineup. Later well take you to a wine shop older than the United States. There you will meet a man whose job it is to sniff out fake bottles. Some sold for tens of thousands of dollars. You will see how he does it. Plus, an interesting side effect of nearly every major election. People dont travel. Well show you why global disruptions and a weakening euro could save you money. His job is simple replace a legend. Well talk with chris thile, the Young Musician taking over for garrison kieler as host of a prairie home companion. Russias apparent interference with the u. S. President ial election. Intelligence sources say u. S. Officials belief russia not only tried to influence the election but also worked to help donald trump defeat Hillary Clinton. The news was reported by the Washington Post. The paper says the cia shared with senators a secret assessment that electing trump was russias goal. Just over a month before the election, 17 u. S. Intelligence agencies accused the russian government of hacking emails from the Democratic National committee and Hillary Clintons campaign which were then published on wikileaks. Earlier intelligence assessments concluded moscows actions were aimed at eroding confidence in the american electoral system. But according to the Washington Post, the latest cia assessment found the operation was aimed at boosting trumps chances of winning the white house. Additionally the New York Times reports that russia also hacked the republican National Committee but didnt release any of that information. Republicans deny this. The Trump Transition Team responded with a statement reading in part these are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Russia has in the past denied interfering in the u. S. Election. There was no comment from the white house. The news came just hours after president obama ordered a full review of russian hacking during the campaign. For more on all of this we are joined by Washington Post columnist catherine powell. Good morning. Good morning. The Trump Campaign is issuing a fairly broad dismissal of the evidence. Do you think there is any chance in the coming days that the president elect changes his position . Has the president elect ever publically changed his position when it comes to his own legitimacy about the win . No. The Transition Team and trump himself will view it through a partisan lens regardless of what the results are and will say this is an attempt to delegitimize his win, his future administration, and therefore all of the conclusions that would come out of a report are suspect. According to the post report this information was presented to a group of senators before the election but there was a partisan divide as to how to handle it. Yes. Because there is a question, again, about delegitimizing the potential win, delegitimizing the process. The American Public has a right to know about any potential interference by a foreign entity into our democratic process, into the legitimacy of our elections. But there is a question about how to present this information without antagonizing the president elect and how do you present this information without compromising the peaceful transition of power. It should be noted president obama apparently exhibited reluctance in terms of letting it come out to the public because he thought during the election cycle it would seem partisan. And donald trump is tweeting about the apprentic this morning. This doesnt seem top of mind. As it concerns the transition there is word out that rex tillerson, president and ceo of exxon mobil might be Donald Trumps top pick for secretary of state. He has close ties to vladimir putin. Do you think the pick will be under heightened scrutiny . Of course. It would have been no matter what given that trump said flattering things about putin throughout the campaign saying we should have a warmer relationship with russia, et cetera, and has complimented putins leadership. All of that and whatever business ties he might have to russia and russian businesses. All of thats called into question both what kind of relationship his campaign may have had with putin, secret or public, as well as what his policies towards this frenemy of ours would be going forward. This pick in particular inflames a lot of the concerns. Thanks for being with us this morning. Meanwhile, president elect donald trump is expected to attend the Army Navy Game today in baltimore. The fierce but friendly rivalry will perhaps echo internal battles going on in the cabinet search. We have the latest on one more of the surprising developments within the transition. Good morning. Good morning. Thats right. President elect donald trump is more than halfway through nominating the cabinet. The most highly sought after position is that of secretary of state. Yesterday one of mr. Trumps key allies pulled out of the running. To a crowd in michigan, president elect donald trump basked in the glory of turning the blue state red after a drawn out recount. By the way, i heard half an hour ago the courts ruled we totally won. Its over. Reporter mr. Trump touted his transition choices and praised his future cabinet. I believe we are in the process of putting together one of the great cabinets that has ever been assembled in our nations history. Youre seeing that. Reporter one position left open, that of secretary of state. In a statement friday, mr. Trump revealed that Rudy Giuliani, long on the short list for the spot, removed his name from consideration in a meeting held november 29, the same day trump dined with mitt romney nearly two weeks ago. Rudy giuliani said he with drew in part because of the drama surrounding the spot. The whole thing was becoming kind of very confusing. My desire to be in the cabinet was great, but it wasnt that great. Reporter senior transition adviser Kellyanne Conway says the decision for Rudy Giuliani to remove himself was mutual. He will be an informal adviser to the president elect. He was incredibly loyal to donald trump, especially in the waning months of the campaign. Reporter transition sources tell cbs news romney and john bolton are the top contenders. Rudy giuliani panned romney citing his past criticism of the president elect. You can make friends and make up, but i would not see him as a candidate for the cabinet. Reporter also the Trump Transition Team is sparking alarm at the Energy Department sending officials there a probing questionnaire that asks for a list of all employees or contractors who attended meetings on carbon reduction and asks which programs within the department are essential to meeting the goals of president obamas Climate Action plan. Cbs news also confirmed gary cohn, the current president of goldman sachs, was up for the position of director of the National Economic council. Cohns appointment would give a wall street super power economic authority, the opposite of mr. Trumps of then repeated antiwall Street Campaign message. Thank you. A note that later today president elect trump will be interviewed during the armynavy game on cbs. Tomorrow morning on face the nation guests include president elect trumps Senior AdviserKellyanne Conway plus senators john mccain and bernie sanders. A federal Government Shutdown has been averted with less than an hour to spare. The Senate Passed the stopgap spending bill by a vote of 63 to 36 last night. President obama signed the bill early this morning. The measure will keep the government running through april 28. The bill includes war funding and disaster aid for louisiana and other states. This morning, winter storm warnings are in effect from Washington State to colorado. An arctic front that started in the Pacific Northwest is working its way east, bringing snow to the Intermountain West and dropping temperatures from the plains to western new york state. Elicott, new york, 50 miles south of buffalo its been snowing off and on for days. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Thats definitely the story here inesort where over 18 inches of snow has fallen within the last 24 hours. The good thing is its a light snow. Very easy to maneuver around. What we dealt with getting here at times, whiteout conditions and roads that havent been plowed. Across the nation temperatures are dropping and in some parts of the country, snow piles are growing. In indiana, crews are trying to stay ahead of storms by pretreating roads with salt and brian. That 32degree mark is critical. Warmer, we get rain. Just under, we get snow. Of course we have to watch a bridge and pavement temperature. Reporter snow is swirling around the great lakes. President elect Donald Trumps jet touched down amid a snow squall in grand rapids, michigan. It is also getting colder across the midwest. From north dakota to minnesota, temperatures are dipping into the single digits. Meanwhile, oregon is thawing out after freezing rain made roads treacherous, forcing schools in the portland area to close early on friday. Back east, some are welcoming winter. We love snow. Here at Holiday Valley and in the village, too. Reporter western new york skiers are pleased to hear the forecast means they can hit the slopes this weekend. The manmade snow is helpful. We can make denser snow. It becomes the base of the ski slope. Then you have natural snow on top to make it fluffy and pretty. Natural snow is great advertising for us. Get people to think about skiing. Reporter if you can hear that sound behind me, thats one of the snow machines. The director of marketing tells me they have created enough snow to cover 73 football fields with a foot of snow. Again, thats on top of whats already fallen in the last 24 to 48 hours. Anthony . Thank you. In case you forgot what winter looks like, there it is. For more on the weather the nation can expect we turn to ed curran of wbbm tv. Good morning. Good morning. Everywhere you look it looks like winter. 6 degrees in fargo now. Cold temperatures once again today, nothing compared to what you will see by midweek. Look at this. Chicago at 6 degrees instead of the normal mid 30s for this time of year. So a real polar plunge as we head midweek. Wind chill advisory in north dakota where it feels like 25 to 35 degrees below zero. Heres the snow in the northwest and future cast shows how the snow moves east. Snow develops around chicago late this afternoon, continues until sunday night and then continues to the northeast. You will see it here by the time we get to early monday morning. Winter storm advisories and mornings are up out to the northwest. Here in the chicago area we have a Winter Weather advisory, but to the north in wisconsin, a winter storm watch there. Finally as we move off to lake erie here, a lake effect snow warning. Well see another five or six inches of snow before it wraps up later today. Thank you, ed. Testimony continues next week in the federal hate crimes trial of dylann roof. Roof is accused of shooting nine black people to death last year at a bible study meeting in a charleston, south carolina, church. The twohour video recording was introduced as evidence on friday. In it, roof revealed hatred of africanamericans and his broader intentions when he barged into the bible study group. Mark strassman is covering the trial. I went to the church in charleston and reporter this is dylann roofs newly released videotaped confession to fbi agents. Did what . I know its tough sometimes to say. Its not that i dont want to say it. I dont want to make myself seem guilty. I dont like saying it. Reporter for two hours he calmly outlined the details of the church massacre. Did you shoot them . Yes. What gun did you use . A glock. 45. Okay. Okay. Reporter Surveillance Video shows lambs leading themselves to slaughter. Mother emmanuel parishioners arriving for bible study in june of 2015. In walked dylann roof, his fanny pack carried a. 45 glock pistol and seven magazines loaded with hollow point bullets. The agent asked, why did you do it . Roof said, i had to do it because somebody had to. Blacks are raping and killing white people on the streets every day. What i did is still minuscule to what they are doing to white people every day. Roof guessed he killed five people, but it was nine. His rampage targeted mother emmanuel as an historic black church. Once inside, he opened fire when the faithful rose and closed their eyes in prayer. Then he cautiously left the church, his right hand still held the pistol. Roof told investigators, i was in absolute awe that nobody was there, i peeped out the door and didnt see a cop. I kept the last magazine not because i was going to shoot cops, but shoot myself. I understand the harm he did. Reporter malcolm grahams sister cynthia was murdered in the church they grew up in. This was an attack on a race of people, on the christian church, on humanity. Reporter graham wants roof to get the death penalty, a question of punishment that divides relatives of the murdered. At one point fbi agents asked roof whether he was guilty. He said, i am guilty. We all know im guilty. Charleston, south carolina. The u. S. Is putting more boots on the ground in syria at the same time its pursuing a diplomatic solution to end the fiveyearlong civil war there at a Regional Security meeting in Bahrain Defense secretary ash carter said the u. S. Will send 200 troops to syria in addition to the 300 already there. They will work to help kurdish and arab fighters capture raqqah. John kerry is in paris meeting to save aleppo from complete destruction. The Russian DefenseMinistry Said more than 20,000 civilians left eastern aleppo and more than 1,000 rebels laid down their arms. Debra pota is watching the mass exodus of citizens. Reporter they came by the thousands and just kept on coming. On foot, in wheelbarrows, using makeshift stretchers, any way they could. Exhausted, frightened, hungry, but alive. They have been walking over eight hours since escaping from rebel territory. This family told us they hid in the basement during the worst of the bombing. We dont even know where we are going, this mother of four told us, as long as its far away from the explosions. Early on friday morning there was a lull in the fighting. Thats when thousands of civilians trapped in rebelheld aleppo made a run for it. Now it is a desperate scramble to get out. This man asked to get on the truck. There is no room, hes told. They have managed to squeeze him in and find a little space for a baby. Others are just too tired to do anything. They wait for friends and family to collect them. They are so weary from years of war, already they have waited far too long. For cbs this morning saturday, debra pata, aleppo. Time to show you some of this mornings headlines. The detroit news says Congress Managed to attach emergency aid for flint, michigan, in last nights bill to avoid a federal Government Shutdown. The measure includes 170 million in infrastructure costs to fix the citys contamination of lead in the Drinking Water system. The flint financing awaits the president s signature. The Dallas Morning News says Nine Police Officers in arlington, texas, have been fired for exaggerating reports on the number of traffic stops they made. The officers were initially put on paid leave back in the spring for what Police Officials describe as making a suspicious number of traffic stops. An investigation found no paper trail. The case has been referred to the county prosecutor for possible criminal charges. Le Rolling Stone magazine reveals the secret to al gores documentary on Climate Change will open next month. It was released in 2006 and grossed nearly 50 million. The former Vice President said the world must rededicate itself to solving Climate Change. He says there is reason to be hopeful with solutions at hand. Usa today reports comedian t. J. Miller will host tomorrow nights Critics Choice Award despite an arrest on a battery charge. Questions about donald trump grew heated between miller and his Car Service Driver leading to miller slapping the man on the head. Miller is due to appear in court next month. Reporter and the buffalo news says parents looking for the hard to find hatchimals may be in luck. The hatching eggs with the furry robotic animal inside are the hottest toy