Enjoyed a White Christmas yesterday, heavy snow and strong winds have made the trip home hard for many. In areas from portland, oregon, to portland, maine there was snow. Bone chilling cold enveloped much of the midwest with windchills dipping below 40 in some places. And a blizzard warning was issued for maine and new hampshire. The snow and wind created hazardous driving conditions with near zero visibility in massachusetts as well. Yeah, the windows get icy and the windshield wipers dont really arent very effective with the ice. The visibility is quite poor, so its been a rough ride already. At bostons Logan Airport blizzard like conditions caused runways to temporary shut down. That delayed more than 240 flights. And the cold weather is going to stick around for a few taking a look at whats happening across the country on tuesday, we do have much drier conditions as we head toward the west coast. Some snow expected down in the midwest and we could see some snow showers as we head towards parts of the great lakes. Parts of the south we could see rain down from houston to louisiana. There will be some very, very cold temperature, but you can tell most of the west is going to be very, very dry. Should not have any travel issues if youre heading to the west. Maybe a few down to the south. Maybe into some areas of the midwest. Cold temperatures in some areas. 35 degrees in seattle and portland, 62 in los angeles. 67 mild for phoenix, but take a look at the midwest. 1 degree in minneapolis. 11 degrees in chicago and 27 degrees in new york city. The warm place to be, miami and orlando with temperatures in the 70s. So if youre in the midwest, stay warm and bundle up because you have a cold couple of days coming cbs news, denver. There is a bright spot this Holiday Season and thats for retailers. Sales are way up and theres no sign of it letting up. Jim axelrod has that story. Reporter this Holiday Season it wasnt just rivera spending more. Our finances are stable and were buying more. Reporter nor was it just john. This year i think were spending a little bit more. Reporter they had a lot of company across the country. Total retail sales this Holiday Season added up to a record 590 billion, up 33 billion from last year. This is literally the best season since before the recession. Reporter Craig Johnsons Company Customer Growth Partners analyzes all things retail. He credits low unemployment and a booming stock market for this humbug free Holiday Season. The single biggest drive of retail sales is growth in real dispo pocket and theyre able to spend it. Reporter online sales are also way up, which explains why ups had a call in support from their accountants and office staff to supplement drivers trying to deliver everything on time. Fed ex, ups and the Postal Service have all been theyve done record volumes. Reporter what does johnson see that he likes most . All types of stores, discount, big box, specialty, shared in this holiday bonanza. Reporter can americans read into anything in the next six months based on the Holiday Shopping . All the ingredients are in place for a sustained retail rebound here this year. Reporter sales of gift cards dont count until the day theyre redeemed which means this week should also be a boomer for retailers. Cbs President Trump says its back to work today after he spent christmas with his family in florida and with the new year ahead, one of the items on the agenda could be an invitation to a world leader for a state visit to the white house. Wendy gillette is here in new york. Good morning. Reporter good morning, brook. President trump spent his christmas like many americans, opening presents and eating a holiday dinner. But he also got a briefing about a suicide bombing in afghanistan that killed at least six people. He has said this is a working vacation in floridas a he wraps up his first year in office. President trump insists via twitter his holiday break is over writing yesterday evening, i hope everyone is having a great christmas. Then tomorrow its back to work in order to make America Great again, which is happening faster than anyone anticipated. The white house says the president spent the holiday at his estate in florida surrounded by family. Two photos of the day were released. This one of the president with selfie of the first lady. Mr. And mrs. Trump also posted a video greeting on twitter. In the season of joy, we spend time with our families, we renew the bonds of love and good will between our citizens. Reporter now that the festivities are over, among the president s first orders of business may be arranging his First Official state visitor. He has been hosted in several countries. Most notably a lavish affair in china, but mr. Trump is the first president in almost a century to close his first year in Office Without hosting one himself. While the president has dined with World Leaders at the white house, the pomp and circumstance of an official state visit is considered an important diplomatic tool. White house spokes american Sarah Sanders says theres no singular reason why trump did not offer an invite in 2017, but she says the administration hopes to schedule a visit early in the new year. Over the past trump tweeted about his dissatisfaction with the media and the Deputy Director of the fbi. He also attended a Christmas Eve Church Service and played a few rounds of golf with friends. And yesterday he had quite the christmas feast dining on his choice of four salads and soups, five entrees and five desserts including trump chocolate cake. Five desserts. Wow, and a lot on his plate still in the coming week. Thanks a lot. Okay. President trump has been an outspoken critic of the United Nations and now his administration has helped negotiate a cut to the u. N. Bud but jet. Yesterday u. S. Ambassador said she would not let quote, the generosity of the American People be taken advantage of, end quote. U. S. Pays about 22 of the u. N. s budget. One of russias opposition figures has been barred from running for president against vladimir putin. Alexei navalny is not eligible to run. It cited his conviction in a fraud case. That conviction has been widely seen as a tool to keep him from running. Navalny is calling for a boycott of next years election. A powerful typhoon that left scores dead in the philippines has missed a direct hit in vietnam. The storm was downgraded to a tropical depression this morning. It failed to make landfall in vietnam where hundreds of thousand it is were evacuated as a precaution. It caused landslides and flash floods in the philippines. More than 160 were killed. More than 170 people are still missing. Coming up on the morning news, fireworks mishap. A celebration in cuba goes terribly wrong leaving dozens ininjured. A passenger says an airline gave her seat away to a congresswoman. This is the cbs morning news. Cleaning floors with a mop and bucket is a hassle,. For a quick and convenient clean, try Swiffer Wetjet. Theres no heavy bucket, or mop to wring out, because the absorb and Lock Technology traps dirt and liquid inside the pad. Its safe to use on all finished surfaces tile, laminate and hardwood. And it prevents streaks and hazing better than a micro fiber strip mop, giving you a thorough clean the first time. For a convenient clean, try Swiffer Wetjet with a money back guarantee. Brand power. Helping you buy better. Therethat only uses 100 american oranges. And simply orange and tropicana ship in juice from overseas. Only floridas natural grows all of our oranges in florida. Great taste. Naturally. 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Join for free and lose 10 pounds on us. Hurry, offer ends january 8th. Celebration in cuba has ended in disaster. At least 39 people were burned, some of them seriously after a fireworks display exploded uncontrol my. Six children are among the injured. Thousands of people attend the Christmas Eve festival each year. A passenger is accusing an airline of a surprise downgrade and a major truck recall to tell you about. Those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand today. The denver post posts a recall of ram trucks. Steering column Gear Shifters may accidentally switch out of park. The recall covers 1. 8 million heavy duty pickups dating back to the 2009 model year. It also includes some light duty pickups. Seven injuries may be linked to the problem. United airlines is apologizing to a passenger who says a member of the house of representatives got her seat. United cancelled h seat and bumped her to economy plus on a recent flight. She says texas representative Sheila Jackson lee was then assigned her seat. United denies all that but did give the woman a 500 travel voucher for her trouble. The death of actress heather mensies. She was recently diagnosed with brain cancer and died on sunday. She was 68 years old. The oldest daughter of garner is on life support in a brooklyn hospital. Erika garner suffered a heart attack saturday night. Shes been an activist against police brutality. The death of her father in 2014 brought National Attention to the black lives matter movement. And the Washington Post announces the singer lor cancelled her show. Lorde called the cancellation, quote, the right decision at this time. Okay. Still ahead, oil prices claw their way back. How stock pile cuts by opec eventually helped lead to higher prices. Frustrated. I just want to find a used car without getting ripped off. You could start your search at the allnew carfax. Com that might help. Show me the carfax. 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Markets were closed for christmas and with just four days of trading left in 2017, stocks are on pace to finish every month of the career with gains with dividends included. Last week the dow finished 106 points higher. The s p gained nearly 8 points for the week but the nasdaq finished three points lower. Oil has also been in focus in general this year because of the back and forth with regard to supply issues. As for where oil is today it is under a little bit of pressure this morning. Meantime, bitcoins wild ride continues. Prices of the currency are up this morning trading at more bitcoin started out last week at nearly 20,000 but it fell to less than 11,000 on friday morning. Iter iterallied back to more than 14,000. Comcast is accused of defrauding cable and internet customers by signing them up without their consent for a service plan that provided nearly no services. Comcast said it strongly disagrees with the allegations and video gamers are taking a step back in time. Npr says the latest craze is retroconsoles like atari, supernintendo and saga. You can play games like zel dda and hedgehog. Today you can spend more than 200 for one on ebay. Brook . Wow. One of those atari systems was in my swap this year but nobody wanted it. They were unaware of the craze i guess. Now i b seems like and you know, its so funny how things can just on a dime turn back and become involved again. Shouldnt have thrown them out. Thanks a bunch. All right. Still to come, working holiday. Some of the firefighters battling the California Wildfires tell us why theyre on the front lines for christmas. Things than r rheumatiod arthritis. Before you and your rheumatologist move to another treatment, ask if xeljanz xr is right for you. Xeljanz xr is a oncedaily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. It can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, even without methotrexate. 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Its now 86 contained after exploding into the largest wildfire in state history. We met with some of the crews who have beaten back those flames. Reporter it is not how nearly 1,600 firefighters expected to spend the holiday. Woke up on a cold, hard cement floor surrounded by snoring men. Not how i thought id wake up on a Christmas Morning ever. Reporter moss is almost 700 miles away from her home in central utah. This is an opportunity that doesnt come very often so im glad to be here. Reporter since december 4th the thomas fire has destroyed over a thousand homes and buildings. At least one firefighter died, and for others, weeks on the line have taken a toll. Reporter why did you volunteer to be here on christmas. So that other people didnt have to. Merry christmas, everybody. Reporter hot shot firefighdi so youre here for christmas and new years . And my birthday and my anniversary and my wifes birthday. Reporter hes spent more than 90 days fighting fires from oregon to california. So spending time with other firefighters, reading cards from a Grateful Community and seeing a surprise visitor was a welcomed escape. Ive been working in the woods seven years. I never got to meet you. Reporter hed rather be with his family, like most here. This may not be the only holiday firefighters spend on the fire line. They could be here through new years with flames not expected to be put out until the first week of january. Jamie yuck. A student is getting National Attention for her contribution to science. She was inspired by the flint water crisis that sickened tens of thousands of people including children and so she invented a device that tests if theres lead in the wat w her device does it on site in seconds using carbon molecules. Thats not something that i want to go through, what the plint residents went through. 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Listen it is chilly to start the day with temperatures in the 30s and stay in the 30s throughout the day. Highs 34 to 39 degrees. Chilly out there and partly sunny and look for northwest winds 5 to 10 miles per hour. Cold front is on the way later today. So that will help to keep that cooling trend sticking around for most of the week. Heres how the day breaks down by the hour, expect upper 20s in the suburbs and 34 around noon and then back down to 35 degrees by 5 00 this evening. You will notice the clouds on the increase. A chilly week ahead. That tops weather headlines. We have several chances for light snow and flurries around here. And there will also be looking at temperatures between friday and sunday staying very cold with snow chances and highs i rolled down any window today to use the key card to get in. It is freezing. All right, traffic looks okay unless you are going to take 90 heading up to dash 95 heading up to 95 heading up to baltimore. We have an accident between there and 895. A couple of lanes are blocked and have significant delays just wean that stretch between that stretch. This is one camera at 959 and route 100. The southbound lanes look okay if you are trying to get into d. C. So coming the reverse way not an issue. Outer loop of the beltway we have a ramp restriction when you hit the eisenhower avenue area. We dont have delays though larry heading around the outer loop. Thank you so much. Breaking news overnight. Fairfax county firefighters battle an intense fire along route 1 in alexandria. This happened just south of buckman road. Flames could be seen up and down the highway. As crews tried to bring that fire under control at the Mount Vernon Antiques center. No injuries were reported but firefighters had to stay outside of the building as the cause of the fire this morning still under investigation. Well were learning more about that devastating Christmas Eve plane crash in florida. All five people on board were killed including a baltimore couple. Victoria worthington was 26 and Peter Worthington was 27. They got married this past june. She was a fourth grade teacher at the Baltimore International academy and peter was a law student at umd campus in baltimore. The local sheriff thinks that fog may have been a factor in crash. Tomorrow random drawing will decide the tied race for one Virginia State house seat. A recount found democratic challenger simmons and republican incumbent yancey in a tie for the 94th district race. Depending on chance that will either put the house at an even 50 50 split or the republicans will have a 5149 margin. In addition to this race, democrats are challenging the results of stafford countys house seat 28 race in federal court. Thats a quick look at whats going on. The news at 4 30 starts right now. Good morning and thank you for joining us, im ellen bryan in for jan today. Im larry miller. Man the day after christmas you have a good holiday . Im a little tired this morning you as well . Thankfully i stayed away from all the holiday food. Just had a little chinese food by myself. They delivered and i was happy they september it to my sent it to my house. Miri marshall how are you doing this morning . Im doing well. We are starting off with temperatures right at 30 degrees and we still have time for those temperatures to drop this morning. There are a few clouds out there. 34 to 39 degrees. Thats it. Thats this warm as we will get today with cold air staying in place throughout the week. This is how your day breaks down by the hour. You still find the temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s by 9 00 a. M. By noon, 34. And then back down to 35 degrees by 5 00 this evening with clouds out there. Now we have a cold front heading our way were not expecting muou theres a slight chance that we could see some flurries popping up. This is at 5 00 and it looks good out there in terms of cloud cover but you notice the clouds increasing by 7 00 p. M. And then later on tonight, we can see it around West Virginia and western maryland, we are looking at some snow showers popping in and then just south of hagerstown, just outside of frederick, by midnight we could see another flurry make its way in. Thats why we have the small chance for a flurry if the forecast. The rest of your wednesday looks pretty good with plenty of sunshine. Ellen . You would not be okay with chinese food. For christmas. Look girl. You got nothing else going . Egg roll will do. Hello. Thats what you bring leftovers today miri . I didnt. I was hoping there was some left up stairs from yesterday. That was lasagna. Not very good christmas meal. It was good though. Nice to have a warm meal. I shouldnt complain should i . 95 northbound passing by route 100 before i895. An accident is blocking at least one lane and already have delays so unusual at this time of this morning. Ou
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