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WUSA CBS Overnight News December 29, 2017

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Well, the weekend before his physical, mr. Trump will be at camp david meeting with republican congressional leaders to set their legislative agenda for the year. Chip reid is traveling with the president in florida. Infrastructure is by far the easiest. People want it. Reporter fixing the nations deteriorating infrastructure appears to be at the top of the president s agenda for next year. Republicans and democrats, were going democrat support on infrastructure. Reporter in fact. Its not that simple. Democrats want 1 trillion. But many republicans want to spend on the other hand 1 5 of that, 200 billion, money used to create Public Private partnerships to fund the rest of the spending. Democrats say it will never work. Reaching a compromise in an Election Year when the two sides are that far apart will not be easy. Yes, we can reporter also high on both parties agendases finding a way to allow 800,000 socalled dreamers to remain here permanently. A law that protects them from deportation expires in march. Democrats say its a moral imperative. They are americans in every single important way but one, their paperwork. Reporter the president has made his personal feelings clear. I have a love for these people and hopefully now congress will be able to help them and do it properly. Reporter though he has tied his support to funding for a border wall. Another key issue, funding the federal government. Republicans and democrats need to reach a deal by january 19th or risk a partial government shutdown. And a long festering issue, obamacare. The tax bill the president signed last weekends the individual mandate. It ultimately leads to the end of obamacare. Reporter but thats far from clear. And in a tweet this week, the president predicted that democrats and republicans will eventually come together and develop a gret new health care plan. The president and congress will have to move quickly if they really do hope to compromise on these issues because it wont be long before they move in to full battle mode in preparation for the midterm elections. Bianna . Chip reid, thank you. Isis struck afghanistans capital today. A suicide bomber from the sunni Extremist Group targeted a shiite cultural center. At least 41 people were killed. The attack growing power in afghanistan. Joining us now is michael morell, the former number two at the cia and Senior National security contributor. Mike, great to have you on with us this evening. Given todays attack, buzz isis in afghanistan pose a threat to the u. S. Similar to isis in iraq and syria . Bianna, afghanistan is one of the places where the isis cancer has spread. Its not yet a threat to the u. S. Homeland, but if it is allowed to continue to grow in strength, if it allowed to acquire a safe haven, it could very well become a threat to the u. S. Homeland. Is the u. S. Doing enough to prevent that from happening . So the military pressure on isis in afghanistan is significant. Isis is one of the reasons why President Trump decided to leave a u. S. Troop presence there. And those operations against isis are intensive. Let me switch gears and ask you about secretary rex tillerson, who has written an oped really foreign policy. He took a rather tough stand regarding russia. In fact, he wrote that absent a peaceful resolution of the ukraine situation, there cannot be business as usual with russia. Mike, those are strong words. But does this carry any weight with Vladimir Putin . So they are tough words, but from putins perspective, he really only listens to the president. He mirror images. And in his system, he is the only person that matters. So when he looks at us, he thinks the president is the only person that matters. The most important thing to putin are u. S. Actions. And we have not taken tough action with regard to the meddling in the election. But just last week, we took very tough action by allowing the ukrainians to acquire from the United States antitank weapons that is a very tough step with regard to russia. And putin will see that. Mike morel, our thanks to you. And happy new year. Same to you, bianna, thank you. Now here are some other stories were following in our evenings 128 Law Enforcement officers have died this year in the line of duty. Thats a 10 drop from last year, according to the national Law Enforcement officers memorial fund, which says possible reasons include Better Safety gear and training. Apple apologized today for slowing down older iphones. The company said it was done to preserve battery life and prevent shutdowns. But in multiple lawsuits, customers argue it was a scheme to get them to buy new phones. Apple is now offering those with an iphone 6 or newer a 29 replacement battery. And public filings show apples ceo tim cook got a 47 raise this year to 12. 8 million. Thats on top of the stock he owns worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Apples board has also told cook to use only private planes for security and efficiency. And there is much more ahead. You can board without presenting your boarding pass passport or other travel documents. Biometrics are being used increasingly by the airlines, but there are questions about privacy. Youre just going to walk up and theyre going the take a picture and thats it . Wow. These folks won the lottery. Or did they . I feel like i spent my real money to win monopoly money. Someone thought each of these Business Ventures would be a success. But they werent. Well take you inside the museum of failure in los angeles. Oh, sorry im late, sir. When you said you were at the doctor, but your shirt says you were at a steakhouse. Know its halfwashed. Add downy odor protect with 24hour odor protection. Downy and its done. It says you apply the blue one ok, letto me. This. Here . 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At the height of this busy travel season, the tsa posted photos today of the arsenal of prohibited items people have tried to carry on to planes. All were confiscated, including 129 bullets discovered this week in baltimore washington international. A record 25 guns were confiscated at bwi this year. Knives and blades are among the most occasionally meat clooefrs and machetes turn up as well. Occasionally brass knuckles and knives that fold into keys. Confiscated items are turned over to the states and sold. Airlines are Testing New Technology to improve security and speed up the boarding process. Soon you may have to show only your face to board a plane. Here is transportation correspondent kris van cleave. You board without presenting your boarding pass, passport or other documents. Reporter this jetblue flight leaving for aruba has passengers taking a trip to the future without a boarding pass. Youre just going to walk up and theyre going the take a picture, and thats it . Wow. Yeah. It amazing me. Every year things change. It just amazes me the technology. Reporter in seconds facial Recognition Technology can compare a picture taken at the gate against a passengers passport picture stored in a database. Fran. Delta is testing and is trying out a facial recognition bag drop in minneapolis, part of larger drop that envisions your face or finger print as the only thing youll need to 1 2 an airport. Marrying each of the technologies at each of the steps in the travel ribbon is a game changer for experience you. Literally go from curb to plane without having to interact with a human being if you so desire. Reporter there is also clear, a private company that for a fee will store and verify a fly areas biometrics. But a new report questions whether its legal for a airline to use facial recognition and theyre asking to halt expansion of the testing as i mid security concerns. As we consolidate into big databases and we use it more and more, those databases will become targets. And the risk of data breach increases greatly. Reporter the tsa is testing fingerprint verification at least two airports in the u. S. And here at reagan national, certain delta customers can use their fingerprint as their boarding pass. Kris van cleave, cbs news, arlington, virginia. Technology hopefully making travel a little less painful. When we come back, a report of asbestos in girls makeup. Ok, lets try this. It says you apply the blue one to me. Here . No. Have a little fun together, or a lot. Ky yours and mine. Two sensations that work together, so you can play together. Fredget in, fred thing for his daughter. Even if it means being the back half of a unicorn. Fear not fred, the front half washed his shirt with gain. Ah. The irresistible scent of gain flings laundry detergent. You cant help but smell happy. I had this chest cold, but my medicine kept wearing off. coughsah hey, chad i missed you. Ah i was in the tree watching you, and then i fell. Im not eating pizza from the trash. Then i discovered mucinex. Huge difference. One pill lasts 12 hours, and im good. Oh, here kitty, kitty. Ah not a cat, not a cat why take 4hour medicine . Just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. Claires, which sells makeup for children and young women, has recalled at least nine of its products as a precaution following a report that asbestos was found in one of them. Asbestos can cause cancer. For a list of the recalled product, go to cbsnews. Com. In south carolina, many who thought they hit the lottery, well, theyre out of luck. A Christmas Day computer glitch caused a flood of winning tickets. It started a ticket buying frenzy. But lottery officials quickly stopped the game and are not paying out prizes while they investigate. Better luck next time. In southeast china this week, a construction crew made an eggsciting discovery. They were clearing ground for a school when they found more than 20 perfectly preserved dinosaur eggs. Scientists estimate the eggs roughly the size of small footballs, are 130 million years old. They were found in a part of china at dinosaur species. Quite a find. And up next, a place [crash sound] speaker 1 noises like that used to make me hit the deck. But now, i can keep going. Speaker 2 dont get me wrong, i still but its good to get out again. Speaker 3 transitioning from the military can be tough. But many veterans are facing similar challenges. Visit maketheconnection. Net to watch our stories, and learn ways to create the story you want to live. Make the connection. And my home. [male narrator] dont let the fear of foreclosure make you the victim of a loan modification scam. Did you know its illegal for most companies to charge fees in advance, if youre paying money to a Company Promising help, you may get scammed. To get free help from a hudapproved Counseling Agency or to report a scam, call 1888, 995, hope. Or visit loan scam alert dot org. Brought to you by neighborworks® america. We all know america loves a winner. But jamie yuccas found a place where they always raise a glass, even to the loserment. Reporter remember google glass . What it does for the face for the body. Zmar it looks a little silly. It is. Reporter martin brought the museum of failure to los angeles. Imagine your ceo sitting there in the meeting and just going like this. When you see the commercial, youve got all these smiling people going like this. If you can sit, you can get fit, the hawaii chair well, that didnt help either. The product tanked. Reporter the Museum Showcases major flops by bigname brands, like olestralaced pringles. Make sure you had an imodium with you when you were kuiping that. Reporter or fords revolutionary edsel. The Steering Wheel where they tried to center all the pieces, all the controls into the Steering Wheel. And people just got confused. 80, 90 of all innovation projects, they fail. Reporter psychologists and innovation researcher samuel west cure rated the museum. We tracked him down on vacation. There is a saying that failure is a better teacher than sues we have so much more to learn from failure. Reporter colgate learned that its lasagna wasnt nearly as fresh an idea as its toothpaste. Bic bombed. But sticking to the basic, sells more than 30 million products a day. What do you hope is the biggest takeaway for people who visit the museum . I hope people leave the museum with a reevaluation of what failure means for progress. Reporter its a message that visitors hear loud and clear. As a parent, i want to teach my kids its okay to fail. Reporter which brings up the biggest irony. The Museum Dedicated to failure appears to be a huge success. Jamie yuccas, cbs news, los angeles. And thats overnight news for this friday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us a little later for the morning news, and of course cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im bianna golodryga. Thanks for watching. Is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im don dahler. New years weekend starts today, and its doing so in frigid fashion. Old man winter has brought bonechilling cold from montana all the way into the south. And for most, it wont be warming up any time soon. In new york city, the arctic weather isnt the only thing putting a chill on preparations for new years eve. Police are planning the biggest security cordon in city history around times square. Tony dokoupil is there. Reporter three days before the ball drops in times square, security is new York Police Commissioner james oneill. We take away are our preparations this. People will be safe. And they should feel safe too. Reporter to protect about a million revellers in a city still shaken by a botched pipe bombing this month and a deadly vehicle attack on halloween, the nypd is promising stepped up patrols, k9 teams and heavy weapons squads. The old barriers are back too, along with sand trucks to guard against a vehicle attack. But the nypd is putting a new focus on aerial security with spotters on buildings. And for the first time officers in hotels up and down the avenue to react in the event of a sniperstyle attack. Three months after las vegas suffered the deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History, the citys new Years Eve Party has been designated a sear 1 Security Threat by the department of Homeland Security. Of a designation typically reserved for political conventions and the super bowl. Law enforcement is taking no chances, adding snipers and twice as many armed Rapid Response teams on top of 800 steel security pylons. Im confident every available resource is being used to make sure this new years eve will be safe. Reporter other big cities are beefing up too. Chicago police say they are adding specialized teams with a focus on vehiclestyle attacks. For the first time miami will conduct random security checks at its outdoor events. In san francisco, days after spoiling an alleged plan to attack the citys popular tourist site pier 39, police are beefing up security along the famed embarcadero. So just how cold will it be for this new years eve weekend . Meteorologist Danielle Niles is with our cbs boston station wbz. Its just brutal. A piece of the polar vortex dives south for a record start, temperatures 20 to 40 degrees below normal. And that may be a little bit on the conservativid youre making your plans for new years eve. Ball drop forecast. Midnight, windchill values, 15 to 30 below zero from boston back into northern new england. Stretching west towards the midwest. 3 below the ball drop in new york. Thats what its going the feel like as we head into new years eve night. The first day of 2018, brutal. Single digits and teens in terms of actual temperatures. Most of the nation, 70 of it going to be below the freezing mark with a lot of cold air in place. Meanwhile, the next couple days were measuring the snow in feet in parts of the west coast with a multiple disturbances coming in off the pacific. These deep pinks you see here from northern portions of washington, stretching back into montana with elevation will be measuring the snow in two to three feet in spots. Thousands of people in states with high property taxes are scrambling to pay their 2018 tax bills before the start of the year. The new trump tax code limits the property Tax Deduction for many. But the irs says

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