Living under warning. Missouri is grappling with what officials there are calling historic white house conditions from the northeast to the midwest. Thousands of travelers are stranded. We dont even know if we are going to get on a flight. George pataki announced the suspension of his campaign and donald trump is ramping up his fight against hillary. Madam president , can you imagine . If it has to be a woman, which im all in favor one day, it shouldnt be hillary. The u. S. Military says Iranian Naval vessels conducted rocket tests near u. S. War strips in the strait of hormuz. A 4. 4 magnitude earthquake widely felt across southern california. Everything started shaking really bad. The fbi is investigating the fatal crash of a plane into an Anchorage Office building. Sixth floor. Iron mike tysyn on his sons hoverboard and the latest to hit the deck. Might come out with big moves. In rhode island. My brother and i will whoop both of their booties if we ever step in the ring with them. Guns n roses will be reunited with the bad coachella. It is a joy to watch a babys first step but a riot to see this baby eating bacon for the first time. Thank you dada [ screaming ] announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning, im jeff glor with margaret brennan. Chilly rose and gayle king and millions of americans face the threat of flooding in illinois and missouri. Mandatory are under way at this hour and in missouri the flood is blamed for 13 deaths. The Mississippi River could each 14 feet above its flooding stage in st. Louis. The flooding could affect 18 million in its path from illinois to louisiana. Anna werner has more. Reporter this is what youre seeing around st. Louis or they are waiting for it to happen. This is river water coming this way. It looks kind of just like a generic area or a field. This is supposed to be the southbound lane of u. S. 67, but as you can tell, there is no the severity of this is not broken to flooding. They would not sell me Flood Insurance so ive never been concerned about it. Reporter this is not the usual time of year for the Mississippi River to come over its banks. Its been more than 20 years since this kind of event has happened in the area, but all of winding up down here. Margaret . Anna, thank you. Some areas could suffer from the effects of the storm system for days. Chief weather caster lonnie quinn of our new york station wcbs shows us what to expect. Reporter good morning, everybody. What is interesting to note you take a look at the satellite image for the entire u. S. A good portion of the country that is having this catastrophic flooding is getting a pretty calm day today. But, remember, a lag effect from when the big rains come and when the river crests. Take a look at the number of rivers we have river flood warnings in effect. 18 states have a flash of green out here. Each and every urnship one a river flood warning. You saw the pictures in st. Louis. Here is the deal. For st. Louis, flood stage is 30 feet and 31 feet will cause a problem and right now its 41 feet and it will crest tomorrow at 43. 1 the third highest in history. I dont see it being a record because that would be up to like six feet above that. Fall in the southeast so that is problematic as well. If you take a look at how things will change by the time you get to new years eve to new year day colder air for the norman tier of country and Midatlantic States have chillier air. In new york city, youre dealing what is the warmest december in our history going back to the late 1800s and start on a different note as we go into the that is the latest. Now back to you. Airlines are scrambling this morning to get back on track after days of weather delays. More than 160 flights are cancelled so far today and 170 delayed. Yesterday, more than 7,300 flights were cancelled or delayed. Adriana diaz is at chicagos Ohare Airport, one of the hardest hit airport. Good morning. Reporter good morning. If youre trying to get through security at this checkpoint this morning you have to get on this line. It is eight rows deep and starts a hundred yards in that direction. Flin are frustrated and weary. They are just trying to get home after weather delays from two days ago backed up flights. Our flight was at 5 30 and its 10 00 and they cancelled it now they wont speak to someone this is bull [ bleep ] its such a bull [ bleep ] reporter emotions are running high at chicagos Ohare Airport as travelers struggle to get to their destination. This woman is trying to get back to northern virginia. How long does this even go . Oh, my god. This is actually this is for security . Reporter yes. The airport set up 400 cots last night for people calling these terminals home and hope pfizer and Scott Millman found a spot on the floor. They described the situation as chaos. Our flight had newyears, a wine that comes from one particulala region in france, sham chain region, thats the only way it can wear that name on it which means its are we tasting . The champagne from the northeast. Just outside of paris, a little bit east of there youll fine the champagne region. Thats where it has to be from. Thats one you u commend. Whats the price . About 42 bucks. This is from one of my small growers. Love that whatever you said, yes, vernice. Okay. Someththg a little different. Yeah. This is the pink champagne, a rose. This actually comes from lifornia. Ultra marine is a wine m me by a young man in sonoma, entirely made from pinot noir and rose champagne gets that color bebeuse its made froro a red grape and that makes it more fun and festive. More expensive because its red . Not necessarily. Most of these winesre made from pinot noir and dont give it contact with the skin. Do you call it would inas well . Everything is wine and then theresparkling wine. Oh, okay. This is a little bit of a better budget item here. Most wines cost between 40 and 50 bucs. To esare twotions around the 0 mark. A lot of people f f new years eve and within theed a big toast, you know, want to buy eight bottles, this is a good get a case of it for sure. Local from new york from the finger that makes sparkling wine, chardonnay and pint noir blend. Just like shopping in a liquor store and looking for 20 to 30. I usually go by the label, if i happen to like it. Me, too. There are certain areas that make good wines, prosecco and theres other areas, new york. That t ttes good. And frarae and south of france. Did you tell us about this one . This is a sparkling wine made in france but made in burgundy which is further south, an area momo known for t tir still wines but t ty do make sparkling wines and as a result they are not as famous for their sparkling wines. Dont mind if we do. A better value. You can taste t t difference between t t Southern Region and the northern region. You really can. And can you please tell us about this. Got to get tc the opening. Great opppptunity to make cocktails with sparkling wines and this is a french 75 which is a traditional cocktail. Make it in a restaurant or bar but make it for a party. Big batch. Fun for a party. How do you tonene give us a tip on opening it. For sure, for sure. Youre going to move that, remove the foil. It could pop right out. They can come out for sure, and get the cage off and put your hanan on the cork, okay. This way. Twist slowly and pull a little bit, exactly perfect. Ive done that before6 thats one way of opening. A veritable pro. Andnd there is another option. Oh, lord. Dont try this at home. Patrick is a professional. Okay. Here we go. H, my gosh. Do it again. Sometimes you try not to get you have to be careful. Pop it off so theres no glass bottle. I wouldnt do this at home unless youve taken some practice, a lesson. Come and get a lesson and it doesnt alwayssork either. Oh. You shouldnt try tat home but if you are an expert, w cool would that be . Dont do if if youve had too many exactly. Patrick, thank you so much. For more tips and new years eve ideas head to and keep your parenting resolutions in the newew year, got to try the punch on nbc. Im moving to a place where i can get internet from centurylink. If i get the three year price lock, am i stuck with the three Year Contract . No. Thth just means the price wont change. For three years. At way the price is locked, youre not. You can just hang out and be free. Lock in your Monthly Price for 3 years without a contract when you bundle with unlimited nationwide calling. We are back at 8 39. Tomorrow negotiates arrival. New year means youre likely to ked our Parenting Team to sharar some of theirs. My parenting resolution for 2016 is to spend more time around the dinner table and have a lot less of this. Im going to do a better job of getting my kids to their School Activities on me, and by on time, i mean within 15 minutes of when they are supposed to be there. Mom, were more of this for my 2yeararlds hair. Were starting a new program we are done speaking naftly to each other. Guys, which words are weone saying . . I hate you. Dumb. And other fun swearwords. And what happens if you screw up, you losee your device for the rest of the day. Good luck, gentlemen. Y resolution for my middle School Daughter is that i want ageappropriate apps and i dont want her being introduced to i also need to teach my son how to drive and today is our first lesson, and i thinkts goioi great. Yu. Can i get this app, mom . No, thats for sectioning. Whats sexting . Two of the things were committed to are no electronics atthe table. No electronini at the dinner table and aliya . A bed time for our eleconics. Our new years resolution is to watch Less Television because we really love tv in ourouse, dont we, cassidy . Yes. Yeah. Hurry up. Were really, really, really late for soccer. Move, move, move, move. Sometimes in the craziness of life with three kids i forget that its supposed to be fun so this year my resesution is that i want to laugh more. Were going to call our resolution a revolution, and its going to be playing together and being outside and having fun. Our new years resolution is are finally going to organize all these toys can you say resolution. Resolution. Good job. My resolution is to replace a negative thought with a positive one. Im going to take care of me in 2016. Its always about the kids firs i cant remember t t last time i had a warme. Im going to take care of me and in doing so its going to make me a better father to my kids and then Everybody Wins so, boom. So boom. Betsy brownraun is a parent ucator. Good morning. Fun watching that with you, but you make a really good point about resolutions. Yeah. They are supposed to be parenting resolutions, something that you are promising to do, not something that you want your kids to do. Cant make somebody to do anything. You have to make a resolution for yourself to decide to make a change. Thats hard to do, but you have to be the one to make that decision. A lot of people want to do this. Youve got some tips. Theeirst thing you say iso focus on selfdiscipline. Explain. Known as selfcontrol is critical to make any kind of a change change means it has to be focused and deliberate. Cant just be a whim or an impulse impulse, but the thing about self discipline is anybody can have it. People think oh, no, i dont have selfdiscipline. Theres no selfdiscipline gene. You have to make a concerted effort, decide youre going to do it and stick to it. I love your tip. Find the motivation. The thing that will keep you going when its hard. The best motivation is to go public. When you go public, tell your kids, tell your family, youre going to be embarrassed if you blow it. Your kids are watching you. They are your accountability, and you dont want to model something for your kids that they are not going to be able to do. And kind of feeding off of that you say we should create a means of selfinspection. Oh, yeah. So many ys. You have to be accountable and check in, so you can check in positively or negatively, and negative selfinspection would be a swear jar, maybe the oldfashioned days when you throw a dollar in the swear jar marble in the marble jar. Have reminders. Put a little sticker on your rear view mirror so every time you look at you remember you wont swear. Write it on toothpaste in the mirror of your bathroom. Keep it at the front of your head. And finally be persistent, like new fall off the wagon just keep gogog. Absolutely. Be aware of what your plan is, if you fall off, aware of what the saboteurs are, lousy local conditions, whats going to make you triri up andnd state i i out loud if youre going on the dark side, if youre leaning that way. Someone will help you or remind you where you want to be. Good for parenting resolutions horany resolutions. I think so. Thank, betsy, thank you very much. Coming up next, did you not get everything on your christmas list . First, this is today on nbc. Cordes most nurses are tough. Theyre problemsolvers. They like making things better. People dont have e cess to healthcare because they just cant afford it. Bernie sanders understands how pharmaceutical companies and Major Medical companies are ripping us off. Bernie tells the t tth, and hes been consistent. He understands that the system is rigged, and hes the only one who can bring real change. And welcome back. If you missed out on all the big worry. Our today. Com contributor and financial expert is here to walk us through all the deals you can expect to find in stores next month. She was alson total request live 15 years ago as a teeny bopper screaming. Totally. Gave a shoutout. I forget the band. Look at you now. I know, ght. Mom, will be at me. The first thing is flat screen tvs. January is the month, and shall we move down. Flat screen tvs. Were seeing discounts of about 35 . This is the month to do it. Why is this the month . The Consumer Electronics show is every time injanuary. Thats when the new products come into the market, s s best buy, stores like that. Get the inventory out to make way for new stuff. Everyone from vizio to samsung, deals, 200 markdowns. Whaha else . The next one is gym memberships. Of course. And fitness equipment. Everybody wants to look good in the new year so gyms go to your local gym and ask for a discount. Sometimes they will waive the initiation fee, give you 20 off and fitness stores. Seeing deals in the 25 to 50 , dumbbells, tre mills and yoga pants. A good time to buy for the yes, yes. All righty. What other sorts of deals can you get in january on goods in general . Linens, january is the famous linen sale. Why . Stemsmsack to the 1800s. Source like wanamakers in philly, they wanted to offload linens during the slow months. Do you neeee to know whaha stores to go to. West elm, target, costco and ziera home. Kitchen appliances. If you wantto maybeet new pots and pans, cutlery, go to macys, if you want to renovate your kitchen go and get new cabinets, lowes, seeing a 20 off deal. Remodeling the kitchen, january is the month to do it. And getting someone to help you out, painters, they are cheaper this time of year. New year, buy t t appliances n n and store them in the garage. Exactly. Video games. This is the month to do it because we have the toy fair next year and also comiccon later this year so were expecting new announcements in the video game world so get some deals. Microsoft right now and xbox 1 and xbox 360, a sale about 40 to 60 , sometimes even more than 6060 on those games. This is harar for parents to see because they just spent money on some of these gaming devices. Gift cards, this time of year, the time to go and spend them. The game is similar to the tvs all have new inventoryry coming in, new technology. Right. A good time to get this. January in general is good because either historically theres inventory going on. O you remember who w w on trl . P. Diddy and vince vaughn and you, you we there. Youre thebest. We posted these other great janunuy deals at today. Com. Comimi up next, the recipe youve been red for. Cookies, but, first, its happening hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use bebeuse it works in the middle of anywhwhe. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for justst70. Were back now at 8 51, todays food, our last hurrah before we start watching what we eat again. Thats right. Weve about busy waitingng for moment right here. Hedy goldsmith is here with an indulgent cooky that shes going to make for us. Walk us through the ingredients. Delicious, flour, brown sugar, baking soda, vanilla bean paste, very important, butter, everything is better with butter. Im like in love. Junk in the t tnk cookies. Absolutely. Lets do it. Got to do that. Junk in the trunk, yeah. Salty sweet. Weve got butter thats screaming. Keep it at Room Temperature because its going to really a a ate and incorporate. So were doing white suger and brown sugar to keep it nice and soft. Brown sugar is going to keep it soft. Once that dreams, were going to addd theanilla bean paste and i love that because you see all the little speckles of vanilla. The vanilla bean paste is a special ingredient. Your wife sy ri loves vanilla bean paste. Absolutely. What it does it gives you a little bit more for your money, a little bang for your buck. What are you mixing it. An egg, and thats going right into the cream. The whole egg, vanilla bean of your ingredients room temp. Never mix cold butter and warm egg and like little f fh form kind of things. This way it all incorporates okay. Then youll get your flour sifted with baking soda and that will go in, goes in very slow and very low. Dont want to create like a little white issue all over your walls. Yeah, thats happened to me. You can kind of do it all minutes. Oh, absolutete. All right. Dont want to overmix your cookies because that will make a tough cookie. They had a tough cookie. Okay. Tell me about this tray of delightfulness of candy. This is obsessive compulsive because thats the way i rocks, all kinds of deliciousness. The candycoated everything. Itit whatever you have in the hohoe. Its leftover this is the junk of the junk in the trunk. This is theunk in the trunk. Look a this. Had a little crumb left of potato chips. Kettle cooked, nice and crunchy and sta youre doing this. This is happeneng. S s youve got caramel and salt and sweet and youve got everything, and its if al were here it would probably have bacon. Not a bad call. Im feeling a littleit of love right now. I am, too. It does my heart good. And that youll mix by hand. Well add this right into that base. Any candy you have lying around thats good. Halloween, my favorite. Throw in some m ms for the heck of it. Because its festive. Whatever you havav i ithe house. It changes allll the time. Okay. So it will never be the same. I love cookie dough. And then i take this and werr going to scoop. Now youre using an ice cream scoop. Thats a pretty big cookie. It is a big cookie because youve got to get all that junk in the bowl. Will stay in that farm or if it will become flat and big. Is there enough real tate. This is. And why does it do that because i feel like my cookies would flatten out and be one big cookie. You know what the key is chill your dough first. Very important so it doesnt flatten out. I didnt know that. And how long are you going to cook these for . Well, it depends on your oven but usually about 10 to 11 minutes. Got about a minuteest. Them out. Shall i grab them. You do a little put a little sea salt. There. All right. All right. Oh, my gosh, looks so good. Thats the junkn the trunk. Thats the emergency junk i i the trunk just in case youre between sglets what are these little doodads. These are pecan pie bites with a little b of salt on to. Got a little bit of bacon fat in of course you do. Its delicious. I like the whole way youre rolling this morning. Very sweet kind ofning. Eople will be making these before the new year kicks in. Yeah. Try it. Hedy. Thats even better. Hed goldsmith, thank you so all the recipes on why threat tracker is in the yellow. Tomorrow, well see a little bit more sunshine with partly cloudy skies, but it will be cold. These cold conditions will continue into the day on friday. As far as the snowfall totals, they will be light. Most areas will see leks than an inch o snow, with isolated areas getting an inch, maybe an inch and a half with the moderate bursts of snow. Storm track 7 live Doppler Radar viewing area. This is all tracking off to the northeast through iowa with a quick moving system. By lunchtime, the snoo will be ending but this will impact the morning commute. On average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. Its called the wage gap. Those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. Hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. Equal pay for women to raise incomes fofofamilies, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. She gets the job done for us