This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Good evening and Merry Christmas. Jeff is off. Im vladimir duthiers. Duthiers and this is our western edition. A lot of people didnt make it to their holiday destinations on time. You can blame it on the weather. Heavy snow blanketed much of new england. In the past two days more than 8,000 flights were delayed. More than 260 were canceled. We begin tonight with anna werner. Reporter if all you wanted was a White Christmas this year, depending on where you live, you got your present. In massachusetts, heavy snowfall left drivers with near zero visibility. Visiting my sister. Should have left last night. Visibility is quite poor, so its been a rough ride already. Reporter at bostons logan airport, blizzardlike senditions caused runways to temporarily shut down. More than 240 flights delayed and 60 cancellations. O the midwest, up to six inches fell across states including michigan and minnesota. Even the west coast woke up to snow. Portland, oregon, got an inch of snow, catching them off guard, leading to Hazardous Conditions on the roads. And it was a christmas miracle in seattle, washington, which saw its first White Christmas in nearly a decade. Areas from maine to ossachusetts still could aceive up to a foot of snow, so travelers, like those here at Newark Airport in new jersey, mse certainly hoping they wont encounter any problems due to that kind of weather. Vlad . Duthiers anna werner, thank you very much. Rytailers are seeing plenty of green this Holiday Season, and its not over yet. Jim axelrod is watching records fall as sales add up. Enjoy. Thank you. Te reporter this Holiday Season it wasnt just Manuel Rivera spending more. Our finances are stable and yire buying more. Reporter nor was it just i. Hn robertelli. This year i think were spending a little more. T reporter they had a lot of company across the country. Total retail sales this Holiday Season added up to a record 598 billion, up 33 billion from last year. This is literally the best season since before the recession. Reporter Craig Johnsons company, Customer Growth partner, analyzes all things retail. He credits low unemployment and freoming stock market for this humbugfree Holiday Season. The single biggest driver, retail sales, is growth in real disposable income. And when real income goes up, people have money in their pocket, and theyre able to spend it. Y reporter online sales are also way up, which explains why u. P. S. Had to call in support from their accountants and office staff. Supplement drivers trying to u. Liver everything on time. Fedex, u. P. S. , and the Postal Service have all been. Theyve done record volume. Reporter what does johnson see that he likes most . All types of stores, discount, big box, full price, specialty shared in this holiday bonanza. Can americans read anything into what we can anticipate for the next six months or year based on what weve seen during Holiday Shopping . All the signs, all the ingredients are in place for a sustained retail rebound here this year. Reporter sales of gift cards dont count until the day ldeyre redeemed, which means this week should also be a boomer for retailers. Vlad . Duthiers jim, thank you very much. President trump has been sending out Christmas Greetings from his florida resort, some warm, some decidedly chilly. Chip reid is traveling with the president. An reporter president and First Lady Melania Trump attended a Christmas Eve service at the same Episcopalian Church in palm beach where they were married in 2005. Merry christmas. Reporter today, though, he remained behind the walls of his maralago estate, delivering his christmas video message by tweet. In the season of joy, we he renew the bonds love and goodwill. Reporter but there was not much love or goodwill in his tweets over the weekend when he f. Ed them to attack his enemies, including f. B. I. Director andrew atcabe, who had a major role in the investigation of Hillary Clintons emails. The president believes mccabe was biased in clintons favor decause mccabes wife, a democrat, received a large ontribution from a clinton ally when she ran for office in virginia in 2015. In a tweet sunday, the president claimed mccabes wife got the money from a clinton puppet and accused mccabe of using, allegedly, his f. B. I. Official email account to promote her campaign. Mr. Trump provided no evidence to support that claim. Democrats say its one more example of the president trying to divert attention from multiple investigations of his 2016 campaign. The president also used a tweet this weekend to take credit for bringing back the expression terry christmas, writing, i am proud to have led the charge l ainst the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase. Merry christmas, everybody. Ct reporter in fact, though, all recent president s used the phrase frequently. Merry christmas to you. Merry christmas. Reporter President Trump is scheduled to remain here in florida until early january. The white house calls it a working vacation, but if the president s recent history is in any guide, there will also be a lot of golf. Vlad . Duthiers chip reid, thank you very much. A killer storm is bearing down on vietnam. Nearly a Million People have been ordered to evacuate. Typhoon tembin has already killed more than 160 in the philippines. More than 170 others are missing. Flash floods and mudslides have wiped out entire villages. Tens of thousands spent christmas in shelters. There is no christmas break for crews battling the thomas fire in southern california. It is now the largest fire in state history. More than 281,00 acres have burned. It is 86 contained. Jamie yuccas met some of the firefighters. Reporter it is not how nearly 1,600 firefighters fpected to spend the holiday. O 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 marqui 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 4, the thomas fire has destroyed over 1,000 homes and buildings. At least one firefighter died, and for others, weeks on the line have taken a toll. Why did you volunteer to be here on christmas . So that other people didnt have to. As Merry Christmas, everybody. Reporter hot shot ghrefighter j. P. Blair didnt have to be here. So youre here for christmas and new years . And my birthday and my anniversary and my wifes birthday, yeah. Reporter severe drought sonditions have made things worse this fire season. Mark van tillow manages the firefight. He says this area hasnt seen any measurable rain since february. Everything has been a record during this fire. Reporter what does that indicate to you . It indicates to me that were a near a yearround fire season. We arent seeing any relief from the rain. Reporter scott dehaas says spending time with other firefighters is a welcome escape. Ng ive been working in the woods seven years and never got to meet you. Reporter like most here, he would rather be with his family, including grandson sterling, but at least he can tell him one day he met santa. Its nice. Its nice. They know that most of us want to be home with our families. And theyre doing the best they can. It means a lot to all of us. D Merry Christmas ir reporter this may not be the only holiday firefighters spend on the fire line. They could still be here for new ekars with the flames not expected to be put out until first week of january. Vlad . Duthiers jamie yuccas, thank you very much. In northern california, a grove of redwoods that has stood tall for 1,000 years is now threatened by an onslaught of tourists. Dont ask where this grove is. State park officials wont say. But John Blackstone was given a private tour. What a place to work. Its not a bad office. Reporter entering the redwood forest is like stepping back in time, among all the towering trees. The exact location of the tallest, named the grove of titans, has long been kept secret to help preserve them. Our long management philosophy is were not going to tell people. Were still not telling people. Reporter brett silver has agreed to lead me to the titans, home to some of the largest trees in the world. State park trail . No. This is one created by people searching for the titans. Reporter someone posted the g. P. S. Location on social media. Images like this lured thousands searched for the secret grove. Calling it the grove of the titan, the secret grove, that enhanced the hunt. People got intrigued into the big tree hunt, like trophy hunters. Se reporter and like trophy tnters, people posed with the titans, sharing them online as proof of their conquest. You can see the steps leading higher and higher so they can get that perfect picture. Reporter forest ecologist studies the damage done by foot traffic. Along with destroying native plant, the soil compaction caused by standing next to a red wood harms the roots. Most of the roots of a redwood tree are in the first three feet or so, and it kills the small roots where nutrients are taking up. An reporter now the redwood anrks conservancy is raising money to protect the titans. You walk into an oldgrowth grove, it really is just a humbling experience. It puts life in perspective. Reporter 1. 4 million is theded to build raised walkways that would allow for selfies without endangering the health of the trees. Were going to ask people to stay on trail, because thats our only defense right now. Reporter by staying on the trails, visitors can still see the forest and save the trees. John blackstone, cbs news, crescent city, california. Duthiers now to some other stories were following in tonights evening newsfeed. Alexei navalny is calling for a boycott of russias president ial election in march. He was formally barred today fom running. He has a past conviction for fraud, though many have called that an act of political retribution. In his christmas message, pope francis warned the winds of war are blowing around the world. He called far a twostate s lution between the israelis and the palestinians and prayed for an end to the crisis over north Koreas Nuclear program. Dins of thousands of u. S. Service members are spending christmas in harms way. The war in afghanistan, raging since 2001, is now the longest in american history. Americans are also deployed in iraq, syria, and many other hot spots. An whats become an annual tradition, some sent holiday greetings from overseas. Merry christmas and happy new years from africa. Eight doubledeuce semper fi Merry Christmas and happy new year from san antonio all the way up to dallas. I want to give a shoutout to my family back home in south carolina. Merry christmas. I love you and miss you. Happy new year Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Ding dong ding dong we are 1483rd Transportation Company out here in puerto rico coming from ohio. Oh io. D duthiers there is much more ahead on tonights cbs evening news. Charity tillemandicks heart was more than nearly three times larger than normal. I thought it was the end and next morning i got a call. Duthiers Meghan Markles curtsy for the queen. Clean water always makes you feel good. 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When i first got on ancestry i was really surprised that i wasnt finding all of these germans in my tree. I decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. The big surprise was were not german at all. 52 of my dna comes from scotland and ireland. So, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt. Ancestry has many paths to discovering your story. Get started for free at ancestry. Com. Duthiers imagine being told you might have to give up the very thing you were born to do. Dr. Jon lapook has the story of a singer who got her second and third wind. singing opera Reporter Charity Tillemann Dick loves all things opera. Nd it makes this a hot gorgeous mess of a vehicle for human joy and suffering and tragedy. P reporter and her life reads like the plot of a grand opera. Diagnosed at age 20 with pulmonary arterial hypertension, or high Blood Pressure in the lungs, her heart was more than three times larger than normal. But she couldnt imagine a life without song. Her career flourished as her body deteriorated until a 2009 Lung Transplant saved her life. She was 26. And how did that go . It was a rough go. Reporter thats an understatement. Her new book, the encore, describes a grueling medical mourney. It was two months before i could breathe on my own. There is this wisp of a voice, but it was something, so i started singing every day. H reporter act two. Three years later, her body itjects the lungs. I had this conversation with god. And i made my peace with. Veryone. Reporter and you thought. I thought it was the end. And the next morning i got a call. R reporter dr. Marie budev, director of the heart Lung Transplant program at the Cleveland Clinic, had found a match. I had my husband on one side yod my mother on the other. And i squeezed their hands. I said, you know, weve done this once. We can do this again. Is reporter the risk for rejection, especially chronic rejection, is one thats always, there but she just goes on. Every day is a new day to discover something new, to bring a smile to someones face, to celebrate your daughter. Amazing grace reporter this fall, the opera Singer Celebrated her donor by performing at the Cleveland Clinic with her friend esperanza clefani, the donors daughter. I learned that if you just have determination and like, i dont know, a war spirit inside of you. A warrior spirit. Reporter do you have a relationship with your donor through her lungs . Do you feel youre givin her voice . I think she gives me voice. Reporter jon lapook, cbs news, new york. Duthiers still ahead, movie night at the space station. Guess what they saw . Drastically. I tried hard to quit smoking. But when we brought our daughter home that was it. Now i have nicoderm cq. The nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release Technology Helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. Its the best thing that ever happened to me. Can you say thanks nicoderm cq . Every great why needs a great how. 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Tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures and before starting xarelto® about any conditions, such as kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. Youve got to learn all you can. To help protect yourself from dvt and pe blood clots. Talk to your doctor about xarelto®. Theres more to know. Duthiers the actress who played louisa von trapp in the sound of music has died. I flit, i float i fleet and fly duthiers Heather Menzies urich was 15 when the movie was s leased. It won five academy awards, including best picture. Menziesurich was recently diagnosed with brain cancer and n ed yesterday in canada. She was 68 years old. As britains royal family celebrated christmas, all eyes were on prince harrys fiancee, meghan markle. After Church Services she curtsied for the queen. After the service she chatted with some locals. The wedding is may 19. Saturday was movie night on the International Space station. Oktronaut Mark Vandehei took this picture of everyone crowded around a projection screen, just like at the multiplex, except they sat on bungeecord chairs and sipped from drink bags. Up next, a 12yearold with a lifechanging invention. Afi sure had a lot on my mind. My 30year marriage. My 3month old business. Plus. What if this happened again . I was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me . So i made a point to talk to my doctor. He told me about eliquis. Eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. Not only does eliquis treat dvt and pe blood clots. Eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. Eliquis had both. And that turned around my thinking. Dont stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. Dont take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. 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Reporter outside denver a talented 12yearold is Getting National attention. Its not for her music. Its for Gitanjali Raos contribution to science. E, if my mom asked me, what do you want for christmas, id be like, lead. Reporter thats right, lead, which rao needed for an invention. Imagine living day in and day out drinking contaminated water with dangerous substances like lead. Introducing tethys, the easy to use, fast, accurate portable, easy to use device that detects lead in water. Reporter she won a competition for her invention, which was inspired by a realworld problem. Ive been following the flint water crisis for two years. Reporter in flint, michigan, nearly one hundred thousand people drank leadcontaminated water for more than a year. Lead gives children my age growth defects and potentially damaging their brain. Reporter you live in colorado. Why do you care so much about whats going on in flint . Thats not something that i want to go through, what the Flint Residents went through. Our Water Quality is just as important as doctor appointments nt dentist appointments. Reporter i have never tested my water. Thats a big problem. Reporter with raos device, instead of taking days to send g ter samples to a lab, lead is detected in seconds using carbon molecules. Ill ensure its still blinking. R reporter and a mobile app. It looks like the waters safe. Reporter all right at school, shes one of many who loves science but one of few who turned an idea into an invention says teacher simi basu. I am so confident that she f ll be able to take it to the market if we keep providing her help. Reporter what is different about her . Shes a risk taker. So, shes not afraid to fail. Reporter whats her next project . I want to create happiness meter, which measures the amount of seratonin in your body or the amount of gamma rays. I still have to figure out how this works. Reporter until then, the science world will be waiting. Adriana diaz, cbs news, lone tree, colorado. Duthiers thats the cbs evening news. For jeff glor, im vladimir duthiers. For all of us at cbs news, Merry Christmas and good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org hayward killing one officer. Good tragedy on Christmas Eve, a red cadillac slams into a chp cruiser on the nimitz freeway in hayward killing one officer. Good evening. Im allen martin. Im veronica de la cruz. Chp said the driver of the red cadillac was drunk and stoned. Kpix5s maria medina is at the chp office tonight. Melissa caen will join us to break down the legalities of recreational pot come january 1st , but we begin tonight in hayward with maria. Ofession due to his cour reporter the officer was part of increased patrols for the holiday weekend. Investigators say he was wearing a seatbelt, but it didnt matter. Before christmas day. Sb 880 we have a patr being a chp officer is a calling. Andrew was drawn to this profession due to his courage. Reporter a chp officer for only a year. Integrity and his desire to serve. Reporter he loved his job, but his colleagues say there was much more to the man behind the badge. Today we lost not only a hero, but a son, a brother, husband and a father to a senseless act. Reporter Andrew Camilleri died just a half hour before christmas day. A patrol vehicle hit, cadillac. Reporter at around 11 30 last night investigators say a driver drifted into officer Andrew Camilleris chp suv parked on the shoulder of 880. He was in the passenger seat. His partner, officer jonathan velasquez, was behind the wheel. Do we have an update on the injury of the officer . Working on him right now. We will live with this tragedy of seeing he will live with this tragedy of seeing his partner die. Today is a tragic loss of one of our own. Reporter investigators say the driver was speeding on his way home in hayward. The 22yearold they say just left a party drunk and high likely on marijuana. The impact was so severe that it turned a utility
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