Good evening, scott is off tonight. Im elaine quijano. Thithis is our western edition. Americans are on a mission to see family or friends and get there in time for thanksgiving dinner. It wont be easy. The 405 in los angeles was packed in both directions well before dawn. Airport security lines snaked around terminals. Nearly 49 million plan to travel 50 miles or more, the most since 2007. The vast majority are driving and paying an average of 2. 13 a gallon for gas, among the lowest prices in years. We have a team of correspondents covering this. First, kris van cleave at reagan eltional airport outside d. C. Reporter elaine, the airlines are pretty happy with the way the day is going. So far, only about 40 flights delayed as of early evening on the east coast, some 3. 7 Million People expected to fly this holiday weekend. Many of them are still in line. S the airports are bracing for record numbers. From denver to chicago ohare and in boston, long lines greeted holiday fliers. It this is crazy. Ive never seen it like this before, and ive traveled here g isthe past three years. Reporter thanksgiving is woe airlines super bowl. The world is watching. D d dave holz is watching weather and delays from deltas Operation Center in atlanta. Were looking far enough out in advance so when we do run into some of those impactful items, we are prepared for it we get adjust quickly, reset the. Arlines, and get things back on their feet. Id its going to be a big weekend. Reporter t. S. A. Administrator peter neffenger. Le tou have any concerns about the thanksgiving holiday . There are no particular credible threat streams were following right now, just the standard concerns you have about aviation security, and were eging to be on top of that. Reporter im david begnaud. Motorists on the washington, d. C. Beltway this afternoon were stuck in the countrys worst traffic a fiveandahalfhour bottleneck that backed up for 12 miles. Tha. A. Said more than 33 Million People are expected to drive to their thanksgiving diswinnation, t ats nearly a million more people than last year. Traffic fatalities are up 10 in bie first half of this year, and thats a big concern on a travel day like this. Se Automobile Club expects to help out 370,000 people who will have some kind of car trouble. The only trouble the homan timily had today was space. Brad homan and christy hope decided to use the sports car for the family trip to the florida keys. How long is the trip . Its about five hours. Reporter you all are some troopers. We have to take a break. Theres a little bit of complaining going on, just a little bit. We had to get out of the car for that reason. Yeah. Reporter right now, we are in bumpertobumper traffic in ft. Lauderdale, florida. Were on i95 and its moving at about 13 miles per hour. Orlittle tip for you try not to travel home on sunday if you can avoid it. According to the mobile app waze, traffic jams will sore 240 on sunday. From the roads to the rails, its also pretty busy right now in the nations train stations. Reporter im Michelle Miller at penn station in new york city, where holiday travelers rushed to get seated on mostly soldout trains. Penn station is the busiest hub along the northeast corridor, servicing trains every two to three minutes. Nationwide this year, 750,000 people will be riding the rails. Ong lines drove some travelers a bit stir crazy, but with trains running on schedule, passengers like Eugene Deloatch tried to enjoy the ride. Ot smooth and quiet. Reporter the day before thanksgiving. Early. Reporter early. It was early, yes. Reporter thats the key . That is the key. Reporter with new york on high alert from threats of wrror this evening, amtraks c. E. O. Wick moorman said they theyve added more highly Trained Police and canine units. O their patrols. Its a big, big presence here and a lot of planning to keep it ter . Reporter and tonight, some eo the people around me are looking at 30minute delays, possibly even longer, elaine. Arats because someone was struck and killed by an amtrak fiain late this afternoon in delaware, causing the temporary suspension of traffic along the northeast corridor. Quijano all right, thank you, Michelle Miller, david begnaud, and kris van cleave. A wintry mix of snow, sleet, and pein made for tough sledding today in minnesota and across the upper midwest. More ice and snow are expected tomorrow from northern pennsylvania to central new england. Rain is expected elsewhere in the northeast. The Pacific Northwest is bracing for heavy rain and snow in the mountains. Among the new additions to the thanksgiving parade in new york city are trucks filled with sand. Jericka duncan says theyre rolling in to protect an expected crowd of three million. Reporter as the parade balloons began to take shape, so is the citys security plan. Metal barricades will line the nearly threemilelong route. Canines will sniff for. Xplosives as more than 3,000 uniformed officers watch the crowds. You actually prefer the extra security. T i do. I think that its appropriate. Reporter this afternoon, 81 sandfilled sanitation trucks started blocking intersections to prevent a terrorist attack like the one in nice, france, last july. The radical Islamic Terror Group isis recently named the parade an excellent target in its online magazine. Along with its network of security cameras, police have established limited pedestrian entrance points and created a web of street closures around the parades final blocks. New york city mayor bill de blasio n. Y. P. D. Is more than ready to handle anything that is going f around us and to work with everyone to make sure its a safe and fun day for everyone r o attends. Reporter police vans like the one behind me that are throughout this city are command centers of sorts. You could think of them that way. E at is where Police Officers can monitor and watch some of that surveillance coming in live. Now, authorities tell us an additional security challenge this year, elaine, president elect Donald Trumps residence is just one block away ncom the parade route. Quijano jericka duncan, y,ank you. President elect trump was busy with his transition today, naming two women for top posts. Ultsy devos, a Republican Party donor, for education secretary, and in a twist, nikki haley for u. N. Ambassador. Heres julianna goldman. Governor nikki haley. Reporter South Carolina lvernor nikki haley was one of the Republican Partys loudest critics of its eventual nominee. During anxious times, it can ne tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. We must resist that temptation. Reporter and mr. Trump didnt spare her, either, tweeting in march, the people of South Carolina are bbarrassed by nikki haley. To which she replied, bless tur heart. But haley is now calling the president elect a friend. We are currently living through what may be the most interesting time in american political history. Th reporter haley, an indian american, diversifies the president elects personnel e cks and helps him extend an olive branch to the party establishment, but she lacks the Foreign Policy experience of previous u. N. Ambassadors. Mr. Trumps other pick today, g. O. P. Donor betsy devos, was for a cabinet post he said he might not have. I may cut the department of education. Er reporter devos is a strong advocate for School Voucher programs and Charter Schools and says shes against the voluntary gational education standards known as common core, which mr. Trump wants to abolish we will provide School Choice and put an end to common core. Were bringing our education ocal. Reporter jeb bush, one of mr. Trumps former opponents and recommon core supporter, called devos an outstanding pick. L ere were also indications today that the president elect has settled on former rival dr. Ben carson to head the department of housing and urban development. The he inner cities, you cant walk to the store for a loaf of bread. You get shot. Wh reporter while no formal announcement was made, carson, who would be the first African American in mr. Trumps cabinet, hinted in a Facebook Post that hes accepted the position writing that he can help make our inner cities great for everyone. For secretary of state, Rudy Giuliani is still in the running, and so is mr. Trumps number one g. O. P. Critic, mitt romney. Int some of the president elects advisers are lobbying against him. So, elaine, nikki haley may have checked the box for assembling that socalled team of rivals. Quijano julianna goldman, thank you. In tennessee tonight, five children are still fighting for their lives after the monday bus crash that killed five school mates. Manuel bojorquez is in chattanooga with new information about the driver. Reporter this afternoon, police announced theyve eliminated one possible reason 24yearold Johnthony Walker lost control of the school bus renday. Chattanooga Police SergeantAustin Garrett we received toxicology reports back today from the Tennessee Bureau of investigation that shows no trace of alcohol or drugs in the drivers system. Reporter today, the n. T. S. B. Said it was looking into why walker was not driving on a designated bus route. He is being held on vehicular manslaughter charges while investigators review video and black box recordings from the bus and look into other possible factors, like excessive speed. Avestigators are also looking into claims some parents had complained about walkers driving in the past. While he has no previous criminal history, records show he was in a minor accident while driving a school bus two months ago. Walker was hired by a private contractor, Durham School services. Todo. David a. Duke released this video statement today. My responsibility now is to look for answers, answers about why this tragedy occurred, and answers for how we can make sure that this never, ever happens again. Reporter the crash has left this Community Deep in mourning. Lafrederick thirkills nineyearold cousin, cordayja y nes, died in the crash. What has this community lost . Oh, this community has lost some beautiful spirits, some beautiful angels, some students that made many peoples lives brighter. And i know that, as my family, many families grieving right now. Reporter doctors at this hospital say some students arrived here so scared and dazed biey were not able to spell their names or remember their own birthdays. Elaine, most have now been k leased, including six today. Quijano manuel bojorquez. Manuel, thank you. In the south of england this week, an unusual item went up for auction, the skeleton of a bird taller and heavier than a turkey, hunted into extinction s nturies ago. Atrk phillips has the story. Im going to start the bidding at 250,000 pounds. With me at 250,000 pounds. Reporter more than a thllection of old bones was on the block at this auction. Those bones, once assembled, formed the worlds most famous r t bird, the dodo. Sa dead as a dodo just rolls off the tongue beautifully juesnt it. Reporter the phrase stuck, says dodo expert errol fuller, not just because it was catchy, but because the dodos extinction is so well documented. Hungry european sailors found the bird on the Indian Ocean Island of mauritius in the late 1500s. Within about 80 years, the hapless and significantly flightless bird was gone, dead as. The dodo has been and i think for more than 300 years, yet it n still the most important cambol of what mankind can do to nature if it isnt careful or if it doesnt care. Yet, the dodo, and its lessons, live again. 260 i have. 260,000 pounds now. Reporter its hard to put a price on a lesson, but auction house owner rufus van der werff mays he was selling an idea. Is this an example of mans folly . N it really brings it home that we can have a big impact on the environment. Reporter make no bones es at it. Animal and bird species are waing made extinct at a faster rate than ever, and that is, one way or another, our fault, or mankinds fault. So whether were actually learning the lesson, i dont etink id like to say. Reporter or whether well itcome the next dodo. Well, thats a possibility, too. All done. Reporter the bird went for. 280,000 pounds. And sold. Reporter . About 416,000 with commissions, a big price for a big lesson. Mark phillips, cbs news, billingshurst, england. 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Reporter now hes giving another 18. 5 million to the Parks Service to repair this memorials stained walls and and leaky roof and to scrub clean two iconic murals and some of the most moving and important words ever uttered by an american president. E t the biggest change will be underground. Where are we right now . Right now, were under the hencoln memorial. Reporter for the first time, tourists will be able to see the subterranean cavern that looks like a cathedral and to view graffiti sketched by construction workers almost 100 siars ago. The Visitor Center will be in or c area . The Visitor Center will be up tre. E reporter thats right, a massive 15,000squarefoot underground Educational Center will dramatically change the Lincoln Memorial experience. So there will be much more opportunity to learn about lincoln and to really come away from this Lincoln Memorial with a real sense of who lincoln was and what he did. Reporter why do you do this . I do it because i think im giving back to my country in a small, modest way, perhaps, and hope ill inspire other people to do the same. Reporter you would like to see other people see what you do. Absolutely. I dont have the resources i dont have enough resource to do it myself. I want other people to do it as well. Reporter a mission born of rubensteins love of his country and the great americans who gave it life. Chip reid, cbs news, washington. Quijano a truly noble endeavor. Thats the cbs evening news. For scott pelley, im elaine quijano. Happy thanksgiving, and good night. Area city to help build Community Rela [ man screaming against Police Officers ] unworthy of respect the man caught on camera railing against police. Turns out he is paid by a bay area city to help build Community Relations. So does this rant fit with that role . Good evening, im allen martin. Im veronica de la cruz. New at 6 00, we have just learned the city of oakland has had issues with a bay area man most recently seen yelling at Police Officers during a traffic stop. Kpix 5s Juliette Goodrich on the video and how the man is defending his actions. Jules. Reporter veronica, we have seen the video. We have heard from police when i did this story on monday. Well, today were hearing from that pastor. There were no arrests, there was no violence and he has his side of the story. You have demonstrated yourself tonight to not be a caring human being reporter the video has gone viral. A bay area pastor going off on richmond pd for what happened during a traffic stop. A woman was pulled over for expired tags. Expired for almost a year her car, impounded. On the poor black woman a poor black mother reporter so what had the oakland resident so mad . You were upset. They were pulling her over justifiably, correct . According to the law they were pulling over justifiably. Reporter what do you claim should have happened . I think the officers should have used discretion to try to listen to the narrative that the woman was sharing around her issue and the medical issue that facing the loss of her vehicle. Reporter mcbride is also founder of empower initiative, which is funded by a grant through the city of oakland to Bring Community members and Law Enforcement together to reform policies and repair relationships. So i never said that i was around to keep the peace. Reporter mc