Oh, sir okay, and heres another one. This is the cbs weekend news. Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan. A Record Number of americans are traveling for the holidays, according to a. A. A. More than 107 million americans will be away from home between today and new years day. That includes more than 97 million who will be on the road. But its not all smooth sailing. A storm stretching from texas to the northeast is making it difficult to fly and drive. Jamie yuccas has the latest. Reporter with less than 48 hours left before christmas, icy conditions are complicating commutes for drivers across the northeast and the midwest. The ice, thats what makes me nervous. Reporter at Burlington International in vermont, snow blanketed runways. In massachusetts, one commuter found a silver lining. At least well have a white christmas, so its good for the grandkids. Reporter according to a. A. A. , 97 million travelers will drive to their destinations between today and january 1. Thats up nearly three million compared to last year. Air travel is expected to increase just over 4 to 6. 4 million fliers. L. A. X. Will be a busy place today and tomorrow. Reporter a. A. A. Spokesperson jeff spring says its the ninth Consecutive Year for increased travel during the holidays, and fliers on two legs and four oh, hi how are you . At Los Angeles International airport are feeling the impact. Its just a lot of traffic. Its l. A. , of course, so, yeah. There are more people traveling and its because theyre having more confidence in the economy. They feel like they can spend more, and so theyre out there doing it. Theyre flying and theyre driving. Reporter it turns out many dont care about being home for christmas, but are instead counting on family time in warm weather. The top ten destinations that a. A. A. Found during this Holiday Season, theyre all sunny climates. Theres orlando is number one. Anaheim is number two, followed by cancun. Reporter a white christmas, with either snow or sand, has people on the move, to get to their destination ahead of the holiday. Today is the busiest travel day here at Los Angeles International airport, with more than 250,000 people taking to the skies. Over the entire Holiday Season, more than four Million People will use this airport. Reena, experts say if you want to avoid the crowds, fly on Christmas Day or new years eve. Ninan thank you so much, jamie. Well, for more on the weather and how its affecting Holiday Travel, lets go to meteorologist Barry Burbank of our boston affiliate, wbz. Barry, good evening. Well, the weather is still causing some tricky travel in parts of new england after todays ice, rain, and even some snow way up north. Some spots had 48 inches but thats going to be moving offshore. So we now turn our attention to a little batch of snow moving across from the central rockies into the central plains, about 13 inches there. Heading to chicago tomorrow. Not going to be a big storm, but enough to produce some problems here, mainly 13 inches later tomorrow night. Then were looking to a second storm forming on the coast. It looks like it will miss the major cities in terms of getting major snow. 13 inches not too far away from new york city and not too far to the northwest of philadelphia. During monday thats where there will be snow in new england, christmas morning, 36 inches of snow there, and could be more in Eastern Maine out of that. It looks like Christmas Day it will be on the cold side as well, with temperatures seven below zero up in fargo, to 51 in dallas, 43 in atlanta. The warm spot on Christmas Day will be miami, 82. But most of the rest of the nation will be turning colder, except the southwest, where it will be aboveaverage temperatures there in the 60s and 70s. Thats your travel forecast, reena. Ninan thank you so much, barry. Well, if you still have some lastminute holiday shopping, not to worry, stores are ready. This is super saturday, considered the biggest day of the year for retail sales. Roxana saberi talked with some shoppers. Reporter just in time for christmas, Martha Carrera is wrapping up her holiday shopping. Theres just never enough time. Reporter the National Retail federation says more than half of adults in the u. S. Plan to shop on saturday, the last full shopping day before christmas. So its big for shoppers, for procrastinators and for retailers. Reporter Charisse Jones covers business and the economy for usa today. The last two years, super saturday, which is the last saturday before christmas, has been the biggest shopping day of the year. And thats going to be the same case this year with 126 Million People expected to shop. Reporter more men than women were planning to shop on super saturday, also known as panic saturday. Panic saturday would be me, so. Reporter are you panicking . Ah, im almost there. Reporter why procrastinate . Well, just busy and, gosh, not really sure what we want to do, what i want to buy. Reporter but many shoppers say they intentionally waited until this weekend to get good deals. Theres a lot of bargains. Theyre trying to get this stuff out of here. Reporter the stuff thats selling the most this Holiday Season clothing, toys, gift cards, books, and electronics. And just over half of last minute shoppers are buying their gifts online. I do the Online Shopping where i have the luxury of time, but as you know, the holidays are, you know, tomorrow. Thank you so much. Have a nice day. Reporter the National Retail federation predicts by the time the holidays are over, the average american will spend just over 600 on gifts. For true lastminute shoppers, some stores will still be open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Reena, 5 of shoppers surveyed say they wont finish buying gifts until after christmas. Ninan thank you so much, roxana. The f. B. I. Says theyve stopped a christmas terror plot. A former marine was arrested friday, accused of planning an attack in San Francisco. Justice reporter paula reid is in our washington, d. C. Bureau. Paula, what have we learned about this plot . Reporter well, reena, Everitt Aaron jameson, a 26yearold tow truck driver from modesto, has been charged with providing Material Support to a terrorist organization. F. B. I. Officials began investigating him in september after a source reported that jamieson was expressing pro jihadi views on social media. Now, Court Documents reveal that jamieson told an undercover source he wanted to travel to syria to join isis. But later in the investigation, he began talking about carrying out a Suicide Attack here in the u. S. , using skills he learned during a stint in the marine corps. Now, he praised the recent truck attack in new york, and believed that pier 39 in San Francisco would be an ideal target for him because it is especially crowded during the holidays. Ninan paula, do we know how the f. B. I. Was able to actually stop this planned attack . Reporter well, after several months of gathering evidence, the f. B. I. Actually almost tipped jamieson off to their ongoing surveillance. Earlier this week, an f. B. I. Employee here in washington, mistakenly dialed jamiesons cell phone number, but quickly ended the call when jamieson answered. Jamieson called back and got the employees voice mail, which only gave him a name and didnt tip him to the fact this person worked for the the f. B. I. That same day, jamieson told an undercover investigator, i dont think i can do this after all. Ive reconsidered. But the f. B. I. Executed a search warrant at his house, and uncovered three firearms, explosive materials and a note taking credit for a planned attack. Jamieson was subsequently arrested and he now faces up to 20 years in prison. Ninan paula reid. Thank you so much, paula. Well, now to the scandal at the miss america organization. The top leadership resigned today. A dozen former winners demanded they step down after some scandalous emails written by c. E. O. Sam haskell were leaked. In them, he wrote abusive things about previous pageant winners. In the philippines, Officials Say at least 120 people have died from the severe Tropical Storm lashing the island. Another 58 are reported missing. Flash floods roared through towns, sweeping away housing and people. The heavy rain also triggered mudslides. Thousands are stranded; many forced to live in emergency shelters. Now that President Trump has signed the massive tax overhaul bill, he has plans to keep the momentum going. Next on his agenda overhauling our nations failing infrastructure. But democrats say theyll fight him on that, too. Chip reid is with the president in florida. Reporter it was an ebullient President Trump who arrived in West Palm Beach friday, and the reason was no mystery. His signing earlier in the day of the republican tax cut bill, his first major legislative accomplishment. The signing had been scheduled for early january. I watched the news this morning, and they were all saying, will he keep his promise . Will he sign it by christmas . You were one. But will he sign it by christmas . And i called downstairs, i said, get it ready. We have to sign it now. Reporter he confidently predicted what he thinks it will do for the economy. Its going to be a tremendous thing for the american people. Its going to be fantastic for the economy. And i consider this very much a bill for the middle class and a bill for jobs. Reporter but democrats and many economists say the wealthy and Corporate America are the biggest winners, and the president confirmed that the Business Community is over the moon. Corporations are literally going wild over this. I think even beyond my expectations. Reporter a solid majority of americans will see their taxes drop, but most of the personal cuts are scheduled to expire in 2025, while the corporate cuts are permanent. Next on the president s legislative agenda infrastructure. Democrats are predicting a tough battle, but the president appears to think it will be a breeze. I could have started with infrastructure. I actually wanted to save the easy one for the one down the road. So well be having that done pretty quickly. Reporter the New York Times reported today that in june, President Trump flew into a rage during an Oval Office Meeting over what he called a flood of immigrants coming into the u. S. According to the report, he said that 15,000 immigrants from haiti all have aids, and thousands of immigrants from nigeria would never go back to their huts in africa. In a statement, White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders said, all senior staff in the meeting deny these outrageous claims. Reena. Ninan chip reid, thank you, chip, traveling with the president in florida. Now the cbs weekend news news feed. The thomas fire is now the largest in california history. Officials say that its scorched about 427 square miles in ventura and Santa Barbara counties and is 65 contained. Thousands of firefighters have been battling the blaze for almost three weeks. The fires killed two people and destroyed more than 1,000 structures. Also in southern california, a spacex rocket had many wondering if they were seeing an alien spaceship. Founder elon musk poked fun, tweeting, Nuclear Alien u. F. O. From north korea. It was really a falcon 9 carrying ten satellites. It had just taken off from Vandenberg Air force base at sunset yesterday, and was seen as far away as arizona. Dramatic video of a small plane making an Emergency Landing in miami, florida. The pilot splashed down into biscayne bay yesterday afternoon. Local police say that he managed to swim to safety and was rescued by a nearby boater. He was not injured. There were no other people on board. The cause is under investigation. Coming up, it happens every Holiday Season our eyes are bigger than our stomachs. Tips on how not to overeat at holiday parties or dinners. And, tears, hugs, and a much needed gift. Secret santas surprise visit. X. I tried, um, cold turkey. I tried the patches. I was tired and i was fed up. I wanted to try something different. Along with support, Chantix Varenicline is proven to help people quit smoking. Chantix reduced my urge to smoke. Compared to the nicotine patch, chantix helped significantly more people quit smoking. When you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Some people had changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, agitation, depressed mood, or suicidal thoughts or actions with chantix. 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The government says 99 of computergenerated sales calls are illegal, and blocking service hiya says this year americans got 76 more robocalls than in 2016, a record 18 billion scam calls. Regulators have talked about cracking down, so why are the numbers of calls going up then . Hiyas Jonathan Nelson regulations like the do not call list have been very effective for legitimate businesses controlling when and how they can reach out to us. But the calls that were still receiving are illegal in their message, so theyre not hesitant to use illegal methods, like robocalling. Reporter hucksters favorite tactic . The companys analysis says whats called the neighbor scam, using software to mimic the first six digits of your phone number the area code and the next three digits to make you think that a nearby friend or business is calling. Another claiming to be your Utility Company to get your personal and financial information. So why havent efforts to stop the calls worked so far . The trouble is, theres a lot of money in this. Theres billions of dollars that can be made. So the scammers are likely to just come up with a new tactic. Its a bit of a game of cat and mouse. And were always somewhat at a disadvantage. Reporter the f. C. C. Doesnt track calls, just complaints, but says unwanted calls are the top consumer complaint. They say theyre working with phone companies to stop it, but theres no quick fix here. You can install apps to block calls and try not to answer them. Anna werner, cbs news, new york. Ninan well, still ahead on the cbs weekend news, overeating this Holiday Season. How to trick your stomach into thinking youre full. Today were out here to test peoples knowledge about type 2 diabetes. So you have type 2 diabetes . Yes i do. True or false. Type 2 diabetes more than doubles your chance of dying from a cardiovascular event, like a heart attack or a stroke. That cant be true, can it . Actually, it is true. 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After all, the food and drink during the holiday dinner or office party looks so tasty, most of us cant say no. So how do we control ourselves . Dr. Jon lapook has tips on how to feel full, but not stuffed. Reporter to talk about the tricks to avoid overeating, i sat down for a holiday meal with lisa sasson, a nutritionist at n. Y. U. This time of year, most of us overeat. True. Its difficult. Reporter the question is, how can we overeat wisely . Theres a few Different Things we can do. We have threesized plates here. I will start with the medium sized plate for my meal. Reporter uhhuh. Because, when i fill my plate up with a lot of food, i am going to feel that i have a nice fullsized plate. Reporter im starving. Okay. So were going to have some dark meat, and im going to give you a nice amount of stuffing here. And then were going to do the same with potatoes. Reporter all right. So, the first thing were going to do is were going to use a knife and fork and, were going to chew our food and eat slower. Were going to practice. Chew. Put down your fork. Taste the turkey. Its delicious. Okay . Reporter it is delicious. You know, but im thinking about the next bite. I know. Reporter and the bite after that, and the meal i had yesterday, and maybe the meal im going to have tomorrow. Well, this is going to help. Reporter so i have to concentrate on this meal, right . Exactly. Reporter as we concentrate, and devour a lovely meal, the question becomes, how do we stop . Im saying, dont overdo it. Reporter right. When you feel satisfied, maybe its time to stop. So, lets have some wine. Reporter right. Which is really good. When someone says they have a glass of wine, we dont know what size that is. Reporter it could be four ounces, it could be 12 ounces. Exactly. Reporter so you have to be aware of exactly the measurement. Right. Reporter cheers. Cheers. Reporter health. Health, and happiness and slower eating. Salute. Reporter salute. At the end of the day, everything in moderation, including excess. So try to eat mindfully, but most of all, enjoy your holidays. Dr. Jon lapook, cbs news, new york. Ninan well, next on the cbs weekend news, christmas comes early to a town devastated by early to a town devastated by hurricane harvey. Show me minivh no reported accidents. Boom. Love it. [struggles] show me the carfax. Start your used car search at the allnew carfax. Com. As soon as i became a parent i changed as a person, 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. Kelly were out of body wash what are you doing . . I thought you had a cold . . I dont need all this. 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Tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worse depression, unusual changes in mood or behavior, swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling or blurry vision. Common side effects dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain, swelling of hands, legs, and feet. Dont drink alcohol while taking lyrica. Dont drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. Those whove had a drug or alcohol problem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. Now i have less diabetic nerve pain. And i love smoothing the road ahead for others. Ask your doctor about lyrica. Ninan well, turns out there is a santa claus. Just ask the people of a texas town who lost almost everything during hurricane harvey. This secret santa, along with some special helpers, gave them a gift that they wont forget soon. Heres steve hartman. Reporter joann petty isnt exactly in the christmas spirit. And who can blame her . These are my christmas dishes. Reporter four months after harvey flooded beaumont, texas, joann and hundreds like her, are still living in these conditions virtually homeless for the holidays. Which is why the man in red made beaumont his first stop this year. Im secret santa. Oh, hi, santa you got hit hard, didnt you . Yeah. Reporter joann says she lost everything, couldnt even afford to buy her grandkids christmas presents. Until now. Thats a secret santa 100 bill. Oh, sir okay, and heres another one. Reporter he gave her 300 total not much in the scheme of things, but plenty to restore some hope. God is with you. Reporter and thats what this anonymous businessman does every year, with his own money. For real . Reporter travels the country, giving out about 100,000 worth of 100 bills to random strangers. Thank you reporter but this year was a little different. This year, he had a secondary motive to call attention to the Beaumont Police department for their extraordinary sacrifice. Well, we had two feet inside the house. Reporter half the officers in the department had their homes damaged, too. And yet, like Sergeant Rick boaz here this is the high point, the water line. Reporter . Virtually all of them showed up for work the next day. But you literally did not have the shirt on your back. No, sir. Reporter did you do it because you felt like you had to . No, because i felt like i needed to. I want the officers to know that their heroism, their sacrifice is not unrecognized. Reporter so as a thank you, some of the most affected got several hundred dollars each not to buy what they want, but for a greater joy. Oh, my god reporter to give it all away. Thank you so much reporter tiffany pantillo says shes had a few runins with the law before, but none quite like this. Oh, lord reporter and for the officers, turning those tables no reporter . Breaking down those barriers. Here you go. Reporter . Sharing these moments of catharsis. I know its stressful. Reporter . After the year theyve had, this is just what everyone needed. Beaumont will now celebrate christmas with a fresh start, based on renewed trust and overwhelming kindness, thanks to americas secret santa. Steve hartman, on the road, in beaumont, texas. Ninan small gestures with incredible impact. From all of us here at cbs weekend news, we want to wish you a merry christmas. Later on cbs, 48 hours. Im reena ninan in new york. Thank you for joining us. Countdown to christmas. And the y travel rush is on. [music playing] some say get into the holiday spirit but now at 6 00 a final count down christmas as you can see the Holiday Travel rush is on. Good evening. Andrea is live at sfo now where things are pretty quiet but travelers may still run into some trouble once they fly out of there. That is absolutely correct. The night before the night before christmas. Here at sfo just in the past few minutes traffic has picked up here at the International Terminal but just a little while ago outside sfos International Terminal, the traffic totally manageable. Very few lines anywhere. That dreaded security line, totally manageable. Yeah, its not bad. I thought i got here a little earlier before my flight and its pretty quiet. I had a friend send me a picture of him yesterday here and it was about an hour long wait. It appears sfo may be the Holiday Travel exception today and not the rule. Here is what you are in for south. A total traffic nightmare at lax. Cars are backed up bumper to number. Today is expected to be the airports busiest day. And if you are headed east, snow and ice are baring down making Road Conditions hazardous for drivers. Icy roads are to blame for several car accidents. Authorities are asking people to stay inside if possible. We spoke to the duty manager here at sfo. While every thing seems to be running smoothly here today, the concern is when people try to fly back from those cold climates where airports might