And good morning from the cbs studio headquarters in new york. Im brook silvabraga in for annemarie green. The recordbreaking snow continues to fall around the great lakes. Windchill advisories are in effect for dozens of states. Temperatures today could hit up to my muss 17. Pittsburgh and chicago are expected to be in the single digits. The hardest hit area is eerie, pennsylvania. Thats an alltime record and more is expected today. Roxana saberi has the latest. Reporter residents in erie, pennsylvania, spent the day after christmas digging out from record snowfall even as more piled on from the great lakes. Its a little ridiculous. I keep pecking away at it. You cant tell how bad it is, i dont think. Reporter even by lakeeffect standard, the scene was jawdropping. 30 inches of snow fell in 36 hours. A lot of snow keeps coming, wont stop. Reporter in ohio it backed up traffic on a portion of interstate 90. Snow and ice led to this deadly accident on a highway in kansas city, missouri. Four people were killed. Record low temperatures sent parts of the midwest into a deep freeze. Minneapolis saw a low of negative 2. In chicago, temperatures hovered around zero degrees, not cold enough to keep shoppers from hitting the malls for post christmas deals. Were from around here, so were pretty used to this. Reporter forecasters say a cold bath of air will hang around until the new year. Roxana President Trump spent the day after christmas on his golf course. He also fired off a series of tweets covering everything from tax cuts to hillary clinton. John sh john schumo is here with more. President trump took aim on twitter tuesday at some of the most polarizing issues facing capitol hill. On the russia investigation, he cited a fox news report that investigators cannot verify claims made in a dossier circulated over the summer. Compiled by a former British Intelligence officer, it contains allegations of mr. Trumps ties to moscow. The president called it a, quote, crooked hillary pile of garbage. Thats how this has become such a hyperpart of the issue. Theyre trying to discredit the findings that come out by pointing to the flaws in the process. President tru after obamacare writing the o unpopular and individual mandate has been terminated as part of our tax cut bill which repeals over time obamacare. Evidence suggests public support is far exceeding expectations. I would like to see a commitment to this program so that theres stability. In the obamacare enrollment there was just a 4. 4 drop from last year in the states that participa participate. And according to one nationwide analysis, republican states are signing up faster than democratic ones. 62 who enrolled live in red states that voted for President Trump in 2016. And President Trump in another tweet on the tax cut bill wrote that a quote will be a great year for companies and jobs. He also tweeted continued success for 2018. Brook . Okay. And plenty to do in the knew year. John schumo, thanks. Any response the state Department Said the u. S. Has the ability to communicate with north korea through a variety of diplomatic channels, but its up to north korea to change action. They announced yesterday two sanctions targeting two key north korean officials who are behind the program. Theyre not commenting on a lawsuit by three u. S. Cities that says the military failed to report the names of those who disqualified for done ownership. David martin reports. Reporter Devin Kelleys massacre displayed a long running issue by the pentagon to report to a data base that disqualify them from ever buying weapons. Now three cities have asked a federal judge to compel the military services do what they already should have done. The lawsuit relies in part on fin findsi findings of the pentagons own. Fein told Congress Earlier this among the military has systematically failed to report violent criminals in its ranks to the fbi. I am struck by the failure of the department of defense to comply with the law. We say go all the way back 20 years to at least 1998. We looked at 2015 and 2016 and found significant problems. We think there are problems all the way back. Kelley was the most glaring failure. He used a ben to kill 26. Air force admitted to finding dozens of other cases it had failed to report. The pentagon says its going back over old cases to make sure violent criminals are reported to the fbi. But three of the countrys major cities are no longer willing to take the militarys word for it. David martin, cbs news, the pentagon. Good news in Southern California where the thomas fire is 88 contained this morning. Its not expected to grow. Officials say there is little smoke and air quality has improved. 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On the cbs moneywatch this morning, amazons holiday bestsellers and harleydavidson tries to take the fear out of riding. Hena doba is here with that and more. Good morning. Good morning. Stocks were much lower. The dow jones lost 7 point, s p 500 fell by 2 points. The nasdaq lost 23 points. Amazon is celebrating a recordbreaking Holiday Shopping season. In one week alone, more than 4 Million People signed up to try amazon prime. They saw the highest holiday sales yet with tens of millions of products sold worldwide. The echo dot and Fire Tv Stick with alexia voice remote were the bestsellers. A new report published by bloomberg predicts china will overtake the u. S. Economy by 2022. They say asias Major Economies will continue to grow in the coming years. It predicts china, japan, india, and the u. S. Will be the four largest economies in 2032 with china pushing the u. S. Out of the number one spot. Harleydavidson will teach more people to drive. Theyre expanding their academy. The program launched in 2000 offering classes on how to ride a motorcycle. Sales have been declining for years and the Main Customer base is getting older. Since 1990 the median age has increased from 32 to 47. And star wars, the last jedi, was the Biggest Box Office hit over the Holiday Weekend. The film made almost 100 million over the fourday Holiday Weekend keeping it in its top spot. It was followed by jumanji welcome to the jungle and brave. In the coming days, shopper, of course, will flood into Stores Across the country all those gift cards and return a few unwanted presents. Meg oliver has some tips for those holiday returns. Reporter its the most wonderful time of year until do you look forward to returning gifts . No. Reporter stacy flynn takes her time picking out gifting hoping to avoid returning them. It could take a whole day, depending how much stuff you have to return. Reporter a survey estimates almost twothirds of people made a return. Return policies vary dramatically from no questions asked to strict rules which can aggravate the most season eed shopper. Consumer report Senior Editor donna rosato. Dont open a box. Most stores will charge you a restocking fee on certain items especially electronics if you dont return it in original packaging. Reporter rosato if youre returning to a store, bring your i. D. And keep an eye on the calendar. Some are very generous, but others have very limited time to return. For example, most major stores will only allow you 90 days to return an item, but some as little as 30 or 15 days. Reporter most shoppers try to avoid one day in particular. You definitely dont go the day after christmas. I think we all know that rule. Reporter its a rule that could save you time, money, and aggravation this holiday season. Meg oliver, cbs news, new york. Still ahead, all night long. Well take a look at the highlights from last nights Kennedy Center honors. Ship in juice from overseas. 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Now we could reach the new year before we know which party will control the state house. And he may be down in florida golfing but President Trumps latest tweets are renewing divisions on some controversial topics. And plus the amazing story of two men who for decades before they found out they were related. And we got a yellow weather alert this morning. Because looks like a few of us may get some snow around here. A little snow. Miri marshall is standing by with a look at the forecast, hey miri. Good morning larry, good morning everyone. Yes the reason why were issuing this yellow weather alert is because its going to be during the morning drive time. Especially north of d. C. So snow, light snow and flurries are possible anytime between now and 11 00 a. M. We are looking at a coating in some areas could get up to 1 inch, on radar not seeing much happening right now but this is futurecast. This is at 5 30 a. M. , there you can see the light snow showers from roughly luray all the way over to leesburg and gaithersburg and frederick and these are some of the areas that you are going to find the Winter Weather advisories in effect. Still cloudy around d. C. But i would not rule out any type of flurries making their way there. And anything that does fall will stick to the roads if theyre not treated so you will be looking at some slick conditions as you are coming in for the areas that do get the then this is at 7 00 a. M. Were still looking at that light to moderate snow falling across the area and you can see some of it making its way into the north and western corner of d. C. And then after that, it should begin toffiesable out for us. By 10 00 a. M to fizzle out for us, by 10 00 a. M. Its shiftedout. The rest of the day some sun in the area and tomorrow just sunny and downright cold out there. Really quickly just show you the areas where we have the Winter Weather advisory in effect. Thats going to cover montgomery county, leesburg, frederick, all the way up in baltimore and westminster from now until 11 00 a. M. Ellen . All right miri we actually have closure already down on route 1 virginia. If you are heading northbound pretty serious accident here. We have delays right before you get to the beltway. Accident itself between the beltway and huntington avenue. Now the delays are northbound. The accident is southbound there. Has a traffic land camera kind of just showing the crews out there with a lot of lights a little hazy. So well keep watching that larry but for now route 1 shut down. Thank you so much. 4 27 right now. Hurricane harvey devastated parts of the texas gulf coast. And the town where the storm first made landfall was rock port where recovery has been much slower than in other places. Many of those who lost their homes are still living in hotels even tents and many storm sims they theyre still frustrated victims say theyre still frustrated. Nobody gives you a freaking survival guide. None of us knew what to do. So much storm debris that the state is using a highway median as a collection point. Rock ports mayor says about 70 of the towns businesses are still closed and about one third of the town is so badly damaged it will be impossible to rebuild. You may feel as close or sometimes even closer to your best friend than your own brothers and sisters. We found two guys who are actually brothers from the same mother. Allen and walter have been best friend for 60 years. Balloter ner and allen was adopted. Through social media, walter used a family dna matching website and allens user name pop up. They shared a birth mother and announced their discovery to the rest of the hop gray over the dash family over the Holiday Weekend family over the Holiday Weekend. The news at 4 30 starts right now. Good wednesday morning, its hump day. We made it larry. Barely. Im ellen bryan in for jan jeffcoat this morning. Im larry miller. Up and out the door this morning and were talking about yellow weather alert right news but a were talking about the opportunity for snow and accumulation miri. Very light accumulationly the problem larry is that its falling during the rush hour time. It could make it a little bit slippery and slick out there. Thats why weve got the yellow weather alert in effect for you. So far quiet around the d. C. Area. Little ground clutter popping think its sensing something with you really not. Sort but really not. Sort of being oversensitive. Well let you know when actual flurries do begin to fall. Futurecast right now 5 30 a. M. You can see that around the leesburg area the potential for some snow to make its way through there. Also around gaithersburg and frederick and notice how areas north of d. C. Are favored for this but this is at 7 00 a. M. And notice how that shifts more to the north and western corner of d. C. And also around the gaithersburg and leesburg and manassas areas. So they will be spotty they will be hit and miss but theyre possible. And that could certainly cause some problems on the roads. By 10 00 a. M. , this does begin to die down just a little bit. Its cloudy out there and for the rest of the day, were actually looking at some sunshine out there. And then tomorrow, is just really cold. And sunny on top of that. So highs today upper 20s to mid 30s. Were looking at light snow and flurries anytime between now and 11 00 a. M. A coating up to an inch wbe