Reporter its not just a grunt . Definitely not. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Include some at the white house, the bannon mocked the exprt his family and aaccused donald trump jr. Of treason for his june 2016 meeting with russians who had offered incriminating information on hillary clinton. Bannon said, even if you thought that this was not treasonous or unpatriotic and i happen to think its all of that you should have called the f. B. I. Immediately. He then speculated that trump jr. Had also involved his father in the meeting, a claim that White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders denied. I think furious, disgusted would probably certainly fit when you make such outrageous claims and completely false claims against the president , his administration, and his family. Reporter Sanders Point out that bannon contradicted his characterization of the russia probe to 60 minutes in september. Theres nothing to the russia investigation. Its a waste of time. Reporter according to the book, the investigation will focus on Money Laundering and trump jr. Will crack like an egg under scrutiny from the special counsel. Bannon was campaign c. E. O. And chief strategist in the west wing, a position the white house called equivalent to the chief of staff. I like mr. Bannon. Hes a friend of mine. Reporter today, mr. Trump blasted bannon saying he had very little to do with our historic victory. Steve bannon doesnt represent my base. Hes only in it for himself. As for election night, the books author reports that the trump team actually expected defeat, and as Election Results rolled in showing trump on the path to victory, don jr. Told a friend, he looked as if he had seen a ghost. The white house called this trashy tabloid fiction. Jeff. Glor margaret, thank you very much. We turn now to john dickerson, our cbs news chief washington correspondent. And fairchgor the face the nation. John, quite a Statement Today from the president. What do you make of you know, well, the start of the statement that starts, steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. Its like saying youre not married to your exwife. Its true at the moment, but it doesnt erase the marriage. The president was responding to the comments in the book by michael wolff, and that book paints a picture of a campaign and a white house and a president unexpreepped in chaos. So the overthetop statement by the president of the United States today about steve bannon doesnt really refute that picture, and in a way, may affirm it. Glor john, steve bannon has insisted hes going to play a large role in this big Midterm Election year. So where does this leave the administration and the Republican Party . You know, well, he is a searing critic of the republican establishment, much like donald trump was. And he has promised to help dethrone Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell republican Senate Majority leader, that is on behalf the grass roots. And today, mcconnells twitter account posted a short clip of the Senate Majority leader smiling. Shortly after the president issued his denunciation of bannon in which he mcconnells team seems to think it is good for the paerpts, because it is diminishing candidates who trump doesnt think can get elected, but steve bannon has talked about being a street fighter so there are likely to be more rounds of infighting. Glor john dickerson, thanks very much. The President Former Campaign chairman sued special Counsel Robert Mueller and the Justice Department today. Paul manafort said mueller exceeded his authority by charging him for conduct unrelated to the russia investigation. Manafort was indicted in october on charges of money launderrering stemming from political work in ukraine. The deep freeze that went across the south today, daytime temperatures more than three dreez below normal down into the teens and 20s, across mississippi, alabama, florida, georgia, and the carolinas. More than 2,000 flights are already canceled for tomorrow. Here is manuel through brunswick, georgia, and while it isnt rare to see a massive backup here, the cause of this one was ice on the road if that are south. Dozens of longhaul drivers decided it was time to pull over. Even lee church, who is from indiana, put it in park. Trying to get up to at least somewhere in South Carolina because i knew it was supposed to start snowing. Didnt work out that way. Reporter why not . Well, id say theres about a quarter inch of ice on the road, and its icing everything up, and just snow on top of it is a real bad situation. Reporter hundreds of accidents littered roadways from georgia to the carolinas. Sem trucks flipped over, and cars lost control. Those who didnt heed the warnings to stay off roads found themselves stuck. Georgia state patrol captain chris wright. This is not something that our people are accustomed to dealing with, so we want them to stay home, stay off the roadway, and stay safe and stay warm. Reporter tipped as far as tallahassee, florida, which hadnt seen much of any snowfall in nearly three decades. And while it wasnt a whiteout, it was an unusual sight for tourists in the pal mato state. Its pretty wild. Ive never seen palm trees with snow on them before. Reporter heading into tonight, winds could cause more power outragages along south coastal communitys. Ice thats formed on trees and power lines threatens to weigh down and snap them. The savannah area received anywhere from one to 4. 5 inches of snow, amounts not seen in decades. And even though its tapered off, you can tell by this partly frozen fountain behind me, the threat remains. Roads could refreeze overnight and belowaverage temperatures are expected to last in the southeast through the weekend. Joaf. Glor many, thanks very much. Could be a very tricky commute. For kids in louisville, kentucky, hockey is generally played indoors, but they are getting a rare area. Folks in chicago are used to cold weather, but this is a long stretch even for them. If the temperature does not rise above 20 degrees by saturday, chicago will tie a record for 12 consecutive days below twernt. That has happened just twice before, in 1936 and 1895. Out on cape cod in massachusetts, the famous beaches and basis look more like an arctic tundra. And the socalled slurpee waves are back salty slush is washing ashore. This is all setting the stage in the east for what weather experts are calling, a bomb cyclone or bombogenesis. For more on this lets bring in eric fisher from our cbs station in boston. Whais the preferred term and wht does it mean . I would go old school. I would go with bombogenesis. Bomb cycle is the way of saying the same exact thing. Its something that happens every year. This will be notable because of how deep this storm will get in a very short amount of time. We take a look at 2 00 in the afternoon, 104 millibars. Run of the mill. Tomorrow afternoon at 2 00 as it moves off the new england shoreline, were down around 955 millibars. That is a tremendous drop, almost 50 millibars in 24 hours. Thats bombogenesis. Has to be at least 24 in 24 hours. Why does it matter to anyone on the ground . The faster that pressure drops, the more the wind respond in kind, and this is going to be a big wind maker across the coast, especially in new england. Heres the timeline, snowing in North Carolina this evening, moving up across the midatlantic coast. Heavy snowfall confined close to the coastline as we head to the overnight, and scirgt the big cities like philly and new york. The heaviest snowfall falls in new england throughout the day tomorrow. All wrapped up, this is a storm that will likely have an eye fiewter tomorrow. If youre, looking on satellite, the featurees of a hurricane. Boston a foot or a little more is very back edge of the snowfall. Now, this is going to drag in another blast of the really impressive cold. These are mainly all record cold temperatures for highs as we look into friday and saturday, and at night, widespread subzero readings. This may be the coldest blast of the entire stretch we have seen here, jeff, since dating back on christmas. There is a little bit of relief as we head closer to the middle of the month. Its going to take a while to get here but a january thaw may be in the offing. Glor all right, eric. And bombogenesis it is. In lask today it was 40 and raining in juneau. Steve bannon is not the only target of the president s ire. Last night, mr. Trump mocked kim jongun and north Koreas Nuclear capabilities in an extraordinary tweet. David martin at the pentagon has more on this. Reporter no american president has ever made such a blatant nuclear threat. Responding to kim jonguns boast that he has a Nuclear Trump tweeted, i, too, have a Nuclear Button that is bigger and more powerful, and my button works. We dont know what kim thought of the tweet, but it was unsettling to former Vice President biden who once had the authority to hit the button if something happened to president obama. This is not the stuff to be tweeting about. It is a very, very, very difficult problem. Reporter its not an actual button but a briefcase called the football carried by an aide who follows the president everywhere. It containtz codes the commander in chief would need to order the use of newly weapons. Whatever you call it, American Nuclear forces are incomparably more powerful than north koreas. This one submarine carries more warheads than kim jongun has in his entire arsenal. So the president s tweet is not an empty boast, but would he really use Nuclear Weapons against north korea . Former senator sam nunn is founder of an institute posed by weapons of mass destruction. No, i think its a throwaway remark that is callous, but i dont think it signals a change in nuclear policy. Reporter american policy has long been to use Nuclear Weapons only in extreme circumstances, such as a Nuclear Attack against the United States. Nuclear war remains all but unthinkable, and according to nunn, making threats about it should be unspeakable. I think it increases the risk of miscalculation, or what i call war by blunder. To me, thats the greatest danger here, and the heated rhetoric on both sides creates a whole lot more risk in that regard. We could easily have a war nobody intended and nobody wanted. Reporter if it comes to war, the u. S. Should be able to destroy the north korean regime without resorting to Nuclear Weapons, which could spread radioactive fallout over allies like japan and south korea, not to mention china and russia. Ff now a look at some of the other stories were following in tonights evening newsfeed. Vice president mike pence swore in two new senators today, Alabama Democrat doug jones, who won a special election for the seat once held by attorney general jeff sessions; and minnesota democrat tina smith. She was appointed to replace al franken who resigned over allegations of sexual misconduct. A 25yearold man accused of setting up a deadly swatting prank appeared in a los angeles courtroom today. Tyler barris will not fight extradition to kansas. The police say he made a bogus 911 call last week that sent them to a house in wichita where an officer mistakenly shot and killed an innocent man. Gas prices will go up again this year, according to gasbuddy. Com, a gallon of regular will average 2. 57 in 2018, the highest since 2014. Rising oil prices are to blame. There is much more ahead on tonights cbs evening reporter theres dressed to kill and dressed not to be killed. 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Reporter this virginia Clothing Store sells dressed to kill, but in the back, its tailors sew soft armor into soft fabrics for another reason dressed not to be killed. Were in business to offer that security and protection for davis and abbas hillsider launched their clothing line. An armored tshirt cost almost a grand. An armors manneds suit costs 8,000. Repeatedly stopped bullets fired pointblank from a. 9millimeter hand gun. J. J. Wood tried on armored jacket, part of a clothing line developed as a defense against drug cartels. Its comfortable and you have, i guess, that paefs mind. Reporter 85 of their customers work for u. S. Government agencies, but they also sell to foreign v. I. P. S, oil executives, and everyday or a vegas shooting, does business go up . Unfortunately yes. Sadly, yes. Reporter is it a dramatic increase zoo yes. We had a grandma that contacted us and wanted a ballistic sweatshirt. Reporter its illegal for convicted felons to buy armored clothing. Background checks arent required by law, but espeto runs them anyway, in a business where taking precautions has come into fashion. Mark strassmann, cbs news, fredricksburg, virginia. Glor when we come back here, an update on a charity thats become a winner after a lastminute touchdown pass. Glor a passenger tired of waiting to exit a plane in spain decided to wing it. He climbed out an emergency exit andon to the ring of a ryan air jet after it arrived from london. The plane had been sitting at the gate for about half an hour. The donations keep pouring in to andy daltons foundation. On sunday, the quarterback threw the touchdown pass that eliminated baltimore and put Buffalo Bills into the playoffs. Since then, fans have contributed about a quarter of a Million Dollars to daltons charity which helps special needs children. 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Each white line here is the trajectory of an animal that we have tagged. Reporter each white line. This becomes solid in there. There are a lot of animals. We had no idea they were diving to 2,000 feet or more, and doing it routinely. Reporter rea elephant seals do right here on the beach. Does that guy send a message to the other one coming in here . Yeah, he sure did. Reporter that message, says researcher carolyn casey, is surprisingly scientis sophis. Reporter so thats not just a grunt . Definitely not, no. Reporter elephant seals are the only animals known to recognize and remember each other through the unique rhythm of their call. In effect, the elephant seal is shouting its name. So, for example, if he interacted with sam, and he can actually hear sams call and say,ings oh, sam, i remember sam. He beat me last time. Im not going to mess with him again. Reporter what can be aica fof me on the beach makes sense in the lab. This is from a male, and he has kind of like a gallup babadup. This one is aing because these pulses are so short and super staccato. Often you sit there and see we call them sleeping slugs. And when you really understand when they do their diving behavior, their onthebeach behavior theyre a Pretty Amazing animal. Reporter their looks may leave something to be. Glor that is fantastic, and that is the cbs evening news tonight. Im jeff glor. Good night. Small business, internet providers promise you a lot. Lets see who delivers more. Comcast business offers fast gigspeeds across our network. Verizon doesnt. We offer more complete reliability with up to 8 hours of 4g Wireless Network backup. Verizon, no way. We offer 35 voice features and solutions that grow with your business. Verizon, not so much. Get internet on our gigspeed network and add voice and tv for 34. 90 more per month. Call 18005016000. [ music ] its pretty wild, ive never seen palm trees with snow on them before. The first time in some 28 years, snow fell in tallahassee, florida. Some kids seeing snow for the very first time. All part of a major winter storm headed our way tonight as most of the country battles freezing temperatures. This is an image we havent seen in a while. Winter storm Warnings Issued alacross the east coast. At one point, it included warnings from florida all the way up to maine. Topper, when is the last time we saw a winter storm impact this much of the east coast . I think you have to go back to the 90s bruce