wherever you may be this morning or whatever you may up to be with your family and friends. glad you re spending part of your day with us this morning. pope benedict delivering his christmas message to millions. delivering it live and in person to those folks gathered at st. peters square. he had a message for christians around the world, praying for peace in particular. we ll show you a little more of that as well as show you how people were celebrating around the world, as well. a lot of people every year are hoping for a white christmas. some of you are going to get it. and that ain t the best thing. white is blanketing parts of the country, causing some trouble for folks on the road, in the air, as well. this is some information you need, going to cause trouble for people traveling today on christmas, and certainly some of you folks trying to make it home over the next couple of days, as well. also, you re out of time, right? you ve been procrastinating, you waited last
and oldest daughter in the fourth grade. big guy and uncle sam making it happen. this is one for the ages. i ll never forget it. sadly, not everyone makes it home with that in mind though. we honor the men and women in uniform who have give their lives in service for our country and call it home and away and this morning a very special holiday edition, video postcards from the war s wounded to their battle buddies on the front lines. cnn s barbara starr reports. thank you for your service. we really appreciate it. reporter: holiday time for the wounded. the hard work of getting better doesn t stop. how you doing? doing real good, holding up very well. reporter: marine corps corporal anthony mcdaniel stepped on an ied in afghanistan. grievously wounded but still a smile and holiday hello for his buddies. i m here at walter reed doing my rehab and i want to give a shout out to my unit, home 111
the floor, they re such great folks. i don t know if we have that shot of phil and pete an all those guys but they are yes, they are. there they are. i love you guys. you re so lovely three and a half years. take it away, kyra. have a great morning. 9:00 a.m. on the east the washington post. 6:00 a.m. out west. here s the story that is have us talking this morning. a riot inside an arizona prison sent eight men to the hospital, all inmates. erupted yesterday in the lunchroom of the red rock correctional facility in eloy, arizona. it s a private facility. national health officials say sprouts are to blame for a salmonella outbreak in 15 states an district of columbia. at least 89 people sick so far. almost a quarter of those people hospitalized. and this is the scene in bethlehem where christians believe jesus christ was born. tens of thousands of people flooding into the town for the celebration of religious history. well, we begin this morning with an