Morning. It is so vast that the Vice President of the united dates jumping into help here we will hear that plan coming up. Stephanie until then, ill give you the top news stories for the morning. I mentioned it earlier. Stocks in china earlier today. The benchmark shanghai composite index, 8. 5 , the most since 2007. Investors are growing concerns the Chinese Government may end those unprecedented steps it took to prop up share prices. Earlier this year on bloomberg television, the head of the council on Foreign Relations call that a nightmare scenario for chinese leadership. Where does the government and this party get its legitimacy . The answer is that they cannot quite figure it out. They have got a real problem on their hands and they do not quite know what to do it that is why you see massive intervention. This is a serious political problem. Stephanie let me break it down. From july 8 through this past friday, the shanghai rebounded 15 , more than 1400 stocks, were allowed to s
Dozens of others are injured. The storms destroyed homes in mississippi, tennessee and arkansas. Search teams are combing through the rubble for survivors. Experts say the unseasonably warm weather contributed to the deadly conditions. In the west, two rare tornadoes touched down on Christmas Eve in california. Don champion is here in new york. Good morning, don. Good morning, jamie. At least three tornadoes were reported across the country yesterday. In Northern California, teams with the National Weather service will head out to assess the strength of at least two twisters that touched down there. Reporter on this holiday of giving, some people in Northern California are taking stock of whats lost after an outbreak of tornadoes. Seeing trees swirling like a blender, like they were in a blender, it was pretty scary. Reporter cell phone video captured the twisters roaring through El Dorado County and modesto, bringing down power lines and uprooting trees. Weve been here for 45 years, a
Christmas morning coming up. Shaina good morning, everyone. Thanks for waking up with kcci 8 news this morning. 25. Merry christmas, everyone. A lot of people were very excited to see the snowfall yesterday and it might stick around in some areas. Jason i think it will, with the almost 10 inches. We will continue to see that linger on the ground as we have temperatures will help to melt some of it. It will be hard to get rid of all of it. Fog today because of low level moisture and disabilities to the central portions of the state around the quartermile range. A halfmile in ottoman. If you are headed out and about, note that it could be a little bit slick and disabilities could be down disabilities could be down. Cloud cover lingering and a system off to the southwest but snow cover a cousin that but there could be one to two inch totals on northwestern edges of the state. A bit of a mixed bag of precipitation and light rain into south and central portions of the state. Plan on cloud c
Ripped through the south when a tanker truck ignited at a gas plant in nigeria. A deadly shooting at a mall in North Carolina. An off duty officer shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at him. New protests on the streets of chicago over the death of a teenager shot 1 6 times by a police officer. All that oakland takes it in overtime. And the raiders off the right way. Go raiders. And all that matters. According to norad, santa claus may have already paid you a visit. School cafeteria with her voice. Merry Little Christmas now this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go place Merry Christmas and welcome to cbs this morning. We recorded parts of this broadcast in the days leading up to the holiday. Merry christmas on this christmas morning. Absolutely. Merry christmas. Im wearing the sweater you got me, charlie. Im not sure i like it. Im not sure i would have bought this sweater. Charlie says, its make this clear. I picked this out of my closet this morning. It looked bett
If you are driving this morning, give yourself a little bit of extra time because it could be difficult to see some spots. We will eventually clear the fog out by the 8 00 or 9 00 timeframe. Shaina thank you, jason. The snow on thursday meant a lot of traffic headaches but for many people it also meant the christmas they had been hoping for. Kccis vanessa peng shows us how iowans feel about snow on Christmas Eve. Vanessa just like the ones iowans used to know. It just wouldnt be christmas without snow. Vanessa Mother Nature brought what many had been dreaming of. I think its beautiful. I expect to see snow around this time of year. Vanessa so far this winter, its been relatively mild. When i saw the snow i was like its about time. Vanessa some iowans cant imagine celebrating a green christmas. Its the tradition i mean you think of snow you think of you think of presents you think of family. Vanessa others will take green or white. I would have enjoyed it either way im on the fence abou