Headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you on this special morning. Christmas, of course, is being celebrated around the world. At the vatican, pope francis led a solemn Christmas Mass at st. Peters basilica. He told thousands the birth of jesus in a manger changed us forever. He wants better treatment for migrants. We have the story. Reporter as the faithful gathers, the flight of the worlds refugees. Translator so many footsteps are hidden in the footsteps of joseph and mary. We stee tracks of entire families forced to set out in our own day. Reporter the holy family went through an ordeal that will be familiar for many in 2017. They had to leave their home and land. Jesus was born in a manger because mary and joseph were turned away from everywhere else. Translator christmas is the time to turn the power of fear to reality. Reporter bethlehem, the Historic Place of jesus. I am here for the first time in the holy land. I hope to find something special. Reporter thousands conv
Coming up later this hour. With just over a month to go until the winter just over a month to go until the Winter Olympics in south korea, i will be checking out some of team gbs will be checking out some of team gbs biggest medal prospect in part for the pyeongchang in path to pyeongchang. Good morning, and welcome to bbc news. Merry christmas. The queen will pay tribute to the cities of manchester and london in her Christmas Day broadcast for the way in which they dealt with this years terrorist attacks. Shes at her estate at sandringham with other members of the royal family, including prince harry and his fiancee, Meghan Markle. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. The queen recorded this years broadcast a few days ago at buckingham palace. Its main theme is the importance of home, a place she describes as a source of warmth and love. Looking back over the events of 2017, she praises the cities of london and manchester. The queen visited the victims of the bombing a
Holiday travelers, gave each other gridlock for christmas. Yesterday traffic at Los Angeles International airport was bumpertobumper. Off to day things moving better. Across the coast at newark International Airport in new jersey, there was a controlled chaos. I figured everybody would be in for the holidays. But, i guess this is a huge travel day. Left a lot more time to travel. Thought it would take a lot longer. Nationwide, more than 60 flights were canceled. And over 1900 delayed. Many of them in snow yeef chicago. According to flight aware, and those numbers were expected to increase. Without a doubt the travel for the year end holiday has the, has, a lot to do with airfares being lower. And airfares about 20 lower compared few last year. Robert sinclair, a spokesperson for triple a which estimates that Holiday Travel will set a record for the ninth consecutive year. We think totally linked to the economy. Folks have more money, taking advantage. Spending it taking a trip. Reporte
Newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you on this special morning. Christmas, of course, is being celebrated around the world. At the vatican, pope francis led a solemn Christmas Mass at st. Peters basilica. He told thousands the birth of jesus in a manger changed us forever. He used the story of the holiday to appeal for better treatment of migrants. We have the story. Reporter as the faithful gathered at the vatican for Midnight Mass, they directed their attention at the flight of the worlds refugees. Translator so many footsteps are hidden in the footsteps of joseph and mary. We see the tracks of entire families forced to set out in our own day. Reporter the pope said the holy family went through an ordeal that would be familiar for many in the world of 2017. Translator they had to leave their people, their home and their land. Reporter jesus was born in a manger because mary and joseph were turned away from everywhere else. Heed the lesson. Translator
Now to the miss america email scandal more former page enlt contestants are speaking out. Resignation of the top three executives is a start. A lot more needs to be done. Your miss america 2012 is beyond the miss america celebration, seen every year on tv. , a scandal is rattling the organization. The shakeup began after the Huffington Post published parts of leaked emails thursday aperg to show a handful of miss america officials ridiculing past winners appearance intelligence and sex lives. In this one, ceo sam haskell laughed when the pageant lead writer referred to former crown holders using a crude term for womens genitalia. But after dozens of former miss americas published this open letter, calling on the Miss America Organization leadership to step down, haskell was suspended and resigned along with the organizations president , and chairwoman. Still have a lot of work to do. We would love your sta part and your encouragement. Former miss americas like mallory hagan, who haskel