christians. hea heavy snowstorms in the med west led delta to cancel 500 christmas day flights nationwide and 300 at the nation s busiest airport in atlanta. airline says passengers will be rebooked and wave booking fees. storm that dumped nine inches in iowa, is expected to dump snow on nashville, atlanta and carolina. in europe, the weather hasn t gotten better for the stranded passengers just trying to get home for the holidays. more shortfall and thousands are camped out at airports in brussels and cots brought in for travelers who were forced to spend the night in the terminal. security screeners are taking an extra look at the insulated beverage containers this holiday as an effort by the fed to prevent any possible terror activity. after issuing warnings about thermoses and other similar containers. a top military official says chatter has been intercepted online about a possible terror threat but nothing specific. those are the headlines. now back to a special christm
good evening. anyone driving home for christmas and so many more of us are this year, is in for sticker shock. the most expensive gas prices in more than two years. look at this. the price of gas inching up, penny by penny. a sneak attack. many drivers may have not noticed, but that s about to end. the average price of gas, now $3.01. the first time in history it s topped $3 a gallon at christmas time. linsey davis starts us off in new york tonight. and this is a big change, prices normally drop during the holidays. reporter: you re exactly right, and good evening to you, george. you know, here in new york you ll find some of the highest gas prices across the country. but the pain at the pump is starting to spread. and many americans this holiday, they re not just dealing with gas prices going up, but snow coming down. getting to grandma s house for the holidays has never been so expensive. on a national average basis we have never paid $3 a gallon on christmas eve or on
6-may nay christmas celebration is under way tonight. pobd let christmas eve mass at st. peter s basilica. security was tight after yesterday s bombings at two foreign embassies in roam and attempted attacks on the pope during each of the lavrsz two christmas eve masses. pilgrims flocked to bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of jesus. the crowds were the biggest in ten years due to the drop in violence between palestinians and israelis. in europe, thousands won t be home for christmas. a new batch of snow has left them stranded. more than a third of all flights were canceled today at charles de gaulle airport in paris. travelers are sleeping on cots there tonight. making matters worse, there s a shortage of de-icing fluid. new supplies had to be flown in from the u.s. bad weather is also complicating holiday travel plans in this country. a huge storm system is moving through the nation s mid-section dumping plenty of snow in the north and heavy rain in texas. and by tomorr
ash heap of history. franklin roosevelt and churchill defeated hitler s germany from north africa to normandy. thatcher and reagan starred down the communist threat from the halls of of geneva to the beaches of grenada. then it was george w. bush and british prime minister blair. they formed a relationship that shocked their closist advisers. we spoke with both. some of the people who knew them best about that relationship and how it shaped the war on terror. thank you. i admire courage in people. tony blair is a courageous person. god bless america! sean: in the aftermath of the september 11th, attacks george bush and tony blair faced a new world. radical islam threatened freedom and they vowed to take the fight to the enemy. up until that point bill clinton had lobbed a few cruise missiles into afghanistan. this was a proper existential struggle this was something that bush and blair knew beforehand but 9/11 gave them the power they needed to do something about it.
now, it s complete coverage, it s wjz, maryland s news station. fatal shooting. one of three teens gunned down. now the youngest is dead and police are searching for suspects. hello again, i m gigi barnett. john and jessica are off. here is what people are talking about today. a violent scene unfolded in west baltimore, someone shot three teens, one of them is dead. wjz stays on the investigation with mike holmgren. good afternoon mike. reporter: good afternoon gigi, the doctors tried to save the youngest one but his injuries were too severe. homocide detectives were on the scene at 7:30 last night where someone shot three teenagers, a 14-year-old died in shock trauma, a he was shot in the head. we re very early on in the investigation, i don t have much information about what happened. it was at least one shooter outside in the block, all three victims made it into take house before they collapsed. the surviving victim a 15- year-old who was shot in the buttocks an