[ bells tolling ] the faithful around the globe celebrate christmas. Pope francis used his Christmas Eve mass to urge the world not to ignore the plight of migrants. Parts of the country are enjoying a White Christmas, but snow and wind are also causing headaches across new england and the great plains. Merry christmas. President trump stayed busy in maralago taking aim at the Deputy Director of the fbi on twitter. Is he saying there are some bad apples at the fbi . Hes making a point we have to make sure. Rescuers are searching for survivors after a tycoon hit the philippines. A Small Plane Crash in florida. Five people are dead. A tragedy any of the day of the week. The worst tragedy on christmas. Winter enthusiasts trapped in a ski lift in france. Luckily, no one got hurt. More on that. 103 yards Carolina Panthers went to the playoff spot. All that matters. Santa claus is coming to town. The president and first lady working the phones with norad, the agency that tracks santa. Santa
But first we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Threatening weather conditions across the country. Temperatures plummeting, the record lows. It is cold enough that part of Niagara Falls to freeze up. Winter rages as revelers brace for the big chill. 2017 is departing with a cold slap across the face. Im hoping it gets sunny and hot. It is not going to happen. Not a chance. Look at this Massive Action on u. S. 31 near lake michigan. 40car pileup. Another one going in. It is freezing. The count down has begun. Millions of people will be here in time square braving some of the coldest temperatures in time square hist ory. It is so iconic. When you come here, you have to see the ball drop. A toddler may have caused the first worst in new york city in a quarter srncentury. Playing with the burners on the stove. A deadly swat case in kansas. Ladies and gentlemen, i give you russell westbrook. That is nasty. Caught on camera, a woman under arrest in
Cyberattacks in america a much bigger problem than we originally thought. I want you guys to check this out, a secret nsa map paid by nbc news in last five years more than 600 corporations and Government Entities have been attacked by chinese hackers so how safe are we . And more importantly why isnt government doing more to protect us . Joining us now former mts senator scott brown, scott, senator brown, 600 we knew these attacks were going on but you look at chai chart and pattern on that chart it is clear that the chinese has specific things that theyre going for, theyre going for Silicon Valley, washington, d. C. And other places that they can obtain information and this is more than just an economic situation. It make me feel very vulnerable to look at that map. Well, certainly charles first of all thank you for having me on, and it is not no secret and secondly, that map is not secret anymore. [laughter] the fact that they have it that it is out is good for the public to understa
Cyberattacks in america a much bigger problem than we originally thought. I want you guys to check this out, a secret nsa map paid by nbc news in last five years more than 600 corporations and Government Entities have been attacked by chinese hackers so how safe are we . And more importantly why isnt government doing more to protect us . Joining us now former mts senator scott brown, scott, senator brown, 600 we knew these attacks were going on but you look at chai chart and pattern on that chart it is clear that the chinese has specific things that theyre going for, theyre going for Silicon Valley, washington, d. C. And other places that they can obtain information and this is more than just an economic situation. It make me feel very vulnerable to look at that map. Well, certainly charles first of all thank you for having me on, and it is not no secret and secondly, that map is not secret anymore. [laughter] the fact that they have it that it is out is good for the public to understa
President trump today signed a bill imposing new sanctions on russia. And an hour later in retaliation, Vladimir Putin signed a deal with netflix. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] watch till the end. Politico, yesterday, published a previously withheld transcript of an interview between President Trump and the wall street journal in which trump referred to his soninlaw and Senior Advisor Jared Kushner as a good boy. A good boy . [ laughter ] hes 36 when a woman turns 36 you consider that grounds for divorce. [ laughter ] according to axios, President Trump has been trying to impress his new white house chief of staff john kelly by acting sharper in meetings and rattling off stats. So far, none have been right, but bless him, hes trying. Dogs are boys and cats are girls. Dancing causes brain damage. The capital of florida is maralago. Are you hearing this, john . [ laughter and applause ] krispy kreme announced it will release a limited edition reeses doughnut with reeses Peanut But