Classified document providing the rational for drone strikes targeting american terrorism suspects overseas. The legal memo will no doubt be a hot topic during todays confirmation hearing for the new cia director. Melanie alnwick is live on capitol hill with the details now. Good morning. Reporter good morning once again. John brennan is described as the architect of that drone program. This is a force of remotely controlled planes that have launched hundreds of targeted strikes against alqaida targets even americans. President obamas nominee to head the cia is the former ief white house Counter Terrorism advisor under his watch. Became the First American targeted for death by u. S. Drone strikes in yemen. His son and another american killed weeks later. An unclassified memo leaked this week says it is legal for the government to kill u. S. Citizens abroad if he believes there are leaders engaged in operations aimed at killing americans even if theres no evidence of a specific imminent
This is the cbs weekend news. Quijano good evening. Im elaine quijano. Winter is still over a month away, but hundreds of cold records are about to be shattered. A new blast of arctic air is descending across the country from the great lakes to the gulf coast. It could be the coldest veterans day on record in minneapolis and chicago. Some 250 Million People could be affected. Temperatures could be up to 30 degrees below normal. Cbs news climate and weather contributor Jeff Beradelli is here with more on the big chill. Jeff, this sounds serious. For this early in the season, it is exceptional cold, nearly unprecedented and dangerous cold. Now the core of the coldest air will be in the upper midwest we could break 350 record this week alone, monday through thursday. Tuesday it moves across the great lakes, all the way down to the gulf coast. En epasses basicy the whole eastern part of the country straight to the eastern seaboard as we head into wednesday. Now, the cold air will plunge al