I am your uncle. I am your brother, i am your neighbor. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Transition officials didnt say what prompted the tweet, but it came the same day that russian president , vladimir putin, said moscow needs to strengthen the military potential of Strategic Nuclear forces. I think the tweet was ambiguous, and it was hard to figure out what exactly he meant. Reporter former u. S. Ambassador to nato, nicholas burns. In Nuclear Diplomacy and in diplomacy in general, you want to be clear, most of the time especially with your adversaries about what youre willing to do and not willing to do. Reporter a trump aide later tried to clarify saying the president elect was, referring to the threat of Nuclear Proliferation and the critical need to prevent it. During the campaign, mr. Trump also sent conflicting messages on nuclear policy. Look, nuclear should be off the table. But would there be a time when it could be used . Possibly.
The video believed to have been made just days before his Christmas Market rampage. And beat the clock. Your lastminute shopping guide for holiday deals steals, prices slashed. Becky worley with your panicproof plan to grab those gifts just in time. Hey, good morning. As we head into Christmas Eve and also the start of hanukkah, paula is off, but we are very, very happy to have Rebecca Jarvis here on the desk. Its great to be here filling out my Christmas Wish list by being here this morning. Christmas and hanukkah. And hanukkah. All wishes will be fulfilled this morning. So many people are thinking, though, about Carrie Fisher this morning after that medical incident on a plane. Were going to get the latest on the condition of the star wars legend in a moment. But we want to start here with the breaking weather news. Take a look at this map. Weve got a pair of storms marching across the country creating travel delays smack in the middle of the holiday rush with 100 million americans e
We will tell you exactly how much. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on this busy friday night. Im cecilia vega in for david. And were tracking backtoback storms sweeping across the country as a Record Number of travellers are on the road and in the air. This is the scene in los angeles today, in denver, the security lines, painful. And in new york, brace yourselves. Cars sliding off the roads in new mexico. And weather alerts across 23 states. Snow and heavy rain from california to massachusetts. David kerley starts us off tonight. Reporter for some tonight, the holiday road home is a blizzard of snow and ice, with a wreath to keep the spirit in iowa. Its flooding out west. California, hit hard by rain. Rescuers pulling people from the water. Starting today, more than 93 million americans expected to hit the roads through the new year. And some of the nearly 2 1 2 million flying today, delayed. Part of it that rain again. Both San Francisco and los angeles suffering the most
Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Im kate snow, in for lester. Tonight the tweet from the president elect stunned Nuclear Experts not only because of the words written, but the fact that the comment was made on as casual a medium as twitter. For years, Nuclear Policy has focused on drawing down the u. S. Arsenal, not building it up. But today donald trump and russian president Vladimir Putin talked about strengthening nuclear forces. We begin tonight with andrea mitchell. Reporter after setting off alarm bells throughout the campaign about how he would handle Nuclear Weapons, donald trump today signalled he wants more nukes, shocking Nuclear Experts by tweeting, the United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability, until such regarding nukes. Reversing u. S. Policy since Ronald Reagan to cut the number of Nuclear Weapons. Only hours earlier Vladimir Putin, who u. S. Inte
Im frances rivera. Today is up with of the busiest travel days of the year. Hope are you ready. We have millions out there treking aross the country to the see loved ones for the holidays. Many will be flying. Heres Tom Byrum Costello with details. Reporter from coasttocoast, a record setting travel season, with today the busiest, nationwide, 6 million are flying this season. Atlanta, chicago, l. A. And denver. In the tower at chicago ohare, controllers now using a new system to speed things along. Flight paths reroutes and weather, now transmitted directly to the cockpit computer, cutting down on radio chatter and tarmac wait times. Still the vast majority of americans, 94 million, are hitting the roads, gasoline now 2. 26 on average up 13 cents in a month, at the utah dot center, they are preparing for a storm in the rockies. Between 12 and 24 inches in the mountains, a lot of that will be blowing snow in the higher elevations. A rush to reunite with family and friend. Obviously, wea