Whether to support Senate Candidate roy moore. I think theyre afraid im going to take alabama values to washington. One gop lawmakers went to far as to send moore ds democratic opponent a donation. Good morning from studio 57 headquarters here in new york. Im annemarie green. This morning the fire that has engulfed parts of Southern California is forcing new ev evacuati evacuations. There are three fires near los angeles. Nearly 200 structures have burned. More that 150,000 residents have been forced to evacuate and major freeways have been shut down. Officials say the worst is not over yet. A state of emergency is in place in Ventura County and most schools there are closed. Kenneth craig has more. Good annemarie. You can see it burnt to the ground. All that is left is a car frame. Three fires burned in Southern California alongside some smaller ones. Amid reports hundreds of homes have been destroyed. Some residents spent the twilight hours dousing the roofs with water hoping that wo
Less than 24 hours after a man detonated a pipe bomb in a pedestrian tunnel in the heart of the city subway system, the passageway has been reopened. And 16 women come together in a renewed call for action against President Trump for alleged Sexual Misconduct. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters good to be with you. Im annemarie greene. The Contentious Campaign in the special Alabama Senate race is over. Voters go to the polls today to choose between republican roy moore dogged by allegations of Sexual Misconduct and democrat doug jones. Alabama hasnt elected a democratic senator in two decades but the allegations against moore have divided the Republican Party producing a race that appears to be too close to call. Brook, good morning. Reporter good morning. Theres allegations have divided thpu from alabama says he wrote in someone elses name rather than vote for moore, but others in the party are pushing hard for this republican. This is an offyear electi
Makes his First Court Appearance today as we learn more about the 27yearold selfdescribed supporter of isis. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Alabama will send its first democrat to the u. S. Senate in 25 years. Doug jones won alabamas special Senate Election in a stunning upset. Cbs news predicts he eeked out a win over republican roy moores w Whose Campaign was plagued. They now hold a 51 49 advantage in the senate. Good morning, laura. Good morning, annemarie. Jones was a victory after a strong turnout of africanamericans as well as a show of support from women and younger voters. That is the sound of doug jones supporters learning the candidate has pulled off the improbable, becoming the first democrat to win in alabama in two decades. Alabama is at a crossroads. We have been at crossroads in the past. Usually we have taken the wrong fork. Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you have taken on the
Dies at the age of 82. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President trump is expected to sign a temporary funding bill today avoiding a government shutdown. The shortterm measure passed in the house and senate yesterday. It allows funding through january 19th. Hena doba is here in new york. Good morning, hena. Its proving to be a shortterm solution to government funding. Had they not. The government faced a shutdown at midnight tonight. These are the last votes expected in the house for the day, the week, the month, and the year. Before fleeing d. C. For the holiday thursday, lawmakers in the house and Senate Approved a stopgap measure to fund the government for the next four weeks, narrowly averting a extension to the Childrens Health Insurance Program or c. H. I. P. And provides funding for a health care provision. The fund also sends 4 billion to the department of defense. Some lawmakers expres
And good morning from the cbs studio headquarters in new york. Im brook silvabraga in for annemarie green. The recordbreaking snow continues to fall around the great lakes. Windchill advisories are in effect for dozens of states. Temperatures today could hit up to my muss 17. Pittsburgh and chicago are expected to be in the single digits. The hardest hit area is eerie, pennsylvania. Thats an alltime record and more is expected today. Roxana saberi has the latest. Reporter residents in erie, pennsylvania, spent the day after christmas digging out from record snowfall even as more piled on from the great lakes. Its a little ridiculous. I keep pecking away at it. You cant tell how bad it is, i dont think. Reporter even by lakeeffect standard, the scene was jawdropping. 30 inches of snow fell in 36 hours. A lot of snow keeps coming, wont stop. Reporter in ohio it backed up traffic on a portion of interstate 90. Snow and ice led to this deadly accident on a highway in kansas city, missouri.