a little murky out there as we are just one day away from thanksgiving. yes, we are. a lot of people worried about your travel. i m erica hill. that is where we begin this morning. yes. of course, we want to talk about thanksgiving get-away which is a wet and miserable one today for people leaving and, of course, those traveling on thanksgiving. it will be miserable all around the country. a ripple effect that doesn t help. storms in much of the country and snow in new england and pacific northwest. cynthia bowers is at chicago o hare s international airport with the very latest. good morning. reporter: good morning. behind me, you see just a few of the projected 1.7 million americans who will be travel to, from, or through chicago s o hare and midway airports over this extended thanksgiving holiday travel period. now, a look at my big board shows no delays so far anywhere, but that doesn t equate to smooth sailing because, as you eluded to, there are going to be majo
the u.s. embassy is trying to step in to get their story. we ll hear from the mother of one of the students. a big day for one lucky bird. president obama preparing to pardon the turkey for thanksgiving honoring a white house tradition early this wednesday morning, october 23rd, house tradition early this wednesday morning, october 23rd, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good morning. i m chris wragge. little murky out there as we are just one day away from thanksgiving. little people worried about that. i m erica hill. that is where we begin. we want to talk about thanksgiving day get away which is a wet and miserable one for those leaving and traveling on thanksgiving, just miserable all around the country. a ripple effect that doesn t help, too. storms in much of the country. snow in northern new england and in the pacific northwest. correspondent cynthia bowers has the very latest. good morning. good morning. behind me you see a few of the projected 1.7 million a
we will hear from the mother of one of the students. and it is a big day for one lucky bird. president obama preparing to pardon a turkey for thanksgiving, honoring a white house tradition early this wednesday morning, november 23rd, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good morning. i m chris wragge. a little murky out there as we are just one day away from thanksgiving. yes, we are. a lot of people worried about your travel. i m erica hill. that is where we begin this morning. yes. of course, we want to talk about thanksgiving get-away which is a wet and miserable one today for people leaving and, of course, those traveling on thanksgiving. it will be miserable all around the country. a ripple effect that doesn t help. storms in much of the country and snow in new england and pacific northwest. cynthia bowers is at chicago o hare s international airport with the very latest. good morning. reporter: good morning. behind me, you see just a few of the projected 1.7 mil
good thursday morning to you. i m erica hill. good morningship i m chris wragge. we begin this morning with the wicked weather in the southeast. deadly really. the tornadoes blamed for five deaths this morning. more than a hundred reports of severe weather. tornadoes, gusty winds and hail from louisiana to the carolinas on wednesday. reporter ron lee of wbtv is in rockhill, south carolina, with the latest on this this morning. reporter: residents tell me when this happened, the sky turned absolutely black. it was a very eerie feeling. they say they could hear this thing coming from miles away and then, suddenly, it was literally right on top of them! they tell me this tornado was so big and so massive, it overturned cars and leveled buildings! a strong deadly storm system with more than a dozen reported tornadoes tore across the southeast wednesday from the carolinas to the gulf coast. three people were killed and five others injured when a twister swept through a rur
we ll have more on the latest mess in a year that s been full of incredible moments. and bernie madoff s wife and son open up to 60 minutes about the moment he revealed his $50 billion ponzi scheme. i felt like my head exploded. i mean, i don t think if he had told me he was an alien i could have been more surprised. we have more of that interview this morning, including what the family thinks of madoff today. early this monday morning, october 31, 2011. good monday morning to you. it is 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. i m erica hill. be happy you re on the west coast. here on the east coast, what happened over the weekend, it may be the worst october snowstorm ever recorded here. some parts of new england got more than two feet of snow. nearly 3 million customers have no power. and the effects on air travel are still rippling across the country this morning. we ll have more on the snow and all the headaches it s causing in just a few minutes here. that s right. by