With odor free aspercreme. Powerful medicine relieves pain fast, with no odor. So all you notice is relief. Aspercreme. Possible tornadoes, freezing rain and some folks waking up to blizzard warnings. And the storms, they are just getting geared up. Fiscal mess. Exactly one week until we go off the cliff and new word that no one is reaching across the aisle right now. And remembering a legend. Hollywood says goodbye to the odd couples cigarchomping Oscar Madison. Im dana bash. Alina, Merry Christmas. Merry christmas, everyone. Its tuesday, deebs 25th. Starting point begins right now. And our starting point, those dreaming of a White Christmas may be paying for that this morning. Extreme weather is on the way this Christmas Day. Millions could be in store for a foot of snow or more. It could even be a rare White Christmas down south, along with a threat of tornadoes. Bonnie schneider is tracking the holiday storm and, hey, good morning. Good morning and Merry Christmas. Unusual to see a
Starting point begins right now. Well, our starting point, a brutal winter storm battering the northeast and torturing Holiday Travelers all over the country. Here it is on the radar. The system is expected to dump up to two feet of snow on central maine today. Six states are under winter storm warnings, pennsylvania, new york, massachusetts, new hampshire, vermont, and of course maine. Everyone there could see at least a foot of snow. More than 200,000 customers spanning several states are already without power. More than 1700 flights had to be cancelled yesterday, hundreds more have already been taken off the board this morning and that number is expected to climb. Six deaths are being blamed on this system since tuesday, and the threat hasnt passed yet. Meteorologist Bonnie Schneider tracking the storm from the cnn Weather Center in atlanta. But first inez is live in syracuse, new york, where shes been theres a great deal of snow behind you, inez, good morning. Reporter good morning
Going nowhere. Holiday travel on hold as a wet and nasty winter storm slams the northeast and strands thousands of airline passengers. And tornado terror, this christmas twisters fury captured on camera as it tosses a pickup truck like a toy. And just five days until the fiscal cliff. President obama catching a flight back to washington where theres doubt that a deal can get done in time. Good morning, everybody, for a thursday morning. Very early, 5 00 a. M. On the east coast. Welcome to early start. Im alina cho. Im drew griffin. John and zoraida are off today. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. A deadly winter storm system slamming the northeast after hammering the nations heartland. Look at this radar, system serious snowmaker. Its packing destructive winds, six states under winter storm warnings right now. Pennsylvania, new york, massachusetts, New Hampshire, vermont and maine. All could see a foot of snow or more. More than 200,000 customers spanning several states already without power
Thank you, suzanne. Im Victor Blackwell in for Brooke Baldwin. Thank you for being with us today. The president is pulling the plug on his trip to hawaii to tend to urgent matters in washington. With tax hikes looming in less than a week, hes scheduled to return to the white house tomorrow, just as a Deadlocked Congress reconvenes days ahead of the socalled fiscal cliff. Youre just six days from feeling this. Now, first hit is coming on january 1st when your take home pay will drop by 2 because of a scheduled hike in the Social Security payroll tax. Thats just the start. Income taxes are set to climb too. And youll notice that when employer gets to around the adjusted withholding, the Government Spending cuts, those are also scheduled for january 1st and bound to slow the economy and some argue theyll weaken the military. Congress has seen this coming, but an effort to limit the damage failed last week. Republican House Speaker john boehner could not persuade enough members of his part
Costello now. Tornadoes in the south and blizzards from arkansas to ohio. Do you have the right to know if your neighbor owns a gun . A newspaper in new york says yes and publishes the name of those who have gun permits. Christmas is over but shopping is not. If youre heading out to return the gift that wasnt exactly what you wanted, you will not be alone. Tom cruise may not be the ideal action hero but his love life made it into the top ten. Newsroom starts now. Girnlgs low. The day after christmas means relaxing or wracking up deals at the mall. For people in the west and the south its cleanup after Severe Weather ripped through the region. Waterspout was located in lake pontchartrain. Parts of arkansas saw several inches of snow and snapping power lines and of course canceling flights. In mississippi the governor declared a state of emergency after at least eight counties reported damage. Strong winds and heavy rains made the commute along this stretch of i20 east of jackson a diffi