germantown down to the split. a little bit of a build-up in volume. nothing really to hold you up for any length of time so far. as we go back to our graphics, we ll go ahead and zoom into the outer loop beltway, montgomery county then take the live look there from university boulevard about the same story, no real problems or issues. as you move outer loop from i- 95 into 270, your lanes are open there. travel times eastbound 66 in virginia from 7100 to the beltway. 11 minutes. as we travel the inner loop beltway in virginia from 395 to the toll road, 13 minutes of driving time. a 7 minute drive. no real problems overall. next traffic coming up your way in a few minutes at around 6:11. mike, andrea? the commute should not be too bad today. as people start their holiday vacations. but it will be busy for people heading out of town. aaa says 2.2 million of us will travel 50 miles or more by the end of the year. thousands of people will be going by air as well as. lindsey
clay duke s widow sheds light on the troubled gunman and what set him off early this thursday on the troubled gunman and what set him off early this thursday morning, december 23rd, 2010. captioning funded by cbs and good morning. 5th avenue on this christmas eve eve. good morning. we are live with the west coast edition. i m russ mitchell. i m rebecca jarvis. out of italy, two explosions have taken place at the embassies in rome of both the swiss embassy and the chilean embassy. protests of late in rome. we ll have the latest at the news december income a few moments. first, the latest from a water-logged california where five days of massive storms have left behind a muddy mess and the danger is far from over. cbs news correspondent bill whit taker is in la canada flintridge, california, just outside of los angeles with the latest. good morning, bill. reporter: good morning, rebecca. after having been soaked by a week of non-stop rain, it seemed california might
nguyen. boy, what a difference a month makes in politics from the midterm election she lacking in november to getting almost everything he wanted from a lame duck session of congress president president obama is headed to hawaii this morning to vacation with his family. before adjourning for the year congress repealed the military s don t ask don t tell policy, passed a 9/11 health care reform bell, ratified a new nuclear treaty with russia, passed a food safety bill giving the fda more power an extended the bush-era tax cuts along with an extension of jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. preeti, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, terrell. the president called this a highly productive session of congress and said one of the lessons learned is that, quote, congress isn t doomed to endless gridlock but could end when they reconvene in january. he will be vacations until the end of the year. he delayed his trip for days until congress wrapped up its lame du
watched it and i ve watched it and i see what everyone else sees, too, the shock, the horror. clay duke s widow sheds new light on the troubled gunman and what set him off early this thursday morning, december 23rd, what set him off early this thursday morning, december 23rd, 2010. captioning funded by cbs good morning this christmas eve eve. i m russ mitchell. i m rebecca jarvis. rebegin, of course, with breaking news out of rome this morning. an explosion at the swiss embassy. that s right. apparently a worker at the embassy opened a parcel that exploded. he is seriously injured. there have been anti-government protests in italy the last few weeks. not a lot on this right now but betty nguyen will have more from the news desk. first, the latest from a water-logged california where five days of massive storms have left behind a muddy mess and the danger is far from over. cs news correspondent bill whitaker is in la canada flintridge, california outside of los angel
not yet. oh, my gosh, he s firing. okay. he s firing. okay. are you secure where we need an ambulance. reporter: the 56-year-old gunman had taken his own life, shooting himself in the head. jones thought at first superintendent bill husfelt had been killed. when the superintendent came up from behind that counter and franklin harrison and he came and hugged my neck that s when i lost it like i am now just crying. i cry at chick flicks too. reporter: duke said he was taking revenge for them firing his wife. rebecca duke says he was only intent on hurting himself. police say that s not the case. jones says after he was released from the hospital for chest pains he spent wednesday with his pastor to try to come to terms with what had happened. rob and vinita. the house joined the senate by sweeping the tax compromise and it s on the way to the president s desk. it ran past midnight.