Its great to be here this morning. And life is going on in many ways. Take a look right now at the lines at chicago ohare airport. More than 1,000 flights were canceled. And there are going to be long waits this weekend. Its a major hub for the country. A lot of flights if youre not going to chicago, go through chicago. A. Busy travel day. Were closer than ever to going over that fiscal cliff. The latest republican plan to block tax increases on almost everyone failed last night. Its created some chaos in washington and a rough day in the financial markets. And we switch gears, george, four days left to get your christmas presents. If you havent done it yet, dont worry. We have incredible deals. Lets get right to the wild weather across the nation, creating trouble for holiday travel. Our team is tracking it this morning, beginning with sam. Good morning, sam. Good morning, george. As the storm that terrorized the country, now that its moved in the northeast, it is a big heavy rain sit
Now, the Ridesharing Companies look like a breath of fresh young air. Competing aggressively stacking the enormous value, expanding constantly and have indulged in juvenile dirty tricks campaign. Is a new look to the economy, republicans are embracing and varney and company is about to begin. Lets go to rich edson who joins us from d. C. I want you to tell me more about what the republican is doing to throw its support behind uber. They are staking a claim offering a petition in support of businesses like that, increasing lobbying presence in the sea, republicans champion curbing regulations and stifle innovative businesses like uber and food trucks and local governments and democrats are beholden to big labor and expensive regulatory regimes. This is mostly a local issue for now and some democrats of a jump on the issue. Those in colorado supported uber with a new law but this is gop welcome invasion. Robert they have to talk about all these destructive technologies they are creating
Mill caught fire. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman is in weed this afternoon and tell us people saw the fire and minutes later, it was moving on the town. Reporter residents here tell us the fire moved extremely fast. It moved according to one description a mile in 30 minutes going right through homes. Another person whose home [ inaudible ] told us a few moments ago these homes didnt just burn, they exploded, especially the ones that had propane attached to them. Three cal fire crew members who were fighting the fire even lost their own homes. Wayne freedman will join us with live reports coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00 and 6 00. Meanwhile, heavy smoke is rising ovel dorado county betwe sacramento and south lake tahoe. The fire has destroyed more than 11,000 acres and is only 5 contained. 500 structures remain threatened and two people have been hurt. The cause of the fire still being investigated. Crews have also been working around the clock to contain a fastmoving wildfire burnin
From eastern colorado to wisconsin. More than 30,000 people have lost power in iowa now, which has seen the most snow so far, as much as 8 inches. Near whiteout conditions on the roads called a 30car pileup near fort dodge, iowa killing one person. The storm is heading east expected to hit new england sometime tomorrow. Well keep our eye on the system and pri you the latest throughout the hour. Political showdown playing out on capitol hill could lead to higher taxes for almost all of us. The house votes today on speaker John Boehners backup proposal to avoid the automatic tax increases and spending cuts set to take in effect just 12 days from now. President obama is threatening to veto that plan. A new cnn orc poll reflects the concern among americans if the two sides do not reach a deal. 20 say going over the socalled fiscal cliff would lead to a crisis. 50 say it would cause major problems. Dana bash is on capitol hill following this. I understand you have two lawmakers who are goin
Capitol hill and also the man expected to be the next secretary of state is the one questioning the department he could soon take over. That is happening today all in a moment. First, we begin with the blizzard blowing out of the heardland. They are putting a freeze on the rush to get home for the holidays. Take a look. This is a very, very big storm. A volatile storm and now a deadly storm. You have rain out front and heavy blowy snow extending right now from missouri to michigan and i want you to look at the pictures with me. This is why you need to think twice about driving in this. Should you be in the path of the storm, look at the car. Bumper and bumpertobumper. This is kansas city not going anywhere right now. We have at least reports of at least one death. This is a chain collision crash near fort dodge e iowa. 30 vehicles and ten to 12 inches of blowing snow and near zero visibility. Let me say it once more if you are in this neck of the woods, think twice about driving. Look