dollars by letting the entire workforce off. the federal government has subsidized a federal religious holiday, i think it s perfectly okay to have fun, believe in christmas and believe in the magic of the christmas and hanukkah season. last time i checked both were being celebrated in the white house. represent bohac, we thank you for being with us. hope everyone is safe on the roads in texas. thank you. we hope this merry kph-s bill makes it merry christmas bill makes it to the other 49 states across the u.s. i m sure a lot of people appreciate your efforts. thank you for being with us this morning. you re welcome. next on the rundown, a massive brawl all over a soccer game. %-start. was just the wait until you see what happened next. and the hills are alive with the sound of haters. carrie underwood is being attacked. but wait until you hear her response. we re aig. and we re here.
lynns. let s go over to heather nauert. by the way, julie andrew, i don t know how old she is, but looks amazing. she really does. still has her hair parted on the side. i have some headlines to bring you. we begin with hour with an extreme weather alert. millions of americans are waking up to a really messy morning commute. a dangerous storm pummeling parts of the northeast. a 50-car pileup that you re seeing right now on the pennsylvania turnpike, leaving one driver dead and then dozens stranded for hours and hours. also in philadelphia, did you see this? check out the whiteout conditions last night at the lions-eagles game. then in the midwest, more than two dozen cars colliding outside of milwaukee. then in texas, better watch your step here.
merry christmas. merry christmas to you as well. they couldn t wear red or green to their winter party? how did this start? it all started when a colleague of mine, pats fallon, received an e-mail from a constituent of his saying at this elementary school they received an e-mail saying for a winter party not a christmas party as if we celebrate winter in texas, but at this party you could not have a christmas tree, not say the words red merry christmas which is antithetical where we celebrate christmas all over america. the school put forward a statement saying the school is unaware of this. what is your reaction to that? the school did say they were not aware of this p.t.a. correspondent. but at the end of the day i think some of these things come from above either with a wink and a nod either from the principal or the
customers were unhappy with the service. he closed down for an attitude adjustment to retrain his workers and today after ten days of being closed, that restaurant is finally reopening its doors once again about an hour from right now. how did it work and what can customers expect? joining us is the owner of schlotzky s deli and the creator of the sign, john, whose facility is there in abilene, texas. he joins us today from dallas. good morning to you, john. hello. how could you tell a couple weeks ago you had a bad situation at your store and you had to do something? well, like most problems, it didn t happen overnight. our business suffered for probably over a year, sales were down significantly and complaints were up. so that s kind of a bad recipe for a successful business. would it be fair to say people would go into your schlotzky s, which also is in the morning is a cinnabon, and
monday morning headlines. a plane crashed into a pond leaving all people dead. 11 whales believed to be part of the whale pod found dead. this raises the number to 22. they can t figure it out. elisabeth, over to you. thanks, steve. it s santa versus the grinch in texas where one elementary school, p.c. police are taking it to the extreme for the upcoming winter party. a p.t.a. member stating there may not be references to christmas, christmas trees are not allowed and also red and green are banned. that s all included in the ban but that is about to change thanks to our next guest. he is the original author of the merry christmas bill in texas state, representative dwayne bohack joins us now. good morning, sir. good morning, elisabeth. pleasure to be here.