administration approves new weapons sales. reporter: i m on the israel gaza border where fighting expands as israel expands fighting in the south of the territory. also tonight, ukraine strikes back taking aim at russia with ammunition running low and western aid stalled. happy new year! countdown to the new year. today in new york a final test that the ball will drop in times square. security on high alert. west coast warning. a new storm stirs up the surf and trouble. some unable to resist the big waves. reporter: i m elise preston in southern california with a look at precautions being taken to keep onlookers safe. thin ice. more than 100 fishermen rescued after stuck on a break away ice floe. cbs money watch year in review. no recession and the stock market s on a run. later, an old trade arriving in this digital age. the business of book binding giving life to books old and new. we ll walk in saying something like i can t believe people are still do
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into this bedroom. more than 76,000 residents in california were left without power. white out conditions in the mountains caused treacherous driving conditions. this truck crashed into a snow plow. drivers dug out their buried vehicles. stuck cars were towed away. and people are still picking up the pieces. they just can t believe that this happened here. and it usually just looks like a trickle but the l.a. river actually looks like a river. and it s going to continue to grow. that second storm system hits los angeles once again tomorrow. whit. a difficult weekend in southern california. zohreen, thank you. authorities are trying to determine if weather was a factor in the deadly air ambulance crash in nevada. five people died, including a patient and their family member. the crash taking place in a rural area just outside reno. the ntsb is now investigating on the scene. the latest now from abc s phil lipof. reporter: tonight, the ntsb
those roads could get even more dangerous as temperatures dip to the single digits. that bitter cold air is also gripping the northeast, keeping the coast guard busy breaking a thick layer of ice in connecticut. you can see the crew right here chipping away at a frozen river. the area is actually getting hit today from two directions. accu-weather s stephanie olmo has the latest. good morning, stephanie. reporter: good morning, reena and t.j. we are dealing with an arctic front producing snow showers. it will continue to track east producing minor accumulations. one to three inches is expected in the northeast area. as this continues to track east, we are keeping an eye on a second storm system coming in from the south. this will eventually combine with the first one, producing heavy snow across the eastern sections of maine and plunging temperatures causing for slick travel. reena and t.j., back to you. thank you so much. government regulators say in order to keep the internet f
the fox extreme weather center. we have a lot going on right now. actually get this, as of 8:00 this morning, over 300 car accidents reported in minneapolis region. the worst is it is over and it s moving out across the area in the green bay bay area but later on tonight, as temperatures dip below freezing we could see some of that on the roads and it will cause some black ice, slippery roadways will be a problem out there. second storm system pushing into northeastern nevada and getting a lot snow across the higher elevations. even across the mountains of colorado so definitely watch out for foot of snow and across california. and this system is going to