Complaint. Florida senator rick scott joins me to discuss the Senate Impeachment trial to begin this week as articles being sent. A lot more right now as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. Maria begin in the middle east this morning. The Trump Administration is ratcheting up sanctions against iran after tehran targets american troops with missiles. Protesters are now rising up in the streets of iran, against the ayatollah, after iran admits mistakenly downing the ukrainian airliner. Meanwhile in asia voters in taiwan reelect the incumbent president supporting her tough stance against mainland china. We look ahead to this weeks signing ceremony for the phase one of the u. S. China trade deal. All of this coming amid a record stock market performance. More signs of job growth in america. Joining me exclusively this morning is treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin. Mr. Secretary, good to see you this morning. Thanks very much for being here. Thank you, maria. Great to be with you. Maria
The forefront. President trump says republicans are united but one republican senator is already expressing their concerns. Hello, good evening. Im blake burman in for elizabeth macdonald. The evening edit starts right now. Blake records abound. Not just on the corner of wall and broad. We have it covered with jeff flock in chicago how holiday shop remembers expected to return as much as 41 billion worth of gifts. Ups alone is anticipating a record amount of returned shipments to start off the year. Well have the Market Reaction with gerri willis, who of course is at the big board. We begin with jeff in the windy city. Hello, jeff . Reporter blake, good to see you. Not just at corner of wall and broad but corner of state and randolph. The sun setting on extraordinary day in chicago. Shoppers are still out even though the sun has gone down here. 62 degrees, alltime record high made it easy for those returning their exists. This is the kickoff of the return season. We had Holiday Shoppin
There is rain on the way. Well talk about that in a few minutes. Here is gianna. Well talk the san mateo bridge here. We have reports of a broken down vehicle past the high rise. Anything that happens on some of the bay area bridges especially, say, the san mateo bridge or the bay bridge it slfrps down the morning commute. Youll see a few more brake lights toward 880 and 101. Because of that, until they clear that out of lanes. It is in the right lane. Give yourself extra time there. Richmond san rafael bridge, were not seeing any delays as you make your way toward the east bay side. Bay bridge, metering lights are on. Youre backed up not quite to the maze just yet. Traffic is starting to slow off the east shore freeway ride. Here is your drive times, ten minutes for the bridges, for the bay bridge from the maze over to San Francisco. Looks like a 24minute drive time to go across the san mateo bridge due to the broken down vehicle and easy nine minutes, even though youre seeing yellow,
Captioning funded by cbs good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with a historic moment for the american presidency. Last night the u. S. House of representatives voted to impeach President Trump, making him only the third u. S. President ever to be impeached. The vote on two charges was mostly along party lines. Mr. Trump is accused of abusing his power and obstructing congress in a scheme to get ukraine to dig up dirt on his political rival, joe biden. As the house debate his impeachment yesterday, President Trump held a rally in michigan where he blasted democrats. Take a listen. You are the ones obstructing justice. You are the ones bringing pain and suffering to our republic for your own selfish gain. Reporter the president went on to defend himself saying he did not do anything wrong. Debra alfarone is on capitol hill. Thats the next phase now in this impeachment process . Reporter well, anne
Firefighters in the australian state of New South Wales were bracing for what are being termed catastrophic fire conditions. Temperatures well above a0 degrees, are set to fuel almost a hundred fires burning across the state. In south australia, one person has died overnight in a blaze east of adelaide. The Prime Minister Scott Morrison widely criticised for being on holiday during the crisis is expected back in australia over the weekend. Phil mercerjoins me now from sydney. Before we talk about anything else, update me on the latest in terms of the bushfires. We have a catastrophic fire warning for three large areas here in New South Wales, more than 100 fires are burning across australias most populous state. Roads have been closed, Rail Services have been disrupted, and what with just a few days left until christmas, summer holidaymakers are hoping to go north, south and west of syd ney hoping to go north, south and west of sydney have been urged to stay at home today, and delete t