Weather for christmas. We have a team of correspondents covering this, beginning with john blackstone. Reporter harsh weather in the west has left communities buried in snow, soaked by heavy rain, and battered by powerful wind. In portland, oregon today, crews were cleaning up trees blown over in the storm. I heard a loud boom but didnt really know what it was. And then the whole house, it was like it was on a little trampoline, like, it almost bounced. The cookies everything went flying. Reporter the power was still out today for thousands in the portland area. A line came down near heather kurmas. The power lines were turning green, blue, orange, and everything was shaking. It was pretty crazy. Reporter at snoqualmie in the mountains outside seattle, deep and heavy snow stopped traffic. A search for a missing back country skier resumed today after being called off yesterday because of weather. Alan labissonier of king county searchandrescue. You see the conditions, its extreme. Repor
Taylor. Thanks for 3 3 3 3 millions of americans are hitting the road or taking to the skies today. Its expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the Holiday Season. Instead of snow. Though. As c b s news correspondent don champion shows us. A lot of folks along the eastern part of the country could be delayed by severe thunderstorms. 3 pkg natsbeep from the roads. Nats. To the friendly skies. People across the us are making their way home for the holidays sot mos . . For the first time triplea predicts the number of people making a journey 50 miles or more between christmas and new years will top 100 million. Marking it the growth. sot mos standup don champion cbs news new york, ny the holiday rush comes as severe thunderstorms and tornadoes threaten parts of the south to the ohio valley. sot eric fisher meteorologist weve got cold dry air coming down across the plains and very unusually warm moist air thats being lifted up out of the gulf of mexico so were really watching this
Yesterday charlie rose gave us an inside look at the secret of the world of apple. He sit down with tim cook to discuss one of the companys most confidential trade secrets, encryption. It lets terrorist communicate without fear of getting caught. Here is charlie with tim cook for 60 minutes. In the government they say its like you have a s srch warrant but you cant unlock the trunk. Here is the situation, on your iphone, theres likely health information, theres financial information, there are intimate conversations with y yr family or your coworkers. Eres probably business secrets and you should have the ility to protect it. Do that is to encrypt it. Why is that . Its because if theres a way to get in, then somebody will f fd a way in. There have been people that suggest that we should have a back door, but the reality is if you put a back door in, that back door is for everybody, good guys and bad guys. Does the government have a point in which they say, if we have good reason to bel
On to cars. Heavy snow has been falling in the mountains. Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are forecast from the deep south to the ohio valley as weather for christmas. We have a team of correspondents covering this, beginning with john blackstone. Reporter harsh weather in the west has left communities buried in snow, soaked by heavy rain, and battered by powerful wind. In portland, oregon today, crews were cleaning up trees blown over in the storm. I heard a loud boom but didnt really know what it was. And then the whole house, it was like it was on a little trampoline, like, it almost bounced. Everything went flying. Reporter the power was still out today for thousands in the portland area. A line came down near heather kurmas. The power lines were turning green, blue, owner, and everything was shaking. It was pretty crazy. Reporter at snoqualmie in the mountains outside seattle, a search for a missing backcountry skier resumed today after being called off yesterday because of wea
Year after fleeing war and poverty in the middle east and north africa. Half came from syria. Nearly 3,700 died on the journey or went missing. Today, f. B. I. Director james comey visited the bureaus l. A. Field office to thank agents and police who investigated the massacre in San Bernardino in which 14 people were killed. And for the first time, were getting a look at the visa application filed by one of the terrorists to get into this country. Heres Homeland Security correspondent jeff pegues. Reporter eight months before syed farook entered the United States with his bridetobe, he applied for a fiance visa for pakistaniborn tashfeen malik. In the document dated december 31, 2013, farook, an american citizen, wrote that they had met through a matrimonial web site. When asked for more information, farook wrote in a statement that after several weeks of e mailing, he and malik decided to meet each other. That happened when they both attended the hajj pilgrimage in mecca saudi arabia,