From the eastern parts of texas, mississippi, alabama, and georgia. And on the north side of the system, both good news and bad news, we may see a very White Christmas in parts of oklahoma, arkansas, and missouri. But on wednesday it moves to the ohio valley, great lakes, and interior portions of the northeast with over a foot of snow and wind gusts. Obviously this is a very big travel week. Im meteorologist jeff beardelli for cbs news in miami. Now, to the debate over gun control. The National Rifle Association Says the best way to prevent School Shootings like the one in newtown, connecticut, is to put an armed Police Officer in every school. Tara mergeners in washington with more. Tara, good morning. Good morning, duarte. The nra says guns and police will help stop the next killer already waiting in the wings. Its a controversial idea in the middle of an already emotional and heated debate now raging across the country. Hundreds of protesters march aid cross the Brooklyn Bridge aski
Francisco and over in oakland. The storm is causing problems all over the bay area. Reporter brian, you know, it is the sunday before the christmas holiday. That mean ace lot of people are out this doing lastminute shopping and going to holiday parties. But, the weather has not made it easy for drivers out this on the road. They are looking at the conditions from earlier. The standing water is hurting traffic and slowmoving drivers. And Wind Warnings on the bridges. This powerful storm even brought down trees on panoramic highway. And people had to detour adding hours to their trip. Listen to this guy. They are saying that there is no power. The Fire Department told me the road is closed because they need to clear the tree. That was 21 2 hours. That is how long to cheer the trees. Four hours clear the trees four hours ago and nobody is cutting the tree and they now say you can not pass in 12 hours. Now, these trees weigh at least a ton and will take hours to cheer. Back live, we are wa
Good evening, everyone, im jeff glor. Syrian rebels tonight are ramping up their adult assault on damascus and a legalo the countrys largest city. The u. N. Peace envoy met with u. N. And Russian Diplomats trying to broker a ceasefire. At the same time there is growing concern tonight over al qaedas influence in the rebel ranks. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter video said to show the aftermath of a syrian air strike provides graphic evidence of a lifeanddeath battle which high level diplomats say is bad and getting worse. Despite its air power the assad regime appears increasingly on the defensive against rebel forces which according to israels ambassador to the u. S. Include a growing number of radical islamist. The jihadi presence is big and getting bigger. And the longer the conflict goes on there, the bigger it will get. The jihadies are an offshoot of al qaeda in iraq which ones fought a no holds bar battle against american troops. According to Jeffrey White a former anal
This is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. An unbearable sixday stretch of funerals for the victims of the newtown shooting wrapped up today with the last three. Mourners at the funeral of josephine gay wore purple. Her favorite color. A horsedrawn coach carried the casket of sixyearold ana marquezgreene, remembered as a girl who never walked from room to room. She danced. Sixyearold Emilie Parker was buried in utah, remembered for the markers and paper emilie always had with her because as she would say, i have so many ideas of things to draw, its hard to remember them all. Newtowns police chief is talking publicly about the shooting for the first time. The chief and his captain sat down with Elaine Quijano this morning who joins us now. Good evening elaine. Reporter good evening to you, jim. Well, police chief Michael Kehoe and captain joe rios arrived at sandy hook elementary within minutes of the call. We needed to break into the school to get in. Because t
Jeff good evening, everyone, im jeff glor. The company that calls itself the Worlds Largest arms supplier says in three days it sold over three years worth of ar15 ammunition magazines. The company brownell apologized online for delays in shipping the orders. The ar15 the nations most popular semiautomatic rifle similar to the weapon used in the newtown shootings. In washington meanwhile the gun control debate ramped up. On face the nation Bob Schieffer spoke with National Rifle Association President david keane, the first time the group has spoken since making a statement on friday. When you came on television at this News Conference friday you seemed to blame the mentally ill. You seemed to blame hollywood. You seemed to blame the media, the video game manufacturers. You did not seem to think that your policies have had anything at all to do with this. Well, we dont think they have. You see no responsibility. You know, were living in a country, a free country which people have a righ