Going nowhere. Holiday travel on hold as a wet and nasty winter storm slams the northeast and strands thousands of airline passengers. And tornado terror, this christmas twisters fury captured on camera as it tosses a pickup truck like a toy. And just five days until the fiscal cliff. President obama catching a flight back to washington where theres doubt that a deal can get done in time. Good morning, everybody, for a thursday morning. Very early, 5 00 a. M. On the east coast. Welcome to early start. Im alina cho. Im drew griffin. John and zoraida are off today. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. A deadly winter storm system slamming the northeast after hammering the nations heartland. Look at this radar, system serious snowmaker. Its packing destructive winds, six states under winter storm warnings right now. Pennsylvania, new york, massachusetts, New Hampshire, vermont and maine. All could see a foot of snow or more. More than 200,000 customers spanning several states already without power
As far as this goes. That being said. [applause] next some booktv, encore booknotes. In 1994 or Liz Carpenter discussed her books unplanned parenthood the confessions of a seventysomething surrogate mother. The book focuses on ms. Carpenters experiences raising rates three teenage nieces and nephews at age 79. She also discusses her years in the white house working as press secretary for Lady Bird Johnson. This is about an hour. Cspan Liz Carpenter, you say early in your book that, by heritage and by profession, i am a storyteller. Where did you learn that . Guest i think growing up. I grew up in rural texas. Rural areas seem to you need entertainment, and so my family had been rooted in texas for five generations and they were full of tales that had been handmedowns. We heard them a lot around the fireplace while youre cracking pecans, and it grew. Then, of course, i just was propelled to be a journalist, and thats what i did. I went to the university of texas and came to washington w
With an interview of jeanne shaheen, author of a new book, a cruel and shocking act. For context, well bring in Lyndon Johnsons press secretary turned snooze executive tom johnson. Legendary Washington Post reporter bob woodward. And the wall street journals peggy noonan. Well cover it all, past, present, and future because this is face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, face the nation with bob schieffer. Schieffer good morning, again. We welcome california congressman darrell issa. He is the chairman of the oversight government reform committee. Friday, mr. Chairman, your committee, along with the senate committee, announced youd start issuing subpoenas soon if you didnt get the documents that you had from secretary sebelius department. What exactly are you looking for now . And what is it you hope to find out . Bob, were looking for quick answers so that we can, on behalf of the American People, straighten out as much as can be straightepped out tha
Backlash after it published the names and addresses of local gun owners. A busy shanghai Shopping Center a shark tank exploded. The windy city of chicago will sport americas most expensive parking meters. What do you think about that . Too much. All that smith catches, shoots puts it up, puts it in at the buzzer j. R. Smith with another game winner what is your favorite app . Scrabble. Sometimes i want to yank that out of your hands. And all that matters. An endangered thin backed whale watched up on the breezy point section of queens. On cbs this morning. I know hes smiling but that medal hanging around his neck theres a 40 chance hell hang himself with it. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. Im jeff glor with Rebecca Jarvis. Huge winter storm is making its final stop in the northeast, after causing damage and travel problems coast to coast. More than 35 states have felt the power of the storm since it first hit california sunday. Its now blamed for at least 12 death
Failure to fully correct defects that impact operations. Elevator and escalator problems and water leaks. Metro officials were hoping to take control of the project this month and open service from falls church to reston by the summer, but again, that is not going to happen. Metro has another 90 days to conduct further testing and setting up an opening date. Peggy fox is working on the details right now. Well check in with her live coming up at 6 00. Its been almost a month since a man died feet away from a d. C. Fire house where initially firefighters failed to help. Make sure this never happens to anyone else. Deborah was at that hearing today at the Wilson Building and joins us now live. Reporter the son of mederic spoke out saying it was indefensible what those firefighters did not do, the day his father collapsed across the street and no one came to help. One after another, people whose loved ones met similar circumstances spoke out and shared their stories. This is a hearing toda