15 million followers, many of them children. Tonight the backlash. Californias new gold rush, inside the Worlds Largest market for legal recreational pot. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and happy new year. Great to be back with you. Millions of americans made the post holiday track back to work and schools today in the teeth of an arctic blast that has left at least 15 people dead. Triggered wind chill and deep freeze warnings from the deep south, state of emergency in georgia, to new england. Perilous travel, left firefighters battling fire and ice, turned Niagara Falls into a chilling still life. For some, the worst is still to come. Blake mccoy with the latest. Oh, my god. Someone just ran off the road. Reporter tonight 19 degre a massive pileup is snarling interstate 90, a foreboding look at whats to come with a major snowstorm set to move up the east coast. Wow. Look at that truck. Reporter much of the country already sits under a brutal deep fre
Countries, many times with no family, no connections, sometimes with no knowledge of the language thats spoken there. They believe they were americans. I think they should have a chance to become americans in the full sense of the law. Ive come to the floor over the years after introducing the dream act and urged my colleagues to do something. Im not alone. Its interesting the coalition thats come together behind this issue. Over 75 of the American People think of congress, of democrats and republicans, should come together and pass the dream act. 75 of americans believe that. 60 of the people who voted for President Trump believe that. We have governors of both Political Parties urging us to do something urgently to help. 11 of them democrats and republicans sent a letter to Congress Calling on us to pass the daca legislation. Democratic governors from minnesota, montana, pennsylvania and North Carolina. Republican governors from nevada, massachusetts, vermont and utah and alaskas ind
This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Frozen in a park lot turned lake of ice in revere, massachusetts. And flooded basements after high winds sent waves bursting through a sea wall in situate. That combination of winds, tide, and a super moon produced the highest tide this area has ever seen. The waters of the Boston Harbor are nearly 10 feet below where im standing right here, but at the height of the storm the sea waters went up over this wharf, into the downtown streets, subways and basements. Boston wasnt alone in her misery. In queens, new york, frances antigone learn a hard lesson. I think people should stay home because, look. I got stuck. Reporter many demonstrated the kindness of strangers. cheers this woman was rescued from her second floor by a man and his frontend loader. In onondaga, new york, vol peers with the for neglectd spets. They found sparky who neighbors said had been left outside all morning who is now warm and safe. Its not expected to get above Single D