For take off. An adorable danceoff at the airport. Welcome. Im elaine quijano. We begin with an update on senator john mccain. The former president ial canned date and vietnam war hero headed back to arizona sunday to spend the holidays with his family. On face the nation sunday, mccains soninlaw conservative commentator, ben dominic said the senator is doing well in good spirits. Mccain had been at the water Reid Medical Center in maryland since wednesday. Treated for side effects of chemotherapy for his brain cancer. A source tells cbs news the republican senator will not vote this week on a Major Overhaul of the tax system. More on that in a moment. We turn now to the monster wildfire raging in Southern California. The thomas fire northwest of los angeles started two weeks ago. And is now one of the largest in states history. It has destroyed more than 700 homes. On thursday, it killed a fire fighter. Carter evans is there. Windwhipped flames reignited the thomas fire, illuminating hill sides and prompting evacuations in ritzy Santa Barbara neighborhood where Fire Fighters battled through the night to beat back the flames. The fire did what was predicted. We had these very strong winds that pushed down the canyon. Right into the homes. We had, over 400 fire engines up around the area plus 100 more that we brought in. And, we saved a lot of homes up there. Some of those homes belonging to hollywood elite like oprah, who tweeted, still praying for our little town. Actor rob lowe posted photos as flames approached his home. Picking up a hose saying you do what you can. But when it is team you go. It has the spread. It is well over Santa Barbara city up in the hills. And the concern is, when we have the strong wind, that it will blow down towards this area. Firefighters are now taking advantage of calm wind to build containment lines, over the last two weeks, the thomas fire has scorched more than 400 square miles and still threatens 18,000 structures. On thursday, it claimed the life of 32yearold firefighters cory iverson. He was overrun by smoke and flames. Today, First Responders lined streets and bridges as iversons boep body was brought back to san diego, grim reminder of sacrifices made as the Fire Fighters continue to battle this blaze. One of hundreds of homes that burned in the thomas fire. The good news is, those really heavy winds have died down. Elaine, so far cost more than 117 Million Dollars to fight this fire. And it could be weeks, before it is completely out. Carter, thank you. A power outage grounded flights today to and from the Busiest Airport in the world. Haer Hartsfield Jackson international in atlanta. The cause of the outage its not known. It left thousand sitting in the dark on a busy sunday for holiday travel. Trump Transition Team is crying foul over the way special council, Robert Muellers russia investigation obtained its emails. Errol barnett has the more on this from the white house. There is absolutely no collusion. I didnt make a phone call to rush yeah. I had nothing to do with russia. President trump continues to dekni deny any wrongdoing during last years election. Claiming Robert Mueller is breaking the law. Muellers team gained access to emails from mr. Trumpsvided be team itself but General Service t s administration. The Transition Team lawyer sent the seven page letter to two congressional oversight committees describing action as unlawful adding special Councils Office extensively use theed materials in question. The special counsel spokesperson said when we have obtained emails in the course of on ongoing criminal investigation we, have secured either the account owners consent or appropriate criminal process. Awe all i believe that the president wants all of this shuttle down. Democratic congresswoman jackie spears said friday she is hearing rumors on capitol hill the president its poised to act. On december 22nd when weep aren when we are out of d. C. He was going to fire Robert Mueller. The treasury secretary havent heard the president. Was at dinner last night with the president , Vice President. Havent heard anything about it. President trump maintains positive relationship with russian president , vladamir putin. The two spoke on the phone with the krechl lynn sharing details of the call before the white house acknowledged it took place. The russians say mr. Putin thanked mr. Trump for intelligence shared by the cia which they say led to detention of suspected terrorists. Elaine. Awe all errol, thank you. Congressional republicans are expected to apraprove a pla to overhaul the tax system. Earlier spoke with political analyst, janelle buoy who benefits. Biggest winners of the tax bill are large corporations, wealthy individuals, owners of large and well thief estates. The vast majority of the tax bill benefits distributional benefits goes towards the groups. It its true that middle class, earners, in working class earners, low income earners get some benefits. Bumt they but modest in comparison to highest income earners will gain. We know important. But just how important for president trumps agenda to get the legislation passed. Politically it is, important for him to have some semblance of a win, victory, whatever you want to call it on the docket. If the tax bill passes. Likely will. He signs it. It will be sort of the only piece of major legislation he will have achieved in 2017. That is meaningful. It its worth saying though that this bill is, brutally unpopular. Thank you so much for being with us. Appreciate it. Thank you for having me. Of the cbs overnight news will be right back. This is the cbs overnight news. Congress has until friday to come up with a government funding bill for 2018. Some existing lock te ining lon for Health Insurance for children. As a sing m mothle mother of she has plenty to worry about. Tyler and harmony rely on c. H. I. P. , nationwide Childrens Health care program in danger of running out of money. Worried. Dont sleep. Making all appointments before the end of the year to steep what i can do until everything runs out. Timer has the adhd, every day he takes medmedication. Harmony has vision loss and getz to the eye doctor to change the prescription on her glasses. Without chip, dakota says her childrens medical bills would cost several thousand dollars a year. Under the program. Their care costs only 50 a month. How would your kids duff development be without the program . She wouldnt see. Chip fund in texas whiffle run out end of february unless additional money comes through. This is a live and death program. Jimmy kimmel doesnt use chip, after his son underwent surge ery heart issues, the tal show host has taken chip up. If these were potato chips they were taking away we would march with pitchforks and spears now. Chip has bipartisan support. But republican senator Chuck Grassley who coponsors program says lawmakers cant agree how to fund it. Some feel the expenditure level we have its too high. Now obviously ive dont believe that. As the deadline looms, dakota says she is out of options. This is for our kids, for their to churks tfuture, most i thing. How can you take this away from the kids. The senate is working on a five year extension of chip and hopes to pass it before end of the year. Omar villafranca, cbs news, san antonio. U. S. Air force academy is rebuilding Sexual Assault prevention and response office. A cbs news investigation looked into the way the academy in colorado handles assault cases. Tony dokoupil is following this. It is a real opportunity for us to get out and be part of the national conversation. Lieutenant general, jay silveria, superintendent of the air force academy in Colorado Springs says the academy will restructure and expand Sexual Assault prevention and response. With belter tter emphasis. I will be relentless, pursuing the perpetrators of the horrible crimes and holding them accountable. But i also, desperately want to help all of the victims, in any way that i can. His remarks to the Colorado Springs gazette news paper came nearly a week after denying to cbs news that the academy had a problem with retaliation against survivors of sixabexual assault. Last month the academy released a scathing investigation into Sexual Assault prevention and response office. Accusing former director. Teresa beasley of lack of compa tensy that jep siopardized vict care. She says she has been made a scape gold for standing up to leadership. Its the air force academy supportive of those who report Sexual Assault. I would have to say absolutely not. Reporter in a two part report on cbs this morning. Cohost Norah Odonnell heard from more than a dozen, current and former cadets who said they reported their assaults, only to experience retaliation by their peers. And their commanders. 11 cadet survivors of Sexual Assault left the academy in the last five years even as some of their alleged attackers remained. Lieutenant general its open to the idea of allowing Sexual Assault survivors to transfer to other military academies. Elaine that would allow them to restart their careers at a Different Branch of service. Tony, thank you. Now, the cbs weekend news feed. Nevada congressman, ruben cuhen said yesterday he will not seek reelection next year. At least two women accused the democrat of Sexual Misconduct. He denies allegations. Now the fifth member of congress to resign or announce heap is not seeking reelection over Sexual Misconduct allegations. Capsule carrying three astro naults from the u. S. , ru naults astro naulted blasted off from kazakhstan bound for the International Space station. First Space Shuttle for astronaut, scott tingle. S to dawhat better way to pass e time at the airport this hol dale season than getting into a danceoff. A father from moore, oklahoma, posted this adorable video. Of his two daughters dancing through the window with a member of the ground crew. At dallas international. The worker taught the girls how to do the chicken dance. And they showed hem some moves of their own. I think theyre all winners. Up next. Theyre on on silt sides of the gun debate. Can they find Common Ground . Ok, lets try this. It says you apply the blue one to me. Here . No. Have a little fun together, or a lot. Ky yours and mine. Two sensations that work together, so you can play together. The great emperor trekking a hundred miles inland to their breeding grounds. Except for these two fellows. This time next year, were gonna be sitting on an egg. I think were getting close make a uturn. Uturn . Recalculating. Man, we are never gonna breed. Just give it a second. You will arrive in 92 days. Nah, nuhuh. Nope, nope, nope. You know who im gonna follow . My instincts. As long as gps can still get you lost, you can count on geico saving folks money. Im breeding, man. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Shes had a tiny cough. See you at 5 seriously . Protection. Lysol kills over 100 illnesscausing germs and viruses, even those that may cause coughs. Lysol. What it takes to protect. She pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. But once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. I use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. You are free to go. Tide and downy together. This past thursday marked five years since 20 students and six Staff Members were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut. Five years on the National Debate of of a gun control is far from settled. Our streaming channel, cbsn, sent producer christina rafini to Colorado Springs to discuss the issue with people on opposing side. Here she speaks with tony who supports gun rights and his friend warren who supports gun regulations. With the parameters the way they are, do you think lawmakers have done enough, have done anything, realistic, aftermath of sandy hook, vegas, san bernardino, charleston, shootings since then to address thisser to . Absolutely not. I dont know that they can. Ive dont know there is anything they can do that will stop it. I dont know there is an answer. But to me, banning guns isnt the answer. All banning guns does is gets it out of the hand of the people who are going to obey the law. Lets take away guns for a second. Take away the idea of guns for a second. Does the government have a role in keeping us safe . It has a role, yes. I dont believe it is their only role. In fact, i believe them protecting our freedom is is a bigger role than keep us safe. Right. Thats where the fundamental thing comes in of people who feel like our rights are so important that even if our society deteriorates into this place where mass murders become a common thing, thats okay as long as i get to have my gun. And at some point, i seriously dont want to live in the country that has placed personal liberty so high that i dont feel safe walking into a concert anymore. There are plenty of places on earth where they dont put liberty high on their ideals. And, those are places i dont want to live. I think that the only way that i would give in and say, yeah, we should ban guns or any particular guns if we could all at once, worldwide, make all guns just disappear. I would be all for that. If guns did not exist, and no one had them. We agree. Ive dont think anybody. Thats the problem. Is, itss like we have gone so far down a certain road, and how do we deal with where we are . In the situation . We cant take everybodys guns away. Cbs news producer christina rafini with both side of the debate. More of the discussion on our web site. Cbs news. Com. Still ahead, a new warning about those voice activated digital assistants. Did google and amazon intend to spy on you . I had this chest cold, but my medicine kept wearing off. coughah i missed you then i discovered mucinex. One pill lasts 12 hours,and im good. Why take 4hour medicine . One mucinex lasts 12 hours. Lets end this. It says you apply the blue one ok, letto me. This. Here . No. Have a little fun together, or a lot. Ky yours and mine. Two sensations that work together, so you can play together. I cant believe it comes in. How great this tastes vegaaaan. And organiiiic. Enjoy i cant believe its not butter in its vegan and its organic you dont even want to know protection detergent alone doesnt kill bacteria but adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99. 9 of bacteria with 0 bleach. Lysol. What it takes to protect. Consumer watch Dog Organization warns in the future you may want to watch what you say around voice activated assistants. Sold by google and amazon. Patent applications reveal the Smart Devices may one day record your conversation to sell you thing things. Whats the weather tomorrow . Tomorrow you will see lots of sun. Elizabeth saldova relying on the amazon echo since she got one as a Christmas Gift last year. Did you have any concerns when you first got it . Will i actually never really thought about it. Google and amazon leading companies that make devices say they only record your strovoicen you activate them with wake words. Alexa turn on the hall lights. Okay. Reporter those recordings are transmitted back to amazon and google servers where the questions are analyzed and answered. While thats how they work now, some are worried that could change in the near future. Theyre there to track you, surveil you, and sell you. The advocacy group, constume watch dog studied Patent Applications for future advances in the smart home technology. These patents describe is that they are always watching. One amazon patent, shows that the company could instruct the echo destries vice to listen tor words, transcribe the conversation and use it to try to sell the user of the device a related product all. Up i just think it is concerning they would be able to have access to my private life. Spokesperson for amazon tells cbs this morning, we do not use customers voice recordings for targeted advertising. Patents take multiple years to receive. And dupe not necessarily reflect current developments to products and services. A google representative told us consumer watch dogs claims are unfounded. The claims poinltd out how little some consumers know about the Digital Gadgets in their home. Play christmas radio. Off awe all moel feemost like b brotherish. When we return, the story of an nfl game bob, i dont know where this van is going, but this guy is in a hurry. Uh, i was in a hurry this morning. Barely had time for breakfast. Growl. Grumpy jacks gonna crash your crave hey guys. Try my country scrambler plate, with jimmy dean sausage, homestyle potatoes and scrambled eggs mixed with bacon, ham and cheese. Careful out there, jack, i heard theres some crazy driver in a van. laughing its him im talking about him try my brunchfast country scrambler plate with jimmy dean sausage. Crave van we end with an assuming player in the spotlight. Chris long of the daft eagles made news putting his hand on the shoulder of of a kneeling teammate during the national anthem. More now from cbs news special correspondent james brown. For me my little gesture, it had everything to do with, i thought what was right. You are standing but you have your hand