grunt? >> definitely not. this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: good evening. there is a dangerous weather system along the east coast tonight. it brought an ice storm to the south and could bring a major snowstorm to the north overnight. we will have much more on all of this in just a moment. but first, the arctic chill between prince harry and his former-- president trump and his former chief strategist. margaret brennan has details on the political breakup of the year. >> reporter: as political breakups go, this is about as ugly as it gets. the president splitting with steve bannon, one of his closest political allies, claiming, "steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind." until now, bannon had continued to be a vocal supporter of the trump agenda following his white house exit this summer. but in a series of interviews with author michael wolff, include some at the white house, the bannon mocked the exprt his family and aaccused donald trump jr. of treason for his june 2016 meeting with russians who had offered incriminating information on hillary clinton. bannon said, "even if you thought that this was not treasonous or unpatriotic-- and i happen to think it's all of that-- you should have called the f.b.i. immediately." he then speculated that trump jr. had also involved his father in the meeting, a claim that white house press secretary sarah sanders denied. >> i think furious, disgusted would probably certainly fit when you make such outrageous claims and completely false claims against the president, his administration, and his family. >> reporter: sanders point out that bannon contradicted his characterization of the russia probe to "60 minutes" in september. >> there's nothing to the russia investigation. it's a waste of time. >> reporter: according to the book, now bannon says heebles the investigation will focus on money laundering and trump jr. will "crack like an egg" under scrutiny from the special counsel. bannon was campaign c.e.o. and chief strategist in the west wing, a position the white house called equivalent to the chief of staff. >> i like mr. bannon. he's a friend of mine. >> reporter: today, mr. trump blasted bannon saying he had "very little to do with our historic victory. steve bannon doesn't represent my base. he's only in it for himself." as for election night, the book's author reports that the trump team actually expected defeat, and as election results rolled in showing trump on the path to victory, don jr. told a friend, "he looked as if he had seen a ghost." the white house called this trashy tabloid fiction. jeff. >> glor: margaret, thank you very much. we turn now to john dickerson, our cbs news chief washington correspondent. and fairchgor the "face the nation." john, quite a statement today from the president. what do you make of it? >> you know, well, the start of the statement that starts, "steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency." it's like saying you're not married to your ex-wife. it's true at the moment, but it doesn't erase the marriage. the president was responding to the comments in the book by michael wolff, and that book paints a picture of a campaign and a white house and a president unexpreepped in chaos. so the over-the-top statement by the president of the united states today about steve bannon doesn't really refute that picture, and in a way, may affirm it. >> glor: john, steve bannon has insisted he's going to play a large role in this big midterm election year. so where does this leave the administration and the republican party? >> you know, well, he is a searing critic of the republican establishment, much like donald trump was. and he has promised to help dethrone senate majority leader mitch mcconnell-- republican senate majority leader, that is-- on behalf the grass roots. and today, mcconnell's twitter account posted a short clip of the senate majority leader smiling. shortly after the president issued his denunciation of bannon in which he said bannon had lost his mind. mcconnell's team seems to think it is good for the paerpts, because it is diminishing candidates who trump doesn't think can get elected, but steve bannon has talked about being a street fighter so there are likely to be more rounds of in-fighting. >> glor: john dickerson, thanks very much. the president former campaign chairman sued special counsel robert mueller and the justice department today. paul manafort said mueller exceeded his authority by charging him for conduct unrelated to the russia investigation. manafort was indicted in october on charges of money launderrering stemming from political work in ukraine. the deep freeze that went across the south today, daytime temperatures more than three dreez below normal down into the teens and 20s, across mississippi, alabama, florida, georgia, and the carolinas. more than 2,000 flights are already canceled for tomorrow. here is manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: this was i-95 through brunswick, georgia, and while it isn't rare to see a massive backup here, the cause of this one was-- ice on the road if that are south. dozens of long-haul drivers decided it was time to pull over. even lee church, who is from indiana, put it in park. >> trying to get up to at least somewhere in south carolina because i knew it was supposed to start snowing. didn't work out that way. >> reporter: why not? >> well, i'd say there's about a quarter inch of ice on the road, and it's icing everything up, and just snow on top of it is a real bad situation. >> reporter: hundreds of accidents littered roadways from georgia to the carolinas. sem trucks flipped over, and cars lost control. those who didn't heed the warnings to stay off roads found themselves stuck. georgia state patrol captain chris wright. >> this is not something that our people are accustomed to dealing with, so we want them to stay home, stay off the roadway, and stay safe and stay warm. >> reporter: southern snow tipped as far as tallahassee, florida, which hadn't seen much of any snowfall in nearly three decades. and while it wasn't a whiteout, it was an unusual sight for tourists in the pal mato state. >> it's pretty wild. i've never seen palm trees with snow on them before. >> reporter: heading into tonight, winds could cause more power outragages along south coastal communitys. ice that's formed on trees and power lines threatens to weigh down and snap them. the savannah area received anywhere from one to 4.5 inches of snow, amounts not seen in decades. and even though it's tapered off, you can tell by this partly frozen fountain behind me, the threat remains. roads could refreeze overnight and below-average temperatures are expected to last in the southeast through the weekend. joaf. >> glor: many, thanks very much. could be a very tricky commute. for kids in louisville, kentucky, hockey is generally played indoors, but they are getting a rare treat this week as ponds have frozen across the area. folks in chicago are used to cold weather, but this is a long stretch even for them. if the temperature does not rise above 20 degrees by saturday, chicago will tie a record for 12 consecutive days below twernt. that has happened just twice before, in 1936 and 1895. out on cape cod in massachusetts, the famous beaches and basis look more like an arctic tundra. and the so-called slurpee waves are back-- salty slush is washing ashore. this is all setting the stage in the east for what weather experts are calling, a bomb cyclone or bombogenesis. for more on this let's bring in eric fisher from our cbs station in boston. whais the preferred term and wht does it mean? >> i would go old school. i would go with bombogenesis. bomb cycle is the way of saying the same exact thing. what does it mean? it's something that happens every year. this will be notable because of how deep this storm will get in a very short amount of time. we take a look at 2:00 in the afternoon, 104 millibars. run of the mill. tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 as it moves off the new england shoreline, we're down around 955 millibars. that is a tremendous drop, almost 50 millibars in 24 hours. that's bombogenesis. has to be at least 24 in 24 hours. why does it matter to anyone on the ground? the faster that pressure drops, the more the wind respond in kind, and this is going to be a big wind maker across the coast, especially in new england. here's the timeline, snowing in north carolina this evening, moving up across the mid-atlantic coast. heavy snowfall confined close to the coastline as we head to the overnight, and scirgt the big cities like philly and new york. the heaviest snowfall falls in new england throughout the day tomorrow. all wrapped up, this is a storm that will likely have an eye fiewter tomorrow. if you're, looking on satellite, the featurees of a hurricane. boston a foot or a little more is possible. new york 4-6, philly 1-3 on the very back edge of the snowfall. now, this is going to drag in another blast of the really impressive cold. these are mainly all record cold temperatures for highs as we look into friday and saturday, and at night, widespread subzero readings. this may be the coldest blast of the entire stretch we have seen here, jeff, since dating back on christmas. there is a little bit of relief as we head closer to the middle of the month. it's going to take a while to get here but a january thaw may be in the offing. >> glor: all right, eric. and bombogenesis it is. in lask today it was 40 and raining in juneau. steve bannon is not the only target of the president's ire. last night, mr. trump mocked kim jong-un and north korea's nuclear capabilities in an extraordinary tweet. david martin at the pentagon has more on this. >> reporter: no american president has ever made such a blatant nuclear threat. responding to kim jong-un's boast that he has a nuclear button on his desk, president trump tweeted, "i, too, have a nuclear button that is bigger and more powerful, and my button works." we don't know what kim thought of the tweet, but it was unsettling to former vice president biden who once had the authority to hit the button if something happened to president obama. >> this is not the stuff to be tweeting about. it is a very, very, very difficult problem. >> reporter: it's not an actual button but a briefcase called "the football" carried by an aide who follows the president everywhere. it containtz codes the commander in chief would need to order the use of newly weapons. whatever you call it, american nuclear forces are incomparably more powerful than north korea's. this one submarine carries more warheads than kim jong-un has in his entire arsenal. so the president's tweet is not an empty boast, but would he really use nuclear weapons against north korea? former senator sam nunn is founder of an institute attempting to reduce the risk posed by weapons of mass destruction. >> no, i think it's a throwaway remark that is callous, but i don't think it signals a change in nuclear policy. >> reporter: american policy has long been to use nuclear weapons only in extreme circumstances, such as a nuclear attack against the united states. nuclear war remains all but unthinkable, and according to nunn, making threats about it should be unspeakable. >> i think it increases the risk of miscalculation, or what i call "war by blunder." to me, that's the greatest danger here, and the heated rhetoric on both sides creates a whole lot more risk in that regard. we could easily have a war nobody intended and nobody wanted. >> reporter: if it comes to war, the u.s. should be able to destroy the north korean regime without resorting to nuclear weapons, which could spread radioactive fallout over allies like japan and south korea, not to mention china and russia. jeff. >> glor: david martin, thank you very much. now a look at some of the other stories we're following in tonight's evening newsfeed. vice president mike pence swore in two new senators today, alabama democrat doug jones, who won a special election for the seat once held by attorney general jeff sessions; and minnesota democrat tina smith. she was appointed to replace al franken who resigned over allegations of sexual misconduct. a 25-year-old man accused of setting up a deadly swatting prank appeared in a los angeles courtroom today. tyler barris will not fight extradition to kansas. the police say he made a bogus 911 call last week that sent them to a house in wichita where an officer mistakenly shot and killed an innocent man. gas prices will go up again this year, according to gasbuddy.com, a gallon of regular will average $2.57 in 2018, the highest since 2014. rising oil prices are to blame. there is much more ahead on tonight's cbs evening news. >> reporter: there's dressed to kill and dressed not to be killed. i'm talking about armored clothing. >> glor: a passenger forgot to pack his patience. >> reporter: could elephant seals know each other by name? 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