justin will cover that a little later in the show. the east got one of there first major snowstorms. they got more than a foot across the northeast. and now we report from watertown, across western new york sunday night. (trak 2 - watertown) watertown, new york was blanketed during the day with more than half-a-foot of snow. (track 3) it was a chilly contrast from the day before when the town was basking in a record high 72 degrees(track 4 -syracuse) the massive shift in weather was caused by the first significant lake-effect storm of the season that dropped more than a foot in the region (nat) (track 5) (sat0160)the storm slammed michigan as it moved east across the mid- section of the u.sa&(track 7) by early monday morning, binghamton new york had received about fifteen inches the storm slammed michigan as it moved east across the midsection of the u.s. early monday morning, new york received 15 inches of snow in the north. and east of buffalo was covered. >> i'm not ready. expect delays. the biggest traveling period of the year starts today. 48 million americans are expected to take the road. much of them in weather like this. cbs news, watertown, new york. >> massachusetts and connecticut -- parts of those states also got about a foot of snow. in regards to the travel, at least one of the travel nightmares has been -- flights in o'hare, chicago can breathe based -- breathe a sigh of relief. >> we respect families traveling to be together. that is why we are holding off our strike until after the thanksgiving holiday. >> good news for all worried travelers. the 500 workers planning to and massively delay all the flights going through there, can postpone the strike until tuesday, november 29th. their working -- fighting for higher wages, $15 an hour benefits and union rights. justin, now that that specific worry is out-of-the-way, let's look at the other travelers to see if there is anything else coming up. >> not much of a big delay yet we will watch denver and areas go around the midwest, pretty quiet right now. average airport delays -- smooth sailing. we zoom out a bit. is mark, rapid city and denver -- they will have a storm moved through tonight and tomorrow. things looking good. nationally, no big delays or big surprises peers this could certainly change as the next storm moves in. the same one that will affect our pattern. coming up in the main forecast. shot in a wave of unrelated attacks around the whole country. all targeting law-enforcement officers one, just outside kansas city peers that officer is expected to survive. the shooter has been killed. in st. louis, a 20 year veteran police sergeant was ambushed and shot in the face sunday night police say he was just sitting in traffic when another car pulled up next to his and fired at him. he is in critical condition that is expected to survive. hours later, that suspect was shot and killed. in florida, officer jared sicone was shot in the shoulder while sitting in his car during massive manhunt is underway for the suspect who killed a detective with 20 years on the force. the reward for information in the case has climbed to 25-thousand dollars. here's omar villafranca with more. more. nat) (sapd dispatch audio) (@ 6:39)emergency dispatch: "i've got an officer down in front right now."(track 1) that urgent call for help came moments after san antonio detective benjamin marconi was shot. police have released a photo of this man entering a building who they believe may have more information about the shooting.(sot) (william mcmanus, san antonio police chief @ presser) (nf11 @ 165850) "we consider the suspect to be extremely dangerous and a clear threat to law enforcement officers and the public."(track 2) (gfx in) (animation)police chief william mcmanus says detective marconi pulled over a driver in front of police headquarters just before noon. that's when the suspect parked his vehicle behind marconi's patrol car and approached driver's side window where marconi was sitting. the suspect allegedly shot marconi twice in the head before running back to his vehicle and driving off through the headquarters' south parking lot. (gfx out)(sot) (william mcmanus, san antonio police chief + omar) (rem63 @ 230141) "the fact that he did what he did to a police officer - a police officer sitting in his car - tells me that he's the ultimate coward."(nat) (helicopter) (aerials)(track 3) marconi was pronounced dead at the hospital. (sot) (william mcmanus, san antonio police chief + omar) (rem63 @ 225935) wm: nobody has a bad word to say about ben marconi. (track 4)police say surveillance footage captured this black sedan speeding away from the be on the lookout...use extreme caution."police don't believe the suspect had any relationship to the original driver who was pulled over and, so far, no motive has been identified. omar villafranca, cbs news, san antonio. now - san antonio police officer's can't make traffic stops unless they have back up. so far 58 officers have so far 58 officers have and killed on duty this year - last year - there were a total of 39. right now - iowa city police are looking for any more - -witnesses or victims of a string of vandalism cases involving b-b guns.between friday and saturday- officers responded to 35 reports- ranging from shot out car windows - to a person being shot.officers eventually arrested five teens and charged them with carrying weapons.if more witnesses or victims come forward - they happening right now - a cedar rapids substitute teacher accused of sexually exploiting a washington high student - is in court.mary beth haglin's charged with sexual exploitation by a school employee after admitting to cbs 2 news - and on national tv-shows -she had an ongoing relationship with a student for nine-months. if convicted - she could spend up to five years behind bars. right now's her pretrial - her trial's scheduled to start the 28th in tama county.cbs 2 reporter the 28th. cbs2 is at the pretrial now we will share updates on social media and on tonight at 5:00, six a clock and 10:00. the man who recently confessed to a depth -- of ducting, sexually assaulting and killing an 11-year-old boy nearly three decades ago will spend 20 years in prison. this sentence just handed down in federal court about one hour 53-year-old danny heinrich led authorities to the remains of jacob wetterling earlier this summer as part of a plea bargain. but the judge said -the sentence wasn't about child porn - it was about jacob's life.jacob was abducted near his home in st. joseph in 1989. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon,a freak accident that left one family lucky to be an incredible story out of washington state. a man and woman survived a giant tree out of washington state or a man and woman survived a giant tree crashing down on them. this happened sunday, 20 miles northeast of seattle. the tree completely crushed the suv. you can see it smashed the passenger was able to climb out the driver, was just happy to be pulled out by firefighters. it seems the ground was wet from recent rain. and the tree was just ld coming down during storms but nothing like that. >> that is going to take more than a buffing to get that out. >> . mostly sunny skies to chilly as we go throughout the day. not just the forecast but a great suggestion -- clouds building from the afternoon into the evening. a cloudy night tonight. enjoying the sunshine. here comes the cloud cover. here comes the cloud cover. forty-one today. a mostly sunny skype we watched right now in cedar rapids, sunshine. a beautiful day. take a jacket. it is 38. you factor in the wind out of the southeast at 12 and it feels like 30. on the board, 39 in waterloo. charles city, 37. forty-three in washington. here is the windchill. it feels like 31 right now. feels like 33 in waterloo. feels like 33 in iowa city. wind out of the east and a little bit of warmth. yesterday, 36 we are already above that today. expecting low 40s out there. dubuque, 39. upper 30s, decorah. a lot of folks traveling the next few days. let's look at the midwestern picture. thirty-nine today in minneapolis. omaha, 53. enjoying the mild weather. a storm system is brewing. this area of low pressure here -- i told you earlier with the airport delays, watch out for denver pierce the possibility of snow they are. that could cause delays for tuesday connecting flights cyclically, we will get a brief period of rain and snow tuesday. looks like more of a rain event for us. the clouds build first. as they do, we will have lower still ahead on the cbs 2 news at noon, with thanksgiving >> still ahead. with thanksgiving around the corner, we will check to see how the salvation army is helping people who cannot afford a turkey dinner. th the corner and today the salvation army of johnson county's giving away boxes of food. it is 12:18 p.m. thanksgiving is just a few days away. today the salvation army of johnson's county is giving away boxes of food. stephanie johnson is live in iowa city. and those food boxes are thanksgiving dinner. stephanie, how many boxes have they given away today? salvation army is giving away 240 boxes to families they have even away about half of that number today. standing next to me, when you come in here, you will see the smiling face of rachel lehman, the coordinator for the salvation army. how are you today? >> doing great. having a great day out here. >> jump right into it. what is in these boxes? i see that we have pancake mix and cake mix. >> we and stuffing. and we have potatoes -- a lot of variety of vegetables. dessert. part of our goal this year was to provide enough food for the entire day. so no one hungry for one day. that is something we are excited to offer. >> so you are giving away a wholemeal. can you tell me about the families coming in here today? how do they pick up boxes and? >> families need to be preregistered. few weeks ago peers they come in, bring a ticket and photo identification. they can get the male and take it home to their families. >> what about the families that didn't register. >> each box is assigned to an individual or family already. we will offer a meal wednesday. we will be open at 4:00. a thanksgiving meal. so folks that did not get to register -- will still get food that they. >> really quickly, what is the goal? the mission away food today for thanksgiving? >> the goal is to just provide a meal all day. we wanted to make sure that people have the food all day long. starting with the morning meal and into the evening. >> thank you so much. families can come down here to pick up boxes also black friday will be this friday. the salvation will help them kickoff toys for tots. >> pick up a toy and we can noon,an important recall for a very popular food item that may be in your fridge. the following segment is sponsored by chideo dot com ????anchor on-cam????there's a saying in the national football league that every play could beyou r last. unfortunately for dave vobora, that came true when his shoulder was shattered on a routine punt return.but it wasn't his body that kept him instead, itwas his heart that told him to follow a different path. 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