Weather for christmas. We have a team of correspondents covering this, beginning with john blackstone. Reporter harsh weather in the west has left communities buried in snow, soaked by heavy rain, and battered by powerful wind. In portland, oregon today, crews were cleaning up trees blown over in the storm. I heard a loud boom but didnt really know what it was. And then the whole house, it was like it was on a little trampoline, like, it almost bounced. The cookies everything went flying. Reporter the power was still out today for thousands in the portland area. A line came down near heather kurmas. The power lines were turning green, blue, orange, and everything was shaking. It was pretty crazy. Reporter at snoqualmie in the mountains outside seattle, deep and heavy snow stopped traffic. A search for a missing back country skier resumed today after being called off yesterday because of weather. Alan labissonier of king county searchandrescue. You see the conditions, its extreme. Reporter the same storm buried the town of kamas 40 miles from Salt Lake City under a foot of fresh snow. In california, on the road to lake tahoe, mountain traffic came to a near standstill as plows worked to clear the snow. On these roads, trucker bill brown is in no hurry. My only concern is a guy in a fourwheeler whos doing way 50 Miles Per Hour and hydroplanes in the rain and i have to dodge him. Reporter in southern californias mojave desert, more than 15 tractor trailers were blown over by winds gusting 60 80 Miles Per Hour. In the mountains east of los angeles, enough snow fell to open the slopes for night skiing. Another cold storm from up in the gulf of alaska is coming towards the west coast. It could bring snow on Christmas Eve to seattle and portland, two places that dont usually get a white christmas. And, norah, we could even get here in the San Francisco area. Odonnell how about that. John blackstone thank you so much. As the west cools down, the eastern half of the country is heating up. Jericka duncan has that story. Reporter on the busiest shipping week of the year, mail carrier Valerie Dickson has some spring in her step. Usually i have my big coat, two pairs of gloves, a scarf around my throat, mouth, nose and all that. I have a scarf on but i dont need to be wrapped all up. Reporter in chicago, where dixon was making her rounds, temperatures were in the 50s, but this was dixon last year with wind chills at 20 below. Snow, cold im dressed for it. Reporter seeing green means more green at this golf course in massachusetts. Manager dick murphy thanks mother nature. Now, were going to be open right through sunday, so were beyond christmas. Thats unheard of. Reporter but other businesses in the northeast, profits melt away. New york city is bringing in winter on a high note. Central park is on pace to break a december record for fewest days below freezing. The Macleod Family of scotland is visiting the city for the first time. We brought big, massive winter jackets, expecting to have to keep warm going for walks and that, but as you can see, theyre back in the hotel and im wearing a tshirt. Reporter the high on Christmas Eve is expected to break a record, and, norah, if the temperature gets above 64 degrees on christmas day, well, that, too, would be historic. Odonnell historic, indeed. Jericka duncan thank you so much. Eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston, wbz. So, eric, i understand the south is in for some heavy storms. Very stormy times here as we head through this holiday week. Norah, the ingredients are there for a potential Severe Weather outbreak tomorrow. Weve got cold dry air coming down across the plains and unusually warm, moist air being mexico. Were really watching this area in particular, could see several tornadoes during the day tomorrow and into tomorrow night. Its those night time tornadoes that are the most dangerous because folks are asleep, and sometimes you dont see it coming. A couple of rounds of storms. Theyll all be racing off to the eastnortheast. A lot of heavy rain goes along with all of this. So certainly we want people to stay weather aware here as we head through wednesday and into Christmas Eve. Of course, all of this fueled by the incredible warmth, just dozens and dozens of records set up and down the coast from maine all the way down to florida. Norah, for the southeast many cities will set record highs every single day until monday of next week. Odonnell incredible, thank you. Also heating up is the feud between the republican and democratic frontrunners in the race for president. Today, Hillary Clinton responded to some crude comments made about her by donald trump. And Major Garrett is following this. We love michigan. Reporter Donald Trumps final rally before christmas was full of interruptions. Byebye. Reporter and insults for Hillary Clinton. Shes terrible. Donald trump is on video, and isis is using him on the video to recruit and it turned out to be a lie. Shes a liar. Im watching the debate, and she disappeared. Where did she go i know where she went. Its disgusting. I dont want to talk about it. Reporter pretty standard for trump abrasive, accusatory, slightly bizarre. But nothing compared to this. Hillary, thats not a president. Even a race to obama, she was going to beat obama. She was favored to win and she got bleep . She lost. Reporter that yiddish vulgarism prompted Hillary Clintons spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri to tweet, the campaign would not respond, who has had a lot of terrible things said about me. Reporter campaigning in iowa today, clinton cast trumps insults as a form of bullying. Its important to stand up to bullies wherever they are and why we shouldnt let anybody bully their way to the presidency. Shes great at being a victim. Reporter in new hampshire, trumps g. O. P. Rival, jeb bush, took a swipe at both candidates. There has to be a level of decorum to win. Its not a sign of strange to insult people with profanity. Its not a serious thing. Reporter a new Quinnipiac National poll found clinton ahead of trump 47 to 40 , and clinton effectively tied with marco rubio and ted cruz. Norah, that survey also found 50 of voters say they would be embarrassed to have trump as president. Odonnell all right, Major Garrett, thank you. President obama took a rare swipe at donald trump in an interview with National Public radio. The president said trump is capitalizing on the resentment of working class men who have seen their bills go up while you combine those things and it means that theres going to be potential anger, frustration, fear. Some of it justified but just misdirected. And, you know, i think somebody like mr. Trumps taken advantage of that. Thats what hes exploiting during the course of his campaign. Odonnell mr. Obama also claimed some of the republican resentment toward him can be chalked up to his status as the first black president. Tonight, were learning more about the American Service members killed yesterday by a suicide bomber in afghanistan. It was the worst attack on u. S. Forces there this year. Margaret brennan is at the pentagon. How you doing . Reporter after his first tour of afghanistan, joseph lemm came home to surprise his children and his wife. But his second tour came to a tragic end this week. He was among the six u. S. Service men killed by a taliban suicide bomber who drove a motorcycle packed with patrol. Lemm was a 15year veteran of the new York Police Department and a member of the air national guard. Major Adrianna Vorderbruggen was the highest ranking officer killed and one of the first openly gay female air force officers killed in action. Special agent peter taub also lost his life. His mother runs this washington restaurant and posted a note on the door saying they were closed to mourn this horrible loss. A regular customer, vivienne ramgeet, left a teddy bear and a Christmas Tree at the front door. Im grieving for my friends. And im im im truly devastated. Reporter the three other airmen killed were michael cinco, chester mcbride, and louis bonacasa. Only a day after the american ambush, u. S. And british soldiers went to the aid of the struggling afghan army trying to hold off the taliban takeover of a crucial southern province. The taliban has been gaining strength ever since the end of the u. S. Combat mission and today they released a photograph of the bomber they claimed attacked the americans. Tonight, the pentagon will release officially the names of the fallen. But, norah, these deaths are especially heartbreaking for so many families coming right before christmas, and just months after president obama decided to extend the longest war in american history. Odonnell margaret brennan, thank you. A grim milestone has been reached in europes refugee crisis. The u. N. Refugee agency said today more than one Million People have entered europe this year after fleeing war and poverty in the middle east and north africa. Half came from syria. Nearly 3,700 died on the journey or went missing. Today, f. B. I. Director james comey visited the bureaus l. A. Field office to thank agents and police who investigated the massacre in San Bernardino in which 14 people were killed. And for the first time, were getting a look at the visa application filed by one of the country. Heres Homeland Security correspondent jeff pegues. Reporter eight months before syed farook entered the United States with his bridetobe, he applied for a fiance visa for pakistaniborn tashfeen malik. In the document dated december 31, 2013, farook, an american citizen, wrote that they had met through a matrimonial web site. When asked for more information, farook wrote in a statement that after several weeks of e mailing, he and malik decided to meet each other. That happened when they both attended the hajj pilgrimage in mecca saudi arabia, on october 3, 2013. And it is on this day, he says, that we got engaged. He signed that statement january 20, 2014. Immigration officials asked for and received proof. Visa stamps that both were at the hajj. Ultimately, the application was approved, clearing the way for come into the country. In a statement, the u. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says, what they didnt know about that the f. B. I. Discovered after the shooting were maliks direct private messages about jihad, and evidence that both farook and malik had been showing signs of radicalization long before the couple got engaged. The k1 visa application relies on selfreporting, and in a separate part of maliks immigration file she reportedly answered no when asked if she had ever engaged in terrorist activity. Ba norah, Obama Administration critics believe there were major gaps in the vetting of that application. Odonnell all right, jeff pegues, thank you. Today, Army SergeantBowe Bergdahl was arraigned in military court on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. He could face life in prison if he did not enter a plea. Bergdahl walked off his post in afghanistan in 2009 and was held as a taliban prisoner for five years before being swapped for five guantanamo detainees. A grand jury in texas has decided not to indict anyone in the Sheriffs Office or jail in connection with the death of sandra bland. 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