Nuclear nottingham reports, many road warriors are already frustrated. 10 . The headaches at l. A. X. Have already started. Im supposed to be going to japan but they sent me to san diego and then they made me take a taxi back here. Reporter Stormy Weather on on the west coast delayed most incoming flights on wednesday and the problems continued into thursday. Passengers have been tied up in gridlock outside the airport or stuck on the tarmac and in the terminals. Its been four hours. Yeah. And they just cancelled it after three hours waiting. Reporter others waited longer. So its going to be 36 hours. Reporter here at l. A. X. , passenger traffic up nearly 10 compared to this time last year. Aaa is predicting record yearend Holiday Travel across the country. More than 103 Million People will travel this holiday season. That is up 1. 5 million from 2015. The days leading up to christmas are expected to be the busiest at the nations airports with more than 6 million passengers in the skies. We are going to jackson hole. We are going to go skiing and dog sledding. Reporter and dont expect the highways to be much better. More than 93 Million People are taking a road trip thanks to cheaper gas prices midwest. Chief meteorologist eric fisher has the Holiday Weekend outlook. Reporter there is one storm system that is going to cause most of the trouble as we head into the Holiday Weekend. This one that is approaching the west coast for today with snow across much of the northwest, rain down the coast of california and by the time we head toward the evening, more heavy rain down towards Southern California in and around los angeles. San francisco and l. A. Are hubs that will be affected. Will see snowfall in the matter outside of l. A. And san diego. A White Christmas for parts of Southern California. Take a look at the snow blanketing all of the west. Basically, all of the mountains picking up significant snowfall over the course of the next feud. Then we head into Christmas Day, itself, and that same storm is now east of the rockies. Blizzard conditions likely across the dakotas reaching into Eastern Mountain and wyoming. There will also be a warmer side to the storm system on Christmas Day and in that warmer side we could be looking at some Severe Weather including a chance for storms and damaging wind gusts and perhaps a few isolated tornadoes. Across the plains as you gather with friends and family and stay vigilant to any dangerous weather that will develop. The warm from texas over to the east coast, high temps in the 70s and 80s on Christmas Day. Its a flipflop christmas here. It will be mainly dry across the southeast and even a couple of record highs that will be challenged sunday, as well as monday, in the east. Im meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. Travel safely, everyone. Good advice. On to politics now. Although he wont take office for nearly another month, donald trump is proposing dramatic changes in longstanding u. S. Policies. Statements by russian president Vladimir Putin prompted mr. Trump to suggest in a tweet that the u. S. Should expand its nuclear capability. That would reverse a course set by president s from both parties over four decades. And the president elect is also intervening in the middle east. Brook silvabraga is here in new york with more. Reporter good morning. We have already seen the president elect get involved in Manufacturing Policy and government contracts. But, yesterday, something new. A highly unusual appeal to mr. Trump to get involved in one of the worlds most contentious Foreign Policy matters and it appears his intervention made a difference. Hours before the president elect was set to vote president elect donald trump called for the draft resolution to be vetoed tweeting it was extremely unfair to all israelis. The measure put forth by egypt called israeli to settle activity in palestinian territory. In a push to stop u. N. , israeli official sidestepped president obama who appeared ready to allow the resolution and reached out to mr. Trump. Trump spoke to egypts president and then the vote was delayed. I dont know when or how a vote will be rescheduled. What we have continued to try to do is seen a twostate solution realized. Reporter mr. Arm set off a Nuclear Arms Race on thursday. After Vladimir Putin proposed a Nuclear Expansion mr. Trump tweeted the u. S. Must greatly strengthen and expand its capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. He is putting the world on notice he will do what he thinks he needs to do to keep us safe and secure. He is not trying to change a policy through twitter. Reporter Kellyanne Conway was named as his white house counselor. John spicer will be his press secretary. Spicer defended trumps use of social media. He has a direct pipeline to the American People to talk to them in a way no one has done before. Reporter Inauguration Day is four weeks away. Mr. Trump used twitter again last night to do public negotiating saying since lockheed martins f35 is so expensive he has asked boeing to price out a competing plan. We will see how that works out. Brook silvabraga in new york, thank you. Coming up on cbs this morning, analysis of russian president Vladimir Putin annual News Conference today. The Obama Administration today formally scraps a controversial security measure prompted by 9 11. The Program Required immigrant men from predominantly Foreign Countries to register with the federal government. The American Civil Liberties union called it a failure that yielded no arrest in nearly a decade. The president elects daughter was harassed on a plane in new york while awaiting takeoff. Ivanka trump in the coach section on a jetblue plane yesterday with her husband and three children when a man reportedly confronted her. Witnesses say he shouted, your father is ruining the country. She was calm and tried to distract her kids and she was calm. She handled it really well. Reporter the man was removed and the flight proceeded to san francisco. A man suspected of killing a boy in an arkansas road rage shooting is in custody. 3yearold acen king died saturday after someone opened fire on a car driven by his grandmother. She told police the attacker thought she was driving too slowly. Well, the mayor of little rock is quoted as saying the suspect was turned in by a relative. Australias Prime Minister says police thwarted a major attack inspired by isis. Raids led them to arrest five men. Investigators say they were planning bombings on Christmas Day in biggest victory since the rebellion to end his familys rule started nearly six years ago. Coming up on the morning news. The arrest of a texas mother caught on cell phone. We will tell you how the arrest posted on facebook has triggered protests. And the worlds first solar road powers up. This is the cbs morning news. Nexium 24hr is the 1 choice of doctors and pharmacists for their own frequent heartburn. For all day and all night protection. Banish the burn. With nexium 24hr. So basically we have two production options. Hey guys, i gotta call you back. phone ringing hello . Hi mom oh, hi sweetie how are you . Give a Keurig Brewer this holiday and they will think of you everyday. Youre so cold, come in whats wrong . Its dry. Your scalp . Mine gets dry in the winter too. Try head and shoulders dry scalp care it nourishes the scalp and. Keeps you up to 100 flake free head and shoulders dry scalp care same nose. 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Dont grab her dont grab her cell phone video posted on facebook shows the officer wrestling the woman to the ground on wednesday. Her two teenage daughters were also arrested. The confrontation started when the Woman Told Police a man had grabbed and choked her son for littering. As well as Police Officers are human beings appear to have some good and some bad. I just have to teach my kids the way ive been teaching them not to lose faith. The officer has been placed on restricted duty while the incident is investigated. The New York Times says a new congressional report links Edward Snowden to russian intelligence agencies. He responded on twitter saying the report is filled with obvious falsehoods. Snowden has lived in russia since 2013 when he revealed how the National Security agency spies on americans. Centraljersey. Com reports the cancellation of the princeton mens swimming season because of racist and vulgar emails. The University Learned last week about offensive posts by team members. Similar issues prompted the recent cancellation of the harvard mens soccer season and the suspension of wrestlers at columbia. The Washington Post says ebola vaccine has been highly effective in tests. There was no cure or vaccine three years ago when outbreaks in africa killed more than 11,000 people. The vaccine was developed by the u. S. Based drugmaker merck. Time reports the opening of the worlds first solar road in a french town. Now the panels in the halfmile plus stretch are designed to power the towns street lights. Its part of a Broader Initiative to encourage renewable energy. And the system could be used throughout france if it works. Pretty cool. Still ahead, ubers selfdriving cars find friendly territory. We will tell you where the Ride Hailing Company moved to test its Driverless Cars after clashing with california regulators. And let roomba from irobot help with your everyday messes. 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Uber is hoping for better reception to its selfdriving cars in arizona. The Ride Hailing Service sent a fleet of vehicles there yesterday with a warm welcome from the states governor. California banned the cars on wednesday over safety concerns. Uber will test the technology in arizona and announce plans to expand the selfdriving pilot program. The dow jones average nearly hit 20,000 points yesterday but came about 80 points short. Overall, the dow yesterday dropped 23 points. The s p 500 dropped four points. The nasdaq down 24. The United States is suing British Bank Barclays over its sale of risky mortgagedbacked securities. The Justice Department filed a complaint accusing barclays of dishonest practices. Investors say they lost billions of dollars after the financial crisis. Barclays denies the allegations. Aircraft manufacturer airbus is considering a future of windowless planes. The design would give airlines more flexibility with what they do with the aircraft. 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Who was inside watching tv when it erupted. And it could be a very busy day on the roads. And in the air. Weve got full coverage. For your Holiday Travel. Join us for kpix 5 news this morning. Beginning at 4 30. Good morning. Its friday, december 23rd. ,, heres a look at todays forecast in some cities around the country. If you look at people walking down the street, it seems like everyone is wearing headphones or air buds, but there are dangers lurking behind that steady beat. Dr. Jon lapook reports. Reporter noise is everywhere. But for many young people these days, its all in their heads. Is a of my day is spent listening to loud music. Pediatric audiologist brian fligor has studied the loss of hearing. Has studied the impact of headphones on hearing. We are seeing pockets of young people who have worse hearing than you would expect. Much worse hearing than youd expect. Reporter when it comes to loud sounds, the general rule of thumb is the greater the volume, the shorter the acceptable duration. The top volume on an apple music player is 102 decibels, as loud as a leaf blower. Keeping the volume at 70 or 82 decibels is safe for eight hours a day. Reporter 80 volume or 89 decibels is safe for 90 minutes. Reporter but crank it all the way up and only 10 minutes is safe how many people listen to personal music players . Reporter these fifth graders in cleveland heights, ohio, are learning what it takes to be a good listener. Do you think youre listening at a safe level . Reporter the Program Teaches the physics of sound and how excessive noise damages hearing. We like to say that noise ages our ears. Reporter audiologist Sharon Sandridge runs the program for the cleveland clinic. It only takes one exposure to excessive sound to cause damage in your ear. Reporter fligors company landrose Technology Makes a 3d to better blockout background noise. Worldwide, roughly 1 billion people are at risk for noise induced hearing loss from using portable listening devices. Reporter dr. Jon lapook, cbs news, new york. Dr. Jon lapook, i will no longer be pumping up the volume. Coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, lastminute holiday gift ideas that can improve your health. Im annemarie green. This is the cbs morning news. I tried hard to quit smoking. But when we brought our daughter home, that was it. Now i have nicoderm cq. The nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release Technology Helps prevent your urge