tell cbs news, that he told a group of wealthy people at his exclusive mar a lago resort you all just got a lot richer. demarco. chip reid reporting. chip, thank you. now to the miss america e-mail scandal more former page enlt contestants are speaking out. resignation of the top three executives is a start. a lot more needs to be done. your miss america 2012 is beyond the miss america celebration, seen every year on tv., a scandal is rattling the organization. the shake-up began after the huffington post published parts of leaked e-mails thursday aperg to show a handful of miss america officials ridiculing past winners appearance intelligence and sex lives. in this one, ceo sam haskell laughed when the pageant lead writer referred to former crown women s genitalia. but after dozens of former miss americas published this open letter, calling on the miss america organization leadership to step down, haskell was suspended and resigned along with the organization s
holiday travelers, gave each other gridlock for christmas. yesterday traffic at los angeles international airport was bumper-to-bumper. off to day things moving better. across the coast at newark international airport in new jersey, there was a controlled chaos. i figured everybody would be in for the holidays. but, i guess this is a huge travel day. left a lot more time to travel. thought it would take a lot longer. nationwide, more than 60 flights were canceled. and over 1900 delayed. many of them in snow yeef chicago. according to flight aware, and those numbers were expected to increase. without a doubt the travel for the year end holiday has the, has, a lot to do with airfares being lower. and airfares about 20% lower compared few last year. robert sinclair, a spokesperson for triple a which estimates that holiday travel will set a record for the ninth consecutive year. we think totally linked to the economy. folks have more money, taking advantage. spending
now to the miss america e-mail scandal more former page enlt contestants are speaking out. resignation of the top three executives is a start. a lot more needs to be done. your miss america 2012 is beyond the miss america celebration, seen every year on tv., a scandal is rattling the organization. the shake-up began after the huffington post published parts of leaked e-mails thursday aperg to show a handful of miss america officials ridiculing past winners appearance intelligence and sex lives. in this one, ceo sam haskell laughed when the pageant lead writer referred to former crown holders using a crude term for women s genitalia. but after dozens of former miss americas published this open letter, calling on the miss america organization leadership to step down, haskell was suspended and resigned along with the organization s president, and chairwoman. still have a lot of work to do. we would love your sta part and your encouragement. former miss americas like
dangerous roads. the california highway 40s for sierra valleys. thanks, dick. as the snow continues to fall. it s making for dangerous roads. the california highway patrol is reporting multiple spinouts and accidents that are slowing down. even stopping traffic. kolo 8 news now s catherine van joins us live from robb drive with a look at some of the current conditions. cat? colin. it s been snowing pretty steadily here all day. nothing heavy. looks like we have a and if you look down at i80 going west bound. this is a video of traffic on i-80 right now. both eastbound and west bound traffic is california highway patrol closed the roads just before three this afternoon due to multiple crashes at the floriston. caltrans is reporting 25 cars and four big rigs crash. you see cars trying to turn around. no injuries have been reported and there is no estimated time of when the freeway will reopen. stay with kolo 8 news now. we re posting updates online and sending push notification
one of them was wearing a life jacket. the search is concentrated in the java sea where the plane with 162 aboard went down in bad weather sunday. allen pizzey reports from surabaya indonesia, where they re following the rescue operation. reporter: they searched the seabed. some debris has already been brought ashore. if the plane is indeed more intact than shattered it will make it easier to determine what happened. the plane seems to have crashed in water no more than 160 feet. three additional navy ships are in the area along with 40 divers and the u.s. navy destroyer uss sampson which can detect pings from the downed airliner s black boxes. families of victims can only hope that their loved ones will at least be found when divers can reach the wreckage, yesterday many watched in agony as video of the first body found floating in the sea was broadcast on indonesian television. the terrible images made it clear the focus is now finding on and identifying bodies. one of th