drivers. and a real ram-page. the sheep attacking people in one town causing chaos. good wednesday morning, everyone. we begin with one of the biggest winter storms to hit the northeast in years. up to a foot of snow could fall west of philadelphia, new york and boston with even more snow inland. the first trouble today will be in parts of virginia and washington, d.c. where a mix of snow, sleet and ice expected later this morning. when it begins around 1 inch expected. it starts snow in philadelphia this afternoon followed by new york city around sunset when roads could get treacherous. when it s over parts of central pennsylvania and new jersey and connecticut could see 18 inches and winds could reach 50 miles per hour. overnight a potentially crippling storm taking shape. snowfall totals could top 1 1/2 feet in some inland areas of the northeast. winter storm alerts up from georgia to new england and the coronavirus is complicating preparations. connecticut is
drivers. and a real ram-page. the sheep attacking people in one town causing chaos. good wednesday morning, everyone. we begin with one of the biggest winter storms to hit the northeast in years. up to a foot of snow could fall west of philadelphia, new york and boston with even more snow inland. the first trouble today will be in parts of virginia and washington, d.c. where a mix of snow, sleet and ice expected later this morning. when it begins around 1 inch expected. it starts snow in philadelphia this afternoon followed by new york city around sunset when roads could get treacherous. when it s over parts of central pennsylvania and new jersey and connecticut could see 18 inches and winds could reach 50 miles per hour. overnight a potentially crippling storm taking shape. snowfall totals could top 1 1/2 feet in some inland areas of the northeast. winter storm alerts up from georgia to new england and the coronavirus is complicating preparations. connecticut is
mulling a special counsel to investigate as house republicans demand answers on big tech son suppression of the report of hunter s shady business deals. stimulus in sight, congressional leaders making progress on another bill as some vow not to leave for christmas break without a deal in place. the latest coming up. markets are higher, futures this morning indicating a gain at the start of trading, dow industrials up 90, nasdaq up 40, s&p 500 higher by 12. markets finished in the green yesterday, boosted by stimulus opt of mitch as well as the optimism as well as the vaccine rollout. the federal reserve finishes a two day meeting today. the dow industrials up yesterday 137, nasdaq up 155, notching another record close as we get that fed decision later this afternoon. s&p 500 yesterday up 47 points. we re also previewing the november retail sales report this morning, out at 8:30 a.m. a eastern. everything you need to know as we watch for an economic rebound. plus, winter is
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the republican majority leader in the us senate, mitch mcconnell has formally acknowledged thatjoe biden won last month s presidential election. it s the first sign of a split between the party s leadership and donald trump who still maintains, without any evidence, that he is the rightful winner of november s vote. here s mitch mcconnell on the senate floor on tuesday. so, today, iwant to congratulate president electjoe biden. the president elect is no stranger to the senate. he s devoted himself to public service for many years. i also want to congratulate the vice president elect, our colleague from california, senator harris. beyond our differences, all americans can take pride that our nation has a female vice president elect for the very first time. mitch mcconnell there of course. we can now speak to our north america correspondent, david willis, who is in los angeles. ina way in a way what mitch mcconnel
maria: and our top story this hour 2020 democrats facing off on debate stage in charleston, candidates taking aim at front-rubber south carolina days before south carolina prime aye and less than a week before super tuesday, hillary vaughn with all the highlights, hillary. good morning, maria, democrats on stage did not pull any punches, mayor michael bloomberg fended off attacks over billionaire status as painting status as unelectable and warren as mayor pete buttigieg drilled sanders over the math behind medicare for all. elect bernie, bernie will lose to donald trump and donald trump and the house and the senate and some of the state houses will all go red. mayor bloomberg has strong and enthusiastic base of support, the problem is they are all billionaires. everybody in this room imagine moderate republicans going over and voting for him and you have to do that if you can t win. aggressive agenda is popular, mayor bloomberg, he cannot eastern the trust of the