winter watch or advisory, and tens of millions of people are in the storm s path. some areas can expect more than a foot of snow. heavy snow is already falling in kansas. state offices there will be closed until tomorrow morning. residents have been urged to stay off the roads. near tucson, arizona, the world golf championship match play event was suspended due to a freak snowstorm. blizzard warnings were posted in parts of the state. some areas of phoenix got two inches of snow and the snow in the midwest is already being blamed for one death, a highway accident in oklahoma. cbs meteorologist david bernard is following the massive weather system. it will be taking shape during the day today. look how big the storm warning area is. it s all of nebraska, kansas, and missouri, even portions of arkansas. we re talking about a lot of snow konk the big part of the midwest. this is welcome snow because of the severe drought that s ongoing. now, it will change over to rain in okla
its first chance to question one of the top bosses at the heart of the irs scandal. we ll ask dr. ben carson if he s laughing after the tax agency targeted him. plus, a guy takes out a gun in a large crowd of people and no one notices. all too glued to their cell phones. really? a story you must see tonight. good evening, everyone. i m megyn kelly. breaking tonight on the kelly file, a search for answers from the white house on a story we first brought you last night. exactly when and how did president obama learn that the families of dozens of fallen troops were denied so-called death benefits because they died after the government shutdown hit. the benefits are meant to help grieving families bury their loved ones including these five american heroes who died in afghanistan over the weekend. earlier today our chief white house correspondent tried to get answers from jay carney. he asked for the omb and his lawyers to take action. why didn t he have action taken before
dollars per year. we heard about all the tactics in the tax code. we should get rid of some of those for the purpose of deficit reduction. that is what our plan does in the short term and that is what it would do in the long term. we hope we can have an opportunity to have an up and down vote on the plan that we have put forward. at least two or three times we are going to be asking for a vote in the rules committee for that proposal. i hope we can have an opportunity to have a free flow of debate and ultimately a vote. thank you mr. chairman. i would love to begin the debate right now but we have a hearing to get into. the floor is yours. thank you mr. chairman. i appreciate the opportunity to be here today and discuss with you cbo s outlook for the budget and economy for the next 10 years. are analyzing shows that the country continues to debate a very large economic challenges. i will discuss the economy first and then i will turn to the budget. we anticipate economic
ninan: good evening. i m reena ninan. this is our western edition. before most americans awoke saturday, president trump was on twitter posting explosive wiretapping accusations against president obama. mr. trump claims he recently learned mr. obama ordered what trump describes as a watergate- style wiretap on trump tower in new york. he says it happened just before the election. mr. trump offered no evidence, and an obama spokesman issued a quick denial. it comes amid growing controversy over the trump administration s possible russian ties. the president is spending the weekend at his mar-a-lago resort in palm beach. errol barnett is there. reporter: president trump is back on familiar ground here at his mar-a-lago resort in florida, and he s back to one of his favorite activities stirring up conversations with his tweets. after a week of speeches and addresses widely regarded as presidential, mr. trump made an explosive allegation, that the obama administration secret
capable of firing artillery rounds about 20 miles to their targets. that will bring these marines very close to the iraqi state, the increase in the posture in syria comes days after the u.s. military sent another group of u.s. special operations forces in northwest syria, an increasingly crowded battlefiel battlefield. turkish groups, kurdish groups and russian forces. top u.s. commander in iraq which oversees the war against isis said these forces are within grenade range. donald trump accepted a plan from defense secretary jim mattis how to accelerate they mission against isis. here s what donald trump said in his joint address to congress a few days ago. i directed the department of defense to develop a plan to demolish and destroy isis, a network of lawless savages that have slaughtered muslims and christians and men and women and children of all faiths and all beliefs. we will work with our allies, including our friends and allies in the muslim world to extinguish t