Holiday travelers, gave each other gridlock for christmas. Yesterday traffic at Los Angeles International airport was bumpertobumper. 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 it taking a trip. Reporte
Newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you on this special morning. Christmas, of course, is being celebrated around the world. At the vatican, pope francis led a solemn Christmas Mass at st. Peters basilica. He told thousands the birth of jesus in a manger changed us forever. He used the story of the holiday to appeal for better treatment of migrants. We have the story. Reporter as the faithful gathered at the vatican for Midnight Mass, they directed their attention at the flight of the worlds refugees. Translator so many footsteps are hidden in the footsteps of joseph and mary. We see the tracks of entire families forced to set out in our own day. Reporter the pope said the holy family went through an ordeal that would be familiar for many in the world of 2017. Translator they had to leave their people, their home and their land. Reporter jesus was born in a manger because mary and joseph were turned away from everywhere else. Heed the lesson. Translator
Now to the miss america email 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 shakeup began after the Huffington Post published parts of leaked emails 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 womens 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 organizations president , and chairwoman. Still have a lot of work to do. We would love your sta part and your encouragement. Former miss americas like mallory hagan, who haskel
Hope youre enjoying your day so far and if youre awake good morning for real. Time is 5 oclock in the morning. Connecticut avenue back opened after a crash left one person with injuries. This happened around 11 00 p. M. Last night near bradley lane in chevy chase. At one point police blocked off two lanes. One person was taken to the hospital show with nonlifethreatening injuries. Were following a developing story from Loudoun County. Two sheriffs deputies recovering after being shot while responding to a domestic call on Mountain Hollow place. Deputies say when they arrived 39yearold Douglas Johnson jr. Was arguing with his 19yearold daughter and at one point johnson went upstairs and grabbed a gun. Gun. Almost simultaneously he was tased and as he was being apprehended he managed to get several shots offs shots off, hit two of our deputies. Im just grateful all things being considered that its turned out as good as it has. It could have been certainly been lot both deputies are in go
Slightly below average today. Highs reaching close to the 40degree mark. On a few spots for the upper30s. A couple of clouds. Not completely sunny. Here is satellite and radar. Some of the high cloud activity just to the southwest of the city itself. We had a fair amount of upperlevel overcast, but that has moved off. We are expecting a reinforcing cold shot later on tonight. With that, little bit of energy will swing through. We may have a couple of flurries. The best timing will be midnight and thereafter, ending by 6 00, 7 00 in the morning. By the time you get up, there could be a couple of flakes here and there. 28. Temperatures 19 to anything that does fall, if you have a stronger band, it might accumulate. Many for the most part, flurries. Do we have any flakes in the outgoi s adrianna thank you. That perfect gift you searched high and low for mike and up on store shelves. Cheryl conner has some advice. Cheryl today and tomorrow are two of the busiest shopping days. Gifts turnso