With odor free aspercreme. Powerful medicine relieves pain fast, with no odor. So all you notice is relief. Aspercreme. Possible tornadoes, freezing rain and some folks waking up to blizzard warnings. And the storms, they are just getting geared up. Fiscal mess. Exactly one week until we go off the cliff and new word that no one is reaching across the aisle right now. And remembering a legend. Hollywood says goodbye to the odd couples cigarchomping Oscar Madison. Im dana bash. Alina, Merry Christmas. Merry christmas, everyone. Its tuesday, deebs 25th. Starting point begins right now. And our starting point, those dreaming of a White Christmas may be paying for that this morning. Extreme weather is on the way this Christmas Day. Millions could be in store for a foot of snow or more. It could even be a rare White Christmas down south, along with a threat of tornadoes. Bonnie schneider is tracking the holiday storm and, hey, good morning. Good morning and Merry Christmas. Unusual to see a
Costello now. Tornadoes in the south and blizzards from arkansas to ohio. Do you have the right to know if your neighbor owns a gun . A newspaper in new york says yes and publishes the name of those who have gun permits. Christmas is over but shopping is not. If youre heading out to return the gift that wasnt exactly what you wanted, you will not be alone. Tom cruise may not be the ideal action hero but his love life made it into the top ten. Newsroom starts now. Girnlgs low. The day after christmas means relaxing or wracking up deals at the mall. For people in the west and the south its cleanup after Severe Weather ripped through the region. Waterspout was located in lake pontchartrain. Parts of arkansas saw several inches of snow and snapping power lines and of course canceling flights. In mississippi the governor declared a state of emergency after at least eight counties reported damage. Strong winds and heavy rains made the commute along this stretch of i20 east of jackson a diffi
Scoop on how to score on both. Lets get right to sam. Hes been tracking the rough weather thats impacted so many millions over the week. Some prepared for it. They were warned in advance. What a night. 34 tornadoes rocked that area. The previous christmas tornadoes had been 12 in 1969. When we tell you this was an epic event, it truly was. Take a look at some of the damage. The abc station from birmingham, sending us some pictures from the mobile area. Look at these in the deep south. New orleans to montgomery. Outside of new orleans, tornado warnings all over the deep south. Last night, on twitter, your pictures were sending us all the damage. Matt gutman was landing in mobile just about the time that storms got to that area. Whats it like this morning . Reporter as the sun is coming up, were bgetting a better idea of how much damage. It was a terrifying christmas for a lot of folks here. Still, theres 250,000 people without power. This is midtown mobile. That storm hopscotch through
And welfare programs. The dreaded fiscal cliff can potentially affect a wide range of health programs. Cbs news Wyatt Andrews explains. Reporter professor mallen like hundreds of medical researchers has already fallen off the fiscal cliff. Her budget which relies on federal grants is being cut by 10 now. As the nih, the National Institutes of health, prepares for the possibility of budget cuts later. Its as much bigger than just my lab. Its affecting allacademic labs across the country. Reporter mallen understands the nih decision but calls it a setback. My lab will have to shut down Research Projects that we know would could have profound impacts on curing human disease. We may have to get rid of some staff members. Reporter the nih tells us because of uncertainty in the budget awards at 90 of what was perhapsed to researchers promised to researchers will be the standard at least for now and the threat of the cut raised alarms. Some of the cuts reporter at Johns Hopkins the doctor is
Doing a story. The Governors Office said they will notify the 79 who were pardoned in the next week or so. We reached one of the former inmates paroled right here in the bay area. He had not heard the news yet. He said he was grateful to hear the news on Christmas Eve and looks forward to spending the evening with his family. It may be Christmas Eve but the fiscal cliff is not far from the minds of lawmakers. The president and Congress Left washington on friday for the holidays with a promise to return later this week. There is only a week left to avoid tax hikes and spending cuts that will impact almost every american. Tonight it appears Democrat Senate leader harry reid may take the lead in crafting a comp mice to prevent tax hikes on at least the middle class. The president was in hawaii for the funeral of senator daniel minoli. One of the president s last acts before leaving washington caught some holiday travelers offguard today. Grace lee on how an unexpected federal holiday scut