Im Wendy Gillette in for annemarie green. President trump is in florida for the holidays, but thats not stopping him from ramping up new attacks on House Speaker nancy pelosi. He lashed out at her again yesterday for withholding the housepassed articles of impeachment from the senate. Chip reid is traveling with the president. Merry christmas, fantastic job. Reporter President Trump sent Christmas Greetings to Service Members stationed around the globe, then took questions from the press. He bitterly criticized House Speaker nancy pelosi for leading the charge on impeachment. Shes doing a tremendous disservice to the country. Shes not doing a good job. Reporter pelosi has refused to send the articles of impeachment to the senate until shes convinced the senate trial will be fair. The president said thats not up to her, its up to Senate Republican leader mitch mcconnell. He has the right to do whatever he wants. Hes the head of the senate. Reporter the president was also asked about nor
57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Annemarie green is off. Im wendy gillette. A powerful snowstorm in the northwest continues to cause headaches for millions of travelers. Overnight snow and ice made for dangerous conditions in the mountains of Southern California. A part of interstate 5 remains closed this morning because of icy roads, and part of interstate 15 is deep in snow. Both lead out of los angeles. Ameri Marc Liverman is following all of this in new york. The storm is causing a nightmare for many mostHoliday Travelers . Reporter it really is, good morning. Yeah, this fastmoving winter storm caused major localized flooding on roads and freeway lanes in other parts of california. Snow led to multiple traffic accidents. One town at the eastern end of the San Gabriel Mountains got up to 25 inches of snow by midday. It was a Winter Wonderland for kids in Southern California. I love the snow. I feel like its a christmas miracle. Reporter but for Holiday Travel havoc
Here in new york. Annemarie green is off. Im wendy gillette. President trump did not take a break from social media over christmas, and overnight he denounced his impeachment. Late last night on twitter, mr. Trump called House Speaker nancy pelosi, quote, crazy nancy, and wrote, quote, dems want to run majority republican senate. The president is spending christmas at his maralago resort in florida. He also tweeted a special christmas message. We say a special prayer for those military Service Members stationed far from home, and we renew our hope for peace among nations and joy to the world. Meanwhile, tensions are escalating over north Koreas Nuclear program. The country had sparked speculation about a Missile Launch saying it planned to send a, quote, Christmas Gift to the u. S. , but the launch never happened. Marc liverman is in new york. Marc, what action did the u. S. Apparently take ahead of this threat . Reporter good morning, wendy. In the last few days, weve seen a lot of In
57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The macys thanksgiving day parade will get under way here in new york city this morning. Preparations were in full swing yesterday. Crews worked to get those famous balloons inflated, but its unclear if they will actually fly today. Gusty winds could ground them for the first time in decades. Officials will decide this morning. Marc liverman is along the parade route right now. Whats it like out there now in terms of the wind, marc . Reporter hey, good morning, annemarie. Its a little bit windy out here right now. Of course, if sustained winds hit 23 Miles Per Hour or wind gusts hit 34 Miles Per Hour, these balloons cant fly. Right now forecasters are predicting possible wind gusts of 50 Miles Per Hour. Of cou 16 giant balloons are ready to fly at macys thanksgiving day parade today. Its just magical for them to see them go from the ground all the way up into the air. Reporter five new balloons a
Between 270,000 and 605,000 in the bay area. The north bay will be hit the hardest. This morning pg e is explaining why. We have two very important critical, 230kv transmission lines that are in the north bay area and they serve customers along the north coast and down into marin county. Pg e is still trying to restore power to thousands of people impacted by last weeks shutoff. Just minutes ago pg e says 58 of people have their power back. That leafs 56,000 people still in the dark. Several schools will be closed this morning because of the power shutoffs and for a full list of closures and blackout updates we have your Survival Guide on kpix. Com. The winds pg e are expecting are a problem for firefighters as they work to contain the kincade fire in Sonoma County. This morning a new evacuation warning for parts of lake county including twin pines casino. The kinkade fire burning more than 75,000 acres. It is now 15 contained. The fire has destroyed 123 buildings including 57 homes so