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to arm forces. we will start with your take on whether the west should arm the ukrainian forces against russian-backed rebels. host: the papers this morning dominating the front pages is the story of what to do about the situation in ukraine. we will begin with the front page of the wall street journal, and their headline the west races to defuse ukraine. if inher assessment russian intransigence has blocked a deal, they said, germany will move to step up sanctions including broader asset freezes. separately, the u.s. is considering supplying ukraine with lethal aid. president obama has held off on position until he sees ms. merkel, who was publicly opposed weapons deliveries come on monday morning. the confluence of events has given the previously scheduled white house meeting potentially moment to. europeans cautioned that success is far from assured and u.s. officials voiced deep skepticism mr. putin would accept any franco german plan even as they insisted the ....
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. today winter made history. the storm that dumped 20 inches of snow on the midwest over the weekend moved into the northeast, and in parts of new england, this is now the snowiest ten-day period on record with accumulations totalling five feet. we have team of correspondents covering this latest storm. first we ll go to michelle milner miller in boston. michelle? reporter: bostonians were still trying to dig out from the two feet of snow from last week s storm when this one started delivering on average an inch every hour. tonight we re nearly one foot and counting. as soon as the snow started to fall, boston deployed an army of 600 clean-up crews to city streets, clearing 6,000 truckloads of snow. some might see it as bad but we ve seen a lot worse here. reporter: plow truck operator billie mcdonald is on his 16th straight hour of overtime. what makes your job s ....
50 degrees by lunchtime. 3:00 p.m., a very comfortable temperature of 55 degrees. when i come back in just a few minutes we ll be talking about warmer temperatures and the possibility of snow in parts of the area. guys. chris, thank you. the big story on action news is the mass exodus home after a long thanksgiving weekend. action cam is live at philadelphia international airport. more and more people have been arriving at the airport ready to catch their flight home. aaa said 44.5 million people are traveling this holiday weekend. pack your patience. many people will return home by train. 30th street station will be packed today. 90% of travelers made their thanksgiving trp by drive trip by driving to their destinations. people enjoyed the lowest prices at the pump in five years. the national average is 2.78. that s down 24 cents in the last month and down 49 cents from the last year. here in philadelphia, we re now paying on average 2.94 for a gallon of ....
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. today winter made history. the storm that dumped 20 inches of snow on the midwest over the weekend moved into the northeast, and in parts of new england, this is now the snowiest ten-day period on record with accumulations totalling five feet. we have team of correspondents covering this latest storm. first we ll go to michelle milner miller in boston. michelle? reporter: bostonians were still trying to dig out from the two feet of snow from last week s storm when this one started delivering on average an inch every hour. tonight we re nearly one foot and counting. as soon as the snow started to fall, boston deployed an army of 600 clean-up crews to city streets, clearing 6,000 truckloads of snow. some might see it as bad but we ve seen a lot worse here. reporter: plow truck operator billie mcdonald is on his 16th straight hour of overtime. what makes your job s ....
an offer to membership. it s the middle of october. general managers saying unfair left is the final offer so we can reach an agreement. let s be clear. the strike notice for this year is disruption in service with f.we don t reach a deal by midnight tonight. and again, all that said work to sides have been meeting today to discuss this offer which is 12% raise over four years. the unions have to pay more for benefits, they say negates that raise. bart says they will not increase the package but are willing to talk about the terms within it. the union says if talks continue and seem to be progressing there, or there is decent progress they may consider moving the strike deadline back again. they re telling riders they should be prepared for the real possibility of a strike tomorrow moshing. making matters worse ac transit has given a 72 hour strike notice that. decision cups after workers for transit union local 192 rejected two contract proposals last week. lates ....