morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm tony dokoupil. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news." dangerous weather. a new threat in the aftermath of a record-breaking snowstorm as roads freeze over and tens of thousands remain in the dark. who's it going to be? president trump considers a new chief of staff as the short list changes. and the search for missing marines has been called off. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york.

good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. it could be a dangerous commute for drivers in the southeast this morning. overnight there's the threat of black ice after plumhe a wintry storm is blamed for at least two deaths in north carolina where nearly two feet of snow fell in some parts of the state. power across the region. meg oliver is in chapel hill, north carolina. >> reporter: highways turned into ice rinks as treacherous conditions sent cars sliding across raleigh, north carolina. the powerful storm whipped across several states including virginia, south carolina, and north carolina, claiming the lives of at least two people. the early blast of winter nearly shattered records across the region. richmond, virginia, received more than 11 inches of snow, the most in over a century. the weather caused more than 500

accidentow crushed this gas ation nimorgan along with this exploding transformer in arden. the snow has stopped, but falling trees keep falling, cutting off power to more homes and businesses in the south. meredith archie is with duke energy. what does the outlook look like? >> it depends on the area that they're in. some of the hardest hit areas, it could be a day or two from now. >> the state of emergency for north carolina remains in effect. >> reporter: governor roy cooper is urging residents to use caution. >> first responders stand ready to assist you as needed, but don't risk your safety and theirs by making them come to your rescue. >> reporter: meg oliver, cbs news, chapel hill, north carolina. in washington president trump has yet to announce a decision on a new chief of staff. he said that he would make the decision soon, though, but

several potential successors to john kelly have backed out. marc liverman is in new york with the latest. good morning, marc. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. originally we were hearing the president's announcement on who he'd name his next chief of staff would come yesterday. now it's possible we won't know until the end of this year. we do, though, have an updated list of who the likely candidates are after the apparent front-runner pulled himself from contention. >> i'm honored to be considered. >> reporter: north carolina congressman mark meadows is one of the front-runners to replace john kelly as president trump's chief of staff. >> any time that your name's floated to help the president of the united states accomplish things for the american people, it's flattering. >> reporter: also in the mix, budget director mick mulvaney, acting attorney general matthew whitaker, former deputy campaign manager dave bossy, and former new jersey governor chris christie. >> john kelly will be leaving -- >> reporter: the president abruptly announced kelly's

departure saturday. >> we'll be announcing who will be taking john's place. it might be on an interim basis. i'll be announcing that over the next day or two. >> reporter: nick ayers, mike pence's chief of staff, was the leading candidate but took his name out of consideration. >> it's tough under any circumstances. under this kind of white house, extremely difficult. >> reporter: lawmakers on capitol hill realize the next chief of staff will have his or her hands full. a house of representatives controlled by democrats, and the russia investigation will keep the white house on edge. >> the president needs to find somebody who he's got confidence in and whose judgment he trusts and knows how to manage a complicated office. >> reporter: the new chief of staff will be the president's third in under two years. and the chief of staff isn't the only shakeup in washington. last week the president nominated william barr to be the next attorney general, heather nauert for u.s. ambassador to the united nations, and chairman mark millie as chairman of the joint

chiefs of staff. >> a lot of changes. thank you very much, marc. the u.s. military declared five missing crew members dead after a refueling plane collided with the fighter jet off the coast of japan last week. search and recovery operations have ended. the kc-130 refueling aircraft collided with an fa-18 hornet last thursday during a scheduled training mission. two crew members of the fighter were recovered, but one died, and the other is in stable condition. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. so back in this country, federal officials charged two people accused of planning large-scale attacks on targets in toledo, ohio. one allegedly wanted to attack a synagogue. prosecutors say he wanted to kill as many people as possible. the other, a woman, is accused of looking to carry out a mass killing at a bar. jeff pegues reports. >> reporter: the fbi said ing e mbh lecron was obsessed ar

reshwas ar she told an undercover agent that she wanted to target a toledo bar. she also discussed bombing a pipeline or attacking a farm. jeff fortunato is with the fbi. as she called it. >> reporter: according to court documents, she was active on social media.e sted ptograp an gmmend inloritsg mafy ssshooters and dylann roof. roof, a white supremacist, shot and killed nine african-americans in a charleston church in 2015. in the weeks leading up to her arrest, she wrote to roof in prison. according to court papers he wrote back asking her to mail him books about civil uprisings and the nazis. in the second toledo case, the fbi says 21-year-old damon joseph, who investigators believe was radicalized by isis on

to-aresynagogues. court papers allege that joseph praised the october attack on a synagogue in pittsburgh, telling an undercover fbi agent, "my opinion is the jews are evil and g whangth." agent forto said joseph wanted to carry out a lar mass shooting. undercover employee a draft plan which outlines general operational and logistical considerations for an attack. >> reporter: because agents were tracking the suspects' activities for months, investigators say the public was never in danger. it is unusual for two major terrorism cases to be announced in the same news conference. prosecutors said it shows that terrorism comes in many forms. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. cbs news has confirmed that a wo guilty to one count of conspiracy and cooperate with the department of justice. a hearing is scheduled tomorrow for maria butina. federal prosecutors said her

lawyer filed a joint motion asking for a change of plea after an apparent plea deal was reached. she was arrested in july. prosecutors allege she gathered intelligence on american offici organizations through her itntacts w h the national rifle the bail hearing for chinese communications executive the chief finance officer for wawa i technologies was arrested this month in canada at the request of the u.s. government. usu.s.ththpect s us sheat iran. the case added fuel u.s.-china trade tensions. a canadian judge could not reach a decision on bail yesterday. diapplanned parenthood is he ecaung asun premise coiourt not to he appeal in a case involving medicaid funding. the decision leaves in place a lower court ruling that blocks louisiana and kansas from banning planned parenthood and other abortion providers from medicaid programs.

the vote w vative jtices. chief justice john roberts and new just bret kavanaugh vote not to hear the case. writing for the dissent, clarence thomas said his colleagues seemed to be ducking the high-profile case for political reasons. coming up on "the morning news," cancer risk. how having a baby may increase your chances of breast cancer. and an olympic official is fired in the larry nassar case. this is the "cbs morning news." case. this is the "cbs morning news." whatever the mess, irobot has your everyday solution.

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britain's departure from the eu continues to weigh heavily on markets around the world. trading on wall street was volatile yesterday. at one point the dow was down over 500 points but finished the day 34 points higher. the s&p 500 added four, and the nasdaq rose 51. google's ceo testifies on capitol hill today. he will testify about alleged bias and search results. including the plus service. google is shutting down the service after a software flaw exposed the names, e-mail addresses, and other information of more than 52 million users last month. delta airlines is tightening its rules on support animals. beginning next week delta will no longer allow an emotional support animal on flights longer than eight hours. and neither support animals nor trained service animals will be allowed on any delta flights if they are under four months old. 10,400 managers at verizon

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morning in much of the southeast. the region is trying to recover from a record-breaking snowstorm. north carolina was hardest hit where at least two people died because of the severe weather. some parts of the state got nearly two feet of snow. and president trump is scrambling to find a new chief of staff. john kelly is leaving at the end of the year, but several possible replacements have indicated that they do not want the job. north carolina congressman mark meadows remains in the running. meadows says it's flattering that he's being considered. budget director mick mulvaney is also in the mix. the u.s. military called off the search for five marines missing off the coast of japan. their refueling aircraft collided with a fighter jet last thursday. they have now been officially declared dead. one of the crew members survived. military officials say all resources were exhausted in a vigorous search for the missing marines. french president emmanuel macron addressed his nation yesterday in an attempt to

defuse anger over economic off agaiote ts of inll vt presr opened up with stun grenades, teargas, rubber bullets, and water cannons. under deepening pressure to defuse the fury, french president emmanuel macron took his share of the responsibility. "i may have given the impression that i did not care about you, that i had other priorities," he said, "i also know that i have hurt some of you with my words." he promised new measures to take place immediately. raising the minimum wage by $115 ptax cuts for retirees and askig companies to give workers tax-free, year-end bonuses. watching the speech from a roadside camp, yellow vest protesters we spoke with were unimpressed.

"i think we're going to be here until christmas," said this 23-year-old. "he's taking us for idiots. it's garbage. he's got to go." let it is no set list of demands. it's largely a working class revolt and a distrust of the man they call the president of the rich. we asked whether other yellow doubt ty will?l the same way. everybody will? the big question, in fact the only question is whether the french president has said and done enough to avoid a repeat of violent demonstrations which is still scheduled to take place right here next weekend. charlie d'agata, cbs news, paris. coming up on "cbs this morning," in the ongoing series "note to self," former first lady michelle obama shares the advice that she would give her young self as she heads off to princeton.

that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪

this is kpix 5 morning news. >> hello everyone good morning. taking a look our tower camera south. a lot of fog this morning. it is tuesday december 11th. thanks for waking up with us i'm kenny choi. >> and i'm michelle griego. it was tricky getting through that fog this morning. >> tfgs it was so foggy i missed

the street that you turn left on stanson. >> oh, yeah. >> a little spooky. that halloween feel for sure. we're looking not just in san francisco but oes of the bay area dealing with that dance fog as we start off the day. so life look at ourcatemperatler than yesterday morning. san jose