this is the "cbs morning news." we are just hours away from a possible partial government shutdown. will president trump get funding for the border wall or will hundreds of thousands of workers face the holidays without pay? resignation bombshell. defense secretary james mattis says he's stepping down because his views are not in line with the president's.

whilwerf windsamage , millions whilwerf windsamage , millions ho ning fund by cbs good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. unless there's an 11th hour compromise, a partial government shutdown appears to be likely at midnight tonight. more than 800,000 federal workers will face furloughs or be forced to work without pay. president trump says if he doesn't get funding for his border wall, he's okay with the shutdown. house republicans passed a bill including his requested $5.7 billion for the wall but that's facing certain rejection by the senate. marc liverman is here in new york with more on this unfolding drama. marc, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. that temporary spending bill would have kept the government running into february, but now it's looking more and more like

we could see a partial congress has until midnight tonight to pass a spending package that president trump will sign. >> i made my position very clear. any measure that funds the government must include border security. >> hearing that message yesterday, house republicans ignored what the senate passed earlier this week, a bill with no new money for a border wall. instead, the house passed a package that includes $5.7 billion for the wall. >> the ayes are 217 and the nays 185. >> it's essentially dead on arrival in the senate where it needs democratic support to pass the six-vote flesh hold. >> the trump temper tantrum will shut down the government but it will not get him his wall. >> they'll take up the bill this afternoon. kevin mccarthy hopes for a compromise. >> the house has now passed the bill, the senate has passed a bill.

ground lies.where the common >> the white house is digging in for a fight. >> anybody that didn't know that the president didn't want border security simply hasn't been paying attention. >> sarah sanders said president trump will not travel to mar-a-lago for the holidays if the government shuts down. and some people see this fight as a last ditch effort to build the border wall before democrats take control of the house next year. anne-marie. >> marc liverman here in new york. thanks a lot, marc. president trump says he'll pick a new defense secretary soon. jim mattis resigned yesterday after two years on the job and some profound disagreements with mr. trump. mattis was seen as a moderating force in the administration. politicians on both sides of the aisle are expressing regret and some say they fear for american military policy. weija jiang reports. >> reporter: secretary mattis explained why he was resigning in a letter to president trump, because you have the right to

have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned th yours, ma wi believe it is right for me to step down from my position. the move comes one day after the president announced he plans to pull troops out of syria. shocking allies and even top advisers. for mattis, the withdrawal as the last straw. in his resignation letter he called for using all tools of the american power to provide for a common defense. president trump is now considering a drawdown of u.s. troops in afghanistan which mattis also opposes. >> we are going to appoint mad dog mattis. >> reporter: the former marine corps general was one of several military men to join the trump administration as part of a team that the president called my generals. >> a couple of them, these are central casting. if i'm doing a movie, i pick you, general, general mattis. >> but mattis became one of the lowest profile members of mr. trump's cabinet.

in this rare september press conference he laughed off speculation over his exit. >> of course i don't think about leaving. i love it here. i'm thinking about retiring right here. i'll get a little place down on the potomac. >> reporter: less than one month later president trump was less convincing on 60 minutes. >> what about general mattis, is he going to leave? >> i don't know. he hasn't told me that. i have a very good relationship with him. i had lunch with him two days ago. i have a very good relationship with him. it could be that he is. i think he's sort of a democrat if you want to know the truth. but general mattis is a good guy. we get along very well. he may leave. at some point everybody leaves. everybody. people leave. >> reporter: cbs news has learned it was mattis's own decision to leave and he personally delivered that resignation letter to president trump here at the white house. in it he also talked about the importance of treating allies with respect and being resolute against adversaries, specifically naming china and russia. the president hopes to name a replacement by the end of the year.

weija jiang, cbs news, the white house. president trump's intention to walk away from a 1987 intermediate arms deal treaty elicited a stark warning from vladimir putin. putin warned the u.s. action could lead to nuclear war. >> translator: this might lead to the collapse of the entire civilization, maybe our planet if those missiles were to be positioned in europe. what are we going to do? we will need to ensure that we are safe. >> the treaty bans both the united states and russia from singmeate range cruise and ballistic missiles in europe. thu.s. says russia has violatre ssia sayit has not. and this morning most asian stocks follow the lead of the stocks in this country closing sharply down. fears that global economic growth is slowing, worries about a recession in this country and a trade war, and as well the

higher interest rates triggered a string of major selloffs. u.s. stocks are on their way to the worst december since 1931 during the great depression. the dow jones industrials fell 464 points. or 2%. since last friday it's last more than 1700 points. s&p 500 dropped 39 points or just over 1.5%. and the nasdaq and composite fell 108 points, also just over 1.5%. winter begins today, and this morning what the national weather service describes as a significant storm system is moving from the southeast north. it's expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds which are likely to disrupt holiday travel. the system is capable of producing tornadoes as well. storm triggered several tornadoes in central florida yesterday. one hit a mobile home park damaging 80 homes. in the northwest, more than 300,000 homes and businesses lost power in washington state. >> it's a fitting end to the year, 2018 one of the wettest

record for many spotss spo in northeast. what we'll be watching is our tropical plume of moisture. it's a thin band of heavy rainfall that will be tracking east throughout the course of friday and then across northern new england bringing rain all the way up into southern canada. it's a warm storm system and strong gusty winds as well. we'll see those in those from baltimore to new york. from hartford to boston will likely see delays and cancellations with that. combination of the wind and heavy rain. also a chance for record highs as many towns top 60 degrees here in late december. it will be a one-day stand. the one chance for snow back into the storm, some upslope snowfall here into the appalachians. there will be some snowflakes involved with this storm. then things quiet down over the course of the weekend. chance of a few snow showers going through the great lakes especially heading into sunday.

and more rain across the pacific that will be the hot spots as we make our way through the next few. but temperurot all that much colro right on up through christmas. there won't be any severe pockets of chilly air, most of the country running warmer than average. christmas eve, most of the storminess across the pacific northwest. the rest of the country inn joying quiet conditions. a chance of a passing snow shower in new england. and christmas day, storminess across the west. and our next storm system just starting to develop, this will be a weaker run on christmas day, chance of rain and snow showers in the ohio valley. hope everybody has a great holiday, travel safely on this stormy friday. chinese hackers are indicted in a global campaign. and drone investigation. new details about the security incident at britain's gatwick airport. this is the "cbs morning news." airport. this is the "cbs morning news."

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an explosion in july that killed a firefighter in wisconsin. 11 other people were injured. six businesses were destroyed. the blast happened about 40 minutes after a subcontractor hit a gas main. yesterday, authorities said miscommunication and an improperly marked gas main were to blame. no one has been charged. new details in the drone investigation at gatwick airport and tourists are murdered in morocco. those are some of the headlines on the morning news stand. britain's telegraph reports the suspects in the murder of two scandinavian tourists in morocco made a video before the killings pledging allegiance to isis. the bodies were found in a remote mountainous region. they were on a camping trip. four suspects have been arrested. moroccan prosecutors say on the video the four men threatened to carry out attacks for isis. authorities are calling it a terrorist criminal act.

"the washington post" says two chinese hackers carried out cyberattacks in 12 countries on behalf of beijing's main intelligence agency.haers are a targeting finance, telecommunications, consumer electronics and medical companies along with u.s. government labs operated by nasa and the military. in addition to the u.s., the country's allegedly targets include canada, france, germany, japan, sweden, switzerland, and the united kingdom. china denies the allegations. our partners at the bbc report the runway at gatwick airport outside of london is back open. the airport closed wednesday night when two drones were spotted flying over its only runway. it opened briefly yesterday but was shut down again when the drones reappeared. more than 100,000 people had flights canceled. police say there were more than 50 sights of the drones. >> they're flying near an airport where the aircraft are

taking off and landing it's going to tangle with the aircraft which could cause it to crash. >> britain's military and the police are searching for the drone's operators. they say the incident does not appear to be terror related but it is deliberate. and "the los angeles times" says mexico's country is unprepared for the deal it made with the u.s. on asylum seekers. under the agreement announced yesterday, migrants seeking asylum in america will have to wait in mexico while their applications are reviewed. that could take months or years. the migrants can stay in mexico on humanitarian visas and they are eligible for work permits. border cities are struggling to provide housing and other services for the thousands of central american migrants who have arrived. still ahead now, farm bill comedy. why president trump tweeted a throwback clip of him singing green acres.

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sacks fifth avenue, cartier, macy's and bloomingdale's. they filled their windows with desserts like cakes, ice cream, and manacans with candy heads. on the "cbs moneywatch" now, president trump signs a farm bill and nissan's former chairman remains detained. diane king hall is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, diane. >> good morning, anne-marie. this morning japanese prosecutors rearrested former nissan chairman carlos ghosn. there are fresh allegations he caused nissan a loss of more than $16 million in 2008 in private investment losses. ghosn was originally arrested november 19th charged with underreporting his income. this latest charge means he can be held for at least another ten days. meanwhile, president trump signed a massive agriculture bill after they announced plans to tighten work requirements for food stamp recipients.

just before he signed the bill he tweeted a video from 2006 of himself singing the tune from the tv show green acres. ♪ green acres is the place to be ♪ ♪ farm living is the life for me ♪ ♪ land >> now negotiations over the bill have stalled in congress when the senate refused to go along with the house provision to cut the food aid program. as christmas approaches, online shopping continues to grow. web sales are up nearly 18% from november 1st through wednesday compared to a year ago. the retail industry tracker predicts online sales for november and december will reach at least $126 billion surpassing its original forecast of just over 1 twenty 4 billion. now what's your least favorite christmas candy? in the website candystore.com surveyed 13,000 people and came up with a list of what they say the worst christmas candies. topping the list, christmas tree

nougat, reindeer corn, peeps, and peppermint bark. and chocolate covered cherry cordials. sales this year could top $2 billion. >> i agree with the whole nougat. they stick in your teeth approximately all i can think is when's my next dentist point. >> i'm sticking with the candy cane. >> it's only one time of year, right? >> exactly. >> diane king hall at the new york stock exchange. thanks, diane. >> thank you. still ahead, elves at work. we'll meet volunteers who are making christmas brighter for kids writing to santa claus. ghter for kids writing to santa claus. a milk chocolate shell with a smooth, melting center from the lindt master chocolatiers ae ldnd fluigmachine. with a smooth, melting center

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our top stories. congress has until midnight tonight to pass legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown. the republican-led house passed a spending package that includes $5.7 billion for a border wall but it stands almost no chance of being passed by the senate which already passed a bill without wall funding.ent trumha won't si bmoney e wall. president trump says he'll choo nectary of defense soon. jim mattis handed in his resignation yesterday, the day after president trump announced that he was withdrawing u.s. troops from syria. in his resignation letter, mattis told the president you have the right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with yours. mattis will step down by the end

of february. and on this first day of wint system is moving from the southeast north. the system already spawned tornadoes in central florida. heavy rain and strong winds are likely to disrupt holiday travel up and down the eastern seaboard. and millions of holiday gifts are being delivered and left on porches around the country. unfortunately, there are plenty of criminals poaching those packages. we look at what's being done to stop them. >> reporter: they're called porch pirates stealing boxes from homes across the country. elizabeth richardson has items delivered and left on her porch all the time. last year she was out to dinner when a man walked up and grabbed a christmas package inside. but she has a ring doorbell and an app on her phone. >> i got a notification on my

reporter: as the man walked away she called out over the speaker. >> hey, put that back. put that back now. >> reporter: she got her box bu million americans have had a holiday package stolen from their home. police in jersey city, new jersey, are teaming up with amazon to catch porch pirates in the act. they gave the department gps trackers that are placed inside of packages. undercover officers then place these bait boxes at homes throughout the city. if it's taken, police are alerted and can track it. the mayor says they made 12 arrests over three-day period. >> we're publicizing it because we're hoping that not only to arrest the bad guys, but also to act as a deterrent for people that are thinking of doing it inrmedivery where you can track your shipments and get a notice when they arrive. ups has a similar service called my choice and fedex calls it delivery manager.atelp ensure a

doesn't steal your gift for christmas. coming up on "cbs this morning." many instagram users are getting ads from companies they don't recognize promoting deals that seem too good to be true. anna werner shows us how some can turn out to be scams. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.

hello friday and what's up golden break gate bridge. a lot of people are on the roads for the holiday season. it is also the first day of winter. we have a little bit of rain. good morning, i am kenny choi. >> and i am michelle griego. >> it is the first of winter, where has the time gone. >> it will be feeling like

winter today, definitely on the cool side. check out the rain.shing across the bay area and with it we have the wet weather. you can see the light rain pushing right over you from napa and vallejo. you can see the light to moderate rain. a soaking right now. you are about to see that wet weather. the light rain through concord and walnut creek. south san jose, right now