travel nightmare. a powerful winter storm is slamming the northeast. snow and ice are impacting millions on a busy holiday weekend. we're timing out the storm track. deadly crash. nine people were killed when a plane went down in south dakota. what we're now learning about the victims. shooting rampage. gunshots erupt near the french quarter. nearly a dozen people are shot. the mayor's message tonight to the city of new orleans. on the agenda, it's a busy week ahead in the impeachment inquiry. what the house has planned and the cine set forwh's threatenin in your wine?

and how an ancient trade -- >> you can come here and you can blow off a little bit of steam. you can tell us what your problems are. we're going listen. >> is being molded into modern medicine. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. the thanksgiving holiday is already a memory for most of us, but for millions of americans just trying to get home is turning into the nightmare before christmas. a powerful winter storm that closed highways and knocked out power for thousands across the upper midwest is settling in over new england. winter storm warnings, watches, and weather advisories stretch across much of the nation. laura podesta has the story. >> reporter: with the holiday over, the rush to get back home is in full effect. there are delays at airports across the country. this delta plane slid off the runway after landin ff nerk this morning.

wicked weather in the midwest has also created a headache for flyers. >> we know there is a storm coming tomorrow. so we want to get ahead of that. >> reporter: aaa estimates 55 million people are traveling this weekend, 1.6 million more than last year, and 90% of them will be on the roads. in parts of south dakota and wyoming, that meant whiteout conditions and a need for four-wheel drive. the weather system has been pummelling the u.s. since before thanksgiving. these mountains in los angeles county saw a rare dusting this early in the season. in arizona, three tornadoes ripped through the phoenix area friday, and 50 miles northeast of that city, two young children were killed after the vehicle they were in was swept away by floodwaters. one girl remains missing. >> our mission is to get that child home today to their family. >> reporter: now new england is bracing for heavy snow and freezing cold. the national weather service has

issued storm warnings, up to two feet of snow is predicted in some parts of new york. governor andrew cuomo has cut short a trip to puerto rico to return home and monitor the wintry weather. the concern for drivers right now is ice, but we've seen trucks out all day prepping the roads with salt to try and prevent any ice from forming or snow from sticking. elaine? >> all right, laura podesta, thank you. this historic storm is crippling air travel from coast-to-coast. major airlines have issued ground delays from san francisco to new york. meteorologist jeff berardelli is tracking the storm. so jeff, how long can we expect this weather to last? >> elaine, this is a really slow-moving storm. i think it's going to last at least until tuesday morning. here is the situation right now. we have two storms. the parent low, which was a blizzard across the ohio valley now transferring its energy, becoming a nor'easter with a whole hodgepodge of weather and snow. it's ice, it's rain along the eastern seaboard. let's take it step by step. overnight tonight, it's rainfr e

low right along the new jersey coast. but as that moves out and it kind of blossoms or strengthens, it will begin to pull cold air in just in time for the evening commute. not going to be easy or pretty in new york or boston. it's snow, heavy at times, overnight tomorrow night, straight to tuesday morning in boston. it will be done by sunrise by 4:00 in new york city. look how much snow we're expecting to see. the purple is over 6 inches. anywhere you see the pink, that's as much as a foot and a half to close to 2 feet of snow. could be over a foot in places like boston. along the west coast, the storm slamming them. looks like a couple of inches along the coast of rain and inland areas. sierra nevada could see a couple of feet of snow. >> december is upon us, jeff, thank you. >> you're welcome. the ntsb is headed to the scene of a deadly plane crash in south dakota. nine people were killed when the plane went down in snowy weather. it happened about three hours west of sioux falls. jonathan vigliotti tonight on the investigation. >> reporter: south central south

dakota was under a winter storm warning sat avy snow front quickly moved in. the single engine polaris pc-12 like the one taken here had just taken flight when investigators say it lost control and crashed into farmland. it's unclear why the plane was allowed to take off. the weather prevented other aircraft from landing and even complicated efforts to respond to the crash site. the victims range in ages from 7 to 81 years old, including jim and kirk hansen, brothers and prominent businessmen. the family was reportedly returning to idaho falls. incredibly, three passengers survived, all men. the youngest 17. they were transported to an area hospital. their conditions are unknown. the county attorney wrote on facebook the first responders should be commended in the heroic actions to rescue the victims in the extreme weather conditions. ntsb investigators are expected to arrive at the site tomorrow.

the bad weather complicated efforts to get to the scene. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news. the impeachment inquiry into president trump is kicking back into high gear this week. tomorrow the house intelligence committee will review a report on the inquiry. on tuesday, the panel will likely approve the findings and send them to the judiciary committee. on wednesday, the judiciary committee will hold its first hearing. weijia jiang tonight has details on the busy week ahead in washington. >> president trump himself will not participate in the house judiciary committee's first hearing on wednesday, tweeting "ly be representing our country in london at nato while the democrats are holding the most ridiculous impeachment hearings in history." tomorrow the house intelligence committee will likely release a report reviewing what members found after collecting evidence for weeks to determine if the president abused power by pressuring ukraine to investigate political rivals. on wednesday, the house

judiciary committee will take the lead. ranking republican doug collins said the first witness he wants to call is house intel chairman adam schiff. >> it's easy to hide behind a report. it's easy to hide behind a gavel and intelligence committees behind closed door hearings, but it's another to get up and have to answer questions. >> reporter: collins blasted democrats for giving republicans until friday to decide what witnesses they want to subpoena and what evidence they will present, claiming that's not enough time. democratic congressman hakeem jeffries was asked about how long the hearings could go. >> we'll see what happens. we need to be guided by the truth. if they come forward with relevant witnesses, i think we all may want to hear from john bolton. we all would like to hear from mick mulvaney. >> reporter: the president has said we he would too. >> i will tell you, i like to have the people go up, except one thing. it validates a corrupt investigation. >> reporter: that's the same reason why white house sources say mr. trump's legal team may

not take part in any of the proceedings. president trump is scheduled to leave for the nato summit tomorrow, where he and other world leaders will mark the 70th anniversary of the alliance.

this is the "cbs overnight news." >> the investigators are trying to determine a motive in a shooting rampage in new orleans. ten people were shot overnight near the famed french quarter. two people are in critical condition. the mayor is calling it a cowardly and senseless act. police are searching for at least one gunman. a person of interest is in custody. no arrests have been made. no arrests have been made in the massacre of an american family in mexico. nine people, including six children were ambushed about 100 miles south of the arizona border last month. police thought it might be a

case of mistaken identity by drug cartels. one man was ultimately arrested. the exact number of arrests made today is unclear. democratic presidential candidates hit the campaign trail this weekend, but advertising for those campaigns is getting harder. twitter and google have put severe limits on political ads. facebook, however, has not. gayle king sat down with facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg and his wife priscilla chan in their first joint television interview and asked them why. >> the main thing now that people are talking about the political ads, that you don't want to take down political ads that people know are false, that they contain false information. >> what i believe is that in a democracy, it's really important that people can see for themselves what politicians are saying, so that they can make their own judgments. i don't think that a private company should be censoring politicians or news. >> but a small group of your

employees, about 200 wrote a letter saying they wish you'd would reconsider because they said free speech and paid speech are not the same. do they have a point? >> well, this is clearly a very complex issue, and a lot of people have a lot of different opinions. >> you can watch more of gayle king's interview wit priscilla n "cbs this morning." the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

as millions of travelers pack into planes for the holiday weekend, many may be questioning their seat sizes. u.s. airlines expect 36.1 million people to fly over the thanksgiving day holiday. that's up nearly 4% from last year, but the concern now is seats are not just uncomfortably small, but dangerously small. here is kris van cleave. >> evacuate, evacuate! >> reporter: in a simulated cabin that can be filled with smoke and plunged into darkness, the faa will try to determine at what point the size of seats and the space between rows becomes a hazard to evacuating a plane quickly. but they'll do it without any of the obstacles passengers may encounter during a real emergency, like bags, smoke, comfort animals, or the dark. >> we're going to try to minimize the variables to the ones that are important for this particular test. that gives us a much cleaner

look at the empirical data so it's much easier to make conclusions and recommendations. >> reporter: during the 12 days of faa testing at this oklahoma city facility, the 2700 volunteer passengers will be broken into groups of just 60. that wouldn't fill even half the seats on the smallest 737. do you have concerns how tightly folks are packed? >> i want to make sure there are no safety issues, certainly issues with comfort on certain aircraft. but that's not my job. >> these tests are nothing but a sham. >> reporter: from the national consumers league, it and nine other groups complained to elaine chao and the administrator about seat testing. he worries airlines will use the faa findings to further reduce space and add more seats to increase their bottom lines. already airline seat width is down as much as 4 inches over the last 30 years to as little as 16 inches wide at a time when americans are growing bigger. the space between rows has

shrunk from about 35 inches to 31 and in some cases as little as 28. consumers should not think for a minute that these tests are being done in a way that would accurately represent what could happen in an emergency evacuation. >> reporter: the faa test shotgun be done by the end of the year with a report to follow next summer. from there it goes to an advisory committee that will make suggestions to the faa about possible regulations. so don't expect any new rules for at least a couple of years. kris van cleave, cbs news, boston. the tech boom and one of america's wealthiest cities has a dark side. ahead, the dramatic rise in homelessness, including peo

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tonight we explore the growing crisis of homelessness in america. according to the department of housing and urban development, there were more than half a million homeless people in the u.s. on a given night as of 2018. for "60 minutes," anderson cooper met a family hoping to avoid another winter out in the cold. >> reporter: in the shadow of interstate 5 in seattle on a vacant strip of public land, this is tent city 3. there are about 50 people living here without heat or running water. that's ethan wood. he's celebrating his 3rd birthday. he's lived in a tent for the past year and a half.

his parents, tricia and josiah told us ethan has an enlarged heart and suffers from bouts of asma a croup s they've had to take hem to the emergency room several times. last winter, one of seattle's coldest in recent memory, ethan was sleeping in a tent covered with blankets, sandwiched between his parents for warmth. did you ever think well, this is not the place we should have our child? >> we don't want our son here. we don't want to be here, but as of right now, this is the safest place for us. >> absolutely. >> because we know the people. we know the rules. >> our family gets to stay together. >> and our family stays together. >> reporter: drug addiction is what led the woods to become homeless. for josiah, it was meth. for tricia, heroin. they were living in alaska at the time. josiah's parents took care of ethan while theyh got treatment. tricia came to seattle for rehab and afterwards decided it was a

good city for a fresh start. they say they haven't used drugs in nearly two years, but it's been hard to find housing. in may 2018, they tried to get a spot in one of seattle's family shelters, but there was no room. they didn't want to split up into separate shelter, one for men and another for women with children, so they found their way to tent city 3 and decided to stay. >> oh, boy. >> our new home. this is our new home. >> right there. >> we're going live right here. fizzing out. what's threatening centuries of italian wine in a region famous for prosecco. just between us, you know what's better than mopping? anything! at the end of a long day, it's the last thing i want to do. well i switched to swiffer wet jet and its awesome. it's an all-in-one so it's ready to go when i am.

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alcohol and high acidity, but higher temperatures and earlier ripening produce the opposite effect. >> this is our prosecco. the result of our report. >> reporter: so tomasella is testing new techniques and letting italian government scientist diego tomasi use the vineyard as a sort of laboratory. >> the climate change is making an effect on the acidity, because more temperature means also low acidity. >> reporter: tomasi showed us grapes that have burned on the vine. wine makers are sometimes forced to harvest weeks earlier in the hottest months which can produce different aromas and flavors. >> the vine like a thermometer. it's very sensitive to temperature. >> reporter: at italy's crea research center, they're hearing from wine makers who are planting at higher elevations and have discovered the timing between growing stages is now shorter.y doou blamete chang

>> because the soil is more or less the same. the variety is more or less the same. and so everything we are discovering now depends on the climate. >> reporter: with at tenute tomasella means making some adjustments like cutting back foliage to stop photosynthesis, a way to reduce the amount of alcohol that comes from the grapes, and piping nitrogen into the water to boost acidity. growers could plant new vines better suited to changing climatic conditions. but this violence take years to produce and ultimately change the character of a wine and a place. as climate change creeps into yet another aspect of life. seth doane, mansue, italy. serving those who one served. a group of blacksmiths coming to the rescue of veterans who suffer from ptsd.

finally tonight, a safe haven for veterans living with ptsd. chip reid takes us to virginia where vets are forging a new future. >> reporter: in rural virginia, an ancient trade is being molded into modern medicine. >> it took us from where we were just scraping and brought us to where we're living again. >> they're like angels. >> reporter: those angels are

steve hotz and dave seitz, gulf war veterans who last year founded black horse forge to help military families like u.s. >> you can come here. you can blow off a little steam and tell us your problems and we'll listen. >> reporter: hotz had these blacksmith tools but no shop, seitz had the land but no tools. they put it together and they learned how to transform something bold into something new. >> they go from railroad spike, prison shank to finished blade. >> reporter: while also transforming themselves. here no topic is too hot. after all, even tough guys have a melting point. >> it's a comfortable place to be. i guess you would call it a safe zone. >> and that's the real tool they build together, trust. . >> ready? >> when the guy is able to lift the burden while he is here and then he's got to go home, how far down the road does he get before the burden comes back?

>> it gets you emotional even talking about it. >> yep. >> why is that? >> i think because we're invested. we've seen it. >> reporter: seen it and what veteraontemplating suicide who find a reason to live here. >> about three months ago, my best friend up here tried to kill himself. literally, i got to his house and basically pulled the gun out of his mouth. and they helped him out dramatically. >> reporter: hotz and seitz built the forge out of their own pockets. they see it as their way to keep serving. >> we literally had a bad night one day and walked here at 5:00 in the morning, knocked on his door and dave came right out and just talked to us. >> we didn't have to fire the forge up that night. they just wanted to talk. >> reporter: and find way forward with new irons in the fire. chip reid, stafford, virginia. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you the news

continues. for others check back for "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. the thanksgiving holiday is already a memory for most of us, but for millions of americans just trying to get home is turning into the nightmare before christmas. a powerful winter storm that closed highways and knocked out power for thousands across the upper midwest is settling in over new england. winter storm warnings, watches, and weather advisories stretch i a podehas the story.

>> reporter: with the holiday over, the rush to get back home is in full effect. there are delays at airports across the country. this delta plane slid off the runway after landing in buffalo, new york this morning. wicked weather in the midwest has also created a headache for flyers. >> we know there is a storm coming tomorrow. so we want to get ahead of that. >> reporter: aaa estimates 55 million people are traveling this weekend, 1.6 million more than last year, and 90% of them will be on the roads. in parts of south dakota and wyoming, that meant whiteout conditions and a need for four-wheel drive. the weather system has been pummelling the u.s. since before thanksgiving. these mountains in los angeles county saw a rare dusting this early in the season. in arizona, three tornadoes ripped through the phoenix area friday, and 50 miles northeast of that city, two young childret byre kwelete floodwaters. one girl remains missing. >> our mission is to get that child home today to their family.

>> reporter: now new england is bracing for heavy snow and freezing cold. the national weather service has issued storm warnings, up to two feet of snow is predicted in some parts of new york. governor andrew cuomo has cut short a trip to puerto rico to return home and monitor the wintry weather. the concern for drivers right now is ice, but we've seen trucks out all day prepping the roads with salt to try and prevent any ice from forming or snow from sticking. elaine? >> all right, laura podesta, thank you. this historic storm is crippling air travel from coast-to-coast. major airlines have issued ground delays from san francisco to new york. meteorologist jeff berardelli is tracking the storm. so jeff, how long can we expect this weather to last? >> elaine, this is a really slow-moving storm. i think it's going to last at e pare low, whs darn is e situ blizzard across the ohio valley now transferring its energy, becoming a nor'easter with a

whole hodgepodge of weather and snow. it's ice, it's rain along the eastern seaboard. let's take it step by step. overnight tonight, it's rain from new york to boston with mild air being pulled in and the low right along the new jersey coast. but as that moves out and it kind of blossoms or strengthens, it will begin to pull cold air in just in time for the evening commute. not going to be easy or pretty in new york or boston. it's snow, heavy at times, overnight tomorrow night, straight to tuesday morning in boston. it will be done by sunrise by 4:00 in new york city. look how much snow we're expecting to see. the purple is over 6 inches. anywhere you see the pink, that's as much as a foot and a half to close to 2 feet of snow. could be over a foot in places like boston. along the west coast, the storm slamming them. looks like a couple of inches along the coast of rain and inland areas. sierra nevada could see a couple of feet of snow. >> december is upon us, jeff, thank you. >> you're welcome. the ntsb is headed to the scene of a deadly plane crash in south dakota. nine people were killed when the plane went down in snowy weather. it happened about three hours

west of sioux falls. jonathan vigliotti tonight on the investigation. >> reporter: south central south dakota was under a winter storm warning saturday as a heavy snow front quickly moved in. the single engine polaris pc-12 like the one taken here had just taken flight when investigators say it lost control and crashed into farmland. it's unclear why the plane was allowed to take off. the weather prevented other aircraft from landing and even complicated efforts to respond to the crash site. the victims range in ages from 7 to 81 years old, including jim and kirk hansen, brothers and prominent businessmen. the family was reportedly returning to idaho falls. incredibly, three passengers survived, all men. the youngest 17. they were transported to an area hospital. their conditions are unknown. the county attorney wrote on facebook the first responders should be commended in the heroic actions to rescue the victims in the extreme weather

conditions. ntsb investigators are expected to arrive at the site tomorrow. the bad weather complicated efforts to get to the scene. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news. investigators are trying to determine a motive in a shooting rampage in new orleans. ten people were shot overnight near the famed french quarter. two people are in critical condition. the mayor is call it a cowardly and senseless act. police are searching for at