you have to be when you're from north dakota. he has relentless in pursuit of things for north dakota. he's been a great friend and mentor. i am thankful for his partnership now, and his willingness to work with me into the future as you did when i was on the public service commission. as we go forward, i do have a couple of thoughts about some challenges. as i talked about this accessibility issue, this opportunity that we have particularly in small states to know the people we work for really well. and for them to know us really well. and to collect their wisdom, i fear a little bit that the lessons learned from being so close to the people i lost in the sound. in this town, not so much by members of congress, but i may advocate of the administration and their officials getting out to our small towns and into the towns of north dakota and other towns throughout our country. it's an area where i think the trump administration has excelled beyond anybody. i believe this pronated has been the most accessible president since probab

theave a place we set up in park called the dakota heritage village.ry summer, we hire cultural interpreters. these are people who are lakota. they come in and talk about the lakota story. we are trying to share the importance of the black hills for all of these people, as well as what that sculpture means. it is a balance. >> grandfather, thank you very much for my son. rushmore, like not same thing with the rocks. -- as a family member, myself, i would not support that as far as from the crazy horse family. >> what you tell people? some native americans i spoke with, some issues they had with the memorial and not rushmore is it is taking the native geology of the land and the rock up there and changing it from something the creator that was there before. what are your thoughts on that? humanscreator created beings to do things. mountaind to carve the in montana, not in the black hills. it was the indian people who said you have to carve it in the black hills. he was invited here by the native american people to carve the mountain in the black hills.

in his pursuit of things for north dakota. he has been a great, great friend and a great mentor. i'm thankful for his partnership now and his willingness to work with me into the future as he did when i was on the public service commission. but as we go forward, i do have a couple of thoughts about some challenges. as i talked about this accessibility issue, this opportunity that we have, particularly in small states, to know the people we work for really well and for them to have the opportunity to know us really well and to collect their wisdom, i fear a little bit that the lessons learned from being so close to the people are lost in this town, in this town. not so much by members of congress, but i am a fervent advocate of the administration and their officials getting out to our small towns and into the towns of north dakota and other towns throughout our country. it's an area where i think the trump administration hasexcelled beyond anybody. in fact, i believe this president to be the most successful president since abra

i'm proud that we've made a good start in south dakota. sue falls mayor has worked aggressively to remove barriers to telecommunications investments in sue falls. advancing 5g will continue to be a priority of mine in the senate. we want the united states and not china or south korea to win the race to 5g and to seize the economic benefits the 5g will bring. another thing i spent a lot of time working on in the commerce committee this year is data privacy. in october i introduced the filter bubble transparency act which is designed to address one aspect of the data privacy problem. the issues that arise from internet companies he use of consumers data will shape what they see on their platforms. i also introduced legislation that year with senator ed markey to address the problem of annoying and illegal robocalls and i'm hopeful that our legislation, the telephone robocall abuse criminal enforcement and deterrence act or the traced act will pass the senate soon and beyond the president's desk before christmas. mr. president, i've worked on

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 st

agents fanned out around north dakota., in a little place called mandan, there he was. >> what was he doing? >> he was over at his girlfriend's friend's apartment. >> that is the apartment of a friend of peyton. the chief's daughter. >> we had guys stake out around it, doing surveillance on it. as we drove by, i recognized him. and i knew that was him. >> on the street. >> we hopped out, told him to show us his hands. >> he was surrounded by cops, guns drawn and pointed. so what happened then was very odd. >> he had his hands in his pockets. kept telling him to show me his hands. he had this stupid smirk on his face. we helped him to the ground. he's smiling up at me and asked me, you know, hey, how are you? he instantly went into like trying to charm us. >> trying to pull a con on the cop. >> yeah, like he was going to build rapport and we were going to be buddies? >> bizarre though the arrest was, james henrikson was in custody. sarah, no choice, had to stay in deep cover, hiding in a secret shelter. unable to call frien

this lorillard tobacco company film profiles the sioux people of the rosebud reservation in south dakota. according to a 1952 advertising magazine, the company featured a native american theme to highlight their old gold cigarette brand's wooden indian trademark, and to pay tribute to the native american origins of tobacco. lorillard, founded in 1760, was purchased by reynolds american in 2015. portions of the original audio track in this film are damaged, so there are occasional gaps in the sound. narrator: from minnesota to the mountains of the west, this is the eagle culture for our young and growing nation. here, immediately following the war between the states, the sioux nation was in full power. it's villages were strong like gleaming beads across the central plains, communities of a migratory people who followed the buffalo, their single source of life. whole families moved with incredible ease to news village -- to new villages and new hunting grounds, using the horse and that travel ways -- and the travel -- the horse and the travois. they were received as brothers among brother

drivers needing a tow in humboldt, south dakota. black ice causing multiple spinouts on an overpass in western iowa. freezing rain and slick roadways from upstate new york to new england. ice and wind bringing down trees and power lines, leaving tens of thousands in the dark. tonight, winter weather alerts remain in effect as the countdown to new year's eve is set to begin. the forecast in a moment, but first, abc's eva pilgrim leading us off in a cold and rainy new york city. >> reporter: tonight, the upper midwest reeling amid whiteout blizzard conditions and massive snow drifts there. an icy mess in the northeast. millions now traveling over the holidays. >> it's water, snow, ice. roads are very slick. very hard to manage. >> reporter: in maine, multiple crashes on icy i-95. stretches of the crucial highway shut down. backups for miles. in new hampshire, this truck crashing into a utility pole, knocking out power. >> if you don't have to be out on the roads today, just stay inside and wait for the storm to finish. >> reporter: ba

nine people were killed when a plane went with down in south dakota. what we are 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 is a busy week ahead in the impeachment inquiry. what the house has planned and the critical deadline set for the white house. growing pains, what's threatening the spark until your wine. and how an ancient trade -- >> you come here, the you can blow off a little bit of steam, you can tell us what your problems are rand we are going to listen. >> quijano: -- is being bowl molded into modern medicine. >> this is the "cbs weekend news". good evening, i am elaine quijano. a powerful and dangerous winter storm is wreaking havoc on travelers returning home after the holiday weekend. snow is slamming the northeast tonight. thousands are stranded in airports and on the roads. zoom parts of the northeast will get up to 20 inches of snow. winter storm alerts are up across 15 states, with 1

the gentleman from south dakota. mr. johnson: in august, i was insighting bull college and i spoke with the instructors, the professors and the administrators and most importantly the students there. and the stories of these students, they brought such a smile to my face. if anybody is having a bad day, you've got to go to one of these tribal colleges and got to hear from the students who are seeing the prospects for a better tomorrow improve every single day they sit in the classroom. to see these facilities which are not -- these are not the fansiest campuses in america, but these are places where people with large hearts have built a center of learning for economic activity. one student, i asked her, because she had a very difficult life and i said, why do you per server. why are you doing homework later in the night so you can be prepared to class? wouldn't it be easier to do something else? she said congressman johnson, the life i have had isn't the life i want to have. my children deserve better and sir, i'm going

let's begin with nick watt and this tragedy in south dakota. nick, what are you learning? >> well, as you mentioned, fred, three people miraculously survived this crash and first responders have to contend with that horrific weather to rescue those three. they've been taken to the hospital in sioux falls. nine people dead on that plane. as you mentioned, among the dead two children. also we're told the pilot of the airplane. they were planning to fly west. about 600 miles or so to idaho falls. but that plane crashed shortly after takeoff. now, the faa and the ntsb are already investigating the cause and of course one major focus of that investigation will be that weather. as you say, a very bad winter storm moving through the area at the time of takeoff. low visibility. an inch of snow falling an hour. one local official tells us that weather was a factor in this, but that is just one local official. and of course ntsb will take a lot longer to come to any sort of determination. but the tragedy here, fred, nine people dead in this plane crash.

the answer is, north dakota.tates with the best economic outlook. this is a series we're doing all week. number three, north dakota. lauren simonetti is here. why, what is so good about north dakota they're number three? >> they have a lot of jobs. in fact, oil, mining, manufacturing, even drone technology. they have a waiver from the faa to test beyond the line of sight drones. this all brought in workers. now they're having trouble finding people to fill those jobs. 3,000 job openings, second lowest unemployment rate in the u.s. so -- stuart: have you ever been in north dakota? >> minot, north dakota to the bakken shale area. stuart: that is why they are big on drones. it is dead flat, there is virtually no people there. you let your drone fly all over the place. >> but the population has grown for the past 10 years. when the company went into recession they started fracking. so they never really experienced the recession. quite the opposite. they encourage businesses by physical jobs, workers' compensation is

usmca is so important to north dakota. north dakota is a lot like iowa.e border canada and we do $6 billion of exports a year, 88% of which is with canada and mexico. mexico and canada are very important to north dakota. if perfection is the enemy of better, than we do not get good deals. people cannot negotiate a perfect deal. david: if this is something that is good for americans, why not get it into effect right away? time is wasting. you get more benefits, and as you know we have mitch mcconnell saying we cannot take it up until we are done with impeachment. we are into the new year, art we? sen. cramer: we do have this thing called the law we have to deal with. the calendar kicks into impeachment once we receive the articles of impeachment. we might be able to take christmas off. that is a complicated factor. however, speaking for me, i would stay through this weekend, next week, next weekend, up to christmas if that is what it took to get usmca done. it is that important to get that thangood it has more value $6 billion from north dakota. it is also

next up a look look at one of our segments from rapid city, south dakota. >> we are here in south dakota's state park and were at the state game lodge which is a 1920s era building that was constructed several years before president calvin coolidge made his summer white house here in 1927. president coolidge andnd the fit lady grace coolidge stayed here for nearly three months from june through september 1927 while they were on vacation that summer. calvin coolidge took office in 1923 when he was vice president, warren harding died and so he served out the last little bit of the term and he was elected to his own term in 1924. he came to south dakota in 1927 when a lot of people were speculating we keep waiting that oneno for another term in 1928 d was widely expected that he would, but he came here in 19277 because looking for place to escape the t oppressive summer n washington, d.c. and mosquitoes and bugs and the tension of the white house. coolidge vetoed a farm bill and there was a farm depression going on and south dakota was the epicenter of that. crop prices and reduce by about 62

chaos on the roads in north dakota, with interstate 29 closed from the south dakota state line all the way up to canada. i-94 shut down from fargo to bismarck. parts of the midwest and northeast, especially near the great lakes, could see up to a foot of additional snow. the northeast could also see more freezing rain, ice and sleet. meteorologist ivan cabrera has the latest for us. >> we have the ice storm across the northeast, that is developing into a huge event. we have a blizzard warning across the dakotas. there, it's all snow because it's all cold. it will be accumulating snowfall. we can handle that. the purpose until eastern new york and parts of central and western massachusetts, northwestern connecticut, all under an ice storm warning, for the potential, half an inch, three-quarters of an inch of ice. that's the kind of weight that you will bring down power lines all over the place. and any untreated surfaces will be a mess and impossible to travel through, as we head through the next several hours and the remainder of today. further north, it is know. the radar picking up o

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this is such a unique chapter of south dakota history that a lot of people don't know.dge usually one of the more prominent presidents historically, and so i say that people would be really surprised to know the president did come live in south dakota for three months. and didn't have as much fun as he did and i just had a really fun time discovering more layers to the story and all of the experiences that the coolidge news had here. and knowing that we come out here to the game lodge and we drive back to rapid city, really tracing his route and the history is really countable. just like a said, a unique chapter in history that we will never see repeated. i guess what i would like people to understand about coolidge and south dakota in the back hills and the remote book, is that he found such a wonderful time in the black hills, that it really brought him out of his shell. and it exposed him as may be a different kind of person. and people were used to and i loved how being here in the back black hills and seeing the natural beauty here, and being away from washington b

for example, north dakota. there aren't too many redder states than north dakota and they are 64% of likely voters, including 55% of republicans agree the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide should become the president. we also found that a majority of north dakota voters polled would vote yes in a ballot initiative that said thatter that electo t votes would go to the winner of the 2020 election, as long as a blue state with the same number of electoral votes also approved such a measure. think about that for a second. we know that the current system is not how we should approve our leaders, should choose our leaders. millions don't understand it and it deprives millions more of a meaningful vote. in fact, 100 million americans don't vote for a president at all. but can you blame them? when just a dozen or maybe just four or five will determine who that person will be. we choose all of our other elected officials the same way. whoever gets the most votes wins and every person has an equal vote. why do

and in north dakota, snow and ice made for treacherous travel conditions for drivers. meteorologist jeff berardelli is here. jeff, how bad is this going to be, and when will we see it? >> so, it's happening right now. it's going to probably last onother two days, and the worst of it-- this will be a serious snowstorm for the upper midwest, northern plain states, dakotas. tae to two feet of snow, wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. ur careful, folks. jet stream diving to the south, lifting all the warmth and movement from the gulf of mexico, and the collision zone between cold and warm is where is storm is taking shape. now, as you can see, imperatures tomorrow will rocket up into the 60s in places like chicago. 130 record warm temperatures across the country through monday are possible. let's take it hour by hour. e owers, thunderstorms, some of them severe, from kansas city east of dallas as well. north of that, it's all snow in the dakotas. again, this is going to be a serious snowstorm. mainly rain in chicago. that will help a little with flight delays, but still ra

over in the dakotas, snow-covered roads stranding drivers there too. this truck tumbling off the highway. across minnesota, police say there have been more than 350 crashes between 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. this morning, alone. this school bus skidding dangerously into an intersection. neighborhood streets frozen over, kids even playing hockey on them. >> and stephanie ramos joining us now live. stephanie, those blizzard conditions making travel difficult in the dakotas and minnesota and the winter storm now leading to a variety of travel delays. >> that's exactly right, whit. air travel has been impacted. airlines like delta and united issuing travel waivers in minneapolis and denver as more than 200 flights have been cancelled and thousands more delayed. whit. >> all right, stephanie ramos, thank you. >>> let's get to meteorologist jeff smith from our station wabc. that storm slamming the middle of the country, but expected to make a mess of the northeast on monday. >> if you're north and west of the path of this storm, a major winter weather event un

the gentleman from north dakota. >> i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. bill rakus. >> thank you, madam speaker. i wanted to thank my republican colleagues that have defended the contusion, the rule of law under difficult circumstances, madam speaker. madam speaker, you know, it's a darn shame that we have found ourselves in this position today. every time i step in to this chamber, i'm humbled to be serving in the greatest legislative body in the history of the world. however, it's deeply disappointing that the hyper partisanship that have gripped this country has made its way into this chamber. i pride myself on being a consensus builder that works across the aisle too get things done for the american people. but when it comes to the matter of impeachment, i have no doubted that the entire process has been politically motivated. there's absolutely no evidence that president trump committed an impeachable offense, which is why i will vote no. this whole process has been a ploy to circumvent the will of the people by removing a duly-elected president of t

the eagle withstood cuss for fell before the meshing of gears and flow of machinery and dakota earthnd not before the carbine but the combine. not war but wheat was the un doing doing. today the sioux live in an area bounded by the black hills fringed by the sun blasted badlands and along the missouri river. they live in the shadow of mount rushmore democracy as shrine permanently engraved on the dakota hills. the eagle has fallen out of the light and into the shadows. now the deep shadows of poverty and reservation lands are break and unyielding and these descendants have never taken it the plow. they are a restless unhappy people constantly seeking a place in the sun. the sioux can be found drawn by the holiday spirit, the color that goes to the heart of past and condition -- contrast with the blandness of their presence. pathetic the plight of the fallen eagle adding color to the local carve value observing -- carnival observing that quality which is its own legacy. the united states government made effort to encourage them to maintain their arts and craft. sioux bead work is priz

the gentleman from south dakota is recognized. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, for 46 years, the 120,000 alaska yeah native in our country have had a champion working for them, fighting for them, advocating for them. he's the dean of this house, former chairman they have -- former chairman of the indian affairs subcommittee, i yield as much time as he might consume to the gentleman from alaska. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. young: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. young: congressman, you do a great job. that was a great presentation, very proud of you. each person that has spoke on this legislation really put it in context, aboutester martinez, the program started in 2006. i happened to be the sponsor of that bill, co-sponsor. i watched it pass. become a reality. and it has worked. what we're doing is re-authorizing a program that allows a culture to be retained but languages. in alaska we have 20 native languages and 40-something odd dialects. we have b

in north dakota, interstate 29 closed from the south dakota state line all the way up to canada.4 shut down from fargo to bismarck. parts of the midwest and northeast, especially near the great lakes, could see up to a foot of additional snow. the northeast could also see more freezing rain, ice and sleet. >>> let's get a check of cnn business to start the week. looking at markets around the world. pretty mixed performance here. european shares look like they have opened slightly lower. on wall street, futures are leaning a tad higher here. stocks are ending the year strongly. the dow closed up 24 points friday. that's a record high. the s&p 500, just barely ended up. that was enough for a record high. a new year, higher wages. a record 72 jurisdictions, that's 24 states, 48 cities and counties will raise their minimum wages. most will kick in january 1st. new york's pay raise is set to begin december 31st. the federal minimum has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009. earlier, the house passed the raise the wage act, to make a 15 bucks the national standard. the bill didn't mak

johnson of south dakota. 30 seconds. mr. johnson: madam speaker, i'm voting no. impeachment is not in the best interest of this country and in fact has only deepened the partisan divide that truly plague this is country. when the sun comes up tomorrow i pray with all my heart that the anger and division in this chamber will give way to an honorableness and a productivity and a time of working together. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. schiff: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: let's go back to mr. aderholt. 30 seconds to the gentleman from alabama, mr. aderholt. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. aderholt: thank you.

it fell to the dakota earth, not before the carbine, but before the combine.s the sioux's undoing. ♪ today the sioux live in an area bounded by the black hills, fringed by the sunblasted badlands and along the serpentine and sand clogged missouri river. they lived in the shadow of mount rushmore, democracy's shrine permanently engraved on the dakota hills. they live in the shadows. the eagle has fallen out of the light and into the shadows, and those -- pathos in his flight, the deep shadows of poverty and bewilderment, reservation lands deep and -- bleak and unyielding, these proud wielders of the lance plow.ever taken to the they are a restless, unhappy people constantly seeking a , place in the sun. the sioux can be found drawn by the holiday spirit, the color which goes to the heart of their past and contrasts so sharply with the drabness of their present. ♪ pathetic the plight of the fallen eagle who drags its feathers in the dust, adding color to the festival. silently observing that quality which is his own legacy, that quality called culture. ♪ >> unit

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. >> gentleman from north dakota. >> madam speaker, i yield one and a half minutes to my friend from texas, mr. herd. >> gentleman's recognized for one and a half minutes. >> throughout this process, the american people have learned of bungling foreign policy decisions. but we have not heard evidence beyond a reasonable doubt of bribery or extortion. allegations of these two crimes aren't even mentioned in the articles of impeachment being debated today. but today, we have seen a rushed process divide our country. today, accusations have been hurled at each other. questioning one another's integrity. today, a dangerous precedent will be set. impeachment becoming a weaponized political tool. we know how this partisan process will end this evening. but what happens tomorrow? can this chamber put down our swords and get back to work for the american people? this institution has a fabled history of passing legislation that has not only changed our country but has inspired the world. this feat has been possible because this experiment we call america has one perpetual goal. make a more pe

we'll get insight from the white house and senator kevin cramer from north dakota. i want to get his read on the economic impact of usmca. >>> now you're talking their language. amazon, apple, google, they all want to streamline your devices so they can get along together in your home. is this move to help you the consumer or fatten their pockets? by the way, do you even trust them? this is not a gender wage gap, it's a crater, a woman would have to wait 250 years to wait as much as men. all that and so much more on making money. ♪. >> the senate exists for moments like this. that is why this body has the ultimate say in impeachments. >> i heard some of what mitch mcconnell said today, and it reminded me our founders when they wrote the constitution, they suspected that there could be a rogue president. i don't think they suspected we could have a rogue president and leader in the senate at the same time. neil: charles: house speaker nancy pelosi and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell facing the nation less than 24 hours after democrats voted to impeach presiden

i represented a traditionally red state, north dakota. i was a democrat. i represented a red state for 30 years but i felt strongly about a lot of issues. i would speak out and i'll give you an example. i did not feel that we should write in the u.s. constitution a prohibition against desecrating the flag. i love the flag. love this country but i did not think that belonged in the constitution. the supreme court had ruled the desecration was a matter of speech. and so, i voted against that provision. and my constituents were upset about that. i went home and i spoke to the american legion and i said, here's. that was the big issue. here is how i voted in here is why. because i believe the constitution is a document that should not include that. and, even though i love the flag, the next up would be somebody burns a bible. should we not protect the bible? so it goes with respect to the first amendment. that putting something in the constitution that prohibits gay marriage. i didn't believe that belonged to the constitution. there's lots of things that were

places like south dakota have seen blizzard-like conditions. nearly 50 million people across the country are under some kind of weather alert. on the west coast, the california mountains are getting heavy snow, and it's more rain and strong winds for the lower elevations. so let's turn to our meteorologist, pedram javaheri, to get some more detail on this. how many more days of horrendous travel are people looking at here? >> you know, rosemary, it's a very slow-moving system. that's the main problem with it. it doesn't help that we had the busiest travel day of the year in the past 24 hours, and of course the northeastern united states seeing the brunt of this very slow-moving system. you can easily pick out the center of circulation across the eastern great lakes as it gradually shifts on in towards the east. we think through much of monday and into early tuesday is when we finally see this system exit stage right. at this hour, snow showers across interior portions of new england, eastern areas of pennsylvania. some of the major metro cities

extreme blizzard conditions in south dakota. a plane carrying 12 people on a thanksgiving hunting trip crashing shortly after takeoff, killing nine people including two prominent idaho businessmen, two children and the pilot. this massive storm first hitting the west, a desperate search underway in arizona for a little girl. she and her family swept away in a vehicle friday by raging floodwaters. two other children died. more than 20 inches of snow burying parts of minnesota. stranded cars littering the streets and highways. this truck skidding dangerously on the road. airports across the country reporting more than 5,000 delays and nearly 1,000 cancellations. >> the drive to get here was absolutely crazy. i never saw the airport quite this bad. if you're coming to the airport, leave early. >> alex perez joins us now from chicago's o'hare. controlled chaos behind you. alex, airlines are already offering passengers options if their flights are impacted by the storms? >> that's right, tom. airlines are issuing waivers for those wh

and i was kind of amused when senator cramer of north dakota defending the electoral college said -- awfully close in terms of popular votes. then every vote would count, and candidates would have an incentive to try and maximize the turnout even in places like north dakota. you know, one of the things when we dissected hillary clinton's loss, one of the things that kept coming up was not whether she visited pennsylvania or michigan but that the analytics on the team said go to the places where your votes are. and instead of going to places where she lost 80/20 and might have moved it, they ignored those areas. if you're looking at a reality where the votes count as they do within states, the smart thing to do is go everywhere and make sure you can get votes even in places and counties and states that you would lose. so i think what we would see is television adds in places like north dakota which of course are very cheap. you'd see a ground campaign. because if you're going to lose by, as richard nixon did in 1960, one vote per precinct, and you know you could shift two, you're goin

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forecast predict more than a foot of snow from the dakotas to michigan. than 50 million people are under some sort of winter weather alert on what is the busiest travel day of the year, right after thanksgiving. traffic is finally moving again on maryland's interstate 68 some five hours after a 20-car pileup that stretched for a mile. police say the drivers were going too fast for the wet roads and the foggy conditions. no one was seriously injured. >>> thousands of flights have been delayed or cancelled so far with more trouble expected as snow hits the northeast. what's the situation there right now? >> reporter: it has been raining here. we do expect that rain to turn to snow overnight. that is going to lead to problems. we've been talking a lot about how this is the biggest travel day of the year. according to an airline industry association this is a record number of travelers expected to fly today alone, 3.1 million passengers expected to be flying. the story for a lot of those passengers is delays. we got here several hours ago and things looked ok

let's begin with nick watt and this tragedy in south dakota. nick, what are you learning? >> reporter: well, fred, as you say, nine of the twelve people on board that plane have been confirmed dead. two of them, two of the victims children, also among the dead the pilot of that small single-engined swiss-made plane that came down shortly after takeoff. as you mentioned, during terrible weather conditions. the plan was to fly 600 or 700 miles to the west to idaho falls. there are reports this was some kind of family trip. we are still trying to nail that down. ntsb and faa officials are already investigating. and of course one major focus of that investigation will be the weather. about an inch of snow falling an hour at that time. a huge storm in the area. so that will be a focus. but right now it is just a tragedy. that's the headline. nine people on this small plane dead. weather likely a factor but still not confirmed. fred? >> horrible and treacherous conditions. all right, nick watt, thank you so much. keep us posted. >>> let me turn now to cnn meteorologist karen mag

the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: mr. president, when i learned that johnny isakson would be retiring at the end of the year, i was saddened. i served with johnny for a long time not just here in the senate where we were both freshman members in 2005 but in the house of representatives as well. and i've been honored to call him my friend. it's really hard for me to imagine congress without johnny. he is hands down, as i've said, the nicest person ever to serve in the united states senate. he's a model of decency and graciousness, the kind of person who can fight hard every day for the principles that he believes in without ever developing any rank -- rancor toward his political opponents. he's not just kind and decent. he's also a tremendously effective legislator. deeply knowledgeable on a whole range of issues and he possesses the gift of being able to explain complicated subjects in a very clear way. and he gets things done. he doesn't stand around talking about things or playing to the cameras. he just rolls up his sl

these temperature -- we are stae negative temperatures in the dakotas.u know it, some of these locations getting down to negative 10, negative 20 degrees. you have got some really low numbers working across the country. when you talk about temperatures like this, no surprise. currently some snow moving across the dakotas. this is going to spread out. we have a large area here. from the dakotas. running all the way to wisconsin. we have winter storm watches and warnings. some of these locations can see a foot to two feet of snowfall. this could be a big snow maker. out in front of this, rain is going to be moving in. it's too warm across much of the rest of the country. we see heavy rain moving in monday and tuesday all the way up into new york. heavy showers. i think the thing we'll be focusing on will be the snow. snowfall totals, you start to see the gray colors getting us to a foot of snow. we are talking about winter. that will be look and feeling like it in places. >> it wasn't terribly slick when you went rappeling down a building on live tv. >> it

>>> a crash in south dakota has left nine team dead. it happened near the city of chamberlain during a snowstorm. >> weather is threatening travel coast-to-coast. >> a million people impacted by weather alerts. >> this was brought down to bring down the london knife attacker. khan stabbed five people on friday' two of them fatallily. >> jack merritt is one murdered on friday and the second person in the attack has not yet been named. >>> good morning. we are so grateful to have you with us here. i'm christi paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> nine people are dead after a plane went down in chamberlain, south dakota. miraculously three survived the crash. >> it crashed in blizzard-like conditions after it took off and en route to idaho falls. the area was pummeled by a snowstorm at the time of the crash. visibility under less than a mile. snow falling at inch an hour according to national weather service. >>> the state's attorney says there is a two children and the pilot are among the victims. she also praised first

the storm overturning semis from north dakota to connecticut. and in pennsylvania, one driver was killed when his suv spun out of control authorities urging drivers to be careful with more snow on the way. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, morristown, new jersey >>> this is tom costello in a snow-covered cornfield in south dakota, the tragic end to a thanksgiving weekend hunting trip of 12 family members aboard, only 3 survived the ntsb now inspecting the remains of the single-engine pc-12 near the small town of chamberlain. sources say the plane had been sitting for more t takeoff around 12:35 saturday on an icy runway the plane went down just a mile from the airport in tblthen turned to ice, which then turned to snow mixed with incredibly high wind conditions >> reporter: on board, a prominent idaho falls family returning home they had also worked to alleviate hunger overseas jim hansen jr. and kirk hansen, founders of the kyani nutritional supplement company, were killed along with their father, sons, sons-in-law and a grandson, including two minors

in the dakotas, north dakota state and the university of north dakota are studying the effects of climate change. on the great plains, the mississippi river, land use and public policy. they are home to north dakota's agriculture experiment center, the global institute of food security, and the center for regional climate studies. south dakota state has issued dozens of studies on climate change, including what it will mean for the state's groundwater supply, maze and wheat crops and precipitation levels. heading south, the university of mississippi and mississippi state are studying what climate change will mean for sediment flows, droughts, watersheds, and water quality. they are looking at what climate change will mean for mississippi's vitally important rice crop, a crop that supports hundreds of rice farms in the state. and they do good coastal climate work with the sea grant program. auburn, the university of alabama tuscaloosa, and the university of alabama-huntsville, produced 140 climate papers that are in the council's study here. you would never know that from the alabama deleg

children the area was under a winter storm warning at the ime dangerous conditions also in north dakota, as heavy snow made for treacherous driving. out west, parts of northern california got feet of fresh powder on the slopes. >> only in tahoe you go from the lake to full on winter >> reporter: in the middle of the country, blizzard conditions and high waves lake superior shut down part of plus, bad weather in michigan, where heavy, wet snow cut off power to tens of thousands meantime, as the storm pushes east, it is slow going for millions making the journey home after the holiday. a plane landing in buffalo slid off the runway >> the weather and the icing is an issue for the airfield. it's one of the bigger challenges they have because it is hard to keep up with. >> reporter: later that afternoon, blanketed, snowy conditions slowed down drivers in the state. >> it was farther west and a few accidents there. >> reporter: metlife stadium got so much snow during the packers/giants game, shovels marked every five yards. the first day of december moving in strong. unloading a dangerous mi

32-year-old mother of five vanished from the fort berthold indian reservation in new town, north dakota. she was last seen driving a pickup truck. lone bear says authorities were slow in launching their search after she was reported missing. >> you look at all these people that want to step in and they did not allow them to. soledad: he says it took months to have boats searched the nearby lake. by then, the seasons had changed. >> if they would have said yes to every agency that wanted to search the water and they worked with the family, we could have got that water searched six times already. but they don't want that. and now, we're sitting here with a frozen lake and wondering. look at all this effort we are throwing in to find this truck, and what if it's sitting under the water the whole time? tribal p.d. will have to answer for that. soledad: nine months after she disappeared, volunteers using sonar found the truck with olivia's body inside submerged in a lake less than a mile from her home. >> we want to make a protocol, that will help other families so they don't have to jump th

the gentleman from north dakota. mr. armstrong: madam speaker, i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. bilirakis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bilirakis: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank my republican colleagues who have toiled honorably in defense of the constitution, rule of law, under difficult circumstances, madam speaker. you know, madam speaker, it's a darn shame that we have found ourselves in this position today. every time i step into this chamber, i'm humbled to be serving in the greatest legislative body in the history of the world. however, it's deeply disappointing that the hyperpartisanship that has gripped this country has made its way into this chamber. i pride myself on being a consensus builder who works across the aisle who gets things done for the american people, but when it comes to the matter of impeachment, i have no doubt that the entire process has been politically motivated. there is absolutely no evidence that president trump committed an

. >>> there are areas of south dakota that have reported 30 inches of snow and more than 20 inches fell in michigan and minnesota the storm continues to push east overnight, a 30-car pileup shut down a highway in ontario, canada whiteout conditions were reported for more, here is nbc's dan schenamen. >> reporter: winter weather that slowravel fore thanksgiving is now causing travel problems after thanksgiving in the northeast, a plane slid off the runway in buffalo, new york no one was hurt. >> when we had time to cool down the rain hitting it, it iced up fairly quick. >> reporter: at boston's logan r holiday plans short to beat the snow. >> tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. the storm is coming, not tonight so better to fly today. >> reporter: the snow in the northeast already hit the midwest. it forced residents of the dakotas to dig out and cause flight delays and cancellations in chicago. >> only in tahoe you go from the lake to full-on winter. >> reporter: it's full-on winter across much of the country dan schenamen, nbc news. >> let's bring in nns gentleman necessary is a webb tracking it all