visit ncicap.org] steves: a selection of ferries make the 50-mile crossing between helsinki and tallinny hourly. because of the ease of this delightful two-hour cruise and the variety a quick trip over to estonia adds to your nordic travels, pairing helsinki and tallinn is a natural. stepping off the boat in tallinn, the capital of estonia, you feel you've traveled a long way culturally from finland. its a mix of east and west. tallinn's nordic lutheran culture and language connect it with stockholm and helsinki, but two centuries of czarist russian rule and nearly 50 years as part of the soviet union have blended in a distinctly russian flavor. fins and estonians share a similar history. first, swedish domination, then russian. then independence after world war i. until 1940, the estonians were about as affluent as the fins, but then estonia was gobbled up by an expanding soviet empire and spent the decades after world war ii under communism. when the ussr fell, estonia regained its freedom, and in 2004, it joined the european union. tallinn has modernized at an astounding rate since t

. >>> time for the lid the time is back: >> i get it it's friday helsinki because going to take helsinkito rubio are both considered potential okay helsinki that's enough -- while he didn't think tillerson was that great fears what would come after what do you say to that kind of thinking? >> i say if he votes against tillerson a lot of progressives will be shaking their heads, if he delivers the vote for somebody to answer basic questions and that that's -- i think that's a very difficult position. >>> there are a lot of conde rice, bob gates, and making a lot of democrats feel comfortable. >> at the end of the day he did ha he had to do in the committee. >> i think he did. >> he believed what he had to believe and did what he did on the econocommittee, i do in the them pulling away. >> i think what will happen, the argument for that is i address many of my concerns helsinki in the interim, i have spoken with him and with bob gates who have assured me -- that's the political way out helsinki i think he may take it. >> he setup the questions that when you do the questions, the toughness

flight 666 took off helsinki airport. helsinki's abbreviation is h.e.l., or hell. >> and if that isn't freaky enough, on twitter, tracking air traffic around the world, points out that the plane is 13 years old. >> and where you're landing? we're in hell. >> triskaidekaphobia. i don't sign checks. don't date checks the 13th. i'm not superstitious. . >> why not? >> make it the 14th. >> you need to work on that. >> you don't want to tempt fate. >>> temperatures are falling. this time of year, we were in the 60s. now, we're 49. dew points continue to fall. as colder and dryer air moves back in. look at the temperature change. almost 24 degrees colder this time. land in just 24 hours. widen the radar out. there's our mixed precipitation. a lot of this is reaching the ground. i think tell be about midnight. probably be home by midnight. yellow weather alert tomorrow. winter weather advisory saturday. and a wintry mix saturday. but plain old-fashioned rain south and east. in terms of rain and snow, not a snow event. under an in

it happened today, but in this case hell is h-e-l, the airport code for helsinki.ght from copenhagen we're happy to report landed safely. by the way, the plane was 13 years old. queue the spooky music. >>> we learned today on friday the 13th, the author of one of the most chilling novels of all time as died. william peter blatty wrote the blockbuster "the exorcist." and wrote several other novels and screenplays but will be best known for scaring the wits out of us. he was 89 years old. >>> when we come back, the final salute to a police officer who became a source of forgiveness and inspiration for so many. >>> finally tonight, a moving tribute here in new york today. thousands of police officers saying good-bye to a legend on the force, who became a symbol of forgiveness, inspiring not just his fellow officers, but people around the world and his story is also one of an incredible bond between father and son. here's harry smith. >> new york's fifth avenue came to a standstill today to make room for a funeral. steven mcdonald was a new york city cop. >> i think he

a fin air flight with the number 666 headed to helsinki finland which uses the airport coat hel.he flight took off at 1300 hours and the plane was 13 years old. >> i'm out. >> everybody got 13 free drink coupons, too. [ laughter ] the "cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: comey, under fire. canll i can tell you is, the f.b.i. director has no credibility. >> pelley: democrats blast the f.b.i. director for not doing more to stop russian interference with the u.s. election. >> i don't see this president- elect as a legitimate president. >> pelley: also tonight, the justice department sounds an m.arm. ol the chicago police department engages in a pattern or practice of use of excessive force in violation of the fourth amendment to the constitution. >> pelley: american veterans poisoned by their own military base. and, steve hartman with a hockey lover achieving his lifelong goal. >> this is one of the coolest things i've ever seen.

it happened today, but in this case hell is h-e-l, the airport code for helsinki.m copenhagen we're happy to report landed safely. the plane was 13 years old. cue the spooky music. >>> we learned today on friday the 13th, the author of one of the most chilling novels of all time has died, william peter blaty wrote the blockbuster "the exorcist." and wrote several other novels and screenplays but will be best known for scaring the wits out of us. he was 89 years old. >>> when we come back, the final salute to a police officer who became a source of forgiveness and ooh... >>psst. hey... where you going? we've got that thing! you know...diarrhea? abdominal pain? but we said we'd be there... woap, who makes the decisions around here? it's me. don't think i'll make it. stomach again...send! if you're living with frequent, unpredictable diarrhea and abdominal pain, you may have irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea or ibs-d - a condition that can be really frustrating. talk to your doctor about viberzi. a different way to treat ibs-d. viberzi is a prescription medicatio

i'm a member of the helsinki commission that look out for security operations in europe.ng to vienna, austria in february. it will be an opportunity to see how thisey are reacting to russ and putin and what's going on. they are our enemy. putin has never forgotten what we did in arming the mujahideen in afghanistan. they never forget they are our enemy and we need to put america first. >> i want to footnote of course that president-elect trump has not said he wants to make russia great again, he said he wants to make america great again. >> no, that was not a mistake on my part. i'm talking about what he's doing, not what he's saying. >> i just wanted to clarify. i appreciate your time today. have a great new year. >> i'll break down all of these headlines but in just a few minutes with our political panel, those that were discussed here with the representative. we also have new video in from houston where heavy rain and thunderstorms are forced to ground stop at the houston airport. severe weather is breaking out across the country and many of you are trying to get home.

and this has been an aspiration of mine as chairman of the helsinki commission, someone who visits with russian parliamentarians -- >> let me stop you. president-elect donald trump doesn't talk about the russian people. i don't think any american in congress or among the population would dispute the notion of being friends with the russian people. but what president-elect donald trump talks about is having a warm relationship with vladimir putin as an asset to american foreign policy. that's what mork yoe rubio and john mccain challenged. >> i think the president of the united states is going to try to have a professional working relationship with someone who i believe he understands is a strategic adversary of the united states of america. and i'm perfectly comfortable with our diplomats and the people involved in policy of the executive department level trying to do that. i do believe he's putting people around him and i'm going to be questioning one of those people today, general mattis, who are very realistic and very accurate about what we can and what we cannot expect coming out o

whether helsinki or geneva. we began to work out how this would be done. the rug was pulled out at the end of, i think 1996. i do not know exactly what happened, but something happened in moscow that made it clear that this was not on. the entire thing collapse. there were other efforts to talk about warhead dismantlement, which we did not do. that is that, but i recommend something like that get started again. with that i will close. [applause] david: i suspect that jim gave us a very representative, diplomatic explanation of some moments that were very dramatic. that's a secure and dismantlement program included the agreement between the russians and the united states. the united states would take one of the rail cars that were transporting those nuclear weapons, put it on a barge, fly it to the national laboratory where it was taken apart and where tickets were developed to make the rail carts more secure. and later installed in russia. i think that example a lot. i was the correspondent of the washington post in moscow. i missed that story. sorry. [lau

helsinki. the biblical association, the number 13 is considered so unlucky.the phobia. it's called triskaidekaphobia. most people didn't want to test fate and board this. one said you couldn't pay me enough to go on that flight. another was saying, with black cats and broken mirrors in the cargo hold question mark, question mark. would you take this flight on 666 bound to hel or do you of triskaidekaphobia? >> why would you do that? >> why wouldn't they rename the flight number? >> i don't know if i would get on? >> i would get on it. tempt fate. >> that was a good one. about a new vending machine selling something you least expect. >>> also, the world's cutest bottle flipper. she's back. cuter than ever. this time on ellen. can she do it again, though? first, this is "today" on nbc. it's perfect. it's beautiful. there's nothing we would change about it. ♪ >>> still ahead, the latest on still ahead -- >> house democrats taking aim at james comey after a tense meeting. a new investigation into possible russian interference into the election. first, these messa

helsinki. we know the biblical associations. the number 13 is so unlucky. it is known for a phobia.risingly, most people are twitter saying they don't want to test fate on the plane. you could not pay me enough to go on that flight. another one having fun. black cats and broken mirrors in the cargo hold? the question is for you. would you go ahead and take this flight on 666 pound bound to heo you have triskaidekaphobia? >> you said that so quickly. >> triskaidekaphobia. i've been practicing. >> you are superstitious? >> why would they do that? why not rename the flight number? >> i would get on. >> would you? >> i would. just to tempt fate. >> that was good. >>> still to come, we will tell you about a vending machine selling you something you least expect. >>> and the world's cutest bottle flipper is back. cuter as ever. this time on "ellen." can she do it again? but first this is "today" on nbc. sure, you could sit around all night waiting for a pizza to be delivered. but wouldn't making it yourself be a lot more fun? it's baking season. warm up with pillsbury. protein. protein pr

i am the ranking democrat on the helsinki commission. it is a commission that deals not just with human rights but it is known for the human rights. it also deals with the security and economic issues. and we look for to working with you if you are confirmed to advance the congressional role in dealing with the osce to help the commission. we will be asking you additional questions for the record. i have not had a chance to ask questions on refugees so there are others who will ask. senator gardner and i will ask you questions with regards to burma. we have serious issues about the human rights progress being made in burma. but who will ask those questions for the record. i want to thank you to being responsive to our questions today. and thank you for being willing to put up with such a long day. i was commenting about an hour limits onssed a new the overtime rules that were doubted by the department of labor. so i think we are all entitled to extra pay for the length of today's hearings. they give her much for your attention. >> again,

confirmed at the state department to advance the congressional role in dealing with the osce through the helsinki commission. we will be asking you some additional questions for the record. i have not had a chance to ask questions on refugees and there are some others i will ask. senator gardner and i will ask you questions in regards to burma. we have some serious issues about the human rights progress being made in burma. but we will ask those questions for the record. i want to thank you for being responsive to our questions today and thank you for being willing to put up with such a long day. i was commenting to senator corker about an hour ago, we passed the new limits on the overtime rules that were adopted by the department of labor so i think we are all entitled to extra pay for tlehe length of t day's hearings. thank you for your attention. >> senator cardin, i want to thank you for working in a post-election environment to make sure that this hearing came off in the way that it did today. i want to thank all the committee members for the way that they conducted themselves, as they alway