rosa flores has taken the assignment to laguardia airport. always when i go to an airport at this time of year what those monitors say for the hundred million or so people traveling in some way. bad news? >> well, let me tell you something, travelers, there was one thing they did not ask for for christmas and that is snow in chicago and rain in the southeast and in the northeast. why is that such a big deal? that's where the airline hubs are so if the delays are there, they spread all over the country. you can see over my shoulder these monitors. we see them at every airport and right now they're lighting like christmas trees and i don't mean in a good way. that means there are delays and cancellations. here in laguardia, about ten canceled flights, not so bad. but let's look around the country and look at this misery map. i feel bad even saying the word "misery" on christmas eve. look at those rings -- and i don't mean tiffany on christmas -- i mean misery rings are where these airports are the worst around the country. so you can see new yo

but let's start here at laguardia. take a look at the boards.e not lighting up like a christmas tree. but there are ten canceled flights here at laguardia and 28 delays. as i was showing you just now, the ticketing area looks okay, it looks decent. people are strolling about with their bags, with their kids and checking in. but let's take a look around the country. we have something called the misery map from flightaware.com. take a look at that. that gives you a better picture. some folks are stuck at the airport. you can see the wheels there, those circles, those rings, those are the rings of misery. the more red that that ring has, the worse the situation there at that particular airport. so to highlight a few airports, new york, d.c., houston, dallas, chicago, atlanta, denver, l.a.x. and san francisco, those are are the biggest rings are and why is that? well, we've been talking about it all day long. that's because snow in chicago and rain in the southeast and in the northeast is bad news on christmas eve because that's where some of the hu

don champion is at laguardia airport. good morning, don. >> reporter: people line up behind me to get through tsa at laguardia airport, rain will be a problem for people flying in and through new york city. that's why people are being told to pack patience today. across the country, travelers are making their way to loved ones for christmas holiday. >> san diego, yep. >> reporter: they got a head start yesterday. she's one of the estimated 89 million americans taking advantage of the lower gas prices by taking a road trip. >> a lot cheaper than flights for a family of five. >> $1.99. it's sweet. >> reporter: dallas taxi driver says he was able to spend more money on holiday gifts this year because of what he saved at the pump. >> i have given two extra gifts. >> reporter: close to 6 million others are braving the crowds at airports nationwide to travel by air. >> hey, we have time to spare. >> reporter: the holiday cheer is leading to travel woes. people flying through new york city area airports are seeing delays as the

look at the scene today earlier at laguardia. despite the heavy fog, you see low visibility and persistent rain. flight disruptions were pretty mellow, five dozen or so. but elsewhere across the country, especially out west, long lines. very long lines. weather at l.a.x. was not a factor, crowding was the issue there. take a look in living color at this misery map. you've seen this map before. there's a lot of green there, which is good. but there's also a lot of red, which means problems. we've seen big problems at chicago's o'hare, dallas-ft. worth and san francisco. in all the weather contributing to some 2,400 flight delays, more than 300 cancellations. but a little good news for the procrastinators trying to get out of laguardia, as you see it's pretty wide open. so they can slow their roll just a little bit. >> ron, thank you. so the question a lot of people are asking tonight, what will the weather look like on christmas? our friend meteorologist janice huff is in the weather center with the forecast. janice, how's it look

rosa flores, live at laguardia.he majority of you are heading to your holiday destination not by plane, but by car. aaa predicts 89 million people will drive 50 miles away from home and we'll have the highest number of travellers on record and i want to talk about heather hunter. you define the holiday period as starting yesterday and going through sunday, january 4th. when are the actual peak days in that period? >> we expect that this weekend will be particularly busy because many people will be returning from their christmas holiday while others are heading out for the new year's holiday, but as you said this is the highest we have on record for the year-end holidays and we expect the entire season to be busy. some advice for travelers is common sense. leave early in you're in the car. get to the airport early if you're flying. is there anything that we wouldn't think about that's kind of an insider tip? >> also with weather storms happening across the u.s. be sure to check your weather along the route and just n

you can see laguardia 86 minutes and boston about 45. holiday travel >> right now at 6:00 travel headaches just in time for the holiday. a live look right now at philadelphia international airport and this has been a tough travel day. we've seen 120 flights canceled in and out of the airport. another 340 flights are delayed. blame the weather. it's only going to get worse. more fog and a lot of rain are headed this way. good evening, i'm lucy noland. >> he'll iain page. let's get right over to chief meteorologist scott williams. so, scott, when does all this rain move? >> i see some of it behind you there. >>> iain and lucy, right now we're looking at the heavy rain to our south. this is moving in during the day tomorrow really throughout the entire day. we're looking at round after round of moderate to heavy rain but take look to the south. we're looking at strong even severe thunderstorms right now along parts of the gulf coast and all of that moisture is headed right toward the delaware valley. right now not a whole lot showing up on

happened on the ground at new york's laguardia. den verver denver-bound passengers stuck. >> i'm looking at the lines, going, oh, boy. >> reporter: the heavy christmas eve storm could cause delays. >> it's a trickle effect. it will delay the flight there and coming back. >> reporter: the highways could be treacherous. aaa predicting a report number on the road this holiday season, nearly 90 million. if it is a record-breaker, expects believe part of the reason may be that surprise christmas present consumers got. those low gas prices. $2.40 a gallon. 27 states now with gas under 2 bucks a gallon. in des moines, it usually costs this driver 61 bucks to fill up. >> today, it was $31. so, real good deal. >> reporter: there is no end in sight to these low gas prices. so, drivers will save on the way back home, as well. and hopefully the weather will be better after this christmas eve storm. david? >> david kerley tonight. thank you. now, to that investigation, the startling new images coming in, five men, inclufding a delta employee, i

we're in laguardia where brooke spent many hours yesterday.ling for travelers. almost nobody is in this particular area. i want you to take a look at the gate. what does it mean when you have snow in chicago, rain in the southeast and northeast? it usually means that monitors like these light up like christmas trees. not a good thing on this day. here at laguardia, ten canceled flights. 31 delays. that's not so bad. let's look around the country. look at this misery map. i feel bad saying misery on christmas eve. that's what we're looking at around the country. this is from flightaware.com. we're looking at this together. look at the rings. they look like ornaments in red and green. here's how you measure that. the more red that you see, the more misery at that particular airport. some of the highlights. new york, d.c., chicago, atlanta, houston, dallas, denver, lax and san francisco. all of those are on the high scale of the misery map because of those delays. now, brooke, if you are a procrastinator and you spent a lot of time at the airport

we are at laguardia airport where it is a busy day. but let's be honest, virtually every day of laguardia's busy. you have on average 63,000 people a day. they have a lot of arrivals, too. but today we're going to have more volume. greater volume because you've got so many americans that are trying to get a jump on the travel, not only in competition with other travelers, but also trying to avoid some of the rough weather. let's tackle the weather scenar scenario. what we're dealing with is this storm system, it's a two-headed monster going to make its way from the west to the east. and it's going to bring a chance of rain, some sleet, some snow, could see maybe some icing on roadways. and at the same time, strong winds and thunderstorms possible for places like, well shlgs not only new york city, but also laguardia and, of course, over in newark. might have more of those hiccups as we make our way up to logan and boston also. in other words, there will be headaches to come. ironically, though, once we get to christmas day, things begi

who is not melting down at laguardia airport? american airlines passenger flying into a rain after several employees had audacity to wish him merry christmas. the man eventually was removed from the flight. it was delayed 40 minutes. they eventually took off. i understand not everyone celebrates. happiness, almost like having saying having a great day? >> i experienced this a lot. like having a great day, when people fly it es very nerve-wracking experience. tracy: especially around holidays. >> why there is a lot of bars by the entrances in the airport as you walk in. when you somebody is upset and they're ready to get on an airplane and you can aggravate them in a moment that's what happened. i've seen it. i've been in situations where people argued right in front of me an my kid. tracy: merry christmas will set you off, james, god, i don't want you on my flight. >> i want to defend christmas here. this man did not get off the plane because of christmas. he got kicked off the plane because he is a hole. tracy: okay then. hillar

laguardia did battle tammany corruption, but he didn't see it all. even he, when he ran against walker in 1930, he got beaten very, very badly. and one of the reasons is tammany was, as long as there was prosperity, you know, there were so many people dependent upon tammany, and it did an awful lot of people for good in the neighborhoods. i still think one of the biggest mistakes new york has made is when they went away from the alderamic system. somebody throws a rock through your window, who do you call anymore? chicago with an alderman system, you go down to the local alderman and he takes care of things like that. your car gets impounded, your kid gets thrown in jail, for a minor offense, the alderman can intervene. you fwhknow what a phone call c do in new york, nothing. that was one of the problems with the system. and tammany had people there helping the alderman anytime somebody needed help. they were there to help them. and people congregated at these tammany clubhouses, and they provided jobs, and all they asked for was your vote. so they'd

new york's laguardia airport is reporting delays of more than four hours.eorologist jennifer gray live in the severe weather center. how bad is this going to get? >> this is just beginning. if you're watching from the airport, you have been there a while. look at these delays. all of the new york airports have been delayed three to four hours or more. philly airport, about an hour and a half. also in boston, about an hour delay. those are expected to get a little bit better as we get later into the evening because the winds are supposed to die down. we have had incredible amounts of rain and we have had very, very gusty winds. all of these rainfall totals are daily rainfall records. so we had 2 to 3 inches of rain all over new york city and then even into boston and philly, quite a bit of rain as well. look at these wind gusts. jfk airport, 47-mile-per-hour wind gusts. 44 at laguardia. that is why you see those delays. here's the radar. the rain's pretty much pushed out of new york city. a little bit of rain on the outskirts of boston. but you see where the

on takeoff from new york's laguardia airport, the plane collided with a flock of geese.s failed. the captain successfully handed the plane on the hudson river. all 155 aboard survived. >> the a-320 like many air bus planes has a fly by wire system. that means the commands puts in is digitized and that has been a factor in some krarks. it has not been clear if that played into this. the other thing is that it is so sophisticated, kit self-adjust. the computers can send xhabds to the mechanical parts of the plane without the pilot having to command it to do so. >> fly by on boeing jets as well. thank you. tonight on cnn, don't miss the greatest mystery of our time. tonight at 9:00 van he shalled, the mystery of malaysian airlines flight 370. >>> and up next more than 400 people trapped on a ferry in frigid waters. why did it take so long to bring them to safety? >>> and a movie that has everyone talking from main street to pyongyang. i've smoked a lot and quit a lot but ended up nowhere. now...i use this. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps

get ready, laguardia, jfk, newark, down to philadelphia, washington.e those delays not only today and likely into tonight tomorrow. this storm is just getting going. it's across areas of the southern states where we saw jen in chicago. nice and sunny now but that will change as this storm system pushes off to the north and east. that's where we will see snow in the chicago area. rain for new york in philadelphia tomorrow. it looks like that rain will be tapering off by the time we get into christmas day itself. right now visibilities are between 1 and 3 miles an hour. tomorrow looks like a stormy day along the eastern seaboard. great news after the storm. it looks like temperatures in the 50s and sunshine for the upcoming weekend here for parts of the northeast. >> traveling for the holidays is hard enough even when the weather isn't the only problem. >> i'm telling you, my dogs are barking today. oh! that feels better. >> that's gross. >> that's my favorite scene of all time. >> gross. >> travelocity senior editor joins us at the table. welcome to the

it took place in new york city's laguardia airport. the left wing of the southwest plane got ripped off entirely after it made contact with the american airlines plane. fortunately, no reports of any injuries. the federal aviation administration is investigating this incident. >>> new york city's mayor led a moment of silence today marking the moment two nypd officers were shot to death over the weekend. at 2:47 p.m., in new york, the city paused to remember officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos. 2:47 marks the time they were shot and killed in an ambush saturday. earlier, new york mayor bill de blasio and his wife visited the shooting site, placing flowers among the dozens of tributes left at the scene. de blasio urged the city to come together. >> there's a lot of pain right now. we have to work our way through that pain. we have to keep working to bring police and community closer together. >> some protesters in new york city ignored pleas from the mayor to discontinue demonstrations against police brutality until after the officers

as far as airport delays go, philadelphia, hour and a half, laguardia, hour and 40 in with 2 1/2 hour delays. this will continue right during the day because as the storm intensifies, the winds get stronger, there is more restriction on the flights that are landing in and the ones taking off. later this afternoon towards logan. now, once the second we get done with this nor'easter, all of our attention around the country is immediately going to focus on what they're thinking will be the strongest storms in years to hit central and northern california. we're looking at about three inches of rain with this, strong gusty winds, power outages, snow at the high elevations, so we're going to go from one coast to the other quickly with two big storms. >> that's an amazing amount of rain coming our way. >> yes, california needs it. but this one will bring flooding. >> thank you, bill. >> breaking news overnight, defense secretary chuck hagel made a surprise visit to baghdad. the trip was kept a secret for security reasons. hagel met with u.s. troops. he will also sit down with iraqi leaders t

they'll be joined by baggage handlers and cleaning crews from new york's jfk and laguardia airports. >>> more americans are falling behind on car payments and ex-peer yohn says the balance of loans 60 days overdue are 27%. it comes after a significant increase in lending to people with bad credit and limited means. back to you. >> thanks, landon. >>> sports is just ahead. and we are awaiting the blastoff of nasa's orion spacecraft on the first test flight around the earth. stay with us. disabled. >>> this morning on "today," what happened to shane montgomery? classmates hold a vigil for the pennsylvania student who's been missing for weeks. hear from his parents live on "today." >>> time for the latest in sports. the 76ers season long losing streak, it is now over. they were 0-17 and one loss away from tying the nba record for worst start. guard michael carter williams put up 20 points in their 85-77 victory over the timberwolves. >>> it was a buzzer beater finish in milwaukee. mavericks monty ellis goes one on one and sinks a fadeaway jumper as the buzzer sounds to beat the bucks 10

also i wanted to freak out people stuck in a holding pattern over laguardia.course, over the last nine years i have acquired so many meaningful keepsakes left over vaxa products, pints of american-cone dream and my one of a kind michael stipe who has been sitting on my shelf over there for three years. >> when someone stops me -- >> hey, that's you in the corner. it's me in the spotlight. read your contract. so, folks, the question is how do you get rid of nine years of collected crap? well, i did it in the most american way possible. with a yard sale. >> we put up signs all over the city inviting the nation to come to the colbert report studios for the sale of a lifetime. back on 54th street i got myself a fresh back of swisher sweets and waited for the lucky throngs to roll in. >> everything we do on the show, or was given to me personally. that's my reading -- >> how much for that. >> $1. >> a $1. >> that is abc news, that originally belonged to george stephanopoulos. no credit cards, no it's cash only. you bring credit cards to a yard sale? let me write do

. >>> the faa says it will investigate how two planes clipped each other while taxiing at laguardia airport in new york. a southwest airlines plane bound for denver and american airlines plane bumped into each other. the left wing lift was ripped off the plane. you can see the airplane worker carrying it. fortunately no one was injured. >> it was just a sudden jarring bump. we all gasped a little. looked out the window, saw that half of the wing was missing. obviously became very concerned. >> very much a concern and one pilot says it's actually very difficult to look back from the cockpit and see where your wings are and pilots must constantly be aware of other aircraft especially at a smaller airport like laguardia. yes, one hopes so, right? >> absolutely, and flying in there can be scary. >>> how would you like to celebrate the new year twice in one night? i would love to do this, rosemary. >> i'm sure. >>> a company called private flier is calling it the ultimate double new year's eve experience. >> okay, so this is how it works. you will start the party in sydney, australia, a little a

. >> passengers getting a scare when two jets collided on the tarmac at laguardia airport. >> two people rescued by helicopter after being trapped in a river in northern california. neither suffered any injuries. >> all that. >> a man almost drown drinking eggnog. >> all that and all that matters. >> all systems are go. >> we know santa will make sure those presents get delivered on time. >> got a lot of land to cover. >> on "cbs this morning." >> ladies and gentlemen, banging home a half courter. >> that was worth $90,000. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm anthony mason with vinita nair. charlie, norah and gayle are off. merry christmas eve. >> early gift to sit up here with you. >> it is indeed. christmas receive begieve begin state of emergency in parts of the south. heavy rain and tornadoes in the region. severe weather is blamed for at least four deaths and widespread damage. >> dozens of other people were injured. hardest hit areas are columbia, mississippi. >> this storm was strong enough to uproot trees and shut down highways. there were reports of people trapped inside thei

earlier, two planes clipped each other on the tarmac at laguardia airport because of the bad weather.delayed around the nation. karen mcguinness now there. four people lost their lives from this tornado. >> yes, this was devastating. from the damage we did see, erin, we might see ef 3 or ef 4 tornado. we were watching this cell skip along. i'll show you that in just a second. this is pushing further to the east. a tornado watch at 11:00 p.m. much of alabama, much of georgia and florida. florida has own set of problems tonight. columbia, that's the area. marion county, they're saying widespread damage. we have reports of buildings heavily damaged. they said a day care was damaged. the kids were moved out into a bank but the day care facility was heavily damaged. no children were injured but lots of injuries to report around that region. then it just kind of skipped through summerall and then laural. two fatalities there. tallahassee, big thunderstorms reported here in excess of 6 inches of rainfall and in tallahassee, they say they are doing high water rescues because flooding has been

coastal rainfall, making for a new daily record for new york city, for example, and jfk as well as laguardia airports for the maximum rainfall for the day since 1970s. the severe weather outlook is as follows. snowfall will be up to 30 centimeters in the inland locations. but the coastal regions will still see lots of that rainfall. mixed precipitation, so traveling could be very disruptive out here. waves will also be about six meters high. it will be enough reason for localized flooding. out here across the pacific northwest, it's going to be a chain of just storms coming in after another. so the atmospheric river is bringing lots of rainfall. it has been accumulating over the past week, for the coastal locations. but on top of that, it's going to be up to 300 millimeters of rainfall. so that's definitely going to be enough to burst the rivers, to burst their banks. gusts up to 160 kilometers per hour. the waves as high as eight meters. you really don't want to be out in the ocean. out here in the bigger picture, we've got snow and forecasts in d.c. and mild conditions will be prevailing i

right now these are the average delays we're seeing, jfk in new york, at least 45 minutes, laguardiahilly an hour, that's flying out of the northeast, come on. this is all due to weather. atlanta had delays earlier, it's back on schedule. justen has all the latest from accuweather. >> i'll tell you what, it's hard to pick out a spot in the country right now that is not dealing with weather-related traffic delays. very, very active patterns setting up not only this morning, but into tonight. busy, busy travel day tomorrow and right into our holiday weekend as well. right now want to take us toward the gulf coast where we have the threat for tornadoes, that's the red boxes you see highlighted. 6:00 central time heading toward the central gulf coast, 11:00, this is a dangerous situation because we're all now under the cover of darkness, so you can't really see the storms as they are approaching. we have had reports of tornadoes on the ground with damage, damaging winds, another concern as well as large hail as this line of ferocious storms sweeps off to the east. interstate 20 from jack

but the good news is laguardia, newark, jfk, getting a lot spent on them. they're spending billions and billions over the next ten years, and the airlines are spending as well. and apparently, this is the good news, apparently people are beginning to spot the difference, jetblue at kennedy, and united at newark with spending money. there are great hopes that the slightly negative first impression of the greatest city, it's going to be slightly better in the future, apparently. >> skeptical. thank you. colleen, i should never question you. it is the eighth. thank you very much. >>> still ahead on way too early, sunday's best moments in nfl action. who's in and who's out? a shakeup in the top four college football teams as the playoff lineups are announced. and later, george w. bush compares hillary clinton to a sister-in-law. but that doesn't dampen his enthusiasm for a jeb run. his words ahead. >>> and a check on the whether when "way too early" comes right back. >> he was shot and killed outside his apartment building last night. it's not possible to count

kennedy, laguardia and newark so call ahead. the ties will recede in the next hour or hour and a half. >>> thank you. new this morning, the reward is growing to help find a killer of a former teacher in the oakland hills. the officials with the park district announced they are increasing $10,000 reward to $ $25,000 in the death of the 60-year-old teacher who was robbed and shot to delegate at the botanic preserve two day before thanksgiving. he taught in danville. police are looking for two men who witnesses saw on trail before the shooting. >> in south bay firefighters are investigating three separate car fires in san jose that took place 90 minutes of each other all happening between 11:30 and 1:00 o'clock a.m. with one fire near a high school in west san jose. the third fire broke out on on the southeast side of the city. investigators are trying to figure if all three fires were an accident or intentionally set. >> the window washer would fell from the roof of the building in san francisco and survived, the family will celeb

and think of alternative airports and your flight to laguardia is cancelled.ne you the next seat to laguardia and if it gets close to where you are going. and tell them where you are going to philadelphia or hartford. and if so, tell them that. and they will not assume it and that it might be the difference in helping you to get the flights where you are going. >> is christmas day a bis travel day? >> christmas day is not. and that used to be more of a helpful fact than it is now. you used to have the same schedule and flights on christmas day. and no one wanted to sploi and flights are cheap on christmas day and a time to get the bargain and a day like today. you have empty seats and you can get where you are going on christmas morning and you know what. not as many people want to fly, we'll not fly as much. and give our own employees the day off. and they do that to keep fares up and flights full. all right. so thank you for joining us and we hope you get where you get going safely this christmas. >> thank you so much. and christmas celebrations are taking p

. >>> trouble in the tarmac at new york's laguardia airplane today. a southwest and american airlines jet collided. they clipped wings. nobody was hurt. as you can imagine, passengers were a bit shaken up. one of them said my plane just hit another plane and broke the wing. hash tag late for christmas. >>> now you need to focus more on your footing. >> how an important tourist spot in san francisco is slipping away tonight. >> it is a personal thing. i don't like to be stolen from. >> and it is happening a lot lately. packages plucked right off people's porches. how one homeowner set out to catch a thief. ,,,,,,,, overnight in san jose. poli say: it may be the work of an arsonist. firefighters f ly >> three cars torched in two hours. it may very well be the work of an arsonist. firefighters found the first two cars fully engulfed near del mar high school around midnight. another set if on fire near yerba buina avenue. >>> one bay area homeowner got so fed up with people stealing his packages, he tells our christin ayers he decided to teach them a less

you ♪ captioning made possible by sony pictures television we're beginning our final descent into laguardia are fastened and your seat back and tray tables are in their full, upright positions, and discontinue the use of any electronic devices you may have brought on board. honey. huh? we're landing, and you couldn't have more to do. oh, right. i, uh... is there, like... whoa. you like the way daddy throws away his trash, huh? no, that's for being such a sweetie this weekend. ah, it wasn't so bad. oh, come on. give yourself some credit. you spent 2 whole days with my old high-school friend and her new baby. it's called "doin' the right thing," carrie. some of us still believe in that. oh, and by the way, i was checkin' out the clothes they had on that baby. couldn't look more comfortable. yeah, that fleece ducky thing was cute, right? no, no, no. you're missing the point. i want that for me. oh, look. we're almost on the ground.

case, two planes colliding and clipping wings on the tarmac meant these passengers at new york's laguardia weren't getting anywhere fast. >> delay the flight going there and back. >> reporter: the flight tracking service, flight aware, is reporting nearly 5,000 delays and nearly 600 cancellations yesterday. and with the storm still brewing, experts say expect disruptions to continue today. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >>> more miserable weather on the way for millions of americans this holiday. >> our coverage continues right now at accuweather where meteorologist justin povick is tracking it all. >> thanks. thankfully, not dealing with severe weather in the mid-atlantic and the northeast. but one thing that we will have a whole lot of is rain. coming down in buckets along the interstate 95 corridor from d.c. to philadelphia to new york city. right in boston, a steady, soaking rain further inland. and a little bit of snow on the backside of our storm around chicago. potentially as far south as indianapolis. so a lot of travel delays there. and equally as many travel delays here in th

. >> reporter: at new york's laguardia airport, an aircraft fender bender only complicated a foggy, wet day. the wing tip of a southwest 737 torn off after hitting the tail of an american 737. no injuries. while in chicago, a winter storm watch starts tomorrow. >> you just get on the plane and you just hope that you land where you're supposed to be going. >> reporter: it was only a few weeks ago when a tsa staffing foul-up led to impossibly long security lines at midway airport. today the tsa chief promised he's fixed that problem. >> it was a mistake that was made. i have high confidence that that will not be repeated anyplace across the 450 airports where tsa provides security. >> reporter: but this week it's the weather that seems determined to slow down travelers. already today we've had more than 4,700 delays, but tomorrow's going to be the big problem day. every major hub in the east and the south likely to be affected. christmas eve travel could be really difficult. brian? >> tom costello at dca, washington national airport, a busy place tonight. tom, thanks. >>> as we said, ther

in the philadelphia international airport toward new york's laguardia almost 90 minutes. 45 minutes in boston's logan so fog and drizzle if you're stepping outdoors but temperature hold pretty steady in the upper 40s. actually above average. fog and drizzle tonight. keep along the umbrellas. the heaviest rain once again arrives tomorrow for christmas eve. so expect travel delays as well as airport delays. we'll have much more on how much rainfall to expect, how warm it gets with the temperatures and your complete holiday forecast coming up. iain and lucy? >> see you soon. >>> live interactive radar and weather updates around the clock go to myfoxphilly.com and click that weather tab at the top of the home page. >> developing now a woman charged with having sex with a teen. 42 year old iris gibney faces several charges to night. authorities say they caught her having sex with the boy last month. our chris o'connell has the story from gilbertsville. >> definitely a story that's got people in montgomery county talking. a 42-year-old pottstown woman arrested and charged today with having s

. ♪ >> reporter: at new york's laguardia airport, santa and his elves tried to keep holiday spirits brightwith christmas carollers, trying to distract them from flight delays and cancellations. it was windy and wet from maine to florida. by midday, 200 flights across the country had been canceled, more than a thousand delayed. but travellers in new york seemed to be taking everything in stride. >> so far it has been great, no problems for us. we're hoping it will continue to be this way. >> reporter: delays were a bit more prevalent in philadelphia, where heavy fog slowed takeoffs and landings. >> really less crowded than i expected. i was expecting it to be packed in here. >> reporter: forecasters feared chicago's o'hare airport would see significant snow, which could snarl air travel across the country, but now it appears the bulk of the system is heading east of the windy city. and in the northwest, and rocky, snow is expected to fall on christmas day. with any luck, most christmas travelers will be with family and friends by then, even if the journey took longer than they had hoped. ch

trip to rikers island, 400 acre penal colony on the east river, directly undered flight path of laguardia airport. connected to the mainland by a narrow two-lane bridge, the island is home to an average of 14,000 inmates in two separate facilities. >> every criminal who committed an act is coming through here if they come from new york city. >> they come off of the streets. they are tired. they're dirty. they're hungry. if you saw everything there, whether it was somebody who was from wall street who was charged with fraud or the lowest of the low drug dealers. >> get between 80, 90 admission a day. around the clock, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. >> what size do you wear? >> 8.5. >> guess what. 10 is going to be your lucky number. these are air giulianis. >> never stops. the city never sleeps. >> while cell inspections are routine at all the jails and prisons profiled on "lockup," they were conducted with a military-like show of force at rikers. first the emergency response team marches to the cellblock in full riot gear armed with high-voltage stun shields. they secure

but passengers at laguardia airport were hopeful the weather >> i was glad the weather was okay, youw, no snowstorms or anythi >> i'm actually headed to iowa through chicago today. >> and how is everything -- on time? >> looks like it's on time so far. they're saying rain, but maybe in chicago, there might be a little bit of a delay. so far, looks pretty good. >> were you nervous at all flying on christmas eve you might not make it? >> i've done it before. i feel confident today. >> christmas d also looking far more optimistic. ♪ rudolph the red nose reindeer ♪ >> were you nervous at a? weather issues? >> kind of prepare for the worst. >> we expect the wind and the rain to sort of moderate overnight and actually tomorrow we might see that strange light in the sky that we know as the sun. we're hoping that travel won't be affected tomorrow. >> reporter: mean whiwhilemeanw carriers are waiving fees for passengers making last-minute changes ahead of the storm. the silver lining for many travelers, a drop in fuel prices. the national average for gasoline just $2.35 per gallon, meaning mo

don champion cbs news, laguardia airport. >> aaa says the number of americans traveling at least 50 miles from home is up dramatically this year. 4% higher than last year. >>> santa claus has begun his annual trip around the world delivering all of those gifts to kids young and old. >> hope he has a lot of coffee. he has a busy night. volunteers at the north american aerospace command, that's norad, keeping track of santa claus' travels. you can see he is down in the indonesia area right now over the philippines. follow along on the agency's website. just getting started. >> always fun to track it. >>> we are tracking showers up north and midday today we'll get wet in the north bay spread south through the bay area and then the radar should be picking up santa claus coming along about 18 hours from now. stay tuned for that. in the meantime we have some dense fog out there and drizzle this morning. more today than yesterday as the spiral staircase once sang. frank remembers that. >> i'm sorry, i wasn't there for you, brian. >> i love you more today than yesterday. i pay attention to you, y

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by way of comparison laguardia and san francisco airport recently put theirs out to bit. the airport is interested in locking in our higher mag at this time. the extension of the term will also allow signature to amortize the costs they have associated with the terminal renovations as well as the construction of a new hanger that was completed just last month. the budget analyst recommends approval but i would be happy to answer any questions you might have. >> thank you, why don't we move on to our budget analyst report first. >> mr. chairman, supervisor avalos, on page 62 of our report we have table 1 which shows signature has paid rent to the airport totaling $83,127,104 to september 30, 2014 and we also estimate that the total minimum annual guaranteed rent to be paid by signature to the airport from october 1st, 2014 through september 30, 2022, would be $109,586,378. we recommend you approve the resolution. >> thank you, mr. rose. seeing no questions we'll open up to public comment. anybody wish to comment on item 11? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> motion

. >> you know, we have three major commercial airports here, newark liberty, jfk and laguardia. so traffic comes through our airports and to the extent that aircraft are delayed or efficiently handled, it affects travel throughout the country. >> reporter: on top of the weather, a record number of travelers hit the road and air. a 4% increase compared to last year. and that's being attributed to lower gas prices. jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. >> and now at 4:43 on your christmas morning, merry christmas to you and thanks for coming by channel 5 this early thursday as we look from oakland through the twin suspension towers of the bay bridge and over toward the embarcadero center in san francisco. a clear day to start things out with. high pressure is building offshore and that's giving us pretty strong northerly winds over the bay area. that's cleared out the fog and it just looks like a sparkling start to christmas day. we get an extended dry break, too. there's not going to be much change in the pattern with cool weather over the bay area for the next few days. and no sig