look at current temperatures, definitely cold enough for cold to stick across a good portion of missouri and the foothills. temperatures above freezing to the east. this is a storm system that will continue to bring problems as we go through a good portion of the afternoon for today. keep that in mind if you are traveling. blizzard conditions are anticipated in the forecast through the boot hill of missouri to paducah, kentucky and carbondale, illinois. the system setting up to be problematic as it all advances to the east and that's something we're monitoring here. we'll bring you the latest on watches and warnings as they come in. >>> other top stories, brand new information about the christmas eve ambush that left two volunteer firefighters dead in upstate new york. 62-year-old william spengler, the man who set fire to his suburban rochester home began firing at firefighter at the scene, left behind a note and they found human remains inside his home. >> medical examiner has removed those remains. 191 lake road is where the shooter resided with his sister. the assumption is that it is

right now than we may think well stephanie calton chair of the economics department at university of missouri kansas city and a subscriber of modern monetary theory is here to talk about just that plus the senate is reportedly looking at extending a two thousand and f.d.i.c financial crisis measure that guarantees one hundred percent of all checking account bank deposits now the c b o estimates the f.d.a. is the does not collect enough fees to offset the risk exists as another subsidy for too big to fail banks we have a reality check plus a talian technocrat leader mario monti versus bunga bunga three time former prime minister silvio berlusconi their latest debate centers around a different approach to bond yields will cover the spread in loose change let's get to today's capital account. government budget deficits do they matter of course but looking at the fiscal cliff debate it actually seems most seem to agree with that statement i just made though folks may disagree on the best way or time to address them here's the but is this framework misguided well yes according to supporters of m.m

the gentleman from missouri. mr. clay: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield five minutes to the gentleman from maryland and the chief sponsor of the bill, elijah cummings. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for five minutes. mr. cummings: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in support of the hatch act modernization act. senator akaka and i introduced this legislation, along with app number of our distinguished -- with a number of our distinguished colleagues on each side of the aisle. it incorporates recommendations for reform that the special counsel carolyn lerner sent to congress last year. i want to thank senator akaka not only for his work on this bill but for everything he's done for federal workers. i also take a moment to thank my good friend, representative jason chaffetz. the chairman of the national security subcommittee for his very hard work in support of this legislation as well as chairman issa for helping to bring this bill to the floor toda

well according to the article it was coined by stephanie calton a professor at the university of missouri at kansas city who with another gentleman talked about in the article is part of a small group of economists who have concluded that everyone members of congress think tank denizens the entire mainstream of the economics profession has misunderstood how the government interacts with the economy if their theory dubbed modern monetary theory or and then t. is right then everything we thought we knew about the budget taxes and the federal reserve is wrong so here to really discuss what m. and t. is and what it's advocating is stephanie calton her self so first of all thank you so much for being on the show professor cults and we're very excited to get into a discussion about m.m.t. because we really haven't had a proper discussion about it so thank you thank you yes so let's just start with a very simply what is m.m.t. and while i'm sure different people may vary on certain specifics maybe you could focus on what most proponents of m.m.t. agree on. sure well lauren m.m.t. for her for us

louis missouri. is it missouri or missouri? which is it? >> well, i say missouri.new york missouri. stuart: go ahead, tell me why the price is so low in missouri. >> it's down to a 2 handle for two reasons. low gas taxes and proximity to gulf coast refining. so they have two advantages that they have that nobody else really has. stuart: am i right in saying that the trend all across the country is down and quite sharply so? >> i believe so. i think just about every state is looking at pretty nice declines now. the great lakes is dropping very low and they may see a bit of a price spike. that's normal for them. but national average still does lag last year, so while everybody is feeling all great about gas prices going down, stuart, i'm a little bit of a grinch by telling everybody prices are still higher than last year. stuart: we have talked about this before. we have established a new normal. prices spike, get up to 4 bucks, then they come back down, but they settle higher than where they settled previously. so you've got a new normal which keeps on going up. is

the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: i thank the president for yielding. let me first of all join my colleague from indiana in expressing my concern about where we are on taxes and spending and my hope that we get somewhere and get somewhere quickly. we have certainly brought this down to the last moment. many people on this floor for months have talked about the importance of certainty as it relates to our economy moving forward, of certainty as it relates to family farms and small businesses whether they can stay in the next generation of that family or not, and i hope we can achieve those things in the next coming hours as we finish this day and whatever it takes to create that level of certainty at the highest possible levels of how it impacts american individuals and families will be important. the kinds of things that we're hearing about the agreement that we might be able to go forward generally sound like that they for most americans solve problems that have been out there now for a decade. temporary tax policies, even tax policies that last for a

while today, another family in missouri came forward to claim their prize. and talk about the shock of it all and how they chose those numbers. here's abc's alex perez. >> reporter: two years ago, mark hill and his wife, cindy, were both unemployed. today, they are powerball jackpot millionaires. >> i was shaking. i called my husband, and i said, "i think i'm having a heart attack." >> reporter: but she didn't. and the family today accepted their $293,750,000 check at the high school where they both met, in the town where they still live, in teeny, tiny, dearborn, missouri. mark immediately called his boss at the mile hereshire brands factory, where he works packaging hot dogs, to let them know he's not coming in. >> you know, i only talked to my boss over the phone. he didn't believe me. >> reporter: and those winning numbers, not jersey numbers from royals hall of fame players as first rumored -- just quick pick. the hill's son, cody, says the millions won't define this family. >> my dad always said that money doesn't really make a person, just makes life

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and eventually here through missouri. also into indiana and illinois, especially the southern portions of those states. right now the winter radar warm enough that it's just rain in oklahoma city. throughout dallas, ft. worth, the ozarks, missouri. warm enough primarily for rain. the white is starting to show up as snow. if you're traveling in kansas this morning, that will probably be the worst of it. as far as snow accumulations go, we're talking not a big blockbuster event. one to three inches in wichita, southern indiana, southern illinois. again, a coating of snow during the day today. tonight through the new year's. and temperatures are very cold this morning, too. especially up here, negative numbers in north dakota and minnesota. a little nippy in new england, too. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at weather outside your window. as far as snow accumulations, again, kansas city to st. louis, only a couple inches. maybe two at most. now, temperatures are above freezing. so we may even get t

we'll be watching missouri. traveling interstate 70 during the morning hours. that's where you'll deal with snowy weather and this will continue through much of the day. we just changed over to snow in joplin. interstate 44 right now mostly rain but we'll watch interstate 70 later today. that's a troublesome drive and a major thoroughfare. one to three inches from indianapolis to st. louis to kansas city to wichita including areas around topeka, kansas. other areas of the country won't see much snow. very cold. northern new england very cold. boston is at 22. maine is in the single digits with negative numbers in the northern plains. very cold out there today. minneapolis, fargo, duluth, and that cold air will head to chicago late tonight towards tomorrow. one spot in this country that i wouldn't want to stand outside in the cold and wait for a ball to top would be in the northern plains. not bad in new york city later on tonight. >> negative temperatures. yikes. >> coldest air of the season. get ready for it. >>> the top new year's resolutions made and kept by

we need more water to be released out of the missouri river and missouri river basin and we'll need moreotherwise it will be huge economic impact to the american consumer. melissa: let's talk about that. besides the fact this is pretty astounding and a lot of us don't know it is going on it will ultimately impact us because if there are $7 billion worth of goods going through this area that has a domino effect to the rest of the country interms of prices. what could we expect to see in the rest of the country? >> i think what you can see as direct example is you have an area already been affected by drought. so that affect as lot of crop yields. now what you're seeing this area already has been affected. the crops that they did harvest are being restricted or delayed or not even being able to be moved southbound anyway. you have the low yield crop moving south. what the hidden problem, the fertiliz needs to go north to get ready for next year's crop is not able to do that either. you have commodities crisis in the center that goes north and south as far as imports and exports affecting b

seth doane tells us about a missouri high school fighting the problem. >> hi, brandy, how are you? >> reporter: spend a minute in the nurse's office at truman high school in independence, missouri, and you'll immediately notice something troubling. what problems are you seeing? >> we see type two diabetes, high blood pressure. people with joint pains, arthritis, stre swrierkt depression. from being above a healthy weight >> reporter: school nurse lori halsey tells us 40% of students at truman high were overweight or obese. two years ago, he was part of a district-wide program to test students' body fat. >> you worry where they are going to be in the future. >> we have a major issue in kids because what they're eating, what they're not eating, the lack of exercise. this is a crisis in our country. >> reporter: the crisis that school superintendent jim hinson saw in his school. through higher rates of absenteeism, illness, and lower test scores. he attacked the problem with mandatory nutrition classes in grades k-12. >> at the >> how many of you use a measuring cup? >> reporter: at t

wet roads from green bay to northern missouri.n hamper drivers in the midwest. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in chicago, detroit and minneapolis. >>> in kansas city this morning, there are a lot of heavy hearts and one big lingering question, why. >> people are trying to grasp, why. why chiefs linebacker jovan belcher shot and killed his girlfriend, the mother of his baby girl, then drove to arrowhead stadium and killed himself in front of his coach and general manager. and belcher's uniform hung untouched in his locker. members of the chiefs organization struggled for answers. >> it's tough. i miss him, you know. he's a great guy. a great teammate. >> he was an individual that did something that he snapped, and that, i don't understand. i probably never will. >> no history of concussions from belcher either. his teammates and 62,000 fans observed a moment of silence for victims of domestic violence. we're going to have highlights from the game in just a moment. >>> and new research is coming to light strengthen

in missouri one high school looked at the problem of overweight kids and is doing something about it. seth doan reports. >> hi, brandy, how are you? >> reporter: spend a minute in the nurse's office at truman high school in independence, missouri, and you'll immediately notice something troubling. what problems are you seeing? >> we see type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, people with joint pains, arthritis, stress, anxiety, depression from being above a healthy weight. >> reporter: the school nurse told us that 40% of students at truman high were overweight or obese. two years ago she was part of a districtwide program to test students' body fat. >> it's very concerning to see that they're dealing with adult illnesses at such a young age, and you just worry about where they're going to be in the future. >> we have a major issue with kids because of what they're eating, what they're not eating, the lack of exercise. this is a crisis in our country. >> reporter: a crisis that school superintendent jim hinson saw was undermining his school in absenteeism and lower test scores. he attac

there is deep shock and sadness tonight in kansas city, missouri, and across much of the football world after a horrible tragedy that has left an nfl star player and his girlfriend dead in an apparent murder-suicide. police say kansas city chiefs linebacker jovan belcher shot the 22-year-old woman before he headed to the stadium he was expected to play in tomorrow afternoon. it was there he turned the gun on himself. thanh truong joins us from arrowhead stadium in kansas city. good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you. arrowhead stadium is a symbol of pride for this city and the kansas city chiefs but there is a lot of sorrow here right now after a deadly day ended not far from where i'm standing. shortly before 8:00 this morning, gunfire erupted at this kansas city suburban home. >> when we arrived, a lady came out and said her daughter had been shot by her boyfriend several times inside the residence. we went in the residence. she was taken to the local hospital where she died a short time later. >> reporter: just ten minutes later at arrowhead stadium a man with a gun. >> we got

the lowest state average in america, missouri, $2.95 a gallon. tennessee, south carolina, oklahoma, they could fall below $3 in the next couple of days. all right, big deal. that puts money into the

the missouri river says the missouri river basin needs to take care of it needs first.er that would flow down here is being withheld. you have companies like nighthawk call in illinois, they are telling their employees they will have to shut down. they are talking about shutdowns. they are talking about employees, hundreds of them, going through the holidays without a paycheck. until that time, the only team that will make the situation here better is rain in the midwest and it is not forecasted. connell: a big economic story. mike tobin. dagen: thank you, mike. games like farmville baby able to soon bring money into your wallet. connell: let's look at some rates. here is the treasury yield. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your sh list at the winter event going on now through december 31st. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease a 2013 e350 for $579 a month at your local mecedes-benz deale i heard you guys can ship ground for less than the ups store. that's right. i've learned the only way to get a h

cleaver of missouri, mr. grijalva of arizona, for working with me to preserve the district of columbia world war i memorial in particular. the bill that is before us, madam chair is an example of what can be done when members work together to receive resolution of their individual concerns. earlier this congress, a gentleman from texas, mr. poe, introduced h.r. 938. it would have, among other things, nationalized d.c. memorial by designating it as the district of columbia and national world war i memorial. now we were all in agreement that there should be a suitable memorial on federal land as we now approach this extraordinary anniversary in 2014. but of course i had to oppose altering the integrity of the d.c. me -- war memorial that memorial was built with not one federal dollar but with the blood and treasure of d.c. residents, including funds from schoolchildren. of the more than 26,000 d.c. residents who served in world war i, the 499 who died, more than the number from three states, have their names in

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today modern monetary theory with stephanie calton economist for the university of missouri kansas city she calls herself a deficit owl from what i understand has coined the term so we're going to continue that conversation now so before the break professor kelton one thing you got into that i wanted to ask about you were talking about government policymakers setting their priorities setting national priorities and investing accordingly in a perfect world i understand that but sitting here in washington and watching the way that policy is actually made especially recently it's hard for me to have faith that that will happen soon or that that can ever happen so in that situation don't you have government investment in stimulus benefiting only certain industries and perhaps not others and in this situation what allows for creative destruction of the sort that allows for innovation and allows for a dynamic changing economy in a situation where the government is full employment. ok well i mean first the question about stimulus benefiting only certain industries or only certain people to som

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. >> reporter: blizzard conditions in kentucky, missouri, illinois and ohio. in ohio national weather service some places could get more than a foot of snow thousands without power and flights are cancelled. indiana could see nine to 11 inches of snow today. the mayor of indianapolis has shutdown all city services, except police and fire. one last image, this is missouri, this storm system moving toward new england, bringing the possibility of more tornadoes to the coastal carolinas. more than 900 flights have been cancelled across the united states today. sfo reporting some delays to newark, philadelphia and dallas ft. worth. >>> saw people throwing out salt to melt some of the snow. happening now in the bay area computer software problem causing delays between 5 and 30 minutes on caltrain. a spokeswoman says the glitch is causing a problem with the signals, delays of more than an hour when service began in morning. caltrain is using a back-up system and they hope to have trains on time by the evening. >>> we know it is the day after christmas, let the return

>> missouri is made up of 114 counties. each hay theft is handled by the local sheriff.ave any, don't have any statewide statistics but ccording to the ag task force that handles the ag crime the third leading thing stolen from farmers in missouri after cattle rustling and, and metal theft or salvage theft. melissa: serious enough problem that we were reading about one instance where local authorities hid a fps tracker inside a bale of hay they thought would get stolen because this is big enough problem they're out there working on this. he programmed it so that it would call his cell phone or the bail was moved. sure enough they found hay thieves stealing a bale of hay. they're trying to get ahead of the problem. it is serious enough that law enforcement is trying to lay traps to catch hay thieves. >> one bale of hay looks pretty much like another. and we, i start talking to a neighbor of a friend of mind said he was eating, sitting in his front room at 2:00 on a sunday afternoon and saw a load of hay go by, well over a thousand dollars worth of hay. boy that is good-lo

. >> reporter: blizzard conditions in kentucky, missouri, illinois and ohio. in ohio national weather service some places could get more than a foot of snow thousands without power and flights are cancelled. indiana could see nine to 11 inches of snow today. the mayor of indianapolis has shutdown all city services, except police and fire. one last image, this is missouri, this storm system moving toward new england, bringing the possibility of more tornadoes to the coastal carolinas. more than 900 flights have been cancelled across the united states today. sfo reporting some delays to newark, philadelphia and dallas ft. worth. >>> saw people throwing out salt to melt some of the snow. happening now in the bay area computer software problem causing delays between 5 and 30 minutes on caltrain. a spokeswoman says the glitch is causing a problem with the signals, delays of more than an hour when service began in morning. caltrain is using a back-up system and they hope to have trains on time by the evening. >>> we know it is the day after christmas, let the return

the hill family from dearborn, missouri. they had one of the two tickets from the record-setting 588-million-dollar jackpot. six members of a family showed up at a news conference. the mom cindy hill is a laid off office manager. the dad mark hill a mechanic at meat processing plant. they brought along their three sons and their 6-year-old adopted daughter. the hills told reporters they are now considering adopting another child. and they talked about what it was like when they realized they hit the jackpot. >> i didn't find out until the next day after i had taken my daughter to school and i went by to see what the numbers were. and i got back in my car and i didn't have my glasses. and i was thinking is that the right numbers? is that the right numbers? and i was shaking and i called my husband and i said i think i'm having a heart attack. >> i get a phone call from dad. and first thing he says is now don't say nothing. [ laughter ] i go to work and everyone is talking about like someone from the kansas city area won. i'm

there's enough strong and severe weather out ahead of it, arkansas and missouri we can deal with the storm there. we will deal with lake-effect snow friday and saturday. how much snow are we talking about? that little area through central parts of nebraska, a possibility of a foot of snow. and ten inches possible for wisconsin down to central portions of iowa. finally we have to watch out for that severe weather threat. areas of yellow, late tonight into tomorrow morning, possibility of isolated tornadoes. watch out missouri, arkansas and louisiana. >> thank you very much. >> a little bit of everything. >> sounds nasty. thanks for that. >>> this next video is shocking. talk about a wild ride. this youtube video shows what appears to be a golden eagle swooping down on a child in canada and trying to fly away. though the child was dropped from the air, it wasn't hurt. golden eagles are one of the largest birds in north america. kills me to look at that. >>> two women sue over an extremely public cavity search caught on dash cam. >>> and the instagram controversy gets heat the. >>> and

the missouri compromise. 1832 and 33, the nullification controversy between the state of south carolina and the federal government was also settled by compromise. finally, from late 1840's, the battle over the future of slavery and the territory one from mexico and as the mexican cession following the mexican war was settled by the compromise of 1850. and does he look at these four examples, precedent and tradition replace another such settlement to take place in 1860-61. the chief issue between the republicans and the south involved slavery, but not slavery in the 15 states where it existed. almost all americans in 1860, republicans included cult believed that the constitution protected slavery in the states where it existed. the critical questions was slavery in the national territories. the territories and by the nation that have not yet become states. the great plains and rocky mountains, west of the rocky mountains to california. it did not include california because california, as you know, was already a state. the crescent -- the question was so critical because it had to do with

back in the small town in missouri where the hill family says they will remain, there are corrections, information that the jerseys led to the winning numbers was a coincidence. the ticket was a quick pick. >> although we love the royals, so -- >> reporter: oh, and locals have made it very clear to everyone this town is not called dearborn. >> dearborn. >> reporter: the family here says they do plan to share the wealth. among the causes close to their hearts, adoption, something that they say they may now do again. brian? >> kerry sanders in dearborn, missouri tonight, thank you. >>> and tonight, a huge weather system is causing trouble on the west coast, bringing heavy rain, lightning and snow to a region that is now really at capacity, and sadly, there is more weather on the way. nbc's miguel almaguer in san francisco for us, where i have noticed the skies are darker behind you over the last hour, miguel. >> reporter: yeah, brian, good evening, after getting hammered by wind and rain today, finally a brief break here after a second powerful storm slammed into the west coast. it seem

. >> and missouri family stated that $587 million power bought tickets.ri lottery officials stated that they issued them this oversized check. cindy's stated that she bought the ticket headed fool martlet wednesday night and this was hours before the draw. the couple stated that they would share their wealth with their children and their adoptive daughter. they also plan to donate to charities and lottery officials are still working to confirm that the apart paul wenner is in arizona. >> still to come on kron 4 news we do have renee whethrainy weather. here is the san mateo bridge and the traffic is moving okay. should be extra careful heading out. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- you can stay in and share something... ♪ ♪ ...or you can get out there with your friends and actually share something. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on, offering some of our best values of the year. this is the pursuit of perfection. >> stanford and ucla battled it out last night in palo alto for a spot in the rose bowl. gary will show you one, lat

the other winning ticket sold to a husband and wife in missouri, who joked that their family is going to have a pretty good christmas. >> cindy and mark hill of dearborn, missouri, bought one of the two winning tickets for the $588 million powerball. >> and i was thinking, is that the right numbers? is that the right numbers? and i was shaking. i called my husband. i said, i think i'm having a heart attack. >> reporter: it is a giant reversal of fortune for the hills, who were high school sweethearts. cindy has been out of work for two years. mark is a mechanic. he says the reality hasn't quite sunk in. >> i had to get like toothpaste and stuff like that, so i found myself in the store still looking at the prices and stuff. >> reporter: their lump-sum payment comes to $192 million. they're planning to set up college funds for their relatives and give to charity. they want to keep their four children grounded, though their youngest already has big dreams for christmas. >> what did you want for christmas? >> a pony. >> reporter: they say with their new fortune, they're considering a sec

the other sold to a husband and wife from missouri. and today they joked that their family is going to have a pretty good christmas. >> the hill family. come on up. >> cindy and mark hill of dearborn missouri bought one of the two winning tickets for the 588 million-dollar power ball. >> and i was thinking is that the right numbers ? is that the right numbers ? and i was shaking and i called my husband and i said i think i'm having a heart attack. >> it is a giant reversal of fortune nor the hills who were high school sweethearts. cindy's been out of work for two years. mark is a mechanic. he says the reality hasn't quite sunk in. >> we had to get tooth paste and stuff like that. so i found myself in the store still looking at the prices of stuff. >> their lump sum payment comes to $192 million. they're planning to set up college funds for relatives and give to charity. they want to keep their four children grounded. >> jaden what did you want for christmas? >> pony. >> the hills adopted jade reason if china five years ago. they say wi

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clifton daniel married to the king of western missouri. a lot of people thought harry truman that he was under rated. actually interviewed harry truman when i was in college trying out for the paper. the library had not started and he was then an office building in downtown kansas city like frosted glass there was a secretary. that was his entourage. he asked me to send it to him and he sent me back a letter that said thank you for the article it was perfectly all rights. [laughter] i have a lot of time for harry truman. he is the on the kansas city president. >> i am from kansas city. >> could we pause for a minute? where did you go to high school? >> she is from johnson county. it is okay. that is called cupcake plant >> i have read your humorous books but the favorite is about alice what is your favorite the you have written? >> that would be one of them i have written a lot of different kinds. it is apples and oranges for comparison. and another way to look at it and never got my act together but about alice maybe. >> did your mom they

missouri voters elected him to the u.s. senate in 1976. they reelected him in 1982 and 1988, for a total of 18 years of service. the senator initiated major legislation in international trade, telecommunications, health care, research and development, transportation, and civil rights. he was later appointed special counsel by janet reno. he later represented the united states as u.s. ambassador to the united nations and served as a special envoy to sudan. he has been a great friend to missouri, st. louis, and washington university. please join me in welcoming him now. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. i owe our speaker an apology. when you hear the apology, you are going to conclude that i am a really terrible human being. i am the kind of person who takes advantage of a friend, especially a friend who is vulnerable. when he is vulnerable, i pounce. tonight's origin was a rehearsal dinner the night before the wedding of victoria will, george's only daughter. george was standing on the edge of the hotel ballroom taking and one o

one state over in missouri, salt trucks were busy preparing the roads for expected heavy snowfall. transportation officials mark sheldon warned holiday travelers. >> certainly, those roads are slick. if you don't have to get out, please don't get out. >> reporter: the storm system caused heavy snow in the midwest, brought heavy rains and wind to the south, and shrouded the city of atlanta in fog. at least two reported tornadoes touched down in the houston area. one man was killed when a toppled tree flattened his pickup truck. by mid-afternoon, nearly 70,000 people in the houston area were without power. meteorologist david bernard says it's only going to get worse. >> this is a wide-ranging storm, as far as impacts go. there's a tornado threat in the south all the way into the southeast for tomorrow. north of that, arkansas into tennessee, indiana, parts of missouri and even into ohio, the threat will be for blizzard conditions developing later tonight and tomorrow. >> reporter: and all that bad weather is tracking east, with the bulk of it hitting the northeast by wednesday night

there's a system down in parts of the plains, missouri you can see snow and ice in northern arkansas rain in storms. new york city, the ball drops right in the 30s, it will feel okay and then colder on new year's day. >>> some tense moments for a night airlines flight heading for denver upon the plane losing a panel right off taking off from missouri. the pilot circling the airport and then landing safely. not clear what caused that pane. >>> and new and chilling images of the crash landing in moscow. a fifth person has died. kirit radia has though images from moscow tonight. >> reporter: the terrifying moment of impact was captured on a car's dashboard camera. watch as the plane slams into the side of the highway sending debris flying, the plane's tire smashing into the car ahead. miraculously, no one on the highway was killed. the russian-made tupolev 204 was trying to land at moscow's vnukovo airport on saturday when it skidded off the runway and crashed into the side of the highway, splirnting into three pieces and bursting into flames. the red wings air flight was arriving from

. >> a missouri couple who were once both out of work will no longer have to worry about money. the legacy they plan to leave now that they are megamillion areas. >> cbs 5 hi-def doppler is zoomed down to pleasanton, livermore, san ramon, dublin, seeing some scattered showers moving through but nothing like what we saw this morning. but now the ground is saturated. can't hold anymore water. we'll talk about this next soaker moving in and when it's going to move out coming up. ,, [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ] thousands of pg&e customerst also drivers. the lights were out on the bay bridge r part of the early morning commute. lights came back on >>> power outages affected pg&e customers and drivers. the lights were out on the bay bridge for part of the early- morning commute. the lights came back on about 6:30. >> live look

missouri is your equivalent of in greece, a permanent bailout. the thing is, whereas markets are amazing institutions for allocating existing goods and services among consumers, they are chronically bad at creating a balance between deficit and surplus regions. a geographic problem, and intertemporal. remember -- if that comes first, suddenly the money lender who later becomes a banker who later becomes wall street plays a hugely significant role in this process. the banker is the conduit of that recycling mechanism. when they get an increase in proportion as the result of their mediation of that process. given that, a failure of the banker is not the same thing as the failure of a clothes maker. suddenly, there are two things that must happen. one, society will demand that banks are not allowed to go to the wall. then bankers are affectively given carte blanche, free money for themselves. and the whole mechanism breaks down like in 2008. it is often said in the eurozone, we made a huge error in europe of binding disparate economies by means of c

a couple in missouri came forward yesterday to claim their share of the prize. a cool $136 million after taxes. abc's alex perez has the story. >> reporter: meet the family that has 293 million reasons to smile this morning. >> i called my husband. said i was going to have a heart attack. >> reporter: two years ago, mark hill and his wife, cindy, were both unemployed. today, they are powerball jackpot millionaires. the second-largest in lottery history. >> we're still stunned by what's happened. it's surreal. >> reporter: the hills accepted their giant check friday, with three sons and adopted daughter, jaden, at the same high school in dearborn, missouri, where the couple first met, nearly four decades ago. >> we remember when they were high school sweethearts. >> wish i had been nicer to them when they were kids. >> reporter: the numbers, collected by quick pick. the following day, mark called from his job at a hot dog packing plant and claimed the prize. but the big question remains, who bought that second winning ticket in arizona? no one has come forward ye

this 30-foot inflatable santa has been appearing on lawns in glendale, missouri.mes with very specific instructions too. you keep them for 24 hours and then pack him up and put him on someone else's yard someone with kids of course. but no one seems to know who is behind this new fangled holiday tradition. >> oh, my gosh, yes. totally dying to know who started it. >> i don't know how we'll find out. [ laughter ] >> maybe it will always be a mystery. >> well, for now, santa will keep moving from home to home surprising each and every new family in missouri. >> that's a big one. >> it is. but i like it. >> 4:57. >>> fugitive john mcafee is speaking out, what he said he lied about to escape belize. >> plus making sure the season stays bright. what bart is doing to keep all the shoppers safe. >> a day after a big fire sent chemical-laden smoke up in the air, investigators are still waiting to get in. tell you what's next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, plus: they're living up to r name. king tides pound the >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >> the smoke has cleared bu