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inside the nation's airports, travelers can expect long lines. an estimated .5 million people in the u.s. will try over christmas and new year but today and tomorrow are the busiest. cindy morano is trying to escape chicago. >> this is the easest vacations. nothing will stop me. a new storm in the nation's mid- section will travel to the east coast by the weekend, bringing merry misery to many. hillary lane, cbs news, seacaucus, new jersey. >>> a tree came crashing down on hikers. witnesses say that the hikers were on designated trails. >>> barney's in san francisco plans to close its union square store. just a few doors down, forever 21 will close its flagship branch on stockton street. both reit taylers have filed for bankruptcy. three bay area retailers also closed, costing more than 350 people their jobs. >> i do amazon, i work and i get home late and amazon makes it very convenient to just go online and order and return what i need. >> so far this year, u.s. row taylers have announced more than 9000 store closure, up nearly 60%. let's see ho

mona abdi is in reagan national airport with the latest. good morning to you, mona. >> reporter: and good morning to you, eva. that storm you mentioned is creating a ripple effect through the entire country. already causing flight delays and dangerous conditions for the millions headed home this weekend and things could get even worse as the system moves east. this morning, that winter storm raising concerns for over 115 million travelers flying out or hitting the roads in the final weekend before the new year in texas, multiple car accidents including this one near lubbock involving two vehicles and two semi tractor tracks. travelers trapped. out west drivers stranded for hours. southern california pounded with heavy rain and snow. at one point forcing parts of two interstates to shut down. airlines already bracing for impact on flights, delta and united issuing travel waivers in minneapolis and denver. at d.c.'s reagan national airport, travelers refusing to take any chances. >> been here since about 1:00. yeah, 1:00. our flight is leavin

the couple went to indiana national airport to speak to the reps directly. >> one of the reps told me i shouldn't have packed such nice things in my luggage in order to avoid this. >> reporter: she posted the story to tace book which her former colleague saw. her items were also missing. delta ultimately reimbursed her $5,000. >> we kind of started to wonder if it's something that might be happening pretty quick. >> reporter: in e-mailed statements united tells abc 7 news, quote, we are investigating the situation and our customer care team is reaching out to our customer to learn more. where's my suitcase writes, quote, as united airlines investigates this customer's claim it required our company would be in full cooperation as there are multiple touch points in the journey of a checked bag. united tells them it will need 6 to 8 weeks to investigate and that she will need to provide receipts for any item over $100. unfortunately she isn't sure she has all those receipts and that expensive jacket she says that was a gift. and also she's not heard from anybody from where's my suitcase

a high-ranking tsa official is warning the nation's airports. here's the warning. becoming unsafe. why? because the agency is prioritizing speed over security. now, the source here is a whistle-blower, and they charge that top tsa officials have reduced the sensitivity of metal detectors and disabled technology on some x-ray machines and ordered policy changes, all of which result in fewer patdowns. the troubling allegations come as a record-breaking 42 million travelers are expected to pass through our airports for the holy days. now, don't get upset at me and saying, why are you telling the bad guys? that's not how it works. if we're finding out about it, they know, okay? that's how terror investigation has worked for a long time. we don't know first. these are bad people who are looking for ways to cheat the system. so when we find out that the system is making it easier, we have to expose it because that's how you get the system to respond and be fixed, and that's what we want. so thank you very much for watching tonight. i know this is a big weekend for so man

. >>> some big problems in one of the nation's -- busiest airports. l.a.x. rise again. and the s&p 500 headed for a four-week winning streak according to cnbc. >>> nasa and boeing teaming up to launch a spacecraft called starliner to the international space station and took off this morning from cape canaveral and it is cool to listen to the countdown, so let's do that. >> three, two, one -- and liftoff. >> there you have it. never gets old there. the starliner will dock at the iss in about a day and then return home in a week. the flight is a test run and if it goes well the next nasa and boeing start flying manned missions soon. >> this time of the year you say three, two, one and i expect happy new year's. we're close but not that class. >> and just five days from christmas. >> that is wild. >> it is. >> this year has flown by. >> it has. >> and we say that every year. >> and the older you get the faster it goes by. >> yeah. here is a live look at fremont as you look out at the last weekend before christmas and maybe you have shopping to do. looking at so

you don't want to get between a politician and either national airport or dulles airport on a night like this. just don't be there. you'll get trampled. jonathan allen, our veteran nbc national news political reporter is in the spin room for us in los angeles tonight, and jonathan, let's just take a step back to last night's lead story. this is a cooling off period. senate and house are going to get out of town. they're not coming back until january 6th. the big question i have for you, these vulnerable republican senators are they going to go home during the break, do some reflection, are they going to go home during the break and hear from constituents who say, you know what, you should hear from some witnesses, let's make sure before we do this. the closest thing we can get to a real trial. >> for the most part, they're going to hear from friends and family. they're going to hear from donors. they're going to hear from the people they normally talk to, and their base instincts are probably going to be reinforced. it may be that there are one or two of them that come back with a differ

airport. rick reichmuth in the weather center. matt, to you first. reporter: jackie, here at one of the nation'sthe day after christmas things are running along smoothly. there is not a single cancellation up on the board. maybe a handful of delays. best-case scenario flying in or out of the airport, even into tomorrow morning. really airports nationwide are running smoothly except out west. there is trouble out there in the area of southern california. if aa says there are delays at lax and san diego. as the storm moves east it is expected to cause more travel headaches. rick reichmuth will have more on the weather after this report. travelers say here in chicago the parking lots were full. there were lines at times but in general they haven't had a lot of trouble. >> i was expecting a little bit of crisis absolutely. reporter: so far so good? >> so far it has been excellent. >> pretty regular. i know they said there would be a lot of traveling but it is regular for me. >> not smart enough to expect anything. i figured, i don't have a choice. i'm going. we went, we way and it was wonderful. rep

three million passengers are expected at the nation's airports, with tomorrow being the second busiest your bags, bring your patience that's the news update this hour guys, back downtown to you jon? >> thanks. >>> we are getting some early box office numbers on "star wars." julia boorstin has that from l.a. how does it look >> disney announcing rise of skywalker off to a strong start, $40 million coming in from the domestic box office in thursday night previews that's the fifth best preview performance in industry history. it does come in behind the force awakens. 57 million in previews $45 million for the last jet eye in thursday previews coming in fifth is not bad, dramatically higher than rogue one. disney points out the audience response is stronger than critic reviews. has a 58% critic score it is expect to bring in between 175 and $200 million at the box office one of the biggest of the year and one of the biggest of all time >> thank you >>> when we come back, tesla up 83% in the last six months early investor, former board member joins us next >>> and getting a check on where t

however, the national autonomous, the national airport in mexico city which was the new mexico airportd lost about $13 billion, so there's been some, quite a bit of contradictions in that. one of the things, despite some of his campaign promises that have been fulfilled, the way they been fulfilled that you can think are more worrisome at least in my mind. some decisions have been made more out of political necessity and economic prowess, and really centered around one thing, and that's amlo. so the continuing of the weakness of the institution. for example, in his most recent state of union address, he really said income distribution will remain a priority over economic growth, arguing that redistributing wealth is better government policy, able to help with economic development, help the poor. but again there so structural adjustment that is been able to do that. he delivered very easy quick wins. for example, tripping president of pensions, not using the presidential jet although it's my understanding it still has not been sold so it is in the hangar and still paying quite a bit mon

. >>> as millions of flyers pack the nation's airports this weekend, this holiday week i should say,ctor says american airports are becoming unsafe. just so you can get through the security line a bit faster. lactaid is 100% real milk, just without the lactose. so you can enjoy it even if you're sensitive. yet some say it isn't real milk. i guess those cows must actually be big dogs. sit! i said sit! . >>> as millions of americans rush home for the holidays, a tsa whistleblower is sounding an alarm. he says the agency is placing speed over safety at airports across the u.s. and putting passengers at risk. cnn's rene marsh has the cnn exclusive. >> reporter: more than 40 million u.s. airline passengers are expected to go through airport security checkpoints this holiday. but this tsa security director says you may not be as safe as you think. >> what they're doing is injecting danger into the system. >> reporter: jay brainard is the top tsa official in his state and has been with the agency for 17 years. he says tsa is cutting corners on the screening process to shorten wait times. on

makes landfall in new song it's bringing damaging winds and torrential rain in the lizard's national airport has been temporarily closed. syrian government strikes have killed at least 14 civilians in rebel held into the province too busy markets were targeted and there are reports of more as strikes in the area victoria has the story. but. attacks are intensifying and they are indiscriminate i believe. 'd a lot of the syrian army backed by russian add power targeted this market in an area controlled by fighters from hyatt. and on. to al qaeda witnesses say civilians are the majority of the casualties. here assad's warplanes carried out a right against this market civilians have been killed and injured the right also caused a lot of damage to property the civil defense teams are recovering bodies and helping the wounded we still don't know how many people have been killed. the s trikes in the northwestern province and a minor russian guaranteed ceasefire that's been in place since august towns targeted newman and sorry kid pool along the m 5 highway that connects the provincial capitals of h

they smell awfully good right now from national airport is my guess. garrett haake starting us off on capitol hill. i can already hear more echo in your voice, which means fewer people are there. joined now by one of the house's top democrats when it comes to decisions involving impeachment. he's chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. congressman engel, good to see you. let me start -- it looks like a trial balloon to us here in the -- in the cheap seats here. this idea of delaying sending the articles over. how long are you comfortable delaying sending over those articles? >> well, i'm comfortable right now with the way nancy pelosi has conducted herself. and has worked with all of us during impeachment. i want to see a fair trial. i want to see a free trial. it is very troubling when the senate majority leader and other senators said they have no intention of being impartial jurors. which is really what they're supposed to be. so hopefully, they'll -- they'll realize that this does not help anyone. let alone everybody in our country: a coun

kris van cleave is at one of the airports with the longest delays, new jersey's newark international. >> reporter: as the snow started coming down at one of the nation's busiest airports, delays and cancellations started piling up. some flights at newark airport waited more than three hours to take off today. parents traveling with small children were struggling to deal with the changing plans. >> i have a limited amount of diapers in my bag, so if we have to stay here a long time, i don't know what i'll do. >> reporter: united's jeff riedel. >> just be patients. we'll get you to your final destination. it may take a little longer. >> reporter: the storm pummeling the northeast also slowed traffic at laguardia, passengers in philadelphia, boston and new york's laguardia. one traveler described a frightening landing in boston. >> we were just circling around, and it was -- you couldn't see anything at all until you got way out. >> reporter: heavy rains in the bay area pushed delays to nearly four hours in san francisco's airport. >> it looks like one of the inflatables. >> reporter: and an extraordinary sight outside of boston when an evacuation slide

. >>> the trouble for travelers at some of the nation's biggest airports >>> preparing for a christmas crisis the u.s. braces for the worst after annous threat from north korea. >>> impeachment bombshell shedding new light on the president's controversial call with ukraine's leader as the showdown over the senate trial enters the holiday week. >>> the nfl playoff picture snaps into focus and where each team stands heading into the final week of the regular season. >>> "star wars" rockets to the stop spot on opening weekend in the box office but was it enough to live up to the galactic expectations "early today" starts right now >>> good morning i'm dara brown. >> i'm philip mena winter weather has already snarled traffic for millions of travelers running into ice, freezing fog, and rain across the u.s. nearly 4,000 flights were delayed this weekend and frustrating situations at a couple of major 00.00. nbc morgan chesky joins us with more on the holiday rush. >> reporter: a few days to go unless christmas and weather not making it any easier for the tralv travelers. everybody needs to

one of the nation's busiest airports. where it may have happened and the warning this morning. >>> but first, the new research on vaping from you cff and what it means for e-cigarette users. ♪ (vo) i know what you're thinking. electric, it's not for you. and, you're probably right. electric just doesn't have enough range. it will never survive the winter. charging stations? good luck finding one of those. so, maybe an electric car isn't for you after all. or, is it? ♪ >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. a health check this morning, a new health warning if you use e cigarettes. a new ucsf study said people who use e cigarettes face a greater risk of developing severe chronic illnesses like asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema. the study said vaping increases the chronic diseases by 30 %. if you vape and smoke, risk of developing lung disease more than triples. >> we found that the risk of smoking and the risk of e cigarettes were independent of each other. if you are a tool user and used both products, the risks of smoking and

david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. >>> stock markets around the world are trading lowersident trump cast doubt on a possible new trade deal between the u.s. and china. >> and here at home that comment sparked a wall street sell-off. all three major averages losing ground. the dow suffered the sharpest loss. it fell 280 points which is about 1%. >>> the trump administration says 200,000 americans without health insurance will be getting hiv prevention drugs for free. otherwise the so-called prep drugs cost about $20,000 a year in the u.s. only 40% of u.s. adults have ever been tested for hiv, and few of the people at high risk are receiving the medications that prevent it. >>> a consumer alert now. there is a food recall in 31 states. >> fuji food products is pulling ready to eat sushi, salads, and spring rolls from shelves over fears of a listeria contamination. so far no illnesses have been reported. >> the products are sold in the midwest and on the east coast too at trader joe's, 7-eleven, walgreens, and other locations. anybody who's purchased those products should t

david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. >> thank you, david. >>> charges may be filed in anat's gone viral. >> reporter alex bozarijan was live during a race in georgia saturday when a male runner appears to slap her rear end. she was stunned but managed to finish the segment. she later posted a message to the man on twitter which says quote you violated, objectified, and embarrassed me. no woman should ever have to put up with this at work or anywhere. >> obviously and for the obvious reasons for us, we were out raged. when you see this piece of video -- we've been in those situations. for me, local news reporter for years, and there have been incidents where, you know, people go crazy for some reason when a camera is on and camera lights. you've got this guy, who yes, an apparent and alleged sexual assault, some are outright calling it a sexual assault or an assault on this person. >> on camera. >> it's on camera. and obviously it's being looked at right now. there's ramifications most likely. it's up to the reporter as well, apparently, according to the police. but a lot

the storms have some fliers on edge but smooth sailing at the nation's busiest airport in atlanta. >> it's been good so far. >> reporter: our lat december warmup streak ended today in chicago after temperatures hit 50 or above five days in a row yesterday a record 61, today just the upper 30s but it's forecast to warm right back up this weekend from welcome warmth in some places to surprising amounts of snow in others, an unusual mix as the new year approaches. ron mott, nbc news, chicago. >>> let's bring in meteorologist dylan dreyer on where the storm is heading next, hi, dylan. >> good evening, kate. we'll see things take a turn into the weekend. we're looking at the storm gathering itself in the southwest and it will make its way into the denver area with late day snow showers, about an inch to three inches but it's really tomorrow we'll see even mor delays into omaha and denver and minneapolis where the snow could be heavy in minneapolis, the snow turns to rain eventually bu the rain is th reason for expected delays in memphis and st. louis, especiall down towards dallas where we

christmas holiday after typhoon 5 phoned by landfall many in the predominantly catholic nation were stuck in airports and bus terminals authorities have evacuated coastal areas fearing floods and landslides the typhoon is expected to move across central philippines and into the south china sea by thursday. in afghanistan 27 peace activists have been abducted while on a botched the leader of the people's peace movement says the group was taken by the taliban in the west and bullock district the taliban has not responded to requests for comment. the truck sol is a spokesman for peace movement afghanistan he says some of his colleagues have been captured by the taliban before this is not 1st time that will be fierce with such incidents so this is full time the taliban their culture our members and they're asking certain questions that. who are you and how you started them this is this gathering this movement but the main issue is that this moment is. started by local people and this is. effectiveness in the princes in the districts and among the people on the communities it's very efficient under people

and we begin with the ground stop at two of the nation's busiest airports, grinding midwest travel toalt this christmas eve. travelers at chicago's o'hare and midway airports headed to see family, look at that, and friends, stranded for christmas, packages in hand. that dense fog fueled by unusually high temperatures stretching from illinois to ohio. visibility dropping down sharply. abc's alex perez is in chicago tonight starting us off. >> reporter: tonight, holiday plans derailed for thousands of last-minute travelers on a foggy christmas eve. here's what it looked like on the roads around chicago this morning. >> you can see the fog hovering above the water. >> reporter: that fog forcing ground stops at both of chicago's airports. >> there was one turn where we could barely see. when we got here, everything's canceled. >> reporter: massive lines forming. travelers missing trips home to see family. >> i checked online and it looks like there are no flights available for the next couple of days. >> reporter: over 160 flights in and out of chicago canceled. >> we've been here since 1

however, the national autonomous the national airport in mexico city which was the new mexico airportwas canceled and lost about $13 billion so there's been some, you know, quite a bit of contradictions in that. wuj one of the things despite the campaign promises that have been fulfilled, the weight they've been fulfilled, a little more worrisome at least in my mind. some decisions have been made more out of political necessity than economic prowess. and really centered around one thing, and that's amlo, so kind of the continuing of the weakness of the institutions. for example, in his most recent state of the union address, he really said that income distribution will remain a priority over economic growth, kind of arguing that redistributing wealth is better. government policy is able to help with economic development, help the poor. but, again, there's no structural adjustments that have been able to do that. he's delivered very easy, quick, wins. for example, stripping presidents of pensions, not using the presidential jet, although it's my understanding it's still not been sold s

over the next 18 days we can expect more travellers through the nation's airports.ose heading the road you're definitely not going to be alone either. this morning whether you're packing up the car or bracing to a face those long lines at the airports, expect a lot of company. >> i'm going back home to jamaica. >> i am traveling to toronto. >> i'm going to be eventually make to it mississippi for the holidays. >> more than 115 million americans heading out of town this holiday season, the most on record and nearly 4% more than last year. with the majority of travellers hitting the road, drive times on the busiest day could double or more during peak hours in san francisco, new york and d.c. in some parts of the country the weather won't help. heavy rain in the weekend forecast potentially delaying flights and making rods dangerous. at the airports today among the busiest of the season. >> on time arrivals is my holiday wish. >> a tip from the tsa be ready for screening to help lines move smoothly. >> more people. you need to have more time built in so you're not as

and, the city council will discuss the airport national plan. they expect them to grow by more than 50% by the year 2037. there is talk about building 14 newgate and a 330 room hotel and a 5000 base parking garage. they also say, the environmental report shows the developments would spew significant and unavoidable amounts of greenhouse gases. >>> the force is strong at the box office for disney's star wars. thus, a key report is expected to highlight the holiday shopping season. we highlight those stories and more, and the money watch report. >>> two trading sessions there for a stock market. ended up 23 points on friday. the nasdaq +15. in the s&p 500 rose a fraction of a point. now, a look at consumer confidence in december. the peak of the holiday shopping season. when it came to investing in impressive metals. bloomberg.com says strong demand helps them jump more than 50%. over $2000 an ounce. and in jewelry the riser skywalker was the top at the box office for the second weekend in a row. and here, the saga that began in 1977, raked in an

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david kerley is at reagan national airport with more on this.ood morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. stunning news for the 12,000 workers at boeing. for the first time ever the company is shutting down an assembly line in the midst of a grounding. and next month, january, the silence will come to the 737 max line. this is the production line boeing will shutter, the announcement sending the company's stock tumbling and raising concerns for all those employees right before the holidays. >> merry christmas, right? >> reporter: the fastest selling jetliner ever for boeing grounded after that second deadly crash, nearly 350 killed in all. boeing continued building the max, about two a day, hoping for recertification at least by the end of this year. it's made software fixes to the system that may have contributed to the crashes, but the faa making clear last week it still has questions and no approval will be coming this year. with nearly 400 of the brand-new jets stored which need plenty of maintenance to keep them in working shape,

the nation's airports already filling up as people return home.nterstate 15 here in this area was one of the many crucial arteries that were shut down because of the ice and snow. tom, just adding to the travel troubles for millions of travelers who are hitting the roads here this holiday season. >> that's a big story this week. all right, marcus, thank you so much. rob marciano is here, and he's tracking the latest on that powerful storm making its way east. rob, good morning. >> good morning, tom. it is powerful, and also very compact. it will be expanding as it heads across the country. this is a precursor of what's about to go down in north dakota. this is i-29, some slick roads there. that's one of the many states that's under a winter storm watch or warnings, and it includes minnesota, north dakota, south dakota, nebraska under a warning and i wouldn't be surprised to see blizzard conditions, and we have wind advisories out for california because the center of this low is still over arizona. phoenix will probably see heavy rain today, flash

heavy fog in chicago today forced a shutdown of o'hare and midway, two of the nation's busiest airportsvenly peace in hong kong as cops and antigovernment protesters continue to clash there. at some of the demonstrators donned santa claus hats as they smashed shop windows and snarled traffic. police responded with tear gas. i'm aishah hasnie, now back to the ingraham angle. >> laura: welcome back to this special edition of the ingraham angle on the road. now in september, the show went to chicago where we held a town hall exposing the rampant violence in a town run by liberals. it's been forever, right? first i want to quickly take you back to the first time i went to chicago where i met the family of demetrius griffin. >> they burn them alive. he wasn't in again, he didn't do drugs. >> that was my only nephew. he was 15 years old. two years, $10,000, nothing. >> give me a hug. >> thank you so much. thank you so much. so sorry. >> laura: that was from our town hall last year. woman i show that hug with his rachelle sykes. her nephew demetrius griffin was murdered and at that time, no ar

for millions of us who are trying to get home from the holiday weekend, matt finn at the nation's busiest airport o'hare in chicago, at least he's inside, hey, matt. >> yeah, if you're trying get home after thanksgiving, weather might make travel impossible today depending on where you are, i'm at o'hare, we will have cancellations right after this break. s turn on "do not disturb while driving" mode. brought to you by geico. sleep number 360 smart bed. you can adjust youron the comfort on both sides your sleep number setting. can it help us fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warming your feet. but can it help keep us asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. so you can really promise better sleep. not promise... prove. don't miss the final days to save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus free premium delivery & setup when you add a base. ends cyber monday. for black friday weekend! at petsmart save 40% on all holiday toys and apparel. select top paw beds are only $9.99... plus, milk bone

push for several bills that will reduce noise from planes arriving and leaving san francisco national airportrs now about the noise. san mateo congresswoman, jackie speier rights, quotes none noise from the flights affects sleep and overall quality of life. they said the airport generates more than three quarters of $1 billion a year in revenue. they say the impact of that money is felt across the entire bay area. >> more than 20 new state laws go into effect on the first day of the new year. one is the worker law, that is reclassifying some independent contractors, including ride- share drivers as employees. the loan was approved to make sure those workers are minimum wage and gave them paid sick days and health insurance. but, not all independent contractors like the law, including many freelance musicians and journalists. recently, independent truckers and journalists bowed several separate lawsuits to have that law overturned. >>> the new law will increase minimum wage to $13 an hour for companies that have at least 26 employees. workers at smaller companies will see their minimum wage in

at the nation's airports, chaos as more than 500 flights canceled sunday.s plane stuck in the grass after sliding off a taxiway in buffalo. and in connecticut, frustration mounting as delays and cancellations ensued at bradley airport. ramps and runways blanketed in inches of snow while passengers are left stranded trying to book new flights home. this dad and his 4-year-old spent more than 15 hours at o'hare international airport in chicago after multiple flights to minnesota were grounded. >> when you're traveling with a kid for the first time be prepared for anything and just pretend like everything is fine and the kids will believe it too so it's been not fun. >> reporter: here in albany, it is snowing lightly right now, but it's expected to pick up later today. just to put this all into perspective for you, here in albany typically gets about 13 inches of snow for the spire month of december. they will likely surpass that snow total today. so many neighborhoods completely buried right now. you can see piles of snow piled up on street corners. cars like

. >> that's at reagan national airport. you. >> this thanksgiving, travelers who were hit with bad weather are not facing it again as they head home. winter weather slam iming dozen of states with snow and wind. and it's all happening during a record breaking travel season. the latest as travelers are hit with delays and consolations, some of those delays taking place there at san francisco's airport. plenty of delays and con selllations due to the rain in that area. >> i guess god had a bigger plan for my travel plans. >> suh her hard to predict. i think an afternoon flight, you're risking it. fternoon flig, you're risking it. [♪] are you currently using a whitening toothpaste, but not seeing results? try crest 3d whitestrips. its enamel-safe formula lifts and removes stains to provide 100% noticeably whiter teeth or your money back. try crest 3d whitestrips. who doesn't love a deal? i do. check out the united explorer card. savin' on this! savin' on this! savin' in here. rewarded! learn more at the explorer card dot com.

all many in the predominantly catholic nation were stuck in airports and bus terminals authorities evacuated coastal areas fearing floods and landslides the typhoon is expected to move across central philippines and into the south china sea by thursday pope francis is off for the christmas blessing at the vatican as part of the roman catholic church is traditional so abrasions he said which is of peace and prosperity to south sudan where negotiations of faltered between the rival sides he also mentioned conflicts around the world including syria well those are the headlines the news continues here on out jazeera after witness reading north. they've gotten a mourner so that maybe that will kind of them get the least interested person to come to. him was on more of a ball nodong going to the news you know. we have the. right but i am oh ok that's going to be there stuff i don't know about. they are you know how much rats are like that. makes it go to show that actually yeah they had a lot of 2nd shit that was actually asked the summer like it just didn't. all the national gallery of i said yes

christmas break us typhoon found foreign made landfall many in the predominantly catholic nation were stuck in airports and bus terminals but i phone is expected to move across the central philippines and into the south china sea by thursday and christian pilgrims are in bethlehem in the occupied west bank to mock christmas. they have gathered to pray and celebrate the birth of jesus christ 21000 has been on the holy cities busiest years those are the headlines coming up next on jazeera life apps. talk to al-jazeera we were told to get it without between the ration has this been addressed by turkey we listen what is the proposal of spain for a couple earlier we meet with global news makers and tweet about the stories that matter how does it. it's a mobile world. which calls texts. to help make all lives easier. but not everyone's benefit. can mobile phone apps be designed to help make a better world. series challenges app developers from around the world to visit communities who are missing out and then come up with an app that could help. this week life apps. but also a country where 4 out of 10 peopl

. >>> the trouble for travelers at some of the nation's biggest airports >>> preparing for a christmasnnous threat from north korea. >>> impeachment bombshell shedding new light on the president's controversial call with ukraine's leader as the showdown over the senate trial enters the holiday week. >>> the nfl playoff picture snaps into focus and where each team stands heading into the final week of the regular season. >>> "star wars" rockets to the stop spot on opening weekend in the bo

. >>> a big problem at one of the nation's busiest airports. it say little more crowded.omeless people are camping out in its terminals on any given night. >> that information comes from an airport document obtained by our l.a. affiliate. it says police respond to more than a thousand incidents involving homeless people in the past year. many of the investigations involve alleged crimes. >>> the monterey bay aquarium wants your input on a pair of brand new arrivals. two african penguins just hatched at the aquarium and right now they're getting used to the new family at the splash zone exhibit. the aquarium will post some possible penguin names on social media next week, and they want you to vote for your favorite so go online and vote for your favorite. >> last time we were there, the parents were hatching one of the egg. i wonder if it's the same one. >>> look at this, holiday thief located, four legs and he doesn't even look that sorry. a massachusetts police department had been collecting toys for children in need, but suspicions were roused when some of those donatio

. >>> big problem in one of the nation's busiest airports, lax says up to 130 homeless people are campingut in its terminals on any given night. >> that information comes from an airport document obtained by our l.a. affiliate. it says police respond to more than a thousand incidents involving homeless people in the past year. many of the investigations involve alleged crimes and of course we will continue to follow this story. 5:26 for you right now. >>> coming up next, stories we're following for you on this friday including breaking news out of san jose, a shooting in the south bay. we have a live report from the scene on the search for the suspects. >>> plus, gearing up for kickoff, how 49ers fans and players are preparing for tomorrow's showdown against the rams. looking around here i see tablets, laptops, printers, smartphones. they're all connected to the internet. they're all connected. can your network handle all those devices? sometimes. comcast business runs on the nation's largest gig-speed network. so you can get the bandwidth you need to power all of your devices at peak per

s at some airports nation wide. achary kiesch, abc news, new york. >>> and if you know someone who is flying into sfo, check their flight status before heading to the airport. this is from our sfo camera right now. you can't even see it. according to the faa website, because of the weather and strong winds, some arriving flights are delayed an average of 4 1/2 hours. >>> also today, it's the last weekend day of the san francisco international auto show. but it's set to have a climate change protest steal attention right outside. activists say car makers like toyota and gm are abandoning their commitment to california's air standards. it will be at the miscone center between 1:00 and 3:00 today. >>> mercury in the fog is poisoning mountain lions in santa cruz. according to researchers, mercury is coming out of the ocean, then goes up into the atmosphere, where the fog absorbs the mercury which then passes over land. the levels of mercury is approaching toxic thresholds for mountain lions in the santa cruz mountains. >

christmas holiday after typhoon fired followed by landfall many in the predominantly catholic nation were stuck in airports and bus terminals the typhoon is expected to move across central philippines and into the south china sea by thursday but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera right after inside story. thank. you. capturing an ad libbed syrian and russian forces in yet another push to take control of this rebel held region how much of a chance do they stand this time around what will the human cost be this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam is a than opposition rebel groups in syria have been trying to overthrow the president for the past 8 years now could become the final battle between his forces and rebels the region is the last rebel held stronghold dominated by the armed group a at the height of the of a sham the government with russian help launched a new offensive to retake it live last week dozens of people have been killed in the past few days and tens of thousands more displaced days in cities have repeatedly warned that attacking it live could trigge

. >>> live look at reagan national airport. if that's what you call a look.got a lot of rain on the east coast today. joining us now, washington bureau chief for usa today susan page. and cnbc editor at large john harwood who just sat down with senator elizabeth warren for a wide-ranging interview. here she is on the impact of her medicare for all plan on her campaign. >> a lot of people said it's not possible to do health care without raising taxes on middle class families. and i said actually it is and showed how. and president obama's head of medicare and his chief labor economist checked all of the numbers and said, we can do this. you know, i see this very much as what's within your vision and who you're fighting for. if you're just trying to worry about the insurance companies, then it doesn't look like a great idea. but if you're worried about middle-class families, working families -- >> you've lost some altitude the last few weeks. >> but what i care about is out there fighting for working families. keep in mind across this country even with people w