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from the south through the mid-atlantic, on up to new england and including here in new york. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. snow all over the place. this one was the real thing. and there are piles of snow throughout new york city. for that matter, throughout the eastern seaboard. this is what an average new york city side street looks like. piles of snow this big and larger. cars buried. the problem is, this isn't an average new york city side street. we're standing in the middle of 49th street, just near the base of the world famous 30 rock christmas tree where millions of people come to see this site every year. this churning blizzard starting in the south, came up through new york city. again, the mid-atlantic, all the way through new england. and this was a whiteout here at this time yesterday. a history maker, no doubt. records fell along the length of the storm. 80 million americans were impacted by the storm, and look at that stat, 35 million americans witnessed blizzard conditions. transportation completely p

two-hour airport delays in atlanta, boston, newark and new york. the blizzard stranded more than 400 in north dakota overnight. they were trying to get to minneapolis, but couldn't. >> it was crazy. completely packed, like sardines. >> reporter: on the highways, it isn't any better. blizzards snarling traffic in iowa and wisconsin. and it's not just snow but rain, too. along the east coast. in places like new york city, where there's finally a reprieve tonight after some areas nearby were drenched in two to four inches of rain. and then, the fog. flights in washington, d.c. grounded for hours. for travelers, no relief in sight. next to get walloped by snow, indianapolis, cleveland and pittsburgh. that stretch of i-90 near buffalo where hundreds of travelers were stranded ten days ago is about to get snowed on again. and in syracuse, where they got 46 inches of snow in the last week, another one to two feet is in the forecast. but in chicago, there is good news. >> i'm going home! i hope. >> reporter: after hours on the phone, katherine finally got

we just like to see the city. >> reporter: the storm is continuing to take aim at new york city, withore than 35 miles per hour. the blowing and drifting snow is making any kind of travel tonight here dangerous. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. >>> this morning on "the early show" the latest on the blizzard blanketing the northeast. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." what's going on? we ordered a gift online and we really need to do something with it... i'm just not sure what... what is it? oh just return it. returning gifts is easier than ever with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. plus i can pick it up for free. perfect because we have to get that outta this house. c'mon, it's not that... gahh, oh yeah that's gotta go... priority mail flat rate shipping only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship and return. and i figured i would take these... "dietary supplement weight-loss pills." ooh, "consult a physician if you experience rapid heartbeat, "dizziness, shortness of bre

whit johnson in new york. moved up the east coast and is battering new england now. cbs news correspondent seth jonas in cambridge, massachusetts with part of that story there. good morning, seth. >> reporter: good morning, betty. yes, that's right. many people are heeding officials' warnings and staying indoors taking a snow day. a number of schools already cancelled because of the holiday and now, of course, many more are as well. you can see foxboro there. we have a live picture of the stadium. snow covered seats and scoreboard, even the patriots themselves have been snowed in. they're stuck in buffalo after their win last night. now, just north of foxborough, coastal flooding that poured two to three feet of water on roadways. something the local residents say they have not seen in years. many non-essential personnel through the region are being asked to stay home. employers asked to stagger or delay opening hours. there are pretty much just plows out on the street as. as you can see behind me, and a couple

right now. >>> speaking of new york, oh, by the way next on the schedule lebron, new york jets have now disciplined this coach. sal alosi suspended him indefinitely after they got, quote, new information that the strength and conditioning coach personally instructed five players to stand in a wall before he tripped a dolphins player sunday. to i guess shield him. rex ryan and jets management denied they instructed him to form the wall saying he acted alone. he acted alone. >>> you know, it's been over a year since michael vick was released from federal prison. one of the conditions of his release, he can never again own a dog. but in an interview with nbc's degreo.com he explains he thinks a dog would help his rehabilitation. >> i would love to have another dog in the future. you know, i think it would be a big step for me in the rehabilitation process. i miss having a dog right now. i wish i could. my daughters, they miss having one and that's the hardest thing is telling them we can't have one because of my actions. >> interview with nbc here. michael, we're happy if you're doing w

story in a brief new york minute. i live in brooklyn and a little backyard in the back and stone walk in the front. years back my son was in the front and we left our backyard and there was a huge august moon rising and we up the block and out into a neighbors backyard when there was a party and when my son got to the party, he said we've got a moon just like that in our backyard. let me say we've not a climate change just like yours in our backyard. the time spent yesterday, at least for me, was very well spent and leads up to the business of today. yesterday we talked about the state of knowledge. some of it was wonderfully obvious. and water goes down hill and collection areas and some of it was breathtakingly vague trying make a billion dollar decision about something. we talked about simple solutions and bold actions and diverse drinking water systems in san diego and we heard about thinking about discipline, winning over regulators and economic development agencies and environmental groups as getting them to wor

what was the beginning of commerce here in new york?ll, i guess commerce would probably predate even hudson if you're talking about native americans trading with you one another. they had a tremendous number of animal pelts, and they had lumber. the place was loaded with wood. >> reporter: while native americans are rich in resources, europeans have depleted much of theirs, including animals used for clothing. >> europeans had no more beavers because they had already trapped them all, and their lumber was diminishing. so all of that lumber, all of those beaver pelts begin to be shipped over to amsterdam. beaver pelts would become very fancy hats, waterproof hats. that was the bling-bling of the day. lumber went into making masts for sails. and those masts for sailing ships then all of a sudden became sailing ships that came back over here to pick up more goods. >> europeans bring beautiful textiles and sophisticated farming tools tore both native americans and settlers. >> and that helped them grow more food, helped them become more set

we heard from michael bloomberg, the mayor of new york, with new york 50 centimeters of snow dumped on the city. he expects the worst is past. the storm is still inching up the northeast coast and forecasters predict the rest of the week will be quite nice. in terms of the worst, it may have passed, but officials are dealing with the aftermath. >> new york, boston, all areas used to cold weather, but the sheer volume of snow is difficult to prepare for. >> there is only some much planning you can do when you talk about 50 centimeters of snow landing in a metropolitan area. the mayor of new york, just to add to more information, said they put contingency plans in place and their advice is the only make it very necessary journeys. the hundreds of people on the streets overnight in anticipation of the blizzards, they say that helped to keep the roads clear and he hopes in the next few days, things will be up and running in the city. thousands and thousands of flights, international and domestic from the york have been delayed. by 6:00 p.m. eastern, at john f. kennedy and newark are planne

sunny and 45 in new york.in miami. 57 degrees with thunderstorms in chicago. 65 and partly cloudy in dallas. and 57 degrees and sunny in los angeles. >>> time now for a check of the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows storms moving through the lower mississippi river valley towards the great lakes while the west coast sees clear skies. later today, temperatures are going to be plummeting in the west and soaring in the east. sunny skies will be around on both coasts top to bottom and strong thunderstorms will roll through mississippi and into missouri. >>> in sports this morning, the uconn women's basketball team's 90-game win streak is over. poland, number 9, stanford, hit three -- five three-pointers on the way to a career-high 31 points. stanford played tough defense to upset the top-ranked university of connecticut. they broke the ucla men's team record win streak last week. >> we just didn't play like ourselves, you know. give credit to stanford. i thought they played an unbelievably good

the body of mark madoff was found in his new york city apartment this morning exactly two years after his father was arrested in a massive swindle, one that upended the live of thousands of investors and costing them tens of billions of dollars. cnbc's scott cohn has been covering this story. he joins us tonight here in new york. >> reporter: mark madoff always denied any knowledge of his father's scheme but the clouds of rumor and innuendo kept growing and early this morning they burst. sources say 46-year-old mark madoff was increasingly distraught as the two-year anniversary of the scandal approached. early saturday morning, his father-in-law found madoff hanged with a dog leash in his new york city apartment. madoff's 2-year-old son sleeping in the next room. >> mark madoff was found hanging from a pipe in the living room of the apartment. >> reporter: madoff and his younger brother andrew turned their father in to authorities after he confessed, but the sons were never able to escape suspicion that they too were in on the scam, which they denied. a year ago the bankruptcy trustee

philadelphia and new york some stretches will be impassible as the snow continues to slam northern new england. wet on i-5 from seattle to portland. slick and icy on i-15 and i-90 in the northern rockies. >> and as you're flying today, expect airport delays in seattle, boston, philly, new york and washington, d.c. >> the blizzard could bring up to 2 feet in some places before it tapers often finally this afternoon. this is what it looks like at the george washington bridge, crossing from new jersey into new york. >> right now, the storm is moving away from the new york area toward massachusetts and maine. jeremy hubbard has a look at the conditions in boston. >> reporter: rob, mike, good morning from a very snowy boston. it's bad now and this isn't even the worst of it. the snow's been falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches every hour in that in the overnight hours that is expected to double, 2 to 4 inches of snow falling here in boston overnight. it's going to be a mess. forecasters are calling this a blockbuster storm. road crews are trying to get a leg up but it's a futile exercise, ove

that's not true at all they only were putting stuff up on their web page when you go to the new york times or der spiegel. or the guardian or use we're putting up or very useful to the united states government in some ways there is a severe slanting in the output. that is the new york times got to go through as many document as it possibly could in the several weeks or several months given to it by we kulaks to go through these documents and pick and choose those documents that were most conducive towards the new york times there's a lot of mystery surrounding wiki leaks but what's on the surface now are examples of double standards everyone is after a week in leaks but not for example the new york times question is why going to shut down our t. washington d.c. . here with our to you live from moscow still to come on the program a boat for a billionaire for an out of world yacht and unveil its owner as well as how much he had to drop to make it his own. that's coming up but first

ines ferre here in new york, appreciate it. thank you so much. a quick break this morning. just ahead on the morning news how a kidney donation figured in the parole of two sisters serving time for armed robbery. >>> plus, a fine for football's brett favre in connection with a text messaging scam. this is the "cbs morning news." '? campbell's healthy request can help. low cholesterol, zero grams trans fat, and a healthy level of sodium. it's amazing what soup can do. the moisturizer in other body washes sits on top of skin. only dove has nutriummoisture, which can nourish deep down. dove body wash with nutriummoisture. superior natural nourishment for your skin. let's raise a glass to cookies just out of the oven. to the morning bowl of cereal. and to lactaid® milk. easy to digest and with all the calcium and vitamin d of regular milk. [ female announcer ] lactaid®. the original lactose-free milk. but women have made olay #1. not surgical results, regenerist is the #1 anti-aging serum and the #1 anti-aging moisturizer. not drastic. just fantastic, younger-looking skin with o

and snow showers are in store for western new york. >>> in sports this morning, new england won its sixth night football to we go here. quarterback tom brady made another fourth quarter comeback against green bay. the pats helped by 313-pound guard dan connelly's 71-kick-off return, look at him go, believed the longest ever for an nfl offensive lineman. new england beat the packers 31-27. >>> philadelphia's michael vick ran for a touchdown and passed for two more. stunning fourth quarter comeback against the giants. sean jackson capped the comeback with a 65-yard punt return on the final play of the game. the eagles victory gives them the lead in the east. >>> matt ryan of atlanta connected on three touchdown passes for seattle. their win earned them a playoff berth as wild card or winner of of nfc south. in overtime detroit's dave rain kicked field goal to edge tampa bay, 23-20. that ended the lions's losing streak on the road at 26 games. it was the longest in nfl history. >>> when we come back on a another look this morning's top stories and bling is back. luxury spending makes a big c

and the mayor of new york is urging people to be patient. new yorkers are not known for their patience. and they want heads to roll. if only hot tempers could melt snow. >> this was a royal screwup to use the current terms. >> reporter: up and down the east coast, but especially in new york city, people furious their streets are snowed over, and they are snowed in. and now are looking for someone to blame. >> we need an answer. where the hell are the plows? we have been forgotten. >> reporter: city leaders say this was a perfect storm at an imperfect time. a holiday weekend. private tow truck and plow operators are on vacation. so there aren't enough trucks to clear roads. >> we cannot do everything all the time, and we are doing the best we can. i think that this city has pulled together. i don't think that we should sit around and think that the end of the world is here. >> mayor, wear my shoes. wear my shoes to try to walk down here, do my job. >> reporter: some here are questioning if manhattan, the city's wealthier borough, is getting sp

>> kristen welker in california. >>> here in new york, new problems from the blizzard that hit three days ago as tourists are pouring into the big apple for new year's eve, locals are struggling to get back to normal. and there are a lot of complaints about how the city has handled this snow emergency. nbc's jeff rossen is in brooklyn for us. jeff? >> reporter: hi, lester. good evening to you. as you pointed out a couple nights ago, new york city prides itself on a great response to emergencies. and normally they are. even the mayor admitted today, they made some mistakes. take a look around, the evidence is here. this street is a mess, many streets around here are a mess. and now two people are dead, including a newborn, because the ambulances simply couldn't get to them. tens of thousands of new yorkers woke up to this today. untouched, unplowed side streets three days after the storm. buses, ambulances, even plows themselves stuck. >> not even a fire truck could get through here. there's an old age home right down there. they never cleaned the streets. >> reporter: these impassabl

of course the same thing here in new york. the seamstresses to mothers who would accept these low-paying jobs. exploitable largely. so these women, these were teenage women, jewish, italian, many barely spoke english. they were glad to have any job that they could get. there were just trying to get a foothold. and so that is kind of why it appealed more to women workers and by the management also sought them. you know, a lot of these people unions became like plg w you, the first real part of america that they could identify and identify with it much more than their jobs. wherever a lot of these factories are worked by women. >> support of the male union workforce? i think the question was having to do with is there will of activists fighting for economic and social justice, where they the vanguard? >> well, in new york the 1910 strike was the male cut makers. even though it was called the ladies' garment maker union, that had to do with the garment, not the workers. the male cub makers also were very militant. yes, they large

in new york?>> people are talking about that. >> people are talking about that. >> it is the end of the year, íl today, we gather to recognize the selfless decision of one of the most influential women of our time. the woman who, after having one too many drinks, chose not to drive home buzzed. here today to honor rachel is the family whose lives she spared. >>> killer storm. another direct hit for california and the cleanup from the last storm is far from over. >>> lingering danger in new york. the anger and despair over unplowed streets. >> this was a royal screw-up. >> conditions that cost lives. >>> and, cinema cowboy. jeff bridges talks about his successful starring role. it's thursday, december 30th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we both saw "true grit" and loved it. it really was a good movie. jeff bridges is great in it. he's totally believable. the remake of the john wayne classic. he's funny, he's good. >> tough with remakes. sometimes they're not as good. i think this o

cbs news, new york. >>> this morning on "the early show," an update on airport travel in the northeastd by the blizzard. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." >> ( beeping ) ( beeping stops ) >> announcer: free is better. do your simple return for free with the federal free edition at turbotax.com. turbotax. the most trusted brand of tax software. [ female announcer ] you use the healing power of touch every day. ♪ now the healing power of touch just got more powerful. introducing precise from the makers of tylenol. precise pain relieving cream works quickly to activate sensory receptors. it helps block pain signals fast for relief you can feel precisely where you need it most. precise. only from the makers of tylenol. >>> here in the northeast, thousands of airline passengers stranded by the snowstorm are hoping to get on a flight soon. many will be fighting for seats on overbooked flights. but if they know their rights as an airline traveler they can stay ahead of the game. julie wise of our san francisco station has details. >> it was at 9:00. >> i'm exhausted. >> repor

the new york took a beating from the storm with more than two feet of snow. this i tis square, people can't get home to go to work. terry? >> thousands of people here in the bay area impactedy the flight cancellations, here are the latest numbers at sfo. 17 departing flights cancelled. 30 incoming flights cancelled. you adto that 35 flights diverted from san francisco. add it up you have some very unhappy holidays. >> this is toe tapping for -- i'm waiting. this woman had a basketball practice to get to in upstate new york. >> i'm just trying to get back to the east coast. >> what time is practice? >> 4:00 p.m., i'm not going to make that. >> they couldn't get a straight answer on the phone or on the internet about their cancell flight to new york. >> if i don't get a flight by tonight or tomorrow i' go to another airline. >> after they reopened, passengers trying to rebook will have a hard time finding open seats, one, they ar scarce and fewer seats due to fewer flights because of the down economy. a flight on friday, he has already paid big money for a tour

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. from all us here at nbc news, new york. ll us here at nbc news, good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

>> right now it's snowing heavily in new york city. basically anywhere from dover, delaware, through new york city, long island and boston as we speak right now moderate to heavy snow pretty much everywhere. we're just beginning to see the real impact of the system right now. >> mitchell: how powerful if is storm overall? >> this is not your average nor'easter, this is not even your average blizzard. we're talking about an intensity in terms of the central pressure that rivals that of a category two hurricane. now, we're not going to see the impacts of a category two hurricane but because it's so intense we're going to see thunder snow, we're going to see frequent wind gusts to 60 miles an hour and snowfall rates to the tune of around two to four inches an hour for several hours. and what that means is we're going to see a widespread swath of around two feet of snow from the jersey store straight through new york city, long island, connecticut, all the way up to providence and boston. >> mitchell: you were telling me earlier the effect

york said a national search will begin for a general manager who will then hire a new head coach with jed york's approval. we will more of that tonight. >> thank you very much. >>> well, the timing couldn't be worse for millions of travelers trying to get home after the holidays. a blizzard is slamming the east coast tonight dumping more than a foot of snow on major cities. it has stalled traffic on the air, ground, even the rails. more than a thousand flights has been cancelled and amtrak has shut down all service from new york. >>> that's right, ann, no one wants to waste precious travel time, but as you pointed out, that's happening all over the country. we talked with some of the folks here tonight, they told us how they are coping with it. >> reporter: she is stuck halfway home to boston after a visit to australia. steady snowfall back east forced cans legs. >> i'm now stuck here until wednesday morning at 6:00 a.m. >> it's not a bad thing to be stuck here in stand fran. >> no -- stuck in san francisco. >> i'm just looking forward to getting into a hotel room. >> reporter: 29 fli

at that time, the bank of new york own the property. there was no compliance and the case was scheduled for the directors hearing. the notification at that time went to bank of new york. between the time of the notification and the hearing, title was taken to the property. nobody showed up. the order was then issued. in march, the order of abatement was mailed to the bank of new york. the owner claims that mail should have gone to her and not the bank of new york. she made repairs, is that true? >> yes. the invoice and reinspection took place. it was repaired within less than 10 days. commissioner murphy: so she made the repairs as soon as she was aware of them and then mailed it to the housing inspector in july. for some reason, the inspector did not verify those repairs until october. commissioner lee: i think you just made your case that the board of abatement went to the wrong party. commissioner murphy: yes, so i see the present owner -- commissioner walker: and that is what we are looking at. i feel the same way. i feel the order

tonight airports in new york and new jersey reopened but it could be days before all of those passengers are finally able to get where they're going. >>> coming up at 10:30, we'll have a live report from san francisco international and an update from the east coast to see how passengers are faring. >>> and right now i'm using wide storm tracker two to track significant snow and wind headed to your neighborhood. >>> a big reversal of fortunes. what triggered a stock fall off today for tesla motors. >>> thousands of drivers in the north bay are finding the freeway a parking lot all day and into the night. how potholes tangled traffic and nerves. >>> a santa clara police officer is facing new charges for providing confidential information for a leader of the hell's angels. his name is clay ro rojas. state charges are filed back in october. batencort and an association of him has also been charged. >>> the coroner identified a woman found dead on christmas eve morning at abbott from oakland. abbott's body was found in a walking trail. the coroner has not determined the cause of death but pol

senator rick santorum speak to republicans in crucial early voting states. >> i'm poppy harlow in new york street is preparing for a pretty busy week of news with a watch on november retail sales, followed by readings on consumer confidence, new home construction and also a report on leading economic indicators from last month, and on tuesday federal reserve officials will meet in washington for a one-day meeting on interest rates. also this week, we'll get earnings from best buy, general mills and fedex. we'll track it all for you on cnn money. >> and i'm "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer. here's what we're watching this week. golden globe nominations will be announced. you know what it means. it's the beginning of hollywood's blockbuster awards season so who will be the early favorites. "showbiz tonight" is going one-on-one with matt damon. "showbiz tonight" is live at 5:00 p.m. eastern on hln and still tv's most provocative entertainment and news show at 11:00 p.m. pacific. >> let's take a look at what's coming up overseas. let's start with julian assange. >> right. so he's going to be in

smith went on to be the governor of new york. robert widener turned out to be a senator in the roosevelt administration and of course the wagner act of 45 that guarantees bargaining which is part of his domingo and perkins was successful in creating something called the factories investigating commission new york state factory investigating commission which became a sort of template for such commissions around the country and they went all over new york state she and her they not only looked into the fire hazards but also they got into an area that was just beginning to see a decrease of attention which is what you would call the toxic waste chemicals and gases produced in manufacturing process these called the dillinger straight. no one had looked into this much before and those kind of effects are often hard to spot because they can take years to develop frances perkins also put herself into trying to discover and reform along those lines as well so that period of 1909, 1911 eisel the emergence of the three developments. use al

production rose in november at its fastest pace in four months and manufacturing activity in the new york area rebounded strongly. >>> treasury yields continued rising. sparking worry about rising borrowing costs which in turn sent bank stocks and other financials lower. in company news boston beer, the maker of sam adams rose over 12% after raising its 2010 earnings forecast saying it's shipping 12% more products than last year. elsewhere the justice department sued bp and other companies for the gulf oil spill hoping to get billions for economic and environmental damage above and beyond what's already been paid. >>> the administration says high level talks with china produced agreements on issues including piracy of u.s. intellectual property and china's continued barriers on or to american beef. >>> speaking of china mcdonald's plans its biggest expansion there yet. opening up to 200 new restaurants next year. >>> finally, one abu dabby hotel boasts the most expensive christmas tree ever with a value of over $11 million. it's a fake 40-foot evergreen decorated with silver and gold bows

. >> york said a national search will begin for a general manager who will then hire a new head coach with york's approval. we'll have more on that interview. very insightful about where this organization is coming. it's very insightful, you hate to see the head coach lose his job but they had those expectations. >> 11:30, we'll tune in. >>> the timing couldn't have been worse for hundreds of travelers trying to make it home. and this is a look at new york city. the storm has hauled travel in the air, on the ground, even in the rails. amtrak has shut down all service from new york. ripple effects have stranded travelers right here, tom. >> reporter: no one wants to waste travel time going to where they want to be. but that weather has left people stranded all over the country. we talked about how they are coping. meredith wentworth is stuck hatch way across the country after a trip to alaska. >> not a bad thing to be stuck in san francisco. >> no it's not, but i've been in the air for 14 hours already today. so i'm just looking forward to getting into a hotel room. >> reporter: it's b

it is the first major snowstorm of the season for upstate new york. and it has completely paralyzed a vast stretch of the region's main highway. drivers stranded, sharing mare misery on cell phones on the local evening news. >> i was very optimistic up until midnight. then the state troopers came through and said it will be a while. >> well, we started building a snowman. >> reporter: this woman sat in traffic for more than 11 hours. >> it just halted to a stop right around 9:30, quarter till 10:00. that's where i sat all night until this morning. >> reporter: the blizzard conditions are the latest act of a powerful storm that swept up the eastern seaboard, starting with tornadoes in the southeast. more than 50 homes destroyed outside atlanta. in buffalo, near the great lakes, all the white stuff is what's known as lake-effect snow. >> lake-effect snow happens when you have cold, arctic air pouring over that warmer lake water which right now is in the low to mid 40s, picks up that moisture and dumps it, creating these lake-effect bands. >> reporter: ne

ashley morrison in new york. thanks. >>> actor hugh jackman was injured this morning doing a stunt for the oprah winfrey show. he was zip lining from the top of the sydney opera house in australia onto the stage. the actor said he hit the brakes too late causing him to smack his face on some scaffolding hurting his eye. paramedics said he was okay. the stunt was for a taping of the oprah winfrey show. he was accompanied by american audience members who traveled with her to the land down under. only oprah could pull that off. >>> straight ahead on your tuesday morning we'll have your weather forecast and in sports, surprise, surprise free agent ace cliff lee shocks the baseball world with his destination for 2011. if you live for performance, upgrade to castrol edge advanced synthetic oil. with eight times better wear protection than mobil 1. castrol edge. it's more than just oil. it's liquid engineering. so that's why we have sensodyne iso-active whitening for those that are looking for it. it comes in a canister

whereas in new york, everyone is in their own tv show.n my show. how are you doing. i like that feeling. >> rose: exactly. >> it's relaxing. >> rose: i know, i couldn't agree more. how about asia, though, is the asian market for music and performance different, more enthusiastic, is it -- >> well, i'm glad it's there. >> rose: of course, it's billions of people. >> i'm going there next month in january. i'm going to seoul actually. >> rose: to do this. >> yes, to do with the korean orchestra, then a japanese organize tra in tokyo. >> rose: so you just show up and you can do this with any organize tra. >> you should. it is a miracle. you show up with the score and put it down in front of them and they play it instantly. a little tweak here and there but it's almost like pressing play in a studio. it's fascinating. >> rose: see, i would bet that they see its alike saturday night. i mean this is time to do something different. >> yeah. >> rose: you know. sting is here. let's party. >> but you go to asia is always fun. it's always interesting

anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >> axelrod: that's the cbs evening news. later on cbs, "48 hours mystery." russ mitchell will be here tomorrow night. i'm jim axelrod, cbs news in new york. merry christmas and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org a bittersweet christmas in san bruno. how those devasted >>> strong gusty winds and heavy rains pound the bay area. we will talk about it coming up. >>> a bitter sweet christmas in san bruno and those affected by the pipeline blast are finding comfort for each other. >>> how a 5-year-old spread christmas cheer to bay area kids. cbs 5 eyewitness news is next. ,, it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend?

a blizzard warning remains today in new york city along with parts of new jersey which could see up to0 inches of snow by tomorrow morning. more than 1400 flights were cancelled out of new york's three major airports alone leaving thousands of post-christmas trafficers stuck for now. u.s. airways cancelled 110 flights today and other airlines don't expect normal operations to resume until tomorrow. it was a frustrating day at the airport for many. >> supposed to leave 5:30 this afternoon. made reservations for 11:00 tomorrow morning. >> gave us a flight for 8:00 tomorrow morning but don't count on it. >> amtrak cancelled train service from new york to maine and bus companies have halted routes up and down the east coast. in philadelphia, the mayor declared a snow emergency and you urged people to stay off the roads. it was so bad, the nfl rescheduled last night's philadelphia/eagles game for tuesday. flight cancellations are affecting travelers at sfo as well. john allston reports. >> with all flights to the northeast cancelled, the jetblue ticket counter at sfo looked like a ghost tow

i'm kate snow reporting from new york. lester holt will be here tomorrow. all of us at nbc news, happy holidays. captions by vitac www.vitac.com >>> a wet and windy blast for christmas day in the bay area. good evening, i'm

brooklyn, new york. washington, d.c. newport news, virginia.ther nature with an army of plows. durham, north carolina, with an old broom. >> everybody go to the back! >> reporter: in new york, more than 500 passengers were stuck inside subway cars. some upwards of eight hours. they could see the train platform but couldn't get the doors open. >> we're not going nowhere. not one damn train. no heat. >> reporter: negotiating city streets proved difficult for pedestrians, impossible for some drivers. highways were littered with cars. drivers stranded for hours. >> i was so scared last night. i've never been scared with a snow storm before last night. >> reporter: for andrew louda, home from a six-month deployment, was stuck on the side of the road with his wife and 3-month-old baby for eight hours. >> just feeding him as much as we had, the apple sauce we had in the trunk, the bottles we had made. we had him wrapped up in three snowsuits, his regular clothes, two blankets, bundled up against us trying to keep him warm. >> reporter: those who tried

anywhere from new jersey, new york city, all the way into maine. ch of that snow has already fallen in new jersey. new york city still picking up a couple more inches throughout the next couple of hours. boston still going to get another half foot. for maine, the bulk of it's still yet to come. that's going to be a problem throughout much of the day. please be careful if you plan to be driving outside. hopefully you don't have to be outside through today. now back to you, rob and mike. >> all right, ava, thanks a lot. >>> as mentioned the storm system also left its mark on the southeast over the christmas weekend. historic snowfalls there. >> that's left an enormous amount of holiday travelers stuck in their tracks. as abc's david kerley reports, that's only part of the story in philadelphia. >> reporter: well, this winter wallop is making it difficult to get home from the holidays. flights have been canceled all up and down the east coast corridor. and it's not just the airlines. the roads are treacherous as well. and in the south too. this is virg

six inches just east of new york city. and there could be a foot to a foot and a half plus from new york city up through the berkshire mountains of massachusetts, into the green and white mountains, as well as portions of maine. this is a big storm. >> really big. so, another 24 hours of snow and then comes the wind? >> then comes the wind and the cold behind that. and right now, dan, the storm is at 968 millibars. that's the equivalent of a category 1 hurricane. >> all right, quite a storm. i know you'll be tracking it for us. thank you for joining us tonight. we appreciate it. >>> and as chikage told us, this storm is now heading north, putting boston directly in the bullseye. and that's where our jeremy hubbard is tonight. hey, jeremy. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, dan. it is already bad here, and this is nothing compared to what awaits in the overnight. we're in boston common, where it is windy. the snow is already falling at a rate of one to two inches an hour, and in the overnight, the hourly snowfall tota

burns, london bureau chief of "the new york times." he joins us from the studios of westminster live, located across the thames river from the house of parliament. >> john burns, the last time we chatted, i ask you about a book, would you write your memoirs? >> i thought about it. there are a few agents in new york who can tell you that i am remiss. i came back from iraq after quite a few years a couple of years ago. i really did not relish the idea of the solitude of writing the book. i would have told you that when i was in iraq and afghanistan that i was relishing the assignment. i hated leaving. i had not anticipated was the difficulty of readjustment. coming off of a very big story, partly, it is because of the camaraderie, the exhilaration. but part of it, too, it is being in a place which is beyond, in some respects, the consciousness or imaginings of people, notwithstanding television and everything else. and i think, probably, i am talking now about how the season has receded by this assignment here, which turned out to be som