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the northwest, a mixture of ice and snow in spokane, missoula and boise.on of the country. kendis, erielle? >>> firefighters in southern california are getting some help today from someone used to putting in long hours during christmas. >> santa and mrs. claus, mrs. claus looks stunned by the camera. >> she looks thrilled. >> at the ventura county fire department. that is base camp for the thomas fire. more than 2,000 firefighters are working on that scene today. it's their first christmas fighting a wildfire for many. the thomas wildfire is now the largest in modern california history, but there's progress. it is now 70% contained. >>> another country now plans to move its embassy in israel to jerusalem. guatemala made that announcement on a christmas eve post on facebook. the central american nation is the first to say it will follow the lead of the u.s. guatemala was one of only nine countries to vote against a u.n. resolution urging the u.s. to reverse its decision on jerusalem. >>> and the u.s. is cutting the amount of money to the u.n. ha efficiency.

they requested a gate to gates court service during her trip from maui to spokane. their wheelchair-bound grandmother was helped off her flight from nmaui to portland. but they left her alone. she tumbled and crashed landing near the bottom with the heavy chair on top of her. she was pronounced dead in september. >> it's not going to bring her back, obviously, but someone needs to own up. someone needs to take responsibility. >> but the airline contends that their grandmother declined help in the terminal and says the family failed to check boxes indicating that she had any impairments like trouble seeing or hearing. >>> and check out this video in the meantime. after it was blown away from its parking area by strong winds at the airport in malta. emergency services were called to the scene, but no injures were reported. the plain was empty at the time. >>> and coming up, a new diet. and how measuring your blood sugar could be the key to losing weight e. >> and we're all thinking about losing weight in the new year. >> and a look at the new movies of the weekend. me

the then 74-year-old woman was heading back to spokane after a month-long trip to maui, a trip she makesce per year to visit her family and her former home. but instead of getting on a flight, she headed to a portland trauma center for medical attention. three months later, a day after she had her right leg amputated below the knee due to an infected wound she suffered in the fall at pdx, bernice passed away.now, there are questions about the events that led up to bernice's fall, and her family wants answers. berince's daughter, darlene bloyed, representing the estate of bernice kekona, is suing alaska airlines and huntleigh usa for the wrongful death of her mother. the lawsuit, filed in king county, washington, alleges the 2 defending companies didn't properly provide the gate-to-gate service that is available to people under the air carrier access act and that bernice's family requested."one way or another, the service was not provided and alaska (airlines) did not have any mechanisms in place to protect against such a tragedy or an accident that could happen if the service wasn't prov

. >> spokane, washington's "spokesman review" says alaskan airlines is being sued for wrongful deathfter an elderly woman fell down the el ka later. 79-year-old bernice kekona died when her wheelchair went tumbling down the elevator. they didn't check boxes on the form to show she needed special services. >>> the "los angeles times" reports the death of rose marie. she played the wise-cracking sally rogers on the show. she went on to become a regular on "the hollywo"hollywood squas" she died in her home. >>> the super moon will grace the skies. it's a full moon at its closest point to earth and can appear up to 30% bigger than a fallen moon. there are so many of these. this month the second one will be january 31st. there will also be a lunar eclipse at that point. >>> and still to come, uber's stock sail. the ride-hailing dpaep reaches a major investment deal. the #1 shave in america. now get gillette quality at lower prices -- every day. brought to you by 1200 workers in boston -- we're proud of giving you our best. gillette. the best a man can get. and lose weight with contrave. i

no aides were in the room as he spokane diddley about roy moore, north korea and the russia investigation. after repeatedly saying this -- >> it's been a witch-hunt -- >> reporter: he predicts robert mueller will treat him fairly. he says he's not bothered by the investigation into collusion between russia and the trump campaign and insists there's been no collusion and says mueller is going to be fair but the president warns the russia probe makes the country look very bad. mr. trump is also weighing in on his endorsement of alabama republican roy moore. >> so get out and vote for roy moore. >> reporter: the president claims he always felt moore would lose the election but says he backed him out of obligation as the head of the republican party. as he takes a victory lap the republican tax plan -- >> the country is really a big, big beautiful ship we're turning around. >> reporter: he is taking a swipe at democrats saying we started taxes. we hear bs from the democrats. the president is accusing china of secretly shipping oil to north korea tweeting china was caught red-handed. he tells

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. >>> spokane, washington's "spokesman review" says alaskan airlines is being sued for wrongful deathfter an elderly woman fell down an escalator. video shows 79-year-old bernice kekona fell down the escalator in her wheelchair as witnesses rushed to rescue her. she died from her injuries three months later. they didn't check boxes on the form to show she needed special services. >>> the "los angeles times" reports the death of rose marie. she played the wise-cracking sally rogers on the show. she went on to become a regular on the "hollywood squares." her show business career started as a child star in vaudeville. rose marie died at her home in los angeles. she was 94. >>> and "the times-picayune" in new orleans says a super moon will grace the skies. it's a full moon at its closest point to earth and can appear up to 30% bigger than a fallen moon. january's first full moon is nicknamed the wolf moon. there's two super moons. see, there's so many of these. this month the second one will be january 31st. there will also be a lunar eclipse at that point. >>> and still to come, uber's s

. >> reporter: kekona was connecting in portland in june, on her way from maui, home to spokane.ays they arranged with alaska airlines for an escort between gates, but they claim alaska's gate-to-gate service contractor -- huntleigh usa -- abandoned her. >> they walked away and bernice became confused. she pulls up to the escalator thinking she's getting on the elevator at that point. >> reporter: alaska says, "we're heartbroken by this tragic and disturbing incident." but says, "it appears that ms. kekona declined ongoing assistance in the terminal and decided to proceed on her own to her connecting flight." >> reporter: kekona's family says the fall left her bedridden, in constant pain for the next three months. she died in september. they are now suing huntleigh usa and alaska airlines. it's not gonna bring her back, obviously, but someone needs to own up. someone needs tta >> reporter: as for that contractor, huntleigh usa, they haven't said much. but the ceo did tell me they are reviewing the facts of the case. tom. >> clayton, thank you. >>> when we come back, the big momen

heavy snow and ice covering highways in spokane, washington. moving from the dakotas into minnesota and then right into the midwest. travel hubs will be effected. and then, to the east coast. and in the south tonight, heavy rain and flooding in birmingham, alabama, possible thunderstorms now from georgia to the carolinas. so, let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee tracking it all. she has the new timing tonight. hi, ginger. >> reporter: hi there, david. some of those entertainments already plagued by thunderstorms in the south. interstate 26 and 95, you can see the thunderstorms moving across there. also, 40 east of nashville could be a problem. that's all for the next 12 hours. then, the next three to five days is this storm. the wind advisories up for to 0 60-mile-per-hour gusts in parts of nevada, arizona. the winter storm advisories and warnings. four to eight inches, if you are traveling 94, north and west of minneapolis. that's tonight through tomorrow. then, by friday night, so many people hitting the roads, getting onto an ai

idaho, eastern washington and -- and we shared territory to the south, to the west of us with the spokanesto the north of us the cow stones -- calstones. we have had pretty good relationships, not perfect, but we have had shared territories, shared resources, but from what i understand there were skirmishes also. so there were times we did not get along. we had a very intelligent person within our tribe whose name is circling raven. we are told he was chief for 100 years. and he was the last person in our tribe to live to be 150 years old. he had a prophecy that stated robesen with long black would come to our people and to teach us a new way of living, because hardship was on the horizon. i guess the first thing that we contact wasuropean not them specifically, it was the disease that came. smallpox, whooping cough, and other diseases that came. when the diseases struck our tribe, we had about 5000 people in our territory. and it struck our people in two different ways. came, we when father were down to 500 people. and if you can imagine, pretty much everybody you know dying a horrible de

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nobody ever says, don't go to spokane, washington. don't go to butte, montana. you don't want to go to salt lake city. you're right, i don't, actually. actually, i don't, actually. the blackest in that town is the utah jazz. >> my name is w. kamau bell. as a comedian, i've made a living finding humor in the parts of america i don't understand. and now i'm challenging myself to dig deeper. i'm on a mission to reach out and experience all the cultures and beliefs that add color to this country. this is the "united shades of america." >>> chicago, illinois, not only helps define america to americans but defines america to the rest of the world, which makes sense because chicago has been home to many of the most influential cult aural icons. people like oprah winfrey, michael jordan, kanye west, shonda rhimes. these two and even this cultural icon. hey. i spent my awkward teenage years on the south side. there's the restaurant that didn't hire me. and look at the two dorks with the cool guy in the middle. that's jason and rob. i'm the one in the middle. chicago isn'

down an escalator and died several months later. 74-year-old berniece cocona was flying from maui to spokanea connection in portland. she was supposed to have an escort but her family says alaska airlines abandoned her. they say then she got confused thought she was getting on an elevator. instead she tumbled down an escalator coming up where her wheelchair fell on top of her. >> could be somebody else's grandma, mom, sister, that this could happen to. just neglect. >> the family says she was bedridden and in constant pain for the next three months before her death. alaska airlines says she actually declined assistance and her family did not let them know ahead that she needed assistance. >> well, it's official. you can tell your friends now hell has frozen over. hell michigan that is. the town is blanketed with snow today but that's not stopping the tourists who stop by. just to say they spent a little time in hell. one man from texas was even sworn in as mayor for the day but he's disappointed today was not actually the coldest day in hell. >> so, this year i was blessed with being the may

we shared territory south of us, to the west of us, the spokanes, to the north of us as well.what i understand we had pretty good relationships. it wasn't perfect, but we had shared territories, shared resources. but from what i understand, there were skirmishes also. so there are times where we didn't get along. we had a very intelligent person within our tribe. his name was circling raven. we were told he was chief for 100 years and he was the last person in our tribe to live to be 150 years old. and he had a prophecy that stated that men with crossed sticks and long black robes would come to our people and teach us a new way of living because hardship was on the horizon. i guess the first thing that we witnessed european contact was not them specifically, it was the disease that came. smallpox, whooping cough, and some other diseases that came. when the diseases struck our tribe, we had about 5,000 people in our territory, and it struck our people two different waves. and 1842 when father de smet came, we were down to 500 people. if you can imagine, pretty much everybody yo

you can see likely from spokane, boise, down to denver.icago, pittsburgh, even boston, just on the edge. beckley, west virginia. well, look at what we're expecting. at least right now, on christmas morning, western two-thirds of the country, pretty clear. frigid up in the plains. but we're talking about snow. there's a possibility, one of the models that we could see a little light snow in parts of northern new orleans. can you believe that? that's crazy. and snow stretching all the way in eastern ohio, into the northeast. and parts of new england, right along the i-95 corcorridor, it looks wet. it's going to depend on the position of the rain/snow line. it's uncertain, a week out. some of the mels diffoder >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. a cool start. temperatures above freezing to start with. during the day, more and more sunshine. clouds thinning, warming to 46 in philadelphia. 44 in the suburbs. new jersey, 46 the high. at the shore, clouds thinning, close to 50 this afternoon. no sign of the usual cold weather in the

you can see likely from spokane, boise down do denver.apolis, chicago, pittsburgh, even boston just on the edge. beckley, west virginia. look at what we're expecting at least right now on christmas morning. western two-thirds of the country pretty clear, frigid up in the plains, but we're talking about snow. there is a possibility one of the models says we could see a little light snow in parts of northern new orleans. can you believe that? that's crazy. and snow stretching to eastern ohio into northeast and parts of new england right along the i-95 corridor it looks wet. we are going to be watching this very closely because it's going to depend on the position of the rain/snow line. it is still uncertain a week will be watching this very closely. that's what's going on around the country, here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> good morning. we are nice and dry on this monday morning. plenty of sunshine here developing across the area as that sun is coming up. 39 degrees right now in washington. light breeze out there, bu

from spokane to bend, boise, casper, pierre, minneapolis, chicago, you're on the line of possible andut we will be looking at rain all along the eastern seaboard. g again, we're waiting for the rain-snow line to start setting up. that's what's going on across the country. >> christmas is looking on the mild and rainy side around here. the very next day, the day after christmas could be bitterly cold and windy. right now we have sun shining. temperatures mostly in the 30s and 40s. headed into the upper 50s to around 60 degrees for afternoon highs today. so a very nice day to be outside. mostly cloudy. turning colder for tomorrow. highs in the 40s the next couple of days. back to about 50 on friday. [001:21:59;00] chance. >> that's your latest weather. if you're heading out, check us out on sirius/xm 108. >>> in the meantime, we have new developments in the sexual harassment scandal surrounding oscar winner dustin hoffman. >> cynthia mcfadden is here with the latest on this. >> reporter: good morning. two-time academy award winner dustin hoffman is considered one of the greatest actors

and the chance of a white christmas, which means an inch or more of snow on the ground, from spokanere probably going to see rain. but we will be looking at rain along the eastern seaboard. again, we're waiting for the rain/snow line to start setting up. at's what's going on athro >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. a few spinning else but clouds starting to clear out a good deal of sunshine. look at these temperatures. 54 in the suburbs, 56 in philadelphia. that's 12 degrees above normal this time of year. clouds thinning out over new jersey, 55 at the shore. partly sunny a bit breezy and 57 degrees. low 50s for the lehigh valley. more and more sunshine in delaware, 56. have a great day. >> that's your latest weather. if you're heading out, check u out on sirius/xm 108. >>> in the meantime, we have new developments in the sexual harassment scandal surrounding oscar winner dustin hoffman. >> cynthia mcfadden is here with the latest on this. >> reporter: good morning. two-time academy award winner dustin hoffman is considered one of the greatest actors of his generation.

we shared territory south of us, to the west of us, the spokanes, to the north of us as well. understand we had pretty good relationships. it wasn't perfect, but we had shared territories, shared resources. but from what i understand, there were skirmishes also. so there are times where we didn't get along. we had a very intelligent person within our tribe. his name was circling raven. we were told he was chief for 100 years and he was the last person in our tribe to live to be 150 years old. and he had a prophecy that stated that men with crossed sticks and long black robes would come to our people and teach us a new way of living because hardship was on the horizon. i guess the first thing that we witnessed european contact was not them specifically, it was the disease that came. smallpox, whooping cough, and some other diseases that came. when the diseases struck our tribe, we had about 5,000 people in our territory, and it struck our people two different waves. and 1842 when father de smet came, we were down to 500 people. if you can imagine, pretty much everybody you know

we shared territory south of us, to the west of us, the spokanes, to the north of us as well. understand we had pretty good relationships. it wasn't perfect, but we had shared territories, shared resources. but from what i understand, there were skirmishes also. so there are times where we didn't get along. we had a very intelligent person within our tribe. his name was circling raven. we were told he was chief for 100 years and he was the last person in our tribe to live to be 150 years old. and he had a prophecy that stated that men with crossed sticks and long black robes would come to our people and teach us a new way of living because hardship was on the horizon. i guess the first thing that we witnessed european contact was not them specifically, it was the disease that came. smallpox, whooping cough, and some other diseases that came. when the diseases struck our tribe, we had about 5,000 people in our territory, and it struck our people two different waves. and 1842 when father de smet came, we were down to 500 people. if you can imagine, pretty much everybody you know

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. >> reporter: kekona was flying from maui to spokane connecting through portland and alaska airlines required by law to escort kekona to her next flight but they claim huntleigh, usa, the contract they contract abandoned her. >> after being seated in her wheelchair, they walked away and bernice became confused and pulls up to the escalator thinks she's getting on the elevator. >> reporter: the fall left her bedridden in constant pain for the next three months. she died in september. they are now suing huntleigh, usa and alaska airlines. >> it's not going to bring her back but someone needs to own up and take responsibility. >> reporter: alaska says we're heartbroken by this tragic and disturbing incident saying it appears ms. kekona declined ongoing continues in the terminal and decided to proceed on her own to her connecting flight and when her family booked the reservation they did not check boxes indicating she had any impairments like trouble seeing or hearing. >> i just hope that, you know, we get justice for my grandma. >> reporter: as for that contractor huntleigh, usa, the ce

christmas and the chance of a white christmas, which means an inch or more of snow on the ground from spokanend likely. pittsburgh, the same for you. boston, you're probably going to see rain but we will be looking at rain all along the eastern seaboard. we're waiting for the rain/snow line to start set >>> that's what's going on around the country. >> good tuesday morning. it's still pretty cool out there, but it will be warming up and in the south bay, expect a high of 64 degrees in san jose, 57 in oakland, 62 in napa. the clouds will start to move in and the rain later on tonight. we'll see rain in the north bay first. by 1:00 in the morning, it's in san francisco, moving into the east bay. may get a little bit heavier in parts of the bay area and clearing the south bay around sunrise. >>> that's your latest weather. if you're heading out, check us out on sirius xm channel 108 home of tomorrow's hoda show. >> we have new developments in the growing sexual harassment scandal surrounding oscar winner dustin hoffman. >> cynthia mcfadden is here. good morning. >> good morning. two-time academy

paul went to gonzaga, university, in spokane, washington, as a double major in political science and economics and he now works in our state legislature. now, with daca in question, it's not just paul who isn't sure what comes next for him but also his younger brother, jose. jose who was only 2 years old when he came here. he grew up seeing what paul, his older brother, was able to achieve. he saw that daca allowed paul to live without that constant fear. jose was ready to follow in paul's footsteps and enroll in the daca program so he could pursue his dream of an engineering degree at the university of washington. now if congress doesn't act, we will have one less engineer in this country. mr. president, paul and jose are just great examples of dreamers who have worked hard. they have aimed high. and they participate in their community and our economy making our country a better place. this country should be rolling out the welcome mat to our dreamers, not slamming the door shot on them. and that's why i'm here today with my colleagues to echo their fear and frustration on the floor

spokane, down to denver, light snow.gh, even boston just on the edge, beckley, west virginia. look at what we're expecting right now on christmas morning. western two-thirds of the country pretty clear. frigid up in the plains. but we're talking about snow. there's a possibility one of the models that we could see a little light snow in parts of northern new orleans. can you believe that? that's crazy. >> wow. >> and snow stretching all the way to eastern ohio into the northeast and parts of new england right along the i-95 corridor. it looks wet. but we are going to be watching this very, very closely because it's going to depend on the position of the rain/snow line. it is still uncertain a week out. some of the models differ, but we're going to be watching this >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist, kari hall. we are going to have a nice and cool start to the morning. also, all clear skies and a beautiful afternoon with much more comfortable temperatures, reaching the low to mid-60s. then we are getting ready for rain.

to the west of us was the spokanes. to the north of us was another. i understand we had pretty good relationships, and it wasn't perfect but we had shared territories, shared resources, but from what i understand there were skirmishes also. so there are times where we didn't get along. we had a very intelligent person within our tribe. his name is circling raven. and we are told that he was chief for 100 years and that he was the last person in our tribe to live to be 150 years old. and he had a prophesy that stated that men with crossed sticks and long black robes would come to our people and teach us a new way of living because hardship was on the horizon. i guess the first thing that we witnessed european contact was not them specifically. it was the disease that came. smallpox, whooping cough, and some other diseases that came. when the diseases struck our tribe, we had about 5,000 people in our territory. and it struck our people two different ways. 1842, when father smith came, we were down to 500 people. and if you can imagine pretty much every

richard is joining us from spokane, washington, republican line, thank you for waiting.ler: good morning. here's what cnn is doing. they take the debate were hillary clinton said that he protested the outcome, and that makes him the most dangerous person in the world. since he won, we have to protest the outcome because he is the most dangerous person in the world. during the debate, they deleted two of his words and they keep telling the country over and is therump said mexico worst of the worst. the worstmexicans are of the worst. now, his candidate said the mexican in san francisco is guilty, he is a racist. the guy in charlottesville refused to call that guy guilty of murder of terrorism until he goes to court first. cnn to the two american presidential candidates. the american president cannot get a room of american politicians to work a deal. host: thank you. i do not know where to begin with you. i do not know where you get your facts, i can imagine, that they are not right. twoto not delete those words. what trump said about mexicans, he can go back to numerous t

and you can do this in spokane, you can do this in tacoma, you can do this in albany and you can do thisnd look at their work. and they are good. they're not in tatters. >> so, chuck, the mueller investigation is taking place in a deeply charged political environment. maybe half the country is hoping, find stuff and get this guy. get the president. the other half is thinking, it's all political. it's all nonsense, it's the deep state. it's the swamp. do you know if inside mr. mueller himself and the people around him have a sharply sensitive sense of how they must really comport themselves in a way that is judicious, inarguably fair-minded. that they cannot be looked at as a political operation? that some political charges made against them have, i think, damaged them a little bit. the texting fellow and the people who have made contributions to democratic candidates, et cetera. what is the feeling inside mueller's operation about the charged nature of the world into which they will one day send a report? >> well, they know they have to drive down the middle of the road. they're not sain