notice the clouds gathering rather benign system over texas. that won't bring the clouds in as early as noof -- will bring the clouds in as early as tomorrow afternoon. the storms will be to the south of the area. lexington, 27 degrees. 31 chicago. and not bad in terms of cold, but how about real cold. true cold up towards the canadian border towards fort chippawanan. there's the cold air into the mid section of the nation and maryland going into this week. arctic blast will arrive by thursday and give us wicked cold temperatures as we head into thursday and friday. this is our future trend. by 2 tomorrow afternoon mostly cloudy skies into tomorrow night and a storm will be around. but further south to the region, south over southern maryland a. we go -- as we go into new years eve. 25 glen burnie. 24 towards shadyside. 26 and you get the deal. it will be chilly across the area. 25 degrees mainly cloudy skies. very cold and for tomorrow 2 degree guarantee to the 43 mark but 30s outlying areas. and the forecast into new years eve you were waitin

as we go in to tomorrow, there is the system towards texas, that rolls towards the south.ot shower over arundel county, easton, along the bay bridge, we will fine tune that in to this evening. most of the action will be down to the south. future trend in to wednesday, things looking good. we will cool down. it's 43 in town today. upper 30s rs news, weather, and sports and west of the beltway -- north and west of the beltway. midnight 35. thursday 34 degrees. look at the overnight les in the to the teens to 21 degrees. next weekend, 30s, going to 41 degrees. >>> good morning. we have a crash in baltimore county, middle river along the eastbound lanes of route 43, eastern boulevard. if you are using 95, all lanes are clear. no problems traveling from white marsh to downtown baltimore. the stretch will take you 16 minutes. everything will remain nice and clear on the beltway. live look in parkville, harford road. traffic moving along, no problems getting up to towson, new year's eve traffic nice and calm on the northwest corner of the beltway. no problems traveling down to ro

under our system texas is a sovereign state entitled to have it own public policies unless they run contrary to the constitution. and fact that they run contrary to connecticut and great britain is not contrary to the constitution. so i think, i think it's a hoax anyway because i think the court would decide the same way whether or not it cited foreign law. because i think the foreign law's in there for window dressing. >> host: the, the sort of the court in some sense what you're saying is justices may know what they want to do, and they're looking for support in whatever form they can find it, but it really doesn't have -- it's really not having an impact on what they actually decide? >> guest: i think that's right. >> host: um, i want to switch to a different, a different phase of your career. you served as solicitor general of the united states under president nixon. at the -- >> guest: mostly under ford. >> host: that's right, yeah. um, but under nixon as ill fell to you to file -- it fell to you to file a brief against the vice president to have united states, spire rue ago knew. can y

spent three years the teaching realistic at the university of texas and in fall of 2008 had a chance to give back. the teachers retirement systemtexas $110 billion represents 1.3 million teachers and all the workers of the public school system. it is 5% of all texans paying money in a retired. i spent four years working for the chief investment officer, established five goals and said i thought it would take five use to get those goals done. the last being find my replacement. january of this year i said we have gotten everything done and it was time. in june i retired from teachers having 116 investments just shy of $30 billion and as you mentioned we were the number one performing plan in the country in 2010. liz: back to your roots in real estate you're going center when it comes to office buildings in texas. why? >> texas is the best state in the country. we have the financial strength of germany and low-cost production of china. you look at the gdp numbers, we in texas had 3.6% gdp this year and the department of labor projects average 5% over the next two years. that is twice the u.s. average. liz: when you look at pensio

now all eyes turn to texas, the texas coast west of louisiana and this will be our next weather system just generating rain and it is that classic texas low setup where the system will be progressing in our direct as we work into the day tomorrow. temperatures looking to warm up pretty nicely tomorrow to 40. if you have snow packs for instance in westminster and carroll county and manchester, snow on the ground, you will get a little melting tomorrow but it looks fresh snow on saturday. one reason why, cold air availability which is a tough thing in late december in maryland. it edges further in and it won't be the case this time because we have the cold air in abundance and not above freezing in baltimore and bwi area on saturday. the storm keeps going out. the blustery winds are a done deal by morning. we are set for a nice dry day tomorrow and next moving to the deep south states and areas of big time severe weather in the last 24 hours will get more of that and then ramping up as it moves in our direction. at this point in time the storm will really reach peeking intensity after it

. >> and we continue to track a new storm system brewing down toward texas. how will it impact us? we will take a look at that at five. . >>> now to a story that's left dozens families in limbo. the russian president prepares to ban united states adoptions of russian children can. once signed it would take effect on new year's day. it's crushing the hearts of so many families here. >> reporter: russia's president said thursday he plans to sign a controversial new law banning united states adoptions. that dashes the hopes and dreams of hundreds of americans trying to adopt russian children. many of them with special needs. russian officials said that even 46 cases which are close to being done will be frozen. those children will now be offered to russian families. american parents thought they would bring a child home soon are now left wonder figure they will see them again. >> it's a heart breaking process. we have started preparing our home, not remodeling or painting or buying furniture but just preparing the emotional state of our home and of ourselves and of our children who ar

putting faith into what it does in helping but faith does help in fact in the texas prison system the colson based ministry when it was doing faith based rehabilitation in the prisons they had no one come back to prison that's a one hundred percent success rate and they had two people who actually extended their prison time and turned down being let out early in order to finish their commit but there's no public system that's doing that and the reason is is that with faith based charities you can feed the soul and spirit as well as the body ok stephen and i got to you twenty seconds before the break go ahead that's a very tendentious reading of the evidence there is no consistent evidence that private delivery of service is per se any more effective or efficient than public ok let me jump in here and we're going to wash your car a diversity and add to that a short break we'll continue our discussion on charities and taxes stay with our team. choose your language. fully recover though influential still some of the. treatments that the consensus here can. choose to opinions that invigor

system, the university of north texas, and the texas state university system in support of stem legislation. i also have a letter from rice university president david lebraun supporting this same type of legislation. i have a letter dated june 25, 2012, addressed to president obama, leader reid, leader mcconnell, leader pelosi and speaker boehner from the partnership for a new economy, signed by the presidents or chancellors of 42 public or private universities. i have a letter to congress from the information technology industry council, the partnership for a new american economy in the united states chamber of commerce supporting stem immigration reform like this bill. i have another letter dated november 15, 2012, to members of congress from the american council on international personnel and the society for human resource management supporting this type of stem legislation. i have another letter dated september 19, 2012, to speaker boehner, leader cantor, whip mccarthy, minority leader pelosi, minority whip hoyer from connect, a u.s. c. san diego commercialization enterprise. i have all

system tomorrow. could be quite a severe weather outbreak from east texas through louisiana. maybe lower areas of alabama as well. then this system is going to be coming across us this afternoon and this evening. you'll notice a little bit of blue here in the mountains. that is indicative of snow. i think it's overdoing it just a little bit. by this evening, 5:00, most of this will be north of the mason- dixon line. then we're going to watch the next storm system really start to take ship as we head into tuesday night and wednesday throwing the rain and maybe some early snow our way. but this is going to be a rain event for the most part for us here in washington. 43 rain this afternoon. some mix north and west. tonight back in the low to mid- 30s with areas of fog. rain will end by midnight. tomorrow 48. so a decent tuesday with rain and wind on wednesday. perhaps an early mix west of town. thursday looks windy and saturday night may be the rain ending as a little bit of snow. 5:18ing timesaver traffic -- 5:18, timesaver traffic. >>> a chilly commute to be sure but not a whol

the northeast, maybe three inches, tops, on the higher side of this storm system, where is it right now? it's located across texas, arkansas, all rain right now, as it moves into the northeast, it's going to stay just to the south of the new england, that will allow the colder air to get wrapped into this whole storm system. as of right now, it looks like the storm will exit off the mid-atlantic coastline. if it back further back, it will be a bigger storm for the northeast. we also have a winter weather advisory in arkansas again as we go through this morning, mostly because of freezing rain that we're seeing in that area. mostly all rain from pine bluff, arkans arkansas, down to houston, texas. we also have some snow showers from minneapolis right over into green bay, arkansas. stretching down into des moines, iowa, as well. this whole system is finally pulling away. snow showers across maine. the wind is easing and precipitation is winding down as well. this storm system is a saturday event. mostly rain from southern new jersey down through delaware and mostly rain across the eastern tip of long island and int

the same dangerous system spawned two possible tornadoes in texas, one person died when a tree fell on his car. all of these storms moving east/northeast and will continue to push eastward and take the severity with them. so big picture today for tornadoes, really, the propensity for quite a serious tornado outbreak, damaging winds, 60 to 80 miles per hour with straight line winds and even some hail. in some areas there could also be significant snowfall. so forget the eggnog and cookies. across much of the country, this year's holiday supplies include shovels, ice melts and severe weather radios. in springfield, missouri, it's a working christmas for the department of public works. crews say they're ready for whatever comes their way. >> on christmas night there's a lot of people traveling to their family's houses and then they gotta get home at some point. >>reporter: as this white christmas mess pushes onward, millions more are in its path, meaning plans for the latter half of the holiday week could be in jeopardy. here's where the snow is falling, three to five inches in oklahoma c

and in west texas, lubbock looked like a winter wonderland. forecasters say the system could cause more problems in travel problems later in the week as it moves east. chris pallone, nbc news in birmingham, alabama. >> and she'll tell us where the storm is headed in just a few minutes. >>> but first, lawmakers have one more day of vacation before returning to capitol hill before averting the so-called fiscal cliff before the new year. president obama has cut short his hawaiian holiday. he'll come back to washington tomorrow night. nbc's danielle leigh is live. >> reporter: richard, good morning. there. is still a hope that a deal can get done, but confidence in that bargain with real reform has all but disappeared. americans are already taking a good hard look at their wallets, as confidence the country will avoid the fiscal cliff diminishes. >> i don't think there's going to be a grand bargain before the end of the year. there is hope a deal will be cut. >> reporter: if congress doesn't extend expiring tax cuts in just days, middle income owners will owe uncle sam abou

this deadly system on christmas day destroyed property in texas, and the holiday snowfall total was brokenarkansas with multiple tornadoespower outages are a major side effect of the massive winter and severe storm system plowing across the united states. today, snow is piling up from ohio to the north east. already, the storm is responsible for at it's headed next. the sound of jingle bells now replaced by the scraping of plows on pavement, tires trudging through snow, and whipping winds. blizzard and winter storm warnings are posted for a wide swath of the united states. right along kind of that rain-snow line, that's where the front is, that's where the axis of the heaviest snow will be. it's called the snow sweet spot. and we're going to see that from cincinnati just north of that to indianapolis, cleveland and into buffalo. >> reporter: all part of the deadly system that erupted christmas day. temporarily shutting down a highway in oklahoma, destroying property in texas, and breaking the holiday snowfall record in arkansas. the system spawned multiple tornadoes, including this one in

texas. thousands of folks without power on christmas night last night. crews are scrambling to get power back to folks. parts of a severe systemted in texas and stretched east through parts of alabama, louisiana, mississippi and even northwest florida. roofs were blown off homes in mobile. really the biggest city to be hit by numerous rare winter twisters as well as powerful straight line winds. forecasters say there could have been as many 19 reported tornados that ripped through that area alone. so many folks tell us they're really shocked by the damage. >> it was a lot worse than i ever thought it would ever be, you know. it's, but it's amazing how this community, we have pulled together. they have helped me pick up the pieces and clean up. >> now trees and power lines remain down this morning. people having to sort through the debris on the roadway as these stormy conditions really continue. so officials from those impacted states are asking drivers to postpone any travel plans today. to really wait for the visibility to improve. of course today being the day after christmas means it is one of the busiest travel days of ye

we are seeing areas of rain across portions of texas and tennessee on the northern side of the storm systembe seeing areas of snow. keep that in mind tonight. >>> thank you. >>> now your starting lineup the top sports stories rg 3 is playoff wound. the rookie quarterback leading the redskins to the nfc east title in 1999. won in a winner take all game for the division. washington on a 7 game winning streak. vikings face the packers. >>> in the afc broncos and patriots get by. texans host the bengals ravens face the colts. inspirational return in indianapolis. a standing ovation for colts coach chuck pagano back on the side lines since under going chemotherapy. his leukemia in remission. they beat them 28-16. >> the time is 42 after the hour. a narrow escape for one police officer a bomb found in his car. we will have that frightening story. >> do you fund your breaking your resolutions? nikki fitness is here with ways to stick to your fitness goals. new years clutter is no match for someone with big ideas. with a new project in mind, some how-to knowledge to give us an edge, and more saving

at least three deaths are being blamed on a severe weather system that spawned tornadoes in four states and dumped snow as far south as texas. the latest from alabama. >> reporter: oh, wow. oh, jesus, look at that tornado. >> reporter: in mobile, alabama, a christmas surprise no one wished for. a tornado caught on video as it touched down right this city center. emergency management officials say the twister left lots of damage in its wake blowing out first and second floor windows at the mobile infirmary medical center and the roof at the high school. so far no injuries or death, but wit trees and power lines down tens of thousands are without electricity. one store sent customers scrambling for cover. >> one customer looked out the window and said there's actually a tornado coming. i looked out and you could see the sparks flying and debris flying around. i got everybody together, about seven customers. everybody huddle around we need to go to the back. >> i probably hurt my baby grabbing her and huddling for protection. there was no time. >> reporter: it was a massive storm system that stretched across the nation. earlie

texas to alabama. the same storm system is bringing snow to the midwest from oklahoma to pennsylvania. blizzard warnings are out from arkansas to maine. in indianapolis, white-out conditions are making driving treacherous. some areas saw more than a foot of the white stuff. the storm caused the cancellation of more than 500 flights on christmas. hundreds more are expected today. for victor cav layer row his flight back home to los angeles will have to wait. >> it got canceled so we got stuck for the day and we're not going to leave until 6:00 tomorrow p.m. >> reporter: this storm is now headed east with snow, freezing rain and high winds. danielle nottingham, cbs news, reagan national airport, arlington, virginia. >>> in new york, people are offering up their support to the families of the two firefighters killed in a setup by an ex-con. the flag outside of west webster fire department is at half-staff. fire commissioner william gross lost two of his friends. he says they were as prepared as they could have been to fight a fire but not an ambush. >> if you train and train to put the fi

i think what you were referring to is the state of texas led by a team by texas a&m university system>> to have a center for advanced development and innovation. that's going to be located in texas. so, there is a significant financial investment by the federal government. this results to taking pandemic influenza off the table and securing the country against biothreats. and it brings a number of companies to us that wanted to work with us because we had the infrastructure and the know-how available. and, again, i'm here in belgium because once of our principle collaborators is glaxosmithkline vaccines, we're designing a new production facility to be located in texas. >> governor, that's a federal grant. is this one where according to texas and this program, is that one of the federal grants you could -- it could be as much as $2 billion eventually, is that a good use of federal funds? >> sometimes people get me confused that i hate government. i dislike government that is big and onerous and doesn't produce. >> yeah. >> there's a lot of things that government does that it actually p

tornadoes could pop up from texas to florida. same systemg a a white christmas to other folks already dumping up to 6 feet of snow in california before it heads east. what a mess. all that snow could mean headaches for some 90 million americans. triple a estimates our traveling over these holidays. elizabeth prann is live in our nation's biggest airport in atlanta. how are the crowds doing now? >> well, jamie, can you see the crowds are still coming up. we're in the area where people come up off the trains and greet their family and friends. a lot of headaches for folks today. the delays are not just here in the southeast but also across the country as hundreds of flights were either delayed or cancelled just at heartsfield alone. more than 100,000 flights came in today and 50% of the departing flights were delayed and 20% of the incoming flights were delayed. really that's a story that we got from a number of airports across the country. major airports that were delayed. salt lake city was one of them. san francisco, tulsa, a lot of people

>> reporter: it was a huge system across the southeast. they felt the pain in texas and mississippi and flash flood wornings and strong winds. governor phil bryant declared a state of emergency in the state saying at least eight counties reported damages and some injuries. here is what one witness said. listen. >> it was a lot of wind. cows were a little jumpy. lightning hit the building we won't have no cows. >> reporter: today being the day after christmas there are a lot of people hitting the airports across the country. here in atlanta hartsfield-jackson airport we're noting a number of delays. at least 600 flights are delayed this morning. travelers need to have a lot of patience as though make their way home. gregg: they do indeed. elizabeth, thanks. those tornados she just mentioned only part of what is happening there. major snow in parts of oklahoma where white-knuckled drivers were describing already dangerous conditions on the road from a storm that is not over yet. >> just really bad. i don't advise going south. it was slick. i don't care to go back throu

tornadoes anywhere you see the red here from the eastern parts of texas, mississippi, alabama, and georgia. and on the north side of the system, both good news and bad news, we may see a very white christmas in parts of oklahoma, arkansas, and missouri. but on wednesday it moves to the ohio valley, great lakes, and interior portions of the northeast with over a foot of snow and wind gusts. obviously this is a very big travel week. i'm meteorologist jeff beardelli for cbs news in miami. >>> now, to the debate over gun control. the national rifle association says the best way to prevent school shootings like the one in newtown, connecticut, is to put an armed police officer in every school. tara mergener's in washington with more. tara, good morning. >> good morning, duarte. the nra says guns and police will help stop the next killer already waiting in the wings. it's a controversial idea in the middle of an already emotional and heated debate now raging across the country. hundreds of protesters march aid cross the brooklyn bridge asking for new gun control laws and there was a demonstration outside a gun shop. >> to allow the

holiday flight delays with its sweeping storm system moving east after tornadoes struck for states on christmas day. at least six people have died. >> dallas, texas, where snow is a rarity came as a christmas surprise. it turned white and the motorists struggled with slippery roads. 21 cars and fractured trailers, and eastern ohio, kentucky, and indiana. along with wind gusts of 50 kilometers an hour. the unusual winter phenomenon hit for seven states, 34 tornadoes. this one touchdown in mobile, alabama. it overturned cars and blew out windows. >> it is like this crazy wind, just the whole building is shaking. >> a caused no fatalities, but a thunderstorm fell this tree, killing a driver of this truck. and if no border was buried by an avalanche. the storm system shifts to the eastern seaboard. >> writing levels of the city in the red sea is threatening the coral reef. in predicting how it looks in the future. the effects of climate change are apparent. >> marine scientists have been diving. they will be tested in highly acidic water to find out what happens to a coral reef as the chemical composition of the oceans change. leading the students is

in texas and oklahoma, icy roads cause major pile-ups and deadly traffic mishaps. the storm system also spawned a cluster of tornados throughout the deep south, causing extensionive damage. thousands of residents lost power in mobile, alabama. the facade was torn off a historic church was 24 hours earlier hosted christmas eve services for hundreds of worshippers. >>> but we turn now to the journey of a lifetime, on a quest in search of an elusive creature known as the unicorn of the sea. it's the narwal, both rare and endangered. what we discovered was a landscape vast and beautiful, and sometimes deadly and one that's changing rapidly. so now an encore presentation of nbc's lindsay davis and producer alex waterfield's journey to the far north, and just getting there was an adventure of its own. >> reporter: it's the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere in one of the most inhospitable places in the world. aside from my guides, i'm all alone. the wind is punishing and the only thing my iphone is good for is taking video. now we're into our third hour . i can't see much throu

we did set some yesterday across parts of texas which highs that made it into the 80s. cold front this is a system bringing in the cooler air mass doing so across portions of midwest and dau dote tacoat ta dakotas. northeast down to the ohio valley into arkansas. >> patti ann and heather? >> thank you very much. appreciate it. >> now to stories you can bank on. who ruled the internet and how? that is the question being debated at a global conference. joining us is adam shapiro from the fox business network. >> distink conference going on from due by. nations are negotiating potential changes to the treaty that was first enacted in 1988 that governs the internet. there are proposals that are disturbing. 17 arab nations want greater government control and diversified internet users. if you identify who those people are the government wants to keep control can crack down on them. google is proposed. government is coming up with a treaty. the voices of internet companies and internet providers not being heard in this conference. there's a lot of opposition. >> it's not al gore? >> it's not al gore. >>

buffalo. >> reporter: all part of the deadly system that erupted christmas day, temporarily shutting down the highway in oklahoma, destroying property in texass. the system spawned multiple tornadoes including this one in alabama. >> oh, my god. look. that's a tornado. oh, wow. oh, jesus. look at that tornado. >> reporter: with daylight wednesday came the reality of just how much damage was done. at this mobile high school, portable classrooms are in ruins, win dows are missing and roof tiles are shattered. one of the many structural casualties of this massive storm. >> judging from some of the damage we witnessed today, it is a miracle that no one was hurt any worse than they were. >> reporter: post holiday travel plans are also taking a beating. roads are a mess. many airports no better, meaning people could be spending longer than expected at their holiday destinations. elizabeth cordon, cnn, atlanta. >>> want to bring in alexandra steele back into this. this is just a mess. and at the wrong time. people are struggling, going to and leaving the holiday destinations. >> we got it at the beginning and the end. should i tell you about the ne

texas. we are previewing our next storm system. this is a look at your christmas eve. traveling along i-20 between birmingham and atlanta you'll hit rain showers. i-10 along the gulf coast as well. christmas day this is when it gets very interesting with snow across the northern areas of the great lakes on into new york city and actually getting snow on your christmas day and down through the mountains of west virginia and northern virginia we're talking about a wintry mix that means you could see sleet and snow and even just plain old rain mixes in. as you gain elevation we're talking about several inches of snow. looks like for some of you you'll get your white christmas. back to you. >> kelley cass, winter is here. no thank you. >>> send it back. >>> our trip advisers say half of those pull your hair out moments will occur this holiday just because of travel. 27% specifically because of cancelled and/or delayed flights like the ones we just heard about. one fifth of americans blame bad weather for a grinch like mood. that's why i'm staying in brooklyn this year with

the system packed heavy rain and flash flooding along with strong, straight line winds affecting people from texas way to florida. >> i tell you what? i have never seen one in real life and just to be able to hear one from that faraway, act a mile and you could hear it and it was pretty amazing. >> reporter: the severe system ripped through parts of alabama, georgia, mississippi and northwest florida. one of the largest cities hit was mobile alabama. straight line winds knocked down trees and blew the roofs off many homes. people are amazed by the amount of damage done by the rare christmas twisters. >> i didn't think it was this bad. it was so dark last night i didn't get a chance to see anything. i was not expecting this. you have trees ripped in half. it's just -- >> reporter: while the day after christmas is usually one of the busiest for travel people can expect to add extra time. slick roads causing many to second guess plans while hundreds of flights are delayed leaving others stranded. >> my parents live in el paso and i was planning to go there but i think i will be staying. >> reporter:

i lived in texas and louisiana in the south and never seen such a good old boy system and robust and epidemic than right here but i believe people need to stand up to bullies including the foundation shrewd billionaires and the well paid lobbies and business friends and associates who stand to reap millions of dollars as well as other favors from these projects. i have spoken to my friends in ocean view who of lead by the foundation partnership and its lobbyist s. the so-called gift that the ocean view neighborhood and the sheraton eliminateistry school will be living and breathing with 24/7 is a concealed cancer risk plain and simple. bullies and their followers don't operate in a vacuum and require responsible people like us to stay silent and ignore the corrupting influence. i would hope one of you sitting here would stand up for citizens and give a balanced perspective or for the children and for the soccer officials and to stop another killing or a spill incident. just this morning i was contacted by tv 60 minutes and with the help of groups throughout the country i will provide

texas. there is no problem in understanding how the system works. exactly what they said. how do we get from here to there? to which my response is, i do not know. that is a problem for you to solve, i cannot do it. what is it that they seem to be interested in? it is so obvious. do you think this rule of law has been given on day one and suddenly it was followed? of course not. do not think democracy will solve them. it is both your friend and your enemies. hamilton and madison right the document. it is a very good document. ask any of us on the courts, we would be in agreement on the basic things. the basic framework is it creates institutions of democracy. people can decide for themselves what kinds of community they want it is a special kind of democracy. it is a democracy that protect certain basic human rights that assures some degree of equality. the separation of powers is not what you are looking for here. separation of powers -- he is very clear. you are looking for judicial independence. the separation of powers is both vertical and it is also horizontal. the ba

behind the storm system funneling on in through portions of northern plains and across texas. 20s insan antonio. looking at temperatures above freezing. 39 degrees that's why most of the precipitation is staying in the form of rainfall. you have the temperatures below freezing and that's where you are seeing the snow right now in maine, vermont, new hampshire you are talking about accumulations that could exceed over 2 feet in some spots especially in up state new york. that's what we are going to be looking at. worse conditions for driving you should be doing that through out the day. we have winter storm warnings through northeastern pennsylvania and maine. the entire state of maine under a winter storm warning. accumulation and the wind will be continuing through out the day gusting over 30-40 miles per hour. expect more travel delays and flight cancellations today. we will check in with you later. >> there was lightening and thunder in new york city this morning. >>> top five stories making news for you at this hour. outrage over the four state officials punished for not doing th

system naturally. don't wait to feel great. miralax. >> pelley: former senator phil graham of texas said "i own more shotguns than i need but not many as i want." a lot of gun owners feel that way but we wondered why so many owned the kind of assault rifle used in the newtown massacre. so we asked ben tracey to find out. >> reporter: this is one of four ar-15s that gene hoffman owns. the internet entrepreneur has 11 other guns in his home south of san francisco. >> if you ask a golfer why he needs 15 clubs when you get away with seven he'll tell you, well, certain shots i like to use that other putter. >> you can kill someone with a golf club but it's hard to kill 20 people in a couple seconds with golf clubs. >> look, the right to firearms, the civil right to firearms is dangerous, and that's why it's a right. this is not something free or easy. there will always be people who misuse their rights. >> reporter: the ar-15 is often called the barbie doll rifle because it has so many accessories. >> you can buy one and a lot of different parts for it and hunt with it, you can target shoot with it. >> reporter: a survey by the fire

i read a story in texas and expulsions and suspensions are a direct pipeline to the juvenile justice system and the punitive approach doesn't fix anything. i can happily point you to that study and makes cases against that school discipline, but holly has come up with a really wonderful solution within law enforcement that we would love you to talk about and it's preventive and solution. >> thank you. it's not going to be a shock to you that i don't have a sizzle reel but i did manage to get a few powerpoint slides in so it's a good thing if i can get my next one. can you advance it for me please? so it is a safety course that i created with yahoo. we partnered together. i started asking questions the first day so my boots are on the ground and i'm in the schools and i love doing what i do, and i believe wholeheartedly and i believe it was the soft power -- yes, i love it. i think it's effective in so many ways, so i had luckily teamed up with the right people at yahoo who were really amazing and just the foresight they saw, and believed in the concept that law enforcement needs to be a pie

going to be watching the chance for severe storms setting up across parts of texas as well as louisiana. now, a storm systeme coming in out of the four corners, and this is going to mean a white christmas for some areas. what areas are we talking about? for southern missouri as well as arkansas, can you see snow there, down toward the south, we're talking about rain and heavy rain at times. let's track this through the future for you. as we go later into the day. we're talking the ohio valley looking at snow and windy conditions. >> jennifer, we're not going to budge. it's a message from the national rifle association, making clear today it's opposition to any new gun laws in the wake of the connecticut shooting. the group's ceo is standing by remarks he made at an event on friday. barbara star has more on the debate that dominated the sunday morning talk shows. >> newtown. >> newtown. >> newtown. >> newtown. >> how many more? >> performers and artists joining with 800 mayors calling for a plan to end gun violence. but the chief executive officer of the nra made clear on nbc's "meet the press" that his orga

. >> reporter: dangerous situations unfolding from texas to the great lakes. in this storm system is not -- and this storm system is not finished yet. >>> and we're looking for some fog late tonight and eltomorrow morning. a lot of folks out and about, so you'll have the details what you can expect where the fog will be. >>> and we're looking at more showers down the road. see you back here in ten minutes. w >>> a young woman charged with hitting and killing a grandmother at san francisco's twin peaks lookout made her first court appearance today. david stevenson was in court today and has new information about what's being done from keeping the college student from getting behind the wheel now. >> reporter: we learned more today about the young with him accused in the death as the judge placed some special conditions on her bail supporters of 23-year-old gina eunice covered their faces as they entered the san francisco courtroom this afternoon. eunice is charged with felony vek lahr manslaughter -- vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence and a hit- and-run driving for

the storm is part of the same system that caused whiteout conditions from texas to minnesota.rted. >>> and a health scare this morning for human rights hero nelson mandela. the former south african president who is 94 years old, has been diagnosed with a severe lung infection. doctors say mandela is responding well to treatment so far. >>> and a dramatic scene in cleveland overnight. a car drove right into this apartment building. take a look. it actually crashed right into a bedroom. the only reason the two people who were inside are alive is because they were sleeping on the floor. if they had been sleeping in the bed, they would have been crushed to death. great news there. >>> great news about the health of our children. after decades on the rise, childhood obesity rates are finally beginning to fall. new york, philadelphia, los angeles, among the cities showing declines of roughly 3% to 5%. even parts of mississippi, that has the highest obesity rate in the country, are seeing a drop. >>> meanwhile, a new labor dispute in the airline industry this morning, with a differen

another system that we're watching, too, see the jet stream here and this band of clouds across texas? that's the jet stream. as it comes across the deep south today, it's going to be a dangerous situation, especially into tomorrow when there could be a severe weather threat with them with the developing storm that will move into the ohio valley with heavy snow. for us we're watching the moisture coming through nashville. the clouds increase. by noon could be enough cold air, parts of the shenandoah valley into the mountains that we'll have some wet snow mixing in. in fact, north and west of town and i think this may be overdoing the snow line, i don't think it will be this far south, north and west of town there will be wet snow mixing in till about 8:00. then we start to dry out. everything pulls away. overnight partly cloudy with patchy fog developing. maybe a slick spot with some temperatures close to freezing. then christmas day looks decent with partly sunny conditions at least. highs well up in the 40s before the next system starts to bring snow to the region north and west of

the state line was texas 30s, 40s, ukia only 43 degrees, chilly readings there, and 20s there as well. impressive systemere showing every sign of splitting tomorrow. if it does it would give us a lot of rain but it looks like will split and go favor and parallel along the coast so that is tomorrow morning and tomorrow and another one on saturday, that is your cloud and forecast your time line is there, see how this system rotates and and favors the coast right there with rain activity, it is actually weakening the system compared to this morning so the forecast models have tough times and we have updates every 12 hours and seems to be different. 49 clear lake, 52 -- just low 50s for any -- inland areas closer to the water, warmer but not much,ly med a 54, 52 gilroy, 54 there, a lot of thrives by palo alto, wood side and menlo park, pacifica 54, san mateo 54, the city 53, but that is a soft 54, will drop fast tonight, clouds tonight, some rain tomorrow, more clouds than rain but we will look at it early. another one late saturday and early sunday with your weekend always in view that look strong for rain