yes, farmers like john arnold are concerned but they hope the worst is over. katie? >> couric: mark strassmann in florida to want. thank you, mark. david bernard is the chief meteorologist at cbs 4 in miami. david, first of all,s where all this cold air coming from? >> reporter: well, the big problem katie tonight is we have a huge buck until the jet stream that is sending cold air straight from the arctic right into the eastern united states, including deep into south florida and all of this is in part to what we call a big blocking area of high pressure over the atlantic. that's just causing a trap for the cold air to sit over the eastern united states. >> couric: and how unusual is this? >> it's very unusual for one big reason. this is a very severe cold snap for so early in the winter season. we get into late december and january and even february it's not terribly unusual to see cold snaps like this, but for the beginning of december, this has been an extreme one. >> couric: and finally, david, how long will this cold wester last? >> the worst of it's going to s

yes, farmers like john arnold are concerned, but they hope the worst is over. mark strassmann, cbs news, claremont, florida. >>> no serious injuries reported after a tornado ripped through a small oregon town. the twister touched down in aumsville, south of portland. the storm ran down main street destroying shops and homes and uprooting trees. one man said he saw a trampoline fly over a church and the roof of a barbershop was torn off. >> when the roof came off, it just started swirling and glass started breaking and the tv come down and the air conditioner went with the roof and it was terrible. >> reporter: tornadoes in oregon are rare. this was one of just four to hit the state in the past decade. >>> the senate is expected to overwhelmingly pass president obama's tax agreement with republicans today. but house democrats want to change that legislation. republicans are warning them that a deal is a deal. preeti arla is in washington with more. preeti, good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. the big issue for house democrats remains the estate tax, wh

john arnold said that's a bad thing because it wipes out the heat in the groves. he said he'll be out here all night long checking on the trees and the fruit. live in clermont, lake county, ryan hughes, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> winter weather across the country is impacting central florida travelers tonight. >> since about 7:30 tonight, there have been about 25 flight delays either taking off or landing at orlando international airport. channel 9's mark moyle found out cold weather not only creates problems for travelers but also for workers at airports across central florida. those working on the planes can't wear gloves. >> reporter: they cannot wear gloves all the time because they have to use their fingers to get to the very tiny instruments on the airplanes. for orlando executive airport line worker pedro nogares, working on planes on the runway can be numbing when temperatures are as cold as they are tonight. he says one of the most challenging parts of working on planes in the cold is the fact that he doesn't always get to wear gloves because it's too

john arnold said that's a bad thing because it wipes out the heat in the groves. he said he'll be out here all night long checking on the trees and the fruit. live in clairmont, lake county, ryan hues, channel 9 news. >> since about 7:30 tonight, there have been about 25 flight delays either taking off or landing at orlando international airport. channel 9's mark royal found out cold weather not only creates problems for travelers but also for workers at airports across central florida. those working on the planes can't wear gloves. >> reporter: they cannot wear gloves all the time because they have to use their one of the most chaenging parts of working on planes in e co is the akopill ways g toes becau i the frozorkers say when the mercury drops they dress for it. fr masks to help break the wind. >> we are feeling they us that work 75% the time on the ramp. you feel that your mouth is frozen. i mean, your nose. sometimes we need to report to the base any kind of situation. >> reporter: with other outside jobs, employees can oftentimes go inside to warm up and th

when governor arnold schwarzenegger announced he was going to run for governor, john trejo got a very lucrative idea. within hours he licensed the name the governator. >> we did this seven year, i had seven good years of this. >> reporter: when arnold schwarzenegger was getting ready to run for reelection. his lawyers approached trejo after a series of negotiations theyed entered into a partnership. trejo got the right to use the term terminator picture and arnold schwarzenegger got a cut of the profits which he donates to his charity. >>> and here it is, you have some cold air dropping down from the north here there that is. the combination of those two tomorrow, right in this area will bring some significant rainfall. as we go into tomorrow. but it won't be first thing in the morning. it's going to be more in the afternoon. in the evening hours. out in the pacific you see that, that imagine went away, but you see that area streaming over the top. so tonight it's mild. 50s and 40s, maybe some fog this system starting to move in, it's slow getting here but when it gets here you're goi

when governor arnold schwarzenegger announced he was going to run for governor, john trejo got a very lucrative idea. within hours he licensed the name the governator. >> we did this seven year, i had seven good years of this. >> reporter: when arnold schwarzenegger was getting ready to run for reelection. his lawyers approached trejo after a series of negotiations theyed entered into a partnership. trejo got the right to use the term terminator picture and arnold schwarzenegger got a cut of the profits which he donates to his charity. >>> and here it is, you have some cold air dropping down from the north here there that is. the combination of those two tomorrow, right in this area will bring some significant rainfall. as we go into tomorrow. but it won't be first thing in the morning. it's going to be more in the afternoon. in the evening hours. out in the pacific you see that, that imagine went away, but you see that area streaming over the top. so tonight it's mild. 50s and 40s, maybe some fog this system starting to move in, it's slow getting here but when it gets here you're goi

arnold schwarzenegger? are they working together? is brown really going to go in a whole different direction? i can't imagine he can do it from scratch this quickly. >> well, you know, interestingly enough, i don't think that governor schwarzenegger and governor-elect brown have hardly met at all. i think they've actually met in person once during this transition period. the interesting thing about transitions for governors in california is the state department of finance is basically full of civil servants. most of those people start actually working for the governor-elect after the election on his budget trying to work him through the process. so he's actually got a staff of sorts. but schwarzenegger's not involved. you know, and arnold schwarzenegger, interesting story there, put forward a $10 billion budget solution back a couple weeks ago that the legislature basically told him thanks but no tharngz, we'll wait for jerry brown. so this is going to be brown's to solve. but i think what we're going to se

. >> and no one's called you benedict arnold or anything like that? >> not within the african-american community. not in that way. >> where? >> on blogs. people don't have names, we just blog. >> ashley bell, andre walker, we appreciate your time. >> thanks, john. >> thank you. >> that interview conducted last night when i was in atlanta, georgia. now let's take a quick look. we're continuing to track the tax cut debate. that's debbie stabenow speaking on the floor tonight. the debate continues late into the tonight. but we're now told to expect the final vote tomorrow morning. we'll stay on top of that one and bring you the latest news as that one comes. >>> when we come back, did the virginia judge who struck down the key points of the health care law have a conflict of interest in case? we'll take a look at that controversy when we come back. >> some on the left see conflict of interest on that big legal ruling on the obama health care love. henry hudson ruled congress in writing that law overstepped its powers by mandating that most americans obta