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Max Armstrong talks about Christmas travel, more Chinese soybean purchases, drug mules and the winter solstice.
This will be the busiest travel day of the Christmas season. And TSA lines could be slow.
The storm system is impacting the northeast. Travel across the heartland could be slowed by that.
China plans to make a third round of U.S. soybean purchases right away.
In Nebraska, drug mules have had a rough time this year. It's been a banner year for drug seizures.
Today is the winter solstice, with the fewest hours of daylight in the year.