This morning. Im boris sanchez. Merry christmas. I hope its been a Magical Christmas morning so far, im amara walker. Just ahead this hour, it started as one familys idea and it grew into a global brand. The inside story behind Elf On A Shelf and whats next for one of the worlds biggest christmas traditions . And the holidays are a big source of joy for so many but they can also bring up sad feels are or painful memories. We have tips to help you deal with the holidays blues coming up. First lets get you caught up on the mornings headlines with whit n whitney wilde. Good morning. We begin with the brutal weather storm keeping its grip on most of the country. At least 22 deaths are blamed on the storm. The weather is causing severe travel headaches. More than 3,400 flights were cancelled yesterday and another 1,200 cancelled so far today. Governor hochul says she will declare of the federal government a declaration of emergency. Paolo has more. Reporter here at ground zero, driving is not only treacherous, but its pro prohibited. You have vehicles that are basically abandoned. What authorities are going to do in the evening and into christmas day, they will continue working around the clock to make sure that anybody needing rescuing gets the attention they need. The mayor from the city of buffaloest mailing there could be as many as 200 people still stranded and on friday night they rescued around 65 individuals and sadly a man was found unconscious here in buffalo and shared a grim prediction that the death toll could potentially rise. And a call for people to wake up Christmas Morning at home, shelledering in place since any potential relief inside may not come for quite some time. Thank you. More migrants arrived Last Night Outside Vice President Kamala Harriss residence in washington, d. C. Initially two busses tuld l pulled up outside the naval observatory. But several more arrived it not clear it was reported that Governor Greg Abbott sent migrant buses north. This winter storm is disrupting rail travel well. In Canada Mass Jers from hot wa and montreal spent nearly an entire day after nine trains were damaged by falling trees. Another seven trains were outright cancelled. Weather warnings are up from British Colombia to the west and to the east. The warning is what weve been telling you a couple days now, stay inside if the weather is this bad. That winter storm still impacting parts of the u. S. With snow and brutally cold wind chills. Good morning to you, britley, when is it going to start warming up . Its going to really warm up into mid next week. Here we are, it feels like 10 degrees below zero. 18 in buffalo and it feels like one. Wind gusts in buffalo at 35 miles per hour. Many are still under Wind Chill Viez Ris from the upper midwest, down through the appalachians and temperatures feel like 35 below. Hard Freeze Warnings in place across The Deep South and toward florida where temperatures are expected to be into the upper 20s this morning. There we are at a whopping 36 degrees with sunshine. Theres the warmup. Above normal temperatures into play wednesday and into thursday all kroo we can expect more snow to fall on top of the 30plus inches that weve already seen in buffalo. Shes. Brie any, thank you. Fiech they say arrested three 17 yeefrds and two 18yearolds who will be charged with and more than 160 passengers were forced to help. The captain came flying out of the cabin, grabbed a Fire Extinguisher and was doing like an o. J. Simpson over the passengers and he was amazing. They said it was a custers bathry or backup. They are try and the judge said it want clear or convincing of ond built her presidency on lies will fraud in the 2020 election. 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It started in the 1970s with an elf called fizbe. The Elf On The Shelf describes how santa knows whether kids have been happy and good. It launched in 2005 and has become a tradition for many families, including mine. Crista pits cocoo for the mill i am a big Elf On The Shelf fan. My els you a you just start off by telling us about your familys Elf On The Shelf origin story . Sure youll. And that Elt Of Kpuchl was born from the fact as you rightly pointed out was his name would fly back and forth to sen at that every sunle pus good or bad, happy or may said, whatever it i have to tell you, fundamental. You can take a little bit of responsibility on that, right . I try not to cause tight if he snch snmt the n its fantastic but bell ved ir. If. Snoo i have to say i believed in it from the beginning and it because my sister and i bo dprachl of being 6 Sk 7 Of The N when you of leading up it krit mass and it fells look of day lasts 95 days. Youre just trying to get to to that. In the alabama heen is sfchlt f. Woof got all sorts of various flchlt and a little bit of fun along the way. And the elf is perfect to bribe your children, right . Half the time im saying, hey guy, watching is many it t what are some of the more Creative Aye Deeres youve seen on and it 78 with the treat ift that the elves show at home. All across the globe. So one of the things i really appreciated is when the elves start missing their comb at the north pole, they might sneak into the ice box. Ive seen it happen a couple times. They get that freezer family, which is always fun been and it goes back out over the air use the Elf On The Shelf. Ive seeb lots ofseen lots of i with popcorn and my elf flies back and forth to santa. Hes very busy but not quite as creative as some of his friends, have i to say. You have heard from people around the world . Were there any countries that really surprised you that you were hearing from . Its amazing. We hear from all over the world. People write us, they send up us pictures and emails. We had one young lady write us not from america. I believe it was spain. She was asking if santa could send chris pine to her home. I had to explain that wouldnt be possible. Ill have to have that request, too, along with millions of other women. A real pleasure to have you on. What an amazing tradition. Its also american, too, for many of us, to have in our home, Elf On The Shelf. Merry christmas. Thank you. If you still have symptoms of moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis or active Psoriatic Arthritis after a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq is different and may help. Stand up to your symptoms with rinvoq. Rinvoq is a oncedaily pill that tackles pain, stiffness, swelling. For some, rinvoq significantly reduces ra and psa fatigue. It can stop further irreversible joint damage. And rinvoq can leave skin clear or almost clear in psa. Thats rinvoq relief. Rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. 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The holidays may be filled with good cheer but they can also bring on stress and sadness for some. We have tips on dealing with the who will case blues coming up. First more of your headlines with whitney wilde. Good morning. A dangerous and deadly storm is keeping its grip on most of the country. At least 22 deaths are blamed on the storm and more than 22 million are without electricity. More than 3,400 flights were cancelled yesterday, another 1,300 have been cancelled so far today. New York Governor Kathy Hochul is sending more help to hardhit buffalo. She will ask for a declaration of emergency. Pope francis is calling for an end to the war in ukraine. The pope appealed to those who have the ability to put an immediate end to the war. He also called for the end of using food as a weapon of war. Christmas is here. All around the world holiday celebrations are under way. Hallelujah hallelujah in bethlehem, Midnight Mass was held at the church of the nativity. That was built in the fourth century. There were parades, drumming. Just take a look. The taliban is further restricting rights of women in afghanistan. The group has informed nongovernmental organizations that female employees are no longer to come to work. Any organization that doesnt co comply will lose its license to work in the country. Secretary of state tony blinken is concerned it could disrupt humanitarian aid and called the decision devastating. Meanwhile the taliban used Water Cannons to break up a group of Women Protesting Banning women going to universities. 2022 has been a year of major developments around the world. Clarissa ward has a look at the Top Ten International stories of the year. As 2022 comes to a close, so does a very difficult year. Largely overshadowed by the war in ukraine. At number 10, more than 150 reve revellers died in a crowd crush in seoul, south korea. The video youre about to watch is graphic. It is a horrifically graphic scene. We thought these stretchers were for survives but we realize theyre for the bodies. Number nine. There seemed to be No End In Sight to the political chaos. Just moments ago Boris Johnson announced he is resigning. Johnson forced to resign after a series of scandals, including violating his own Government Eaves strict covid19 lockdown. Ask not for whom big ben tolls, it tolls for truss. The shortest p. M. Term in history sent their currency plummeting. Number eight, 2022 was the year of political comebacks. Both former brazilian president s dasilva and exprime minister Benjamin Netanyahu shows us time out of power can be a spring board for unbllikely political rebounds. Serving two terms as president of brazil beat the populous candidate and a Triumphant Return for netanyahu. He goes on trial for charges he denies. Number seven, americas most wanted terrorist killed in a u. S. Drone strike in downtown kabul, less than a year after the u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan and a promise by the taliban to never again provide sanctuary to terrorists. These types of incident happen where in the world. No matter how long it takes if you are a threat to our people, the United States will find you and take you out. Number six. Forng the death toll from the flooding in pakistan has increased to more than 1,300 people. Theres just a steady flow of people. The wort levels herein still rising. Pakistan is responsible for less than 1 of the worlds emissions, but it is paying a stiff price for global warming. More than 1,700 people were killed as a result of the floods. Another stark warning of the perils that lie ahead as Global Temperatures rise and natural disasters increase and intensify. We are back with the scc news. Which is quit eerie. Queen lithuania. Britain Build Farewell to the monarch with an outpouring of emotion. Majestic funeral steeped in tradition and a sendoff number four, chinese leader xi jinping securing a third term as party chief surrounded by so more coming of party controls, more crackdowns on dissent. More i graegs and intimidation of hai juan. Theres chance that they dont want covid. They want freedom. No tests this is a police state that does not tolerate dissent. Ignited by the death of 22yearold massa amini, she was. Activists and experts say the ongoing Officials Say more than 14,000 have been arrested while iran admits over 300 have been killed in the unrest. Number 2022. Saw the russia said it will reduce flows of its last natural gas pipeline to europe. Factors including russias wash in ukraine and chinas continued koef higher food prices, vk on nearly to hot spots around the world. . One on february 24, russia lauchbed a full scale invasion of ukraine, sending troops into the country ifflchl and at the same time rebeen seen them move in heavy, heavy honor. Were watching frch since war 2, generally as horged and an Russian Forces that have taken this airport. You can tell theyre russian. Ive spoken to them already. Theyve got that Orange And Black band. Life for ukrainians changed overnight. Scenes restness ent m and it leasts 6,500 ukrainian Civilians Ro Vietnamdespite recent battles by the ukrainians, the war wages on and in each newly liberated territory there is gri ukraine is now bracing itself for a kiemd winter. Russia has been targeting the Power Structure in the hopes of freezing out a population that has already seen nine months of unending destruction. That was cnns Clarissa Ward reporting. Back to you. The holidays are a joyous time of year for a lot of folks. For others, they can bring up negative feelings. Well talk about that after the break. You definitely know. When he wants your attention, he makes it clear. When he wants to be left alone, he makes it obvious. 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There are a lot of sources of strers over the winter happening is it shu be all joyous and. I it and feel about the whol fwchlt so Financial Stress is a big one. Social stress for many people. Who to have. And that your feeling lonely and rern the holiday party, et cetera. And a lot of Peoples Health behavior goes down hill which add to their stressed, drising more lining, actual haul. I a lies is less and lot of people do struggle with depression. Ed out. Do you have specific vice form use destressing techniques. You mentioned its the thought that counts and remember what really matters. Lets dig deeper into some of these. You mentioned destressing techniques. What does that mean secretaryly . Well, today if you find that you are feeling a high stress level, then there are specific things that only take a few minutes that you can do to that an actually would help reduce your stress today. Those range from things like whats called paced deep breathe, i which is deep abdominal bruin rahal in for a couple of five and heres a quickie that sound really kind of oo i with. This initiates whats called the drivers reflection which fwm kwi Quickly Snuchlt and big are you frerks all these things can quickly on this day reduce your stress level. Something you mentioned earlier that i found really interesting was the competitive aspect of the holidays that a lot of folks get caught up in. We also get caught up in the gifts, the parties, the light, all these things that stream its the holidays but your point is to focus on what really matters, right . Ia, people do get caught up in the perfectionist and xiao doing tem frrnlt what relationship that you feel appreciative for. For many people its religious observance. What about your faith really soothes you and energizes you but the people in your life and appreciating the holiday with them is often really the most valuable emotionally part of the holiday. So focusing on the good in that and, as i said, that its the thought if you did anything for anybody, it is the thought that counts instead of thinking about how great it was or how much money you spent. Right in. And for some folks, the holidays can bring out feelings of sadness or loneliness. Maybe it reminds them of someone they lost that they attach anything at the feelings too. How do you go about recognizing and then dealing with those uncomfortable feelings . So holidays a classic time if youve lost somebody, even in the past few years. So knowing thatsneck al and, they about picking up the phone. A zoom call, even if you cant be with them on this day. Sometimes volunteering on a da y look let me just say that if youre really feeling depressed, hopeless, helpless, lonely and its ongoing, today is a good day to resolve to reach out to a Mental Health professional and. From and theres no shame in asking for help. It will when this cop to. To 22 marked a major milestone for nasa as the ps mission designed to get americament to to make critical s a split second faster. Palantir. Data driven enterprise accelerator. Im getting vaccinated with prevnar 20®. A Pfizer Vaccine so am i. Because im at risk for Pneumococcal Pneumonia. Im asking about prevnar 20® because theres a chance Pneumococcal Pneumonia could put me in the hospital. If youre 19 or older, with certain chronic conditions like copd, asthma, diabetes, or Heart Disease or are 65 or older, you may be at increased risk for Pneumococcal Pneumonia. Prevnar 20® is approved in adults to help prevent infections from 20 strains of the bacteria that cause Pneumococcal Pneumonia. 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Coming in at number ten three, two, one. The First Private Mission to the International Space station. Go dragon. God speed, axiom space 1. They launched on top of a spacexpq and for smergs space light. Number nine may look and sound like basic need camps for soldiers and saliers, but they are grardians. This is still the United States space tory. This is not a little to announce a ban on antisettle Light Weapons tests. These tests are dangerous and we will not conduct them. The u. S. , china, russia and india have you a from creating Massive Debrin field. In and in 2022 congress pushed for answers. For the first time in more than 50 years a public hearing on saint about ufp oz they are really and need to be mitigated. Though they did not answer if it was classified u. S. Technical jish the work of extra pen early gets very close to Military Bielts and bases. Is this one of the phenomenon that we cant explain . I do not have an someplace for what this specific off sflpg after the u. S. Angs nchgs i fwrupgs im even going so far to release a video that moscow might have Arted A Bittish Pon Cone Pent been e. He laet this threatens nuclear war i was really happy to see him go. Our fifth space Story Of The Year also came to the aid of ukraine. Star link satellites. Ignition. And liftoff. When russia knocked out cell phone and Internet Service to the country a Ukrainian Government official begged elon musk for help. Musk responded with a tweet to Forever Chang the battlefield. Starlink service is active in ukraine. Starlink a tool for both ukrainian civilians and the Ukrainian Military but after months of providing the Internet Service for free spacex told the pentagon that it can no longer continue to fund star Link Terminals in ukraine indefinitely. He said the company will continue to fund service in ukraine but the debate laid bare the dangers of a country being too dependent on one billionaire. Coming in at number four hear that . That is what the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy sound like. In 2022 scientists captured an image of it for the first time. The image captured by the Event Horizon telescope which is a Global Network confirmed the presence of a super massive black hole. Some 27,000 light years an i way from earth. Number three is the worlds first plan tori defense mission. After being at the mercy of kawhi leonarder asteroids. We can do something about it. Nasas plan to ram a spacecraft called d. A. R. T. Into an asteroid to see if the impact would push it slightly off course. It was no threat to earth but if the test worked it would mean the type of technique could be used to deflect a killer asteroid headed to earth. After six months in space we have impact. The bulls eye hit captured by telescopes that confirmed that the tiny spacecraft was successful to bump the asteroid off course. At number two, the James Webb Space Telescope deliver og ten promise by beaming back the first images to earth. Tomorrow when this image is shared with the world it will be a historic moment. For america and all of humanity. The culmination of 30 years worth of work with hopes and dreams of the world seeking answers to some of the existential questions. Are we alone in the universe . Where did the first light come from 13 billion years ago . Nasa leadership describing the moment they saw the images that webb was capable of producing a million miles away from earth. A sense of awe and got emotional. Just moved me as a scientist, as an engineer, as a human being. And this is it. The first image by the telescope released by nasa called webbs first deep field and the lights are not individual stars. Each one is a galaxy and each galaxy is filled with billions of stars. You can see that distinctive spiral shape and webb took images of planets closer to home. Heres jupiter and neptune. Baby stars born. It is part of the Eagle Nebrulu and made famous in 1995. Finally, the number one space story of 2022 hydrogen burnoff igniters. For the first time in more than 50 years nasa launching a rocket capable of carries astronauts to the moon. Years overdue, billions over budget, rolled back to the hangar to escape Hurricane Ian and then rolled back out just in time to take a direct hit from Hurricane Nicole and then a gutsy call to give the third launch attempt a go. The spacecraft separated from the Artemis Rocket beginning a 26day 1. 4 million mile odyssey to the moon and back. It traveled in space than any spacecraft designed to carry humans has flown. The final test . Its heat shield successfully protecting the mannequins on board from the blistering temperatures and blazing the way for artemis 2 when real astronauts will be on board. Splash down. The journey to the moon comes to a close. Orion back on earth. What a year for exploration and discovery. For all of humanity. Kristen fisher, cnn, washington. Thank you for responding pat of your Christmas Morning with us. I cant wait to make sure my kids are happy about the gifts we got them. Im still waiting for mine. Must be lost in the mail. Supply chain issues. Right . I sent you a few. Hopefully gets there by 2022. Merry christmas from us at cnn this morning weekend. We are grateful to spend weekends with you. Inside politic sunday is up next. Im m on top of the world. Im looking for someone who lilikes to be in the middle of it all, but also likes some peace and quiet. You hungry . I know a place, and few others nearby. Its the city that never sleeps, but hey, if you need the rest, ive got you covered. For skin as alive as you are. Dont settle for silver. Harness the power of 7 moisturizers 3 vitamins to smooth, heal, and moisturize your dry skin. Gold bond. Champion your skin. Mercedesbenz is turning electric. Completely on its head. Bringing legendary design. 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