The investigation under way into what role the mothers best friend, alady charged with is kidnapping, might have played in the killing. Measles warning. The Urgent Health threat for travelers who may have passed through at least five busy american airports. Dr. Jen ashton is here with what to watch out for. Bumpy year. The queens blunt talk about the tough time for her country and her family. The peek inside her annual Christmas Day message. Plus, the amazing holiday moments around the country. The secret surprises. Giving hearts. Its the most wonderful time of the year and something youve never seen on christmas. And good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im tom llamas, in for david tonight. And we begin with the ground stop at two of the nations busiest airports, grinding midwest travel to a halt this Christmas Eve. Travelers at chicagos ohare and midway airports headed to see family, look at that, and friends, stranded for christmas, packages in hand. That dense fog fueled by unusually high temperatures stretching from illinois to ohio. Visibility dropping down sharply. Abcs alex perez is in chicago tonight starting us off. Reporter tonight, Holiday Plans derailed for thousands of lastminute travelers on a foggy Christmas Eve. Heres what it looked like on the roads around chicago this morning. You can see the fog hovering above the water. Reporter that fog forcing ground stops at both of chicagos airports. There was one turn where we could barely see. When we got here, everythings canceled. Reporter massive lines forming. Travelers missing trips home to see family. I checked online and it looks like there are no flights available for the next couple of days. Reporter over 160 flights in and out of chicago canceled. Weve been here since 11 00 last night. Reporter sean simmons had been dreaming about going to orlando with his family for christmas. What are you feeling right now . Sad. Reporter chicagos woes come after ft. Lauderdales airport had to close for a time monday. Parts of florida got more than a foot of rain. In the west, after powerful storms downed trees and snarled traffic at l. A. X. , heavy snow moving into arizona. Families now bracing for a new storm set to hit tomorrow night. And alex joins us live from ohare airport. Alex, a rough day there for travelers and now its expected to pick up again . Reporter yeah, it sure will, tom. The day after christmas is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the Holiday Season here at ohare and across the country. Nearly 3 million passengers are expected to fly or try to fly, depending on the weather. Tom . All right, alex perez leading us off tonight. Alex, thank you. And a lot to track over the next few days, especially for travelers. Tonight, were happy to have meteorologist lee goldberg from our flagship station, wabc, right here in new york. Lee, walk us through the week. Reporter well, tom, winters really been on holiday here in the northeast, been beautiful, we were near 50 here in new york. But more fog issues from the upper midwest and that will also go into the ohio valley. That will extend into tomorrow morning. The wintry weather, thats really out in the southwest. Thats the problem. Winter storm warnings, mountains of southern california, advisories off to the east. Now, rain and snow is fairly light right now, but this is going to ramp up in intensity when a second storm slams into the west coast. So, thats going to be big rains for all of california. And its going to move eastward. Theres going to be a lot of valley flooding and some heavy mountain snow, as well. This will advance off to the east, its going to be a huge problem for the middle of the country with heavy rain over the heartland and maybe heavy snows over the upper midwest. You could see one to two inches in coastal california. Its all about the warmth east. Some record warmth. It will be getting cooler here on the east coast by new years eve. Tom . Lee, we thank you for that. Next, we turn to florida, where President Trump is celebrating christmas. These images just coming in. You see him there at Church Services on this Christmas Eve. Earlier, he was lashing out at democrats after an exchange of holiday greetings with members of the military stationed around the globe. The president unleashing a new torrent of criticism against House Speaker nancy pelosi over his impeachment. Abcs rachel scott is in West Palm Beach for us tonight. Reporter in florida tonight, President Trump delivering a warm Christmas Eve message for the troops. I want to wish everybody a really incredible new year, a Merry Christmas, a happy hanukah. Reporter and then, a blunt Christmas Eve attack on House Speaker nancy pelosi. She hates the republican party. She hates all of the people that voted for me and the republican party. Shes doing a tremendous disservice to the country. Reporter in between rounds of golf, the president has been tweeting furiously about pelosi. The speaker is refusing to send articles of impeachment to the senate until Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell spells out the rules for a trial. Ultimately, that decisions going to be made by Mitch Mcconnell and he will make it. He has the right to do whatever he wants. Hes the head of the senate. Reporter President Trump insists hes in a very good position, touting his accomplishments, blasting his foes but admitting, he still has one thing to check off his christmas list tonight. What did you get mrs. Trump for christmas this year . Oh, thats a tough question. Well, i really should say, a very beautiful card. You know, im working on a lot of things. I got her a beautiful card that actually i had a number of them picked and i picked the nicest one. I am still working on a christmas present. Is that okay . The president also a lastminute shopper. Rachel scott joins us now from West Palm Beach, and rachel, no vacation from impeachment politics for President Trump. And tonight, Speaker Pelosi not giving an inch. Reporter thats right, tom. The speaker is not budging on this. In a new letter to house democrats, she is once again calling on mcconnell to outline the rules of a trial. But mcconnell has said, he is in no rush and calls her decision to withhold the articles of impeachment absurd. Tom . Rachel scott for us tonight. Rachel, thank you. Next, to growing concerns over north koreas next move. President trump weighing in today on that governments warning of a possible, quote, Christmas Gift to the u. S. What the president said tonight about kim jongun in the wake of those threats. The president , at times, almost making light of it all. Abcs matt gutman is in seoul with the very latest. Reporter President Trump tonight brushing off north koreas ominous threat to deliver a Christmas Gift to the united states. Well find out what the surprise is and well deal with it very successfully. Lets see what happens. Everybodys got surprises for me. Reporter analysts suspect kim jonguns socalled gift could be a longrange missile test, capable of hitting the u. S. New satellite images appear to show recentlybuilt structures at military installations. Kim had promised President Trump he would not test those kinds of weapons, but after two highprofile summits we will have a terrific relationship. I have no doubt. Reporter and President Trumps unplanned historymaking step into north korea its my honor. Would you like me to step across . Reporter relations between the u. S. And north korea have taken a nosedive. The north has not moved to denuclearize, instead, conducting one shortrange missile test after another. Earlier this year, kim issuing an ultimatum, demanding the president loosen punishing economic sanctions by the end of the year or else. The u. S. Hasnt budged, and now, a top north korean official saying, it is entirely up to the u. S. What Christmas Gift it will select to get. President trump making light of it. Maybe its a nice present. Maybe its a present where he sends me a beautiful vase as opposed to a missile test, right . I may get a vase. I may get a nice present from him. You dont know. You never know. Reporter tom, after three high profile meetings and an enormous amount of Political Capital spent, we are back to the status quo of 2017, with President Trump calling Kim Rocketman and north korea again rattling its sabres. Now, what analysts tell us makes this situation so potentially dangerous is that the only real leverage north korea has over the u. S. Is the testing of missiles and possible nuclear weapons. Tom . Matt gutman reporting from seoul, south korea, tonight. Matt, thank you. Now to the clashes between protesters and riot police in hong kong. Officers beating demonstrators with batons at a shopping mall. One person fleeing, knocking down an officer. The disturbing moment caught on camera. He appears to have gone right over a railing, ending up on the level below, to the horror of onlookers who rushed in to help. Back here at home to the new developments in a murder mystery involving that texas mother who had just given birth, found dead in her best friends trunk. The new image tonight, that newborn, baby margot, is now back with her father. Abcs Kaylee Hartung with the latest on the investigation. Reporter tonight, on this Christmas Eve, baby margot finally home. Her father, shane, posting this photo of her safely in his arms. You know, thats thats the best thing that, you know, could ever happen. Reporter the reunion joyful but bittersweet. Loved ones mourning the loss of margots mother, heidi broussard, found strangled in the trunk of her best friend magen fieramuscas car. The baby found inside her home. So far, shes been charged with kidnapping and tampering with a corpse. I want to know why she did that to her closest friend. I want to know why her. Reporter police say theyre trying to determine if fieramusca acted alone. And investigating whether she was plotting to steal her best friends baby and pass it off as her own. Broussards mother tammy says this is all unfathomable. Asking the question on everyones mind, who does that to her friend . Police have yet to charge anyone with broussards murder. This community relieved 1monthold margot is back home with her family. I wish both of them could have came back, but its really good that shes coming home. And i hope she looks like heidi when she grows up. Reporter with baby margot now safely home, Heidi Broussards parents have returned to their home in louisiana to plan their daughters funeral. Tom . Kaylee hartung for us. Kaylee, thank you. Next, to kentucky, and the former governor under fire. Matt bevin under heavy National Criticism for granting 650 pardons on his way out of office, including to a convicted murderer and a convicted rapist. Now the fbi is reportedly asking questions. Heres abcs linsey davis. Reporter tonight, the fbi is reportedly looking into a series of controversial pardons granted by former Kentucky Governor matt bevin, just as he was leaving office. Among the 650 convicts, some violent offenders. In fact, when bevin was asked by a radio host about why he pardoned a man convicted of raping a child, this was his response. Which one, though . Because there were a couple of people that were accused of that whose sentences i commuted. Reporter micah schoettle, who had been convicted of raping a 9yearold girl, among those pardoned. Bevin seems to question whether the child was raped at all. If you had been repeatedly sexually violated as a small child by an adult, there are going to be repercussions of that physically and medically. There was zero evidence of that. Reporter the childs mother, who did not want to be identified, says she struggled to tell her daughter. It feels like were going through it all over again. Reporter some prosecutors say the pardons shocked the conscience. Bevin also pardoned patrick baker, who was convicted of shooting and killing a man in front of his wife. While his accomplices remain behind bars, baker, whose family, according to the courierjournal, raised more than 20,000 for bevins campaign, is now free. The pardon was never paid for by my family. Common sense can kind of tell you that. Reporter while the fbi is reportedly asking questions, there may be very little that can be done here. The former governors pardons were for state crimes and were issued under state law. Tom . Linsey, thank you. We have now learned the identity of the u. S. Service member killed in afghanistan. The pentagon confirming the death of Army Sergeant first class Michael James goble of new jersey. The green beret died from combat injuries while fighting the taliban. It was his third deployment to afghanistan. Now, to the unusual admission from buckingham palace. Queen elizabeth using her upcoming annual christmas address to reflect on what shes calling a bumpy year for the royal family. Details now from abcs lama hasan. Reporter in her annual christmas message, the queen acknowledging a turbulent year for her country and perhaps her family, as well. The path may at times this year have felt quite bumpy, she says, but small steps can make a world of difference. One small step today, the queens husband, prince philip, joining her for christmas in sandringham, after four nights in a london hospital. But other royals breaking with tradition. The duke and duchess of sussex on a break from their royal duties, spending the holidays in canada. Duchess meghan has acknowledged the glare of the spotlight has taken a toll. Not many people have asked if im okay, but its a very real thing to be going through behind the scenes. Reporter today, harry and meghan all smiles on their holiday card. Baby archie front and center. While tom, its certainly been a bumpy year for another royal, the queens son, prince andrew. Now, he was removed from royal duties after that disastrous interview about his friendship with jeffrey epstein. So, the question tonight, will andrew be joining his mother for church on Christmas Morning . Tom . No doubt a rough year for the royals. All right, lama, thank you. Next, to the vatican, and the annual tradition beloved by millions. Pope francis leading Christmas EveMidnight Mass at st. Peters basilica. His 2019 christmas message urges Church Officials to embrace change. The faithful crowding that square tonight as they do every year. And theres still much more ahead on world news tonight. The hotel rocked by backtoback explosions. New images showing the extensive damage. 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Heres a live look at the doppler 7 radar tracking the rain moving in, making for a damp and drizzly Christmas Morning. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im dan ashley. Im dion lim. Lostminute shoppers hit the stores. But thats about to change. Lets go to meteorologist drew tuma. If you havent gotten gifts yet, take the umbrella where you wu because you are seeing our storm begin to move on shore. Light at first but they intensify after midnight. Were seeing showers along our coastline. Going into daly city youre going to see light showers. South San Francisco, pacifica right now. To the north we go. Light drizzle near sears point, san rafael. And this line is just crawling about 15 miles per hour. So oakland will likely find some drizzle around 6 30. San jose, about 7 45. Gilroy after 8 00 p. M. Light to moderate rain, not only that, were tracking rough surf as well. Most spots between 0. 1 and 0. 75 inches of rain. Well have the full accuweather forecast later. 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