Sky. I have no idea what that is. Reports all across the west of that fireball just two nights before Christmas Eve. Good morning, america. Now that would be breaking news. Santa coming early. Yes, i believe we do have reports. I dont want to take anything away, but doesnt rudolph have a red nose . That is correct but its far aw, george. Seen all over the west. Well get to the bottom of what that really could be. No trouble for santa getting around obviously but the extreme weather could cause problems for a lot of us. 100 million amerans heading out for the holidays a it is not going to be easy. Our team is standing by this morning. Take a look at the lines already at Chicago International airport. Its before 6 00 a. M. Right there, already so crowded. Well gin with the weather square. Tough weather for so much of the country, not here. 70 degrees on Christmas Eve. Yeah, were going to blow the records right out of the water. No overcoat required even this morning across much of the east coast including new york city which seems like a good deal how this warm air amplifies through the holiday but it h has trave issues in the form of fog, flooding rains and springlike Severe Weather. Fog, so thick in arkansas that it triggered these two frightening Chain Reactions on interstate 49 close to the texas louisiana border. Three trucks colliding in the northbound lane, one spilling glue all over the road. Directly across the highway, a tencar pileup leaving at least three dead. Seven hospitalized. In california, wind gusts up to 80 Miles Per Hour picking up and tossining at lea seven tractor trailers. Many drivers pulling off the roroads and iting out the winds. Its crazy, man. Its like 80mileanhour winds. Also responsible for toppling over this gas station in the mojave desert. In colorado drivers pulling off the road to put on chains as they cautiously creep across loveland pass. In utah, whiteout conditions dropping visibility. People opting to stay off the roads. Parts of the state getting 24 inches of snow in the past 24 hours. And three feet falling in lake tahoe, winter storm warning posted for much of the intermountain west. We are looking for more snow there but Severe Weather across the midsouth, all the way from shreveport to cincinnati but chicago to new orleans youre in the realm as well, over 50 million at risk here. Heavy rains across parts of the south, atlanta through the carolinas and piedmont, flood watches are posted through Christmas Morning and this is all tapping into some recordbreaking heat, tomorrow Christmas Eve temperatures 20 to 30 degrees above average. We will bl these recordsds right out of the water. No snow for santa on the east coast. So if you love snow you got to back to you. Thats for sure. Rob, thank you lots of concern about the weather if youre heading out this morning. Heres a look at the roads in some major cities across the country as youve heard, today is expected to be e the busit on highways across the country with more people driving than ever thanks t to low gaprices. Abcs linsey davis is at a new york state Traffic Command Center in hawhtorne, new york. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Yes, we are in the Central Nervous system with a massive look at the roads in severalew york counties, an estimated 100 Million People expected to hit the roads this Holiday Weekend so if you want to miss the worst traffic you may want to pack up the car and kids now. As you said today is expected to be the busiest travel day the worst hours between 3 00 p. M. And 6 00 p. M. The best day to drive is said to on Christmas Day if you might be able to manage to swing that. The second worst day for travel is expected to be sunday, so do yourself a favor and stain place until monday if thats possible. Aaa is saying that the National Gas Price now below 2 for the first me in more than six years. That also explains why there may be more drivers on the road. Right. All right, linsey, thank you so much. Stay off the road, 3 00 to 6 00 p. M. Great tips. Long lines forming at the airports this morning. Abcs alex perez is at ohare with that and good morning to you, alex. Reporter hey, good morning, lara. Long doesnt begin to describe it. Take a look. We are at terminal 3, the american terminal, and the line seems to be going and going and going snaking g around t security checkpoint. Of course, this is expected to be a very sy one. 38 million will be getting on planes, 3. 5 million right here, all that due to part to lower airfare pricices, down this year because of lower jet fuel prices. And there is some more good news for the chicago area. Usually this time of year were dealing with snow, with ice, with cold, but right now mild. So everyone here is hoping that is going to help keep things moving along. Lara. All right, alex, thank you very much. George. Were going to move on to the racece for predent and Hillary Clinton hitting back at donald trump, her Campaign Calls his words disgusting, sexist slurs as a brandnew Poll Shows Trump Holding on to one of the biggest leads yet in the republican race. Jon karl in washington with all the latest. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, george. That new poll from cnn has trump with a 21point lead over his closest republican rival. But it is his war of wordsds with Hillary Clinton that is now getting ugly. After Donald Trumps crude comments monday aimed at hlary clinton. N. She was going to beat obama. She was favored to win and she got [ bleep ]. She lost. I mean, she lost. Reporter overnight clinton responded to trumps comment in an interview with the Des Moines Register saying hes shown a penchant for sexism. Boundaries at all and his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. Reporter the Clinton Campaign is blasting trump calling him out for, quote, degrading language and disgusting sexist slurs. Even clintons democratic rival Bernie Sanders hit back at trump at a rally in iowa. This is a guy who wants to be president of the united states. He must have a very unusual relationship with women. Reporter and clinton doubled down o on her clm that isis is using trump as a recruiting tool saying reports on Arabic Television like these are fueling isis. [ speang a Foreign Language ] if you go on Arabic Television as we have and you look at what is being blasted out with video of mr. Trump being translated i into arab, it violent jihadists. Reporter meanwhile, jeb bush joined in to criticize clinton. Shes great at being the victim. Reporter but bush didnt spare trump either. Its not a sign of strength to use profanities. Were two days before christmas. Lighten up, man. Reporter overnight donald trump tweeted the term he used is notot vulgar. He said he was just saying that Hillary Clinton had been beaten badly by obama and that that term is often used in politics. His evidence, george, was one npr reporters use of that term about four years a. Yeaeah, i sawhat tweet. Jon, thanks very much. Lets bring in matthew dowd who has worked in campaigns for both parties, matthew, lets go back to that cnn poll showing donald trump way at the top. One more time, ted cruz in second place. Now, both cruz and trump are saying its now a twoperson race on the republican side. Well, i think its actually going to be a threeperson race. Its two people dominant. This point, george, but i think its going to come down to a threeperson race based on wt happens in New Hampshire and one thing that i wanted to say, the last time a republican was this dominant in a primary was in 1999, 2000, thats the last time a republican has been this dominant right before christmas. And thawas george w. Bush who you worked for who went on to get the nomination, become president of the united states. So you believe now that donald trumhas a legitimate chance to be the nominee . I think he has more than a legitimate chance to be the nominee. I think right now the odds favor him in the course of this. He has a 20, 21point lead everybody else is way down the list. Hes probably right now going to win New Hampshire. I mean i think he is the problem he has, theres one electorate that the republicans like him and the general electorate has a real problem with him, thats his achilles heel. Okay, matthew dowd, thanks very much. At one of the biggest malls in the country, a gun going off during a robbery sending shoppers running for cover during one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Abcs linzie janis is at the mall in garden city, new york. Good morning, linzie. Reporter everything is back to normal at this mall. Its opened bright and early for Holiday Shopping but it was a scary afternoon. Hundreds of shoppers trying to get up lastminute gifts ended up fearing for their lives. Terrified shoppers sent scrambling. Some racing for the it. It was like pure pandemonium. Everybody was running. Reporter all of a sudden i just heard a loud gunshot. The first thing we thought was terrorism. Reporter others hiding wherever they could. Imretty sure something just happened. We locked the doors and ran to theathroom at the back of my store and we waited. Reporter area schools locked down as dozens of police swarm the packed Roosevelt Field mall one of the largest indoor malls in the country after Authorities Say a suspect tried to hold up the rolex section of this jewelry store. This was a robbery. The motiv was clearly a robbery. This was not an active shooter. Reporter the Stores Security guard struggling with him. When the suspects gun fired a single shot out into the mall hitting a 67yearold mall employee. An offduty nypd officer shopping in the mall helping hold the gunman down until Police Arrived hauling him away. We have a significant and very robust detail. After paris we heightened our response to the soft targets and heightened a number of patrols and we maintain that at this time. Reporte within 90 Minutes Police giving shoppers and mall staff the all clear. This morning, the man who was shot in serious but stable condition. Shoppers we spoke to say they heard that shot and reacted immediately instinctively running or hiding fearing lara. I bet, that must have been terrifying. Move on now to the nfl. They are speaking out about the new film concussion which tells the story of the doctor who sounded alarm bells about the brain injuries in pro football. The league wants people to know theyre doing everything they can and abcs ryan smith has this exclusive report. Youre going to war with a corporation that owns the day of the week. Reporter this morning, the National Football league speaking out exclusively to abc news just ys before the premiere of ccussion. Do you want fans to see this movie . I think theres a benefit that well elevate the conversation around health and safety of our game. Reporter t films trailer suggesting back then that the league didnt want to face issues concerning head trauma. The nfl does not want to talk to you. When a movie like this comes out and fans or maybe others say, this is a sign that the nfl tried to cover things up before. How do we know that theyre not giving us all the information now . I say take a look at what wevve done. Reporter the league saying a updates to 39 rules related to heth and safety in the last t decade. Implementing new concussion n prprotocols d investing millions to improve equipment. Like special straps that aim to regulate Head Movement in the helmet. But is this enough . Dr. Omalu telling Robin Roberts no matter how protective the helmet it wont stop head injuries. Look what happensns to your brain when you have an impact, the brain bounces around this so assuming you take a padding, the padding will simulate the helmet. No matter how thick it is, look at what happens. What difference does it make when a headtohead impact or some sort of very hard impact could traumatize the brain no matter how thick the outer protection layers are . You can improve the rules and you can improve the safety of the equipment. Reporter do you think we can ever stop head injuries in probably not but can minimize the game as safe as possible. Reporter for good morning america, ryan smith, abc news, new york. This s is becomg such a major issue and we just learned the nih announced a major new study of the whole issue of concussions and brain injuries, as well. We want to get to the other top stories. Cecilia is here this s morning. New developments in the bowe bergdahlhlase. Good to see you. Happy almost Merry Christmas. The Army Sergeant who walked off his base in afghanistan and spent five years as a taliban hostage has some decisions to make before his next military Court Appearance in three weeks. Bergdahl right there in his dress uniform for a hearing faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. He did not enter a plea and stilill must dide whether he wants to face a courtmartial with a jury of soldiers or just with one judge. And busted here in new york, a socalled hacker to the stars accused of stealing the personal information of as many as 130 celebrities. Authorities say 23yearold Alonzo Knowles hacked into upcoming tv shows and movies and then he tried to sell them, also, he is accused of trying to sell sex tapes. E ctims names have not been released. A highprofile murder trial set for next summer in los angeles. Real estate heir robert durst is accused of killing one of his friends to ep her from cooperating with an investigation into the disappearance of his wife. Durst is currely jailed in new orleans on a weapons charge. Hes agreed to be extradited to l. A. After that case is resolved. And take a look at this in china. Terrifying moments as a firefighter escapes a burning apartment building. His body right there covered in flames as he jumps from a window. Somehow he suffered only minor injuries. Hard to watch. And, finally, one bad guguy ft hanging. Watch what happened when a man tried to break intnto this sre by climbing from the roof through the ceiling. He only made it halfway. The other half, yeah, thats him stuck right there. Needless to say the cops eventually showed up and arrested him so this happened in siberia wearing shorts. Were thinking this just in probably not the smartest criminal in the books. What was he trying to steal though . Pants. It was worth the risk then, right . Worth the risk. Sorry. Cecilia, thank you and thank you, t. J. Lets get to that mystery in the sky. That white light seen streaking across the west caught on camera by so many raising a lot of questions as to whether santa was getting an early start. Nick watt has the story. I have no idea what that is. Reporter a bird, a plane, the death star . Its like a missile. Reporr from las vas, nevada, all the way to santa barbara, california, reports and bona fide Video Evidence shared on social media, a bright t white light shooting across the night what the [ bleep ] . Reporter tv anchors across e west all in a lather. Mysterious. What is this . Reporter twitter chatter it landed somewhere between vegas and death valley denied by the Sheriffs Office there. Too early for santa, right . The federal aviation administration, no ideas. The l. A. Police department, we have not had any reports of a weird light. Vandenburg air force base, no scheduled operations around here. Oh, my gosh. Reporter something similar happened in Southern California early november, a weird inexplicable light turned out to be a u. S. Navy missile tested we werent aware of ahead of time. Wow. Reporter now something called the geminid meteor shower is winding down right now. Could be, but that peaked eight or nine days ago. I cant believe were looking at that. Reporter i dont know. Santa on a training run perhaps . Okay, this is photoshopppped funny but photoshopped. Late last night confirmation it was actually the booster rocket from a Russian Mission to the reentering orbit. For good morning america, nick watt, abc news, los angeles. All that. Im sorry. I got to laugh. He went on for a minute and a half and it turns out but we were captivated. Saying its space junk, right . Exactly. Rob, santa would have trouble re this morning, a lot of fog. Rudolph would certainly come in handy. We got fog really from atlanta all the way up to maine. 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We are in for a cloudy and gloomy day with highs climbing into the mid 40s following our mild during the Morning Hours and into the afternoon, but a cold front following the back side of this rain in western iowa will try and turn that rain into snow. We will likely see a rain snow mix to some snow showers mainly in western to central iowa during the afternoon with but some snow could fall in des moines. We will be dry this evening but falling very cold and windy with lows falling to the 20s and near 30 here in the metro. Thursday there is still a small chance for a few flurries and snow showers, but accumulations would be very minimal and likely limited to grassy areas. Rain returns late on Christmas Evening lasting into saturday. We are now looking fairly cold to end the weekend with a significant snow possible leading into early next week. Temperatures should santa claus is cong to town welcome back to gma. Thats a live look at Ohare Airport this morning. Huge lines already and its early as a Record Number of americans head out for holidays. Also look at this highway in housto boy, the roads are packed and theres treme weather from coast to coast threatening travel for 100 million americans. Also right now, some potential roadblocks for Holiday Shoppers at the mall of america organirs for black lives matter have planned to protest at the countrys biggest shopping center. Theyey say thell go ahead with it even though authorities are trying to stop it. Also, miss colombia who lost the Miss Universe crown, of course, after steve harvey made that mistake announcing her as the winner, shes posted a message on instagram thanking her fans for her support saying she was glad to bring happiness to my country if only for a couple of minutes. This, as steve harvey has signed on to host the pageant for three more years. And thats not steve harvey. It is the busiest fasashion model of the year right now. And i think you can figure out why. T. J. Is going to have a lot more coming up. Work it, santa. Yes, please. All right. Cant get over she was talking about steve harvey. Verclose. Skylar set me up. But well begin with that frightening near miss on the ski slopes. A droncrashing dow t. J. , youre on camera right now because im throwing to you i didnt want to look up. Lets just talk about it, people. This was a really scary thing. A narrow ms in a big race, t. J. , please explain. Okay, isnt this dangerous enough, flying down a mountain on skis, right now throw this wrinklen, watch out for drones. Yes, this video youre about to see is incredible and, yes, this worked out but there is a very good reason this might not be the last time we see a skier dodging a drone. He is a reigning fourtime world cup skiing champion. Unbelievable reporter Marcel Hirschers used to battling dangerous but tuesday night the real danger [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter just ten seconds into his slalom run a drone comes out of nowhere crashing into the run with such force it broke into parts missing the skier by inches. The champion skier continues on his run as if Nothing Happened ultimately losing the race but saying this is horrible. This can never happen again. This can be a serious injury. But situations like this could possibly get a lot more common with some ski resorts adding areas called drone zones where for a fee of around 200 bucks professionally operated drones will film skiers at every angle producing the ultimate skiing selfie. And this isnt the first time a drone has caused serious drama at a sporting event. We ha a moment where were not entirely certain what it is that landed in the stands. Reporter look at the top left. In september during a heated into new yorks Armstrong Stadium crashing down in the grandstands but, as for hirscher, hes not letting it get to him making light of it posting, heavy air traffic in italy, luckyme. We are already seeing the fallout. They are now banning these drone cameras from world cup skiing competitions. Now, of course, they get these money shots and they have these cameras them and its great but its not worth it. We look at this and it worked out and hes making light. But if he had been hit 23 miles an hour by a drone that could have been nasty. What a testament to his prowess that he didnt even flinch. That was very close. Thank you, t. J. Move on to a Missouri College stent charged with murdering her fiance. Police believe she did it and sted the scene to look like a suicide. Abcs Mara Schiavocampo here with the story. Good morning, mara. Reporter george, good morning, the victim also a student and on the cusp of a new a new job and new apartment but Officials Say that the woman who was to be his future wife ended it all, some say. This morning a College Student charged with murder, after police say she tried to make her fiances death look like a suicide. Its a tragic situation, just the whole thing. Reporter Authorities Say early this month they found 22yrold Meghan Werner staggering down a missouri street at 5 45 a. M. When stopped officers say she told them her fiance had cocoitted suide. According to police documents officers arriving at the couples home found the body of 22yearold curt marzolf on the floor inside a bedroom with an assaultstyle rifle nearby. The engineering student dead just one week before his graduation ceremony. Which is a shame, he already had himself a fulltime job as an engineer in kansas city. Reporter but the report also notes a spent rifle shell casing was found on the floor of the living room adding that there were signs of a physical altercation in the apartment and they believe belonged to the victim leading them to arrest her. Shes never been in any trouble. This is tragic for both families. Reporter marzolf and werner both students at this unersity had been dating for three years and were newly engaged. The couple was reportedly part of a local hunting club and had guns in their home. Now, mzolfs loved ones are mourning their loss. Missouri university of science and technology will present a bachchelor of ience in mining engineering to curt marzolf. Reporter his brother walking in his pce at graduation. We confer this degree and offer with our sincere sympathy. Reporter the family telling abc news in a statement, curt was truly an amazing young man who was always thinking of others first. He was so excited for the future. A future now gone. Wernerasas pleadedot guilty. Shes out of jail right now. 1 million bail. We did reach out to her for comment but did not get a response. Set for the end of january s certainly will learn a little more about the circumstances. Lets talk about this. Thank you very much. With our fbi special agent brad garrett,ormer fbi agent, now an abc news consultant. A sign of a struggle inside the house. What other kind of clues will they be looking for to tell the difference between murder and suicide . Well, location of the shots on the body, george, the distance of the shot and if there were more than one shot. And, you know, is this a common kind of crime . Well, its not totally uncommon for people toto get int an argument, guns appear, people are shot and then the person who is still alive panics and they starart rearraing the scene, making it lo more like an attempted suicide or a real suicide. They typically do a poor job and they do it in such haste, most Law Enforcement agencies will figure it out. They figured it out and shes now being charged with Second Degree murder. Does the case go from here well, Second Degree murder typically means that it probably wasnt premeditated, in the heat of passion type shooting. And that, you know, is there wiggle room for her to plea down to manslaughter, well have to see. Okay, brad garrett, thanks ve much. Coming up on good morning america. It is crununch time r christmas presents. Our gio benitez is live at macys here in new york for the best deals for all the lastminute shoppers. Gio, what do you got . How about diamonds for less than a hundred buck, cameras for 30 bucks. We got the secret lastminute deals that will have you caroling all around town. Sticaround. Youre watching gma. All around town. Stick around. Youre watching gma. Just head around the corner to walgreens when youre searching for that Perfect Little sometng. 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This is a model by the name of paul mason and hees turnin heads. Now hes used to turing heads becaushes a model guy but now torontos yorktown mall has taken this guy up and he has become an online sensation. Everody is showing up to take pictures with this sexy santa as you saw serstar Justin Bieber. He doesnt put on the red suit. No, he just a different type of santa. To me this seems a little ou need santa to be a jolly a big guy. You need him to look a certain way. Does this throw the kids off a little bit . Cholesterol getting a little high. We want santa to continue on. Crossfit santa. I would take a picture with that santa, yeah. You can imagine how mothers are reacting. Mothers are santa, iveeen very nice this year. Calm down, ladies. Mothers are taking their kids two and three e times. Mom, we just saw santa last we dont need to see him again. I know. My turn to sit on his lap, move over. Heres the good part we have to get in here. 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Your way. Welcome back to gma. Morning brbreakfast y be on a picnic table. Thats what theyre trying to dig out in lake tahoe. Three feet of snow in 24 hours. That will continue out there. Meanwhile, t tough tral along i10, i20 and Higher Elevations coming up. Sabrina elias a quick check of traffic this morning. This is i235 at valley west. [current meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close watch on the current conditions. Sam the forecast is going to be wet and likely a bit snowy today, but it all depends on where you are in iowa. We are in for a cloudy and gloomy day with highs climbing into the mid 40s following our mild morning. Rain will be moving through iowa during the Morning Hours and into the afternoon, but a cold front following the back side of this rain in western iowa will try and turn that rain into snow. We will likely see a rain snow mix to some snow showers mainly in western to central iowa during the afternoon with about 1 to 2 possible mainly in western iowa, but some snow could fall in des moines. We will be dry this evening but falling very cold and windy with lows falling to the 20s and near 30 here in the metro. Thursday there is still a small chance for a few flurries and snow showers, but likely limited to grassy areas. Rain returns late on Christmas Evening lasting into saturday. We are now looking fairly cold to end the weekend with a significant snow possible leading into early next week. Temperatures should fall cold and closer to average during the sabrina its 8 00 a. M. And Severe Weather could cause a lot of trouble for holiday travel. The trip home on one of the busiest dayss of the year, tougher than ever. Will you make it there in time for christmas . Nobody can drag me down and real housewife released. Teresa guidice walks out of a federal prison this morning. The Reality Stars plan for her first days of freedom and how she planned her familys christmas from her cell. Their last before her husband heads to jail. Bang bang into the room the rich kids of instagram inside the lives of super wealthy teens who are flaunting instagram. What are you going to do, stop me . Is their bad behavior, cars, cash and clothes causing your kids a fear of missing out . You and we have those tricks you need to make your presents perfect. Plus, a holiday treat as we all good morning, america. Good morning, america. Goodorning, frosty. Where did you get that snow . Its 70 degrees out there. 70 plus. Good thing hes got the snowblower with a smile on his face and trying to avoid olafs fate in times square with recordsetting heat. Have a great morning, everyone. We are in the midst of one here. And two of our fearless gma family members are tackling a dilemma we all face gifts. Lastminute wrapping challenge. E you guys ready to go . How do you wrap this . Yeah, were ready. Play nice, you two. Kitchen utensils and all. Are we starting right now . Yeah, theyre starting right now. When you get those, you give them to the kids or somebody people. Also, we have new hope for couples trying to get pregnant using ivf. Dr. Jen ashton is here with news that cou save the lives of soap. First more news from cecilia vega and the morning rundown. Good to see y you againhis morning. The big story this morning, Hillary Clinton firing back at donaldrump. Clinton telling an iowa newspaper that trump has shown, quote, a penchant for sexism. Her comment comes after trump used a derogatory word to describe clintons loss in 2008. Campaign has become filled with, quote, bigotry, bluster and term he used was not vulgar. How badly clinton was beaten the and a Record Number of americans are expected to begigin their rush home for the holidays today. In the west heavy snow in the mountains and winds up to 80 there. In the center of the country people from the gulf coast to rain and w wind, alswith the threat of tornadoes even, and in the northeast its fog thats causing delays. Abcs linseyavis is at the state Traffic Command Center here in new york. Linsey, good morning. Reporter hey, cecilia, we have an eagle eye view of the traffic several new york counties this morning, and no backups to report right now, so there is still time. Get on the road now if you can. Some good news and bad news to pass along to you. According to aaa, the National Gas Price now below 2 a gallon for the first time in more than six years, but that also might explain why more drivers may be on the road. An estimated 100 million. Today is expected to be the busiest travel day, the worst time between 3 00 and 6 00 p. M. The best time to travel, Christmas Day. The second busiest day, sunday. So, cecilia, you mayay want too a favor and stick around grandmas till monday if you can. Good to know, linsey, thank you. And we have an explanation this morning for an unusual sight in the sky. No, this is not santa. Military Officials Say this and nevada last night was from debris from a Russian Rocket that was reentering the atmosphere. And take a look at this. A man pulled from the rubble of a landslide in china after being buried alive for 67 hours. He survived in a small space created by a door pal. He managed to give rescuers his name before being rushed to the hospital. Dozens of people are still missing. In london prince Harrys Christmas card is getting a lot of attention and for some great reasons. Hehere it is it shows Harry Holding hands with 95yearold tom neal, a veteran who flew in the battle of britain in 1940. The prince sayseetiting him was one of his favorite moments of 2015. And finally, some fierce determination and inspiration on display at a College Basketball game. Check this out. Floridas Zach Hodskins mamaking the first basket of his College Career last night, so why is well, you should know, hodskins was born without a left hand, the crowd and his teammates celebrating his two points andightfully so, guys, he only had just a few minutes of playing time until this started. You can bet he is going to be in that game. Yeah, hes a fierce player. Isnt that amazing . So great. He really drove to the hoop. Yes. Great to see. Thanks, cecilia. Lets go to t. J. Yes, its titime to ta about our gma morning menu. Real housewife Teresa Guidice just released from prison actually arriving home this morning. Well tell you what her plans are now that she is actually home. Also well be checking in with dr. Jen ashton. Theres some new hope out there for couples who have been struggling to get pregnant. Also, these two are taking this far too seriously in my opinion but marciano and schiavocampo in our lastminute gift wrapping challenge. Well continue t to check with them. 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Turns out to be. Less than perfect. We give you five days to change your mind. Sorry. Lets take a look at real housewife star Teresa Guidice arriving home from prison there it is earlier this morning. And check out the gift that was waiting for her in the driveway. I think thats a lexus with a bow on it. Wow. Thats some gift, huh. Yeah. She, of course, was released for serving nearly a year for fraud, and abcs juju chang has her story. Reporter this morning, the new jersey housewife who became a connecticut prison inmate is free. After nearly a year behind bars, reality star teresa guidicice is out of federal prison. The now excon pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges back in october, 2014. In a statement her attorney toldld abc news, teresa is obviously very excite edd to be coming home and being reunited with her family two days before christmas. It will certainly be a very Merry Christmas in the guidice house this year. Best known for her lavish spent these last months doing ti at the womens prison made famous by orange is the new black. Whats going on . Reporter while rumors swirled about her anand her faly on the outside. This experience has brought joe and teresa closer. Shes realized how important their marriage is and how important family is. Reporter before going behind bars, guidice told gmas own amy robach that she was doing her best to be brave for her four daughters. I cant just be upset and curl up in a ball and just go in a room and lock the door. I cant. Im a mom. I have four daughters. When the door is shut a and they are in bed, do you get to do that . Yes. I would be lying to say thats not ppening. Reporter originally sentenced to 15 months, she was released after less than 12 months for goobehavior spending the last part of the prison time getting ready for the holidays. Shes been keeping busy by actually planning Christmas Evenehind prison walls. She enlisted her husband joe and her oldest daughter gia to do the Holiday Shopping so that the whole family has gifts under the tree wheshe gets home. Reporter time with family her husband, joe guidice what do youuys want to eat for breakfast . Reporter is scheduled to start his own 41month sentence early next year. For good morning america, juju chang, abc news, new york. Okay, lets get a little more on this now from janine reasonen stein from people magazine. Welcome to gma. We saw some details. That lexus with the bow around it. What else do we know about the release right now . We know she was released at 5 01 a. M. This morning and she actually took a little time to get herself together. She, you know, looked eat for the first pictures we saw in character, right in character. So the first pictures we saw she looked like her old self and she went straight home. As soon as possible. What are you hearing about her emotional tate and how celebre christmas . Christmas is huge for the guidices, so theyve gone all out and theyve definitely probably decorated the house and things like that and she was like we said orchestrating from prison, she wanted for certain people the immediate family right now. And shes out of prison but not necessarily free, if you will. Shes got some rules she has to follow. Exactly. Shes technically still a prisoner. She is on home confinement until february 5th, and that means all of her comings and goings will be controlled. She has to check in with someone. Does she wear that bracelet or no . So, not clear yet if she does have to, you know, check in with an officer. Somhing tells me well find out. Well hear about it. Yeah, so they have a happy time together, a good Holiday Season, but not too long because joe is actually has to go into prison in march, i believe it is, so they dont have that long, and he has a longer sentence, 41 months, so, yeah. Wow. Reality show still to come . Who know, huh . Its not necessarily clear but she is still under contract so you m might seeer. First thingngs first, christmas. Thanks for coming. Thank you for having me. To switch gears now. Some encouraging news for one in eight couples who struggles with infertility. A new report in the journal of the American Medical Association says in vitro fertilization or ivf may be better ahelping you get pregnant than was previously believed which is why im joined now by dr. Jennifer ashton and this s is greatews. Explain the finding, please. So, this is the actual study and this may be the first time that a study looked at what the live birth after sequential ivf topics. And if you look at this graph its a very busy curve. Theres a lot going on here but what i want you to Pay Attention to is the shape of the curve and what you see here, bottom line isis as a won or a couple does more ivt cycles, the overall success ratete goes upso the likehood of having a live birth goes up, perseverance pays off. I know we dont have a ton of time but why . Can you tell me a little bit . I think a lot of couples will drop out of ivf after three or that they are not g going to succeed and we knowow thats actually not true. Now, we have to remember theres a lot that goes into this on the couples level. This is an individual decision. Theres costs involved. Its expensive. Itexpensive. Theres emotional and physical tolls but if you want to keep trying, the odds are actually in your favor. Its sort of the tried and true, you know, you keep trying and you dont give up, you dont give up, and this is really good news and so i ask you as an ob gyn what advice are you giving to couples trying to have a child . This will vary based on where they live in the country and how old she is, but for the average recommendation, number one, if you feel you need to see an infertility specialist go to a boardcertified reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist. If you get any work done there, get copies of all tests and procedures and treatments in case you need to brbring them to another doctctor for a Second Opinion and, again, be realistic, but be optimistic because it only takes one successful time to go home with a live baby. Happy news. Dr. Jennifer ashton, we thank you. And jen will take your questions just tweet her at drjashton. Thank you. Now we talk about a new social media trend not in the christmas spirit. Super rich kids flaunting their wealth on instagram and ck watt has this look at how it could be affecting your kids. No be can reporter they do say if youve got it, flaunt it. I spend around 15,000 a month on just shopping. Ive been getting botox since i was 14. Reporter these snotnosed kids have it and, boy, do they want the world to know it. It became addictive a and i just kept posting p photos ofy life. Reporter the rich kids of instagram, rkoi, are sharing photos of everything from jets to Parisian Hotel suites. Some people would take upo we wanted to find out what it was that was driving them to do this. Reporter so director Oscar Humphries made a brandnew documentary called unsurprisingly rich kids of inststagram. Theres a fascination of what goes on in the worlds of the top 1 . Instagram is kind of like a portalal into peles lives. Nstagram is my canvas. If i was an artist, i would like to paint the picture of my life. Reporter some of these kids now have hundreds of thousands of online followers. When you get a lot of attention, it can be intoxicating. Reporter i have no doubt santa will be kind to the rkoi but is this naughtyty or nice . What are the cars, the couture, the cash doing to their followers makiking them el a little disappointed in their own reality, an rkoiinduced fomo, thats a fear of missing out in teenspeak. Theyre showing a very for children that are impressionable, this information coming at them constantly can lead to an increased risk of depression and loneliness. If im showing off, what are you going to do about it . Are you going to stop me . Reporter id like to. I think id like to. For good morning america, nick watt, abc news, los angeles. Thank you, nick. Were joined now by ericka souter. He thinks hed like to. I know i would like to. I would too. What do you think about this . My first reaction was to roll my eyes and there was a little jealousy. Who hasnt wanted an unlimited amount of cash and go anywhere you want but adults can put it in perspective. We watch it and move on. With kids we see Something Different happening. Theyre obsessing. Theyre following these people. They want what they have and they cant let it go. Fomo, fear of missing out. Like the modern day equivalent of keeping up with the joneses for kids. They feel pressure and anxiety even though they dont recognize it and they try to compete. They equate having likes on facebook and instagram as popularity and feel their worth is tied up in being able to emulate these you wonder what is behind these kids putting all this out and where their parents are. What about tips for parents who are dealing with kids who are feeling this kind of fear . I like to call it the fomo fix. There are three thingsou can do. Number one, help your kid find their r bliss, wther its art, music, dance, get them involved in an activity they love and can become more obsesse with their own success than someone else. Another thing, make sure they know that looks can be deceiving. We see that picture of one moment in those kidsds lives. We dont know the back story. Everyone has issues and problems and lastly, tell your kids to reach for the stars but have a plan in place. You know, there is one example from other rich kids of instagram, a kid making apps since he was 12, a selfmade millionaire. Thats something other people can do but if you want that, if you want what those kids have, you have to work for it. Itts a litt different where youre spending somebody elses money. Its very different. Ericka souter, thanks very much. Lets go outside to rob. Hey, george, great crowd out here. Come on. From the atl. Theyre the only ones holding a sign, so if you could help me ap that, you look like a great wrapping kind of guy. Actually he looks as that. tis the season to wrap frfrom atlanta, tis the day to seem some heavy rain, maybe flood watches posted from the flora panhandle in through the piedmont there. Could see 4 to 5 inches of rainfall. Even 2 to 3 across parts of the northeast. We need kind of the rain. Maybe you can travel by train today. That might not be the bad thing, santa press showing snow for Christmas Day across the midsection of the country and as well. Trim that tree. Let me see what you did here. Oh, yeah. I have a feeli im going lose this contest. Thanks for coming out, guys. Back to you inside. Okay, rob. Thank you. Theyre laughing at me because i didnt reel pop was next. I thought we had a commercrcial break get it together. Get centered. Find my place. All right, here we go. Now, you all admit some ofou right here sitting in my face are going to give some bad gifts this year. Not me. Somebody. I probably will. I definitely will. Youre going to receive some bad ones, as well. No. No . This is what we try to h help people with. For those who are going to somebody is looking at you, you open your bad gift, what do you do . Theres an l. A. Based comedy group to put together a few ways to react to those gifts you hate, look. Oh, little mistakypoo. This isnt mine. This is someone elses. No, it says jacob. Its not mine, though. Youre jacob, and this is your gift. Whos next . Loving it. Lovingng it. Look at this, guys. [ laughter ] t this is n what i wanted at all. Okay. Thats good. What do you do . All right. What do you do . Okay,hat do you do . This is how you handle these awkward situations. Theres ways to be polite about it. Sometimes you will know that its a regift. What do you do when its a regift . Wellone of the best things you can do is acknowledge it . We discussed that on gma one day. I dont know about that. The awkwardness out of the way. What if its not a regift . Thats the chance you got to take, rob. Its like fourth and one. Do i go for it or not. This isnt rd. You just always say thank you. Its the thought that counts, america. Wisdom. Okay. When i give you a gift, let me see if you just say thank you. Alall right. Lets move on here. Sounds ominous. You all talked about the starbucks gift cards. Thats an easy one always to just hand out. Theyre going to give millions of dolla in those, lastminute procrastinators. Lets go to the next one. Hollywood award season. I know youre seeing your movies and getting ready for the oscar race heating up. The academy has launched a new website. Its called my movie year and you compe with your friends to see as many as you can and rank amongst your friends who watched the most movies and which of those movies become oscar nominated movies. A way to have a lile fun. Have a little fun. So going to have a lite fun with you all this morning as part of a movie challenge. I dont know how much you have im going to put something up on screen, and you all tell me which potential oscar movie this is referencing. What is that . Thats james bond, whatever it is. Bridge, bond and talk it out. Bridge of spies. There it , george. Bridge of spies. All right. All right. You get the idea now. Maybe i should explain the rules a little bit. Im sorry. Now try this one. Put this one up. Okay. Talk it o. Talk it out. What is that . A train. Toy train. Train. Trainwreck train wreck. Good one. That one took longer than i expected. Toy train that one took longer you all talked it out, though. I got one last one. Millions of views on facebook, this thing has right now. And this is a little Holiday Cheer for you. This is a jingle bells like youve never seen before. Will grace star sean hayes delivered this Christmas Gift to everybody. Let me let you look at it first and then well discuss. Jingle bell ss jingle allll the wayh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh jingle bells jingle, jingle, jingle bells jing, jing, jangle bells sean hayes and his husband put this together. Theyve got graphics. Theyve gothe whole shebang, but that is barbara surprise stands jingle bells. Yes, they put it together. That was very fun. Cant wait for the gift. [current conditions] Sabrina Elias well lets get a quick check of the weather with meterologist sam schreier. Sam the forecast is going to be wet and likely a bit snowy today, but it all depends on where you are in iowa. We are in for a cloudy and gloomy day with highs climbing into the mid 40s following our mild morning. Rain will be moving through iowa during the Morning Hours and into the afternoon, but a cold front following the back side of this rain in western iowa will try and turn that rain into snow. We will likely see a rain snow mix to some snow showers mainly in western to central iowa during the afternoon with about 1 to 2 possible mainly in western iowa, will be dry this evening but falling very cold and windy with lows falling to the 20s and near 30 here in the metro. Thursday there is still a small chance for a few flurries and snow showers, but accumulations would be very minimal and likely limited to grassy areas. Rain returns late on Christmas Evening lasting into saturday. We are now looking fairly cold to end the weekend with a significant snow possible leading into early next week. Temperatures should fall cold and closer now watche whip, watch my nae nae yes, america, right over here, we have frosty the snowman. He is meeting our audience no the holiday classic, the nae nae. See him in action tonight. Fross winr wonderland is part of the 25 days of Christmas Celebration on abc family. That airs tonight at 6 30, 5 30 central. George, you need a coat in this weather. You need a coat in all this snow coming down and getting down to the wire with a gift wrapping challenge. One last thing to wrap. Okay, guy, a soccer baball . Oh, thats mean, rob. Get to work. Shes got an advantage. She has two. Well get to that. Youre youre not done yet. tis the season for the holiday selfie. Did you know that . It tis. If you think you have the to make sure your makeup is selfietastic. The perfect selfie easier said than done if youre taylor swift, heidi klum or Kim Kardashian but how do you go from this to this . Enter dr. Sara vicary, cover girl principal scientist. What do you think makes a perfect selfie . I think its really showing your personality and coming through with your best face and the base is really important so foundation is critical. Sara spent nearly two years in the cover girl lab in search of that p Perfect Foundation for the perct selfie. Outlast stay lunina. They testedd it using an iphone 5 and 6 naturally. Getting the finish right wasnt simple. Oneighting condition it would look perfect. Then the flash and looked too glittery so had to go back and play with the formula until we got it rit. Reporter cover girl isnt alone. Smashbox and avon have been working on products designed to this ishat girs are looking for. They want to look great on camera. Theyre taking selfies everyay and they want to look great. Reporter dr. Sara went through 43 iterations looking for that Perfect Foundation. And being a veteran of a few selfies gone wrong myself i was before. And the results, well, you be the judge. Remember that before, after. And life as we know it may never be the same. For od morning america, sara haines, abc news, new york looks great. She always looks great. Shes adorable. The big short opens today. Big movie buzz. It already has throw golden globe nominations and features some of hollywoods hottest stars and Chris Connelly spoke with the cast. Before the big short was a big film with all its stars playing wall street outsiders it was an acclaim bestseller. Its a very complicated subject matter. Reporter complicated enough to grasp the details of Michael Lewis epic account of the 2007 collapse of the housing marc and harder for the director to make the big short into a peoplepleasing laffer but trying to follow Christian Bale . Before we started id call adam and how is it going. He said, oh, my d, chrtian bale is incredible and im going, oh, no. I mean, im in a movie with Christian Bale. Are you kidding me . Im such a you know, everyone had that reaction because the first two weeks were all christian and the crew and all of us fell in love with christian, stupidly i would tell these gs that and go, oh. Hang up the phone, oh, no. So grounded and specific and hes so collaborative and the footage looks beautiful. Steve was like remember when we did anchorman . Into micichael with a knack for high finance and a lack of communication skills. Have a verery nic haircut. Did you do it yourself . What . What was the most important thing in telling michaels story . Mike was very understanding of the need for license. I was very surprised how understandining he wa of that. You want to stay absolutely truthful to him because he is such a fascinating character. Reporter and ryan gosling plays a deep on the inside cynic with an attitude as shark fin sharp as his twopiece suit. Just putting on that suit must have me you feel like i i got this, right . I did and more putting on the wig i felt like, oh, i got this then i walked out of the trailer and saw steteve and steve went, ver do this again. Reporter for good morning america, Chris Connelly, abc news, los angeles. Its a terrific movie. Really, really good movie and in theaters right now. Lets go over to rob. Here. Houston, couldnt be more excited. I want to talk about whats going on today as far as Severe Weather threats are concerned. Upgraded the midmississippi valley to a moderate risk and memphis right in the bullseye. Severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes. Damaging winds. Well be keeping a clo eye on that. The record heat adding fuel to those storms. Tomorrow and friday, or really wednesday, thursday, friday looking at recordbreaking temperatures, over 70 for Christmas Eve. Unbelievable stuff and heres your travel forecast for today. Mountain snow, be careful traveling up and over the all right. Thats todays weather forecast. The west coast out. Back to you, guys. Thas, rob. Spring awakening, the show that won eight tonys i including best musical has reawakened back on broadway in an acclaimed production with a surprising twistnd abcs linsey davis lucky enough to go behind the scenes with the cast. Reporter theater is always a delicate dance but imagine the complexity of that dance if half the cast doesnt hear the music. Such is the case in the Broadway Revival of spring awakening, the latest interpretation marries deaf and hearing cultures by incorporating sign language. People just assume that were doing it for the deaf but its for everybody. Its a kind of feast for your eye, your soul and your heart. Reporter set in late 19th century german it is a vibrant rock musical about teens struggling with morality, sexuality and the perils of miscommunication. A lack of communication that inspired you . Yes, it was. This is a stotory about people literally dying to be heard. People who have been marginalized and denied a voice. Reporter incorporating eight deaf actors required quite a bit of theatrical innovation. Is this one of tm here . Well turn them on to warn actors before they have to do something. Reporter some happen in plain sight right on center stage. Every time somebody is lighting a candle or opening a letter or pointing off to stage, it might be cueing a deaf person to start signing. You follow me . Yes, momma. Reporter signing comes natural already for cameron mann im known for the practice but before her acting career took off she worked as an interpreter. My father said i have to have a plan b. It was my waitressing job. I spent the entire day reporter Marlee Matlin has copperfielelds, even dancing with the stars. How does broadway compare . Cant coare. You cannot compare broadway to all the other work that ive done because its an entirely different world. Its called live. Onone take a its real and the audience is right in front of you. Reporte critics rave the signing is sodone so deftly it needs to have a place in musical theater. Whether you can hear it or not this is an experience you feel. For abc news, linsey davis, newew york. Theyre allll saying how much we want to see this show. Yes, spring awakening is right now on broadway but coming up, one you dont want to miss either the winner of our lastminute wrapping challenge, who h the grand prize all rob in the apron coming up. Tt2w`t2n`qd bt q h tt2w`t2n`qd a q, tt2w`t2n`qd bm q tt4w`t2n`qd dztq 6px tt4w`t2n`qd entq ft8 tt4w`t2n`qd gzt s tt4w`t2n`qd hnt o], tt4w`t2n`qd iztq 4t tt4w`t2n`qd jntq 7d4 tt4w`t2n`qd lzt h so were back with lastminute christmas wrapping challenge and put rob and mara to the challenge. Well lookt how well they did wrapping oddly shaped items and one of my favorites maxwell ryan is here to show us how its really done. The first challenge for our teams was the soccer ball. I have actually given a soccer ball and it is a unique challenge so, rob, why dont you show us first how did you fare . I didnt have much of a strategy. I felt bad. Its an art piece. And mara, your soccer ball. Oh, yeah. Sorry, rob. Maxwell. Heres the thing, clearly this is a better job. Ye. Clearly. But she had to work really hard. There is a trick. The trick is, you take a ball and put it in a bowel and wrap it and tie it up. Why in a bowl. It holds it and then the paper and then the paper is here. Okay, theres no cut. Its just one sheet of paper. Just one sheet of paper. Tomorrow youre up. The next challenge was utensils. You want to give someone a house warming gift. New kitchen, new home. How do y do it . Ill let mara start first. A similar idea. You have a candy theme. This and nesting like crazy. This is right up my wheelhouse. Let meell you, this segment got my hormones cranking too and look at that aance that spatula. He shreddedhe paper itself. You wanted the paper shred shredded . Yeah. Thats advanced. Thats artwork. Ill let maxwell break the news to you. I think he put it in a blender as well. So people people. Use the apron. Use the apron, this is call ed a japanese wrapping technique which you use fabric which you d what a great thing because kitchen items and an apron. We tricked you. You thought you needed to be wearing the apron. Dont reveal the final. The final was candles. I think that the problem with giving candless obviously cylinder but also the trio of candles so, rob, you go ahead first. Come on, look at that, right . Where are the other ones . Trio, one there and one there. The coup de grace. I did them individually. Hat do you think . I think you both did a really fine job. Actually, come on. But look at this. Light the paper. Its. Its a party popper. Theyre not going to know its a candle until they open it up. How did you did you tape them together . No, theyre using a couple sheets of wrapping paper. R. And tissue. Just one piece. And the secret trick is double sided tape theres no i just want to make sure he had the opportunity. I thought it was sticking everywhere. It was tying me up. Final tip on any oddly shaped gift, one nugget in a nutshell. One nugget or nutshell. Get creative. And do wrap it. Dont get gift bags. Theyre a copout. Next, apartnt therapy. I believe that the fruitcake, im sorry to say, rob, goes to our girl, Mara Schiavocampo. Congratulations. Speech. Coming up holiday treats. The guy w its a little too warm outside for frosty. He decided to come on in. Welcome. Hi, frosty. Good to see you. Of course, were counting down to cistmas. If youre looking for a delicious holiday breakfast idea check out these tips that Michael Strahan got from the creator of the cronut. All right, everybody, looking for the perfect recipe to sweeten your Holiday Season l like i am we can all stop looking, the search is over because Dominique Ansel is here with a unique treat for christmas. Yes. Welcome to the show. You liege. Liege waffles. What makes them different than a regular waffle. Its very specific recipe that is very alive. So this one, its called inside out liege waffle. Ooh. I dont even know what it means. It means we put the maple syrup inside the waffle. Really . Okay, can you show us how to do it. So we start with very simple recipe and something you can do at home for the holidays. Start off with some flour. Let me do that. Ill help. I know simple well. There we go. I want to feel like im making these. And add some salt, some dry yeeft, brown sugar. And then we have brown sugar. Mix it up a little bit and add the eggs one at a time. How do y add eggs one at a time when theyre all in here . Goo luck. Just pour slowly. See, you can do it. All right, once thats in there, how long do we blend it . Until its all comombined together and the well add the water, add it warm to srt activating the yeeft and at the end we have a little bit of melted butter. Okay. There you go, youll mix this for about a few minutes and once its done, youre going to end up with Something Like this. This is what it looks like when youre done. Okay. Ah. This was left outside with just plastic wrap on top f 30 minutes so we start the fermentation then we take a little bit ofhis dough, we can take just with a spoon and well mix up what we callowder sugar. Small pieces of sur. Well just go into sprinkle on top right here. Place it right here. Just that simple. And once youre done you have something small like this. Caramelized on the outside then if you open it, actually you see the maple syrup. This one is special. This is the recipe we do at the kitchen. We have the maple syrup inside so if you do it at home you can do a simple one like this. You brought other treats. What do we have here. The cinnamon spun roll which is made of its really delicious. Christmas, this is one of our bestseller, Christmas Morning cereal. Cut it with chocolate with cinnamon and caramelized hazelnut and this is our wreath for the holidays which is made of bread with some marshmallows on top. You never cease to amaze me. Well enjoy this the second i get off air. Thank you, dom. Thank you. All right, guys. We actually got some of the Christmas Morning cereal. Its a great little snack. Excellent. We want to thank Dominique Ansel for that. You can get his treats. Oh, look at frosty. He likes it. We will be back with frosty and concussion. Good morning america is brought to you by carmax, the bright side of car buying. Well will smiths new movie concussion hits theaters christs day. Frosty is excited about it. Quite serious h plays forensic pathologist who discovers a connecon between playingng football and brain damage and jesse palmer sat down with the star and his onscreen wife. I found a disease that no one has ever seen. Repetitive head trauma chokes ththe brain. Reporter for will smith taking on the role of dr. Omalu was a difficult personal choice the youre a fan of football and i know that may have given you a little angst before you were deciding to do the film. Absolutely but after meeting with dr. Omalu and we sat down and one of the lines we use in the film was something he said to me in our first meeting. When i was a boy, heaven was here and arica was here. I was deeply moved by that idea and wanted to be a part of telling his story more than an expose on football. Playedably the versatile gugu mbatharaw. The studio wanted you to do a reading as a chemistry test even though you two had already met. What was that like . The chemistry read, i was really nervous actually. I was really, really nervous but it went really well. I mean i saw a picture of oh, yeah, we got cremehemistry. Your men continue to die and their families left in ruin. Your accent. You had a dialect coach. Its very jarring to audiences who have heard my voice for decades, so as an actor thats part of the fear, but its also a part of the challenge. If you connue to deny my work, the world will deny my work. Reporter for good morning boy, it sure les like he rose to the challenge. Yeah, he did, indeed. Opens onhristmas day. Looks terrific. Yeah, weere coming up on Christmas Day. Thank you, frosty, for coming in today. Look at frosty. Hes made himself right at home. Festive preholiday show. Back tomorrow for Christmas Eve. So long. A quick check of traffic this morning. This is i235 at m conditions] sabrina meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close watch on the current conditions. Sam weather adlib the forecast is going to be wet and likely a bit snowy today, but it all depends on where you are in iowa. We are in for a cloudy and gloomy day with highs climbing into the mid 40s following our mild morning. Rain will be moving through iowa during the Morning Hours and into the afternoon, but a cold front following the back side of this rain in western iowa will try and turn that rain into snow. We will likely see a rain snow mix to some snow showers mainly in western to central iowa during the afternoon with about 1 to 2 possible mainly in western iowa, but some snow could fall in des moines. We will be dry this evening but falling very cold and windy here in the metro. Thursday there is still a small chance for a few flurries and snow showers, but accumulations would be very minimal and likely limited to grassy areas. Rain returns late on Christmas Evening lasting into saturday. We are now looking fairly cold to end the weekend with a significant snow possible leading into early next week. Temperatures should fall cold and closer to average during the remainder of next week. Sabrina