Good evening. Christmas eve, just hours away and tonight, millions of americans are now on the move. Dangerous storms and deadly tornadoes touching down. 175 million in the storm zone tonight. And lets get straight to the pictures. Starting in the south, mississippi. At least two dead. You can see the sheer force of that twister. That ambulance, flipped on its side. And there, a funnel cloud on the horizon. In colorado tonight, theyre battling blinding snow. We showed you i70 last night here, backed up. Well tonight, a repeat performance. A man walking his dog faster than the cars. The map says it all tonight. Those storms moving in, and now, the new system hitting in the east. Abcs senior meteorologist rob marciano starts us off with the harrowing images tonight. Reporter tonight, the deep south under a dangerous threat. Severe damage in amite, louisiana. Up to 20 house hit hard by a possible twister. And at least two confirmed dead in mississippi. Winds Strong Enough to flip cars on the highway, including this ambulance. At least seven tornado reports, plus hail and wind damage as the storm steamrolled across the gulf coast today. Storm chasers are on the ground. Today was even worse, because we had a lot of fog. A lot of light rain around the storms, so, it was almost impossible to see anything, unless you were directly hit by it. Oh, man it is storming reporter near baton rouge, rain rates up to four inches an hour. Definitely white in the midwest. Snow plows out in full force. In rapid city, south dakota, visibility down to a quarter mile this morning. And in minnesota, rain turned to snow in a hurry, snarming the evening commute. The rocky mountains, buried in snow. Over two feet of it. A boone for ski resorts, but getting to the slopes is a problem. Interstate 70, shut down for more than 100 miles, leaving drivers in colorado and kansas stranded. And rob is with us right now. The severe weather, we saw as we came on the air tonight, still brewing this is the same system moving up the east . Reporter yes, the system as a whole is moving very slowly. So, we still have a threat tonight, especially across the deep south. The i10 corridor, and the florida panhandle. A slight chance, enhanced chance to see more in the way of damaging winds and always lated tornadoes through the evening. Tornado watches remain in effect until midnight tonight. The storm system as a whole moves off to the north and east. Heavy rain from atlanta tomorrow morning and pushing up the i95 corridor through philly, boston and new york. Its going to be a dangerous and at times slow come mute for i95. And a little bit of snow along the back side of this. Snow and rain across the pacific northwest. Winter storm watches just issued for chicago. Dangerous travel there. But it could be a white chris has. All right, rob, thank you. Those holiday storms causing trouble for holiday travelers. Dangerous roads, as we showed you. And these images coming in from Laguardia Airport right here in new york. One passenger snapping this picture through the window. The tip of that southwest plane gone. You can see the Airline Employee carrying the missing piece of the plane after the two planes collided, clipping wings. Abcs david kerley with what happened. Reporter talk about a delay. Hard to fly when partal of your jets wing has just been broken off. The southwest pilot may not have even realized it. Looks like you might have touched that american. Okay. Reporter more than a touch of that southwest wing and the tail of an american jet. Happened on the ground at new yorks laguardia. Den verver denverbound passengers stuck. Im looking at the lines, going, oh, boy. Reporter the heavy Christmas Eve storm could cause delays. Its a trickle effect. It will delay the flight there and coming back. Reporter the highways could be treacherous. Aaa predicting a report number on the road this holiday season, nearly 90 million. If it is a recordbreaker, expects believe part of the reason may be that surprise Christmas Present consumers got. Those low gas prices. 2. 40 a gallon. 27 states now with gas under 2 bucks a gallon. In des moines, it usually costs this driver 61 bucks to fill up. Today, it was 31. So, real good deal. Reporter there is no end in sight to these low gas prices. So, drivers will save on the way back home, as well. And hopefully the weather will be better after this Christmas Eve storm. David . David kerley tonight. Thank you. Now, to that investigation, the startling new images coming in, five men, inclufding a delta employee, i accused of smuggling loaded guns on board planes, right into the cabin with passengers on board. The passengers had no idea. Tonight, one of those men, police say, seen here on this tape, arriving at jfk airport. Authorities say inside that backpack, 18 guns, seven of them loaded. Abcs senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. Reporter Authorities Say it was an inside job. Watch here as mark henry, a former delta employee, calmly walks through the terminal at atlantas international airport, the worlds busiest. Whats shocking, prosecutors say, is those guns they say hes got inside the backpack. Police claim he took those loaded weapons as carryon, right into the passenger cabin on that flight to new york. They could have easily put a bomb on one of those planes. Reporter investigators say henry bypassed every security measure with the help of this insider, eugene harvey, a delta baggage handler in atlanta. Harvey, an airport employee, used his security badge to come and go without being screened. After bringing the guns into a secure area, he allegedly gave them to henry in an airport bathroom. Then henry strolled onto a new yorkbound flight. The guns were sold in brooklyn, but what the suspects didnt know is that an undercover new York Police Officer was the one buying them. 153 guns smuggled on multiple flights between may and december, with henry using his moms unlimited flying pass as a retired delta employee. Henry and harvey have been charged with gun trafficking violations. And david, whats so scary is that Authorities Say the scheme has been going on for five years. Pierre thomas tonight, thank you. Now, an update on those Police Officers ambushed in their car, killed in new york over the weekend. These images documenting the chaos in the aftermath. One of the victims rushed away on a stretcher. Well tonight, both men are being remembered with a moment of silence. Their fellow officers there, their heads bowed, near the sight of the shooting in brooklyn. Tonight, were following the breaking headline and the sony hack attack. Movie thee terms across the country defying north korea, now saying they will show the movie after all. Abcs tom llamas tonight. Hello, north korea reporter the film that survived hacks, threats and possible cyber warfare will finally hit the Silver Screen at independent theaters in the dallas area, atlanta and cleveland, and tonight, that list is growing. When the picture hits the screen on christmas day, i think the people of the United States are the ones that really won. Reporter movie goers trying to buy tickets. Kim jongun is not going to tell us what were going to watch. Im not the least bit worried about my own safety. Reporter the stars of the film taking to social media. James franco posting this photo on instagram, writing, victory. South rogen tweeting, freedom has revailed. Last week, sony said they would not release the film. The group that hacked sonys computers. Sony says, we are proud to make it available to the public. You want to go kill kim jongun . Totally. Reporter the fbi says north korea directed the cyber attack. Upset over the films plot, a fictional assassination of leader kim jongun. President obama vowing the u. S. Would respond. And now, north korea, which these satellite images has trouble keeping the lights on at night, having new cyber trouble. Knocked offline yesterday for nearly ten hours and at least twice again today. And tonight, the Obama Administration not commenti inif the outage was a counterstrike. And we learned the president is applauding sonys decision to authorized those screenings. Sony is hoping to have the movie on video on demand before the end of the year. David . Seems like an about face, tom, thank you. Now, to washington, and a stunning fall from grace. Congressman Michael Grimm, seen in this video, threatening to throw a report earl over the balcony there. Well tonight, pleading guilty to felony tax evasion, but vowing to stay in congress. Abcs david wright, facetoface with him today. Reporter after vowing to fight the charges against him tooth and nail, congressman Michael Grimm today pled guilty to one count of lying on his taxes. That confrontation with the reporter it was about this investigation. Let me be clear to you. Reporter but today, he admitted that as the owner of the new york city restaurant healthalicious he cooked the books. As part of his plea deal, hell now pay three years worth of state and federal taxes he owes. Congressman grimm is now a convicted felon. Under the house rules, he is allowed to keep his seat, but he might not be allowed to vote on the house floor, so he now faces some serious questions. Im certainly truly sorry for it, but i also accept full responsibility. Reporter congressman, will you resign . Today at first he ignored that question. But finally admitted he plans to stay. I close this chapter in this life. Reporter congressmen doesnt taking full responsibility mean you should resign . Absolutely not. Reporter today, the fbi said noy only did grimm fail to pay his fair share of taxes, he also lied under oath to conceal his criminal activity. Next month hell be sworn in as a member of the 114th congress. Six months later, he may be headed to prison. David wright, abc news, brooklyn. David, thank you. And to a big move tonight from the fda, recommending an end to a lifetime ban of blood donations for gay men. The move could increase the nations blood supply by 4 a year. Now, to your money tonight, the economy surging. The gdp for the Third Quarter a measure of how quickly the economy has grown, up 5 . Thats the biggest growth spurt in 11 years. Wall streetsoaring. The dow breaking the 18,000 mark. Now, to the great made in America Christmas tonight. This evening, viewers across america with their one thing, made in america. The clocks are ticking. Its the most wonderful time of the year. Which is why our great made in America Christmas is back. Are you in in. Im in. Reporter and where was she from . Bethlehem, p. A. Reporter are you in . Im in, definitely. Reporter and then, santas helper, too. Where is that hat made . Made in china. Not from the north pole, thats for sure. Reporter that wont make santas elves very happy. Remember, in the 60s, nine out of ten products we bought, made in america. Today, more than half, foreignmade. But we noticed a big change this year. Big name retailers everywhere, mens warehouse, look up, the flag. Inside joseph abboud, made in america. Wellmans grocery stores, back where im from, theyre making it clear. And walmart. Merry christmas. Do you notice that the shoppers are asking again, that they want to check the labels . Yes. Reporter you put it right out there so you can see it. And she was about to show me. Lets do it. First up, the bathroom. Walmart investing in a brand called made here. The workers faces right on the back. Its joy. Joy, 30 years, william, too. And we went to find them. The griffin, georgia, water tower, the sun shining on their 1888 mills factory again. And we found william giving joy a hard time. Back at walmart, the wine glasses. We can toast to that. We can. Reporter little tykes from ohio. 50 new hires tonight. Coleman coolers, wichita, kansas. 15 new jobs. And the candles. And kinex stores, happy in the factory. You heard the criticism that walmart took jobs overseas, but youve begun to bring them back and has the formula changed . The economics have definitely changed. It can infact be less expensive to make it here. Reporter we were out to fill up our cart with our viewers on the hunt, too. Debbie from pittsburgh i just finished baking about a batch of cook keeps on my usa ban cookie sheet. Reporter tim from texas. My new ford f150. Reporter and Merry Christmas to the ford workers. Hi, david. Reporter proud in dearborn, tonight. Happy holidays. Hi, world news tonight. Reporter and stephanie, showing awful her american garden tools. Look at the name he spelled would his south bend woodworks. There was ecreamery. Com. Merrill christmas reporter and rogers wife, if you are watching, close your eyes. Here they are. Beautiful. Reporter made in america jewelry under the tree this year. And in the time it took for this one report, just look at our cart. Merry christmas, with those three words in mind this year, made in america. So many shoppers this year looking for those three words. And up next here tonight, you have to see this. The road rage caught on tape. Two women recording the whole thing. Terrified, saying the other driver was chasing them. Well, that other driver, another woman, youll see what shes about to do next here. Also, the armored truck mystery tonight. The driver missing, the truck completely empty. Well, late word coming in now of an arrest and a twist in the case. And you might have seen the tractor trailer, the fedex truck flipped, all the gifts everywhere. Tonight, the new video. 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We really wish they can go to school and dont have to work in the fields anymore. Thank you, sister jeanette. Thank you very mump, david. Reporter thank you all. And i cant want to see the next song in the hallways. Clapping as we applaud them for remembers the children who moved us, too. A gift from all Saints Regional Catholic School in new jersey. Well look back at the entire year tonight at 9 00 eastern. Until then, good night. Eqeqeqeqeqeqeqeqeqeqeqeqeqeqeqe1 this is jeopardy please welcome todays contestants a Highschool Teacher from urbana, illinois. A rabbinical student originally from sharon, massachusetts. And our returning champion, a stayathome mom from alexandria, virginia