I realized this house is on fire. A house and wife play holiday heroes miles apart. What they did to save christmas for two groups of total strangers. A good tuesday morning, everyone. Im diane macedo. Im gio benitez in for kendis gibson. Winter weather is delaying travel for millions. It was a White Christmas for millions and that is expected to continue into the new year. One area east of the great lakes is bracing for up to 50 inches of snow while many other areas are preparing for icy conditions and dangerous below zero windchills. Abcs Elizabeth Hur is here with the latest. Good morning. Reporter diane and gio, good morning to you. Theres more snow on the way but weve seen plenty of snow, ice and rain and trying to get anywhere for so many it wasnt just messy, it got downright dangerous. Whiteout conditions from upstate new york to maine, massachusetts, western pennsylvania and michigan with visibility so poor, authorities warning drivers to slow down or, better yet, stay home. For some easier said than done. Especially when youre trying to fly to your destination and the airport tarmac looks like this. In boston the snow temporarily shut down runways at logan international, the slick conditions being blamed for a close call also. Are you okay . Everything is fine. We just skidded on the ice. Reporter a jetblue flight while landing hitting a patch of ice spinning and skidding off the runway. We were straight then all of a sudden it started fishtailing, and, yeah, it started getting rough. Once i realized we were going off the runway i was like, uhoh. Reporter in a brief straight jetblue confirmed it adding no one was hurt. This the scene is portland, oregon, seeing a White Christmas for only the sixth time since 1884 and in the midwest, some residents are waking up this morning to windchills as low as 48 degrees below zero. Its cold. Cold is cold and you got to adjust. Reporter well, here in the northeast it wont get that cold but forecasters say temperatures will drop below zero in some areas and bitter cold will be sticking around for days. Diane and gio. All right, liz, thank you very much. Well have a closer look at the forecast for today. Coming up bundling up. Yeah, you are. Its going to be cold. All right, but first we go to president trump. Hes ready to get down to business after spending christmas with his family at maralago. The president tweeted last night, tomorrow its back to work in order to make America Great again which is happening faster than anyone anticipated. Now, the president is facing a packed agenda when Congress Returns in january including a string of challenging issues. Yeah, abcs Kenneth Moton is traveling with the president. Kenneth, good morning. Reporter good morning. President trump spent his first christmas as president with the first lady and other family members at his maralago resort. My fellow, americans, melbourne and i are delighted to wish america and the entire world a very Merry Christmas. This Christmas Season we celebrate our blessings as americans and we pray for peace all over the world. Reporter the president and mrs. Trump recorded a christmas message to the american people. The president tweeted that video out with Merry Christmas in all caps. The president is preparing to ring in the new year with an ambitious agenda. First legislative victory in the books after signing that tax bill into law before believing washington. Now its on to infrastructure. His planned wall on the southern border and immigration. The president is looking to work with democrats on infrastructure to fix roads and bridges but democrats have signaled major pushback on the president S Immigration policies. And just a reminder the government is only undered till january 19th after Congress Passed a shortterm funding measure before leaving for the holiday break. President trump anxious to get on the same page as gop leaders. The white house says he invited Mitch Mcconnell and paul ryan to camp david next week to discuss their 2018 legislative agenda. Diane and gio. Kenneth, thanks. As the president gets back to work he is facing new hostility from north korea. Kim jonguns regime released a statement saying it would be a, quote, pipe dream for the u. S. To believe that north korea will give up its Nuclear Weapons and if the u. S. Wishes to live safely it must abandon its hostile policy toward north korea. The country is also demanding the u. S. Provide evidence after announcing the north was behind a worldwide cyberattack last spring. All right, diane, the British RoyalNavy Confirms it escorted a russian warship through the north sea after the vessel passed near british territorial waters. The Uk Defense Ministry says Russian Naval activity near there had increased and a helicopter was sent to monitor two others. Moscow has not yet commented. One of russian president Vladimir Putins top critics has been banned from running in next years president ial election. Navalny is not eligible to run. Its widely viewed as being politically motivated to keep him from challenging putin. Now, navalny is calling on russians to boycott the election. Time now for a look at your Weather Forecast on this tuesday morning. Good morning, snowfall through wednesday, locally three to five feet off lake erie, ontario affecting i75, 94, 90 as well as 81. Up to two feet of snow in some areas. Cold air punches its way through the northern part of the country and light snow in montana. Mixture of snow and rain throughout the pacific northwest. Wednesday travel, look for widespread thunderstorms making for poor travel on the gulf coast, the northwest and extreme northeast. Im Accuweather Meteorologist paul williams. Coming up, a peek at how they celebrated christmas on the International Space station. Also, a postchristmas tradition is mr. To get under way. Returning those unwanted gifts. Some tips on saving time and money if youre heading back to the stores today. A new warning about spending too much time playing video games. So just how serious can the problem be . Yeeeeaaaahhh hmmhmm. Uh oh. A painful sore throat . Not now. If you want a max strength alternative to cough drops take cepacol instamax. This will provide fast relief. Look unlike regular cough drops it contains 2 max strength pain relievers and cools in seconds. Dual power in one lozenge. Bye bye sore throat. Knock out sore throat fast. Take cepacol instamax. Fredget in, fred thing for his daughter. Even if it means being the back half of a unicorn. Fear not fred, the front half washed his shirt with gain flings and that smell puts the giddy in giddy up. Thats because one gain flings pac has more freshness than a whole bottle of the other guy. Gain. Seriously good scent. Why hang a christmas stocking on a mantel when you can just let them float up to the ceiling . Thats the strategy the space station crew went with this year. Pretty cool. Yeah, pretty cool. Their gifts actually arrived from earth last month. They were given christmas off. Thats good. To talk with their families and enjoy christmas dinner. And, of course, float around. Thats right. Now, back here on earth retailers are celebrating. Sales in stores and online rose at their best pace since 2011. But then there is today when everyone goes to return all those unwanted gifts, so how do we best manage that . Abcs Rebecca Jarvis has some tips. Reporter if santa didnt quite deliver on your wish list dont despair, you are not alone. Americans return nearly 90 billion worth of gifts over the holiday season. Thats almost a quarter of all returns for the year. But beware, not all return policies are created equal. What do people need to look out for . What is the length of a policy . Some retailers do 15 days. Some retailers dont allow you to return at all. Others give you 30 or 45 days. Look at the condition of the returns you send back. If the box is open some say you cant take it back and lastly see if theres Free Shipping. Reporter with more than onethird of retailers offering return shipping there is also a chance you can skip that trip to the mall. If you have to return in store, check those gift receipts. Close to 40 of people who are doing their postholiday returns will do it on the 26th and the 27th. Reporter december 26th not the day to make your returns . I wouldnt do it the day after christmas. Id wait a week and probably return it the first or second week of january when you also see major discounts, as well. Reporter and what about regifting . One survey found 56 of us admit to having done it. One of the most popular regifting items, gift cards. 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She was played by Heather Menzies urich who was 15 when the oscarwinning musical was released back in 1965. Now, menziesurich was diagnosed with brain cancer just four weeks ago. Her family said she passed away over the weekend. Heather Menzies Urich was 68 years old. And Police Officers in california are mourning the loss of one of their own. Andrew camilari died after a suspected drunk driver hit his car on the side of the road speeding under the influence of alcohol and possibly marijuana. Hes now in serious condition. The officer was 33 and leaves behind a wife and three children. He joined the force just last year. Incredible. United arab emiratirlines a for bumping a passenger for a congresswoman. Jeanmarie simon said they gave her seat to Sheila Jackson and its Computer System showed simon had canceled after a weather delay and upgraded the congresswoman automatically and not because she was a lawmaker but simon denies she ever canceled her seat from houston to washington. The airline has reportedly agreed to give her a 500 voucher. The World Health Organization is about to recognize a new Mental Health problem. Video games. The Organization Says it will declare that gaming disorder is the inability to control how often and how long someone plays video games. It says it would mean doctors and Insurance Companies can use gaming disorder as a diagnosis, however, it does not mean all video gaming is bad. In fact, gaming can improve hand eye coordination and problem solving abilities when done in moderation. Now the nfl has announced some late changes, late season changes to its concussion protocol. The league now has a neurotrauma consultant not affiliated with any team watching all games in the league command center. That specialist is keeping an eye out for incidents that could endanger players and following a hit on tom savage this season a new rule says that any sign of a seizure will require players to leave that game. Yeah, that was scary when you saw his hands shaking. The monday night Football Game came down to the final seconds last night. The christmas highlights from our friends at espn. Good morning, america, im scott van pelt. Sports takes no day off. Nfl, nba, the monday night game in philadelphia was a gruesome affair. Turnovers all over the place, five raider turnovers in the second half including this. Derek carr and the ensuing eagles possession needed 10, maybe 15 yards to set up their rookie kicker and got the bulk on a pass to Nelson Agholor and jake elliott. Never anywhere but right down the middle. 1310 was the score then tack on a late score, 1910. Home field as long as they remain standing. Finals mastmas day game, wad cavs. Great rebound. Great ball movement. Draymond green had a tripledouble and sets up this triple. Steph curry loving it. Then late the real topic of conversation was whether or not kevin durant was fouling lebron james here. 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Another eagles victory means Home Field Advantage through the playoff but it was a bit of a messy win. Well hear from fans and players. An update on the four month old girl attacked by a raccoon in her north philadelphia home. Sky6 looking at the battleship. Meteorologist, david murphy tracking what is going to be a cold blast. More in your action news just ahead. Mild weather for the southwest. Finally this half hour a husband and wife in North Carolina have redefined the term right place, right time. They were on their way to meet up together on Christmas Eve when fate intervened. Both of them ended up in a situation that required some quick thinking to save lives. Stephanie th stephanie tonoko has that story. Reporter a day this family will always remember. I couldnt tell at first and realized this house is on fire. Reporter crystal and her daughter were driving when they saw flames erupting through the roof of this home in kaczur. Then all of a sudden like the propane tank on the porch explodes and so like it shakes the ground and you can feel it just the whoosh of it and its like smoke everywhere and hard to breathe. Reporter we checked with the family. They tell us off camera theyre okay and managed to save some of their Christmas Gifts from inside. It was just all really fast and really chaotic and just really glad that they were able to make it out. Reporter this stirred up memories for the travis family. A driver plowed through their home six years ago. I know how this feels. Reporter this is the home that caught on fire. While crystal and her daughter helped this family she had no idea her husband was helping another family more than 20 miles away. Looked like there was a Traffic Accident in front. Reporter he was driving near hickory mall when he saw people trying to perform cpr on a baby. Thats when he put his emt skis to work and revived the child moments later. We did get a pulse back from the child. The child was crying. We were like, what are the odds . The craziest day ever. Reporter some may call it a coincidence. These Good Samaritans say its a christmas miracle. God put us at the right moment at the right time for the people that needed us the most. Welcome to our crazy life. Reporter in vail, stephanie tinnen oco, channel 9, action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With matt odonnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. Good morning. It is tuesday december 26th. Matt is off. Jeanette reyes is joining us. Heres what were following for you. The eagles grind out a tough win at home with last minute field goal. A raging inferno tears through several homes in a delaware beach community. A blast of frigid snowy conditions bring travel to standstill as millions try to head home for the holidays. Lets find out more about that. Dave murphy is in with accuweather. Matt pelman is in for karen rogers with traffic. David, it was not fun. Its cleaning up all the paper from Christmas Morning and then walking outside and