The jumbo lottery prize jumping even higher this morning. Plus, the wild video of an owl attacking a woman and her dogs and why the chickens cross the road, bringing this freeway to a halt. We do have a lot of wild animals and wild weather on this wednesday and say good morning. Im kendis gibson. Or diane macedo. We begin with the storm thats being called a winter hurricane taking shape in florida and will spread snow, sleet and ice all the way up to the Canadian Border by the end of the week. You see georgia right there. Fountains are frozen with temperatures 30 degrees below average. Houston, texas, opened Warming Centers overnight. Areas that havent seen this kind of weather in decades are bracing for a dangerous wintry mix. A monster winter storm taking aim at the entire east coast. This is not something that we experience on a regular basis. Reporter this morning parts of florida under a rare winter storm warning. Schools closing today in ta tallahassee and the airport canceling flights. These are conditions were not accustomed to. Were encouraging people to stay off the roads during those drive times. Reporter georgia, areas could see snow for the first time in a century. The storm is expected to hug the coastline, dumping snow from the carolinas to maine. It comes as a blast of arctic air shatters record lows across the country. I cant even describe it. Its unbearable. Im wearing two hats, two pairs of gloves. I dont know. Reporter windchills 50 below zero in north dakota and minnesota. In chicago crews lighting fires to keep rail switches from freezing. And overnight in brooklyn firefighters battling this massive Apartment Fire in 18degree weather. Three firefighters suffering serious injuries and in western new york state miles of traffic. Miles. Reporter a whiteout causing havoc on the roads. A stretch of interstate 90 near buffalo shutting down after this Chain Reaction crash involving more than 20 vehicles. Quite a scene there and behind this winter storm temperatures, can you believe it, will be dropping even lower. The gory details on the forecast in just a few minutes. A bold new tweet from President Trump is stoking fears of a nuclear standoff. The president fired back at north Korean Leader kim jongun, boasting about the size of the u. S. Nuclear arsenal. The fiery rhetoric comes as north and south korea take a new step clearing the way for the first formal talks in two years. Abcs Stephanie Ramos joins us live from washington. Good morning to you, stephanie. Reporter erielle and kendis, good morning. This nuclear war tweet is getting a lot of attention and thats because before President Trump, no u. S. President had bragged so openly about the power they hold that can actually obliterate another country. President trump and the man hes called little rocket man north koreas leader kim jongun are squaring off on whose Nuclear Button is bigger. This back and forth prompted by kim jonguns threat against the u. S. In his new years day speech. He says, the u. S. Should know that the Nuclear Button is on my desk. The entire u. S. Mainland is within our Nuclear Strike range. President trump responding on twitter posting, i too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his and my button works. But before the president s latest tweet he seemed open to talks between south korea and the north after kim made a surprising proposal to talk with south korea about the winter olympics. This morning, that key cross border hotline between the north and south is now open. North korea can talk with anyone they want but the u. S. Is not going to recognize it or acknowledge it until they agree to ban the Nuclear Weapons that they have. Reporter while the president s secretary of state and defense secretary have said over and over again theyre taking the diplomatic approach with north korea, the former chairman of the joint chiefs offered this dark assessment over the weekend. Were actually closer in my view to a nuclear war with north korea and in that region than weve ever been and i just dont see how i dont see the opportunities to solve this diplomatically at this particular point. Reporter u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley says if north korea carries out another missile test which theyre expected to soon she said they could face even more sanctions. Much more to come. Stephanie ramos, thank you. Iran is bracing for a seventh day of violentt. At least 21 have died and hundreds have been arrested amid outrage over soaring unemployment inflation and corruption. The u. S. Government is calling for an emergency meeting of the United NationsSecurity Council to try to address the demonstrations. Irans Supreme Leader is blaming socalled enemies of iran for meddling. Now, the Trump Administration called accusations of u. S. Involvement in the complete nonsense. The president is threatening to cut off aid to the Palestinian Authority saying that palestinians are no longer willing to talk about peace. Fte recognizes jerusalem as a capital of israel. A decision that palestinians said disqualified the u. S. From the peace process. Meantime, paw responding to the president s tweet in which he said the u. S. Has foolishly given pakistan billions in aid and has gotten nothing in return but lies and deceit. Pakistans government calls the tweet incomprehensible. Here at home the retirement of the lge the u. S. Senate could open the door for a run by mitt romney. Orrin hatch wont seek an eighth term. Romney would be the favorite to replace hatch. Romney has been an outspoken critic of trump. One possible hint about his plans yesterday his twitter location was changed from massachusetts to utah. Former republican congresswoman Michele Bachmann says she is considering a run for al frankens former senate seat. Bachmann ran for president in 2012 but dropped out early. Frankens replace many tina smith will be sworn in today. Franken announced his resignation amid allegations of sexual misconduct. A look at your weather for this wednesday morning. Good morning. For the deep south we have a harsh freeze warning still in effect for most of the deep south, protect the plants, pi pipes, people, one to three inches in savannah, charleston, myrtle beach, possibly into wilmington. For the northeast the cold eases slightly but thats just before were hit with a haymaker of snowstorms that will bring with it 12 to 24 inches in some areas and at least 3 to 6 down towards the philadelphia area. Im Accuweather Meteorologist paul williams. Coming up, the nurse who commutes 2600 miles to work to keep his paycheck and quality of life. Also ahead, the megaheadline overnight about the Mega Millions jackpot. Growing once again. And a different type of reveal from chip and Joanna Gaines, the big announcement from the stars before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesnt have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesnt get us all killed, ben. Whats so good about fios anyway . Uh. Whats so great about a 100 fiberoptic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely . Hey. Did you take out the trash . Haha, garbage boy dad, i already took out ben. Its not funny. Gaming is best on a 100 fiberoptic network. So get fios. Now, just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. New video from the scene of a bus crash in lima, peru, that killed at the bus plunging off a cliff and onto a rocky beach you see here. Police say a tractor trailer hit the bus on a narrow stretch of highway called the devils curve sending it plunging down that cliffside. So this is an interesting update that canadian man held hostage with his american wife for five years in afghanistan, well, he is now under arrest and facing serious charges. Joshua boyle is accused of sexual assault, unlawful confinement and other offenses allegedly committed after he was rescued from the taliban along with his wife and three children who were born in captivity. No other details about the charges or the victims have been released. His wife says the trauma he was forced to endure has affected his mental state. If you need to ship something today, you will likely have a lot of company. U. P. S. Has dubbed the day National Returns day. The shipping giant expects to set a record by processing 1. 4 million returns thanks to all those unwanted holiday gifts. More than a quarter of Online Purchases are sent back. 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In the meantime tonights powerball is worth 440 million. A lot of money on the line. Coming up the new headline about autism rates in america. Also ahead an apology from a youtube star who posted a video apparently showing someone who had committed suicide. The growing concern about what children can see online. The wild video. A woman fends off an owl that is attacking her dog. A disaster. My bargain detergent couldnt keep up. It was mostly water. So, i switched to tide pods. Theyre super concentrated, so i get a better clean. I mean, i give away water for free. Im not about to pay for it in my detergent. 1 trusted. 1 awarded its got to be tide. And for a plantbased clean, try tide purclean subway has a fresh fit menu. With two servings of veggies and 24 grams of whole grains, subway has eight 6inch subs with 400 calories or less. Try the fresh fit menu. Only at subway. But when we brought our daughter home, that was it. Now i have nicoderm cq. 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He opened the emergency exit on a Ryanair Flight and escaped from the plane in spain but he had second thoughts about jumping down off the wing, hesitated and so he was arrested right there. Youtube star logan paul is facing serious backlash after posting a controversial video. That video was recorded in whats known as japans suicide forest and included images of whats appearing to be a person who had committed suicide. Paul has apologized calling the video a severe lapse in judgment. For my fans who are defending my actions, please dont. They do not deserve to be defended. Paul took down the video as criticism intensified. Many critics are asking why youtube failed to take down the video immediately. I think youtube was probably blindsided because they didnt take down the video themself and it seems to have slipped through their moderation aoutube issu expressing sympathy for the family of the person in that video. Many critics are demanding that paul be removed from the site altogether. Well, it appears autism rates in the u. S. Are stabilizing. 4 of children have Autism Spectrum Disorders with practically no change during a threeyear period. More than 30,000 children were surveyed. Researchers arent sure why autism appears to be leveling off or if it actually is and still affects 1 in 41 children. The criminal investigation into hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein are expanding. Torney is reviewing two sex crimes cases from the Beverly Hills police. The d. A. Established a task force and the prosecutors are considering charges against weinstein. A new comment from Tonya Harding has some asking whether she knew about the 1994 attack on her rival nancy kerrigan. In an upcoming interview with amy Robach Harding says she knew something was up. A month or two before the attack. Harding also says she overheard her former husband and then accomplice saying maybe we should take somebody out so we make sure she gets on the team, she being harding, of course, the full interview airs january 11th on abc. In other sports headlines, Isaiah Thomas made his season day but for the cavaliers. He hadnt played since last may when he suffered a hip injury as a member of the celtics. Thomas scored 17 points in clevelands win over portland. And in College Football the university of arizona has fired football coach rich rodriguez. The school announced his departure amid claims that he ran a hostile work place. Rodriguez says the case involves his former assistant who had threatened a lawsuit alleging harassment. And the Cincinnati Bengals coach marvin lewis is sticking around for awhile. Insiders the second straight losing season but lewis signed a twoyear extension keeping him with the team through 2019. A woman in georgia is sharing details of a scary encounter with an owl. Debra johnson says her two dachshunds were in the yard when the bird swooped in and pounced on one of the dogs. Johnson says the owl was several feet tall. When she tried to protect her pet the owl moved in to attack her. Johnson says the owl knocked her down on the ground. She kicked and screamed trying to escape. Finally a man comes out of the house and shooed the bird away. Quite a bird fight there. In california it was chickens that were causing traffic problems. They were running loose on a freeway after the cage fell from the back of a truck and chh officers had to stop traffic to collect them. The driver didnt know they had fallen and didnt stop. Up next in the pulse, the warmest place in america may not be what youead, big news overnight from fixer upper couple chip and Joanna Gaines. Plus, melting into extinction, one scientist says the worlds chocolate supply may be gone. My mind. My 30year marriage. My 3month old business. Plus. What if this happened again . 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Yes, alaska, yeah, while most of the nation is freezing, alaska is feeling hot, hot, hot with balmy conditions, temperatures hovering between 44 and 50 degrees. Thats about twice as warm as the normal high of 24 degrees. Im coming ka several parts of northern and central alaska had their warmest december on record. Forecasters attribute the warm weather to high and low pressures pushing tropical air to the north. Buying my tickets tomorrow. There are actually parts of the u. S. Colder than the surface of mars at this hour. Like new york right now. Americas most famer fixer uppers are making time for a new project as they prepare to exit their famous show. Rumors rampant for awhile when chip and Joanna Gaines told fans this would be their last season. Now theyve announced theyre expecting baby number five. The couple said they wanted their kids to grow up out of the spotlight and theyd like to spend a little bit more time with family and the family will be bigger now. They made that announcement as their final season premiered. Now we have alarming environmental news. Yeah, scientists warn that chocolate, chocolate, folk, may be extinct by the year 2050. The cacao plant that chocolate comes from only grows in a few area, mostly rain forests which are disappearing. A little ray of hope. Researchers may be able to be able to genetically modify the plant but this, i tell you is a complete horrible thing if it goes away. It really is. We started stockpiling here at world news now. Queen elizabeth is about to make a rare appearance in a documentary and she will talk about her coronation. She says shes attended two coronations, one for her father and her own and she talks about briefly wore when she took the throne back in 1953. She hasnt worn it since that day. The film airs on the smithsonian channel on january 13th. Hard to believe shes been on the throne for so long. Im excited for the oh, yeah. Prince harry and meghan. More news after this. 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Taking ali sky6, penns landing, the thermometer is actually heading up today, to feel somewhat frigid but after that snow for some of us, meteorologist, david murphy is tracking that coastal storm in the accuweather forecast. Frozen water pipes causing problems around our area. Krause are working to repair a water main. No one won the Mega Millions drawing makeing the jackpot jump bigger. Its all next on action news in a couple of minutes. Conditions for the morning commute as the storm moves up the east coast. Temperatures are heading back down in the midwest and you can expect rain on the west coast. 75 there in los angeles. Just south of there an attempt to right a previous wrong done by someone in orange county. The person was seen stealing packages from a porch, a porch pirate then apparently had a second thought. Kabcs greg lee reports. Reporter lori and wayne can finally open the Christmas Gifts they almost did not receive. Inside priceless collages their daughter made them of her wedding in october. She said there was one that was for the family but had a gift for my parents also this it that she wanted me to have the family together to open it. Reporter the only problem they never received them or a smaller box with this photo. They checked the surveillance cameras at their Rancho Santa Margarita home and saw this, a woman creeping up grabbing both boxes from their doorstep and walking away. Hiding herself the way she did and making sure she wasnt caught on camera, so it was very discouraging. Reporter they filed a Police Report but expected to never see the special gifts again. We were thinking, you know, being so special, that these people are going to just open it, oh, its not what i thought was in it and just throw them in the dumpster. Reporter a few days later on new years day, a surprise. She comes in the house and says, mom, we got a package. And i said, well, thats odd, its new years day, nobody delivers packages on new years. Reporter another look at the surveillance cameras shows the thief covering her face and returning the gifts right where she found them. A change of heart or resolution to stop stealing. Either way the family was overwhelmed with gratitude. I cant tell her how appreciative i am she did the right thing in the end and returned it and made our family very happy. Reporter greg lee, abc 7 eyewitness news. Definitely glad they have their photos back. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program with matt odonnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. Good morning. It is 4 30 a. M. On this we are tracking the effect of a cold snap on our area. Right now crews in Montgomery County are still trying to repair a 30inch water main break. Heating repair companies are dealing with a skyrocketing amount of calls. Parts of the south are bracing for a winter storm that will then head our way. Some places already under a winter storm watch. Lets turn to karen rogers and dave murphy for more on that. Good morning. Lets get you right to the weather center. This morning we have issues out there and more issues coming later tonight. Theres a winter storm watch in effect in all those