Athletes of the decade. 23time grand slam champion Serena Williams acing the competition on the female side. And lebron james was crowned king on the mens side. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 30th. Good morning, everyone. Great to have andrea here. We do begin this half hour with the monster storm covering much of the eastern u. S. The weather radar shows snow from kansas to canada and along the border. Theres rain falling now from the great lakes all the way down to the coast and down into the southeast. Its making the return from christmas or the trip for new years a misery for many. Abcs rob marciano reports. Reporter a major winter storm now reaching east across the country, bringing winddriven snow, ice, and rain as millions continue to travel this holiday week. Weve got to make sure that we Pay Attention to the everchanging road conditions. Reporter 32 million under weather alerts from kansas to maine. Heavy snow, low visibility, and high winds making
Be free slurpy day if you drink them fast enough. People love this holiday. Theyve been doing this for 17 years now. And its much more popular than 7elevens other big promotional holiday, free wrinkled tiny hot dog thats been sitting out since the bush administration. I believe thats october 8. Todays the day you spend hours waiting in line for a slurpy for free, or you can pay a dollar any other day and get one in like two seconds, nothing against slurpies. As a general rule, i dont drink anything that has the word pee in it. We have a good show, the director of the linthe lion ki jojon favreau is here. And from the usa soccer team, alex morgan and Megan Rapinoe are with us. [cheers and applause] if your daughter wants pink hair, and we have music from Taylor Bennett. The president hasnt extended an invitation yet to the u. S. Soccer team to visit the white house. But today he rolled out the orange carpet for all his favorite wing nuts. He held a social media summit at the white house
Heat wave alert. The first of the season sending temperatures soaring across chicago and up and down the east coast this morning. Deadly shark attack. The 21yearold American College student killed by sharks while snorkeling in the bahamas with her family. New developments in that mysterious disappearance of a young woman in utah. Missing after taking a ride share. Now police descending on this house. And world cup clash. Why a war of words is erupting between President Trump and team usas cocaptain Megan Rapinoe before one of the biggest games of her career. Good morning, america. Its a very busy thursday morning as we come on the air. A lot is going on. First round of Democratic Candidates faced off in their first debate. Well have more on that in a moment. We want to get right to breaking news. A terror attack in africa. Thats right. A suicide bomber setting off explosives in tunisia, injuring at least two officers. Abcs ian pannell starts us off with the very latest. Reporter yeah,