We wish you a Merry Christmas the greatest gift in this season of giving. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Its great to have you with us on this Christmas Eve. Cecilia is off. Im rebecca jarvis. As we come on the air tonight, the winter wallop, more than 70 Million People in the path of this storm. Blizzard conditions expected in the Northern Plains threatening to shut down highways, and dangerous Winter Weather and wind alerts stretching from michigan all the way to california. The plane carrying the Minnesota Vikings to their game with the packers sliding off an icy wisconsin runway. The team posting video of players being evacuated. All this frightful weather playing havoc with Holiday Travel plans. In Southern California drivers attempting to get around a closed highway, instead getting stuck in the mud. Abcs eva pilgrim is leading us off tonight with the messy getaway. Reporter the final rush home for the holidays and tonight drivers are battling snow, ice and even the thre
By 20 points in 2016. Overall democratsage overperformed in the eight special elections since 2016 by an average of more than 12 points compared to the president ial race in 16. Last nights contest became a litmus test of sorts for the president and his party. Today some republicans expressed a sense of dread. If youre a republican in a safe seat, youd better be ready. I dont think you need to be alarmed but certainly need to be reflective on what happened. Every race is a wakeup call. See what we did right and what we did wrong. The president who travelled to the district twice dispatched two of his children there, his Vice President there, and his top an strategist claimed credit for cutting the loss. Paul ryan agreed with the president and that nonsense. Lets watch. Look, i think the president helped close this race. You saw the public polling. It wasnt looking good and the president helped close this race. Toldie. Meanwhile, trump allis told the Washington Post the poor showing tue
Reporter 20 years went by. I still had to keep looking for what i had lost. Reporter but cathy had her. And she had him. I put a lot of faith in god. Darren was his tool. And the killer . He never had a chance. This was everything to her. I fulfilled my promise. Hello and welcome to dateline extra. Im craig melvin. Cathy torres, the honor student was working two jobs to put herself through college and still made time for friends and family. But in the blink of an eye cathy would disappear. Her case grew cold but cathys mother never gave up. And neither did the tenacious detect who promised to find her killer. Here is josh mankowitz. Reporter in the wee small hours of the morning, while the whole wide world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake. Not because she wants to be, but because some things stay with you, whether you want them to or not. And for mary bennett, its the time 3 40 a. M. Every day i wake up around that time. Its embedded in my brain. Reporter for more than two decades
And she had him. I put a lot of faith in god. Darren was his tool. And the killer . He never had a chance. This was everything to her. I fulfilled my promise. Reporter in the wee small hours of the morning, while the whole wide world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake. Not because she wants to be, but because some things stay with you, whether you want them to or not. And for mary bennett, its the time 3 40 a. M. Every day i wake up around that time. Its embedded in my brain. Reporter for more than two decades, that particular time has stabbed her in the heart, pulled her awake. Its an internal clock, permanently set to the worst day of her life. It began with a phone call, then a knock on the door, and news of something that should never have happened to this family, to this girl. When she would come inside the house, her favorite thing was, im home. Whats for dinner . Even if somebody we just finished cleaning the kitchen, shed still ask, whats for dinner . That was cathy. Reporte
Continue to hit the president over his decision. I think any reasonable person who saw the intelligence that the senior american leaders had in their possession would have come to the same conclusion that President Trump and our Leadership Team did. He has been erratic and unsuccessful in almost every previous Foreign Policy endeavor. This one is the most dangerous of all. We are not safer today than we were before donald trump acted. We have reached a new level, and it was time to enforce the crossing of these red lines. War is the last response to international conflict, not the first. Maximum Pressure Campaign against iran is working. I think the president is determined to bring this regime to its knees if they continue to be provocative. Bill again, every angle covered over the next three hours. General jack keane has analysis, we begin with trey yingst live in baghdad with a strike taking place last friday morning. Trey, hello. Bill, good morning. The strike taking place outside o