And good evening on this saturday night. Were going to start with a huge number, 93 million, thats how many million americans are on the move this holiday weekend. Nearly a third of the u. S. Population getting on planes or behind the wheel. Dealing with weather problems like this truck blown right off the road and this gas station, where the roof over the pumps was knocked down. But the big worry tonight is what happens after christmas . When everyone tries to get back home. There are two new, big storms bearing down. Ginger zee is all over the story. Reporter relentless winds. Gusting up to 60 Miles Per Hour around the Nations Capital today, put Holiday Travel on hold at dulles airport. And they actually had to have planes change runways, moving runway landings around because of concerns about crosswinds. A lot of passengers tell us they were dealing with some turbulence coming in. Reporter for the millions hitting the road, it was far from perfect. Rochester, new york, whiteouts mad
And st. Knick. Amare stoudemire showing his heart is big playing santa for those down on their luck complete with a luxury limo ride and personal shopping spree. Feliz navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad prospero ano y felicidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad prospero ano y felicidad i want to wish you a Merry Christmas i want to wish you a Merry Christmas i want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart i want to wish you a Merry Christmas i want to wish you a Merry Christmas i want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart good morning, america, youre listening to the famous boys and girl s choir alumni harlem ensemble. Theyll be sir nading us all morning. Good morning, america. Two days until christmas, gma never sounded so good. Those guys are great. You can see ron tapping. They do a mean Feliz Navidad. Great to have them with us this morning. Also this morning, we are going to take a look at some fancy high, highend Christmas Gifts affor
Hear the emotional song sung for president george h. W. Bush by country superstars while his family held vigil at his hospital bed. Ah, the oak ridge boys, one of the former president s favorite bands getting a serenade getting together for the president who was in the hospital singing Amazing Grace and their big hit, elvira, through the phone. Great news. Their serenade seemed to bring some good luck. The former president is getting better, and well have the latest on his condition. Elvira was one of my favorite songs growing up. We share our taste in music, the president and i. I was surprised to learn that factoid. Also coming up, the story of how two teenage boys ended up kneedeep and barefoot in an icy swamp. And the extraordinary rescue that played out. It involved a cell phone, a chopper and a game of hot and cold. Well tell you about that in just a few minutes. The survival lesson they wont soon forget. Also, those kids put their phone to good use. If you got your kid an iphone
And thats where we begin here tonight, with abcs John Schriffen leading us off. Reporter whiteout conditions in ohio. Power lines snapped like twigs in arkansas. And this pickup truck in southern illinois, struggling just to clear a path. The winter blast, now accounting for 15 deaths. Most of them on the nations roads, where black ice led to accident after accident. I lost count of the number of cars ive seen in the ditch. I saw a jackknifed tractor trailer a horse trailer turned over. Reporter today, the northeast was digging out. This man spent hours trying to rescue his car here in s what is it like deeming with this much snow . A lot of agony. A lot of back breaking. Reporter Mother Nature is wreaking havoc in the skies. Today alone, close to 700 flights were canceled. In the past 48 hours . Nearly 3,000. On new yorks long island, this Southwest Airlines plane skidded off the run way, getting stuck in the mud. 129 Passengers Evacuated safely. Tower southwest 4695. We just made you
Bursts. Shards of glass flying through the air. What caused the terrifying accident . And look at this. He is kicking footballs over 60 yards through Basketball Hoops with pinpoint precision. Meet the 20yearold soaring to fame on the internet with his kicks. So good online, that the new york jets flew him in for a tryout. Well talk to him this morning in a gma exclusive. And we bid you a good morning, america. Hey, its happened before. Youtube can giveth and taketh away. A lot of hopeful people here in the studio at least. George, robin and lara all at home with their families. Its great to have amy, paula and rachel back with us this morning. And, sam, the extreme weather, the country is getting walloped. We got a huge amount of snow to get to today. And strong, gusty winds. The winds last night were amazing. Were also talking about a privacy breach for the first family of facebook. You see that picture right there, they didnt want that out everywhere. But guess what. It happened. Not