Sky. The Rocket Launch that mesmerized millions. And the confusion, chaos and crashes it caused. And good evening and welcome to World News Tonight. Im tom llamas, in for david. And we begin with that deadly winter wallop, striking the day after christmas, as millions of americans travel for the holidays. Snow falling from coast to coast. Eyepopping accumulations in parts of pennsylvania and upstate new york. More than 50 inches in some spots. And its not just snow. Wind chill alerts in 20 states. This time lapse video from duluth, minnesota, where temperatures hit 21 degrees below zero. Causing steam and fog to rise from lake superior. Treacherous driving conditions tonight. Four killed in one Interstate Crash in kansas. Slow going from the great lakes through the northeast. And a frightening moment at bostons logan airport, when a jetblue Passenger Plane skidded out after landing in slick
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friday night sky. wow, what is that? reporter: the sight so mesmerizing that some motorists couldn t keep their eyes out of the sky and on the road. oh! [ bleep ]. this guy s not paying attention. reporter: and even after those three cars crashed, the narrator in this video barely skips a beat, he just keeps talking about that shape in the sky. wow. what is that? reporter: the rocket s unusual, whale-shaped contrail feeding a frenzy. if you re wondering that bright thing in the sky was the missile launch. reporter: and so many were wondering. no, dude, what is that? reporter: so many didn t get the message that the hash tag aliens trended on twitter. calls flooded tv stations with ufo sightings. and the man who created the mess? elon musk jokingly capping it this way nuclear alien ufo from north korea. now, the next falcon-9 launch isn t until later next month.
both. elon musk joked about it on twitter. of course because it s his rocket he can joke. nuclear alien ufo from north korea. again, luckily this time it was a friendly. we re back with more right after this.
they were seeing friday night when a shimmering, ghostly trail lit up the sky above l.a. it was actually a spacex rocket taking off from an air force base in santa barbara. spacex ceo elon musk stoked the flames on twitter, tweeting nuclear alien ufo from north korea, but that wasn t the only thing soaring through the air this weekend. we want to show you what the big guy is up to here on christmas eve. norad s santa tracker. and i believe he is over i can t quite see headed to turkey right now, i m told by our executive producer, and we are watching him make his way with his reindeer to deliver presents all around the world. and the president next hour is set to talk to norad about santa, and we will, of course, be watching that. thank you so much for joining us this hour. there is much more to come this afternoon. richard lui picks up our coverage coming up at the top of the hour. msnbc will be back right after