Holidays thanks to the spirit and generosity of one man going the extra mile. Nightly news begins right now. Fr. Good evening, im Peter Alexander, in tonight for lester. For millions of americans at the end of the long Holiday Weekend, the weather is a top concern tonight. Already the post christmas rush is off to a slow start after whiteout conditions and fierce winds in parts of the plains and upper midwest. And freezing rain that could complicate travel in the northeast. Tonight for the first time, were also hearing one mothers incredible survival story, hiking 26 miles in the snow after her familys car got trapped near the grand canyon. Dave gutierrez is tracking the worst of the weather tonight. Reporter tonight the upper midwest is digging out after a relentless christmas blizzard. How the heck am i getting out of here . Reporter many roads in the dakotas, impassable. 240 miles of i94 shut down. A foot of snow blanketed bismarck. We pulled up to check our bag and they told us our flight was canceled. Reporter more than 300 u. S. Flights canceled, 2,800 delayed. Its a little frustrating, but what are you going to do . Reporter in arizona, an out of control situation near the grand canyon. If i dont find shelter, im not going to make it another night. Reporter from her hospital room, karen klein is speaking publicly after hiking 36 hours over 26 frigid miles to find help when her familys car got stuck in the blinding snow. I pulled a muscle in my leg and one of my shoes got packed with snow. So i had a sock. In order to move my leg, i had to physically pick it up to move forward. Reporter near detroit, warmer temperatures today, but the town of fraser, michigan is under a state of emergency after this sink hole expanded, forcing families to evacuate. The good news, the weather now moving into canada. Blizzard conditions end for the dakotas, and the rain working towards the east coast is losing its steam. Tomorrow is going to be a much better travel day. Unseasonably warm temperatures are forecast over the next few days. Security lines here at the airport are moving smoothly tonight, but theyre expecting more than four million holiday travelers by next week. Peter . Gabe gutierrez in atlanta tonight, thank you. The city of chicago is finishing a another year marked by endless and increasing gun violence. There was no letup this weekend when dozens of people were shot, 11 of them fatally. The epidemic has only gotten worse this year, as we hear from nbcs ron mott. Reporter christmas night, unseasonably mild. Im going to need another ambulance. Reporter with another round of unrelenting gun violence in chicago. Felt like i was in a war zone. It wasnt a normal gun. I mean, 15, 20, 25 shots. Reporter outside this southside home, seven shot, two dead, brothers. A Holiday Weekend with at least 43 people struck by bullets, 12 losing their lives. This is the sickening reality. It shows yet again that our penalties for carrying and using guns here in chicago are just not an effective deterrent against repeat with gun offenders. Reporter the nations Third Largest metropolitan area has been besieged this year by shell casings and death. More than 4,300 shootings. More murders than new york and los angeles combined. Police officer kevin mccarthy. Reporter in the next two years, mayor rahm emanuel has pledged to hire nearly 1,000 new police officers, targeting the 1,400 mostly documented gang members Authorities Say are responsible for much of the bloodshed. If youic approxima pick up a gun and shoot somebody, you should go to prison, period. I heard it hitting the porch. I didnt know where it was coming from. Reporter he was shot in august, enduring eight surg surgeries since. You shot my baby for no reason and you still living life like its no big deal. Reporter ron mott, nbc news, chicago. A war of wards is picking up steam among president obama, donald trump, and the israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, over a u. N. Resolution condemning israeli settlement and the u. S. s willingness to let it pass. Thats not the only clash tonight between the president and the president elect. Hallie jackson has the latest. Reporter tonight, new fallout after a flash point in u. S. Israeli relations. A United NationsSecurity Council resolution, reprimanding israel for west Bank Settlements seen as a slap to israel, one the u. S. Chose not to block with its veto. Israel, furious. Now accusing the u. S. Of orchestrating the resolution itself. We have proof. I dont believe that we know it, and well share it with the Incoming Administration through the appropriate channels. Reporter the israeli ambassador echoing benjamin netanyahu. As i told john kerry on thursday, friends dont take friends to the Security Council. Reporter but its egypt who pushed the resolution. Ben rhodes insisting friday, we did not draft or introduce this resolution. Do you not trust the u. S. Government when they deny having anything to do with this . Ben rhodes is an expert at fiction. Reporter donald trump far from staying out of the fight, tweeting this weekend, quote, the big loss for israel and the United Nations will make it much harder to negotiate peace. And late today, slamming the u. N. As just a club for people to get together, talk, and have a good time. So sad. The escalating tension, underscoring netanyahus chilly relationship with president obama, and his warm one with president elect trump. Previewing potential changes in this Diplomatic Alliance and a break in some ways, with decades of u. S. Policy. We will move the American Embassy to the eternal capital of the jewish people, jerusalem. Mr. Trump seems to be a different kind of a president. Will he want to really be play the role of a responsible president once hes in office or does he want to keep shaking things up . Reporter here at home, the president elects taking exception to new comments from president obama, who said in a podcast, if he ran again, and articulated his vision for a diverse, tolerant nation, hed win over a majority of americans. Donald trump tweeting today, thats not the case. Citing isis, jobs leaving, and the health care law. Peter . Hallie jackson in palm beach, florida, tonight, thank you. In hawaii, president obama carried out a christmas tradition one last time. The president and Michelle Obama taking time out during their vacation to visit troops at a marine base on oa hu. Mr. Obama telling them it was the privilege of his life to serve as their commander in chief. One day after the crash of a Russian Military plane, killing 92 people on board, the kremlin said it would focus on technical or pilot error. More debris was recovered today from the site of the crash in the black sea. Reporter on the black sea today, a national priority, to recover the plane wreckage and the bodies of the countrys beloved red army choir. Reporter a symbol of National Identity and pride known around the world. Early sunday, 64 members of the choir, accompanied by tv crews and the russian doctor known for humanitarian work, were on their way to syria, to perform for russian troops. Their plane, a russianbuilt it upo lef, 154, now mostly only flown by the military. The plane was built in 1983. The pilot, experienced with 1,900 hours in the craft. The plane took off outside moscow and stopped for a fueling in sochi before taking off again for syria. But only a mile off the coast, the plane went down in the black sea, no warnings, no distress calls. Because it was a military plane leaving from a secured base, moscow is downplaying the possibility of terrorism. Translator so we think that the reason for the crash could be a technical fault or a pilot error. Reporter terrorists have hit russia before, bringing down a passenger plane over egypt in 2015. The clues to this crash may be in the planes black boxes, now 200 feet under water. Did the plane break apart . Was there bad fuel, or a sudden explosion . One of the early things theyll look for, the size of the debris field, that will tell them in the airplane came apart in flight. Reporter Vladimir Putin is promising to get answers. Tonight celebrities and fans are mourning the loss of music icon George Michael to died of Heart Failure sunday at his home in england. Today elton john remembered the pop superstar as the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant artist. Michaels sound was unmistakable, in a career that spanned four decades, selling 100 million albums. If i could touch your body the tight jeans, the leather, those looks George Michael commanded the stage. He burst onto the scene in the mid 80s, half of the pop sensation wham, the exclamation point punctuating their teen idol image. Their hits included an anthem that stills our play lists, and this Holiday Season seems bittersweet. Last christmas, i gave you my heart the late 80s michael ventured off on his own, becoming a musical force. I gotta have faith reporter the smash album faith selling more than 25 million copies. He became a celebrated force of social reform, challenging taboos. Come on reporter his songs could fill you with energy, and break your heart. So im never gonna dance again the way i danced with you reporter but in 1998, his career seemed to derail, arrested for exposing himself to an undercover officer in a Beverly Hills rest room. I have a relationship with a man right now, i have not been in a relationship with a woman for almost ten years. Reporter michael, who had a series of runins with the law and battled depression, would step back from the limelight, never regaining his past success. While many of his struggles played out in public, his generosity and philanthropy largely remained private. Since his death, the money he spent fighting aids, cancer, and many other causes. Still it was his first love, that music, that moves us to this day. But losing everything is like the sun going down on me another big loss in a year filled with them. In the weeks leading up to his death, George Michael was working on a documentary to be released in march, chronicling his rise to fame. He was 53 years old. An update now on actress carrie fisher, who suffered a heart attack on a flight from london to los angeles. Her mother, actress debby fisher, said in a tweet, that fisher was in stable condition and she thanked many people for their prayers and good wishes. Fisher who is 60, remains in intensive care. 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