Good morning, america. This morning, extreme weather. A large and lethal storm slamming the american southwest, with record rain, high wind and dangerous ice. And its all now moving east, as we head into one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. Breaking overnight, airport panic. Travelers at l. A. X. Rushed to the exits after reports of a man with a gun. This, just weeks after the murder of a tsa officer. From the airport to the air. Look at this video from a scary flight. Theres a bomb on the plane. A man losing it midair, alerting his fellow passengers. What set him off . And what happened next . And finally found. An American Woman kidnapped as a baby 20 years ago, allegedly by her own mother. Where she was located halfway around the world. Good morning. Lots to tell you about this morning, including settle down. What . Good morning. Well, after being delayed by bad weather, harry finally arrived in antarctica, for his adventure. The challenges hell face along the way. Theres nothing like racing in zerodegree weather. You have experience with that . Tons. Bianna will be analyzing the race coming up. Were going to start with the big story here at home. The big storm making a mess in the american southwest. It will lumber eastward across the country, possibly impacting thanksgiving travel plans for millions of us. Meteorologist, gger zee, is all over this storm. Good morning. Good morning to you there. Dallas, right now, under winter storm warning, just went into effect hours ago. And look at this. Nine states, now, with some sort of watch, advisory or warning, as the south and southwest get slapped with a little bit of winter. Snow, ice and wild winds. A storm is whipping the southwest with a bout of winter come early. The ice. Reporter in oklahoma city, the afternoon commute became the afternoon slide. Overturned vehicles, roads turning to rinks, from abilene to lubbock, texas. Almost half of texas roads are covered in ice. We had some rollovers. And quite a few people in the ditch. And still have people out there right now in the ditch. Reporter in phoenix, arizona, highways swallowed by almost two inches of record rain. The friday night lights, turned off. The wettest day of the year, postponing crucial High School Football games. And the rulers are out, from kansas, to accumulating snow in colorado. Behind all that mess, a blast of cold. Yep, thats a furlined coat in houston. Temperatures plummeting almost 50 degrees for some. Welcome only by this snowloving bunch. I got out of school early. And decided to take advantage of the weather. If youre not driving, some people liking it. But heres where its going to go next. It slides through mexico. But a low pressure system going count counterclockwise. Not only does dallas get one hit, austin and places like that. Theyre going to get a second hit. From today, the first little bit and tomorrow. And everybody along the east coast is going i keep hearing things about the storm affecting my travel. This thing starts cooking once it gets out of the gulf and goes up, we think, and a lot of commuter models are up and down. Inland would get snow. Rain snow mix closer to the cities. When the folks are traveling, a little bit of drizzle can cause delays. Well be tracking this tomorrow morning. But coming up in the nations weather, alaska is seeing a lot of ice, too. Ginger, thank you. Speaking of travel, were going to turn to panic that broke out at l. A. X. Airport overnight. Reports of a man spread with a gun. People mistook a car crash for the sound of gunfire. But luckily, everyones understandably all right. Everyone was jumpy, of course, after that deadly airport shooting there less than one month ago. And aditi roy is at l. A. X. With the latest. Good morning, aditi. Reporter good morning, bianna. Thankfully things are quiet right now at l. A. X. Just hours ago, a multicar collision sparked chaos. And evacuated an entire terminal at the start of a busy travel week. Pandemonium broke out after airport Officials Say passengers reported shots fired. It caused passengers to take cover inside. As police swept the area. Everybody get down. Authorities evacuated two terminals at l. A. X. But found nothing suspicious, according to airport officials. A lady hit a pylon. And that made everyone think there was gun shots. And then, somebody in terminal four said they saw somebody with a gun. So, they evacuated the terminal. And everybody was outside. And chaos. Reporter Police Confirmed that no shots were fired. Instead, investigators say the loud noise came from a multicar accident outside, caused when a woman suffered a medical emergency. That particular traffic accident, we later found, was caused by a medical emergency. And the individual involved in that traffic accident, hit several things. Reporter tensions remain high, just three weeks after a gunman opened fire at l. A. X. Killing a tsa officer and injuring three others. An autopsy report released friday by the l. A. County coroners office, said tsa officer hernandez had been shot 12 times and had 40 bullet fragments in his body. The incident comes at the beginning of a Holiday Travel week. Officials predict l. A. X. Will be the Busiest Airport in the country this thanksgiving week. 2 million passengers are expected to travel through. Now, flight schedules were impacted by this disruption. However, they have returned to normal. Airport Officials Say 4,600 passengers were impacted. Dan . Lets hope this coming week is a little more smooth. Aditi, thank you. Thats aditi roy in los angeles, this morning. Now, to another air travel nightmare. This playing up in the sky and on camera. A passenger coming unglued and yelling about a bomb onboard. Abcs rob nelson is here with this terrifying ordeal for passengers. Good morning. Reporter good morning. A crazy story here. A wild outburst and truly frightening moments, all caught on tape from a passenger onboard that plane, as an allegedly mentally ill man became unruly. Even threatened to blow up the air force. Theres a bomb on this [ bleep ] plane. Theres a bomb on the plane. Reporter terrifying words screamed loud and clear friday morning, onboard this Spirit Airline flight. Theres a bomb on the plane. Theres a bomb on this [ bleep ] plane. Reporter the flight made an emergency landing, after the pilot reported the passengers wild behavior. He was crazy. Just to show you how crazy he was, he was throwing money at these people. Reporter these bizarre outbursts, forcing police to meet the airplane at the gate. I will [ bleep ] out. Reporter Atlanta Police quickly boarded the flight and had to physically restrain the man, still screaming, just to get him off the aircraft. Theres a bomb on the plane. Theres a bomb reporter authorities believe the man suffers from mental illness. The planes packed cabin, eerily calm, as passengers looked on, then awaited instructions. Ladies and gentlemen, its imperati imperative, everybody remained seated. Reporter police did a sweep of the plane. And no bomb was found. I want to apologize to everyone onboard the plane tonight. The suspects name has not been released. But he was taken to the hospital for psychiatric evaluation. Police do not plan to press any charges. Luckily, guys, no one was injured during that entire ordeal. Amazing the authorities and the passengers seemed to be calm about it all. Yeah. Thanks, rob. Well, lets check in with Ron Claiborne with the other top stories developing this morning. Good morning to you, bianna and dan. In the news, white house officials are extending a key deadline for people to sign up for Health Insurance under the Affordable Care act. The administration saying people have until december 23rd to sign up for coverage. That will kick in on january 1st of next year. Officials say that fixes are improving the healthcare. Gov site. And it should be able to handle an expected of lastminute rush of people trying to sign up to get the coverage starting on january 1st. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry is in geneva, switzerland, this morning. A deal on Irans Nuclear program is reportedly close at hand. A surfer was killed by a shark off the coast of australia. It happened this morning in the waters off the town of gracetown, which is on australias western coast. The victim was found by someone walking on the beach. The beaches in that area have been closed. The head of the federal Communication Commission is coming out against the idea of using cell phones on plane. On thursday, they announced that they would allow passengers to make calls in flight. That triggered a public uproar against the idea. Now, the fccchairman, tom wheeler, says he, too, opposes it. And there is a new world chess champion. Norways Magnus Carlson won the world chess championship on friday. Carlson is a chess prodigy, becoming a grand master at 13 years of age. Now, the youngest champion, tying darius kasparov. And another meteor lighting up the skies in russia. The huge fireball captured on cameras on thursday. You remember a meteor caused widespread damage to buildings and injuries to people. There were no reports of injuries or damage from this one. And finally, just take a look at this video. Posing the question, why did the elk actually, a picture not video cross the road . No ones sure. But this photo taken by the Lakewood Police department, in colorado, it crossed safely and legally, waiting at the corner and using the crosswalk, if you can believe that. And you remember back in october, just last month, that elk that was chasing a motorcycle in montana. Well, we have an update on that. Oh. Still chasing the motorcycle. It is now in pennsylvania. Just took a month to get there. Its headed this way. We will keep you up on that. You never let up. Not going to let that one go until it gets here. Well have to bring him on the show. Hell be going to boston. You never know. This morning thanks, ron. This morning, theres an end to a 20year mystery. An infant who disappeared with her mother from south carolina, now found. The girls father never giving up hope of finding her. A search that ended on the other side of the world, literally. Abcs tai hernandez is here with that story. Hey, tai. Reporter hi, tai. Baby savanna was less than a year old when she disappeared. She was on a courtsupervised visit with her mother. The mother somehow got permission to take her daughter to a birthday party. And the two never returned. Its been 20 years since savanna todd was last seen in isle of palm, south carolina, thought to never been seen again. But earlier this month, she surfaced in queensland, australia, alive and living a seemingly normal life. Only now, as samantha, living with her mother, dorothy barnett, the alleged kidnapper. The father husband, came to the Police Department to report that his child had been abducted or kidnapped. Reporter in 1994, savanna todd was stuck in the middle of her parents bitter divorce. A judge granted Benjamin Todd full custody. He was worried once the child got out of the country, he would never see her again. Reporter according to court documents, this was not barnetts first attempt to kidnap baby savanna. Barnett has been arrested by Australian Federal police and now faces extradition back to the united states. If convicted, she will serve up to 23 years for prison for International Parental kidnapping and two counts of falsified passport applications. It took cooperation from u. S. , federal and australian Law Enforcement to track down and nap barnett, who was living under a different name. She has been denied bail in australia, pending her return to the u. S. Dan . Incredible story, tai. Back here at home, as you brace yourself for holiday shopping, know this. Black friday is a weeklong event. Its already started. How can you play this to your advantage . Abcs Rebecca Jarvis has much more now. Reporter if black friday is the super bowl of shopping, consider this the tailgate part by. Complete with a weeklong pregame show. Its game time. It is game time. Reporter walmart kicking things off with deals like this leap pad 2. Original price, 79. Now 39. 99. And xbox and ps4 video games. New price, 49 bucks. You want to shop early for great black friday gifts, youre going to be able to do it all week. Reporter amazon, rolling out deals online every ten minutes. Starting on sunday, this 50inch flat screen, 229. Target, kmart and sears, also getting in on the act. Sears, beat the rush event, already under way. With deals on appliances, like this dishwasher. This is normally 20. Reporter every store, hoping to prewin this weekend. In case you would rather skip out on the turkey time chaos. This year, about 13 of us plan to shop the real black friday. Thats down from 20 four years ago. And the ceo of best buy summed it up like this for us. He said, basically, this year, this week, every day is like black friday. So, you dont have to camp out overnight in front of a store to get the best deals. Bianna . Dan . Id like to camp out anyway. You were going to you love doing that every year. I like to put my sleeping bag to good use. People go shopping on thanksgiving, to get people in the store. Theres great bargains out there. There are. Better late than never. After a twoday delay due to bad weather, prince harry made it to antarctica where he is getting ready for a rice across the south pole. And we have more from london. Hey, monica. Reporter hi, bianna. As you said, prince harry is raising money for wounded veterans for this very highprofile charity event. The team was ready to go in south africa. But they were stuck there because of bad weather conditions. As many feared, the weather is already causing problems for this expedition before it starts. Touchdown at the bottom of the earth. Stepping out in weather near zero degrees, prince harry and fellow soldiers landed in antarctica. Theyre here for a rice to the south pole. Among the team members, veterans who lost limbs in battle. As they bundled against the cold, they joked about the change in weather. Your morale can it was pretty high. It was sort of its pouring over the edge. And suddenly, rock bottom. Reporter three teams from the u. S. , United Kingdom and the commonwealth, will spend the next few days getting used to the most extreme weather on the planet. Seems will be getting worse. Reporter at dinner time, spirits were high. Sausage and mashed potatoes, a very british meal in honor of captain wales, as harrys known in the military. The group has trained for months to prepare for this challenge. Pulling heavy sleds. Camping out in freezers. But this is the real deal. Able place on earth. And 200 miles of skiing until the finish line. And, dan, as you know, prince harry is no stranger to hostile environments. The last time he was on duty, the base came under attack from the taliban. He has said, when it comes to life, he feels he is more soldier than prince. Hes earned that. Thank you, monica. Were excited to follow this journey as it plays out. Now, to the scrappy High School Football team bringing a burst of energy to a town that just got hit by a tornado a week ago. The players from washington, illinois, are gunning for a state title with a semichampionship game today. Theyre playing against a team nicknamed the cyclones. Heres abcs alex perez. Reporter its the moment the washington, illinois, High School Football team has been waiting for all season. The panthers are headed to the state semifinals today. If we make it to finals, it will be amazing for our school, our community. Reporter but after all those hardearned wins to get here, the team had its biggest loss ever. In almost 200mileperhour tornado ripped their Central Illinois town to shreds last sunday. Ten players had their homes twister, including star quarterback, colton marshal. Its to us and our community. Reporter with the devastation fresh and without a field to practice on, the team this town loves, started to clean up. The first 48 hours, the kids did a great job of helping the community out. Reporter determination bringing life to a town in shambles. Im sure the boys will all be ready. Reporter and getting ready with a little help is what theyve been doing. Illinois State University donating their field so the panthers could practice this week. You know, laugh, smile, have some fun today. Reporter the mayor of washington calls the team a beacon of hope, in what has been a week of sorrow and loss. I hope when they come back with a victory and come back in these city limits, were going to make some noise for them. And celebrate something in the midst of this. Reporter the panthers are the underdogs in this showdown. But if a tornado cant stop them, the community is convinced nothing will. Alex perez, abc news, illinois. Were not supposed to take sides. Its a big week in weather. Lets get it back to ginger zee. Good morning once again, ginger. We showed you the pictures out of oklahoma and texas, that looked like this. This is from anchorage. They had a nice storm, too. Freezing rain smothering the cars and the roads there. Were inviting alaskan type of air down here for the weekend. Let me show you. This would be afternoon highs today. Traverse city, on the east coast, still in the 40s in new york. But it is windy. It doesnt feel like that. And by tomorrow morning, the cold front slips through. And look at the numbers tumble. 21 pittsburgh. 27 new york. And thats not it. I told you about the winds. This is what its going to feel like tomorrow morning. Its going to feel like its three below in minneapolis. It will feel like five in pittsburgh and detroit. Albany, it will feel like two. Thats two above zero. I dont know how better to say it will be cold. You take the cold air and put it over the warm lakes and youre going to get lakeeffect snow. Some places could see a foot, in far western pennsylvania and in ohio and in parts of upstate new york. The one spot thats warm, at least for now, not for long. 81 in miami. Ft. Myers, 84. And ill leave you with look at steve rudin. The first of two cocold fronts have movoved on through. You will feel the difference as it moves through the root region today. 20sratures tonight, mid to lower 30s. Its time to play let me guess. Name that cloud. 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