Hagan is here with the inside story and what happens next. And royal christmas curtsy. Meghan markle stepping out with prince harry embracing new tradition, greeting the queen with will and kate. The first fiancee to be invited. How the american princess in the making is making history. And we say good morning, america. Thank you for joining us this tuesday after christmas. Hope you had a great christmas. I did. I was chasing around my son and his three cousins and im sure i caught something. Now youll give it to me. Teach your son how to curtsy. It might come in handy. It was a royal christmas across the pond. Meghan markle greeting the queen with this christmas curtsy and she got a little help from her future brother and sisterinlaw as well. Having an electrifying effect on that family. Seamless transition. Its incredible. Well start with the latest on the Severe Weather causing dangerous travel conditions and that frightening flight slipping across the runway and the bitter cold is really now just beginning, subzero temperatures sending the country into the deep freeze and abcs alex perez has more from chicago. Good morning to you. Reporter hey, good morning, dan. Thats right. The big rush to get back home is already under way and across the country, Mother Nature is creating some major problems for a lot of people. From pennsylvania to washington state, wind and snow creating whiteout conditions all over the u. S. Overnight ice on the tarmac sends a plane spiraling. Once i realized we were going off the run way, i was like uhoh. We started spinning and spinning. Reporter a boston logan bound jetblue flight stliedilidd landing in the opposite direction. We were straight and all of a sudden it started fishtailing and, yeah, it started getting rough. Reporter the passengers inside shaken but not hurt. They did a fantastic job. Reporter all on board evacuating down the stairs and into the cold night air before boarding shuttle buses to the terminal. Everything is fine. We just skidded on the ice. We did let them know you need a tug. Okay. Thanks very much. Youre welcome, sir. Reporter it comes after travel woes. On monday the same airport seeing more than 300 delays and 64 cancellations because of snow and near zero visibility. In erie, pennsylvania, 34 inches of snow fell in just one day. A new record. Traffic brought to a standstill on interstate 90. Trucks and cars spinning off the roads. And if youre traveling through the midwest or the northeast the next couple of day, be prepared. The bitter cold and snow sticking around. Dan. Alex, thank you. Stay warm. Rob marciano has more on the deep freeze. Good morning, happy postchristmas to you. Same to you, dan, very wise of alex to be indoors. Below freezing in chicago. This is what they were doing last night, 15degree daytime high, the coldest Christmas Day in over 20 years and duluth, minnesota, minus 8, the coldest for them since 1933. Look at these warnings and adviso advisories, over 19 states and some could be 50 degrees below zero that will cause frostbite in less than ten minutes and slides off to the east, minus 9 for a windchill tomorrow in detroit. Teens and Single Digits across the i95 corridor and well talk more about that in just a few minutes. All a great excuse to stay inside in adult onesies and watch gma. How many onesies do you have, dan . Whats the next story . You know, President Trump is down in florida trying to get away. Well move to politics and President Trump who celebrated his first christmas as president with his family at his maralago estate going to church and enjoying christmas dinner and tweeting, quote, i hope everyone is having a great christmas and tomorrow its back to work in order to make America Great again. Its happening faster than anyone anticipated. Kenneth moton has the latest. Good morning, kenneth. Reporter good morning, paula. President trump is preparing to ring in the new year with an ambitious agenda. But first he spent the past few days tweeting, golfing and attacking the number two man in the fbi. This morning, President Trump ready to get back to work after a Christmas Celebration on his luxurious maralago resort. The president attending mass, surrounded by family. The first lady even posting this festive selfie. Melania and i are delighted to wish america and the entire world a very Merry Christmas. Reporter the president in the Christmas Spirit tweeting his holiday message, but over the weekend twitter attacks. The president blasting his low Approval Ratings tweets insider polls are strong. Trump teeing off on the golf course and on Andrew Mccabe. The president accusing him who is reportedly retiring in march of bias during the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Thats your bill. Reporter that 1. 5 trillion gop tax plan now signed into law. Trump turning his attention in 2018 to infrastructure, his wall on the southern border and immigration. This after the New York Times reported that the president allegedly made derogatory remarks in the oval office about immigrants. The times reports he was upse who entered the u. S. On visas since he entered office and complained that 15,000 from haiti all haveds. The white house says top officials in that meeting include secretary of state Rex Tillerson and then Homeland Security chief john kelly now the chief of staff all deny that the president made those comments. The white house calls that report outrageous. Now, this president may have a lot planned but apparently last night he had a lot on his plate. The first family dined on char crusted filet mignon and a lot of desserts and a big beautiful piece of chocolate cake. Paula. All right, kenneth, sounds good. Thank you very much for reporting. Dan. Thank you, kenneth and paula. Lets bring in matthew dowd. Matt, good morning to you. So, the president says its back to work now. So, what are the big ticket items on the agenda as he heads back to work, and how much can he really get done now that the republicans are down to one vote after doug jones beat roy moore in alabama . You mean were not going to talk about onesies and pink bunny pajamas you have. Thank you for that, matt. I appreciate it. Revenge will be swift and unexpected. No, the president has i mean, 20181 going is going to extremely consequential. Not only because there are serious issues to deal with immigration, trade, the budget, all big, huge issues that have to be dealt with but its going to be in the midst of a Midterm Election and that always has impact on the ability to get anything done and the big thing the president has to face is that there is a democratic elected official who has no incentive to cooperate with him understanding its a Midterm Election. Infrastructure, thats something a lot say there is the potential for bipartisan support there. I think it was always a question of timing. I think if the president had done that right after the inauguration, it would have been a package that would have passed fairly easily with a bipartisan support and would have probably helped to raise the president s approval numbers because the only time the president s approval numbers have gone up in 2017 is when he cut the deal on the debt ceiling with nancy pelosi and schumer in that and so i think the timing is now off. He has now offended so many parts of the Democratic Party their entire constituency is basically sending a signal to their Party Leaders dont cooperate. They announced they negotiated a budget cut for the United Nations. Do you see this as being part of the America First strategy and is it actually good for america . Well, i say it is more, its my way or the highway strategy that they have in this its an amazing situation with trade, with technology, with telecommunications, with travel that the world has become a smaller place, more interconnected and more in need of our engagement in it and this president is stepping away from that, becoming more disconnected, becoming more disengaged at a time when our success in economy and in the globe requires us to be more involved. Then you have issues like the middle east and north korea, the Korean Peninsula that require a multicountry solution and when we step away from that at the United Nations it retricks ostr options, not others. We enjoy your analysis and gentle ribbing. That wasnt gentle. Thank you. Over to you. From the world of politics to the world of sports, the nfl is attempting to make the game safer implementing new concussion rules after dangerous and frightening hits like these. Even a major change as to who decides whether a player can return to the game and abcs gio benitez joins us with more on these changes. Good morning. Good morning to you. Li listen, they follow the injury to tom savage earlier this month. He took a brutal hit in the end zone that left him on the ground, hands visibly shaking but he was allowed to return to the game before ultimately being sidelined with a concussion. Now, that hit, coupled with a misstep in concussion protocol for russell wilson, that resulted in 100,000 fine for the organization were cited as motivations for the late season changes. Yeah, the players say they have been fighting for this for a very long time. Some say its too little too late but in terms of the changes that well see in protocol, what are we talking about. Lets get through them. Take a look at these changes right now. Theres going to be a central unc that will oversee each game from the nfls command center. That unc is a member of the medical team thats going to be going through that and watching the broadcast of the game from a spot used for reviewing plays. Also, any sign of impact seizure will be considered the same as loss of consciousness and the p game and may not return. And a player who is evaluated for ray concussion must be reevaluated within 24 hours, even if the player has an off day. Yeah the ref can also report some of the injuries to the medical staff so the onus isnt just on the players, its on the unc, the refs, as well. When will we see them impleme implemented . Some a day after he was sidelined, savage was sidelined but well see them in place for the playoffs and super bowl. All right, gio, thank you. Dan. Well turn to the big retail rush this morning. 90 billion worth of presents are going back, thats a quarter of all returns for the those people exchanging presents may be gifted with great deals. Abcs Erielle Reshef is at toys r us in new jersey. Erielle, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, dan. For retailers like toys r us this shopping season has been one of the biggest in more than five years with shoppers feeling good about the economy and spending more than expected and its not over yet. This morning, the Holiday Shopping frenzy turning into the rush to return. And snag some serious sales. Retailers ringing in an estimated 682 billion this year. And now consumers can unwrap even deeper discounts. From winter gear to Highend Electronics deals expected to draw big postchristmas crowds. Were expecting almost half of the population will be shopping. Reporter but experts estimate roughly 10 million americans will swap out gifts gone wrong from sizing issues to duplicates to just plain duds. Some of the type items people tend to return after the holiday include apparel, shoes and electronics. Reporter before you hit the stores, beware, return policies can vary. You look at the time period and condition of the returns that you send back and lastly i think you want to check to see if theres Free Shipping if its something you bought online. Reporter experts tell me one out of every three people who got a gift last year returned at least one of them. Heading to the stores this year to return some gifts youll have some company. Paula, dan. Erielle, thank you. Lots of us found gift cards under the tree with shoppers spending an estimated 27 billion on cards this Holiday Season. Abcs becky worley is with us from San Francisco with what you need to know before you use those gift cards so, becky, is there fraud risk associated with these cards and if so, how can we protect ourselves . Youre right, dan. You need to register any cards you received with the store or retail chain its from if you can. Why . That fraud. We know thieves scratch the silver bar off. The one thats right here on the back. Then they write down the code underneath and then this is what is so crazy, they can just buy another scratchoff sticker and put it on there. They wait a week or so until the card is activated and then they go oneven to redeem the code. So you need to beat them to the punch in case your card has already been compromised. Go to the website of the card where you received the gift, search for redeem gift card or register gift card, even if you dont shop right away youve at least staked a digital claim on it. Lets say we buy a gift card or get one from a retailer we dont formally shop at . Can we return it . What are our options . You sound like youre asking from experience, paula. Im not sure dan will kus that cabelas gift card i got him. You can shop it out for Bass Pro Shop but gift cards can rarely be returned. Often for the fraud issues i just mentioned but you can exchange them at gift card exchanges like one called raise. Com or giftcardgranny. Com. Love that name. They wont give you full value but a solid percentage back like 70 or 80 of its value. They do verify the cards and sell them at a slight discount. I have used both before and from my experience theyre pretty legit. They sell onesies at cabelas as far as i know. One reason theyre so popular is that youre essentially prepaying now and getting a big discount and you say there are a lot of cards that are deals that are still out will and hot . Exactly. Buy one get one. Give one, get one. Many of those deals are live through to new years and a lot for restaurant chains. Bjs brewhouse, buy one and get one and 20 off, chilis, get 10 bonus card and olive garden, buy 50, get 10. Theyre a great way to discount, just keep them in your wallet, right . Thanks so much. So much to talk about today when it comes to shopping so well check with you throughout the show. Thanks again, becky. We are still waiting to cash in on the ultimate gift card, the powerball and Mega Millions jackpots. Were at almost a billion dollars combined over the Holiday Weekend butwas not a wi. Good news for those looking to throw an ultimate new years party, the Mega Millions 277 million and wednesday the powerball 337 million. Think about all the onesies you could buy. I feel like this joke is going to stay with me throughout the morning at least. I think were done with it actually. After this half hour. Lets put this to rest. And now that youve asked for that, its obviously not going to be put to rest. Everyone, this might be an imposter but nonetheless cutting trash in fearly a foot of fresh snow. What a december its been, vermont upstate new york New Hampshire and maine crushing it and now the lake effect snow machine with this colder air coming in is going to crush it as well unfortunately lake erie seeing tremendous over 70inches, 30inches in a day or two arent month and more coming off the relatively warm lakes. Effect warnings posted in the use spots. 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