contestants leaked. the top leaders now stepping down as past winners join forces. the woman at the center of it all former miss america mallory 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 i m sure i caught something. now you ll give it to me. teach your son how to curtsy. it might come in handy. it was a royal christmas across the pond. with this christmas curtsy and she got a little help from her future brother and sister-in-law as well. having an electrifying effect on that family. seamless transition. it s incredible. we ll start with the
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 i m sure i caught something. now you ll 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 sister-in-law as well. having an electrifying effect on that family. seamless transition. it s incredible. we ll start with the latest on the severe weather causing dangerous travel conditions and that frightening flight slipping across th
sending the country into the deep freeze and abc s alex perez has more from chicago. alex, good morning to you. reporter: hey, good morning, dan. that s 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 runway, i was like uh-oh. we started spinning and spinning. and skpin spinning. reporter: a boston logan bound jetblue flight sliding and 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. everyone was applauding him at the end. reporter: all on board evacuating down the stairs and into the cold night air before board
others wounded in a kabul suicide bombing. the islamic state says it carried out the attack. our reporter has been at the scene. this is the building where the explosion happened, and you can see the building has been almost completely destroyed. sharanjit: an easing of diplomatic tensions between turkey and the united states as both countries say they will restart visa services. also on the program, the e-mail scandal rocking the miss america contest. we hear from a former winner on where the organization is heading. sharanjit: hello, and welcome to bbc world news. we start with liberia, where it was announced a short time ago that former international football star george weah has won the presidential election. his supporters celebrated as the electoral commission announced that with almost all the ballots counted, mr. weah had won more than 60% of the vote. he made his name playing for ac milan. he was the first and only player from africa to win the coveted ballon d o
others wounded in a kabul suicide bombing. the islamic state says it carried out the attack. our reporter has been at the scene. this is the building where the explosion happened, and you can see the building has been almost completely destroyed. sharanjit: an easing of diplomatic tensions between turkey and the united states as both countries say they will restart visa services. also on the program, the e-mail scandal rocking the miss america contest. we hear from a former winner on where the organization is heading. sharanjit: hello, and welcome to bbc world news. we start with liberia, where it was announced a short time ago that former international football star george weah has won the presidential election. his supporters celebrated as the electoral commission announced that with almost all the ballots counted, mr. weah had won more than 60% of the vote. he made his name playing for ac milan. he was the first and only player from africa to win the coveted ballon d o