Tens of thousands of faithful gather today for Christmas Day celebrations at vatican as pope francis delivers his traditional message. Last night the pontiff celebrated Midnight Mass at st. Peters basilica and urged the worlds 1. 2 billion roman catholics not to be in his words intoxicated by possessions and also sounded ary to right injustice. Today, american troops posted overseas are also taking time to Mark Christmas and remembering family members celebrating without them back at home. Heres nbcs Kelly Cobiella. Reporter it was a somber Christmas Day in afghanistan where they honored six Fallen Soldiers killed in a motorcycle bomb attack called earlier this week. Especially important here where we got the opportunity to remember those who we have also lost. Reporter more than 200,000 members of the military are spending the holiday far from home in 100 countries on every peninsula in japan to the middle east. 3,000 are in turk to and another 5,000 just arrived in the arabian sea an
Fogle will appear in federal court today to be sentenced for sex crimes. He has pleaded guilty to charges of having sex with minors and charges of child pornography. Prosecutors are pushing for the prison. But hes asking for leniency, victims. Now to the extreme weather deadly storms in the northwest that still have more than 100,000 people without power right now. Falling trees caused three deaths in washington state. Some wind gusts there topped 100 miles an hour. Strong winds in colorado and the plains blew around the snow left behind by blizzard creating some large snow drifts. And speaking of snow, theres plenty of it in northwest kansas as well. Look at that. Roads were closed for a time after as much as 20 inches fell. Accuweathers Molly Cochran is tracking another snowstorm and blustery conditions in the northeast. Good morning. Good morning, kendis and reena. Thursday along the i95 corridor. Some soaking rain, new york city, philadelphia, add in gusty winds. Really could be sp
Tens of thousands of faithful gather today for Christmas Day celebrations at vatican as pope francis delivers his traditional message. Last night the pontiff celebrated Midnight Mass at st. Peters basilica and urged the worlds 1. 2 billion roman catholics not to be in his words intoxicated by possessions and also sounded a cry to right today, american troops posted overseas are also taking time to Mark Christmas and remembering family members celebrating without them back at home. Heres nbcs Kelly Cobiella. Reporter it was a somber Christmas Day in afghanistan where they honored six Fallen Soldiers killed in a motorcycle bomb attack called earlier this week. Especially important here where we got the opportunity to remember those who we have also lost. Reporter more than 200,000 members of the military are spending the holiday far from home in 100 countries on every peninsula in japan to the middle east. 3,000 are in turk to and another 5,000 just arrived in the arabian sea and 4,000 i
And, sam, with all this extreme weather, the country is getting walloped. We got a huge amount of snow to get to today. And also some strong, gusty winds. The winds last night were amazing. Were also talking about a privacy breach for the first family of facebook. You see that picture right there, they didnt want that out everywhere. But guess what . It happened. Not good. And lucky in love again and again and again. Its the third times a charm for janet jackson. The private superstar, now engaged to a billionaire. Yeah. A b. Who is he . And why isnt she wearing the ring . Were going to have all the details ahead. And it is a very large ring, i might add. But first, sam, again, this weather. Coasttocoast, it has stopped this country. This is the storm weve been talking about since the weekend. And then yesterday, it delivered all the snow. Let me show you the pictures that weve been getting in. Facebook and twitter. You have been sending in pictures like this. This is in the middle of
Bursts. Shards of glass flying through the air. What caused the terrifying accident . And look at this. He is kicking footballs over 60 yards through Basketball Hoops with pinpoint precision. Meet the 20yearold soaring to fame on the internet with his kicks. So good online, that the new york jets flew him in for a tryout. Well talk to him this morning in a gma exclusive. And we bid you a good morning, america. Hey, its happened before. Youtube can giveth and taketh away. A lot of hopeful people here in the studio at least. George, robin and lara all at home with their families. Its great to have amy, paula and rachel back with us this morning. And, sam, the extreme weather, the country is getting walloped. We got a huge amount of snow to get to today. And strong, gusty winds. The winds last night were amazing. Were also talking about a privacy breach for the first family of facebook. You see that picture right there, they didnt want that out everywhere. But guess what. It happened. Not