Nestled under your tree. Early today starts right now. A very Merry Christmas to you. Im phillip mena. For those of you who wished for a White Christmas this morning, well, many of you may have gotten your wish. After a Winter Weather alert was put into effect for some 55 million americans, blanketing parts of the country in snow as santa continues to make his way around the globe. From illinois to ohio, massachusetts to indiana, americans will wake up this morning to find their own Little Christmas gift left by Mother Nature herself. It even hit chicago as bears fans tried to celebrate and tried to find warmth in the bleachers as well as victory. While it may make for some nice cozy mornings of opening gifts and drinking hot cocoa, it is likely to make for a treasury rust commute for those just now getting ready to hit the road. Lets go to meteorologist Bonnie Schneider for more on that Winter Weather advisory and this years White Christmas. Good morning, bonnie, happy holidays. Happy
The new details straight ahead. And a health alert this morning. Experts say were heading into the peak of flu season and its time to take precaution. The influenza virus can exist in the air three to six feet from a person who is infected. The important advice to stay healthy coming up. And shes back. Its official. Mariah carey returning to new years eve. Ill just get through it, okay. One year after her disastrous times square performance. Boy, we cant wait for that as we do say good morning. Happy holidays. Merry christmas. Im kendis gibson. Im erielle reshef. Hopefully youve already arrived where you want to be this morning. In much of the country, poor driving conditions in many able to get your car started because temperatures will be so cold. Abcs Elizabeth Hur with the story. Reporter Mother Nature delivering a White Christmas for millions across the country, even mild cities like portland and seattle waking up to this rare december snow. Enough snow for frosty the snowman to m
Reunions. A very Merry Christmas to you. Im phillip mena. Many of you may have gotten your wish for a White Christmas. After a Winter Weather alert was put into effect for some 55 million americans blanketing parts of the country in snow as santa continues to make his way around the globe. From illinois to ohio, massachusetts to indiana, americans will wake up to find their own Little Christmas gift left by Mother Nature herself. It swept through chicago on sunday. Bears fans found some warmth in the bleachers and a win and over the browns. While it may make for a nice cocoa morning, its also likely to make for a treacherous commute for those of you getting ready to hit the road. This years White Christmas, good morning, bonnie. Snow over the ground in idaho, parts of the west coast all the way to new england. Thats where its snowing at this hour. We have advisories for heavy snow in that part of the country. Were looking for substantial snow but not along the coast. New york, philadel
You p. Are you awake yet . Everybodys getting into the sound of the season. Yeah, yeah my back stage adventure on this december 25th. It is Christmas Morning, everybody, in america and other countries. And everywhere. From abc news, this is world news now. Oh, my gosh. It is Christmas Morning. Erielle reshef is here with us. Good to be here, Merry Christmas. Merry christmas, happy holidays. The fire is set. Weve got the yule log behind us. Is it pretty warm back there . I can feel it. We have carefully been watching norad, watching santas progression. A lot of people are up at this hour wrapping presents, which is great. Were going to start with the dangerous conditions. Two storms are merging bringing snow and ice to the northeast and mid atlantic and but Winter Weather is impacting travel in the midwest. Central illinois will be seeing its first White Christmas in seven years. That snow is going to stick around because of bitter cold temperatures in the midwest today. In madison, wis
In the air three to six feet from a person who is infected. The important advice to stay healthy coming up. And shes back. Its official. Mariah carey returning to new years eve. Ill just get through it, okay. One year after her disastrous times square performance. Boy, we cant wait for that as we do say good morning. Happy holidays. Merry christmas. Im kendis gibson. Im erielle reshef. Hopefully youve already arrived where you want to be this morning. In much of the country, poor driving conditions in many areas. In others, you may not even be able to get your car started because temperatures will be so cold. Abcs Elizabeth Hur with the story. Reporter Mother Nature delivering a White Christmas for millions across the country, even mild cities like portland and seattle waking up to this rare december snow. Enough snow for frosty the snowman to make this cameo and forcing some drivers to turn to salt and a good push to get their cars moving again. For plow Truck Drivers, a busy night tr