Welcome to world news. Tonight, extreme weather. A huge and deadly storm on this first weekend of winter. Heavy snow spinning drivers off roads, ice so thick tree branches are snapping. Hundreds of thousands now would power in the south. Flooding and tornadoes, too. But on the east coast, its recordbreaking heat. Also tonight, the home stretch. Holiday shopping in high gear. But the countrys biggest bank is taking dramatic steps to deal with the target Security Breach, including putting limits on how much millions of customers can withdraw and buy. And the racist tweet heard around the world. The backlash building as she was flying to her destination, unaware of the fire storm she triggered. Now tonight, the former publicist doing some damage control for herself. And good evening. David is off tonight. Im rebecca jarvis. We begin with the massive and deadly storm snarling Holiday Travel with a bizarre mix of winter and springlike conditions. At least 12 people have died. Thousands of f
Good morning. Im diana perez. Im john muller. Heres the headlines we are following on world news now. Thoumss are without power in the middle of the country after ice and freezing rain coated electric lines. Toronto recovering from one of the worst storms in years. We will get the latest from accuweather. The icy conditions moved east today. Today is the deadline to sign up for coverage through the Affordable Care act if you want coverage beginning january 1st. The government says the obamacare website is ready to handle the rush. Two american astronauts will spend Christmas Eve working outside of the Space Shuttle to repair a cooling pump. They finished the First Mission this weekend ahead of schedule despite a problem with one of the astronauts space suits. A firestorm and by the time her plane landed in africa she had been fired. Those are the top stories on this december 23rd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Good morning. Boy the cr
And good evening. David is off tonight. Im rebecca jarvis. And we begin with the massive and deadly storm snarling Holiday Travel with a bizarre mix of winter and springlike conditions. At least 12 people have died. Thousands of flights delayed, some 600 canceled. It even got dangerous for holiday shoppers. In Oklahoma City, huge sheets of ice pouring down on shoppers who ducked out of the way at this outlet mall. And in upstate new york, power lines sagging across this road. Hundreds of thousands without power across the country tonight. To ohio, flood rescues, where the water rose quickly. Rafts were used to save the residents of a retirement home. Also reports of tornadoes in louisiana. The winds so strong, they ripped off this storefront. The storm stretching nearly 2,000 miles from texas to the great lakes and into the northeast, where some cities are actually experiencing recordbreaking heat today. Abcs alex perez starting off our coverage. Reporter the monster storm is packing a
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